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A Chance to Make Money.
I saw one of you subscribers tell in
your columns a few weeks ago how she
made money selling Dish Washers. I
wrote toUhe Iron City Dish Wesher Co.,
E. E. Pittsburg, Pa., and obtained one of
their Dish Washers and tried it myself
first. It is just lovely; you can wash
and dry the dishes for a family in two
minutes, without touching your hands
to a dish or putting them in hot water.
I made the first day, $5.00, and every
body wanted a Dish Washer just as soon
as they saw me wash their dishes. Since
then I have made as high as 118.09 a
day, and I believe that I can get enough
money to keep my brother at school this
winter and have money in the bank too.
Any lady or gentleman can do as well as
I am doing, I am sure, as I had no expe
rience. When everybody wants to buy,
it is not hard to sell. Anyone can get
information by writing the above firm,
and I am g,lad to add my experience, be
cause I think it i my duty to others to
help them over the hard times.
VIRGINIA HERNE.
J UDGE MEARES HOLDS
FORT.
THE
The Criminal Court at Charlotte
Loots Litke the Old Democratic
Concern "Judge" Cook's suit
, Against Jude Meares.
The Charlotte 'Neics of Monday after
noon says:
The Circuit Criminal court that .was
established by the Pops to make offices
for Pop judges, solicitors and clerks,was
duly launched in Charlotte this morning,
with Judge O. P. Meares as it aster of
the ceremonies. It looks just like the old
Democratic court, and indeed, one would
not know the difference. Judge Meares
is presiding, Solicitor Brown is prosecu
ting for the State and Mr. W. W. Phifer
is at the clerk's desk, just as under the
old regime. The Pops don't like it, but
what are they to do ? It is simply the
result of another of their numerous
blunders.
The Charlotte Observer of yesterday
says: .
Appended is the complaint and allega
tion of Chas. A. Cook, through his coun
sel, in the case of Cook vs. Meares. The
act creating the new Criminal court was
passed by the last Legislature a.nd Cook
elected as judge. Governor Garr, act
ing under, ad vice of Attorney General
Osborne, claimed the constitutional
right of appointing the new udge, and
appointed, Judge Meares, of the old
Criminal court, hence the suit. The
case will be tried before Judge Hoke at
the next term of ISew Hanover Superior
court, at Wilmington, on the 19th inst.
Judge Meares is represented by Mr.
Rountree, of Wilmington, and Messrs,
Bur well, Walker & Canslerf the Char
lotte bar. The names of Mr. Cook's
counsel are affixed to the complaint be
low: - "
The plaintiff complains and alleges:
1. Tnat the General Assembly of this
State, by azt duly ratified on the 13th
day of March, 1895, created and estab
lished "the Circuit Criminal court,"
composed of the counties of Craven,
New Hanover, Mecklenburg, Vance,
Warren, Robeson, Edgecombe and Hali
fax. 2. That said act provided among other
things that a judge for said court should
be appointed by sai.; General Assembly;
that the term of office of said judge
should begin on tha 1st day of April,
lbUo, and continue lor the term of , four
years, and that the aid judge should re
ceive as such cornp isation for his ser
vices $100 per week for every week he
should be engaged i:: holding eaid court,
jiot to exceed, hov ver, the sum of
2)0nnyljDneyear; and an additional
sum as is provilIetr-ojLSuperior court
judges.
. 3. That on the 11th day. of Marc
1895, the relator was duly-elected and
appointed judge of said court by said
General Assembly.
4. That said (act creating and estab
lishing said; ciourt .as aforesaid duly
passed its several readings according to
the provisions of the Constitution of this
State as follows, to-wit: In the Senate
on th a 4th day of March, 1895, and in
the House of Representatives on the 8 th
day of the same month.
5. That on the 1st day of April, 1895,
the relator was duly qualified as judge
of said court by taking the oath as pre
scribed by law before the Hon. Walter
A. Montgomery, one of the justices of
the Supreme court of this State.
That the relator of the plaintiff is
informed, and he believes his informa
tion to be true, and therefore alleges the
same to be true, that the defendant has
received from the Governor of this State,
and has accepted a commission appoint
ing him judge of said court and has
qualified himself to act as such.
