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Tb~ News and Observer VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 37. TOE LAMEST ©OUSfBIDILMWK] ®F MUf GTOO3TO ©ADBOO-DKIA IMOLV. INCOME TAX CASES TO HE ARGUED TO-DAY BEFORE TIIE UNITED STATES SU PREME COURT. STRONG ARRAY OF LEGAL TALENT. Arrangements tor Argument Have been Made With the Chief Justice—Ten Hours will be Allotted to Counsel, Five on Each Side--AII Three of the Cases will be Consolidated into one at the Request of the Attorney Gen eral and bv Consent of Counsel. Washington, March 6.—Arrange ments were made last month in the Su preme Court of the United States for argument in the income tax eases. At the opening of the court to (lay Attorney-General Olney said there were three cases relating to the income tax now before the court (the New York cases, two of them) presenting identically the same cases and based upon the same records; the third orignated in the Dis trict of Columbia, ana was the only one in which the government was directly interested. That was a suit, he said, for an injunction to restrain the Collector of Internal Revenue from proceeding to carry out the law. The Attorney Gener al a-dced that the government might be permitted in the other two cases, how ever, and he suggested that they be all consolidated and whatever time was deemed reasonable for their argument might be given to counsel. Chief Justice Fuller asked if counsel on the other side had anything to sug gest in the matter and Mr. Shellabarger. of this city, responded that his firm ap peared for Mr. Moore, in the suit against Collector Miller. He said he was laboring under some embarrassment from the fact that it had been arranged that ex-Senator Edmunds, who was asso ciated with them, should make the oral argument in behalf of their client, but that he had been and still was sick in bed with grippe. He had received a tel egram from Mr. Edmunds yesterday say ing that he expected to be able to appear to morrow and make the argument if required. Mr Shellabarger said he had no ob jection to the consolidation of the ca?es if it did not otherwise abbreviate the time to which they would be entitled. The Chief Ju>tice said that the purpoi-e of the consolidation would be for be ;r --ing as one case. Mr J. C. Carter, who appeared for the Continental Trust Company, in sup port of the law, observed that the ordin ary rules governing the time for argu ment seemed to be inadequate. The Chief Justice inquired how much time counsel thought they should have. His idea was to take the three cases together and asked if one hour in addi tion would be enough to satisfy counsel. Mr. C. A Seward, who represents the stockholders of the New York trust companies and is opposed to the law, said that he could speak for only two of the cases, iH which there were counsel engaged, and he hoped that ample time would be given. After consulting with his associates on the bench the Chief Justice announced that they had decided to allot ten hours to counsel, five on each side; the division of which they might adjust among themselves. If it developed that this time was in sufficient it would lie enlarged. The Government, he stated, would be per mitted to be heard, and three counsel on a side would be permitted to speak. The usual rule giving the opening and clos ing to the appellant, he said, would be observed, but the court desired that but one counsel for appellant should be heard in closing; that is, that their speeches would be sandwiched in among speeches for appellees. Counsel have not arranged among themselves how the division of time shall be made, but it is probable that ex Senator Edmunds, Mr. Joseph H. Choate and Mr. Seward will speak for the ap pellants in opposition to the law, and tie Attorney General and Mr. Carter, ap pellees. in favor of the law. The argument will probably begin to morrow. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED. An Important Witness in a Murder Case Found Dead. Special to the News and Observer. Winston, N. C , March 6 Ferry Coffey is to be tried in Wilkes Court this week for murdering his own brother last fall Joseph Roberts, the most important witness for the State was found dead in his wagon near Wilkes boro yesterday. Foul play is suspected. Roberts leaves a wife and six children. Coffey killed bis brother with a stick. Representatives of Winston cigarette manufacturing firms left here to-night for Raleigh to appear before the legisla ture and eDter their protest against the passage of the bill placing a tax of ten cents per thousand on cigarettes. Ilorgiary at Pollocksville. Special to the News and Observer. Pollocksville, N. C , March 6. While at Church Sunday burglars entered Beckwith Sim ns’ house tak ing a trunk, supposed to contain a large sum of money, into the yard aud breaking it open. They found only mortgages and bonds, the money having been deposited in bank a few days ago. There is no clue U> the guilty