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It , has witnessed the , Inauguration of ? a Republican. -Gov ernor, and" the election of eRepubllcan . to the United 8tates Senate- for. the full -- term of aix years., Sxcentlnjr the offl- dais yet remaining far the public lnstl ' tutlons, ait that Is left to remind us - , that there ever has beenDemocreilc sToVernment in - Norths CarollnaV are these : magnificent institutions tbem- .-selves, a few Judges and solicitors,' and a long record of peace, prosperity and equal laws, equally and economically . administered. " Mr., Marion Butter-said truly when he said fa his paper afew . . "years ago that Democratld adnunistra ' tion Of the affairs of the State had een unexceptionable and' that' the troubles ; of tiie people. Ur elsewhere. But gov ernment by tins party has been brought , to an end,: and how? "By 4 portion of f: the white people of the StaU adding . , - their votes to tboseof the black people, ' who were? always opposed the gov- ernment of the Democracy - ' - , This transition: was hot accomplished ' fat a day. It was the result of a move- ment which had its genesis somewhere. It was along; about nine' years ; ago, when the Farmers' Alliance took' root la the State" and a crusade against the merchants was entered .upon. "We :wer told tliat reforms were necessary bat that the ' Alliance was not in politics - and had no grievance against ihe Dem ocratio party. Iresentiy. as the move - ment gained strength. Jt was said that some of the grievances were' potittcaL after all, and that the - Republican party was responsible for them, and It . was not long then until "both the old parUes" were arraigned at the bar of public opinion. The evolution : was rapid and let us hurry over its history. As the worm becomes the butterfly o the Alliance at Its maturity became the BopuHst i party. . tTnfe party ' sprang. furtfull panoplied, as Mlrx va gprang from the brow of Jove. It sought at first to dominate the Democratic party, to which jits members had previously Jbeionged,f and faHed. Then It fell in - -with ; the Republican party, whieh, as .soon as it had begun to talk pontics j at all, it had said was the author of all . our woes, and making common cause i 1 "1 4 with the Republicans, black and white. It overthrew the party which it had said at the outset had done no wrong, r and. the rest haq been told in the first 'paragraph of this article, i We wish Our Noble Order much joy i of Us accomplishment. It has given us a Republican Senator, a Republican Governor, three Republican Represen tatives one of them black e majority of Republican Judges and solicitors, a j., number of magistrates and coonty emu mlssioners a multitude of the latter black and the end doesn't begin to-be yet. : . v '-.r: .. n' -f . ... .-.-.-v This U what Our -Noble Order has brought to North CaroUaay and-we give It much Joy of the eonsequeacea. - -L: ." A correspondentwho- signs hltdel fHonesty,, and who has aireadytjftee too long neglected, writs-the Observer: 4 "I have two questions-1 ; wish WerS,tfU??rt '" v ana want you ta answer them in your , most -valuable papert; Why to Jt;. that ; McKlnley being elected and confidence - being restored, cotton- goes down and ; banks ntmue -to, fallr and,! -second, what Is the advantage, to me as a wage . - worker for everything; T consume to go ,4--up and my wages to remain the jiame? , p This to the way the. confidence crowd - - want m-mmmmW . Aa to tb flm quesaonT- we give It uptWa have teeaJtrymlr wttfcoearntv. . aultito; gttTsomeof umRepuhlloatt " -; ,c contemporartea: to ianswerthe" trery V j r aame cestlon. :Aa to the sscond o.ucs 4. tKnvrwhat advantagetht-IJMHonesty - 1 tor wnac ne consumea to go un ana ms - wages stand stilt , the answer la as ieasy as falling eJt a lof: omla all. '- We bavetreceivedU. oopy-f ;Falr- r - yt" brotber'aFarxa fa nntWy -publication to be Issued at Dahynic'Vaat the price -of IX . per i years t The presiding : genius taC Fairbrothen-mrnerly - of th; Durham - the Farragtv excepting-the advertlse' menta, to written by Col Falrbeother, whose style to as breesy 'and aa enter-1 tainihg as ever. v Hl aoSTi a he calls for prodidnTthlfw . that he wanUto and Us object to stated ta this sentence: Devoted-1 Humani ty and Dedicated to the HoiyCauset , opposing the Devil, ud cabers who-are in League with the 8pOacL Tailed Gen- ? tlemsa. - - - f - v Congressman Unney of . the- eighth . ; i ' district, made a speech In the House - the other day In favor of ucxeaawff the . pension -of that noble -warrior and i statesman, General Jeremiah elmlta, of Alexander, from 8ja month to $12, and j- in -the exuberance of f hto eathuslasaB .over his own great effort, moved At.its conclusion to make the peaaioa t3S.r A timely suggestion of possible -objection 1 caused Mr. Llnney to up back to his twelve-doUar proposltloa, and it is welL. - Twelve dollars a month to an the moa : ey; that GenT? Smith. s of z Alexander; :p would know what f o do wlthi $Si would be an encumbrance to him. - , As the -State was congratulated up on the election of Dr. B. A,, Alderman to the presidency of the TJhlversity, so it deserves to be congratulated again upon his toauguration. V That was one selection In- which, bo- mtotaka "was ; made. - It is hardly likely that there to ' a man In the State wb-has equal qualifications for this .position, ; v crrvxriAL. aht3 os STATESHANSI' TX.?" Inr -i Ps' p The t. rU fcf t s t - It , : -janim . OZQ lent; a; ro- c leal ins out Florida i secure t t rer. r-1ation r the x rr: a r te W . hTi.. inihiL uich liixi :pede navi ration in the rivers of thak fiLata have put quite to shame the Uibors of the members fromthe-twotPajEDtas tn a preceding Congress, who endeavored to get