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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15

Westward No II has Parlor Car to Cd. Rap
DIS, Extra charge 25 centsJ No Is has Par
Tor Buffet Car, Detroit to Grand Rapids No. II
nas Pullman Sleeper, Detroit to Chicago. NO,
81 has Wagner Sleeper to Ga Rapids daily.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15
Cause of the Delay.

The tugs steamed along to the bar, and
finally arrived alongside of La Gascogne.
Her passengers were all on deck, some Of
them singing and most of them cheering
as persons are wont to do when their
minds are suddenly relieved of q heavy
strain. For thirteen days Of voyage
lasting sixteen days the ship had been
disabled. one of her intermediate piston
rods having broken Oh her third day
out from Havre.
For sixteen hours OH that fatcful third
day the vessel was hove to while the break
was bong repaired 1t was comparative.
ly good weather when the break occurred,
but the steamer was doomed to run into
some of the nasticst of her voyage. When
the break had been repaired the steamer
proceeded on her way but under greatly
reduced speed. When near the banks of
Newfoundland La Gascogne ran into a
gale that increased to hurricane force
When OFF Sable island Feb 5 the ma
chinory broke down again aud the steam.
or was hove to again this time for forty
one hours
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15

eB-Chair g. Sleeper Car Service.
Eastward No. ~ has Pullman Sleeper Chlca
20 to Detroit. No. IL has Parlor Buffet
Car, Grand Rapids to Detroit No. 10 has
Parlor Car Extra charge 25 Opnts). No. 81 has
Wagner Sleeper to Detroit, daily.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-15

During all this period the cngi mes did
not make single revolution When
the second repairs had been made the
steamer started ahead once more under
still further reduced power and headed
toward the Long Island coast 1t is re.
markable fact that during the entire voy-
ago across the Atlantic La Gascogne did
not sight n steamer until she passed one
bound for Philadelphia late on Sunday
Late i'm the afternoon the French steamer
signalled Fire Island, and then proceeded
towards Sandy Hook lightship While
the passengers were considerably worried
on account of the delay, there was never
panic among them They knew their
ship was staunch one and they had every
confidence In their captain
And besides they knew that the ship
was not totally disabled. But they were
nervous and apprchcnsivc ut times and
they hailed the conclusion of their voy.
age with Joy. They chcered the captain
and they chccrod the crew and they
cheercd the tugs.
Everybody OH board the La Gascognc is
reported all right. In answer to queries
from the tugs the steamer said that at no
timo were they in danger, although they
encountered terrific gales
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

financial measure before the
House, but they find the Demo
Gratis divided by Populists and
Agrarians within their ranks, as
the Republicans will be whenever
they shall be called to responsible
action, and they refuse all aid to
legislation solely to make the ma
jority party appear responsible be-
fore the country.
The man who is more respon-
sible than all others in the House
today for the failure to legislate
on the financial question is
Thomas B. Reed, Of Maine. He
controls the action Of the Repub-
lican party, and has thus far re-
fused to permit it to give any aid
whatever to remedial legislation.
Such is the situation at Washinfi-
ton.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
The Day Of Reckoning

The work of destruction, as il
is outlined by the introduc
tion of the bills approved by
Butler, goes merrily on at Raj
eigh. The forces Of the COM
bine are in high glee. As Pop
ulists they have seated one
United States Senator who be-
lieves in protection, which they
denounce. and as Republicans
they will seat another who be-
lieves or did--in tariff reform,
which the radicals .denounce,
They are turning out Democrats
from the Assembly as fast as
they can reach the contested
cases, and withoutallowing the
evidence on which it IS done to
come before the body which
votes on the matter. "The day
of reckoning done come," says
Lusk in the jargon that draws
applause from the dark galleries
of the Senate. The combine
boast that they will undo TWEEN.
ty years Of Legislation at this
one session. They will leave
not one stone upon another.
We have to wait and possess
our souls in patience, see what
bills are passed and how they
are taken by the people; but this
is pretty certain: if the Rep.
Pop. combine goes on in the
spirit in which it has begun it
will as surely overreach itself
and fall outside the breast
works as night follows day.
There il not 50 much as a pre-
tense that there is to be much
Legislation in the interests of
the people; it is mainly for the
Offices; mainly on a plan to give
the greatest possible opportun-
ity for holding power in the
State indefinitely; to inflict as
much injury as possible on the
Democratic party, to humiliate
its ablest men, to tear down
mainly for the mere sake Of
tearing down. For the party
or combine that legislates in
this spirit the day Of reckoning
cannot be far distant-Asheville
Citizen.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
Pugilistic

