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n.i-.a '-'4 i f r VOL. XXVJ- I 5 j RALEIGH. N. C, SATURDAY MORNING. MAY (2. 1888. 4 1 ! - I NO. 107 1 ; a : , , : ' i : ' ' ! I ' t 1 ' ;. V.. Absolutely Pure. This powder never tat lea. A'mirt tt parity, strength and wholeaemeneaa. More eoonomicaXtha ordinary kinds and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, slum or phosphate powder, sold only in na, ROTAta BAJTJNO Powmb Co., 108 Wall Street, New York. . i . Sold by W. (X ft A- B. Stronaoh, and J tt Ferrali & Oo. . i . r ! . DARBYS Prophylactic Fluid. Use it in every Sick-room for ; Safety, Cleanliness and :' ' -. . Comfort. - , . f ' ' IT will purify the air' and render ifwliolespOje. The remsval of the effluvia whlchjare always Kien off In the sick-room promote the recovery of the patient and the safety and comfort of the physician and attendant. Persons waiting on the sick should use it freely. Water In which the sick t 'are bathed should contain a sniafl quantity of the Fluid -It wtll render the skin soft and pleasant, allay Itching, prevent bed sores, scars, etc., -movliif all beat and Irritation together with any unhealthy or offeative emanations from the body. VanderbUt University, Tenri.: Darbys Frophylactio Fluid is su l pertor to any preparation with which I am acquainted. H . T. - " Iahtok, Professor of Chemistry. j J. Iirifti tows, 1. 1, jew York : ! I am convinced that Darby's Prophylactic Fluid is a most val uable disinfectant. ) SPECIAL SALE if AND WOOLIOTT & SON f 14 East Martin Street! 50 Pieces of printed CarTanT) "Organdies. olid Clor Carran D'Orandies. j-inted Hayon DBatinee. .Jolid Uayou DVSatiuei. fThoae are- imported French; goods ' 1 cost to import 20c and cannot be bought at retail in New less than 85c a yard York city for ur New York,., buyer bought them a. an innieoBe satiriiice. We oner them 14c a Yard, WkU;li is the i;rc:Oer,t' brn-iiu ever of fered to the ladioa ol Kaleigh. j To pamplv tut. S500 Reward! We will pay' a'"'T' reward for any easm of liver coiii)amt, Mytp p.ia. m -h headache, iilili titlon. e,oiiUp;lti"!i or eotiveneM we elMiot rure with West's V'eeta'ne l,j I'lils, when the Jlreeti.m an1 slrietly i-omplii-il wall. They nre ouruly xesetJaWi'.ao'l never fall ht tilve natutwi-i.ir.r- Imuj'S eontatninK 3" suscar coaled mldoniy JOHN C. W KHT CO.. iW. f..lto iin.l imitations. . 1 lie, tei For sate o 7 hii uiuukisis. iwhv ui 1 lie immune maimi Madison w.,jui:ra. For sate by Jas. iguu'oii v IjnifculaU. 133 KyeUjviUe St., FRENCH ORGANDIES NEWS OBSERVATIONS. - -A Nebraska farmer was caught stealing the roof from Over a Bleeping neighbor's head. The nephew of the , Sheriff of Wirt county, Wa., shot his uncle by mistake, thinking him a burglar. Virgyiia republicans after a mon key and parrot scene sent both Mahone and Riddleberger delegations to the Petersburg Contention. An alleged plot among the negroes of Lowndes county, Ala., to massacre the whites was . the subject of a wounded negro rioter's confession. Survivors of the Massachusettes Legislature of 1851, which elected Charles Sumner to the United States Senate, held a reunion in Boston Wednesday. By A preliminary decision in a contested will case at Chicago the legitimacy of children born to Blaves, although in wedlock, is denied. H-W. T. Co'eman, a big California merchant, has failed for millions. Not long since he was extensively boomed in a private sort of way for the Dem ocratic nomination for President. He is said to have controlled the borax business of the' country and alleges that it was the putting of borax on the free list in the Mills bill that brought about his failure. , "Women should first of all take oare of their modesty," advises the United Presbyterian. "We admire other things 1 in them and expect others from them, but nothing in any of them, no matter how brilliant or useful, can atone for a lack of that delicacy which all superior cultiva tion has the effect of producing. It looks earnest, perhaps, to see a lady on the platform, and with worde in which there ia no mincing, advo cating the 'WHite Cross' movement, but the most of her listeners will shrink away from her as one who has lost her womanly balance. And their instinct is a right one." . The English papers are telling a story of a young barrister who was lately summoned before the benchers of his inn, charged with the serious professional offence of accepting; a fee of half a guinea when his brief was marked with a guinea. The offender was severely reprimanded and in formed that he had departed from "he beat traditions of the Bar." He respectfully urged that he had imag ined that he was following "the best traditions of the Bar," inasmuch as he had taken all he could get. So struck were the benchers, either with the fores of the4 observation or the forensic ability displayed by the cul prit in his own defence, that they let him oft without farther remarks. I A sad stojrv comes from Erie, Pa , of the