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r1 1 fV i s. r i i m r- 0 t cP - -" 7- ' - - - ' ,f l ill i : 7ih ! ESTABLISHED. 1807. RALEIGH'S MAYOR. HIS HONOR A. A. THOMPSON WILL BE RE-ELECTED. The Kw Cotton Mill-Scarcity or Bonds Jthe Capital Park General Orders for Jle AdjntaBtOeneral The Local Optica Movement. Messenger Bureau, r.TT7TTT A.nrU9A IRfifL An advance copy of the pamphlet issued this week by the Superinten dent of Public Instruction h sent yon. Tt is well prepared and will be found tprv useful. The laws, old and new, ltd clearly set forth. The questions L'hich are to be found, in one portion Ifthe pamphlet strike at thejery Ut of the important matter of the Imblic schools and of public education generally. Some of these questions Le put to the press. , ' ; i It is stated that What may be termed an expurgated eaiuou- yu xu.r. open- cer's ScbOOl nisioijr wiij auuruy op it. nt rrm tn ir tViA rAffir- ences to slavery, secession and Jeffer i cnn Davis which have been so much ' talked about in the first - edition, and ' Uich apDear to have excited a good deal of adverse criticism. There was no need of putting any of these things I in a history for children. i Allusion was yesterday made to the suit against Mr. K. B. Baney m regard to some furniture for the Atlantic , Hotel. Just as we predicted, the ver dict was in Mr. Raney's favor. Another prediction proved true. A." A Thompson will be Raleigh's Mayor for two years longer. His "party" won a' great victory at the primaries last evening. The attendance was the largest on record, which shows what good effect a general stirring up of the people has. The various meet- ings were crowded aim interest was ntense. ine two rn i a. sets of candidates were "Thompson men'? or "Dodd men." The latter were nowhere. It was pleasant to see, however, with what heartiness and promptness the nominations were made unanimous. A large vote on the election day next month is assured. 'V". Anjoil portrait of Col. A. B. An drews has been placed on the walla of the State Library. Librarian Bird soncr has about abandoned his at ¬ tempt to secure a portrait of Henry Wyatt, who is claimed to have been the first soldier killed on the Confed erate side in the wari iThe Richmond man who has the only, portrait wants a fabulous price ior it, or even ior a codv. That is a strange action. The cotton factory project is getting into good shape, and it is believed that 1 to-morrow the question will be finally settled. Some of Raleigh's best busi nessmen are on the list of stock takers. A broker here tells me that mere is just now a brisk demand for North uaroiina bonds. Jb'our per cents are in special requests and are firm, at; 95, but none are to be had. People who want these lands are wondering what has beconiefof them. The click of the lawn-mowers is heard to-day in Union Square, which ia pnmmftnlir Alitor) tViA flunitnl Snnarfl. i The lawn will be very attractive this season. Designs for ornamental foun tains have been received and will be submitted to the board of buildings and' grounds. Some fountains will probably be placed in the Square in a short while and arrangements also made for sprinkling the lawn. The owners of Brookside Park, which is a public park, of course, are arranging for the summer programme of amusements. The german at Henry Hall last evening was an expensive but cer tainly handsome affair. The favors were unique and the souvenirs costly. There was a "drawing" for the chief ouuvouus, wuiyu were an upai ring and a diamond pin. Other handsome souvenirs were mother-of-pearl fans and gold pins, with the monograms "G. W.V and "B. B." in compliment to the young ladies to whom the ger man was given. This evening the ladies give the gentlemen a supper at the arboro. . The news here is that George Z. krench is to be postmoster at Wil mington, and that Lege Harris is to nil the same position at Raleigh. tol. Shaffer laughs at the state ment that Elihu White is to be col- fCt?m0f this district. - White had the pull" on the nl I u .eot - J1 was whispered last night wat Shaffer had "stood in" for the chief clerkship. General order?, No. 3, from the Adju tant lieneral'S offiftfi urA o fnllnve.