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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25
THE BIG CANAL
Grave Danger That the Charter Will Be
Revoked

CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-A special to the
Times-Herald from Washington says:
A South American diplomat now in
Washington has received a personal letter
from member of the Nicaraguan cabinet,
tating that there is grave danger that the
charter or the Nicaragua Canal company
will be revoked by Nicaragua. A
representative of London syndicate
is now in Managua in conference with the
officers of the government and has the re-
cent adverse report by the American COM
mission as an argument in favor of con-
cession to British company. He has
promised that if the existing charter is re-
voked British syndicate will take up the
work and push it through without depend
ing upon state support.
The Nicaraguan government. the minis
ter states, is provoked at the delay in the
work of the American company aud at the
recent report of the commission.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25
A CAPITOL CHRISTMAS
Made Pleasant by Gifts Of TURKEYS and Other
EatabIes

WAsHINGTON, Dec. 24.-The cabinet
meeting today lasted only short time and
Secretary Olney, who was detained at the
state department to receive the house
foreign affairs committee, who called to
pay their respects, was present only dur
ing the last half hour. About noon mes
sages were sent to the various departments
from the cabinet officers at the White
House. directing such of the employees as
could be spared be excused for The after
noon, in conformity with the good old GUS
tom of Christmas eve. and the employees
were quick to take advantage of this act OF
consideration.
There was presage of closely wrapped
parcels of all sizes that began to come
early in the day by mail and express and
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25

The following is the list of entries and
weights of the races to be run at Ingleside
today, which are posted at the Los Angeles
Turf club, pig South Spring street. Com
missions received on these races and full
description OF each event:
First race. threequarter mile, selling-Star-
ling Ia. Ike l.. lO2. Little Mid 10Y, Fiji 80.
Sir George, loi Pecksnif l07. Garcia 10A, W.
L Munson lU4.
Second race. mile sixteenth, sslling-Dun.
garven l0s, Ransom 81, Hydy 105, ealonica
los. Carmel los, Candid l05, Tar and Tartar
1U5. e H. shirley los.
Third race, Hobart stakes, two year olds, n
mi e-Kowalsky lis, Tenacity 1Gs, Instigstor
lO9, Ksmsin us. VIM. rinkerton log, Imp
Santa Bella lis, Sir Play lis, Miss Maxim 1O6,
Grady log, Argentina lo6
Fourth race, hurdle handicap mile and a
half Bellringer $50, Cicero 1870, j. o. C. $50
Templemore 0, Bedford 125, Tom clarke
l 8 Imp. Creighton rs. Imp Cascade 1875.
Fifth race, Christmas handicap, nielsen
per Lex lis, Bright Phoebus lis, Libertne
IS, Imp. ar Ruby 100 Ninctor los, Santiago
JOG, Polaski so. Cant Dance 81.
Sixth race, three-qusrter mile. selling -
Condo Iu7, May Day lu7. Rico lO7, Jack Rich
ellen l07, Monterey lO5, Capt. Skedance 90,
Royal Flush l07, Imp. Ivy lO4.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25

messengers, addressed to the president and
every member of the household, not for
getting the babies. The president himself
remembered all Of the faithful employees
of the house and bestowed turkeys upon
them for their Christmas dinners, and as
them members of the cabinet left the
White House, each carried big apple, the
gift of Secretary Morton.
senator Lodge was the only caller of
note at the White House during the fore
noon, aside from the cabinet.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25
ON THE INGLESIDE TRACK
Three Fayorites aud Two Second
Choices Win Out
Phoenix INDUCES In an Exhibition Of Physical
Culture and CoIored Swiftly Is
Knocked Silly

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.-Three favor
ties and two second choices were the win
ners today.
Six furlongs-Schitz won, Ike L. second.
Maybe third. Time, l 10.
Seven furlonPs-Gallant won, Collins sec
ond, Highland third. Time, 1891.
Six furongs-Ferris Hartman won, Liz
zie II. second, Walter j. third. Time,
1919.
One mile-kowalsky won. Service Sec
ond, Semper Lex third. Time, ASH.
six furlongs Montana won; Montalvo
second, May Day third. Time, :lSA.
PHGNIx, Arz., Dec. 24.-Jim Noonan
and Swiftly, the latter colored, both heavy
weights, fought finish fight tonight with
light gloves for $3.50 side. Swiftly was
knocked out in six sharp rounds.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25

