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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-21


1t viii he seen from this that are expenG-
Ing more than 81 5t1 ana for fixed charges Our
entire revenue for municipal purposes Is in
round figures &,i0l.os. This leaves but 81. .0al.-
or for the discha-Ec Of the many municipal
duties incumbent upon large city. not
mentioned in the above enumerated charges such
as the maintenance Of streets and alleys, Of
sewers and parks. and the compensation of th..
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-21
TTIt 'DIlIIlIIHNIVII-
STEPS TshEN FOR
Pt:RNNHglT uRt.A\II

In the meeting of the commission. Nht n
imm, liatrly followed the Adjournment Of
the preliminary convention. Mr.. k!app h-
icCted TO motion tu Cumplot" a permanent
organization. He stated = belief that of. "IS
q: the commission should be scl' ctcd only
after careful dcIihcration and thought a COM
mttec of three. ~ consider nominations and
report at a subsequent meeting. should Do
appointed by the chair. III, urged that ;hiS
committee be- careful to make It's selection
from both parties. The officials o ih"
commission should HXcmplity It's bipartisan
and nunpartis.n character. he said.
Mr. Thompson accepting Mr.. krarp's
suggestions ~ his sentiments. moved the
appointment Of such a committee, and the
chair named M"ssrs Knapp. Houser ard
Lowcnsjein.
IL was decided To hold the next meeting
on Saturday. December -. when the COM
mittee on Nominations and the Committee
on the Preparation Of Charter Amendment
Ordinances will report.
Last nights meeting WAS attended as
largely as had been the first meeting. Few
of those invited 10 take part in the preiim'-
nary WuIk Of the organization Wer. absent
and all OF them Were represented by proNi's-
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-21

refer TO municipal abuses. for doub."
reason: First the committee did not have
the time tc make a thorough investigation
of the city'S affairs. and. therefore, could
Lot secure Information which would eIahl"
II To say with positiVcnesS that there we're
abuses. and to point them out specifically .
:ecund, there would bc no good purpose
served bv CrittcISing any mar or sci of In'n.
especially In view OF the fact THAI the com
mitIce WIS positive that Il" system oi r.
form in administration could reduce the
exp 'rditUr.S To a point where they w"3ll
leave a surplus large enough I" enable the
city TO do The Improvement work that -
necessary.
Mr.. Liouhcrscr tGnk occasion to thank
President NcNath OF the Board uf Public
improvements. city Comptroller Sturgeon
and First Assistant Comptroller ,abcl Tor
valuable information and data. without
" hich IL would have been Impossible Tor the
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-21
FOREIGN.
SPORTING

Greyfield won the handicap at Tanforan
In an impressive race.
Tod Sloan arrived at San Francisco yes
ferday. He said that he was merely at the
Races for pleasure.
Tommy Burns IS in the saddle on the
Coast.
walkenshaw quit like dog when il came
70 a show-down against Alas yesterday at
Tanforan.
St Louis Baseball Club has drafted Sec
rnd Baseman Childs and Fielder Belts
from Utica, n. ". team
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-21
COMMISSION CREATED FOR PUBLIC WELFARE.


was Instructed 10 name a secret committee
hich should select these ten names, re
port ON representatives - CONNIE retail and
social organizations to he added, and hA
a maximum limit to le membership.
Mr.. Knapp objected ON the grounds or
eNpediency and courtesy, 10 the acceptance
of that part ~ In" report which provided
that the members of the committee should
Ecc he members uf III" commission. tie
nrovtd THAI they he added to the commits
sion. and tn" motion VAS carried over the
protest of members Of the committee.
After much NOR" debate. that part of tn"
7, port which referred 70 th" selection of
the commission Was adopted aS II had been
amended.
Action upon the rest Of fl was referred to-
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-21
ENTIRE COMMITTEES
HAS BEEN At WORK.

