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Vol. V
, RALEIGH, N. C, TUESD AT,; NOVEMBER 4. 1902.
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Simmons Predicts
In a Speech at Greensboro
He Announces His In
tention to Relinquish
Chairmanship of
the Party
Greensboro, X. C. Nov. 3. SpeciaL-
Senator Simeons made the last speech
of the campaign In the opera house
n-rr .wimui iw . mvKcrU uuicir i
jau:cs ana men. lie was nanasomeiy
introduced by Major Charles M. Sted
ir.an. and for two hoars held the un
divided attention of the great out
pouring of business men. manufactur
ers and mill operatives who were pres
ent. His argument throughout was
i a5lre. logical and attractive. It was
riio.lr along the lines of his Charlotte
p?ech heretofore fuliy reported, and
received the unreserved plaudits of a
lirje majority of his hearer?.
In closing. Senator Simmons predict
ei a glorious Democratic victory and
announced his Intention to retire from
the state chairmanship. He said:
"The first vote I ever cast was for
Zebuion B. Vance In the memorable
year of 1TT1 I heard the thunder of
his Olympian eloquence commanding
the tempest, whlcbrbad raged here for
ten years, "be still At his all-compelling
command I saw the dark cloud,
which had hovered over oar beloved
fatherland during all these years
break and roil away, and out of the
norm I saw the sun of Democracy
ri and with noonday" effulgence shine
i;pon a happy and contented people.
Jt was amid these stirring and alterna
ting scenes of gloom and redemption
that my soul was baptised in the faith
of Democracy.
"In 14 I saw the political skies
again darkened. In the whlrwin.l of
passion and prejudice, which misguid
ed agitation had fanned into a temp
est. I siw the old ship of State a?uin
wrench form the Democratic moorings
and tossed anchorless and rudderless
upon shoals and breakers. Iok.r.g
at this pitiable sight, the fires of pa
triotism kindled in my bosom tn tecon
strurtlon days were stirrel to yxhitc
heat, and I deliberately resolved that,
temporarily forgetting private Inter
ests. I would devote my enerzie and
life to the cause of rescuing the Stat
from the dangers and perils jrhlch en
compassed it. From that time t th'si
v ita your great commission In my ha.-.Js
I have pressed forward, sometimes mid
darkness and gloom, in trials and tri
bulations, cursed ar.d slandered by ene
mies, and often-times crltlcis-d by
friends, but never faltering, hoping al
ways for the dawning of that day in
North Carolina which should have no
Mcbt.
Points from Report of
the National Treasurer
Income "Keeps Ahead of Expenditures-Gold
Reserve
Increasing Facts
Relating to the
Currency
Washington. Nov. 3. In the opening
paragraphs of bis annual report Ellis
H. Roberts, treasurer of the Unitel
States sal's:
The magnitude of the available cash
balance an the unprecedented h''1
Ings of groos gold, are the striking
features o( the conditions of the treus
ury at the close of the fiscal year 1902.
The transactions for the twelve months
then ended are marked, first, by the
diminution of the revenues due to the
repeal of the war taxes by the att of
March 2, 19C2. and reduction of ex
rnditures from the progress ef peace
In our possessions; and second by the
irg. Increase of gold certificates out
itandlng. and the continual change of
?her kinds of government paper cur
rency into denominations of 110 and un
dr. The net ordinary revenues for tbe
year were J583.78,:13 and the expendi
tures. J471.190.SC7, showing a surplus of
IM.2S7.376.
"In comparison with the previous
year, there was a decrease of U."C7
1M In the revenues, offset by a failing
off of S31.77C.4SS In the expendltares.
While, there was an Increase of JIS.
lS3.:r;.:o in receipts from customs, the
Interna revenues, under the1 operation
of new laws, fell off S3r..300.ML7. On
the side of the expenditures the prin
cipal changes "were a decrease of S32,
S43.l!.12 on account of the war de-parfn-nt
and an increase of J7M.413
In the coat of the navy.