government aid for the 4 ies trac tion of the Russian thistle. Toe water hyacinth U aald not to be 4 aitUve of Florida, but to have been plantjhd there many years ago tjythe' proprttor"of a famous winter resort hotel for Ithe pur pose . of xteautifylng the streajns near the grounds. ' In some rivers to now so dense as actually to srelXnt the passage of atommn9&-'-mS& Florida and tlie- Dakotaa iardnot tha only. State which nave "es wnleh they are anxious to" ret Ti4 oiE - Sena. tor tdge. of Massachusetts' bee' to- of flO.OOe for the purpose of tqireetirat lng -the best means of deatreartesr the gypsy moth, which each yea denudes that State of their Collage. The gypsy moth, like the water hyacintlt! of F!or- ids. and the -Russian thistls- of the North vest, i not a native. life waT im ported into Boston cy -a adelttist, who desired to examine it under js miscro scope, Bavin read f tts jhabits' In some obscure book. The epedieaea sent him was a flocene, ancl - n t 'only in excellent health, but burdenjed with -a large supply of eggs for the prooaxa- tion. of its species. The sdenOst wa old and his. fingers somewhat cJjimsy. The gipsy nou suppeo- mrpugn inem, .ana. thewindow being open, tt ws soon en Joying the boasted -freedomiof Boston Common. Xn a recent State" report on the-sublect of : theglpsyt mdth.-"It was declaredT that ad " appropi Ration, 'of HOODOO a year'tor the bext; ten years would be heeessary to complrteiy erad icate the pest from the State I of Massa- BencOd, bow , gteat a matir; a, tittle fire Jdndleth. It la poastbte b preach a great. sernwnU taking the -Risslan this tlethewater eqracia;an4i.th gipsy moth forth text. - Itts the IttOe tigers that look; soharnUess JUieir, infancy as we view them tathe pjsslng , cage in the eirous parade that kill their tramers in the r untamable fury ofc their matureritigitrhood. ,But we cut tbe,-exhortatIea aiort at -this point to order to-remark tW it Congress. by its appropriations and iilvestlgating eommUtees .to Just aboujiikeiyrto eradicate; the Rpsaiaa thtstlaViho water hyactata' snA the gypay-njoth ae tt is I to aecompHsh the xtlnctieik of original ata from mankind. -l " J - Tne , epupiicans ,ana - OpuJista; are very mad t each- other.- and the Popr unat caucus, Wsdesday'ight'uaant- moUslyMcted 'the' roflolrtng: " ' "ResoIved.'.'That fnaamulih as the Re: publican caucus has failed to give us an answer to oucxtaueat that they ob serve the .contract of oo-ojeration, and imwniKB as ur aavexeBBea ko even hold a caucus to considerjour request, that this caucus' reafarm the resolution passed last night that Uy by their laimre xo proceeo. naa -entcen uie con tract entered -lBtb"la8t''i(UnBer, -and that therefore all coHnectiouS and Tie gotlatlons from this caucus-to- them be cloed,'end that aH othtir' resolutions passed' last night; be. an 1 are hereby alnirmed.-7- - Hot content with this the caucus pro mugatiedmper finejli ; with ftne phraiosu aa at Which rffi jhold food un til another whiff .of loav es and fishes .gets in the airr h- . A Valued friend sendai What' m ' the'dfterenw Observer' and ' Shakespea between the ret re and alone. 8hakespeare sat pens! watching the hundred bSndplay of hist nin -- ' .; f The Observer site-pensive and alone. watching the hundred hshdpUy of the wemocrais. v - A REKSyTt '. F-jjJSTY. Statesvme Sends a Delesjaticih to 8ali- bury Mr. Reid Comes to Charlotte Rehearsing TThe Rebeli Spy. w Correspondenee of the dbserver. Statesvme. Jan. 2?. A! party consist ing of Mr. and Mrs. D.iA. MQler, Mr. and Mrs. Lee . Parks, M' and Mrs. R. B. McLaughlin, Mrs. L. Jsh. Miss Ger trude Wood, Miss Gertrude Robbing, Miss SUla Burwell. Dr. ( J. F. Carlton and Mr. R. R. Cowles webt to Salisbury last night to hear Remedy! and return ed on the morning trail k to-dayr They were well pleased with! the great vio linist's playuavand wiU i the concert in general. f ; Mr. H. E. Reid, form My Awith J.' P. Flanigan 4k Sons, has c atained.a posi tion with the Charlotte Hardware Com pany. .He leayes for' Charlotte to-morrow, f-rt. r' u -T-"-. . The members of'thej! dramatic club are rehearsing:' for TW( Rebel Spy,"- a dramawtuch they wlllgive soon. - The February term tf Iredell Supe rior Court berths nexrliMandav. Jndse I Btarbuck Will iresida Jf ; esrs. 4. v Dnerom ana tr. a. isner- tin .left to-day tit atten'S the funeral of Mrs. Sheltonu mother 01 the former and Sister of the latter, ntr Troutman'a A - aiiss -verrruae visJBf, -of Atlanta, to viaiung ner uncie, ur. VL. xarke. jttATiFlTX ( tVIlie'extradi Orange. Free Washington, Jan.' tton treaties With;' State and ths Argeni to Republic were eHthtorafternoon taken up by the Bel ldeft and. after a abort debate Were- kUfled--; The. dis- cusston relative to th - treaty nas been on a stipulation, said to nave been in serted at the request J it the President, rec ring either, government, without the exercise ot discwtionj to give-up its own citisena on HftnaadV in proper form, -from- the other d ontracting party. The ; Senate eamende the text, some weeks ago; so.as to de y the surrendering-of dtixens or sub, acta of the coua tryt against whom hedemand was made. This action w r4 uuffsttnfartfUTr to thetStatc Departni nt and the- 8en atwas asked to reenoeider. As a re sult of the discussion the Senate to-day permitted its change i o stand, but add ed a clause which ma te it discretionary with the urrende ing- government whether it should sn-ii its 'own citi-"sena-'Ae-tlrasf aoMadeL the treaty was finally ratiaedwJi. r - v-- LECTTJRB -ON AFBf tCA -DAVIDSON t !- NEW3f - Correspondence of the Observer; --.,-- . Davidson, Jan 27.