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IVOL.XIV. WIIIMINGTON; 28. 1 889. NO. 34 ;r. OK THE WAR PATH. FLAT HEAD INDIANS GETTING QN I THEIR PAINTt Much Lueasluesa t eh Aoiung the Set tlers lu the Flat Head Valley, Montana-" ': Humors of Murders by tfae Savases and - Further Trouhlo Apprehended. Chicago. Feb. 20. A dispatch from Helena, Montana, says: News Jias f ijast been received from Missoula, in vUhis Territory, that the Flat Head 'Jn"ians are arming1 themselves, and Jhe settjer in FiaxHea.d Lake valley. are in creat danger. The section ? where the troubla originated h with ; . out telegraph facilities. A Ittter re i ceived at Missoula from Ravalli says: "it seems that an Indian -stohr an overcoat fronl - J. CliHr4r of Clif- ' ford or Demer&vilie. Clifford struck the Indian on the head with a pistol, from which the Indian died. Mayor Ronon e&ys that an Indian brought him a report that J. E. Clifford was killed by Indians Saturday night. It has since beenjrumored that both Clif ford and Dr. Cunningham were killed. There serins to be a feel ing that if Clifford is not killed the Indians wiil lose no opportunity to kill him. Everything is quiet here. There are a tew Indians in town, and they are chiefly bent on buying ammu- - toition. Ti-e squaws and children are hurrying toward the aerency. Two white men in Fiat Head Valley have been killed, and there is likdy to be a great Slht." " r A freighter from Clifford says there J" 4s no exeitemeut m the valley when he left last Tburiiiay, but the "Indians threatened him a great deal while he was -coming across tho reservation . Bad blood is known to have existed amonir the Indians about the Flat Head 'Lake eountry, ever since ; the citizens of Demersville hanged two of their number about a year ago. The absence of tne mail from that section cr any deftoite news has created un easiness auioar the citizens of this llace. 1 he atuce from Flat Head is tw past due at Kavalh, and the peo aare anxiously awaiting it. The '.easiness is increasing. ' AIivneapolis. Minn., Feb. 20 A lT1 ro m Ht,ena Montana, re tved at 2 a. m, Shys : "The latest rorts of trouble on the Flat Head . jfoula it is said that two men, Clif I pri nnd Cunningham, have been filled. The Indians have been trouble jbmti sinae last March, when two adians were handed. The Missoula 1 Kavalh it is said that the stage has arrived, and that Clifford and Cunv ; ningham are" safe. Kepulfllcan Idct of Clulus the Sentlona , Washington,- Feb. 25.. A caucus of "Republican Senators was held this tnorning tor the purpose of deciding ' upon the order of business in the ; Senate during the remainder of the session, and particularly what course should be adopted with regard to the Eyarts election resolution. It was principally decided, in view of the evident purpose of the Democrats to delay final action upon the election - resolution until the adjournment of Congress, to lay that matter aside temporarily from time to time, and allow other measures to be taken up. Under this arrangement the remaining armroDriation bills and conference reports will be taken up as fast as they are reported. To-day the bill to subdivide the bioux reservation in Dakota will bo considered if Ino ob- stacle in the shape of an appropriation . hill intervenes. The bill to ratity the Seminole agreement was placed amont? the privileged class, as well as thA Oklahom i bill. Further than this -' in arrancement of business the cau ens did "not proceed, but authorized Senator Evarts to appoint a commit- to arrange a profrramme after ponsultion with Democratic Senators. Meanwhile, the Evarts resolution is Ha unfinished business, and will serve thfl purpose to preventHhe considera tion of measures likely to give rise to a rroloni?ed controversy whenever it c 1 - is called up. CsuinaltipS by Fire. Washing to n, Fe b 28. Thefolluw no fatalities by fire are reported to- dav: Two children near Belmont, Montana, burned to death on yester jav and a third will probably not , gnrvive. Tho mother had gone out to cnrP! household, supplies when -the i 05est boy held a cat acrainst the stove orH Km nair iook. ute. rau uuuer a j---aV77Tmiii ViniMinr'rn : r'rrl Near Battle Creek, Michigan, the farm house or Ernest l ounes was hnrned to day. A boy and girl four and five years of age, respectively. perished in the names. Kpar Carbondale, ra., last mgnt a lomn PTnloded in a miner's boardinsr house wnile theoeeupants were asleep One boarder and a servant girl were burned to death, and the wife of the nnrc,r was badly burned.' The nther occupants narrowly escape I in their sleeping attirf paleeatlon in Supjm rt of 1 lis Cow lei i Bill Washington, ieb. Jo. A delega Hon, consisting of Henry Weissenger, . i-. Tioirtpnt of the Board of Trade of ' t ; . ' T-r Louisville, Ky. ; Edward J . Force, of the Force Tobacco Company, of Loms n inhn Donhafer. of the firm of Pfinff, Donhafer & Co., of Louisville KT.nlns Finzer. of the firm o: Fmzer, Brothers & Co is in Washing th consideration or tne Cowles bill. To-day they have been ' yyn creation with members from the oAnthpm and Western States, trying S .impress upon them the advisability - of sinking ieeuus-ftUU.v" ' bacco growers. . ,n.n and Child Burned to Death. Tx-rrrnv Towa. Feb. 25. At uitVr nr.U onntv. this State, wanue.u. - thr dwelling of yesteraay - , and his VfrinTaw, Mrs. Torbitt, sizty ts old and Innis' eleven year old r vSit'wSe burned to death, r. 5 m I TniR and six other children C eMrs. Inms ana... othes. and n vrk . iix v- to.iipd. in their naea eiau, m 1 1 ' ieighir way some distance to a rereh b"t8e. Mr. Innis was se finffe and the wholef amily - THE BRITISH HOUSE Pertinent Questfom Pot to t'ae -tJoTfcrn- net br Mr Hsaly Mr. Dillon Thinks Commons this evening Mr. Healy asked whether Home SecretarV Matr thews had ordered tbo arrest of P'.gott, and if not why h had allowed rHgott to escape. . . Mr. Matlhows replied that a warrant had bsen issued aafest Eigott. - -.' Mr. Healy asked Whether the govern ment had taken treasures to prevent Pigott's escape by telegraphing a warning to the pbhee authorities of the .. various seaport towns of ; the Kingdom. Pigott, he said, was a val uable person. Had any attempt been, made to capture him ? . 