BOWLING GREEN, Mo-, Dec. 24.-Late
this afternoon telegram came to Dr..
Hearne from his attorney at Hannibal,
saying: 81 have letter from H. Clay
Heather, prosecuting attorney, authorizing
me 10 dismiss the case now pending in
Pike circuit court against Mrs. Fannie c.
Hearne, charged with the murder of Amos
j. Stillwell." DR.. Hearne and his family
at once began preparing to leave for Cali
fornia. They hope to get away tomorrow
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25

editor of the Enterprise, the leading daily
OF this city. knows from experience that
Tip Top Cough Syrup is an unusually eff
cient remedy. He was cured of a very bad
cough by the Use of it, and now recon-
mends it to all of his many friends as an
article worthy of confidence.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25

BURLINGTON, Iowa, Dec. 24.-Strick-
lands livery barn, with forty head of
horses and 200 vehicles, burned today.
Loss S25O,000; insurance less than
$4,000. Many Of the horses had fast
records
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The grand jury to.
day voted an indictment against S. A..
Owen, the metal worker, who is accused of
having mailed dynamite machines to p. ID.
Armour and G.. M. Pullman.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25
The Kelsey Case Settled

SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 24,-The Kelsey
case, which has been in the courts here for
several months was settled today. The
marriage was established. Kelsey Withdrew
his answer and Mrs. Kelsey gets divorce
and $500 alimony.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25
hrs, tiearst's Generosity

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.-In addition
to giving the chidren's hospital $1,000
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst has made like Christ
mas gifts to the San Francisco polytechnic
and the Ladies Protection and Relief So
cietY,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25

New YORK, Dec. 24.-The U.S.S. Maine.
which arrived from Newport, II. l., left her
anchorage this afternoon and passed out
to sea.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25

LONDON, Dec Dbl ohm Russell Hind.
the astronomer, is dead.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25
Beecham's pills are for bilious

Beecham's pills are for bilious
ness, bilious headache, dyspep-
STA, heartburn, torpid liver, dir
ziness, sick headache, bad taste
in the mouth, coated tongue,
loss ofappetitc, sallowskin, etc,
when caused by constipation;
and constipation is the most
frequent cause of all of them.
Go by the book. Pills Iot and
a5d a box. Book free at your
druggists or write B. F. Allen Co.,
sos Canal Street, New York.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-25

Bargains-Books and Presents.
Come to us for these. The Century En-.
craving Co., 233 S. Spring street.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
The Auishell c. clop~dia.

Information.
The human system can endure heat
of Pig degrees. the boiling point OF wa
ter, because the skin 10 q bad conduc.
tor and because the Precipitation cool,
the skin.
Here is an analysis of what is alleged
to be the typical American face: Tn.
prominent nose. the slOping forehead
the fairly large mouth, the full eyes
and predOminance Of the oval type ar.
the natural characteristics of an az
gressive, talented and shrewd people
agreeable in manners, but keenly aliv,
to the main chance. 1t is compost,
face, made up of qualities taken from
the Puritan, English, Scotch ant
German sources.
Astronomers search all over tn,
world for spider webs. They are use,
for cross lines in telescopes.
According to the last reports, ther,
are in the world lac, 1884 miles OF sum
Darine telegraph cable. OF this tota
the various governments own IA ,4S
miles of the cable and 81, $50 of wire
the balance is owned by private com
panies.
The late Sir Bernard Burke ia re
ported to have said that over half tn
crests and cOats-Of-arms borne by fam
lilies in this country and England ar
fictitious.
At birth a negro child is of red
dish nut-brOwn color, which turns I,
a slaty- gray in the first week of tn,
chilh's existence, and the black colo
is not developed for a period varyin,
from one to three years.
The Egyptians bestowed great labO
on their tombs and little on thei
homes. They regarded the latter a
mere temporary abOdes, but the former
| they looked on as eternal habitatiOns
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
SENATOR svrlfe Enooesep

