KsTAKLISiiED "18G7
WILMXNGTON, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY III, 1S04
SI. 00 PEK Yt.AR.
ANOTHER REPORT
- - 0w THE SUGAR TRUST BRI
BERY COMMITTED.
,f oat the IiefuKal of the Wlt-
to Testify A akn to Have
! Vrtilled to the District
Attorncj Senator Hill's
opposition The Bank
Tax Itepeal Bill Un
der Discussion.'
SENATE,
.v -1 ; : t.ivs, 31 ay 20. In the morn
. ; .f -l.i.urin the Senate Senator Kyle
.1 in having his Hawaiian reso
. r.-ik-n up. and accepted as a sub
. U r it the Turpie resolution, as
. from the Committee on Foreign
' It declares that, from the
-,i' i ; -ip-rs laid before the Senate
. - and inexpedient, under ex-
.. . . . ..nditions, to consider at this
1 . aty project of annexation of the
if. an territory to the United States.
.. . - Provisional Government havT
,.-. duly recognized, the
international interests re
.... it shall pursue its own line of"
-. .:, 1 that foreign intervention in
:! ;ti affairs of the island will be
- : i .ts an act unfriendly to the
, . i- nt of the United States.
. . i -.-..'.ution was then displaced
by
m:1 l.iil. and Senator Proctor took
,. r t.-p-aK against u. ue nnisneu
.- is ;it 11:15 o'clock, and then Sen-
:;i;n'W addres-sed the Senate in
i n f the bill.
.t rJray rose and saiti that he
. directed by the select commit-
i ti ri.il uri tho 17th nf Mn.v. to
a. p.irtial report, ana lie asueu mat
r t;. r Hill said that before making
..!.; d i.n he would like to know
. :li-Senator from Delaware what
i. i ;iT:nae was.
:. .;..r i Iny replied that he had no
.mm' other than indicated in the
The committee had submitted
ii v. hich it considered as one of
.iji.-t privilege, and he supposed
:i. r w:is no question that the re
. a-in order at anytime. It con-
i t!i" privileges of the Senate, and
. i that the rejort be read in order
I;.- St-nnte might determine whether
;i .jii. tion of privilege or not.
;r. jrllill In the light of the ex
v'k .n t.f the Senator from Delaware,
r ui.
r m tne njrnt ot ti e expianauon
... 1 1 1 A & JL I . . -
i In- does not give, I am compelled
time, to object to the reception of
r -port.
at.-r Crav I make the point of
that a report concerning the privi
: the Senate is one entitled to pres
. :.-:deration and is not subiect to
:-n.
:: r Manderson coincided with the
pressed bv -Senator Cray, and
1 that .the chair, or the Senate,
not determine whether it was a
. -;. n of privilege unless the report
presiding officer (Faulkner) ex-
;r. i the opinion that the Senator
:r - ii N. I.raka was right.
r irt was then read. It consists
'- printed pages, some of it being
. :;i;i'.i s from that part of the testi
:..:: here auswers were refused. A
; rt;..:i of the testimony is also submit
1 the Senate. It relates that Elisha
1 !! U anls appeared before the' commit
: May "J 1th, and stated that he was a
n p. ndent of the Philadelphia IVctas,
: a r.-u the letter signed "Holland" rel-.vt-
the doings of the Sugar trust and
rt.t:n S -nators. It appears from this re-
r: tl.it the specific questions Mr.
: ":ir!s declined to answer vere those
--u -: him who informed him of Mr.
r;:. " rvent visit to the Committee
' i w hen he, as Mr, Edwards
-'--A. made an appeal to the Demo-
: n-emhers in February, that appeal
! -o.-ed to have reference to a
. n sugar. The committee states
it overruled the objections of Judge
r.nueft-r, Mr. Edwards counsel, and
ii:sl'-.-,J upoimn answer to the questions,
i .iiuKstuas sought to ascertain the
my for the statement that Sec
;:;ir.v";ir lisle signified his willingness
r if to prepare an amendment to the
?eiieiii:e, which he thought would
r t( the ifvrnmnt. nrnl rtrf inct
. - w J . J u.
