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.1 . v- V - - - if-, S1.00 PER YEAR.d XXXJ. NO. 2. WILMINGTON, N. C., FKiDAY, JANUARY 7, 1898. 1 . , 4 - - fjvF'w V AFA HA fVT :.. If II CHINA YIELDS TO GERMAHY. SHE CEDES KAIO CHOU BAY TO ' III AT NATION. The CcMion in theNatnr of a Leae for - ao Iudtfinlte Period Several Square Allies of Territory Included, Over Ykhlch Germany is Given Sovereign Control-Ger . many to Selrt Other Location if Desired Cot"' "it of the London lres on the Pekin,. January 5. The Kiao Chou difficulty was settled . yesterday at a conference of the fsung-Ll-Yanmen (Chinese foreign office) which made the necessary concessions. Details are ex pected Berlta. January 5. The Ttechsanzeig er this evening announces that accord ing to a telegrram from Pekin, an under standing has been .reached between Germany and China regarding the ces-, sion of Kiao Chou bay to the former. The a.rrangiment it is added, is sub stantially as follows: The cession takes the form of a lease for an indefinite time. Germany i3 at liberty to erect on the ceded territory all the necessary buildings an-d.estab- ishments and to take the measures re quired for their protection. The ceded territory comprises the Avhole of the inner basin of Kiao Chou 'bay, so far as Ihe high water line, the larger head lands situated south and north of the ?ntrance of the bay, to the point where they are naturally bounded by moun- . tain ranges, and also the islands sit- ' uate-d within and in front of the bay. The ceded territory comprises an . -area of .several square miles, bounded by a large zone around the bay, with in which no measures or arrangements may 'be made without the consent of Germany. In particular no obstacles are to be raised by China to any meas- ures Germany deerji3 necessary for the regulation of the water courses. ! Finally, "In order to avoid canfiicts which might disturb the good unJer- standing between the two powers,' China has transferred to Germany, for a period, a lease of all soverign rights i Over the ceded territory.- The telegram which is brief, does not state duratron of the lease nor ths amount payable by Germany. If for any cause Kiao Chou bay should prove unsuitable for the objects Germany has in view, China, aUer ar riving ait an understanding with Ger- - many, will cede the latter, at another point of the coast, a piece of territory which Germany may regard as more suitable for the purpose.. In that ease China will take "over the building and establishment constructed by Germany . at Kiao Chou bay and refund their -cost. London, January. 6. The Times says editorially this morning: "It would be simple to assume that the Reichsanzei grer's dispatch tells the whole story; for it quite omits to say what Oh'ua gets in return. To the world at large, ,hovvever, the material fact is th'u Germany, by iphysical force, has eb- - itained a naval station. This is the fact that must guide other powers in de termining their own policy. The talk of a. lease is a mere saving of appear- , ances. There is no doubt that both Germany and China are aware that it is a practical cession in, full sovereign ity. It provides a further argument in favor of an English guaranteed Chinese - loan.". ' Ixnid!dn, January 5. There is a gen eral fcdl'img lin England, arid It is. re- fleeted. m tlh'e sltlook exohlanges, that . thle, situation 'in the far eas!t is im- "prov'i'nig. It 4s -bel'i'evcd -the proposed :"liaaai o!f 16,000,000 twill ibe iguaranteed '.by.'tlh'e'DrH'lsh governitnen't, aJiglh itbJe. final de'cision is wdt- likely e 'TCadh'ed oint'ill tlhe "meieti'ng of the &ut-Iwet-'cai MonkJay riext. V t. iThie iPalli Mall Gazette this aftter '7ioku rcftetf o the' "Ascendiency of Mony O; itihe (Mailed Piaf," e'tc, and e-ays v?i" 1 J reat Br'ita'in's vessels are afrfSiSre'd loff OWemti'ltpoi and at Port Arthur. This ics quietly 'implying that "Grealt Britain iwilil 'halve a voice in fu- ''ure arrangetments. FHirtbier, the la- -test tetograims clearly . 