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-Z3S -i' l1 -1- f j SMOKE ' GEO. M. TEAYLOR CO S. j W ALTER : RALEIGH , 10-CENT CIGAR. - " : Go.M. Tbattob & Cot9, i J PRINCE : OF : INDIA IXDtBUB KEY WEST. 5-CE3T CIGAR. M" i Vol. VI, No. 141. : ! t CHARLCTE, N. OA THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1894 PRICE 5 CENTS. ll j ; m HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN Made application to the New York Life for insurance in" 1893; and eighty-five thousand of them were accepted.' Two hundred and sixty-nine men died dur nS l"f Cwr. who had been insured less than 'twelve months, and the com pany paid their estates ONE MILLION DOLLARS. On the basis of of the above figures " there -were thirty-five hundred men tha died in 18tf3 that were In perfect health in 1892 and who could have secured in surance in any good company, but were "not quite ready." - Better postpone anything else than taking the policy. J. D. Church, Gen. Agt. J. 8. Spencer, Pres. A. O. Breulzer, Cash'r. THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK. . Designated United States, State, County and City Depositary. Capital, $175,000. Surplus, $155,000. Deposits of Merchants, Manufactur ers, Capitalists, and all classes received. Interests paid on time deposits. ("COCKTESY, PbOWPTNESS, STRENGTH. But the most important is Strength. Assets ....... Stockholders ' liability.,... $ 7S0.404.50 and personal 175,000.00 155,404.50 LIABILITIES. Due depositors and banks.. Bank notes outstanding.. 403,345.50 45,000.00 448,345.50 507,050.00 Surplus over liabilities. SPECULATION. IM) CO., STOCK AND BOND BROKERS, 130 and 132 Pearl Street, New York City, N. Y. 8TOCK8, BONDS AND GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD, OR CARRIED ON MARGIN. P. S.Fend for explanatory cir cular ou speculation, also weekly market letter. (Free.) AUDI-TORI Ull ONE SOLID WEEK, COMMENCING i MONDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, FRED MARSH'S Select Players in a Repertoire of New and Popular. Come dies and Dramas. 'Monday night the great comedy- drama,- "The Two Orphans." Price 10, 20. 30 cents. Matinee Saturday at Seuts on sale at M. P. Pegram's. the Haber dasher's, without extra .charge I T IS dangerous to continue couch ing, btop it by taking DR. KING'S WILD CHERRY AND TAR COUGH MIXTURE. It is a safe remedy in acute coughs, consumption, bron chitis, and all diseases of the lungs and throat. Prepared and Sold By TURWELL 13 UR WELL & D .UNN,' & "UNN,- Wholesale and Retail Druggists. JTyi. H. C. HERRING, DENTIST, Of Concord, has located in Charlotte for the practice of his profession, and respectfully asks the public for a share of their patronage. Office in the David son building. HARLOTTE SEMINARY offers va ried and complete courses leading to college or to a diploma certificate in collegiate grade. Carl E. Craaz, musi cal director. Special courses in Music, , Art and Physical culture. Bourders ac commodated. Miss Lilt W. Long, Principal, - e o d 411 N. Try on St. fine Optical Work IS my Specialty. I know my business thoroughly and will surely please vou. MAX FRANK," Scientific Optician,No, 6 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, N. C. Examinations of the eye free. All kinds of glasses at Frank's. W. F. BUCHANAN. , ' CONRAD LIPSCOMB. ARLINGTON HOTEL. AMERICAN-EUROPEAN PLAN. Buchanan & Lipscomb, Prop'rs. .c Cafe Open Day and Night. Strictly First Class in Every Appointment. Watchmakers Am-, A The Boyne & Badger stock bjf merchandise is disposed of, and I now hare on hand nly such ariicles as will -interest you, such as Counters, Bhow Cases Wall Show v Cases, Work Benches, Watch Materials t and Watch Movements, and hundreds of other articles in that line. , Also three Elegant Safes. t f AUCTION. I will sell all the above at Auction on Thursday, the 13th instant, at 11 o'clock, so be on hand i 1 i j ,0 UN Line, Six Words to the lint.' 0HRf"THAS prwnt'lbst will salt ev erybody's pocket-book, at Reese 4 BdbertspB'a. : r i i: 1.. : TTJIAMI3LT eakes beketf for "85?. Bend to -a. the old reliable bakery. W. X. Prattler. G O to F&snacbtV sd! plafc your fruit eu bo no win nave it read v it tha i , fcANTA rCLAUS-hes left everything you j i waiH i ur i ii w it it i H xox JBlstni at J. M. Littler. rWEAUTirut, line pocket-books and j ji cam eases at tese Kobertson's. fjpOJM board and lodging i at 105 North Jf! Trjon, nearly opposite' city ball; 76p perjday;; table board, per week. CHRISTMAS is right-1 here, and we are ' here, too, with the finest tine of retail candy lac Charlotte;, nd, exception. J., M. Lltma. j 1 ' . 71 N F.ST line of toilet soaps in the city; a AJ beeatiful cake at Scents, at Reese A KOKFtiqat. A IT ANTED Situation as cerk. Address t T; Mck Box 735, Mount Holly, N. C. STItAYiED OR STOLEN Bmall lemon tnd white female pointer, trimly built, ha not long weaned aernups. Suitable re ward for (her return. T. jH. Pritchard. BRIi-tTMAa goods told cheaper than i evet before at Heesij Robertson's. i 1, . i XJIOR SALE House a ltd lot on t'larkson JJ street. Apply to J. W7. Woollen, ID "West Bixfh street. i A it'REfeH iot of Garrow's taffy candy re i celvied to-day at J. M. LttleB. STORES TO RENT Having had many mora applicants .than 1 could furnish stores onlTryon street. It offer to build sev eral I if applicants saouVld present thesm selvs)jnd)re stores Just around the corner on Hifth street, very suitable locations for shops of Karlous kinds. iFifth street being now widened, and will, wry likely, soon be maeadamuzed, and hence by reason of the location,! must soon become a business str'tt. Applicants can rtnd me at the bank. S. W;ittkjiwsky. A HT CfctAIO numbered seventeen pupils J. A. i a week ago; Yesterfay, twenty-three. ClBAiyS Only (1.50 per box. Nuts, rais iinfc, eitrtjn and figs Cheap. Fruitcake, 4 pounds or one dollar. jC. B.Prazier, Ag't. i 1 , "VT,a'rlci'':'' take pleasure In annoone ; ing to the public that we now have with, us as experienced