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ESTABLISHED 1867. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Cyr!i3 W. Field died at 9:30 o'clock jesterjiay morning. Tbe Pennsylva- fiia trooda took possession of tbe Carne gie mlls and the. town of Homestead shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday. m . . r t . i t a . rv x ne arrivnjl was so 6addea and the troops took po.-83ssioa eo quietly ihi the " strikela vver3 taken tiompletely by sur prise.) They were, thert-fore, unable to give the troopa the reception that fcad o3n agreed upon. rThe bast "of order! pe vailed." The town is now guarded in every part by" the: troops who have picket linear and guards all ovar the town. Monday niht a body of hecro. s, armed with Winches ter r jflas attacked the cltizjni and Butsjtroops. guarding the jtll at Pax flusab, Ky-. One of trie soldieri was mortally wounded and several of the negroes received wounds. The excite meiittwaa very ' great.- William W. ABtorj 19 not dead,' but Is improving1. -A landslide in Savoy buries a nam- bar nlj housos 'beneath a mass of debris. Thirljr dead bodies and a number of ii jurd persons have been taken from beneath the earth and rockaj The Governor of Idaho calls On the; Pres 'ident for aid in quelling the riots of the Fresno mines and the Secretary of War ias ordered troops to be sent to the steno of trouble. The loss by the S John fire la now p'.aeed at tl5, tiOO.OOp. The insurance losses placed iu th'e St. Johns agencies amounts to $l,2oClf,000. Several persons have lost - their Ireason in consequence of the fire. ilion. Reuben McBrayer, of Ashe villej died- yesterday. The Third par tv convention at Fayette vile' broke up ,in a wrangle yesterday, and the minority, composed of two negroes and nine jwhite men, most of them Repub lican?, nominated F. D. Koonce, of Ons low, for Congress, and Andrew ; Perry, of B aden," for elector. j-The lateBt retur as from the - British elections show1 a Liberal gain of thirty-eeven. ThflyJ needed a gain of Only thirty-four to overcome the Conservative majority. - Soon after Gen. Snowden had taken possession of Homestead lie was waited upon by a committee representing the "Amalgamated association and the citi- ; zins pf the town. They went to tender i tbo general a reception, butf he de clinch and' informed the committee thatlhe did not recognize the Amalga mated . association 'aud. all he j wanted, the. citizens to do was tp ehave The comquiUee retired rather crestfallen. Abot 10 o'clock the company took possession of tho mill property In a very! quiet 'way. The Anti-Option bill, after gaining the position before the Senate of unfinished business yes day Jwas displaced and again! went to " the loot of the calendar.- -No more trouble at Paducah, Ky., yesterday, l but trouble was feared last night. El m'eriEdwards, the soldier shot by the negifoei has died. The Democrats of New York city are preparing to re ceive Cleveland and the committee ap pointed to pbtify him of hi9 nomination. Thef notification will take place in public, in . " ; f ; PEOPLES' PART Y OR REPUBLICAN t- The lflotlled Convention at Fayette IUe Wlilte Republican and , lNeeroe make the Nominations. v Fayetteville; N. C, Ju 12. rSPECiAL.. The Peoples party con vecjion of the' Third Congressional district met here to-day. Nearly all the counties tfere represented. The chalrman. E. N. Robeson, ,of Bladen, called the meeting to order at 12:45 o'clock. Afterwranglinguntil4 o'clock r. rn.. the conventioned adjourned until July 23d without making any nom inations. '.- A i-' At 5 o'clock the minority of the coi- vbhtloa met and nominated" Frank D, Koonce, of Onslow, for Congress arid Andrew J. Perry, of Bladen,fof elector. They were nominated by a rising vote, nine whf te men and two' negroes voting. The delegates from Cumber land, Sampson and " Duplin counties took no .part in the nominations.; Kopnce atd Perry are Republicans or ftntJ-Democratlc, and those who know cay that a' majority of the eleven men whp voted are IlemblicanP. ' -By their works je shall know trJm." - . tn2 of lion. Reuben IHeBnj r.i-. Shelby, N. C, July 12; Special. Son. Reuben McBrayer; one or the mok prominent attorneys of Western Carolina, died at tha residence of his . brother, Dr. T. E. MaBraer, this aborning, fter six months' illness. Mr. McBrayer wa 41 years of age and leaves a vjidow and six children. , . He was ad mitted to the bar soon after attaining hiitnsiority and rapidly made way to ,tha front. In 1876 he represented Cleveland county In' the Legislature. In'lfig he was Presidential elector in . the Eicrhth district and made a bril liant camnifirn in every county' in the dUtrlct. In 1SS9 he moved to Ash villa, whore he built up a large prac tise. He was chairman of the Demo ratic Executie committee Hof the ,Nnth district in the campaign of 1890, jpmch resulted in te election of Mr. iCf aw'or.d. i He wt.., a riiember of the board of trustees of Wake Forest col lege, also a Msin ajjd a member of the AbrUle Commandery t(.pght9 Tem- Pfr ' - : ',r J: M, - ; 1 - They Stick br Ulrs. Cleveland. 