Mr. WalbriGo and Mr.. Juison. members
OF the committee, also referred 10 the work
that had been done. Nj. Walhridre stating
that every meeting had been attended nv
every member. and that discussion and hard
work had been general. Mr.. Iudsnn men
toned the unanimity of the committee :
approval cf the report as presented. and
outlined the proposed Charter amendments.
He stated that while they We're believed 10
offer the quickest means Of relief tho COM
nittee believed that in a constitutional
convention and a. new State Constitution
lay the only means for the sufficient broad
ening of municipal powers
William J. Fairhack offered objections TO
the adoption OF the report. claiming that II
should contain a ccnsure OF the police law.
Mr.. Schrocs moved the addition of ten
members -at-large to the commission. stat
ing that the commission as suggested by the
report had only one member-Mr. WaIhridge
of experience In municipal affairs.
The motion was adopted. and later. In
the meeting OF the commission. the chair
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-21
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

GENERAL DOMESTIC.
The expectation OF money from Mexico to
the Orient has caused strinsency which
the Government may find it necessary 10
relieve.
The Illinois Supreme Court Yesterday
handed down opinions in 100 cases.
The Illinois law calculated 10 guarantee
employees the right to belong to labor or
.eanizations has been declared unconstit,l-
tional. on the ground that 1t deprires the
employer Of the right TO terminate a con-
tract.
The office Of assistant superintendent "f
telegraph of the Missouri Pacific will be
abolished on January l.
Two deuces win s1.15o for a San Fran
cisco banker In a poker game on an ocean
liner.
Phoebe King tells how she and her mother
and brother murdered her stepfather
former mistress.
Democratic leaders ~ consider methods
Of marty reorganization at a meeting at the
national capital after the holidays.
Prominent Democrats comment on the
views expressed by Mr.. Cleveland IN his
article on THE Plight of the Democracy
A Prussian bank director has been ar
rested charged with malfeasance in connec-
ton with the affairs OF the bank. He is
Known over the Empire for his many gifts
to churches and his ostentatioui philan-
thropy.
The Count and Countess de Casteilane are
being sued by Paris bric-a-brac dealer for
sl.S0aHs1 alleged to be due for goods pur-
chased. The hearing OF the case began yes
ferday.
The members of the Philippine Commis
sion are said to have expressed themselves
personally as being In favor of the pro-
posed government Of autonomy. but to have
suggested certain changes In the platform
OF the party which proposed 1t
- n.,Aa al lp1fn a
been ratified by her law-making body and
provision has been made for the naturaliza-
tion of the bridegroom.
Count Esterhszy. Who was prominently
connected with the Dreyfus affair. has writ
ten 4 letter from London in which he con-
fesses that he is suffering the EXTREMIST
poverty. taving gone two days without food
and being without sufficient funds to buy Il
postage stamp. He still asserts his inno-
Sence Of the offenses charged against him.
FOREIGN
Boers occupy Colesburg. Cape Town Is
much alarmed at the invasion Of the colony
and fears a rising of the Dutch sympathiz-
ers.
Special Commissioner Rockhill urges Sec
retary Hay to remove the seat of Chinese
reace negotiations from PelSin. The Secre-
sary will probably address an identical note
TO the Powers suggesting that such be
done.
Armenian outrages are outdone by Turks
in the massacre of Greek Christians in
Macedonia. More than 1000 are said tu
have been slain
SPORTING
Greyfeld won the handicap at Tanforan
In an impressive race.
Tod Sloan arrived at San Francisco yes
ferday. He said that he was merely at the
races for pleasure.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-21

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
THEY WILL co ARMED
Desperate Fusion Pie Hunter;
Threaten a Registrar.
He Refused to Register an IS Year Old Boy,
Who Escaped From Working the Roads,
Because of Youth.

Especial to the News and Observer.)
Fayetteville, n. c., July 12.-The fol-
lowing is a copy Of a letter received by
Mr.. w. NJ. Pope, registrar of election
in Black River township:
Mr.. Pope, Goodwin, N. c.:
considering you as a registrar in this
coming election the Government Depart
ment has been informed that up to the
present time that you haven't registered
a single man in Black River township in
which township you are registrar accord
ing to law. Being you haven't sworn
even a single man you will please con-
slider this false registration is controlled
by the federal laws, and they are very
severe, more SO han the laws of the w.
& w. R. r. Co. Your ways of registra-
ton will be visited and looked into by a
U. S. Commissioned men, and if he gets
the evidence that you have registered
these men unlawful you may look out.
Read section 5S05 Of the Z. S.. and you
will see the verdict. This report will be
investigated at once, and you will have
trouble on your hands. So now be honest
and register these men according to law.
A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT
AND A FOOLISH MAN CAN SEE THE
ERROR OF THERE WAY WHEN 1T IS
TOO LATE"
! The above is a verbatim copy. under
| scoring and all, and is unsigned. It is
| supposed to have been instigated by a
| Sampson county anti-white politician.
| Mr.. Pope is one of the best and most
| intelligent citizens of the township, rand
| is proceeding to do his duty as directed
| bv law. This contemplate attempt to
| bulldoze and scare an honest man will
| have no effect. Of course the charges
| are not true. Mr.. Pope will not register
! 1S-year-old negroes or ex-convicts, but
| Will register every man who is entitled
| TO register. AT one precinct an 18-year-
| old negro presented himself to register
| The registrar knew that last year when
| he was summoned to work the roads he
! escaped upon the plea that he was MOI
liable, as he was not is years old. D
course he did not register. The Fusion
forces are making all kinds Of threats
and one man is reported to have saic
they were organizing a band of 80 armed
men to intimidate the people.
Cumberland Democrats cannot be in
timidated. We are going to do our duty
and hold an election according to law
and these niger lovers might as vel
understand it. -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17

