North Carolina Newspapers

,,,.,,, lr , , .i-VnrfcIAri tf,'i..Mrt'MdMM ,i4iLIM i i" ' ' Jfc - " ' " VOL. XIX NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C , DECEMBER 31, 1896. NO. 40 4 f v h it r V i r r lASHBGWfl Mi "50 WAR WITH CUBA FOK A V FEW DAYS. -I - ta(tMtaMta(i"ail Wrk. V UrM - W&MTKiToy. D. C, Dec. 2th. ) ' saa4 whit-wtl4 Pc to uddolj ' 'cor U tt bomb which aeemed about i Aj)lodbugcntoanMfor a war tptda, 1 oo nctioa wiUi the rro- ' luUo for Om todpnde oX Ctib that t,Mrtdtothi8oata tlvo dy b- " Toc th hoUdaj adjoorninent. Bat it U cMMidercd son likely that the &mi ' mi la an ba nut time flzfaiiac the Ulaa made by Secretary Olaey 4 - J. :nl hr. Prrskiet 0lluVW" be riht urecoaiaa a new SUte orftatioe b by tlx cetMtiiatloa cocf erred upoa the Preaidetit ah. Thia claim baa raiaed a try larportaat jpieetioa. It cannot b coeatJered political, la a party aea-e, a the ableet Uwyera tegairdleee of party, both La and oat of Coo (me are divided la opiaka aa to the rishlolneaa of the claiaa. The matte la being eery carefully etjidied, especially by the Senator who pride themaelvea oa their knowledge ol cttoetfcnUooal law. - At - firat glante th claim of Secretary OUey aeeoia prepoe terooa, bat more thaa oe lawyer who Carted out to enow Its uaconatitutkmaltj Jtea topped In doubt, and almost ready to oaXsaa that the preoedeata aeem to be on Ut. Olaej'i aide. It will probably aooBer or later get before the U. S. Sapreme Court, bat before thea eome rery learned peechea oa the eubject may be expected ia Coogteea.. Beoretary Olney may be r.hly but It he ie there are a great many people who think the canatltutioa U -wrong and that it abould be amended. It la not cooaidered certain by any ixteejM thai the; reeolatloa for the inde pendence of Ceba will be adopted by the eaate. . Senator Bale, who will lead the opposition to ft eaya be la confident ol iateting Jai giea the" following maaoog other reaaoaa for that confidence: We have joat gone through a campaign ia which wo hare promised peace to uie coaalry. Iat oooaieteat to jpreaent the inooralag adnmiatratloa with a war ou 4ha threeboidJoX iu' existence; l rut, , here ia ax? andeairahle condition of af- Xairs ia Co be, bat 'I believe the report ' ra exaggerated. Afany rate, it in trut ahat however cruel the conduct of Spao ' iarda, it fin da its counterpart in the be- - aavior of the Cubaa. It is their way ' f fighting; they are dUerent from ua. Jroo whatever atandpoios the questioa v it regarded, tha Wjrexemee in rwon " or preoedeai &rtha United States to in terfere in this insurrection. I believe the X Senate Is rapidly coming to realize this, and ana therefore, coabdent of success la the end. -flren should the resolution ' be Toted upoa and adopted in the Senate it will never even be allowed to get be- - fore the Boose. Speaker Reed u opposed to it. ' ' Fresident Cleveland this week formal ; ly recognised a new nstioa, by reciving ' Dr. Rodxiguea as miniater plenipoteu aiary and - savoy extraordinary of the 'greater repeblic of Central America, re ' ently formed by a combination of Nica ; xagw, Honduras and Salvador. ',, Parties Interested in the tariff hear . . lags, which are to begin next week be m, fore the Bouse committee on Ways and " Heana are already beginning to arrive in Washington for the purpose of doing e ; little private talkiag with the idividuai : members of th committee before tb ' pablio talking begins. - Seaator Ptigwwe charge, made on ' the floor of the Senate an hour so before adjournment for the Chriatmae recess, ; that the men who control the Union Pa r lia railroad have batched op a schem ' to make that road practically worthies, 4f the government forecloses Us rnort ; agi and takes possession, is attracting -v much attention and seems to be worry- ing the railroad lobbyists, who thought A xhey had plain sailing ahead when tht eToaaeset aside four days, beginning Jan. 7, for. consideration of the Pacific . Railroad fnndiaz bill. This scheme, ac- cordiar to Mr. PeUigrew, Is to get pos- seeiMffli of the ranch roads which are eaieTSCttheUaioo .rcic. and upon which ths government has no lien, sc ahat f the government takes poedeasion ci the Union Pad flic road a considerable : tportlonof Its trade can be diverted. It 1 is to be worke4'throogh the floating debt : -of f3,000,000, which Mr. Pettigrew thinks