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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-09
KILLING OF JOHN CLARKE.

Henly Surrenders and is Jail-The Pois-
oners in the Green Case Get Ten Years
Each.
Lenoir, n. c., June S.-(Special. John
Clarke, who was knitted yesterday by
Henly, near Collertsville, died last night
Henly not knowing that Clarke was dam
gerously wounded surrendered to neigh
bor and was jailed to-day.
Seven prisoners have been sentenced to
the chaingang.
The celebrated poisoing case of Albert
Franklin and wife, who poisoned Fogg
Green, Mrs. Franklin's first husband
terminated this evening in submitting to
ten years each in the penitentiary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-09

Washington, DC, June S.-The United
States viii take an appeal from the deci-
sion of Judge Locke yesterday in the case
of the supposed filibuster Three Friends.
AS soon as the decision was announced
the United States attorney, who had
charge of the prosecution, telegraphed the
facts to the department recommending
an appeal and asking instructions. The
department at once decided that an ap-
peal be taken to the United States Court
of Appeals at New Orleans, where, it is
expected, the case will be tried at an early
date.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-09
DEATH OF MIR. w. r. STAPLES.
Formerly Large Tobacco Manufactures
from Virginia, He Dies a Prominent
Merchant in Reidsville.

Reidsville, N. c. June S.-(Special.)- ,
w. r. Staples, a prominent merchant,
died this morning at o'clock, aged AZ.
He had been sick only a short time. His
sad death was great shock to our citi-
zens. He was formerly a citizen of Pat
trick county, Virginia, but for several
years past bas been a resident of Reids-
vile. Until recent years he was large
tobacco manufacturer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-09
FATAL MINERS STRIKE.
The Bosses Have Begun to Kill Those
Whom They Have Been Starving.

Lontiac, Ills, June S.-A serious labor
riot occurred at N1iHonk today. The
coal miners there have been on a strike
since May list. During last week a few
men have been working against the
wishes of the majority. Today while
Supt. A. w. Morgan and one of the
bosses, JOS. Erbeland, were escorting
one of the men to work a crowd of miners
interfered. A fight ensued against Nor
gan, and Erbeland commenced to shoot,
killing instantly a young married miner
named John Weloski and wOunding an
other. This so enraged the miners that
they attacked Morgan and Erbeland with
clubs and stones and beat them badly.
Further trouble is apprehended.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-09

Washington, d. c., June S.-The fol-
lowing fourth-class postmasters were to-
day appointed for Virginia: Egglestoh,
l.. B. Williams; Fairfax, Job Hawk
hurst; Johnson, l. J. Willis; Kimberling,
L. X. Morehead; Rely, d. M. Fitzgerald:
Saint Clair Bottom, j. H. House; Skip
with, II. Il. Pope.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-09
GAMES POSTPONED.

Richmond, Va, June S.-There was
head-on collision of freight trains on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad near Ashland this morning. The
engines were badly damaged. The crews
jumped and escaped injury.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-09


oucn' 1t IS Thought, viii Follow the Full
cuban Report From Calhoun-Return
OF the Commissioner to Washington.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-09
BASEBALL ESTERDAY.

Norfolk, Va, June S.-NOrfolk defeat
ed the Athletics today through Pfan-
miller's pitching, gilt edged fielding and
timely hitting. Score:
Norfolk 900 0 0 3 1 o. Z
Athletics 900 0OO1 o / 2
Batteries-Pfanmiller and Snyder;
Ames and Schaub.
Richmond, Va, June S.-Hartford won
to-day's game, which was played in
drizzling rain. 1t was called at the end
of the eighth inning. Score
Richmond, 004 90 1 0 O-5 6 1
Hartford, 600 1O7 1 10 II 8
Batteries: Chesboro, Schmidt and
Steelman; Fry and Roach.
Boston, June S.-Boston made it three
straight with Pittsburg to-day, the visi-
tors still being somewhat crippled. Lewis
pitched good ball and received excellent
support especially on the part of Collins,
whose marvellous fielding caused the en-
tire body of spectators to jump to their
feet twice during the game and cheer him
wildly. Score:
Boston, 201 IL % Ks II Z
Pittsburg, 0 % o 0 1 O1 IA IL 8
Batteries: Lewis and Bergen; Hast
ings and Merritt.
GAMES POSTPONED.
Chicago at New York-Rain.
Louisville at Brooklyn-Rain.
st. Louis at Baltimore-Rain.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia-Rain.
Cleveland at Philadelphia-Rain.
Cleveland at Washington-Rain.
Patterson at Newark-Rain.
Reading at Lancaster-Rain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02

