North Carolina Newspapers

t it- t . .- A "7 -4j 4- NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, AUGUST 12 1896. NO. 22. I; -4 h BUTLEB3 BIG GAME. EXCITING TIMES PKOMISED -AT-BOPULIST CONVENTION. HIM KxpMHal NiMllan. -BrtBNUc Ctfm Crop. Waat ( H rmr trro Bry Reports Pop. Mini JOCBNAL BcREAIT - '.- Ru-zioh, Augusts. Tle co-otratiou bcretofore existing between the Slate expjarinieot station ami th U. & Weather Bureau has been dis corniDoe"d, as tbe policy of tbe latter in aogaratta more perfect unification of the climate aad crop service io tbc d'fiferent States, oj)er a moreslirect control of the Central bonaa at Washington. At more important pofrila throughout tbe United States afcole4a eouipueol for printing th reoorts Issued by the weather bureau will rrt.tWT aod tfcntbtUes tbe -work; j jwie rally will be in pro ml ia other ways Aa equipment of this kind is planned for North Carolina. The State w. at her ser vice remains a part of tbe ci)erimeot e&Uoo. nd will have no connection with the weather bureau, although the work (irmerlj dwoe by toe Sute weather service will r cociioued bj toe climate an i crop eerrlce 6f tbe'TJ. S. weather bureau. The August Bul!et;n,ol ihe Agricultural department will contain an accurate list of all the cot In o mills and other rcnnuficto ries M the State and I. voce "ill le of taarked valu-. Cotton milling intere-ts ar iof getting something of a check in tbe State, yet several mills are io course f construction and others are planned. Jtext weete the work of repairing the in terior ol the dome of the capital begins Lutkbcr tor the scaffolding, which will be of gieat strength and height, was delivered today. Gov. Crr and firaily are at Blo.ving Rock and in a few days go to Asheville Tbej will very probably regain in the mountains a fortnight longer. All sorts of reports come in regarding Ike cotton crop. Some person siy the heat has fired" it badly a sandy Duds and has caused great shedding of r qua res. Ou the atifTland near here the plants look well and there b promise of what may 1 called a fair exop. Cotten dealers laugh at tbe reports of injury. OacSarmer tbe other day Insisted that the damage done amounted to one thousand bales a day. A bearer sikl (hat this would wind up the crop of Wake hi thirty dajg, the pioducl bkirsg a bo at thirty thousand bales Louis de la Croix, of Oxford re o resent- rd thu STO'd D.-inOcr-iLs of this S'ate at Indianapolis today. &ictrv of the Interior. Hoke Smith, i 13 t Uocolntoo on a visit to Gen. R. F. Uuke and other relatives. He says he mill (upport tbe National ticket. The Secretary is an enthusiisttc wheelman and fca fciabeyc5'4with him. Tfcera Is oatte a little hitch as to w araag the Popu'uU invented the great j thought of nominating thfi Vce-President fcefore the President. W. A. Uuthne say- j he did aad hl W. Ayer tays he h mseli ia the man. Populkta ot this eoonty held their coo weattioa here UJay and dieted delegates to the State convention next Thursday. Their leaders say they wait to know what Ckyan would lay j.o lhA notification com- nttlM ,in lliia a mwt deftl ilen. nda. Tb general pWic has now Caught cn ; t Senator Butler's pol!it;cal shrew iness. Uftbaa frfayjd a big game and is (till playing. It ia very hard to sy what he is after. Th re tic? nee, of his followers is great. Otbo Wilson the chitf oae here is daiab as an oyster regarding wht may or j will be doo at the Popolist ftale conveo-j tiua. For kistance Wilson cju n w name tJOamiaee lor Lieutenant Governor, but Myfc must not do so. Senator Butler will make things lively for toe Repaolicans as the Representatives ofthe tras's and monopolies. He will also mafca things quite lively for Sewall. Dr. Cyrus Thompson, ths prei lent of j tbe Sate faTJiers alliance, was here tinlavj oa Lim way to Hii labor o to attend its an ooal meeting, the first in its new head- John W. Thompson. Sccrttury, is aidel 1 qaaitsra. The tanoery will be in opera-, by Luther Yale, H. M. Covan and a tteo tioa so tbe alienee men can see tome of their , ograpbt r. I own leather. Ia a little whde they can Twenty Benulort fishermen passed here j wear shots of . their own making. Kor a or their way to Puma Gorda, Fla eoupta of years or more the fortunes of the The work on the Baptist State Female ; Hiaaee has been at a very low ebb and 1 University here, is not to be resumed tite membership list sura.uk nearly to a , until next Spring. i ffceletoo, bat it is smd there is now an j Some leading Democrats believe diat iacrease in membership. The greattst Senator Marion Butler tanuot control Membership ever given out wr.s 105,000' ! those Ponullsts who left the Republican1 aad