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WILmJSGTON, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER UO, 1S9I-
.Al.LISEiED 18(37
SI. 00 PEK YEAH. :
V.0CHAT1C RALLY.
..r. ,,-inntf For the Meeting
IMS Crowd Kx-
it .rniTir tif Speaker to
M-s--enger
, l- Julian S. Carr,
. ..... Sut" Association of
arrived here to day to
r . . ;r S:at convention next
i , . , there will b a great
only half tha-e who
..... ,i , ytt The following
, r'.iinlv a '.tend, (iovernor
i. C. H. Mansur of
. , , ; trv Hoke Smith, and
, Jurna. Senator Daniel
, i v .v.t nd.and it is hoped
.nn and Senator Faulkner
T-... - .-arnest invitations given.
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A N T I-TI LLM UNITES.
i)( ,. n Adjourn Without
' in. n Nomination The
j ,. D.MiKtndH on I he Till
man Convention.
- -n. S. C, Sept. 1. At :i:4.1
. irning the anti-Tillman con-
;i 1 .urned without making any
' . r. The vote was 120 against
ani 101 in its favor. The
. ! .;.t. 1 a herious of resolii-
. .vi.i hit demanded of the
' . :.v.i:ti'n, which meets to-mor-.
it th- v adf'i't the Chicago plat-
''"' ".. .a i t a.
. ; , -. icitiy ueciare irue anu
j -ri:.' . to "the National Demo-
t--Ar:I reina me actiou ui me
ol l4'.'-. which adopted
. i !:itf -nil as the principles of
: . r tt.-: party oi uie ouue, in n
. a.- i ..!;v-ntion nominate no one
.. -.,r 1 with the principles of
','Vi n il 1 -mocracy or no one who
7.- : allegiance to the platfor:i
1'". !.nn ii'Ie of the Populist party.
si -f 'irth r resolved that should the
" m m t.i morrow fail to do these
n,l nominate any others than
U'Th.Hin '-all -iriance to Democratic
tli mi all true Democrats are
v' l !'r-n o!ligation to support such
' at the November election,
v.- ; rt.Mury.
1- . rutive e mmittee of one mem-
f: :a :i -h v mnty was appointed,
si. rail the convention again
.- i th- SMte convention fad to carry
v..ve .ien.Hnd. The delegates to
. , utioa are hejimninc: to arrive
t: -u i ::: t t'-m rrov at 1- oclocs.
f- li.n.v Kvans will he the no uinee
I' rn'r. and there is a quiet scram-
. ; the LMornnrs lor the otner
I h.- e invention will, iu all
; - ii;yf again adopt the OcaU plat
trn. th u-ii there are some who are
r liic t tiie Conservatives half-
- Tlsat th' re will be two tickets,
;L i t- be Di'tnocrats, is almost
:. -i a Miort. but exciting .cam-
v-M r -u!t . What the llepublicans
i . : r : -litis to be seen. It is rumored
rs. : v w i.i i lve and take a hand in
LauH r.m ;! ifie John II. Kslill.
1 Va., Sept. is. A Newport
-; v:.il 13 the I)iiHttch says:
r 11 :)) o'clock, the hour set
: v.r.i " i'l the pilot boat John II.
:. . little Miss Helen Thompson,
; - -. roM'apt. Thompson, "who will
i the new boat, let go a quart
..- : elKimpugne. that was covereii
:-.r i. white and blue ribbon, ex-
- . r.j in i I.ar and distinct tones: "I
--vr.th.v Joitn II. Estill,' V and as
irking wine ran down the side of
gracefully glided into the
- '.iv.-s amid the cheers of many
"v t::ri is named after Col. John II.
; ri lent of the Savannah Morn
;.V. i.-umpany, and is the largest
;:!: lxatin this country. She
V". " ".and is feet long, with 2:5
and 13 feet inches depth
" and will be titteti with two pole
1 It r engine is 7tX horse power,
: r ) -;W r weighs '3 tons.
Ear
i Opposing Days of Grace.
n:. Va., Sept. IS. The Vir
:.k r.-." association commenced
1 annual session here to-day.