TIE Aassseas Bs.aseailie Laaevs P1s.ss
Ossastsiss tAs assesa.
The CAUCASIAN has Just received
from Gen1. A J. Warner. the Presi-
dent Of the American Ri-mefaIlic
League, = copy Of the resolution which
the League passed af the request Of
Senator Butler n their meeting In
Washington on Nov.lh
II 10 ~ follows:
Whereas, The events Of the past two
years afford ipdisputable evidence that
the advocates Of the single gold stan
dard have acted together and doubt
less will continue 20 do 90 on the
money question regardless Of political
affiliations.
Therefore. Resolved that the Execu-
tive Committee Of the American BIZ
metallic League requests the senators
of the United States who favor the
restoration OF the Bi-metallic standard
of money, To act together regardless OF
political affiliations in the orKa nixation
Of the Senate of the 5sth Congress, to
the end that q suitable committee may
be appointed that will mature And
bring before that body q bill for the
restoration Of the money Of the con-
stitution.
Voted that . copy of the resolutions
be sent To every United States Sena-
| tor known to favor the restoration OF
| the free CO mage Of silver
Unanimously adopted by Confer
ence November 18th, 1895.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
+. AND OIL GOES UP AGAIN.
The Cause of the Rise Keeps the Fools
Guessing.

The Cause of the Rise Keeps tho Fools
. Guessing.
A Bradford, (Pa.) telegram to the
Associated Press is as follows:
BRADFORD, Pa, November 15.-The
price Of refined oil has advanced three
quarters of a cent per gallon, and all
oil producers are excited in conse-
quence. The price of oil, as paid by
the Standards purchasing agencies
yesterday, was $1.45 per barrel. The
speculative market has gone up to 81. go
per barrel, bid for December options.
The cause of the rise is keeping
everybody guessing, but it is an accep-
ted fact that the Standard has a good
reason for making the increase or it
would not have taken place.
Well, If the readers of this paper
will rub up their memories little bit.
they will recall the fact that Mr.. Jno
D. Rockefeller recently made q dOna-
ton of three million dollars to the
Chicago, University. This university
is the institution which compelled
Prof. Bemis to resign because he in
sisted on exposing the schemes of mo-
nopolies and trusts. Now, Mr.. Rookie
Teller is she president of the STANDARD
Oil Trust, which controls the price OF
oil in this country. Oil takes a, big
jump up. Say, YOU blind, dwelling
old moss-back Of an old fool, old party
lite, do you see anything in this? Did
you know there was sO-called anti
Ftrtyt law on the u. 8. statute books!
HaRe you ever heard of case in which
any Att0rney-G General Of.the Cleveland
administration attempted to investi-
gate a trust under this law? Why
don't you wake up? Why do you per-
NIT these bosses to continue to think
that you are fool?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
JAMES B. LLOYD.
A WORD FROM BUNCOMBE.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.]
Asheville, n. CT would like to say
a few words in regard to the lease of
the North Carolina Railroad through
the medium of your most valuable pa
per. When l look around me, in our
fair Western North Carolina, and see
thousands of bushels Of apples, not to
say anything of the other valuable
farm products, actually rOtting on the
ground and going to waste for the
want of reasonable transportation; the
more | see and feel the great and I'M
pardonable injustice that is being done
the people of the State. Here are, all
of these things going to ruin simply
because it costs more to get them to
market than can be realized out of
them after they are there. And at the
same time, rich railroad company iss
realizing tremendous revenue out of
a railroad that belongs to the people
of the State. It matters not how much
they may pay the State for the use of
it, they will realize large profit out
of it, and that, too, out of those to whom
the road belongs.
The step taken by the State Alliance
at its last session should be approved
by every citizen of the State of North
Carolina who feels an interest in him
self and in the welfare CT his fellow
man. 1t should show those who have
become lukewarm in the work of the
Order that through the Alliance is the
only means by which the farmer can
become independent, or can cope with
the mOnOpOlies and trusts that have
been combined against him. ......
j. II. STAGLE,
Sec'y, BuncOmbe Alliance.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
NOT QUITE DEAD.
Carlisle Changes His Mind About tn
''Silver Craze"

Carlisle Changes His Mind About the
''Silver Craze"
Washington Post
= The speech of Secretary Carlisle in
New York Tuesday was naturally the
topic of considerable discussion in
Washington yesterday, for the reason
that. it commits the administration
without reserve to the retirement of the
greenLacks and because he admitted
that the agitation over the question of
the free. coinage of silver had not been
entirely subdued. When he spoke in
Boston not SO very long ago, Mr.. Car
Isle was of the opinion that the silver
question was no longer factor in poll
tics. In fact, he said that it had beeu
relegated to local issue in the Western
States and he congratulated the Boston
5aaakers upon the effective work which
they had done in securing the Result
In his New York address, however, he
is not SO positive that the fight for
sound money, as opposed to silver
coinage, has been won. He coils atten-
ton to the fact that a concerted effort
is being made in the West and Sout h
on the part of the silver men, and he
urges the continuance of Northern and
Eastern hostility to such endeavors.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
WHY DON'T THEY THINK A Bit?

