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.. - r7 rT v OL. &XI. NO. J. WILMINGTON, N. C, FKl.DAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1893. S1.00 1'KR YEAR. A REPUBLICAN'S PRED1CT10I1 AS TO OUTCOME OP THE PAH1Y FIGHT IS THI& STATK Caldwell and Pearson Pretending to be Pleattedover the Contempt Kale from the Federal Coort-Delegatrs to Sooth and . West Commercial Congress liotler's Op p3ltloo to Kwart's Appointment Bo pablleans Clamorous for the Internal He rnue Office ' Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, February 2. A well known republican, not partial to .ho Abominates rnvMrnr Ttti7?ll. and w Ser-tator Prttchard, makes sew strange predictions. Ho says: "I make -the point Chat Pritdhard can't hoCd the party against Russell, In, that in any state where there Is a state axlm! nlstration of L.; cvuiiiitiMM ci w v v i the national &lmln - .the same politico as 4strat1on and there Is discord between the governor aaid senator, the governor will hold the state legislature (against -the fed eral appointees. This Is nearly always the caee;. Butler will (have strength In the fact that he will dominate Russell. Republicans will be anxious to fuse with the populists. Butler' will control the machine or rus own. pariy ana ainve tne Pritchard populists' Into the republioan party. The antl-Mclrnley republicans in .and out of federal offices Willi secretly undermine Pritchard While they cry for Iharmony. Tho. game Is being played now. Theni again, think of men like Cobb, of Elizabeth City; Cook, of Warren; Bailey, of. Da Vie; Brown, of Surry; Marshall Mott; Rollins, of Buncombe, and many mien Hike them, who have been tumped down by Pritchartl. They will all be ready for the fray this spring and sum mer." Governor Russcfil appoints the follow ing delegates to tlhe South anld West Commercial Congress, at Tampa. Febru ary 8th to lOah: K. C. Potter, of Raleigh; F. M. Davis, of Farmville; J'oihn W. Fries, of Salem; Lawrence S. Holt, of Burlington, and W. II. Williamson, of Raleigh. The ofojetit of the congress is Co bring the south and west closer commer cially, 'to encourage grain shipments and interchange of manufactures and mer chandise and other products. The adjutant TgeneraTs office has re ceived the re&iignat'l'on Of Captain Ivey Foreman, commanding Company G, First regiment, state guard, at Washington. The Oak Hill rdl'Ier flouring mill at Greensfooro is Chartered; capital $10,000. It is saMi that Augustus C. Leazar, ex superinitendenit of the penitentiary, Is to toe the democratic nominee for congress f fom rtltoe Seventh dkatrtct. Knsign Worfth Bagley, of the- torpedo Iboait Win'sOow, la 'here on a visit to his mother. About $7,500 of Improvements are to be made withfe t'he next three months In the government building here. 'New car pets have arrived. " It Is stated that Senator Butler's oppo ftiitiom to Bwart for judge of 'the United States district court Is because he wants Judge Douglas to .have it. Senator But ter, Bike Governor Russell, is greatly pleased at Judge Douglas' decision against the oM railway commissioners. Douglas has certainly worked hard to get the judgesihiip. The new railway commissioners declare they are great)' y pleased at the ruling of t'he United States supreme court that they are to appear February 21st and show cause wihy t'hey should mOt be at tached for contempt In disregarding the writ of error and breaking Into the com mission office. They say the delay until the 21st shows that the supreme court Wishes to look Into the merits of the case. But the general public thinks it does not amuse the new commissioners nearly bo much as they make belief. It Is said that but for his changes of politics T. 'M. Argo would certainly have been appointed United States district at torney. The nw dtatrict attorney, Claukle Ber nard, will find sorm pretty knot'ty cases on the docket at the adjourned1 term of the federal court here next week. There are five crimlnail case anld several on .the civil ankl libel dockets. It was stated some days ago in some of the -papers that Otho Wi'Ison had not given bond in the matter of the writ of error to ttlhe United States supreme court in the matter of 'title to the office of railway commlssiioner. The fact is Otho Wilson as weli as J. W. Wilson gave bond. Julian! iS. C&IT i" 'on Otho'e $10, 000 bond. Somq f,f the disOippoinitcid republican of fice eekens here who are so angry at not ?tllrae revenue places, say they wish General Weyler were here to issue one of h'is cast iron orders, dlismis'Sing all the democrats. These pie hunters ask cease lessly: "Why don't 'the democrats re sign?" United States Marshal Dockery asked why the. democratic deputy collec toro did mat resign. 