there were over 2,100 sub-alliances . ; party, anil that the populist party will! Ss perhaps there are 10,000 members in only represent the proportionate part of I gtod standing. The alliance organ, the , Demix-rttic loss ef 13,000 between 188$: PmgTtsaive Farmer, has a much larger and 1892. j Circulation than Jeaitor liutlei's paper. Senator Butler's personal oi gan create s , President Charles D. Mclver of the State 3irinal and Industrial school a here yeaterday in bis return from the dta I coo's and elders' Presbytprian institute at Ued Springs, Robeson county, and says tbe attendance was qattc large, at least ,000 daily. XeUars recckred here say the Harring ton telephone company of Richmnud iateods to establish an exchange here It ia interesting and important to get 3 the iight possible on the gte-at question of tbe action ot the Democratic St-ite c m raittee ia proposing lu'.ion el.ctoruily with the Populist. Cbairmaa Man y insists streauovsly that time will show the com ruittee acted wisely. But the amount of Clamor agaiaat the action was a surpi i&c, no doubt to the major. ty of the commit tee; la fart this is adm.tted. Ii.-v. Jt hn E Whitf, aecrvtiry of the Baptist state miasioo board, came in yesterday from the piedmont section and says that at Pilot motntaio and BekUh Baptut associatiims ait tha Democrat be talked with favored electoral fnsioo. To; use his phrase the coantry people, Democrats and Popul.sts are bouad together by tbe silver cord ac.d ire nearer together thin at any time since (ba war. The churcbee, be adds were ' ace split but all are now united on ail- ver. He says lie n j lices ut ibis. Rev. W. G. Clements oi this county, w us asked what lie lie i"tl araiD his couuty f1ix:k a lo Hie mitir. He usCi ts that Democrats and Populists all i;kc the idea. There is, nut a Ht ublican n bis township. He snys that in the country dure are more I'op'i lists than Democrats in Wake. The peuitem Lary authorities will have I ', to make every edge cut these days. The 1 , lossof $tVi,?)00 by ti e frishets iu Uie ' i Roanoke is a heavy bio, wl ch nearly taggers tht m. Fifty mules have been brought In r' from one of the Roanoke firm, to haul 1,000 Cords of wood for use in bru kmaking nod also to hul bricks n;K 11 "'aU"Ke tarming is now very now ukcn ODi tllc solmci o( ti,e jcc rreara apparent, but the farms are l.aJ. the man wa9 t,card on the street. It was a leases have yet 3,5 ami G years to run j D,-vel idea. For live cents a block of ice respectively. cream could be purchased wrapped in It is quite a disappointment t h it work paper, and delivered from the perambu on the Baptist State Female University j lating cart by a man tires cd in white. It here is not to beilin U'Jtil Spring. i llflP lnn rnnPncr oi.Tl.t f,,r ilip i,t two There it quite a lot ot talk about the HtidecliMKe-r-t!;e tU of tb liepwb lican State committee meeting to the 15th jt is the current comment that it is a sharp trick. John A. P.rncbm, a nephew of Prof. W. F. Massey of the Agricultural and Mechanical college, has arrived here from New Yoik on his bicycle. The silverttes will in considerable r.um bcrs attend the Populist State convention next Thursday. Will any silver Republi cans 1 present, is a question a good many people are asking. The call is to all silver meu. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. Bovine Unlet thia Week. Banler Set Week. Campaign Work Belng Orcniilird. Iru men t Sent Oat. New York, August. 8. At National j headquarters, today, everything was quiet. I The lew members ot the Executive Com- rmittee here left for their homes to spend Sunday, but will be back Mon-'ay morn ing to meet Mr. Mark IlanDa when he arrives. Next week will be a very busy one, Chairman Hanna is to be here all the week to put campaign matters into work ir.g order. Alf members of the National Execu tive Committee will be here. Several prominent callers were at head quarters tc day, among them Congressman Bibcock, who will remain over until Monday. He saS Lis committee have already s.nt out two million canipaigD documents. ( ur-k ran Will Speak. Nkw York. August 8. Hon Bourke krn consented to a-t.tress a mass mteling in this, city in the interest ol Mc- Km', y. Temperature Htlll Way t p. New York, August 8. The thermom eter hovered ab u' ninety degrees today, ( b'Jt a fres'i bretzo from tLe sea tempered tnc heat. Ihe lumidity was less and there was less suffering, with fvwer reports of sun strokes than yesterday. AS TO FUSION. FUSION BE MADE BOTH TICKETS. CAN OS Pepnblicana State Letlalatare T Smoke oat Silver Repnbllrana. A t Butler Control. Doubt or Democratic Sincerity. RiLc.ioh, N. C, August