T. That the defendant has intruded
into and usurped said office and unlaw
fully and wrongfully withholds the
same from the relator to the relators
damage two thousand dollars.
Wherefore plaintiff demands judg
ment against the defendant as follows,
to-wit;
1st. That the defendaut is not entitled
tc said cilice and that he be removed
therefrom; '
2nd. That the relator is entitled to
said orilce and that he be inducted into
the same;
3rd. For two thousand doars dama-
ages.
4th.
5th.
etc.
For his costs of action;
jt'or such other and further relief,
D. L. Russell, ) Attorneys
T. P. Devereux, V for
L C. Edwards, ) Plaintiffs.
The above complaint is the same as
that served on Judge Meares in Wil
mington before he left for Charlotte.
Infanticide at Mt. Airy.
Mt. Airy is excited over an infanticide
that is supposed to have occurred there
on Sunday. On Monday the remains of
an infant were found in a creek in the
edge of the town, but there was nothing'
about it to lead to its identification.
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
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HOANOKS, CAPS FEAR AND
OTHER RIVERS RAGING.
Cape Fear Four Feet Above Danger
ljioe at Fayetteville and Still
Itlsloe Many Bridge Gone
Kaleigh Politics Improve
ments at OTford Vlsy
lum Senator Batler
is Interviewed.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, April 0. f
There is no fear of further frost now.
But the floodsi are doing far more damage
than frost could have done in this section.
At the weather bureau to-day Mr. -VonHer-mann
said that the rainfalls were phenom
enal. Most of the rain fell Sunday mght.
At Morven 3.17 inches fell, and at Chapel
Hill 4.75 inches. Reports at 8 o'clock this
morning stated that the Roanoke at "VVel
don was 31.2 feet, or 4 feet above the danger
line, and rising rapidly, and report from the
Cape Fear at Fayettevilie said it was 42 feet,
or 4 feet above the danger- line, and rising j
rapidly. The outlook is for great floods, i
The quickness of the rise is phenomenal, !
Mr. VonHermann says.
In this county the loss is heavy. Back
water m Crabtree creek carried away the
bridge (the highest in the county) at the
county home. Other bridges on Neuse
river and other streams are gone. Lowland
crops are badly, hurt. The worst of the
rain was from Chapel Hill northward into
Virginia. No more railway washouts were
reported to-day. A careful watch was kept
last night by railway people.
The new method of making nominations
here, by the Democrats, is attracting more
attention to the election than in a long
time.-' The persons who are nominated at
the primaries for Mayor, etc., are allowed
delegates at the city convention Friday
night in proportion to the votes they got at
the primaries. It is possible that combina
tions may be formed. It is certain that the
sentiment of the voters, as shown last night
was against the present administration. If
combinations are made, and there are ru
mors of them to-day, they can readily be
traced. So to-day politics is the chief topic
of talk.
The new ice factory here is completed.
Its lower story is of brownstone from San
ford. The city Republicans are very quiet.
There are rumors that they will make des
perate efforts to carry the city and that they
may attempt colonization of voters.
This morning Deputy Sheriff Walters
served the summons in the suit of Elias
Carr against Octavius Coke, Secretary of
State, in the Mortgage bill matter. The
complaint was also served. The case comes
up before Judge Starbuck April 22nd, in
this county.
Plans are accepted for a new engine house
here fori the, .. hook and gladder truck and
Capital hose wagon. The building will be
of brick,, 45 by 60 feet, two stories in height,
with rooms on the second floor for firemen.
Architect Bauer, of this city, has just
completed and sent to the Oxford orphan
asylum plans for extensive and imposing
buildings there. These will greatly enlarge
the capacity of that institution and will
give it modern advantages.
The crop cards for the first monthly re
port of the agricultural department will be
sent out next week to the; 1,200 correspond
ents. .
There is much stir here by reason of the
dropping of veteran employes of tne Sea
board Air Line, Yesterday D. T. Bunch,
who had been with the Raleigh and Gaston
railway twenty-nine years; S. J. Hunter,
twenty years; T. L, Shaw, twenty-three
years; Henry Wilton, thirty years, and
Albert Johnson over fifty years, were
dropped. The dropping of Mr. James
Maglenn and of Mr. Dan Hutchings has also
caused much feeling locally. The Seaboard
has in past years had great strength in its
attachment for its employes and in their de
votion to it. An afternoon paper here most
pointedly-holds un Vice President St. John
as the man who is making these changes,
and he is attacked right and left.
is alleged that the tax on druggists
new revenue act will amount to b
per cent
Mr. Scales, of StaTJSviRe, member of the
Democratic State com mmet-Editor Erwin,
of the Morganton Herald, and Cdlr-S.McD.
