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4J! v s& yx st. jy v ill I lie i h I IK K K "V OL. XXXI. NO. 4. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1S98. $1.00 PER YEAR. &MJ) j M II II I RUSSELL RAYIHG AT NEWSPAPER RIDICULE OF HIS FREE PASS BUSINESS Southern Railway Officials Indicted for Re fusal to Answer Questions Before the Railway Commission The Abbott-Hancock Suit Withdrawn To Ifulld a Rail road from Raleigh toLllllngcon Kx-Con-greHgman Settle lle (harges Against an C Uncle, Who 2s a Candidate for the Greens boro l'ostoince Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, January 12. People are laughing a. great deal at these "free pass prosecutions." It is said that' Governor Russell yesterday stated that he had bought $50 .worth of tickets probably a mileage book. The governor heartily denounced news papers, which ridiculed him about ibis free pass business. A telegram from New Bern says the mother of Miss Annie Abbott says she Is not able to push, the charges against President Robert Hancock and has to withdraiflTt'hem. It Is said a gentleman named Lumley was prominent -in secur ing the. withdrawal. Her father i's a Mason and there is an intimation that Masons will aid in the prosecution. It seems reasonably sure that in a little While work will begin on a rail way from this city .to Liilington, Har nett county. A lumber company will build the road, to develop the large tracts of long-leaf pine timber. . The grand lodge of Mason3 lias settled the suit as to the property left by Mr. Bradley of California so it gets 500 a' year income. The secretary of state grant's license of South Carolina to do business in ' North Carolina. The grand jury of this county having presented Vice President Andrews, Henry -W. Miller and R. L. Potts of the southern railway for refusal to an- swer questions or to produce ibooks, it ' appears that tomorrow the railway I commission will not take action in the contempt case against them, but will await the result in the superior court. Chairman Caldwell, of the commission, j who arrived this morning, said he did not expect the presentment to be ex- ! actly in this shape, but that he had learned that Solicitor Pou would put the matter in such way as to test the power of the commission act so far as the forcing of witnesses to give evi dence is concerned. This, Chairman Caldwell says, will settle the whole question of the board's power and authority. It is contended that under section 27 of the railway commission act it is made a misdemeanor to refuse . it :, . t! w w we nuaa , 4UC0a,., xne penally utfuijj a. line ui nui icao than $50 nor more than $1,000. Cald well says he must necessarily await the action of the superior court, as he is not only a sworn lawyer, but also sworn as commissisoner. Chairman Caldwell aid to me today that suppoenas have been isssuenl for ; Vice President St. John and other of- ; ficials 'of the 'Seaboard 'Air Line for ; giving free passes, and also suppoenas for officials of the Atlantic Coast Line for the same thing. He added "we will put all the roads on the same footing." i In the superior court here there is a I presentment 'of the Seaboard Air Line for giving a free pass to Railway Commissioner John H. Pearson. It ap pears that this is the pass which Vice Preiden't St. John sent him and which he returned with thanks. P. W. 'Avirett, who was Governor Russell's counsel in the suit to vacate tit,,, a-n fa h hi? rp- ! road, return's all the lees ne nas re- ceived, $l,o0, ami washes his hands of standard was the one subject to least the Whole business. change; one to which all other values George Vanderbilt landscape gar- most readily adjusted themselves; one dener, who will supervise the planting which -will be the same when a trans of shrubs arid plants, the gift frtm j action closes as it was when it opened TriMr.. of ty,a AvwiitivA mansion The commission felt that such a thing Biltmore, at the executive mansion a douHe 9tandard had never existed grounds, is making suggestions as to ; Jn the WurJd througrh natural operations, the capiitol square. He yesterday told There had been double standards estab the keener of. the capitol that the num- ; iwhed by law. but never in fact. When ber of trees in 'the -square was twice too large. The rcport3 