- -Dr. HL. Smith delivered. "Jk "very intt restmgr-tecture- at the X. M. fx A. hall j Mt Monday night, on A Trip- ThroughT Africa,', illustrat ed -with M etereoptio tavtewaTIt is -useless to say that the 1 irge audience was very much pleased as ; to always the case when, they, hava .Drl Smith Jo lis ten tOr j-'- . .it ' r "-9' s , j Mia Bertha l&o6i 1 2Sturnede her home in . Charlotte J iConday. after, a Mra Vmean tojrer) atek wlthiteumps. sick for the past week, to now In a very critical condition.- I te has pneumonia. ? Dr. W. J. Martin's' residence, on Con cord street, - to 31 ncartngf comptetkHi. When finlBhed tt Ul" be-ewe of the handsomest dwelltntEa in towar ' -t-- - Lumber to being hliuled for-Drv-H. I Smith's residence.- whieJr wlH faau r the most attractive!la Davktoon.-:--.?--.! CONCERT AT SJiLiai xACADEMT. 8pectal to the OhsejiverBi -r- - Winston. Jan. zt. The annual mid winter concert by ( fee puplla -of-Salem Female CollegeTwas the attraetkra here to-night -The-prog ramme was aa at tractive one and iiT rendition fully sus tained the reputation of the r South' oldest scheoL. Voetl and'Inetrumental music, elocution am I other departments of the college wert j represented in the programme Two hundred voicea took part la the doeinl t chorus. The con- keerf will be repeat id to-morrow, night jot tne aenest of a leads who could not attend to-night. .Tjj, , - vt a - SrjCCEKDS JT7DG ' B WOODS TEMPO- SILT.-'." -an. Judge S. 8. XT, appointed, to the nch for the balance Justice Woods being ge Woods was mar- J Jackson, Miss., Calhoun was to Supreme" Court b of this term. still very ried last At EL FfcUIa'i" Er!5onal - ehnrrh jjur-am. .. .v eTnesaiy x: orntns;- Rev. A A. JtTuden. tire rtetor," was united ia marriage to Miss Minnie Hotter, also ex uarsus. Chief sick. Jud TueadayJ IIIL F0..-IA-i o -TAGC t-iticj Itc-vab sans YotKi .1 . a Aiae VI 1 Mr. lb r, Uier, Bal I , Otkter ' -Ceafinaatlom Teateruay The 17atoa Paelfle rereelosare IVseeedlags Impsdeit TheT" Mens I 1 J , ? Cwtu eace 1 AUgeM tke SabiMt mt tm turn hm Heeteiarv Mr- Washington,- Jan." 28. For more than an hour the Senate, this afbrtTioon, dis cussed tn executive aesstonl the nomi nation of Wra. 8. Forman of Illinois, to be commissioner of interval revenue, and finally confirmed bixniby a vote of 41 to IS. The opposition! was based entirely upon Mr. Fonnan'ij conduct In the recent . campaign. Senator ; Jones, chairman of the national j Democratic committee,sald ?he opposed the- can didacy f Mr.'Forman-fwith much r iuctance.' but- he could nott persalt htt attacks- upon the regular lckeof the ijemocrauo . party - to pas . unBeeoea. especially as they were brtmght to-the attention of the country i by- the ap pointment to such an lmjjortant posi tion of the man who made them. Re marks along similar Unett were' made by Senators- Berry -and Stewart. Mr. Chandler- ntagonised th nomination because the nominee Waal a ' Democrat who stood on a ptatform declaring for the single gold: standard and free trade. Mr. Forman-waa defended by Sena tors Cmllom and Hale, RepuUicans,"and Messrs. Mills and Palmer. Democrats, all of whom spoke of his high character as a man ana us eminent qualities tor the. place. :The" roll cair showed "that the silver" Democrats, tlie silver bolting-Republicans and ihk solitary vote of Mr. Chandler formed the voting op position. r'tr -T?w-.Ws"j'?" I-" r - Other nomlnationa were conflnned by the Senate as follows: Chas. a. Howry, of Mississippi. ! Judge, of the Court of Claims; Frank D. Chester, of Massachusetts,9 United States consul at Bnda-Pesth . Hungary. t. - . j Postmasters: Alabama C C Collier. Biocton. Louisiana, F" M. Mumford, St. .FrancisviUe; Miss Sebelle Knox. Clmton; Mrs- Jejinle Curtis, " Thibo- deauat.'-.-'-'-.: 1 ' r 'I - 3 The proposed sale of the property Of the Union iPacl&c under foreclosure proceedings, instituted, by the Attorney General, to sought to be Impeded and prevented by a resolution offered la the Senate to-day by Mr. Allen, the Pop ulist Senator from Nebraska. It in structs the Pacific Railroad committee to inouire and report Whether, under existing law; the executive department nas the authority to foreclose- the lien and to sell the property without addi tional legislation- and whether it la not the duty of the President to redeem and pay off the paramount liens and take possession of the property. In directs the Attorney General to refrain from entering into further Astipulation or agreements, -pending the inquiry-- In a Speech in support of the resolution, Mr. Allen Insisted that under the existing law, It was the duty of the. President not to - direct . foreclosure, but to pay off all paramount liens and take pos session of the property. - To an- inquiry by Mr. Piatt, RepubuSan, of Connecti cut, whether the remedies provided in the statute were cumulative r were alternative, Mr. Alien replied that the language was such as to shut out the idea of the remedies-being alternative. Ha also declared that j the price named tn the agreement wfthf the re-organisation committee was not equal to S5 per cent, of the value of the property. The resolution went over without- action. Mr. Thurston, Republican. of Nebras ka, stating his desire 'to speak upon it to-morrow. - -t -- -:v The bill for a commission of an inter national 'monetary conference was tak en up, and Mr. Chandler, Republican, of New Hampshire, made a short state ment In favor of It. He said that It did not compel the President to Initiate the conference and that ssuch com pulsion was not desirable. He had no desj-g to taae rrom tne f resi-aeni-eietgjj j. spansibillty fQaetiQin.n.actJon tn view Qf.Jfr. McE3nleyb letter of accept ance stating that the Republican party naa aeciareu in laver or an interna tional agreement, and! that It would be bis duty if elected, to employ all ptoper means to promote it. tHe subsequently, however, accepted