-u-ar interests; who gave the
fa.ation tncerning the alleged in-
!r between officers of the Sugar
;:--iV: Havemeyer, the New York
r !:ner. Senator Brice and Senator
:tj: ho was his informant that on
- ,; '-y Senator Voorhees denied any.
!--laients were pronosed to the bill.
-ally reptrted to the Senate, the
amendments as prepared by
r Jones, was in the hands of one
-.embers of the brokerage firm of
a : Schley; that the draft of the
- '-a -dale, as finallv adontpd. m
r.
ty and representatives of the
tmg in one room of the Capitol
lule the committee was in
m another. All of thee ques-
imnutee say, 3Ir. Edwards,
'-u the advice of his counsel, re- ;
-nver.
, ,riI- to the testimony of John
r. ';"rr-spondent of the'New York
' -'-'V'lYjf.', the committee quoted
le;tvr detailing what a pro
wire mnniif.-jtnT-a , n,.i
ir. ' .lVr 1T -'tseard at the Arlington
hotel
:.v- f reu oenators ana represen-
1 the ugar trust. Shriver said
(,t. -:';roCoD2reS3gaTeilim in
"'f he committee say that,
tro -to th? direct question, he de-W-rf
":iTe the name of either the
:j Mi 7U?nor,the wire manufcicturer,
SivW1 t referre in his news dis
rey. in t'oncigion the committee
ttiSi0n V.the committee each
U iIonsPutt each of said wit
"tc t 1 PT0r tion and perti-
thf r-nrvAZ-:: "uuer inquiry be- '
L ?'Ue and was necessary to )
the lamination ordered by said I
resolution of the Senate, and that each
of the said witnesses w in contempt of
the Senate and merits to be dealt with
for his misconduct; and that each of said
witnesses by his various refusals to an
swer the questions as herein setforth has
violated the provisions of that certain
act of congress in such cases made and
provided, being Chapter 7 of the lie vised
Statutes of the United States."
The closing words of the report are a3
follows:
'Wherefore,thecommittee request that
the President of the Senate certify aa to
each witness his aforesaid failure to
testify and his aforesaid refusals to
answer and all the facts herein, under
the seal of the Senate, to the United
States district attorney for the District
of Columbia, to the end that each of
said witnesses may be proceeded against
in manner and form provided by law."
There is no reference to the case of
Hariy Walker, correspondent of the
New York Duily America.
When the reading of the report was
concluded Senator Hill took the fl or
and argued that the report did not present
such a question of privilege as should
displace the pending bill. If the report
had been on the first part of the inquiry
(the attempt to bribe two Senators) it
would have been a question pf the high
est privilege, but that report had been
already made and disposed of. But the
second part of the inquiry as to whether
Senators had been speculating in sugar
stock -d id not involve a question of
crime, although it might involve a ques
tion of impropriety.
Senator Harris interrupted Senator
Hill with a question of order, and argued
that the report presented no question for
the Senate to vote upon and, therefore,
no question for the Senate to debate.
There was a statute which devolved a
duty on the chair on the presentation of
the report, and the chair alone could act
upon it.
Senator Hill, regardless of Senator
Harris' point oforder, went on with his
own argument and was after awhile
again interrupted by Senator Harris,
who asked the ruling of the chair on his
Ioint of order.
The Vice President, who had resumed
the chair, made the following ruling:
'This is a privileged report. And it is
not such a report as calls for any action
on the part of the Senate. The only ac
tion called for by this report is the action
of the presiding officer. That is the de
cision of the chair. The question before
the Senate is the amendment of the Sen
ator from Kansas to the lumber schedule
of the tariff bill."'
Senator Hill appealed from the decis
ion of the Vice President, and argued
that the Senate had a right to direct the
presiding officer not to proceed further
in the matter until after further action
of the Senate. The statute iu question
was loosely and carelessly drawn. But
the Senate had complete jurisdiction of
the matter until the last moment. Con
tinuing he said:
"So long as you have entered upon
this inquiry foolishly, in my judgment
it is your duty to exhaust it and to go
to the bottom. If you have seen fit to
investigate mere idle newspaper charges,
not founded on affidavitts, not founded
on personal knowledge, then carry it
out and do not simply take the news
paper men who started the inquiry. !