luundrymun, who Is just fromntiw North and is up with the very latent ideas of laundering, and we can safel v guamntet thiW we can now give you noth ing but fctae very best f work which we chal iengehi.ny laundry tr exceh Give us a trialiand pe convinceti. tlespectfally, Charlotte 4tkam Laundry. "llf ANTED BY January 1st, 1SSJ.3. Y'oung VV I man as book-keeper and to learn drug business.! Address K.caare Observer. rrvn. REST North BUL9e Hotel 2S rooms X iLincolntrin. N. C. (Address A. Nixon, Liiidolnta. N. C. TJ liE RRKsSES OF THE OBHERVKR JOBiOFini-E are being kept hot. but' orders ane being filled jpromptly, and the j , ur is m ib uifturai ,uauty. ia' i us ao j your printing. IIMPIjKTE SEKlea of Encyclopaedic tor rlelivtrv. Oictjonlury now ready Parte 1 (o IH inclusive. This is the most completeiwork that has ever been published. T C'W Prices on Raiains, Figs, Citron, 1J jlurrants, N uti. Candy. Dates. Pruies. tlriod Cherries, Peaches, Peas. ApricotsjJNectarines. Plums and Grapes. Ifstut NE : WlIITK- AA A t'CII our disjpisay racks and you will see many ' beautiful iind novel efffects in Wall iPapt-r. ; i Wiieeleh Wall P.vper Co. HT ME Threie-Storv Iron Front Smith i BuMdinir on Ea Trade for Rent front Jaauarv 1st. W S. Alexander. FRENCH Sardines in oO, ; Frdnch Sardine' in tomato sauce, Smoked iFrench Sardines. j ,'Irwis's Progressive Grocery. DO?. EN of VansNess & Son s Fine Aristo Photosrranhs willj majce twelve nice j j t- I Xmas Presents. ' LJLTB HOUSE,' "McLauren s im- ' jperial," "Ldilm," "pineapple," "Roquefort," "Ntrafchatel," "Sweit zerl" arid "cream" cheese just received at j j -BoNatEY ic VakNess'. FjREHH Saratoga ciips, j Cape Cod cratberrries, ; that ane beauties, just m at I Sarrat fc Blakely's. lil'ST RECEIVEII New supply of Jj fis in 5 and 10 pound ba.xes; nuts, ni?e njince meat, ffuit jellies, . sweet and soir pickles, firesli crackers, society and Saratoga chip wafers, beaten iis cuit, something newetc; , , j J. G. SnANNONHOUSE, Agt. UT. kraut, kraut, at Hall's. C.jPALAMOU Nf AIN 1 Collarettes. ELETRIC GLOVE CLEANER I -t-t And Spot Remover. Will clean Kid Gloves; Slippers, &c. as god as new. "Removes the dirt in Thei very thing you sjtantanepusly. ant JORDAN & -0. OK)AN & V.O. The Retail Druggists. pi Jewelersi Trustee I ' M 10 Cents -4 4 SPECIAL NOTICES. e nt 1 on i, ! - AN ELECTKIC 8TOK2BL It Pasted Over u Section of Geargia nad Did Great Deal f Dsmre Atlanta, tJ., Dec. 13 An electric storm prevailed over a large section of Georgia early this morning1. : It broke in diisnia aouui a o ciock, i in tne loweripartof h State it ras at its height between 3 and 4 o'clock. In some sections the storm wai -Hccompa nied by: a destructive cyclones which moved, in a. general direction from south to norths At Reynohlft, in Tay- ing. A special to the Constitution says that everything La its track was Awept away like etiatf. .Trees were blown in some instances more thaiL a mile. tiousenoia ana,, kitchen furniture was blown for many miles, and in .some in stances was entirely -lost. f i; r 1 Ten houses, i with household, effects. are total wrecks.' Eighteen ,r (twenty nouses are partially destroyed. .All the large trees in one portim ; of 4he town I are uprooted. The itth of the cyclone was over 100 yards wide. ; la the forest beyond the town Jtuge trees were twisted as if they wene straws. Three) churches, large frame buildings, were iped from the face of the earth. The timbers were scattered for' miles. Mrs. M. A. Powell lost a gin house and seven other farm buildings. The resi dence of Mr.- N. B. Newson, ocotpiod by his family, was totally demoltslied. Several members of the family Were pinned down by heavy timbers, but were rescued with no serious in juries. The eouse occupied by Mr. J. A. Hollis was badlv wrecked. The tenant houses, occupied Iv Nat Christopher, and Peter Gray, were to tally demolished and the contents were blown away; The occupants- of .the Gray house were blown into a cotton patch a hundred yards away. Nearly every member of the family had broken oones. A bouse occupied bv 3Ir. Bill IIobb8 was also totally demolished. A house owned and occumed bv Bud Gray, 'colored, was blown into the next county and he was injured. Artenant house of E. A. Goddard, occupied by John f ook, colored, was blown - down. The falling , timbers caught a. negro girl about ten years old and -badly crushed her. The night was one of terror. The whole town was 'panic stricken. The Condition of Tilings at the Ohio State ; Penitentiary ? Colcmbvs, ' .. Dec. Alverv start ling story is told by an otticer about the condition of things at the Ohio pen itentiary. There are now 2,100 con victs confined tliere, only about 1,000 employed at work, the balance remain ing in the idle-house. This was brmight about by t he warfare waged against convict-made goods by labor organizations. The Legislature last winter passed a law requiring all prison-made goods to be labeled as such, thus almost com pletely shutting them out of the mar ket. This made it necessary forthe big contractors so grve up convict labor, and a result is that more than half of the prisoners.are idle. While they were at work the big prison was more than self-sustaining, but now it is running away behind. Besides this, while the convicts were at work many of them varueu eoiisaiiera oie money by over work. This was either sent to their relatives or held for them. All this part of the story is confirmed bv the prison officials. MONEY LOANED. Local Representatives Wanted. Our system affords an opportunity to bor row on either personal or real estate secu rity. The plan Is uperior to Building and Loan Associations. The amount borrowed may be returned In- monthly payments without bonus, with interest ar.5 nrnnt. per annum.lt affords absolute ecurlty to investors, with a reasonable guarantee of n annum uiTiueua 01 iroin n -to in per cent. We desire to seenre the services of ener getic, representative men In everv commu nity to