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WILL NOT HANG FRIDAY.
Probable Reprieve for a Condemne
Murderer.

The Court Of Appeals adjourned yester-
day until the first Monday in February, the
ID, having under Amusement, among other
cases, that of John, alias Patsey, Harris,
sentenced to be hanged Friday next for the
murder Of Matthew Spruell, the 4th of last
July. No decision will be rendered during
the recess of the court, but. at the sugges-
tion OF Mr.. Chief Justice Alvey, District
Attorney Birney will request the President
to postpone the execution until a decision
IN the case has been rendered. The Presi-
dent will. Of course, grant Harris a re-
prieve, probably one of about thirty DAYS,
SO that 1T is certain that Harris will not be
hanged Friday next, although the impress
sion Is general that the Court of Appeals
will affirm the judgment of the court be-
low,
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DisOrdcrly Conduct.

Thomas Morris. a telegraph operator. and
John Wilson, a salesman, were in the Po-
lice Court today. charged with disorderly
assembly, loud and boisterous talking, in
disturbing a meeting of the Salvation
Army last evening. It was claimed that
Morris fed when pursued by the officers
and was caught hanging on a picket fence,
which he attempted to scale. After hear
ing what the witnesses had to say, Judge
kinban fined Morris $40 and released Will
son on his personal bonds.
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McLaurin,. Vote Take. a Jump.

On the first ballot in the Mississippi sena-
torial contest last night Money received
6S votes; Lowery, 40; Allen. 80; Hooker
8; McLaurin, Q. On the next McLaurin
jumped to Is, and the announcement was
met with some applause, but on the six
teenth ballot and last McLaurin had drop
ped to 8, while Money received "a or with
In Z of the required number, when the
caucus adjourned till tonight.
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RECORDS IN VENEZUELA.
Maps and Documents for the JTse
the American Corpmi..sop

h"PS anu DOcumenfs Tor the use of
the American COmmfssfon
A special cable dispatch to the New York
Herald from Caracas, Venezuela, saws:
The commission appointed by the foreign
department Of the government to examine
the records relative to the boundary dis
pute with Great Britain is hard at work
preparing maps and making certified copies
Of documents for the use Of the American
commission. This work, it Is said, will be
finished in few days
Minister of Foreign Affairs Rojas Is still
too i'll to attend meetings Of the cabinet.
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Games witch Local Teams.

The management Of the Johns Hopkins
Base Ball Association has already arrang-
ed games with Columbian University, in
Washington, on April Z, and a return game
in Baltimore on April 10. and with Gallau-
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Inks to Pitch for the Phillies.

1t is announced that a base ball deal has
been consummated between the Philadel-
phia and Louisville teams whereby Smith
one of the pitchers Of the local club, will
be traded for Bert Inks, the left-handed
twirler of the Louisvilles. There was 70
money consideration.
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The stakes CT the Latonia Jockey Club,
which closed on the 18th instant, filled well.
The best horses Of the day are included
in the list. Among them are: Ben Brush,
Ramiro. Crescendo. Prince Lief Ben Elder,
Beau Ideal, Captive, Loki, First Mate, Ben
Holiday. Nimrod, Sir Play, Moylan, Don
Garlic, IDA Pickwick, Sabine, Flying Dutch
man. Rudolph. Buck Massie, Simon W.,
The Commoner, Free Advice, lakewood, Vas
sal, stowaway, Grammar, VOORHEES, BelIi-
cose, O'Connell, Prime Minister and WILL
lam T.
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Kentucky Association Stakes.

Entries to the spring stakes Of the Ken
lucky Association have been announced
Six stakes received an average of forty
entries Many prominent stables are rep
resented. Ramiro, Prince Lief, Nimrod
Semper Ego, Moylan, The Winner, Myrtle
Hardness and others are In the three-year-
old events.
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WHAT Won DER AHE SAYS.
st. Louis Franchise Not for Sale-Wiu
Buy Cleveland's.

st. Louis Frnnchfse Not Tor S0Ie-Win
Buy Clevelands.
President Won der Abe of the st. Louis
Base Ball Club. has wired to President
Robson of the Cleveland Club please
deny report that you have purchased ST.
Louis franchise. If you desire to sell the
Cleveland franchise, please set your price
and let me know at once"
The report was that Robson would dis
band the Browns. replace them by the
Cleveland Club and have the vacant place
filled by Detroit, now in the Western
League.
Mr.. Won der Abe said that If President
Robson will sell, he will transfer Cleve-
land to st. Louis.
Il was recently offered $125OOO for the
st. Louis franchise by a syndicate" he
added, but 1t is not for sale at any price"
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Diet College, in Washington, April ~, with
return game In Baltimore May G.
interesting FoS1 Games.