Fopunsts and Silver Renuh,icans -
state VIII place their devotion IF nr,na;
pie ABOVE any ambition for oe;aa -
~1,.e morning they will agree unon :.
tcKe1 mat will be satisfactory IN tbosa
VINO make the fight this fall. # has 70
- CHARITY and liberality and con
eoence LOT us to keep the three reform
working together, but if if has
- ~ necessary We have always found a
quantity Of these virtues to en-
'o 10 10 get along, and | think this
q nas set an example to the other
u the nation in the unifyine Of
me reform forces against the common
enemy.
me platform adopted at Kansas CITY
mas declared one issue more imnortant
man any other in this campaign. want
you 10 go back home and present these
ISSUES to the people, and to cali their
attention to the fact that if this nation
ohce denies the doctrine that it rests for
It's authority upon the consent of the
governed, then there is nothing but force
lol II TO rest upon, and if there be any
VINO are willing to risk a government
resting upon brute force, let it be known
IN TINS State that an overwhelming ma
Jorlty o1 the people prefer to base their
LIZ uloA III only SOl1Q fOun0a-
tlon, the consent of the governed. | have
such faith in the intelligence and patriot
ISM or the people Of this State that | be-
Heve when these issues are presented 70
them and they come face to face with the
questions upon which this campaign is
to turn, we will find they will come to
the support of those doctrines set forth
at Kansas City"
Mr.. Bryan also spoke before the Popu-
list and Free Silver Republican conven-
lions, the sentiments being of much the
same tenor.
! Charles A. Towne in his address to the
democrats, made his statement even
more positive than to the Silver Republi-
cans that hs would withdraw from the
ticket.
1t was a"tar midnight when the confer
ence conn. sstsR4 of the three parties
made thei SfAv report of the conven-
tlons on ~ Opportionment of State
offices. Til . report was taken up for dis
cussion in the convention.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17

cause no one was on hand to sell. Most
OF the board members were out OF town
for a holiday. confident that nothing that
could occur would induce any sudden &C
tiyity 10 develop Some desultory efforts
were made TO advance Union Pacific by
making bids for the next dividend on a
specified number Of shares II , higher
figure than the prevailing dividend rate.
But these efforts secured little attention.
The market was as 4 whole lower tLan
last night when the bank statement ap-
peared. There was some light buying to
cover shorts. but the large increase in re-
serves and in the surplus attracted even
less attention tina did last weeks unex-
pected decrease.
There was no explanation for the large
gain in cash. and ii was generally ac-
eepted as the working OF the average sys-
tenn in the rectiicaiion OF last weeks
unwarranted show of a loss The. sterling
exchange market was nominal. as usual
on a Saturday but the posted rates for
demand sterling was advanced Lc IN re-
Spouse 10 q rise in London discounts. Il
is pretty certain that these Developments
foreshadCw an advance in the Bank OF
England minimum discount rate and ex-
pert OF gold from New York next week.
New York money lenders are anxious
TO place call loans on easy terms but
the sitter rates demanded for longer
periods reflect a feeling OF uncertainty
over the future which is doubtless due
to the extraordinary conditions OF the
international exchanges. II is evident
that uncertainty in the stock market is
almost as great, and outside the profess
sional operations referred TO, there IS
little interest in the market With the
reduction Of the short interest and the
taking CT profits the market has been
reactionary during the latter part OF the
week.
Bonds have been little trade in. il
spite of the ease OF money and rrices
have changed little in either direction.
United States ~refundirg (when issued)
and the 5s advanced u, and the old As
Is in the bid price.
The total sales Of stocks today were
&c. 100 shares, including the following At
Gibson preferred, 5,115: Burlington, 6.2oo;
Union Pacific, 1870; Missouri Pacific, s.
030.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
II AM A WHITE MAN"
An Honest rankin County Populist Writes a
Letter.

