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-J "VOL. XXXI. NO. 84. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY OCTOBER 21, 1898. $1.00 PER YEAR. 0 i THE PAYMASTER'S WORK THOSE OF TUB SECOND IlKCil.TIENX IN CAJIP PAID Oilier to bel'ald at End of their Fur Joiigli Proposed .meeting of County iuperintendeut ol Education A Criminal Not Knlrauclilted by Par donNext IXaptUt State Convention. A Soldier Kadly Cut-ltouhlng Demo cratic Tleetlns atTarboro Messenger Bureau Raleigh, N. C, October 18. Heavy rain set in today. In former years this week has been, the one set apart for the state fair. This year it is one week later than usual. The rain was needed and will add to the pleasure of fair week. Secretary Ramsey, of the Agricul tural department, is out on a search for fine specimens of grains and grasses for the state museum. No doubt while he is away he will, like all other fusionists, do some campaign work. Almost all the fusion office holders are devoting considerable time to politics. Last year Governor Russell volun teered the statement that Governor Carr's policy of not giving out infor mation as to pardons wras incorrect. For a time Governor Russell had the announcements made, but for months no such information has been given out. It was ascertained at the peni tentiary yesterday that three con victs, all from the Ninth district, had been pardoned. Two of them, John Flasher and Newton Mace, were ser ving five year terms from Madison county, for murder in the second de gree, and one London Snelling four months' sentence, from Mitchell, for embezzlement. Strange to say there has been no los3 in this city by fire since last spring. Democratic State Chairman Simmons says he is entirely confident the dem ocrats will elect Kitchin, Kluttz and Crawford, in the Fifth, Seventh and Ninth districts, respectively, and that he thinks Small, Thomas and Bellamy have good chances in the First, Third and Sixth districts, respectively. As to the legislature, he makes the posi tive assertion that the democrats will carry both branches. Populist State Secretary Ayer re gards the Seventh congressional dis trict as doubtful and says the demo crats are doing their hardest work in the Sixth district. It is pretty clear that the populist office holders and wire-workers are planning to endorse Pearson. Arrangements are in progress for sending all the Second regiment away from her by next Friday or Saturday. Only;the field and Etaff and band will remain. The tents, few of which are of value, will be shipped to Philadel phia. The rifles and other ordnance stores -will be shipped to the arsenal at Fort Monroe. Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, October 19. Colonel Glenn, paymaster, who yes terday paid off the Second regiment, only paid the officers and men actual ly. present. Those at home on furlough will .get their September pay at the end .of .furlough. The government will al low .each soldier travel pay as from Raleigh to his home. The railways give half rates of fare. About 200 men left .for home yesterday and today. Sat urday the others will leave and the exisi-mce of Camp Shipp-Bagley ends. The following are appointed a com mittee to prepare a programme for the r.tate meeting of couaty superin tendents of public instruction: D. L. Ellis, ..Asheville; N. C. English, Trini ty; Street Brewer, Clinton; I. T. Tur lington, Smithfield; J. W. Hays, Wil son. The (democratic state cocnmittee has obtained from the attorney general the official list of all persons convicted of crimes n the various counties during the pass. two years. Some persons have an idea that pardon by the governor restores citizenship. It does not. There was another heavy .frost this morning-.; as heavy as that Saturday morning. The Bajrriist sta.e convention meets December 10th at .Greenville, where it was first .organized in 1S34. It has never met there since. The meeting -will, therefore, be ct peculiar interest. What is known as the "Young Mens -Republican league" is called to meet fiie re next Yvwdnesdar. It is more of a "paper organization" than ans'thing -else. P. H. Iybrook. of Winsto-n, and A. E. Holten, .Jr., wioh to be elected its president a-nd secretary, respective ly. Private Mitchell, of the Greenville company, of fho Second regiment, -while drunk here last night in a dis reputable house, was cut on the body iind-arm. He lost . great deal of blood but his injuries are not serious. He was -tateen to the station "house by the police and provost guard. A white man cut him. The Salisbury Sewerage Company was chartered by the state -today. It is ascertained that Jim Booker, the negro who is in Jail here under death sem?nce for the brutal slaying of Mahala White, is the ringleader in the attempts to break Jail. More saws and files have been found in hi pos session. Democratic State Chairman Simmons fays there were 3.000 people at the democratic convention and speaking at Tarboro yesterday. It was a very re markable gathering. Nearly all the white voters of Edgecombe county were present. At Christ church this morning Miss Pattie Montgomery, sister of Judge Montgomery, of the supreme court, was marrjfd to Mr, Eugene Hicks, of .Virginia. . J Ml VIS PREDICTS VICTORY fie Speak in Ilenderaonrllle Declares (he PopullHtM Will Vote With the Democrat and Say Victory ls'As Aured (Special to Atlanta Journal.) Hendersonville, N. C, October 17. Ex-Governor Jarvis spoke here to a large and appreciative audience Sat urday night. Leading democrats here say his speech has had good effect, and they now believe Henderson county will give a small democratic majority. Henderson has for years