The total receipts of the year from
:i sources. Including the public debt,
ere I1.02,124.0J7.71 and In the dis
bursements. W.S27.041.:a. United
Ptates notes and treasury notes were
redeemed In gold to the amount of 17.
ItT.LiO f the former and K.iH.Zyt of
the latter, without any Impairment of
the gold reserves of S150,00.0O0.
The treasurer remarks that on July
1 of this year the available cash bal
ance In the treasury was the lar!-t
In our hlitory. It amounted to S452.-1713CL
Glorious ictry
"In 1S?S we regained control of the
legislative department of the govern
ment. In 1900 we regained control of the
executive department of the vovern
ment. Tomorrow we will regain control
of the Judicial department of the gov-
ment. and the Constitutional Amend-
rnent. the great Magna Charta of wh.te
supremacy, will be established .-by a
majority so great that no man lit North
i Carolina will henceforth dare lay his
llmnjni! hfln.tji l!nnn It. V ri n tumor-
row.s gun goea down th. Vork o re.
. j-puon wm complete, and I shall
,ven lay down my commission 8
chairman of your committee that I mny
give my undivided time to the great
"Then, you
nt jou in
me ZreL
work you imposed upon me
commissioned me to represent-you
the United States Senate.
As cnairman or your committee i
have given you my bests efforts. .A.
your senator you are entitled to receive
are entlUed to receive
and God being my helper yoa shall re
celve my best efforts. "When my work
here Is finished, when I have retired ,
from the conflicts of life, I shall not ;
remember with most pleasure the fact
tht my fellow-eountryrcen have made
me Representative and senator, as
proua ana graierui as 1 snail ever oe
of there great honors and distinctions.
My greatest pleasure in connection
with my publTc work the proudest le
gacy, save that of an honorable life
which I shall leave to my children, will
be the fact. that, when the stafe was
to be saved from the Plutonian night
into which it had passed, I was chosen
by my countrymen to lead in the cru
sade for redemption and at your com
ssand I took into my hands your white
and stainless banner and, with the aid
of one hundred and eighty thousand
true and loyal white men, we planted
it upon the highest ramparts of vic
torywhere it will stay as long as the
v.-hlte men of North Carolina and their
descendants shall continue to love and
cherish home and altar and fireside. .
"And now let me made ft prediction
as to tomorrow's election: We will elect
a majority In the national house of re
presentatives, and this victory win be
followed by the election of a Democrat
for president in 1504. In North Caro
lina we will carry every congressional
district and elect ten Democratic con
grcsgmen. The. Republicans will not
carry twenty counties in .the state, and
with the exception cfhree counties,
the majorities will be small in the coun
ties they do carry. The whole Demo-
eratlc state ticket will be elected by
between 53,000 and 0.000 majority, and
Kit ?hin. your congressman, will re
ceive the biggest majority by which he
ha ever been elected to congress."
Senator Prit chard was in the city
when Senator Simmons arrived, but
took the train going south to be ble
to vote in Marshall tomorrow. Senators
Simmons will return to Raleigh to
night. . .
"Nearly one-half of the - available
cash balance, July 1, says Mr. Roberts,
"was In gold coin and certificates. 5103,
SQ1.290.97 over and above the gold re
serve of S ISO. 000. 000, and by October 1,
it became S136.124.771. As a measure of
the financial strength .of the govern
ment, the fact deserves mention.
"To the general stock of money in
the country an addition of JS0.13S.C81
was made during the fiscal year. The
gold coin and bullion, October 1, ex
ceeded all other kinds of money, ex
cluding the national bank notes, by
t2C0.SS.433. In five years the ratio of
gold' in the country to total circulation,
has run from 36.52 to 45.45 to the hun
dred. The growth In the volume of
money In circulation during the year
was S74.0S2.5S3 carrying the per capita
from 27.93 to 2MS.
"The advance in circulation In the
volume cf gold. Including certificates,
within tw lve years by the large sum
of S433.703.516, is the measure of the
grester strength of our circulation. The
addition during the past fiscal year
was S61.9S6.174. - The increase In the
future can hardly . be less than $30.
