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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01
Educational Bureau,
RALEIGH. N. g.,

s..ure1 positions for teachers j"
rsax' oable charge.
~ om0ends competent tsacbers "
ses- 10 al fa0iiies free Of charge
", iie Ter Particular Nc harm "
leS.. our Woek.
- .alss have . department OF scboy.
fass taf0 and Supplies, and can furnIss
aAys ling DeeAed IN this line st loves
pas, ole prioea.
Gs. exAibit 1t the present State %"
Was WAr6od Q medal.
Us Ne and prices gnarantsea.
CRADI.E6 j. PARKER,
Manager.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01
FORTUNES IN WALL STREET.

USsbu SUSS ~ vvWSe SsVeSss
will be made duung the pent::feW months
by thos- Who buy ooneerstiyeiy shlls
stocks are low. TIE TINE TO BUY 10
WHEN EVERYBODY Is SELLING AND
PANIC PRICES RULE
Stocks to-day selling at go 20 81 . share
arc safe to buy. - NO conditions can depseO
them 70 any further appsScisbls extent. and
when the turn oomO you can buy morc -
profits accrue. An advance Of 10 10 - points
II inevitable.
Ten shars Of one thsss lox priced may
be bought on eiO deposit. With q certainty
that no loo can result Ten additional share
can be bought on each point risr without
any further desposit or Inability whatever.
The profit would be:
$50 on ~ points sdvanos-
81 30 on Is points advance.
o., loo on - points advance.
INCREASED EARNINGS AND DINI.
DENDS, THE ENORMOUS IMPORTS OF
GOLD, and the unprecedented EXCESS OF
EXPORTS OVER lAFORTs. make Q Pie
nomenal rise certain o. soon - the Cuban
tension Is relieved. and Wall Street, a. usual
has about discounted the wor~ than can 90
cur.
Send for our Circular.
SALvIN TAPLOR & co,
Financial Agents and Broken,
81 Pulitzer Bldg, New York.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

The Peoples Party of North Carolina, in
CO 'vention assembled .. Raleigh. on the
18th day of May. 1895. hereby affirms
its unQus lifted allegiance 10 the principles
of the party. and hereby approves the
platform Of the Peoples Party adopted ut iis
National convention held in the city OF ST.
Louis InlY p 1896.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01
BiIiOusnesS

II caused by tpTl1d h'er. ~iiieh pfssen" oisss-
ton ard permits iood u fer'nen' ADD puuhy ~
"a. stomach Then folks dizzirsas. headarhs.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01
ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
BY THE PEOPLE.

No State has better railroad commission
law than North Carolina; out the public has
not received the benefit the law was design
ed to produce on account of the failure of
our railroad commissioners to do their duty
under the law. As one remedy for this evil
we ere in favor of the election of railroad
commissioners by direct vote of the PEG
pie.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

ro,is. the HSsv cure hsadaehe, dimes. eon-
.tl,,,ttpr efr L, cents. -,H by ail druggtsts
The only Pill. IN take With iif-osi's susapariiiA
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01
RRNOVAL OF CAaRa.

The removal Of cases from the State courts
to the Federal courts for trial and especially
wherein the plaintiffs are poor persons and
the Defendants are rich foreign corporations,
evil In North Carolina, AID in its prac4icSl
operation frequently amounts to denial Of
justice to poor suitors, and therefore should
b condemned. We demand, therefore, that
the next General Assembly shall pass such .
general statute on this subject including an
business in this State the privileges Of carry
ing ON businees in North CArolina and:vith-
drawing the proteotionlof theStats extended
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01
THE RLKCTION LAW

We are in favor OF guaranteeing in the
respective counties the right Of local self.
government by the election OF their county
the vote of the people, under proper safe
guards, to guarantee the best possible gov.
eminent to each county and We pledge The
Peoples party to the continued support and
maintenance Of that principle, and war;
the voters of the danger of electing mem
bers of the General Assembly hostile there
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01
OF FREIGHT AND PAssENG,.,
RArHa