' i of memorializing the Leg-
'.'oli.-h days of grace on paper
: 'v;is referred to the committee
-1
..Mr.g
and legislation, with in
to report at the next annual
he qu.-stion of a Saturday
y was referred to a committee
-i nil uly instructed. The
' association seemed to be
' av. r of abolishing days of
I" p. r cent.. tax on the notes
' will be discussed at the
niorrow.
How's This I
" ':it' Hundred Dollars Reward
- f '"atarrh that cannot be cured
t'arra J'Tire.
. .f CHUNKY ,V CO.. Props.,
Toledo. O.
. i i .Tsined. have known F. J.
r ti.e jt l years, and believe
'".v honorable in all business
- ;e: l financially able to carry
; ;-.it:ons raaJe by their firm.
''.o'esale Druggists. Toledo, O.
:... Ki.nnvn .v. Makvin,
:olesa!e Druggists. Toledo, O.
- trrh Cure is taken internally,
tiyupon the blood and mucu-
ot the system. lrice. 'tc per
by all Druggists. Testimo-
; blackheads, moles, freckles,
rs a:-: niburn removed by Johnson's
"T.::'aI ap. Medicinal. J. Hicks
jf' and J. H. Hardin. Wilmington,
'V. .
lu arantt -e J .hnson's Magnetic Oil; it
i-.r tu" ""r or air aches and pains,
'-r'&i ' r eternal, man or beast. $1 .00
- -y '.l.: GOct. size 25 cts. J. Hicks
andJ. H. Hardin, Wilmington,
TRAIN ROBBERS
AITMPT TO HOLD UP A
SANTA FS EXPRESS TRAIN.
Tiiey Receive a Warm Iteceptlon
From Armed Detect t vea on Board
The Company's Spy. in the
Itobbers' Camp The Kn
gineer Wounded The
rurbuir With Rlood
Hounds ' Two
Captared.
GoiclN, Mo., Sept. IS. The Colorado
and Utah express, westbound, on the
Santa Fe road was held up by robbers. at
o.-20 o'clock a. m. to-day near Gorin.
The plot to rob was formed three weeks
ag and for two weeks the railroad peo
ple have had a spy in the robbers' camp
who has kept the company completely
informed of intended movements of the
robbers. Two previous dates were fixed
for the event, but heavy rain on the ap
jwinted days postponed it because of the
ease with which horses could be tracked
in the soft ground. Another date was
st for to-day and the conditions being
favorable.he attempt was made. The
railroad, a3 usual, had twenty-four hours
notice and the train was well loaded with
men armed with short Winchester
rille.
The information of the sp3' was accu
rate and at the appointed place, one mile
west of Gorin, a .railroad torpedo ex
ploded under the wheels, a red light
tlashed ahead and the train stopped.
Immediately four masked men came
from the brush, one rushed to the engine,
ordered the engineer to hold up his hands
and fired at him with a Winchester at
the same moment. The engineer fell
wounded, and a detective on the Express
fired a load of buckshot into the robber
before he had time to change his posi
tion. He got away for the time, but was
caught later and will probably die of his
wounds.
The firing at the engine brought a fusil
lade from the armed men concealed on
the express, baggageand smoking cars,
which was returned with a few shots
from the robbers who ran off as quickly
as they could, cutting the hitchingsbaps
of their horses in their haste. One horse
was killed by the detectives, but all of
the robbers escaped for the time. -
All of the parties to the plot are known
and will undoubtedly be captured. A
pick of bloodhounds was in-readiness at
Gorin and they took up the trail before
davlight.
No better place in the country could
have been selected for the location of the
robbery, and ic would undoubtedly have
been successful if the railroad people
had not been advised of what was in
tended. The passengers could have
safely been robbed, as well as the mail
and express cars. Four men made the
attempt on the train, but two or three
others sejn to have been with the horses
and stationed behind the train to prevent
anybody reaching Gorin on foot after
the train was halted '
Kansas City, Mo , fept. IS The
Santa Fa train which was held up near
Gorin, Mo., arrived in Kansas City at 9
o'clock, three minutes late. The engine
was in charge of Fred Murdock, who
took the place of Engineer W m. Pres
cott. who was shot by the robbers. Pres
cott is not fatally wounded. The bullet
struck him in the breast, glanced from
his collar bone, came out and fell in his
shirt front beneath his blouse.