was created for the purpose. This float Znj debt ia secured by bonds and stocks the branch lines, and Mr. PeUigrew . Chinks thepfst fray for the government to prefect its own and the interests of who . live . alonr the line of the Union Pacific ia to pay that debt and get ' those stocks and bonds. Bis resolution ' -. providing therefor was referred to the 1 ' committee on Pactflo railroads. - : " Senator Butler sees no reason why any- - vone should oppose his resoi ation, (or t he -? appointssent of a committee of three - Senators, to enquire Into the feasibility - of applying the principle of direct h?gi- - laXioa through the initiative and refer ,.endnni to the legislation of the Federal f.'gtreei'nment. Tbe report of such a com mlttee would interest a great many peo- 4 rlev ' . -,. . 'If Spain doesn t wuli lo JriTmorc -Fkdleal ehaofr of en'.iinent in the "Lilted Susies in fnTor of Cubs than that '" "which hs recently taken place in favor .4 fit a conservative course ia dealing with .the Cuban question." aii a high official. sne will'call off the Iy in $ press reports J she aaslasery been employing ia Europe." .IIwm referring especially to the report first published in a Paris dispatch to the Xoodoo Times, that Germany had iati ' " mated to the U. S. Government that if ok any action calculated to aid tbe Cubans, Germany would join Spain in jasllng war upon us. 'It was hardly nec Cvirr tot the State Department to take Highest of all in Leaveninp Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABOLUTEIY PURE the trouble to deny such rot fw that, but its officials did so as -on as it m pub lished. It can be stated on high author ity that no European Government has jver given this government the slightest uint that it wished to interfere with the oourtw this government was pursuing or ea intending to pursue towards Cuba. On the contrary, some of them have given this government assurances that iney would keep their hands off iu enst .re had any 'trouble with Spain. The ,iuWication of .this report was unquee- jjooabiy . iateaded to- noHiV npex'. pub! .f eeathnent in this country, and through utat sentiment upon Congress and the coresident; but even if such a report were known to be true, it would have an .uTrct just the opposite from that intend ed. Americans have been outwitted in diplomacy by European nations, but .ney have never been frightened by au) A them or all of them, and wliat is more, ihey never will bv. Americans don't want war, but if they houid have to flglit Spain, they would prefer fighting her backed by Germany m lighting her alone. Spain 19 regardeo jm such a pigmy among the world't ualions that there would be but little credit attached to thrashing her, but dpain assisted by any of the great Euro pean nations would nf&ke a foe worth itcktng, if war cannot be honorably avoided. There is the usual anti-inauguration talk in Washington about having more artistic stands erected along Pennsyl vania avenue for those spectators who prefer to pay for the privilege of viewing tbe Inaugural Parade from a seat, but no ody really expects to see anything differ eat from the usual rough board stands which are always erected by the specula tors who buy tnat privilege from the in augural committee, and who, by the wa lose money, much oftener than they mate any. When inauguration day hap pens to be clear and fairly pleasant, the owners of the street stands reap a harvest out if it is cold and stormy, the seats ou tj stands are almost empty. There it (Menty of money contributed to the hiau unil committee to pay for the erection ol stands botn artistic and comfortable, bui A all h:vs a string tied to it, apd the con tributors expect the committee to return it to them from the receipts for privileges and from the inauguration ball, and woe oe unto the committee which should fail to meet that expectation. As a matter ol fact, these loans, for such the contribu tious are considered, are always returned and a surplus if left that is usually do oatt 1 to the poor by the Inaugural com mittee. In view of the beginning of the tariff heoriugs before the majority of the House iViijs aud Means Committee today, it if .nterestingto note the geographical make up of that committeee, which will frame the tariff bill to be passed at the extra jeeeion of the next Congress. Of the majority. New