OO0.0CO to S 60,000,000 a y ar. The mines
are thus confirming the gold standard
atlng an Inflation of currency when
keeps pace with the enterprise and in
dustry of tbe country. Th y are con
tributing to an advance In the prices
of general commodities and add im
pulse to -the prosperity of our people
For-the immediate present, and doubt
less for a few years at least, the in-
flow of go!3 will be in such large meas- ! plne islands being harmed while incis
ures as to lift the volume of currency;-,- ef.his duty. Mr. Montromerv
to the hlshest level of all the needs of
business. Our currency keeps more than
equal pace with the population.
Election Weather
Washington. Nov. S. Fair weather Is
cromiaed by the weather bureau for
V "
the election tomorrow, generally In the
. .... . . -
east and middle west, with the excep
tion of the lower MUsissJppi valley,
where rain Js Indicated.
Outlook in Onslow
Jacksonville. N. C Nov. 3. Special.
Registration Jn .Qsslow approximates
L600. There are fifty negroes reglster
tnocraUc majority, will be L25(X
INHALED GAS
Two Young Men From Hen
derson Died in Baltimore;:
Baltimore, Nov. 3. Two youn? men,
Joseph W. Murray and Kemmitt Steed.
, died in their room at Denbard's Kotl
yesterday, morning from the effects
of illuminating gag which they had in -
haled during the night. The men fnrm-
.erly lived at Henderson, N. C. ani had
nA,y-, worked at 'theIr trades in
lllott City. Murray, who was thirty -
, two yeara oM WM a gtonft cuUer wni,e
hi3 companion, who was eighteen years
of age was a black3m4th. - Sat.
urJay niuht thv ri firA ,t th ho
tel mentioned and visited' one . of the
theatres. It was late when they, re
tired. Yesterday morninar when the
oaor or gas was noticed in the hotel . Wilwes county today. He on has plurality, but that every vote was need
an Investigation was made by the pro- j hopes that Blackburn and Moody will , ed. The governor was elected In 1900
prletor, with the result statei. The . k re.elMtpi! tn rnnm-uo t,. ! MT-iiiPv r.Midontini , wnr yv ni.i2fi
J 1.1 - M . ..
;v""ul"on OI in as nxturemaae it
JL'nt u 5 thv fll viaSwa? ac
, v. inuuaj iiau icll ma ueu niiu i
made his way to the door, but was prob
blv so fnr Pnn. thot , ,.0m. ; ' - t .nun. jc.
tomlL more tLn tlJrf li?8:0lc cai for
.v- . . "
j Hl8 r.lmo8t jireiesa body drornea t3
one side when the door was opened.
A number of letters from peopio in
North Carolina were' found p.mong
Steed's effects. A physician who w.s
summoned worked hard to save the
lives of both men. but without
f-UC-
cess.
BIG PRICE ASKED
Pnlrtmhlq Drl.. M
vv.uiiiuia iicauy iu ucgUUAlCjphen Baldwin, both of Michigan, in
nn Hflnfll Pfinraeeirtn Irolvlnar the constitutionality of the
On banal UOnCeSSIOn Bland-Allison coinage act of 1878. pro
Washington, Nov. 3. The dangerous j vlding for the coinage of silver dollars,
situation concerning the Panama ca- The case arose out of a refusal on the
nal, produced by the refusal of Senor ; part -of Baker, to whom Baldwin owed
Concha, the Colombian minister, to re- ,$230, to accept silver dollars in pay
new the negotiations for a treaty giv- j ment.. The case was decided in Bald
ing the United States a right of way j win's favor by the Supreme Court of
agross the isthmus, has been ended j Michigan, and Baker brought it to the
by the Colombian government which
has directed Senor Concha to resume
his communications on the subject
with the state department. .;
Senor Herran, th.e secretary of the
Colombian legation,' called at the state
department today -and left there a note-
from Senor Concha making inquiry as
to when Secretary Hay will return to
Washington. The negotiations will be
renewed then. - T
From what is known of the. charac
ter of Senor Concha's instructions it Is
believed that the difficulties in the way
of concluding a treaty will not be so
igrsat as has been supposed except as
to the price asked by .Colombia - for
her concession. The original price
agreed upon was seven million dollars
cash and no payment of rental for
fourteen years. Colombia now wants
ten millions dollars cash. r
RAILROAD RUMOR
-
Possible Purchases by the
Southern in Tennessee
Knoxvllle, Nov. 3. The visit here
three days ago of Samuel Spencer
developed a report that the Southern
Railway has purchased the Harrlman
& Northeastern road. 23 miles long: the ; cipal wholesale houses of Detroit, New
Tennesse Northern, 11 miles, and the , York, Philadelphia. Boston, Baltimore,
Knoxvllle & Ohio, 56 miles. These lines j Washington, Rochester, Buffola, Syra
penetrate valuable coal properties near j cuse, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo,
territory occupied by the Louisville & Akron Ohio, Canton, Ohio; Louisville.