When the train was held up J. P.
Moonev, the rear brakeman, walked up
the track in the rear of the train to flag
westbound trains. Fifty yards from the
rear of the train he saw two men hold
ing five horses. One of them left the
horses, walked toward Moonev, covered
him with a gun, robbed bim of $19, and
ordered him back to the train.
The conductor of the train, Geo. Blue,
says he saw seven men in the gang.
Memphis; Mo., Sept. 18. Two of the
Santa Fe train robbers were captured
near here this morning. They were
brought to Memphis and lodged in jail.
They are Charles Abrams and Link Over
field. They were caught by special
agents of the Santa Fe road, who have
been on their trails since the robbery
was attempted and the desperadoes
driven off. Abrams is the man who shot
Engineer Prescott. He is badly wounded
and not expected to live. Abrams was
the leader ot the gang and boarded the
engine in advance of his companions and
received the charge of buckshot full in
the face. The detectives marveled at the
time that Abrams was able to move six
feet, much less escape to the woods,
which he did. Two of the robbers are
supposed to be dead in the woods. The
robbers are supposed to be farmers living
near Arbella, Mo.
A Populist Editor in Trouble.
Savannah, Sept. 18 A special to the
MorniiKj Xcws from Macon, sajs: John
A. Perry, editor of the Ironton World,
was arrested and brought before Com
missioner Erwin to-day on a charge of
using the mails for fraudulent purposes.
Perrv runs a Populist paper at Ironton.
The warrant charges Perry with sending
circulars through the mails to newspa
pers and individuals in Georgia and other
Suites announcing that he has invented
a means of winning at poker. These cir
culars are said to have been sent out all
over the country,even as far ns California
where a newspaper obtained possession
of one and exposed the scheme that
Perry is alleged to be working.
Taken to Texas for Trial.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 18. Walter
Holt, the young man who is charged
with murder in Texas and who was ar
rested in this city last week, by constable
Land, was taken back to Texas by
Sheriff Jones, of Robertson county,
Texas, at 9:33 o'clock this morning. The
sheriff and young Holt were accompanied
by Mr. McMichael, father-in-law of the
man whom Holt is charged with murdering.
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
The State Con-rent ion Morton and
Haiton Nominated Haieht
-Nominated for JaJce-.
Extracts From th ;
Platform
New York, Sept. I4. The Republican
State convention was called to order at
12:20 o'clock, and proceeded to business
with despatch. Congressman Lemuel
Quigg, of New York city, was made tem
porary chairman, the usual committees
were appointed, and contests were refer
red to the committee on credentials, and
at 1 :40 o'clock a recess wa3 taken until
4:30 o'clock. During the recess the com
mittee on credentials decided unani
mously against the Milholland delegates
from New York city. In the Albany
contest, the regular faction represented
by State Committeeman Barnes, got a
favorable decision. The content between
the He&ly-Moore factions in the First As
sembly district, New York city, was set
tled by the State committee, by giving
each side half the representation. As
both sides are for Morton, this does not
alter the vote for Morton and makes
peace in the family besides.
At 0 o'clock the convention was again
called to order and Warner Miller was
made permanent chairman. The plat
form was presented and adopted with
out discussion. Upon questions of
National politics it says:
"The Republicans in New York, in con
vention assembled, ext-nd heartiest greet
ings to the Republicans of Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island. Oregon, Vermont and
Maine for their prompt and just judg
ment on an iucompetent Democratic ad
ministration. They voice the verdict of
the people that the path of protection is
the path of posperity. And we con
gratulate the Democratic sugar planters
of Louisiana on their courageous decla
ration of independence of party tram
mels that endanger the material pros
perity of their State. The Democratic
President of the United States and the
Democratic chairman of the Ways and
Means committee of the House of Rep
resentatives have announced that the
war against the protected industries
of the country has just begun
and it is to be prosecuted to the bitter
end. On behalf of the wage earners, the
agriculturists, the business men and of
every sacred interest in the Empire State
of the Union, the Republican party of
the State of New York in convention
assembled, accepts this challenge and
pledges its faith to defend against all as
sault, the rights of the working man and
his employer, both wantonly invaded by
reckless demagogues.