England lias two mem bers. Chairman Dingley, and Russell, ol Conn.; the Middle States two, Payne, ol Y., Dalxell, of Pa.; the Middle West four, liopkins, of Ills., Grosvenor, of Obk, Dolliver, of Iowa, and Steele, ol ind ; the Northwest two, Johnson, of N. Lak and Tawney, of Minn.: the South ne, Evans, of Ky. The minority origi nally consisted of six, all from the South but owing to the deaths of Crisp, ol Ja. and Tareney, of Mo., there are now two vacancies, which will almost certain ly go to the South, bat it really make qo difference whether they are filled or not except as a personal honor to the men chosen, as the minority of the committee will have nothing to do with the mak ing of the new tariff bill. ' Representative Curtis, of Kansas, would be enjoying bis holday much more than be is if he could persuade Secretary Francis to appoint the allotinff agents for the Wichita Reservation, which the people of the Southwest are anxious to have open to settlement. Mr. Curtis in sists that there are no legal obstacles to opening the reservation, but Secretary Francis declines to act until the Depart ment of Justice has passed upon some questions he submitted to it. For some reason the Huntington lobby is much less confident of the passage ol the Pacific Railroad Funding bill which will be taken up by the House in Janu ary ?th and voted upon four days later, than it was a week ago. FlMdi la Mertkern Greece. ATHESSGreat floods in Northern Greece have caused an overflow of the Salambria river. Enormous damage has been done, villages have been inun dated and a number of persons have been drowned. Oenernl Wejler" Movement. Havana Captain-General Weylor, ac cording to advices from Pinar Del Rio Province, has gone in the direction of San Cristobal lv the hichwav. The e. battah.v; man. I U, near ii Tie! : I! with ti - I . mm v : : : f. - , - 1 ir:iged a: Sao ia ior.lo :.iin. t h;ht of Santia h hi in-.uren' fi . , -, ilet i ' 1 t h ntv-"nr of th- insu:--1. '. 1 ! t :i mt and 1!'. I '! IIU"! wr.uil''. ;en: . four . ed. In m krnlurkj Fentl. ' Moi'nt Vernon. Ky. In a general light six miles north of this place two j Oaeu were killeil and another was fatally j shot. The dead are Armp Rowland aud i Jack Rignby. The wounded man is Greely Lear. The" fight began at a Christmas merry mating, and was fought out on the high way in Kentucky feudal fashion between 'opposing factions. SPAIN'S INHUMAN WARFARE. (nbn I'rlMDpn Are Invnrlnhly KllleU When Taken. Washington. Marion T. I'ei'ilue. a resident of Richmond. Va., who claim to have been a soldier in Gomez' Cuban army, and to have made his way out ot the island through the efforts of Consul General Lee, has been in the city for a day or two on his way home, where he gots to recuperate from wounds received in that service. He talked freely of hi, experiences and observations in the army, and some of his statements shed new liht oil the conditions of warfare ia the island, and of the situation. 'In reading accounts of battles in Cuba.'" said the young Virginian, "you li;ivu noticed, no doubt, that the reports read so many Culmns were killed and so many wounded, but you rarely ever see it stated that such a number were taken prisoners. There are two awful reasons for this. The Spaniards do not take prisoners. They have practically hoisted the black flag, and any Cuban patriot ho is unlucky enough to be taken alive, never sees the sun rise on the fol lowing day. "He is shot down very soon after he is taken, aud his body added to the number of the enemy killed in battle. The othei reason is that Cuban soldiers know verv well the fate which is in store for them, and they prefer to die righting rathei than be assassinated in the ranks of their foes. Many of Gomez's and Maceo's men for this reason have registered a solemn oath not to be taken alive." The hundreds of Americans in tin ranks of the insurgents, Perdue says, are rated among the best fighters 011 the island. They are mostly from the South ern and Western States, and. being ex pert marksmen, repeating rifles are given them when possible, and they are put forward as sharpshooters. Many Spanish cwldiers have bit the dust owing to the unerring aim of the rirllemen hidden in die thickets. Other Americans are in ihc artillery service, and make the best of gunners. The dynamite cannon. which is manned by