act as Local Secretaries'; "The posi tion will be sufficiently remunerative to amply compensate for services. If you pos sess the above qualifications, write for par ticulars. Full Information regarding our ayste-nof making loansas well as invest ments and agencies will be furnished by ad dressing H. S. Robertson. President, ll! Walnut Street. Philadelphia. w f s w ASSIGNEE SALE OF "1 HAKDWARE, : Below cost, and m ust be sold at. some price. Great bargains in Guns and Pistols, Pocket, Table and .Butcher Knives, Scissors, Shears, Spoons, Shovel and Tongs, Farming Imple ments, Carpenter Tools, Axes, Hatchets and Hammers, and all classes of HARDWARE at a great sacrifice. If you want to save money, now is the time. Mer chants will do well to call. E. B. Springs, Assignee Hammond & Justice. Y. M. C. A. HALL FRIDAY NIGHT DEC. 14th. children's matines SATURDAY DEC. 15TH. ' PALMER COX'S Brownies in Fairy Land. Fifty children in the choirs, originaj music; by Malcolm Douglas, Seats at Jordan's. At night SO cts.. Mat inee 25cts.: Costumes, Title, Words: and Music, Copyrighted- NOTICE ! Charlotte, N. C, Deo. 11, 1604. Tax-payers are requested to call at City Hall and pay their taxes for 1894, which have been due for several months. Respectfully. M W. B. GOODING. C. T. C. It's nice to sit and think and fisti : f And fish and sit and flirt, And think and fish and sit sad wish That you could get a shirt i i Perfect fitting. ; for$l. PEG RAM ' Has What i : You Want. Slalohee? & Company Saw and Planing . Mills, 'ji ' ABERDEEN, N. a : Yard and office Third and Brevard Streets, Char lotte, n. c: Wanted A few car-loads of Sawn Shingles. I i-n , THfc INCOME tAX FEATURE COCKBAJT," ! j BABTXETT. McMIIXJN All Three Discuss the House, the Two First UBfavoraMy, t. letter Ieteixiinc It-.Hr. McMIIHb Cltee Cm of VU liana Waldorf Astor How for kraa Views . theTmx. I- , j , ' WashlsoTon, Dec! 12. Aa soon as the routine business of the House, was. dis posed of, the urgent deficiency bill was taken up in committee of the whole upon motion of Mr.1 Breckinridge,, Aa effort was made to agree upon a limita tion of general debate. The opponents or tne item appropriating-money make the income tax effective, and the item increasing the appropriation for payment of special pensions.and Mr. Breckinridge, could not come to imme diate terms, however, and the discus sion was begun under the rules. : 'General Henderson, Republican, of Iowa, antagonized the item of $350,000 to pay special pension examiners. -The discussion was participated by Messrs; Coombs,! Democrat, of New York; Daniels, Republican, of New York; Morse, Republican, of Massachu setts, and Sickles,; Democrat, of New York. Mr. Bartlett, Democrat, of New York auaressea nimseit to tne item appro priating $45,095 to execute the law for the collection of the income tax. He saiil he had. introduced in the first day of the session a bin to repeal that por tion of the tariff biH, but he recognized that that bill woukl never see the light of day. I ho only May the end sought oy that bill could pe reached was by defeating anv appropriation for the en forcement of the ; law. Mr. Bartlett discussed at some length the legal fea tures of the questaon with a view to demonstrating the i unconstitutionality and invalidity or the income tax. Men nun, tne autnor oi the income tax feature of the tariff bill replied to Air. tsartieti, discussing tbe latter s as sertion that the income tax was unjust "Why unjust?" : asked McMillin. "Whence the injustice? Whom does hurt? He says it falls upon the poor man because his rent will be increased The poor man is paying it now. He will not be in any worse condition if the taxation is put on some other thiugs than clothes and other necessaries of life. Man should pay to the support of the government that blesses him,. that protects him in proportion to the bles sing he receives t h rough the protection or his projerty. If ho has got a bi estate then he should pay a big tax, and tne man witli llie tnousana-doilar in come ought not to pay the same tax to the support of the government oi tne cniteu states mat is paid by the man who hasten millions of income. To illustrate tbe point here, I shall depart from my usual course In the whole of these discussions, Mr. Chairman, I have never been in the habit of using on the floor of the House as an illustration or otherwise the names of individuals. But n order to snow tne nagrant wrong that is done bv a system of taxation un- r which we have been living, I will call your attention to the name of one man which is not uinauiUliur to many oi you and certainly not to every citi zen of the Stale and city of New York. I speak of Mr. William Waldorf Astor. This gentleman rart for Congress once against the present Governor, of New York Mr. flower and was defeated, permitted that defeat to do for him what- no man ought to permit to be done iu this country, that is, it soured and embittered him against the gov eminent o.r tne u niteu Mates and our institutions generally. He moved abroad, and not content with wrhat he could say against America himself and our American institutions, he purchas ed one of the ablest ionrnals in the great government of Greaff Britain. He lives there now and this newspaper which lie owns and controls is doing its-work against our institu tions. Anifyet, Mr. Chairman, the in come of this man, I am credibly in formed on what I believe to be good authority, derived from property in New York, .is more than five millions of dollars a year, and he does uot pay (he does pay a State tax; he does pay a county tax and he does pay a munici pality tax, it is true) the government of the United States a dollar, and has not paid $10 in ten years although he has this colossal fortune which is pro tected by ojir navy. Now, we say not withstanding his foreign residence he should be compelled to pay something to the support of the government that blesses and protects his vast estate in