parties. Joseph Hadnot was taken suddenly ill to dftf while working in his field and was removed to his house. He is now bloated beyond recognition and unable to move eat, drink or swallow anything. The case is an exceedingly puzzling one. NEW MINISTER TO MEXICO. Senator It an so in Has Qualified and W ill Soon Leave for IDs Post. Special to the News and Observer. Washington, D. C., March 6. Senator Ransom yesterday qualified as Minister to Mexico. Indeed he lost no time in so doing, for within two minutes a ter he ceased to be Senator he had qualified as Minister. Ex Senator Ransom left here this morning for his home in Weldon, where he will remain for ten days. He will then return to Washington for a few days, it being his present intention to start for his new post. Minister to Mex ico, in about two weeks. The North Carolina delegation are all still here mast of them wandering through the departments looking after the inter ests of some of their constituents. The Greenville postmaster will proba bly be looked after by Mr. Branch this week, and now that Mr. Wilson has gone in as Postmaster General it is thought he will, among his first remov als. place the present Greenville post master out in the cold, cold, world. The Fayetteville postmastership is clearing a great deal of talk and it is not yet known when the President will remove the colored postmaster. There are several prominent appli cants for the position some with great influence and some with little There are several North Carolinians here looking after places, but of course can be said yet as to their chances. The Judicial Executive and Legislative Appropriation bill, as passed by Con gress, provides for the extension of the term of the United States Land court, of which Hon. Thos. C. Fuller, of Raleigh is a Judge, for two years longer, that is instead of ending Dec. 31, 1895. as orig inally provided, it will end Lee. 31, 18117. This provision was not in the original bill, as introduced in the House, but was an amendment offered by Sena tor Ransom. The work of this court is very heavy and it was impossibletoeom plete the calendar in the time first named Arrival*. J. C. Martin, of Hickory. W. F. Murdock, of Salisbury. J. M. Bernhardt, of Lenoir. E L. Shuford, of Hickory. Captain Cooper and Miss Cooper, of Murphy. WILL NOT CLOSE THE HOTELS. Capt. Either Decides That His Big Bluff Will Not Work. Special to the News and Observer. Greensboro, N. C., March 6. Captain B. J. Fisher, who attempted to bluff the city aldermen here into granting him license to sell liquor in the rear of the Benbow House has wilted, and announces this afternoon that he has decided not to close tip his hotels, but will run the Benbow at $2.50 and the McAdoo at $2.00. This afternoon while Mrs. Paul J. Carraway, Sr., wife of Presiding Elder Carraway, of this city, Mrs. Carraway, Jr., and her three year old son and Miss Evans, of Reidsville, and Miss Carra way, of this city, were being driven down main street the horses ran away throw ing the driver from his seat and leaving the horses without a driver. When opposite the Young Men's Christian Association building Mrs. Car raway, Sr., and her unmarried daughter leaped from the carriage. The former was thrown on her head and shoulder on the macadamized street, but the daugh ter was practically unhurt. At the cor ner of the next street the carriage wheels struck a telephone post and was turned over. The occupants were violently thrown in the street, but strange to say beyond a few bruises they were not badly hurt. The little boy was cut on the head but the wound was at once sewed up by Dr. Hays. Mrs. Carraway, Sr., received the worst hurt, and it cannot be learned how se riously she is injured. Her physician tells me that she is completely prostra ted by the fearful shock and he cannot predict the outcome. A TAR HEEL HONORED. Elected Lieutenaut Commander of Na va! Militia ot Maryland. Special to News acd Observer. Baltimore, Md., March 6 Lieutenant Sam M Blount, formerly of Washington, N. C., and well known in Raleigh, but for the past two years practicing law in this city, was last night elected Lieutenant Commander of the Naval Militia. This is next to the High est office in the gift of the officers, and plainly shows in what esteem they hold Mr. Blount,. He enlisted in Second Di vision in April, 1894, as seaman, and in June he was elected Lieutenant, senior grade, commanding the division, and when the vacancy occurred he was unani mously elected to Lieutenant-Command er and executive officer. 