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I) ' i ' WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY. MARCH 13, 1891. PiilCE FIVE CENT3. if iiii. J lit lilt t Wiiiririftiw 4 Tiiriytii , :T,KTIi:i 1807. lie 2Ii-;sippi river broke yca'er- ..,.: A l.Vyear oM girl tries to ... i !e l-c'cane she is eunpended from' A Chicago barbcr'd apprentice has 1 ;l ,5i UjO fcvtnne. Salaries of the j.v Jli'.vi-! are to bo rcductJ. A in hoi jar-t waked up alter an ' rloep, Jack Wel;h knocks Joe lunitc-ca ronnclu. The Earo- irUft is disturbed. The bliz- iau 1 haa been followed by a severe r.-d lives were lost in the recent i '1 -tee j the enow, frozen solid, 1 1 duo p. Several steamers were i all on board drowned. The water uth are frozeued and a water i- atcned. Live stock premiums jt vi tl-V),000 will be given at the - riic custom house at, Buenos , ,i opened, but the bankd are w till Clr.liau inburgentd have gained :, Several leveea on the JIia- . 'j v. effort made yes- ; a h publican caucus on the Cali- r-hip proved unsuccessful.- 1 ihl'iiculty in Paris have been ar riie Auditor of Aikaneaa makeB an iu his report to the Legisla- t! i(fh) t TIj" "; rn ' I.' - Iuck jrf au effort being made to arrest tii-j Domocratic Senators in Michigan in ilt'ji.3 the Democratic Senators will ! . Canada and thus leave the Republi- iv lead than a qourum. Col. L. L. not much to say to the reporters on l'oik I. tl.t ( nn of Gen. Palmer. A very exat- )v. ftCrut: "ccurrea in me ltaxiau tiunmuer oi 1) ; it;cs yeaterday in which Signor Cnspi iu- ,w. .iTO'j a r.emre 10 euooi anoiner deputy. . t ? .1 T . TL( ft) is complaint of tLe bad quality of Amer- i jiin Kilted meat in the German navy. Ilor . Jvlm E. Carr of Haverhill, Ma., was killed by a i:iau urn;. me udmuvrnka vi imuue xaiauu iit rr i a. . , V T I 1 T .1 i normuateu au. me oia MaieomceiH. iiiis- L:i;g had a :0O,OO0 lire yesterday. More tvera at Providence, ICI., go out on strike. - Tii? bteamr Servia is disabled at sea. ; li i:;i:4it grants a sum for the relief of Ire- . -No vote was taken in the Connecticut : l;kture on the Judson Compromise bill and I .flxUtnre adjourned until next Tuesday. The people of Chattanooga gave a hand- . lie win quel 10 iiieir visiioih yesceruay. Ti.r Illinois Senatoishiy ii the fifih one that i. ; l-t -!i wrested troiu the llepnbiiciins this r. yecrttarv Uiaine is aid to be much ! . (vt,i with thooutl'jnk f.x- settling theCeiiiicg i,isTUL.-Gi:.rns. .;w York needs better heated for renters. Of Too deaths last week v,re in tenement houses. ; v. Dr. John Mitchell, of th-j Bap C'iiurch in North Carolina, is now lour to the Holy Land. i; v. .J. H. Harrison, HapUst., ha i'mi vi crrtai revival ai wanvi no, . v a. m-jim were over two hundred eonverts f not n had fallen 1 England I or hve weeks ud to last baturday, when it caue.. It is s:iid tins nas not nr.ppenea before in a hundred vtiii'S. Ai.d now C abot LodC is defenam Reed's usurpations and tyranny i id" literary ljodifu is a very aosun.: 'Ciftiian even lor iviassacnuaeiis. i'l.e R .kili Vt (t'.Obscn-t)' says: 'in ic Senate Mr., Lucas was tho "ocst man, and Mr. BelLiray per-:.- made the mo-t ;enernl repuia- itriky to tlie 1amberton Jlobcson-ian its very kind reference to this i Miv'W.-B. Harked, manager ; ' Maxtou Department, has also eneroug words. re millions of barrels of sug-ar 'u.-tom house in New York to be wt as soon as the free su'rar day 1st-April. It will be no "April i .... . Wolseley, of the Brit!.-h Army, ii'-j to Canada, and is talking war ti.is oountry. lie is looking for it. ,H remain in Canada until the ; Him ""has been given by his tvi rate ih breakfast, dinnrr tea, ; . a thou must cut agafn, Ah, we! 'Iui .it: To eat: .rv nou! : Adown thy gullet pour ! M that. onenesS is no more, y i'o eat : To cat : 1 Chicago Tribune. --.v m.iLT:.ine is to b3 started- at Ala.: It will be issued this "'!. It is to be at $3 a year aEd to " - -l.c ('(() J'fctcnt. Unless it cuty of capital to back it it will a. "back number' and third 'v late but it wa significant the MaasachusettsIIouse had voted against Hoar's vile Force bill. ?V aTain. Tho. old sinnpr mnct ;rv..u , miserable. He . and saline 1'J lu'ed ought to get together and it-tir streams of tears. il;i.leigh Chronicle has entered lts second year. Brother Daniels "bored faithfully to give his read- ij. i "'"J, "til wu&ku iayi. " 1 j a success ana we are " i iearn that the Daily is pros- oDf. Mr' GeorSe p- Pell, a young -fcalUt of promise, has become asso" -4lG Uitor. i- THE WORK OF