to the railway commis sion show that in 'this state the At lantic Coast Line has 2,961 employes, the Southern 2,674, the Sekboard Air Line 2,408, micellaneous roads 2,201. There are bets here that Joshua P. Hill will be the next postmaster; others that 'C. T. Bailey will be the lucky man. Nb dark horse is now suspected. There was $5,000 accident insurance on I. G. Barnes, the Henderson man Who died two weeks ago after an in jury received while trying to get on (a train. The company declined to pay unless there was a post mortem so the bioidy was exhumed yesterday, in the presence of a Raleigh physician and six others who found death was due to the breaking of -a blookl vessel In the leg caused by the injury. . It Is now the fashion to file the gravest possible charges against the candidates for national office and it is learned there have heen filed bad ones against P. H. Ly brook, who expects the Winston postoffice. Those against 1 McBrayer, who wants the Shelby post office, are also serious as well as singu lar. And now ex-Congressman Settle 3ras gone to Washington to file charges against his uncle,. Tyre Glenn. Who wants to be ixstmaster at Greensboro. The cornerstone of the Coleman cot ton mill at Concord, which is nearly , 'all owneld by negroes and will have only negro operatives; will be laid Feb ruary 8th. President 'McKinley. Sena tor Pritchard, General John B. Gordon, Governor Russell, Congressman White, Bish'op Hood and Booker T. Washing ton are asked to be present. Receiver 5ill, of the Cape Fear arid Yadkin Valley railroad, arrived at Greensboro today, it is believed on "business connected with the lease to the Seaboarkl Air Line. Collector Duncan Confirmed "Washington, January 12. The sen- ate today confirmed the no-mi nation; of E. C. Duncan to be collector of Internal revenue for the Fourth disitTict of .North Carolina. .... LAWYER AVIRETT EXPLAINS (Vby He Returned Hi Fee in the !Raliwy I.ese Case Hills Not Yet 8ent to the Grand Jury in the Railway Cases (Special to The "Messenger.) 'Raleigh, N. C, January 12. P. W. Avirett says 'he returned his fees as attorney in the railway lease case be cause it had been frequently stated that "he entered on the suit against his conscience and convictions, and simply for money; declares There are members cf the directorate of theNcrlth Carolina railway with whom he declines to come in contact, a3 he says "For same rea son that any gentleman naturally avoids contact with persons or things whose use in economy of nature he is much puzzled to account for." I Up to '6 o'clock Solicitor Pou had not drawn any bill -against Andrews and others in the sorperior court. The case cannot be taken up at this term unless he makes motion to take it up, and judge grants it, when fntanter capiases -would issue. Ordinarily the case would in regular order come up at the March term. No bill has yet been sent in on the presentment made at the las!t term of the court in the free pass case in which Governor Russell Is named as a witness. TJIE RAILWAY COMMISSION Subpoenas Officials of the Seaboagd 'Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line-Dr. Kli -by Smith Presented tor Assault on Aurelia Hampton ( Special to The 'Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, January 12. Tonight there is denial by the railway commis sioners that they have subpoienia'ed Vice-President St. John. They simply sa t-hey have subponaed officials of the Seaboard Air Line arid 'Atlantic Coast Line. The grand jury today ret urn e'd a iUill for assault upon Aurelia Hampton, the criminal linsane inmate of 'the peniten tiary, against Kirby 'Smith, but as this charge would not hold water, It was not pressed,- on motion of 'the solicitor. The reason why a bill for a'ssault and not for .fornication 'and adultery was not returned is a puzzle FINANCIAL REFORM The Tkfonetary Commission Glyen a Hear ing on its Rill by the House Committee on Ranking and Currency t Washington, January 12. The mone tary commission was given a hearing to day "by the house committee on banking and currency, on the commissions Dili proposing a comprehensive revision of the currency. Ex-Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, chairman of the commission. headed the delegation and with him were ex-Secretary Of the Treasury Fairchilds, of New York; J. W. Fries, of North Carolina, representing the gold demo cratic sentiment of the south: T. J. Bush, of Alabama, and Judge R. S. Taylor, of Indiana, representing the middle west. 