Editor News and Observer: When Mr..
to the gold bugs Ct being a strong 16
to | believer in silvcr) united with the
Populist party and am free to say NJ man
believes in the principles of that party
more than ] did, but have they any prin-
ciples as they now stand? l say not, long
ago l made up my mind to stand by my
white brethren in trying to rid the State
of negro domination, l shall support the
Democratic ticket, which is headed by
the %grandeSt man | have ever heard
speak. Whatever Wife man has heard
Mr.. AycOck speak and is not for the
amendment should have his face colored
Gas his heart isl and his hair singed Sc
as to give it as near the kinky head
of the race to whom he should belong. ]
am a white man and am glad that the
party to which my fathers belonged has
placed itself in such a position that | car
stand with both feet on its platform my
hands covered with white gloves, and
men. Populist. if you are not for the
! amendment get right at once. Our wives
our daughters and our homes demand
tina every white man should do his duty
in this the most important crisis through
which we will ever pass. White men dc
for Gods sake be white men.
Very respectfully,
H. CASWELL RAY.
Franklinton, N. c., July 10, 1900.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
OPENS At
A DECLINE HERE
Due to Several Breaks in
English Market.
BEARlSH CROP ADVlCES
On These Prices of the Staple Went
Still Lower.
BULLS DIsQUIETED BY CHINESE OUTLOOK
Market for Futures Closed With Prices Net IL
to 40 Points Lower. Pa1ic-st-ic ken Au-
gust Longs Dump Great Blocks Of
Old Long Stuff.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York. July 18th cotton market
opened steady at a decline Of from three
to seven points, latter following a Sc
we're break in the English market. In
mediately after the call the market de-
velOped weakness of it's own under gen
orally bearish advices from the crop
country. The official weather chart in
dicated warm showers in nearly every
portion of the cotton territory which
private dispatches said We're timely and
would greatly benefit the crop. On the
decline Liverpool and Continental opera
tors We're liberal sellers Of the August
contract, which easily led the rest of
the list in the downward course. The
South sold the distant months, room
shorts quietly gathered in profits, while
longs sold out, having become tired of the
unsatisfactory tactics of the market.
Trading was fairly active for a Saturday
half-holiday though new speculation, es-
pecially for outside account, did not come
to light. The bulls were disquieted by
the gloomy political outlook in China.
The market for futures closed steady
with prices net twelve to forty points
lower having broken at the close unde
a bull statement Of the crop.
August longs were panic stricken and
dumped over great blocks of old long
stuff. There was a slight reaction at the
very finish.
NEW YORK.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
Rumble Has the Beers in a Corner.
(Ry the Associated PreSS.)

Senekal, Orange River Colony, July Ii
General Rundle's rapid advance has, it is
said. forced the Beers into an obviously
bad corner. President Steyn is reported
to have given up all hope after the loss
of Bethlehem, and would have surrender
ed. but General Dewet threatened TO shoot
him, and it is believed Steyn was i'm
prisoned in his own laager.
Captain Driscoll, Of 3D. scouts, who
went alone to Zuringloranz to view the
Boer positions, was surprised at break
fast by four BOer scouts. He picked UP
his rifle and commanded them to surrend-
er or he would shoot. The four at once
surrendered, although Driscoll was ter
miles away from the main body OF the
scouts and close to a large BOer force.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, July 1.-THE sole interest
attaching to today's stock market was
as an example of dullness. In that re
spect it was a true index of the specula-
tive condition., which is one OF entire
uncertainty and lack of conviction. Even
the professional traders who have con-
stituted themselves the champions of Ger
tain stocks during the week were not in
evidence and only small trades between
the regular frequenters of the floor were
made at any time. Offerings to sell made
unduly large inroads on prices, because
no one stood ready to buy and any de-
mand to buy caused a rapid advance, be-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
The Ordination of Rev. J. D. Bowen

At I o'clock this afternoon at Ephe-
sus Baptist church, six miles in the
country, j. ID. Bowen, of BurgaW, Pen
der county, will be ordained to the
ministry. At q meeting of the Presby-
terry at the First Baptist church yes
terday morning the following order OF
exercises was suggested for the occa-
sion: Devotional exercises, conducted
by Rev. w. ID. Hubbard, OF the Taber-
nacle Baptist church. Ordination
drawer by DR.. T. +. Skinner. The
charge to the church by DR.. A.. A
Marshall. of the First Baptist church
Charge to the candidate by Rev. W
ID. Hubbard. After the presentation
will come the right hand of recogni
ton and the benediction by the candi
date.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
Boundary Dispute Settled.
(Ry the Associated Press.