'We denounce Northern j Democratic
Congressmen for permitting Southern
members to protect the chief products
of their section while removing or
largely reducing protective duties on
the products of the North, thus
permitting the South by legal en
actment in time of peace to destroy
our prosperity and accomplish what it
failed to do by illegal enactment in
time of war. And w especially de
nounce the Democratic Representatives
from this, the greatest manufacturing
State in the Union, whose annual manu
facturing product exceeds that of the en
tire South by $600,000,000 for their treach
ery and cowardice in aiding the passage
of a sectional tariff bill that has crippled
the industries and reduced the wages of
workingmen and that levies a tax on in
comes which is a tax on prosperity.
"We favor an honest dollar and op
pose any effort, whatever, by the re
moval of the tax on State bank issues or
the free coinage of silver, to lower our
currency standard, and we favor an in
ternational agreement which shall re
sult in the use of both gold and silver as
a circulating medium."
Nominations were then in order.
Gen. B. F. Tracy, ex-Secretary of
the Navy, nominated Levi P. Mor
ton for Governor; Col. Baxter of
Chemung, nominated J. Sloat Fassett.
Several other names were proposed.
It was 7:55 o'clock p. m., when the first
roll call was finished. The result was:
Morton 532$. Fassett 69, Woodford 40,
Butterfield 29, Russell 20, Bliss 401, Ar
kell 1. The result was not announced
but it was apparent that Morton had an
overwhelming majority, and amid cheers
Silas B. Dutcher moved that the nomi
nation be made unanimous. The motion
was seconded by Col. Archie Baxter, who
nominated Mr. Fassett.
At 8:30 o'clock a recess was then taken
until 10 o'clock p. m.
On reassembling, nominations for
Lieutenant Governor were declared to be
in order and Col. Anson Woods pre
sented the name of Charles L. Saxton.
. Geo. W. Aldridge and James W.
Wadsworth were also placed before the
convention in brief eulogistic speeches.
The roll call was finished at 12:37
o'clock a. ni., Saxton had 340 votes no
result.
Leslie W. Russell then rose and asked
that the vote of Schoharie be changed to
Saxton, Other changes gave Saxton the
election.
Judge Albert Haight wa renominated
for judge of the Court of Appeals.
Full Time "Work Resumed.
South Amboy, Sept. 18. The Pennsyl
vania Railroad company has issued
orders on the Camden and Amboy divis
ion for all departments to resume work
on eight hours time, six days each week.
For the past thirteen months the ship
yards, machine and car repairing shops
have only worked eight hours per day,
five days each week, while the trainmen
had worked only half time.
A Grand Feature
Of Hood's Sarsaparilla i3 that while it
purifies the blood and sends it coursing
through the veins full of richness and
health, it also imparts new life and vigor
to every function of the body. Hence
the expression so often heard: "Hood's
Sarsaparilla made a new person of me.'
It overcomes that tired feeling so com
mon now.
Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, per
fectly harmless, always reliable aud
beneficial.
OFFICIAL SCANDAL
LIKELY TO ARIS3 OUT OF
j G'KOURKE'S DISMISSAL- I
His Allegation of a C .npiracy
Against Him Hi. Correspondence j
With the Secretary An Inter
cepted Letter Appoint
ments by the President
-Mr. Kerr Craig on
Atlanta Exposi
tion Board.
. Washington, Sept. 18. The mail
from Gray Gables received at the White
House this morning contained seventy
four convi.issions of newly appointed
officers', mong them twenty-one post
masters in New York State.
