The News End Obsc^cr.
VOL. XXXIX. NO. 62.
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NOT TO THE FINISH
CORBETT AND FITZSIMMONS TO
FIGHT A LIMITED NUM
BER OF ROUNDS.
AND TO SOX WITH SOFT GLOVES
Corbett Telegraphed lor jand Spring
Lake'Selected as His Training Quar
ters—Fitzsimmons’ Quarters Not
Yet Chosen—Preparations Being
Made for the Contest—But Gov.
Clark Says He Will Not Allow It
to Take Place in Arkansas.
Hut Springs, Ark., Oct. 14—The
big fight will come off here Oct.
31. Iu order to comply with the Btat %
the articles of agreement of the Florida
Athletic Club will be changed from a
finish fight to a limited number of
rounds, the referee being vested with
power to stop the contest when in his
opinion it becomes brutal. The contest
ants are to box with soft gloves.
Spring Lase, a beautiful resort four
miles from here, has been selected by
Manager B r ady as Corbett’s training
quarters. Fitzsimmons’ training quar
ters have not yet been selected.
Corbett Telegraphed For.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 14.-Corbett
received the following telegram from W.
A. Brady, at Hot Springs, last night :
“Come at once, everything fixed; pro
tection guaranteed.”
Corbett will leave for Hot Springs to
morrow night.
Preparations Pot the Fight.
Hot Springs. Ark., Oct. 14 —S. C.
Haller, Caief dT Bureau of Information
of the Atlantic Club, will leave to-mor
row morning for Little Rock, thence to
all towns of consequeuce along the Iron
Mountain Railway to Texarkana to make
arrangements for hotel accommodations
for those who may attend the Corbett-
Fitzsimmon3 fight here on October 81
After he completes this tour he will issue
a pamphlet giving the information de
sired concerning hotel accommodattons,
&c , one hundred thousand of which
will be sent out. Messrs. Brady and
Vendig were very active to day in mak
ing preparations for the great event.
Bat Gov. Clark May Prevent It.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 14 —“There
may be a fight at Hot Springs, but it
will not oe a prize fight,” said Gov.
Clark to an Associated Press representa
tive. “I earnestly hope that extreme
measures will not be necessary. I know
those, everyone of them, and they are
my friends, and I should very much re
gret to be compelled to adopt harsh
methods, bat tne laws give me the an
thority and supplies the means and if
the necessity arises, I shall certainly pre
vent the fight at any cost.”
The Governor finds that the law of
1891 was not legally enacted, leaving the
State without a law on the subject of
prize fighting. The law of 1838, which,
In his opinion, invests in the Executive
ample authority for carrying out the
policy he has decided to adopt.
This law does not refer to prize fights,
but rather to riots and rebellion. Under
its operation the Governor is allowed
almost unlimited latitude, and could de
clare the district in “which the disturb
ance occurs” to be in rebellion against
the State, and could not only drive out
by force all the parties connected with
the disturbance, bat could arrest and
imprison without process of law.
Will Call Out the Militia.
Littte Rock, Ark., Oct 14.—A tele
gram was sent by the Governor to Brig
adier General John A. Taylor, of Forest
City, of the Arkansas State Guard,
summoning him to a conference at once.
The meaning of the conference is that
the Governor desires to acquaint himself
with the available strength of the State
militia so that he may act knowingly
if the situation at Hot Springs
reaches a crisis where the services of the
militia may be required. Gen. Taylor
is expected to arrive to morrow.
According to the offers contained in
telegrams and letters received at the
Executive office, Gov. Clarke estimates
that the service of 10,000 men are at his
disposal for the purpose of putting down
the fight if needed These offers come
from all parts of the 8 ate.
A vigorous determination to prevent
the fight is plainly discernible in the
significant proceedings at the Executive
office. The Governor says Corbett and
Fitzsimmons have been warned and if
they now arrive at Hot Springs bent on
tbo mission of fighting, their presence
in the city or county will ba considered
an overt act and will be treated accord
ingly.
