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II l il l fill STAHTitSHED 18G7. WILMINGTON, N. C. SUNDAY, MARCH 15. 1891. XG 1 a"'AJKjqn PRICE FIVE CENTS. 'OSITIVE , SALE OF TIIK- lilintoa Daily aid Weekly MESSENGER o- itli all Franchises, Book- 1 1 T-N tcounts. L-iaims ana ue ands, Subscription Lists, Ad- irtif ;rtisinr Contracts, Presses, ype, Engines, Machines, and general effects of the paper. -o- Jne Campbell Press Costing $5,000. )ne Babcock Pony Press, Costing $1,200. ne Liberty Press, One Gordon Press. )na Ruling Machine. One Folding Machine. )nc Cutter, " Imposing Stones. Ftands aud Cases. I TKI-KfJKAPHIC BOMMABY."" The Central IoFane AfjluM of Tennessee waa burutd Friday night atd a fcood many or the inmates peritihed ia the fl&iaes. The Danube has overflowed ita banks and caused muchuia- tress. The tteamer Servia has reached Ply mouth in Kafetv. The German leader Wind- thortit i dead. TLo President has pardoned Robert Little john of South Carolina convicted of violatirg the Internal Revenue laws and has commuted the eeutenceof John W. Brown, of North Carolina, convicted of violating the Postal laws. The President has prevailed upon Gc-n. Oidway to buepend bid order , dis banding the two colored battalions in the Dis trict of Columbia. The iiegros who emi grated from Texas to Oklahoma are returning in great number and are greatly incensed at the manner iu which they have been treated. The men who went to Chattonooga with the Secretary of War adopted resolutions ex- presfcing their appreciation 'of the courtesy uhown them by the citizens of Chattanooga. A. dry kiln was burned at Norfolk, Va., yesterday deotroying 360,000 feet of lumber. The negroes of Eastern North;Carolina and Virginia advocate the claims of R. G. Paige for the appointment as director of the colored ex. hibit at the World's fair. The United States steamship Galena and the tug Nina went aground on the Massachusetts coast yesterday. - Three penitentiary convicts who attempted to escape, were shot down by the guards. One of them is mortally and the other two severely wounded. The French Government has been requested by the Chilian, insurgents not to let the new Chilian war ships leave the French waters. The financial trouble in Buenos Ayie is about orer. The Federal court at Baltimore yesterday sentenced tbree men to be hanged for murder committed on the Navassa Islands. A Portuguese gunboat capture a British steamer in African waters. The northbound train on the Atlantic Coast Liue due at Richmond, V., at 6:30 o'clock yesterday evening was thiown from the track iiear Ricmond. No one was seriously hurt. AX ASYLUMIN FLAMES. ' I WHOLESALE LYNCHING- !? KXECrnVECLEJIENCY. I IMPORTANT ACTS. Near Jsasliville Striken Inmates The Lunatic Avltm Burned The Terror Huddled Together. ' Nashville, March 14. The beauti ful Central Insane asylum, seveu miles from this city, is almost a mass of ruins and beneath it are the charred bodies of half a dozen inmates.' Iaaa outhouse near by are a hundredpoor demented creatures who found an asylum in the grand old structure now laid in ashes. At lu:i 5 o'clock last night a tongue - 1. ' THE CITIZENS OF NEW ORLEANS LYNCH ELEVEN PRISONERS- Three Thousand Persons Meet and March to the Parish Jail Eleven of the Men Charged With the Assassination of Chief Hennessy Are Taken From the Jail and Killed Perfect Order Maintained. New Orleans, March 14 The scenes at and about the Clay statue this morning brought to mind verv forci- of flame broke through' the roof on the bly and violently the peculiar and ruin- wtjsLtiru mam wings, now n caugni none could divine, but it reached from the ground through the second and inira stories ana cut oir a lew rooms beyond it, The alarm was given and luu mmaies oi ine institution were thrown into wild commotion. Twenty- eight men were in the wing when the fire caught and twenty-two of them were qutcklv removed to the main hall. the other six being left to .their fate behind an impassable wall oi flames. The los3 is heavy but the building was. insured. The city was telephoned to for. aid, ous uprising oi mat September dav sixteen years ago. Ten o'clock had not jet struck and a vast multitude was Brig. The President Pardons One Man and Corn mutes the Sentence of Another Necro Troops Not Disbanded. . Washington; March 14. The Pres ident has pardoned Robert Littlejohn, convicted in South Carolina of viola ting the Internal Revenue laws. HV has also commuted to two years ac tual imprisonment the sentence of John W. Brown, convicted in North Carolina for violating the Postal laws. A delegation of leading colored citi zens of Washington, headed by Audi tor Lvnca and ex-Senator. Bruce, waited on the President to day and protested agaicst the recent order of Gen. Ordwav. of the District A SUMMARY OFTHE IMPORTANT ACTS OF THE