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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22
NEW YORK Is WANTING IN rATRl.
OTISM.


Not a great while ago, woman re-
siding in d North Carolina town,
bought IL lot of peaches and water
melons from farmer. The whole
family enjoyed the fruit, but the wo-
man was made very sick. The rest of
the family felt no bad results. A few
weeks later, when the old farmer came
along with another load of fruit, the
woman declined TO buy, saying that
the last purchase made ''the whole
family sick regarding herself as the
whole family.
The day after the Presidents mes
sage had been read in Congress a petit
ton was circulated among the mem
bers of the New York Chamber OF Com
merce TO hold meeting ''for the pur-
pose of considering the Venezuelan
question. brought into prominence by
the message of the President of the
United States" The New York World
says that many signed the call (which
they knew to be an invitation to a
meeting which is likely to put the
largest commercial organization in the
United States on record as opposing
the position of President Cleveland. :"
President Williams, of the Commercial
Bank. regards the message as wick
ed;' Abram S. Hewitt says 1--WE have no
grievance" Charles Stewart Smith
the message is a bluff" J. Edward
Simmons says the President has been
'precipitate;" Gen. Sam. Thomas calls
it "a stupendous joke of "A very sorry
character" John III. Inman says it is
calamity" and that the message has
already caused the cotton farmers to
lose SIC 900. 900 on cotton.
These are sample expressions from
the great business men of New York
There is hardly a patriotic word in the
column after column of interviews
with the great bankers and 5aE.aess
men. They see ruin or loss tc New
York, and as they regard New York
as the whole world, they az cry cat
that the President is running tile caun-
try. just as the woman regarded her
self as the whole family
The only way the President aa-
please New Workers is to keep on issu-
ing bonds and contracting the cur
rency. No statesman-like appeal to
the patriotism of the country finds a
Judgment where love of gold has found
mastery.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22
THE FOREIGN PRESS.

As rule the foreign press takes
sides with Great Britain, denying the
right Of the United States to enforce
the Monroe doctrine. The Russian pa
pers preserve a silence that is ominous
to England. 1t means that Russia
would welcome a war between the
United States and Great Britain as its
opportunity for invading India and
anneNing Constantinople.
La Patrie, of Paris, referring to Pres
ident Clevelands message, departs
from the position taken by most for
eign journals and says:
THE United States will obtain COM
piete satisfaction by their vigorous at
titude. Great Britain is only strong
with the weak. She is prudent with
those who are determined to defend
the dignity of their country. The af-
fair will be a great lesson to all ma
tons"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22

The Wilmington Review resents the
action of certain Southern men who
advocate at this time bill to remove
the disabilities of all who served IL the
Confederate army so that in case Of
war with Venezuela they can hold COM
missions. The editor of the Review,
who was a gallant soldier, says ''thc
Confederate soldiers don't want any
thing accorded to necessity which has
been refused to grace"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22

Speaking of coast defenses, what's
the matter with Hatteras? If John
Bull wants to flint, let him send his
fleet down some breezy evening and
tackle North Cardinals 'storm-king
of the seas All Uncle Sam would
have to do would be to blow out the
lights Hatteras would do the rest
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22

The New York World and Evening
Post, Springfield Republican and other
papers have been conspicuous Worship
pers at the Cleveland shrine and have
been advocating his nomination for a
third term, but have dropped him
since his Venezuelan message. He
loses few Mugwump supporters and
wins the admiration of the whole pa
triotic population.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22

The Manufacturers Record sides
with the President and says 1.-The prin-
ciples of the Monroe doctrine are as
much part of American belief as are
those of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, and the people of this country
will never permit them to be ignored
or violated by any foreign government
or any combination of governments.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22
WHAT CONGRESS OUGHT TO DO.

