North Carolina Newspapers

; if s if " ;f I- V i - - v4 rf. .k I V 1 ' I sTl . igj .J. , , j- r ni " t ; . ,- ,?''!;- r- ! r - : r 3",i.r " r r ' 1 '.- : : VOL. XXVI.: fhu I powder mt Hrie. X marnl of nrttr,! rtmgtli d whotowwneaaw. f Mow ' teonomtaal tk rdiaavy ktaMte ad cvmot Im 14 la eompatltto with tte r8ttiud o tow - i tt itrt weigbt-atuia wptKNiphftt powen ; finlyl Al W m MUfl w1WAt llArUVl 1AwnM Vo lot Wtdl stTMt, Hew York. Sold bjW C A A B StrooMh, Qorg T 1 SMI THE ASSAM HOVSK OFBALEKa. We an receiving our ipring stock of gbpoda and have been ao doing for aome time.1 Our i . ! ' t 1 if Dry Goods Department will be filled.) par ' 7 i i . " ' -1- f I Notion Department, aa well as HArdware, ! - - . 1 ? , Boots aad Shoes, Hats and Caps, Carpeting, i :- i i I Oilcloths and Rugs, Window Shades Vnd Tin- -,' ::! ; f . -I J war Departments are complete. We are offer- -;.!. H ing aome of the Greatest Bargains ever Offiered ' !. I- ' ' 1 . H la this eity1. Among our dally arriyaW we shall plane before our people some "Indsldea" that areposttlTdybeTondUiewhJbperpfcompe- titlon at prices that show the difference t aeaitng won uve men ana aeao men: M ,yt . ,i fn the cash and the credtt fyrtema; betweenjthe right and wrong way; hence we throw among it?-d- -4 1 f the masses these matchless gooda at match leas price. Upon our counters will be thrown, day after day, New . Arrtyals at Paolo Prices, from hooaet that hare collapsed and others that -Hi will ce down. If there is honor in matt and Tlrtue In good goods at low prices, we mean to -. t ! ; iil be masters of , the Held. Bad luck aad hard times pinch some hlghtoned old credit con- eerna which must have money to meet the j de- ... r 0 vir' - manda. They all know we have the cash and ' hat at our place money will buy double its " 'HI Talue and we can offer goods at figures away :. j - .1 ' below the regular wholesale men of Broadway. ; . ! - U . J- Best pOico in this market, 4c per. yard; Wontted Dress Goods, different kinds, 8c per I- : : yard.' selling in this city at 124 and ISaper : i I " "1 yard; Great Bargains in " j-- Laces and Embroideriea. White Goodi land In the Mflllnery De Mrtment our Grand Opening will take place Katurdav. loth Inst. We are receiving s our M lllinery Goods, which are all bought far ksasb i! r . ' ' ' ' II - by-an old and experienced milliner, who; ha8 been In the New York market for two week ' watching the market and picking up the tnt f aahinnani ir nod tar the least money. These goods will be sold beyond a doubt cheaper than such roods were ever sold in this market. We have engaged a first-class milliner from the .North, with ureal experience, and will do -vorrthtnir ia. our nower to Dleaae the people We invito an early visit and inspection of our stock, which will be replenlxhuu every tlTcdavB. and will sell at SO per cent teat ithan i current prices in New York. j ' ! I ivoLNKY PUBSKLL & CQ1 Raleigh, NJC. NOJUiJtL VAhOijiXA GRANITCS JLKD 8AND8T01TE3.; . Linehatr & Co 409 rayettoTina BWaUleigh, N. 0., . A.t prepared to make eoatneU m the Most jrl Turn tor supplying UrantteSana atones of the Best Quality tm any QuantiUsi Assivsi. Quarries at Handarsoa and Wadel bare, N. C. Ample tadttttsa tor handUnf and; at ikbag raiek sklpmeats to say point, elttsr in rotof the Stale 5 4.4 LOOK THB OOPNTBT IS FLOODED WlTtf j ADUIaTBE&TBD l&rd Examine carefully what you areusingthe odor from it wb,en cooking betrays a. r; f CABSARD'S "STAR BRAND" LARD , is pea. M 1 EVERY PACKAGE GUARANTEED Try it ancl you will usb no other. , B. B. WOODELL,.Ealeigh, C, Agent for ' . & Cass or d & BALTIMOIUE,jU., Curers ef the Celebrated Star, Abcolutolv PiiroJ ' I" - " between bciween 1 OUT Son! BramCU4 GLADSTONE'S BILL ;;. , L j FOB. TUB flUEPIXirS RETILFJISIT OF J , TBS IftUH H7ET10H. . iJtvpoii April 8. Mr Oladstone sllpt Well JtAt night J He rose early, it excellen'! health and spirits. Hi Toiee is fresh afid strong and eyident'j enduring. Immediately after his breaks fast Mr. GladsWne repaired to his official rooms.; There he found for his perusal the morning papers, scores of telegrams bearing on the task of the day, an more than 'one sealed letter from olo4 personal friends and adTisers, bearbg oheer ; nd . congratulation Mr. Olad atone was manifestly interested in every tiling whioh showed popular concern id the.vdfk before him. Before