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RALEIGH, N. C. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1898.
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RIDICULE
... rh .-mud Clark's View of
Gaje'-S financial Position.
IDCLVr: OF GOLDEN CALF
ttitude. According to the
, is "Causing Divers North
j ; u b ) ican tongressmen Much
i)" playing tle' Role of
i f.lna Shop "
! ' , Jan. 31. Secretary
I :.t speech is being
i.y Senators and Ilep
::; -nimnting on it,
iit;itive Champ Clark
a. a z'-al f a new con
i.. a proverb and has
i;r staple figures of
tiiat one who has only
at' thinks he owes it
..j. it up livelier and
; : i i : 1 i- than the vet-
. his own sin-
..: I' -rpftual dread lest
i . -1 ; i i i-C his anteee-
m t hild old princi
liis i'ealty to those
th- freshest illus
; pp! oximates a per
iod". Mrst while a
. now appears to
in Republican cir
i ; : ! J 1 en d in advo
a t H-t l ines.
'.iars as John Sher
Ai'M i il!, (Jalusha
'- nv, who helped
"i the Republican
i to! iow its hearse,
:: !' Mr. (luge, whose
! . ,uiij!icjiiiism was al
'. ith his appoint-
)i i. could not be j)ub--';'.
I 't-r without caus-i-
! from the mails
Mil
ph'
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WALKER.
H. Walker, of
l lie author of
funr on ".Money, Trade
;l" .Mr. a .. was still
: for (aii.ver Cleve-
i !. iinp.iaience of Air.'
to leiiure him and
i t civait' a sensation
-. ! . ;i l'aotlier Walker is
I. liier. Walker
ai of l,-in,jr us meek as
i -'!!:p( ! is of the gun
"'! j-! -ss of elim
! ng practiced on him
an explosion. The
fi .'on of superior
) oiiinls Mr. ("hairman
propre. To shout
: - is .about as hazard-
as sliaking a red
i i mad bovine of the
In ofA-ring: advice to
', w ho is cocksure that
ad m preiiaring' finan
: : w In .so delight it is
that sort, the Secre--
aln-ut as much pru-
ho persists in toy
- a ss end of a robust
. c'- niably causing di-
liepuhlican Con-
of sleep, appetite
, a : i n of blood and
a it iin t lie eyes. His
linsia st ic idolatry of
iv -s them the cold
' ' learned honesty
: ami this blunt hon
" :a i. free trader the
1 " '., -eratic virtue still
! a pl;u-es the double
' lood-Lord-Good-'
;--pul Means who pose
i'lratallists' betwixt
sea. Hehas torn
a ir faces ancf exposed
' world. During the
s just after Mr.
1 playing the school
Walker's Committee on
arreney I ran across
of my Republican
if. .in the trans-Missis-"
al said to him: 'Hasn't
i-'ut you Western Re-
hole. ,,r. in the pol
': William Everett, "de-
a cavity?" ' 'Oh,
'lump him.', was the
ply. Easier said than
1 observe, with a feel
pain., that "(Uage ' as my
nd irreverently called
at Minister of the Ex
aot been dumped to an.
.Me by the naked eye.
vs i he French would say,
.b-mima's plaster
'u try to pull it off,
he sticks the faster.
'tt attempted to dump
' '' day. but Mr. Gage goes
;s role of Bull in the China
; the Republican crock-
: c many of the old-timers
tiu.y contemplate the
:th' wrought. Indeed, his
lug with what it feeds on,
i worse. In his Philadel
raises himself at his own
he said both before the
a r.onking and Currency
ha- 1'hiladelphia speech that
ai , ts he had in mind in
:e.i by inm is 'to commit
!a,oie thoroughly to the
: i." he uttered the epitaph
a-'.ican party.
WRETCHED TWADDLE.