'He was asked Iff he expected the many republicans. Who are in cue postoffice here to resign when a new postmaster comes In. We sard: "I cantan'swer that. It to another, ques- ifen." And so, it is. Bolffarla's Note to Turkey - Ooaiatarjtinople, February 2. The Bul garian agent has present'ed a note to the TurJrtslh government pointing out th'e se frtousness of the occurrences in the vila yet of Uskub. where 692 Bulgarians have j been arrested: on the charge of storing arms. The agent further aaegeki that mamy of the Bulgarians had "been tor tured to death and that women and girls had 'been outraged and, as a result. were dying. Therefore the agent urgent ly demanded an Immediate cessation -of 'the oppression, tlhe withdrawal of the military surrounding it)h locality, the transfer of ani prisoriers to Uskub for trial and the dismissal of a number of officials. The note has caused a consid erable sensation among the Turkish min isters and at the paSace. - A Destructive Fire Minneapolis, 'Minn., February 2. A special to The Journal from Winnepeg states that the McTinty.re tolock, in the heart of the city, was destroyed toy fire . today. The toullding. was four stories and contained some of the leading re tail stores in the city, a number of wholesale branch sample rooms, doc tors, lawyers and contractors of fices and also the secret society and lecture rooms of the Manitotoa univer sity. The total losses will toe in the ceightoorhod of $500,000. ' Appointed Depnty Collector nt New Bern (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, February 2. J. "W. Dally, of Hiedsville, is tendered the deputy colectorship at ' New Bern toy Collector Duncan, Vice W. T. Caho re signed. " Daily's name Is firsit on, the erril serrice list, ' , '...j. CASHIER QU1NLAN Of the Chemical National Bank of Xw York Resigns He had Loaned 8393,000 Without Koowledgo of the Pr-idnt (New York. February 2. W LI yam J. Quinlan, Jr., Cashier of the Chemical -National bank, (has resigned his posi tion. He acknowledged in a letter to t'he directors that he had loaned $393, 000 of the banks money without coo-suSting- the president, and, knowing the directors would not approve of the ac tion. Mr. Qulnlan's letter of resigna tion ds as follows: "New York, January 1838. 'e??.tora f the Nat- ""Gentlemen: WTthln the last few months I have made . loans, without consulting the president, to the aonoumt of aJbout $393,000 on collaterals rwihitfli I know that Vr,ni would nnt' fi.nrr-v an A - r - r Mr " -9 heivce 1 ave concealed these loans Trom you oy metnoas wnicxi were not rlht. "Ih!ive not 'been 3ntere3'bed personally In them and have not received one dol lar of the proceeds of them, nor in tout one instance received any benefit from them, and then 'but fcr a moderate amount; nor have I ever speculated to thie extent of a single stfiare in Wall street. My errors has arisen from Over confidence in the representations of those to whom these loans were made, and while I hope eventually no loss will arise from them, I acknowl edge the Justice of the request for my resignation which is hereby presented both as a dirctor and asvcash'ier of the Chemical National bank. This termi nates a faithful service (until the above,) of thirty six years to the in stitution, which has justly ibeen the pride of my life. Respectfully, WILLIAM J. QUINLAN, Jr." The loans made hy Mr. Qumlan were on western securities of various kinds and were negotiated iby Francis Grable, a promoter of land, mining and irregation schemes. The first known of the affair 'by President Williams was When Quinlan 'called upon Ihiim at his home on Sunday last and made a full statement of .the 'transa'ation. It is conceded that Quinlan, as cashier, had the power to make the Joan, but it is (held that in a transaction involving so large an amount of money he should have consulted the president. The Chemical National itiank is one iclf the most prosperous institutions of its kind in the country, and should all the amount loanped toy (Mr. QuiLnlan prove a lo'ss, tlhe bank's credit 'would not toe affected. Its sitoar&s of 'the par value of $100, have sold for more than $4,000 each Within a short time. The directors are 'George 5. Williams, James A Roosevelt, 'Frederick W. "Stev ens and Robert Goelet. OasbJier Quin lan alsio was a director. The latter d!s 53 years of age. During the twenty years he was cashier, he never took a vacation. 