- 1. Under the provisions of law the first Brigade, North ; Carolina State wuard, will encamp at Wrightsville, trom July,9th to 18th (inclusive,) 18S9. In special compliment to the onerous tamily which has for the cond time so kindly tendered its jaUful grounds at Seaside Park for ;f!8 purpose, the camp will be known i8 year as "Camp Latimer.".- Orders will be issued later giving retailed particulars and instructions Regard to the Encampment. , 4-Company commanders, will for w&ra to their recrimental commandflr. DQe 1, next, full and complete enlist ment rolls of their companies. No "enwho are unlisted subsequent to tKft18111 be Permitted ; to; attend e Encampment. 'V The Uaited States regulation lffi?eau i8 hereby : prescribed for all 8onlwLth.e Keneral staff, the per Kde6 niorand oPtha ,1' 8.ince the last general order the iOUOWincr rhnnoo in fkm Rf.- 3 we occurred: v - - , COMMISSIONS ISSUED. : , uSg. R. Rrvftn rll- mrA t- faster Genm-at. --v Cj23d, 1889; vice Hochead, :de: Regiment; with rank from April 12th, 18S9; vice Parrish, resigned. G. S. White Captain, S. N. M. R ; with rank from March 12th, ISSOfVice Aoth,ony,' promoted. Isaac Hi. Smith First Lieutenant, 8. N. M. R.; with rank from March 12th, 1889; vice Smith, promoted: Col. Richard Irving Dodge, of the 11th Infantry, TJ. 8. A.t who will be on detail at Camp Latimer, wilt be in command of the regular -troops in the great parade in New York next week. Some', of the advance guard of the delegates to the negro State emigra tion convention, which meets here day after to-morrow, arrived to day. They appear to be pretty enthusiastic about their ..movement. Some of them have a more or less vague belief or idea that the general government will bid them in going West. During the session of. the legislature a resolution was intro duced requesting Congress to-provide ior the movement of the negroes. This was introduced by a negro : named Faulkner, from Warren, in the Senate. ni i. .i alio cuuiiiy commissioners win . to morrow take up the petitions for a local option election. These are to be then considered at a special meeting, ana the matter will be settled. It is said by the prohibitionists that there are enough signatures and that all are valid. The commissioners will look into that matter. In all cases of doubt the signer will be summoned to acknowledge his signature. So it is stated to-day. The board is composed of yery careful men who know the law and will do their whole dutv. It is said that some signatures are in this style, "John Smith, his mark." It is further stated that one name is that of a negro who lives at Durham. Even if the election is ordered the wets" will carry the election. ; That appears quite certain as matters are now. The alleged poisoning of Dr. Rich ard Weathers of Buckhorn township, has turned out! to be the basis of a sensation after said ? that one all.' It was at first of his daughters was charged with the crime, and than she charged Dr. Stone with the poisoning. The Doctor has been exonerated from the charge but now ' purposes to sue somebody for making it. He will at tempt to get authority to disinter the body and have it examined. MiBSsS44sVesVawaHMBKMK ti Foreign News. Brussels, April 24 General Bou langer. Count Dillon and six other members of the BoulaDgist party, left Brussels for England at 7 o'clock last night'. They appeared to be gloomy and dejected. No crowd witnessed their departure, nor was there any cueenng or. enthusiasm. The party sailed from Ostend at 9 o'clock. Two hundred persons were present on the pier, but the departure of the Boulan gists was taken amid the. same silence as that which prevailed at Brussels. ' "London, April 24 -General ' Bou- langer and party : ar iyed , at Doyer f.,,, v. nooi nofhcrxn .u. uft a vana;A gathered on the pier and received him with cheers. The passage from Os tend was a rough one and the General suffered from sea sickness. The po lice commisary from Calais watched the party ;on behalf of the French government. The General and his friends at once proceeded for London. London, -April 24. A crowd of several hundred persons, mostly French, awaited in the Charing Cross rail way station for the arrival of the train on. which General Boulanger travelled from Doyer. When the General emerged from the train, he was heartily cheered by the people inside. There was a mixed crowd out side the station, which alternately hooted and cheered him. Although it was announced that M. Rachefort would remain in Brussels, he accom panied General Boulanger and Count Dillon to London. London, April 24. General Bou laherer arrived in this city at 3:20 o'clock this afternoon, and was im mediately driven to the Hotel Bristol, where he will establish his neadquar.