Nashville, in costrwctlng the Knoxvllle, I Atlanta. Charleston, Mobile, New Or
LaFollette & Jelllco line. The Harri-j leans, Galveston, Omaha, Kansas City,
man & Northeastern runs to the state J Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and
prison mines at Petros, touching half j possibly San Francisco,
a dozen other collieries. The Tennes- I "The scheme may alto bring into the
see & Northern taps the Southern sys- j combine coffee and spice mills. Tt is
tern near Caryville, and . goes to La
Follette. The Knoxvllle & Ohio road
connects at Jellico with the Louisville
& Nashville.
KILLED BY LADRONES
A School Teacher Mutilated
, n I i i
and nODDBQ
ir,n. r r- Mnntrnmerr.
superintendent of schools in Oriental,
Negros. was murdered Friday by La-;
dmnM. thrM miles from Bacolod. Mr.
Montgomery was going to Bacolod for
a consultation with the retiring super
intendent and to assume control of the
division. He had a large sum of money
with him. Six natives armed with bo-
los and spears attacked the superln
tendent, quickly killed him. and then
mutilated and robbed him.
The constabulary have offered a re- t
ward for Montgomery's murderers, and
it Is thought they will be captured.
Robbery is understood to have been
the motive of the crime.- This is the
leaves a widow, who is a teacher in
the island of Negros.
Jim Crow Street Cars
New Orleans, Nov. 3. The new Jim
crow car law separating the whites and
negroes in the street cars went into
. . , M - - .
j effect in Mobile yesterday and In New
In.u.na anil thrmiarhotit Ttii1sian& to- ,
! Orleans and throughout Louisiana to
day. In Mobile the negroes boycot
ted the cars. In New Orleans a. much
smaller number of negroes took the
cars, the better class f negroes avoid-
inr them. The law produced muchJ
confusion and discontent, mainly
amonar the whites, artd lk
. B ..... u ..
into practical operation Txnder
tnt conditions. ;-
VIRTflRY IN FORSYTH
.WBwaaa a W 1 1 W I III
Republicans Get Out a Ticket
! ' ' : for Mossbacks
, "Winston-Salem, N. C, Nov. 3. Spe
cial. Democrats are still confidents
carrying Forsyth by five hundred to
morrow. Hon. C. B. "Watson, eandi
j date for United States senator, closed
f hJscapaign with a stirring speech to
I Us home people tonight. Tickets were
j usued. today by Republicans bearing
i the names of Linnev n t-
sfeciate Justices of the Supreme court.
These are or old line Republicans who
will , not support Connor and Walker,
Democrats.
Senator1 Pritchard made his closing
campaign speech in behalf of Black
burn ;. at a -big Republican rallv
; o oi-ua .V71
hrent.to Marshall tonight to vote. He
i Pre8ed delight that the campaign is
Dr. B. Jones, father of Hon.
Vll
uicu waay ai me age or 92 years.