We favor a reduction of freight, expr..
and passenger rates. telegraph and tels
phone tariffs to the same level to which tn.
general range Of prices of products has fau
en- under the gold standard. If the Rail
way Comm issiOn continues to refuse to ~
its duty in this respect, We are in favor ~
such reduction being made directly by ia.
neYt IeDislafuro
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

These are the facts as they appear from
his own books, on which no account
was ever balanced from the time of his
going into Off ,e until the time of his
going out.
In other words, in the days of good
government, Charles Cooke, "a man
above reproach," Chairman of the late
Democratic State Convention, q man
whom, because l say these things
about him, will be denounced for
having attacked the character Of.
though l am simply stating the plain
truth as his books show it, kept back
the States money and was in arrears all
the time, in violation Of the law. and
never settled with the State until he
was ousted from the office. Now. you
take that. That happened in the days
of "good government"
l am just stating the facts as they
are. l am not den0uncing body.
What was he doing with the States
money? That is the question for the
voters of North Carolina to ask them.
selves.
NJ friends, have been speaking a
good while now, and am going to be-
gin to wind up. But just 4 little
further.
saw yesterday morning the Raj
eigh News and Observer. 1t had a
cartoon in it-a picture you know, of
Jim young" "a negro politician in Raj
eigh bossing things at the Blind
Asylum" in the city Of Raleigh. The
Democratic party dares not 70 before
the people Of North Carolina on any
issue Of politics and state its belief
upon these issues. 1t therefore hovls
~nigger." What has Jim Young got
to do with the blind institution in Che
city Of Raleigh Is he on the boardP
Not at all. There lie not negro on any
INSTITUTIONAL !, board in North Caro-
lima except for negoes, and has not
been for . matter of some months.
with the single exception of h colored
man BY the name of Peace on the board
OF penitentiary directors. In the name
OF common sense and human suffering.
10 thereno question in North Caro-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

We condemn the lease of the North Gaze
lima Railroad to the Southern RAILWAY
Company for ninety-nine years, not only
"a bad business transaction III which the
interest of the State amounting to the large
sum of s. OOO. 900 invested insgood paying
pl perty yielding an income were sacrificed:
but We also. in most emphatic terms con.
denim the hasty and secret manner in which
it Yves done several years before the former
thirty years lease, BY its terms, would have
expired. We call the attention of the peo-
pie of the State to the fact that the myster.
ious power of strong railroad lobby pre-
vented the Last legislature from enactine
the necessary legislation to enable the State
to make an INVESTIGATION through the proper
. OF tine tic which
of the State and all lclasses of citi-
zens, when it first became known. We
therefore demand that the next Gem
eral Assembly fully investigate this
transaction, and to the end that the
interest Of the State may be fully protected
a. far as it can be done, such legislative
action shall be taken a. to counteracf, Is far
as possible, this unwise and secret trans
action.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

many l have and when l 90 out 1 will
tell my successor how many | have
and let him receipt to me for them.
Why, further than that, when | be-
gan to rumage about in the pigeon
holes in my office do you know, I found
letters that had not been opened. with
stamps inside, saying. II have written
to you but have not heard from you
please let me hear from YOU" Not
only that, l licked up one day some
old envelopes, and felt there was some
thing in them. l opened them and
found silver, greenbacks, checks, etc,
| have got some of them in my office
now. They are not good by lapse of
time, but would have been good for the
State of North Carolina if my prede.
ceasors had not thrown them aside. |
paid as waste, that l could find no
sort of ownership of, to the treasurer
at one time thirty-seyen dollars and
ODD cents in money, postal notes
and postoffice orders that I had
gotten the government to redeem af-
ter the lapse of years. Some of these
were ten years old. One Democrat
| suggested that I should pocket this
amount. l told him 1 supposed he
would. l returned to q man in Macon
county, in Moore county. in swain
county, and to q number of others
money which they had sent there for
land grants years ago. | found and
collected check for 1923 dated in
1893. Capt. Cooke ought to have found
these things, but they were providen-
TALLY left. suppose, as intimations to
US how the Office was run in the da VA
of good government"
NY fellow citizens, one other re-
markable thing. When l went into
the office, Capt. Cooke, my imm ediate
predecessor, said to me: Here I have
this much money on hand''; and he
passed over balance sheet which Ne
both signed. He turned the none :
over to me. Octavious Coke, his prede-
cessor, died about the first OF Sen
TENDER 1896. Capt. Cooke was appoint
ed, and went into office Sept smber and,
There is not In that office one parti-
Gle Of record Of . settlement between
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