'Secretary Gage was also in attendance, accompanied by the solicitor of the treasury. The hearing attracted .much interest, a number of the members of the house, accompanied by ladies, being present. ' Mr. Edmunds was the first speaker. He said that the fundamental principle which the commission had felt was to be considered in establishing a more sta ble currency was: First, to know What the standard of value in this country is and is to be. On this were many diver gent views among financial authorities. Many believed, and he was one of these, that it was impossible to have more than one standard of value. If this be true, then the question is: What is the best standard? The experience of the world, , , ... f. aat it came to an actual standard, there could be but one. By law, the United States had a double standard a silver and a gold coin established on the the ory that they could be maintained at an exact equality. Mr. Edmunds then took up the proposi tion of the commission's bill proposing a retirement of United States notes, ex plaining and urging this on the lines of the commission's report. He closed with a strong appeal for early action. 'As Mr. Edmunds was to be engaged in the supreme court tomorrow, he asked that the committee propound questions today. This made the discussion gen eral. Representative Cox, democrat, of Ten nessee, propounded a series of questions intended to bring out that Ihe effect of the bill would be to convert all debts, public and private, into gold obligations. Mr. Edmunds answered that it would convert every government obligation ex cept a few of minor form, into gold ob ligations and stated broadly that the effect would be to make all United States obligations payable in gold. But as to private obligations between citizens, Mr. Edmunds answered emphatically in the negative. Chairman Walker asked if the bill was designed to change the legal tender qual ity of the standard silver dollar. Mr. Edmunds answered that it would not. The only purpose was to give the silver dollar a distinct reference to one fixed standard without a ratio. Representative Newlands, silverite, of Nevada, discussed with Mr. Edmunds the effects of the bill in contracting the cur rency. Mr. Edmunds did not believe con traction would occur, or that bank re serves would 'be injuriously affected by having the supply of greenbacks limited and in part displaced by the demand for gold. Mr. 'Newlands specified the limited quantity of gold in this country, to which Mr. Edmunds replied that the metal flowed to the point where it was most needed and followed a law like that of gravitation. Pursuing his questions, Mr. Newlands asked if the world had a sufficiency of sroid. "Not a suffciency of gold or of vir tue," answered Mr. Edmund's, "and this is why we are struggling for both." Cosgusdloc.h, that the other was not Coughs, colds, pneumonia and fevers may be preveneted by keeping the blood pure and the system toned up . with Hood's 6arsapaarilla. . , HAHNA'S ELECTION SECURED RY A BARE 3IAJORIIY ON JOINT BALLOT. No Change in His Vote from that of the Day itefore His Commitsion for the Un expired Term Sent to Him by the Got ernor The Senate Appoints a Commit tee to Investigate Charges of Brlttery A Like Resolution in the Honse Hannaites Talk of Reorganizing the House. Columbus, Ohio. January 12. Marcue A. Hanna was elected today to represent Ohio in the senate for seven years and two months. If McKinley should be re elected, Hanna would still be there to the end of the president's second term. Including both the short and the long terms, Banna's time as senator will ex pire in March, 1&03. After the two houses met in joint ses sion, in the house chamber, the roll of the senate wase called first, and there were no changes from the votes of yes terday 19 for.. McKisson and 17 for Hanna. Senator Burke", the only dissenting re publican, presented ihe name of E. Mc Kisson, the republican mayor of Cleve land, in a very forcible and inflammable speech that commanded the closest at tention. In one of h:s climaxes, he said: "James A. Garfield