LAST LEGISLATURE. already congregated on Canal street, almost filling up the large space from curb to curb on each side of the Boul evard. Just on the strike of 10 o'clock a shout went up from people stationed on St, Charles street and a number of gentlemen, jaraong whom W. S, Par kerson. John C. Wickliffe and others. who signed; the call, camo marching I -to protect the interests of along- and uegan walking round and troops. round the, range of the Clay monument. "rail m, iiii in" was the cry and the National Guard, mustering out two battalions of colored troops because of the action of Congress in reducing the appropriation for the District Guard. The President said that he would &ee that the necessary reduction of ex penses was not made on the color line ana tnat tne order was changed so a the colored and Chief Carrol of the Fire Depart- I crowd formed a procession which went ment could not be found and his subor dinates refused to move without in structions. Finally, after two hours delay the chief was found and he with two engines left for the scene of the disaster. In the meantime, the west wing had collapsed. The .inmates. made frantic by their danger, were be , P1STOL-GKAP11S. Senator-elect Palmer is 73 years old. Eight States have adopted ballot reform. Nearly a hundred people the great Euglish storm The waters of the Mississippi river are playing havoc with the country. perisnea in ALSO Bngine, 'One Gas Shafting aiicl Belting, 'And a complete and full out fit of-a first class Newspaper l ik nTi r n oern m nn f iliiVI JJ V I I I V VO LCI LiIOIllIlVllL. Tom Reed's tears were merely "tears, idle, tears.' VTom must have used an onion. Mr. Fife has Greenwood, S. the result. Gladstone lie will stand Grand old man ! just closed a Tevival at C, with 101 reported as will not deoert Ireland. true to HonoRule. The head-lioc fellows income of the leading papers damage the Queen's English no little. Vanderbiltit is said, will expend $10,000,000 on his Asheville castle and ( I IljP I P I K wilLtako ten years to complete it. 1 and general office tually desire lion. x. Cabinets, Furniturel Stock on' hand of News and Jb Paper. Daily and Weekly Circular ti(Mi r).ooo. : v There are seventeen Republicans in tne inaiana Jegisiature wno ac- Harrisbn for renomina- Public Sale Will take place, at the Court House door, TUESDAY. MARCH 24th, 1891. Receipts (,i the paper from February, IS90, to Februaay 1st, ''I. ?,0000. ir - j - 'St, - A.Brooklyri7 N. Y, boy has just died from cigarette smoking. But the boys do not appear to be in dread of death but court it. x X x General Palmer's The papers are calling upon Henry Watterson to print that letter to Mr. Cleveland. The latter refuses to te interviewed cm the subject, x Representative 1 Breckinridge, of went Kentucky, was in Pensacola and to hear Sam Jone?, took cold and been very sick. He is improving. has Since sbe went toTce The Ion? days have crept aw av llfoe years. The a ' nllgbt has been Glmmed with doubts and fears, x And theCnrk nights have rained ia lonely tears Since she went ho-e. 1 he Round Table. X X 'he X Messenger Is ords i j or basis. Up- of $50,000 has been vxpcndcd to establish it. An the X informotion will be Slven upon application at othce of the paper in the uty of Wilmington, N. C. The Winston Daily Sentinel celebrates its fifth anniversary. It has steadily improved and grown in public favor and has been watchful over and faith ful to the interests of its flourishing city and section. Success and progress attend it! PreiftluR a Nerro'i Claim. Norfolk, Va., March 24. A meet ing of prominent colored men from Virginia and North Carolina was held to-day to concert measures for actively pressing It. G. Paige for appointment to the promotion and management of the colored; exhibit at the World's fair. Paige is a negro lawyer of this city and ex member of the Legislature and is highly educated. He has been warmly endorsed by some sixty me m-; bers of the Fifty-first Congress, among them McKinley and Lodge, X'- round v" the trailing several times. Hurrah for; Prkerson," "Hurrah for Wickliffe,' iVGet inside the railing and give us speech.77 These and other cries made up a confusion of noises. a among wnicn an .angry tone was sig nificantly predominant. The space inside the railing was oc- Finnincr to break from their guard and I cuDied by a dense crowd. VCome down scatter like frightened animals over the I from those steps," was the request, and surrounding country. The fire engines arrived at 2:15 o'clock and ia a few moments a fine Later in the afternoon Gen. Ordway was sent lor by the President and. as the result, his order was suspended. It is understood that the two colored bat talions are to be consolidated. The people in Washington are gratified At the result of the President's action. wbich tends to allay the feeling engen dered at the Indignation meetings. Washington, March 14. The party of . , Congressmen, military ' men and newspaper correspondents who have been visiting Chattanooga and its old battle field stream of water was playing on the main building.