tbjsj night watclimen. n,the house of commons were reUeyed or the lights extinguished, si number of, members of parliament, i?n- tlemen poasessevd of assured admiUanee,' begW'uriTe, tolmake thenrest dubtjC wrtton' t .of their 'prifilegesf by i iiettinitS to their seats ieleveni bouii befoe Mr. Oladstone would! reach the Jiouse and? retaining , them during! the llong interval. Mcl)onell SulHyan. the nationalist member from! southwest Heath, was! the first man to; the house. : lie got in as early as o.su o'clock in the morning and at once pro ceeded to make' sure of his place:! It is alleged,- however, that Sullivan secured; nis aa vantage oj onoing a xrienaiy polioieman ta permit him to have access by iray of the back sUirs. . ! It was!no4 long before all theParnellites were in the house and they pre-empted the best plaees in front of Gladstone. Members retained oofesession of their chofen seats by remaining in them bodily all day! The ehtfhiber is swept, cleaned and dusted every morning during the session Today it f was thoroughly scrubbed si wed, Disagreeable as all this Irai, it did not dismay the gentle, men wkO were sitting lor security aud they main tawed . their positions through the dust andlthrdugh the damp. 'When they got hungry or -thirsty they had food and drink brought in to them, i The Parnellites vere in a particularly happy frame of njpd, acting as if , to use an expression of one of them, They had a sure thing on a day for Ireland' No less than 450 of the! 670 members had entered and secured! their seats by hatting" Hri personal occupation be fore l2Vel0ek. Thefwives, daughters and frmale relatives aad friends of these members thronged the waiting rooms' all the : morning, prerided with buns, eakef. baskets and notels, on which to subsist and pass the , time during which, the men I were ; waiting Boono af ter Soclock the PaTnellite members begai t take possession of their seats. Theyj arranged themselves in serried ranas on me .opposition oencnes in iron of the i plaoeVhere Qladaiunc f& to speak. i1 i .' I . ' i ?' The fpeaker took the Uiair promptly 4 4elocki,Tbe chatuber at that time kt was packed to the very extreme limit of its capacity, There wks a grea; erusb in the hallways and outside the build ing A storm of thunder, and ligh.tr ping eame up, but nevertheless the mass of people outside increased and became denser. Catholic priests were .conspicu ously numerous I in the crowd and no less thn thirty-five branches of London organizations; of the Irish national league were represented bv full.denuta .tions; whose identity was easily estab lished, even- atr a distance,' by: their green regalias. Political clubs beyond number were also -present to take part in the popular demonstration. jar. Ajriaastone went in an open car mar VJs, "i i -: riage, land his appearance was greeted with deafening che- rs The enthusiasm of the' people all I the way !! from the door of his 'house to the commons was spontaneous, and thrilling.. One tremendous, v long sustained cheer was sent up, the like of which was: never Jjefore heard: in London. The cheering oontinned until long; after- Gladstone had entered ..the parliament buildings .Within the nuudings the prime ' minis ter's reception, though less demonstra- tratite: was .-equally .enthusiastic, i Tie was in the best spirits and bowed riaht and left. . Among the liberals and ParneHjtes the wildest enthusiam pre vailed, and it is safe to say that no such Boena; was ever witnessed in' the house ef commons ' before, j As soon as the cheering had ceased Gladstone rose and moved for permission 'to introduce'a bill to amend previous- legislation 'and to make: provision for the future gofern- ment of Jxeiana. tun max ing in is motion Gladstone said: "The time has arrived when both honor and duty re quire parliament to come to a decisive resolution; It should be endeayorea. to iberate parliament from - the restraints under whichp durbg late years it has in effectUaliy. Bfruggled, and to restore leg islation: to its unimpeded course. i It is our duty to esublish 5 harmonious Tela? tions . between ureat jjritain and Ireland, on a footingf free institutions in which! Englishmen . Scotchmen and Irishmen have like interest." This sentiment was greeted -with prolonged cheers. .' As soon as quiet was restored, Gladstone; entered upon a brief review of the gen eral features of past legislation for Ire land.'