Q. A lead silver man declares I hat if the Populists and Republicans cannot fuse, electorally, as H. L. (irant says they cannot, they certainly cannot luse on the State ticket. Otho Wilsoa says tie Republicans above all thing9 want to et the ega 'ature but will find this most difficult of all things to do. It is asserted that the Republicans, who j are silver men, will b: smoked out ot the party, Diiiiocra'.ic State Chairman Manlv I haS I I .... ... . occupy! h is spacious headquarters today. a sensation today by declaring editori-dly I that the real purpose of the resolutions i regarding eleetoral fusion which were i adopud by the Democratic committie, is to try to make a ju-opositiou which no ' self rcsiieetin?? Pojjuiist would entertain i C anel then when it is rejected to go before the people and try to make It appear that the Populate arc not honest because they rejected the overtures looking to co-operation. DISASTROUS FIRE. A .Nnmbrr ol Elves Lost. Scores Sid by Jumping: From Windows. Fire Was In Liquor Establish me nt. New York. August 11. Between five and fifteen lives were lost in a tire on Grecnwick and Wall street-, this after- U00Q. : The tiro burst forth sudJcDiv. A score : or more s.ivid from windows themselves by jumping and fire escapes to the Ninth Avecuc Elevated railroad tracks. Three hundred barrels of liquor were burned. Tbe fire started on the ground floor ot the New York Electrical repair shot). It spread to I'hilir Klinkerstern's wholesale liquor establishment. WILMINGTON LETTER. HOT WEATHER SEDUCTIONS FOR EXCURSIONISTS. Too Hot Tor Kven NiaiitrfU- Fakirs Jet In Thrlr Work. First f lolton (iom to Australia. Various Items. Journal Bukkai-, ( WitMiNOToN, X. C. Aug. 8 With the first hot days of summer, even before the sun had assumed that tierce and emphatic he.it which he has months, and a seductive chnrm is about it, which is too much for visitors to the city. Out comes a nickel before, they think, and s.ion they are munching, the concentrated cold cream, with a happy expression. Then the soda-war ei foun tain comes in for its share ot patronage. This year they all have electric fins and a man is to be envied standing beiualh. this wird-productr quaffing the "soft drinks' through a straw. The very though of going to the opera houe this weather is enough to give one a fever. But the men who play the bones and work off old j ikes, on au audience for so much a joke, were opparently oblivious to the luat. Billow Bros., put in an appearance on Wednesday night, and played lo a limited audience at the opera house. We do not suffer often from fakirs, quack doctors and the like, but for the past week the colored popu'ation have J offered up their hard earned dollars at the shrine of one, who claimed to be a con jurer and dealer in the bhickarts. Alter this had been going on for some lime with no return to the investors, a warrant was issued and now the impostor is spendiug his days at the jail. The important office of cattle weigher has been in dispute tor many months Back and fourth went the discusion from the Police Board to the Board of Alder, men, two men claiming the place. At last it is decided who shall hold the lucrative position. Oae Thomas A. Watson has produced a satisfactory bond and is de clared cattle weigher for the city of Wilmington- The first bale of this year's cotton crop arrived bcre yesterday. It wai grown in South Carolina. This is the earliest date ,-or C(,tIon at thu poin lbe hTPrage dale ijr tu. t bne August 16th. The cotton was consigned to Alex Sprunt & S n. Whenever Wilmington sends a repre sentative to Charlotte to contest in athletic sports there, the Charlotte contestants seem to delight in disabling them. Tire Wil mington football team at Christmas time were treated shamelully. Ttis week one of our crack bicyclist went up to Char lotte to ;ompete in the races and the first day he was run into and disabled so much that he could not take part in the next days races. The Red men had a great day in New Berne yesterday, although a hot one. The base ball boys are happy, as they t o the game away from New Berne Mid brought it back last n'ght. Mr. W. R. Kenan, Jr., son of our Cd lector of Customs, is visiiing Irs family here, preparatory, to his trip to Australia, lie has been employtd at Niagara, New York, by the Electro Gas Co., au l is s.