A COMMA. CORRECT PUNCTUATION . OF CHARTER OF THE V. & W. R. THE R. The Mailer Ueinc Looked Into A Noted Criminal Pardoned The Cake of Turner Azalnst Iloldeif Aaiu Ueforetlie Courts Col.' Holiday Out Again A School Teacher Cieta a Whipping A Cerrection. Messenger Bufjau, ILvlkigii, N. C, March 12, lS'Jl. S The Governor has granted a pardon toWiliiam P. Destong,a rather notable criminal, who six ears ago was sent to the penitentiary from Wayne coun- y, for a ten year term, lor concealing stolen goods. The roof of the great west wing of penitentiary is in place and will be covered with slate. This winsr it is proposed to besed for some indus trial enterprises. There are also large iron forging snops inside the prison. beveral counties will, under recent acts of the Legislature, use their short term convicts on the roatis. This is likely to result in a decrease of the number received at the prison, The output of soft coal from the mines at VsyeU (Jnatham county, is steadily increasing, while the quality is imrjrovinsr. The extensive use of this coal by the Seaboard Air Line will do a great deal to advance the mining interest. The new road to the mines is no w well equipped. A curious case is again before the public here. Many prominent men are being examined before a magis trate for the purpose of ascertaining whether ex-Governor W. W. Holden has any property in his own name. Twenty-one years ago Holden, then Governor, had the well known Josiah Turner arrested at Hiilsboro, on the ground that he was a Ku Klux, etc. That arrest and some others came near causing a civil war in North Carolina. Nine years later Turner sued Holden .or false arrest and imprisonment. In the Superior court of Chatham county he got judgment for 88,001. This was not satUlied,. as the law ollicers made return that-Holden had no property. Turner's affairs went inio a -receiver's hands, and this judgment against Holden was among the assets which were taken in charge by receiver Gus tave Rosenthal of Raleigh. Now Tur ner sues the latter, alleging that he was negligent in not coiltcling the judgment, mi the ground that he has discovered Uolden's possession of prop erty in his o.vo name. The case comes up regularly in the Superior court at HiUsboro next Wednesday. Tbej plans of the buildings of tho Baptist State Female University have been prepared. The site is only two blocks from the capitol, in one of the most ueligrttiul parts of the city. There will be a train buildinr with several smaller ones. During the recent session of the legislature no less than 72 charters were granted improvement companies. This is by far the greatest number on record. U is regarded as a vry favor able s-ign. A great deal of outside capital is coming into the State. Attorney General Davidson returned this morning from Graham. He was to have been a witness at the trial ot "Bud" Nicholson, the white man who shot at Col. A. B. Andrews. But there was no trial. When the cae was called Yesterday afternoon it was found that Nichoibon had jumped his bail. It was learned later that he had again taken to the woods. Col. Andrews was alo at Graham, as a witness. Tne bullet from Nicholson's pistol struck near both Davidson and Andrews. Another heavy rain set in last night and is a further, set-back to the far mers. Torrents of rain fell to-day. Tho nearly continuous rains have stopped most kinds of outdoor work. The county commissioners of Mitchell will very probably be brought to taw by the courts, for having leviad a tax up to the constitutional limit and which covered the 8 cents tax for pen sions and then placed the latter sum with their county taxes in the hands of their treasurer. The tax was thus in reality collected and diverted to coun ty purposes. Col. Hollidsy,, president of the Agri cultural and Mechanical college, is out again, after six weeks' severe sickness. There was a rather odd case here last evening, in which a school bov. his teacher, the boy's elder bother and a whip figured. The teacher (in a pri vate school) was late in arriving a few mornings past, and the pupils all re- turned to their homes. The next day the teacher thrashed them all, for their absence. This rouied the ire of the elder brother of one of the lads and the whipping of the teacher was the out come. ' - To the personal efforts of Capt. E. B. Engelhard, chief of the Raleigh fire department, are the voluntee-r firemen of the State indebted for the bill which creates a fund for them. This fund, which is not to exceed $'2,oOO