volunteers from the I Hiteil States, is more feared by Weyler's sold iers than several regiments of infantry, its work in the hands of its clever manip ulators is awfully destructive to both men and structures. A iuad of Texas cowboys in the Fonrth Brijade are armed with hcav telescopic rifles, which will kill nearly two miles away. They call themselves the Lone Star Riflemen,'' the solitary star being the emblem of both Cuba am; Texas. One of the squad, named Ryan, keeps a record of the Spanish ofliceis ne has shot. He claims to have killed nineteen already, not to mention pri vates. Perdue described a machete drill by colored Cubans in camp. Those negro troops, he said, are desperate fighter. with that keen-edged weapon. The ma chete of peace, which is used for cut ting sugarcane, is different from the machete of war. The former has 11 point which is curved backward on the order of a cimcter. Those employed in battle are perfectly straight and go oft to a point like an olficer's sword. Th Pope Very Feeble. London. The Standard publishes a dispatch from Rome, saying that the) 1 Pope was much exhausted after his re- ! ception of the Cardinals on Wednesday j last, on which occasion he made a ; speech, in which he deplored the situa- j tion of the Papacy in Italy, and stated ) iiiat uis intentions n making overtures j to King Mcnelik of Abyssinia to secure j the release of the Italian prisoners held by him have lieen misrepresented. j The Standard's correspondent adds that it is not likely that his Holiness will be able to hold his New Y'ear's re ceptions on successive days, in accord ance with his custom. Arrangements are being made to have the receptions as brief as possible. Qaeea Lll ia n Sleigh. Boston Liliuokalani. the Hawaiian ex-Queen, took the first sleigh ride of her life through Brooklyn. When she came back she saiei she had been perfectly comfortable, and had enjoyed every minute. A covered sleigh, with glass front, was provided so that she could see everything and still not feel the wind. Her friends supplied piles of extra wraps, and one was so thoughful as to procure a footstove, which, placed beneath the robes, gave out an agreeable warmth. Her Majesty's attendants. Naholelas and Heleluhe, suffered a great deal more from the cold than their mistress did, as they were in an open sleigh and not as warmly wrapped. They know as little of snow and cold weather as Liliuokolani does, ami everything interested them, Six Killed, F.lKht Injnrrd. Prini eto.v. Ind. The number of d ad as a result of the explosion at the Manic mine is now definitely ascertained to be six. One man Robert Poneylight is t:ll underground, and all hope of his bed : rescued alive has been given up. All eif their bodies have been re-cov-: -i. Eight miners were injured. State Mine Inspector Robert Fisher, of Brazil, and Assistant InspectorOpperson. together with three expert deep vein miners from Linton and Shelburn, have arriveel in the city. The mining inspec tor has taken charge of the mine aiiel will make a thorough investigation. Several attempts were made to get tin body of Robert Poneylight, but the gas was te strong for the rescuers, ami the .vprk was jiven up. ltE- 1 i;t m 1 h it : t h iimin N$f T110 Vciiri. Of. l fjitMil ol Urtrricil. .ll. f'nr liiiu'i'ii"!- .NC. I Km. i r; ;. ". ('.. IK--i niUer 0 State i-;"-.! W'.'ith triv in Ms biennial s : l-i eredir, to the linking 1 1 . 1 'l ' t he State (-pense. I l.m two years at s. . S.""i(). :. w i; -,i i- ' ar liej.v.v t h-' past tw. '::,r '!!:'.- or i one increased up '. 1 1 1 .; 1 1 i ' ie si ate N oi nial a h ;, '.:;:; :.t from f 17.500 i 1. 1 in . of the State arc in a sound sperou condition. valuation in taxable propertv P I'll !i :s fallen off 5.500,m Mi. Devault, of Leashurg, Tenn., died '1 re yesterday. His body was carried h .i!c. He was to have been married to ol I'.ii'W. K:!. II. Lee. a prominent cotton man i-.'.'t to.l ,y to sail next Saturday, for Liverpool. t ihi.tm II. Andrews secretary of Iyga ti n: h r Minister Ransom, is home for t 1 n lays. Kopoi is from the larger towns in East e ti North Carolina nearly all say that the .I irisfmas week sales among retail deal. .' weie smaller than u::al for this sea m of t he year. i he continued agitation over the A. & N' C R. R. gi ves some fairly fat lawyers f.e to the lawyers while it does not set c e any tiling. Sonic of the Eastern coun t es throng!, these continued meetings to 1 v.,1.' nbou! the "lease" will have some .t : i expen.