given 300 to 400 republican majority. Ex-Governor Jarvis furnishes your correspondent with the folloving statement today: "I confidently believe the democrats will carry the state. Our greatest con test is to secure the legislature and to elect our candidates for judges of the superior court. In this state the gov ernor has no veto power, and the puwei ui cue. legislature is uuiy limit ed by the constitution. Hence much depends on the legislature. The party that controls that controls the state. Both parties are therefore putting forth its best efforts to control that body. "It now looks like the democrats will not only elect a majority of both houses of the legislature, but that they will elect the democratic candidates for judges and a number of the con gressional candidates. "I have been in the campaign since the 4th of July and have been in nearly all sections of the state. I find the democrats everywhere active and en thusiastic. There were in the state in 1896 32,000 populists, and I think 20,000 of this number will vote the demo cratic ticket this year. Many old time republicans will also vote with us, while thousands of others will not vote at all. With all these elements favorably to democracy, it seems to me victory is certain and that the fusion majority of 40,000 will be wiped out. The results of fusion in this state have been so disastrous that thousands of good men who voted for it two years ago, repudiate it now and will vote to put the state back into the hands of the democratic party. Each day, in my opinion, but adds to our certainty of victory. The tide sets all the time one way in the great campaign for white supremacy in this state." il. 1 2 t 1 2 I L ACTIVITY IN FRENCH NAVY Battleships and Cruiser Put oil War Footing Under Rush Order Naval Officer Ordered to Their Post Paris, October 19. In spite of semi official denials, The Echo de Paris, as serts today that the embarkation of war materials and supplies continues at Toulon, adding that extraordinary activity reigns at the arsenal there. Besides the ironclads Admiral Tre houart, Bovines, Jemmapes and Valmy, the cruisers Alger, Levrier and Caiman it claims ,are getting ready, for service, embarking ammunition and war ma terials. In addition ,it is further asserted, that the transports Bien Hoa and iGronde are almost ready for sea. All the French naval officers on leave of absence have been ordered to return to their vessels. At dispatch to The Petit Parisienne from Toulon confirms the report of The Echo de Paris and says the great est activity prevails in the navy yard, where work is proceeding with fever ish speed day and night. To tieneral Bacon the Credit I Due St. Paul, October 19. A Walker, Minn., special to the Dispatch says: Indian Commisisoner Jones and John Bassett, an interpreter, left here today on the steamer Flora for Black Duck point, to bring in the Indians who promised to surrender. In the letter to General Bacon, it was stated that the chiefs and head men of the Pil lager band of Chippewa Indians, desir ed to express to him personally their respects for him and their gratitude for his forbearance toward them in their trouble. Commissioner Jones made a short speech in which he said that ho wanted to announce publicly that it was due to General Bacon in the battle and his feubsequent conduct of affairs here that a peaceful solution of the trouble with the Indians was brought ,about promptly and without ftie delay usual in former Indian dis turbances. In his opinion the general h&d averted a bloody war in this state. Cormorant the Winner New York, October 19. By the time the tirst ract-e was run at Morris park today it hacf cleared off warm and there was a good attendance. The track was deep in mud, however. George Keene svas the favorite for the fourth race, but a long delay of thirty minutes at the post spoiled his chances and the best he could do was third. Cormorant won easily at odds of 7 to 1. although he haa caused much of the delay by Jumping and circling all over the track. Meet Your Needs, When you feel tired, languid, ner vous and are troubled with pimples and eruptions, you will find Hood's Sarsa parilla meets your needs. It purifies and enriches the blood an,d imparts to ! it the -qualities needed to tone the 1 nerves and nourish the whole system It cures all blood humors. Hood's Pills cure sick headache, nau sea, biliousness and all liver ills. Price 25 cents. 1 HIS EYES OPENED. flMHHMMMMlsaBBMMMMMHBM W. H. Chadbourn, Postmaster, Now: Sees the True State of Affairs. ANOTHER LETTER TO PRITCHARD In Which he Attempts to Put Himself Aright Before the Community, Possible Erroneous Impressions of His Former Letter Corrected. Thelntense Feeling Against Negro Domination Not the "Usual Political Cry," But a Determination of Tax Payers, Property Owners and Business Men to Control the City and County. Wilmington, N. C, October 18th, 1898. Senator J. C. PRITCHARD, Dear Sir : Since writing you on September 26th, events have taken place in this community which necessitates some further explanation on my part in order to put myself right before the com munity here and also to correct any mistaken im pression 1 may have made in your mind. For the sake of any fancied political advantage 1 cannot afford to make a one-sided presentation of the situation in this City and County, and by naming only the white officials and leaving out the colored doubtless some advantage his been taken, and a false color given to the actual situation, to which the business people and taxpayers regardless of party have made serious objections. As a matter of fact, there are in this County