- ters for the present. A large crowd of his admirers gathered in front of the hotel and extended a cordial welcome to the General. The public generally are apothetic concerning General Boulanger's pres ence in the city. In an interview, Boulanger expressed himself as grate ful for Eaelish hospitality: He said he would do nothing that might tend to embarrass England's relations with France. Dublin, Aprii 24. The case of Parnell against the London Times, for libel has been expunged from the list of cases awaiting the trial before the Exchegner Division of Her Majesty's High Court - of Justice in Ireland. . Vienna, April 24. The Tramway Companies resumed operations to day; Six hundred and fifty cars are now running. The strikers have been restored to their old positions, London, April 24: An explosion has occurred in Braucepeth colliery at Durham.' Fiye person were killed. To Pay for . - A ttaa Carfiro. Philadelphia, April 24. Messrs. French, Edge & Co., of New York, agents .of the Thingvalla line f ef steamers, to which company the lost Danmark belonged, to day telegraph ed to this city, that they have received a cable "from. Copenhagen, directing them to pay the owners of the, At lantic transport steamer Missouri for the cargo whieh the last named, steam-; or jettisoned, for; the purpose' of making room for - the accommodation of the Danmark's passengers.. Tnba T7orksrs gtrlke. Sybacuss, wages Works tea. fifty, fojf N;;Yr. ? April , 24. Thai Pacifi4erby yestcraaTzsrBTO. best tsstuou ssa. ci.. " aA :fcsjvzi of theworkmen-in the Tubalionnd Alas hero, were recenUy: cut4 do Wcr :.rcr;:csat,imd daa hundred, fid .thorsci?rd!2..K:C l:.p7i-Uz".Ytsite rztprtion of qraer rates. I Todd at Chitiro 15j1w. tVU "3 . . r n K WILMINGTON. N. .a.' THURSDAY.. APBIL 2'5. 1830. HUNGRY BQOMERS. SHELTERLESS SETTLERS DISSAT ISFIED WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS. Uetlars Held to Protest Acalast tke United States ZXarenala who Cobbled Up the Land Indian en the Rampaxt Hotes of Intf rest Amn tne Settlers. Kansas City. Mo. Anrii 24. Th Journal special, from Guthrie says: If ever me government opened the way to trouble and : difficulties this has been the time; no town was " ever duiu unaer greater difficulties, nor so quickly, nor have there ever been , so many disappointed in so. short a time. The anticipated bloodshed oyer the quarter section?, will not be recorded as the farmers seem disposed to peace ably adjust all difiicul ties, "and when they find one quarter section occupied, move on until they find another. CONFUSION IN GUTHRIE. .'. In Guthrie ail is confusion and the feeling thar imposition has been prac- ticed grows stronger and stronger, and the bitterness is now intenses the full import of the action of the government omciais, Decomes better understood. Public meetiners are beiner constantly held by the States and unitedly, at all of which the question is raised, now is best to overcome the present situation. lhe unauthorized and unwarranted i settlement of the best portion! of this town, by government officials and j others, has complicated the situation, I although no feasible plan has yet been proposed by which they can be ousted ; from their possession; as stated yes terday, the choice portions of this town were staked out Sunday night and by 10 o'clock Monday, they were taken possession of. Amon? those who took part in those " proceedings were United States Marshals Jonts and Needles, with at least fifty deputies each; United States Attorney Wal dron,' United States Commissioner Galloway; -j Register Dille, Judge Guthrie, of Topeka; District Judge Hiram Dillen and others as the prom inent. This is what causes the dis satisfaction Ithat now exists as the Journal representative saw unlawful squatting done. There n no hearsay about it, until a late hour last night, meetings were being held. Finally the representatives from several States were elected who met and appointed a sub-committee, to prepare a plan of action to-day: another