S , rotary of the Treasury
he cieat place he holds to
(an.iid; but in his Phila-
h, in his futile effort to
an. Mr. Gage indulges in
: y. which would disgrace a
for constable. He said:
uiing the silver men, 'charge
- his bill, 'to be a scheme
the national banks full and
ntrol of the paper money
a dangerous power but all
ay possibly be abused. Even
:s. who faithfully come each
doors, possess now the same
j dangerous power to w
istrations and starve
to. their will.' j Most
intelligent people read that last sen
tence, and find it attributed to the Sec
retary of the Treasury, they will pinch
themselves to discover if they are real
ly awake. Pondering that sentence. Re
publicans, who remember that Salmon
P. Chase, with his magnificent brain
and noble heart, was the first Republi
can Secretary of the Treasury, must
hang their heads for shame to see the
fiscal operations of a mighty nation
involving the happiness and prosperity
of (0,000,000 souls brought to the level
of milk peddling. What wicked trifling
with a subject awful by its magnitude.
There is scarcely any similarity be
tween milk and money. Wrhi!e milk is
a delightful tipple, it is not necessary
either to a man's existence, his pleasure
or the conduct of the business of life.
There are numerous substitutes for it;
but money is an absolute necessity for
the business world. There is no sub
stitute. Without it everything would
stagnate; it is the blood of commerce!
ORDERED 10 IIP)
Russell's;
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Railroad Commis
sioners Must Appear
THE "PAPER TRUST" IS FORMED.
With a Capital Stock or $45,000,000, With
Privilege to Add $IO,000,000-Fathei In
Law of Whltelaw Reld of the New York
Tribune President of the Trust, Etc.
By Telegraph to The Morning Post. .
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 31. The much-
talked-of paper trust was incorporated.
today, with the New York Secretary of
State, under the name of "Interna
tional Paper Company," with princi
pal office in Corinth, Saratoga county.
iew lork.
Capital is $45,000,000, divided in $25,-
000,000 preferred and $20,000,000 common
stock.
The directors are: D. O. Mills and
other New York and New England
capitalists. Mills is the father-in-law
of Whitelaw Reid. of the New York
Tribune.
The new corporation is formed under
the business corporation law of 1S92,
and has paid into the State Treasury
an organization tax of $56,250.
This is the largest amount ever paid
by any industrial concern for incorpor
ating in the State.
The corporation is authorized, under
Section 40, of the Stock Corporation
Law, to acquire stocks and bonds of
other domestic and foreign corpora
tions, and issue Its own Istocs or bonds
in exchange therefor. The company
may increase its preferred stock by
$10,000,000 if the same may be required
for conversion of its bonds to be is
sued for that amount.
BEFORE
On February
SUPREME COURT
DEA1H ADMIRAL HI
He Was One of Our Most No-
table Naval Commanders.
ENGAGEMENTS FIGURED IN
2fst and Show Cause Why
They Shall Not Be Attached for Vio-
i a.- .
latlng the Terms of the Writ of Super-
cedeas Granted by Chief Justice Fair
cloth of North Carolina.
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Special Despatch to The Morning Post.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 31. The Su
preme Court! of the United States today
decided to take a hand in the North
Carolina Railroad Commission fight.;
J. W. Wilson and S. Otho Wilson,
Railroad Commisslonei s, weie suspend
ed, by the Governor, who appointed Ix
C. Caldwell jand John H. Pearson to
succeed theraV
The Wilsoijs brought .n unsuccessful
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suit to restrain the new appointes
from takingj possession. They gave
bond and secured a writ of supercedeas,
suspending further operations until the
case could be heard on appeal; but
Caldwell and Pearson went right on
performing the duties of the office, and
Wilsons appealed to the Supreme Court
for relief. I
The new Commissioners were today
ordered by the Supreme Court to ap
pear before that court on February 21st,
and show cause 'why they should not
be attached for contempt of court, ir
violating the terms of the writ of supercedeas.
TELLER'S
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House Defeats His Resolution
by Fifty Majority.
ASTONfSHED REPUBLICANS
TRANSFER OF COLLECTORS.
Mr. Duncan Takes Hold This Morn
I ing Ten Deputies Go Out.
The change of administrations in the
Internal Revenue department for the
Eastern district of North Carolina oc
curs today. .
At S:20 this morning Mr. S3. C. Dun
can will take the oath of office and
qualify, and at that hour Mr. F. M.
Simmons retires. All arrangements
are complete for the transfer.