thirty-six colored magistrates, and a colored Regis ter of deeds and various other minor officials be sides some Presidential appointees, and the prop erty owners, tax-payers and business men seriously object to this state of affairs, and there now exists here the most intense feeling against any sort of negro domination. There is a greater feeling of unrest and uncer tainty about the maintenance of order than 1 have ever seen and many, even the most conservative, feel that a race conflict is imminent, than which nothing could be more disastrous not only to this City and County, but to our party in the State, and rather than have riot, arson and bloodshed pre vail here, I, Republican though I am, advise giving up the local offices in this County, as there are no National political principles involved in this contest. I had thought at first that it was merely the usual political cry and the fight for the offices but I am now convinced the feeling is much deeper than this, as it pervades the whole community, and there seems to be a settled determination on the part of the property owners, business men and tax payers that they, will administer City and County Government;' Your Friend, W. H. CHADBOURN; OXK DAY FOR WHITi: t MONX Slmnltaneon TIrrtlnr All OrrrCum berland Friday l bea "Ite4 Letter Day" Holton Strive to "OH" the Troubled Water .News ote (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Fayetteville. N. C October 13. Mr. W. W. Huske, chairman of the county democratic executive commit tee, who is each day more and more gratifyingly demonstrating his eminent fitness for his responsible position, has appointed a day for white union meet ings all over the county, to the end that not only all democrats but all white men alive to the exigency of the perils confronting us may get in line and present a united front in the great struggle Just ahead. Next Friday will be one of the 'Ted letter" days which illustrate Fayette vllle's history whenever she bestirs herself. The good women of the city met in large numbers at the armory this week, to take in hand the ar rangement of the barbecue and the so cial features of the auspicious occasion, so that the old time hospitality of the upper Cape Fear will suffer no diminu tion of prestige, while Mr. Geo. A. Burns, chief marshal, and his assist ants will see well to the imposing fea tures of the grand parade The lis-'t of speakers comprises soma of the ablest canvassers of the state: and. with Tillman leading, will furnish rare entertainment. Chairman Holton has felt called upon to come down and survey for himself the republican field in Cumberland, where there has been so much squab bling, scratching and wool puttling. Whether or not he came, furnished with "do" of sufficient lubricating pow er to set in motion machinery which hitherto would not run to anybody's satisfaction, remains to be seen. Your correspondent has not had an opportu nity of a conversation with him, as he is now in feeble health: but it is currently reported, without denial, that Colonel T. S. Lutterloh, in past years one of the most influential republicai.s in the state, who for a long time abso lutely controlled the party in this county, has turned from it in high displeasure, and will vote our ticket. The nomination, for the house in the legislature, of Mr. II. McD. Robinson, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the declinature of Mr. H. L. Hall, com pletes the county ticket with a man in every respect first-rate of irreproach able character, of ability, pleasing and forcible as a speaker, who, when elect ed, will represent his people with honor in the general assembly. The ordination of Rev. J. Y. Yandle. assistant pastor, was the occasion of very impressive and beautiful services in the Presbyterian church last Sun day, Rev. C. G. Vardell, president of the Red Springs Female Seminary, preaching the ordination sermon, and Rev. Jas. Fairley delivering the charge. Mr. and Mrs. Hallett are spending some time here, making their home at the pleasant residence of Major and Mrs. J. B. Broadfoot, on Haymount. Mr. Hallett is of a family remarkably prominent in American Journalism. He himself is the founder of "Forest and Stream," and his father established the well known New York Journal of Com merce: he was arrested as a southern sympathizer during the war, subjected to great trouble and expense, and greatly injured financially by the bit ter persecution. Our visitor is a man of varied attainments, and a most en tertaining conversationalist. Your Mr. Crews has ably defended himself from the malicious aspersions of Dr. Kilgo. His letter is a manly vindication of his own honor, while It is a most scathing excoriation of his detractor. Many citizens of Fayetteville have issued a prospectus for the establish ment of a new bank. We have but one a most excellent one. it is true and it is thought that the business field is inviting for another. .Tlie Kpieopal Conference. Washington, October 19. While no time has been set for the final adjourn ment of the Episcopal convention, the attendance is beginning to fall off and deputies are leaving for home. Atten tion was called to this in the house of deputies and delegates were urged to get through the important questions before the membership thins out. The question of marriage and di vorce has not yet been considered in the house of deputies and there are evidences that the house of bishops af ter having postponed the subject in definitely may consider this action. The article 6 of the constitution re lating to the establishment of mis sionary districts and article 2, relating to a bishop's