1 i Mr. Matthews admitted that as yet be had taken no steps in the matter. The knowledge of Pigott's disappear ance bad reached him within the last hour. The Government would do its utmost to capture the tugitive. Mr. Saunderson, Conservative, then resumed the debate on the address ia reply to the Queen's speech. Refer ing to Mr. Money' sremams last night, he charged that gentleman with ignor ing the fact that crime in Ireland had lessened since the enforcement of the "Crimes act. - The number of agrarian offences was less now than it had ever been since the agitation began!- The Par neliites complained that they could freely oiaks speeches ia England for which in Ireland they would be im prisoned. Quite so. Men might smoke a cigar in many places without offence, but to light it down in a mine would be criminal, as the act would endanger the lives of others. The freedom of speech which the Parnellites wanted was not allowed because they advocated law breaking, which led to murder. Parliament had sometimes acceded to the claims of the Parnellites, but the House had seen the unwisdom of it. The cry was now got up to attract people. (Par nellite shouts of "Pigott," "Pigott.") Well Pigott had amply qualified him self to be a member of the first home rule ministry. The Irish members -ought not to have made such asses of themselves bringing down everlasting ridicule upon their country. He could not find a reason why the Parnellites should not be sent to jail, nor why when once there, they should ever be let out. (Laughter.) Mr. nil inn thonerht Mr. Sanderson's performance less amusing than usual. His remarks were mere interlude m the attention of the House. The ques tion of Ireland could not be set aside by jest. He emphatically repudiated as a calumny any suggestion that he or his colleagues worked for the in crease of crime. The decrease of crime was not due to the coercion act, but to the enormous concessions got for tenants through the plan of cam paign. It was also due to a kmowledee of the increased sym- pathv of the English people. -The declaration of Mr. Gladstone and his followers had more effect m stopping crime than all the Coercion acts eyer passed. Regarding the question of prison garb they objected to wearing the livery of crime and associating with forcers and thieves. (Hear, Hear Possibly judging from recent events, certain members of the oppos ition did not entertain the same objec tion. (Parnellite cheers). He pro ceeded to criticize Mr. Balfour's state ment regarding the treatment of pris onsrs, concluding that there were manifest contradictions in the state ment, making the whole unworthy of credence. ' ANOTHER HORROR. Explosion ot a Squib Factory in Pennsyl yanlii-Ten Girls and one Man Killed, and Another Man lSadl lujured Heroic Conduct of Miners. WiLKERBAERE,; Pa,, Feb. 25. Back of the Gaylord shaft, at Plymouth, a mining town a few miles from here, stood the factory' of J ohn Powells, for the manufactur0 of the squibs used by miners in loosening coal. The factory employed eighty-four girls, aged from 12 to 20 years, and several male workmen. : Whilea majority of the employes wete absent at dinner at noon to-day, and about twenty remain ed in the building eating their lunch, a terrifie explosion startled the neigh borhood. The people rushed to the squib factory and found it half de molished, in flames, and the bodies of several girls visible, in some of the rooms. A number of miners rushed to aid th girls, but a second explosion at that moment caused the building to collapse. The miners were T ggered for a moment, but they suju had everybody living and dead out of the wreck. Ten girls are dead so far, and one man killed and one badly injured. The later was Mr. Powell, proprietor of the factory. Several tubs of pow der exploded but there is no explana tion as to what set them off. Cargo f Fruit Lost. Charleston,' S. C, Feb. 25, The schooner Franklin Woodruff from Port Antonia, J amaica.f or Charleston , with a cargo of fruit went ashore be tween North and South Edisto in the gale of Saturday night Captain Blossom came to Charleston to-day on a steamer from Edisto for a tug to pull the schooner off. The crew are safe on Edisto, A defect of the chro nometer caused the schooner to be thirty miles out of her course. The cargo, consisting of two thousand bunches of bananas, is a total loss. : Bailroad Accident on Sunday. Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 25. Two freight trains collided this morning on the Knoxville & Ohio Railroad half a mile north of this city. One fireman was killed, both engines wrecked, and seyeral freight carsj were demolished. The accident was eaused by a misun derstanding of orders. Obitnary. Norfolk, Va., Feb, 25. James G. Bain died at his home in Portsmouth this morning. Before tfce failure of Bain & Bro., in 1885, Capt. Bain was a prominent figure in political and masonic circles. M ENGINE OF TO. SUCCESSFUL TESTS OF THE DY NAMITE GUN. Ml. Kandail's KeW Kale Ordered to bs Reported The President and Mrs.Cleve ' land Visit the Georgetown Centennial Celebration and Hold a Reception. Washington, Feb. 22. All of the members of the House Committee on Rules were present at th meeting called for this morning to consider Mr. Randall's resolutions. The-.flrst reso lution providing for a meeting of the House daily at 10 o'clock with the al lowance of an hour for the consider ation of, bills by unanimous consent was agreed to by all of the member?; on the second resolution making the Cowles International Revenue bill a special order and requesting its con sideration to a conclusion, the Demo cratic members divided, Speaker Carlisle and Mr. Mills voting against and Mr. Randall with the Republicans Messrs. Reed and Cannon, for the reso lution. It will be reported immediate-ly-to the House with the blank date filled in so as to require the bill to be taken up next Monday. In addition the Speaker has promised to recognize Mr. Randall at any time before the end of the session, to make a motion to go into Committee of the Whole to consider revenue bills. Tne Commit tee also decided to report resolutions providing for the consideration to-day of bills to pension General Sheridan's widow, and to place General Rose crans on the retired list of tho army. If -Mr. Randall succeeds in getting the resolution from the Committee on Rules relative to the Cowles bill before the House, and does not immediately demand the previous question, it is the intention of Mr. Matson, of Indiana, chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to offer an amendment pro viding that the day following that set apart tor the Cowles bill be set apart for the consideration of the bill repeal ing pension arrears limitation, under the same terms and conditions iu all respects as to the discussion ordering the previous question and taking a yea and nay vote on the passage thereof. Mr. Matson says that this is the first opportunity he has had to move such a motion, owing to the refusal of the Committee on Rules to report a reso lution to which his amendment would be germane. Now that Mr. Randall has achieved his purpose of demonstrating the fact that a large majority of tho House is in favor oe fv repeal 01 tne xooacco j .to-. .inA'.oii.VY ,iue vote to aayj he will probably not press the resolu tion setting apart a day for action on the Cowles bill, until the Deficiency and Indian Appropriation bills have passed the House. By that time Mr. Mills will have made up his mindyhat course to pursue, and if he decides to oppose the resolution to the extent of adoptinc dilatory tactics, no further legislation is likely to be achieved by the present House beyond action on certain conference reports, which may be unobjectionable to both wings .of tl ' Democracy. Secretary Whitney has received the report of the Naval Board appointed to witness and report upon the ex periments for accuracy to be made with the dynamite erun, giving a de tailed technical account of the firings of January 19, and January 20, with the 15-inch pneumatic dynamite gun ashore, mounted at Fort Lafayette, New York. The character of report is shown in its endorsement by Secretary Whitney under date of February 21, as follows: The test for accuracy of the puenmatic dynamite gun, there suits of whish are recorded in the written report are satisfactory to the Department, and notice may be given to the Company to that effect. The President and Mrs. Cleveland attended the Centennial Celebration of the Georgetown University this afternoon, They were given a promi nent seat on the platform. At the conclusion of the regular programme. President and Mrs. Cleveland held a reception m University hall, The Xam.r Will Case. . New YoRK.Feb., 26. In 1872 Gaso way B. Lamar, a wealthy Southerner made a will leaving certain charitable bequests dependent upon certain con tingencies. Today Judge Wallace decided against these bequests in the United States Court. The bequests t were for $o0,000 to the city ot Augusta. Ga., and like amount to the Georgia Infirmary for the relief and protection of aged aad afflicted negroes. The representatives of the two lega tees were plaintiffs against the Execu tor of the estate. The will provided that the legatees should have the amounts stated in case the estate should realize $300,000 or more for certain claims against the Government for the seizure of the testator's cotton. The testator died in 1874. It was found that the testator had already collected a claim which amounted to $342,818. The Executor, there fore, had nothing to do with the claim. In the present ' suit Harriet C. Jones, the administratix, after the executor's death, was de fendant. Judge Wallace dismissed the suits. He held that the testator by collecting the claim himself had put it out of the Executor's power to comply, with the provisions of the will. -.. Hyppolltr Still Alive and Fighting;. New York, Feb. 25. The steamer "King Alf." which arrived here to day from Gonaives, contradicts the reports of the routing of Hyppoli'e's army at Gonaives and Hyppolite's death. The Captain says that Hyppo lite is still alive and in good health and intent upon the defeat of Legi time. There was evidence, the Cap tain says, of a disturbance at Gonaives when his vessel left that pori Feb 17. Demurer Sustained. New York, Feb. 26 The demurer of the Richmond and Danville Rail road Company to the suit brought against it in the United States Circuit Couit by William . H. Gibson and others, bond holders of $1,000 bonds of the North Carolina RaOroadCjpany guaranteed by the i Styw,'orth Uarouna. was sustaj ge Wallace to-day. WLL