this country. What say you (address ing Mr. Bartlett), where is the man that will contend that there is any injustice in requiring him to bear some of the proportion of the burden of taxation." Mr. Bartlett "I will answer the gen tleman that there is no better tax-payer in the district of New York than Mr. William Waldorf Astor. I "will answer him further that there is no family in the State or country of New York that contributes more largely to taxation purposes. State, count' and municipal, than does the Astor family." Mr. McMillin "J respond to the gen tleman from New iYork, tax the rich aud the poor in proportion to that they possess, and not in proportion to what they need.' It ought to be the dollar that pavs the taxes and not the man." Further along Mr. McMillin became engaged in a colloquy with Mr. Cock ran, of Democrat, of New York, regard ing the effect upon the government revenues of a reduction of tariff rates, which concluded iwith the admission by Mr. McMillin that he did not be lieve that the Wilson bilk, as framed, would have the effect to raise the reve nues necessary to carry on the govern ment without the income tax measure. Mr. Henderson, of tlowa, took the floor to defend the appropriation but yielded most of his time to Mr. Cockran. He argued that the income tax legisla tion that is leveled against prosperity and success in life is undemocratic, is un-American, is revolutionary, is an- archicical and ought to be condemned as it has been by the American people Applause. .. j ' :. "Mr. Chairman," he continued, "it has also, I believe, 'been said that this is a proper form of taxation. ; My opposi tion is not directed against the right of the government toS tax incomes, because I believe that it-has the same right to tax income that it has to tax principal. But the gentleman from Tennessee says he insists that all men shall bear their proportion of taxation. Why, then does he limit this (tax to 85,000 persons? why is it that this system of taxation sets aside a small portion of the popula lation and forces them to bear all this burden? If you can make this distinc tion for burdens 1ou can make it for privileges. ' If youj can single out 83,000 persons for special taxation, you can single out 85,000; persons for special privileges ..under the government. Be cause democracy j means equality, be cause all men should be held equal" be fore the law. I believe that this Dem ocratic party will - ultimately - come round to its j ancieot traditions,, that it j will discard j these new fangled notions I so eloquently and attractively voiced by the gentleman from Tenn.esse; tlhat it will remember the teachings of such men as Jefferson and others of our great political leaders; it will reflect that the great men who led them to victory, whose teachings have insured them ta hours of defeat, Whose principles have brought the American people around tbem to therr support,) are safer guide leaders, than those gentlemen who aim to be their successors and who have led the Demo cratic psk-ty to defeat which threatens its verv existence, x Make this tax oni versal; aid while we may consider that economically it is unsound, that it com pels a $reatef sacrifice or valuawe things or( the part of . the tax payer than the govnment can use for itself, we will still recognise tne1' measure as em bracing tp.e Democratic idea of equality. While jam stand fast, to that principle, .you may be mistakes, hut you can always; retrace :your steps. You may ..fall intt error; but yOar; hearts will be loyal b the principles of tbe party whose irineiples vou profess, in whose name pu fight, whose commission you hold upn this floor, whose history you should; vindicate, whose future, you should iry to secure. fLoud applause. The 4&bate was closed by Mr. Brcck inricjgeiwho prophesied the return to .power oi the Democratic party, that it might fiilftl the pledges it has made to the peotle and upon which they htftl been charged with the responsibility of government. When) the bill was read under the flve-minute rule, Mr. Bartlett moved to strike ott the item appropriating $245, 095 for the collection of the income tax. A vote was taken by tellers and resulted! yeas.54, nays 127. When the item for $250,000 for spe cial pension agents was reached. Mr. Henderson, Republican, of lowa,moved thatr the amount be reduced to $125, 000.; Pending action on this amend ment th committee rose and the House adjourned. SIR. I OVERMAN'S BOND. Hymenial--No Christmas Fire-Crackers The New Methodist Pastor Arrives. Special to the Observer. Salisbcry, Dec. 12. Dr. J. E. Smoot, a popular and rising young pnysician of Concord, and Miss Minnie M. Wat son, daughter of Mr. W. G. Watson, clerk of the court here, were married at Jhe home of the bride at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. Dr. Rumple. The mar riage was a quiet affair owing to the illness of Dr. Smoot-'s brother, only few relatives and friends being present. The bride and groom received quite number of valuable presents. After troth was plighted the couple took the train for Concord, their future home. The best wishes of friends for their mutual success and happiness go with them. Rev. R. L. Cornelisou and Miss Lottie Atwell, eldest daughter of Mr. D. A. Atwell, will be united in marriage on the 26th inst. Hon. Lee 8. Overman, administrator of J. B. Lanier's estate, made arrange ment to give his bond to-dav and has already assumed charge of affairs. The value of tbe estate lsestimated at $100,- 000. It may be more or less than this. The "city board of aldermen, at a meeting last night, decided to suspend the ordinance piohibiting the popping of fire-crackers and other explosives from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. Christmas day. Rev. J. F. Marr, the new pastor of the Salisbury station, (Methodist church) arrived iiere fas IgkT- ITC" Asheville to take "charge of his work. He was accompanied by his wife and cousin. Miss