suicide of a young and handsome' girl named 2ksa Smith, who was fond of literature and had been trying for many months to win a uveiinooa ana lame by ner pen. She wrote many bits of verse, and tried' hard to get them accepted. They all came back to her; however. A few days ago she made another effort, but her heart was almost broken when her work was returned. When she received it she wrote a let ter to her one relative, a sister, say ing that she could not live longer in the surroundings her soul abhorred and reviewing the history of her earnest efforts and wretched failures. The letter itself written under such circumstances, is a marvel of elegant terseness and intense expression. She was round dead, dressed for her coffin, with a half-emptied vial of morphine m her hand. If the farmers of the South would universally adopt the plauxf planting or sowing peas between therws of corn a valuable subsidiary crop would result and the fertility of the sou be better maintained by the protection af forded by. the vines from injurious evaporation and washing, and by the vegetable matter thus restored for the amelioration of the physical con dition of the soil and amendment of the supply of plant food available for succeeding crops. If tne rows are four or more feet apart, uoon comoarativelv thin land. the best plan is to plant a row of peas at the second plowing between the rows.- The third plowing will then cultivate both peas and corn. If running Variety of peas is thus plant ed the vines will completely cover the ground before frost, and produce from four to eight bushels of peas per acre. These may either be gath ered and stored for winter feeding or may be pastured by stock in the fall. In the latter case they will be the means of carrying the stock into winter quarters in fine condition if they are eaten by store stock, or those intended for slaughter may be fattened upon them. Some prefer to drop the peas either by the side of the corn at the second plowing or between the hills in the row. If the rows are sufficiently wide (and they should' be upon thin up lands) it is. bent to plant bet ween the rows. If h6 land is reasonably fertile tho peas may be sown broadcast before the plows at the , Becond plowing one bushel per acre, in this case no further cultivation of the corn will be necessary, since the peas will shade out other vegetation exeept perhaps chicken corn. ? Since the corn roots occupy the iaud quite fully before tho peas come up, they do not make rapid growth until the corn approximates maturity, when thiey develop very rapidly and soon occupy the ground. Ab wo cultivate, the crop of peas costs nothing except one furrow in which to plaut them and tho sted. r i .i ii . . .lu uuvuucu oi me scrapes wo open a shallow furrow iu the centroB between the rows, drop the seed and cover with the scrapes in cultivating the iom. Try a part of your corn crop in peas and note the benefit to tho pound as fibown in, tho crop which fallows. Moittfun(ri Ala.) Aiiocrliser. I Iom Pedro III tu llnlj. By CaWe to the Nuws ami Observer. Milan, May 11. Tile Emperor of Brazil has had a relapse?" He shows symptoms of neuralgic congestion. Doctors! Chariott of Paris and Gio- vnuui oi x-auua nave been sum moned to attend His Majesty. CONGRESS IT.OCEEDINGS YESTERDAY SENATE AND BOUSE. IN THE HTTEI BODI TO MEET IN FUTURE AT II i M A.ND ADJOUBN AT 5 P. M I OTHER NSWS. 4 By Telegraph to the News and Observer. Washington, Slay 11 House. A resolution was adopted fixing the hour for the' daily meeting of the HouBe at 11 a. m. and the hour of adjournment at 5 p. ui. The House ;heu went into commit tee gof the whole (Ur. Springer of Illinois,) in the chair), on the tanf! bill, and was addressed by 31 r. Scott, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Scott epoko for more than two hoars and was loudly applauded as he concluded. During the delivery of the speech Speaker Carlisle, Post master General Dickinson and As sistant Postmaster General Stevenson were attentive listeners while Mrs. Cleveland was in the gallery for a short time. Mr. Gear, of Iowa, said the Mills bill would destroy American laborj uuu Bbaieu mat me -most prominent Democrat in his district had told him that po Iowa Representative who voted for the measure could be re elected to Congress. Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, trusted that when the bill was con sidered by sections it would be con sidered not iu a partisan Bpirit, not for the Bake of manufacturing cam paign documents, but in that spirit of statesmanship which behooved the Representatives of the American peo people, assembled to discuss and decide the gravo issues affecting the prosperity of the country from one end to the other- Under tho con stitution, he argued, there was am ple room for incidental protection, under 'the provisions of a strictly revenue bill. Neither the President in his message nor "the ways and means committee in its report pro posed to strike a blow at the Amer ican manufactures. The Democratic party .in the House did not propose to pass the free trade measure what ever the members' individual views might be, or whateverabstract tho the ories might exist upon the subject of free trade. The protection pending the .measure was one upon which all might unite as it reduced the burden of taxation without bringing a shock or disaster to. the industries of the coun try. fia criticised the Republicans for the proposition that the only tariff duties which should be reduced were those on articles which could be produced I 1 1 . o 11, .