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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17
IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON
PRICES.

Cotton sold in Raleigh yesterday for
nine cents and, from the advance which
set in some weeks ago and is still main
tanned, 1t is probable that it will go still
higher.
This expectation is based, in great part,
on unfayorable crop reports and the con-
seouent belief that the crop is a short
one, especially in Texas. But this is not
the only factor. In cotton, as in every
thing else, the price is regulated by the
law of supply and demand. And the
statistics of the past ten years show that
fluctuating demand has as much to do
with prices as variations in supply, OF
course the production in any given year
must be considered in connection with
the surplus from the year preceding.
For instance in 1891 the crop is placed
at 1856, 900, yet the average price in
the New York msrket, as estimated by
the Federal Bureau of Statistics, was
s. go cents, while in 1893, with a
crop of 100000, the average price
for the year was only $50 cents.
In the latter year there was a large
surplus estimated to have been left over
from the two preceding years, while
there had been comparatively little in
crease in cotton manufacturing. Be-
sides, the demand for raw material from
other countries was small. Again in
1884 with crop of 5,713, 900 bales, the
average New York price of cotton was
1898. In 1890 it had risen to 1907 on
a crop of 1911 900, and in 1894, with al
most the same crop (7,527, 000), it sold
down to 6 81 cents on the years average.
AS far as prices are determined by
supply the United States governs the
the cotton market, only 20 per cent.
of the worlds crop being produced in
other countries But as far as activity
of demand is concerned we are to a great
extent at the mercy of Europe, and a
significant fact in connection with the
advancing price of our raw cotton is the
increased output of the English factories
and the beginning of cotton manufac
turing in China and Japan. During
the eleven months ending September 1,
1895, England exported 1,166, ga, 600
pounds of manufactured cottons, against
1850, 1853, 900 pounds last year-an in.
crease of Is, 500, 900 pounds in the out
put for the eleven months. In addition
to this the cotton milling industry in
this country has been enormously in
creased within the past twelve months.
These facts, with the general revival
of business in all parts of the country,
shows with sufficient clearness that
larger demand has as much to do with
prices as the prospect of a short crop
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COTTON STATES ANDINT
NATIONAL EXPOSITION.
ATLANTA,GA.
VIA THE
SEABoARD AIR LINE.
Festihuied Limited Trains Upon.
which No Extra Fare is
Charged,
sEABoARD AIR LINE.

LEAVE WAsHNGToE, d, C., daily, atS40p.
m, upon arrival of the Congressional Linn
| tied from New York, and reach Atlanta at
| 400 p N. the next day.
second train, with through sleepiug
| cars from New York leaves Washington M
4:3O II. m, arriving at Atlanta $40 a. IN. the
next day.
Both trains leave from the Pennsylvania
railroad station and land passengers In the
| Union Depot at Atlanta-as near the Expo
| sition grounds az through passengers via
AMY line are landed
AT PoRTsMoUTH AND NORFOLK, Va. the
SeabOard Air Line has other connectioue
equally as important as those at Washing.
ton, namely: From New York and Phila-
deiphia the Cape Charles route; from Balti-
more, the Bay Line steamers from Wash
ingtOn, the Norfolk and Washington steam
ers; from New York, the Old Dominion
steamships; and from Boston and Provi.
dence the Merchants and Miners steam.
ships. Close connection is made at the
steamer sides with through trains and Pull
man Drawing Room, Buffet Sleeping Cars
operated through from Portsmouth 20 At
lanta without change Each OF these
routes takes the passenger via old Point
Comfort and through Hampton roads
EQUIPMENT.
These trains are composed Of the hand
soonest Pullman Drawing Room Budet
Sleeping ears and day coaches. The $40 D.
buled from end TO end and is operated solid
from Washington TO Atlanta without
change.
POINTS or INTEREST ALONG THE LINE.
The route from Washington is through
Fredericksburg, Richmond and Petersburg.
Virginia Weldon, Raleigh and Southern
Fines, North Carolina, Chester, Clinton and
Abbeville, South Carolina, and Elberton
and Athens to Atlanta, Georgia.
RATES
Excursion tickets will be sold TO Atlanta
and return, via the Seaboard Air Line, as
follows:
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, septem-
Der 18th TO December oath inclusive,
al Sl4O0 from Washington add sl2 60 from
Portsmouth and Norfolk, limited TO ten
days from date of sale.
Daily, September 18th to December 18th,
inclusive, at 1925 from Washington and
sl7 IS from Portsmouth and Norfolk, limited
to twenty days from date of sale: and at
$685. from Washington and S2365 from
Portsmouth and Norfolk, good until Janu-
airy Z, 1895.
THE EXPOSITION
surpasses. in some respects, any Exposition
yet held in America. Here you find, side
by side, exhibits from Florida and Alaska,
California and Maine, the United States OF
America and the Tinted States of Brazil
Mexico and Canada, and so on until nearly
every civilized nation on the globe is repre-
sented. On the terraces are found. among
many other fractions, Arab, Chinese and
Mexican villages, showing just how those
people have their daily walk and CONVEX
satiOn."
Ask for tickets via "THE sEABoARD AIR
LINE"
Pullman Sleeping Car reservations will
be made and further information furnished
upon applica ton to any agent of the Sea
board Afr Line or to the undersigned.
III. w. b GLOVER, Traffic Man
Tp. ANDERSON, Gen1 Pass. Agt.
E. ST. JOHN, Yice-President.
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follows:

1t will be seen from this table that a
very large vote was polled the first year.
The second year the number was slightly
diminished. The third year it fell off
almost one half of the first year, being
reduced to the ridiculously small num-
Der of / ,9O6 out of woman population
of voting age which amounts to about
10000. From this it would seem that
woman suffrage might well be called a
failure in Connecticut.
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Column A 4: Tickets will be sold Sepreu Der 4
and IL, and daily from SepteSsher Is to Decem-
Der l5 1895, inclusive, with Li.Al limit January
z 1895
Column B: Tickets will be sold daily from
September l6 to December Is, 1895, inclusive
with final limit twenty C20) days from date OF
sale.
Column c: Tickets will be sold daily from
September Is to December 30, 1895, inciusive
with final limit fifteen Q5) days from date OF
sale. No ticket to bear longer limit than Janu.
airy 2, 1885,
Column d. Tickets win be sold on Tuesdaye,
and Thursdays of each week from Septembe
IL until December "A, 1895, inclusive with Anal
limit ten 40 days from date of sale.
Column Il: Tickets will be sold daily from
September Is to December 80, 1885, Inclusive.
with tinal limit seven % days from date of sale
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ISGERsOLL AND THE SOUTH

Whatever may be said of Col. Robert
G. Ingersoll's views on the Bible, it can't
be denied that he is a man of big heart
and a fine sense of justice to his fellow
man. At reunion of the regiment be
commanded during the war, he said in
the course of his address:
"And, let me tell you here today |
am somewhat older than / used TO be; |
have little philosophy now that | had
not at the 0 o'clock in tee morning por-
ton OF my life and do not blame any
body. | do not blame the South; do
not blame the Confederate soldiers. She
the South was the fruit of condi-
tons. She was born to circumstances
stronger than herself, and, do you know,
according to my philosophy, which is not
quite orthodox (augbter), every man
and woman in the world is what condi-
tons have made them. So, let us have
some sense. The South said: we will
not submit, this is not nation, but a
partnership of states. / am willing to
90 so far as to admit that the South ex
pressed the original idea of the govern
ment."
This utterance has been very severely
criticised by some of the northern papers,
but 1t is based on reason and will be the
final verdict of history. 1t is time now
that passion and prejudice should be laid
aside between the North and South ard
abuse should cease. 1t is no discredit to
one section to accord patriotic motives to
the other.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17

WHEN it comes to the silver question
the Southern farmer may be depended
upon to hoe a perfectly straight row.
The free silver twaddle doesn't impress
the tillers of the SOLVE a cent.
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN CONNEC.
TICUT.

