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3 .-ii nimbi mm w V s 1 1 o i t i i f I i t i I I i i I I "V I I I i I I II III I r ; ill ESTABLISHED 1867, RALEIGH ITEMS. THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE SESSION. IN Violation of tha Law Hegardlng tho Fer tilizer Tax A. Pone Qoie to CptoM tbo UoonihlDert--Tha Republicans Stirred up-CommlMlonor Patrick Be- Uned Other Items. Messenger Bureau, ( Raleigh, N. C., May 9, 18S9. Ex Governor Scales arrived here this afternoon and daring his stay will be the gnest of Richard, H. Battle, Esq. Bis address to morrow will certainly be beard with great interest. It is understood that be bas prepared himself thoroughly. Several members of Gen. Pettiurew's family are also here. The memorial day celebration will be the most imposing in years. It is learned that companies from Oxford, Durham, Henderson and Warrenton will attend. All will be the guests of the Governor's Guard, and will be well entertained. One new feature of the day will be the parade of the children and grand children of soldiers. For' these a thousand badges have been prepared. Possibly a society of these children may be formed. There are assurances that many will be in line. All that is needed is good weather and the pros pect for this is excellent. There was a good deal of a stir at the office of the collector of internal revenue last evening. A posse was being made up to raid the moonshiners wfyo were concerned in the shoolingof Mr. Bouldin. A. H. Temple was at the head of the party. He said that Suerg, the desperado, who shot Boul din, was preparing to leave this-part of the country, and had already moved out of the township- in which the shooting occurred. The party left last night, so as to make the raid at day light this morning. The moonshiners have spies out, no doubt right here in the city. News flies fast among them. The revenue people, too, find out a good deal. They know they are deal ing with desperate men. Suarg ought to be taken, dead or aliye, and doubt less will be, as the posse is well armed and mounted. The Commissioner of Agriculture told the Board of Agriculture some plain facts yesterday. These were in relation to the violation of the laws in regaid to the State of unlicensed brands of fertilizers. It appears that the violation iu Rockingham county cri& that immediate section is mot flaerrant. There is, in fact, more difi cu ty in collecting this tax than ever before. The department will now re sort to the sternest measures, and has instituted proceedings against offend ers, both in the civil and criminal courts. The seizures have been large Some of the dealers have paid taxes, others are defiant. There have actu ally been attempts to intimidate the inspector who is sent out by the de partment. The lawfully licensed brands of fertilizer will certainly be protected by the State. Inquiry was ! made of Secretary Bruuer, of the Agricultural Depart ment, as to the eff ending dealers. He paid the brands were R. J. Baker's Pure Dissolved Bone and William Da vidson's Boss Ammoniated Guano. The people inihe Wentworth section are aDgry because of the Department's action and actually showed the inspec tor the jail and told him that was the place for him. The inspector devotes much time to that section, where, s stated, most of the trouble exists. It is a rather novel state of affairs. A new idea in connection with the local option election now conies up. It was stated to your correspondent last evening that some of tLe bar keepers here had formed a "combine" to carry the city dry. Their idea is that it will be be'ter for them to sell liquor ou the sly and without payment ot any tax, than to pay the high license taxes which will, under the new law. be imposed next year. They believe that it is easier and cheaper to evade the Taw than to I compiy with it. Of ; course there are barkeeper here who would not for a moment think of going into any such scheme as this. Anyway a new element enters into tne contest and helps the prohibitionists. If it can be done, the respectable dealers will get all the negro; vote, upon which, after all, the soecessof the wet ticket depends. ts fThe capitol square is more attractive than ever before. For years there has been an indiscriminate plucking of flowers. Tnis has been entirely stop ped. The walks are better cared for. It was hoped that fountains would be put up tkis year, but the -funds are so limited that this seems impossible just now. Formerly convict labor