0 ! d North Carolina is well represented in the Naval Malitia of Maryland, Com mander I. E. Emerson, Lieutenaut Com mander S. M. Blount, Surgeon Edwin Geer. Doctor Geer started the Reserves in this State. They have 200 members and are quartered on U. S. S. Dale, foot of Charles street, where all North Caro linians are welcome when in the city. Grover Now Gunning ill the Sounds. Norfolk, Va , March (s. —The light house tender, with the President on board, arrived in the harbor, at Norfolk, at 5 o’clock this morning and left at 7:30 o’clock for the North Carolina sounds via. the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal. RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1895. TO CONTEST HIS WILL DOUG LASS’ WIIITE " IFE AN D NEGRO CHILDREN QUAR REL OVER HIS ESTATE. THE WIFE GETS EVERYTHING. Two Years Ago the Estate Was Val ued at #2oo,ooo—The Children Claim That the White Wife Exer cised an Undue Influence Over their Father—A Condition of Forced Neu trality has Existed Between Them tor Many Years. ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 6. —An- nouncement is made to-day that the heirs of the late Fred Douglass intend to contest his will and that the legal pro ceedings in the matter will shortly be in stituted in this city. Douglass had been married twice and the children by the fitst wife, Lewis H. aud Charles It. Douglass are named as the contestants. Two years ago the estate was valued at $200,000. Ever since Douglass’ last marriage there has been a lack of harmony be tween the sons and Mrs. Douglass. Some little time before his death Doug lass deeded a parcel of real estate to his wife at Cedar Hill, where the family lived. It is stated that at different times he gave her presents of money. The contestants make the claim that Mrs. Douglass, who is a white woman, | and formerly livid at Honeoy. near thus | city, exercised undue influence over their i father and persuaded him to discrimi nate against them. Though no petit i* , for the probate of the will has been made, it is stated that the sons will have littL* or nothing coming to them fr< m the estate. Besides the sons and the widow, the heirs of the late Fred Douglass are M e R. Douglass Sprague and daughter; Misses Estelle and Harriet Sprague, grand daughter.-, and Joseph H. Doug lass. grandson, of Washington, It. C., and Lewis S. Sprague, grandson, of this city. (J. P. Lee. the colored lawyer of this city, says he is bound to secrecy by all parties and an effort will be made to settle the estate out of court. Those familiar with the Douglass com plications say that there existed a condi tion of forced neutrility between the sons aud Mrs. Douglass for years. As long as 1890 it is stated that Mrs. Doug lass began to get possession of her hus band's real estate. Lee, who used to be Douglass’ agent in this city, was relieved of all responsibil ity about eighteen months ago, aud at that time, it is understood that all of the property in this city had been transfer red to I) in'lass' wife When the remains were brought to this city Mrs. Douglass wore no mourn ing, and this fact was made the subject of much comment. FIRE AT ROCKINGHAM. An Unfortunate Drunkard Suffocated in a (turning Hotel. Special to the News anrl Observer. Rockingham, N. C., March G Fire broke out in the Long hotel D-d. night about 2 o’clock, but it was prompt ly checked and subdeed by active work ers The sad feature of the occurrence is the fact ttiat a poor drunken man, Geo. Gardner by name, was suffocated in an upstairs room before help could reach him He had retired in a stupidly drunken condition, and a theory is that the lamp left burning by him on the table exploded, and the burning oil soon penetrated the floor and spread rapidly between floors and walls. When discovered, the dense smoke was issuing from the apartments above and made access up the stairs im possible, but a ladder was procured, and ascent made from the street and persons broke in at the window. Thi-t made possible the escape of the smoke and they were thus able to get into the room in which the unfortunate man lay on the bed, dead. Suspicious circumstances have since developed which indicate astrong probability that the poor fellow, who was seen with a considerable amount of money early in the night, was robbed by some body; but by whom is the ques tion now being discussed. NEGROES WALKING BACK. They Were Induced to go to Mexico by “Peg Leg” William*. New Orleans, La , March 6.—A few years ago the Kansas exodus caused much suffering and the loss of many lives, and the poor deluded blacks had to get back to their homes in the South as best they could. Now the Alabama and Georgia ne groes, who, a short time ago, were in duced by a syndicate to emigrate to Mayirni, Mex., are walking back to Ala bama and Georgia. Many have arrived at San Antonio without food or money. This is a great contrast to the inspired accounts concerning the hundreds of emigrant negroes bound for Mexico, which wore telegraphed a few weeks ago from Laredo and other border towns. Funeral ol the Marquis Dequesne. Havana, March 6.