5citoAGO. July 11. Contrary to the 8,ict injunctipnpf px.President Cleve land rs- Cleveiayd'p. panae mufct nbt he nseJ organijsaUop purposep ir( the next campfn. the Moamoufli, ini nniPB havft orcaiTld a tranceft deyeand club of Warren C?uDty Thev have orsranizid the club tQ prd mote Democratic Interests with their moral support and to raise a campaign J find, as thown by the suk joined letter: ' fparlors of the Fraufig pbavpland Club, locmouthJ 111 To the Hon. Theodore Jiclson1, eecretary of the "Democratic fitaitJ committee. My Dear Sir: I am direaleti by the Fran cts Cleveland Club of Warrafl co'jnty, . a woman's Democratic organisation to jnd you the inclosed check for $100 as our kvntrlbution toward the "State pam- TaiU l """ " "a cum is email. wfe trust x: " osibii ib niii. Rt.n.t. fro .Republican s in wrest in ? upremacy. .Wit t this hope ard this belief, J. re- 1 main, very siccereiy, A SARAH BONE HANLY. I This Is believed to he the first con-ts-lbution to the campaign expenses of a political party ever made by aa pr iganlzed body pf ladies OUR R1LEIGII LETTER, PROFESSOR M'IVERS PLAN CONCERN ING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. State Guard Commlealone Blanks for Mld-Summer ;Crop Ke ports-Weekly Crop Reports Chairman Sim- : mom' Work Continued Rain Work of tba Railway Com . mission Otber Items. f Messenger Bureau,, ) ! Raleigh, N. C.t July 12. The Qqvernor to day Issued the fol lowing military commissions: E. L. Gilmer, of Greensboro, Major of the Third Regiment, vice R. B. Glenn, re signed; R. E. Iryin, Captain, C. A. Penn, First Lieutenant, and W. S. Thomas, Second Lieutenant, Company G, Third Regiment, Reldsyille; 8. B. Alexander, of Charlotte, First Lieuten ant, and Adjutant Fourth Regiment. The Wake teachers' Institute la in progress," about fifty teachers attend ing it. , The , conductor Is Professor McIveriT He spoke to day of the work of the county superintendents and said he lavOre-t a change in the Jaw so thai they would be superintendents of dis tricts ; composed of several counties and devote their entire time to the schools. - For instance, there should be a superintendent ,for a district com posed -of, say, .Wake, Johnson and Harnett, with ii;200 to $1,503 salary. The plan is a good ono, beyond ques tion. It is progressive. In Wake the superintendent gets $644. That is about the best pay there Is in any county. S V The blanks for the midsummer prop reports, August, were 6enfe out to-day. They will give the status of rice, corn, cotton and tobacco, present conaltiona and percentage of damage since last report; sweet potatoes, peanut3,turnips, late cabbage, late Irish potatoes, fruits, such as apples,' peaches and grapes. In quiries are made as to all agricultural tai.-s, and there are blank spaces for a register of pure blooded stock. The Commissioner of Agriculture says there are many demands for:; information concerning ; the whereabouts of all kinds of pure blooded stock, cattle, horses, sheep and swine, and that it is desired tha'.; etatisiics regarding first class stock be thus collected. The idea Is to make a record for reference, where farmers can depend upon finding a true statement of facts and thus, encourage tbe extension of pure blooded stock all over the State. Tbe State -weather report for the week ending last night shows that the week wa3 very unfavorable. The temperature was ten degrees below the average, ranging as low as 52 degrees. The rainfall was much above the aver age, and .kept the soli; soaked and prevented cultivation. In the Eastern district too much rain and cold tights have been especially injurious to cot ton and ail crops have Deen damaged to some extent. The ibes reports came, from the Wilmington section. the Worst from that around Edentoo. where the rainfall was 4.85 inches. Considerable damage has been done to most crops in the Central: district, and the outlook is more discouraging than at any time during the year. Js is im possible to wort in the fields. Wheat and tobacco are much damaged. Cot ton is growing to weedy. ' la the Wes tern district , the weather was the coolest ever experiecced during July. The excessive rainfall has: damaged Crops, particularly lowland corn and cotton, the latter becoming too weedy. Wheat and oats are damaged ki shocks. Upland crops continue to be-in good condition, t ! A Chairman F. M. Simmons, of : the Democratic Stato Executive committee, calls the central committee to meet here at noon to morrow. It wjlll elect a secretary. Mr. Simmons will conduct an active campaign and says the white ticket will bo elected by a good ma jority.; V ;' ' Rain continued to-day and. there i3 very ,4lttle disposition on the part of people to go anywhere in such weather. Tbe result must certainly be bad on the coast resorts. Perhaps the hot weather will come along later and If so the mountain people will get tbe benef fit of traveL So far there have been only a few days. of summer weather. State Chemist Battle leaves next week for a long trip on foot through the mountain section, accompanied by Professor Kilgore of the experiment station. i , a To-day the work, of putting m the electric light fixtures in the new depot began. They are the handsomest in the tState, so far as your correspondent la loiormed. " ' The Railway Commission's savlcg to the people of. the State" by : its work thus far is ; estimated by one of the ablest railway officials in the State at $400,000. On two railways alone the saviDg in passenger sates is $30,000. by estimate, and the saving in telegraph charges is $10,000 a year. The in crease In railway property for taxation 13 $7,000,000. Uf this $1,627,000 isiu dispute,' but the Stato icourts say it is liable. The Sate tax is hu9 increased 20,000 and county and municipal taxes thrice as much, making ILOO.OUU. a year. ' The applications for admission to the normal and industrial school for girls come all the way from Clay to Carteret, Professor .Mclver says. !lt is evident that the buildings as at present planned are not large enough. i Mr, josephus Daniels tells me he is arranging to publish a weekly paper here, but has not yet quite cerfected the arrangements. He was asked if it would be a paper like the Parmer and Mefihaplc, and replied "No." ' , '. Base. Ball. Washington. D. C, July 12 The following games of base ball were player to-day : Cie ve land Cleveland ,9; New ork 6 ChiC8firc5rCbica'co.8: Phl!fwielohIa.5, PitUburg Pittsburg, li; Boston, h Birmingham Five innings Bir- mlnsrbam. 1: Macon. 0. - i 1 Louisville Liouisvine, r, vvasning: ton. 0. ' Cincinnati Clncinnati.1 2i" Brook- lvn. 4. - 'ii' . . Chattanooga Called, at end of tblr teenth inning; darkness Chattanooga, S; Atlanta. . St. Louis -First eaaaeh-St. Louis, 4; Baltimore. 3. : - " St. Louis Second game St. Louis, 13; Baltimore, 1. y New Orleans New Orleans, 5; Mem-. cotton Review.' NEW YcsK.July 12. Hubbard, Price otCo., say ot cotton: Spinners in Manchester bought fairly on the Liver pool market to-day, taking 7,000 bales and the feature of the market was but one pjint foyer $t tha' npenlnp; tban yesterday. "' This was a intfeh better re Donse than bad been exbectei and our market fpC?6i slight ; sdvanao ot 3 points. The sgiUtl:-Ji.-bo?y7ei, oyep tho Hatch bill drives buyers away and the market eased, losing not only the advance but some 6 poipta in ad dittos.. After the decline ha appear r ahce of a prominent house as a buyer caused a steadier feeling. During tbe afternoon the improvement was Jo6t, thd oppasion of this decline beiug the passage by j the " Senate of Senator. Washburn's resolution to give tbe Anti Option bill preceden.ee eyery af ternooa at o'clock until disposed of. A RACE CONFLICT. State Troopa Unardlnc the . Jail at Padneab, Ky., Attacked, by Tie- . - sroes-one Soldier mortally j Wonnded-Great Exeltement - of tbe People. Cincinnati, July 12. A Commer- clal-Gazstte Paducab, Ky., . special says: Snortly after 9 o'clock last even ing, while the city council was in ses sion the chief of police threw a bomb In their midst by announcing tb at are port had lust reached him that two or three hundred negroes, armed with Winchester rifles had congregated in the "vicinity of. the jail prepared for attack. The council at once adjourned. The mayor at once sent a dispatch to he Governor asking him to order out Company C of the State Guard located here. Every able bodied man is now on the streets and every one that can obtain arms of any kind is doing so. Tbe sheriff has charge of a posse composed of fifty or seventy-five men armed with shot guns and revol vers.f procured from the various hard wa e stores. : .'; ::- - ". Tbe underlying cause of the upris-j3Sia-thej3Bgiog at Charlea HUV tba negro who made an as-ault upon Lydia Starr some weeks, ago. They have been secretly obtaining arms for some time and something of this kind was looked for at most any time. The lm mediate cause of the outbreak, as stated bv a nesro last nicht. in tho ar. rest of a colored man named Thomas Burgees. - . V , At 11:30 o'clock the marshal and mayor returned to the jail from among the squads of negroes, who, when the mayor and marshal promised that no violence should be done the prisoner in jail, promised to disperse and began to do. so. The marshal addressed the crowd ot white people and told them to go to their homes aa the negroes were dispersing and no violence need now be feared. This the people began to do and in a few minutes the crowd was re duced to militia and about forty armed citizens. At . exactly 12 o'clock a band of seventy-fiye negroes suddenly ap peared marching down Sixth street and opened fire upon the men collected at the iail. At the firBt fire Elmer Edwards, a young man of 20 years of age, fell shot through the abdomen. He is dying. He was a member of the militia company and a harness maker by trade. The fire was re turned by the militia and armed citi- zens and the negroes .beat a precipi tuous retreat. The militia, also re treated in disorder back to the court house where they kept up the firing until the negroes had disappeared down the etreet. It is thought some of the negroes are wounded, although it is impossible, as yet, to learn the particulars. The jail and' court room are now filled with militia and armed citizens. The negroes retreated back to the Odd Fellows lodge, which had been their chief headquarters during the night. The police have arrested over fifty negroes found carrying arms, and they are guarded to prevent any attempt to release them. . : ihe mortally wounding of young Edwards has aroused a storm of indig nation that is kept from