1t seems that when the novelty of the
thing wears off the woma sufragists do
not care much about voting. The Hart
ford Courant publishes an instructive
table of the voting Of women in Connec
ticut during the three years in which
they have had the right to vote for the
school committees of that State. 1t is as
folloWg.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY

ls the. only line entering the Exposition
drounds, having double track, standard
guage railway from the center OF the city OF
Atlanta Ia the Exposition Grounds
For tickets aud full information apply 20
your nearest agent. or address
j. N. CULP, w. A. TURK.
Traffic Manager, GsnV Peas AQt
1900 Penna. Ave, Washington. D. C.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17

THE New York Republicans are in a
bad way, and their prospects are daily
growing worse. The State Convention
took position on the overshadowing
issue in the coming election, and the
party leaders have gone into New York
city and repudiated it. The party is
openly facing both ways, and defeat
must almost inevitably follow. Their
only hope now is to heap SO much odium
on Tammany Hall that it will be repu-
dated by respectable voters. But Platt
would infinitely prefer Tammany to vic
tory by the best element of his own party.
Nothing, therefore, seems to stand in
the way of Democratic victory in the
State of New York if there is any capac-
ity for effort left in the party there
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17

The State Department has received
from Ambassador Patenotre, of France,
the invitation of the French republic to
to take part in the French exposition
of 1900 which is to usher in the
twentieth century. The invitation is in
French and is quite long, giving full IN
formation of the scope and organization
of the project.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17

IT seems that Tom Watson never
knows when he is beaten. 1t is rumored
that he will be the next Populist candi-
date for Governor of Georgia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17

1t is authoritatively stated that the
recent reports of Monsignor Satolli's pur-
pose to go to Rome to attend the Pope's
jubilee in January next, were untrue.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17

YHTANTED.-An honest active gentleman
Nv to travel for reliable established house.
Salary $3.50, payable SIS weekly and expenses
Situation perma nent. References. Enclose
seIf-addressed stamped envelope. II. Z.
HESS, Pres.
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= administrators Notice.

Having qualified as admin 'strator upon
the estate of Dr. w. h. Richardson. late Of
Wake county, l hereby notify all persons
having claims against said decedent to exc
hibit the same to me at my residence, three
miles southwest of Earpsboro, on or before
October 10th, 1896.
RAFoRD b. WHITLEY, Admir-.
Battle & MOrdecai, Attorneys
October 3, 1895.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17

1t is said that Consul General Will
liams, at Havana, has become persona
non grata to Spain. He is probably too
fond of what the Oubans are fighting for
liberty and home rule.
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Bethel Military Academy,
VIRGINIA.

Prepares for Government Academies.
Universities and Business. For catalogues
address Maj. Il. A. Mcintyre, Bethel Acad
envy r. o
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THE EXPOSITION
30 YOu Speculate 2

"Guide to Successful Speculation" mailed
free; wheat, provisions, cotton and stock
speculation on limited margin thoroughly
explained. Correspondence solicited. War
rem. Ford & Co. Liberty Building. New York.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17

The Free Will Baptist church at Jack
son, Mich, has inaugurated new de-
velopment of our modern Christianity.
They have got tired of paying preacher
for doing what they can do just as well,
or better, themselves, so a dozen of the
foremost men in the congregation have
agreed to take the pulpit week about
in rotation and dispense with the par
son.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17

HARDWARE SALESMAN Wanted for
II North Carolina n fiji 5t-class man com
handing good trade. To such q one a lib
eral offer will be made. State experiences
amount of sales address Baltimore Jobber
care News and Observer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-17
Executors Notice.

Having qualified as executors of A. T..
Holloway, deceased, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the estate OF
said Holloway, deceased, to present them
to us on or before the 18th day of October.
1895, or this notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted will
please make prompt settlement.
j. +. h J. r. HOLLOWAY,
Flint, n. c.
October 10, '95.
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Administrators Notice

Having qualified as administrator of the
estate of Susan A. Harrison, deceased, this
is TO notify all persons having claims
against the said estate to present them to
the undersigned on or before the 18th day
of September, 1896 or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery, ana all per-
sons indebted TO the said estate will please
make immediate payment.
J. G.. MAROON,
Adm, Susan 4. Harrison, deceased.
J. IT. FLEMING, Attorney.
September IL, 1896
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EXPLANATION.

lllates from intermediate points In proportioI
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20
"LEr US HAVE PEACE"
GRANTS BInrHDAy-isoa