It originated In the committee on rules,
which he appointed and dominated. On
more than one occasion he asserted his
authority. The Democratic caucus
which considered the rules sanctioned
them, with the expressed stipulation
that when a majority Of the dominant
party in the house signed a request
asking for a special order from the
committee on rules providing for the
consideration Of any measure, the
speaker should sanction it. On one or
more occasions such special orders were
sought and refused.
The speaker was paramount. NO
man was more firm in laying out a line
of action and retaining it against all
odds. either inside or outside OF his
party. than Speaker Crisp. He may
possibly have been more suave ana
conaplaisant than Speaker Reed, but he
was ful1v as firm and obdurate. He
was imperator.
Party demands make speakers In
late years imperators. Speaker Reed
Is playing no new role. He assumed
1t in the Fifty-frst congress with the
sanction Of those who made him speak
err. He resumed it in the Fifty-fourth
congress, and was enthusiastically sus-
tanned by his party In the house. At
times there were slight indications OF
dissent and revolt, SO slight as to be
almost ridiculous, One was headed ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Imperator
is a new force in political science. I'M
perator is Speaker Reed. but imperator
by the will of the house. The rules OF
the house make him imperator. The
imperator process began in the Fifty
first congress- Jefferson's manual had
proved a failure It had left the lower
house of congress at the mercy of the
individual filibuster. No business could
be done when he objected. This unique
parsonage had not appeared when JEFF
ferson framed his manual. How the
author Of the declaration of lndepen-
dence would have acted II he had fore
seen the advent Of this remarkable
product of an intellectual age is profile
matica1. Speaker Reed acted as If by
intuition. He made an Improvement
upon the manual, and the imperator
appeared. New and improved rules
were necessary to sustain him. The
speaker originated them In the Fifty
first congress. He submitted them for
the consideration Of the house, and by
strong party majority the house
adopted them.
When the Fifty-second congress as
sembled, the Democratic majority rec
ognized the revolution that had been
made in legislation. That congress
made Speaker Crisp imperator. He
had fully as much power as has Speak
err Reed in the present congress, and he
used this power whenever he saw mt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02
REED IS
IMPERATOR.
HE IS MADE
so BY
THE HOUSE.

Joseph II. Walker, now known as the
bold mutineer of the Quinsigamond
No fiery and untamed steed ever rear
ed more viciously and kicked more
persistently. He made a second plunge
in the late caucus for the selection Of
speaker in the Fifty fifth congress, and
was seconded by a cantankerous colt
from Buffalo, whose fiery nostrils and
bucking proclivities excited universal
admiration. It was a mere furry and
it all amounted to nothing. The i'm
perator appeared, and was hailed with
acclamations of delight, like Napo-
lean returning from an AuSterlitZ.
And he had returned from an Austen
litz His antag onists, who had in
dignantly and unanimously refused to
give him the customary vote Of thanks
in the closing hours Of the Fifty first
congress, had enthusiastically and un-
animously given him a vote Of thanks
in the expiring minutes Of the Fifty
fourth congress. Yet his attitude and
rulings had been practically the same.
The indignation Of the opposite party
had been especially aroused in the
F'ifty-frst congress because eight
Democrats had been unseated and Re
publicans put in their places; yet in
the F'ifty-fourth congress SO many
Democrats were thrown out that 1t
required three committees on elections
to do the work. The speaker had not
tempered. The fact that Speaker
Crisp had followed the pathway blazed
BY Speaker Reed had softened the feel
ing toward the present speaker. The
fmperator idea had been recognized,
and its strength soHdifed.
AS the party leader in an opposition
house, Speaker Reed was imperator
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02