breaking out with difficuly and an attempt to avenge his untimely death i3 almost certain to be made.' Excitement runs high and at 1 o'clock this morning the street is still filled with poDle. J r ; FEDERAL TROOPS DEMANDED. The Governor of Idaho Gall for Federal Troops to Quell the Frlsno ITIIne Riot. BDise City; Idaho, 'July 12. The following message was sent by Gov ernor Wllley to President Harrison last night: "This morning riot and bloodshed by miners in Cour d' Alene district commenced. The mill was blown up and many men! killed and in jured. Inspector General Curtis, T. N, G informs me that 400 or 500 armed men constitute the mob. The L?gishv ture is not in session and cannot be promptly convened. The civil author ides of the county and State are wholly inaaequate to maintain the peace. The Immediate available military force of the Idaho National Guard number only 196 men, which is. in my opinion. far too few to successfully cope with the mob. though I will order it at once into the field. In this emergency. I deem it necessary. to call (or the assistance of Federal troops. I therefore request that suf ficient trooi.8 be detailed nom Sber man or elsewhere to act in concert with the State authorities in maintaining public order." Tbe following are additional details concerning the strike: At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon about 3C0 miners from Gem, fifty of whom were armed with rifles, marched down to Wallace. Thev brought with them their prison era, consisting of about 110 non-union men, and five -dead bodies, anotnor dead man, James Hennisy, lately of Butte. Mont., being in a house at Gem shot through the breast. Upon arrival here the scabs were turned loose and tbe union men began the search for A. M. Eler, manager of Frisco mine, azainst whom the union men have a special grudge. Tha terms on which the Gem miners and guards surrendered were that twen ty-seven Winchesters and a number ol revolvers and 2,000 rounds of ammu nition should be p'aced in the hands of disinterested parties, two citizens and two conservative union men, and that the scabs should be ship&ed out of the country to morrow. J An hour after the agreemen t : about tbe arms was entered into the union men got post session ot all the rlnes and ammuni tioh and last evening large bodies of armed miners went down to 'WardenV twelve miles distant in wagons and by rail. The mines employing non union men. there are the Sierra If vada, the uuoKer rim , aou ina ouiuvaa. - loe Bunker Hill and the Sullivan have a iorce pi ipo mf n ana about im can 1 1 J ' - - - T.TJ i . ' cm pe armeu wiin wiDuuesters. xne county commissioners,' district at torney and sheriff, havo telegraphed to Governor Willey for troops and Governor Wille? wired back that the sheriff must first exhaust the civil power. The sheriff immediately com menced the work of subpes aing citi zens to ant as a nommlttea of cit'zacs Instead of there being 7,5QQ pounds of. i giant powder used id blowing up the Fresco null there were 250 pounds. Tbe miners got on the flume, abut off the water and sent tbe powder in peck- ages down tbe pater pipe icto the mill. The fuse was put in the last package and; sent down'. an ins'ant terri ble exptofcionoccUrred,which shook tfce can von for miles; The non union men then surrendered. Washington, July 12. By direca tion of the President, Gin. Schofleld, acting Secretary of War, has directed fJen R jggc act Gen.iierriU to tend r oops to the scene of the .misers' trou pe in Idaho, .' -4 The Consoryatlvea Defeated. London, July J2.-Up to this even ing the Conseryavlyes have elected 210 members of the new House of Com mons; the Liberals, !;: fht' antlas beliltee, 35; the Parpelli$es, 5, and e Un Onista 31. This is a net Liberal gain of 37,whlie that party only wantifl i in order tp, extinguish, tho QoyerflT meat mj rity.' - .y-.W So ea6y in its action, harmless and effect pal in relieving is Simm,ons.LiverKegulator, WILmNGTOK, 1ST. C, WEDNESDAY, JUJLY 13, TROOPS IN POSSESSION. ; OV ER FIVE THOUSAND STATE TROOPS AT HOMESTEAD. Tho Citizens Taken by 8urpxla Tha En tire Town Guarded by Soldier The Citizens Orderly Their Interview -With Gen. SnoWden not SaUsfac- . factory to tbe Strikers No ; Reeeptlon Wanted. Homestead, July 12. Everybody expected the troops would invade the city by daybreak, but 7 o'clock, 8 o7clock,and 9 o'clock passed without any news from - them. - At a few minutes past 9 o'clock, the cry suddenly went up "the troops are coming." "xne troops are coming," and instantly the greatest excitement prevailed. The militia came in by rail from above tne town and at once surroudded the Car negie mills. They were received with a few cheers from the surrounding by standers as the trail rolled in and most respectful consideration was ao corded them " in e very respect. The first detachment of troops numbered at least 3,000 men and was in command cf Gen. Snowden. They comprised the Second and Third brigades, First division. The Fourteenth and Eighteenth regiments from Pittsburg are here, and battery D of the First brigad e has shown up with two Gatling guos and three field pieces. Portions of the Fifth, Tenth and Fifteenth regiments are on the field and com panies A, C, E