LIKELY HANG. TRAIN iWRECKEl?5S5APTURED RALEIGH. AT The Fate of the Ball road Commission Bill to b Detirhined.Xuis TTeelt Liquor Manufactured or Sftld ll Yancey Coantr Governor Fowl IKotia ting for State Bonds, . . - A , . - " MssSSSger Bukeatj, ) Raleigh, N. C, Feb, 25, 1889. Yeeterday was' very bleak and was the most uncomfortable day of the whole winter. The temperature never ot above 24 and there was not a ray of sunshine. The ground was frozen Jike a plank. Last night was also very cold, but this morning there was sun bhjne and a slight thaw began. , The Young Men's Christian Asso ciation has begun its work among the poor. Tho pleasant weather which has marked the winter has given it little to do. " The House met early this morning. The Senate did not meet until in the afternoon.' The Senate Committee on Education this morning heard arguments in the matter of the bill to increase the school taxes of Raleigh.' - A car load cf negroes left here Sat urday afternoon for Monroe, Louis iana, That is far better than going to cold Kansas. 4 - On the floor of the House to-day, Cheatham, the colored Congressman from the Second district, was observed. He was quite an object of attraction to the colored members. The company of infantry at Con cord, (G. 14th Regiment) will be armed this week. It has eighty two men uniformed. The next company to be armed will be II, 1st Regiment, at Williamston, with forty-three men. This exhausts all the spare arms, and brings the number of companies to thirty -two, with ah aggregate strength of about 1,600. The Supreme Court here to day took up appeals from this, the Fourth district. Most of theHay was devoted to the equity case of Baltz9r & Faaks vs. the btate of North Carolina. Mr. C M. Busbee aided the Attorney Gen eral in the defence. It is the biggest case at this term, which by the way is marked by no t;reat cases. Some negroes are talking about a State convention to consider plans for leaving JNortn Carolina. Tne move ment amounts to nothing, and will doubtless die a natural death. The Governor looks forward with particular pleasure to his visit, with his staff, to Wilmington, next month Two negroes who were very clever detectives made a neat capture of the train wreckers at Reidsville. There are three of the latter; Calvin Cobb, George it eal and Jim Wathngton. They threw fourteen freight cars down an embankment fifteen teet high. By this one man was killed and another; terribly wounded. The member from Yancey county stated to day on the floor of the House that no whiskey was made or sold in his county. A bill was passed prohib iting such sale in that county. A branch railway is in course of construction at the site of the big wagon factory here. As soon as it is completed the material will be hauled and the factory will be rapidly erected. The plan is to have it in full operation by July 1. The State will get the 140 six per cent, construction bonds now held by the Department of the Interior for the Indian fund. They will cost some $193,000. Negotiations are now in progress between the Governor and Secretary Vilas for their purchase. The legislative proceedings to day were ci-rtamly dull, yet a good deal of business was done. It is the belief that Raleieh will vote the $75,000 asked for a system of sew erage, and the $25,000 for street paving. There' appears to be no ob jection to the measure on the part of capitalists. Sewerage is greatly needed here. As matters now stand the use of the water works is greatly curtailed. The bill allowing the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad to withdraw the $101,600 in its bonds deposited with the State Treasurer, for convict labor, has passed the.Senate, with only one dissenting yote. It now awaits the signatures of the presiding officers of the two Hoases to become a law. A bill has been introduced in the Legislature to allow Wake county to impose upon liquor saloons in Raleigh the same license tax as is imposed in this city. - Ex-State Treasurer J. M. Worthy who' has been very sick at his home in Randolph county, has improved considerably. Quite a number of portraits are in course of preparation for the State Library. Most of them are of soldiers. Mr. Beddingfi eld's bill to prohibit trusts has passed. Now it remains to be seen how it will work. Trusts are hard to handle. Interest this week centres on the Railway Commission bill, which comes up in the Senate. Very hard work is being done, both for and against it. Boulanger and the Allnd-Reader, Paris, Feb. 26. Stuart' Cumber land, the mind-reader, read Gen. Bou langer's thoughts to-day. He gave President Carnot a six months' lease of power and traced Boulanger's march on Germany via Stuttgart. The General declared Cumberland's inter pretation to be correct. Gen. Boulanger most emphatically denies that he entertains any hostility towards England. He further states thatv he does not believe that Lord Lytton, the English ambassador to France, belieyes that he has any such feeling. ' ? " Another DlvidendDeclaredJ Washington, Feb. "20. The Comp troller of the Currency has declared a thiid dividend of 10 per cent, in favor of the creditors of .the State National Bank of Raleigh, N. C. This makes in all 40 per ' cent, on claims proved, amounting to $313,827. . This bank failed March 27, 1887. The 1'resident Signs the Territories Bill : Washington, Feb. 22. ?The Presi dent this morning approved the bill to admit as states of the Union. Wash ington, Montana, North Dakota, and outu uaKota. - ON TO WASHINGTON THE PfrESIDBNT-ELECT STARTS FOR HlSi NEW HOME. Indlanapslls Puts n Holiday Attire in Honor of ft he De rture of her Dlstiu- trnlshed Cyizen to the Seat of QoTcrn. ment sanoiDie an IndianUpolis, FeellDg Speech. Teh. 25. Manv buildinen in the siness portion of the city are gaily t lecorated in flags and bunting, whi from the top of nearlv efrv buildH? floats the stars and stripciiin honotrf of the departure this; atfefnoon qS President elect Harrison, j Quite a timber of country people cam.e m to wliess the depart ure of the" General. Qen, Harrison's time was pretty welf occupied with receiving tho conlfant stream of callers who came to ily goodbye. At 10 o clock adelegatidf from the Com mercial gravelling jtien's Republican League, pt Chicagrf; called to present the General a hanasom 9 gripsack for use en this journef. At, .