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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-06

days before. Mr.. Roland went to the
office and told the postmaster that his
property must be there. lie was assured
that it was not He insisted and asked
for the privilege of looking for himself.
This was granted and he found his
$4,000 worth of Mortgages piled away in
a heap of second-class matter.
BLACKGUARDS A WHITE MAN.
George w. Robbins is white man.
an old line Republican, and was an APP
plicant for the postofiice here. When
the inspector came here recently and
found things in such mess. Assistant
Postmaster Watson conceived the idea
that Robbins had made the complaint
and when he met him on the streets he
attacked him with the most violent
abuse and heaped upon him the most
opprobious epthcts known TO the black
guard Robbins took it all in the most
beautiful spirit, and has since been APP
pointed by Judge Sutton, Criminal court
clerk for Edgecombe county, for his
''gallantry on the street"
AFUSION ]. p.
]. B. Barnes was elected magistrate
in Edgecombe county by the fusion Leg
Raleigh advocating the passage of a bill
changing the charter of the town of
Rocky Mount. George ii. Smathcrs,
who was chairman of the committee OF
the Senate on corporations. will remem-
Der that there were two bills before it
asking for change in the charter of
this town. One of them was advocated
by the best people, whiteand black, the
o4bor wac o6vona rod Iy-s Ror0nS who
was in addition to discnarging his mag
isterial functions, representing the eau
casian newspaper in this vicinity. Mr..
Barnes bin was defeated, and am glad
to say that the good people here give
Chairman Smathcrs a large part of the
credit for it. Mr.. Barnes is now serving
a five years term in the penitentiary.
He was tried and convicted for ravishing
young girl who was employed by his
own wife as a clerk in her millinery
store.
THE PROOF OFFERED.
All of the foregoing statements 7 have
verified by conversations with such men
as J. H. Ruffn. treasurer and manager
of the Rocky Mount cotton mills, who is
in no sense politician, but an exceed
ingly busy businesses man or large affairs;
l.. V. Bassett, one of the leading attor-
neys of Edgecombe county; DR.. w. II.
Whitehead, physician Of large practice
in the counties of Edgecombe and Nash;
and +. H. Battle, president or the Bank
of Rocky Mount and a Rnsman of DR..
S. w. Battle of Asheville.
In 1896 Edgecomhe gave a Republican
majority of 726.
JOHN +. KERR.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-06

Goose Grease Liniment sold az
guaranteed by all druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-06
OTHER COTTON MARKETS

Galveston, easy, "a, 6,613 bales.
z Norfolk, holiday, -, S04 bales.
Baltimore, holiday, -, - bales.
Boston, holiday, -, - bales.
Wilmington, dull, 81, II bales.
Philadelphia, holiday, bales.
Savannah, holiday, =, bales.
New Orleans, quiet, 52a, 1857 bales.
Mobile, easy, 81, 267 bales.
Memphis, quiet, Il 2S2 bales.
Augusta, firm, GA, sos bales.
Charleston, quiet, s. 496 bales.
Cincinnati, quiet, -, bales.
Louisville, quiet, 5 9-16, - bales.
st. Louis, dull, 7-16, 40 bales.
Houston, steady, ZIG, 1901 bales.
New York, quiet, steady, 54, - bales.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-06
Plants & Flowers

Roses, Carnations and other choice cut
flowers. Floral designs arranged taste
fully at short notice. Wedding decOra-
tions, Palms, Ferns, etc, for house
culture. For ornamental gardening at
the lowest price. ALI kinds of bedding
plants, Geraniums, Calais, HeliOtropeS,
plats, Geraniums, Goleun, HeliotrOpeS,
latest varieties. Vines for the veranda.
Tomato plants, once transplanted, In
standard sorts. Cabbage, pepper, and
pot grown Egg Plants. celery at proper
season. All mail orders promptly attend
ed to.
Fl. ETEINMETZ, Florist.
'PhnBe 112. RaIniSh ~ -
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-06
INSULTING PROMINENT Bus
NESS MEN.
CANNOT GET THE MAIL.