was used in the square. It is found that free ' labor is much more effective, and does the work Quicker. There is not a little talk about ex- Governor Jarvis in connection with the presidency of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, mis was learnea vesterdav. in the course of conversa tion with several prominent members of the Board ot Agriculture, xne Oovemor daring his entire tern of office was a, warm friend 'of that de nartment and would certainly make an admirable head of the college. The Board of Agriculture last even ing received, and accepted with great to ret. the resignation of;; Mr. Johu T, Patrick as Commissioner of Immi gration. His work over ( a. period of ten Years or more, bas been conscien tious and carefal and it.can certaiuly be said of Mr. Patrick that he is a man who deserves well of his State-To him are the people .largely, indebted for the development of . mines and water-powers, of resorts. and of fruit and vegetable cannnenes, of , the '.silk factory etc. This is not fulsome flit ter?: it is merited praise. Hr. Pat rick' mantle falls on worthy shoulders. Mr. P; M. Wilson, who for several months has shared his labors, will do fall duty and make an able and de voted commbsioner.f He has already shown that. Many speeches were made by members of tb b ard, all highly enlogi&tic of Mr. Patrick. Tne trustees of the Aaricultural and Mechanical College have decided not to elect a president of .the college at this meeting, bat to defer it until Jane, and a committee will look out f r a suitable man and also for per sons who can properly nil the protes sorsbips. It is difficult and delicate talk to find just the right man and of courtte upon .the choice of each men depends the value of the college. ,7 The Radicals here are deeply stirred by the appointments. It was said this morning that, after all, John Nichols might step in.no w and get the Raleigh poatoffice, Dr. Bnks is oat of the race, and some say that L?ge Harris aha Col. Shaffer will "neutraliz" one an other. One or two . other parties are thinking of pitching in and seeing what their chances are. The negroes are mad-with the white Republicans and say they don't care what happens. The native Republicans are angry with the carpet baggers and every body is distrustful. ! The Board of Agriculture met at 10 o'clocK this morning and was expected to at once elect officers. Bat this was deferred until 8 o'clock this evening. No changes are looked for. ' Atnooa tne jitnt.Baard of Trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical College met. It is composed of ten members. The tenth is Needham B. Broughton, who was appointed by the Governor o fill the vacancy caused by Gen. Rufus Barringer's resignation. There was a point, at the organization, whether the Governor ! was not ex officio, chairman of this board. The law was looked into and it was found that he was not. William L. Prim rose, chairman of the executive com mittee, was then elected chairman of the board of trustees. 1 Ihe length ot this term is not yet denied. In assuming the chair Mr. Primrose reviewed the history of the college and its prospects, and outlined the things which are necessary to make it successful. Mr. W. G. Upcbnrc1!, who has greatly interested himself in the mat ter or. the cotton factory, showed me the list of share takers this .mornirig. it is a long one, and he aggregate is about $75 COO. At the Young, Men's Christian Association rooms this morn ing the stockholders will meet. Mr. Upchureh says much enthusiasm will be aroused and that the $100,000 de sired will all be taken. A good many shares were taken to-day. The par vulue is $100. The enterprising Call will get out a special memorial issue to-morrow morning. It will contain portraits oc exGovernor Scales, Gen. Pettigrew and Mr. Alex. A. Stronach. The lat ter picture as from a photo, of Mr. b'ronach, taken when ha lett Raleigh o enter the army. Mr. S. is Chief Marshal and wilrmake an excellent one. ihe largest turn-out ot veterans ever seen here is promised. . j St. John's Hospital has been greatly ajd by recent contributions. From the bird show $153 was realized The needs of the hospital are pressiner. however, as it now has sixteen pa tients. . There are fields of wheat in this section, nearly four feet high, with the grain well headed. Finer wheat was never seen in this State in May, and the crop is quite forward. 