meeting was held which adjourned until noon to morrow without action. A searching investigation goes to show that rumors of the murder here yesterday were unfounded. ; I lack 6p pood. All day yesterday food was almost impossible to . obtain, and to-day it wa3 not much better. There .is one canvas hotel and three or four dirty, grimy lunch; stands to feed six to, eight thousand people ; as soon as the freight business is resumed,' this' will improve, so that b v thevend of the week all can get enough to eat. WAITING PATIENTLY. At the land office to-day a long string of home seekers stood patiently in line all day, at no time fewer than sixty men being there; at the postoffice the same sight could be seen, as also at the express and baggage office. The men have been waiting patiently since yesterday to get their baggage or ex pressed goods and have stood at the majority of them, for hours in line, only to hear that they had not yet come, though shipped -more than a week ago. This accounts for the shelterless condition of many. Last night there many cold hungry mortals in this place. While there are but few. who can divide, those who can are doing so cheerfully. The second nights exposure will send many who expected to find homes here, to their long home. AMONG THIEVES AND PAKIRS. The citv is full of thieves, confidence men and fakirs. While without an thoritv the United States' marshals have ordered the arrest of men who are engaged in robbing the people by these games; at least a dozen 'speel 1 workers" are here and nothing es capes the pickpockets. . STILL STAKING LAND. Last night the usual meetings were held and it is hoped that by to day an order will come of confusion. Jump ers are still laying out lots in streets, closing them up, hoping that when the survey is made, they will have something. Men are holding lots by themselves and friends are having surveyors run lines and there are as many different lines as there are con flicting interests. Mr. Waidron's ex perience is a fair sample of the way things were done yesterday; he had a corner lot to-day, the same lot faces an alley, while the front of it is occu pied by some one else. Another lot, which was supposed to be on tho cor ner Monday, was held at $3,000 Mon day night. Last evening $100 was asked, and ten dollars-was offered, the lot having been surrounded. The dis gusted are already leavings in force; seven coaches loaded, pulled out for the North yesterday afternoon, while many wagons are now headed for their jold homes. , ; i INDIANS ON-THE WAS PATH . I Chicago, April 24. A special i trom Guthrie Oklahoma says: Rising of Indians i3 reported on the border, on account of boomers; who failed to ? get Oklahoma ' claims, ; squatting on, the Indians land,:, Apartyof troops jare on the .way tothe scene of the trouble.- iteatlBS th;Eerd. A , - Sax friUxcisco, April 2 1 In. . ths YELLOW FEVER. A TALK WITH GEN. HAMILTON COfV CERNING THE a a a. Tfaara will ba no Attempt Had a to ceai too Frcseaea of Vhm pared to Xlaa&c Any Outbreak A Gota Saaltari VTstch-G.n, Ilamlltoa Gon to JackionTUla. ;nc:i-'-'V WAsniNQTON, A pril 24 -An Asso- ciatea rrcss reporter saw Sarreon Smr."";!- IV the spread of the disease or recurrence or the Ddemi6 of last Vftar. A. flid Dr. Hamiltoni1! learned of the ap pearance of veliow fever at Sanf crd; from a special agent who has, been traversing the State since the snbsi- I dene of the ptoe of IS3-,9afcom it, , jr. Aauiei,irresiaeni ql tne I State Bjard. of health. This fact shows that there will be no attempt made to, conceal, the presence of dis- I as w&a done last year, ? and euch r113 thorcase, danger U largely re- dneed. The feir and panic excitel bv the knowledge that the true condition of affairs is being suppressed, does much more ham, in my judgment, than the fever itself." r A I Whatarehe probabilities!!of an other out break of the disease this yearf I shall not be surprised if there were a considerable number of cases; the danger chiefly lies in these owns and cities which escaped the plague Jtsfeyear In places that were visited then there is a large propor tion of atclimated residents who have had the fever and are therefore safe, who can rema n to n' t a and care for any whdlare sick, so that the disease may comparatively be easily con trolled. -; "Arevou