-a o'clock (jhpvernor tiovey and Mayor Denny araved to escort the Presideat-elect to the railroad. Short ly after the Generai and Mrs. Harrison emerged from the Iiouse, preceded by the?Govynor andt Mayor. The Gen eral occUP'ed the! first carriage with GovernoB Hovey find Mayor Dennv. and Mrs.Harrison and Mr. and Mrs. MeKee occupied the next carriage. A string oftcarrirvges and a thousand or more people followed the down Delaware street. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed along the route. Groups of people cheered enthusias tically as the carriages drove bv, the General constantly tipping his hat and waving nis hand farewell to some old friend whom he recognized. It was o o clock wnen the party reache'dt the Union station where a crowd o 10,000 awaited them. The General aad his pany were escorted to their car. The great throng con tinued cheering and the President elect presently appeared on the rear platform, accompanied by Governor Hovey, who introduced him to the crowd and called for order, which being partially secured Gen. Harrison said: - "My good friends and neighbors; I cannot trust myself to put in words what I feel at this time Eyery kind thought that is in your minds. aDd eyery good wish that is in your hearts for me finds its responsive wish and thought in my mind and heart for each of you. .1 love this city. It has Tbeen my own cherished home. Twice be Tore-1 lifflfra left.it to disaharge public amies ana returned to it with gladness, a? 1 hope to do again. It is a city on whose streets pompous displays of wealth are not seen: it is full of pleasant homes, anin those homes there is an unusual store ot contentment. Tne memory of your favor always will abide with me and my strong desire to hold your respect and confidence will strengthen me m the discharge of my new and responsible duties. Let me say farewell to all my Indi ana friends. For public honors that have come to me I am their grateful debtor. They have made the debt so large that I can never discharge it There is a great sense of loneliness in the discharge of high public duties. The moment of decision is one of iso lation, but there is One whose help comes even into the quiet chamber of judgment, and to His wise and unfail mg guidance will I look for direction and safety. My family unite with one in grate ful thanks tor this cordial good bye, and withme wish that the3o years of separation may be full of peaee and happiness for each of you. The speech was received with cheers. At its con clusion the General re-entered his car, and the train at once prodeeded, at 3:15 p. m. . Eleven Persons Killed by Carelessness. Plymouth, Pa., Feb. 20. The cause of the Squib factory explosion here, which resulted in the death of eleven persons, has been ascertained. It was due to the grossest careless ness on tne part ot the owner of the factory. John R. Powell. At 11 o'clock in the morning just be fore dinner, he told the fireman, George Reese, to clean, up, which meant gathering the empty so nibs lying around loose on the floor. Reese said he would do so. Immediately alter dinner about htteen minutes before 1 o'clock, Reese told Kate Jones to sweep up the loose squios and burn them. There is no danger in burning unloaded equibs, but in this case it happened that among the sweepings there was a loaded squib. As sbon as this came in contact with the fire, it shot out like a sky rocket, shatterinsr the stove, and running along the floor until it came m contact with a box loaded with squibs ready for market. This caused a second explosion and the squibs in the box ignited a quan tity of loose powder in a keg which caused the third explosion. Mr. Cowles Working for his Bill. Washington, Feb. 25. It is learned that Speaker Carlilse while promising to recognize Mr. Randall to make a motion to go into Committee of the Whole to consider the Cowles bill, has refused to recognize any oe to move to pass that bill under a suspension of the rules, unless he is supported by a majority of the Democratic members in the demand, consequently Mr. Cowles. of North Carolina, has been industriously at work this afternoon trying to secure the signatures of members to a petition asking the Speaker to entertain such a motion. m e Darnell Never Better. Ppiladelphia, Feb. 26. The Press to-morrow will say: It is not true that the health of Mr. Charles Stewart Par nell is critically affected, and that he is likely to suffer a collapse at any time. Mrs. Paroell. the mother of the Irish leader, yesterday received a cable message Svhich definitely sets at rest the apprehension of the friends of the Irish cause aroused- by the alarming news teldgraphed from London about two weeks ago. --v , ' -'. On reafling this news5 Mrs.4 Parnell ipte tolDr Kenney. his physician in jn, isking him to tell her exactly 'was Dr. Kenney answered "Never better, writing." 