John M. Sherrod, a prominent busl-
ness man here had yalua'i" registered
package sent him, plainly addressed:
1t was never delivered. but was returned
to writer cannot be delive ed"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-06

Beecher regrets that he does not live
in this age, as he always wanted Grape
Tobacco.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-06
THE MARKETS YESTERDAY.
On Account Of Labor Day the Various
Exchanges were Closed.
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL Sept. Sd P. M.-spot cotton
Increased demand, prices easier; American
midding fair 8 23-32d; good middling 8 l5-32d
American midding 35-16d; low middling
5-32d; good ordinary Sd; ordinary 13-16d.
The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which
300 were for speculation and export, and in
cluded 1900 American; receipts 1900 bales, all
American.
Futures opened quiet with o. moderate de-
mand and closed barely steady
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-06

Coughs and Colds quickly cured by
Goose Grease Liniment. Always guar
enteed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-06
$4,000 IN A TRASH PILE.

s. l.. Roland, a dealer in farmers
supplies, doing large business, sent
about $4,000 worth of mortgages to Tar
boro, the county seat, for registration. He
waited for their return. and inquired reg
ularly at the office, but could hear moth
ing from them. After waiting five or six
weeks he wrote the register of deeds mt
Tarboro, who replied by saying the mort.
gaes had been returned at least thirty.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-01-01

., lou sailors, yielding In profit $685., 00l
But the secular and worldly value c
the coral is nothing as compared wit
the moral and religious, as when, i,
my text, JOB employees 1t in compari
son. do not know how anyone ca,
examine coral the size of the thumb
nail without bethinking himself of Goo
and worshipping Him, and feeling tn.
opposite OF the great inhdel surgeon
lecturing to the medical students in
the dissecting room upon a human eye
which he held In his hand, showing its
wonders OF architecture and adapta.
ton, when the idea of God flashed
upon him so powerfully he cried out to
the students. "Gentlemen, there is a
God; but hate Him" Picking I'D a
coral, l feel like crying out: There is
God. and I adore Him.
Nothing 30 impresses me with the
fact that our God loves the beautiful.
The most beautiful coral of the world
never comes to human observation.
Sunrises and sunsets he hangs up for
nations to look At; He may green the
grass, and round the dew into pearl.
and set on fire sutumnal foliage to
please mortal sight, but those thou.
sands OF miles of coral achievement
think He has had built for His own de-
light In those galleries He alone can
walk The music Of those keys PLAYED
on by tho fingers Of the wave He ONLY
can hear. The snow OF that white and
the bloom OF that crimson He alone
can see. Having Rarnitured this world
10 please the human race, and lifted a
glorious Heaven to please the angelic |
Am glad that He has
planted these gardens of the deep to !
please Himself. But here and there
1oo allows specimens Of subma-
rlne glory to DO brought up and |
yet before NJ for sublime contempla-
tion While I speak. these great ma
lions OF soophytes, meandrinas. and |
with tentacles for trowel.
are building just such coral as we find
n our text The diamond NAV be
more rare, the crystal may be more
the chrysoprase NAV be
more ablaze, but the coral is the lonr.
leep, everlasting blush of the sea. Yet
OBJ, who undertook all kinds of pre-
ions stones. declares that the beauty
Nd value OF the coral are nothing COM
AIRED with our holy religion, and he l.
icks up this coralline formation and
'oks st II, and Aangs 1t aside with all
VA VA 0AAiukS uc n68 ever 1
card OF. and cries out in ecstacy Of
lmiration for the superior qualitie. :
our religion: mo men ton shall be
ade of coral.
lake my hand, and we will walk
rough this bower of the sea. while !.
ow you that even exquisite coral i.
I worthy Of being compared With =
richer jewels OF Christian soul.
10 nrst thing that strikes me in look
at the coral is its long-continued =,
It is not turned up :. -
q Cotopa1i. but Is an outbuttinp and
outbranching Of ages. In Polynesis %
IRE are reefs hundreds of feet deer
4 LOCO miles long. Who built these
r. these islands? The zoophvtes " :"
coraliinea They were not such - y.
rkers who built the pyramid. :.
were these masms, these crea. o y.
es or the sea- What small creations 81
bunting to what vast aggrerationf ~
can estimate the ages between A'
Time when the madrepores laid the
oo&tiOn of the ia1apds ard 49, g. Pa
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-01-01