'Francis xialipiin, aissist'ant cia'shier is atoting cashier of t!lie lank pending the select ions of a su'ocessor to IMr. Quinlan. (Mr. Quinlan los't nearly all Ms own private fortune seven years ago in pro tecting Dhe name of a relative who had been speculating in the stock exchange during the panic, so that he has noth ing with which to make good any losses arising from his toad Judgment in the present ca&e. Mr. William's, president of the toank, said today: "We think that atosulutely the worst is known and we are strong ly in the hopes that Mr. Qudnlan's ex pectations are true and that a large part of the money will toe recovered. We would rather face the matter and iet the public know tthe whiole truth We Wave charged off nearly the whole of the loans !to our profit and loss ac count, although we are satiisfied that we shall recover a large part of the money eventually. In my opinion Mr. Quinlan has 'been made the victim of clever schemes. I (believe that he has 'been mentally irresponsitole for months though there was nothing apparent in his action to betray this to its. "Mr. Quinlan had known Mr. Gratole for sometime, and six weeks ago, when the latter asked for a loan of $5,000 to help along some scheme of his, Mr. Quinlan igave it to him. Then came another loan of $5,000 which was also granited. (Next Silver was torought in- A.t lie veai. 'iWhait 5s Silver's ibusiiness JcreBi-dent- Williams was asked." "Ohiiefly to get money out 'of toanks," Was the terse reply. Then Mr. Wil liams continued. "Quinlan ought to have known of him, but some how he dPd not. 'At any rate he was induced to make the first loan, toelievinig the se curity to toe all right. The amount was small, tout when a start had been made the men wanted more money. They must have it, they said, or else everything wcu-id be lost.,. Then, to save first S.OQQ, Mr. Quinlan made thtfn another loan oT an equal amount and to save $10,000 gave them another $10,000 in thls . way. in a lit tle more than six weeks, the amount of loan's were run up to al most half a million dollars. It was not until it reached thia figure that- we knew anything about it. Then for the first time Mr. QuiinTan seemed to real ize that something might toe wrong with Iris accounts." Sheep Perish from Cold by Thousands Cheyenne,- Wyo., February 2. Thou sands of sheep are reported to have perished from cold and starvation in western Wyoming. The cold has been intense for sixty days and old timers say that it is t'he hardest winter they have seen for the past nineteen years. Cartoon county has 500,000 sheep, and flock masters there if ear the loss will amount to 25 per cent. Losses among cattle win not toe so heavy, as owners had fbeen preparing for several years to feed their stock during severe weather. Xord Salisbury's Backdown London, February 2. A wave of indig .nation has swept over the press through out .the country at Lord Salisbury's al leged backdown at Ta-en-Wan. Con servatives, mo less than liberals, bewail the supposed retreat from an unassaila ble position, on the ground that Great Britain, supported toy the United States and Japan, might safely (have defied Rus sia. It is unoerstoott tnat tine govern ment Is angry with The Times for re vealing' (the position. , - ... i . . COAST DEFENSES DISCUSSED IN THE HOUSE UNDER THE FORTIFICATIONS BILL ' The Bill as Reported Carrie Nearly Ten Million Dollars LrMthia the Estimates. The Bill CriUcistd In the Senate sena tor fottlgrew is Cnt ff from Debating His AnilAnnxiluu K solution by an Executive session To Establish Buteaa of Irrigation Washington, February 2. In the senate, today. Senator Hawley, of Con necticut, secured the adoption of a res olution directing- the secretary of th interior to furnish the senate the total per capita cost of educating Indian children at certain Indian schools; the total cost of taIlsportlng pupils to and from the schools, in eluding the number transported; approximately what pro portion of the children educated in the schools return to the blanket and camp condition and what can be done to prevent such retrogression and con tinue the 'ihiidren In the lines of prog ress on which they have entered. At 12:35 'clock p. m the vice-president