SILVER DOLLARS
Mr.. Baker Will Have to Take
I Cart Wheels or Nothing
' "Washington, Nov. 3. The United
States. Supreme Court today dismissed,
on the ground that no federal question
was involved, the writ of error In the
'case Fred. A. Baker against Ste-
runiieu oiaies rsupreme uourt on a
f t . - a CI. . i . n .
writ of error. The former decision was ;
sustained by today's decision, but the !
court did not enter into the merits of ;
the controversy. In dismissing the
case, the chief Justice simply said.:
. "As our Judgments over the Judg
ments and decrees of state courts in
suits in which the validity of statutes
of the United States is drawn in ques
tion can only be exercised under sec
tion 7D9 of; the, revised statutes, when
Ihe decision j,ie 'against their validity,
the Tit of- error cannot be main
tained.- ; - , . '
i grogery'Sbine
Project to Rival the Steel
Trust in Magnitude
Chicago, Nov. 3. A Detroit special
says: "At a meeting of the principal
wholesale grocers of the United States,
to be held next Wednesday, prellmi- j
nary steps will be taken for the for- j
mation of a wholesale grocery combine
that will be next in size and import
ance to the United States Steel corpo
ration. "The combine will take in the prin-
suspected that the Stanni-d Oil inter
ests are behind the deal."
Ahead of Tfme
New Orleans, Nov. 8. The Southern
Railway's new mail flyer from New
Tork.to New Orleans which left New
Wvrlr va,tfrHa v Tnnrnlti er anrl wnts rtllfl
at 11:50 came lnto the city at
ill: 33 fifteen minutes ahead of time,
The distance (1.S74 miles) was covered
in thirty three hours and five minutes,
i and the New York morning papers cf j
yesteraav were on saie nere eariy im
i afternoon.
Officials to Be Punished
Shanghai, Nov. 3. Owing to the fact
that the Chinese government has final-
t lv acceded to thft demands of Great
! BrltaIn for the punishment of the offl-
cials of Chen Choufou, province of Ho-
nan, who were concerned in the murder
jaBt August of Missionaries Bruce and
twt!. the threatened British naval
demonstration on the Yangtse Kiang
has been abandoned.
. -
The Trixas a New Ship
Portsmouth, Va,, Nov. 3. The bat
tleship Texas again went Into commis
sion today. The ship -returned to the
yard of her birth two years ago, after
having borne & glorious part in the
naval battle of Santiago. The Texas
has been remodeled thoroughly. The
only thing abodt her that has not been j
Ijmj lUUlfi Aid X. VXICkfc A4.43 -r
' and
turrets and the two great twelve-men
guns in the turrets.
McLean Speaks in Dunn
Ttiiwit W f TCrt-ir Snr!l Hon.
-Mi.m. Un,)i irTin i
- i ,rnm Th nM wi :
fined to. overflowing. Appreciation
Titm shown tor 14 applauss, ; ..
New Yprk Repub! icons
Need Every Vote to Win
But Democrats Do Not Con
cede That Odell Will Be
Elected-Smali Sums
Risked on Result
; of Elections
New York, Nov. 3. The Sun will to
morrow say:
"ilepubiicans of eminence believed
last night that Governor Odell is to
in be re-elected today by 15,000 and more
- . " " "
Plurality; McKinley in 1896 had in the
state 268,325 plurality; Roosevelt for
I "The Democrats have believed that
js. - -f
Aey T'i!
o"tau wnnw LUU'J
Bt
night by C.000 plurality. They did not
believe that any change in the political
complexion of the county would turn
the county over to the Democrats. Then
the Democrats have circulated stories
to the effect that Monroe county would
give only 2,500 plurality for Odell. The
belief at Republican' state headquart
ers last night . was to the effect that
i Monroe would give Odell 4,000 plurality
and , possibly - 6,000. The news from
' Onondaga was to the effect that the
county would give 6,000 plurality for
, Odell.