1 4 O . Foreign Items. Sydney, N. S. W , May 9. Dr Knappe, the late German Consul to Samoa, has arrived here on board the steamer Lubeok. Advices from Sa moa, to April 30, state that the natives are qaiet ; the position of the hostiles is unchanged. Admiral Kimberly, of the United States JNavy, on the sug gestion of Ma aafa, tried, through Dr. Knappe, to persuade Tamassee to a treaty or peace, out he declined to agree to the proposition, unless he was recognized, as King. Admiral Kimbeily thereupon issued a proclam ation urging the natives to maintain peace. The steamer Rockton, which will convey 4ou men belonging to the wrecked American war ships to San Francisco, was ready to leave and was expected to sail on May first, from Apia. Eisrhty men will remain with Admiral Kimberly, at Apia. 'The Niosic had been fitted with a new rudder and wa3 about to start for Auckland. Herr Senbel, newly ap pointed German consul has arrived at Apia. I Sidney, N. S. W., May 9. The commander of the British ' cruiser Rpid, has hoisted the British flag over the Suwarrow Islands, which lie in the Southern Pacific ocean, north west of Cook Islands, j . Death of Fathar Damion. San Francisco, May 9 The B arg entine, W. H. Dimond, which arrived yesterday from Honolulu.broueht word that Father Damien, widely celebrated as the leper priest of Moldukai, died at Kalawa, Hawaii April 10. Father Damien was born in Belgium in 1840, and arrived in Hawaii in 1804 For the last sixteen years his labors been con fined to the leper settlement at Moldu kai, where he contracted the 'dread disease which cost him his life. Marrias m Failura?' DuLUTH,"Mihn May 9.The strike at A. M. Cox's broom factory whs settled in rather a singular manner; the proprietor, increased the wages or all his . married employees and gave the single men notice! that they; would not be,, wad atterj the endof the month, unless, they were ?married by time, in which "eyent they would be recainea ai tne mcreasea saiarjr. WILMINGTON. N. C WASHINGTON. A LIST OF THE CONTESTED ,ELEC TION CASES Sixteen Exhibit Alreadr Filed Dclar 1b Cooitmetlon of ihm CrnlMr Sao Trun- lco Acs Matthew, of lUlaolr, Ap pointed First Comptroller of tho Trea- Washington, . May, 9,Secretary Tracy has determined to reduce to a minimum, the dangers f-us tamed by our sailors, stationed in -West Indian waters, irom exposure to yeuowiever. M. . II it is regaraea as necessary tnai a i naval vessel should be kept therebat by ireqaeot alterations, it will be pos sible to red ace the danger in a large measure. To carry oat this program me the Uisipee bas been ordered from Key West to Hampton Roads, and one of the vessels now at New York, will be sent to relieve the Galena at Cane Havtien. -L Mr. Moblev. clerK of the House Committee on Elections of the Fiftieth Concrress is diligently at , work ar ranging printing and docketing pa pers received in the contested election cases, which will claim the attention of the Committee during the Fifty- fir-t Congress. These papers, together a. . n fit l - nti.. i with the exhibits on sixteen cases, which haye already been certified to the clerk of the House aie very vol u minous, requiring no les3 than two hundred and fifty packages to contain them. Oat of the sixteen cases on file, all bat three come from Soathern States. Indiana furnishes one; that of Posey vs. Parrett from the First District. Connecticut presents one, that of Sey mour vs. Miles from the Fourth Dis 'trict and Maryland adds her quota in the case or Mudd vs. Uomptou from the Fifth District.- , X Virginia and Mississippi, each fur nishes three cases. Virginia, those of Waddell vs. Wise, in the Third District; Lingaton vs. Venable in the Fourth District, and Bower vs. Bsi chanan, in the Ninth D striot. and Missisisppi, those of Chalmers vs. Mor gan, in the Second District; Hill vs. Oatchmes in the Third District and Kerhageu vs. Hooks in the Fifth District. It is expected that a record of these States will be tied by West Virginia, but as yet, the papers in but one case, that of Atkinsonvs. Pendleton, from the First DUtrict, have been received from that State, i ' The cases of Thweatt vs. Clarke.from A Til - a. ' TA I.a.uw.a.i -- J3 If T . u tne uirst Liisincr, ana jjcuume vs. Turpin from the Fourth District, are contributed by Alabama. South Carolina is content with fur nishing the case of Miller vs. Elliott from the Seventh District. Tennessee furnishes the case of Eaton vs. Phelan from the -Tenth District. I a 1 " - a t i - a Tl ArKansas inat or ueatnerston vs Cote from the First District, and Flor ida that of Goodrich ys, Ballock