Tate were among the callers at the
tive office to dav -
Capt. Claude B. Denson, of this city, will
go to Wilmington next Saturday to see the
widow of Gen. Whiting in regard to secur
ing material for the address he is to deliver
in this city May 10th on that officer's life
and service. He hopes that some of the
veterans of Fort Fisher will comje here May
10th. They will be heartily welcomed.
Governor Carr makes requisition, on the
Governor of South Carolina for Kuge Eas
terling and Henry Easterling, who are
wanted for larceny in Richmond county.
The Governor has notice that Cicero and
Tom Eskridge are in jail at Shelby, await
ing requistion from the .Governor of South
Carolina for larceny of clothing.
Mr. Robert L. -.Burkhead to-day retired
from his clerkship in the Treasury Depart
men. He is the last of the Democrats to go.
Maj. W. H. Martin, Republican, succeeds
him. Mr. Burkhead will be connected
with the Xorth Carolina Abstract and
Guarantee company, which will have its
office here, and which is now having pre
pared abstracts of all deeds, wills, judg
ments, mortgages, etc. It will require three
or four months to complete this. Lawyers
and bankers are members of the company.
Ex-Commissioner of Agriculture Robin
son was here to-day, and tells me he thinks
the sales of fertilisers will be two-thirds as
large as those made last spring. He says
this is due to the large increase in truck
crops, and it is for these that most of the
fertilizers are now bought.!
Much mention has been made as to Mar
ioix Butlers position it the United States
Senate. He says now:
"lhe fact that my seat is on the Republi
can side has no more significance than if it
were on what is called the Democratic side.
I am a Populist and will stand by and for
the people against the evil policies cf both
the old parties, till the majority of the peo
ple see the truth and join with us in a fight
for freedom and prosperity. Those who ex
pect the People's party to merge into either
the Democratic or the Republican party are
sadly mistaken. I think the outlook is
more encouraging, and that we can show
to the people that the gold bugs control both
parties. This done, the patriots in both
who are attached to their old parties will
leave them and come to us."
Even the New York Tribune, Rep.,
admits that "it is agreed on all hands
that improvement continues, in spite of
retarding influences."
CRIMINAL, NEGLIGENCE.
Neglect to
JCuiluin-
Remote a,
the Cause of
Condemned
l-carful
Diaiter -Six 'Person
Killed
tiy C" I lapse of tlio Building:
Danger of a Terrific
Explosion.
Wheeling, W. Va., April 9 A few. min- j
utes past 8 o'clock this morniDg an accident J
occurred which threw the city into toe
greatest excitement. The five story build,
ings, Noa. 1220 and 1222 Main street, occu
pied by T. T. Hutchisson & Co., wholesale
hardware and saddlery dealers, and W. H.
Chapman & Sons, wholesale painters and
builders' supplies, collaped with a deafening
report, burying ten men beneath the ruins.
To add to the horror of the situation tike
debris took fire from a nktural eas leak arid
dense clouds of smoke aiising, the efforts bf
the rescuers were greatly impeded. The
greatest damage to life was among the em
ployes to Hutchisson & Co., all of whom
were at work. At 9 o'clock to-night the list
of dead and missing reached six, including
Father F. H. Parke, vicar general of the
West Virginia diocese, and four wounded, j
The Hutchisson building stood on the
corner of Alley 9 and Main street, the
Chapman building adjoining. At the hour
mentioned the employes in Hutchissonrs
heard an omnious cracking, and without a
i a moments warning or giving the unfor
! tunate men time to make an effort to escape
the alley wall fell down with a terrific
i crash, carrying with it the entire structures
: of both buildings. .Only the rear wall re
, mained standing. I
Frank Haller, Adam Blum andfT.