When questioned in reference to the
proposition to change the affair into a
glove conto: t, Gov. ('larke said that he
could make no distinction between a
glove contest and prize fight. It was a
prize fight, no matter what it was called.
Tli*- Virginia League Reorganized.
Richmond, Va., Get. 14.—The Virginia
Baseball League was re organized here
to uight for next season with the same
clubs as last year. Franchises were re
fused Danvilie a: d Hampton as it was
thought best not to make it an eight
club league. A committee was appointed
and given authority to settle the conte. t
between Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Tlie Thai lege Accept* d.
New York, Oct. 14.—The challenge
for the America’s cup by Charles I>.
Horse, of England, has been formally ac
cepted.
THREE MURDERERS CONVICTED
THREE MU It DERF.RS CON* ICTKU
Wud" Locklear Sentenced io Hang at
Lumberton, Nov. 21.
Special to the News and Observer.
Lumberton, N. 0., Oot. 14.
The Superior Court of Robeson county
adjourned on Saturday. Wade Lock
lear. charged with the murder of
Birdie Bullard, and G. W. Lock
lear and Patrick Locklear, accomplices,
were all convicted. Wade Locklear was
sentenced to be hanged in Lumberton on
the 24th of November, and the other two
were sentenced to the Penitentiary for
life; all are Croatans, G. W. Locklear
is a physician, being a graduate of the
Medical College in Baltimore. An ap
peal was taken to the Supreme Court.
A telegram was received yesterday
from Red Springs for the coroner to
go and hold an inquest at that place.
Neither the name of the person killed
nor the slayer is yet known.
A negro was brought here yesterday
from Maxton charged with a very grave
offense. He went to the home of a
white woman and forced her and her
grand daughter at the point of a pistol
to expose themselves. They screamed
so that he left without doing more. He
then w r ent to the house of a Croatan
woman and forced her in the same man
ner to expose herself. He w 7 as again
frightened away. Lynching was freely
talked of.
The Robeson County Fair begins here
next Tuesday. Already race horses have
arrived from Charlotte and other points.
Robeson Institute, located at this place,
has a large attendance this session. Prof.
John Duckett, formerly superintendent
of public instruction in Wake county, is
principal of this school.
WILSON TOBACCO MARKET.
Warehousemen Will No Longer Charge
One Per Cent. Insurance.
Special to the News and Observer.
Wilson, N. C., Oct. 14.
Some time ago all tbe warehouses in
this part of the State agreed to charge
one per cent, insurance on all tobacco
sold. This action was taken in order to
make up for the loss sustained by the
warehouses in the reduction of charges
which went into effect on October Ist by
legislative enactment. The Wilson mar
ket has since wuhd-awn and now
charges no insurance, but only the regu
lar charg ;s as required by law.
Mr. F. W Barnes has commenced the
erection of a large machine shop on the
corner of Tarboro and South streets
The building will be of brick and two
stories high. Mr. A P. Branch is hard
at work on his new store. It will front
on Barnes street. The store will be 150
feet in length by 50 feet in width. Mr.
J H. L. Best has also commenced build
ing a large brick store on the corner of
Tarboro and Barnes streets.
The people of Wilson will vote on the
question of sewerage soon. The election
takes place on Monday, October 25th,
and it is believed that there will be very
little opposition to the proposition. The
town needs a system of sewerage very
badly.
TROUBLE AMONG THE MILITIA.
The President’* Escort at Atlanta
May be a Single Company.
Atlanta, Ga , Oct. 14.—The an
nouucemeut was made this afternoon by
001. JohnS Candler, the senior colonel
of the Georgia Volunteers, that no com
pany of the regular National Guard will
consent to parade on President’s day at
the Exposition, October 23
The Judge Advocate General of the
S‘ate more than a year ago decided that
the State militia could not legally parade
with the guard. On this account that
company was not invited to participate
in the parade on the opening day of the
expoei ion and on Liberty Bell Day, but,
through the action of the Exposition
Company, they have been placed in
charge of the procession to escort Presi
dent levelaud to the grounds on the
occasion of his visit here next week.