laid -before the senate the resolu tion cf Senator Pettigrew, declaring It to be opposed to the policy of the Unit ed States to acquire territory, to de fend which a navy would be required. Which was laid over yesterday. Senator Hale, of Maine, moved that the senate go into executive session. . Senator Pettigrew remarked that he could as well offer his remarks in ex ecutive session as In open session and "if the friends of the Hawaiian treaty are so tender atoout the matter," he was willing' to go into .executive ses sion. Senator Hale's motion prevailed and at 12:0 o'clock p. m., the senate went into executive session. - The executive session was concluded at 4:20 o'clock p. m. The senate then proceeded to the consideration of open session business. Senator Davis presented the Joint resolution adopted by the house, pro viding for representation at the inter national fisheries exposition at Bergen, Norway. The appropriation carried toy the resolution is $20,000. It was passed. Senator Cullom, of the appropriation committee, called up the agricultural appropriation bill. As It passed the house, the measure carried $3,360,902. As reported to the senate, the bill car ried $3,512,202. Senator Warren offered an amend ment to establish a division of irriga tion and reclamation of arid lands at a cost of $7,300, and providing for in vestigations of the method of building -and operating irrigation canals and of all methods of storing and distributing water in jthe reclamation of arid lands, at a cost not exceeding $14,000. No ac tion was taken on the amendment. After the reading of the bill, the senate at 5:30 o'clock p. m. adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The house, after three days spent on the District of Columtoia appropriation bill, mostly in political discussion, pass ed the measure today and then took up the bill to provide fortifications and coast defenses of the country. Mr Hemenway, republican, of In diana, in charge of the bill, explained its provisions. The estimates of the war department for fortifications and other works of defense, armament, etc., were $13,378,571, While the amount car ried toy the bill was but $4,144,912. The appropriations were for continuing the policy inaugurated by the Fiftieth con gress, since which, time $39,384,253 had toeen spent. In discussing rhe hartoor defense works erected under this poli cy, Mr. Hemenway stated that the de fense of New York harbor was com plete. He quoted the chief or ordinance as having said to him that not enough war vessels could now enter the harbor in. the face of the present defense sys tem to materiaTly damage the city. It was arranged that the general de bate should close tomorrow at 3 o'C'ock. Mr. Fcrgusen, of New Mexico, got the fltor and under the latitude allowed for debate, argued the injustice of de nying statehood to New Mexico. Mr. Underwood, democrat, of Ala; bama, criticised the fortifications )it because It did not provide fop'the in auguration of defense works at the har'bors along the coast of the gulf of Mexico. Mobile, Qoar"oor would be the first harbor ent&red toy the Spanish fleet If "tfe should become Involved in war with Spain. 'At 5 o'clock p. m. the house adjourn ed. , Other Warships to Visit Cuban Ports Washington, February 2. The gunboat NashviHe arrived at Key West today from Port Royal, S. C, so that the north Atlantic squadron will snake good the numerical loss that it would have sus tained by the failure of the Brooklyn- to Join, as originally intended. The Montgomery will sail tomorrow from Key West for Mat&nras, Cuba, as the first port of call in Cuba. It is said alt the navy department 'that the Mont gomery, after leaving Santago will stop at some other ports on the coast Of Cuba and then proceed southward to the coast of South America, perhaps extending the cruise, as far south as Rio. where she may Join the South Atlantic squadron. Other cruisers and gunboats probably will follow the course of the Montgom ery generally from time to time, so that the United States flag will be seen of ten- er in the future In the waters south or us than t has toeen for many years past. For this purpose irhe small gunboats re cently added to the navy, originally for service In Chinese waters, are said to be admirably adapted and they will be used freely. ' To Investigate Charges Against Hancock (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, February 2. Govern or Russell calls a meeting of the At lantic and iNorth, Carolina railway di rectors here next Friday evening. . It is said the charges brought toy Miss Abbott against President Rotoert Han cock, of that road, will toe investigated Hancock arrived this afternoon. 