- 3 i : 1 L 1 everything should be protected ex eept tlie rice of tho Carolinas andthe sugar of Louisiana. He thought that this was a strange commentary on the professed friendship of .the Republican party for the negro laborer of the South. Mr. Haugen. of Wisconsin, op posed the bill and criticised the Pres ident for having been in part respon sible for the surplus which he so much condemned by his failure to ap prove the river and harbor bill, by his veto of the dependent uenaion bill and by hispeglect to exercise his authority in vesica py law .o pur chase United States bonds. The committee then rose, and the House at 5 o'clock took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be .1 . m . i ior me consiuera ion oi private pen sion bills. Total Tit I Receipt of Col ton By Telegraph ti the News and Observer. New Yobk, May 11. The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all J ports since September 1st-: Galveston, 649,141 bales; New Or leans, 1,698,49G bales; Mobile, 202,674 bales: Savannah 847,585 bales; Charleston 425,781 bales; Wilmington 168,764 bales; Norfolk 465,639 bales; Baltimore, 47,992 bales; New York 88,496 -bales; Boston, 81,448 bales, Newport News, 95,869 bales; Phila delphia, 25,467 bales; West Point, 393,243 bales; Brunswick, 74,890 bales; Port Royal, 14,011 bales; Pen sacola, 16,906 bales. Total, 5,294,402 bales. Bond Acceptance by the Government. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. Washington, D. C, May 11 Tho Secretary of the Treasury this after noon accepted $7,378,250 of bond the chief items being $5,100,000 reg istered 4a at 127 and $2,000,500 reg istered 4s at 108. The balance is made up prices. of small items at lower Ashore In a Feit- By Toles:rAph to thu-Newi and Observer. Nkw BEuroKD, Mass., May 11. The schooner Fannie A Gorham, from Brunswick, Ga., for Boston, struck on Nashawena Island, Buzzard's Bay, yesterday afternoon, iu a thick fog. The tug William O. Brown ha3 gone from here to her assistance. She ia loaded with Southern pine. Macon Endorse Slcilmnii siitl A very. Bpifial to the News ami Observer. Asheville, May 11 The Demo cratic convention of Macon county adopted resolutions endorsing Sted- man and, Avery. Currituck County Convention. Cor. of the News and Observer. May 7. 1888. The Democratic County Conven tion was held today at Currituck t'ourt-Houso with Dr. J. J. Baxter chairman, A. O. Dey secretary, and the following .delegates were chosen to the State Convention: I!. H. Mor gan, M. H. Snowden, A. O. Dev, H. D. Taylor, A. J. Porbos, I ).,WV Wood house, W. E. W. Capps, Wi C. ller cer, J. J. Morse, Thos. Sandorlin, A. B. Tillett. Alternates J. E. C. Bell, H. M. Shaw, W. H. Bray, T. E. Newbern, Ater Owenp, Pierco Hampton, W. B. Creekmore, J. E. Barnard, Iv V. Holt, A. J. Smith, S. 3. Sandorlin. Tho Gorrspntion was addressed by Hon. W. D. Vruden and Hon. j H. Blount. The administrations of President Cleveland and Governor Scaltie were endorsed. ' Judge Fowlo was endorsed for Governor and W. D. Pruden for As sociate Justice of the Supreme Court- THE WATS ASTO MEANS COMMITTKB THE ilAJOEITY OS ASIXDMESTS TO THE MILLS BILL. By Telegraph tu Uie News and Observer. Washington, May 11. The Demo cratic members of the committee on ways and means were in consultation for abjutan hour and a half today upon 1:) amendments offered in caucus to the Miils tariff bill, vr lth- out positive action upon any, the Denwjcratic uieuibrK classified the 1 T 1 .1 1 - 1- amrnami ut9 ana inMrutea tne ciera of the ci ui'uitti- to have them printed in bill fom with wide margins so as to be e.unly chai-d to meet the views of ruPDlbTS TKVKV THE IEM(X-.n.M fC STATE CNVtSTIOS- By telegraph to News Mid Observer. Najiiville, M.iy 11 Thef Demo cratic Co u vent-on an, iiil!fi at 10 a. Au hour and a half was speut in worrying over tluj iji:esti3n oi tie unit rule, the minority of the Shelby delegation claiming that thev be allowed to vote for whom thoy pleased. After much uproar the chairman ruled thai tbe unit rule must hold good so long aa the majority of any instructed delegation favored it; Shelby accord- ugly cast acr i6 votes for laylor. The eighth ballot resulted : Taylor, 658g'; McConnell, 211 if ; Daniels 2163; Truesdaie, 134-7-15; Caldwell, 110. No election. r Ieath for Crossing the Bonier. By Telegraph to the News pud Observer. Noqale3, Arizoca