There is no objection to swearing every
Senator around the circle. If any news- !
paper man had circulated a t tory which
reflected on my honor and integrity as a j
Senator and if the Senate had seen fit to j
have an investigation of this sort and if
the newspaper man disclaimed on the
stand all personal knowledge of the mat
ter, I should be the next witness to be
called. I do not think it was wise to
have entered oh this branch of the in
quiry, but the committee having en
tered upon it should follow, it up.
I desire to offer a resolution on this
subject, and I withdraw the appeal in
regard to one part of the ruling of the
chair."
Senator Harris objected to a part of
Senator Hill's appeal being' withdrawn
and also to the reception of Senator Hill's
resolution, but Senator Hill continued to
hold the floor and read the resolution
which he desired to offer: "That the
questions asked and refused to be answer
ed are not pertinent to the inquiry; and
that the presiding officer be requested
not to certify the same to the district
attorney, until further direction of the
Senate." I
The resolution was not received and
Senator HilTs appeal from the decision
of the chair was laid on the table.
Senator Dolph offered a resolution re
citing that Elisha Edwards, a witness
hating been lawfully required to testify,
had refused to answer questions and di
recting the presiding officer to issue his
warrant commanding the sergeant-at-arins
to arrest and bring to the bar of the
Senate, the body of Edwards, in order to
show cause why he shoic Id not be pun
ished for contempt, and, in the mean
time, to keep him in custody to await the
further order of the Senate.
Recalling hk experience acounleyears
ago when the newspaper correspondents
declined to tell him and the Committee
on Rules how they obtained information
of what occurred in executive sessions.
Senator Dolph eaid that this was his op
portunity, and he quoted from Mazeppa
the line " that "Time makes all things
even.'. His resolution wient over till to
morrow ana uien tne lanri dui was
again taken up the question being on
the amendments offered yesterdav bv
Senators Hale and Peffer to the lumber
schedule. Both were rejected.
Senator Allen offered an amendment
putting on the free list logs, lumber,
shingles and such building materials as
are commonly used in the construction
of dwelling "houses, barns and fences.
Ho warned Democratic Senators that
their bill would not be swallowed by
liim and other Senators of his party
without some modifications..
Without action on Senator Alleys
amendment, the bill was laid aside with
the arrangement that the lumber sched
ule will be disposed of on Thursday with
out any further discussion.
'Then after a short executive session
th Senate at 6:25 o'clock adjourned till
TLtirsday at 10 o'clock.
(j, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
1 -morrow being Decoration day, Mr. J
Catchinea, at the opening of the ses
sion to-day, movd bat when the House
adjourn it be until Thursday at noon
agreed to. !
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the 10 per cent, bank tax bilL
The first speaker was Mr. Cox, Democrat,
of Tennessee, who was permitted to
speak without limit. He favored the re
peal of the law. At 2:30 o'clock Mr.
Cox concluded his remarks, having
spoken almoet two hoars. ; j
Mr. Johnson, Republican, of Indiana,
a member of the Committee on Banking
and Currency was the next speaker, tak
ing a position opposite to Mr. Cox. He
spoke an hour and three-quarters, and
was followed by Mr. Black, Democrat, of
Georgia, also a member of the committee
He first referred to the statement made
by Mr. Springer, chairman of the Com
mittee which was, he said, not the least
of the strange doctrines asserted by
the latter, that the Supreme court was
the final arbiter of what the constitution
mpant and was, and that its decision was
binding on the House. It would be, he
said, remembered that, at least, in one
instance in this Congress vthe repeal of
the Federal Election laws) that doctrine
was entirely repudiated. The Congress
was a co ordinate branch of the Govern
ment, and was no more dependent upon
the Supreme court for an interpretation
of the constitution than it was upon the
House. In support of this Mr. Blabk
quoted Jefferson's letters to John Adams
upon this subj-ct, which he commended
to the chairman. I
Without concluding his remarks, Mr.