prepared to man ace &nv outbreak, should it occur !YesV each better than ever before. Camp Perry is in such a condition that it can be put in operation in twenty-four hours But it will be much better if we do not have to fit up the refugee camp. To do this, would tend to create a panic in the surround in g towns, and that is the most dim cult thing fur us to control. Alreadv I . have received messages of innnirv. showing an alarmed state of public it . ."i feeling for which there is no founda tion. Ever since the outbreak of 18S8 ended, this office has kept a close san itry watch over Florid, tracing every rept rt of existence of fever, and this case at Sanford is the only one I have heard of from a reliable source. Since tbefcpidemic of last year, Florida has organised State Board - of Health by Legislative Enactment, providing heavy penalties for violations of the enactments prov heavy penalties y vtyiauwua wi. ..uqwuuuuub ut yun Board an&j-those regulations,; which were projauIgatetLon the sixth of this month, rare, admirably adopted for carrying out the purposes of the act. The board is made effective by impost tion of the tax, the receipts from which we set apart as a fund to be used for the health purposes of the State." "Where is Sanford, seat of the present outbreak!" r "It is about one hundred miles, al most directly east of Tampa, to cen tral Florida: I can readily account for the presence of the disease there. across the lake, where the fever raged last year and there was uninterrupted intercourse between the places, After the fever was subdued, an attempt was made at disinfecting the place, but it was not thorough, by any means. Nothing use house to, house inspec tion and destruction . of infected material carried on at Jack- sod ville, by this department but after the Government ceased to pay for the articles destroyed, the de struction ceased; people would not giye up their property unless paid for it, and in a great measure the inspeo tionstopped. Sanford was visited by yellow fever in 18S7, when there were one hundred and fifty cases there, the presence of which was concealed by the author! ties. That is the thing most to be feared, the suppression of facts. If publication can only be secured, the apprehension and tenor are allay ed and greater part of the difficulty in controlling the disease is overcome. Doctor Hamilton left Washington this evening for Jacksonville, to confer with the State Board of Health, in a l t n ri i con en. Jacksonville, Fla., April 24. Dr. Daniel. President of the State Board of Health, has declared that the death of Mrs. CQarles Demon t, of Sanford, was from yellow fever. She had been sick two weeks and her health had been bad for months. The case was not of a violent or infectious type but was sporatic. ,t There are no other cases in the fam ily and the house is isolated and all nrecoutions have been taken. Sanford r . . . , i - has voluntarily emoargoea ner peopio. v mm V from leaving for fifteen days and has prohibited, traffis from 5 p. in. to 7. a. ra. There are no rears or an epiaemxc Under the new health Uws everr point point in the - state is kept under close watch on reports 'of doubtful civs, t On tho reauests from the citi- xens, the State health officers visit tha I iBg piece of information reached Dur town and make an exhaustive cxami- r ham. It Was to the effect that Bobt nation - The Sanford case 1 is tho first ftsd only cno this year; i. : v iTne Stasa Board has anplo fends for proEccntinrr its- vrcr!: nsd. core would barcidily crrrc-r!-! Ucc:2- Ths-Ocira ixrc;-,--i" 't at j hohth caholiha. A Dally PrMtntaUM mt thifitii. raas aad Create tm thm State. Qe Clofd.Bj,s:T:AntbcT. Nirtera JoorcaL . Oa Sunday afternoon- betvMa fire jd six o'clock, at the Sunday school pf Christ Church was beginning the interesting Easter exereises in the presence of a crowded house, tha ?OPr of a pistol was heard and -255 ?J9a bo bot was not much disturbed until the news spread and some of Harris family con nections arrived and beholding the dead bod? with the the hole of the pistol baliln the head and th brain. f fa xS&YT H.rS crowd r-nthra t th wv;nf. oi. WV rrl dead body lay until the Coroner was sent ior who summoned a inrv and held the usual inquest. There could oe but one verdict, and that was thm deceased eaae to his death from a pistol being in the hands of Lemuel Hatch, colored. - Vaadsrbllt's Prapwty JUar AhrrllU. 