would have voted for McKisson if he were alive and a senator here today." The vote of the house was the same as that of yesterday with the exception that Hazelt, who then voted for Wiley, and Hess, who voted for Warner, today voted with the other democrats for McKisson. General Aquilla Wiley was the only dem ocrat not voting with the coalition, and he voted again for Congressman Lentz. Governor Jones announced the result of the joint ballot Hanna, 73; McKisson, 70; Lentz, 1; absent, 1; and declared Marcus A. Hanna elected senator for the unex pired term, ending March 4, 1S99. The ballot for the long term was taken without much interest being manifested. Representative Roberts, of Cleveland, seconded the nomination or Hanna and Representative. Bramley, of Cleveland, that of McKisson. The democrats pre sented .no name and made no seconding speeches.- The result for the long term was the same as that for the short term. After Hanna was declared elected sen ator for the long term, pandemonium reigned in the hall of the house. The galleries went wild and the senators .and representatives participated in the dem onstration. The crowds outside indulged in all sorts of demonstrations over the final result. Soon after the senate assembled this morning Senator Burke, of Cleveland, of fered a resolution demanding an investi gation into the charges that $1,750 had been offered by alleged agents in the in terests of Senator Hanna for the vote of Representative Otis. The resolution pro vided fcr a commission of five consisting of Senator Burke, Robinson, Fink, Gar field and Long. Senator Burke after ward requested to have his name strick en out, and that of Senator Sullivan was substituted. The committee thus consti tuted consisted of three democrats and two republicans. A long and bitter dis cussion followed, led by Senator Burke for immediate consideration and by Sen ator Sullivan for deliberation and full consideration. Before the vote upon the resolution could be taken, a message wa.s received from the house of representatives stating that the body was ready to vote upon the question of electing a United States sen ator. The president held that further discussion was out of order, and the matter was laid over. When the house convened at 10 o'clock Representative Otis was promptly recog nized on a question of privilege. He made a long statement regarding the Boyce bribery charges. He said it was due the house and himself to have inves tigation before proceeding further in the election of a United States senator and offered a resolution accordingly. on a motion to suspend the rules for immediate consideration of the resolu tion the vote stood 52 ayes, 36 noes. Rep resentative Cramer was absent and is still very sick. The other forty-six dem ocratic members and the six bolting re publican representatives voted together for an investigation before electing a senator. Representative Stewart, one of Hanna's leaders, said there would come a proper time for the fullest investiga tion, but this, was the time for electing a senator. The appearance of Lieutenant Governor Jones and the senators at the bar of the- house shut off the hot bribing discus sion. After the election the house ad journed until tomorrow with its bribery resolutions still under consideration. Consideration of its resolution was re sumed in the senate this afternoon and adopted by a vote of 22 to 6. The dis senting senators explained that they re garded the matter as buncombe. There were eight senators absent, or not vot ing. The committee of five appointed under this1 resolution, began its work tonight, but nothing aGditional was de veloped. After their sessions tomorrow, both branches of the legislature will ad journ till Monday. Among the representatives during the afternoon, there was considerable agita tion of a proposition to reorganize the house by ousting Speaker Mason and all the officers of that body that had been elected by the fusion ten days ago. It waj claimed that the fifty-six represen tative? who voted for Hanna today and constituted a majority of three in the house would stand together for that pur pose. No plans for the reorganization of the senate are considered, for the rea son that Senator Burke continues to co operate with the democrats, which leaves me Doay sianaing i to 17, as it was organized. If Senator Burke co-operated with the other republicans, the senate would stand a tie politically and could not be re-organized. 