uncOileCted, the State would have lost
them. BY the carelessness of Secre-
taries in the days of "good govern
ment," the State doubtless lost mOney
every year.
The insurance companies report in
July and January the amount of their
premium receipts and are required to
pay to the Secretary Of State two per
cent on their gross premium receipts.
went there and cast up his books, and
found that number of companies were
in arrears. made demand upon these
companies for their fees and taxes,
l collected money and paid it into the
Treasury Of North Carolina which
my predecessor in the days OF "good
government" ought to have collected
himself. l showed it to him. Well,
IL was just where something had to be
done.
Captain Cooke had to explain. He
wrote letter to the papers and pub
1Isned lc In the Democratic handbook
explaining" | asked the Progressive
Farmer to publish it and let our folks
See what explanation he makes of the
increase OF collections in the office.
Here is his letter:
would appear, as is the fact. that
the period covered by the time select.
ed from DR.. ThompsOns administra-
ton 10 for the purpose of collecting
th e'cOmmissiOn tax on insurance to
which 1t refers, practically two years,
while the period covered by the time
selected from Secretary Cookies ad-
ministratiou in respect to this same
subject matter covers practically only
"heyear."
when the figures were made, he had
oiieoted for more than one year; [
or only one year and half.
Now | have got this to say, that be-
fore Capt. G. N. Cooke, my predecessor
went into office Of Secretary Of State,
teers we're no permanent records of
ths rec 4ipts or payments Of the Secre-
tsry Of states ONCE. They say |:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

VIC
of the greatest sources of corruption in our
State and national governments. Free pass
es and other favoritisms and discrimina-
tons are among the most poisonous and ef-
fective weapons to corrupt politics and de.
feat the win Of the people in legislative
halls: Therefore we favor . law not only
other favoritisms ana Determinations, but
also forbidding anyone except the actual
employees of said corporations from re-
ceiving the same.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

We believe that all money demands should
be payable III the lawful money of the Uni.
ted States without preference or discrimina-
ton, and therefore favor the passage by the
General Assembly of a law to prohibit the
taking or giving of gold notes, bonds. and
mortgages in this StlIe, and to make all the
money demands solvable in any kind OF
| lawful money of the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
Richest Prize Yet,

Key West, Fla, April 81. = The light
house tender Mangrove pulled proudly
into Key West harbor Tuesday morn
ing with the richest prize of the war
thus far The captive was the Panama,
Capt. Quevedo, a big transatlantic
liner and an auxiliary cruiser of the
Spanish navy, which has been plying of
late between New York and Havana.
She had 20 passengers, including three
women, one Frenchman and one Mex
lean and crew of ~. AS the Panama
carried two 12-pounders she could easily
have annihilated the little Mangrove,
and as the latter came into harbor with
her prize there was not a craft but sa-
luted her with rousing cheers. The
Panama carries valuable cargo of gen.
eral merchandise, including a large
quantity of corn. Much of it was meant
to provision the Spaniards in Cuba.
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were offered to the bond feature of the
bill, ranging from a. proposition for the
substitution of an income tax provision
to an authorization for an issue of $780,,
100000 greenbacks. But all were voted
down. At the last minute the democrats
decided to offer the motion to recommit
with instructions to report back the in
come tax proposition as an amendment to
the bill instead of as substitute for the
bond provision. This was due to the fact
that a number Of democrats had declined
to vote to strike out the bond provision.
The motion was defeated 1874 to 173. Four
republicans voted with the democrats and
popuMsts on this vote. But on final passage
OF the bill (Which was carried 1S1 to 1919 the
democrats and populists, with six excep-
lions, voted solidly against the bill. The
democrats who voted for the bill were
Messrs. Cummings, Mcclellan and Griggs,
of New York; Fitzgerald, Massachusetts;
McAleer, Pennsylvania, and Wheeler, Ala
bah1a. Two republicans, Messrs. hnney,
Of North Carolina, and Thorp, of Virginia,
voted with the opposition. Quite number
of democrats declined to vote.
Washington, April 30.-The senate Friday
after brief statement by Senator Hale
adopted the conference report on the naval
appropriation bill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
TROOPS ON THE MOVE.
Break Camp and Are Rushed ON to
Tampa, FIa.-Busy Scenes at
Chickamauga Park.