from the Second District. Papers m the Chalmers Morgan case, have already been opened and sent to the printing office and those in the case of Langston vs. Venable, will be opened Saturday. The next papers are formally opened in the presence of the contestant and con testee, after due notice has been given. Papers in the Waddell-Wise case will be opened in a short time. They are very jjulky and the contestant esti mates that it will require a volume of t 000 printed pages to contain the testimony taken. Nothing is known, of course, which the committee will follow iu dealing with the Arkansas case of Clayton vs. Breckenridge, Clayton havimr jbeen assassinated while the work of taking the testimony was in progress. No papers in the case have been received by the clerk of the House. j Altogether the work cf the elections committee of the next House, promises to be yery arderous and it will take diligence on the part of the committee to dispose of all the cases before the termination of the Congress. The President ! to-day appointed Frank u. Lioveland to agent at New York City, ba pension yiee ranz Ziegel, resigned; and Asa Matthews, of Illinois, to be first Comptroller of Treasury viee M. J. Durham, resigned. Matthews is at present1 speaker ofl we xionse or rxepresentatiye3, wnicn office he has held for several terms. He was was colonel of an Illinois regi ment during the war and subsequently he d the officer of collector of reyenue for the Peoria district. He lives at Pittsfield, 111. He is said to be an excellent lawyer. He was indorsed for the office by Senator Cullom and many others. , ! ' Hugh S. Thompson, recently ap pointed Ciyil Service Commissioner, took the oath of office to day and wjll enter upon the discharge of his official duties to-morrow. No information has been received from Roosvelt, as to the time when he expects to asume the duties of his effice. -- - X - Bond3 offerings to-day aggregated $2,5S9,450; all but 100 accepted at 108 for four and a bait's and 129 for fours. The llarderera and Thterea of Fluamsrs V-' "":.v. villa. ? ; Little Rock, Ark., May 9. Deputy United States Marshal Faulkmburg, arrived here last night - from Morriil ton. having in charge Wm; Palmer, mayor of Plummersyille;Dr. S G. White, Cyrene McCnlioch and Thomas Durham, charged with an attempt to shoot Charles Wahl, who was United States Supervisor. at the November election, at Plnmmersville.' The as sault was made at Plummersville, some weeks after the ballot-boxes had been stolen. Other arrests' will also "be made, oft nide "persons; r inclndin z Idepnty jBberiff Bently implxcitt4 in tarrjin c the ballot boxes. FRIDAY. MAY 10, 1889. THE'NEtf CRUISER. THE CHARLESTON GOES OUT ON A TRIAL TRIP- A Trst Of Tir Tara rAfnMn.4 Hadrd nro Fowtiwgbi Com. Hn!otalj-o,er Foartoea KaoU mm Hoar.;, ! ' ", ' Saxta?Babbara: c.. mt n Th United S riyt d herefrom her trial trip last even ing, maMnij under easy steam daring th. loot nA4i. m I . t I.. . i . - ' J mmm,tmm. ins -last Jportton of her trip, a little more than toortMn hmf. M. un. w aA auwui arv. m. a& u m. a San Franc'tco Bav. at rr4S nVWV ututecr leir Riison ttrvr. in Tuesday morning. Ia tho circular bulwarks, fore and aft, where the eight-inch rifled guns are to find posi tion, and in the sponsens for the ac commodation of the Rix infth Were piled pig iron bars, in snffiemnt number to represeat the powerful guns. The brass raUings and mountings lacked polish, while a portion of the wood and metal work was covered with tarpaulins for pro tection Lanterns were suspended in the ward rooms and passage ways, for lighting purposes, in lien of th aW . , . . .'. . : mo ligm piant which is not complete. Apart from these features, which had no bearing upon the working ca- pacuy ui iao cruiser, sue was in readi ness to attempt the duty assigned her, of developing seven thousand horse power by her two compound engines, for four consecutive hours a more se vere test, i is claimed, than any to ships of wAr are usaally subjected, in making a test of power and speed. The cruiser was in command of Captain Charles M. Goodall. The offi cial Inspection Board of United States naval officers consisted of Commodore Benham, Commander Henry Glass; Naval Constructor, Joseph Feaster; Lieut. E. F. Qaalthrough and Chief Eagineer Harriss, There were several representatives of the Union 'Iron works, on board, also naval construc tor Fernald, United States Navy, who supervised the construction of the .