With the change of administrations
there will be a change in many of the
officers in the department. The com:
missions of all the deputy collector's
expire, when Mr. Duncan goe ixt-TJr
are ten of these. The deputies-serving
under Mr. Simmons are:
H. W..Stubbs, of Williamston.
J. J. Daniels, of Halifax.
J. A. Thomas, of Louisburg.
J. W. Jones, of Raleigh.
W. C. Troy, of Fayetteville.
W. F. Gibson ,of Gibson.
J. D. Meador, of Reidsville.
It. C. Hill, of Lenoir.
W. T. Caho, of New Bern.
J. F. Pickard, of Chapel Hill.
The salary of a deputy collector is
$1,000 per annum.
L The new collector will make impor
tant announcements today and very
likely a few appointments.
Mr. Duncan is still engaged in giving
audiences to the office-hoppers. It is
not Mr. Duncan's fault if all the hop
pers who have been here have not seen
him. - He has been frank and open and
courteous to them all.
CREDITORS FILE EXCEPTIONS
Durlng the Late Civil War He Commanded
the Juniata Expedition and Received
the Virginia Prisoners J)ied in New
York From an Attack of Rheumatism
and Heart Failure.
By Telegraph to The Morning Post.
New York, Jan. 31. Rear Admiral
Daniel Lawrence Braine', retired, lies
dead at his home, in Brooklyn, having
expired at a late hour last night, the
cause of his death being heart failure,
which followed an acute attack of
rheumatism.
He had not been seriously ill until
last Friday, since which time his fam
ily physician had been in almost con
stant attendance. He leaves a widow
and three sons and a daughter.
Admiral Braine was born in New
York, May IS, 1829. He was appointed to
the navy from Texas as a midshipman,
May 30, 1S46, and during the Mexican
war was engaged in most of the im
portant actions. He was made passed
midshipman in 1852, master in 1S55, and
Lieutenant in 1S58 '.: At the beginning of
the civil war he was selected by the
Union defense corpmittee to command
the steamer Monticello, fitted out in
forty-eight hours, to provision Fort
Monroje. The Monticello was afterward
attached to the North Atlantic block
ading squadron. In October, 1S61, with
the Monticello, he attacked the Con
federate frunboats above Cape Hatteras
and dispersed two regiments or in
fantry, sinking two barges filled with
soldiers, and rescuing the Twentieth
Indiana Regiment, who were cut off
from Hatteras by the enemy.
COMMISSION RECEIVED IN 1S62.
In 1S62 he received his commission as
Lieutenant Commander, and from that
time until 1S64 was in numerous en
gagements, commanding the Pequot in
the attack on Fort Fisher, Fort Ander
son and the forts on the Cape Fear
river. For cool performance of duty in
these fights he was recommended for
promotion, and on July 52, 1866, was
commissioned Commander. He had
ciiaiK ui in :: In changing our mailing list from
lyn navy yard from 1S69 until lb. 2, and , hand tQ machine.set tvpe during lhe
commanded the Juniata of the Polar; mailing clerk accident-
search expedition, in ISiJ. in the latter t .
part- of that year he demanded and re- ; omitted the name of a valuable
ceived the Virginius prisoners at San- , subscriber at Reidsville. The follow-
tiago de Cuba, and brought them to
New York.
To the Decision of Referee Zolli
coffer in the Raleigh Paper Com
pany's Case.
A large number of the creditors of
the Raleigh Paper Company yesterday
filed exceptions with the clerk of
Wake Superior court, through counsel,
to the decision of the referee, Mr.
Zollicoffer, of Henderson, who was ap
pointed by the court to hear all the
claims and act as referee in same.
Mr. Zollicoffer considered the claims
of all and has rendered his. decree,
which rs naturally displeasing to many
of those who were shut but in the cold.
A dozen or more exceptions were! filed
by creditors yesterday on the ground
that the referee did not give judgment
for materials furnished. Priority of
claim was given to Mr. Belvin, of the
Raleigh National Bank, and Mr. W. W.
Vass on mortgages, and the creditors
who furnished materials claim that
their claims should have had priority.
The exceptions are filed along with
Referee Zollicoffer's decision and will
be passed upon by Judge Timberlake
at the March term of Wake Superior
court.
The claims of the creditors who furn
ished materials aggregate $40,000. The
mortgage claim of Mr. Belvin, which
has priority, amounts to $25,000. Mr.