-a s to add to their accounts i 1 the way of lawyers fees. I'lie i L a that the right over the A. & i. ( '. R. U. is being conducted in the . itere-t "f the people" is fait disappear- developing into a contest between - :.' ' and outs." The Democratic .; ty is no; adding to its reputation by ie eontined squabble fiver t road. i-ie iico;-. t!ons of the different church . ! -r 1 hiUtmns were very beautiful and C : Cli rist tn:is offerings we:e very liberal. fiie ' oio,I Shepherd churc h the olfe: i g:.i:i -iiiiled to something like 4.'2"i'. P , i t 1 -.!' this goes to the building fund for c ie new llihop Calhedaal. Siranje to say there was not a paper in t 1.' State th it got out an issue this morn i 'g. - as :it any rate a universal hoii- I .y f the newspaper jeop!e. Ch: i ::n is w as ;pent quietly here ex j lit f-.r th.- popping of crackers nnd the i iiKitii g ' 1 rockets. The chief feature .) 'public interest wa- the luaniticeiit lamer served .l fi p. m. ;it the Park II .tel. The dining rnom was beaut dully d'corated wiih holly mid e-.-dar. and on. 1 the most tern piing hi. is of tare 1 havi e el mt.'I w . ) .Is., e g-u c is irei 1 y . 1 e a veil to tn s as n ell as t he numerou iimates oi ite hot. 1. -ji.'ii lent has been teinlereo 1 a 1 11 O ,s! 1 v 1 a to a I aiiijuet to lie given in 1' t larlottt NoMeS In the Ancient of the Mvsti( ' 1 ; 1 c ( i i irl ie. m L) ec 2! 'a. There is fun alu- r .r thv me:n!er and invited guest. T i. b ..ly of the late Mr. R. W. Best 1 I :,ot reach here from Washington u .iii veste! lay afternoon. It was put in t :e receiving vault at the cemetery and t ie serv ices held at the grave this morn- ( lileno Blinker a inclile. On. a;; 1 -Otto Wasmansdorf, of the ! akin; firm of Wasmansdorf & llcitu 11:11111, which failed here last Monpay as 1 result of the collapse of the National A .:i.l of liiiines, committed suicideat hi'. :i me. ( 'level. liid avenue, by .shooting nrnseh' in the right temp'e with a revol ver. The constant worry and mental anxiety f r the pai roneiiuent upon the 1' lure i believed to have been the cause. . I ii i. 1 scarcely slept during that time 1 1 i although it is gene-rally believed that : ie bad: will diseh:ir.ce its obligations in t : Mr. Wasm uisilorf saw that his j s'a nliti z :n hum i d circles had been im- periled. 1' ie ban';er was an emotional (iertnan, 1 : his anxlely the past wee!; was pitia i .', 1 nsoinda resulted frim his troubles, ill it is thought his mind may have 0 '.-n t nipora: ;!y deranged. II- rem i:n -d in the house all niornintr. 1 ter pasing a sleepless night. Shortly 1 -fore 11 o'clock he was romping with Ii little grandchild in the sitting room. I Wasmansdorf left them there for a c'.-w minutes, but when she returned tbe di 1 was alone. She inquired for her .ban 1, and t'ae little girl said ho had Z mi1 upstairs. The babv was sent after him, find dis- icered his bo Iv in a front bedroom, 1 v 1 UiZ acr :' mi aii 1 1 id a rev is- the b' l. til-iii'l was oozing r!v wound i:i the right temple Iver was king near his right a ,11 1. N-.hi. ly heard the r. .i t of th T! . ictor.-! were sent for, but all they e tiled , ! 1 1:1 toelo was to pronounce ,e ii inke r dead ( ! 1 1 a iiiiins 1, .rf was born in Fiene r "le. near Ma !g"biirg. Prussia. Novem I'l '.t.h. lliV He came lo America in 1st;:,, and ha been a resident of Chicago ev.-r since. CfMiwii Woiiiilel !n a Unci. STUffiAKT.-lii a tilled with pistols fo ight r.e.:r here bttweeii Baron von Wi gvrheini. secrectary of the (iermnn legislation at Copcniiagen, and Lieuten mt Count vi 1 1 iyil.-iiband, the former w. wiain lol l:i the kidneys and the lat- -r ::; ill.- :th 1 wnoii. Both combatants .veiv taken to the h sjdt.d. ,Eff FtCT !ul permanent vp (he i care b, llo,v.'s Sara;eirilla. be cause it makes pure, rich, healthy, life and health-giving- BLOOD. S I ,L HOLIDAY TKADi: l;;!Kl'Kl) TiilS V K It. ' PiiUKGED 1 O DEATH Iiiieiiixer Trnin 'rlii I lironSi a llrittce tn Alnimm i. 4'nro niiuln rirrnnil few liMeiiKTH l.seH'rt ; HlliMlNOMAM, Ata. -One of the mo.-! ilisast rous wrecks in the hiiory of Soul h ! e 111 railroads happened thiity-i mile ulh of h-re i: which twenty-i i ;!.t per I sons were killed outright anil ten olhi i- injured, two r,f whom will die. The ill-f.;:ed trai:i v:; :. l.