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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-26
CAMP NOTES.

Surgeon Brooks returned from Fort
Macon yesterday to resume his work
in the medical corps of the regiment.
He has a fund of spicy stories concerning
his experience among the dusky surf
splashers.
The colored regiment lacks but eighty
men of being full now.
The officers are exceedingly anxious TO
have General Cowles ont at camp again
and have been telling him so. The Gener-
al says that though he wants to go
even as the hart panteth after the
water brooks he is not yet strong
enough to take the risks incident to
camp life. yss
There were twenty-five patients in the
hospital yesterday. Four We're dis
charged. among them Private Reeves
who will join his company at. Tybee
Island. 1.-TWO patients. both measle cases
have been admitted within the past day
and half. Six men will be discharged
to-day. Private Hagler, Of Charlotte is
the only critical case. He is suffering
with diarrhoea following measles. Black
is out of danger.
The general court martial met and
oragnized yesterday, but adjourned over
until TODAY
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-26

0tal -. Up oi-.ioc.oI
State of North Carolina,
County Of Wake.
|. +. H. Briggs. Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
+. II. BRIGGS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 25th day of July, 1898.
-. ID. UPClIURCH,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
JULIUS LEWIS,
G. NJ BUSBEE,
Il. O. MORlNG.
JAMES A. BRIGGS,
CHAS. II. BELNIN.
JOS. +. BATCHELOR,
II. b. CROWDER,
CHAS. Il. JOHNSON,
Directors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-26

Each member Of the Rescue Circle is
requested to meet at $50 O'Clock this
afternoon at the usual place.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-26

1898.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts. .....S 359,366o3
Oyerdrafts unsecured. $50. l,oobol
Oyerdrafts secured. ....... ll,2IO.4o
L. ). bonds to secure circula-
ton. -. 100000
Premiums on u. s. bonds... o.OOo.pJ
\. {. 4 per cent. bonds. o6,360.oo
Banking house, furniture,
and fixtures. . 2S,391 rs
Due from National Banks
mot reserve agents.. -. 3),1Gt'.-i
Due from approved "e8e"ve
AGENTS 1899. 20
Checks and other cash items. BOSS. 10
Notes of other National
Banks ................ 11,22o.0o
Fractional paper currency,
nickels, and cents. ...... ITO.3l
Specie 1882. 30
Legal tender notes. 100000
Redemption fund with u ;.
Treas'r Is per cent. of cir
culatiom .. 2,250.00
Due from L. $. Trcas'r, other
than per cent. redemption
fund ...... $500
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-26
40 RELEASE FOR THE PEOPLE.

The State. County and Towns Re
leased From Telegraph Stamp Tax.
The following telegram was received
Yesterday by the manager of the Postal
Telegraph Company:
Richmond, Va, July %.
w. j. Crews, Mgr,
Postal Telegraph Co,
Raleigh. n. G.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that kilograms signed by
State. County or Municipal officers,
strictly upon the business of the State,
County or Municipality and also such Of
fetal messages in answer thereto sent
collect are exempt from the stamp tax.
J. w. HATES, Genl Supt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-26

Nothing cures aches and pains as
quick as Goose Grease Liniment. Guar
anteed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-26

Total ....$ c., 1881
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. .....S 22o,ooo.0o
Surplus fund ... 100000
Undivided profits less cXpen-
ses and taxes paid. go. 41,7O2.9A
National Bank notes out
standing .......... 12,4OO.O0
Due to other National
banks ............... 7,49ls6.
Due to State Banks and
bankers 5,50S.51
Individual deposits subject
to check. 3D. ,3O7.J1
Cashiers checks outstanding 12,02j.09
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-26
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
National Bank of Raleigh,

AT Raleigh, in the State of North Caro-
lima. at the close of business July IA,
1898.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-26

The general court martial met and
oragnized yesterday, but adjourned over
until to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
OUR ALASKAN TRADE.