4'nd'ioate 'Chat : she hiaa plenty of frtenda. LAsikl'a from " tfihe Japlaneise, na't'iio'n's Jlike' the 'United 1 ' States, wihose interests are) , purely VcfmOTerciiaA, are" .well Idiiiapoised toward ,iTir govemmenlt and are opposed , to ' trade exjclusiveness." . , ..... ' Ixmdom., January 6. The Daily: Mail, jcomiimentinlg uip'on the "fadt that the United tS tates and Japan are openly on our side in the Chines-e affair," say: "Potr once we are getting some recog- riitlon for our seu'erous commercial Jp'olicy; ' ' 4 :'- ' Despatch to The Times f rom Pekin, datral yesterday (Wednesday), says . that Germany has taken a lease of , . Klao-Ohou for "fifty years. It says . ''also" reports are current there that a FrentCi otfcnxpatlon of H'ai-'N'an island Is imminent, ' . Pronpeetsof Hawaiian Annexation v s "Washington, January 5. Senator . .avis, chairman of the senate commit- -ice on (foreign relations gave notice in - 11.8 senate today that he would call up -' Cs cenate annexation treaty in execu- C re cession on (Monday next and ask C j cmate to consider it each day there , ' r.;;cr until the treaty should be dis- Of. It was positively announced that the " - pelican side of the chamber would : 2U trait on the vote. Senators Morrill, r -crT ciid; the two or three other repub ; rr; Lnators who , were classed as " irl prior to the holiday recess now :3T considered as committed to the .ty.: and. Its suppporters are hopeful "'tt!rt the necessary sixty votes for "3re.. The supporters of the t also expect to have the aid lvsr republicans with the ex rScnatOT'Pettigrew. The pop- .11 'be divided and a majority of traits 'will be agalnst ratiflca- often lurk In the blood be- T3-'v j evenly .msnifest themselves, r . -i :;eep the iblood pure Hvith 1'. i.iparllla. u - '4 . KEFUBLICANS AT OUrS The IJreach In the Ixitver Ilouw of the Maryland LegUlature Contlnud-Itepub llcans Unable tc Organize That ISody. Annapolis, Md., January 5. The spltt in the ranks of the republican mem bers of the house of delegates, which developed alt last nig'ht's caucus, con tinued today with the result that the house was compelled to adjourn until tomorrow without having organized and there seems t be no immediate prospect of a settlement of the diffi culty. Without the aid of seven of the se ce'ders, the repuolioan majority can not tleot a speaker, and wish four of them the democralts would have the number necessary under the constitu tion to effekrt an organization. The r'ecalc'itrant retpubliicans have a can didate for ithe speakership fn the per son of Mr. Schaefer, a member of tihe Balthnore city delegation. United States Senator Wellington and Gov ernor Lowndes lhave both declared for Judge MtrCotoias for United States sen ator, while Major 'Alexander 'Shaw, General Thomas T 'Shyrock and Con gressman Sydney Mudd, are m'aking an active canvass in order to see how the land lies. The democrats today vOted for the caucus nominee of their party, Lloyd Wilkinson, "while t'he republican ma jority voted for Ashely IM. Gould, Who was put up by last night's republican caucus. The balloting resulted In Gould getting thirty-eight votes, Scha'efer 'eleven and Wilkinson forty two, lut as forty-six are necessary Do an 'election, an adjournment 'was ta ken until tomorrow. The senate or ganized by electing J. Wirt Randall president and filling the other offi ces With 'the nominees of the sen atorial caucus. 'Balloting Ifor a Successor to United .Stakes 'Senator Gqrman Will 'begin next Wednesday. 1 Preparations Completed for Durrant'a Ex ecution San Francisco, Cal., January 5. Al though the attorneys for W. H. T. Dur rant, the condemned murderer of Blanche Lamon't, were considerably dis concerted by the denial of their applica tion for a writ of Tiabeas corpus and per mission to appeal theiefrom to the United Suites circuit court this morning. They have yet two more moves by means of which they hepe to prevent the execu tion of their client on Friday. These are to appeal to the governor for a reprieve and to apply to the supreme court of the United States for an appeal from the circuit court decision denying the peti tion for a writ of habeas corpus. Attor ney C. L.. Boardman. who left here on Saturday last, is expected to reach Washington tonight and will probably make the latter application tomorrow morning. While little reliance is being placed upon the governor, strong pres sure Is being brought to bear upon him on behalf of the condemned murderer and no stone is being left unturned in the effort to gain executive clemency. Meantime