Secretary Carlisle is overwhelmed
with letters from Senators, Congressmen
and others, asking for the re-instatement
of treasury clerks who have been dis
missed within the past few days. So far
as known, not one of those discharged
has been rc-instated. -.
Messrs. Baker and Herriatt, whose
resignations were asked for last week,
have complied with Secretary Carlisle's
request and handed in their resignations.
Supervising Architect O'Rourke occu
pied his desk this morning in the Treas
ury Department as usual, as if his resig
nation had not been asked for. Officials
and others on business came and went and
between these visits he filled in his time
in drafting his letter of resignation. "Of
course I will resign," said he, "if not to
day, within a few days. Until I do I
have nothing to say." The matter cre
ated a sensation in the Treasury Depart
ment and was a lively topic of conver
sation. It was not however, a surprise
to those who had the confidence of high
officials, .but came as a bomb to the
clerks in the bureau, who did not know
of the strained relations between the
architect and his immediate subordinate
officials. The disturbed relations began
six months ago.
Mr. Kemper, tLe chief clerk, wrote a
letter to Secretary Carlisle at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, in which he stated
that the relations existing between him
self and the architect had come to such
a point that he would either have to
protect himself personally against what
he considered insults, or else to sever his
connection with the office in case Archi
tecc O'Rourke was to remain.
Upon receiving the letter of Mr.
Kemper Secretary Carlisle at 4 o'clock
yesterday demanded the immediate
resignation of Mr. O'Rourke. This morn
ing Secretary Carlisle received a letter
from Architect O'Rourke, in Which he
states that he had received the demand
for his resignation with 'amazement.'
He recalled the statement, which he said
the Secretary had made to him early in
his administration, -that should any
charge be made against him, as was not
unusual in ne occupying that position,
he would be given an opportunity to
meet those charges before any action
was taken by the head of the depart
ment. This, he alleges, has not been
done. Mr. O'Rourke further states that
he has known for several months that a
conspiracy existed in his own office to
bring about his downfall, and denounces
the conspiracy in strong language.
Secretary Carlisle replied within in a
few minutes after receiving this letter
this morning, that for many months he
had known that the architect's office was
in a demoralized condition, but he had
hoped order would be brought out of
the apparent chaos. Instead of improve
ment, however, the office had been
going from bad to worse, until he felt
impelled to take the action he had,
which had not been done, however,
without much hesitation and a careful
consideration of all the circumstances
leading up to it. He asked Mr. O'Rourke
if he had any evidence of conspiracy ex
isting in his office or in the Department
against himself to submit that evidence
to him and he would investigate it, and
meet out punishment to the guilty party
or parties.
This letter was delivered to Mr
O'Rourke at about 11 o'clock to-day, and
Mr. O'Rourke then began the prepara
tion of his letter of resignation, in which
he will detail, it is said, the facta of the
alleged conspiracy against him, giving
names and dates. Thus the matter
stands. Documentary evidence in the
shape of an intercepted letter in the desk
of Secretary Carlisle, it is said, cut3 an
important figure in the case and may
develop into an official scandal.
Mr. Kerr Craig has been appointed Ao
represent the Postoffice Department on
the Government board of managers of
the Atlanta Exposition. Z
Among the appointments received at
the White House this morning from
Gray Gables were the following: Peter
Arnow, collector of customs at St, Mary's,
Ga ; Charles H. Mansur, of Missouri,
legislated out of officeas Second Comp
troller of the Treasury by the Dockery
law, appointed Assistant Comptroller of
the Treasury. I
Evidence Against Detective Kichard
y. son. j
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 18. In the mo
tion of Strickenaden, charged with
lynching, to be released on bail, Butch
McCarver, son of the sheriff, testified
that on Wednesday before the lynching,
Ed Smith, Sisley and Frank Berry, three
men now in jail, asked hi en to assist in
the lynching. Richardson, the detect
ive, they said, wanted' McCarver to be
in the party. They also stated to him
that Richardson had agreed to make the
arrests and then to allow the prisoners
to be captured. McCarver did not enter
into the business. Strickenaden, so far
has no direct proof against him. j
A New Political Plot.