The reason for this is that the exposi
tion directors have put the parade in
charge of Capt J. F. Burke, of the Gate
City Gnards, an organization which is
not enlisted in the State service, does
not wear the regulation State uniform,
and is not under officers commissioned
oy any State authority.
Col. Candler, is one of the most prom
inent Cleveland Democrats in Georgia,
but it is understood that this will not
prevent his insisting on a strict observ
ance of the military law of the State.
The regular miliiiaare with Col. Can
dler and the indications are that the
President’s escort will be confined to a
single company.
THEY WILL KISS AND MAKE UP.
Miss Vanderbilt’s Marriage may Re
concile Her Parents.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 14.—1 t has
become almost an accepted rumor among
the members of the four hundred of
New York and particularly among those
who compose the Meadowbrook Hunt
Club, of Long Island, says the Eagle,
to-night, that a reconcilation is probable
between Mr. and Mrs. Win K. Vander
bilt and that immediately following the
marriage of their daughter, Consuelo,
i with the Duke of Marlborough, a second
ceremony will unite the parents a
i second time in matrimony.
The marriage of Miss Consuelo Van
derbilt with the Duke of Marlborough is
recognized as more the wish and desire
of her father than of her mother, and,
this union has been used by the friends
of both parents to bring about a happy
understanding between them. This has
• been kept a dost? secret in the innermost
circles of the four hundred, but it has
progressed so happily that it need no
! longer be so closely guarded.
RALEIGH. N. C.. TUESDAY. OCTOBER IS. 1895.
U. S. SUPREME COURT
IT RECONVENES AFTER A RE
CESS OF FOUR AND A
HALF MONTHS.
HARMON INTRODUCED TO COURT
By his Predecessor, Secretary Olney
All the Members of the Court Were
Present—The [Formal Call on the
President Will be Foregone on Ac
count ol his Absence—A Number of
Cases Dismissed and Several Law
yers Admitted to the liar.
Washington, D C., Oct. 14.— After a
recess covering about four and a half
months, the United States Supreme
Court reconvened at noon to day, with
all the members of the court present.
There was a fair attendance of attorneys
and spectators. Secretary of State Oiney.
Attorney General Harmon, Assistant
Attorney Generals Dickinson and Whit
ney, Solicitor General Conrad and Hon.
Don. M Dickinson were among the law
yers present. The only vacant seat on
the bench was that caused by the death
of Justice Jackson.
The proceedings of the day were brief,
consisting of the hearing of unimportant
motions, the admission of a half dozen
attorneys to the bar and the introduc
tion of Attorney General Harmon to the
court by his predecessor, Secretary
Olney. Chief J ustice Fuller announced
the death of Justices Jackson and S rung,
the latter retired, simply saying that
the court was saddened by these events.
The Chief Justice also re’erred to the
custom on the part of the court of mak
ing a formal call upon the President at
the beginning of the term, but said the
call necessarily would be foregone on
account of the absence of tbe chief
executive from the city.
“Acknowledging the introduction of
the new Attorney-General as made by
Secretary Olney, Chief Justice Fuller
said:
“Tbecourt parts with the retiring At
torney-General with regret and welcomes
his successor. ”
A number of eases were dismissed
either by stipulation or on motion of
appellants and plaintiffs in error. The
court then adjourned until to-morrow
when it will meet to hear motions already
assigned for that day.
Previous to the assembling of the
court, the bar met in the court-room for
the purpose of taking appropriate action
upon the death of the late Justice Jack
sou. Secretary of State Olney was Cr U i ;d
to the chair, and Clerk McKenny, of the
Court, was designated as secretary. A
committee on resolutions was appointed,
consisting of Assistant Attorney General
J. M. Dickinson, 8. P. Walker, B. F.
Ayres, H. M. Duffield, A. H. Garland,
T. B. Turley, of Tennesgee; Samuel Shel
labarger, W. A. Maury, Thomas Wilson,
of .Minnesota, aud W. A. Sudderth, of
Kentucky. The meeting adjourned, sub
ject to the call of the chairman.