Warden Hale has completed all his. arrangements for the carrying out of the sentence, and so little faith have Uurrant's parents in the efforts to save their son that they have requested Rev. William Ra'dor to mount the scaffold with th2 condemned man. They also at tempted to make arrangements for thtj funeral of their son after the execution, but learned to their dismay that there was decided objection on the part of the cemetery officials in this city to permit ting Durrant's body to be interred on account of the publicfty which his case has been given. Mr. Clark'tt Gold Dollar Bill Wasthington, January 5. Represen tative Clark.o f Iowa, has initroduced a bill making the gold dollar t'he sole unit of"-value directing every nation al ibank "to redeem its notes in dol lars of such value, restricting" the de nominations of treasury or national bank note's to $10 or its multiple, those outstanding of less denominations !be ing called in and re-issued in such de nominations . Silver cert'ificaites are to ibe called in and standard silver dol lars 'given in exchange and certificates destroyed, while after July 1st, 1900, the treasury is to refuse all subh cer tificates as payment of public dues. IThe national 'bank acts also are amended so s to charter 'banks Wi-Oh a paid up capital 'stock of $20,000 which may issue currency to the amount of the face Of the securities thley deposit With the government, t'he tax on cir culation to be onevhalf of one per cent, payalble annually In January. The Com8tock.IYergon Slander Salt New York, January 5. The hearing of the long pending suit for $50,000 dam ages - for' defamation of character brought by Anthony Comstock, of the Society for the Suppression of Vic3, against. Dr. Montague R. Leverson, of Fort Hamilton, commenced today In the United States court. During an altercation 'between Corn stock and Leverson ait the New York Central station in Albany on February 19th, 1896, the prisoner is accused of having made the following public dec laration: '"Ladies and gentlemen, this man is 'Anthony Comstock, a notorious black-mailer who never earned an honest dollar in his life." On the stand today Dr. Leverson said that he believed what he said of Com stock to be true then and does so still. To Bay the Ohio River aod Charleston Railroad (Special to The afesseriger.) "Raleigh, N. C, January 5. It is as serted that the 'North, CaroTirJa and Georgia Railway is attempting to buy t'hte Ohio 'River and Charleston Ra'3 way, Which passes 'by Rutherfordton, in order to (prevent it from buEdimg an extension to Sutmter andi connect ing with the "Atlantic Coast Line. Rnseell Goes to the State Farms CSpeCXal to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, January 5. It was given out at tlhe executive department today Chbt Governor "RusseH's depart ure Is f or Che convict farms On Roan oke river, in oarapatoy wJtih Superin tendent Mewboome. w. 4 : r . . j, J THE-ANTI-HANHA COMBINE HOLDING ITS OWN IS THK O&IO SENATORIAL CONTEST No Chances Among the"Doubtfolfc" Yes terday Uoth Uranches of the Legisiatare . Adjourned Until Monday A Deadlock on the Senatorial Election Expected Dem ocrats to Scatter Their Votes Ilanna in the Fight to the Finish Fear of Serious Disturbances Columbus, Ohio. January 3. Both branches of the legislature have ad journed till Monday. But both side3 of the senatorial contest remain in confer ences daily and nightly at the Neil house and the Great Southern hotel, respec tively. The doubtful members made no flops today. They still remain doubtful ar.d they are receiving the united and untir ing attention of the legislative steering committees and outside workers. Next Monday Governor Bushnell will be inaugurated for his second term, but the exercises will not interfere with the senatorial fight. The anti-Hanna repub licans expect all of their followers here Monday for a large demonstration. Although many republican c:ubs- have canceled their engagements for quarters on inauguration day, it is believed that the efforts of the anti-Hanna republi cans to have as big a demonstration as usual will succeed. The Hanna men will also take advantage of the excursion rates to have visiting republican delega tions on that day to protest against "the combine" with democrats. The-expected