hweener, of Swain county. Dr. W. H. Leith, the retiring pastor, will leave for Morganton, his new home to-morrow. Mrs. Leith will remain here several davs before joining her husband. The following members of Salisbury odge Knirhts of Pythias attended the funeral of Mr. Geo. A. Hall near Black mer, this county to-day: Messrs. I. B. Brown, C. R. Barker, J. Samuel Mc- Cubbins, J. - J. Newman, W. H. Craw ford, J. B. Isenhour, W. I. Summer, J. F. Gaither and E. H. Brown. A severe thunder storm passed over the city about 3 o'clock this morning. South river was very high this morn ng. The mail carrier between here and Mocksville was sent back from that point on account of the water being too high to ferry. Mr. Wm. Smithdeal returned last night from a business trip to Baltimore. A NEGRO BOY SHOT TO DEATH. He Chopped a White Boy's Head Nearly Off and Met an Awful Fate. Columbia, S. C, Dec. 12. A stecial to the State from Williamston, S. C, says an inquest was held to-day on the body of the twelve-year-old white boy who was murdered on Monday night by Ed Sullivan, a negro boy about Io years old. jflThe victim's head was literally cut ro pieces with an axe. The boy murderer was locked up, but as there were threats of lynching he was hurried off to the county jail at Anderson, some o miles awav. The officers got an hour's start on the mob of would-be lynchers, who were in pursuit on horseback and in buggies and armed with rifles and snot-guns. The mob overtook the officers and heir prisoner and brought him back to Williamston. At 11:30 o'clock he was shot fo death, it being estimated that 500 shots were fired. His body was rid dled with bullets. Tbe Japanese March On. London, Dec. 12. A dispatch from Tien : Tsin to the Central News says hat 25,000 Japanese troops have arrived at Sqan-Hai-Kwan. The Chinese sol diers fct'Wei-Hai-Wei declare that they will iavexhat place immediately upon the appearance of the Japanese. Japanese Occupy Foo-Chow. London, Dec 12. A dispatch to the Central News from Hiroschima says a detachment of the Japanese second army occupied Foo-Chow on December 5th without meeting any opposition. The Chinese garrison at Foo-Chow, ,000 strong, retreated to New Chwang. Tbe Splendid Walters Art Collection. - Baltimore, Md., Dec. 12. The splen did art collection of the late Wm. T. Walters will remain in this city, the property of Henry Walters, by the terms of the late Mr. Walter's will, the collec tion was bequeathed jointly "to his son and daughter, Henry Walters and Mrs. Warren Delano, of Orange, N. J. mr. vv alters has arranged to buy his sister's equal share, thereby becoming the sole owner of perhaps the grandest art collection in the United States. HowKate'a Case. Washington, Dec 12. The case of Captain Howgate, the ex-United States Signal Officer, has been set for trial De cember 20th. New indictments are. ex pected to be brought in by the grand jury at any time against Howgate as some of those now in court are defec tive. An effort to appeal from Judge McComas' decision on the demurer to the indictments for embezzlement against Howgate will probably be made to-morrow to the Court of Appeals. A Jim Crow Car Bill In South Carolina. . Coi.cmbia, S. C, Dec 12. The lower House of the State Legislature after an all-day fight continning far into the night, ha3 passed by a small majority a regulation "Jim Crow" car bill. The color line-was brought into the debate and "Canary" Miller, the colored. ex Congressman, made several red hot speeches. . SEELEY WILL N01UNTERVIEW. BANK PRESIDENT BEES HIM. Tha Defaulter Saate HI Mentb-He WUl Talk Only to Bia Counsel He Says Baker Was Bis Sole AeosmnHe Saeley la Treated Well, and Ol-ren God Cigars to Smoke. Chicago, 111., Dec 12. John. M Crane, president of the National Shoe and Leather Bank, of New York, ar- rived here this afternoon and was tak im mediately to the central police sta tion, where, in the inspector's office. Samuel C. Seeley, the defaulter, was brought before him. Mr. Crane was alone with Seeley for about 30 minutes and afterwards the representatives -of the press were asked into the office to see the two men. Mr.. Crahe stated that Seeley had absolutely refused to say anything in regard to his defalca tion until he had consulted which with his attorney. Frank W. Angell, in New York. Seeley said that he had worked under Mr. Crane for 14 years and knew no man whom he would rather confide, but would refuse to answer questions put by any one. Crne then said: "I have asked Mr. Seeley question after question without getting a woirrf of information. But I wish to ask one more question and be lieve that it will be answered." Turning to the prisoner he said: "Was any one besides Frederick Baker interested with you cither directly or indirectly in this defalcation?" "No, sir," promptly responded Seeley. "Baker was the man." Seeley exhibited considerable feeling when he mentioned the name of Baker, and the look on the prisoner's face showed that he hated even the name. "Gentlemen," continued Mr. Crane, I can sav to you that I believe Mr. Seeley feels better this evening than he has any day since he lelt mew iork City. He has been like a hunted ani mal on the face of tne earth and was bound to be caught sooner or later. A weight has now been lifted from his Lmtnd and I know he feels relieved. He has done a wise thing in making a con fession and he is perfectly willing to go back to New York. He prefers, how ever, to surrender himself to tne Unit ed States authorities as his counsel has so advised. I came to Chicago to iden tify Seeley and also to learn all I could from him concerning the defalcation, but in the latter have met a dismal failure. I had hoped to learn some thing of importance, but Seeley stub bornly and firmly refuses to answer even the simplest questions. I am very glad to know that only he and Baker were implicated, although in justice to the other clerks in the Shoe and Leath er Bank, I wish to say that' not one of them has been suspected. 