Congress ought, before Christmas,
to levy a tax on beer; provide consti-
tutional method of taxing incomes;
cut down all eXtrayagant appropria-
tons land there are many; repeal the
tax on the circulation of State banks;
retire the Treasury notes and admit
the free coinage of silver to take the
place OF the paper currency thus re-
tired; require the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay all coin obligations,
half in gold and half in silver; give the
President free authority in the Vene-
zuelan matter and then go home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Commercial and Farmers Bank

AT Raleigh, N. c., at close of business,
December 18th, 1895.
RESOURCES.
Overdrafts, secured s 200 o.
Overdrafts, unsecured, 1.349 e
Loan and discounts. 3l6,6l7 Oh
s25,0, 900 n. G. per cent bonds, "a 045 %
P ParnhI I, s. no nd q ,. is, 703 IS
Other real estata, 14,S7S IS
De nand loans, $500 20
CASH
Due from nks 64,2l6 80
Checks sIdc sh it ms, 4.921 ~
Casa in vault, IS 800 % 104, 439 IA
Total resources, 1913 53l 9s
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in cash. 100000 90
Undivided profits, less tx zen .fsy On oot .,
am taxes ala, -''-'' -
b lis payable, $40 60
Deposits subject to check, 80 $40 60
due to banks, l0,SS0 Oh
Cashiers checks outstanding, $50 81
Total liabilities, S5l3,53 9s
State of North Carolina County of Wake:
|, B. S. Jerman, cashier of The CONNER
cial and Farmers Bank at Raleigh, n. c.,
90 Solemnly swear thdt the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
b, s. JERMAN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
2lst day Decen bar, 1895.
GEO. w. THOMPSON, JR.,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest -
J. j. THOMAS,
ASHLEY HORNE,
THOMAS H. BRIGGS,
.fO~HU \ B HILL,
r b RANEY,
Directors
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22

THAR now: bit by his own dog" is
what Cleveland's friends say when
theE read how Mugwumps denounce
his Venezuelan messag"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22

Il am assisting the growth of a
power that will one day prove Great
Britain's most formidable rival on the
ocean," said Napoleon when he coded
Louisiana to President Jefferson s
commissioners. He received Si5,00o,-
600.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-22
STOCKHOLDERS ME TING.

RALEIGH. n. c., Dec 10, 1895.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders
of the NortA Carolina Car Company will be-
held at the Office OF the company in this
city on Thursday, January 49, 1886, at NJ
o'clock IN.
JOHN WARD Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09

If Col. Fred Grant were as cautious
and close-mouthed as his illustrious
father was he would not have incurred
the severe though friendly criticism OF
the Republican press of New York by
his hasty utterance in the case of Capt.
Eakins. Colonel Grant is a member of
the Board of Police Commissioners, and
Captain Eakins in on trial before the
board on serious charges Of m~alfeasance
and corruption in office under the late
administration. In the rogress of the
trial Eakins testified that he was worth
only $12. 900. and that the present prose-
cution had or would. before 1t was ended,
cost him So. 900. At this Colonel Grant.
to the surprise of the other commission
ers, declared that IL this was the case
the prosecution was "a crime" Such an
expression, coming from a person sit
ting as a judge. made during the prog
ress of a trial and with the testimony
still incomplete, is indefensible on n
ground consistent with correct judgment
and s~eIf-control. A judge should be
most careful not to prejudice a case
which is being tried before him. or to
express an opinion during it's progress
which will interfere with his rendering
an unbiased Judgment at its close. In
this case Colonel Grants premature
declaration had the additional fault of
being a reflection on the other three
commissioners. who, by entering on the
trial of the case. had virtually decided
that there was ground for the charges
and prosecution. The expression was so
obviously improper that the New York
Tribune ~characterizes it as "a grave
improperly, to say the least of it," and
the Mail n Express say "the COM
m~issioner's remarks were as i~nconsist-
ent as they were indiscreet."
1t is but fair to add that since the
occurrence Colonel Grant has frankly
admitted that he did wrong and has
apologized to the public and his brother
commissioners for the unfortunate ut
terance. His frank admission Of error
and manly apology are like his dis
tinguished father. but 1t would have
been better If he had shown more OF the
Generals reticence and s~elf-control and
thus avoided the unpleasant incident
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09
CROMWELL CONTRACT RENEWED
Warden Hert Says the Rate Is Good,
Considering All Things.