"The Republicans insisted , that they
were getting out their vote in the
j country districts and they did not ac
; cept for a moment the stories by the
Democrats of Republican disaffection
and listlessnecs. - -
"Some of the Democrats Bald that
while Coler will run behind in the
normal plurality below the Bronx he
would more than make this up in
publicans vigorously corabatted these
the upper counties, especially in the
cities of the second class. The Re
assertions and insisted that Coler has
been a' beaten man from the start.
The Republican campaigners stood by
their figures, issued officially the oth
er day, that Odell would win by 37,
000 plurality. The governor believes be
is to be re-elected by between 40.000
and 50.000 plurality." -
Wagera n the Elactloa
New Trok, Nov. 3. As UBual on the
eve of election day the Hoffman House
tonight was the storm centre for bet
ting. It does not matte whether the
Republicans or Democrats are confi
dent over the ..result, the Hoffman
House, with John P. Caddagan at
the head, has been for more than a
dozen years the -betting ring.
There was aV great throng at the
Hoffman tonight and for a long time
there was a good, deal of talk and
no cider. Coler money was scarce. One
man asked of a great Coler man: "Mr.
Coler's friends offer 1 to 2 in small
amounts. If you are so confident of
Coler's election why don't you do bet
ter?" -
The Coler man replied: "We are
poor, the Democrats are poor; we have
been out of power since 1S94 and must
be discreet." -
The 2 to .1 odds seemed to strike
Jacob Field, the Wall street room trad
er, as a fair proposition on the Coler
side, and he took several big bets. Leo
Mayer backed Coler for S1.C0O against
$2,000 put up by another bookmaker.
Lou Lewis bet $1,000 against 52,000 with
with Harry Merritt. - Marcus - Mayer
took a flyer -on Odell, putting S250
against S140 Of Harry Von Tiber's cash.
"Young Corbett,' the feather weight
champion, wanted to back-Coler, but
he'd like to get $20,0000 against $10,-
ooo. -
Vltbk KIdaa Claim Nebraska
Lincoln. Neb- Nov. 3. Both sides are
claiming Nebraska tonight, but neither
boasts of a large majority. Chairman
Lindsayof the Republicans, says that
the state ticket will have 15,000 majori
ty, while Chairman Hall of the Demo
crats, claims it by 10,000.
The Republicans are sure of their
congressmen. They say they will get
five, and possibly may get ail six. The
Democrats concede but one congress
man to the Republicans and claim five
by a narrcftv margin.
The apathetic conditions that prevail
and the small registration in tbe cities
point to a light vote and decided uncer
tainty. There ' is a possibility that the
Republicans" may lose their guberna
torial candidate because of his connec-
I tioij with the State Anti-Saloon League.
The legislature is certain to be Repub
lican. California la DUpnt
San Francisco, Nov. 3. On the eve of
election in California Chairman Cutter
of the Republican state central commit
tee predicts tne state will go Republi
can by 14.000, that the legislature wt
be Republican and that an, Republican
congressmen will be elected. ChalSbe?sa
O'Brien of the Democratic state com
mittee says Lane (Dem.) will be elect
ed by 12,640 plurality and that six out
of eight congressmen will be elected.
These are extreme estimates. ' Mors
conserVative men place Pardee's ma
jority for gjayernor-at from 3,500 to y,orav
They say be will carry the state by
10.000, but that Lane! majority in San
Francisco will' cut this majority dawa
more than half, ;
Conserratrver-et&nates put Lane's
majority in San Fjracisco at 7,000. If
he should tmu strong: to the state then
he will be eiftcted, but it is not thought
j he g&'SK
itrz the hut election In, seve-
ral of the big counties like Los Angeles,
Alameda, Sacramento and Santa Clara,
Much of .Lane's strength is due to un
ion labor sentiment. The leading Demo
cratic papers here for several days hxve
been advising all members of labor
ions to vote as a body for Democratic
congressmen so they may have a
spokesman in congress. This appeal te.
union labor men has resulted m pro
nounced hostility to Dr. Pardee, thsl
Republican candidate. On several o6
casions gangs of union labor men have
prevented Pardee from speaKing and
made disgraceful scenes.