; Hutchisson were in the rear office and were
saved by the aid of two men who pried off
the bars of a back window and rescued the
men just before a fall of bricks buried thle
J room. j
5 The men in the Chapman building fared
j somewhat better. Clifton, one of the work
j men, noticed the plastering and the wall
j separating them from Hutchison's crumb
1 ling and falling down. He immediately
! gave an alarm and not a minute too soon,
for before the men had reached the doos
bricks and mortar were pelting them in
snowers. All got out in time however.
A general alarm brought the fire departs
ment promptly to the scene and the work
of rescuing was commenced. Blinded and
suffocated by the dense smoke, the firemen
worked like Trojans and in aboutt wo hours
the first victim wras rescued. It was M. J.
DeFord who was comparatively uninjured
while he was lying directly across Benjamin
Pritchard, who . was cold in death, and a.
medical examination showed that he had j
been killed by being crushed about the chest
No more bodies were found until 6:30 o'clock
this evening, when the body of Father
Parke was taken out of the debris, so. horri
bly crushed that the body was scarcely
recognizable.
In the meantime the fire had gained so
that the firemen had to give their entire at
tention to subduing it. After twelve hours
hard work they got the flames under con
trol, but it will be morning before the blaze
will be completely extinguished. j
Father Parke was walking up the alley
when the deplorable affair occurred. Harry
.Cowl, the messenger boy, was also killed in
the alley while returning from a call.
A startling rumor was extant this evening
that an explosion was imminent, for stored
in the Chapman building is a carload of
turpentine and oil. If the flames reach
this nothing can prevent a most horrible
addition to what is already the most disas
trous accident that has occurred in this city.
At 7:30 o'clock, however, Chief Healy
claims to have the blaze cut off from the oil.
The cause of the collapse was the defec
tive construction of the Hutchinsson build
ing, wmch was condemned two years ago
and the wort of removing neglected.
THE IISiCUME TAX LAW.
Great Uncertainty as to Consequences
of the Decision Diversity of opin
ion as to Kflect'of the Even
;, Division of the Court.
Washington, April 9. The scope and
effect of the decision of the Supreme court
in the income tax cases, so far as they relate
to the collection of the tax upon incomes,
other than those derived from rents and in-
terest on State and municipal bonds, are the
subject of general discussion. A wide di
versity of opinion exists upon this point
and the various expressions tend to confuse
the average mind. I
Attorney General Olney. for instanee, is
quoted as saying: I
o far as the lower courts are concerned,
LSion of the bupreme court is as bind
ing as if thewhole court had been unani
mous in its favor,. I cannot believe that
any judge would grant an injunction to
prevent a collector from collecting
the tax on incomes from cther sources
than rents or State and municipaibonds ih
the face of the Supreme courts action.HbJe
only way I can see by which persons w
object to paying the tax can secure judicial
action is by their paying the tax under pro
test and entering suit for its recovery."
But there are other lawyers equally
familiar with the practical effect of the de
cisions of the Supreme court, who say that
the action of the court yesterday binds nO
judge in respect of the points as to which
the court is evenly divided hot even the
Circuit court for the
Southern district of S
New York, in which the cases originated.
"Should a circuit judge hold that the law
was unconstitutional," said an attorney this
afternoon who has had a large practice iii
the Supreme court, "and issue an injunction
against the collection of the tax. which,
however, is rather improbable in view of
the general practice of the courts, that
would stand as the law for that circuit, be
cause it could not he overturned by-a
divided court. Until 'there is a full bench,
however. there does not appear to be much
probability ot reiier rrom the law."
Report of
Finns on the
Ktbelred
Confirmed..
Boston, April 9. Capt. Hopkins, of the
British steamer Etheired, which arrived
here to-day, says with regard to his being
overhauled by a Spanish cruiser, that there
i3 nothing to add to the story cabled at the
time. The Etheired was off Cape Maysi on
the 2nd, when the Spanish warship hoye hi
sight and fired a blank cartridge to heave
the Etheired to. - Capt. Hopkins stopped his
engines, when the Spaniard circled aroudd
the I Etheired once, then steamed away.
The first part of her name looked like
"JJeuve." Capt. Hopkins filed his report
with the British consul at Jamaica.
Oil on a Boom.