3 THE ELECTION BILL ENDORSED BY THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. Xlie Affairs of the State National Bank About Wound Up-Plenty of hnow Still KemaiBlns Activity on the Penitentiary Farm Base Ball Matters. Messenger jbureatj, i Raleigh. N. C. Feb. 26, 1889. ( An official connected with the de funct State National Bank of this city said to-day that, it would practically wind up its business on the 1st of March. He said that another dividend, of perhaps five per cent would be made. This will make 45 per cent. Your correspondent, not a great while after the bank defalcation said that 50 per cent, was about the figure. It was a close estimate. Some papers at that time said that seventy-five ents would bepaidr The Ballzer and Taaeks suit against the State came up in the Supreme Court again to-dav. Mr. F. Kingsbury Curtis, of New Yorkj is counsel for I the plaintiffs in this case. - There is certainly a lot of discussion here about the school tax bill. This is shown very clearly in discussions of the measure, which are invariably heated. The matter may yet get into politics, and if so will make itself felt. The Democratic caucus endorsed the amendments to the election law, so it is a certainty that the bill will pass the HonseIt is a good bill, a proper one. The preparation was made with ex treme care, and as you were told it covers the best features of the election laws of Georgia, South Carolina and Arkansas. Yet some Democrats are antagonizing the action of the caucus, or endeavoring to do so, your corres pondent was told this morning. This is at onee unwise and improper. ltepresentative Thomas E. Gillman, of Onslow, is dangerously sick atNew bern. He went there to attend the fish, oyster and gam9 fair. There has not been much sickness among the members but almost twenty per cent, now haye colds. Unless rain comes the snow will be on the ground a fortnight. It melts very slowly, and its diminution is not at all observable in the fields and woods. It will of course benefit the small grain. The House covered itself with glory yesterday, by passing a- dog law. So the sheep eets protection at last that is if the Senate will also pass the bill. Nothing in the world save the dog pre vents sheep raising in North Carolina, yet all these years It has been the dog and not the sheep which has received the protection of the State. The attendance at tho Legislative sessions, on the part of spectators, has increased remarkably in the past few days. The evening sessions did not' begin until to-day. Of course at these the attendance is always large. Gov. Fowle will very probably visit Wilmington immediately upon the adjournment of the Legislature. The first tie up this session of the Legislature occurred yesterday on the warmly discussed Teachers' Training School bill. Mr. Speaker Leazer very quickly broke it, however. It was on an amendment making the school solely for the benefit of females. The Legislature has adopted a reso lution asking Congress to increase the efficiency of the Signal Service. That step would, of course, benefit this State. A great deal of work is going on at the penitentiary farms. There are now about 160 convicts at the two. The State now leases the one south of the city, and alongside the North Car olina railway, but a bill has been passed to buy it, m case a good title can be giyen. It was hoped that a handsome paved roadway could have been constructed from the city limits to the National Cemetery, but there is now no hope of it. " The Grape Growers' Association, of this city, has received 40,000 ten pound grape baskets for use in making ship ments. A grower said to-day that the increase in bearing vines this coming season will certainly be 30 per cent. Last year 40,000 baskets were shipped, mainly to Philadelphia, New York and the New England summer resorts. The "Sweet sixteen" smoking, fac tory, at Hickory, was burned yester , day. - - The Trustees of the University hold their annual meeting at the Governor's ollice to- morrow. ' Will Wilmirfgton have a base ball association this year! Raleigh will, and will haye the handsomest grounds in the State. Cannot a State League, composed absolutely of home players, be formed. There used to be one. Games played by home players best develop interest and put rival towns on their mettle. Last June in Columbus county a negro named Ike Young shot down a white man named Ben Mitchell, as the latter was ploughing. The reward of a hundred dollars, which the Governor offered yesterday, . was for . the ; mur derer. " ' : '.'..: All the damage to wires by the recent snow storm has been jrepaired. A year ago the plan of havinga Saturday half-holiday at the Uniyer sity (instead of a full holiday) was adopted. The students are "kicking" against it, it appears and will urge the trustees to abolish it. The Supreme Court yesterday filed opinsons in the following cases: Bpencer V3. Credle, from Hyde; no 'error.. .... Ferebee vs. Hinton, from Camden; affirmed. Rodman vs. Harvey, from Beaufort, no error. ; Wynne vs. Small, from Chowan; no error. . State vs. Stovall, from Halifax; no error.; -.'