annually, is raised from $50 additional tax im paled upon each Insurance company doing business in the State. There was more talk during the re cent session of the Legislature, of the matter of the taxation of the Wilming ton and Weldon railway than of any other matter. It is strange that no one thought of breaking up the original charter. It is ona of the cases where a "comma" plays a mighty important part. Some of the State officers to-day had a certified copy made of the origi nal act. This shows that the true read ing: of the end of the now famous clause regarding taxation of the company is as follows: "And the shares shall be deemed personal property and the property of said company, and the shares therein shall be exempt from any public charge or tax whatsoever." The reading in the Re vised Statutes has a comma after the first word "property" .and a semi-colon after the word "company." But there is a wide difference be- (Continued on fourth page.) A LEGISLATIVE JIUDDLE. j Fightlne: For Mastery in the Michigan SeD. ate A Democrat Charged Witli Bljiairiy Democratic Senators to no to Canada. Chicagd, March 12. A special from i Lansing, Mich., says that the Senate ' was a scene of turbulence yesterday j wnen the President declared adopted a resolution that the committee on the contested election case of Friedlander vs. Morse, be relieved from its further consideration. Friedlander holds his seat by virtue of a successful contest against Morse. He is the Democratic Senator who i charged with bigamy in having married an Indian woman and then desertinsr her for another. During the session Friedlander retired to the Lieutenant Governor's room to escape arrest on the charge of bigamy. it is said tnat he practically admits the truth of the charge, and that last night he offered the attorneys of wife No. 1, $1,000 if immunity from criminal prosecution be erranted him. This the attorneys refused to accede to. The Democrats feel assured that if Friedlander is once arrested and taken to Petersgay to answer the charge against him the Republicans will un seat Friedlander and give his seat to Morse. Therefore, they are prepared to serve a writ of habeas corpus as soon as the arrest is made, and if their plan fails the Democratic Senators propose to slip away to Canada and thus leave tho Senate one vote short of a quorum, until Friedlander obtains bail and can return to Lansing. . A Handsome Banquet. f Chattanooga, March 12. The splendid time which the people of Chattanooga have given their guests from the National capital was crowned to-day with a continuous round of inter esting events. Secretary Proctor and some of his guests, went to Atlanta last night, but the Congressional and other members of the visiting party remained and visited other famous battlefields around Chattanooga. In the morning Missionary Ridge was visited, and from Bragg's headquarters Gen. Boynton gave a description of great battle which ended in capture of the ridge. The party was then taken through the NationaljCemetery and back to the city, which they left in the afternoon for Lookout mountain. Congressman Clements, of Georgia, whose district embraces the Chicka mauga field, has been selected by Sec retary "Proctor to negotiate with farm ers for the alands needed for the National park. To night the party attended a ban quet given at the Read house to cele brate the inauguration of the Basic steel process in the South. The dinner leeing rn honor of Mat Baxter and A. M. Shook, who have have established the practicability of the process after a .ti, tost uuu uavc uuoutu cutt-i ytui no in Chattanooga. There were elaborate decorations of flowers, potted plants and National colors, but the distinguishing feature of the occasion was the table ware, much of which, including plates and cover of menu cards, consisted of tin plate recently made in this country from Chattanoosra steel. Covers were laid for about 190 guests. Impromptu addresses were made by Senator Sanders, Representatives Mc- Kinley, Cannon and others. Letters of resrret were read from a number of distinguished' gentlemen. Ex-Presi dent Cleveland wrote: 1 jully appre ciate the importance and value of tne event the Chamber of Commerce of your citv propose to celebrate. Few thiners. it seems to me, are better worth yof your people's joyful notice. should greatly enjoy being with you to join in the contemplated celebration and have attempted to see my way clear to that accomplishment, but am oblisred. however, on account of duties