GRANTS BfRTHDAY-l6o0
"Let Us have peace the soldier said,
MY troops are weary, and would rest,
The cotton ways with blood are red
The eagle looking from Its nest
Sees through the sunsets broken bars
The silver cleaning Of Gods stsrs."
" Let VI have peace" The battles tide
Rolled back along the wsr-worn way;
Great armies stood on either side,
Grim soldiers clad In blue and gray,
And waited what the day might bring
While Death stood by with folded wing
Let US have peace" The Humorous guns
Whose iron hail had swept the land
TIL crimson as the setting suns
Last beams the rivers kissed the sand,
Grew silent, and through riffs Of smoke
The frat glad beams OF morning broke
" Let Us have peace" From grimy hands
The snnoke-ktssed muskets rattling fell;
An angel swept across the lands
Where late had surged the battles hell;
And q her touch the crimson stain
on blood became Is snow again
Lotus have peace" Tho blue and gray
knelt down beside the nameless graves
That rippled up along wars way,
A. do the storm-swept oceans waves
And took this oath With tears Of pride.
mo hands our country shall divide"
Lot VI have peace The Widows tears
Were dried, and on the msiden's check,
Where hope had waited weary years.
Joy'a bushes played at hide and seek
Old Glory auttered In the air,
And every single star was there
Lot US have peace" Our hero sleeps,
A marble stone above his breast
Still o'er his grave woman weeps-
Tho grave Is peace and peace 10 rest.
Where sounds these words all war shall
cease,
Grants nsmo DO blest-"Let us have peace. =
-Hydor All, in Chicago journal
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THEIR FIRST sKIRMIsH.
Scenes Of Confusion 10 Camp Of Raw
FederaIs.

Scenes Of Confusion In y Camp Of Raw
Federals.
ITO arms" came in shrill voice
from the captain, a few minutes before
the hour Of midnight. We were oil
tucked snugly in our blankets, and tho
idea OF facing southern horde at that
unearthly hour can better be imagined
than described. The order was re.
peated, and In louder tones than be.
fore. There was evidently no time to
BE- lost.
1t was at the beginning Of the war;
For many weeks we had been enjoying
army life At Its full in the little camp
Of Frederick City, Md. After q day Of
unusual fun we had all retired, only
to be called up at the hour above men.
toned. There followed an hour of
confusion. Cries Of "the enemy are
upon u.s. did not better matters. 1t
was dark as the ace Of spades. Some
rolled out Of their blankets, some
tumbled over one another, and one OF
the boys made leap that brought him
In contact with a kettle Of beans.
There followed q noise not unlike
waterfall. A Dutchman who had al
ways afforded amusement shouted
above the confusion wat fer work. Is
dis? Dunder and blixenl" lie struck
right and left. scrambled out head
long In his anger and fright he ran
his bayonet through his hand. An
lrishman who went by the name Of
Paddle wildly grabbed for his bayonet, /
but In his haste took the first one he
came to. To avoid II collision with its
owner, he'rushed out Of camp with one
shoe off and one shoe on.
The men poured out and stood in
'anks along the strip of land that
aced the camp. Soon the piclets
'ame in. Many trembled and shud-
Tered. Tears glistened in the eyes of
trong men at thought Of home and
mother The cry went up for ammu-
lition. 1t was discovered that nothing
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS JUNE 20 1885,

never seen IN Washington tnsn on that
night Many and many man Of years
OF habitusl sobriety seemed to think II
. patriotic duty TO get full" on that
eventful night, and not only so, but to
advertise the fact Of fullness Is widely
as possible. I saw one big, sedate
vermonter, chief Of an executive bu.
reau, standing on tho corner Of F and
Fourteenth street, with owlish gravity
giving away Afty-cent ''shinplasters"
fractional currency to every colored
person who came past him, brokenly
saying with each gift: Babylon has
fallen!"
On the night Of April 1, in pursuance
OF recommendation by the secretary
Of state, the city was generally illumi.
mated. All the public buildings and
great proportion Of private residences
and business houses were alight with
fireworks and Examinations Of every
description. The war department was
gorgeously decorated with mass Of
flags, the windows were filed with
lights, and huge transparency Of
patriotic devices crowned the portico.
Secretary Seward was the author Of
much.admired motto over the por.
tico of the state department, which
read: AT home Union Is order, and
Union is peace. Abroad Union Is
strength, and strength is peace" Over
another entrance Of the building was:
Peace and good will to all nations,
but no entangling alliances and no for.
eign intervention" The treasury had
over Its chief entrance huge trans
parency which was a tolerable imita-
ton Of o ten-dollar interest. bearing
United States note, with q mammoth
fac-simile Of Treasurer Spinners sigma
ture in all its unique ugliness. The
treasury motto was: ~. $. Green
backs and U. s. Grant Grant gives
The greenbacks metallic ring. Noah
Brooks, In Century.
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Tho sallna Public Bu,ldinr,