D formal and official act the work of promoting r ! the Alaskan trade of California has been trans - ferred from the special committee appointed foI the task in this city to the State Board of Trade and the latter body has accepted the duty with cordial willingness which gives good promise of zeal and fidelity in the performance of it.
 The change of management is in every respect good one The members of the Board of Trade nave long been engaged in work so similar to that ex- peced of them in the present instance that they may be accounted experts in the business The board IS known throughout the Union and in the principal cities of Europe. It has correspondents in all i'm portant centers. It knows where to look for trade and how to reach it. The reputation it has achieved by exhibits and by other forms of making known the advantages ot California place of industry ana of residence will stand it in good stead now in pro- noting this particular phase of our commercial de- velopment
 It is highly important that the Alaskan trade in- terests, not of San Francisco ony but of all Cali fornia, should be in the hands of permanently or ganized association and under the direction ot men of large influence and varied experience in promot- ing State enterprises The trade is going to be some thing than the boom of year. Unless all men who have visited Alaska and given any time to a serious consideration of its resources have united m compact to deceive the public and agreed upon a
 
 desolation of ice and snow Its riches of gold will be sufficient to maintain profitable trade for years to come and may perhaps develop there an industry which will be permanent. At any there IS to be
 big business done there for several successive sea sons and to obtain and hold fair share of it Cali forna will have need of an energetic and well directed management of her interests.
 The struggle for commercial advantage and su- premacy is the form which has been taken in our time by the primeval strife which results in the sur vva of the Attest It is conducted on scale of vast magnitude by nations and with rivalry hardly less in tense by different communities of the nation. For this the fleets of Great Britain Russia and Ger many gathering along the coast of China, and for this every progressive city in the United States exerts its activities in competition with its neighbors.
 We could not escape from this struggle if we would We must fight for Californian supremacy on the Pacific Coast renounce our destiny, and the fight to be successful must be waged by cooperative effort There may be many excellent ways for bringing about the desired cooperation, but surely one of the best is that which has been adopted by entrusting the work of promoting Alaskan in terests to the State Board of Trade That much hav ing been well done, let all now unite to strengthen the board and speed the work to complete success.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
AN OPEN QUESTION.

C OVERNOR BUDD has addressed commit nication to the Governor of every coh,io", \O wealth in the Union admitted to statehood since the admission of California asking them to CO., operate in holding grand exposition to comneiho!- that historic event in the development o1 Aineri- can civilization on the Pacific Coast and throughout the Great West, and assigning cogent reasons why the celebration should be made not by California alone but by joint action of all Western oateS ana Territories.
 By these communications the great enterprise will be brought officially the notice ot the executives of the various States and the movement to attain It may be said therefore, to have taken definite form It is o,onger subject for discussion merely, but for action The Governor asks that delegates De appointed to an interstate convention to discuss the project and arrange plans for accomplishing 1t, ana to such request there be hardly any other than a favorable response.
 It is noteworthy that in his letter the Governor leaves the place as well as the date of holding the convention open for future determination He also leaves open the question where the proposed expos- ton shall be held and refers that point further than to state that Mayor Phelan of San Francisco will shortly appoint committee to look alter the in- teress of that city in connection with the exposition, and the Mayors of other cities of the State will do likewise"
 
 time and place is of proper and fitting under the circumstances Since other States invited to take part the enterprise and If they consent will have to share the expense to exrent, 1t IS 1- perative that the delegates of those States should have a voice in determining where the exposition shall be held and also where and when the convention called to prepare for it shall meet.
 San Francisco can have just objection to the Governors letter this score It leaves the held open to her as to all other cities o the State and even all cities of the Great West Ii she procures the holding of the exposition within her limits It will be on her merits as the metropolis of the coast and not by forestang other cities by a cut and dr1ed pro gramme The victory if she wins it, will be therefore the more welcome as well as the more honorable and the profitable.
 While all this will be conceded it will nevertheless be recognized that must not be backward 1n pressing our claims for the fair. The scheme was originated in this city by The Call and has been first taken I'D and advocated here. These give us some claim for the honor of holding the exposition in ad- dition to those derived from superiority o size and greater facilities for making the exposition notable one and accommodating the crowds that will attend it. On these grounds we can win by the ex- ercise of energy, but cannot win without energy It is safe to say that Los Angeles and Oakland, in this State and perhaps some Of the vigorous cities outside will make fight for the advantage of hold ing the first grand exposition of the whole Golden West We must, therefore, be ready for the contest when the convention meets. Let prepare for 1t
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
THE CITY HALL VENDETTA.