Valparaiso, Sept. 1 18. A fresh plot
in which followers of the late Gen.
Balmaceda are the ringleaders, has been
discovered. Twenty persons have been
arrested, charged with being implicated
in the conspiracy. 1
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Jstockn and llnml In New Yrk-Thr
Grain and ProvUion Market
.? of Chi-ao. . t
New Yokk, S- pt, IS In the tim hour
of trading at th? Stork Exchvngf to-day
there a general diptition to !ell the
Industrials, and r i,-us lo-s were re
corded in this group of stocks, Th
ure was greatest in tht- ca l Ii--j
3g and Cattle Feeding and mericari
;ar, the 'form, r having dropped to 9
a:;1 thr 1 t t : "J. a loss of 1 and 1
respectively. An intereiia pha. of
the current speculation in Whiskey wai
the announcement of the retirement of
Nelson Morris from the directory of the
company and the statement that he had
engaged passage for Europe. The weak
ness of Sugar, according to board gossip,
was not at all disappointing to
the iociders. Iu fact, some of the
traders thought they could trac
the recent break to lover Wall
street interest. It was also remarked
that when the stock sol i below '.Ct in th
afternoon brokers credited with repre
senting the directors party were buyer.
The developments in VYhUkey andSuar
disturbed the general liist and lrts-s
ranging from 1 to per cent, followed..
American Tobacco, fell per cent to l7,
Chicago Gas 2 to C?J, Distillers J to
Unite 1 Stages Leather, preferred "J u ',
Canada Southern 1 to "d.Iiock Island 1
to G3, Lackawana 1 to 1 72, Delaware and
Hudson It to bi n, General Electric J to
:7i, Reading i to Hi. UmUd State
Cordage to 1 and Western Union to
9. In the Jafternoon a room
trader endeavored to force the tshorts
to cover, but after a rally of $ to 2f. Dis
tillers, leading, the market weakened
again,. Chicago Gas having bevn -offered
down to 07$. The market cloned fairlv
steady. Net changes show hisses of t to
2'i per cent. Chicago Gas lead. North
western, Distillers, Lead Trust, Louisville
and Nash, Northern Pacific, preferred.
Union Pacific and Heading gained i to
per cent. The bond market was
weaker. Sales cf listed stocks aggre
gated lOy.OGt) shares: unlisted, &,'..
Chicago, Sept, IS There was not
much doing in the wheat market to day.
Trading was confined elmost entirely to
the local crowd, ruling quiet, the range
for the day being limited to c. Wheat
opened steady and practically feature
less. Towards the close traders became
bullish and on light offerings and good
buying by prominent commission houses
the market firmed up. 'closing at aiotit
the top price of the day, in sympathy
with the strength in corn. December
wheat opened at 5Gc, sold between .'j
to 56gc and 56 to 50, closing at 5G to
56c, to ic higher than yesterday.
Cash wheat was quiet. Prices were un
changed. Corn opened steady on lighter receipts
than estimated, but weakened later on
the impression that the estimated re
ceipts for to-morrow would be large. At
the decline the market was held steady
on fair buying by the country. When
the light estimated receipts for to-morrow
were posted the market quickly ral
lied on good buying by the country and
covering by local shorts. The close was
firm at about th top price of th" day.
May opened at 5'H to , sold between
54fc and " to S-Jfc," closing at "4 to
51c, c higher than yesterday. l'tesh
corn was quiet. Prices were unchanged.
Oats were quiet and prices throughout
the entire session held about steady. Th"
disposition to trade either way was
limited and a few sales were effected. It
closed firm in sympathy with the
strength in corn. May closed unchanged
from yesterday. Cash oata were in fair
demand. Prices were a little easier.