1 shall make ho further effort to get information from him. I will return with the party to-morrow." Inspector Shea announced that a United States deputy marshal would take Seeley to New York and read a telegram from Inspector Mc Laughlin, of New York, instructinghim to turn his prisoner over to the United States authorities, if they wished, and saying that he wanted no conflict of authority. Mr. Crane said to the JNew l ork de tective who came with him, "Well, Mr. Nugent, you let the marshal take Seeley aha you CSS ,ke me. There seems to be nothing but harmorrj. ... i .1 O .1 ,T ; rseeiey iien waitteu to trie Harrison street station between two officers. He says he has been much better treated by the police than he hoped for. He is given a bed, is well fed and given good cigars to smoke. FEKOCSON'I HOGS IN QUEEN'S CORN. Result: A Quietus on Queen and Fergu son Flees MaJ. Stedman Honored A Shooting. Special to the Observer. Asheville, Dec. 12. Joseph Logan, (tolored, one of the foremen on the Van derbilt estate, was shot Monday night by his wife. The couple were discuss ing a proposed trip- of Mrs. Logan, which he wished to postpone until Christmas. Some jesting remark was made by him, and his wife went into an adjoining room, took up a Winches ter and fired through the door, which Logan had Closed. The bullet passed through the door and throueh the large bone of Logan's left leg. He is now at the Mission Hospital, and it is thought his leg can be saved. Mrs. Logan says the shooting was accidental,- - Near Clyde, in Haywood county, Monday, S. P. Queen and J. L. Fergu son neighboring farmers, 'became in volved in a trouble because Ferguson's hogs-got into Queen's corn. Ferguson is said to have called Queen a "d d liar," and Queen attempted to strike him, vhen Ferguson drew a pocket knife and with one stroke disemboweled Queen. Physicians think the man will not recover. Ferguson was apprehend ed but afterward escaped. Queen is 50 years old and Ferguson 23 and both men of good reputation in their com munity. Maj. Chas. M. Stedman has been in vite to be one of the orators before the New England Society at Charleston, S. C, December 22, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the society. Treasury Figures. Washington, Dec. 12. This after noon the Treasury Department was in formed that $2,1150,000 in gold had been withdrawn to-day from the New York sub-treasury, of which $1,300, 000 was taken for export. This reduces the gold reserve to $103,378,000. The general Treasury balance keeps up well, standing at $155,000,000. Expenditures so for this month exceed the receipts only $4,000,000 and this difference will almost be wiped out by the end of the month. Nearly $7.00,000 of the $10,000,000 received have been paid out for pensions. Tbe Honeymoon and tbe Hanging. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12. General Ken nedy, who is to be hanged at Jasper, Tenn.. next Monday, was married to night in the county jail to Martha Tay lor. General and John Kennedy murdered the night operator and railroad agent at Shellmound. They are unrepentant and blasphemous. Cotton Warehouse Bnrned. Macon, Ga., Dec. 12. A special to the Telegraph from Pinehurst, Ga., tells of the burning by incediaries of the Herring & Washburn warehouse at that place this morning. One hundred and fifty bales of cotton were destroyed. The loss is $5,000; insurance $3,500. Kolb'x Organ. Plays Out. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 12. The daily Tribune, Kolb's official organ, pub lished in this city, after printing for 66 days, went to the wall this afternoon. STOP, LADY, STOP I , Lean and lank. H e's such a crank ; My stars 1 I thank I'm not his wife; He'd make my Ufa A seene of strife. Stop, lady, stop t his liver is oat of order. "He 'sju.t too nice lor anything. bia wife say ."when he is well." Every wife's bus band should, if siekjaka Dr.Pleree's Golden Mertfcal Discovery. It puts tha liver and kidneys In good working order, patiAes tbe blood, cleanses t be system from ail impuri ties, from whatever cause arising, and tones up tbe functions generally. Once used, it is always In favor, bokt by ail dealers in medi cine. - RETIRED POUCEMES KCMKROrS. Mr. Gr Make It Ware far "the Finest.' aad Gets Off a Jske. i f ;. i. , - New York, Deo. 12. When the Lexow committee was called to order to-day. llr. Goff called the name i of Charles A. Grant, but there was no re sponse. Mr. Goff said he did not ex Dect Mr -Grant to be present, i but he look this opportunity to let himknow that he would like to have him here. Mr. Grant was ex-Commissioner Mc- Clave's private secretary while the lat ter was police commissioner! and left city soon alter Air. Aicyiaye retirea. i commute has tried to serve a poena on him. but it did not Sndhim. MrAGoff said that Mr. Grant was worth $75,000 in real estate in this city and he only received $1,700 a year. I He said he was prepared to prove mat air. " -m l A Grant made this money by accepting bribery fir appointments on the police force. MrY Goff then said, that Mr. Grant's presence was especially desir able at presest as he had a list of Com missioner McOlave's appointments and he wanted to ones tion Mr. Grant about some of them A representative of the firm of Mar tin B. Brown & Cbmpany. was on the stand. The house does great deal of printing for the city and Mr. Goff want ed to learn whether arty member of the city government was iconnected with the firm, or what "pullV it j had. He made no discoveries, however. , Several ex-police captains and other ex-members of the force were examined as to how they came on the retired list. Mr. Goff said the object was tAsee how that men were retired who coulajremain much longer on the force. "It is com mon report," said Mr. Goff, j"that po licemen oav from $300 to $500 for being annointed: the more officers that are, re- lireu. tne srreaiier is -iiic icicuuc. Mr. Moss then asked that all the tired policemen in court stand up. Al most every man in court stooit up. . s task the committee to note, saicr he, "What a fine body of men they are.