The Durham daily globe., 1894-10-19
WASHINGTON NEWS.
GOSSIP OF INTEREST AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Men and Things which are
Talked About and Which Are of
Local Interest to Tar Heels.
From THE GLOBE Correspondent.

Local Interest to Tar Heels.
From THE GLOBE Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-"Pll admit,
! remarked an enthusiastic Wisconsin re-
publican who reads proof in the govern.
| ment printing office, and who, cOntem
plating discharge, has just been south
hunting for place to start in business
"pl admit that North Corolina is the best
state, taking everything in consideration
in the south For three years have done
nothing but handle pages of the late
census, and was SO struck,with the great
increase shown in the comparative tables
of the tenth and eleventh censuses of
business and populations that | was. de.
termined to 90 down and see the state
1t has no large cities it has no immense
manufacturing interests to compare with
Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania and Ohio
but for diversity of interests and the
number Of towns of between two and
number of very young business men in
those towns | have never yet seen its
equal. And the greatest thing to com
mend the state is that it has the least
foreign-born population Of any state in
the union"
Ever since the great robbery of the
Adams Express company's car few miles
below Alexandria, Va, the other night,
about 800 detectives have been at work
trying to hunt down the criminals. The
amount stolen was somewhere near 5000,
bandits were caught today in West Vir
ginia, but the report lacks confirmation
An effort is being made to change some
of the subdstricts of the western revenue
district so as to ut'Surry and Stokes in
one district with L. T. Smith as deputy
collector
In private letter received here from
Stokes county it is said that the demo"
Gratis may carry that county. The dem
ocratic conferee who hang around the
pational committee room here look al
our district thusly: In the first istric
Branch will have 1900 majority; in
the second the vote will be close with
chancesifavoIing negro populist victory;
in the third Shaw will have 1900 major
Ity; in the, fourth if all hands stay in the
race Cooks plurality will be about 1000:
IN the fifth. Graham will beat Settle by at
least ,OO0;in the sixth Lockhart as against
both Dockery and Martin or either one
separately will have 5000 margin; in the
seventh Henderson's majority will be
1900; in the eighth Bowers majority will
ninth Crawford will come in with 700
sure. This is about the way the letters
ieCeived from those districts indicate
senator Lawrence Gardner speaks very
uighly OF Chairman Pou's work and says
hat he is moving heaven and earth t.
END solid delegation. The reports
from New York indicate Hills election.
ut the legislature is in doubt as well as
he representation in congress from New
\ ork City caused by the independent
state democracy nominations. Bayaru's
reception in Delaware and the reports
from Illinois look like gain of two L
). senators. Up to last night no one en-
tertained any hope of Bryan in Nebraska
out letters we're received from there at a
late hour which indicate that there is a
good fighting chance. Wilson's dis
trict is great hole for Doodle, the re.
publicans pouring it into the mining sec
tions to defeat the great apostle of low
tariff He will, however, be returned
The japanese legation here is conlin
ually receiving messages of good cheer
from the Mikado. The Mikado's nephew
was here this week looking into our big
naval gun factory. Sympathy here is
With Japan, and it is thought that the
tall OF Pekin is inevitable before mid
winter.
North CarOlinians talk more state pol
llicS here than national politics. Spec
ulation has already begun as to who will
be S, eakcr Of The state house should 1t be
democratic. The names of E. B Jones,
OF Forsyth; Charles NJ Stedman, Of Bun
ccmbe, and Frank 5. Spruill, of Franklin,
are prominently mentioned with chances
favoring the latter. 4 letter printed by
the Post, and dated at AsheYille, says
that indications are that Stedman is in
the lead for Nance's seat, with Justice
Avery close second. " hile the North
Carolina delegation differs in its views
as TO who will win in the senatorial fight
II seems 10 be the opinion of the national
committee that Ransom and Avery have
The call of the board. This is the opinion
of those who were loating around head
quarters last night.
In private letter received today from
Mr.. George Vanderbilt, it is stated that
his purchase on Staten Island is onlv for
northern residence among his people,
but that BiltimOre shall be known bv the
family for ages TO come as the Wander
bilt homestead.
MIR. Il W. Whitead, of Fayetteville.
proof reader in the government printing
office, came back from a short visit 10
Philadelphia today, and went home to
helm ont the p0O6 cauSp on tho 9Th