MRS. W ALKER’HSTRANGE CASE.
She Ik Said to Have One Time Been the
W ile ol Senator Mclntyre.
Chicago, 111 , Oct. 14. —Mrs. Annie
Walker, of Guelph, Oat., and who is
said to have at one time been the wife
of Senator Nclntyre, of Virginia, lies in
a West Side boarding bouse unconscious
aud in a precarious condition. The case
is a most mysterious one, and the police
do not know what to make of it.
Mrs. Walker was brought to the house
several days ago by a man giving the
name of Elliott. He left S9O in an en
velope which he said belonged to the
woman. Then he went away and has
not been seen since.
Mrs. Walker is said to be demented,
and it is also said that she is suffering
from concussion of the brain. J. E.
Fitzpatrick, who boards in the house
where Mrs. Waker is lying, gives it as his
opinion that she has been drugged and
assaulted. Her ailment is puzzling the
physicians who are attending her and
they are unable to determine as to
whether she is suffering from the effects
of some drug or from a blow. Mrs.
Waker was brought to Mrs. Tracy’s
home at 9 o’clock Thursday morning in
a carriage. She was unconscious and
was carried into the room by a man
named Elliott, who, it is said, has teen
an attendant in an insane asylum in
Canada for fifteen years. Since then he
has not been seen or heard from.
Chief of Police B vienoch inquired into
all of the particulars regarding the un
conscio s woman. He raid her friends
in Guelph, Canada, had been communi
cated with and that he had received a
telegram from a sister stating that Mrs.
Walker was insane. He also learned
that she was unconscious when she left
the train Thursday rooming. The police
are looking for Elliott.
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association.
Washington, D. 0., Oct. 14.—The an
nual convention of the National Retail
Liquor Dealers’ Association of the Uni
ted States began here to day. About
twenty eight States are represented by
delegates. The proceedings to-day were
confined to a social visit to the cabin of
John H Bridge, a few miles beyond the
city. The business session will begin to
morrow morning.
Four Mcu Suffocated.
Webster City, 10, Oct. 14.— Four
men were suffocated by gas smoke in a
coal mine two n.ei a half miles Lon
Story City, Saturday night. The (l ad
are: Albert Peterson Alexander East
man, 1. N. Negeson and George Fayue.
AN UPRISING IN COREA
THE QUEEN HAS DISAPPEARED
AND HAS PROBABLY
BEEN KILLED.
UNITED STATES TROOPS LANDED
The European Powers and Japan
Al-o Now Have Marines On Hand
Guarding Their Interests--The
Trouble Is Due to Japanese Influence
And Had Its luception Through the
Queen’s Dislike of the Newly-Organ
ized Soldiery-Thc King in Power.
Washington, I). C , Oct. 14.—Infor
mation of the formidable uprising in
Corea, resul ing in the dis ippearanco
and probable death of the Queen, and
the landing of military forces by the
United States and European powers, has
been received by Minister Kurino, of
Japan, from the foreign office at Tokio.
It is quite sensational, indicating the
landing of marines by Russia, the
United States and probably Great Bri
tain.
Tne latest dispatch to Minister Kurino
states that a force of Russian marines,
forty in number has been landed. Thus
far they have confined themselves to
guarding the Russian legation at Seoul.
United States marines were landed
from the Yorktown to the number of six
teen. It is believed also that British
marines have been landed. Besides
these, the Japanese have a considerable
force of soldiers at Seoul who have
been preserving order.
The dispatches come from Tokio and
communicate the substance of dispatches
received from Gen. Muira, the
Japanese omoy at Soul They are
dated from the 9 h to the 12th inst. It
appears from these despatches that the
trouble had its inception through the
Queen’s dislike of newly organized sol
diery of Corea. The old soldiers had the
primitive equipment of the far East. But
with the progress of Japanese influence
in Corea, two battalions of Oorean troops
were organized on modern methods.
E ich battalion numbered 690 men armed
with modern weapors. They were will
drilled and officered.