- Mr. Goff then called attention to the case of ex-Detective Sergeant Mulvey, who he said, retired some years ago on. a pension of $1,000 a year. "-Mulvey. said he, "is now a sergeant in Brooklyn under the reform administration and is trying to become a captain.": j There was a laugn in court at mis. WAKH FOREST NEWS. Returned Delegates Praise Charlotte's Hospitality The Standard's Success. Correspondence of the Observer. Wake Forest, Deo. 12. All the dele gates have returned from the Baptist State Convention, and all are full of praise for Charlotte s hospitality. The ake r orest aianuoun uuo is giving a series oi musicals auring tnm week; they will conclude on tne ist. The fall term gynasium entertain ment will take place next week. Mr. W. Durham is in charge this year. The examinations here come after Christmas, and many of the boys are preparing to leave for home next week. The Student wiu oe out i oaturuay. Mr. Beasley, the editor in charge, is making quite a success of the magazine this year. , . At the last meeting oi tne ctentinc Society, Prof. Sledd lectured on "Folk Liore. " At the next meeting ur. uor- rell and Mr. Hufham will read papers. Jj nineer connpirston Tried T - . . and Con- victed Samuel St, -'wsses By. Columbia, S. C, Dec. 12. Barrett the chief of the gang of postofflce con spirators who have been on trial here the past week in the United States Court, was o-day sentenced in the con spiracy case to 18 months imprison ment in the government prison at Co lumbus, Ohio, and to pay a fine of $3,500. He has not yet been sentenced in the forgery case in which he was convicted. The'malximum sentence for this offense is 15 years and a fine of $5,000. The other conspirators convicted along with him have been given simi lar sentences. One of them, J. T. Till man, who was tried and convicted, is a fugitive in Texas. Two other members of the gang are fugitives also, but they have not yet been tried. Pjesident Samuel S.pencer of thtf Southern Railway Company, passed through here to-day en route to Wash ington from Florida. He has made a thorough inspection of the Southern branches of his system. Ex-Police Stephenson Guilty. New York, Dec. 12. Ex-Police Cap tain Stephenson, who has been on trial for the past few days, charged with ac cepting bribes from merchants who used the side-walks for the display of their goods in violation of a- city ordi nance, was late this evening found guilty as charged. Sentence will be pronounced probably to-morrow. The maximum penalty in the case of con viction on a charge of bribery as speci fied in the case of Ex-Captain Stephen son, is imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of $5,000. The minimum is im prisonment for one year, v A Close Shave for a Bill. Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 12. The Georgia General Assembly; adjourned at mid night after a 50 'days' session. Many local measures were rushed through in the closing hours. The only bill of general importance was the appropria tion bill and the conference; commit tee's report passed the House by only one majority. Had it been lost the Governor would have called ' an extra session. The General Assembly holds another 50 days' session next fall, j , Wby 31 r. Meyer Lehman Resigned. New York, Dec. 12. It is stated at the office of Lehman Bros, that the res ignation of Mr. Meyer Lehman as di rector of the American Cotton Oil Com pany, was purely for personal reasons. There is no truth in the report that he is to start an opposition company. His relations toward the company and its president, E. D. Adams, remain friendly and pleasant. Eleetrlet Car and Switch Engine Collide. ' Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 12L-i-An elec tric car and a switch engine of the K, C. M.&B.Railrpad collided at Ninth avenue and Twenty-fourth street to-night. The electric car was demolished and tbe moterman thrown about twenty feet, re ceiving several severe bruises The re Verse lever failed to work bu the car. There were no passengers on. board the car. , A Railroad to Be Sold. j, ' - Macon, Ga.,'Dec. 12. Judge Fish, in the Superior Court at Americus to-day ordered the sale of the Savannah. Amer icus & Montgomery Railway I not later than next May. The case will probably be carried to the supreme Court. , i ,i j i i I. A CatboUe Priest Dead. Acocsta, Ga., Dec. 12. Rev. Richard O'Brien, Catholic priest, aged 70, died hereto-day. He was ordained in 1 1877 by Bishop Gross, now of Oregon,! and has served in almost every parish in this State.- ,. ; : ! I -- ' The first case of violating the provis ions of the aew tariff law as to the! tax on playing cards received the sanction of the Treasury Department yesterday. The offender, who lives in Pennsylva nia, sold one dozen of the packs - of cards without their being stamped. Secretary Carlisle imposed a fine of $50. niGHXB EDUCATION. - . ,1 ; ' -:"-'.K :: '&'r r'';V j" " .! . I -;. The Vital Question, Whetber North Care Una Shall Receive Mere Light mr Leas. To tha Editor of tha Obseryen,; . I have been much interested in Ihe discussion going on in your columnsre garding this most vital matter, whether North Carolina shall receive more light or less. ': - - . ' 4 Perhaps nowhere else inChrlstendom, and certainly nowhere else in the Unit-: ed States would the question be consid ered open to serious discussion. j However, since the triumph of fusion In November one need not wonder, at any - happening. J r m proud of the course taken by the Observes ana know that many others, whose .voices over-top mine, are also proud oi tne. paper s position on tne subject. i Your excellent temper, Mr. Editor, never did you better service than dur ing this recent discussion with the nreacber men. Why is the county government legislation, threatened by the "incoming Legislature, not as fit a theme for pulpit and; sectarian discus sion as the University-j appropria tion? : o ! :'-. - ! ;.