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 30.-The
entire eight batteries of artillery be-
sides the Twenty-fourth infantry and
four companies of the Ninth cavalry,
broke camp Friday under orders to pro-
coed to Tampa, Fla, at once. AS fast
as possible men, guns, horses, caissons,
ammunition and camp paraphernalia
were loaded on the long line of cars
waiting for them at Battlefield sta
ton and started on their journey south.
Though no intimation of the ultimate
destination of the troops has been
given out here there is no doubt in the
minds of the officers and men that an
immediate invasion of Cuba, or at least
the capture and occupation of some
Cuban seaport, is in contemplation, in
order to open up line of communica-
ton with the Cuban forces under Gems.
Gomez and Garcia and act in coopera-
ton with these forces in the imme-
diate relief of the starving reconcen-
trados and the driving of the Spanish
forces from the island.
Mobile, Ala, April 30.-The Tenth
and Twenty-second regiments left camp
here late Friday afternoon, bound for
Tampa. They were all day getting off
from camp, beginning after drill at ten
o'clock.
New Orleans, April 3O.-The first reg
iment left here Friday night for Tampa,
waiting over for Gen. Skaters staff,
who were also ordered to meet the COM
mander in Florida. The impression
among army men is that the first army
corps sent into Cuba will be for the
purpose of cooperating with the in
SurgentS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04

pal purpose of his visit to New York
was to obtain from Representative nan-
cie1s and capitalists their views on the
proposed bond issue. He had no def
mite proposition to make, and none was
expected from the bankers. The result
of the conference, however, was emf
nently satisfactory. All seemed dis
posed to do anything and everything
possible to give any needed financial
support to the government in the pres
ent emergency, although there would
be no financial inducement for capital
lists to invest in three per cent. bonds,
when time loans were bringing six per
cent. and even more, the question of
profit would be put to one side, and
whatever assistance the government
needed would be forthcoming. All IA
vored the popular loan idea, and
thought that the people should be given
an opportunity to invest in the new is
sue.
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fired, blowing the Spaniard's pilot

fired, blowing the Spaniard's pilot
house into the water.
The Terror was alone when the Guido
was sighted and she Immediately gave
chase. After blank shot had been
fired, to order the steamer to heave to,
the Spaniard put out all her lights and
fired up in an attempt to run away.
The big monitor, blowing after her,
brought her six-pounders to bear on the
steamer and fired shot after shot at the
latter, nearly all of which took effect
on the Guido's pilot house.
The Machias, which was some dis
lance away, heard the sound of the fir
ing, came up and brought her four-inch
rifle into play, firing one shot, which
failed to hit the Spaniard. This, how
ever, brought her to, and Lieut.. Qualto
and prize crew were put on board of
her and brought the prize in here
Thursday morning.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
Disaster to Pack Train.

San Francisco, April 3O.-News has
just reached the city of terrible explo-
sion of powder that was being carried
by pack train to Col Dan Burns Can
delaria mine in Mexico. The explosion
took place on the road near San Vicente,
state of Sinalos, on April last. The
pack train was unusually large. 1t con-
sisted of over 10 mules and the attend
ants numbered some 40 Mexicans. A
part of the freight consisted of ammu-
milton, caps and boxes of powder 1t is
reported that 21S boxes of powder and
10000 caps exploded with such force
that Is men and 60 mules were killed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
Law More submarine Mtne..

New York, April 27.-The work of
laying submarine mines in the lower
bay was continued. Thus far "a mines
have been placed in the bay, and it is
believed that three times that number
will be planted" from Fort Wadsworth
to Sandy Hook. Should hostile feet
succeed in passing Sandy Hook fort
they would come to grief in the har-
Dor because of the mines and dangerous
reefs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT.
by Shot from Three War Vessels
of the United States Fleet.