. thousand million ages will not fnisl
I you. You will never be finished. Or
forever! Up forever! Out of the Sc,
OF earthly disquietude will gradual,
: rise the reefs, the islands, the CONT
nents, the hemispheres of prandeu,
and glory. Men talk as though in this
life we only had time to build; blu,
what we build in this life, as compared
with what we shall build in the next
NE, is as striped shell to Australia.
lou go into an architects study and
there you see the sketch of temple.
the cornerstone of which has not vet
oeen laid. 0, that l could have an
architectural sketch of what YOU will
De after eternity has wrought I'M
on you! What pillars of strength!
| What affairs of supernal worship! What
Plnnacles thrusting their glitteriup
spikes into the sun that never sets!
You do not scold the corallines because
they can not build an island in a dav.
why should you scold yourself because
you can not complete temple of holt
ness for the heart in this short tife-
time! You tell me we do not amount
10 much now, but try US after a thou
sand million ages OF hallelujah. Let
US hear the angels chant for q million
centuries. Give US an eternity with
God, and then see if we do not amount
TO something. More slowly and
marvelously accumulative is the grace
Id the soul than any thing I can think
OF. mo mention shall be made of
coral"
Lord, help us to learn that which
most OF us are deficient in-patience
II Thou canst take, through the sea- |
anemones, millions of years to build |
one bank OF coral, ought we not to be
wiling to do work through ten wears
Or so years without complaint, without |
without oh afi ng of spirit?
fa1ience with the erring; patience that
we can not have the millennium in a
lew weeks; patience with assault of
an tagonists; pate nee at what seems
SLOW fulhllment Of Bible promises; pa
'!ence with physical ailments; pa
,ence under delays of Providence.
1rand, glorious, all-endurinp. ALL
'onquering patience! Patience like
% at which my lately assembled friend. {
Dr.. Abel Stevens. describes When
ting of one of Wesley's preachers
Ohm Nelson, who, when a man had =
Inn put in prison by false charges.
nd being for a long time tormented
y MS enemy, said: 1.-The Lord lifted
standard when the anger was
oming on like flood, else should r
ave wrung his neck to the ground and :
u my foot upon It," Patience like !
ast OF Perioles, the Atheniap states
.an' VINO, when man pursued him to =
Is own door, hurled at him epithets. I
40 arriving there when it had be- ]
'me dark, sent his servant with a
rch to light his enemy back to his
'me. Patience like that eulogized bv
e spanish proverb when it saws.
nave lost the rings, but
re are the fingers still"
'1ience! The sweetest SUI
Z Tor the sourest cup; the balance. 81
aeel for all mental and moral ma.
inery; the foot that treads into pla-
llty stormiest lake; the bride for
aerwise rash tongues; the sublime ed
ence that conquers the boisterous co
blatant. Patience like that of the 9
's1 1iiustrious example of all the ages
esus Christ; patient under betrayal: T
tient under the treatment of p;l.ta.s
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
GOMEZ is OBSTINATE.
The Cuban General Refuses to Disband
His Army.

His Army.
New York, Oct. 18.-A dispatch
from Havana says: 1t Is generally be-
lieved a serious breach has taken place
between the executive department Of
the Cuban republic and the leaders of
the military forces. Word was received
here that General Wood has received a
communication from President Masso,
advising that nothing be done by the
Americans that can be construed as re-
cognizing the Cuban government. Mas
sd has been joined by his colleagues in
declaring that the time has arrived for
disbanding the Cuban forces. This
course will be vigorously combatted by
General Gomez.
General Juan Ducasse. one of the
closest advisers Of Gomez, has arrived
in Havana to consult the opponents of
Masso and all those who favor Cuban
republic and oppose further American
Intervention. General Ducasse declares
that Gomez will lead the insurgents
back into the field before he will SUBJ
NIT to disarming them while the Amer
ican and Spanish soldiers remain in
Cuba.
Colonel Warnings first inspection of
the city filled him with surprise. Con-
ditions are much worse than he expect
ed. Everything is favorable for an out
break of fever. In normal times deaths
in Havana number about 800 a week.
They now average fully 100 a day.
The deaths are mostly the result of per-
niciOus fever
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
FIRST DEMAND OF SPAIN +.
Flatly Refused by American
Peace Commission.
SETTLED BY THE PROTOCOL
Americans Positively Decline to As
sumo Responsibility for the Cuban
Debt-Two Weeks Labors.