Clean Sweep Kxptecsd In Virginia ?
Richmond, Va., Nov. 3. The Demo
crats tonight claim that the full con
gress delegation of ten will be return
ed from Virginia, but dispatches freS
the Ninth district tonight indicate that
V.'. F. Rhea, Democrat, 'is in danger of
defeat by H. C. Slemp, Republican. IS
other districts the elimination of ths
negro vote by the new constitution has
"rendered Democratic euccesss certain.
POU AT HOME
Close of the Campaign in
Johnston County
Smithfield. N. C, Nov. 3.-SpeclaJ.
Hon. Edward .W. Pou, candidate for
re-election to congress in this district.
spok to a large and enthusiastic au
dience in the court house hers . todajR
at one o'clock. The people of Johston
love her noble eon, and, Inspired 6y
that love, came In large numbers to
day to hear hiro speak. They came
pectlng to hear the iasus ably discuss
ed upon a high plane, and they were
not disappointed, as many were heard
to say, "It was the best speech I
have heard In many a day." "Ned Pou
excelled himself,' I didn't know 16
was In. him to make such a speech,"
and many such complimentary re
marks. Mr. Pou discussed tie Issuer for two
and a Quarter hours. His speech was
a complete answer to Senator lrltch
ard's arguments. Qae by one he took
up the senator arguments and turned,
them to his destruction:s His speech
was free 'from personalities and upon
a high plane,- and he discussed neith
er himself Tvbi W$ Opponent. He paiJ
Senator Pritchard a compliment which
was listened to with pleasure by our
people. When; Messrs. Craig and
Pritchard spoke in " Smithfield both
made complimentary allusions to Mrw
Pou. In winding up his speech Mr.
Pou said that Senator Pritchard rep
resented what was best in the Republi
can party; that he, had,conducted his
campaign upon a high plane, and If a
Republican were to be returned to the
senate he preferred that 'Republican
should be Senator Pritchard. It was
perfectly evident, however, that the
congressman did not believe the sena
tor would receive thirty votes in the
general assembly.
About five hundred people were pres
ent, including many ladies. The court
house was filled and. Mr. Pou held their
strict attention during the entire
course of his remarks .
MORE INVASION
'" . .i i-" .-
American Capita Seeking
New Investments in
England
London, Nov. 3.EngUsb fire Insur
ance circles are alarmed at the efv
forts of American capitalists to gaia
control of several of the big London
companies. The" first direct offers cams
from the Morgan group, but these were
rejected. Some stock of one of the big
gest companies was quietly bought
and it was soon found that Morgan
and his associates practically con
trol the company. .
The reason for this move on the part
of the Americans is that they, hava
found the American companies are un
able to cever all the insurance requir
ed by the shipping and other trusts
hence the necessity of obtaining con
trol of the English companies.
The report that J. Plerpont Morgan
Is trying to purchase the North Staf
fordshire, coal fields and that the com
panies ere not averse to making a deftl
with him has caused a sensation at
Stoke-on-Trent. It is stated that the
agreement has already been, drawn u
and will be signed by the inlne own
ers Wednesday, when they will meet
Mr. Morgan's agent at Stoke-on-Trent.
The terms are said be very favorable.
Some 24,000 men are employed tn the
pits and the" output for 1S01 was 412,
803 tons- Local manufacturers ara
greatly concerned over the probable re- '
suit of the deal as It Is stated it may
b preliminary to the capture of the lo
cal pottery industry by the Morfn to
teress , 1
WasMngtoftsAncesfra FKome
'MaricIrcsiSfc England, Kov.' f Th
Dispateh tcpJay announces that Samuel;
Soott, M. F has purchased the onco
ancestcal fcwno 0oB3 W&sMtegtorv'
tneex Bantouryi. It was recently stated
that the WJwhangton home had been
purchased by Amerlc&ns avnd wanM.he
taken in sections to St. Lonxla to e ex-
JUre t t&;exyosltion.' TWstata-
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