Provisions were dull. The market
ruled rather firm during the greater ior
tion of the day and prices for all the
leading speculative articles averag
higher, clofeing with about the mp
figures of the day, in sympathy wi thr the
strength in the grain markets. January
nork closed 15c higher. January lard
higher, January ribs tic highe
War Bet ween Trust"anf Non-Trust
Gambler
Chicago, Sept. lSAt 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon a squad of detectives from
Matt Pinkertonyagency attempted to
raid the gambling house of Harry Var
nell, ex-coumV boodler, at 119 Clark
street. TheT inmates of the establish
ment had been advised of the intended
raid and made a stubborn resistance.
Several blood v noses and black eyes were
inflicted and the row continued until
Varnell secured warrants for the arrest
of the Pinkerton men from a near-by
magistrate on a charge of disorderly
conduct. A squad of special constables
descended upon the detective and took
them to the Harrison street station and
the gamblers went to work to repair
damages. Varnell announces that he
will be open as usual at J o'clock to
night. It is said that the raid -a? the
work of the civic federation. Another
story is that it is a phase of the war be
tween the VTrun" gamblers and thof
who are carrying on buL-dneai on their
own hook.
Chinese Warships Hank.
Lo.NPO.W Si'pt. lit. The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Central News agency
telegraphs aa fellows: While Chinese
transposts were landing troops at Yalu
a Japanese fleet attacked the Chinese
warships conveying the transports. A
severe battle followed. The Chin Yuen
and another Chinese warship were sank
and the Chao Yung and Yang Wei went
ashore. The Japanese lost three ves.-els.
It is reported that the Chinese Admiral
Ting and CoL Von Hannecken, and
other foreigners were killed.
The Chinese report that their losa at
Ping Yang was C,0 men.
Owen's Plurality. y
Lexington, Ky.. Sept. 18. The Offi
cial counts by the county committees
makes the plurality as follows: Owens
Scott 1,14, FranJklin 520. Oldham 1,
Woodford 115; total 1,90. Breckin
ridgeFayette 205, Owens 7, Henry
465, Bourbon 02; total 1,719; Owen
plurality 270.
A REMARKABLE GIRL.
SHE CAN IU:D ANY
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Atlrmptrtl Sale Mr , f
M rrctianl ! h l' rn
a ttptdrr Ilur r
trtukn a Farm.
-.MiSvHjLtifcx 1U Kr fU
t lUtJU-m. Srpt. iv t
The State crop rrport for Srj.'.cmU-r
was mini mxriwd to-day. Th" tVmmU
iin r of Agriculturo uti h. l !.. th-S'-ate
report U mor accur:. thn th
(iovrrmient report. Th Stat" rpft u
bnd en returns from rf pnd-
enU. It says that the parcel. u ( con
dition of crp an a follow: t'.ttton Si.
com '.'"j, rice s7J 6, r&nu. ; a -7.
to Va ceo -i, sorghum im ad ',
sweet po'at- N. preparation i.f Und fr
wh-At i. foroat-!, clover t. Thti.
ernuient report per-vntA- f on.
di'.uwi as follows: Cotton s-, corn
rice tobacco corghum t
potato
. Sp.vi?il Agent Marburg, representing
the Southeastern TarilT a4eiatkm. it
here "ri -rating" lUleigh tire ink. IIe
will rate thii as a "finnt-cl.i.W" city, and
then tee what can b done. Th re i- a
great outcry in regard- to the hih rate
of insurance in Uiui city, and Mr. Mar
burg's vi-it w at the in lance f the lal
nge ntn. who, as you were inform) ,
foun i bn-ine-w slipping out of their hand.
, M.nv improvement are in progre
at tne Varboro hoime, und thr will re
Milt in an entire remodeling .f the int
ri r.
Ori" of the insurance journal pub
lish an attack on the North Carolina
St te Fire. Insurance; cotnpmy, -f , J
ville, intimating that it m tiri'.ie are .f
the wild-cit tyiv
The Chandlers, of Nbr i-'.-i. have
leaded the(J;ithng tvtate, fft-fl f !.! eity.
The ownTH of the CaraU ih e tton
mills will put in 5,0O'J more pmdlei in
the winter or early next "pring
Thomas W. Koeno i to np- ir here it.