When the Qaten sh *wad her disfavor
toward these new troops they appealed
to the Tai Won Kun, a powerful chief,
who has long been at enmity with the
Q leen. He accepted the leadership of
the new troops, and at the head of one
battalion entered the Queen’s palace.
The native soldiers fled from the palace.
The Tokio dispatches do not state speci
fically what became of the Queen, fur
ther than that she had disappeared and
cannot be located. The officials are in
clined to believe, however, that the un
official reports of the Queen’s death are
true.
The Japanese government, the dis
patches further state, has acted quickly
on the reports, and has appointed a
commission to inquire into the facts. In
the meantime, it is emphatically denied
that the Queen’s death, if it has occurred,
was due to the Japanese. Oae report is
that a Japanese soshi killed the Queen.
Tnis is not yet confirmed in the dis
patches received here. The officials say
that the soshi are an irresponsible and
lawless class, and that their acts cannot
be laid to the Japanese people or gov
ernment.
Gen. Muira’s reports also cover the
work of the Japanese troops in preserv
ing order Tbe troop.! were stationed
opposite tbe palace, having secured this
point of vantage some time since through
the Oorean government. They took no
part in the attack on the palace, but
after it had occurred, when the
native troops were fleeing and the new
battalions were enforcing their success
in capturing tbe palace, the Japanese
troops aided in preventing bloodshed and
disorder. It is probable that some
deaths occurred duriug the melee Fol
lowing this came the landing of United
States and Russian marines, and, as is
believed, the landing of the British.
The latest indications are that Tai
Won Kun and the King are in control of
affairs at the Oorean capital. The King
has been the nominal ruler, but the
Queen has heretofore been recognized as
tie real ruler. The influence of the King
and the Tai Won Kun are dis’i ictly fa
vorable to the Japanese.
At the Curean legation no word has
been received from the disturbed capitol.
The officials are much exercised, and do
not doubt that the Q leen has met her
death, although they are not ready to
abandon hopes.
In case official confirmation is received,
there will be such formal ceremony as is
usual on the death of a sovereign. The
legation will go into mourning, but there
is not likely to be a funerai service, al
though this has been considered as a
further mark of respect.
SEVENTY-SIX PERSONS INJURED
Passenger Train on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad Wrecked.
Elkhorn, W. Va., Oat. 14.—A passen
ger train on the Norfolk and Western
Kailroad was wrecked by a broken frog
between Btuefield and Kenova to-day.
The baggage and mail car aud the sec
ond class coach were thrown from the
track aud ditched. Seventy six passen
gels were in the car and all were more
or less injured. P. P. Dillon, mayor of
Pocahontas, Va., was badly hurt, also
R. L Coney, of the Greenbrier Coal Co.,
and F L. Shaffer, baggage master. All
the wounded passengers were taken to
Poca r ontas for medical amentum.
Death of Ex-Governor Ferry.
Seattle, Wn., Oct. 14. —Ex-Governor
E. P. Ferry died this ut ruing.
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
The Subject of Chnrch Unity was DL; -
cussed Yesterday.
Minneapolis, Minn , Oct. 14 —The
subject of church unity came to the
front almost at the opening of the ses
sion of the Episcopal House of Deputies
to day. A report was presented by a
majority of the committee on amend
ments to the constitution presenting an
amendment empoweiing a bishop to
recognize congregations outside the
Episcopal church and take them under
his spocial care, provided such congre
gation subscribe to the Episcopal creed,
in which case it need not necessarily be
c >n firmed.
A minority report signed by six mem
liers of the committee was presented by
Rev J. J. Faude, of Minneapolis. The
minority opposed the amendment be
cause it touched the book of common
prayer, gave bishops the right to set
aside the customs and canons of the
church, even gave a bishop power to
celebrate the mass if a congregation de
sired, without confirmation, would
alienate many from the church and had
no compensating advantages. In the
mind of the minority, the amendment,
instead of being a step toward church
unity, was really in the direction of ag
gregation and not spiritual unity.