? He dwelt on. the coercive and; repreesive measures f bich bad been put in force from time ?to time,'Jand de precated any . further resort to thef rude remedies of intimidation. "Since the Wear 4833," he said, "only two years have passed without coercive, legislation for Ireland and in spite of all this the law-continues to be disregarded becauee it ii in vested in the eyes of the Irish with a foreign aspect ! Wer4 require twDonditios; an aatoorty o government ana secrecy oi puuuc wausi aotkc. (Here the ParoelUt cberd.) RALEIGH N. C, The main spring of theljw in England is felt to be the English, in Scotland to be the ocottish but in Ireland it is not felt to be the Irish. J The; first condition of civilized life in Ireland demands that the people have! confidence in ; the law and Sympathy therewith. The problem therefore before j parliament at the present time, is to reconoile imperial uniy with a diversity of legislatures." He said he believed that the government had found a solution of this problem in the establishment of a parliament at Dublin, tor the, conduct of business, both legislative and administrative. (Loud cheers by the Parnellites.) "The political equality of the three coun tries," said Gladstone, "mu( te re cognised; therefore there 'must be an equitable distribution of the imperial funds. The Deculiar oircumstancer ex isting in Ireland also make it neoeaaary to 6ublbh safeguards for the minority in that country. The . government will be obliged to consider the class eon nected with the land land the relations in which. they will stand to the Protestant minority. As Ireland, js to have a do mestic legislature it will, therefore, be impracticable for Irian representatives to oome here, The intention of the government bill!', Gladstone said; is that the parliament at j Dublin Bhall be a dual : body. It is to : be composed of j two j orders, each i of which, shall have, power to veto the acts of the other J The first drder will; in clude. 103 members; the j second order 206 Twenty-eight of th present Irish peers will continue to sit j in the house of lords and they; will be granted option to have life seats in the first Irish or4er. lhe pace of viceroy of Ireland will sot be discontinued. : The bill, intends that the viceroy shall hereafter be non- poiitical; that lb the incumbent of the oflice will not be expected to. retire with the downfall of a British ministry. The bill empowers the Queen to delegate to the viceroy such of her prerogatives as she may choose. The Irish: cons tabu- laxy will remain under the same author- "Let the bill stand on its own bot ity asat present. The bill provides torn," remarked Mr. Dunham, of Illi- that Parliament shall have no authority to establish or endow any nartieular religious sect, i It will be empowered. I however, to deal with the laws affecting J trade and navigation. The bill will preserve the: fiscal unity of the empire: x ... - ; ; : w r t w i but the entire proceed arising from cus- toms and excise duties in Ireland will be neia tor ine penent of that country. I These funds are to be used for the di- charge of Irish obligations; any balance nuivu w; tcuiuii uiu : w lemun in the Irish exchequer.' The provisions Of the bill vest in the Irish legislature I me general power of imposing taxes, it u proposed that the maximum dura- tion of an Irieh parliament shall be five I years. ' It shall have bo power to infer- lere with the prerogatives of the crown, such as the army, navy or other armed I forces. It shall have nothing to do with 1 foreign or colonial affairs. JkESrEKADOK AtMtIag t Bars Brldsest ; ta Texas. Waco, Tex., April 8.At about 1 d.i m. vesteraav ue xuissoun racino railroad agent here received a dispatch from Liorena, telling him that fifty masked men were on their way to de stroy the long bridge, nine miles south of Lorena. The report was subsequent ly verified by the conductor of a belated south-bound train, who saw thirty-five of the masked men : traveling in the direction of the bridge. ; Sheriff Harris was at once notified of the !fact and he at once collected an armed posse, board ed a special train; and proceeded to the threatened point on the Musouri Pacific. Bloodshed will be the result if the au thorities and the maskers S meet, and there is the least hesitation