-nt by them to put up their plants, in Australia He expects to be gone a year. Work on the railroad that is to bs be twecn Wilmington and Seinhpott is be-ing pushed despite the toirid heat. j The contriCtors find it hard to gtt null i lo woik, ih3 heat being too much lor the laborers, Al t.ul tw0 .untjriJd men are constantly at work, and are changing the Brunswick nil lrnri,. from Ilia ni.'t nrn :1P to n eOhl --" - - busine s aspect. COMMITTEE MEEriNG. GREAT CHANGE I.V SEXTI. MENT ON FUSION. Democratic Committeemen Arrive. Anll-rnsionists Strictly in Evi dence. Sinarular Evidence For l'nulon Given. R ai.kioii. X. C. August 10 The fol- wing persons arrivt d here to d IV to ' it tend the Democratic Mate Lommntee! Ihe mteting. Cleimut Manly. W. II ' s0nal worth. Tremendous applause. Kitchin. J. R. Young. Heriot Clarkson, i j hh d I be satisfied, if as a private individ R L Durham, D. J. Pe4ibei ton , G. S. j Ual, 1 may be able to stand beside him in Biadshaw, J. R. W, Kster, Paul 3. the public e.-teem, but my fiicnels, this is Mtac&s, J. D. Glenn, W. C. Douglas, II. I not a contest w hether your distinguished L. Stevens, Gt-o. B. Patterson, F. D. . townsman shall occupy the Chief Execu- D. Mclvt r, W. 13. Rodiuan, ! J. A. Brown, A. C. Avery, A. E. Wal ' ters, Geo. A. Jones, J. II. Pou, R. 1). Gi'man, W. T. Lee, E. J. Dale, S. Gal- lert. Some members s.ii.l frankly that thtre 1 had been an immecseievulsion of senti i mcnt since July 80th, regard ii.g fusion, aad they declared that they had no idta tt.at the committee would tonight agree to fuse. Some of Hu m said that Paul B. Means, who at last meeting was browbeaten for l his attack on fusion, would tonight have plenty of supporter?, and that no motion to eject auy unti fusionist would, tonight, be made though one was made iu the , Means case. A delegate told me that the reason why the committee had before decided , that fusion was proper, was because 'cbairmau Joues had recommended it, and not because of anv exhibit showing grave' weakness of part v. ' Others said that had the members of the committee in person bet-D here July 30th to vote, there would have been dif lertnl itsulis, In other words that the vote was due to proxies. ' Wt stern lmmbeis are solid against fusion. It is sai l positively that tonight : nothing more is accomplished between the Populists an 1 Republicans, or be tween Populists and Democrats. In other words all hands are playing for position, and trying to fix the lespousibility. Richmond Pearsoti arrived this after noon from Ocracoke to remain during the week. AMERICAN SHIP LOST. Disaster Occurred in May Detail Have Jnst Been Received at the state Department Twfnly Persons Were Lost. Washington, D. C The Falkland Islands, off the east coast of Pategouia, were in May the scene of a marine disaster involving the loss of nearly 'twenty American lives, which as yet renaair.s wrapt in Oiystery. Consul Miller tenotts that on the evening of May 14 news was brought to Port Stanley that a large ship, evidently of American build, had struck off the Billy Rock, and was in danger of break ing up. The sea, however, was running so heavily that Capt. McPheison found it impossible to get close to the shin brought her, however, near euougii iu count fourteen men in the rigging, who hai'ed him in English and bsgged him to rescue them. The vessel was a large wooden ship of about 1,800 tons register. Capt. McPherson put back to port for a life boat, and returned immediately, but before he reiciied the ship she had broken up, and quaoties of her cargo were floating in all dirtctions. Capt. McPher son and his rescue party stood by all night in the hope of picking up survivois, but after sixteen hou's of unwearied effort, g ive up the hope of saving life, and re turned to Port Stanley, Late in May a diver wint down into the vessel, but was unable to ascertain its name or hailing port. The only traces of humanity found on board was the body of a young woman about eighteen years of age, dressed in maroon colored dressing gown, a gold watch chain about her neck, bi't DOtiiing to furnish a clue to her identi ty. THE POLITICAL POT. KEEPS MERELY BOILING THE STATE CAPITAL, AT Cbaug-e in Date of Republican State Committee. Colored Vote for Mc Kinley. I.orkhart to be Nomi nated. Gossip is Various, Raleigh, N. C, Aug., 7. The Re publican State Chairman changes the date of ttie Istata Committee meeting from August 11th to Auut 13th. It is remarked that this is probably done to give the Republicans an oppor tunity to make the last bid for the Popu list support. The chairman of the Republican Con gressional committee of this district, says he knows only two coloreel Republicans who will fail to vote for McKinlcy. James A. Loekhart will be nominated by acclamation for Congress by the Demo crats ol the Sixth District. Cyrus B. Watson was here today on his way to Goldsboro to speak on Satur- d iV II ' u i 1, i i'g the campaign, dis tui.l not State issues. . ell-s I'll' v . ' ; J. ha It '.'eb r. ! ocr 1 1 i t-. 