Vass, mortgage claim, which comes
second, amounts to about $12,000.
Mr. W. N. Jones filed exceptions in
behalf of R. A. Freeman, Allen & Cram
and Tram, Smith & Co., of New York.
Mr. R. T. Gray filed exceptions in
favor of six northern firms. . ,
Messrs. Smith & Burton made excep
tions in favor of the North Carolina
Car Company.
TOO GOOD TO LOSE.
An Appreciative Subscriber Pro
tests Aqalnst AUssing The Post.
He became captain on uecemDer- n.
14, commodore on March 2, 1SS5. and
president of the Naval Board of In
spection at New York on July 1st of the
same year. He was appointed acting
rear admiral on August 12, 1SSG, and
ordered to the command of the Atlantic , Post is too good to lose.
squadron. After distinguished services. "Very truly yours.
he was retired on May 18, 1S91. J "R. P. RICHARDSON, JR."
ing letter called the matter to our at
tention in a gratifying manner:
"Reidsville, N. C, Jan. 29, 1S9S.
"Publishers of The Morning Post, Ral
eigh, N. C.
"Gentlemen: Since 26th instant I
have failed to receive my Post. Please
investigate and correct trouble. The
Many of Whom Were Much Afraid a Num
uer oi ineir party Men Would Bieak
Away-TheSplendid Speeches of Bailey
and Henderson for Their Respective
Sides Wild Scenes on Floor of House
By Telegraph to The Morning Post.
wasnington, Jan. 31. The fine dis
cipline under which the majority of the
House acts was manifested anew today,
after a five-hour debate upon' the Teller
bond payment resolution.
The resolution was defeated by a vote
of 182 to 132. The House divided upon
strirt party lines, with but three ex
ceptions.
-unmey (N. C, Rep.) voted for, and
Messis. McAleer (Penn.) and. Elliott (S
C, Dfcm.) against.
White (N. C), the only colored Rep-
ai- y .r... J ; ,T1 a. a. 1
cacuiduve, uiu rioi vote, nor was a
pair announced for him.
With these exceptions, the Republi
cans opposed the resolution and the
Democrats, Populists and j Siiverites
favored it.
Two Republicans, Brumm (Penn.)
and; Pearson (N. C.) stated that if the
resolution had recited only a declara
tion that bonds were payable in stand
ard silver dollars: at the option of the
Government, they would have support
ed it. The result was a surprise, even
to the most sanguine Republicans, who
had expected more of their members to
break away. .
The clear and conv.'neing sta' e.nent of
Dingley, at the opening of the discus
sion, and the magnetic and
outburst of Gen. Henderso
close, doubtless did much to
nepuoiii-aiis wiin silver tendencies in
line with the great bulk of their party.
The proceedings upon the resolution
opened immediately ;if ter the reading of
the journal, when Dingley presented'
the; report of the Committee on Ways
and Means, recommending that the.res-
olution should not pass. .
T'jis was followed by the introduc
tion of an order by Gen. Henderson
from the Committee on Rules limiting
debate to the present session, and pro
viding for a vote at 5 o clock.
iThiJkvbate : that ..ensued vyas a.aimat
ed, growing in intensity of feeling and
expression as it proceeded, until it cul
minated in a most remarkable demon
stration, following the passionate ora
tory of Gen. Henderson, who styled
the action of the Democrats as that of
a convention and not of a legislative
body, and prophesied that in -198 and
1900, on the "free silver" issue, "we will
lick you out of your boots."
forcefui
n at the
keep the
Washington, Jan. 31. In discussing
the question of paying the public debi
in silver at 16 to 1, Mr. Dihgiey asked
if it would be good faith for Congress,
now that silver was greatly depreciated
i.its market value being 33 to 1) to vote
10 use such dollars to pay bonds which
were sold for goid?
"What the euect of such depreciation
of our dollar and all of our cunency,
causing the loss of all of our goid,
would have on the industries and busi
ness of this country and on wages,
which are now paid to the masses of
our peop.e in money as good as goid,"
said Dingley, "can be faintly imagined,
but" not fully appreciated until sucii
disaster should overtake us. The one
pivotal principle upon which we shouid
stand is that every doilar of our cur
rency (whether goid, silver or paper)
shall be kept as good as gold.