- Previtrus4y the inmates of the asvlum, servants and guards had rendered fine service with buckets and succeeded in holding, the fire in check to some extent. Had it not been for their valiant services the entire struc ture would have been in flames before the arrival of the fire department. By midnight nothing remained for the men, who had fought so nobly, to do but to stand aside and await , the comiog of the engines from the city. When one of the reporters was about a mile this side or the conflagration on let Parkerson and Wickliffe getthere.' The crowd obeyed with alacrity and soon the speakers held their positions I delighted with their trip. They were oi vantage. . ru&n was made lor me I everywhere received warmly and hos narrow gate - and in a minute there I pitable. The many evidences of indus- stood a packed; mass of humanity trial prosperity was a surprise to nearly around ino statue oi tne lmmor-, tal Clay. A ' view of the attitude Crop Prospects as Given br m Surer rnl Fatmrr-Tha Tnrner-IIoldcn InrtMlca tlon-A Reward For m Uorclar- Cuntr.net a by the Ptnlieutiary-1 he 'llunU lil Election. ' MessengerBureau Raleigh, N. Cm March. 14. s Your correspondent to-dav inu-i- viewed Mr. W. G. Uichurcb. nresideni. of the State Agricultural Society and one of the est r farmers in the State- regarding the status of the crops. Mij; Upchurch says tho reason has been ex' ceptionally favorable for winter wheat and oats and grasses. It Is bad , for spring oats. Last year was an excep tioaally favorable one as far as earJy spring work was concerned; this year is just the reverse. The farm wortc far behind and as it is only thirty days to planting time, it is clear that ok many farms the people cannot get ready. Some farmers have been able to do very little, owing to the heavy condition of the lands. The prospect Is therefore not encouraging just now.. As to tne small grain, not onlv is there a good stand, but both wheat and oats are vigorous and healthy. Last year' crops of both were failures. The investigation bv. Josiah Turner as to whether ex-Governor Hoi den has any property in his own name has been, in progress here several days, before a. magistrate.'! ne latter was asked to-day returped to Washington this morning', rrrK"illriet,h An effort was made to show was Imposing.1 Not a word escaped the . i. lips of the geotlemen who had mount ed the steps. Tney stood motionless, surveying the furging multitudes from whose ranks there gleamed faces full of resolve and determination. There were fully 3,000 people -within easy earshot and more could be seen struggling, pushing and runniag here and there. The street care were unable to pass environs during the week, had not been shown that he had any property. An effort was made to show that he had conveyed it after a judg ment, nau oeeu ootaineu against him good opportunity was offered to obtain an . intelligent unaerstanaing oi tne great battles through thai admirable explanations of Gen. Boynton. Col. Kellogg, Major Davis, Gen. Fuller ton and others, who participated in the battles and have since made them careful study. Before leaving the cars, through a committee consisting of Senator Hawley, Hon. J. U. Cam eron and Mai, John M. Carson, the the way out-he met a couple of lunatics I through andyehiclesof all descriptions party; adopted the following: The party in their shirt sleeves trudging ; along were halted. the highway with their arms locked I Parkerson. spoke first. He said that about each other's necks. As they I once before te had appeared before the x Kentucky is a very great' State. It Is still the "bloody ground." The other night six men were shot at a dance, x x .x .. X X. election to the Senate gives great satisfaction. He was first a Republican but became a Democrat in 1868. passed one of them cried out:'Fire, fire. cold, cold.'