4 Aiberlllo Srenlnf Journal ; No one here seems to know just ex actly what Mr. Vanderbilt is going to do with his large purchases near the city. There is a very arreat difference of opinion on the subject. Some say oe win Duiia a magnincent residence and turn the large boundary into a park; others say he will lay it off into ten or twenty acre lots and dirpose of it for parks and handsome resident lots for summer and winter hornet: others say he will lay this great body of land off into lots and wide streets and avenues, and build up a great city on the south side of the Swanhanon. while others say. it is to be a great zoological garden. lion. Alfrad Rowland Honored. Lumberton Bobersontac. Our distinguished townsman. Hon. Alfred Rowland, received an official documentdast week which was rather a surprise to him, and which changed hls P?rammor the next week or lwo.-;."wal commission to repre I sent JSorin l;arniina at thA approach ing Centennial in New York under a resolution passed by Congress. This is a high compliment, most worthilv bestowed. He will leave on Friday or Saturday next. It is useless to add that the honor and reputation of the State is committed to most worthy hands. , Enalnoon ProDietlnr. . 43 ;. Xjumberton Kobesonlan. ' ftnr fnirn kail a t i m r m I n.ll lftn' 1 : - Vi t ir Ahhnt nA Mr, Whitford", engin eers m charge or this district, and trapt. Thos. Wr Daggett, of Conway, . O., looking after .Lumber River. They have already made arrangements for building a hoister, .to cnt the limbs from oyer the river and to lift the logs out of the run, so as to allow steamers to run up to this place. Thev, Jeft Tuesday morning, in a small boat, for x air Bluff, for the purpose of viewing the river " Fora st Fires.' Stanly Obsenrer. Forest fires have raged worse than common this spring, and in some lo calities senous damage was the result, Last Friday a fire broke out ' of Joe Holt's new ground four miles south of town. The wmd was blowing a ' stiff galo and the fire spread rapidly, con suming dead timber, lightwood, and everything dry in its path. Nothing very vaiuaoie nowever, was ucsea up by the flames, though at one time the residence or Mr. Jacob r.nra was in considerable danger. 8aed for Slandor. Shelbr New Era, Court was occupied last Tuesday in hearing the case against W. R. Hunt for slander. The evidence on both sides was conflicting, but the iary, after short deliberation, decided the accused guiltv and Judge Clarke sen tenced him to two years in jail. The prosecution was conducted by Solicitor Osborne and Mr. J. L. Webb, and the defense bv Messrs. McBrayer and Ryburn, Hoke and Hudson. m m mm .... A Good Gold Ulaa. The Plsindesier. Mr, W. A. Campbell, of the Mann- Arrington Gold Mine, left for New i . . a a dollars. This was the result of five davs operation in the mine. Nash county is rich with gold lying beneath a sou that grows ;ne Dngniest tooacco known to tho markers or the world. Work will Now Coaamoavee, Enelby New Era, Gaffnev City has voted a subscrip tion of $20,000 to theCamden, Chester and Gaffnev Citv Railroad Company. This, with an old subscription voted to another company but transferred to t,.rti,TlBctAn ITiniinnati and Chicago I WO vut'"lv,"v'w" " m I Company, will insure the building of 1 1 road. Work will be commenced i : a ghort time. "A, xitd Prirmt at Dtrhan.' 2artxa Eaa., 'About dark last night a most shoes Rnrton. son of Mr. U. C. Burton. lid tbont 10 or 11 years old, wajyes tcrdayvafternoon drowned in. Free, minpond, about six: xaHS froa 1 a ft? tXtaSsoAA Frasfaaa, HUGE FIVE CENT3 THE OBSERVE THE CENTEfNIAU raatsaaster Gaaarmt Tfaaaaaaaar Iat mm Ordat to T.k. n UaUday on tho 30l x rtaaaaat ZUswrt Sat toVraasw lasto from OaUaew hf QtnU Umr ttU ; Washington. April 21 Paitoa tcr General Wan aenktr to-day uiscd the folio wins ordsr t Tae Prendcst having recommended thitAnrta the order of tho observance of the centennial of the inauguration of thsf first President, a portion of tfea Sts . of April, 1SS3, be ut ads for prsii and thanksgiving i in conformity thereto it is ordered, first, pott ma iters at autaenxed to obserte the cical holiday hoars on that day. Soad. where, it if potaib e to da sa. wifhnrt