- -I .V It is more- important, going . to, tne very root of our civilization. j i Whv hot have a synddical caucus! on that in advance of the Pop. love feast Or the threatened overhauling oi pur great chanties and penal institutions by our new law-maKerst i - . I f is not tne vnurcn as ctose w fortunates housed in those ... various places as to the normal youth seeking to climb the steps of Fame's temple with state aid? Whv then not give " the law-makers light on these sub jectsT It would seem. I think, to the average. man eouully as pertinent and proper in . the one case as in the other. j ' No, Mr, Editor, there is noming proper in tne wnoie ousiuess oi suarv ing at Chapel Hill's great and steadily .. growing work and the men ; engaged in it are making a notoriety j that is not , kely to be a matter: oi especial priue leir children. 1 , 1 recent trip of a fortnight in eastern Kth Carolina induces mo to oeueve thatXihe University has far more j ana KiaiinVhpr friends tnerc man m . . . , .i the west. Vnd that the appropriation will he voted more readily than it nas ever been. Hblden is the only man in JNOrtn Carolina y ho-ever struck the univer sity a tellrog blow and it: was repaid him ten thdusand times over in agonies and humiliaWons, which- enterea ana abode with hm eVea after he Joined the Baptist Church. ; i. . You recall theaact mat even on ma benign occasion Aunt Abbey iiouse wanted the water o be "DUin not. One must be careful, as you nave, been, to keep his temper ana noi, say the bitter things, which surge up in the heart, when alma mater is maae me torirof for clerical boWsX ein-1, and fittt. to work. asNher brave cbil dren are everywhere dong, to under mine the sappers, remembering jwith gladness that the sappers Xliave never studied engineering i and tftat it 19 not good religion with them to know much. 1 sbould be asnameu oi wiooi", I doubted the result Mclver ad Mr ln ston will not be put in the stocks even bv a fusion Legislature, if I readVHght the signs, and we may well await vK to express ourselves about those, whojwlsh that or something close akin to that. "DieuAtnaon" droit should be the cry or the male and female University folks. . . ; Alumnus. . j v-yT, GAUCEE8, CUEiBKS. STORED, !ne Satlllitea Are These Internal .Keyeo Civil Service. rat oy tne enerin in m he President Washington, Dec. 12. this afternoon, after; an ed eon- ference with Secretary Carlisle andiii' ternal Revenue Commissioner Mjiller, issued an order putting store-keepers, gaugers and clerks ini offices of collec tors of internal revenue in the classified civil service. This increases the list of persons who are t hus protected by the civil service by about 2,000. The Guardian's Commercial Article. Manchester, Dec. 12,-The Guardian " irr it's commercial article says: Business has been slack. Many producers are badly in want of orders for a portion of their production but the offerswifj buy ers seldom allow execution and the nar rowness of seller's margins often pre vent acceptance of offers, though tho difference in their views is moderate. The further weakness in Eastern ex change has acted as a deterrent upori buy ing and much uncertainty has arisen from diverse reports regarding the pros pects of a re-imposition of import duties in India. A few China orders have been accepted but the lower rates, of ex change and the complications arising, from the war have been conduc.ve to inspiring buyers with caution,. A smaller foreign trade1 and the moderate South American exchanges jhave Jnter ferred with business and a stoppage of looms tends to increase the sluggish ness. Yarns have been irregular Occasional-spinners have been disposed to yield a little, with a tendency jin fa vor of the buyer, j .1 ' J , . A Disastrous Fire at Evergreen, Alabama. . Montgomery, Ala. j Dec! 12. A spe cial to the Advertise from Evergreen, . Alabama, says that, fire broke out to night at 5 o'clock in the Racket) store and has swept almost the entire part of the town west of the railroad. Fifteen buildings burned at this hour are : The Racket Store,! J. MJ Henderson, I. Long & Son, J. G. Guico, J. W. Crook, postofflce, Evergreen Hotel, C. T. Tall--ferro, C. P. Doming; J. A. McCreary,. Irwin's Livery Stable, L. Finch, B. R. Martin, Mrs. B. AJ Linde, and the buildings occupied by F. L. Hickox and J. M. Sims will also ga. The loss will approximate $100,000 with perhaps about $25,000 insurance. . : The street on both sides of th rail road is strewn with goods of evei'y de scription and the greatest confusion prevails. At 11 o'clock the fire was checked at the McCreary building and all of the buildings west ot that) were saved. An Embessllng Postmaster Arretted Jacksonville, Fla1., Dec 12.-rA spe cial to the Times-Union j from jPunta Gorda says.that George T. Hubert, the postmaster at that place, was arrested to-day by.a United States marshal for embezzling- $3,000! of the postofflce funds and appropriating the same to his own osev The case was worked np by postofflce. In$ctor Tatej. Hu bert was placed under $1,000 bond . for , appearance before the United j States Court ai Tampa next February. ' Ha had been drinking considerably of late and his settlements with the depart ment were not satisfactory, so the in spector was sent down to investigate. - ' .'' :'-' Football. 1 ;: -,. ' - ;' ... - . Charlotte football' enthusiasts are jubilant.- A game has been arranged be tween Columbia and Charlotte- to be played during' Christmas week. The Columbia boys are good kickers, bnt they'll more than meet their, match in Charlotte. Black and red are the Char lotte colors. . The Observer always bets on the red. - ": -- .; j----J -. - , ..' "Dr.- Pierce's Pelh-ts permanently cars eonst1patlon,slek headache, Indigestion aad Kiaarea aerangemenu. -. . , '! .
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