aijt amendment of fered by Mr. Baconl Democrat, of Georgia, giving the President authority specifically to call an international con ference at such point k may be agreed upon. - t All tie rest of the tjme that was left of the morning hour, to which the consideration of the hill was limited, was occupied by Mr. Stewart, Populist, of Nevada, in a speech recounting the ills Inflicted upon the? poor by the gold standard, but declaring: in the end that he would allow the bill to pass In any form that its friends gesired. Notice of a desire flo speak on the measure was gi ven by Mr. Pettigrew, silver, of South Dakcita. and then the bill went over, Mr. Chandler stating that he would ask the Senate to vote on It to-morrow. The Senate then wnt into executive session and remained In it until 4:30 o'clock, when legislative business was resumed. Several bfiiaf were taken from the calendar and passed, and at 6:15 the Senate adjourned until to -morrow. ORATORT IN THE HOUSE. ' . . ; ' , :z i" ' - : rl-:-The Indian Appropriation Bin Passes . Altgeld the Subject of Debate and - Morton of Parody.- 1 Washington. JUn. p. Several inter esting and at all tinier humorous and acrimonious proposals were unexpect edly precipitated upon ' the House to day, just at the 'dose of an otherwise prosy and dull Session, during , which the consideration of Ithe Indian appro priation bill passed with some material changes, "ail reducing the scope of the measure. . Mr, Wadsworth, Republican, of .New Tork. chairman of the commit tee on agriculture had called up the bill making appropriations for the Agricul tural Department for the year I897-9S, anJ. following Mr? "Sherman's course in the management of the Indian, bill, yielded the floor, to Mr. Grosvenor, Re-publican,-of Ohio.-. Tfhe gentleman used the opportnnlUes thus accorded him to defend the State. of Ohio from what he termed the false charges of ex -Governor Altgeld, madje In the litter's speech at the banquet given' him. last week, to mark the eHose of his eru be ma terial term- These related to the great increase in the votes or several states, at the November, election." Ohio being one which Altgeld , said was largely fraudulent and which had -defrauded Bryan of a victory which he had fairly won. Mr. Grosvener said the increase was In -both the Republican and Demo cratic votes, and had no taint of fraud In It. L -: - Z'- Y- --- . Mr. ' Grosvenor was followed by. Mr. Bromwell in the sactie line, by other Re publicans,, and - then-Mr. Dearmond, Uemocrat, of Missouri, took the floor. After briefly adverting to ex-Governor Attgeld's -charges,- ha read from news paper publications shortly after the election to -show that there was some ground for them, 1I0 far as Ohio was concerned. , ,, He intimated that 'Altgeld would eoos have- the privilege of reply ing to the speeches of the .Athenian Representative-- (Grosvenor) ee. the floor. He turned hi attention to Secre tary Morton, usintr as a basis for bis remarks. the- recent -bulletin issued by the Agri cultural Iiepartment shewing the IlUteracy-and poverty -.or the States which - voted for Bryan, as eempared with those of the IfcKinley States, and denounced it as a slander upon the men: whom' the Department ef . Agriculture was supposed to psrticularly represent. He appealed to the Repablicans to find a place for the 6ieretary la .the- mu seum as a curtoslt,t of modern political Ufe-and admlnlstnittion. la. conclusion be parodied Gray'a lines:. - .- . fFuli -many whim- of purest ray se . -.-v ene-pgt-c- ,4, i -. 1 The- -dark, -unf althomed - dreams of .i Morton bear: J- Full many a.-whe.hl j- formed to whir -..- - anseenw --- I - . , , , And waste its fkietnesa aeath J. Ster Uagahatfww-- , t .-This being ended!, the committee roee, and at SO o'clock the House adjourned, - .During the day Mr. Grout. BepubUcan,- of Vermant.)! reported the appro priation bin for tlM District of Colum bia; Mr. Thomas. Republican, of Mich igan, gave notice, that oa Wednesday next he would ask the House to consid er - the report of elections committee No. a; on the contest of Cornell vs. Swanson,' from 't!ie fifth Virginia dis trict, and Mr. Ptiwers. Republican, of VermonC presenl the report of the conferees on the i bill to purchase the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad to form a corporation.- f - . - - "-"tor rrrK of Tennessee, has r " i to AastvRgton in so feeble a 1 that his friends fear his Ul- - : ' terminate seriously. - - 1 . oer i ,-rtal ' M an a i-" i; u 1 ae Lf Aftord to Cr;ar -9 . j lor Can It Aior j. -t The inmates 11 us. and the Building Cor cL-c 'Vii -I I ii&j. The- Duty of the Jegislaj.ure, - To the Hditor of the Observer: - The recent election changed the politi cal status of North Carolina. This change of administration involves many minor changes. .. Men holding office by appoint ment -of the Governor, others ejected by the -Legislature, will be succeeded by mea of a political faith in harmony with the administration.- To , the vic tors belong the spoils. Is the! motto of ali partisan spirits. . There is a limit up to which this v to rright-beyond that limit-it M wrong. ' . ach case ought to be :- considered according .; to Its own. merits. :Vi--:S:ifr -Tho object of this letter is to bleed with the .present Legislature and uur Honorable Governor : in behalf of the tastltutlons of mercy In this State, and more particularly the State hospital at Morganton. .These Institutions are too sacred to be tossed upon the poiitieal bUlowa'of .partytonv . .The man who puts his . hand ttpon them bught first to- be sure that prudence, discretion, by. party seal or ambition.? He ought to- be : sure - the ' prudence.'' discretion, kindness and Tnercy actuate him. . -" Can the Legislature afford to change the- supertntendent.nf the State - Hoa pftal? It Is eonceded by alt that Dr, P. L.J Mumhyhas rare mental and ad- mlnistartive ability for the place.