exercise of his offices out side his diocese were agreed to with amendments made by the bishops. The morning sesison of the house of bishops was important in bringing about the adoption of what Is known as the Huntington amendment look ing toward church unity. The amend ment was adopted with minor changes as part of the canons instead of the constitution. At the afternoon session of the house of deputies, concurrence was given to the minor amendments made by the bishops in the so-called Hunt ington amendment, thus giving final approval to this Important step to ward church unity. At the afternoon session of the bishops final action was taken on the establishment of a bishop in Brazil. There has been a division of sentiment as to whether this bishop should be directly responsible to the church in the United States or should be free from responsibility here. A compromise was finally adopted by which the church in Brazil will re main directly responsible to the au thorities here until it has advanced to the point of having three bishops until at which time by the Joint action of these three a national church in Brazil independent of the United States may be established, w It Mmymt is Um i'fwt r4 fcallaa mm. Acta! tMts stow It lUrv f srtWr Um mmj (W Absolutely Pure evi fcio cof to., r v. JOHN III LL ON' 111 ni:TTLK lie Will Stand bjr 111 Action In F.at Africa, Frauce or No Fraurr London. October 19. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of the ex chequer, speaking at North MileldK this evening, announce! that the gov ernment had opened negotiations with the powers with a view of securing to the subjects of the various powers the "right of developing the respective spheres in which each country Is es pecially interested." Regarding the Fashoda question, ho said he wished cordially to acknowl edge the desire evidenced In the speech of Lord Roseberry to help in the mat ter which might develop to the utmost gravity." "It is impossible." he con tinued, "for France to maintain that she had political rights at Fashoda. She has naturally and properly asked for time to receive Major Marchand'a report: but until the contrary Is prov ed, I decline to believe that Franco will refuse to withdraw. If she defused the matter would assume an aspect a grave as is possible between two great nations. The government Is animated! by the friendliest spirit toward France and does not wish to inflict humiliation. What we desire is fair treatment. Our work in Egypt is not completed. Af rica is big enough for us both, for France in the west and ourselves 1n the east. Surely we ought to be able to agree to respect one another's rights and claims. I hope, trust and believe that the question Is capable of a friend ly solution, but this country has put her foot down. If, unhappily, another view should be taken by France, the queen's ministers know what their du ty demands. It would be a great ca lamity. If, after peace for upward of eighty years, our friendly relation should be disturbed and we should 1 launched Into a great war, but there are greater events than war and we shall not shrink from anything that Is coming, knowing that we are support ed by a united people." A Naval Battle with IMilllpplnos London, October 20. The Madrid correspondent of the Times says: Cap tain Aunon, the minister of marlnev has received a dispatch from Manila, announcing a naval engagement be tween the Americans and the rebels, in consequence of Admiral Dewey for bidding the latter to fly the rebel flag from their ships. The dispatch adds that there were losses on both sides, but that the Americans captured tho rebel ships. The scene of the engage ment is not stated, but It is supposed to have been in Manila bay. Washington, October 19. As far as could be ascertained, no information regarding the reported engagement has been received at the navy depart ment, nor has General Otis, command ing the United States troops at Manila, made any reference to it in any com munications he may have sent to tho war department The dispatch creat ed considerable Interest In Washing ton. Recently the newspapers contain ed a statement that Admiral Dewey had dispatched one or two of his ships to another portion of the 1'hlllpplno group on a mission of some importance and the suggestion is made officially that it may have been these vessels which have been engaged In combat with the Insurgents. Jkhley In Command of Man Juan N'ataJ Station Washington, October 19. Admiral Schley was today, by orders from tho navy department, placed in command of the naval station at San Juan do Porto Rico. So far the department has not knowledge of the value of the naval property contained in this station when It was evacuated by the Spanish officials. Admiral Schley has request ed that he bo permitted to retain In ' service for a time two or three civil ian employes who are acquainted' with the station. This has been grant ed. It is the intention of the depart ment to send another naval officer to relieve the admiral of the command very soon and to maintain a permanent station at this most important strate gic point In the south. I Flared Out of Commission Washington, October 19. The Han- ( nibal and the Hornet were placed out ; or commission at rsorfolic yesterday ' and the monitors Puritan and Terror : were laid In reserve at the same placo ! today. t The Wilmington sailed today from. ! Boston for Charleston, to take part j in the peace Jubilee there. You will not know how much good Hood's Sarsaparilla will do you untn you try It. Buy a bottle today antt J begin to take It.
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