and engagements here to forego the pleasure it would afford me to accept vour exceedingly courteous invitation. Itliode I-land Democratic Convention. Providence, R. I., March 12. The Democratic State convention met in Music Hall at ll:lo o'clock. An in formal ballot was taken for a nominee for Governor, resulting as follows: Whole number of votes, 214; John W. Davis, 1SS; Daniel B. Pond, 25; Hugh J. Carrol, 12. The Chairman of the State Demo cratic committee presented a letter from Govarnor Davis declining a re nomination. Loud calls were made for the question when Clarence A. Aldrich obtained the floor and made a speech, seconding.the nomination of John W. Davis notwithstanding his letter. John W. Davis and Hon. William T. C. Wardwell were unanimously renomi nated for Governor and Lieutenant Governor respectively. The old State ticket was renominated throughout. More Trouble la Chili. Buenos Ayres, March 12. The custom has been reopened, but the banks remain closed. It is expect that London financial houses will subscribe 2,000,000 in gold within a week or so to the new loan. Advices from Chili sta4e that there had been further fighting between the insurgent and Government troops and that the former were victorious. It is reported here that the Republic of Uraguay has offered to mediate be tween the contending factions. Cardiff, Alarch 12. It is rumored at Newport that the steamer Trinidad has been lost and that all of the crew have been drowned. TVeavers on Strike. Providence, March 12. Eight hun dred weavers employed at the Atlantic Mills Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are out on a strike on account of alleged excessive fines imposed for alleged imperfections in cloth. They also complain of frequency of fines. This morning in mill No. 1, sixty-four fins were posted on the board. The weavers were aroused and imm'ediately quit work. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. 1 ) DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF THE . CENT BLIZZARD. RE- Xnmerous IVrtckg and Many Lives Lost f inancial rouuie-A Water Famine Chilian Ingurcenta Gain a Victory Kx cltine Scenes in the Italian Chamber of Deputies. LONDON,. March 12 Following- the blizzard, a severe frost has set in all over ngianu greatly hindering the operation of railroads. Cornwall is solaced. Aiany wrecks are reported on tnat ccasi ana many ueoDle are rozen to death. At least seventv lives were lost off the coast during the bliz zard and ten men perished from cold and. exposure after reaching shore. Several vessels are also known to be missinsr. Days roust elaDse before freight and passenger traffic is entirely restored on me Drancn lines. The ex- Dress train which left Plvmouth Mon day is still blocked up near Trent river. The passengers are suffering severely from exposure. In Devonshire and Cornwall, cuttiDgs twelve feet deep have been male through othe snow which is now frozen into an almost solid mass. Berlin, March 12. The Iieichsan- zeiger, an official paper, to day replying to a number oi complaints received as to the failure to use American salted meat in the German navy, said: Ex perience with those meats hitherto had been very unsatisfactory. The packing was defective, the barrels weak and badly made and the meat entirely too fat ana or an interior quality when compared with European meats. The German Aamirally, the paper adds. still continues its experiment with .var ious sorts of American salted meats. Rome, March 12. A most exciting incident'took place yesterday evening during tne ae bate in the Chamber of Deputies. Signor Imbriani, excited by some remarks made, shouted to the Crispi group: "You are servants of Austria." To this taunt Signor Crisoi replied: "Servants? No. Good friends? Yes." - Imbriani repeated his remark: "You are servants oi Austria." o inis Crispi retorted with a gross insult in tended for Imbriani. The latter called upon Crispi to withdraw the remark, but the ex Premier refused,. to do so. saying that while he held the position of Minister of State he had been forced to endure the annoyances of Imbriani, "but now," angrily cried Crispi, "I am no longer bound to do so as 1 am only a Deputy. In my pocket I have a re volver. If the Signor annoys me, let him beware.", London, Mpxch 12. In the House of Commons thy evening Balfour as'ked for a credit -55,881 for the relief of distress in Ireland. He explained that the Government had adopted every possible means to expedite the relief work which; otherwise, could