- He has special endowments for. the- deli- eate duues t tne omca ne ana tne board - of directors have called to his assistance a stan 01 pnysicmns on-1 r--r t- -w-tH- nartv ia eoihg to re questioned ablilty- In addition td their 1 SSst9ik& natural adaptation to this work, these I ?Ktnl3anofbfoldd iS men-have been enrtehina- -their minds 1 Jmb to the alMlteof xlto XOiovr.SA..Be men have been enriching -their minds with -years of experience in the man agement and treatment of mental dis eases. Would it be ; wise to-1 displace these men and cast away the accumu lated treasures of their peculiar knowj- l edza? Can : the State' afford to sacrl- I nee their experience ana sxiu m tnts ; 1.1 . xxrk M,nirtt- h.; seated to theDlac engendered between the would? necessarily lsrexperience. t RepubUcans and FopaHsta by the re WrLwudrtao: herito 'election nf Senator Pritchard cannot, In toalcumbleaNoa the befief of some Interested obaervers amllationa ouaht to be held in remem brance as a condition of his appoinU ment to a position in this institution Personal -fitness and aptitude tor the work ought to be eonsidered aad "ac cepted regardless of poliUca - Where are the mea in the State who are the equals of Dr. Murphy and his medical mm n mil m iw -iuu-iinviw-w.4 . . . men from other states nmy tMseteoMa. 1 "! JSr2L' TaTV rt2 have gained by tlte change? Those hinre-tntlneunbe itif ti-??Sir yZ5E ttoSa?'abtoet VZJSErJS&S?- who are Identified with all our Interests, and fill their places with inexperienced men:or'strangersT" .' ---i Can the Legislature afford : to ,be penurious ia making apporprations to the State Hospital? a Can the State af ford to put the amount down so low f the most unfortunate of all human be ings, but they are the most helpless of all God's creatures. - t- ' The invalid with reason left finds pleasure in life in the existence of the Waa .ltna. wtfcse ytyiaa Thfta-s-ft- resn.enoT;usoepbTf ahor. their r hodUv eomfortsZ ShaU they berwell fed erhalf fed? The tt.nmnwiv h.,t.H the patients kept comfortably warm. rnis auas mucn 10 ineir pnysicai enjoy- """jit claims will accomplish that re-ment- This may be denied them andftatT The people have voted the party they may be left to, shiver with c$g: into office on the strength bf its prom- Whlcb shall it oer VK ni-TZ-'mB answer ? these QueelJSns through Its legislature.,. T-Je patients must take ' wum.i. a. . . . . . 1. amount is sufficient for their comfort or not. They cannot help - themselves. 1 They are helDless. They may be made th. mihiont tit rnimmisM-otion and blessed with plenty; or they may be made the victims of party prejudice and State avarice. U . But I believe -that every legislator who will think seriously , on the inter ests of this institution will forget all party prejudice and assert the noblest and most humane manhood in all he does that will affect in the .least the helpless patients. There is an Interest which in Itself to too sacred and involves too much to allow a mistake to be made. It would be better to make mistaken anywhere else than here,, because no other class bf the State's population to so helpless as - these patients. May the. spirit of Him whose soul was . always moved with compassion for the afflicted pre dominate in all that to done that will affect the sad lives of these helpless patients. J. C. ROWE. statesvme. N. c. Jan. zi. lsae. SHIPS COMES IN ICE PLATED. New Tork Sun, 27th. AM craft that arrived yesterday were buffeted by the frosty gales of the last several days and had their decks coated with ice, varying in thickness from a few inches to half a foot. The three- masted schooner, Virginia M. Snow. from Demerara, with a cargo of sugar, met the icy turbulence , Just after pass ing Hatteras. She snipped, a good deal of solid water and was swept constant ly by spoondrift, which f rose as it feu. Her standing rigging : looked as if it were made of glass., her booms . and gaffs were thickly incrusted with frozen spray, ana ner decks were as auppery as a skating rink. Three of her crew were frostbitten to keeping her rigging clear of ice. , -. ',. i. . .. The steamship Hudson, of the Crom well Line, from New .Orleans was Ice plated from stem, to stern and from water line to dec!:. - Her rails and rig ging Were skimmered . with - snow and ice. snd there was six -inches of Ice on her decks. -The Atlas .Line Adirondack, from Jamaica, was almost as much Iced up as the Hudson i L .-j . RAILROAD OFFICIALS ARRESTED BT A DEPUTT MARSHAL. Dallas.' Tex- Jan. 28. L. 8. Thorne. third vice president and general mana ger or :tne Texas- paciflc- Railroad. and F. L. Sargenh : general freight agent of the same system, 'started from here to New Orleans last nbsgbt la cam- pan y with a deputy united States mar shal from that city, who had served court - papers, on them. -Thorne and cmrjcatr- were iiHuani iut wrs ta lue Federal Court of New Orleans, charged here to New Orleans last night in com merce law-. byrdiscrimmatlnK in rates on cotton from Tii nolnta tn Htxxr I vrrieansr - xn case oc conviction-a penal ty of two years' .Imprisonment, or five thousand dollars JU. or both are liable to be impoaedAi - , LOST JN THE SNOW, ' Birmingham, - Ala Jan. 28. News reached this' city to-day of a Ivnchlna in-- Bibb county, near Brtarfield. v- A negro, aame unknown, assaulted ' a young c white Sgirt named Battle. A posse went in pursuit of him. despite the' bitter cold weather, and, after' a long oearch, captured and brought him up tor iaenonauon. tm bemg taenti- nea ne was started toward the county Jail, but wa lost somewhere In the WJLSOlf S