Pittsbceg, April 9. Oil is still on the
boomr This morning the Standard Oil
company announced that it would pay $1.27
per barrel for the crude article. This isjan
advance of 17 cents a barrel in two days.
On the Oil City Exchange the price; is 10
cents higher, sales being made at $ 1.37 per
barrel.
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THOtTSAND TWO-CEI3TS
SEIZED Ul CHICAGO. S 1
Detectives at Work for tho Iasx
Month The President Not Urcd
-o Call an jEIxtra Session of
JmureM Southern Meu
Kiilistiojir for Cuban tier- -".vice
The Income
Tax Matter. '
W ashixgtox, April 9. A Chicago niorn
ing'paper printed this morning an account
Of the discovery by secret service detectives
of an extensive counterfeiting of the pink
2-cent postage stamps. It was stated that a
package containing 10,000 of these counter
feit stamps had been discovered in the Chi
cago ofiice of the Wells-Fargo express. The
names of the shipper and consignee were
withheld.
Third Assistant Postmaster General Kerr
Craig, who has supervision of the postage
stamps, said to-day that about a month ago
he received from a postmaster in the West a
counterfeit 2-cent stamp, and upon examin
ation with a magnifying glass1 he detected
that it was spurious The hnes of a genuine
stamp, he said, were even and regular, but
the counterfeit was ragged and blurred and
the coloring defective. An expeit, he added,
could easily tell the good one from the bad.
Upon receipt of this stamp, inspectors were
set to work, but whether the pres
ent discovery was the outcome of
that investigation he would not state, but
it is probable that the counterfeit was one of
the many thousands sent out from Chicago.
Mr. Craig said he thought the story some
what magnified, but in any event it would
not necessitate the recalling of the issue of
2-cent stamps, as postmasters throughout
the couutry would be warned of the coun
terfeits and be directed to keep a close watch
for the spurious article. Postoffice inspec
tors in the field will be instructed to use
every effort in ferreting out the counter
feiters and the secret service detectives will
act'in conjunction with them.
Private Secretary Thurber's attention
being called to the statements contained in
a Washington evening paper that the Presi
dent was being flooded with telegrams from
all parts of the country appealing to him to
call an extra session of Congress to repeal
the Income Tax law, states that not a single
telegram, letter or verbal communication
haa been received on the subiect.
Information continues to be received at
Washington of enlistment of men in Ala
bama and Louisiana for service in Cuba.
This is in violation of the United States laws,
but no information definite enough to jus
tify action seems to have been received by
United States authorities.
Secretary Carlisle has announced that
hereafter no resignation of any officer,
clerk, or other employe in the Treasury De
partment will be accepted when there is
cause for any delinquency or Jmisconduct.
hf all such cases recommendation for the
removal of the offending person must be
made, and not simply a recommendation
that the resignation be accepted.
Advices received from Venezuela state
that the Chief Magistrate of the Amacuro
region nas been directed by the Caracas
Ministry to erect a church on the banks of
the Amacuro riyer, which is to form the
nucleus of a new settlement which it is in
tended to establish there. This settlement
will be located on the river directly opposite
j to tnat now occupied by the British and is
intended as an intimation that Venezuela
regards that part of the territory as her own,
and that British colonists must not encroach
I up it.
Commissioner Miller and the officials of
j the internal revenue bureau were busy all
I day endeavoring to find out where the in
' come tax law as construed by the Supreme
i court "left them." Asa full copy of the
j Supreme court's decision could not be ob
tained, it not having yet been printed, and
: as its exact bearing on the preseut regula
; tions could, therefore, not be accurately
; determined, no additional instructions to
; collectors could be issued to day, but direc-
! tions to collectors how to proceed will prob-
.ably be ready for issuance to-morrow. In the
meantime this telegraphic instruc
tions was sent to each of the
sixty-three collectors of internal
revenue: "Hold income tax list due April
10th until further orders. Retain possession
of all returns received." The tax list
directed to be held refers to the returns
for the previous month in the hands of col
lectors, who, under instructions from
Washington, forward the list here from his
office on the 10th of each month. These
lists will now have to be revised to conform
to the additional exceptions made by the
Supreme court.