'Colonel J. Li. Rogers, the secretary to the governor, came to the Neil house at 4 o'clock p. m., bearing the commission of Senator Hanna as United States sen ator for the short term. He informed him that his commission Tor the long term would be forwarded in a few days. Mr. Hanna in Teply, said: "Colonel Rogers. I thank you and appreciate this, and I give back to the state my pledge that I will execute -the power given me to the fullest extent of my ability and will do my best to serve the interests of the people of my state." Fnneral of llaj or M. P. Handr Berlin, Md., January 12. The body of Major Moses P. HajTdy arrived here yesterday arternoon and was taken di rectly to Buckingham cemetery. The funeral was attended! only try relatives of the deceased, inclifding his widow, his son, William M. Handy, associate editor of The Chicago Times-Herald, his brothers, FJghert G. Handy, presi dent of the Continental Publishing , Company, of New York, and F. A. Handy, of Washagrton. A DULL PAY AT THE CAPITOL No Bo sines of Importance vTrannaeted by ' Either Branch of Congress The Honse Passes an Urgent Deficiency Bill -Owners of Bullion to Pay Cost of Progress from ; Aesay Office to Mint . SENATE. : Washington, January 12. Senator Chandler, of the cojnmitree on naval affairs, introduced in the senaite to day a resolution, ifor wihlch he asked iTwmeVlia'te consideration, requesting 'the secretary of the navy to furnish the senaite a list of th-e active officers of the navy in each corps, together with those who are at sea and those who are on shore duty and those who are cn waiting orders. Senaitor Allen, of "Nebraska, said that ihe would be glad to have Irtcludtd ih the information asked for, the numb.T of retired officers of the navy. "It is well known," said he, "that a vast army c!f naval officers has been re tired to make room for younger iran who have been graduated from the na val academy or are about to be gradu ated. Many of these retired, officers are anxious to resume active service and I would like to knew whether the committee purposes to do anything in that regard." . Senator Chandler objected to tacking anything else to his resolution and St was adopted as presented. At 12:25 o'clock p. m., the senate, on motion of Senator Davis, chairman of the cenrmtfttee on foreign relations, went into executive session and at 2:50 o'clock p. m. adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRBS E.NTATI VES. The house today passed an urgent de ficiency bill carrying $1,741,843. One of th'e items authorizing a further ex penditure of $520,000 for. the Soldiers' 'Hotoe at Danville, 111., for which $150, 000 was appropriated in the last sun dry civil bill, was used by Mr. .De'Ar mond, democrat, of Missouri, as a 'basis for a bitter personal attack upon Ohaarmtan Cannon, whosa home as at Danville. He charged the chairman of the appropriations ommittee with hav ing used' his powers and position to secure 'the location of the home at Danville. Mir. Cannon1, in reply, 0nanded Mr. De'Armand as a common scold who would have been ducked under the town pump had he lived in the old days. He aid he would stand or fall on hiJs record. ' The house, by a vote of 123 to 74, sustained the appropriation,. There was a lively debate over the provision iin the bill requiring the own ers of bullion hereafter to pay the cost o?f the progress of the bullion from assay offices to 'the mints. Ths west ern; 'members and the -free illver ad vocates generally took the position tihiat this change of policy on the part of the government, which now pays these charges, wou'd di'scourage gold pro duction, aipprecia'te 'its value and might 'result in driving the gold to foreign mints. The republicans ankl some of the democrats, including Mr. Sayers, of Texas, denied tha!t it would have any such effect; that it meant simply the repeal of a "bounty granted to miners since 1879. The motion to strike out the pro vi'so wais defeated 110 to 125. 'Mr. Hltt, from the foreign affairs cemmitte'e, reported the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill and at 4:45 o'clock p. m., the house adjourned. The Reported Indian Uprising a Fake Kansas City, 'Mo., January 12. 