Coroett is not doing much ii
the fighting line, but his oratori
cal department is working over
time. Here is his fastest disquisi
ton on things pugilistic:
"This fight is simply q business
proposition with me. The glory
don't don't count. | settled that
| in my mind when ! went into the
ring with John L Sullivan. When
| appeared there was a distinct
hiss, and when the champion
came on he was cheered to the
echo. When ! had him licked
the people who had Missed me
went wild with enthusiasm and
cheered until they were hoarse, and
what was there for Sullivan ? The
hisses. The public favor is a good
thing for the champion, but il only
lasts while he is champion.
don't propose to let anyone whip
me. / shall fight Fitz and then
| shall quit the ring for good,
with championship honors, forI
shall beat Fitzsimmons without
any trouble.
As to the future of pugilisim he
sail: at has no future. The
people and the press are against it
and in a year or two all there will
be left Of it will be an occasional
encounter in a barn for a thou
sand dollars a side. You cannot
stand out against public opinion,
and / will be the retired chan.
pion by that time. These acci-
dents have done it-for they were
accidents. II is not possible to
hit a man with your fists and xii
him. 1t is the impact with the
ground that is fatal, but you
can't make that clear to every
body, and pugilism will not last. y
Monopoly is getting in the same
boat with pugilism, public opinion
is against il, and when the pres
and the public get downon such
things, they must 60.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

Southern TObacconist: The
American Tobacco Co., meets Il
Newark, n. j., February 18th, cit
annual business. Fouronc year
term directors will be elected
The Blackwell Durham Tobacco
Co, is prosperous and everybody
rcioiccs il is not a trust compli.
Gated company. Nobody should
envy the lawful profits, but we
coyet the gift and grace of giving,
spending and being spent, to all
such good purposes, the gain got
ten without greed, which is so
justly and freely accorded Prcsi.
dent Carr, Of that company
The gist Of Judge Fullcr's trust
decision is that the Government
don't assume to control private
business or 10 pass upon trusts,
unless il effects matters Of mon.
opoly, ETC., between State or State.
land other countries. II says i
won't do for the Government Il
meddle in private affairs and
hints that il Is better TO bear mon
opoly and trusts or fight then
under State laws than TO max
Government laws regulate affairs
for which probably others nov
urging the fight and innocen
parties would be ultimately sorry
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
EtenaI Truth

An eternal truth expressed by
Thomas jefferson: "The love Of
order and obedience to the laws,
which so rel arkably characterize
the citizens OF the United States,
are sure pledges of internal tran.
guilty; and the elective franchise,
ifguarded as the ark of our safety,
will peaceably dissipate all COM
binations'to subvert a Constitu-
ton dictated by the wisdom and
resting on the will Of the people" !"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
rEs voc QUESTION

II is impossible TO estimate how
much the effect which the hard
times and the low price Of cotton
would otherwise have had on the
south, says the Atlanta Journal.
has been broken by the fact that
this section last year produced
more corn and meat than ever be.
fore in its history. II was easy
for Georgia to send twenty FIVE car
loads Of provisions TO suffering
Nebraska, and for several other
southern states to spare large sup
plies from their cribs and smoke.
houses for the same cause The
experience Of last year should en-.
courage our farmere 10 continue
In the sane line Of sensible con.
duct.
Plant plenty Of corn and raise
an abundance Of meat, should bC
the motto Of every farmer in ths
cotton states.
The Charleston News ant
Courier has offered practical eu
enlargement in this direction I,
the farmers Of South Carolina. I
will give $roo In gold to the tw,
farmers in that state who shal
raise the two largest hogs this
year, $50 to be the FIRST prize an
$40 the second. A third prize .
q morocco-bound set Of the In
Encyclopedia Britannica Is olfere,
for the farmer who shall raise th,
hog showing the largest gain q
the lowest cost.
Thecompetition for these prize.
will undoubtedly be lively, an
many a farmer who fails to get on
of them will find his own rewar
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

A significant incident of the pas
sage by the senate Of the Nicara'
qua canal bill, was the choking o.
an amendmentcom2elling the com.
pany to employ only American Ia
borers. When the Union Pacific
bill went through congress quar-.
ter Of a century ago the argument
was made that it would give en-
ployment to the idle citizens Of
this country. As a matter of fact
the road was built by Asiatic COO
lies, imported bv the shipload.
This was the first Chinese influx
st. Louis Chronicle.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
Corn viii Be King.