not have been begun before April or May. Al . AAA togetner buu men were employed on tnese worKs ana about 4,uou persons had been relieved. There had been no case of starvation, he said, on the main land, but there had been great risk of starvation on the Island and, there fore, special steamers had been char tered to investigate the condition of the inhabitants and to convey meal and other supplies to them. The credit was adopted. Paris, March 12- There were only about 1,500 people present at the Auteuii races to-dav, and over half of that number was composed of police men. ine. DOOKmakers' stands were empty. London, March 12. The steamer Servia, from New York for Hamburg, is disabled sixty miles off the Lizzard, her machinery having collapsed. A number of tugs have been sent to her assistance. Paris, March 12. The Societes des Depots de Comptes Courants is in a critical position. It endeavored to borrow 50,000,000 francs from the Bank of France without success. The Gov ernment called a meeting of the Finance committee to devise relief measures with no " result yet. The London Stock Exchange is disturbed in consequence. The Comptes Cou rants is still paying depositors freelv. A convention of financiers, called to gether by the Minister of Finance with the view cf bringing about some ar rangement which will enable the SocTete des Depots de Comptes Cou rants to tide over its difficulties, result ed in the Bank of France agreeing to advance most of the money required. Shares of the society have fallen to 370 francs, a decline of 130 in two days. The following is the basis of settle ment decided upon: The Bank of France advances 60,000,000 to the Societe, which sum is guaranteed by bills of the Societe, and the Societe calls for 375 francs per share from its shareholders, and tbe financial houses jointly guarantee the sum of 15,000,000 francs to the Bank of France. The assets of the Societe will be assign ed for payment of the advance. It is understood that the liabilities of the Societe ire under 60,000,000 francs. TioNDON, March 12. A foreign steamship, name unknown, as wreck ed off Start Point, near Daelmouth, Devonshire, duriog the recent blizzard. Ail the crew and passengers were drowned. The British ship Dryade, Captain Thomas, an iron vessel of 1,035 tons, from Shields for Valparaiso was also wrecked off Start Point. The crew of twenty-four men and officers were drowned." The loss from the recent storm to farm stock is enormous. The water mains at Plymouth are snowed up to such an extent that a force of 200 sol diers from the garrison has been sent to assist the water works employes in clearing them, No water has passed through the mains since Monday last, and a water famine is now added to the other sufferings whioh the people of Plymouth have to endure. ACE CONFLICT FEARED. I White Caps Organized to Trive Jfeerroes From Oklahoma Threats ana Counter Threats. Chicago, March 12. A special dis patch from Wichita, Kan.savs that serious trouble is brewing in North western Oklahoma between the whites and negroes, and, while so far the dis agreements have been evidenced by hreats only, any overt act committed by either faction would lead to an out break which could prove disastrous. In tho neighborhood of Kingfisher there exists an organization after the nature of the white caps, whose special object just 'now seems to be to turn rom that section the tide of color ed people pouring in from Mississippi. W arnings have been sent the negroes, but they continue to arrive and npw consider themselves sufficiently strong to threaten back, and they have actually, so it is reported on goo'd au thority, held meetings at which plans for burning and sacking the town of Kingfisher were discussed. The negroes are a heavy burden to he tax payers of the district in which hey have located and they have neither money to live on nor the desire to work. Both factions are reported o be expecting open hostilities. Telegraphic Sparks. A special from Hillhouse, Cohoria county, Miss., says the levee on the Mississippi near that place boke at 12:30 o'clock yesterday morning and great damage is likely to result. Bella Preusch, a 15 year old girl of Virginia City, Nev., was suspended' from school for thirty days for misbe havior and went home and shot and fatally wounded herself with a revol ver, w There will be no meeting, of the World's Fair committee in April and probably not befpre the fair owing to the lack of iands, and jth'e salaries also are to be reduced. Search is