changed the relations Of the peoples
Of the world. They have sharpened
competition, and sooner or later they
must to some extent rusult in the level
ing Of conditions. Today the labor Of
the whole world is practically on call.
or, If it Is not so now, it soon will be.
There are MILLIONS in China and India
who will work for 5 cents day, and
the result is that they can farm and
manufacture more cheaply than wo
can. They will more and more every
year work for the world, and 1 do not
see how, with such competition, wages
here can materially rise. They will rise
in the poorer countries Of the world
as the foreign demand increases. They
are doubling in Japan and India now,
while here wages are falling"
1.-THE situation is rather serious one, Is 1t
not? Our people cannot live on Aslatlc
wages; what Is going to become of u.s."
81 believe we will be able to hold our own
by our mechanical SKILL" said the postmaster
brains than the Asiatic peoples, and that by
our use of machinery and our Yankee In
genuity we will always beat pure muscle
The fact that the competition exists, however
is apparent We will have to fight Tor all we
get in the future"
GOOD TIMES COMING.
GLOW about the times, Gen. Gary? Do you
see any signs of improvements"
Eyes, 1 do" replied the postmaster gen.
eral. I'VE have in the mails the best of
business thermometers. Last month the
postoff1ce receipts were per cent below the
average. This month we are per cent above
1t. The mail of all the large cities has ma
terially increased, and there Is evidence OF a
business revival This revival has come to
stay. 1t will steadily increase, I think, and,
after the tariff bill has passed, there will be
an improvement in every quarter. By Octo-
Der an era of good times will begin, and 1t
will be an era which will last for some years
to come
''Then you are in favor of the protective
tariff. Gen. Gary?''
ST am, indeed was the reply. ''What we
need is to make our own goods at home. We
ought to do our own work and not pay other
nations to do It, AS it is now we import
more than $780, 900 900 worth Of goods a year.
To make those goods here would require from
5000 coo to 7,000.0 900 men. This increase Of
the laSoring class would have to come from
the farms. 1t would take great amount to
feed the new workmen. Farm products
would rise and business would be good the
whole country over"
How about reciprocity with South Amer
lea, general?"
1.-The reciprocity treaties were good ones.
hope the policy will be re-enacted."
THE PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Glow do you like your work in the post
Office department, General and do you see any
room for improvement there?"
81 am just beginning to get my hands on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02

when in his blunt wxy he waved his
hand over the Republican side Of the
chamber, and, in deep, significant tones,
said: "Al1 up Every Republican
responded with military precision.
Rarely did he encounter opposition in
his own ranks. He was usually en-
Enthusiastically suppotted. The oppo-
sition presented a marked contrast.
The only man who could preserve any
semblance Of authority over it was
Charles s',I 3 F. Crisp Crisp His place was moi
Thomas B. Reed filled Crisp's place
in the committee on rules by appoint
ing Joseph w. Bailey. Of Texas. Even
in this he showed his usual sagacity.
The Democratic caucus apparently rat
flied the selection by making Mr.. Ball
ey It's candidate for speaker. There
upon Mr.. Reed placed the Texan at
the head Of the minority on the ways
and means committee He did more
than this. He selected that gallant
young cavalier Of Virginia, Claude A.
Swanson, as Mr. BaileH's colleague on
the ways and means, and supplement-
ed it by putting at his side a young
Louisianian, sans peur ct sans re-
proche, Samuel M. Robertson, OF Ba-
ton Rouge.
These selections were significant
The three new members of the ways
and means were taken from the South,
leaving the Northern Democracy total
" unreDresented on the cOnIntttee.
Speaker Reed did not even do % well
by the Northern Democracy ~ he did
In the Fffty-f1rst congress, for while
allowing them four me1obers OF the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02
Chat With
James 4. Cary.

copyrighted, 1897 by Frank G.. Carpenter.l
WASHINGTON, April 20. = OF all
President McKinley's advisers the man
least known to the public is the post
master general Still he is one Of the
ablest of the cabinet ministers, and
he has for years stood high among the
business men of the United States.
Through his wonderful business abili-
ties he has made, I am told, fortune
of between five and six million dol
lars. He has cotton factories near
Baltimore, in which he employs over
1900 hands, and the oceans and rivers
of the world are spotted with the snow
white sails made from the cloth turn
ed out in his mills. Gen. Gary has
other large interests, and he has been
made the trustee and manager of other
matters even greater than his own.
He is connected with banking inst1-
tutions and other corporations. He is
the executor of the Enoch Pratt es-
tate. and. as such, has large part
in controlling the millions which that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02