4 ; A STORMY SESSION OftLeHoose Committee on Basking and Currency A Republican Member De nounces the CoorsePursued bjr the Chalf -XIan Washington, February 2. The house committee an banking and currency held a turbulent session today over the pending propositions for currency re vision. Early in the meeting Mr. John son, republican, of Indiana, had a heated colloquy with Chairman Walk er, in the course of which Mr. John son, declared that the chairman was pursuing a "rule or ruin! policy as to the line of currency action, which the committee should take. Mr. Walker resented this, saying he would regard Mr. Johnson's course as personal if it was persisted In. Later, Mr. Hill, of Connecticut, mov ed to take up the measure- embodying the president's recommendations as to three specific changes In the banking laws. This again met warm opposition from Mr. Johnson, who said action of this limited character would toe antag onistic to the larger measures of cur rency revision now pending before the committw. Tn w1innt tomes 1m i questioned the good faith of those who ' Emmerich. which. aside from Hamburg, were urging a limited measure of re- : 13 he principal place of entry for Amor vision, saying that they were too much . lean fruit. concerned in the annexation of Hawaii On receipt of this news. Mr. White to give sincere support to the fuN ac complshment of flnancal reform. With much feeling and emphasis Mr. John son expressed his regret that the presi dent had not earnestly urged the full est measure of currency revision, in stead of the limited pian now torought befo.re the 'committee. Owing to the feeling aroused on the subject, final action was not taken on the motion to proceed with the presi dent's recommendation and the repub lican members determined to take up this and other subjects later in the day, when the democratic members were not present. Without objection, the committee de termined to report favoratoly Represen tative Cox's bill, to promote the safety of national toanks. The essential feature of the measure is a restriction on toank officers from borrowing the funds of the toank and thus crinoline- it. It oro- vides that no such Wans shall toe hiade until the majority of the toank directors approve it. It also prohibits the over drawing of 'accounts by the president. directors and other officers of banks. Violation of the provisions is made a misdemeanor, subject to fine or im prisonment. 'At the caucus of republican members of the committee, during the. afternoon. it was agreed to go over the several bills toefore the committee with a View to agreeing upon the general principles of a measure to toe reported. Fearful. Results of the Blizzard Boston. Mass.. February 2. A score of persons were drowned, and $2,000,000 loss inflicted by the storm that swept over eastern. -Massachusetts and Rhode Island Monday night and Tuesday morning. Four unidentified bodies lie in the cor oner's office in Gloucester. Five more are in Lynn, brought over from Little Ma- hant, where the schooner Charles H. Briggs Was wrecked. Twelve unidentifi ed corpses are reported to be at Baker's island, in Salem harbor. They, too, must i have manned some of itJhe schooners 4 which were lost in: Gloucester harbor. That there are others in the waters of , the bay seems almv-st certain. Wreckage is strewn up and wovra the coast from Cape Ann to Cape Cod. Thirty schooners were wrecked in Massachusetts bay. On land the loss by the storm seems to have been confined entirely to property, for While many horses were killed in the streets of Boston, electrocuted by fall ing trolley wires, no human being was struck. Twenty-four hours elapsed before di rect telegraphic communication was re stored between Boston and the rest of the wonld. The electric car service in this city was restored toy noon, but in most of the smaller towns the trolley lines are still crippled. The total cost of the storm in this city Is estimated at $1,428,000. Among the arrivals this morning was the steamer Saturn, Captain Wiley, from Newport News with the barge Lone Star in tow. After passing Highland light on Monday forenoon the vessel made a lee under Race Point, -where she remained during the