...' '..; ." Emry vs. Railroad, from Halifax; no error. Bridgers y?. Taylor, from North ampton, no error. : ; B ranch vs. Walker; frosr Bertie ; new trial granted. - ; t , Harrison vs. Hoff, from Washington; motion to dismiss refused 'Appellant allowed to file bond under aei ' of present legisl ature ... State vs. Ward, from Northampton; no error. MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE. Ceiemaniea Attending the Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of the Jesuit Colic g-e at Georgetown, B. C. Washington, Feb. 20. The Cen tennial Celebration of Georgetown (Jesuit) University, for which arrange ments have been in preparation for many weeks,, begun - this morning. AH day yesterday and this morning Archbishops, Bishops and Priests were arriving a the University from almost every State in the Union. The Uni versity buildings were elaborately and tastefully decorated with flowers, flags and bantiers bearing appropriate legends, f s ft Among tne eminent cierervmen present at the opening exercises were Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishops Corri- gan, Kyan and Loughlm, and Bishops Curtis, of Wilmington, Del., Dwem ger, of Indiana. Bradley, of Manches ter, N. H., Kam, of Wheeling, W. Va., Mullen, of Erie, Pa., Chatard, of Indianapolis, lad.. McMahon. of Hart ford, Conn., Gilmour, of Cleveland, Ohio, Moore, of St. AugUetice. Fla., Phelan, of Alleghany, Pa., Sweeny, of St. Johns, N. B., Conroy and Rogers, of Chatham, N. B., and O'Hara, of Scranton, Pa. At i) o'clock a procession composed of the various bodies of clercv. stu dents, cadets and alumni was formed and marched to Trinity Church, where pontifical mass was celebrated by Cardinal Gibbons. The Cardinal, Archbishops and Bishops all wore their richest cobtumes, and the bril liancy of their attire, the gray uni form of the cadets, the priests with their white cassocks over their long black robes, students and alumni all wearing medals commemorative of the occasion, all combined to pre sent a picture rarely witnessed. iatner Healy, an ex-President of the University, delivered the Centen nial sermon, iu which he reviewed the history of the University from its es tablishment by John Carroll, one hun dred years ago, to the present day. The evening programme included an address by the Chancellor, Rev. E. H. Welch, S. J., a profession of faith by the candidates for the theological degress, and the conferring- of de grees. The Naval Appropriation Bill. Washington, Feb. 21. The House Committee on Naval Affiirs has finally acted upon the Senate amendment to the Naval Appropriation bill. Con currence will be recommended in the items appropriating $100,000 for a tor pedo station and naval- war colleere building, and authorizing tbe transfer or stores - irom - one bureau to an other. Nm-coneurrence will be recommended in all of the amendments providing: for the con struction of two twelve-hundred ton boats, and for purchase of Reinforce guns; increasing to $5,000,000 the appropriation for; completion of the vessels already authorized to be built, and to the $3,000,000 appropriation for their armament and armor. In the case of small gun boats Mr. Hayden made a strong: plea for the Senate amendment, and although he was voted down, absent members of ihe committee will be allowed to cast their votes on the amendment. The language of the amendment providing for the construction of the Thomas Cruiser was further amended so that while Mr. Thomas' name does not ap pear, his design and plans will govern the construction of the vessel. Murder and Suicide. Chicago. Feb. 25 Mrs. Lizzie Mc Anley and her two children were found dead in bed together this morn ing. In the woman's mouth was a rubber tube connecting with the gas jet. The gas was turned on full, in dicating that Mrs. McAuley deliber ately planned to kill her two children and herself. She is the woman who shot her husband in December last while in a fit of jealousy. No indict ment was found against her by the Grand J ury. She has suffered from a mild form of insanity ever since the murder. One of the children was a boy three and a half years old; the other was a girl one and a half years o'd. Starvation and Rioting in China. San Francisco, Feb. 22 A China steamer which arrived last night brought news of a great snow storm in Chee Foo. Over a million and a half of people in the province are starving and riots occur daily. Missionaries have been attacked by mobs of Chi nese led dry the gentry On February 2d a great fire broke out in Ohidsnok;, Japan; extending down fourteen streets and destroying 1,000,000 houses, including temples, schools and hospitals. On the following day a fire as Yakasuka gutted fifty houses and burned to death three men. The same day ten houses were destroyed at Joshin and fifteen at Tokio. Ferious Riot in Ohio. Chicago, Feb. 25. A dispatch from Kent, Ohio, says: A serious riot oc curred at an early hour Sunday morn ing between a lot of drunken laborers employed at grading the new connec tion between the Pittsburg and West ern and .the Cleveland and Canton Railroads, in which five men were pounded almost out of recognition. One died last night. About thirty or forty men participated in the row. Several shots were fired and consider able slashing with knives done. Heavy Freights ou Cmolina Central. Shelby Aurora. The Carolina Central Railway has been for several days ct o ded with freight which came so rapidly that thev had difficulty in its transporta tion. The regular freights made dou ble trips and extra trains were nef 63 sary for freight. We are glad to bear that the railroads are crowded with freight. The guano sales and ship ments will exceed those of last year notwithstanding increased price and the resolutions to refrain from its use this year. A South Carolina Court House Burned. Charleston, 8 C, Feb. 22. The Court House of Williamsburg county',, at Kingstree, was burned this morn ing. Loss, $10,000; no insurance. The records r re saved. THE ARRIVAL. PRESIDENT-ELECT HARRISON IN WASHINGTON- The Jonrney from Indianapolis Made Without Mishap The Crowds at the Depot and Hotel Cleyerlj Eluded by the