Warden A.. I. Hert.eo 81 the southern
prison, arrived in the city, last night, on
business connected with the institution. He
is preparing the shops formerly occupied by
the Cromwell Wire Brush Company for the
occupation again of this company under the
contract recently perfected. A new boiler
has to be purchased, and the warden was
In conference with the local manufacturers
last night at the Denfson House. Warden
Hert was asked about the contract:
1T is a contract for, five years. at S7ls
cents a day for each man," he. said. The
privilege OF two hundred. 1t is light work,
and the less a~ble-bodied prisoners can be
utilized In this contract. Tnis is one reason
less than for heavier work. 1t is less than
the former one, which was As cents a day.
That contract was made five years ago.
commanding higher wages. The present
rate stands up well with the price of labor
outside, which has for the most part fallen
very slowly. we were Very glad to obtain
any offer. and feel pleased that SO many
men have a chance to find relief in employ
ment. The Bromwell company made the old
refused, and the men lay idle a long time.
There is SO much idle labor in the country
that the ofer Is a good one, though less
four hundred men without employment.
This labor problem is the one that confronts
US most seriously now, though relieved
somewhat by the contract Just made"
What about the debt of the Patton COM
pany TO the DrisonT'. D.
ut Is still as large as ever, amounting to
$4,000 at the time we received the prison.
The claim has been put in the hands of the
Encouragement for collection. 1t will not
grow any with US, as We require a cash
settlement on the 1st OF every month. The
Patton company has a contract which runs
a year yet, with privilege of renewal. 1t
pays from 40 to 60 cents a day for Its men"
What is Lavelle's condition.
"Lavelle is still in the hospital, and the
Doctors reports show that he is no better.
All our insane inmates have been trans
ferred to the hospitals for the insane"
What course are YOU pursuing In regard
to turning prisoners out at expiration OF
their sentences without citizens clothing?'
we are following the advice of the At
-torney-general on that subject. and are fur
nishing every released man a suit Of citi-
zens' clothes. He goes out from the prison.
as far as clothes are concerned. on an equal
ity with the world, with nothing to show
his confinement. All prisoners are also
given whatever they may have made by
working overtime" s..
How Is the discipline of the prison?'
Never better. A few men thought they
would run the institution at first. but they
nave learned that there is still a head to
IN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09

the recent dissolution or Parliament by
raising a foolish and unnecessary issue
on the Cromwell statue question that
resulted in the defeat of the government
and thus brought on the dissolution
and he elections which have resulted in
such an overwhelming Conservative
victory. In the last Parliament home
rule was a live issue, and If It's chance
of success was not great 1t was at least
worth holding on to. In the new Parlia-
ment 1t will have no recognition and its
few surviving advocates no standing.
For this changed condition of affairs the
Irish leaders of the home-rule move
ment are largely responsible. Mr.. Nc
Carthy says in his appeal: with a
united party in a united country even
the present situation WOULD afford no
ground for dependency in the Irish
party" Perhaps. but Irishmen them
selves seem to make a united party in a
united country impossible.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09