and H,of the Eighteenth- regiment are also recognized among the blue coats. The troops came from the point of rendezvous two miles this side of . Greensburg, and ; it is stated that ' the First Brigade is . now at Mount Gretna, where it will remain until further orders. . Immediately on the arrival of the trains there was great bustle and ex citement, but the militia themselves preserved perfect order and responded silently and promptly to every order of their superiors. Rapidly descending from the train the troops formed in column at the switch yards just beyond MunnauB stauon. uae company was at once detached on picket duty and the line immediately thrown out among the mill yards. Then the ' main bo'.y of troops marched down the streets headed by a regiment band and- along what is known as "Scab hill." This is an eminence overlooking the mills and the Ecene of last week's hostilities, and its bluff was covered with spectators. mostly women. There was not the slightest manifestation of .hostilities and, although the troops - had arrived so suddenly that all tbe leaders ol the strikers were absent, it did not require their presence to. maintain proper respect from the. rank and file. Once or twice there was even a little bandclapping , from the younger'ele ment as the jaunty militiamen hove in eight and j the band was an obi act of much interest. The carefully prepared reception, of course, was frustrated by the sudden arrival of the militia, and it was manifest that the officers in com mand did not desire to be made the object of a ceremonial reception from the people, whose lawlessness they- had, been summoned to suppress. In twenty minutes the works were entirely sur rounded and the Carnegie mills were once more in the hands of their owner. All the surrounding streets were patrolled by pickets and a guard at every street intersection kept .the crowd at a respectful dis a " e at d p e vented the assembling of groups of strikers. It Is due to the workmen, however, to say that no militiaman was called to exercise his auihority. The strikers were uniformity good uatured and peaceful and the pro-. gramme of their leaders, was observed to the letter, i " There was much speculation as to whether the troops would cccupy the town or merely confine themselves to the mills, but tbe doubt on this point was not of long duration. Immediately after the troops had surrounded the works and tbe picket lines had been es tablished several companies suddenly formed at the command of their on! cers and marched directly to the heart of the little town of .Homestead. One company halted near to the striker's headquarters.- Another marched to the vicinity of tLe depot and the third occupied a slight eminence-overlook ing tnd commanding the commercial centre of th6 town. Homestead was in the hands of the militia and 'martial law had succeeded the arbitrary reign pf the advisory committee.. ; The great est order was maintained by the troops in an tteir movements, joucg militia men showing tne . nenents oi careiui training. r Tbe citizens of Homestead were deeply disappointed that the militia should have deemed it necessary to oc cupy the whole, town instead of merely conhning themselves to the mi Us, but there was not a hoot or cry or a single manifestation of disrespect to show their disappointment. It was a com plete acquiesence to the power of the State and as gracefully as they could the strikers philosophically accepted the inevitab'e. The x li'.eenm, uaght eeeth, Fifth and Sixteenth regiments were the corps pushed into Home stead, the Fourteenth and Tenth had, half a i hourj re iously.tsl e i ossef s on on the opposite bank of the Monor ga- hela river lust across Iron the Car negie mill?. Thera two batteries were planted commanding the whole of the town. Had there been any resistance to the entrance of the troops the cannon on the other sido of the river could, by themselves, have made the strikers position untenable.! y As soon as Gen. Snowden had estab iished his headquarters In the schoo house on the hill ovr the iroa works he was waited upqa by a committee consisting of O'Donnell, Coon. Craw ford. Schcckman and Clifford, repre senting the Amalgamated association advisory committee and citizens. Coon was the spokesman and coming to Gen Snowden he stated that he represented the association and citizens; that on their part he welcomed the troops to tne town anu ne onerea me co-opera tion .of the citizens in preseryiQg order. . Gen, S.nowuen said: "I thank you for your welcome, but I do not need y ur co-operation. - The only way tn good citi gens can co-Opera te with us is A. t. 1 1 -''-' f 11 u go iHjaueayiy aoouttneir DusmedB. ; Coon said:. "The citizens with to know at what time they may give you a puoiic reception.';' Ger. Snowden replied; I can accept np reception, ip. It would be most . im proper, i manse youlor your courtesy but a formal welcome is not reeded-. I would be an ama-dog thln the Na tional Guard of - fnnsylvania w3 not . ..uuuis iu a.uj par ui (vauiirduit. ' O'Dooneit hew took ub the conver sation and began: "Oa thd part of the Amalgamated association, I wish to say that after suffering1 an attack from illegal authority, we are glad, to have legal