May 11. The Secretary of War at the city of Mexi- co has notified Mexican o'flicseiS along the border that hereafter the penaltyH of death will bg imposed for crossing over 'into the United States with troops and interfering with theaffa rs cf the .citizens cf that friendly nation. This action was taken after inquiry into the cases of Colonel Arv;zer and iiieutenant Guiterez, who rescued a prisoner from the American authori ties. : The Pups I Itescrtpt. By Cable to the News and Observer.. DuuLijfe May 11 Archbishop Walsh-in a letter to the Freeman a Journal with reference to the papal rescript condemnicg the plan of cam paign and1 boycotting, "saye: "The re script decides a question of morals, pot of politics- If controversies arise concerning its meaning, the Irish Bishops or the Vatican will explain it. The Irish people may rest acsured that-neither the National movement nor the National League shall be in the least injuriously affected." The Archbishop strongly denies the truth of the jstateinonts about his own ac tion in respect to the rescript. He says, the reports of his conferences at Homo witn tee rope were all inven tions. i The Catholic Weekly Herald, says the Government-will found and endow a Irish Catholic University. Bond Offerings to the Government. Bjf Telegraph to the News and Observer, Washington, May 11. Acting Sec retary Thompson todav received of fers for the sale of $7,260,250 bonds to Ihexgovernment as! follows : Four per cent, coupon, 54,5oU, at Ur, $500, at 126 , with accrued interest; $200, a$-120i; 53.00U. at L2ti. Jt our per cent, registered, $50,000, at 127; $2,500, at 126J; $200,000, at 126. Four and a half per cents, coupon, $1,000, at 107. Four and a half per cents, registered, $2,000, at 108; $50,000, at 108; x$2,000, at 107g; $2,- )00, at 101 i, with accrued interest, making the total offerings $7,206,250. The Uinueror's Condition By C'ubk- to tho News ajid Observer. Beelim, May 11. A bulletin issued this morning tsaya : "The Ernjporor'B condition, during the last few davs has been relatively good. His fever has been slight. His sleep, though occasionally broken, has been refresh-: ing and his strength, improved. The Emperor continues to improve. He remained in bed until 8 30 p. m., when he again tried to walk around the room and with better success. Periods of depression due to weak ness have been fewer in tho last few day. It is not probable that an at tempt will be made to move him to Potsdam before the end of the month. The Medical Convention Adjonrnrd. Special to the News and Observer. Fayetteville, N. C , May 11. The Medical Convention adjourned last night and will meet next year at Elizabeth City, on the third Tuesday in April. Western 9fews. Cor. of the News auil Observer. A.suEviLLE, N. C, May 9. The Adjutant-General of North Carolina today received from th headquarters of tho army the follow ing special order, dated May 3 : "By direction of the AcLing Secre tary of War Capt. Carl A: Woodruff, 2d artillery, is detailed to attend the encampment of the militia of North Carolina at Wrightsville Sound.North Carolina, for the purpose of inspect ing the troops taking part therein, under such inatiuctions as ho may receivo from the Adjutant-General of the army. He will proceed to the place designated at 6uch time as may bo specified by tho Governor of the State, and at the close of the encarrp ment will return to his proper fta tion. The travel enjoined is neces sary for tho public service. ; By command of Lieut. Gen. Sher- uJan. i It. VJ. KCM, a. ut. Capt. Woodruff is quite a favorite in this State. Ho married a daughter of Dr.. It. B. Haywood, of lialeigh, and is extensively acquainted in our social as well as military circles. The Transylvania county Demo cratic .convention , meets Saturday. Tho most reliable information I cau got from that quarter is that tho county is for Stedman. Kev. Mr. Pearson yesterday pail the newspaper fraternity 0f this State a compliment ; He said I hat "no - whore in his 1 if a vein had hi found a better and more moral tonfd prop than that of Nbrt'i Carolina." Tho Baptist-of this citv will bo represented -at the Southern Baptist convention which meets at,Kichaiond, Va , on the llth, - by Kojv. W. W. Wells and Air. Chuirlen E Loe. The long dry spdji broke up . yes terday in a very heavy rain, rejoicing the heart of the farmer. SOUTir CAROLINA SUBSCRIBES A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO UECOME A MIMBEK OF THS SOU TITERS nrMIGBATlON ASSOCIATION OTHXB N1WS By relegraph to the News and Ohsirver. CHAiLKSTos, S. C May ll.