n UDITOR BRODERICK having publicly / \ stated that by direction of his legal adviser, Mr. Murphy Mayor Phelan has turned his typewriter loose on his enemies, the time seems to have arrived when the people may with propriety interfere in affairs the City Hall. It IS not likely that Mayor Phelans typewriter will herself be able to infct much damage upon the Auditor or any body else So far as MT. Broderick is concerned he is rather tough customer and capable at all times of defending himself But it is what this young lady represents that should give the people pause. Mayor Pheans typewriter be it remembered, is backed up by Counselor Murphy, Colonel Sullivan, N C. C. and a regiment o dsmounted artillery.
 At this crisis is necessary to inquire into the causes of the feud between the Mayor and the Aud itor It appears that big deficit is, as the late Mar GUS D. Boruck would say, about to eventuate at the City Hall Mayor Phean, being at the head of the government, IS, of course primarily responsible for all deficits but in this case desiring to for otlce again and wishing to make the people think that he is a model municipal administrator, with character stic cunning he is trying to make his typewriter throw the responsibility upon Auditor Broderick. The typewriter is probably doing the best she can, but Counselor Murphys thinking machine does not seem to work with facility and Colonel Sullivan is lawyer.
 The ground upon which the people may with pro- prety interfere in the vendetta this While Mayor Phelan is spending his time dictating to his type writer, while Counselor Murphy his legal adviser Is engaged in fruitless attempt collect his thoughts, and while Colonel Sullivan is preparing for war with Spain, the treasury IS slowly being depleted. The Auditor is poweress to prevent deficit. He can only refuse to sign illegal demands The Mayor and the Finance Committee regulate expenditures the latter in creating them and the former in signing them their way to the treasury. The only theory, therefore, on which the vendetta may be permitted to proceed is that 1t Is more important that Mayor Phelan should be reelected than that of the tax eaters at the City Hall should be choked off and taxation reduced.
 Fortunately there IS a regiment of militia in the town not commanded by Colonel Sullivan. We refer to the detachment offcered by Ji' Smith. Colonel Smith we believe, is also Democrat and a sympathizer of Mayor Phelan in his thirst for Auditor Broderck's gore The important ques- ton then IS whether Colonel Smith could be relied on to do his duty in it should be necessary to call out the First Regiment to suppress the Phelan- Frederick feud. It seems probable that unless Mayor Phean be forced to abandon controver- sia politics and attend his business the tax eaters will carry away the City Hall altogether Why does he not turn his typewriter loose on the superhuous officials who eating into the treasury like apple tree borers all the time?
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06

inc the pair would have deeHleu
 tbines true? Beneath the grave A
 Ivy sl,ield the man finds rest. Ana SUI Ivy tho woman, whose heart IS III 'la' oroye is entitled to as benign ssaho tuorv as it will afford when she Aa0 taken her place beside the one ioi whom she sacrificed all but love.
 peonJe of an observing turn or illiiu cannot have escaped noticing Wlth
 yret the gait of certain young lauiea say "gait" advisedly, for ohly lii0 general classification is possible tain1v the manner in which they over.the ground is not walk, trot' es-- lon nor glide. They bend forward iloli' the hips in a fashion indicative oi paii' but whether an affection of the stoni- aeh or a pang across the small ol l,ie hack is sacred mystery. They lahe short pattering steps, and always see" to be on the verge of totter1ns ilAe Chinese 1iIv-foot lady. I do not call at- tention to these things with view to bringing about a reform, having got pe- vond the stage of essaying the palpaoly impossible. But in a wholly respectful way I wish that pretty girls "ouio cease making guys of themselves.
 While there is no difficulty In hllins the space allotted to my use WeehiS' would be glad to surrender a portIoh oh it to the Rev. F. D. BoVard or Aldiiio da. He can have all the room heceo- sary in which to explain why at d re- cent funeral. after eulogy and music had stirred the congregation to it's deplhs, he had collection taken. The 1dea oI the stricken family having to sit there and listen to coins dropping rom the fingers of weeping friends strikes me as grotesque to the point or pelng par barrie. Had some able-bod1ed mourher dried his tears and called upon boVdru for the purpose of beating feW grams of sense into him, l Would~ cheerIuilS have clipped in to pay any resultlhs fine Bovard needs lesson anyhoW, and did not have to make dlsplay or himself beside corpse to set 1orth lhls fact with clearnesS. He 1t was Who at the time of a reception to the late Kate Field given by the newspaper women of this city grossly and stupidly insult ed the gentle entertainers and thelr guest. They had for refreshment bowl of mild and innocuous claret punch, which Bovard perceiv1ng, began straightway to froth at the mouth lie accused the ladies of being under the influence of the harmless beverage. One who is particularly handsome, and mas a complexion as the rose. he charged with having acquired color by the flush of inebriation. It is hardly necessary to say that had Bovard not been pro- tected by his cloth some one would have charged him with lying, andforced him on his knees to beg the pardon or the ladies he had maligned. Perhaps while he is explaining the funeral cpl sode he can find time also to throw light on this other occasion he acted the hOOr
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
STATE LIBRARY EXTENSION.