-cruiser, on behalf of the Government. The inspecting corps of engineers, acting on behalf of the Government, to ascertain the horse power of the engines, consisted of Chief Engineers F. J. Hoffman and E. T. War burton; Assistant Engineers Hollis, McElroy, Pickereel, Disson, Kinkaid, W. J. Smith and H. L. Leonard. The naval contingent was also sup plemented by Capt. J. C. Watson, I . ' . " commanderF. P. Gilmore and Lieut. Calkins and: others. ? There were about one hundred sea men and others who were present in the semi-official capacity. After her compasses had been satis factbrily adjasted, the Charleston at 8 o'clock headed down the bay. A strong southwest wind had been blow ing and there were heavy waves on the bay, She was soon in combat with a strong running sea. me engines had been gauged to forty revolutions, whick served to press the ship steadily forward. . . Besides breaking for waid the water ; $egan to come over "the" starboard side. The cruiser held steadily on rolling very little, but dipping down sharply, after rising on a big wave, lifting her stern high in the air. Daring the roughest portion of the passage, both screws at various stages were completely out of the water. The naval officers were free to say that the Charleston had behaved hand somely and that the test had been a severe one, in the matter of her staunchness. Constructor Fernald remarked, that in ten years service she would probably not, encounter a rougher sea, or be subjected to a more severe test as to her structural sea going qualities. From ten o'clock until one, in the afternoon, the engines were allowed to exhibit a little more power and the cruiser's progress indicated an eyen speed of eleven knots. When off Santa Cruz, the engines were slovredT down, on account of a slightndency to the heatinp shnwn hrthfl .rnK heads of pne of thebigh pressure , cvlinders, and were finallv stonoed to put a shimOnaer the cross head, to reliey-this tendency. The engines e again started at b o'clock in the afternoon and were run steady to Santa Barbara, at a gradually increas ing speed, without showing farther heating. During this rough passage Commo dore Benham, together with Captain Watson, were on the bridge. At times the spray came over the breast work of steel, rising several feet above the deck. At one time the Charleston took a dip into the trough of the sea and suddenly poshed into the second wave, which enveloped all on board. The comb broke over the breast, flooding the officers on the bridge and hoisting tne brass stancnon on the forward deck, out of position. At almost the same moment a wave broke over the starboard side of the ship followed by a second, which com pie t ely flooded the main deek. She finally rode out to sea and en countered less boisterous seas. The engineers reports show that in the run from San Francisco to Santa Barbara, not a journal or pin showed heat. . - ; From Point Conception to Santa Barbara, the engines were maintained at a steadily increasing speed, and the cruiser exhibited a maximum speed of fourteen and twelve hundredths knots per hour, daring tho last stage of the ran to this port. The decision will prob ably be reached to day as to what time the four hour run to test engines will take places , Having provided ;for the, -Blaine facnlyy Mr. Harrison bzs now beann to wrcstlaxntlihxs orni'p:? plpcK pnxx'.e. -T i 2TORTHCAOLI2Ii. A Dnv Fttm atatloa of Tnobt. rrx. m ad CrraU ta tfe Stato. oaaaaaaak ' SbowlBK ttioCloTca IIHr. CbaxlcUe Cbrc&!cl. Lst Friday North State Prohibi tionist had a very entertaining and incidentally amusing editorial about its failure to "bob up Mrenelj' the week before. Tho Prohibitionist ti edited by W. G. Barkhead, whose recent remarks on the failure of North Carolina editors and new pa pert, bare subjected him to some severe criticism The bird that is not nice about its own nest, is never valued for either plu mage or fort-ocal excellency. . Here is a gem from the editorial refened to: - ; --' . Tfae Prohibitionist failed to appear last week, be it said to the shame of the 3,000 party Prohibitionists in North Carolina. The paper, as you know, can't live unless yoa support it. What are you going to do!" Can it be that the great censor of North Carolina journalists and jour nals, is about himself to vindicate bis criticism, by a collapie of his own paper! : v The Uoirorm ttaak of Bale lab. , Raieiffh Call. Col. A.M. Hay wood, of Georgia of tfce staff of Gen. James B. Carnaban, Commander-in-Chief of the Uniform Branch of the Knights of