Paris. OCT. 18.-The American and
Spanish peace com missions closed their
first two weeks of labor here today,
and the progress made has been chiefly
by negative action, owing to the atti.
tude of the Americans.
The first article Of the protocol pro-
vided that "Spain will relinquish all
claim to sovereignty over and title to
Cuba" The Americans opened their
case by the assumption that little or no
action was necessary regarding Cuba on
the ground that it's disposition was
definitely fixed by the terms of the pro-
tocol. Notwithstanding at the meeting
last Thursday, the Spaniards submit
ted suggestions and propositions
amounting to holding that the United
States should take over all or part Of
the Cuban debt. Tuesday, Senior Mon
tero Rios, president of the Spanishcom-
mission, verbally repeated it at length,
and reiterated the same in summarized
form.
The Americans at their own session,
Wednesday, took up the Spanish pres
entation and determined the formula
tion of the answer of the United States.
Careful, exact, and full was the prepara-
tion of the answer, and, therefore, it
became impossible, as intended. to
serve copy of it on the Spanish before
the hour of opening the session, SO that
the oral discussion might begin
promptly.
Whatever may have transpired at yes
terday's session, whether the Spaniards
were or were not advised that tho
United States declined to assume the
Cuban debt, it may be distinctly said
that with such light as 1t now has. the
United States commission will consist
emily and to the end refuse to assume
all or any part of the Cuban debt. The
Spaniards will, if indeed it has not al
ready been done, have impressed upon
them the fact that by the signature Of
the protocol, they utterly relinquished
all claim of sovereignty over and title
to Cuba.
Thus possibly progress has been
achieved negatively, for, with the pres
ent light, the Americans decline. or
will refuse the responsibility of single
Deseta of the so-called debt,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
CRISIS WAS REACHED.
Judge Day Made Positive Demands
on Spain.

Judge Day Made Positive Demands
Spain.
London. Oct. ia dispatch to the
London News Agency from Paris says:
"Today the confe, ence reached
crisis for the first time. Judge Day
presented the demands of the American
commission in threatening words. He
said that delay was the only possible
object obtainable by the persistent
efforts of the Spanish commissioners to
saddle the United States vita the Gu
ban debt, and would be tolerated no
longer, as the United States would
neither assume nor guarantee any part
of the debt.
"The Spaniards replied that this
placed Spain in position of repudiat-
ing or of reducing the face of the Cuban
bonds from 30 to 60 per cent, paying
only half the stipulated interest on
reduced value. Before they would
adopt either alternative they would sur
render to the United States the entire
Philippines.
"Judge Day responded that the sur
render of the Philippines would proba-
bly, be demanded, irrespective of the
Cuban or any other debt.
''This, to the Spaniards, the first in
timation of the intentions of the Unit
ed States as to the Philippines, resulted
in whispered conference. followed by
request for an adjournment in order
to communicate with Madrid. Judge
Day said that President Mckinley had
instructed him to demand the entire
surrender of Porto Rico, and the deliv-
cry of every town to the United States
officers before midnight, together with
the evacuation of Havana on or before
November l., when the United States
would be at the gates Of the city ready
to take possession.
"There was no alternative offered in
the case of either of these demands;
the session consequently was very
hIiafn
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
reported by Downing, Hopkins & Co... Inc,
Commerce building, Portland, Oregon.l

Since Letter failed the outsider has
not been interested in Chicago prices.
The disastrous outcome to the man
with so many millions was terrifying
lesson to the small bull. Explanations
did not count. Whether Letter made
egregious errors or not was of little
consequence. The defeat, after years
campaign. of the bull leader who for
so long seemed the greatest who had
ever arisen, took the heart from every
one who had believed in his cause. It
was only last June that the disaster
took place; about four months ago. It
seems long interval, but it is really
short one, and it would be remarkable
if it were not still in eve,yone's mind.
What new bull leader would now invite
the comparisons which would inevitably
be made; what banking concern would
hazard the criticism which would fol-
low any favors toward a buying cam
paign in grain? Have the losses of last
summers collapse been forgotten yet!
There must be good deal imaginative
about any bull deal. Not one advance
in twenty is mere matter of consump-
tive demand or of actual scarcity.
There must be great deal of theory
with advancing prices; people must
forget prudence, become venturesome,
permit more or less exhiliration.
Would it not be like holding a picnic
at the close of funeral to permit much
bull spirit within four months of the
Letter failure?
The present movement Of wheat to
market is the heaviest ever known-11,-
100000 bushels received at primary
points last week. There was never any
such total as that in six days before.
Is not the speculator doing pretty we'll
in taking care of that property and in
also maintaining prices? Is not the fact
that such volume of grain is financed
and the price sustained evidence that
the volume Of speculation is larger than
the very narrow fluctuations would
Indicate?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
COMMERCE OF THE PACIFIC.
VIII Be Increased by the Retention Of
the Philippines.