Interesting Foil Games.
A. pool playing contest took place last
night at the Hotel Enrich between Fred.
A. Stewart Of Baltimpr4 the champion of
Maryland, and Tuttle of this city. The
game was won by Stewart, with a score
Of 125 to o. II o.
Another game was played between Hard
ing and Brown OF this city, which Hard
ing won: score, 125 to ,S5.
A crowd Of 200 Witnessed the contests,
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to the mothers Of boys that they will
turn to all the broken lots in their Boys and Chill
dren Department prices that ignore the We've
got the smallest parcel of odds and ends
hadbu them we've done the biggest kind of cutting
We urge that you keep in mind that this offer limited
to tomorrow:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12
WILL MEN BOLT THEIR c0MvIcIIOMs7

Some Interesting History And an Appeal
to the Innef Conscisnce-what 10 Our
| Duty:-What 10 Practical Politics:-ShalI
We Sacrifice tho Country In the Name
of Party:
For the Caucasian
FAYETTEVILLE, n. c., March "A
great deal is now being said about the
right to bolt conventions and to quit
parties. In this connection a little
piece OF history may be interesting
and instructive.
In 1861 the Democrats met in con-
ventlon. The whole country was agi-
tated over the question of slavery.
There were two factions in the Demo-
cratic party-One that wanted a pro-
slavery platform and candidate-the
| other wanted to steer clear of the is
| sue. The latter succeeded in naming
the candidate and writing the plat
form. The prO-slavery element assem-
bled in another convention and put
up candidate of their own, and the
Democracy Of the South almost to a
man supported the boiling ticket. IL
they were ever accused of being sore
heads and office seekers, this writer
has been unable to find the records.
The issue then was the enslayement
/ VI tuc negro.
| The issue confronting the American
people to-day is the liberty of the la
boring people, both white and black,
an issue Of vastly more importance
than the enslavement or freedom of
the negro ever was.
The question naturally arises in the
minds of thinking men, will these
men who once dared to die for a cause
they believed to be just, now in their
old age submit to policy which they
have condemned as the illuminating
atrocity of the age" at the dictation Of
party?
When the Southern Democrats bolt
ed the party in 1860, they knew that
they would be defeated, but they also
knew that they would be defeated if
they staid in the party. They had no
one to join with them when they bolt
ed. But now we have not only a
greater issue than we had then, but we
have a chance to join with the silver
Republicans of the West and the ma.
tlonal Peoples Party at st. Louis, on
July 22nd. We can bolt now and joip
with others who agree with US and win
great victory for both whites and
blacks on next November.
II 1t was patriotic to bolt in lsGO. il
Is more patriotic and wise to bolt now,
Let US join with patriots everywhere
and wipe out individual slavery.
AN OLD LINE JEFFERsoNIAN Demo-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12
A STRAIGHT GoLDBue FIGHT