rNEW POSTMASTER. Washington.' Janf 28. The President to-day sent to the Senate the following nomination: W..H. Harris. .to be nost- master at Wilson. JS. ; t Ktoetrte-: Btttetw te a. taedtetna ardteA for any season, but perhaps more gen erally aeeoea wnen tne . languid, ex hausted feeling prevails, when the Over to torpid and slunrtoband the aeed of a tonic aad alterative to felt. - A prompt use or tarn meojeme naa often i averted tong- sd per nape- fatal bilious fever. No medicine -will act more-surety ia from the malarial gotoon. Headache. todiyestloa. eoastlpatjoaydlsxiness yield to aectno gutter, vta. mna at per hot us aa wurwou nori H&ti. el n M USntntig Stren " - i - r- I f 1 T-. . tl ay Malr 3nUer 111 Forced iJ- J ' TT' , the ! !meer:-ts J utcre CoUo.a ia Thi. stats urn I- tweea Fapalista aad Peieerste Xa . terrlew With Harrr Sklaaes-gtewwd ' Getting Letter CeBtdesaalng-" BUe - The BepUbUeaas Ate Aftes PtMtjsertsa. Correspondenee of the Observer. --Washington,5 Janrt7--The beginning of the end of Republican-Populist co operatiott th North Carolina to at band at least the trend of opinion points to that result. Mr. Linxiey thinks thje pres ent eomplicatlons growing out of the senatorial elecOon will drive Butler to co-operate with tni Democrats: in the future, and Invites ail anti-Butler Dem ocrats, who have opposed fusion in the past. Into the Republican party. There is too,-trustworthy. .Populist. opinion to the ercect inaruxure. eo-operauoa in North Carolina r will be -" between Populists 'and Democrats, not ; in the sense of the absorption of the Populists by the Democratsj for v tne -opuus party Oav North CaroUnaf- declara tta leaders, must preserve its autonomy. It has done this since it began its career, it is asserted Thoujfh having Co-oper- ated withr the Republican party It has- In no wise been swailoweu up Dy vamx party, and tf it turns in the future to co-operate with the Democracy 1, wttt mean co-operation as in the past with the Republican party. Jt will mean that the Populist party is to-have its rail, share of -recognition, and emolu ments in the way of ofBces. No Demo crat need delude himself wltbj the idea alad to set in out of the cold, i , The upheaval In parties begun, dur ing the last campaign has by no means adjusted ; Itself. The .new alignment now ta process jto worthy 'Of careful tndv hv.4he noiltlcal economist. Per haps In no State in the Union to there sucli nartv chaos as in North Carolina. sere, ne - iui kuicu, . . healed. . - r--r. --. v . , - - SKINNER WANTST TO ' GltTB THE ; i REPUBLICANS ROPH." Representative Skinner. In an inter view to-day, said. In Justification of his own course and that of .the bolting Pop ulists: . , i- , . . f :'. Mr, Pritchard. was enUtled to tnat 8upport np(m three grounds-J (I) It has beenTromised to him at the time of his flt ejection to the Senate. There was a future election results were 1 avorable should be re-elected. The Populists supported Mr. Pritehard: therefore morpl-v lived nn to their eblisatlon. 2) Mr. Pritchard las: Senator; - had done nothing to forfeit the confidence of the Populists, and i (3) his deliverances as to the course he would pursue in the Senate If re-elected were entirely sat isfactory." ; Mr. Skinner was asaea it tne fopu ver measure: if offered as a rider to a Republican protective tariff bill. "Mr. Skinner said: ,j - "Certainly. We don't ask him to do that. In fact,: we don't want him to do that. We are opposed to the putting t an inaugurationand trial of the Re- imbUcan policy. e n" aaaed to restore prosperityhf .. try. 'cSaAverilae& the policy ise. and it is clearly entitled to an op port unity to show what it, can do We want the Republicans to have a clear nam oa mar ,ir ,nav rail a T.ur b iiiu mnn fair trial they will have no excuse for the failure. .And if they fail, then the Populist opportunity will come. The country in such event win be certain. in my Judgment, to turn to the Populist party, xne .Democrats nave zauea Big nally under Mr. Cleveland, and now if the Republicans faU under Mr. McKln ley the Populists will be entitled to a trial, and I think they'll get it in that case. ! "But suppose the Republicans do not f ftll ? AsSuJ&dLa "Oh. well, tn. that eveat, they'll be very likely to succeed themselves. It Is Just as well to face frankly the truth bf the situation.; If Mr. McKlnley gives the country al satisfactory administra the disapproval of the bolters' action is vailing throughout the land tn 1900, he will in all probability be re-elected. Any campaign made against a party highly successful In office and then intrenched in office would fail. The people's desire for a return! of prosperity is greater than their interest in any party as a party. The Republicans in that case would win, not because of being Repub licans, but because they would stand accredited, with having brought back good times." i . In regard to the question of Populist national leadership tour years hence, Mr. Skinner said; ."That. question Is secondary now. If the hour strikes for the Populists, the man will b there. The important thing now is ;for the Populists to show the country tibat they: are not obstruc tionists in the path, of the expressed will of the people." CONSTrrTJENTS CONDEMN BOLT ':" . J, ERS.-' " ' Congressman Btrowd says he is get ting letters from all' parts of his dis trict condemning the action of the bolting Populists at Raleigh. He thinks tion has been affected by the result of general, on the part of, their constitu ents throughout , the State. Mr. Strowd does not believe Senator Butler's stand ing In the national Populist organiaa the election jof Senator. . a high protective tariff. Judge Turner, of Georgia, does not take any stock in- the Idea that the Re publicans on the ways and means com mittee are: subordinating, the principle of protection to that of sufficient reve nue. -He says that he thinks protection to what the RepubUcans are after. It was the .expectation . of: it, he said, which nominate McKlnley, -.;. MINORITxi WILL ' iACCEPT LIN- v NET LAUDS, JERRY SMITH. ' Special to the Observer. : 1 Washington, Jan.