'At noon today the Associated Press cor respondent at South McAllister, I. T., wired the following: "The whole story of the Indian uprising is a fake. The first account of the alleged affair was sent out iby the agent of the C. O. & G. railway at Earlboro, I. T., to the train dispatcher here. Today all acquainted .with the situation give it as their opin ion that the story was a pure fabrica- tion, originating with the railroad agent at Earlboro. Today as far as can be learned everything is quiet at Earlboro and Melauska, the centre of the al leged uprising." Washington, January 12. Commis sioner Jones, of the Indian office, re ceived a dispatch from Wewoki, Semi nole nation, this alfternoon, signed by W. S. Field, who says that the report of the Seminole troubles are untrue. The whites, he said, burned a probably innocent man and the Indians are in dignant, but will make no trouble. 'A few shots were fired in the darkness by practical jc-kers in the neighborhood cf Earlboro. The commissioner .says he knows Field very well and regards this infor mation as entirely trustworthy. Secretary Bliss wrote the war depart ment asking for troops. He said he re garded the reports as at least greatly exaggerated, but nevertheless it night be the part of prudence to have troops on tha scene. The war depart ment will comply with the request and tlispatch troops unless the request is countermanded in case the whole affair proves a fake. This afternoon General Brooks, at Chicago, reported that he had dispatch ed an officer to make an immediate in vestigation of the conditions in the In dian territory. The troops at Fort Reno, he said, could be placed at the point w-here trouble was reported by the newspaper dispatches, in less than three hours after they received march ing orders. General Brooke was in structed by telegraph to use his discre tion in preserving the peace and to use troops in his command a3 he saw rhe necessity for them without further or Hlers from the department. . Sparks General Gon-zalez. Munoz. the captain general of Porto-Rico, died immediately after his arrival there. The Spanfsh gunboat Galacia has cap tured off the south coast of Cuba, near Manzanlllo. province of Santiago de Cuba, a fishing- smack from Jamaica, having on board a cargo of war material. medicines, groceries ana ciotnmg. An official disoatch from Batavia ah no u noes that the capital of Amboyna, nno nt tho Mrtluraa islands, has been comnletelv demolished by an earthquake i Fifty persons were killed and 200 in- . Jured. SWEPT BY A TORNADO A LARGE PORTION OF FOI1T SMITH, AUIC, IN RUINS. Business IIone, Churches, Residences and Hotels Mowed Down by the Morrt Fire In the Wreckage Adds to the Horror and Increases the Number of IHath The Death Koll Numbers Thirty Nine, With a Lone I-Ut of Injured Th Storm at Other Points. Fort Smirh, Ark., January 12. Two score of human lives and upward of $1,000,000 worth of property were de stroyed by a tornado which burst upon this city a few minutes past 11 o'clock last night. The storm struck near the national. cemetery, and tore Its way through the entire city, leaving its path marked by death and desolation. Men, women and ' children were awakened without a moment's warn ing to meet death by falling walls or in the flames which engulfed many of the wrecked building. The scene following the first terrific crash of the storm was one of awful grandeur. Business blocks, handsome mansions, hotels and humfble cottages were raised and scattered, in shaieles masses. Several ff the wrecks caught fire and the inflammable Umbers burned furiously. The city was crowded with rural visitors, many of Whom were sleeping at boarding houses unregistered. For this reason the number of Victims who perished may never "be definitely known. Th tornado struck Garrison avenue, at the corner of Ninth street and made a ckan sweep from there to the Texas corner. Isaacson's store was totallly demolished and the stock Is a com plete loss. Baljicook's grocery store had the rear "end 'blown out. The fol lowing stores were totally demolished: Fleming Brothers, coffee and tea; Hartfie'ld's restaurant; Smith's gro cery store; Martinez's secondhand store; J. Ma nee, dry goods; Mann & Wilson, groceries City feed store. A number of stores were 'badly damaged. The upper floor of the block on the corner of Garrison and Tow sea u ave nue is used as a flat. The ruins caught 'fire from the night lamp. Seven bod ies -were taken from these ruins. Bur gess hotel, a three story brick 'build ing on Towseau avenue, was demolished There 'hlave 'been tight bodies already taken from the ruins. Rescue parties are ?till at work at both pla'ot s and expect to find several more :lxAlies. George Carter's house was one of the first struck. It was turned completely over and is now supported cn the roof. "A half pane of glass was driven through Carter's body a! mots t severing the head from the trunk. !M. W. Burlc's foundry was demolished. The leaut2ful national cemetery is a wreck. Fort Smith's $50,000 high school 'build ing was badly wrecked. It was one of the few buildings upon which there was tornado insurance. The tornado destroyed two historic buildings. Judge Parker's residence is badly wrecked and the old Rector mans'ion, where Al ber't Pike passed his days, Ls- a pile of ashes, t he r ul n3 h avi n g caugh t fi re f ram a lamp. The First Baptist church and the Central 'Methodist church were raised from the ground and are now only a scattered prle of kindling wood. The church of the Immaculate Con ception and Brownscom'be memorial church lost their spires anid sustained other damage. Thirty-nine bodies haw 'been recov ered and it is -now thought all the persons in the wrecked buildings have been accounted fcr. The citizens' relief committee has $10,000 'in han'd for assisting the suf ferers. President Robinson, of the Frisco road, unsolicited, sent his check for $1,000. The Missouri railroad also sent $1,000. Business is practically abandoned all over the city and men o'f all classes are assisting in clearing the debris. Leaving Fort Smith, the tornado bounded for VanBuren and continued down the river. demoHishinfi: every thing in its path. News from outside points is not yet at hand, but rumors of great damage as far south as 'Alma have reached here, it being reported that a number of persons were killed near that place. Articles Needed for the Starving Cnbans New York, January 12. The follow ing cablegram from Consul General Lee has been received by the Central Cuba relief committee. It gives in de tail articles that are urgently needed to alleviate the suffering In Cuba: "Havana, January 12. "Central Cuban Relief Committee: "summer doming, seconananu or otherwise, principally for women and children, medicine for fevers, including a large proportion of quinine, hard "bread, flour, corn meal, bacon, rice, lard, potatoes, beans, peas, oa.lt flh, principally cod, any canned goods and large quantities of condensed milk. blankets and charcoal. Money will ah'-o be "useful to secure nurses, medicines and for many other necessaries. "LEE." The Central Cuban relief committee made a large shipment today on the Ward Line steamer Vigilancia, con signed to Consul General Lee, consist ing of 30.203 separate packtages and in addition 500,000 grains of quinina. The work is progressing finely, and relief committees are being formed In all parts cf the country- 'Another large shipment will be made next Saturday and others semNweekly thereafter. "Orly the Beat" Should be our motto when you need a medicine. Do not be Induced to take any substitute when you call for Hood's Sar- saparllla. Experience has proved It to be the best. It 1 an honest medicine, pos sessing actual and unequalled merit. Be wise and profit by the experience of other people. Hood's Pills art the favorite family cathartic, easy to take, easy to operate. Rayal cukes the tod part. bo!cscoe and del If I a. PfltTI Absolutcty Pure 8 Lady 8jke Ilefor the Court. London, January 12. The case tr Jay vs. Sykes. was ojened Iiosmv tlri lord chief Justice, Baron RukHI, T Killo Avn, in the qut'vjra iK-noh dlrfatkni. of the high court of Justice fcKiay. Lawsun Walton, Q. C. wh upivurvvl for the plaintiff, Daniel Jay. a rmwraey lender, said the action wan to rv-ovi-r 13,S70 lent to Lady Sykes in onv the security of nous purjfcirtluK Ut signt-d by ht-r husland. Sir TvLttcm Sykes. The actual anxunt it c-vatth lent, oounstl continued, wan uiifut 10,000, the balance Hing intitvKL Lady Sykes aJmitttd the lUtiUftjv but Sir Ta'tton d ivd that the sitrrtu tures wvre his and allg-d tlutt ttsi-y were forged by Lady Syk-s. The latter, counsel said, wouM tr sfi fy 'that ht r husland signed th nios 'Early in lSy? Mr. Jay ptvsstMl fr My mcnt, but he ugrved to wait if Sir T-at-ton would write asking him Ui iImui. Subsequently Lady Sykes imntrd -to Mr. Jay a ktUT purloining to sigmd by her hulvvnd, asking lit m 'c hold the notes ami agrvvin U ify the amount due in the 'March tH fee ing. Sir Tat ton now all-gis chut Ity Sykes, or some one she nvpt:ryKl. al forged this kftter. The couple wrnt 6 the "West Indies In January. 