The Silver Men in the Republican p.u,
Told to Got Out OF Submit.
Editorial in Philadelphia Inquirer.l
The action of the Republicans of the
Senate yesterday means, if it means
anything at all, that there can he No
compromise between honest monav
and free silver. 1t means that The
SILVER States-a handful of nocket
ooroughs, half a dozen of which
punched together having a population
less than the single city of Philadel-
phla-will not be permitted to contro,
the Republican party.
Senators Carter, Dubois, Teller and
mantle are so welded to their siivar
idol that they cannot support meas.
ore which has the reimbursement of the
entire Republican party. then the
party will have to try to oct .,on ne
without them. 1t will manage tn eve
ISL somehow, no noubt. But Mr. C.r.
ter naturally will see the adyisa bilitv
OF retiring Immediately from ths
cnalrmanship of the Republican M.
tiOnal Committee.
Let the st. Louis Convention st.nd
squarely by sound money, and if tho
sllverltes do not like it, why let them
go. They are not needed.
we hope to see Senator Pr;tch..d
take stand with Senator TeIIsr .nd
the otner free silver RepublicansLEn-1
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Z EDITORIAL COMM ENT.
Let it be remembered that the Al
lance is the only agency that has
sought to set aside that scandalous
lease. 1t would be we'll for the
News and Observer to try to swat
low and digest tais fact. 1t might
clear up its liver-get the whiteness
out Of it, prevent it from making
any more low and contemplate in
situations, and make it sorry for its
past depthless meaness. Who is
trying to keep that leading redeem
ing" "state-saving" paper from do
ing something creditable in the in
terest of the peoplef This question
Is asked simply because it is not do
ing anything.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12
sHOCLD BE RRAD BT EvkRY CITIZEN
IN THE NATION.

A number of the Peoples Party
papers all over the country are pub
fishing in full Senator Buffers
speech on the bond bill. We make
the following extrac, from an edito-
rial in the Vancouver, Wash Reg
ister:
"In this issue We begin the publ
cation of Senator Buffers great
speech. 1t will be concluded in our
next issue. II is one of the ablest
speeches ever delivered in the SEN
ate and ought to be read by every
citizen in the nation"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

Hurrah for Burke and Onslow!
They are the first to call the
people together as patriots in a COM
mon cause. Let every county
in North Carolina fall in line. Up
men of Carolina! You have ALWAYS
led the way, in dark times, to free
dom's light. Shall our record ceasei
Never, never, by the great Almighty
who sides with justice!! The call is
out. Let it be heard from the
sea to the mountains. Let its echoes
never die till America is again
American,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

kind The quessioo b<fass the Hoos-
IL kncesy ous. and all because Of the
fsthomless rascalisy and degrading
viliainy Of Democratic Office holders
during the past two years- But for
their Outrageous excuses against
which the cry Of the people vent up,
and which increased tho total fees 90
mach - to astonish even the Republi-
can House, this trouble would not have
come up. IL she uld be remenbe rrd
that the -expenses," under the fee
grabbing scheme OF Democrats, of the
internal revenue service, were twice
- much last year as they have ever
been under . Republican adminis,rs-
ton.
The Democratic attorneys and the
Democratic marshals have done enough
Of this fee-grabbing business to make
their pay amount 20 1t least 5000 =
year each
THURSDAY, MARCH 5ru.-sENATG
Ten pension bills we're intr, duced.
On January a3rd, Mr.. Call intro
duced . resolution providing for an in
vessi CATION OF the case Of e v. p~be.
who Was imprisoned for an alleged
contempt Of court The goldbugs and
monopolists didn't want the matter in
vestigated. They never do want shady
actions investigated; so under the
leadership Of peanut-politician Hill
the following resolution was offered A.
. substitute and adopted:
"Re.oired, That the judiciary COM
mittee 10 hereby directed TO investi-
gate the Law upon the whole subject OF
contempt Of court as enforced by the
Federal courts, and report TO the Sem
ate whether any additional legislation
is necessary for the protection Of the
rights Of citizens; and, il so, to report
such legislation"
OF course this resolution is not
worth the blank space il occupies on
paper: Nothing will ever be heard
from it.
A big batch Of "relief" bills were
passed.
Twenty-three pension bills were in
troduced.
The bill to provide salaries for L. :.
attorneys and marshals and thus pre-
vent persecution for fee-grabbing
purposes was discIS sed during the
day.
FRIDAY, MARCH 9Th.
The Senate WAS not in session.
The House continued discussion OF
the bill to prevent fee-grabbing, and
it finally passed with the salaries OF the
attorneys, &C., As above mentioned.
Thirty-twO pension bills were in
tfOduced.
SATURDAY, MARCH
The Senate was not in session.
Twenty-Five pension bills were in.
trOduced.
The post-oflice appropriation bill
was discussed during the day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

When big railroad like the B. G.
y; fails, somebody has been stealing.
This wrecked road is now CHARGED
with having made wrong use of
about $500, 900 which belonged to a
relief association of its own en-
plOvees.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12
A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.