-The Stae of South Carolina through its Department of Agriculture has Bub- scribed $l,fJ00"to constitute it a mem ber o the Southern Immigration As sociation, udd$r the action of the con vention held at Hot Springs last month. L. B. Ransom, secretary of the convention and of the board, was elee'ed State director. .John Ullon, Conrictod and Sentenced. By 'Jahle to the New and Observer. Dublin, May 11. The trial of John Diilon, charged under, she crimes act wiih inciting tenants not to pay rent, was concluded today: Dillon was co::vicfed and sentenced to six rrcwjtho imprisonment without bard labor. Warren ton IVews.. News and Observer. (or Warbexton, N. C , May 9. The contest at our municipal elec tion, was rather sharp and excited The candidates for Mayor were Dr R. E.. King, the present incumbent, and Mr. H. A. Boyd, one of our best lawyer3 and most enterprising citi zens both Democrats). Mr. Boyd was elected by eleven majoritj, and with him a very good and emcient board of commissioners. Our people are beginning to take right nnch interest in the political contest soon to commence. FowU and Alexander are ;he popu lar candidates for Governor, with opinions so divided that it " is highly probable that our delegates to the convention will go uninstruoted. Roberts and Sanderlin are both fa vorably spoken of; and while Sander lin has and will continue to develop strength, yet your correspondent is of the opinion that Gen., Roberts will receive the endorsement of Warren. !Dr. Ii. F. Long, who for several years past has so satisfactorily, both as tolocal and transient patronage. run the "Phtenix Hotel," of this place, left with his family a few days since for Washington City, where" he will keep a first-class boarding house. Messrs. White & Bro.,! two of our most worthy and enterprising young men, nave leased the liotel and the indications are exceedingly encour aging for our place having one of the best kept hotels in the South. , Raia is very much needed; the long, dry spell has prevented corn and cot ton from coming up, while clover, grass and small grain have been very much retarded in growth. As yet no tobacco plants have been set out, aud unless it rains soon oar prospects will b quite gloomy. Our place will be overrun soon with summer boarders. Certainly there is no place in the State where people from the East could spend their sum mers so pleasantly and beneficially as Warrenton, forvit enjoys a national reputation as to health and refined cultivated Bociety. For several days past, we have had good tobacco breaks, which will be largely incresed as soon as it rains The "Black Diamond Quartette " of your city gave quite a creditable en tertainment in . thecourt house last night. They haTa gooa house com posed of some of our best people Several valuable improvements on private residences are now in progress and others are soon to commence. Rev. L. J. Taylor, pastor of the Baptist Church, Capt. N- L. Shaw, Mr. W. A. Montgomery and perhaps others from our place, leave today to attend the Southern Baptist Conven tion which oonvenes ia Richmond, Friday the 11th. Supreme Court Decisions. Digested by the News and Observer. State vs. Green. On a trial for perjury when the crime is alleged to have been committed in the trial of a criminal proceeding against several other persons and John Green, and in the warrant in that proceeding, the name of 'John Green " does not appear, but, that of "G. Green," does ; Held, that the va nauce was fatal. Jieia, mat wnite mat charge need not have been made with such par tic u lanty, yet where it was so made, the proof must conform in every and all material respects. Ifeld, the strict rules , of pleading in criminal cases are wisely devised to prevent possible wrong. State vs. Hezell. An indictment for selling Spirituous (liquors in quantities less than a gal "Inn wifrirmt'. lianaa ia fofolltr'!ilof7a,titrk i.v- li it aoes not snow wnetner tne ae fendant is charged under the first or second paragraph of section 34, chap ter 175, acts 1885. .A licensed distiller cannpt sell liquor of his own manufacture con trary to the law of the State. A sale made three ot four hundred yards from the distillery is not at the place of manufacture. The court suggests whether an indie: ment if drawn un der the second or third paragraph of the section quoted should not nega five the fact that the liquor was of defendant's manufacture and sold at the place of manufacture or the pro duct of his own farm as in Whissen hurBt's case. MITCHELL. tOl.VTV, T1IK LEMOCHAHC CONVENTION. Or. id tbo News and Observer. Baeiisvili.k, May 7. Gent'n : The county convention to day elected D. S. Elliott, Esq., Col. J. il. Bailey, D. M. Young and J. W. Uidgor ilelngatea to the Stato Con vention. Mr. Elliott, of the Western JJcinocrat, will bo in attendance upon the Stato Convention aiid possibly others of the delegates. Gilmer and Fowle were the favor ites. Tom Johnston for Congress. The Malone episode of two years ago still rankles. Youre, D&HOCBAT. A Broker's Strange Death- A New York special of Tuesday says : The finding of the body of a widely known and well-to-do banker in the courtyard of a private residence oil the southeast corner of Twentieth street and Sixth avenue early this morning led to the disclosure of one the most remarkable tragedies that has been known in