—The funeral of the Marquis Dequesne, Vice President of the Reform Party, took place to-day The services were very imposing aud were attended by a large number of prominent persons. EMIGRANTS TO ILLINOIS. Meeting ol Itonri Holders ol the Roa noke and Southern Railroad. Special to the News and Observer. Winston Salem, N. C\, March G. Colonel F. H. Fries, President of the Roanoke and Southern Railroad Com pany, tells me that a meeting of the first mortgage-bond-holders of the road will be held iu Baltimore next Monday for the purpose of discussing the affairs of the R. and S. road, which, owing to the appointment of a receiver for the Nor folk and Western, lessee of the property, are rather complicated. At this meeting some definite steps will be decided upon, aud probably an agreement for the de posit of securities of those desiring to reorganize the road, will be entered into, by the bond-holders. The bulk of the bonds of the Company are owned in Baltimore. The Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company, of that city, is trustee of the mortgagees. The two Sunday School mass meetings, held in the Twin City yesterday, and ad dressed by Mr. William Reynolds, of Uliuois, and Mr. N. B. Broughton, of Raleigh, President of the State Sunday School Association, were largely attend ed. The first meeting was held in the Moravian Church, Salem, at 2 p. ru., and the second in Centenary M. E. Church, Winston, at 7:30 p. ni. The good work represented by both gentlemen was skill fully presented and the splendid instruc tions presented were well received. The programs carried out at each meeting was truly interesting and edifying. Mr. W. A. Blair, President of the People’s Bank, will deliver a lecture be fore the Winston-Salem Y. M C. A , at the Academy Chapel, Salem, next Mon day evening. His subject will he “Reminiscences of My European Travels.” A number of the ladies of the Twin City have organized a Physical Culture Club in connection with the Academy gymnasium. The members meet twice a week for practice. A cooking club has also been organized by the ladies of Winston and Salem, which meets once a week in rooms used by the Academy cooking class. A pretty home marriage was cele brat d in Winston ot 8:30 to-night, the contracting parties being Miss Carrie Riggs, one of the Twin- City’s most handsome and charm ing daughters, aud Mr. Eugene T. Kapp, a popular and well to-do citizen ot Bethania this county. The ceremony Was performed at the home of the bi file's parents, by Rev. S. B Turreutine, pastor of Centenary M. E. Church, aud was at tended by a large number of relatives and friends of the popular and happy couple. A delightful reception was held after the marriage. The groom was the Republican candidate for sheriff of Forsyth last fall. Bishop Rondthaler has been elected editor of the Wachovian Moravian, or gan of that denomination in the South ern Province. Rev. J. H. Clewell has been chosen to look after the business management. The paper will be enlarg ed to eight pages. Mr. C. A. Jenkins, of this city, had a piece of glass removed from bis foot a few days ago, which he stepped on fif teen years ago Several families passed through Win ston this week from Yadkin county, en route to Illinois to seek their fortune. UNIVERSITY ITEMS. The Graduating: Class the Largest Ex cept One Within It* Histoiy. Special to the News and Observer. Chapel Hji.l, N. C., March 0. Few features of University life show greater and more gratifying progress than the University Young Men’s Chris tian Association. Its monthly business meeting was htld last night, IL H. Horne presiding Gratifying reports showed 11 committees at work. Polk Miller, the negro imitator aud reader, will appear to-night. n excellent team is having base-ball practice every afternoon. Gaines are ar ranging with Lafayette, Lehigh, Ver mont and Boston, as well as several of our State colleges. A good steam laundry and a bakery would pay here. They could be run ui - der one plant and management. Prof. Williams, who takes gieat in terest. incidentally in improved cows as well as teaching Philosophy, is putting in a plant for butter making on his farm contiguous to the town The number of graduates at the ap proaehing-commencement promises to be greater than at any t ime .-ince the re opening, except that of ’Bl, which num bered 31. Clasi reunions will be quite a feature here next June Gov. Matthew*’ Life Threatened. Indianapolis, Iml , March G —Gover nor Mathews made public today an anonymous letter which threatened his life if he does not stop his tight on the Roby Race Track. The letter says that the liobyites will be alive long after the Governor is dead. The communication states that a relative of the Governor’s accepted a bribe to influence him. The letter also slates that Governor Mat thews, in his future political career, will need the influence of the R >by Race Track people. Another Victim ol the Elbe Picked Up. London, March G —The body of Adolph Baumann, who was a passenger on the Elbe, has been picked up by a ti*hing boat and brought to Hull. Mr. Baumann was at one time Manager of the Prague Opera House and was on his way to New York to fulfill an engage ment as stage manager under Walter Damrosch. BANK ROBBERS CAUGHT z ! ONE OF THEM WAS KILLED BY THE MOB AND THE OTHER IS NOW IN JAIL. HE WILL PROBABLY BE LYNCHED. They Killed the Cashier and Wounded a Customer and Then Robbed the Hank ol #ls,ooo—The Entire Com munity Join in the Pursuit——The House Burned in Which one ot Them Had Taken Reluge and His Body Riddled With Bullets. Des Moines, lowa, March 6.