authority of the State here." v i'I do not recognize your association, sir," Geo. Snowden' replied. "I reo cgnzs no one but the citizens of the city' We haye coma to restore -law and order and they are already re stored." ' "But we wish to submit O'DonnelJ began,when the Qeneral cutliim Bhort, saying; "Tbfn, sir, submit to. the gentleman behind you.v - " ' Q'Donneli whirled around and sa,w Sheriff McCleary standing in the grtup. '! do submit to him," he said. We have never Questioned the Sher iff's orders:"" 4 The General smiled rather sarcas tically, and said: "I am glad to hear it, but you must understand, our iiosi- lion. We are here to preserve peace. We represent the executive arm of the State of Pennsylvania and I have noth ing to say to you further than that the shertlf must be obe,ed." - "iiut we nave obeyed the sheriff." O'DonnCll eaid. - "Haven't we. Mr. McCleary?'' '.; JMo, you have not," Bald the sheriff. You. refused to let my deputies enter the works." - -: There was come further talk cf this sort, in which Gen. Snowden took, no part and tne conference ended in an awkard sllenca which was finally bro ken by O'Donnell, who said : "Well, I believe re have nothing further to Gen. Snowden bowed in silence and the committee departed for headquar ters, wherar very stormy discussion followed on the ground taken by the authorities. . : t , ... . Gen. Hnowden Bald after the comn mittee had l;ft that there was to beno such thing as taking formal possession of the-worka or town. As soon as we came into the town we were in posses sion and law and order i is restored. That is all there is of iti I am not going to have any reception or any ceremonies of any sort. The mill prop erty is ; already in the hands of the Carnegie committee. I under stand Mr. Childs is cow in the works, but with all that we have nothing to do. We ara here to support the sheriff in the execution of his duties and the presence of troops was enough to settle the whole question. We will be here for several days and will take advantage of the occasion to haye an annual In spection, i '(;- "How many troops have you here?" "Five thousand two hundred and fifty at the present time. We will have some more before night, but we hayo plenty aa It is." V The strikers' guards haye been witn- drawn from, about the mill. Their places are being taken by the provost patrohi which guards all 'the streets leading to the mill and about it. Rep resentatives of the company, led by Mr. 0ds. Childs. took possession about 10 o'clock, but bo quietly was this done that their presence was not suspected until the, afternoon: J THE ST. JOHNS FIRE. The Great Loss of Property The Insurance -Several Persons Made ; Insane. '" ' St. John, N. F.. July 12.-tEverv law yer's offlce.doctor's residence, and office and protests nt clergyman's residence was burned and every daily newspaper and every printing office; destroyed, and there is no type, paper or ink re maining in the city for a single poster. Several homeless persons ; have died since the fire In consequence of the fright and exposure. Most of the peo ple are now temporarily boused In sheds and tents, but provisions and c'othiDfJ are needed and relief should take those forms. The insurance agents held a rAeetiog to-day. Their reports snowed that the losses covered by in surance placed In the agencies here amounted to 14,250,000. The estimated total of losses is about 15.000,000. The folio wins- are the chief sums held by different insurance companies: Phcenixj of London, $750,000; Man wticsterr5 300,000; -Royal, $500,100; Queens, $550,001'; London and Lanca shire, i500,000;- Liverpool and London and Globe, 375,000; Imperial, $250 000; worth uritisb and Mercantile. i?5.000: Guardian8,S200,000; Commercial Union, t2i30,000; Sun, $150,000; General, $120, 000; Atlas, $100,000; Lion, $50,000; Lon- 1 a 2. a. 2 arA rrr m -w- t uuu Association, $ou,uuu; uay m .Lon don, $37,000; Northern, $200,000; Nor wich Union, $45,000; Phoenix of Hart ford, $35,000; Lancashire, $28,000, Citi zens, $20,000. f Several persons have been sent to the lunatic asylum to. day, their minds hav ing been unbalanced owing to their losses by the fire. ' i ' COMMERCIAL NEWS. Stocks In New York Testerday The Grain and Provision markets of ' :;. Clilcasoi New York, July 12. Notwithstand ing the plethora of funds awaiting in vestment in the city,- securities still languish, though prices are well held. The sllver agitation is in all probabil ity tbe most important of the influences In creating this state of affairs, but the labor trouble in Pennsylvania atd the Anti Option bill also have their effect in deterring the operations of a specu lative or investment nature.! The cov ering of shorts ia the meantime serves to support the market against the lim ited pressure brought to bear in the ab sence of any special demand; The ad journment of the Western Traffic asso ciation had no apparent effect upon the market, but there was a steady demand during the afternoon from shorts, with a smattering of ; purchases of long-stocks, prices steadily though slowly mounting, whilo . fluctuations were in mo3t cases of "no . special sig nificance. The market finally closed very dull but fair to strong at the best prices