The production Of corn in the
United States last year was four
hundred million bushels less than
the average, and the country is
that much short on corn. The
Baltimore Manufacturers Record
gives the following facts:
."As the average crop Of the
United States for some years has
been about /, 100000, 900 bushels,
the production Of the last two
years is over 5OO,OOO,O00 bushels
short Of the average. The coun-
try will, therefore, enter upon the
next crop year with a very small
stock of corn on hand-so small,
indeed, that even should we have
another 2,000,0O0,000 crop, as in
1891, it would require all of this
enormous yield to make up for the
deficiency of the last two years.
Even should such a crop as this
be produced prices would prob
ably still be high, because of the
decrease in 1894. Another small
crop following the one of last year
would necessarily mean exhorbi-
tant prices for corn"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
FareweIIto His Church

Sunday at the First Baptist
church Rev. J. L. White preach
ed the last sermons of his paste,
rate, says last weeks Ashevillc
Citizen, and was heard by large
congregations. In the morning
his sermon was more especially to
the church, his text being from 2
Cor. 1911: FINALLY, brethren,
farewell. Be perfect, be of good
comfort, be of oneemind, live in
peace; and the God of love and
peace shall be with you
Mr.. White spoke affectionately
to the congregation that he has
served for three years, and which
he leaves with reluctance. During
his pastorate 40 members have
been admitted to the church. Ills
farewell visibly affected many oi
the hearers, who regret his being
called to another field.
Mr.. White and his family will
leave for their new home in Ma.
con, Ga , Thursday.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
srArs NEWS.


News and Observer: The Ma
tional Farmers Alliance and In.
dustrial Union with delegates
from nearly every state and terri
tory in the Union, will assemble
here in its annual session next
Tuesday.
Raleigh Visitor At 3 o'clock
Friday morning DR.. Sam A. Will
liains, representative in the house
from Warren, died at his boarding
house here Of pneumonia, His
sickness dated from the beginning
of the session. 1t was reported,
and in fact published a week ago,
thas he was dead. lie was a prac-
ticing physician and was II years
Of age. He was widely known and
esteemed in his section Of the state.
His body left here at noon Friday
for Warrenton, escorted by a join
committee. Both houses Of the
legislature adjourned as a mark of
respect to his memory. ry.-Friday
morning there was a destructive
fire reported at Cary. The large
Touring mills there were burned.
The loss is a heavy one, although
partly covered by insurance.
Charlotte News: The Asheville
and Spartanburg railroad will be
sold in Spartanburg, on February
IS, by james Swan, special mas
ter. This road is now leased to
the Southern railway. II is un-
derstood that Inman, Swan & CON-
pany VIII be the purchasers and
that il will be run in connection
with the Port Royal and Western
Carolina railroad.
A barn belonging to a Mr.. KuE-
teson at Plum Tree, ~ miles from
Cranberry, was burned Sunday
night, cremating ~ horses. Four
Of the horses were being used by
Hale and Mcclure, Knoxville
drummers. These men lost S2ooo
worth Of samples in the fire and
their hacks were also burned. The
loss is estimated at $1,000.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
Tragedy on the Sea.