Arrangements of the Committee. Washington, Feb. 20. President elect Harrison and his party arrived at 2:35 this afternoon and were driven in a roundabout way to their hotel. They avoided the crowds on tho, direct route from the'.ilroad station. - - At 2:30 p. the train bfarinv President-elect Harrison and his nirtv. drew up on the track alongside the freight house on Ninth street and Maryland avenue, at which point th Executive Committee of the InausruraJ. . Committee was in waitingwita car- riages for the travellers. Tho train was run to this point in order " to es -cape the" crowd that had gathered -at the Seventh street station. and the ruse was successful, albeit several curiosity hunters were drawn to the spot bv the appearances of the carriages. With as littlo delay as might be, Gen. Harrison and party were seated and then driven ra pidly to the Arlington hotel, where they at acce sought the privacy of their apartments. Others on the train were sent to their several destinations in the city after good-byes had been said, and the trip of President elect Harrison to the Capital was at an end. It had been accomplished in twenty three hours and eighteen minutes without a single mishap and with great comfort. In anticipation of Gen. Harrison's arriyal, a crowd of several hundred persons assembled in the waiting rooms of tho Pennsylvania Railroad station to catch a glimpse of the President-elect. The crowd included a number of ladies. A.s the time at which Gen. Harrison's train was due drew near, the crowd was augmented by quite a number of loungers, who strung, along from the lower rail road yard down the tracks., A squad of police kept them inside the yard and maintained a clear passage way for the President's tram. About Z.o'J o clock word was erven out by the railroad men that the President had alighted down at Maryland avenue and tne crowd slowly dispersed, some laugning at the way in which they had . oeen eiuueu, wnise others took their disappointment more keenly.. A few -persons were indisposed to Vi leave, however, thinking it might ba a ruse to get them away before the President elect' arrival, and it.was not until the train, slowed into the station; and it was seen that its occupants had flown, that the station resumed its normal appearance. ; .,.v Washington Voles. " Washington, Feb. 26. The Senate to-day passed over the President's veto by a vote of 35 to 8 the bill for the re lief of Win. R Wheaton and Chas. H. Chamberlain, of California. Mr. Do! ph. made an explanation of the facts, claiming that the President's objec- ! tions were made under a misappre hension of them. The bill is to mm burse parties (formerlv register and receiver of the Land Office in Califor nia) for clerk hire paidby therm . The delegation of Louisville people fayoring a repeal of the tobacco tax, was at work to-day at the Capitol. The members saw several of the Ken tucky Representatives and put forth every argument to induce them to use their influence with other members to secure some action on the Cowles bill, during this Congress. Thev made the point that aside from injury to business interests arising from the pendency of the bill, a failure on the part of the House to pass it would resul t disastrously to the De mocracy in certain Southern States. The tobacco men are encouraged this morning over the success of that part of their programme which involves the disposition of appropriation bills as preliminary to tbe con sideration of the tobacco bilL Meanwhile to strengthen their position in the estimation of certain members. who are believed to be in doubt about their course, arguing that the toba,cco bill would fail to pass the Senate if favorably acted on by the House,-the tobacco men have been making a quiet canvass of the Senate and now say they are assured that the bill will certainly pass that body if it can be reached. Senator Edmunds laid before tbe Senate to-day letters he had received frem General Rosecrans, Register of the Treasury, and from the acting Solicitor of the Treasury iri regard to the Dismal Swamp CanaU General Rosecrans says that the books of his office show that bv direction of the C ngress,' the Un'red States in 1826 and 1320, subscribed for 800 shares in the Dismal Swamo Canal Com nan v. navinsr $200,000 therefore, 8Bd ' that dividends have "been received amounting to $98,497, of which the last, was received in 1857. He says he has no knowledge of where the shares are. The Acting Solicitor gives the history of the sale of the Dismal Swamp Canal, and also says he does not Know wnat nas De come of the shares belonging to the United States. Fires in New Orleans. New Orleans, Feb. 24 Fire broke out this evening in the Southern nee mills of Roder & Warner. The flames communicated to the Orleans veneer ing saw mill -""-.adjoining,"" and both buildings, with their contents were damaged by fire and water. Total loss is estimated at $50,000; nearly covered by insurance in local compa nies. A fire this afternoon in Henry Stern & Co's boot and fahoe auction store caused $5,000 damage; fully in sured." . Destructive Fire la Leavenworth. St. Louis, Feb. 25. A special from Leaten worth, Kan., under date of 25th says: Kelly and Ly ales mill, the largest concern of its kind in the city and probably in Kansas, canght fire at 2 o'elock this morning "and burned to the ground. An elevator contain ing 200,000 bushels of wheat is alsov doomed. The loss will be over $500, 000 dollars. Spontaneous combustion was probably the cause. r. I - a
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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