blizzard, a-nd was uninjured. Both 4ihe steamer and the barge were heavily ice olad on their arrival here. Cotton Fa tvre (Special to The Messenger.) New York, Fetoruary 2. Featureless trading with a net Toss of t points Is the record of the cotton market to day. Early Liverpool cables were un changed, but later advices reported a decline of l-64d. Port receipts were very heavy four times those of last year and double, those of the same day in 1893. Interior receipts were also big. Southern markets continue firm and active. May opened at 5.81, the highest figure of the day, d eel hied ta 5.78 and closed at 5.79 to 5.80, with the tone of the market quiet and steady. There is no indication of any relief from the prevailing dullness. RIORDAN & CO. (By Associated Press.) New York, February 2. -The volume of speculation in cotton today was small, the total transactions reaching tout 50,400 bales. After opening duli but steady at unchanged prices there was a decline of 2 to 4 points, under the pressure of very heavy receipts at the ports. The later cable acounts from Liverpool also exerted a bearish influence as They failed to sustain the promises of the earlier advices frorri the English! markets. But sellers were scarce and the market toad a steady undertone throughout the ses sion, closed quiet and steady at 1 to I points net decline. A Dividend by tho Norfolk and Western "New York, February 2. The directors of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company have declared a dividend of 1 per cent on six months earningsThis and a like dividend declared in October last are the? only dividends paid by this J company since it was organized. GERMANY RETALIATES THE 13IPOHTATION OF AMERICAN FKUIT PROHIBITED Large Quantities nf Frolt Stopped at Ports or Katry Tho Decree Baaed on Alleged Sanitary Reasons which Have ao Foan datlon 9oppoed tc be In Retaliation for our Discriminating Dutj on Sugar A m basaador White's Note of laqnlr j Com ments of Leading Congressmen Berlin, February 2. The PruesJan min ister of finance 1sswl a decree yester day, which goes int 3 effect Immediately, prohibiting the importation of every kind of American fresh fruit. The United States embassy was cot previously warn ed and Che United States ambassador, Mr. Andrew D. White, sent a formal let ter to the foreign office today. Inquiring upon what authority this inimical etep was taken. - ( The United States consuS at Hamburg, Dr. Hugh Pitcairn, telegraphs that 16, 000 barrels of American apples have been forbMden to be unloaded, and that two trains full of American fruit have also been forbidden to cross -Che frontier at sent a second and stronger remonstrance to the foreign office, calling attention to the evident violation of the treaty. At the foreign office it was learned that the lrusslan goi-ernmont prohibits rraurAi daiminsr thait California ajui I other vermin threaten German trees and fruit. I Washington. February 2. The state de partment has not yet been informed by Ambassador White of the decree against t'he importation of American fresh fruits Into Germany. The official statement of the matter is awaited with anxiety, as the department desires to know Just how . far the German government Is willing to i yield to the wishes of tlhe agrarian party . which insists upon the exclusion of all American farm products that enter into competition with the German farmer. If the facts on investigation show that there Is as little foundation for this ex clusion decree as was the case wiuh the meat products, it is said at the state department that the president probably will avail himself of his statutory power to retaliate sharply, under section 5 of the act of August 30, 1S90. To the knowl edge of the state department no com pl'airJt has ever before been made against ( the character of American fresh fruit, i The reports of Dhe United States con ' suls show that the Imports of the lat j ter have found great favor In German cities and the universal testimony of our consuls is that our apples are so supe rior in every respect that there Is hard ly, a market for German apples in their vicln&ty. The officials of the agricultural department 'have as yet received no in formation on the subject. They are dis posed to believe that the explanation that importations of fresh fruit will be prohibited because of danger from ver min Is not a sincere one, but that Ger many having tn min'd the recent legis lation of the American