The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-03

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GOODNESS between Senators Cameron and
Quay and that Cameron refused to help
Quay in his late fight.
A Methodist preacher in Ohio has left
his wife and eloped with the organlst.
Some smart alexis will regard this lapse
as an argument against the church.
s'Good Lord, Mr.. President, don't put
a cigarette smoker on the Supreme Court
bench is the pathetic prayer of the Con
cord Standard, referring to the rumored
appointment of Bissell.
In an address last Thursday Neal
Dow said reluctantly that they had been
at work since 1851 trying to enforce the
prohibition law, but eve hav'nt sue
ceeded yet He says the politicians are
responsible for the failure.
Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States Supreme Court, said the other
day in the course of an interview: "lf
we want to live to a green old age we
should stay in harness. The dry rot OF
aimlessness eats out existence.
Under the antitrust laws of Illinois
all incorporated companies doing bust
ness in Illinois must annually forward to
the Secretary of State sworn statements
that they are doing no trust business,
nor have done any during the past year.
Railroad accidents have been little
heard of lately. The Railroad Gazette,
which keeps tab in this matter, reports
that in July only 20 persons. employees,
passengers and all, were killed in accid-
ents, against 81 in July last year, go in
the same month in 1893 and 81 in July,
1891.
Richmond and Atlanta both desire the
honor of having the memorial museum
for the establishment of which Mr..
Charles Broadway Rouss, of New York,
subscribed 100000. The first meeting
of the committee to examine and report
to the next reunion which will be held
in Atlanta.
The United States Supreme Court is
now only little more than year be-
hind in its work, the number of cases on
hand having been reduced from over
1000 when Chief Justice Fuller was ap
pointed, to about 600. 1t is expected
that the docket win be cleared up in two
years more.
Mr.. James Richardson, of New Or
leans, who is one of the largest cotton
growers in the world, producing croI
of 1000 bales, is quoted as saying tina
he made more money when prices wer'
low than when they were high because
he was then forced to study all the econo
mics and make the crop do all it possibl.
could do.
In communication to the Richmond
Times Col. John s. Mosby says that Sec
rotary Stanton ordered the paroling o
all Confederates in Virginia on the sam
terms given to Gen. Lee excepting tn
guerilla chief Mosby." The day afte
this order was received by Gen. Hancocl
Gen. Grant ordered him to give Mosb
the same terms with the rest, and it wa
done This is without doubt an authen
tic statement of point of history lon
in dispute.
a correspondent If the Baltimore SUI
asks it to explain whether Senate
Germans action against the Wilson bill
increased the revenues of the govern
ment more than it increased the profit
of the Sugar Trust" The Sun make
reply
1.-The government statement Of i'm
ports for the month of June, 1895, con
tains an item which tells the whole stor,
of what Mr.. German did for the Suga
Trust. During that month, whilst ray
sugar to the value of nearly $1,000, 90
was imported the importation of refine
sugar amounted to only 1897, 101. Thi
tells the story. 1t shows that the Dem
ocratic tariff bill as it came from tn
House was so changed by Mr.. Gormal
as to give the Sugar Trust practically tn
possession of the market, and enabl
them to charge the people $l.40 a hur
dred pounds more than they would hav
to pay for refined sugar in Germany
OF this ST. 40 about 43 cents goes to tn
trust and 81 cents to the government
Upon this basis in the month of June tn
government got about $4,000, 900 fror
the sugar tax and the Trust got ab0u
1850, 900, or at the rate Of $40, 400, 90
q year The Mckinley tariff gave a
even greater protection to tho Trui
than Germans amendments.