WASHINGTON, June IS. The contract
for the construction OF the Salina,
Kan, federal building was awarded
yesterday afternoon to O. J. King, Of
Omaha His bid was by far the lowest
on the basis of the original plans,
but his supplementary bid Of about
$4,000 for the proposed betterment
was regarded as excessive and he was
summoned to Washington. After .
conference with the officials Of tho su.
pervislng architects Office he reduced
his additional bid materially. The
work will now be pushed with rapid.
itv
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20
CANAL OPENED.


Tho Hudson River Connected with Long
Island Sound.
New YORK, June ls.--The Harlem
ship canal, which connects the Hudson
river with Long Island sound, was
formally opened this afternoon with o
great aquatic and land parade in which
the United States army and navy, state
military and naval corps, the fire depart
ment and numerous civic bodies were
represented. The parade was watched
by $4,000 or more people, The cere-
mony Of pouring two barrels of water
from the great lakes into the canal,
symbolizing the union of the lakes
with the sound, was accompanied by
the firing Of cannon by the United
States cruisers Atlanta and Cincinnati.
The waterway Is not for large yes.
sells and Is chiefly intended to afford
passageway for the canal boat and
lighter traffic. The canal was first
projected in 1874, but nothing was done
till April, 1893 when dredging com.
menced The mean depth Of the chan
mel will be D feet and the width so
feet II cost az. 800. 600.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20
THE FALL OF RICHMOND.


Great Excitement In Washington nm Re-
csipt Of tho News
The army Of Grant had been envelop-
ing Petersburg on March eS and 20,
and about ten o'clock on the morning
OF April word was received in Wash
ington from President Lincoln at City
Point that that city had been evacu-
ated, and that our army was pushing
into IT, sweeping around it, and pursu-
Ing the flying squadrons Of Lee. At q
quarter to eleven in the forenoon came
q dispatch to the war department from
Gen. Wcltzel, dated at Richmond, an.
nouncing the fall Of the confederate
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

YANRroS, 5, D., June IRA heavy
rain began in this section at 10 o'clock
Sunday night, terminating OF 8 n. m.
yesterday. One and tenth inches Of
water was precipitated during that
time The total rainfall for June to
date, recorded at the Yankton weather
station, is 81 inches. Crop conditions
In Yankton county are better than for
seven years, and enormous crops are
assured, unless hail causes destruc.
ton.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

RED OAK, Ia, 'June ls-As a result
OF quarrel over debt Of Sl,eo, John
Dicus, a negro, shot Wilson Whitney
yesterday morning and Whitney shot
Dicus, each being struck twice. Whit.
noy is shot in the abdomen and will
probably die. Deus was shot in the
hip and the arm. lie is In iail.
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INTERESTING TO FARMERS.
Prospects Of the Wheat and Corn Markets
Thu Moyemanf Of Cattle and HoRa.

Prospects Of the Wheat and Corn Marletl
Tho Movement Of Cattle and Hogs.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, June 1s.-The up
turn in wheat has eliminated, for the
present. with the publication OF the
government crop report. That docu-
ment showed the wheat crop In some
what better condition than 1t was gen.
orally expected to show, but whether
II had done that or not, the setback in
prices was due because the market had
got to such high level as to afford
little temptation for general specula-
tive buying, and 1t was inevitable in
such condition that holders who at
tempted to sell out should find not
much demand for their offerings. Chi.
cago prices Saturday were cents I'M
der those Of week ago. The Indiana
state authorities make the crop OF that
state little over a third OF that a year
ago. There were reports Of damage in
California and Of declining prospects In
Russia. The weeks western receipts were
Is per cent less than the preceding
weeks and about 20 per cent. less than
year ago The splendid spring wheat
conditions have been factor In reduc-
Ing the volume Of speculative buying
Better crop reports from Kansas,
Missouri and parts Of Illinois have