Hamlet. Tin wm decide I on to lav,
Charh-M Shaw, th young man from
Norfolk who ma le such a dep rate at
tempt at suieide hen, i u w all right
again. It i naid he received a letter or
a telegram Saturday fro n hi parent,
who live at Norfolk, reproaching him
bitterly for leaving there with an aban
doned woman. The woman if yet in a
disorderly houso here.
A merchant hen? made an attempt a
suicide Sun 'lay night but thank to the
caref ulne4- of a druggit bin attemj'jvv a
frustrate 1 He took morphia. .Y.
The director of the insane aylum are
called to meet in niecia! -iyh on the
','7th instant, forth.; HpeeUlvpiirpo" of
tilling the vacancies caue My tie death
o.' I):- 1 T iller and the. redgiiation of Ir.
Cobb. The latter ban Jt n here for n
few day', aiding Dr. Ktrby.
The death of Drf Tat H Kith. . of
Oxford, wadue uYh, Hpi.b r lute. A girl
here who w IHtu'ii by a pi h-r a ear
ago yet hn tliesamo nymptotn as thov
whieh iui'u.'dfaU'ly folio el tie bile.
A girl here agod about 11 yearn can
re ti'i pnnr wnen iuniioi.j-i. nur wa
iiojij. i. nu" wa
ay an 1 two thick- v
ing and a . tripl- J
wire plarod ov.rT
k, opened at ran ' 1
in a st4'.y here yesterday an 1 two thick -
rjes-M-of- cotton batti
folded haii'lkercmei w
her eye. Ihen a ijook. o;
om, was given her. She real easily
until she came to a long worJ. which
she could not pronounce, but he gve
all the letters of this word.
"Uelle Iloyd, who w.i ho well known
in th? South during the war. lectured
here this evening. She is no 51 years
of age.
Two c.Vivict from Tender arrived at
the penitentiary last evening and two
from Wayne cam in to-lav.
John L. Arrington, of l M "jnt, i
appointed a notary public.
Some of the Repubhrat-.'- in thi
county, who arj well kn -n. nr.? openly
attacking fusion. Among th-- are John.
Nichols. T. P. Devereux. 1. M. Sorrell,
Ed. Iiledxoe, and K. A. John-ox
Fine and grateful rain-, fell todty in
thi-s f-vection. They !n' Vi ml1
save the cotton growers.
The Hnn'a Cotton lie lew.
New York, Sept. 13. The Sun cot
ton review says: Cotton ahanced 2
points on most months, but lt this and
declined -5 to 5 point, cl uing .
Sales were bal. Lirrrpoo! de
clined J to 'i point, closing, U-4dy at a
net decline of to It points; tA julUm
were lo.oo) balm at l-.'J-'l declin- In
Manchester yarns were w.'-ak, clotii
dull. New Orleans decline 1 ; u
joints. Spot cottijn here w&, i,ijit.
ua-ly and unehangel. Sal.-s were 'U
bale for sjjinning. Port rits wep
2,:JH bal.H. agaiiuit Vl.'-'fi this day hwt
wek and l.Vs: lat year; thus far thU
we-k ?7,7'J1 against SJ.tfo thus far Lzwit
week. Export to-day were -,l-i bale.
New Orleans receipts Uj morrow are
estimated at 4,-Vi bal-j. again-t Vh on
the same day Uut week and 2,7 Lw.t
year.
To-day's features: Heavy rains in the
Atlantic Staton and unexrjecVed steadi
ness in Liverp4cau.sedahlightylTancf,
but large receipts at Uie porU an d Uie
interior towns and h.-ary selling for
local. Southern and Euroj-ean account
caused a d.-cline later ocu .
The Dodjr or Mr. Tj Found.
ATLA5TA, Ga., 8epL 15. Mrs. Drew
Tye, who waa swept away by a swollen .
fctream almost in the city Limlra last
night, was found to-day two miles below
the fording, she had attempted to ctcms.
ller body waa oorered by aand. Five
inches of rain fell during the night..
Fields were badly wa&hed and cotton .
waa beaten out and stained.
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