Pythias was in me cny yesteraay. uasi nigm ne met the members of the order here and organized Sir. Walter Raleich Diyision No. 3 with twenty-seven members. This division will elect officers on arrival of its charter. The order is rapidly growing in favor in Raleigh. At every weekly meeting there are two or three applications for membership from the best element m the city. Col Haywood left this morning for Fayette ville where he will organize another diyision to night. Sabbath School Contention. Laurlnburtt Ezchacre. There was a very large attendance at the Sabbath School Convention at Laurel Hill ehurch last Saturday, and the day was well and pleasantly spent. Twenty-one delegates represented seven Sabbath schools in the township, with an enrollment of-333 pupils and 39 teachers, the! averatre attendance being 34. Mr. L. B. Prince being ex officio President; MrvA. L.James was elected Secretary and Mr. Thomas H Walters Treasurer of, the Convention. IllnU for R'co Planter. Clinton Caucasian. Mr. W. A. Johnson shipped a lot of rice last week, i The returns stated that the low price which he receive! was not due to the market, but to the character of the rice. THe consignee stated that if the rice had been prop erly harvested it would have brought forty per cent more; Farmers, take notice of this' and don't, by careless- ness lose half the value of a crop after it is almost ready for market. Acquitted In Maah Superior Coort. 1 Wilson Mirror. Noel Eatman, who was charged with the killing of John Bottoms, was tried at Nash court last week and acquitted.' The accomplished and faithful solici ted the gentlemanly Col. Worthing ton, represented 1 the State with bis usual zeal and fidelity, while the in terest of the defendant was in the able and skillful hands of Messrs.' F. A. Woodard, Bunn, Battle and Farmer. Senator Vanco Inrlted to Columbia.. Charlotte News, At a meeting or the executive com mittee of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution held in Columbia, S. U.. Tuesday morning, it was unani mously determined to invite Senator Z. B. Vance, of Norta Carolina, to de liver the anniversary address before the Society on tbeStb of June. Oid Zeb" will be-warmly welcomed to Co iumbi A Very SeDntble Opiulon. Favanoab News. Gov. Fowle.of North Carolina, is no doubt a sensible man. He expressed a yery sensible opinion the other day, when he said that if the people of the North would ceaso to agitate the ques tion o the' condition of the colored race in the South it would settle itself. not iad aad Beaaemer sti. Pittsburg,, May 9 Peace reigned about the Alleghany Bessemer Steel Works at lnquesne to-day. it was feared there would be trouble after yesterdsy's shooting and the sheriff was on hand with a number of depo ties, but their services were not needed as best of order prevailed. The great plant was in operation in nearly every department. and while the strikers do not concede their defeat, the strike is regarded as a failure by disinterested persons. William Dnnn, the striker, who assaulted John Galloway, clerk in the mill, last night and was shot in the breast by the latter, Is improving. He will probably recover, although the wound is a dangerous one. . Galloway is in jail on the! charge of feloniou shooting. '. ' ... . - ' aaa-aaawaaSSSja - Coal rjearar Strika. . Chicago. May 9. A despatch from Ashland, Wis., reports that every coal heaver in the city struck yesterday, for a raise of wages.. The coal com panies argue that the men at Dulutb, and Saperior.receiTe onl forty cents, and have announced their willingness to pay the rates prevailing at those ports. The longshoremen contend that ten cents more should be paid here,beeau29 the work is not eo steady as at Dalath. The csayor xrz$ called upon by the coal companies, fcr police' protection, whea new nea aro put to v7crl:. It is thesnt thsro trill ts trouble before the tlriLa is settled. ' ; PRICE FI5 ;CEKTS I II I, I lllll 1. IIE.,- !..U. J.1MM FORESTRIES. WHOLE TOWWS OE, .iOYEO THE FIERCE FLAMES xnr from tCarrtatXl4tftt-TlM rPlo ktaa Nfir la Bmmmpm -A, Larca Aaawaat af Prpftf f tlaaaa teadara 0md ta tao Utaaad-Tala Kraph Wtraa Dava : ;, DrLcrn, Minn.. May 7.Fieree forest fire are barnicg tn northers Wisconsin, taJt of Q ebie lake ; tewa railway stations h&ra been burnt a at.4 reports from the Verjailhoa racce s:ate that the towns in that Ttiaity are surrounded by tUrnes. Great damtge his been done to timber, AH telegraph wires from thete into Dalolk have been down two