The report called attention to the fact
that there had been absolutely no re
spouse to the advances made by the
church toward unity in the Chicago
Lambeth declaration, and that this move
was premature. Even if it passed the
minority believed that few congregations
would avail themselves of the privilege.
The whole matter was made a special
order.
The committee on unfinished busi
ness offered a resolution for final ad
journment on Tuesday, Oct. 22, which
was finally adopted.
A message from the House of Bishops
announced that that body had receded
from its opposition to the new diocese of
Marquette, and concurred in its erec
tion.
The cons'itunonal revision committee
submitted its final report, with the ex
ception of the canon on marriage and
divorce, which was promised to morrow.
The report is substantially the same as
that already printed, the changes being
minor and verbal ones. Consideration
of tbe report being resumed, section 8,
of article 1, was taken up.
This precipitated the debate over the
representation of missionary jurisdictions
in the House.
Governor Prince, of. New Mex'co,
made a strong speech in favor of giving
the missionary jurisdiction representa
tives all the privileges of other delegates
save that of voting He declared that
the 346 clergymen and 26,000 communi
cants in tbe missionary jurisdictions had
a right to be heard.
An amendment was adopted giving
jurisdiction in Europe the same repre
sentations that those in the United States
have
In the House of Bishops Bishop Gar
rett, of Northern Texas, presented a
memorial asking that the missionary
jurisdiction of Northern Texas be erected
into a diocese. The order of the day,
the erection of the missionary district of
Duluth in Northern Minnesota, was then
taken up.
Gov. Prince finally won his point by a
substantially unanimous vote. The
term “Presiding Officer of the House of
Bishoj s’’ was substituted for “Primate”
in article 1.
HANGED BY TRACE CHAINS.
Suicide ol h Wife Hiid Mother Near
Asheville Sunday.
Special to the News and Observer.
Asheville, N. 0., Oct. 14.
Mrs. Martha Miller, wife of John J.
Miller, living five miles below Asheville,
committed suicide by hanging herself
with two trace chains fastened to a raf
ter of the stable Sunday morning. She
had a husband and four children. Mrs.
Miller, for several months, had shown
sign 3 of insanity.
Samuel W. Davidson, a prominent cit
izen of Oherokee county, died at Murphy
last night. He was 72 yeais old and a
brother of A T. Davidson, of Asheville.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
W. E Curtis, is at the Battery Park.
It is expected that President Cleveland
will stop here on his return from Atlan
ta, on his way to Col. Frank Coxe’s
Green River plantation, near Ruther
ford ton.
DELUGED IV MOLTEN METAL.
One Mini Fatally Burned and Four
Others Seriously Injured.
Pittsburg Pa., Oct. 14—Two con
verters at the Frankstown mill of Jones
& Laughlin, overturned at 3:40 o’clock
this morning and sixteen tons of molten
metal poured into the pit below where a
score or more of men were at work. One
man was fatally burned, three danger
ously, and four others sustained serious
injuries. Their names are: Squire Wat
80U, will die; John B. Burr, Wm Ed
wards. Charles Freeborn, Wm. O Faulk
ner, Thomas W. Faulkner, Frank Kerl
ing. Samuel Lowe.
TIIKEE~SEAMEN l)ROW NED.
A Schooner Sprung a Leak and Sank
Sunday Night.
Loraine, 0., Oct. 14.—The schooner
Nellie Duif, hailing from Detroit and
bound for Peele Island to Cleveland,
loaded with gravel, sank two miles off
the Loraine harbor shortly after md
uight last night. A heavy sea was run
ning and the schooner sprung a leak.
Capt. Peterson and Seaman John Hager
man, both of Pomeroy, O , and an un
known sailor hailing from Cleveland,
were drowned.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AGSINST FREE SILVER
THE FARMERS’ NATIONAL CON
GRESS NOW IN SESSION
AT ATLANTA.