dead-lock will not begin till next Wednesday, when the two houses ballot jointly for senator and con tinue to ballot jointly from day to day till there is an election. As the ballot ing may continue indefinitely, it is not expected that the inauguration visitors will remain to add t-y the chorus of bitter hcwling and counter-charges, but some apprehend insulting demonstrations and even serious disturbances on Monday. Letters and telegrams from protesting republican clubs and committees and, others continue to pour in from the coun ties on the governor and the republican members who are co-cperating with the democrats and some of these messages and missives appeal to Senator Poraker to come to the relief of the party by de claring it to be the duty of all republi cans to stand by the decree of the Tole do state convention,-in supporting Sena tor Hanna. V In reply to the report about Secre tary Sherman, Assistant Uecretary Day, Congressman Grosvenor and others being made the republican senatorial nominee, Senator Hanna said positively today he would never retire. He says he was nom inated by the Toledo state convention for senator and cannot retire in favor of any other one. The senator insits that he will never withdraw even if defeat should beccme inevitable,' but he still insists that he will win cut ' before ' another week rolls around. The standing committees have not been announced in either house and the com bine is using the patronage to hold their men in line. In the "senate today Sena tor. Burke shewed some tendency to co operate with his republican colleagues. The democrats wanted to report the committees, but Senator ,Burke stopped it by saying he would vote with the re publicans. Later in the day Senator Burke was in conference with Hanna and he sp?nt most of his time with the Hanna workers. While the Hanna men are still short three cr mere votes on the current claims of both sides, yet "the combine" is having its troubles in fixing on some one who can command all the democratic vote as well as that of the dissenting re publicans. Lewis G. Bernard, -the democratic lead er from Cincinnati, and the manager for John R. McLean, said tonight: "There will be no election for a long series of ballots. The democrats will scatter their votes." This is taken to mean that the democrats will not be able to agree in their caucus cn a candidate. The anti-Hanna republicans announce positively that under no circumstances will they vote for a democrat. They will continue the -dead-lock indefinitely rath er than elect a democratic senator. Ex-Senator Brice delivers an address here next Saturday night before the Jackscn Day banquet and his presence is anticipated with some anxiety. The Press is out with a sensational extra edition tonight, announcing that the democratic prosecuting attorney has presented the senatorial situation to the errand iurv. In referriner tn this innnicl. tion. The Press says sworn statements' have been submitted to the grand jury from Representative and Mrs. Griffith, of Union county; Representatives George Spellmyer and Chris. Monter, of Cincin nati; Hon. N. R, Rysell. of Columbus, and others against certain workers for Hanna. This affair is pronounced as an attempt . at intimidation by the Hanna men. Cleveland, Ohio, January 5. A special from Marysville. Ohio, the home of Rep resentative Griffith, of the state legis lature, says: "The people here are wild, and threats of violence are made against Representative Griffith. Two Kurtz men from Columbus, while here, narrow ly escaped violence at the hands of an gry republicans. A mass meeting of Griffith's constituents has been called for tonight to take. action in the matter." Nomination by the President Washington, January 5. The presi dent today sent a large Ibatch of nom inations 'to tlhe senate. Among them were the tfondwtag: To be marshal Of the United States 'Aulick 'Palmer, for the District of Co lumbia. State Owen L. Smith, of North Caro Una, t be minister resident and con sul -general of the United States to Liberia; James G. StoOwe, of Missouri, to ibe consul-general of the United States at Capetown, Caipe of Good Hope. Treasury Leander P. Mitchell, of Indiana, to he assistant comptroller of the treasury. To be pension agent Sidney