"We favor whatever fu;l legal ten
der silver can be maintained at an
equaiity of value or purchasing power
with gold, even free and unlimited
coinage of silver, at a fixed ratio with
gold, whenever an international agree
ment of the leading commercial nations
can be secured to that end, which, in
our judgment, is the only way in
vhich, under existing conditions, con
current circulation of gold and silver
under free . and unlimited coinage can
be secured.
Clayton, of Alabama, with' much ve
hemence, inveighed against the recent
banquet of the National Manufacturers
Association, where piates were $15
a piece. "A man who eats that much
at dinner eats a bale of cotton or two
or three mules," he said. j
Wheeier of Alabama, Cowherd oi
Missouri, and a dozen other Western
and Southern members, spoke bril
liantly. . - I
Pearson, of North Carolina, antagon
ized the passage of the resolution, and
Messrs. Bartlett of Georgia, Norton oi
Ohio, and Love of Mississippi, favor
ed it.
The lack of emotion, said Dolliver, of
Iowa, with which the familiar matter
had already been lugged into j the de
bate had been received, satisfied him
that the end of the silver agitation was
near at hand. j
The people of the United States, he
doubted not. would endure all ! horrors
and burdens of the singie gold standard
if the noise of the advocates of the free
coinage of silver at lei to 1 could be
taken out of the politics of the country.
Recurring to Mr. Bland s question.
wheie anyone found the demand that
contained in his letter on .Hon. E. B.
j Washburn, what the word "coin" there
meant, and every one knew that it
meant gold.
Rhea, of Kentucky, quoted from a let
ter written by John Sherman, whom,
he said, that "if there was one hole
in hell hotter than another, it had been
reserved for him. when Gabriel should
blow his horn, waking the quick and
me dead. This was received with a few-hand-claps
from the Democrats and
vigorous hissing from the Republicans.
In closing the debate for the Demo
crats. Bailey, of Texas, said: "If the
silver dollar was gomi enough for a
workman, who produced the wealth of
the country, it was good enough for
idlers, who dissipated it; if It was good
enough for the poor it was good enough
for the rich; if-it was good enough for
the merchant who took it in exchange
for his wares it was good enough for
the holder of Government obligations,
and, by the eternal, he shall be com
pelled to take them!" (Democratic ap
plause.) .
Gen. Henderson, of Iowa, the stump
of his lost leg resting upon the lid of
his desk, amid confusion and enthusi
asm almost unparalleled in the House,
fired shot after shot at the enemy, his
stentorian voice overcoming every ob
stacle in the shape of attempted inter
ruption and applause.
At the close of his few remarks there
was a wild scene on the Moor, justi
fying his characterization of the pro
ceedings, as that of a political conven
tion, but it was by the Republican.
They swarmed in the aisles and in the
pit in front of the clerk's desks; clap
ping their hand's and yelling in the ex
cess of their approval and joy, while
the demonstration was aided by occu
pants of the galleries rising and ap
plauding the sentiments.
Henderson declared the monogram of
of the Democrats was R. R. R. radical,
rascally repudiation.
Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, closed the
debate. Afterwards the vote was taken
as above noted and the House ad
journed.
SENATE.
Washington, Jan. 31. Mr. -McLaurin,
f South Carolina, was sworn in as Sen
ator fiom that State today.
The bill paisin? the minimum rate of
pensions to $10 per month was reported
adversely by the Pensions Committee,
porting that it would affect nearly
iOO.OOO pensioners and cost over $15.-
000,000. The bill was placed on the cal
endar, where it will doubtless rest.
The army appropriation bill, carrying
trifle over $23,000,000, was passed.
The legislative, judicial and execu
tive appropriation bill, carrying over
$21,500,000, was also passed.
An amendment protecting old sol
diers' widows and daughters, employed
n the Pension Office, from being dis
haifeed in the proposed reduction of
the clerical force of that office, was
agreed to.
VICAYA C0MIN6 TO AMERICA
But She Will Not Be Com
manded by Concas.