-:i'. - kv : Nashville one, w hich r;:ns fi'.ul lu iv i' Itlocton. a di-itiiuee of f-i;-t' mile. I The train left here at .YOO i:i charge of Engineer Frank aite and Conductor j A. PX'onn';l. j i Foar miles north of Blocton, the tire train, made up of an engine, bag- gage and two passenger coaches, crashed through a h .dge TOO feet long and 120 j feet high into the Cahaba River. A rail had been removed from the track, and when the engine struck this 359 feet of the bridge gave way and went down with the train. Immediately the wreck took fire, the water being only about three feet deep, and before suffic- ient help could be secured the unforfun- j L:UV Selina Seotr. ami three male ate passengers and trainmen, who were j defendants, hi lordship has been the re pinioned under the debris, were burned ; eipiem of several threatening letters. to death in sight of others less iiefortun-j ate. o ,, . 1 11 bome of the passengers, not so badlv . . , , , , , ,, hurt, managed to crawl out and do all ,, 11 .- .1 1 . r they could 111 assisting others, but of lime avail. The wreck occurred at what is known i its the Cahaba Bridge, about fifty miles fro.-.i IJirmiogham. between Guernee and iJlocton. The bridge is about 1,000 feet long and about KM) feet high. The train jumped the track and plunged off the trestle to the rocks below. As to the number of pass.-ngrrs on! board the reports conflict, but lis near as I can be ascertained twenty-three were killed. " I Later reports place the number of pas- j sengers aboard the ill-fated train at from ; thirty to thirty-five, and only two es- j raped. It is said that seven were taken 1 out alive but in a dying condition. The j wreck caught fire, and many unfortunate ! victims were burned to death. The scene at the wreck pres-!:ted a j most heart-rending and sickening spec-; taelw. 1 he cars u ere smashed to splint ers on the rocks fully Kit) feet below the rack fiom which the train had been hurled. The groans of the injured and lamenta tions of those who crowded around were pitiable in the extreme. Physicians from j Birmingham and the adjacent vicinity ; lfnt superhuman aid in endeavoring to. I illeviate tin? s:;fi'eri:r,r of those who es caped with a spark 1 f life. ! It is known positively that twenty lives j were lost and a more complete search of) the charred train may reveal more. It is also mot certain that the wreck was; caused bv fiends for ;he l.urnose of rob-' bery, Of those on the trsin nine escaped death but several of these will die of serious injuries. None of them can give a correct account of how the accident ocenred ' The train was a local on the Birmim--1 ham Mineral, a branch of the Louisville and Nashville svstem. THE COTTON MARKETS. December '-!). Tiik Liverpool advices showed a good demand for spot cotton. The sales; were 12,000 bales, though prices were-' 1-18 lower. New Y'ork has been fairly steady today and the close ii 6.t2 for January, a net gain of the 14-100 for tbe day. Tiiehe seems to be no end to the receipts The market is in shape feir a good rally but if receipts continue larfie the elTect will not b - favorably for higher prices. New Bekxe market has been steady at i'4! to G-J-. No sale--. Robert Moore & Co's. weekly cotton letter: Nr.w York, December 24. 10.1. Dear Sik: 1 be cotton market through out the week has been quie t with little change in values. Tbe Cuban disturbance 1 and bank failures in the West iinliteed a number cf discouraged holders to ell I out whicll caused a temporary decline. I The large port ward movement alone ! would naturrally prove a barrier to : higher prices. But as the South has of J fered vei v little cotton for sale tbi week. : the large receipts are necessarily a part j of former business and the pressure trom I them has already been felt. Speculation 1 has taken no part as a sustaining factor. The demand from this source has only i been equal to absorhi ig the week cotton Isold. The steady undei tone is really due I to the limited offerings from the South j and the excellent business in foreign i maikets fairly indicated by the liberal i iluilv Cfileq in f.i i-i-rnni A Tin' Tivr' Tr in ' , 1,1- , ' , .... : e w 1 . m ti fniu tn. in iji t-i iiMu vtiiaoui 'doubt attracts the attention of a good ; i many prudent people who embrace such ! opportunities as tbe present, for accumii. . lating stock. The future of prices woulel , seem to depend more upon receipts after the first of the year than unything else. , 'While the visible supply is not excessive ! we must not forget that the stocks in I , this country are very large. These stocks : are firmly held iu the confidence that the ! cotton yet to be marketed is no greater than the quantity marketed last year after this elate.