The Southern Railway Petition
Granted.
ngtox, April 9. The Southern Rail
way has beensuccessf ul in its application
to the inter-State-Qommerce commission for
authority to chargelesafor longer than for
shorter distance for the transportation of
passengers between various points of its
lines. The decision of the commission
granting this request was rendered to-day.
The order of the commission is as follows:
"That the prayer of said petition be and
the same is hereby granted, and 'said South
ern Railway company is hereby authorized
to charge less for the transportation of pas
sengers for longer than for shorter distances
over the same line in the same direction,
the shorter being included within the longer
distance, but only to the extent and upon
the conditions following:
"1. Such higher rates for shorter distances
shall not in any case exceed the lower rates
for longer distance by more than $ 5,00.
. '2. Such lower rates for longer distances
shall not in any case be lees than those pre
viously published by the Seaboard Air Line
or other competing carriers between the
same points.
'3. Such lower rates for longer distances
shall not in any case be less than the cost of
the service rendered.
"This order is hereby declared to be tem
porary and provisional pending further
investigation by the commission, and the
same may be modified or revoked at any
time and without or with notice in the
discretion of the commission."
A Victory for Southern Iron.
Mobile, Ala., April 9. The Edgar Thomp
son foundry and machine works here have
secured the contract for the castings of the
marine railway to be constructed at Hali
fax, Nova Scotia. The bid iwas the lowest
submitted in competition wj!th foundrymen
elsewhere in the United States and in Eng
land. The material factor in achieving this
success was the fact that Alabama iron is at
least $ 1.50 a ton cheaper than any other
iron in the world, while the quality is of
the highest. The contract called for about
100 tons of castings.
fCOUNTFRFFIT STAMPS
T-HJU.NSW JUSTICES.
In Opinion From the Attorney Gen.
eral on the Status lho&e
?ot QaalWylnjrby
pril lt.
Special to tae M Clearer, f ,
Kaleiuk, N. C, April 9. Governor Carr
a?ked Attorney Qeneral Osborne for, an
opinion as to Whether, if the additional
justices of the peace elected by0 the State
Legislature failed to qualify on or before
April 1st there were created vacancies which
he had a right to fill. Tber were 3,000
sucjti justices elected and . the act eaid t&ey
were to qualify on or before April 1st. Very
few of them have qualified. The Attorney
General says mere delay in qualifying does
not in itself work a forfeiture of office. He
advises that where these legislative ap
pointees haw by their own neg ence failed
touahfy. it matters not h.'W long after
April 1st, and still fail to do so, the Gov
ernor should appoint to fill the office thus
yacant. If before his appointees qualify
the legislative appointees qualify the latter
have the better title, while if the Uovc rnor's
appointees qualify first they have the better
title. If the delay in qualifying is not due
to tne negligence of the legislative ap-'
pointees because they were not notified in
time to qualify April lt then the Governor
should not anpomt. This case has aroused
very great interest. Ihe Attorney Generals
opinion gives the legislative appointees the ,
inside track. - ''
supreme Court i) cisi.nis
Special to the Messenger.
Raleigh, N. C, April M. The Supreme
court filed this evening the following opin
ions: State vs Hatch, from Chatham, no
error; Commissioners of Durham county vs
Tobacco company, revised; Wilson Cotton
Mills vs Ilandleman Cotton Mills, from
Randolph, petition of plaintiff to rehear dis
missed. An .'. ssig Miienr .
j TSpecial to tne M'Reruer.
Raleigh, April 9 Samuel Watts, of
Auburn, this county, with general stores
there and at Shotwell, Garner, Clayton and
other points, assigned to day to E. B. Barbee,
of this city, with liabilities of 11,060, which
assets will Cover. He confessed judgements,
amounting to ?5,200, principally to the
Raleigh National bank and K. B. Barbee.
! The Sun's Carton Ueview.
New York, April 9. The Sun'g cotton
review says: Cotton rose 4 to 5 points, lost
most of the advance, then rallied and closed
firm at a net gain ot 4 to 6 points, with sales
of 113,700 bales. Liverpool advanced 1 point
for futures and was unchanged on the spot,
with sales of 18,000 bales. New Orleans ad
vanced 2 to 4 points. The New Orleans re
ceipts to-morrow are estimated at 2,000 bales,
against 9,321 last week and 2,510 last year.