— The Adel State Bank at Adel, twenty miles West of here was robbed at 9:10 this morning by two men who mortally wounded Cashier S. M. Leach, and seri ously wounded a customer named Bailey, who was standing at the window when they entered. The cashier had just unlocked the safe and vault and both Leach and Bailey I had their backs to the door when the robbers entered and opened fire. The desperadoesjhen entered the vaults and carried away the entire contents, sup ; posed to be $15,000, and jumped into a buggy at the door and drove West to ward Kedfield. • The entire country was aroused and in pursuit. The robbers were captured at <)'Neals' Ford, on Raccoon river, five mih s south of Adel. Being hotly pursued, they left their buggy and one hid in a brush heap, and the other took refuge in John Killon's barn. The former was quickly captured and compelled to set fire to the barn in which the crowd poured kerosene oil. The rob ber remained until his clothing, hair and whiskers were blazing then rushed out, shot gun iu hand. The mob yelled ‘ Throw up your bands.” He refused and a volley of a dozen guns riddled his body. An envelope in his pocket was ad dressed to Landers Wilkers, Patterson, Madison county. lowa, which the other robber says is his true name. Before the mob were aware of it the sheriff had the second robber in his buggy, and hurried to the Adel jail where he was locked up. The second robber says his name is C. W. Crawford. He is nineteen years old He says Wilkins forced him to join in the robbery by threatening to kill him on the spot unless be did. The excitement is intense, aud the prisoner will probably be lynchde. Both of the robbers were plainly dressed, and evidently amateurs. None of the citizens shot in Adel will die. A DESPERADO SURRENDERS. lie Had Been a Fugitive from Justice for Nearly a Year. Birmingham, Ala., Match 6.—Daring last summer’s coal miners' strike in this section a riot between strikers and negro laborers occurred, and guards were also mixed up in it. One of the guards and two negro miners were killed and seve- I ral others wounded. Among those implicated in the riot was a young man named Hudson, living at Coalburg. Two deputy sheriffs, Charles Cole and John Smith, went to the home of the Hudsons to serve the warraut. No sooner had the deputies entered the house than a general shoot ing began in which Cole was instantly killed and Smith received wounds from which he died in a few hours. R. H. Hudson, father of the young man wanted, and his two sons, were in the house and it was held that they did the killing. They immediately tied to the mountains back of Coalburg and a posse, aided by a squad of military, pur sued them but failed to capture them. The Governor offered a reward of SIOO foreith*rof the Hudsons. The whole country was scoured and detectives went in search of the men but they were never captured, though located several times. Finally all hope ot ever capturing either of them was given up. Yesterday sheriff Morrow received a note from K. H. Hudson, saying that if the sheriff would come to a certain place he would give himself up. The sheriff : went there and found “Old Man” Hud son, as he is called, and b ought him to the city. He was allowed bail in two cases iu the sum of $2,500 in each case, j which he gave, after being iu jail three hour*, having made the agreement with counsel. Hudson’s voluntary surrender has caused much surprise aud is all the talk here to night. He will, it Ls understood, on trial enter a plea of self-defense. His two sons aie still at large and their whereabouts are unknown. Two Fishermen Drowned* Perth Amboy, N. J., March 6.—The ! fishing schooner, E M. Kartshbre, re ports the loss of two fisherman, Harry | Johnson and John Sal verson, while tend ing trawls oil Long Branch on Monday. . Thcdcry in which the men were at work J c psizcd, and with the heavy sea that was running at the time, the schooner was unable to render auy assistance, i The men were drowned in sight of their ; comrades. Pennsylvania Miners on a strike. Uniontown, Pa., March G.— The j miners of the fourth arid fifth pools on j the Monongebela river are out to-day for the G 9 ceut rate. All work is sus- j pended, and the men say they will not ; return unless the demand is granted. No i trouble is reported anywhere. O’Neill Bros., of Fayette City, offered a slight | j advance this morning, but the oiler was { i refused. 