shown on the part of the' latter to surrender. The city marshal has his force assembled and will go to the 1 assistance of! the county authorities, should 1 they be Tesistod. At 2.30 a. m. information was brought in by a cattleman that the band pad begun tearing up the track immediately after the passenger train passed south and had. commenced the work of de struction on the long bridge. This re port, however; lacks confirmation. The sheriff and posse have had tune to reach the bridge. ' Further details; are eagerly awaited and are expected at any moment. The Waco Light Infantry are in their armory awaiting orders and the excite ment is intense.: : f A ma Ta Athr Strike t Xmmt Si. Lenls. : St. Louis, April 8. The i men work ing for the East St. Louis rolling mill, the Tudor iron works and at the grain elevator all declined to work today,; be- oavse the mulfl use coal from ears handled by non-union switehmen, iand these establishments are all shut down. Deputy sheriffs and United States mar shals, srmed with revolvers and Win Chester rifles, are on j guard 'at the key eral freight depots in East St. Louis Several trains have already been sent out. ; No interference has been attemp- ted by tne singers. abaiar jaaaavei : SocTHWiST Hahbou, Me., April $. During a fearful gale Tuesdty night an unanown scaooner went unore nere ana before morning was badly wrecked.) It is supposed that the vessel was i the Chanticleer, of Yinal Hiven. The body .of an unknown sailor has been found, and it is supposed the entire crew are victimB of the waves. It is thought that five or six seamen were aboard the vessel. . 1 , li ''I A new novel is called "A Bachelor's ParadiTC." A i bachelor's I paradise? Well, that must be a place Iwhere but tons grow on shirts. New York Jour nal. - ; 1 1 s Hickory will soon hare V telegraph Awe. : i i - !! : ' FRIDAI MORNING; CONGRESSIONAL. THE BILL FO THB FBEB fOIMK OF BILYKB ijLa fall iei ! iae. Washington, D. C, April 8. Skn ats. The Senate unanimously parsed the House bill for the erection of the building for the Congressional library, without amendment. t! ; ! The bill granting a right-of-way through the Indian Territory to the Kansas & Arkansas railroad company was passed; yeas 36 nays 8.' The ap propriation committee reported the In dian appropriation bill, with amend ments.! At 2 o'clock the bill for the admission of Washington Territory as a State came up. Discussion began on Mr. Toorhees amendment, which con sists of an enabling act fJt the admis-' sion of Montana Territory. The amend ment was defeated by a pariy nvote; 19 to 23, the Democrats voting in the af firmative, the Bepublicans in the nega tive. Mr. Eustis moved to amend by confining the fight of suffrage in the proposed new State to qualified male electors only. The discussion ' of this amendment occupied the remainder of the session and the Senate adjourned at 5:50 with it still pending. , ! H0U8I. Mr. James,. of New York, called up the silver bill. Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, inquired whether an opportunity would be given for offering amendments. lhe speaker stated that according to the order of the House the previous question was to be considered as ordered at o.dO p. m. j i : ' Mr. Anderson then asked that at 4 o'clock an opportunity be iriyen tn mem- bers to offer amendments, Mr. Randall objected to any change being made in the order of the House. nois." "It has no bottom to stand on," sug- gested Mr. Long, of Massachusetts. Many members took part in the de bate which followed, but the maioritv of the speeches were shbrt. Mr. Dib- a -.- r ble. of South Carolina, said lie was on- posed to the unlimited coinage of silver at this time. Me was not opposed to silver. He was in favor of international bimetallism if it oould be obtained and u cuuiu uut ov oDHLineu pe was in favor of national bimeUllismJ If we open our mints now we would lose our gold and receive silver at a discount of 20 per cent. It would dissipate; forever any hope of international agreement. It would not be advantageous; to the country or to silver itself. At the' same time he did not subscribe td the idea that the silver dollar was a fraud. It t was a Dona nae Ooiiar ana k was no will- f ing to take the bullion standard of the London market at a standard of value of a coin which Congress had coined and regulated