Cincinnati, July 1.-The United States
Circuit Court of Appeals has settled a
question of boundary line between Ten
nessee and North Carolina in favor or
Tennessee. 1t arose from two grants OF
the same land to different persons. ).
w. Bedding had a grant from North caro-
lima. based on the sumption That the
line ran on the Fodder Stack Mountain.
Tennessee made a grant or the same
property to Charles Hebard, assuming
hat the State line lay on It's eastern slae
of the Hangover range. Inc ofls!nai
line was marked by blazing trees. After
| much investigation q master 1ounu tnai
The Hangover range was the line boun-
| darv and the court approved the finding.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
NAVAL STORES.

Wilmington, \. O., july 14-Turpentine
firm ut 42aa 143M receipts t6.
ko,lB nrn ~ :, POOL %; -eceips1 lft
crude turpentine quiet at G.6SQ2 ~; receipts
1876 - Frels.
TaT ) eady at 81 ~; receipt. 10 barrels.
Charleston, S. C.. July ii-Turpentine hrm
at As; sales -
Rosiu firm: receipts - sales exports -.
Quote: b. G.. D., lib: e. 81 p: r, 81 p: @, i.30:
II, Sl.40; !, $50; b. 81. ii, sIso, n, ~ Is; W.
2.30: " w, $3.50
Savannah, Ga. Jolly II Turpentine firm At
4iL4: receipts $40: saIes a99; eSporfs Bill.
Kosin firm; receipts 3,75i, saIes 2,2Z1, exports
SPA
Quote. A, & c, D, BIS; z. il3o; r, ela;G g,
1.4U: II, $50; /. ei.60; X, $40: ", U.85; n,
g.. 80; W., 81 50: WV s270.
It is understood that the British ~lll
send another division, consisting Of 4
British and + Indian regiments, to China.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
GRAIN AMI PROVISIONS.

Chicago, July 4-Wheat was weak
from start to finish today and closed at a
decline of A@1ssc. This makes over 4
cents decline in three days. The marked
Improvement in crop conditions in the
Northwest kept prices on the down grade,
Corn was strong on the continued South
west drought and closed 12c higher. Oats
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.

New York, July 1.-THE statement OF
the associated banks for the week ending
today shows the following changes:
Surplus reserves, increased, S4.41O,92o;
loans, decreased, 81, 564, 900; specie, IN
creased, S., 1856, 1905; legal tenders, IN
creased, 1894, 800; deposits, increased 81
GAO, 800; circulation, increased. $2o6,ooo.
The banks now hold S19,96O.l2o IN eX-
cess of the requirements OF the 20 per
cent rule.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
NEW WORK MONEY.

New YORK, July 14.-8P P. M.-Mocey on cal
nominal at per cent. last loan = per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 3A@4H per cent. ster-
ling exchange firm, with actual business IN
bankers bills at s4.s6B for demand and at
f4.s41s for 60 days. Posted rates $50 ana
4.89. Commercial bills S4e34alS31a: Silver Gel
ufcates 81 AM62A. Bar silver 6las. Mexican dol
lars 4SA Government bonds steady; State
bonds inactive; railroad bones Irregular
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
norrectea Dali, hy L. IL. Adams & S.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK, Va, JULY n-Pesnutk steady; new
'ancs. "a strictly pr me, "a; prime, az
.DiaLoon, inN2. ism, 6c. per bushsl.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17

LIVERPOOL, July IL P. M.-Spot cotton,
small business; prices lower; American mid
ding fair 6 5-l6d; good middling = 1-}2d; mic
ding 5 27-32d; low middling 1882; good or
binary 5 l9-32d; ordinary 5 1-32d.
The sales of tie day were 5000 bales, OF which
300 were for speculation and export, and in
| Guided $500 American. receipts 200 bales, in
GLIDING all American.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17

advanced &c and provisions declined
5ff lac.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
Pops Convene in a Back Alley.
(cnocial to News and Observer

~Iourinburg. NJ c., July 14.-Eight or
ten Populist met here TINS aiterhoon
- !, bock alley near a livery stable and
49, o,t q martial county ticket. There
20. CONSIDERABLE canvassing which result
-. - harmonious conference in the
alley at the above mehtloneu unea'oi'
Tbo ticket may get two doZer
49,. :, tho city but we doubt it.
:, ;. oocv To dream big things in {
hammock. -A-AaA ~