IT stands to reason that a man who
is familiar with all of the affairs of the
city. and who has displayed an aptitude
for the details of municipal government.
Is a much better man for Mayor of In
dianapolis IA n man who has a
no experience can be. In this country
municipal government is weakest and
most defective. 1t is so because men Ave
been made mayors who have shown no
capacity for affairs before their cleo
ton, and an entire absence of it after
they came into office. Such men come
into office under conditions which seem
to make 1t necessary for them to find as
many places for inefficient and worth
less followers as possible. consequently
the subordinate executive offices are
filled with persons who have no business
capacity and no executive force. Many
Of them are given positions because they
have no occupation and are. needy. Un-
der such conditions city administration
has become inefficient. lax and expen-
sive. There is none of hat business
method in 1t which makes men success
ful. In cities like this there are men
who expect position and salary when
ever their party is in power. Just now
a half dozen persons could be named
who were in the Sullivan administration
who are Micawbers waiting the return
of a Democratic Mayor.
Under Republican administration In
~dianapolis has had a business policy.
Business methods have prevailed. In
some departments expenditures have in
creased, but the growth of the city has
demanded larger outlay. But while the
expenses have increased, the money has
been paid for men who perform better
service. The army Of useless inspectors
has been cut down. Business principles
applied to the city finances ave re-
duced the interest account more than
two-fifths.
The only question in the election is
that involving the continuance of BUSH
ness methods in city affairs. With Mr..
Trusler for Mayor. only the money nee
essary for the economical and effective
management Of the city's affairs will be
collected from the people. A practical
mar of affairs. no money will be wasted
on visionary schemes or in supporting
unnecessary and useless hangers-on.
Having tried Mr.. Trusler. the people
know what to expect. If his opponent
has no record, there is no certainty as
to what he will do. If he has a record
in public position of recent years in this
locality it cannot be one characterized
bv business methods.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09
HOME RULE AND IRISH LEADERS.

Justin Mccarthy, an Irish mi Of
Parliament, has issued an address to
Irish Americans de~precating the tenn
porary defeat of home rule and appeal
ing to them to rally once again in sup
Of the cause. The address is
largely devoted to pointing out that
..d~issension in u ranks is ruinous to
our cause" and to charging some of the
late leaders of the movement with dis
loyalty. 1T is with deep regret" says
Mr.. Mccarthy. that I feel compelled
to characterize Mr.. Healy's action at
the Armagh convention as disloyal to
his party. and. even setting aside our
own special obligations to Zach other.
as a breach of the ordinary code Of hon.
or and discipline essential to the ex-
istence of every political organizations"
In the absence of a report of the pro-
ceedings OF the Armagh convention the
Journal cannot say whether this de-
n~unciation of Mr.. Healy is deserved or
not, but il is eminently characteristic
of recent Irish politics. If ever a cause
was slain in the house Of its friends the
cause Of Irish home rule has been. When
the leaders of the movement have not
beer quarreling among themselves they
have been ~estranging their natural po-
litical allies or demonstrating their In
capacity to work by practical means for
practical ends. They even precipitated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09

patch had been received there from Ha-
vana announcing the arrival of Campos
in the latter city, thus setting at rest
the wild reports circulated to the effect
that he was virtually a prisoner of the
insurgents at Bayamo." On the other
hand, a Havana special, under date OF
9Th inst. says that Campos was not in
that city. and the last heard OF him he
had gone to Manzanillo. There is no
longer any doubt that Campos suffered
a disastrous defeat in the fight near
Bayamo. and If he got out of that place
at all It was by the hardest work. His
on a man-of-war does not seem to be
very successful.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09

After the election of 1882 in Kansas
the Democratic State committee met and
apportioned all the offices in the State.
In the Fifth district the members of the
committee assessed the ofice-seekers to
raise a fund to enable it's members to go
to Washington and look after the dis
tribution. Every member Of the COM
mittee, 1t is said. got an office for. him.
self, and several obtained places. which
had been sold to others. Now a promi-
nent Democrat has brought a suit
against several members of the COM
mittee to recover the money he paid for
an Office. The most important feature
in the matter is that it discloses the
secret of the ability of so many Office
seekers to hang around Washington so
long as they do.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09
Predicament of Four Women Who
Were Forced 10 Climb a Mountafn.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. Aug. s.-The
alarm entertained for the safety of the
four Eastern young aides who are sup
posed to be lost on Pixies Peak has been
allayed by a telegram announcing their
safe arrival at the summit. The Misses
Parker. sisters. of ST. Louis; Ida NJ.
Wright, of Fulton. n. Y. and Anna Wag-
ner. of Currier Grove. Ia. started to drive
up the Peak. At the Seven Lakes they
left their team and driver and started to
finish the distance on foot. but were de-
ceived as 10 the actual distance. They
encountered a snowstorm and nearly per-
ished before reaching a sheltered section,
a mile from the summit. They rested and
then started back 10 where they had left
the driver. He, In the meantime, concluded
from the length of time they were gone,
that they had reached the summit and had
decided to remain there Until the storm
was over. He had then started back to-
wards Manitou. when they reached Seven
Lakes. Although fearfully exhausted. the
four ladies realized that their only hope
was In reaching the station at the. top OF
the peak. and again they began the ascent
With many difficulties, often falling exc
hausted on the rocks. they finally succeed
ed in reaching the summit. where they
were cared for and remained unit, morn
that he had<1eft them on the mountain
wild excitement prevailed and half q
dozen parties were at once organized 10 so
in search of them. There was much re-
joscing when the news of their safety was
received.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09