A Dying Mother Sees Her Child Devou,sa
by Hogs.
. Geneva, Ala, March 9.-Mrs. To-
den, a farmers wife. in the western
part OF this county, was burning
some trash yesterday when a spark
lgnlted her skirt and burned her SO
that she died. While she was suffer
ing aRonies, she was forced to wit
ness three large hogs devour her
two-months- old child which she had
laid on the ground while she worked.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

A big sign of that returning pros
p.erlty is cotton mills running on half
time and much wooden mills ma.
chlnery no. runding at all. "High
winds" is the cause of dull trade
this time.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

The COB OF returning prosperity
which comes to North Carolina un-
the gold standard-Rosthchild Dem
ocratic regime is decrease in prop
erty valuation of nearly two and a
quarter million dollars. How much
was your land worth three years
ago? Is it worth the same now9
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

General Prosperity has not yet ar
rived, and the goldbug commercial
organs are trying to explain that it
IS because the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad has "busted" and gone into
the hands of receiver. We didn't
know General Prosperity was com
ing by that route.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

The State executive committee of
the Republican party will meet in
Raleigh, on March 18th. All politi-
cal movements are of interest these
days, and it is probable that this
will be an inter estinp meet;nc
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

The six Peoples Party Senators
offered to support the Republican
tariff bill in the U. S. Senate if thew
the Republican, would put free
silver amendment in the Same bill.
This the Republicans refused. This
is conclusive proof that the British
gold policy is the leading principle
with the national Republican party.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

But what We wished to say is that
We feel at liberty to denounce as
false the statement that judge
Montgomery said what is attributed
to him; and that what he did say was
IN light vein; and that big effort
Is being made by q lot of liars to
make it mean something great. Of
course the effort will fail, for an at
tack on Judge Montgomery by any
Democratic paper in this State
would be on par with the attempt of
a billy goat to butt rushing loco
motive off the track.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

The Ohio legislature is giving ia
vorable consideration to a plan hv
which a man who fails or refuses to
vote shall be fined.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

We do not want to cooperate with
goldbugs, but We want to cooperate
against goldbugs. II We can not CO.
operate with the Republicans on
that line, then certainly it is impos-
slole to cooperate with Thorn With
out giving up every plank and letter
Of the platform. ..
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12
WHAT DID WE LEAVE THE OLD PAR.
TIES FOR?

We notice that a few Populists
who seem to be ready to accept any
terms that the Republicans may
name, are charging that The eau
cAs1AN is not standing by the Omaha.
platform, because it is in favor of
co operating against the goldbugs.
THE CAUCASIAN would be DELIGHTED
to cooperate on the Omaha plat
form in full. But if We can't do
tnat' then We want to cooperate on
some principle in that platform.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12
THAT 30 YEAR RAILROaDIE.Sr

In a recent issue we briefly stated
that the suit brought by the ALI
ance concerning the "99 year rail.
road lease had been withdrawn
and that we would have more to saw
about it. We present this week a
statement from Prot. John Graham
which leaves little. if anything, to
be said. 1t reveals the fact that the
Alliance has been whipped in an
honest fight to have this scandalous
deal passed upon by the courts of
justice. Who did the whippineq
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