-2S-8kinner says -the ScDnMkaui,jui:m mninHn. to the Populists caucus is satisfactory to ine minoxuy iopuuscs. . .-. r In the House yesterday, during the consideration., of .certain pension bills, Mr. Unneyi created some amusement by; eulogizing: an ex -Union soldier, named Jerry Smith, whose pension the pension v committee t --recommended, should be Increased from & to 12. He described how Smith had combated the opinions of North Carolina's most bril liant statesmen who favored secession, and had Joined the Federal army. Mr. LInney was) so much Impressed by his eulogy of Smith; that h , asked . the House to, t; generous and grant him an Increase of-1254: . ,J . - When Mr.i Loud, of California, threat ened to object, Mr. LInney iiasUly re pented of lua raah proposal and amid great merriment accented the S4 In crease recommended by the committee. - ' i 1 " " ' " . TEW INCHES OF SNOW' TN NEW JT --TORK. - r- s r - "Newj Torku Jsiu zl Ten ; Inches of snow fell h.jre last night; six at Ithaca; two at Rochester; (our at Bin sham ton, and a. heavy fall . at jXmgston. The storm centre at 8 a. tn- was along the lower New England 'coast. Owing to the : stormy no vessels were" reported passing in or out at Sandy Hook or at Quarantine, .. . ... ENS ARNICA SALVE. The heat; aahre to the world fat cuts, bralsea, aiirea, ulcers, aalt rheunv fo yer sores, 1 tetter, chapped hands.' chil blains, eoras'. and all skia- eruptions aad positively earea piles or no pay re quired. It to guarsateed : to sly per fect oatta actio orr meney refunded. rno etmu a box. For sale by Bar- smril A TtN., 4 - Laiiest U. S. GoVi Reprt I ' f ' r , r s U . 7"T rfl" T7ILL BUILD A CUUIiCXL. 2 a V ur. alter Win Thus Attest His Gratitu 3 for His Escape from Fire. Ililadelr-ia t.spatch, 17th. - John Wanamaker to going to build a cliurch to celebrate his escape frem fire ia the conflagration whica oestroyed m big busmess block yesterdav morning aad damaged his store to, the extent of about eltw,ooa. Mr. Wanamaaer is -an officer In the Bethany Presoyterian church and to superintendent of its Bi ble daas. At its regular weekly meet ing to-night he apeao feelingly of his "Providential escape from yesterdays disaster, and said that he and tus wife had resolved that - their . the nkf ulness should take some substantial f or m. -Accordingly be bad resolved to buy a plot of ground in the soutnwestern secuon of tne city and erect thereon a place for worship- to be dedicated to the Presby terian church of this city. 1 ... ' , A HIGH TRIBUTE TO NORTH CAR f - -..OLINIANS--, , , t?;sf Piedmont) HeadlighU Spartanburg. 8, c r North Carolina may have and doubt less baa her full quota of mean people; but somehow or other tat our experience and perambulations over this mundane sphere we have never as yet met with a Tar-Heeler but we found him a big hearted," - whole-souled. - clever r fellow. They are shrewd business men, keen traders, but honorable and Just. : They are true-friends and open enemies. - We hove always been partial to North Car olinians, but perhaps it was because we happened to faU in with the cream of the State. We have met and transacted business with thousands of them, and we never knew one to do a mean, dis honors bie or underhand act- - Among the truest and best friends t wo 'ever knew were natives of East Tennessee and Jhe Old North State. , -j . .,. , i i -i, ., 1 n 1, I r:"'; U-VERT7TRUE. ' - 1 Greenville, S. C NWS. ' J - The world knows very little of the sorrows which press down oa individual hearts and seems to care very little. There are men and women-who walk the streets; who go about their dally duties, who carry pleasant and smiting faces In the glare of the sunlight, but when the shadows fall and: darkness wraps the earth, ia lone places at their homes tears trickle down their faces and sobs well up from their aching hearts.'."-" ' . ALDERMEN INDICTED. Louisville KyM Jan. 28. President R. E. King, R-' O. Breur. and J. E. Leatherman, members of the board of aldermen, were indicted by the grand jury this afternoon. King is charged with bribery and , Leatherman and Breur with attempting to secure money, for their votes in the board. 01 the Face. Mrs. Laura E. Mima, of SmithviUe,Oa. . ays: A small pimple of a sUawberrv color appeared on my cheek; it soon began to grow rap: notwithstand- tog - au efforts to ,-Tjccame terttDly lamed, and was so . swollen that for quite : a while I, could not see. The doctors said I had Cancer of f the meet; malignant type, ana alter ex hausting their effort without dome any eood. they gave trp tne case as hopeless. ; When in formed that" my father had died from the same disease, they said I must die, as hereditary Cancer was incurable. . f'At this crisis. I was advised to try S.S.S., and in a short while the ; Cancer began to discharge and Continued to do so for three months, then it began to heal. I continued the medicine a while longer until the Cancer disappeared en- tireiy. This was severar years ago and A Real Blood Remedy Cancer is a blood disease, and only a blood remedy will cure it. S. S. S. (jruaranteed purely vegetable) is a real luouu rancuj, ana never isus 10 per manently cure Cancer, Scrofula, Eczema, Rheumatism or any other disease of the blood. Send for our books on Cancer and Blood Diseases, mailed free to any address. Swift Specific Co. Atlanta, Ga. The Eacpectant KEotha looks forward to the hour of confinement with trreat apprehen sion. By the use of Mother's 3 Friend the body Is made to yield pleasantly to tne change it is unaergoui. tteaaache and nausea are dispelled, the de; reeling yields to one of pleasurable ex pectation. Danger toETe of both Mother aad Cfcfld Is avoided, and she passes tnrongn toe oroeai qmcicij. Sfestiy Is the sfrtsi ef each, tssn s esttte ef aa ws rlfae nwrirty. Mm r w saerter aad hNMrili' ; JOHN fi. RDLMSLL. MT bf MB. on nemhn oforinjua PER SOT Twt asensu Rcsiiuatom Co, Aruurra, OA st oauoausTS. Sale of Virgin Cotton Mill, i Ia pursuance to an order of the Su perior Court of Mecklenburg county, made at the June term, ISM, tn the case ef J. W. Mullen against the Virgin Cot ton Mills. 