being made for Christian Hofforth, a barber's apprentice in Chi cago who has fallen heir to $75,000 in Germany. President Chase of the Kansas Farm ers Alliance sas: "Gen.Palmer was not our choice for Senator. Illinois choice was Gresham, first; Strceter, Second; Palmer, third." The Executive committee of tne World's Fair directory has appropria ted $150,00 for cash premiums for live stock exhibits at the fair. The Bell Telephone company has de clared a dividend of $3 per share. A Natchez special yesterday says: A steady rain has fallen all diy and will have bad effect on levees as it will softfcn them and stop work on the embankment. - - A DistrnctlT Firs iu PitUbarff. Pittsburg, March 12. The great Wood street fire was not entirely sub dued until 4 o'clock this morning but the names were kept within the bounds of the Weldin and Germany bank buildings. Both these structures are completely ruined. The occupants of the buildings for a block in either direction suffered considerably from water, and several small fires were oc casioned by flying sparks spread by the high wind. As near as can be esti mated to day the loss will be about $300,000, upon whiclrthere is an insur ance of $225,000. The origin of the fire is still a mystery. There were two heavy explosions of natural gas, but they occurred after the fire had been discovered. No lives were lq?t, al- tnougn tnere were many narrow escapes from falling walls. 1 he Middleweight Championship, Burlington, Iowa, March 12. Jack Welch, of Peoria, knocked out Joe Tansey, who claims the middleweight championship of the South, in nineteen rounds in a battle near this place. The mill was an admirable exhibition of skill and hard hitting, throughout. Tansey crot the first knock down in the second round and Welch the first blood in the tjhird. Welch finished the fight with a left-hander on Tansey s neck, knocking him senseless. Still Balloting for Senator. Sacramento, March 12. An effort was made to secure signers for. a call lor a Kepuoiican caucus this morning, but the required number could jiot be secured, and the Legislature met in joint session this afttrnoon to ballot for a United States Senator with the Republicans still scattering their votes. The first ballot resulted: Este, 31; De Young, 24; Felton, 1G; Blanchard, 12; Johnston, 4; Wetmore 1; Coleman, Dem , 27. A sleep for tight Months. Grand Rapids, Mich., March 12. A special to the Democrat states that Hiram McConkey, of Springport Jack son county, has been fast a sleep for eight months. Last July he lost the power of speech, was taken sick, went to bed and has not spoken or opened his eyes since. Saturday night blood began to flow from his head and ears and he suddenly came to hi3 senses. The doetors suppose the blood became clotted in hi3 brain and prevented it from becoming active. An Error in an Auditor's ICeport. St. Louis, March 12. A ripple of excitement wa3 caused in the Arkan sas Assembly this morning by the reading of a report from the Auditor in which he said that an error had been made in the compulation of the figures in his report to the House some day9 since. The corrected figures showed that instead of the State re sources being $1,012,000 they were only $740,000, a difference of $272,000. Secrct&ry Proctor at Atlanta. Atlanta, March 13. Secretary Procuir, Attorney General Miller, Quarter Master General Batcheldor, Gen. Williams, Maj. Hill and Capt. Woodruff ipent to-day in Atlanta in specting Fort McPherson. FROM WASHINGTON. : REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE ATE DWINDLING AWAY. SEN- Democratic ProtpecU Two Yearn Hence The llehrinc Sea Coutroverny-Mr.. Ulaine Pleased With the Tone of Lont Salisbury's Letter The Death of a Noted Dwarf. For Many Year a Treasury Clerk. Washington, March 12. President Polk, of tho National Alliance declined this morning to express his - views on the election in Illinois of Gen. Palmer to the Senate and tho position of the three Alliance men in the recent con test in Illinois, further than to say that it appeared to him to have been a fight between the Republican and the Democratic parties rather than a contest between these two parties and the Alliance. The Alliance,ne thought, had lought manfully for its principles, and though they' had not been victo rious in sending a Farmers' Alliance man to the Senate, he believed that Palmer's election -would generally be regarded with more favor than that of any of the other candidates. He said, -further, that he knew -of no promises , being made by Palmer as to his policy in the Senate on any question what ever. Washington, March 12 Joseph T. Hall, a clerk in tho Treasury Depart ment, who has for years been a distin guished figure about Washington on account of his diminutive size, died last nigkt at his residence in the coun try. Mr. Hall was but three and a half feet in height, and so well pro portioned, that at a glance he would have been mistaken for a boy and not for a dwarf. His face was perfectly smooth, and it was only when viewed closely that it indicated his age. Ho was, in fact, 51 years of age, and came here in 1863 from Columbus, Ind , to accept the position in the Treasury un der Secretary Chase which he occupied till the time of his death. The most remarkable circumstance in connection with Mr. Half was that, small and light as he was, his bones ware not of sufficient strength to sus tain his weight, and snapped and broke from the slightest causes during his ife. The bones of his limb9 were frac tured in various places twenty-seven times. It was, in facWto this infirmitv hat his death was due. He had sus ained several mouths ago several frac tures of bones which brought on thc illness that resulted in his death. Washington, March 12. Secretary Blaine refused to discuss Lord Salis- burv s communication to Sir Julian Pauncefote on the Bering Seal, contro versy. . Several attempts were - made to day to secutre the Secretary's. view? on the subject, but he politely declined to express an opi-jlon for publication. His friends say . he is htehlv nleased with the tone of Lord Salisbury's letter. and he anticipates an amicable adjust ment of the long pending controversy at an early day. As both countries appear in a humor to settle their dif ferences there appears to bo no reason for delay. To morrow will be i 'diplo matic day" at the State Department, when Secretary Blaine and Sir Julian will probably fix a day and agree unon the preliminary terms of arbitration. Washington, March 22. The, elec tion of General Palmer, of Illinois, to the Senate, after the lengthy and memorable contest in the Illinois Leg islature, makes five sonatorships wrest ed from the Republicans this winter. These Senators will come from States which have been confidently counted upon to have permanent Republican representation in the Senate New York, Wisconsin, Kansas, South Da kota and Illinois. Had it not been for the untimely death of Senator Hearst, of California, these gains would reduce the Republican majority in the Senate of the Fifty-second Congress to four.J It will now bo six, but there are various important issues, in cluding that of the tariff, where this majority will not bs at all relia ble, and may be reduced to two, or even to a tie. The Senate Republicans are therefore likely to meet occasions in the next two years when they will have somewhat of a hard road to travel. All the chances are bright for the Democrats getting control of the Sen ate after March, 1S93, by a safe and re liable working majority. New York California, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois can almost confi dently be counted upon to send Demo crats, and there are four or five ther States now represented by Republicans which can be classed as doubtful. Mississippi Levees Breaking. Memphis, March 12. The levee at Conly's Lake, thirty miles south of this city gave way late last night, and the water poured into the little village completely flooding everything. The tracks of the Louisyille, New Orleans and Texas railroad are completely sub merged, and the water is reported to be rising. VicasBURG, March 12. News ar rived here to-day of the , break of the levee near Hill House landing, Coharia county, Miss. thirty miles north of the Bolivia county line. At 8 o'clock this morning the break was 150 feet wide. The water from this break will go into Huspuckana and thence into Sunflower riyer. It will overflow the Bolivar County railroad and trains on that line are expected to stop to-day. Killed by a Mad Ball. Haverhill, Mass., March 12, Hon. John E. Carr, of this place, an ex-member of the New Hampshire Legislature, was killed this morning by a mad bull. A neighbor who heard the unfortunate man's cries and had come to his assist ance was tossed by the bull, but man aged to escape. The bull was then killed. New Bern Journal: Mr. Jas. A. Hai rahan, of Pitt county, died a.t his home Monday at 3 o'clock.. r it i : 1 1 H i i 'I 11 4 r. i! Ii - i t r
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