great State property" &c. &C., and
something OF q hue and cry VA
raised about il, and especially by
the Democratic press. The Alliance
never intended Any such thing. but
there was the APPLICATION. and the
little free pass papers kept up the
barking.
Efforts were made to find one or
more private stockholders for the
purpose Of getting the use OF their
stock to bring suit agains, the lease.
Mr. +. c. Thomas had stock, and the
Alliance was led to believe that they
could get the use Of it. A bond was
made ready to indemnify Mr.. Thomas
against all possible loss that might
result from the suit, and he WAS tele-
graphed to bring the stock to Raj
eigh. But something scared" him
off or got him of in some other way.
The next thing he did was to boom
that lease as the best thing that ever
happened in the State.
Then Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Cobb, Of
Greensboro, came TO the rescue with
their stock. They were given .
bond TO secure them against all pos
sible cost or loss. A suit was en-
tered in their name. Then they got
scared" of. Cobb is reported to
have said that some one scared
him to death" Che has only one share
of stock and he signed . retrsxit Of
the suit in his name to get peace.
The name Of the lawyer who pre-
pared the retraxit does not appear
on the paper. His handwriting is
unknown to Alliance counsel. There
seems to be still more secret deals
about the secret deal.
Well, there you are. The Allli-
ance has been foiled in two efforts
to get the use of private stock to
bring suit against the lease. 1t
would be foiled in many other ef-
forts Of the same kind. However, it
is probable that but few efforts of
this kind could be made. There are
but few private stockholders. Most
all the stock has been bought up by
railroad magnates and is in their
hands; therefore it is quite proper
to cry out that the private stock
holders are satisfied with the deal.
But~the people who have an inter-
est in three-fourths Of the stock Of
the road are not satisfied.
The Alliance, not desiring to an
null the charter, withdraw the suit
so kindly granted by the Attorney
General. If any one will come for
ward with stock for the purpose, he
will be given a bond to indemnify
him from ell loss, and the Alliance
will try to proceed with the suit.
What was the cause of the sud-
den and panicky backdowns Of those
parties whose stock was to be used
for bringing suit to annul the leasei
Did the railroad intermeddle therei
We don't say so, because We can't
prove that it did; but we have our
opinions on all matters, and you
just ought to HEAR us THINK about
this one.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12
A FUTILE EFFORT.

Some papers of the Democratic
Ananias-Slander machine are seek
ing to create prejudice against As
sociate Justice Montgomery of the
Supreme court. In a recent case
heard before the court, Mai. w. A.
Guthrie appeared as counsel, and
during his argument he said he
believed q million dollars would
purchase four-fifths of the papers of
the State. Judge Montgomery in a
pure spirit of humor, said: "And
where would you find the other fifthi"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12
"WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4-sENArE.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4-SENATE.
Only three pension bills to-day.
The VIcE-PREsIDENT. The chair
lays before the Senate the resolutions
OF the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. All.
LEM coming over from a previous dav.
The Secretary read the resolutions
submitted yesterday by Mr.. Allen as
Resolred, That under existing law.
all bonds and legal-tender notes are
redeemable in gold and silver coins of
the Y nited States Of the present ratio
and hneness, and that any discrimina.
ton between such coin is in violation
OF the statutes of the United States
ana the traditions of the government.
Resotred, That bimetaIlism means
the unlimited coinage, at q ratio fixed
oy law, OF both gold and silver into
money Of full debt-paying power and
upon terms OF exact equality, at the
mints of the United States.
MI. SHERMAN. That is . question of
s9ch broad, wide-reaching character
tnaG unless some one wishes to speak
20 the resolutions will move to refer
1nem 10 the Committee on Finance.
MI. ALLEN. l prefer to have the
resolutions go over without objection
- WIG CcudtOI from Colorado
INF: Tellerl may be here when thew
are discussed.
MI: SHERMAN. Very we'll. wish
to enter my motion to refer.
The resolutions went over.
House.
Twenty-Five pension bills were in.
tr0duced.
The bill to prevent Degrading bv
democratic attorneys and marshall
again came up.
The bill provides that the United
states attorney for the eastern dis.
trict OF North Carolina shall have .
salary OF a 900, and the attorney for
the western district $500 per year.
Salaries for districts in other States
range from 81, 900 to 5000 q year.
while this bill would prevent much
fascailty and sc0undrelism-such "A
mas been practiced in this State for
Ine past two years, it would give many
attorneys big amount of money fnr
aoing nothing. For instance in the
Eastern district of Virginia the United
states attorney had but . few cases
md the total collections were tax n
ror tnls work he would get q saisry
u $1,000 annually under the bill a.
me same time, in q district in Non.
ANA where $375, 600 was collected tn.
'aiary Of the attorney would be onIv
$500. There are several cases of Til.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-12

VIVA, did we leave the old parties
for. if We did not intend to educate
and appeal TO the best elements O.
the two old parties TO epudiA,e gold
bugs and monopolisss, and come to :
party thai stands for the principles
Of Jefferson and Lineolnf