L. Will- sion, at Washington, D. C. General Hundley 8till Under Peace Bond 'Richmond, Va., January 5. General George J. Hundley, of VAmelia, who was arrested last night on 'the charge of being about to engage in a duel with Colonel Jothn Cussons, of Glen Allen, was 'before the police court this rnornlinig. General Hundley made quite a rengthly statement In court, in which he declared that the was opposed to dueling, and had no Intention of break ing the peace. The case was con tinued "until the ISth of "this month. and General Hundley was .bailed m tlhe suim of $1,000. Colonel Cussons has not yet been arresCedv TO AMEND CIVIL SERVICE A Synopsis of' the Kill 'Drafted by the Committee or Anti-Civil .errlce Repub licans of the " hjr Washington. January 5. The bill for the reform of the civil service law, which has been drafted by a special committee of republican members of the house cf representatives opposed to the system In Its present form, makes sweep ing changes in the present system, the most important of which is the establish ment of a five year tenure of office for tho?e government employes who are brought within the terms of the bill. The measure limits the application of the civil service system to the departments In Washington and to such other locali ties where the total number of employes exceed twenty-five. All appointees are to be recommended for five years, with the removal clearly regulated and vested in the appointing power. It is provided, however, that no removal shall be made for political cr religious causes and in case of removal the causes shall be spec ified artd the papers made a record of the office. All persons now in the public service are to terminate their service five years frcm the time that the act takes effect. The measure recognizes the general eligi bility of these persons for re-appointment. It includes the civil service pos tal clerks and letter carriers in offices having over ten employes, exclusive of subcrdinates. It limits the civil service regulations to clerks whose compensa tion is from $9X to $1,800 per year, and includes as clerks, copyists, computers, counteis and draftsmen. It is pointed out that the essential idea of the foregoing bill is to lake out of the civil service all responsible and important officers, limiting it only to clerks in Washington and certain large cities, and in these cases fixing a tenure of office of five years. As the result of the conference of the republican members of the house oppos ed to the existing civil service system. the bill outlined above was adopted unan imously with a few amendments. Rep resentative Evans, of Kentucky, was in structed to introduce tl measure in the house tomorrow. It will then be refer red to the committee on civil service re form. A steering committee, to wait on the committee on rules to secure the fix ing of some date for the consideration of the proposed legislation and to ascertain the sense of the house and the exact sup port that will be given it, was appointed. Cbargea With Secret Assault Sam Livingstone, colored, was arraign ed in Justice Bunting's court yesterday charged with secretly assaulting A. H. Lamb, colored. The defendant, through his counsel, Herbert McClammy, Esq., waived an examination and was commit ted to jail in default of a $100 bond to await trial at the present term of the criminal court. The story of the alleg ed assault Is as follows: Last Friday night wyatch services were held ai St. Stephens' church (colored), and Lamb was in attendance. After the new yekr was ushered in Lamb left the church in company with two female companions. When the trio reached the corner (of Thirteenth and Market streets they separated, one of the women going down Thirteenth street and Lamb and the othr woman, who was Livingstone's wife, aid who had requested Lamb, on account of the time being night, to es cort her home, continued walking up Market street, until the woman's house was reached. Lamb then bade his com panion good night and started off, but about that time Livingstone came out of the house and fired a pistol three times, fortunately without result, at Lamb, and then beat him badly with a stick. The accused, Livingstone, renounces the truthfulness of the latter part of the story, and states