New York for sev eral years- The name of the dead man was Nathaniel W. T. Hatch, the Stock . Exchange member of W. T. Hatch & Co., an old and reputable Wall street firm. The residence was that of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Sco field. Scofield was formerly a man of means and president of the Montgom ery and Florida Railroad Company. He is now, it is siid, without money and without occupation. His wife, besides being an uncommonly hand some woman is said to ba worth $70, 000, -which she keeps strictly under her personal control., She is an astu e woman of the world with a penchant for stock speculation. Her ventures in Wall street had brought her into close association with Mr. N. W. T. Hatch. The Btory which was devel oped before the coroner today showed ithat Mrs. ScofioIJ visited Wall street yosterd iy afternoon, transacted a. lit tle business, lunched at a high-priced cafe with Mr. Hatch, drank some wine and went up town with the gentleman to dinner. The couple tarried in a French restaurant from 8 o'clock in the evening until midnight. '! hey drank wine with their dinner! Mr. itatcn escorted ms. cnarmmg cus- omer to her home, and, according to ner story, was invited m to tafce a look at the house, into which the Sco fields had but just moved. While they wero in an upper room footsteps were heard -on the stairs., Mrs. Sco field exclaimed, "Here comes my hus band," and went into the hall. She told the corner today that she met her husband, told him she had corn pauy, and directed that he should go away. He obligingly went away and remained away until daylight. The testimony of both husband and wife agree on this point. He declares that ho sat on a neighboring doorsteep all night. Mrs. Scofield asserts that she went back to the room in which sue had left Mr. Hatch, but found tiia or locked. She called several times, and, getting no response, summoned a policeman, who burst the door open. Mr. Hatch 'was gone, lhereup&ii tho woman, went to bed and jif-pl until her husband came home, which was between five and eix o'clock a. rrv. He was inclined to be dissatisfied with the night's proceedings, and propos ed to take his clothing ard leave the house. She insisted thai ho was act ing fooiiahly, and prevailed pn him to go to bed. Soon after scVeiu o'clock she wa3 awakened by the outcries of some painters who were employed to paint the houso, and: who said that they had found a dead man in the courtyard in tho rear of the house. She awakened her husband, and both ooked out of the window a$d identi fied the body as that of Mir. Hatch. His skull had been crushed. He had apparently attempted to leap into a tree from a secoad story wiadow and had crashed through the branches to to the stone pavement. He was com pletely clothed, even his overcoat be ing buttoned around him. 1 he nat ural inference was that, feairing Mr. Scofield might ba incensed at his presence in the house at such an un seemly hour, he had attempted to mako his e3cape by leaping; iuto the treo and thereby gaining the street. Such is tho story that has set New York all tgog aad caused 3 greater sensation tuan any mystery since tho famous murder of Mrs ',Dr. Hull by Chastine Cox ten years ago. Theories as to the cause and method of -Vr. Hatch's death have been numerous and ,; varied. What causes the most remark and astonishment is the calm, mat-ter-cf-fact way in which Mr. find Mrs. Scofield treat ths affair. Both of them were arrested and takn before a police magistrate, who turned them over to the Coroner. In their testi mony before the coroner's jijry, both husband and wife speak of! Hatch's visit to their house at midnight as though it was only a business inci dent. Their testimony thirows no light "on the desperate fright that must have impelled the unfortunate banker to jump from a window, 20 feet from the ground. The police ap peared aon plussed. They j did not know whether to accept Mrs. $cofield's statement as the truth or igive at tention to tne exciting rumors tUat a murder had been committed. The coroner evidently believed Mrs. i Sco field's story, for ho perrmHtel her to go alarge on the parole of her law yer and lether husband ga on his own recognizance. Mr. Hatch's Wall street friends were greatly; excited over the affair. His father, who ia the head of the firm of W. Hatch & Co., was' overcome by grief and i shame, but declined to say anvthing a!out the case. The dead man was i very popular among the brokiers. He leaves a widow and lour children, and ho took piide in maintaining 1h is fam ily in good stylo. The police detec tives aio working up the cistf with tho expectation of uuravelin a mys tery. Mr. Hatch wasabout il'2 years old. Mrs. Scofield is 27 and Mr. Seo-' field about 50. . To us at this distance :t looks ias if Scofield -had taken tho fallow ,he found aloue with his wife tho hour stated by the scruff of the nt-ck and the seat of the pantaloons and pitched him out of the window. I Ed. N..