1 1 i -1 1 i . j S a' e ('.en, j; ; fu-i.-n na oc! !e' ' iv Central Dem tlie action of the r ; g U): E ecloral t -al o' ih- Pop- e.c r I n'i-t io i In- H--'. ! IJ.-. J. j. Mot-, -hi t ie j lic.iiia aod i v I ill w i ia c Poptfikt Sta'e tout' ij'i - , - In r l -pub .e- ia'.- nd the BKYAN AT OANTCpi, O, I'nys Tribute I V. cUitili j 's CtinrHCter au(IWorll). IlisSpeecli. Special. Canton, (.)., August 10. W. J. Bryan hustled in a very democratic way from his train to a ffit car, and climbed with hands and knees to his p-aiton. at con- I sider.ible risk. : He a;.i, "When he nceivtd notice a ! short time ago ef the organization of a 'silver club he : c. lie lit t ' e imagined the j tremendous s--nii nent wiiich SeeiiiS behind that club, f am glu t to y. in this city the home i-f in v distinct -heel opponent, u l-.stdv to lr.e h.h t hai'acter ami i.er- I live position iu the greatest nation on earth, but It does matter ou what polciijs the President shall stand. Io this cam paign the person is lost sight of in the in terest of the cause which those persons n present. I am glad to know that in his own city, so many think the best interests of tie country lie in NLKinlcy's defeat." E. A. W. Meeting:. LoI'ipvii.i.i:, Ky., August 11.- -Cre wds of cyclers attended the meeting 0 the L. A. W. here todav. The intense heat did not interfere with the training for the races. - Wants More Attention : London, August 11 Li Hung Chang ; is deeply grieved over the lack ot atten tion shown towards his proposed visit; via the United States. 1 To-day he accepted an invitation to ! travel to the Pacific coast, over the Can- adiau Pacific Railway. WASHINGTON LETTER. The Party Managers Under Criticism. Hot Ilanna. Ituller aul Jones nil Sharply Criticised. Gold Ticket ami Whit ney's Position. Cleveland will Likely Bolt. Hot Weather. JounxAi. Bi RKAr, ) Washington, D. C. Aug. 10th. If only one political party war, starting into the Presidential campaign by finding fault with the men who hav e teen select- ed to manage that party's interests, it would be easy to agree in sayieg that the party was thereby jeopardizing its chance for success. But with a more or less con siderable number of men iu each of the parties finding fault with the party man agers, as is now the case, it is much more difficult to form any idea of what result, if any, the fault-finding will have upon Ihe election. Senator Jones, Chairman of the Demo cratic National Committee, Mr. Mark Hanna, Chairman of the Republican Committee, 'and Senator Butler, Chair man of the Populist Committee are each under a hot fire from members of their own party. Senator Jones is thavpiy criticised for what has been done by Mr. St. John, the Treasurer of the Democratic Committee, at the elaborate and expensive Hijaead quarters he has established in New York, for the populist iutcivicw which he has repudiated, and for genctal di'a toriness in getting down to work. Mr. Ilanna is found fault with because ot'hi3 autocratic methods, and Senator Butler because he has not made his ap pearance at Populist Headquarters in Washington since he was made Chairman of the National Committee. From this it will be seen that so far as fault finding is concerned it is about a stand off all rta(.htLi ab )Ut 21.000,00;) of which $13, around. So far as smoothly working I Q:jQ)0u0 was in July and $3,000,000 dur- machinery is concerned, the Ilepublicans bith in their Congressional and National Committees, are lar iu the lead. They daily send out from Washington, ten times as many documents as their oppon ents. However, it has Irom the first been generally understood that the silver or Democratic campaign would not get under way until Bryan made his speech of acceptance. As he will do that, at New York city on Wednesday of this week, his party managers may now be expecteel to begin to hustle. The gold Democrats are not numerous in Washington, outside of the holders ol prominent poeitiocs under the administra tion, and whatever disposition they might have felt to enthuse over the call for a gold Democratic convention, to meet at Indianapolis September. 