Black gave way to a motion that the
committee rise. This was agreed to, and
at 5 o'clock; the House adjourned until
Thursdav.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Stocks and Bonds in NewfYork The
Grain and Provision Markets
of Chicago.
New York, May 29. The dealings in
stocks to-day amount to 137,000 shares
against 144,000 yesterday. In to-day's
total, American Sugar, Burlington and
Quincy, Chicago Gas and St. Faul figured
for 9,130 shares, leaving only 45,532 for
the remainder of the active list. Sugar
went down to 99 and rose to 100J and
closed 100J to 100 j. The stock is still
sensitive to Washington rumors. The
old stories about prospective legislation
were circulated and the stock moved up
and down according to the tenor 'of the
advices. Chicago Gas figured for 27,000
shares in the total sales. There was no
new develonment to account for the rise
which was generally attributed jto the
efforts of a short interest to cover. The
April statement of Burlington showed a
surplus of 40,323, against a deficit
of $98,515 for the corresponding
period in 1893, and had a good effect
on the Grangers and especially on the
stock named and proved to be a disap
pointment to the shorts in the Grangers.
Heading was in better request on rumors
from Philadelphia that various bond
holders' committees will get together in
the early future and that the assessment
on iunior securities will be a small one.
London bought moderately of its spec
ialties. In the last hour there was a re
action of to 1 per cent, on realizations,
but at the close there was a recovery
and the market left off firm in tone.
Net changes show gains of to 1 Pr
cent, for the day. The bond market
was strong. Sales of listed stocks were
98,000 shares; unlisted, 38,000.
Chicago, May 29. A holiday spirit
prevailed in wheat to day. Unless some
thing extraordinary happens this is the
customary manner of anticipating !a
holiday, the precedent being followed in
this instance. Pardridge did some fine
work on the curb, forcing prices down
f c from last night's close and with this
loss the market opened. Most of the
wheat bought on his bulge, in expecta
tion of frosts, which were predicted for
some States, wasTor sale at the start, the
looked-for freeze not materializing. The
weight of these offerings caused a
further drop of ic in the space of a very
few minutes, after which there was a
slight recovejy. July wheat opened at
55f c, pold between 55 to 55c and 55
to 55c, closing at 55fc, a net loss of ic
for the day. Cash wheat was steady, j
At first the corn market was firm on
its own account. After the temper had
moderated there was less disposition to
go it at one and more to abide by the
tone in wheat shown. July sold between
38i and 37c, closing at 38c. There was
a fair inquiry for cash corn. Offerings
were moderate and price hefd steady.
Oats were independently firm , the poor
crop prospects beiDg the sustaining fac
tor. The trade was not large on account
of to-morrow's holiday. July closed
higher than yesterday. Cash oats werb
in good demand and prices to c highej.
The dullness in product was more pro
found to-day than for some time 'past,
the inactivity being accentuated by thje
approaching holiday. Wheat opening
wesic and some grades of hogs sel ling
lower caused an easy Opening and the rp
covery of gain, with a later report
from the yards, quoting a firm close in
that market, resulted in a better tone to
provisions, i The close was 2c lower
eaok for July pork and ribs and 5 to 7$c
lower for July lard.
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Mes. Wixslow's Sootiuxg Sveup nas been
used by millions oc mothers for their chil
dren while teething. If disturbed at night
and broken of your rest by a sick child euf
f ering and crying with pam of Cutting Teeth
send at once and get a bottle of "Mrs. Wins
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ing. It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Depend upon it, mothers,!
there is no mistake about it. It cares Diar
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cures Wind Colic, softens the Gums and re
duces Inflammation, and gives tone and
energy to the whole system. "Mrs. Wins
low's Soothing Syrup" for children teething
is pleasant to the taste and is the prescrip
tion of one of the oldest and best females
physicians and nurses in the United States.
Price twenty-five cents a bottle. Sold by all
druggists throughout the world. Be sure
and ask for "Mes. Wixslows SocTHrsa
Stbut." Jul wly
IN WAKE JAIL.