that Banks lired at him with a pistol. Death of Mr. Raymond E. Branch We regret to learn through a letter from our esteemed friend Mr. R. B. Branch, publisher of the Red Springs, N. C, Citizen, that his brother, Mr. Raymond E. Branch, died in Chicago on the 29th of December. The deceased was well known in Wil mington and has many friends here who will regret to learn that he has departed this life. He resided in our city a number of years and was em ployed 1 y the Atlantic Coast Line in various positions of trust. For quite a while he held the position of ticket agent at Front street station. He went west about four years ago and was connected with a mercantile agency in Chicago at the time of his death. The cause of his death was con sumption, and he was aged 37 years. Jewelry Firms Swindled Salem, 'Mass.. January 5. Two of the large jewelry firms of this city who ad vertise largely in magazines and do a very extensive mail and express order business throughout the country, report ed today that they were the victims of a clever swindle at Christmas time. At that time one of the firm received an or der for $150 worth of goods from a per son in Willow Grove, Pa., who enclosed a United States Express money order in payment for the same. The other firm at the same time received an order for $100 worth of gcods from the same per sons, who paid for them in a similar manner. These orders were accepted without question, but the United States Express Company now makes affidavit that the orders were forgeries upon blanks stolen from the company. It is thought proballe that other concerns doing a similar mail and express busi ness throughout the United States have also been victimized. A Good Day's Work "A scrofulous sore on one of limbs troubled me four years. I my was told it must be cut out as my only chance of recovery. I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and this medicine purified my 'blood. I am now sound and well and able to do a good day's work." NATHANIEL PENNINGTON, Domino, Virginia. Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick head ache. Indigestion. biliousness. All druggists, 25c. Weyler Mot to be Prosecuted MadrM, January 5. The question of calling General WeyleT to account for protesting to the queen-regent against the wcrdfntg of President McXinley3 message to congress and for allowing the docuttnent hxt "become publid is closed, Uhe pufblic prosecutor having informed the supreme war council that he has decW-eki there Is no ground for prosecution. Nw Bedford Operatives to Strike New Bedford, Mass.. January 5. The Spinners Union tonight unanimously Voted to strike against the reduction of wages subject to the approval of the atlotl Spinners' Union. ..jJm.a THE BOND REPUDIATION ALREADY HAVING BAD EFFECT Ul'ON OTHER BOND ISSUES To Start Shirt Making at the Penitentiary. Exorbitant Charges f Romll't Lawjers In the Lease Cae Judge Dick ui to fte Ign-GIImore, the lerado. In the Pen itentiaryFatal Accident at Amateur Theatrical Performance Epidemic of Measles at Baptist Orphanace Messenger Bureau. Raleigh. X. C, January 3. The suits to secure the repudiation of county bonds issued in aid of rail ways are having a distinctly bad effect. Statesville wants waterworks and sold $52,000 of bonds, but the takers will not pay for them until the supreme court passes upon the Charlotte waterworks bonds, having granted a rehearing in the latter case. The state papers are full of angry comment on the success ful repudiation of bonds in Stanly and that attempted in Buncomb and Rutherford. It is declared that by what ha3 been done already confidence in all North Carolina securities is shak en. V. S. Lusk. an influential Bun combe republican, says he will use all possible pressure to induce the Bun combe county commissioners to with draw their suit to invalidate the Spar tanburg ana Asheville bonds. It is proposed at the penitentinary to put fifty convicts at work about February 1st, making shirts, using the chapel for the purpose. The big work shop in the west wing is not prepared and will cost considerable to put it in shape. There are now less than 175 convicts in the big prison. The size of the bills for legal services in the matter of Governor Russell's suit to annul the lease of the Northern -olina railway is so large that it is said to have made the directors gasp for breath. One bill by P. W. Aver; it, is for $2,000, and it is said others are a large or nearly as larg. None of them are yet paid. There is utter unbelief among repub licans here that Senator Pritchard has the least idea cf retiring and succeeding Judge Dick, or that th? latter proposes ' to resign. Republican State Chairman Holton expresses the belief that Judge Dick may resign in the spring; but does not want to resign at all unless he can secure the place for Judge Douglass. In fact, he plainly says now he has no idea cf resigning. Alex. Gilmore, a negro desperado, was put in the penitentiary yesterday, to serve a ten year's sentence, and Isham Wright to serve one year. Wright is shot. After Gilmore servos his term here he will be turned over to the "South Carolina authorities to serve sixteen years of an unexpired term. Thi3 city now has six public schools, one having quite recently been occu pied, and in. the spring will begin work on the seventh. At an amateur theatrical peivSmance last night at Asheville a 14-year-o'.d loy named Hampton was shot in the head and killed by another youth named Scott. It was thought thj pistol was unloaded. There are 100 cases of moasels,f a very bad type, at the Baptist orphan age at Thomas vl lie. All school work is suspended and the place is converted into a hospital. So far no deaths have resulted. The Seaboard Air Line notifies the railway commission that It will not issue any more -passes in future save to persons who are excepted by the railway commisison act. The populist county commissioners here today ousted one of the 'best pub lic road supervisors in the state, solely for the purpose of putting in a populist, without a particle of experience. They elected Charles B. Ray, over the pro test of J. B. Hill, chairman of the board. People from all the eastern trucking sections report the outlook as good. J. A. Brown, the promoter of the "Sunny South" colony at Chadbourn, is here and says it now numbers 400; practically all its members frcm the northwest. The two Wilsons, railway commis sioners, have not the slightest idea of making any physical contest to regain possession of their office, which the governor had forcibly opened. They are taking matters quietly and both say they leave the entire business in the hands of their attorneys, who are cer tainly very capable men. To Make Government! Bonds Payable, In Mirer Washington, January 5. Senator Teller Icoday "rntroduoed a concurrent resolution declaring the Jbond3 of the United States to be paya'ble In silver dollars and asserting that 'to restore 'to their coinage such silver coins as a legal tender in payment of said bonds, princfpal and interest, is not In Viola tion of the public faith, nor In degra- ga tion of the rights Of the pufbTic cred- kor." The resolution is In the lang uage of the resolution 'introduced by Hon. Stanley Matthews, rn the Forty -fifth congress artd which passsd "both houses. The resolution was referred to uxb n nance committee, ana as a majority of the members of that com mittee are "friendly to silver. Senator Teller anticipates tfhaft fl will be fa vorably reported. The Kins Bfocntaln Coal Charlotte, N. C, January 5. A spe cial to The Observer from King's Mountain, N. C, says that a govern ment expert has examined a efpeclmen or tne coal recently ascovered near that place arid pronunces it to be 93 per cent, carbon and a fine sample of anthracite. The deposit. It is, said. crops out in several places. On Trial for Burglary St. Joseph. Mo.. January 5. Calhoun Calkins, son of rich parents, and former ly a young society leader, is on trial in the ctimlnal court here on the "charge of tmrglary and larceny. He broke into the real estate office of John L. Ziedler. on the night of September 3rd. and rifled the safe. When the police arrested him he admitted the crime. The defense Is that he was made insane by the exces- Jk sive use of cigarettes, ..w . Royal roakes the food pwre, wb&Ictome and 4 ctktona. Absolute! Puro 3VAl ftAKJftG fOWDC. CO. TW TOW. "parka Choiios H. Byrn, who was t)iwktil of the Brooklyn llaw Hall Ctu UW1 at his residence In thai city Tit.luy. Dr. Rolert L. Dalmey. one of tin most prominent iducatxrs of