detriment to oublte rrice, their offices should be eloed at cr hfn- nine o'clock a. o. in ordrthat cm-" -'5 ployei may hare an opportnaitv t comply with the proclamation of the rrefiiacni utura on theieurth ieiiani Third, postmasters must arrang-e for the receipt and dispatch of m.il that may arrive and depart during the time postoffice U closed. Washington. April 24 Th fni. lowing telegram was received -at the War Department today: Chicago. April 24. To AdiuUnt fi eral United States Arxnr. Waihimrton The following telegram dated Okla- boma station yesterday, is retprctirely repeated: Reports from King Fisher. (Iathri and Purcell. state that rarvthino- progressed yeaterdsy in a oaiet and orderly manner. No terions friction or disturbance of any kind. rozrU indicate that there are from 10,000 to ' 12,000 peoplein the territory. -Capt. Mc Arthur, at Guthrie, renorU about 3,000 there, and there are front 3.000 to 4,000 in this vicinity and be tween here and Poreell. LienL Dadr ' of my staff, whom I ordered "to Purcell on duty, returned Isit night about 9 ofclock and rc potted everything moving ,! satis factory and the ineominc . set- tiers cheerfnl and well disposed. This may be said, to be the' condition offairs in all sections of tho coutitrv In my opinion, quite a number of people have been deterred from enter ing the country, owing to exaggerated reports as to numbers coming in and tne aimcumes oi getting here, llor ever, from the reports from the Fort's f-ite. Reno and elsewhere, I am satis- Bed the arrangements perfected will prevent serious trouble of any kind. ' though there may in the remote sec tions of the country, bo individual casei of strife. s (Signed) W. Merritt, - Brigadier General. ; i Geo sob Croak, - - j Major General Commanding. Die Dry Dock. Fort MoNROxy Va", Aptil 24. Io the presence of select eomfaay of about eighty representatives builncrs men, of New York, and a respectable sprinkling of Naval officers and cows; paper men, of Wahiogton, the new dry dock ot the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Company, was formally opened at Newport News to day, when the Monitor Paritan was docked. - The dock is the largest by far in the United States, the dimensions being as follows : Length at top G00 feet ; width at top 130 feet ; bottom 50 feet, with entrance 95 feet ; draf : of water over, sill 25 feat j capacity 8.500,000 gallons. The doek was built in Up years by Simpson & Company, being the fourth they have construtted. After the successful dockinj of tb Paritan, a banquet was gives, at which speeches were made to formal toasts by Governor 'Lee, of Vlrginis, to '01d Dominion ;" A. A. Lowe, of New York "Merchant Marine; Surgeon General Brown, " Oar Na tji Representative Cameron, of IUluoir, "Congves:" and Fred Marttey, Pre-'f." Informal speeches alio wcrt made by State Senator Bacon, of Illinois, and A. . Simpson, Speaktr of the House of Representativef, of Virginia. The Puritan was found to be in good condition but it was dls covered that one blade of her starboard propeller had been broken off. Oa alas of thm Zaca. Washington, April 21. League season opened to-day. Washington 4, Philadelphia 8; base hits Washtcgtos 9, Philadelphia 8; errors, Washington 6. Philadelphia 2; batteries Keefe and Ebright, Buffinton and Clements. Baltimore Baltimore) 11, Brooklyn Pittsburg Pittsburg 8, Chicago 5. New York New York 7, Boiton 8; 4 base hits, New York 9. Boton 10; er rors. New To rk 2. Bott on ; batteries Welch and Ewicff, Clarkson and Bennett. - . l ; Chattanooga Memphis 8, ! Chatta nooga 4- : "' r Philadelphia Athletie 5, Colnabus Indianapolis -Indianapolis 10;CIeve land 3. . f'!- ". r Atlanta Atlanta 3, Biminghata X four innings, rain. Chsrlejton Charleston 8; .New Or leans 13. , . . AxrtTal r tli.o SiaaaMblp Craoklja. Nzw Yorx. Apnl 2L The United States chip Brooklyn, which case hcna Anatio Station, nnier sail, ia , consequence of a breaking c! htr - shift, arrived off Sandy Hock, at ccca to day j sba Is beicjtorrcd is. . The Eircx, frcm tha Atiatis Ciuidroa, cico crriTcd tcro tttj ncrrirj, ". . , . , i l U tsdtrstecl thit Gcn. Jcph' '
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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April 25, 1889, edition 1
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