Haynes entered the federal service as en-
g.neer on gunboat His first service was
in the fleet blockading Vicksburg., He had
many narrow escapes from death during that
period, as the boat upon which he served
was but poorly protected from the bullets Of
the enemy. The engine room was frequently
pierced by shots, but luckily the veteran en-
gineer escaped without scratch He was
a brave man. but evidently believed that
He who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day.
for on one occasion he made practical
application of the theory. The Incident oc-
CURED near Vieksburg, and Capt. Haynes
"a Confederate ,.oat and our boat were
firing wickedly at ,ach other. Finally it ap-
peared that we were about to get the worst
of 1t. Big bullets little bullets and al other
were coming In our direction. At last one
Of the balls struck the boiler of our engine
and at first thought it had ruined 1t that
we would be captured. However, the boiler
managed to hold together and / took matters
into my own hands long enough to fix up for
swift travelling. We We're at decided dis
advantage with boat that was likely to
sink at any moment, SO I thought we had
best get away from there. Without wait
ing for the usual red tape and ceremony that
goes with military movements, / dashed two
barrels of rosin into the fire place OF the en-
CINE and the result was that steam ran
away up and we made very swift time get
ting out OF danger. Had we remained there
feel certain that our boat would have been
sunk, because It was badly damaged. or I
would never have made such rash break to
take 1t away"
Capt. Haynes was married once, he says.
when he was a young man, about fifty years
of age. His wife died at the age OF eighty
years. He admits having been infatuated
with an actress In Cincinnati before his mar
riage, but says he is now glad his suit did
not prosper. He used to take great interest
in secret society work, and is Free Mason,
besides belonging to the Grand Army of the
Republic. OF late he has been unable to at
tend any Of the meetings Of these societies.
although still feeling an interest in their
progress. He was formerly an omnvorous
reader, but in recent years his failing eyesight
has compelled him to re!inqush his books.
He is always glad to get one to read
for him, however, and many Of his evenings
are passed pleasantly in the society Of q
companion who can read the daily papers
or some books of current interest.
Although known as Captain Jack" for
the greater part Of his life, this veteran in
sists that he is not captain ana that his
name Is not Jack but William. The sobri-
quet Of Captain Jack" he says, was given
him by Gen. Andrew Jackson in testimony
Of his services during the war Of 1872. He
regrets now that he did not enlist in the
Mexican war; but excuses himself by saying
the recruiting oficers ct that time thought
he was too old for the service IT was not
teo old fifteen years later, when the civil
O0r bro1Ee out. he sayp.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02

have passed over his head. He Is 1iv-
ing at the Memorial home, where he
has apartments supplied with all the
keen interest in what is going on in
the world, although, as might be ex
pected, he lives for the most part in
the past, recalling memories of the days
when the republic was young rather
than those Of more recent times.
Capt. Haynes delights to talk Of "Old
Hickory" with whom he boasts per-
sonal and somewhat intimate acquaint-
ance. He recalls the great general as
man devoid of ostentation and ever
ready to talk with the humblest OF his
soldiers, all Of whom fairly worshiped
and would gladly have died for him if
need be- He keeps a portrait of his
old commander hung conspicuously In
his room, and beside 1t Is fine engrav-
ing of President Mckinley, for Capt
Haynes is a stanch Republican and
ballot for his party's candidate for the
presidency.
For seventy years Capt Haynes was
q slave to the tobacco habit. About
five years ago, however, he came to
the conclusion that chewing was a
filthy practice. and he threw away his
tobacco box and has not touched the
weed since. He still takes little
whisky occasionally. as he has done
ever since his boyhood. but asserts that
he was never intoxicated in his life.
He laughingly says he Is too old now
to change his habits, and that while he
does not propose to quit drinking
liquor he does not think he will fall
into the practice of taking too much.
He has never paid any especial atten-
ton to diet, eating whatever he craved
and experiencing no i'll effects. He
expresses preference for plain food.
however, eschewing both sweets and
relishes except upon rare occasions.
He attributes much Of his present vigor
to the fact that he was always careful
In his avoidance OF overeating.
CAPT. Haynes was one OF the earliest OF
the mississippi river steamboat men. He
distinctly fenembGe the fr1t gteamhoat
that traversed the river. He wa1 tnteresesa
q - new sahes0e of nayte4taol snd Apps1ol
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02