the value of since the days of the fathers. . He favored the; suspen sion of silver coinage for at definite penou, one year or wo years Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, premised his speech with a declaration that in the President and in the success of 1 his ad ministration lay the hope of Democratic ascendanoy, and he bad no sympathy with those Democrats who seemed to think the hope of Democracy lay in he destruction of the present administra tion. He favored the rehabilitation of silver, but did not think this govern ment by itself was equal to. the task of Jt. i il. .. . ii . . i renaDiiitaung it. Any attempt; to ao this by passing the pending bill would result in an income of silver and an outgo of gold. ' Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, ad vocated the unlimited coinage of silver. In a two-minute speech Mr. Findlay, of Maryland, replied to the criticisms mado on his speech by Mr. Norwood, of Georgia, which he denominated as "the Slantation thunderbolts of the Georgia upiter, forged in the smithy of Simon auggs Mr. Dibble offered an amendment providing that unless in the meantime, through the concurrent action of the nations of Europe with the United States silver be remonetijed prior to July 1,. 1889, then and thereafter so much of the act of February 28, 188, as anthoricea and directs the secretary of the treasury to purchase silver bul lion and cause the same to be coined shall be suspended until further action by Uongress. The amendment was de feated; ayes 84, nays 201. The question recurred on the engross ment and third reading of the bill and it was decided in the negative;' yeas izo, nays 103; so me dui was guiea. The North Carolina members vol as follows : Ayes, Messrs. Bennett, Cowles, Green, O'Hara, Johnston, Reid and Skinner. Noes, Messrs. Cox and Henderson. ! !- At 6.30 p. in. the House adjourned Hrtk Cavwiiaa la Cai April 5th, in the House, on theques Unn nf th naaaaire of the bill author. . . .... ;.; h ennstruction of a building for tne accommodation of the Congressional library, Messrs. Cox, Green and O'Hara voted n the affirmative; Messrs; .Ben nett, Cowles, Henderson, Johnston, Reid and Skinner in the negative. On the same day Gen. Uox presented a petition of Knights of Labor assem bly No. 3,282rof Raleigh, against the . . .... mar rv a tree ship bill and iur. u xiara a memorial asking Congress "to investigate to what extent the national government may be legally or equitably liable for obliga tions issued in the tmes of any! of the States, and what it can properly do with or without the co-operation of the de linquent States to remove from the country the discredit consequent upon the repudiation or violation of their contracts," Observer APRIL 9. 1886. - Ajoeenaier. MA5T UVXS LOST IN 8TKXST JWHTINO AT . . . LA ax DO. . &iivBSTON, April 8. A special to the News from Laredo says ; "The intense; excitement and lawlessness which have prevailed here the past fortnight culmi nated last evening in a bloody riot The immeaiate cause is attributed by many ; . rr j j to a eirenls.P Whtnh innrAH vaatavriaw' I mprning, announcing that the Demo cratic party would hold a funeral service at 4 o'clock in the afternoon over the partv known here : as the 'Huarachers. Direetly after the ap-j earance of the circular it was an-! nounced that the "Huarechers ' party would prevent by force any such demon-; j strati on. At 4 o clock the streets lead-f ing to the point whence . the Democratic procession was announced to start were: blockaded with armed men. For half an hour the suspense was intolerable.; It was announoea that there would be no effort to burn the effigy of the de feated partyj This had s paeifio effeei and the crowd began to disperse.' Sud-j 4enly the music of the Democratic band struck up and the procession moved out to and down Main street and turned into! a street leading to the main plaza.! When the bead of the column had reached the front of Martin's store a party of men armed with Winchesters and revolvers charged the procession. Instantly over! 100 men became engaged in a deadly conflict and for half an hour a regular battle raged along the streets near the river. During the height of the con flict a small - cannon which had been used bv the "Huarachers" party and. which u said to have been charged with nails and stones, was