& O J Fiom an Act-oniilfhi il Journalist. Leuasoin, Va. Your uowspaper came to mo regularly at Frankfort, aud was one of tho greatest comforts pf my life there. W ithout it 1 do aotiknfw what 1 should have done and it Was also highly esteemed by an old gradu ate of Ch-ipel Hill, Maj.. S-i , of Ijouisvi'l who read it as regularly as I did. ' ' ! . ' AUVH.'K TO l'.OTHKKS. 1 Mrs. V.'iilow" Suit.! 11 Syrup shaald Wwsyi t.iied wiif-n ehi'ilrru f rutting testh. It re lleTes tiie lluie suaercr ai once, it ro4uces UMU ra'., u-riet sirap by relic Ub Uie cbildrea from (MUa, una tbe utUe cheriu awakes as "briKbt as a tftit tou." It is Tery pleasaiit, to taste; sootbes Uie cbtld, sofiens the (tusns, allays all pas a, rjitee wind, reKUlaUw tbe boV'ela aud Is tbe feest kawa ru.miy Fur dutrruu, wH-Uier ririiiK fro IB teetb 1 iy or otber causes. Twenty Are oiuU a butUa, THE BATTISTS. OPENING OF THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION- BOYCE PRESIDENT THE ATTBS4 A.SCB THE WOBK OTHER NIWB. By Telegraph to tbe News and Observer. Richmonp, Va , May 11. The South ern Baptist Convention met in annua! session here today in the First 'Bap tist Church and was called to ordet by Prof. Lewis B. Ely, of Missouri first vice-prtsideut, Rev. Dr. P. Hi Mell, president, having died since the last convention. Prof. Ely made few touching remarks in relation to the deceased president, after which Rev. Dr. J. L. Burrows, of Norfolk) offered prayer and Rov. Geo. Cooperj ot lk cbmond, made an address o welcome. Ou a call of Stales it wa3 . found that 715 delegates were present, as follows-: j Alabama 23, Arkansas 23, District of Columbia 12, Florida "5, Georgia 36, Indian Territory 1, Kentucky 63l Louisiana 9, Maryland 44, Mississippi 12, Missouri 68, North Carolina 1041 South Carolina 100, .Tennessee 191 Texas 1 Virginia 169. The convention then organized by the election of the following officers President (by rising vote) Rev. Dr. J P. Boyce of KeBtucky;Vice-PreBident8j Lewis B. Ely, of Carrol ton, ; Mo.i Rev. John Pollard, Richmond; Revj J. B. Hawthorne, 'Atlanta; Judge, John Harrison, Selma. Secretaries H. Lansing Burrows, Augusta, and Oliver F. Gregory, Baltimore, j The regular committees, on order of busi ness and religion were then apl pointed. j The report of the Home Mission Board was then presented. The rei port described the work of the boards as never before so prosperous. This ia shown both by the increase ot. its rej ceipts and the amount of work it has done. The report says the needs of the board are greater than ever. ; The work in Cuba must be largely inl creased. That among the foreigrj population of the South and the coU ored people is just begun. To evanj gdize our own country will not onlj Btve America but epeed the conquest oi tae world. The number cf accessions to thi church in' the Lome mission field was 7,496 and the cost of the work wa $177,953. The principal work of thi board has been done in the following fields: Arkansas, Florida, Indian TeA ritory, Louisiana, Texas and Cuba! i Of Cuba the report says: "The wholi of the island is ooen to the trosDea The persecutions have been heavy but the faun and courage of our pec pie are strong tmd unbroken jiTh work done is not surpassed by any L tne history of modern . missions. Prav for Cuba." "The total issues of Sunday School publications will soon reach five mi , : ' rro 1 a il . t-VJt--! non. xney nave receivea tne nignes commendation and are making rapi progress. They are the exclusiv property of the Home Mission Board! which derives an income from thenf proportionate to their circulation. At 3 o'clock the convention loo! a recess until 8 o'clock, when th convention sermon will be deliTexe by Rev. Dr. F. M. Ellis, of Baltimon lne convention is composed ol delegates from each Southern, Sta and embraces both laymen j an preachers. It is purely a mission: body, having no ecclesiastical jurist diction or control of the churches and doing its work through the Foreiga Mission Board located at Richmond and the Home Mission Board locate at Atlanta. EIGHT HUNDRED DKLIOATES PRESI5T Special to tbe News and Observer, Ricbmosd, Va., My 11. Abort 8Q0 delegate! were pre ' at at thp Southern Baptist Convention tipdajf. The convention was welcomed by Di. Cooper, pasfor of the First Baptist church of Richmond. The responsp was bv Rev. A- B. Cabaniss, of Ke tricky. Dr. James P. Boyce, of Louii ville, was unanimously elected pres dent. The following were electee -vice-presidents : L, B. Ely, ef I Mi souri; Rev. John Pollard, of Ric mond; Judge Harralson, of Alabam Rev. J. B. Hawthorne, cf 'ieorgi Secretaries : Rev. Lsnsiuy iJarrowq of Georgia, and Rev. O. F. Gregoi of Baltimore. ' The Home and Foreign-Missions Board reported one hundred j and sixty thousand dollars raised: las! year ana great progress In missioa work generally. , Jj There are prominent meu fror th North and West present, besides crowds of other visitors. ii There was a concert and reception at the Richmond Female Institute in tb afternoon. j : Rev. ' Dr. Ellis, of Baltimore preached tonight, ' ' ' Dr. Deems, of New York, visited the convention dating the morning Town Klectionsc Gaetocia The election last Moh day resulted as follows: Mayor J K. DLion, Commissionors.