THE FIEND II AX) KENS PLACED
THERE FOR SAFE KEEPING.
lie Confesses IIU Crime and Far Ue
ould Repeat It Mr. Knglehartl
Again Celebrate His 21r,
Birthday The TVilkfnwon
Alcott . Marriage -Address
to the King's
Daughter.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. May 2.
Thus far over 30,000 of stock in the
Melrose cotton milb here has been taken.
To-day a well knowg gentleman asked
the directors to allow him to take f 10.
000 of the stock. The matter has not
yet been acted on.
Governor Carr to day received from,
Mrs. J. M. Manning, of Henderson. 50
for the Vance Monument fund. It was
realized at a performance of "Esther
given by the Vance county association.
Saturday afternoon the negro who
outraged Miss Mary Phillips at Burling
ton was arrested in Caswell county. He
was taken to Burlington yesterday morn
ing and made a confession. He begged
the people not to burn him but to hang
him. Excitement was intense and it
was openly said he would be lynched
last night. Solicitor Parker addressed
the people urging them to obey the law.
The negro was taken to Graham last
night and was safe there to day. At
least 1,000 people were at Burlington
yesterday from the country and it ap
peared certain that the scoundrel would
be lynched. ;
? There was quite a romantic marriage
here at 11:30 o'clock this morning. Mr.
H. A., Wilkinson, press operator at the
Neics Observer Chronicle office, was mar
ried to Miss Mamie Allcott, daughter of
Mr. Wayne Allcott,of Raleigh. Rev. D.H.
Tuttle performed the ceremony, i The
matter was kept very quiet as the bride
graduated at Peace Institute Ihis even
ing. By Special Dispatch
Yesterday the president of Peace in
stitute received an anonymous ' letter
saying that Miss Allcott was to be mar
ried to-night and sent this note to her
father. This made a change of plan
necessary and so the marriage occurred
this morning. This afternoon Mr. Allcott
heard that his daughter, who had re
turned home, was to be married during
the day. He determined to prevent this
and went in search of Wilkinson. While
he was away his daughter left the house
and was rapidly driven to her husband's
boarding house, and there the angry
father found them. He was shown the
marriage certificate and departed. It
was another case where loved tri
umphed. Messenger Bureau, )
Raleigh. May 29. f
Robert Madkins, the negro who out
raged Miss Mary Phillip3 at Burlington
wa3 brought here this morning about 9
o'clock and placed in jail, for safe keep
ing. This transfer from the jail at Gra
ham was made by order of Judge Hoke,
who is now holding court at Greens
boro, and was done to prevent a lynching.
Solicitor Parker savs he will use all the
means in his power to get a special term
of Alamance court to try this case. Mad
kins' arrival caused no sensation here.
It was not expected he would be brought
here. The train on which he was on his
way here was delayed at Durham and a
great crowd gathered there. He is only
21 years of age and has rather a good
face. He confesses his crime freely and
expects to be hanged but had the audac
ity to say he would do the same thing
over again if matters happened as they
did.
Two companies of troops from South
Carolina passed here this morning on the
Seaboard Air Line, on their, way to
Richmond. There were ninety-six offi
cers and men.
Adjt. Gen. Cameron left yesterday
afternoon for Richmond, and this morn
ing Cols. Benehan Cameron and E. G.
Harrell left for the tame place. All will
be in the procession to-morrow. J
Gen. Mead post, Grand Army ol the
Republic, will have charge of the ; deco
ration day ceremonies at the beautiful
National cemetery here tomorrow. Rev.
A. W. Curtis delivers the address and
Rev. I. McK. Pittinger, rector of the
Church of the Good Shepherd, will offer
the praver. The members of Meade post
specially invite all Confederate veterans,
and particularly the inmates of the Sol-!
diers' Home, to join with them in the
observances. The veterans from the
Home will go to the cemetery in a body,
as they did last year.
This morning Judge Walter Cfark, Mr.
John C Scarborough and Col. S. McD.