A MADRID DESPATCH SAYS
KENTUCKY A HOODOOED SHIP
That Is Whatrihe Old Salt? at
Washington Say
IF IT IS BAPTISED IN WATER
As Miss Christine Bradley Has Announced
Her Intention of So Performing the
f hrlstenlg of the Battleship The Fun
ny Tales the Sailors Tell We Landsmen
of What Would Happen to the Kent ucky
By Telegraph to The Morning Post.
Washington, Jan. .31. The officers of
the navy on duty in Washington are
very much perturbed over Miss
Christine Bradley's announcement that
she will use water in christening the
battleship "Kentucky."
Not only are they surprised that
Kentucky, of all States in the Union,
s to be the first to set its iniluence
against the use of wine at the launchi
ng of vessels, but they express con
siderable worry over the practical ef
fect of Miss Bradley's purposes.
"The intention of Governor Bradley's
daughter may not strike landsmen as
anything more than a good joke on the
State that has always been presented
as a nard-dnnKing community, aiu
an officer today, "but it may result
badly for the navy. Not a man in ser
vice will feel a ray of comfort in sail
ing a ship that has been baptized in
water: and for myself, I think that no
sailor man with hair on his chest and
good red blood in his veins, can approve
of any such disregard for conventional
metnou.-. iviark my woiui), if water is
S9t and Also States That th Spanish
Squadron Is Preparing to Leave for Ha- .
vanna A Cabinet Organ Dclars the
Spanish Fleet Is In an Unfit Condition
for Service.
Madrid, Jan. 30. The first-claps Span
ish armored cruiser "Vlzcaya" Is to ba
sent to the American port, so th
Spanish Minister of. Marine has finally
determined, as was at first Intended
It is also announced in this connec
tion that the Vlzcaya will not be 'com
manded by Capt. Concas y Pullan, but
by Capt. Eubate.
This change In the commanding ofn
cer of the Vlzcaya disposes of the em.
barrassing .situation In which the ad
miralty was placed when it was dis
covered that Capt. Concas would by no
means be a welcome guest in the Uni
ted States, by reason of an unpleasant
incident two years ago in which Capt.
Concas was a figure. Capt. Concas,
who visited the -United States as com
mander of the caravel Santa Maria,
sent over by Spain to the Columbian
Exposition, after his retuin to Spain
made an address before the Madrid
Geographical Society, giving his Im
pressions of America in a manner cal
culated to be extremely offensive to
Americans. The nature of his remarks
was such as to call forth a note from
Mr. Taylor, then Minister to Spain.
asking for an explanation. The sub
stitution of another oIMccr, for Concaa
s thus a concession to American opin
ion.
A dispatch frmn Carthagenla nays
that the Vlzcaya is about to leave on
her peaceful mission to the United
States. The dispatch also says that the
remainder of the Spanish squadron la
preparing to sail for Havana. This
conflicts somewhat with previous ad
vices, to the effect that the squadron
was to rendezvous at Cadiz. The tor
pedo flotilla is soon to depart for Cu-
ban waters, under convoy of the Iron-,
clad Cristobal Colon.
BAD CONDITION OF THE SPANISH
NAVY. .
The Correro. organ of the Carllsts,
discussing the visit of the United
States battle ship Maine to Havana,
expresses the belief that the Spanish .
public is Justifiably alarmed, adding:
"As a fact, it is the government It
self which is seriously alarmed, though
every effort is made to disguise It In spite
of the official statement of Admiral
Cervaras, the Admiral of the fleet, on
Tuesday last (at a conference with the
Minister of Marine, when he asserted
that the recent evolutions had demon
strated the perfect condition If thr
Spanish fleet), Admiral Cervaras In re
ality reported . that there was not a
ship ready for service, that the vessels
not be actually In the dry cLick ought to
be tere, that many of the boilers were
defective, that some ship were not yet
armed and that most of the vessels re
quire cleaning. In view of the perfidy
of the United States It is not surprising
that such neglect and helplessness cre
ate alarm." '
According to the same paper, great
importance is attached to the confer
ence between M. Patenotre, the French
Minister to Spain, and Senor (lullo.i,
the Spanish Minister for Foreign Af
fairs, who. It is said, discussed the ac
tion of the United States, "as it Is We'd
known that there Is great alarm In
France at the course of events. The
fact that M. Fatenotre Is Intimately
conversant with United States affairs
lends additional Importance to the
matter." ,
used in the ceremony 'Kentucky will
be an ui. lucky boat, or known as an
unlucky boat, which is much the same
thing. She will be a regular t naay
boat in th? mind of ever sailor man.