183. ttv husband going from tlit-r.? to -yU'w York. When he returned to KtigfaffcL Sir Tatton promised to iwy t(T whole of his wife's liability, burt Im mediately afterward ho disknn"(',ll. leaving Lady Sykes in gnat flrumdwil distress. Finally she -was finv! to take proceedings to obtain rvtiof to which her husband nmvrvJ 1,?y lw present criminal charge. Lady Sykes then testlfhAl. fc-'tie cot- roherared the foregoling stateim-ot itT Walton and said her hu-lvnIi ti- comia was 0,000. Tne notes, tI- d'til, -were signed in her prtsenw by Kir- Taitton, and the 'letter referred t Lady Sykes asserted, was also vrrffo n by him. During her cross examination Ijruly .Syke'3 admitted that fhe Ut eavfly. but said It was with her huslMrJlV rwir sent. 'Altogether, she added, tier win nings on the stock exchange oxo rdl her losings. Her ladyship also Jnit- ted she owed Sam Lt-wis. w-i- known money lender, 8.000 arnl ttI cf many of her husband's SdPwsyncru- cLrS. Later Lady Sykes startled tin Wuni by announcing that p-he had ni kti account books, adding that tvho k'it her accounts in her head. ITfwm fur ther cross examination. Lady SSytar said it was Irnpossible to gvt rmmry from Sir Tatton except for cnu rvJu-M. Her borrowings, sfae continued, uvtv- to pay debts. In addition to tfe moneys she had lcrrowed 'Tixnn i?Tnf""' Ltwis, Iady Syks admitid havfiwr borrowed 7,000 from Sangufncltl. anil 28,000 from insurance oomponlmf. At the clos-v of the day's procedure??. the ca.-.e was adjourned. The .Conspiracy to Assassinate the IrI dent of HraxJI Rio De Janiero, January 12. A mv sation has been caused here by tire publication of the polio? mjrt on lie? conspiracy to assassinate Prcld. Moreas, on Novemler &th last. Tr i lice allege that there wen nevevaT plots against the life of the prmfdtaui. prior to the one in 'Novwnlwc. Tte r? persons. Including Viw-IrcAlpoJt Vic tor i no Pervira, Captain Lmpz Cray, of th? B rari Flan navy. .vtn majorat and colonels, enatr Cordciru, rZjzXtl deputies and the soldhr, Mik-1t Klliwnv who executed the crime. Ix-iuty Jfi- cerio continues to lie a,bs-n't wod tta vice president h still at largo. It af- pears that he was in close r4a rUr with Dioclesisnos, who dirtc! tla crime. Diocieoisnos and 'Marourniio have made full conYe-sskms. . Origin of theTtlK'Ixindorfr London, 'January 12. As a result the Investigation which has lwcn In progress for several weeks Tast Infs the origin of the great fire w3iki oc curred recently in the Orpite Gat district of London (involving a Umm ctT $3,750,000), the Jury today, after !! hours delileration, found that the finr was not caused by a gas exikIm r by spontaneous combustion, but was. the work of .some "person or perwins unknown." The foreman said tUe Jary was unanimous in the belter Qiat tUet fire originated on the premises of Wal ler & Brown. He added that the iurar was not satisfied that the fire brigade- was fully equipped with steam fin en- gines and wa3 unanimous In the opin ion that the water supply was ffTJrienl. and recommended that an engine urrrri steam continually up be always kepi at the Central City fire station. The Chleago Market Chicago, January 12. Wb?at tolay lost all the advance ft acquired yeKUr day and closed at to &c xledttm. T&e market reteeive! wome -ru&pcvto. from the Lie I Ur Interests, butwvaJc1 bles anVl general apathy of tradres. gultfd in a decline In rpHe erf 'flhis tarjw. ing. Com droppAl He to c In vyro pafhy. Oats closed a shade Power. Pro visions were the only strornr rtmxkaX on the floor and advanced 5c to 10c mm.
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 14, 1898, edition 1
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