master general ''It is Biz establish
ment, and find that great amount of time
has to be taken up in receiving callers. Why,
T talk personally with from two to three
hundred men every day, and in addition to
this, have our whole mail system to master.
AS to improvements, "a business man can
always see things which might be bettered.
1t seems to me that Uncle Sam does much Of
his business in an extrayAgant way, though
the size of the machine makes this to some
extent necessity" i - Az
will the postofine department ever pay
its own expenses. gsperalRe 1t now runs sew
eral millions behind every year" .,.sY9
Yes know s1n It fHn hs,b behind" was the re-
What It costs As receipts VIM ncr esse f tss
people demand lower ratesrof postage and bet
ter mail facilities, which Will keep the average
where it is now. Weoare, however, putting in
add to our income. These are the pneumatic
tubes, which we are introducing into the larg-
or cities. We will have one from Forty
second street in New York to the postofice
81 ea hs e M.h 1shns .S 81 asoas
Forty street Gen ss'' posto iHe
By the pneumasaic tubs gsEill put thsm there
mail will be the resNit, ath also an increase
Of income," I
WANTS POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. y
"Have you anything that you are especially
anxious to add to the postal service, Gen
Gay?"
z ''Yes,' replied the postmaster general. s'I
would like to see postal savings banks es-
tablished all over the country, and hope
to be able to get legislation through congress
to that effect. Such banks might be founded
in connection with a 2 per cent bond issued
by the government, and might result in these
bonds being held by the people in every part
Of the country. They would give foundation
for the establishing of national banks every
where, and they would bind our people to-
gether. Every man that held a bond would be
q patriot There would be no more borrowing
money from England, and there would be mil
lions who would save who are not saving
now. don't believe in the fear many people
have of a national debt, and think in many
respects, Ben Butler was right when he said
that public debt was national blessing :"
But would not the banks object to postal
savings banks?''
81 think not" replied Gen. Gary. 81 am
connected with the Baltimore Savings bank,
one of the largest Of the kind, in the country
We do not allow more than $25 a week to be
deposited by one person. We, like many
other savings banks have more deposits
than we know what to do with, and we have
had sometimes to ask people to take back their
money The money which the postoffce saw
ings banks would get would, for the most
part come from people who do not deposit
now, and I do not think there would be
great objection on the part of the banks'
Frank G. Carpenter.
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The New
Postmaster General
Talks About
Himself.

when you will bless me for these hard
times
81 can see my father now, in my
minds eye," concluded Gen. Gary, "as
he looked when he said that. l now
realize that he was right, and l have
many times blessed him for training
me as he did. AS the result OF that
work I know as much today about any
branch of my business as any OF my
employees. My men have learned that
they cannot fool me, and they know
that if there Is anything out Of the
way I am sure to notice it as soon as
l come into the factory. Successful
business, and especially successful man
ufacturing, is largely the result of the
careful watching of details of the lit
tie things. In order to do this, you
must understand all parts of the bust
ness. The chief thing that 1 learned,
however, was how to work and what
work meant. I learned the value of a
dollar. I learned how to sympathize
with my men, and today I have some
of the best men in my employ that you
can find in the world. My working
people are contented. Nearly every
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02
Fought Under
AQdreW jackson.

If he lives until next Christmas, Capt.
Jack Haynes, Of st. Louis, will have
attained the remarkable age of lilo
years. Today he is the oldest member
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
and is an honored associate of Frank
P. Blair post. He does not date his
military service from the beginning of
the War Of the Rebellion, however, but
saw active service under Gen. Andrew
Jackson III the war Of 1872, when he
was a mature man Of twenty-five.
Notwithstanding his great age and the
nardships he has endured Capt. Jack,
as he is Familiarity called by his neigh
bcrs, is In the enjoyment Of good
health and physical vigor, and would
pass for a man Of fewer years than
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02
Fine Storage.

We offer the best high and dry storage
in the city. We have leased the Hallowel Carriage
Building, Minnesota, the High School, and
will have plenty of room where fine household goods
be safely stored at very low rates. We for
your COAL STOVES for the summer, black and set
them up just when ordered.