government Im- posing a discrimination duty on bounty j they alone could keep It clean and paid sugar, has taken this action as a 1 pure; that he -goes out as a man to on sort of retaliation. It is said that Call- , .w ttVn -iniHTiit,aTvx f Ov a-oa i fornla fruit is the freest from vermin of any In the United States. Senator Ml 13s, a member of the foreign retatlonis committee, expressed the opin ion that Germany's action was the logi- cal sequence of our high, tariff system. "I should not like to see American inter ests suffer," he said, "but we can't ex pect anything else under the circum stances." Senator Bacon, of Georg!a. a!ss thought the prohibition one of the results of out j tanfc system. "They have the power." he said, "and I see nothing we can do to prevent their exercising it." Senator Perkins, of California, when shown the dispatch from Berlin, said that the prevention of importation on sani- tary grounds was a mere pretext and that it was dimply to keep opt fruits Which competed with German production and the order was no doubt Issued as a retaliation against the United States be cause of the differential tariff on sugar from bounty paying countries. Senator McEnery, Of Louisiana, tsald: "If this country would only prohibit the importation of Germany's cutlery and woolens, there would soon be an end of any discriml nation against American products and according to my way of thinking that Is what Should be done." Senator Lodge, of the committee on foreign relations, declined to say more than that Germany's action was in clear violation of the treaty. The news attracted much attention amonjr members of the house of repre sentatives. Mr. HItt. chairman of the I committee on foreign affairs, when snown xne liexim uispaiccn, exprreww ur prlse at the step taken. Without dis cussing the motives of the movement, he said that it was evident Germany based her course on sanitary grounds which wouOd exclude the Wea that the move was of a po-Kical' and proscrlptive char acter. It was a right which all sovereign powers reserved to protect the hearth of its people by such sanitary measures as it deemed wise. He felt that our au thorities would take steps to learn j whether any sanitary evil could be at tributed to the condition of the fruit crop in California, and If this was es tablished to the negative he had no doubt a courteous, but firm representation wouM be made to the German govern ment with a view to showing that their action had been taken without a suffi cient Inquiry Into "the facts. Chairman Dlngley looked over the Det ain cables and raid: "This 1a evidently a device to prohrbtt tfiie importation of American fruits on allaged santtary grounds, 1n line with the simiSar prohibi tion of American pork. The importation seems to be prohibited on sanitary grounds in order to avoid the provisions of our commercial trades with Germany which eive to tawrts from the Untied States equal privileges with imports from other countries. There 1s not the slight est ground for the allegation that Cali fornia fruits are affected as charged. In deed the evidence is conclusive that they ere especially free from parasites. When that government undertakes to prohibit , the importation of American products on I sanitary grounds which do not exist In fact, tt violates the spirit of our com mercial treat-lew with that country. The president, under the tact of 1S90 has au thority to meet' Just such discrimina tion as this." Representative Magulre. of CaJifomfa, late in the afternoon introduced in the house a resolution calSng upon the state department for all information and corre sponklence between this government and Prussia relative to the decree forbidding the Importation of American fruit. Children and adults tortured toy burns, scalds, injuries, "eczema or skin disease may secure instant: relief by using- DeWitt's "Witch Hazel 3a?ve.. It Js the great Pile remedy. C. VL Bel lamy. ' Royal Bakes toe f aed pore, wnoUsosaa aaJ dcUcleosw in mom Absolutely ftiro OVAl SARIMO POVe .T.; MTW TUB STATK UNIVKIISITY enaaaimamam e Dr. Strsnge as the University Preacknev Farewell Dinner to President Aldermnaw Parting Words (Correspondence of The Messcrnrcr.) ' Chapel Hill. N. C. February 2L The new plan of having the univer sity preacher stay ire re for a week boat been heartily Inaugurated by tho n ence this week of Dr. IU-toert 8tntns of the class of '79. On Sunday mum- ing he ireached to a large crowd at the