Authentic details Of the appal-
ling catastrophe in the North Sea
which occurred a few days ago
are still meager, and it still looks
as if the exact truth would never
5e n)SI., Il IS d.f nitely estab-
lished that the vessel which crash
ed into the Lloyd steamship Elbe
was the steamboat Crathie, plying
between Aberdeen and Rotterdam,
and it now seems probable that
not a soul was saved out of the
four hundred men, women and
children who set sail from Bre-
men in the ill-starred vessel, ex-
ceIt the handful of half-frozen
persons who were picked up by
the fishing smack Wildhower.
How complete and sudden the
whole tragical affair was is shown
by the fact that boats which visit
cd the scene OF the collision were
unable to find the slightest float
ting vcstige Of the Elbe. II is
stated that neither Of the two pi-
lots was on the bridge Of the Elbe
at the time the collision occurred.
This statement should he thor.
oughly sifted /; on its face, how.
ever, the story told by officers Of
the Crathie is absurd. These men
assert that they stood by where
the Elbe went down over two
hours, and, hearing and seeing
nothing, then sailed away. Such
a story is incredible. All indi.
cations 70 to show that as soon as
the Crathie could disentangle II.
self it cowardly made for port,
leaving the passengers aud crew
Of the crippled vessel to save them.
selves as best they could. Trag
les Of this kind has often occurred
on the waters, aud The RDcoR
DIR has recorded some Of them
and judging from the facts pub
lishcd, the North Sea calamity
looks like a ease Of unparlonablt
criminal negligence on the part d
the officers Of the Cratlie, for the,
paid no attention 10 the signulI
fired from the Elbe before tht
crash took place, for according h
Trustworthy reports, the Elbe re
peatedly signaled the crathie b,
rockets, but the latter ncithe
slackened its speed nor veered il
course. This is the more signili
cant because officers Of the Crathi
admit that there was no fog at tn
time, aud that they discerned th
color and tunnels Of the Elb
while they we're yet some distanc
from the German ship.
Investigation, however, vii
undoubtedly settle this point. On
great trouble with a catastrope .
this kind is that the lips Of 5
many persons are forever sealed
which, il they could speak, woul,
make the real truth known. Mean
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

The Augusta, Ca, Chronicle is
so much opposed to mob law that
it thinks the { following suggestion
ought to be enacted into law:
"I'he proposition to pass a law
making the immediate removal of
the sheriff compulsory when he al
lows a prisoner to be lynched, and
10 give the survivors of the dead
mans family right to recover dam
ages against the county in which
a lynching occurs, are practical
steps. If the people and the officer
are convinced that it will cost
something to practice mob law,
there will be an increase in the
erspect for the law"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
The Outlook at Washington

The outlook at Washington is
not promising, says the Phila-
delphia Times, solely because
Caesar has a party, Antony has a
party, bu Rome has none.
Our present financial troubles
come from three causes, which
may be briefly summed up as fol-
lows:
First-We have very bad fin.
ancial laws, passed by Republi-
can authority, which must be ex-
ecuted by the President and secre-
tary Of the Treasury. They may
have been wise when enacted, but
they are now not only unwise but
fearfully perilous to the public
credit and private business, and
new conditions compel their re-
peal or modification.
Second--The Democrats have a
majority in the House and are
presumably responsible for legisla-
ton. Their leadership has been
50 imbecile that il doesn't know
what to do rs a responsible party
u meet the emergency, and if il
did know probably wouldn't do il.
Third-The Republicans have
III members Of the House, aud
they oppose everything and pro.
losc nothing. They prefer busi.
ncss and industrial distress to wise
legislation while the DemocPts
are in power.
These are the causes which have
prevented sound financial legisla.
ton in Washington. There arc
enough honest money Democrats
in the House, who, IL supported
by tho honest money Republicans,
could pass a bill any duy thai
would stop the drain Of gold and
roytorc public confidence in every
business and industrial circle, but
thus far net a Republican move.
ment has been made excepting "a
oppose everything that has been
presented by the majority.
The Republicans could move td
amend; could move 10 substitute
could do anything TO perfect an,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
Got Away in Time

The Winston Journal says an
American Tobacco Co. agent, un-
der pretense of being a jobber,
spied out the mechanism Of the
Briggs cigarette machine at
Townsville, N. c., lately. The
expert machsnist got away in
time to save tar and feathers along
with his report. The report is
the probable basis of the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company's infringe
ment suit.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

Texas planters are no; 50 wild
on the cotton question as you heard
they were. II is true Texas has
raised an enormous cotton crop,
the past season, and does the same
every season and while cotton can
be raised here with less cost per.
haps than in most cotton states
owing to the fact that we require
no fertilizers, still our people are
fast realizing that il does not pay
to plant cotton to the exclusion ol
other crops. Cotton at the pres.
ent prices IS not a paying crop,
even in Texas, where it requires
no fertilizers, and less labor "a
produce il than in any other Of the
cotton growing states. Human
nature is the same here as in the
good old state Of Georgia, aud you
know we don't stick to anything
very close unless there Is money
in il, barring politics and news
papers.--Italy CTex) News.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
WASHINGTON. LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. /, 1895.