of the day. though,! with the exception of Tennessee ooal, gains over last night's prices are confined to fractional, "amounts. Only Tenness coal closed lie higher. Sales of listed stocks amounted to 108,000 shares. un listed, $5,000. y I " C Chicago,, July 12. The ! liveliness centered today in provisions. Prices for this propuct opened about 5c higher on Uht receipts and higher-prices ol hog. - Qa the bulge there was free legitimate selling ; and- a good deal of bluster in trying to break the market. A weak corq market toooouraged the selling, pork broke 20c from the Opening figUe and lrd and riha En itc xnen there was a halt; vhnn there was an attempt to buy back there was no one to offer the products. When tne scalpers and shorts and raiders turned in to buy they found tbe bull clique, Including Wright. Cudaby and Armour prepared to help the bulge along. Pork never stopped until there waa an adyanea of 40a from the low. est prices on the bulge yesterday. Rihi iiwf,auiow, Z7ic ana closed .200 ft goer., Lard was leas active and Closed out 50. hiffher.' Btubborneas characterized the grain "'fvn - o.rouiDg waa not large v ub4 was iorcea on ic early, but re,-!. me ciose. corn broke 10. and also rebounded. Oats bow a UHIq Precautions Aealnst Cholera. (Baltimore Sun New York. Jul v ll.While the health officials of this city say they are not much alarmed a3 to the probability of cholera coming here from European countries, yet tbey do not intend being taken fry surprise, as they were at the time of the tvnhua outbreak, v ' Orders have been lately issued to ex amine carefully the death certificates; and to investigate carefully all deaths caused by cholera morbus. As the germs can only be Introduced into- the system through the mouth, the worst danger is that the germs might get into -the Croton water supply.-. Eyery precaution win be taken to prevent aucn a calamity. Perfectly sure, perfectly 'pure, perfectly - 1892. I . i .. W ViUX AO. ; u ------ . i FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS OF Silver Coin Statistics Information TV ant- ad on Shipments ot Bam to, Africa Ameadtnar the Chinese Ezclasioa Bill The Antl-OpUon BUlTak. en Up Tha Grand Army Ap- -proprlation Settled. - ( SENATE. ! Washington, July 12. Senator Pal mer sent to the clerks desk and had read a communication received by him from the director of tbe mint In res ponse to questions submitted by him. The questions and answers were to the following effect:; I - What number of standard silver dol lars are now In circulation arH Answer $56,779,484, i . i i : What number of standard silver dol lars are now in the treasury? Answer $357,189,251. . -. - . What number of troy ounces or aver dupois pounds 1 cf ; silver bollion pur chased with silver or coin certificates" is now in the treasury? Answer 79, 933,0o0 troy ounces of flue' silyer or 5,412,543 averadupols pounds. - . What length of time would it re quire with the present mint facilities 1 to coin all the silver bullion in the i Treasury Into standard silver dollars? j Answer "Nearly 1 two and a - hail years, doing no other coinage. : v I What number of standard silver dol lars at the present legal ratio would the silver bullion in the Treasury, purchased with silver or coin certifl cales, produca if coined? Answer $102,055,000. I ! ; V i Senator Morgan objected to - the printing of the correspondence in the Record. It was, he said, an argument on the silver question concocted be tween the Senator from Illinois and the Secretary of the Treasury, an un iair argument, and he did not wish it to go to the country without being ac companied by explanations. -. ( . ! Alter further remarks Senator Alll Eon objected to the diECugsion and the matter went oyer.! c j Senator Sherman offered a resolu tion calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of the several shipments of rum from Boston to Afri ca, with the names of the consignors, during the fiscal year ending June SO, 1892... .J V .J. : ;: .-. - .'v ,..i Objsction l- was made by Senators Chandler and Hawley to confining the inquiry to Boston; and the resolution was changed eo as to apply to all ports of the United States and, so modified, was agreed to. I j . 1 Senator Dolpb, from the Committee On Foreign Relations, reported the bill amendatory of the last Chinese Ex clusion act, the amendment being to strike ou t the words'one credible white witness" and insert in lieu thereof the worda, "one .credible witness, not a Chinese person or of Chinese descent, i Senator Allison, seeing that the bill was going to lead to debate, objected to its consideration and called up the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, the pending question being Senator Quay's amendment requiring the Columbian exposition at Ctiicago to be closed on Sunday. The debate was temporarily interrupted to allow the presentation ol the conference report on the District Of Columbia bill and it was agreed to. j At 2 o'clock the Silk Culture bill Came up as unfinished business. - i Senator Wa?hburn moved that the Anti-Optiod bill should take the place of the Silk Culture bill as unfinished business. The vote was taken and re Aulted yeas 33 ; nays 15. So the anti-Option 1 bill was taken up and