Episcopal ehuruh on: Faith." atul. contlnued the came subject at nJRirt at the chapel. He conducts mocn4nr prayers and takes part, with a kSvh-l address. In th nightly Y. M. C. A. services. On Thursday night ho will preach to the students. Having office hours, the preacher is in touch with t1e students and says he fee's tike ct 1ry again among the familiar ecenevs of hi recent college days. A tinge of sadness pervaded tho uni versity as the hours appixxuHed foe the departure of President Alderman on his three months' Medlterrommn cru'lse. Mrs. J. W. Gore, wno knows so well how to do such things In Uteir legant home, tendered tho prtfsthrnt a farewell dinner at which all the fac ulty were guests. Thy occasion wn full of good feeling and kindly rvminj sbences and hope for the future anil bound all with greater aiprociatKn to the honored and cultured hostess. Yesterday morning Dr. Alderman at the chapel service spoke a few irncM. words of departure 'to the full crowd of students. (After alluding to the route,, and object of his vacation, and an nouncing officially that Professor Gore, on whose experienced ehouilders tnv trustees rested the executive 'burden, as dean of the faculty, while the pres ident is absent, he earnestly reminded the students that he imposed a trust upon them; namely, the honor and good name of xhs university. That aud ear to reap somewhat of the treas ures of other nations; that mnwhilr the perils of those who go d wn to 1tc sea are to be remem1ered. "I cimll feel that each one of you will have enw in your mind and heart dally as you here take paft in the simple service it prayer and praise the great God who holds us in the hollow of his hand." He wanted to hear from them and get tne toiggest bundle of mall in Cairo of any of the party. "So finally wherever I gt and whatever I see. of other men. it storied buildings, of great spots made- sacred in history and by the footstP' f the Saviour, there shall never fade from the very front place in my heart and mind some grey old toulldlngs wet back among the trees which I loved ccs a boy and which 'with some hundrJ of students mingling in and out I love to servo as a man, who, Whatever they do, whatever their horxyrrrfrf?a. are yet the hope and pride tf thw com monwealth." Dr Alderman left today Vton the Southern and will sail from New York on Saturday February othu Knrope Storm -Swept London, Fetoruary 2. Storms ore prevailing throughout Groat Hritlaj and ralldoad trains have teen greeuly delayed. Severe gales have swept tho coast and worse weather is predicted for tontght, with severe cold. Lloyds report at 9 a. nx, stayst: "Terrific squalls are reported at Prwsrt' Point and the Lizard." lAtmosp-hbrlc disturbances are report ed on the continent from HerMti to Buda Pest, retultlmg in a gxneml In terruption of traffic and omderable damage to property, ewpectelry at I"0 llz, Bohemia, and Buda Pest. A sate has prevailed at Vienna since Sunday, reaching hurricane force on Sunday night. It is now subsiding. The wind blew over thy lantern or the little Grosby lighthouse and not fire to the toullding, which was destroy ed. Its three occupants, the llghthawx keeper, his wife and a man Who wmaj . visiting them perished. 'A despatch from Bergamo, Lhor toardy, says that six working girls -nwrn -killed and many others seriously to, lured at Raazonico yesterday wiieirtht- roof of the spinning mill there coliarpaw -ed in the storm. A hurricane. accompanied toy - dreanching rain, has toeen sweeping over the Clyde district since last even ing. A numfber of yachts have tooen i sunk in Gourock bay, much; darrtnre has toeen done to shipping off the rxtaat , and considerable destruction has been caused inland. A terrible tftorm has swept the coos, of (Norway , during the last few day. There have toeen several shipping dis asters and it is feared many lives heave toeen lost. It "Will Surprise You In order to prove the great merit ot e-a a m. ei.t - a W if 1 1 t AT mm J O Truant Al AJibUUf m A a v cure for Catarrh and Cold in Head your druggist will supply a generoms. 10 cent trial size or we will mail for IP cents. Full size 50 cts. ELY BROS.. 5 Warren SL, N. Y. City. Ely's Cresftn Balm lias completefy cured me of catarrh when everything else failed. Many acquaintances harrw used It wtth excellent rmu Rs. Alfred W. Stevens, CaldweJI, Ohio. .
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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