Key West, Fla, April 2S.-The flag
ship New York, monitor Puritan and
cruiser Cincinnati, under Admiral
Sampson, bombarded the Spanish bat
teries that were in position and in
course of construction at the entrance
of Matanzas harbor. They were pretty
thoroughly destroyed.
The flagship was first fired upon by
the batteries at Point Ruban CaNa and
Point Maya, while the Puritan, New
York and Cincinnati were reconnoiter-
ing for the purpose of locating and ulti-
mately destroying the works the Span
iards were building.
The list of dead on the Spanish side
must be large, but there is no way OF
telling the number of fatalities.
The New York steamed in between
the. batteries, and opened both broad
sides on the Spaniards.
The Puritan engaged the Cape Maya
battery and the Cincinnati went to
starboard of the New York, close up to
land, and sent broadside of shells into
Ruba Cava.
The batteries returned the fire, but
not one of the shots took effect. They
fired explosive shells, and they all fell
wide of the mark, no damage of any
kind resulting.
1n> batteries were reduced in just 20
minutes.
The final shot from the enemy came
from Ruba Cava, and drew from the
Puritan reply from one of her 12-inch
guns, which struck the battery and
blew up section of it.
Admiral Sampson made up his mind
when he went to Matanzas Wednesday
that something must be done. These
batteries had twice fired on the torpedo
boat Foote, and he decided that the
work of fortifying must be stopped if
possible.
Matanzas bay, at its mouth, is about
three miles wide. The town is about
four miles from the mouth of the river.
Rubal Cava point is on the west side of
the bay, and Point Maya on the east.
These points are slightly elevated
above the sea, but the batteries have
commanding positions. Behind the bat
teries are high hills, and it is believed
guns were mounted there in the brush
or thicketS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04

AS Senior Silvela, leader of the dissident
conservatives, has said, Spain has al
ready lost the material advantages re-
sulting from the possession of Cuba,
but will fight to the last on the question
of maintaining the flag, preferring to
fight America openly rather than Amer
lea secretly fomenting instruction.
The result of defeat, as Senior Silvela
puts it, will only mean a loss of what
has already gone, since Europe would
not allow any army of occupation in
Spain pending the payment of war in
demnitV
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Defenses of ManfIa.

London, April 30.-The Daily Mail
says this morning: We have private
information that the strength of the
defenses of Manila and Havana is much
moderated and that no bombardment
can be attempted by the American COM
manders with much chance of success.
The entrance to Manila bay is mined
and ten-inch guns have been mounted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
PRIZE OF THE TERROR.
American Monitor Captures Big
Spanish Steamer GuidO-Had
Rich Cargo on Board.

Key West, Fla, April 29.-The United
States monitor Terror captured the big
Spanish steamer Guido, bound from
Corunna, Spain, for Havana, early
Wednesday.
The prize had on board large cargo
of provisions and money intended for
the Spanish troops in Cuba. The cap
ture took place ten miles off Cardenas,
after desperate chase, during which
the Terror and the gunboat Machias
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
VOTES WAR REVENUE.
House Passes the Ways and Means
Committee Bill-AdOpted by
Majority of Fifty.

Washington, April 30.-The house passed
the war revenue bill with only the amend
ments agreed upon by the republican MEM
bers of the ways and means committee
added. In order to accomplish this par
liamentary maneuver was necessary as
the whole time for amer dments was eX-
hausted by the minority in trying to amend
the bond feature of the bill. Mr.. Dingley
offered as a substitute an entirely new
bill containing these amendments after the
bin had been reported to the house. This
was an old parliamentary trick frequently
resorted to years ago. Many amendments
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
Train Held Up.

Ell Paso, Tex, April 30.-The west
bound Southern Pacific passenger train
No. 20 was taken in charge of by four
masked men at Comstock, Tex, at mid
night Thursday night, and two miles
west of the station the express car and
engine were detached and run a short
distance. The robbers wrecked the
through safe and took the entire money
contents, amounting to $4,000.