Manchester will not be closed during the
Easter holidays. Silver advanced id in Lon- '
don, ! and i?c here. The receipts at the ports
were 26,283 bales, against 11,219 last year.
They are expected to be about 110,000 this
week, against 03,221 last year. Spot prices
in this country were generally unchanged,
with a light trade. Mobile advanced i-Hic.
Dry goods are firm and the Jaffray sale has
been very favorable. Some cotton goods are
higher.
To-day's features were: The was another
bullish budget. It consisted of an active
and higher Liverpool market, a bullish tone
at Manchester, unfavorable weather advices ,
from the South, a rise in silver, good buying
orders from Europe and estimated small re- ;
ceipts at New Orleans to-morrow. The South '
sent some buying orders, though it alto
sold.! Local operators covered shorts and
also went long to some extent. The under
tone was firm. The strength just now is
coming more from Manchester than from
any other place, and Manchester is boomed
up by favorable advices from East India.
At wood Violett d: Co. said: 4Cotton can
not be brought here to liquidate a sale of
contracts nearly as cheaply as the short can
cove?" himself on the market- We referred
yesterday to the warehouse mock at New
Orleans of 251,000 as representing the larg
est supply at any one point in the United
States, but a valued correspondent there
wires us to-day that we are mistaken as to
the amount, saying the New Orleans Ex
change estimated that the railroads held on
April 1st, 73,000 bales, all of which practi
cally is in transit, which, deducted, would
leave in warehouse an actual stock of about
18 J ,000. We very much doubt if the cotton
in presses to-day at the United States ports
unsold is 550,000 bales. Another feature of
the spot situation in this country is that
what remains in the South is 1 in
the hands of people who are holding
it for higher prices, believing that putting
money into cotton at present figures is as
safe, or safer, than anything else. That the
English spinner must buy. the large sales at
Liverpool, which were to-day 18,0J bales,
are continually proving. If in February he
was taking 82,00u bales a week of all kinds,
the consumption cannot be any1 smaller ,
now. and perhaps is a little larger, as trade t
conditions there have improved materially,
in consequence of the rise in silver and in- !
creased prospects of trade in the East. The
English spinner has been caught napping,
as it turns out, now that the Continent and i
America have.obtained the largest share of :
the cheap cotton, and Great Britain
is the buyer when the supply is .
dwindling and ) competition increas
ing for what remains in this
country. The actual stock at Liverpool on
March 2Sth, of all kinds wa3 1,781,110 bales,
of which 1,053.343 was American. Of the '
remainder 49,176 was Egyptian and only ;
0,99-J East Indian. Is it any wonder that
Manchester and Lancashire must see that it
is largely American cotton or nothing? Our i
Liverpool correspondent5! write under date j
of March 30th: 'Cotton is held in very :
strong hands by people who will not sell at I
present prices, and England will have to j
get from America 000,000 bales in the next I
five months, but no matter what her re-
quirements, how is she to get it?' "
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
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Li JJSS
ENGLAND INTERESTED s
IN OUR. NICARAGUA CAN Alt
, ; COMMISSION, '
Th Snrj ct or Our .p!-htnne r .
ilojvrnl or KnjiU'r to t'umino .
'riu Can Bronchi tlfijn t he ,
Hoiwof romnujnrlktir-
j merit of Apeakcr i-l-
, Ltato iloiularM.
Loxiox, April 9 In the House of Corn
mons to-day Sir WilUatu IUrcourt moted
vote of thanks to the retiring Speaker.
Bight Hon. Arthur WelleslejClY. Th
motion was seconded by A. J. Balfour, the
Conservative leader, and supported in.t uk
gistic speeches by Joseph Chamberlain and
Justin McCarthy, and the llous? paed it
by acclamation. j
Sidney Buiton, Under Colonial secrt tary. i
announced that one-half of tne troop in
British Honduras would be withdrawn on
April 30th. and the remainder at the end of
July.