Tate left for Sharpsburg, or Antietam, to
mark the position o? the North Carolina
r- t hi xr ; i
mpmnf th mmiAn loft Ttr.
day. They will be engaged perhaps two
weeks. Gen. Harry Heth will f meet
them at Washington and go to the bat
tie ground with them, he being a mem
ber of the National commission.
Mrs. Wilkinson (Miss Mamie Alcott)
whosA marriage was the local sensation
yesterday, was not present at Peace in
stitute last evening, her name was not
called, nor did she receive her diploma,
as a member of the graduating class.
Her husband is a very clever and popu
lar young man. and is a native of
Lynchburg. All parties have become
reconciled and the matter ends most
pleasantly.
Capt. E. B. Engelhard, chief of the
Raleigh fire department, to-day cele
brated his birthday (said to be the 21st)
by giving a picnic at the water works
pump house in compliment to Mr. and
Mrs. James P. Ferrall, who were re
cently married, r
Hie weather is again unreasonably
cool and fires were in vogue this morn
ing. There were heavy hailstorms near
here yesterday afternoon- Cotton is
having a hard time this season
Special Agnt Spauhlin b 'htr. mak
i ing an impaction of the rt-recu c-r!jo.
rtx coqticU were brought from
Ilobeson county to the rmtrnUarr !at
night by Sheriff Frank Floyd and four
from Halifax, by Sheriff Abbrook.
The band of the Lafayetto Military
academy, of Fayette ville, haa been en
gaged to furnbh muic at the Teacher
Assembly at Morehead City next Jum.
Mr. Logan D. Terrell, clerk of the
Commissioner of Labor Statistic, i in
very poor health and left to-day for Pan
acea Springs.
Mrs. Davis, of New York, one of the
founders of the King ' Dnghter.wa
here yesterday and at Fxi ton Street
M. E. church addressed all the members
of the I order in Raleigh. She left thin
morning for New York.
Invitations have been received for the
commencement exercises of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical college. It w the
second annual commencement. ; Con
gres?man W. H. Hatch, of Missouri, de
livers the annual address June 19th. Rev.
W. A. Creasy preaches the baccalaureate
sermon June 17Ch. The next day the
class exercises will be held. There are
eight members of the graduating chuw.
On the! 19th' of June there will bean ex
hibition of practical work and military
drill. The next dav is commencement
day. '
A BAND OF FIENDS
A Conspiracy Among a Band of Xe-
groea Against a Number of .White
Women The Leader Lynched.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 29. A spe
cial to the Times Union from Palatka,
Fla., says: The people of this section
are very much excited over the discov
ery of a diabolical conspiracy among the
negroes to commit a series of outrages
upon white women. The particulars
are that about eight weeks ago a negro
preacher by the name of Burgis came to
the turpentine stills in the neighborhood
of Putnam Hall, and procured employ
ment After becoming acquainted with
the colored employes, he made damag
ing.retriarks about the daughter I of a
farmer living nearby and proposed to
the negroes that they should size: this
girl and several other white women and
carry them into the swamp and make
them submit to their demands. It is
understood that several negroes agreed
to the plan, and that the preparations
were being made to carry it into elTect.
Fortunately the white people got a
hint of the conspiracy and began to make
an investigation. They secured evidence
that such a conspiracy did exist,! and
they took step3 to guard their homes.
Meanwhile, the negroes learned that
their diabolical plan was known and, se
cretly, they began to leave the country.
One of those to leave was Burgis, who
had suggested the outrages upon the
women.; He fled just in time to escape
frpm a number of white men who had
gone to secure him. It was learned that
Burgis had gone to Georgia and the
father of the young lady whom he had
so vilely slandered swore out a warrant
against the negro. The Georgia author
ities were communicated with and Bur
gis was arrested.