3, was squelched by the appearance tbe same day, .f an authorized interview with Ex-Secretary Whitney, declaring that McKinlcy would carry New York by 2C0,000 majority. They know that Mr Whitney never talks for publication except for a purpose, and that his purpose in this pase was to throw col l water ou the idea of putting up a gold Democratic ticket, by letting it be seen that himse'f and other influential gold Democrats intended to throw their influence for McKinley. It is generally believed in Washington that a gold ticket will ba nominated, but even the silver Democrats, who want the ticket put up to prevent gold Democrats voting for Mc Kinley. do not believe that it will receive support enough to make it a lactor in the election, in even one State. The politi cians of all parties, almost without excep tion, believe that the silver and goltt line will be so tightly drawn before election that everything else will be forgotten, and that McKinley will get practically all the gold votes and Bryan all the silver votes Secretary Carlisle has gone to see Presi dent Cleveland and there is coniderable guessing as to whether there is any presi dential politics in e visit. Up to three or tour days ago, there was some doubt about whether Secretary Carlisle would join the bolters ot his party or lollow his friend, Senator Lindsey, of Kentucky, aud support Bryan. There is no longer any doubt about his position; he will bolt, as will President Cleveland and every mem ber of his Cabinet, except Secretary Smith and he will probably be out of the Cabi - net sometime before e.ection. It is now said among ffientjs oj President Cleveland that it was the failure of the convention to say a word commendatory of the admin istration, mote than the adoption of the free coinage clause of the platform that made the bolt of the President and all but one of his cabinet certain. It has been said that politicians can stand anything, but an exception must now be nottd. They cannot stand 1 he broiling sizzling sort of weather w hich Washington has hail tor the past few days. At least those of them who had nionev or credit enough to g?t to the sea- shore or mountain resort could not, ard they have gone to wait for a change in the weather. Honest Money League. Chicago, August 11. Two hundred Republicans met his afternoon and form - ed the "American Honest Money League.'' - -- HEAT ANP DEATHS CONTINUE Thirty Six Deaths, One Hundred Prostrations, Hospitals Filled. Nkw YortK, August 11 Thirty six , deaths Irom heat were reported, today, . .'. t ,. . 1 "'(' lYiliOlV. and one hundred nrostrations. ! The hospitals are glutted with patients, j The doctors are almost dropping at their 1 posts. The thermometer again reached nearly ; j one hundred degrees - Bryan at New York. New York, August 11 W. J. Bryan ' arrived here this evening, and was given Warm reception by a multitude of enthusi 1 astic admirers. TREASURY OFFICIALS SURPRISED I'leasetl Willi III.' K riplt IK spile I lie l ressin. Washington, U. C. The Tie.is.ury receipt have beci miming dining the-j ;re-'ent month at a rate which has rather agiveably -urpiised tin- di puliiient ili fjals ill vio.v o! the gi tioral depn Hon -in j business. The meipts for July m re larger tl.au tor many prccaling mouths, j but the iucreiiM was attributed in part to the payment of tmnuul licenses, under the j Internal Revenue iaw. Ti;e customs re- j ceipts for July lat lei! l,!)0(',(i00 short of: j those for July. 1M'J, while the internal j revenue feci ipN were 1,400,000 larger The ligures lor August are of a different character. The first eight days of the month have shown receipts n! i?7,o88, 1-0, of which $3,474,402 has been from cu-tjms, $:!, 475,784 from internal revenue and $437, 943 Irom miscellaneous sources. The cor lespoudiog figures for the lir&t eight days of August a year ago were $4,303,414 from customs, $3,315 802 from internal revenue and $489,245 from miscellaneous sources, making a total of $8,119,401. The figures show a loss in custom and in the total receipts this year, as compar ed with last, 1 ut the piop rtiou iu favor of internal rt venue receipts is perhaps a little than in July ol the preset year The increase in internal revenue re ceipts have taken place, in spite of dull trade, because of the exhaustion of the supplies of whiky withdrawn from bond before the new law t.ok effect. The ens toms receipts are stid sm til, but are likely t j be maintained ut a higher rate during the remainder of the - month than they were duting the closing days of August a year ago. The expenditures for July weie so large, on account of the beginning of the uew fiscal year, that no accurate deductions cm yet be made as to their average for f .e vear. The defuit lor the rise d veai has ing August. This is no indication of a deficit at the end of August, because the interest and pension payments have been largely anticipated during the hrst week. It is expected that August will show a j surplus, if receipts continue at their pres ent tate, w hich would afford total ieceip'8 of $28,000,000. A surplus in August would not indicate that the Treasury was on a self