Sir Edward J. Harhind asked whether Sir,
Edward Grey was aware of the fact that
the United States Government had ap
pointed a committee to examine into tho
question of the Nicaragua canal and to sur
vey the proposed route of the canal. Would
the British Government, he a.ked. appoint
a commission o co-ojerate jwith that of the
United States. -'Sir
Edward replied that he was aware of
the appointment of the United State. coin
mission, and that the. board of inquiry "con
sisting of three engineers, hadbftwi ordervt!
to report belore November Ith. The British
Government, he s-aid. could not consider the
question of sending any one to act with the
American commission unless t! e United
States desired such co ot rntio i. 'Hip British
Government was fully nnibl of hi- pnt
importance of thn question, ari in the vent
of ihe canal enterprise In ing 'lnderta en by
the Americm Government wu' i ta!, ?- cam
t'hrtt Britis!i trade and coiniiier, c received as
favorable t-rms ns tho.-e accurdtd to other
nations.
I Sir Edward Grey, rfp
gation bv Sir Georg
that the Government L
lying to an inter m-Baden-I'.uved,
said
ad receivt d no pm-
posal that they advance
monev to pav dara-
ages awarded to sealer
uii'l r the award of
the I'aris tribunal, pending th settlement
of these claims by the United Mates.
Home, April it Shocks of earthquake
were again felt at Beggii di 'a! abradant
evening, but no damage was done
The Government is informed that a cevere
fight occurred between the troops ami a
band of brigands in Sardinia yesterday.
Two of the brigands were killed and several
were wounded and a number of others
were, captured.
. tN. Jtatl.
Noiuolk, April 9 The Bostons, of tho
National league, and the Norfolk's of the
Virginia State League, played a , game of
ball here to day before about l.i) people
and the Bean Eaters showed the Norfolks
what the game was and how it is to be
played, although for the first thrte innings
the locals shut the Bean Eaters out. In the
fourth tli ey jumped on to Herr unmerci
fully and pounded out sir ruffsL Set ley wai
substituted and fared little better Norfolk
made two runs in the third on two ulfs and
WhaJey' two bakers They ni ide one i n
the lifth and three in the "ninth on loose
playing on the part of Boston, ii-.fin tried
three pitchers. S';llivan, Jo!a:i and Modson
and all showed up well, IhnNon puzzling
the locals with his deceptive out curves.
Baltimore plays Norfolk to -morrow. The
deore. wi Norfolk 0, Boston 13.
A rsumir SjIukiI Inneri,
Nkw Yokk, Aprils. Grammar school N'o.
32. in West Tlnrty-nrst street, was closed
this morning by order of the Board of
Health. Seventeen hundred pupils- were
shut out and will remain shut out of the
school until 'he health ollicers raise the em
bargo put U n it. The immediate cause of
all this is aci of measles in the janitor'
family, but b .k of it looms up the old con
tention between the health department and
the board of education concerning tho
school janitor's liying rooms. The con tro
vers 3- has this time been carried before tho
Mayor who has sided with the health de
partment; hence the closing of tjie Bchool.
A Pitched Ban,!'-.
Birmingham, Ala. April n a pitched :
battle at Little Warrior, Ala . mining camp
twenty-one miles west of Birmingham. last
night, four men were shot,' one of them
fatally. The trouble grew out of a lea.se on
the Little Warrior coal mine, formerly op
erated by Hooper it Co.. but now leased to
Thomas ,t Bibby. The Thomas party claim
that the Hooper party w- laid in tne road
for them and comment 1 tiring before n
word was epoken.
Th: latest re.-ult- of t h trm u-eutic;il
science and the L hi K.oi in upplianceH
are avail' d of in -omp-Jundiit, Ayer'a
S'irparil'.a. Hence, though half a cent
ury in existence as a medu-ine, it U fully
abreast -f the age in all tba: goes to
make ti e standard Mood purifh r.
Chicago' Jiayor lustalled.
Ciiicaoo. April 'J Jeonre B. Swift was
installed as Mayor. Much surprise was
evinced when he stated that he had two ap
poinsments to make at once. It ii an
nounced UU selection for city comptroller is
0. 1). Wetherell. a banker, who held tho
same position under Carter Harrison's
ministration. The other appointment
that of Eire Marshal Swenie, who is to
ceed himself.
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Tbe New Miner Qulr.
Prm-BUB';. Pa.. April 9. Ilobbiniine
at McDonald, which resumed yesterlay
with about fifteen men at the m per cent,
rate, is idle to-day. The strikers were suc
cessful in getting the rew men to quit.
There is no other change in the mining situ
ation. n o
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