-J. Q. Hoi land, E. C. G. Love, J. H. B. Jenk ins, L- H- Long, J. T. Bighain.-4 (razette. ". !1 Mcoresville. The municipal elec tion held at -Uoorcsvule Monday rej suited in the choice of the folio win (J ticket Mayor. J. S. Hams; Com missionars. J. E. Sherrill, JL H IValters, E. L. Cloninger, W. B. IMci Lean, R W. Freeze, J. F. Rodger, s. Landmark. ) ij icrnerbviile ine election nertj Monday jvafi a quiet one, the follow in" bein the result: Mayor. Ii F Davis; Commiesioners. J.M. Griendi field, J. N. Leak, W. A. Lowrv.-J ur .j -Li. f eir a uKi x1 unit. : j Monroe. 'Mayor Terrell and j thd old lioard of Commissioners were rei elected. fA'muirer and KsprtsiA Shelby. Mayor Wr L. Damrori waa re elected mayor of Shelby 8 majority of 36 over CapU J. W. (Jid ney. Messrs. D. M. Baker, Samuel G. Brice, Jesse J; McMurray and W Arthur Wray were chosen aldermen I Aurora. j . Mt. Airy H. C. Brown was elected mayor and a full Democratic board of aldermen was chosen. : . j . t Spirit of tb State Frsss. Our esteemed contemporary, the Raleigh i News asd Ossbrvbb, takes umbrage at .the' statement made by our Raleigh correspondent to the" ef fect tnat tne assault made opon Judge Fowle was written in Raleigh. We are sure that our correspondent who is a careful writer did not intend . to do Raleigh an injury, and we are 1 glad to learn that it was not writ" 1 ten there the home of . Jade owle. But the Nrw im Oixnvtn did not copy the -entire paragraph, ior n would nave explained now rt was possible for the Impression to have been created that it was written in Raleigh by being offered to the IState Chronicle for publication and by that journal refused. In the ab sence of other facts we were im pressed with tho same idea as that entertained by our correspondent. It is now the general impression that the assault was written in States ville and by no less a person than . Hon. R. F. Armfield. In denounc ing the publication, as we did some days ago, wa have nothing to take back. If CoL Armfield did w rite it he came under tbe bank of our cen sure and we are indeed, gurWised that a man of his ability should be guilty Of such a despicable deed. Especially so when he follows right upon the heels of his assault and acknowledges that he is mistaken, after he has ex amined into the matter. It seems to ua that a man of his knowledge, and the confidence reposed hi Jiim by the Democrats of the State,.; would haTe displayed more judgraeni in thii matter, and made the examination before he made the assault. Shame upon you Col. ArmSe'.d! Durham Recorder. Mr. Henderson's constant, perse veiing labors are doing mora towards bringing about the fulfillment of the will of nis party in this State tha,n any other representative she has in Congress, aud the work before him requires time: hence, it would be gross folly to displace him now, and the attempt to do so, we boueve, will only bring disaster to the future as pirations of those, who, in this case, will fail to heed the voice of the peo ple. So Mr. " Bradshaw's friends will do well to bide their time, for thus only can he attain unto the honors that may await him. Troy Vidette. An exchange says that Columbus and Chatham counties have instructed for StedmanJ Not so fast, my brother.. We cannot speak for Columbus, bat as. for Chatham, our convention has not .yet been held, and of course it has not instructed for anybody. As we write an intelligent man remarks to another in our hearing that nine tenth of the farmers in his section are for Fowle. And not only o. Al exander has a following, bat most of our citizens want him ' fox the second place on the Fowle ticket.-Pittaboro Home. 1 Sjrrnu of Fill Is Nature's own true laxative. I is the most easily taken, and the most effective remedy known to Cleanse the System when Bilious or' Oostivt; to Dispel Headaches', Colds, and Fevers; to Cure Habitual Constipa tion, Indigestion, Piles, etc ; Manu factured only by the (California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco,' CaL John S. Pescud, Sole Agent for Ral eigh, N. C. 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OpttelDepartinciit Embraces an endleas variety cf lenae which together with .our practical expe rience enables us to correct alrnnet may error of refraction in Myopia (neawight), HyMrmetropi (far sight), Presbyopia (old tight). Asthenopia (weak sight) ana giTing. prompt relief from that distreas ing headache which oftnn accorupaaiea imperfect visln. OUR ARTIFICIAL Human Eyes More and look like the natural organ No pain when inserted. V i Patients at a distenoe having a broken ey oan have another road wiifcen call- ing ptrtonaiiy. i JEWELER I OPTICIAN J .1