Rabbi Levi does not understand
how politician who starts q poor
man can make 81, 900, 900. There are a
good many unsophisticated citizens
In this country who are in the same
predicament as Rabbi Levi. They
cannot understand how a statesman,
while starting with nothing, could
on salary of $1,000, a year spend
$12, 900 or SIS, 900 year to keep up
style and get rich while doing 1T
Wilmington Star.
Why don't you tell him to think
a bit. Suppose you are elected on a
salary of S., 900 year. Then sup
pose you succeed in working a little
scheme that will enable some million
aires to make few more millions.
Is a scheme worker doing this for
nothingi See history of silver de-
monetization by John Sherman, and
also history of one hundred and sixty
two millions in bonds to the Rosth-
childs by Grover Cleveland-out of
which bonds the Rosthchilds clique
made eleven millions clear immedi-
ate profit and on which they will get
over one hundred and ninety mil
lions interest.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28

u to say to those who know DR..
Thompson that these a,ticles will
not b harsh. They will be full Of .
broad humanity such Is should char
aeterize the whole people after the
lessons and experience Of Thousands
Of years Of history. and they will
plead for the active and energetic
operation Of such Christianity as
seems to be unknown to the church,
if the work and policy OF the organ
lied church are 20 be taken as an
evidence Of what they know. The
articles will be instructive as regards
history, humane as to temper and
ennobling as to theory. They should
be read by everybody.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
North Carolsna Mills.

Advance sheets of the annual report
of State Labor Commissioner Lacy now
in press say:
There are 156 cotton and wooden
mills in active operation and eleven in
course of construction. There are 9lS,-
458 spindles and "a, 1853 looms. This is
= very good showing when the fact is
considered that in 1870 there were only
$4,000 spindles.
There are 1859 persons employed in
mills and the amount of capital en-
ployed is $l5.OOO,OOO, or about 1852 to
each emplOye. OF these there are 4,8Ss
men, 6,175 women and 1859 children.
of whom ], 55S are under IA years Of age,
The mills have consumed 123. 65S. 600
pounds of cotton, or about 3O9, 600 bales.
Twenty-six counties have produced
9,473, $40 pounds of yarn; Is have pro-
duced 81 ,742,655 yards of domestics, 6
reproduced 81, 737 ,547 yards of plaids.
Two counties, Forsythe and Cabarrus,
have produced 100000 yards of WOOL
en- goods, Forsythe leading with $780,
GOO:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
Wide Tire Test.

At the Ohio State University q test
was recently made; the result was a
follows: An ordinary wagon, with a
new three-inch tire, was loaded with
4,4s0 pounds, the dynamometer being
used to measure the draft. On q hard
road the draft was 254 pounds; on q
grass field it was 46s pounds; on newly
plOwed ground it was III pounds
With narrow tire, half as much is q
full load for two-hQrse team, showing
q marked advantage for the wide tires
in addition to which they become rol.
lers, and smooth and level the road
and SO make it better the more it i,
used, instead of cutting it into ruts, n
is we'll known the narrow ties do, espe-
cially on soft roads.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
THE POLK MONUNl ENT.

ThE foIh moNUMENI.
To ALLIANCEMEN AND FRIENDS OF
Col. Polk: -
The Polk monument Is hardly
half finished and the money we have
collected has all been spent. We
must not let the work stop here.
The monument must be finished.
Some Alliances have not contributed
anything. They should do so. But
at any rate let every Alliance and
individual that has contributed send
in another contribution of equal
amount and this will raise sufficient
money to complete the monument.
This monument should be finished
without delay. We hope to have
the yelling ceremonies sometime
next spring or summer. ,,.a.
Let every friend of Col. Polk 20
to work at once and raise as large a
contribution as possible.
The amounts and the names of
those who contribute will be pub
lished in The CAUCASIAN as for
merly. Address, e..
MARION BUTLER
Raleigh N. C..
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
SOME MORE ABOUT "WHO PAYs?,,