supporting basis, because Augu-t is not one of the months when the big quarterly interest payments are due; but it wou'd indicate a favorable condition of affair, anel the probable reduction of the deficit at the end of the year. There is some doubt whether the large appropriations made by the last Congress could be met, even if receipts nxe to 530,000,0 j0 per month, but receipts ol that amount would reduce the deficit to a small figure, and would indicate the success of the e xisting tariff" iu providing revenue lor the scale of expenditures existing wlen it was enacted. It is be-lievQ-1 that the revival of business, conse quent upon a sound money victory in November, would elo much to" eliminate the revenue problem from practical politics. The v.Vntional Democrats." Ikdianai'oi.is, Ind. Mr. W. D. By- num, chairman if the Executive Com mitter ofthe National Democratic party is receiving a large number of communi cations from Democrats in every part of the country regarding the selection of delegates to the convention at Indiana polis on September 2d, Many of them come from States which were not repre sented at the recent conference, and Un belief of tbe leaders of the party and the hotel people of Indianapolis is that the attendance at t he national gathering will be much laiger than they originally anti cipated. The Denison Hotel has received several additional requests - for rooms. Maine's delegation asks for 12 rooms; Massachusetts for 10; Wisconsin wants rooms for 24 delegates; Michigan, for 10, and the New York Sun sends a request for rocras for its stall'. The tail for the national convention was mailed to the chairmen aud delegates in the various S;ales. The address to the public is bing prepared, and will pro j bai-ly be lvady for publication about the ; end ol the wack. Secretary, Wilson has named Evans Woolen, of Indianapolis, as his assist int. His duties will be devoted to perfecting tin- preparations for the cou von tion and to the business end of affairs olely. The Sun's Eclipse, London. Much interest exists in as tronomcal circles as to the success ot tiie several expeditions sent out to various pirU of the world to study the tot i' eclipse ofthe sun. A spcri.t! dispatch Irom Yad soe, Noi way, says that the members of the expedition sent Varanger Fjord, near Vadsoe, by Mr. Downing, of the British I Nautical Almanac, were unable to take any oDservaiii'tis mat win De 01 vaiuu. The early phase or the eclipse was clearly seen, but its totality was obscured by thick clouds, which rendered the taking ol observations impossible. The temper- I ature at the beinn'-ug oi the eclipse was . 44 d-grees. During the eclipse it fell to -12 and then rose again to 41, w hen the se again shadow passed from the sun. Among the observers at Vat anger Fjor d was Sir Robert Slarwell Bill. I,nn dean Professor of Astronomy and Geom- ,-hi- io the I "o i vpr.-i t v of ( 'a mbrid --e Oh. News from the other stations, some of w hich arP far fr om civilization, is anxious - ly awaited. It is hoped that the American expedition at the Island of Yezo, Japan, and the expeditions at Nova ZemOla and in Eastern Sibeiii will obtain results that will be of great benefit to science. Hot Spell Broken. Chicago, August 11. The hot spell was broken this afternoon. The mortality has been unprecedented. FUSION OFFERED BUTLER. DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMIT TEE ADHERES TO SILVER. tV'iimerons Republicans Gal tiering;. Situation In Puar.llnic. Division ol Electors Offered lopullsis by Democrat s. spt'eial Raleigh, N. C, August 11 Today the Democratic State Committee met again. It was the sxnse of the Committee that while the party is not going to proscribe any man for Ids opinions, yet the ilig meut is on gold or silver, and that the silver men control the party. This makes adherence to silver the leat ot party fealty. Great cumbers of Republicans ate here, trying to get places as wet nurses for the Pop ti list 8. W. S Hyams, Pearson, Zeb Waller, Bob Hancock, E. C. Duncan are among these. Judge Russell spent several In nrs litre, today. He seeing very nervous. It was said yesterday the Repu'ilicane were not anxious for State fusion witl the Popu'ists, their actions, today, rather gainsay this. The situation is such ns to puzzle them as well as every body el-c. This afternoon, Chairman Manly sul- luuieu in willing, 10 Qjnaior m4i er u proposition for electoral f.isiou on the electoral ticket, the Topulists taking 5 electors, the Democrats 0 electors. I'p to e-ght o'clock he has had no reply. The Populists Central Committee was .in session nearly all this afternoon. The Populist State Committee