1 will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, on the premises of the Virgin Cotton Mills, In the town ot HuntersvUle,' N. C. oa Monday, the eighth, day ot Februarys 1897. at U o'clock m., all the real estate and prop erty known as the Virgin Cotton Mills; located In the town of Uuntersville. N. C about it miles from the city ot Char- wiie. on uk Auuiic, ixennessee Ohio railroad; described 'as follows: .Thirteen acres ot land; lying on the said railroad, in or near the town of HuntersvUle. N. C on which are situ ated the buildings, machinery - and equipments of the . Virgin Cotton Mills, to-wlf. Metal roof, brick mill building. &VX18& ieet. u reet story (in the dear), with engine and boiler room, S6x44 feet. Office building and four tenement houses. The machinery; 1 conslstfng of one hundred and one looms TVoon socket engine, 100 horse-power I (Rey. nolda-Coriiss boner, SO borse-fpower Erie), together with Other machinery necessary tn the operation of a wfsavtng mill... Terms,! cash. For Information address JAS. A. BBLL, Receiver, Law Butldtna. Charlotte K. C i Cancer First-Class :-: W- " J .sa. si si sva u - m at ia as ass . .. t . r v. Ka we ua TooauHgjroTBxHere Goes : tin Charlotte Shirts, v T.Tn vPOice thte T" . -7 Made - ri v . f NEW 111111.71110- -JJ. ' joice this " "1 ; I I I HAKPEf Will KaYisiiqroB t ,tiM: 1 Pwow veer by offer sg freahlaf aaddeHelos.v 95 Yaar elf FUBN1TUBE W CXO. WIIIII llllll - , m m b CHARLOTTE,' N. a fJaniifactiirexsV Engineer s and? Contractors. , .1..- - r- -r -4- -!- i thX l ? COTTON M1XL, C0TT0I1 iLTIXRCPAirCAR ClHTiyOtROLL COVERING. Etc v THE CHARLOTTE Pare Oak Tanned Lesjther Beltinar and . DejalAraia Cotton Hill and Hachinef 8hop Hnppli .1 -jf t , lijliiill - engineOoilers, j :Z-'.T- PRESSESJPULLEYS, SHAF nffG, HANGERS, , i COUELEJGS, . ,.-p.::y k' .1 CASTINGS Of ALL KINDS. T FiREBilCK. j --: ; :-. .. , LlbDEkcOMPAY ?4 ' ' D0ITTE 'Carolina,!' :JotsK : ' i " 1 . 1 PURE EXPORT. 1:5 ) 7 ' ' ' T -i- I j Brewed sod hot- . - v (I Augusta I . The name Itself is fggestlvs of pQ; something good. . P .lians crowd DiewiDg -r :. - . around It ready to gs tf the crumbs ' 2 f i as they fall from Un (foam's table. pnmnoTlw , LSS - J ,"s i and the little urchin w i up; amUIng, UUIDpafly, i i ltB with bis nlckle to sstAhis longiuga, , :. r pre'parelfb'f I Chailotte, N. C. ; DUTf 1 THK D. 1 TOMPKINS CO . I JJjjJjlY I OH AJLLOTTE, N. 0 D 1) A T ITmC) Q ' Electric Light Plants, JJH J. liiltkj ilromRir RnrinlrTpre. Beau th. wor Jock acrambllng "'fo" " I ''--' over the lay-out M never saw or j j " j -f heard before. Drafthe people by the f ' LrtH r " 1 ' r hundreds from mlliway.aU shws,eol- ' "f rO'N nyrpr1t . ' J' ore and conditional . j ..'r.-X " I Gtttnn Mill HepHif. "HOT i STUFF" ' F-: f J ICE. ICE. v Pouring in fro four corners of the earth. Closing big stocks all over the country. 1 goods going o ur nanlc-strlcken nan price, uoots, shoes, clothing, ttooam. nats. no uons. tinware, piHng tn every day a veritable ha . cor . wa : masses of buyer Is constantly Ion, ready with the this country. on the field of, cash to take th n..NO. wonder, then. we are doing ness of this seo- tion. Ton can this from outsiders every day in week. r Our.' superior thers enables us to Our advantages o sell goods be them. The A what4 they pay for der stock., cotnr at 60 cents on oHarj- ia being swept her stocks purchased rapidly away. the same wa; turaauy rooming in. the We buy cheai nseauently sell cheap. Believe in he r the masses. Unless you come earl d often, you are liable to miss getti me or the rich plums that are be: rrom our tables daily. SIM- Earth: One e e ei : e m Each County. la each enubtyf la aordertsg Bates who floe ill receive 4k six- rsbie Is either ooarse for i tf alar ratev-- . ciaKJIollege, real wel suif - . iraiar. Cbsrlotte, H.O. to rr Csl -wef l.4 fl te do a l.rgsr basiaess ia III II irnces. -v . " '-f be rell & Haxrrelll ' EEli Cheat' V1 SUPPLY CO., Standard lee pd Feel Ccnpny. j &'t?Q-' PURS CRYSTAL IC8 MADS FEOM DISTILLED WATBU. factory has trsek eoBBsetioa with - all the railroads, which iessbls us to load ears without szposisf loe to tun or -air, thus a voiding heavy loss is leakage. " -' lost shipped ia ' anv qusniHy -. from W aek to ear-load, snd loaded direct from bath. - i - . . i - . SatUfaetidn givaa Is weight, eualltr. . Standard Ice & Fnel Co., A. J jBAOOOn. sfsssser. HENBX E. KNOX, JB CONSULTING Enninee JTD- - STDRAULIO Artesian and tube we K n npecialty General wafr worka construction; surreys plans and estimates. oonngs made , for archi tects, bridge and railroad ngineets. . ' -. Pipe 'and pumping ma chinery. ; j' y$4i&.i&i CHABLOTTE. NC. t : I- Best in the Lahd The!xcel8ior" - "4, , .1 CookStoTb f - Has bees oa the market looser, sad has rlvea the host attsfaetios of asy stove ia extsteeea. Several ladles is Chsr lotte hsve been nalag the 'Czoelticr" over 20 years, . Ton eaa see It st J,2ivHcCauslax:d c: Co., . , . . - .. ,- , . . . ; Slate ahJ Tla Roofis; Coslrtetora, I- f 1 ,.- i- 'I