A Florida officer left to secure the ne
gro Sunday. The officer returned with
him and fearing a mob, stopped olf j at a
! little station called New Burg, intending
to secret me prisoner at mcuu uuuic
near by. The officer started to j this
house, but had not proceeded more than
half a mile when he was confronted by
73 or 100 mounted men. They
covered him with guns and rifles and
demanded the prisoner. Being over
powered, there was no other alternative
but to give him up, and the next morn
ing Burgis was seen hanging from a
limb two miles from the place where he
was taken from Deputy Lane
Burgis was about 45 years of age. He
confessed to Mr. Lane that the report he
circulated about the farmer's daughter
was untrue, but he made the remark
about her to interest the negroes in his
damnable undertaking. The white peo
ple are wild with rage and it is believed
that more lynchings will speedily follow.
A WONDERFUL EXPLOSIVE.
Twenty-five Thousand Ballets FJred
j from an Electric Gun.
Paris May 29. The Patri publishes
to-day a sensational article in which it is
said that Turpin. the inventor of the ex-
plosive known as panclastite, offered to
. r. onm ;rT,0 aP.0
the FreDch Government some time ago
a new explosive of very great power, to
be used in an electric metraille. rng
automatically 25,000 bullets. Thearticie
goes on to say that this inyenUon which,
to the army possessing it, would make
impossible the approach of an enemy,
was refused by the .trench Office
and was afterwards sold by themventor
to the German Government. The Jafri
calls the French Government s refusal of
the invention an act of high treason.
Deoutv DeRamel, referring to i the
Putrt s fetory, says that he recenuy
wrote to Casimir-Perier, then Premier,
insisting that the French Government
should acquire the invention, even if it
possessed only the one-hundredth part
of the power claimed for it, and that
the Premier replied that the Govern
ment could not negotiate with M. Tur
pin, in view of his recent quarrel with
the artillery department. Deputy
Lellerissee has given notice that hejwill
question Gen. Mercier, the new Minister
of War, on the subject in the Chamber
on Thursday. 1
La Preme asserts that the invention
was purchased by England,
Mother and Daughter.
Salisbury, N. C, May 10. I and my
daughter have been using Hood's Sarsa
parfila. We have taken three bottles
and find it an excellent medicine. I can
testify to its great merits. I recommend
it to all who are guff ering with indiges
tion or diseases peculiar to women. Mbs.
A. W. Northern. I
Hood s Pill cure indigestion.
HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE
SUCCESSFUL BORING FOR TTll
FOUNDATION.
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I'tshthoaM to hm Haiti At w
Senator Gorman Vrry III
WholeAf Itrha
Clerk ttj fircretary I.
moani A !"naie t. j
Navigation. ' j
Wamunqton. May 29.Srn!i r tkr
man ha not Iwn In hi arat tn the fW
ate since the day he drlitrrrd .U m-nt
sptveh upon the Tariff bilL It mM km-wn
that he wm indipord, but ra h day Um
announcement wm made that rt
all h nmlod. To-day, how w. th
Senator's brother i quoUxl ai tin; ilmt
Senator Gorman b a trry nrk i-wv.
Overwork, he aay, i the ran c f bU
illm-K. In addition to the nrura'j;!
with which he haa leen tulTtnr g fur
several ycnrn, be hat uilrnd from mmm
trouble with hi kidney. Ih i, w
said to be subject to flu of r.rrvt i ihi
which have brought on fp.M id
tacks of insomnia, which Uiu t imvi
ato been aggravated by hU old cm my.
neuralgia. In lulJiUm to the nUivc
cans., ever lnce the inaugurat ion or
Mr. Cleveland lat year. Senator Gorman
ha Ut n bieged at all hour hy crowd
of oflice se kern who have lit. rally irn
him out. That he i- a very -i -k man k
admitted by all hi friend.
The wholesale discharge of ivtk. for
which .Secretary Lmi ont h.i k hmg
been preparing, took pUce In Uie War
Department to day, m arly Vj1 ernpKiytin
receiving notitx-K tliat ihefr m rvi wi rr
no longer rejuiril. Many f them wire
ul(0 notitiitl that fJiey wo'il.J U iillimKt
piiy until various lat i in June tm 'm
count of n guhtr Jevi f ul tun
Nearly 100 vacanei- hud alr idy U n
creattxl in thti n-c ii ,n i eMion oftnix.
and the total ctfit in l,td. r di: tu if
force, nu tnbermg .V"). ii ut-ut nom
plihed, although it in t xi t.-d Uiat
twenty live or thirty m.r- hir u v ill
be created by the end of tluf ! ii star.