Will Be Increased by the Retention OF
the Philippines.
Seattle. WASH, Oct. II. ID. E.
Brown. general agent of the Canadian
Pacific Railway & Steamship Company
at Hong Kong, speaking today of the
growth of trade betweeen this country
and the Orient, said:
''The trade of the last five years
should more than double in the next
five years. owing, In the first place, to
increased transportation facilities, and
in the second place to the close rela-
tions that will have to exist hereafter
between this country and the Orient as
the result of holding the Philippine
islands. We are perfectly willing that
the United States should hold on to
the Philippine islands, and when once
the matter is definitely settled, and
business is again in full swing, it will
not be long before the commerce of the
Pacific will be as great as that of the
Atlantic. Especially will this be the
case when railroads shall open up China
to the commercial and industrial world,
and make this Northwest coast its
landing point"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
THE LIZARD WRECK.
Bodies of Many of the Victims Have
Been Recovered.

London, Oct. 18.-The Atlantic
Transport Company issued the follow
ing statement this evening regarding
the fate Of the passengers and crew OF
the steamer Mohegan, which was
wrecked last Friday evening off the
Lizard, between the Manacles and Low
lands:
"Of the passengers, IL have been
saved, 10 bodies have been recovered,
and 33 are missing. OF the crew and
cattlemen, 80 have been saved, IA bod
les have been recovered, and 81 are
missing"
Since this statement was issued, nine
other bodies have been picked up, in
Guiding two that have been identified
as those of passengers. The reports of
the various correspondents differ widely
as to the resoues. recoveries and losses,
though none agree as to the exact num-
ber of those saved or of the bodies re-
covered.
The bodies of the following passengers
have been recovered: r. W. King,
Edna King, Master King, Mrs. Weller,
James Blackey, Miss H. M. Cowen, M.
Fallows, B. Franklin Fuller, Mrs. L.
M. Luke, George Seymour, Miss L. H.
Warrener.
The latest advices from Falmouth
this evening say that 38 bodies have
been identified, mostly the bodies OF
sailors. Four are as yet unidentified,
including those of two elderly ladies.
One appears to be German. She wore
a watch and wedding ring, both en-
graved "187l." The other wore sill
yer brooch with the letters I'D" in
pearls. This is probably the body of
Mrs. Charles Duncan. Nine of the bod
les have been brought to Falmouth;
the others were taken to the village
church at St. Keverine.
The rescued passengers are being
sheltered in cottages along the shore,
and the crew at the sailors home at
Falmouth.
Tugs have been cruising in the vicin-
ity all day. despite the very rough
weather, in the hope Of picking up
other bodies.
The cause of the disaster remains the
profoundest mystery. Nobody at
tempts to explain how the Mohegan got
so far north of her true course-from
six to seven miles. There was no fog
at the time. while the wind on her port
quarter was not sufficient to prevent
her answering the helm. 1t has been
suggested that her compass was faulty;
but daylight lasted long after Eddy
stone light was passed. The sailors
say the fact that the Lizard light was
visible should have served to give the
alarm.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
Minor News Items,

DIR. G. @. Cotton, the noted Ameri-
can dentist who died in Rotterdam
some time ago, had pulled over 1,000.-
600 teeth in the course of his practice,
and was the first dentist to use ''laugh-
ing gas" in practice.
Robert Roberts, an English writer
on religious affairs, the author of over
100 books and editor of the Christadel-
phia, of Birmingham, England, was
found dead in his loom in San Francis
co from heart disease.
Maj. T. G. Upper, who died recent
ly at Cleveland, O., was On the active
list of the army for 80 years, having
enlisted as private in the Sixth
United States cavalry in 1861.
George Mulligan, Klondike miner,
lost purse containing $4,000 in
cash and checks in San Francisco
street car. Gripman John Donahue
found it and restored it to him.
One hundred and twenty-three men,
bers of the sacred college Of cardinals
have died since Leo XIII assembled the
papal throne, and 67 of this number
Were OF his own creation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-21
Plot Against Emperor william.

Alexandra, Egypt, Oct. 17.-The
Alexandria police have arrested nine
Italian anarchists since last night. and
have thereby frustrated plot against
Emperor William, now on his way to
the Holy Land, to be present at the
conservation of the Church Of the Savior
at Jerusalem. The first arrested was
cafe keeper. a well-known anarchist,
in whose house the police discovered
two wire bombs of great strength and
full of bullets. This arrest was made
in consequence of the notification from
the Italian consul-general at Cairo that
two anarchists had left Cairo for Port
Said.