SOME MORE ABOUT "WHO PAYS?''
Concerning some recent remarks
relative to who writes the Charlotte
Observers goldbug matter and who
pays for it's distribution, we find
some reference to the matter in
Webster's Weekly which says:
1t will be seen from the above that after
many days the Observer itself confirms the
trutbfulness of the Weekly's statement that
Mr. Moses Cone, the president of the plaid
trust. is the author of the two contributions
to the socalled sound money literature of
the day which lately appeared in the Obser-
yer above the signature Merchant" and
which was afterwards put in pamphlet form
and scattered broadcast over the State, We
were satisfied as soon as we read the article
OF the source from which it emanated-the
president OF truSt-and we venture the
prediction that no trust has yet ever been
organized that would not clap to the echo
every statement contained in it. And vet,
strange to say, we see what claims to be the
leading Democratic paper in conservative
old North Carolina, not only opening its
columns to but giving the strength of its
grip upon the public to the extension of not
only the trusts, but John Sherman's idea of
finance, when to do so is to cruelty impair
spit upon all the antecedents of the Demo-
cratic party. The Observers statement tn at
it does not know where the so-called sound
| money club of New York gets it's money
| from, strikes us as being funny enough to
make horse laugh. 1t is only necessary to
glance at one of the money communications
| with which it is flooding the country, to see
| that its officials are mainly Republican mil
iiOnaires who have been made so very
largely by the demonstration of silver,
which has steadily deprecated values of
every kind, while only the dollar has appre.
ciated. Is it not safe to conclude, brothe,
Caldwell, that water cannot of its own yo.
litOn rise higher than its fountain head?''
What strange bedfellows politics makes
the president of the plaid trust and Editor
Caldwell walking together hand in hand as
lovingly as twin brothers.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
sHEI, STILL RETURNING.

Yes. Miss ..'Prospsrity". is still re-
turning. For the past ftw ,oeeks the
old party papers and the money and
monopoly commercial organs have
been Justify bowling that prosperity
is returning. The "picture papers,
have been SO bold as to present car
toons illustrating 1.-The revival of
trade &c. &C., and altogether there
has been lively chorus.
But nobody has believed, and for
. week or SO trading commercial
journals appear to have become
somewhat ashamed of their bold and
senseless asss rtions and are skirmish-
ing around the edge Of truth. Brad
streets says:
The check to general trade which has
been conspicuous for the past few weeks
still continues. Unseasonabiy mild wealth
er and rains have intensified this feature,
which IL more conspicuous South where
the decline in the price of cotton and con-
partly responsible.
Notice now this paper uses the
term "for the past few weeks" yet
it has been gerry few weeks since this
very paper was talking about "reviv-
al Of trade" encouraging outlook"
&c. 1t further says: >.
Business failures show another marked
increase, numbering 3Z3 throughout the
United States against 279 last week, 295 in
the week year ago, and 1858 in the third
week Of November, 1898. In the cores.
ponding week 1892, the total was only 1856.
The bulk Of the increase is in the middle
and western states.
A short time since the bulk of fail
ures was reported to be in the
Southern and Eastern stxPs.
-. "a.&
In the face Of such confessions as
these, which it is compelled to make,
this same paper lauds Mr.. Csriisle's
goldbug speech before the New York
Chamber Of Commerce and says of
Carlisle himself:
The present administration is fortunate
in having a. the chief of its financial de-
partment 80 notable master of the art of
clear exposition ~ Secretary Carlisle haa
shown himself to be during the last two
question have been powerful aids to the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-28
Fool Flunkeyism.

The smallest and most insignificant
matter in connection with a money
magnate's family, is not too small. to
be published by big paper. Here is a
sample of the dwelling, snivelling
obsequiOusness of the New York World
toward the Jay Gould family:
In the afternoon George Gould's box fat
the horse show was occupied by his little
Look! look!' exclaimed one of the bows.
pointir into the ring. His face was aglow
with excitement
Whats the natter" asked the governess
in some alarm.
"Horsey!" said the lad.
The governess felt relieved. r.
The fact that Gould kid had sense
enough to say "hOrsey" seems to be an
item of important news to the World,