1 ; PRICE FIVE CENTS. NEW CODE COMMISSIONERS. Spencer and Dan—No new Charter to W ilmington—Will Keep Faith Witr the Governor. j There were meetings last night of the I Republican and Populists caucus respec j tively in the House and Senate ends of | the capitol. The stormy night session of I the House had just broken up, and the reporter of the News and Observer was | about to take his departure, when or J motion of Linebach, it was unanimously ! resolved that he remain and take thepro ; ceedingsas this paper would have them j anyway. The reporter was forcibly escort • efF'o Speaker Walser’s chair by the horny j hands of Leinbach and thrust in the ; Speaker’s spat and there were calls for a ! | speech. The reporter declined the eour -1 j tesy as time and trouble were saved by ! i the use of the more expeditious phono graph which is still in working order de spite the cicatrix left upon it by the late j wound it received when it went against the diamond-backed voice of Sancho Panza Russell, who now, together with i Spencer Blackburn (the specialty gallery 1 artist) is by the grace of White, of 1 Bladen (?) who nominated him one of - | the Code Commissioners of North Caro -1 lina. Russell got 27 votes; Blackburn 37; busk, 1G; Douglass, 2f). The ladies will 1 j be glad to bear that Spencer led and there w ill to (lay be no doubt a crush in the Senate gallery to see how his hair stands j up under the weight of his new honors Blackburn was nominated by Moody Blackburn by Starbuck, and Lusk by Turner, of Mitchell. The Populist Caucus. There was absolutely nothing else done, but the phonographic cylinder in Paddi son's desk drawer had two tight ly wrapped speeches of Skin ner around it. Skinner who defeated the new Wilmington charter sought for by Rice, as well as the attempt to break faith with the Governor in the bill to add six more directors to the board of the Insane Asylum at Morganton. Before making note of Skinner's re marks, it is just as well to £ ay that the caucus agreed informally that the Gen eral Assembly should adjourn next Tues day, and moreover it was noted that Cain was raised at the unseemly nnmbei of offices that the ravenous Republicans were getting. Now about Skinner: he was eloquent in both of his talks: he almost demand jed that good faith be kept with the governor according to the agreement made with him by Populist Cooke and Republicans Moody and Grant, and said that the party would be put in desperate peril should it advocate any such I principle as that involved in this attempt at pledge-breaking. His plea was too much even for the Radicals, and the bill was re-re ferred almost unanimously to the Com mittee on Insane-to lie labelled, “the cat that din’t come back.” Concerning the Wilmington charter, Skinner got a few Charley Mitchell bluffs from Rice and Paddison, but.he reached their wind in the first round, and the little sprinter from Brunswick went down under the weight of the blow, and his link-sausage moustaehios. Paddi son also breathed his last, and folding his hands across his breast, clasped a bnnch of Forget-me-nots, he whispered to Rice, “good bye.” Skinner sa id he represented the reform element of Wilmington and not a gold bug Republican, plus a gold bug Demo crat ; that he hoped never to see the day* when he would be willing to wrest with with the hand of the negro from cities like Wilmington those rich traditions whose warp and woof had been loomed by the hands of Saxon meu. He said it without misgiving, with a desire that he should go on record to the world, if need be, as a lover of his race because he was a lover of his State. Some parts of Skinuers's. speech were powerful in presentation, and only lack of time prevents a further summary of liis remarks which he closed with an emphatic repudiation on the part of the Populist party of ; any purpose to put this noble j people in the hands of their ; colored brethren. The measure was killed, and they looked upon their work aud saw that it was good and the even ing and the morning were a cold day for Russell and his rooters. ABSORBED BY THE TRUST. American Tobacco Company Secures Control of Another Factory. Baltimore, March o. — The American Tobacco Company has absorbed another*. Baltimore firm, making three factories in this city to join the trust. H. Ellis and Company, whose factory at 211 North Sharp Street, closed adeal whereby they entered the consolidation yesterday. The American Company already con trolled the firms of Marburg Brothers, and G. W. Gail *fc Ax, two of the largest tobacco manufactories in the South. Ellis A Co., have been chiefly engaged in the manufacture o cigarettes, and em ployed 230 hands. The American Company, it is said, aims to control the cigarette trade and is absorbing factories whenever pnrehas able. The Seaboaid’* New Passenger Rates. Wilmington, N. C , March 6.—The Seaboard Air Line has cut passenger rates from Wilmington to all points North. These are samples: Wilmington to New York, $12.00; Boston, $17.00: Philadel phia. $lO 80; Washington $8.00; Rich mond 9.80. No cut is announced for any points South of Virginia.
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