the jarutti. died at his lwm In Knoxvilk IVntu. Tuesday. The senate confirms tT rwrnvrtatvtkai of HezekSih, A. Gudgvr. of 'North Car olina, to Ijc Unitvd States coruu1-K:Tt-tral at Panama, Colombia. Congress-man GiwswJior, of Oii, vvho arriwd in aching tn WVdrun day express d the opinion that Sotw.ur Hanna would re-tlcud. The case of North CaroMnt aguinstt James W. Wilson, state railiMaXl omi misskmer. -was docketed In th; I7nltvl Siatvs eupremn? court Tuclay. The British steamer KaTUiwhtt, Ca?v tain Maxwell, which saikd from, don Deccmlitr 24th for NVwiort New, has returmd with machinery d'i:k.T ed. Three men wore killed at the Avorv dale (Fa.) mine vf th? IX-kiAvaiv, Iack a wanna and West or n Coal (VmjKArry WtJncAlay by a terrific oxpuii tf era ?. The steamer Vigil am ".a" arrlwe at New York from Havana wuh 1.K0O bags. 594,00 pounds, -of 4u'gar. Tr.-b k the first shipment of sugar from Ctrli in many months, SeT.:a!tor Rutler, cf 'North Carolina, introduces a rtsoihrtPon in Uhv 'ruitv. providing1 for the election f Un1rl States ser.atcr3 'by direct Vote af Vh? people. Orrin H. Lumlvrt. fcrimr pntlrn of the Syracuse (N. Y.) In lu atrial Ben efit Association, "is svntemij. to thrt years and seven month.- "in A'Utmrn prison for grand larceny. - The cane fields belvn,?rinfr to Simon (Milan, at the colony Of Patenque, nvur Guines, province cf Havana. Iiaw been lurned. It Is lwlievcd the ilrv? .was of incendiary origin. Governor Tyler, of Virginia, has re spited for ninety diy. John Jatrkrtni, of 'Bristol, who warf senten-d to t hanged at A'bingdon on Saturday for the murder of Walter P. Itor.tri!. Itepresenta'tive Overstrvvt, of Indi ana, will introduce the curriM;y re form bill of the Indiana! I'm mone tary commission and ft will 1 rvfi-r- red to the committee on Ixinkinr ajkI currency. The British cruiser ISdgar Tnis ar rived at "Hong Kong and t'he l&rttfcaU cruiser Grafton has saihd northward. The bulk of the Briti Ci fleet Is report ed to be at ChUsan, near 'Nlng-I'o. The announcement Is made that Hon. Ignatius Donnelly will, -.1 six wwclc marry Miss Marion Hansn, 'wiho lak been a stenographer in the ofTWv of hb newspaper. II is 6 and he 20 yetr old. The death of Louis Ranger, a promi nent mem!ljtr of the New York cotton exchange, was announced Wt4lmdiy He was also a'merrtbtr of rh? coffee, produce and corn exchange. He wti 65 vears old. Argument on the application for k certifrcate of reasona.'ble doult of Vtwo legality of the conviction .& Actor Mil- ward J. Ratrflffe for Vffe beattavg waa on again Wednelay before JiMttco Dickey, in the supremo court, Ifcnocflc lyn. Mrs. Julia Leard, a White wnan was murdered by a Seminole iTwlfcm Wednesday evening, four trnfrks eotirt if ; Maud, Oklahoma territory. The crfitv was corrnnftteed In iWe irni?noe of Uhd woman's children . The Indian w cxped. 'Attorneys for K. J. Ratcilffe's- witfe receive a cablegram from their Loo don representative, stating that he was mailing to them an official cojy or , the marriage certificate of ISdward VJ. 'Ratcliffe to Caroline IUven&.hrH, on August 19, 1SS3. 'At S?an Francisco, in t'he Unite! States circuit court Wt-dnemkiy, Jtadg Morrow and De Haven denial Dur rant's application for a writ of tmJae corpus and a!so rtffused to granft his attorneys leave to appeal frctn this decision. Reports received from the weuiher fbureau official In Fiorkia Irwiksirtw that ithe freeze of January 2nd oral 3rd, 1&&S, while doitic wmkieniMts damage, did not approach in eeverttjr or destructlvertess the freexes In tbo wlnter of 1894 and . James B. KeHOg-ff. repufied founder of the defunct 12. S. Dean Company, has surrrer.dered him&elf to the Xer York police and Is held In 31.000 fcatt for examination on the charge of Vn spiracy to dafmuid." fAt 31 1. Carmel, Pa., the corrtrnercJal hotel, a four-etory brick structure, wmm completely destroyed . by frre? eterty Tuesday rrromlr.-g and the th-ty-?vert guests in the house "barely escaped wtBa their lives. The executive oognmfttee of tK tle League of American Wheelmen cidoJ to accept b?e fmrlcatkm of Indiana state dlvlsfcml and cltrbu in that state to Isold ibe meet at Indianapolis. A 4 P 7 it -J i 1 1 '
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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