She may n--t come to any grief, out sne
will -have a half-hearted crew, mey
will go into action in the Kentucky, if
war should ome in her time. Just like
a man with a cracked gun or broken
sword. This thing of baptizing ships
with wine h; a significance that is
only underst. d by people wno ioiiow
the sea. The custom comes from old
vikings who d "hed a cup of wine over
the bows of tiose staunch boats in
which they tra ersed the ocean.'
Other officers who heard these re
marks aereed v th the speaker.
"Bet you a r nd.of grog that she
saia one. iei u
WANG LAST NIGHT.
Not Up to Its Former Standard The
Chorus Weak and Not Very Num
erous The production cf "Wang'? .last even
ing was greeted by a fairly good house
and some of. the ; scenes received en-,
couraging applause. The presentation
was good, but not to be compared with
previous renditions of this prince of
comic operas, In this city. The dls
parancy existed chiefly In the part of
the Kegent of Slam, the costumes and
the chorufwes.. -.lbert Hart outclassed
Dan Packard as a diamond Uoes glass.
The chorus of the present company Is
small as to numbers, and several of the
members would look better masked.
However, If "Wang" had never been
presented In Raleigh before, thft pen
formance .last night would doubtless
have received very enthusiastic praise.
The parts of Rrank Casey as Papat,
Keeper or me elephant .and Ixulse
Brooks, as the widow of the French
consul at Pechaburl, were splendid: in-
jdeed, their parts were better than ever.
The comical action of Casey as Papat
went a long, way towards redeeming
other deficient features. Laura Denlo,
as the Crown Prince of Slam, possesses
a good face and figure and sang welL -But
the clever work of petite Georgie
Caine in that role Is too pleasantly re
membered here to permit of any ex
travagant praise for Miss Denlo.
"Wang" Is, beyond quentlon. one of
the mout superb comic operas on the
will go agrouna. wu mic. staire. and f-ven whn Tr.T,t w
ze money in mis wart , , . . : r -
my first shot of p
company which Is deficient In some
KonA ev.. .,,;t m ,i iii fm( ?" Doiliver 1 1. ,.-Mi hrAifA I coinpan
hrirnmnV found at aW . T, another. There I Yerjr important points, the opera Is still
. r 1A 4i? nr.e. it
.east part of its inspiration in lue nrsi were no takers
inaugural address of Cen. Grant, as f .
President. That audiess said: Mimnwv ACKf f TO DFSIGN. I
To protect?-the national honor, even' j '
dollar ' of Goe;nmaat Indebtedness;
shrould be paid in goid. unless other- Hls Seat ,n the u. S. 5 rate for Voting for
wise expressiy stipulated in the con-, the Teller Re:olutlon.
trTIds won universal applause from the' By Telegraph to The Toming st
Democratic side, at the conclusion of Albany. N. T., Jan. 1. A reo;uuon
which Dolliver shouted a challenge to r.as introduced in the A smb!y tonight
any man to instance a case mwuma find.), ca ing on uniteu
did-not Ftatestf t-enaior j.kuti ,L
ti e tenate lor nmi;
Teller bond resolution.
the Government
the man who bought them
.-.lodrlr anrf tr,api?r!lv t-n,v that they Se.ll 1
were to be payable in gold.
Mr. Doniver. a few mom
ffave to the Derr-ocrats Gen
own interpretation of his statement, as rule.
fine. The audience appeared to be well
p!e.-ed with the performance last
niht.
Tbe New Asheville Bank.
Special Despatch to The Morning Post.
Ashevllle. N. C. Jan. -31. The Blue
P.ide National Bank, the recently
chartered . financial Institution of this
city, oiened today. .
;ents later' Another resolution decla ed Murphy con
fn Grant's set vacant. Both went o- render the Att
Ccrnard Confirmed by the Senate.
By Telegraph to The Morning Tost-
WaFhlngto.n Jan. 3L The Senate
confirmed Claude Bernard United
omey for the Eastern District of -
jof North Carolina.
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