- If this confidence is well founded 7c. should prove a safe price bnt if receipts continue we see no ciioour-; agemcut to holders. Liverpool anil New York Exchange 1 will close today to resume.' business next Monday. Y'ours truly. J. K. Latham. THE MARKETS. Chicago. "December 00. Ol'EXINei. u. SE, M ;l.f-2i S.Dij May Wheat.. . MilV Ribs HEAVY COTTON GAIN. STATi: Dtf'ART.M F.NT MAKES ! f'Kli CKN'T. IXTUtASE. Over J our i:uulr il ! Ili'li-.aiiil Ijitlt H. I r i 1 c i i i ! Vl'etli. I'iepiilfl 1-. It-fik-i-i (.11. i - ember IS). This 1 ; in Ne.rth Carolina is r 1 lie- "sta'c Agiii ultural depart-In- a little over four hundred llHMlt to thonsanl hales, w hich is a gain 112 per here ! cent over l.it yen's. I Senator Pii chard will nct come 1 until next week. Several Re,u!,liean legislators todav saj thiit the speaker of the House will be a Populist and that every Democratic j,ortiee holder will he removed. Knrl KiKSfll s llousie Kurnrtl. L0NK1 )N. Earl Russell, s Riverside iit Maidenhead, oil the Thames, was gut ted by tiro. It is rumored that the fire was of in cendiary origin. Since the trial of the Earl's suit against his mother-in- A v llil-iese ttuilivay. 1 Sr. l'Ei'E;:si:i'i:t.. An impen d ordi- 1 ' j nance has been lssueu to sanction a new : : I Eastern Chinese railway company, with I : . . " . 1 a cainta ot o."U 1.011 1 rouoies. to construct , and work a railway company from the I western frontier of Hei-Lung-Chiang to j the eastern frontier of Ivirin, in Man- eli ti tis, to connect with the branches nt tiie Siberian Railway. It is provided that ; ! the holders of shares must he Russian or j I Chinese. ! C. f.A Y. V. In Court Atftn. j Wixstox, N. C. Judge Simoiitoii, of j the United Slates Circuit Court, has no- : tilted Mr. J. V. Fries, roci iver of the North State Improvement Company, and i his attorneys, Watson - Buxton, of this : city, to appear before him, in Wilming- ton. on January 11th. next, when he! will issue a decree regarding the sale of ' ; the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Rail-! j roiul. It is understood that the judge's ! order will be for a sale of the nrnid :i a ; whole and not by sections, as s-,me of j ; tlu' it-'ested Parties asked f.r. ! activity is i.on and steel .- 1 1 Artlllltinil ,Hvileli-s l Iteitwakeii I i"K Fri)i rlly in (lie l rale. ! Nkw Yoiik. December 29 Although 1 the manufacturer of iron and steel are . eae iiintering so.ne difllcjlties iii the 1 matter of agreeing on output and price. I there appears to a gradual improvement iu I he general trade conditions. 1 lie de mand tor the manufactured products is ! steadily increasing. .V letter Innu Shet I field. Ala., announces that the Shelficld, I Coal, Iron aud Steel Company has con 1 traded for the sale of lOO.CH'O tons of pig ; iron at an udvanct of oil cents a ton over I the October prices. Tiii-- same company I ha also arranged for the rebuilding of mie of its furnaces, which will be put ,H,d h,i ;S ,,n as completed. Two twenty tejn opeu-hcarth steel fur naces have been put in operation by Wil lUui Clark's Son it Ce. of Pittsburg. Tiiis mill is now almost under full head way. Arrangements have been made by the owners of the Addist-on Pipe and Steel Company of Newport, Ky., to start up the plant ui. once. It has been ielle for about eight months, and its resump tion will give employment to about 12') men. The Schocuberger Steel Company of Pittsburg has ordered from William B. Pollock et Ce. of Y'eiungstown, Ohio, the materials for several new furnaces. Extensive improveme nts are being nnule in the plant of the Midland Steel Com pany of Muiu.le. hid. The New Castle iPenn.) Engineering works has about completed a furnace which it has been building for the Oifard Iron Company at Girard. Ohio. Various large .shipments of inn H and sheet aluminium to Japan have recent!" been made by the Pittsburg Reduction Company. Japixnaze