n MONO the plans which the Board of Trustees / \ will consider for the improvement of the State Library and an increased use Of 1t by the people consideration should be given to the travelling library system in vogue in several of the Eastern States and present under discussion in California. No better scheme could be devised for rendering the State Library servceabe to the com munity at large, and the trustees will make great mistake if they do not provide for undertaking it.
 The system under which travelling libraries are operated in the East has been several times explained in The Call of late, and 1t is necessary at this time to go the ground again. It sufices to say that the system is longer experiment. It has been tested and found to work we'll both in thckly populated States like New York and in newer and more sparsely settled communities like Wisconsin In each case 1t has been found to fill popular need and has been cordially received in localities where public libraries do not exist that the successful opera ton of the system is no longer matter of doubt
 The conditions of rural life in California are such that system of travelling libraries is more necessary here than in any other State The people of our rural districts cultured as those of New Eng land but they live in communities as sparsey settled those of almost any part of the Great West Their general culture gives them desire for books and an ability appreciate their value and to profit by them, but their remoteness from towns and cities prevents them from enjoying the advantages of li- braries. To them, therefore the travelling library would come veritable boon and since they are taxed support the State Library it Is only just that it should be conducted in way to give some of its benefits
 There is nothing in the operation of the proposed system that would entail any considerable cost on the State detract from the value of the library as storehouse of learning for the use of the Legislature or special students at Sacramento The expense of shipping the books in circulation from one locality to another would be derayed by the members of the association receiving them, and no valuable work of prime importance to the State need be placed among the number of those included in the travelling sets. It is perhaps impossible to establish a travelling library system with the State Library as nucleus until the next session of the Legislature but in the meantime the trustees might profitaby devise plan for carrying out the work and have it ready for sub mission for enactment into law when the Legislature meets. The system is certain to prove as popular in California as it has been found to be in New York and other Eastern States and the present board can hardly find any better means of making their ad- ministration memorable in the history the library and in the minds of the people than putting it into practice here.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
THAT OAKLAND PARK.

passed by the Solid Six in the Oakland Coun-
 ci1 The land is probably worth the high price asked but for park, because it is rate that IS luxurious even for cities of a million inhabitants. Oakland cannot afford to pay such price. The next veto it Is that the people will not vote tor such proposition begun or submitted by the present city government. With Grand Jury investigating charges against the Council and Board of Works and with public feeling finding expression in the mobbing of Councilmen, the people will not vote to put any other great matter in the hands of their government
 The third IS that under any circumstances it is doubtful the people of that city be induced to consider any park proposition that does not include the final obliteration of the West Oakland marsh
 The true policy in park making is to convert land that is not good for any other Where Central Park New York, now blooms rough district, useless for any other purpose It was populated by goat-milking squatters, and disorderly gangs hid among its crags and edges It was dumping place for offensive waste and was an afront to all the senses.
 Golden Gate Park, in this city. was built on bear sand dunes, waste and worthless: and Buena Vista, one of our park reserves yet to be developed, IS a high peak, worthless, unless graded down, for any ordinary use. Its altitude, the view 1t commands of the ocean and bay, make 1t of the highest value part of our park system.
 Mr. Church of the Park Commission of Essex County N J., in a recent address on Park Bene- fits to the New Jersey State Horticultural Society said: Tt is demonstrated that parks immensely profitable as investments. They increase the value of real estate and brings large public revenue It is one of the principles of park making take land which would be difficult of use for any other pur- pose and dangerous to the general health and elirn- mate its unsighty and menacing character by con verting it into pleasure ground. The Back Bay fens in Boston good example of this For years they had lain as the HackensacI and Newark marshes in New Jersey lie now, unsghtly stretches of useless land insecure for the erection of fac tories too marshy for the building of houses The Metropolitan Park Commission acquired them, and by an inexpensive system Of pumping mud from the | lagoons and drainage system, has made them one l of the most picturesque features of the park plan
 Oakland being under the necessity to get rid l of the noisome and menacing features of her Six teenth street marsh, and with the great profit in pros pect from its conversion into pleasure ground, to be seen by the hundreds of thousands who pass it every year on the overland, suburban and local trains will be guilty of the short-sghted policy of paying luxurious price for land that needs no conversion and is far of sight of visitors and out of reach of the majority of her people.
 For these reasons we don't think it necessary to further discuss the park ordinance which has been passed under circumstances that would injure the chances of the most meritorious measure.