meets tomorrow morning. There are reasons for belief that S na lor Butler will not accept Chairman Manly1 proposition, and will not ngree to recommend anything less than Con gressional and electoral fusion, holding both to be equally important, and that cither is incomplete without the other. It is tumortd that the Populists w..uld be willing to give the Democrats the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth Districts, taking for themselves the First, Third, Fourth and Seventh, and let the second district be fought for. The Republicans in the Second Dis. frict, to-day absolutely prostrated them selves liefore the Populists, by eleclin.ug to make Congressional nominations. The Republican district chairman says that all this is really an attempt to lorce the Popuhs's to fuse on the State ticket, by telling them, if they do not agree, t Iw Republicans will not support Stroud. The Populists, today, asked the Itepub lican committee to endorse Stroud. Avatnat Our Money. Toronto, Out. V combined ettort is about to be made by thO oi ty bauks to decrease the circulation of Americau silver certificates. The following notice is post ed in the Standard Bank. ' Ou and alter Saturday, Augu&t V"ith, American $ I bills will only be received lor 90 cents.'' It is understood that other banks will follow the example of the Standard Bank. This action will probably result in a much decreased circulation of American bills in this city. In regard to American silver, most 0' thejeity banks are not accepting it at all. Some will accept American silver only from customers, but only in small amounts The railway companies refuse to h mills it, and the departmental stores are dis cussing the advisability of refusing it as money. Hamilton, Out. Following the ex ample of the Toronto bank, t he Merchants and other local b.inks here hate decided to refuse to accept American silverj and silver ceititicati s- For years American bills and currency have beeu accepted at par by many merchants. United States silver or silver certith-ates will not be c cepled iu payment ol city taxes. This action is not due entirely to the silver agi ration in the United States but to the fact that at present theie is too much Amei ican silver in circulation iu Canada. THE COTTON CROP. Better Than East Year .In Worse Condition Tl (til in July. Wash i n(Tojs The August returns to the s'atisticiap- ol the Department of Agriculture show a reduction in the condition of cotton during the mould of July from 92.5 to 80.1, or 12.4 points. The condition the same time last year was 77.9, w hich was the lowest average for August ever i ten. The averages ot the States are: Virginia, 80; North Carolina, 93; South Carolina, 88; Georgia, 92; Florida, 84; Alabama, 9:1; Mississippi, 78; Louisiana, 7'; Texas, 09; Arkansas, i Tennessee, 89. Heavy rains mjuiy damaged the crop, especially ou bottom lands, in Yirginia, North and South Carolina, Florida, and some portions of Georgia. Over a large area in Georgia the crop is in fine condi tion and promises a full yield. Tbe drought which extended over Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas lor several weeks produced more or less damage, aud ie many counties complaints are made of shedding aud premature ripening and blceiming at the top. Some counties iu Mississippi and Ar kansas report the crop as irreparably damaged Irom drought and excessive In at, ! Some counties iu Texas epoit the crop in good condition, fruiting well and prom ising an average yield, but over the drought stricken district where rain has !fallen tlley bavccome to late to be of benefit. I onunnea uiotignt, ami not dry winds bave done considerable damage in some counties. There is complaint of too much dry weather in Tennessee, other wise the crop is fairly well. The crop over almost the entire cotton belt is maturing rapidly, and is earlier than for many years, partly from early planting aud partly from premature ripeuing. Stock Taking m Time Approach 5 And the Me Is Again Applied to Values ! All Departments Share ni the Sincerely hoping: to receive the same liber al patronage extended my predecessors, and promising to use every effort to make it ad vantageous to. all who buy of me. Successor to Jrom the m:a-.siioim: To the S'Ih KxcuriHioii from Xtwlerii atiiri Wilmington to Traflay, Aopst ISA, 1896. The entire trip made by daylight. Breakfast on the coast and supper in the mountains. Two days to spend at Mt. A:ry, at the foot ofthe Blue Ridge. Be suic you don't miss it. V ARE: Only $.1.50 from Newbem anel Jacksonville. j. s. mamix. J. W. T1IRBTRN, M MBrir . 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