A very shrewd politician said te
your correspondent today: "The
outlook today is that there will be
no financial Legislation this session
of congress. The president is get.
ting ready to issue aSIoo, ,ooo, 900
worth Of bonds. know this to be
a fact and that the bonds are icing
printed at the bureau Of engraving
and printing. The administration
does not now expect any financial
bill to become a law and depends
on this large bond issue to tide over
the present stringency." Secre.
tary Carlisle is not in the least dis.
turbed about the condition Of the
treasury. He thinks there will be
an increase in the revenues of the
government in the spring sufficient
10 supply the needed funds. Ihope
he is right in his calculations.
There is no denying the fact that
chaos expresses in single word
the financial situation among dem.
ocrats here. The silverites threat
ened all day yesterday to introduce
bill as opposed as possible to the
presidents policy, There is a
clique Of senators who favor com.
promising the differences in the
party, if such thing is possible.
Faction fights are the order IF the
day, and it is impossible to predict
what a day may bring forth.
Late this afternoon the Presi-
dent nominated Holmes Conrad, Of
Virginia, to be Solicitor General
Of the United States, and J.. n
Dickinson, Of Tennessee, to be
assistant attorney general. Solici-
tor General Maxwell resigned his
position because he could not get
along with Attorney General OF,
ney.
| A Mr.. Oliver, Of Georgia, but a
native Of Sampson county, N. C.,
has just been appointed consul
general to Merida, Yucatan.
There was lively fight in the
house today between Mr.. Breekin'
ridge Of Kentucky and Mr.. Heard
of Missouri. The lie was passed
and but for the prompt interfer'
ence Of members and the sergeant
at arms they would have come Il
blows. Both gentlemen were be
fore the bar Of the house and with
drew their remarks, but Mr.
Breekinridge Afterwards intimatet
that this was not the last Of il
The inference is that the Rentuck,
colonel is going to fight.
n
The reception a, the white hous,
last night to the judiciary aud tn
members Of congress was brillian
and we'll attended.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
Durham. n. 9, Wednesday February :, 1ees-

in an increased supply Of meat and
in hogs OF which any man might
be proud.
The News and Courier is to be
commended for offering these PIE
miums. The newspaper which
causes two hogs to grow where
one grew before, and big hogs to
take the place Of little ones is en-
titled to be called a public bene-
factor.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
SOIlJTEIY PURE

denly insane Friday morning. He
cut his wife's throat and shot his
little girl through the head, kill
ing them. He then blew his own
brains out. He was a widower
until a week ago, and he married
a widow named Hickman, who
also had a little girl. The latter
was saved by being absent at
school.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

Nothing could better illustrate
the mental and moral confusion
which possesses the men who are
dragging the honor Of Tennessee
into the mire and inefaceably dis.
graeing and senile old man, whom
they have duped to their heartIess,
selfish and shortsighted schemes,
than the irrelevant black guardism
with which they assail every one
who dares to question their pro.
eeeding. Truly whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad.
louisville Courier Journal.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
m. Atlantic a p.u,III. R.IIw., Company.

The principal Office Of this Com
pany has been removed from the
city of Portsmouth 10 West Nor.
folk, in Norfolk county, Va. The
general executive offices are now
located in the Dodson building,
In the city of Norfolk, Va. All
communications intended for the
officers of this company should be
addressed TO Norfolk, Va, in.
stead of Portsmouth, as hereto
FIRE. q. NJ. HUGHEs,
General Manager.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

time, the whole civilized world is
touched with sympathy for the
multitudes Of homes which have
been darkened by this latest sea
tragedy.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

King comes down to linger in the
wheat field and make perfect the
grain grower are getting the
laugh on the cotton grower in
Texas. Dallas Times.