fired down the street. By 5 o'clock the mob spirit was supreme and it was feared that women and children would be at the mercy ot the rioters. At this critical moment word was despatched to Col. Barnard, commandant at Ft. Mcintosh, that the heavy firing in the city was caused by an attack by Mexicans from the other side of the Rio Grande. It. took but ' few moments to doubled quick two companies of U. S. infantry into ; the i town, before whom the! mob quickly dispersed, and in aij short time every armed man on the; slreet had his weapons taken away from him and order was restored. The cm- ualties so far as known are . five killed and three wounded. All the killed were Mexicans except one. Mrs. D. G. Fowle is very sick. Moody and Sankey are preaching at Norfolk, and attracting immense crowds. Several Raleign people have ; heard them. . J vi J j' The Atlanta Constitution of Wednes day contained the following; "A series of meetings was begun at the Second Bsptist church last evening, which will eonttnue tor some days. Rev. yr. A. Nelson, of Raleigh, N. U., WU1 assist . - J . . ... . J I rim T-r.ij f. MAiBnn . juti'iii I trhiahed minuter, and preaches with I r -if ,Pre w i. Much good is ex- great earnestness peoted from the meetings xars jonnoones, oi aiiaaie vreei, i was found dead in her bed Sunday 1 morning, it is supposea that uisease oi the heart was the cause of her ; death. She was about 75 years of age. Mrs. Jacob .Rodenbamer committed suicide at her residence at High Point Wednesday evening, by taking rat poison, Before her death she acknowledged that she had taken the poison to kill herself, but failed to tell why. Mr. tlenrv jsissell. an old and es teemed citizen of Charlotte, died Wed nesday, aged 78. Tomorrow night Dr. Mangum will deliver the sixth of the University course of lectures. These lectures are free, not only to the students, but to risitors. ! and Mrs. Hasell Bnrflrwvn. of Virginia, are the guests of Col. W. E. Anderson. ayroaao Oaart. Court met at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, and beard arguments in tne loi lo wing cases : State vs. Cainan (two oases), from Wake; argued by the attorney general for the State, and J. C. L Harris for the defendant. State vs. Norwood, from Caldwell; argued by the attorney general for the otate, no counsel for the defendant. State vs. Keith, from Wake; argued by the attorney general for tbe State, and J. C. L. Harris for the defendant. Aat Owtra Bwr! jTHRIATS Or MOB LAW rKISXT BUM. Durham Tobacco Plant. Monday last Mrs. L. V. Grissom swore' out a peaoe warrant against one fidie Jenkins, a notorious negro woman. After much difficulty the warrant was served, the officer returning while the magistrate.' who issued the warrant was! itbsent from his office a short time Without waiting for the return of the justice the officer continued the case till next morning. Mrs. Grissom left for home and the negro wench followed and just before Mrs. G. reached home she was attacked by the negresB ana terrioiy beaten. Mrs. Grissom s neighbors say she is a woman of unsullied reputation, a poor and defenceless widow with three . . i . 'lit n . little children, one a paralytic, depend ent on her for support , She bis been iu bed since Monday evening and is terribly bruised. The people of Dur ham are aroused as we never saw them before. Monday night a vigilance com- af J J mttee went to the house of thia negro wench, for what purpose we do not know, bt she escaped. Borne one hundred and fifty armed men are said to have sought her again luesday night, but .without success. :IThe summer patronage. resorts expect ;a good i-evtDir r fair the arsir. THS ALLBQES I??lRATION Of YOUMJ BTCB DIVAST CaIS't STAND TJ6SM. Yesterday mention was made of the fact that several Italeigh phyaioiana had gone to the house of Mr. Gaston Jones, nine miles southeast of tins city, to make some tests upon young John B. Stur- HIv.nt K u u mUaaA ;. ;nan;ai . and .ti .i . aLi . mi i . . au QQfi ot itxiog. xnree pnysieians of acknowledged ability went, but their errand was fruitless. Several ether Raleigh people went to see what would be developed. Their 's was 'likewise a ildgoose chase. On arrival at the house of Mr. Jones, late in the after sssembledt noon, they found ' a great many people lhe house was full, the porch was full and there was 'a sprink ling of people in the yard. ; In a room in the house, in a large rocking ohair, sat the hero of the mystery, young Sturdivant. lie leaned ta k and pre tended to be deaf, dumb and blind. The phyaieians, looked at !