day. Wixona, Minn , May 9. The Utt! villa go of E!bo, Lear this rity, vu nearly destrojtd by fire Monday after noon. The fire originated I'oo prairie fires that have bcn raging for- two weeks past. The Elba flattcg mill was totally destroyed. To hotel with all its contents acd ifereral habeas houses were completely j burned. Al together half of the place was butted. Chicago, May 9 A tpecial u the Daily News from Manjuene, Xlu-h-, says: ! Terrible foret fire are Ull raging in this section. Tn yilUpe of Norway issurroundtd by fliraei.' All the telegraph wires around Marquette have been down for two dy. Kprtc i are now arriving of tcrriblf forei fifc in the country recently seitltd by new homesteaders. The fUmcs ttarttd at 9 a. m. Tuewlay and swept ortrr unlet of dense forests, until thy ere checked by rain in the evenug. Mirny homesteaders are burned out. Great suffering is repotted to hmve taken place among wotan and chil dren, who could eTCtI) breathe on acscunt of the suffocating smoke. Many reached the railroad ttrck. and others songht sheller in swarcps. where by burying themselves in mud and lying face downward they man aged to survive the beiyt and tuok. BruePji crossing has been uueriy destroyed. Watchword is also butned and a tract many mues tquaieis in ashes. j Relief parties are out to-day tol-Hk afier those who were known to have been! in the burned district. It is feared many have perished. Great damage has been caused at Anthony, a lumbering town on the homestead country. j Vullan lost largo engine boose. several thousand cords of wood and twenty house?, homes ol miner. Norway fouht fire on nil; sides tor eighteen hours and was! just on the point of surrt tdcrir g when rain came and saved the town. Far aro en tertained of the loss of life !n the towns remote from the raiirvadfi. Tha Ileatad Taitn B son. Wasiiikotok, May 9 A warm I wave has prevailed j over this section of country for the put few diy acd at the signal office it is sai l that there is ooly flight prospect of its be:ng tup planted in the immediate future by cooler weather. The I thetmomfter registered 90 degree at V., yesterday; 90 ! Lynchburg, degrees at degrt-es at Chailotte, N. C;! 92! Augusta, Ga., and 83 degrees iu tats city. By two o'clock to-day the thtr mometer registered UJ degrees and was still climbing upward. It reached 92 at Staunton, Va f at noon to dayyThe first case smstroke occurred Lere daring the aftertioon. Michac-1 O Toole. work man on a building in the northeastern part of the city, was overcome by best, and though ho rallud some hit afterwards is dangerously ill. Lieutenant Dauwoody, the predic tion officer of the civil service, says that the tort id weather will last until Friday nicht, and be'isjnot ditpu-ed to make any positive assertion that cooler weather will come then. There is a storm in Texas moving northeit- j t. : u ..... t.:t. . waru upon wuicu utr uaaca ui uupt7 oi relief. .. . i , 1 The Secretary of the Treasury baa extended, for tour months and four days, the time allowed the Union Works, of Sn Frabtisco, in which to complete the cruiser No. 5 (tha Sin rrancisco ; inis is one oi tne targe 4,000 ton cruisers, which was con tracted for October 27, 1S37, at a cot of $1,428 000 and was to be completed October 27th next. More than four j tenths of the work opon the vessel has I been done and the extension i granted onon the ground that the deparimat had delayed the delivery of the work ing plans. I An extension of 1 one year was sought by the contractors npon the plea that the sub-contractors, who were to sopply the steel, bad ba remiss in delivering it, but the depart ment was obliged to deny this appli cation, for reason that it was not responsible for the delay. Cincinnati Cincinnati ll.Athetlie Philadelphia Philadelphia G, Wash ington 0. - Cleveland Cleveland 13,Indiansno Boston Boston 9, New York 10; basehit.Boston,15.NewYork ll;errort Boston C. New York 4. Bauenk. Madden and Kelly, W. Brown and Ewiog. ...j. Chattanooga Chattanooga 4, Ccar leston 13. i . Chicago Chiego7, Pittsburg C Sl Louis SuLiuis4, Colambns 6. Btrmicghan New Orleans 13, Ba Bingham 4 J- - i v-' Kansas City Kansas City 8, BaS timore . ; .1 :yl'yt ''x ; ' The 'enesgement is' annonnced cf the Rev. E. 8. Tead, of ComemlJe. to Miss hozlz II. Ordwsy.of Darcbetter. New Oilzzzi: r';v -
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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May 10, 1889, edition 1
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