be come unfinished business, to com 3 up each day at 2 o'clock. It was, how ever, immediately laid aside on motion pf Senator Allison and consideration bf the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was proceed with, j ; - . ' ; .. Senator Quay's Sunday closing amendment was discussed until after 5 clock. Unanimous consent was then given to have the debate to-morrow on the exposition section under the five minute rule. Several amendments tn tha exposition section were presorted and ordered' printed. Amoncr them was one by Senator Daniel prohibiting the payment of dividends on stock be fore repayment of the trover nment advances. '-' - 1 benator PettigTew. chairman of the Quadro Centennial committee, sent to the clerks desk and had read some half a dozen telegrams : received hv him to-day urging! persistence In the Sunday observance amendments and benator Quay also Bent up a score or more which he had received. The uniformity ot expressions in them caused much laughter as one after the other was read. . They all urged Sena tor Quay to "hold the fort." to 'tanrl firm?' and "to make no comnromitM The subject was then laid aside and various committee ; amendments of a business character- were- offered to other portions tf i the bill and were agreed to. . - . ; i The Senate then at 5:40 nV.lnck ad journed, j 1 - HOUSE OF BEPEESENTATTVES. i On motion of Mr. Catehintra. from the Committee on Rules, a resolution Vaa adopted eettinsr aoart to-dav fnr consideration of bills called nn bv thn Committee on Election of President. Vice PTeident.;and members of Con-' gres3. --- . : ,t.-.. 1 Oa motion of Mr. Stout, the Sannfta bill passed granting to the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound railroad the right of wav throuch tha Ymhlln lands in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee! - . Mr. Dockery submitted a conference report on the District : of Colombia Appropriation bilk The report agreed to appropriates $90,000 to mret the expenses of the Grand Amy of ihe Republic encampment in Wash ington, the appropriation to be paid entirely out of the revenues of the Dis trict of Columbia. The report was agreed to yeas, 150; nays, 77. Mr. Chipman, demanding tbe regu lar order, called up, under direction of the Committee on i Election of Pres! dent and Vice President. the! ioinl resolution proposing a 'constitutional amendment for the election, of Senator by popular vote. ' ' . ' - :' -Mr. Tucker, of Va,, made a vfery "ble tpwuu upon a iega une m lavor 0 the bill. He was listened to "witil the greatest a,ttenticn and at theconclu sum of his speech received warm -congratulations upon his maiden effort. He ia forcible in hia delivery and grace ful in his gestures, in both those parts reeemuimg nis aisurguisred father. . The debate waa Continued by Messrs. Bushnell, Henderson, of Iowa, Cum" mings, Ganti,1 Doane, Robbett, Hermann, Powers, Tanhomr Bryan and Chipman, . the, latter oi whom demanded the previous question, pending which Mr.' Reed moved a recess until 4:55 o'clock and a somewhat spicy talk ensued between the Speaker and him, the evident pur pose of Mr. Reed being to kill time time and the object of the Speaker be ing to prevent tne murder, s .Finally, the Speaker, after receiving Mrn Chi unan's i motion, recognized the motion made by Mr1. Reed. Then Mr. Burrows suggested that the recess should be until 5 o'clock. : . : Mr. Burrows' motion was lo3t and then the hour of 5 having arrived the House took a recess until 8,'ths even Ing session to be for consideration of private pension bills. 1 I A. DAVID& COMPANY'S Don't . Miss This Sale. THIS MEN'S Tlio Choice , , Our SB IS, 10.BO, pi8,andsome 9o.oo,' . -Men's I Sackahd Frock Suits THIS WEEK THIS VVEFK. FOR ANT OF OUK $2.25, 2.50,2 7a and $3.00; ' CHILDREN'S SUITS ! W. THIS WEEK ONLY IS LEFT TO GET ONB OF THE $11; $U AND $1SJ50 MEN'S CASSIMERE AND CHEVIOT SUITS FOR $8.98. " : A. DAVID AMD COMRArJY, a -NEXT 50 DOZEN BEST QUALITY CLE VE LAID BEAVERS. TABLE DAMASK. -A COMPLETE LINE OPr Table Linen IN WHITE AND BED. WHITE LINEN NAPKINS T5 CENTS TO $4 A DOZEN. DOYLIES 60 CENTS Towels yTyeia u cts m cts KAfiGr1 lll KI r-T riMf In white and colored 50 eta a piece of 8 yards. 108 Inch IVIUOtaJUl I U INtl I liMvJI Netting $1.60 a piece of 11 yards. 103 Inch Lace Netting . so cts to 45ct9 a yard. - ( r.4 yj-T-r;Qyji-r-g A rfu.il assortment NfViNDSOR Ties AnewiotDfltmrs6ct8and35f CHAMOIS GLOVES in White and Tan $1 a pair. . . AND SHAWLS NO. 9 NORTH Suitings and MADE TO ORDER At Greatly Mncul Prices. 03 JL,Gr ILa Q Banister's $5 Shoes, geo. r. French: & sons, 10S North Front St, WEEK, PROFITS NOT FIGURED NOR ' Costs Considered .1 m SUITS. oi any oi THIS WEFK. FOB ANT $3.50, 5375, $4.00' $4 5apndsom8$5 CHILDREN'S SUITS! WEEK If iiiCT ClotlUer. Table Linen WHITE LINEN TO $3 A DOZEN. yu' ca? bny w the be6 85 ct Twei of Qnilts from $1 to $& Some remarkable goot BICYCLE HOSE in Black and Nary. BLAZER For these call np stairs. FRONT STREET. Trouserings Call.ait LeaYB Yonr, IleasBre. IrXXnVSOIV Ac CO i Mercliarit Tailors, OF- fcttween Prlnecss ana Chestnut 1, t r'-t 1
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 13, 1892, edition 1
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