OPPOSED TO THE 16 TO I RATIO
A Resolution Adopted Asking Con
gress to Use Both Gold and Silver on
a Parity and Calling for an Inter
national Monetary Conference—The
President Asked to Call It--The 10
to I Amendment Defeated fly a Vote
of 251 to 101—The Beef Trust.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14.—Soon after
the Farmers’ National Congress which
met here last week and has been holding
daily sessions since, resumed its sitting
this morning, a sensation was sprung in
the form of a fight on free silver which
resulted in the complete defeat of the
16 to 1 forces.
By a vote of 251 9 14 to 104 5 14 the
congress refused to insert the words “at
a ratio not to exceed 16 to I’’ in a reso
lution asking Congress to use both gold
and silver on a parity and calling for an
international conference on the mone
tary question.
The resolution was one which had ju3t
come from the committee on resolutions,
and was reported favorably. It was
offered by Mr. J. G. Offutt, a prominent
delegate from Indiana.
In substance it deprecated the present
condition on finance in this country,
and called upon the President of the
United States to call an international
congress of all nations willing to unite
in the equal use of both gold and silver.
Then the free silver delegates wanted
the paragraph changed so as to read
“williDg to unite in the eqnal use of
both gold and silver at a ratio not to ex
ceed 16 to 1.”
Numbers of delegates jumped to their
feet and it was soon evident that the
Congress was opposed to the amend
ment. The question was first put viva
voce and the noes had it evidently. A
vote by States was called for and re
salted in the rejection of the amendment
by a vote of 251 9-14 to 104 5 14.
Georgia's delegation was divided. The
States, known as the silver States,
favored the amendment, and the East,
tbe North and the South voted almost
solidly against it.
The fight wa3 made squarely on the
merits of the question, and the issue was
in no way clouded with parliamentary
technicalities. Those delegates, who
favored the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at 16 to 1, voted for the amend
ment, and it was lost by a majority
of 147.
The victory of the sound money ele
ment in the congress was emphasized
later in the day when a resolution de
claring opposition to the further issue of
interest-bearing Treasury bonds or notes
under any circumstances was lost.
A resolution favoring congressional
enactment against the beef trust was
adopted.
EDGECOMBE SUPERIOR COURT.
A River Steamer Now Reins Built at
Tarboro.
Special to the News and Observer.
Tarboro, N. 0-, Oct. 14.
Superior Court convened here to-day.
Judge Boykin presides. This court i 3
only for the trial of civil cases.
A telephone system will be put up in
Tarboro in a few weeks now. A line has
been erected between here and St.
Lewis, a small village ten mile 3 from
town.
The Shiloh Oil Mills have about com
pleted their new steamer. The hull is
finished. This steamer will be
launched on the first of November. It is
ninety feet long, and the first steamer
ever built at this place. The Confeder
ates started two cruisers just across the
river, during the late war, but they were
burned before completion.
The tobacco market still continues to
push forward with marked success.
There are on the market now eight first-
buyers, who aro paying the very
best prices for tobacco.
THE DURRANT TRIAL.
Not Likely that It will be Resumed
Before Next Monday.
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 14.—The
trial of Theodore Durrant for the mur
der of Blanche Lamont did not go on
this morning. Many of the jurors are
business men and this being collection
day the court adjourned until to-morrow.
It is likely that the court will take a
further adjournment to morrow morn
ing. Attorney Duprey, the leading
counsel for the defense, is confined to
his bed with rheumatism, aud his asso
ciates will base this as a reason for con
tinuance for several days. Although the
court is known to be opposed to delays
in this trial, it is believed, however,
that he will grant the continuance. Iu
that case the trial will not likely
bo resumed before next Monday. Iu the
meantime Durrant remains in his cell,
never leaving it for the customary exer
cising in the corridors. It is said that
he is becoming exceedingly irritable.
Since he finished his testimony iu Judge
Murphy’s court the defendant has lost
considerable vivacity, and instead of be
ing careless and indifferent, he is serious
and troubled.
Death of Bishop Durnford.
Basle, Switzerland, Oct. 14.—The
Right Rov. Richard Durnford, Bishop of
Chichester, died here suddenly to day,
aged 93 years.