&imdLHe would not speak at all. The means of com municating with him is by writing, letter by letter j in his hand. This his followers profess to think is miraculous. One of the physicians read words thus written about j thrice as quickly as Sturdivant could. Any one can shut the eyes and opening the hand distin- uish every letter written upon its palm, o there is nothing miraculous about that." I The physicians were prepared to make the necessary tests of the reality of. the blindness, deafness and dumbness. They took him into a private room, where to their surprise he absolutely refused to permit any tests whatever to be made. He would not ! allow any of the tests thought necessary to be made to be ap plied. The physicians had very simple and; harmless methods of discerning it his alleged dumbness was feigned. He was obstinate jin his refusal to allow them to make ; the least attempts in that direction, j He refused to take off any portion of his clothing. He said he was blind, yet refused to let the physi cians ascertain, as they could quickly and painlessly, if his blindness were real or a sham, lhe young man s lather was not willing to force his son to per mit the tests to be made as to either blindness, deafness or dumbness. The physicians; under these circumstances, did. not feel m L pOBition t0 imik6 tbe positio: tests when so 1 refused. A j physician from that! section of the country was present, but he was not permitted to make any iestsT! though he requested to be allowed to do so.' The mode of com munication being by writing in Sturdi vant's . hand, j the physicians would write : "You must He down and take off your coat and vest" i Young Stur divant would write on a piece of paper : VI will pot lie down or !' take off my coat nor Svest "-. AH! hu re fusals were positive Yet his followers tiwtoi..tlut he "wa Am4u JUunKw and vi:j :.. rtn. vLts j s Ti i va II1XUU. IIMT UBUOnU lb. MAM I UEB HO 4. . - u . . rim ... r -'ir . r- - ri F 1 physioans may induce the young man to fwe Wfl mUBio He eertainly refused to do so Wednesday. The Italeigh visi i T J very unsatisfactory visit. The electric battery was not applied to the young prophet, since that test was also refused. The father believes in bis son's divine inspiration, but to reporter Some days ago expresed a desire to have tne youin ; examined, xie promisea to Send the I boy here for examination, leaving him to i reporter and Dr. Gris som. ' Instead of doing this he took him to Dr. Grissom Tuesday. Dr. James McKee was present that day, and a report iof the examination will be published in the Nxws and Obsxrybr, It should !be borne! in mind; that that day the young; man was neither deaf, dumb, blind nor paralyzed. It was one of his "off days." ' A vounsf man who went out to jsee young Sturdivant Wednesday made quite a fair sketch bad no particular points, save of siz snd badness. Those were written while he was "inspired." j ' Oaly a Frmtra Daas-bter. One thousand dollars in cash, it ib said, was the sum paid by a well-to-iio gentleman in Montreal, Canada, fojr a reproduction at that place ot tne play Only a Farmer's Daughter. ? ' For thai evening he extended invitations to ms .- .1- .... -. friends in general and to a few intimate ones in particular. 11 is case , bad been so similar to that of Harry Lennox in his domestic relations, save the extreme to which the play-writer makes, the Iat- . . . J a J 1 " ter go, tnat it; is saia iransiormea aim into a new man, just as the author makes the result with Lennox. Nor did the benefits stop here; there.' were four other gentlemen who thus were made aware of their j drifting conditions and who turned from the error of their ways. This experience is tendered as speaking for the moral of the play. As originally produced there was a vast difference in the closing scenes, but the plan of making it as a dream from the second act to the fifth has been deemed by leading critics as the most acceptable denouement. This drama, with the original New York cast, will be produced at Tucker hall i A il 13 1 Secure seats at MacRae's; The Clinton & Warsaw R. 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