II have been surprised" said an iron
manufacturer yesterday, h Repub-
lican papers have not long g pointed
out the fact which the Journal called at
tention to yesterday, to the effect that
the revival of the iron trade is due to
the protective duties in the metal sched-
ules of the present tariff laws. True,
most of its duties are lower than those
of the Mckinley law, but some of them
are said to be higher. There is no Will
son bill in the iron schedule, but the
duties are based upon the Mckinley
law" If the whole tariff law had been
made as favorable to American pro-
ducers as are the metal schedules they
would have retained the home markets
and wages could be increased all along
the line.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09

A short story by Henry B. Fuller in
the Cosmopolitan is a very clever satire on
the snobbery of Americans who ape the
English ana affect a scorn for their own
country.
Maurice Thompson has a negro dialect
story in Lippincott. The story, as such,
is clever, but Mr.. Thompson seems to
handle the dialect with some difficulty.
He is not at his best in this form of litera-
ture. tsa
August Romance opens with a short
story by Anna Katherine Greene. Grant
Allen and Anthony Hope are also in the
list or contributors. A chapter of editorial
zine Of fiction.
The bicycle is now a subject for maya
zine literature and illustration. Mrs.
Reginald DeKoven writes about 1T in the
Cosmopolitan and gives representations of
several costumes. In Lippinncott John
The third number of Art Idols, issued
by the White City Art Company. Chicago,
contains six reproductions of famous paint
ings-Venus," "At the River Edge" La
Toilette" After the Bath La Grande
Iza," and Temptation. Price 81 per copy.
Special articles In the August Review
of Reviews are a character sketch of
Theodore Roosevelt by Julian Ralph. a
story of the rise and fall of that typical
NeW FORK SUM, burberry benu. Dy JACOB
Riis. sketches OF the member OF the third
Salisbury Cabinet, and the record Of the
Rosebery administration. iosa,
Something new in the way of sport is
described by A. G. Wallihan In the August
Cosmopolitan. 1t is the photographing of
big game on its W ground. When this
game happens to be. a bear or a mountain
lion the risk of getting near enough to
secure a snap shot with the camera is
sufficiently exciting to satisfy the most
exacting seeker after new sensations. 1t
Is hardly. necessary to say that the adven-
turous photographer carries a gun or has
with him a companion well armed.
That is a very generous acknowledge
ment made by the Overland Monthly Of the
debt owed by California to Indiana for
the men who nave gone out from the older
State to help build up the younger one.
The article is one that every Indianian
should read, not only for its remarkable
showing. but for the eloquent tribute paid
to the Hoosier State-a tribute the more
striking from the contrast 1t offers to the
slurring tone so frequently adopted even
by local writer's when abiding to the sub
ject. slo
The first paper in the Forum for August
is by Justice Brown, Of the United States
Supreme Court. sentitledgIsThe Twentieth
Century," cit is takensrfrom an address
delivered before the graduating class of the
Yale law school. and was rather severely
criticised at the time for it's pessimism.
Those who read the article in the Forum
will find that in the revision the Judge
has eliminated that feature, II 1t ever ex-
listed. 1t is not only an able treatment. of
a large subject, but its tone is hopeful.
as the second survey Of the future, based
upon the past, must be.