Of the di4 iarkr H t !nv. twhi aerr
from the Secretary's t !h ut.d from
that of records and p-n-ion. The ad
jutant general lot thirty and the nur
geon general runeU n. I hi rel net lona
are all recouimendeil in the I illative.
Kxecutive and Judteiul A i prut. ri at ion
bill now unl r cocMvieration by i.n
gress. I he .Secretary will tifit tuni hi
attention to Bending hnrk t ihmr regi.
menu aiH.ut half tin? regular army
officers now on duty in the department.
To-layrt discharge amounts to cne nuth
of the entire fore of the IK-itartuictit. i
Capt. Kvnnx o( the light Imu- board.
Treasury Department. to-lay received n
telegram from J. F. JCetUg. uirin
t ndent of construction of the light hotw
board, announcing that he had carried
out his orders with entire nur en. 1 hi
rief telegram meant that the horirtg
tlie light hUH-board han U n making
off the dangerous coast of Hutu ran, N.
C, have bei-n nucci"?ful. A woUdlot
torn has men found and a ifght Iioiim
can now be t rrected. An npprpr iatit
of $(M),0Q() for this purpim U now a li
able and a Bolid tiottom having t r
found, the work will be jirotecutrd a
fast as possible.
Capt. Phillip, commanding the cruUer
New York, reiorts, to the hydrographiu
office, fromjiluelleld. that Capt.Clarke.
of the British warship, JIagicienne, ban
discovered a dangerou shoal bavin g lut
seven feet of water over it direct Iv in
the channel off east of Servia xnm la
the Carribean sea. Thii i but a litth
distance north wewt of Iloncakr reef,
where the Kearsarge was wrcke!, and
is right in the course of tVwmjU frfn
Unitel States Krts bound for Colon anil
BluelleMs. Naval officers say tliat if the
New York or any war nip thoukl
strike this hoal there would U little or
no chance of saving her. 1
The naval Btability board was in '
sion to-day conilering the alleged crank
iness of the war fhijw. Capt. Urownaoti
of the Detroit, vwnb !im one of the vw
sels upon which the lxard, mm tnonlhm
ago, recommended change, and Caf4
Davis, of the Detroit's iu-r hip. Mont
gomery, were in consultation with th
board. Capt. Brownton showed that tho
Detroit's steadiness hai liec-n neverrly
tested on her crube to Hio and back, ami
he protested against the removal vt her
heavy battery, which had beea deckled
upon. He declared tliat it would, in hia
estimation, be a shame to curtail U
fighting power of the hip. It waa tho
Detroit tliat fl red the first gun at a foreign
vessel since the civil war. The fjoartl
finally determined to recede from it rto
ommendation to urn 4 Inch gun on tl
Marblehea1. Montgomery and Detroit.,
and to equip thoe veaieU with 5-inch
rifles. There are enough 5-inch guns on
hand to fit out theae three veawla at
once, while 4-inch gun would have to
be made. This deciaion will resullln tln
immediate eruipment of then rrveld
which are now at Norfolk, and will ena
ble the Marblehead to go to sea as ocm
as her battery can ba placed. It m
thought the Marblehea! can sail neat
ween.
The New Line to Aojraata. j
It has been stated on the bt of au
thority that the Atlantic Coaat Line sys
tem will begin the surrey of iu propoaed
line between Ashley Junction and Au
gusta this morning. It is understood
that some of the high officials of the rood
will be in the city to-day and that tl
preliminary steps towards making the
survey will be taken. The readers cX
the'.Vetrs find Courier will remember
that it was stated some time since that
the construction of such a line a thka
was contemplated by the Atlantic Coaat,
Line system. The proposed road it J
said will if completed run in as straight
a line as is practicable between Aahley
Junction and the city of Augusta,--;
Charleston Ahct and Courier, ifaj 2i