contractors ordered these materials to he used in connection with shipbuilding, and in th manufact ure of military aceuutreuieiiis and culi nary utensils. Ia ti it I i s it 11 it4 Away. Jacksonville. Fia: Th. Dauntless came up the St. John's river from May port with a revenueolliceraboard who has had charge of the vesel f.ir some time. While the officer was ashore the' Daunt- J less again put out to sea without him , and. it is said, embarked supplies from I South Jacksonville, apparently cases of ' groceries. The movements of this ves- ! stlare looked upon with suspicion by j Sp '.nish of otlie-ials in this city. The revenue cutter liuiituell followeil the I Dauntless as soon as it could get up 1 steam. ninableil Vt-xsf l .Sltitod. Xi-.w YoiiK. The stciimship Brooklv n City, winch arriveel from Bristol. Eng- 1 land, reported that on December 1 -. in latitude -"il dearies, 2- minutes, long: tuch' 11 di'gie,, !i minutes, she passed close u inter me stern ot a eiisaoieu sieam sh ii, which she hailed. The reply gave the vessel's name, whicll sniinelcd like 'Calely.': bound fn :n New -Orleans for IJvei'iieiol. Tbe steamer was under fore' and aft canvas, and was making about : knots an hour. When asked if she need ed any assistance, she replied. 'No." anel that she was making repairs to Jier ma chinery. She may have been the Cabral from New Orleans, Dec. o. The Brooklyn City on December 20 sighted a double-peaked iceberg. 20 fee t high and 3K feet- long, in latitude 4") desrvees 41 minutes, longitude 17 degrees :"() minutes. It was evidently the same berg seen by the' Frieslanrl on Dec. 1 . . : I .... I. I . I I ... 1 ... S1XIV nines lo me uoiiii. ijiil nioieu iu i .nailer dimensions. It was south of the i i westerly .Winter track of steamships when seen by the Friesland, but it is j now Lsonth of the easterly truck, the I Brooklyn City haiiig talviai :i sutitheth eourse. Ihliing the molilh ice has been rep.tii il within a r.nli is of loo miles i.fi!;i l".ei,iisii Cap ' tin- steamships ('i.Tean :l .lifav Cilv. St. lb 1. Delaware. ! :i' ah 1. i ,. "i I M .ijest ie. SUCCESSOR TO PATTEf;SON. 4'- B. Wiuirp l'ril:ill A oi uf ee I Wnnls A lj 11 1 1 11 1 ;-n- riilliif.. special C. B. Moore of Ashevilh a ,11 i.rohahlv I succeed R. O. Patterson a-, i li rk of the 1 . r ederal court of tbe u ostei n ditrict ol North Carolina. Lieutenant Cramer of Chailotte intei. viewed Judge Russell this week regarding the Adjutant General appointment. Once j he was connected with the naval reserves. ! English Walnutsj best quality. Pecan Nuts, j best quality. ! ALHONDS, I best quality. j 1 Brazil Nuts, best quality. j All 1 -f f OTrnr" farvm I v v XlliaS Whicll W6 Willi , Sell 2LT, IOC. per POUIIO. &lso a few mixed nuts at the same price. 8 And we have U nice lot of Ports-fc3 mo'. ill and New Rivir Mullets. Cive ii a cil! when in nerd of iiiiylh'iig in the (riocerj line. Y i will Dud our goods nv and mi;' price- re .8'in.iMe. 1 71 I ISroad I NEW BERNE. N. ( . Better :: Times Then isit your shoulder to the wheel.n 11 (lpushwi tliliilljy 011 r'm i irhl II you owe us call and pay us, that will help us and you will be ! doing the right thing. ! 'If yotijiee l iitivfliing in the Hardware LiSase, Such as 11 'Hag-tip" King Heater, or a "Victor I5t'.;vcle, or a Iov Dixie Plow for iii.static . Cull on us. we will treat you rig 11 C. liesnct. Yours J. C.Whitty&Co Holiday floods ! If you want a useful present, ami examine our line of call Cut Glass. Fancy Quecnswart1, Carlsbad and liavilands Biqqc Se(s. Jj. Ii. Culler ; . Whyeiiiter wi'h Coiu'ns, Colds, and, I.aiipppe, when L'iii: P.homo1 Quinink will cine you ih one day. Does! not produce the riuging in the lieael like Sulphate of (Quinine. Put uj) in tablets convenient nr taxing, i.uati.nieea 10 cure or moDey refunded, l'rice 2.j Cents. For sale at Bradham' ITiarmimy.Jaud all othei 1 Drug Stores, j I WE HAVE Un in a I In m A It . irniiinri v. Ifiaskill, i no;? PATRONAGE leoooooooccco o o o o o o o, o o o. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o PROMISING even Lower Figures O O in all o 000000000000 May kings' ai is the wish o f Uliulu Departments. Tospenty i T ALL HAIHR -e , ,t - . .'V, ' i y I i y. i .'. , - . 1 - t ' , A . 4' -- 1 4 ' t 4 a f : . . ' t. - J ' J " ' ! ' S. ' W ' , ' ,A 1 , ' '-v ? . 3;.4Yrr ' r - v - m . . . ,"v' f " T -M C t . i.