-' On his return the same pair were overtaken iust within the corporation line. This time they were heard to say: "Wo are free, we are free, but don7t you tell, don't you tell." Their arms were well locked about each other's necks. Hiding in the shrubbery immediately around the round were many who had escanedVwhen the sudden exodus was made fr in the west wing. Most of them were but partially dressed, but almost without exception their faces were covered witn smiles as n ine downfall of their refuge was a source of pleasure to them and the biting wind a thing unfelt. At 3.15 o'cIock the inmates wno naa been huddledxfor several hours in the yard in front of the main building were returned to the Xeat wmff. About twenty-five had escaped, the majority of whom were harmless. At this mo ment the west wing had became en tirely demolished and about one-half of the main building. The dangerous lunatics were kept locked all the time in the east wing and none of them were subjected to exposure or danger during progress of the flames. It was reported at 3.30 o'clock this morning that one of the women, an in mate of the asylum, had been drowned in the lake on the lawn, but her name could not be learned. The fire was at the same time reported fully under con trol and the inmates were comfortly housed and all was quiet, Convicts Shot by the Guard.x Raleigh, N. .C , March 14. Spe cial Three convicts attempted to escape to-day from the brickyard near this city. The guards began a heavy fire upon them and shot down all ihree. Thomas Mitchell, colored, of Warren county, is mortally wounded, being fchot through the abdomen and thigh, and his death is hourly expected. He is serving a thirty year term for burg lary. John Medlin,- a young white man, sentenced from Union county, but a native of South, Carolipa, is shot through the thigh and is badly hurt. James Brooks, white, from Martin county, was lightly wounded in the thigh. All the men are desperate and had planned to escape. They boldly dished aay in the presence of four guards, but the latter were prompt and accurate in firing. The twenty-four other convicts in the gang made no attempt at escape. . T An! m m peoule in grand mass meeting' assem bled to . discuss matters of vital interest tp . the community and again he ;1 faced the people of New urisana to denounce ine m famous act which was consequent upon the most revolting crime in the criminal annals of any community. That act w?-B lb si. finding of the jury in the murdr.c'jes-erday and hat crime was.viwJ' cry body -) knows, foul assination of Chief Hennessy. sire neither fame nor tame nor said Parkerson "I am a plain Ameri can citizen and as a good citizen l am here." After tte speeches the indignant crowd, about 2,000 strong, started for the Parish prison which thev reached at 10:30 o'clock. After a slight resis tance the jail was surrendered, the citizens rushed in and killed eleven of the nineteen men who had been in dieted for the assassination of Chief Hennessy. After the Italians had been put to death, Parkerson addressed the crowd urging them to return to their homes or respective pUces of business without further demonstration. . Joe Macheca, one of the persons, had a pistol and shot Sergeant Herron in thex neck inflicting a slight wound. Polietz is hanging to a lamp post at Treman street. The others were shot in the cells, When the citizens committee had completed its work at the Parish prison it disbanded for the day, A meeting will be held to-night to consider what further action, if any, shall be taken. The committee is composed of the bet ter class of citizens business men who were satisfied that the safety of Jth community demanded, vigorous action. which accompanied the Secretary of War and the Chickamauga Park Com missioner on a visit to the battlefield a"round Chattanooga mainly upon the invitation of Hon. H. Clay Evans, Gen. H. V. Baynton and leading citizens of Chattanooga, - gratefully acknowledge the courtesy and hospitality extended by the citizens of Chattanooga during its stay in that city and thanks the citizens of Knox ille and Bristol and Roanoke for their attention white en route, x- - : 7v ' , ' Deposed by Blihop Whilaker. Philadelphia, March 14 Bishop Whitaker, of the Protestant Episcopal church, issued a decree to day confirm ing the finding of the ecclesiastical court before which Rev. Charles S. Daniel, rector of St. Chrysostom's Mission, this city, was tried. The de cree formally deposes Rev. Daniel from the ministry. Mr. Daniel had long been at variance with the heads of the t4 was not true. Governor Fowle has offered t20 re ward for the apprehension of Lton Idas McKnight, the brutal white man who 60 savagely attacked old Mrs. Taylor at ner nome near Alt. Alrvand robbed her of $2,150. It is said McKnight is in the liiuo nidge mountains. The wagon factory hero has proved : profitable enterprise. In two years it has turned out over one thousand wacon? and has not at some seasons been able to keep up with the demand. A larera addition to the buildings is now being made. When the contracts for grading the extension of tne Atlantic Coast Line south of Pavetteville were let,. the pen itentiary was awarded one for two or three sections, and over 160 convict have been sent there to da the work. It is probable that the penitentiarv board will be able to make some !now contracts this year, as from the indica tions there will be a good deal of rail way building Though tne municipal eleclon is some i wo months away, yet considera ble attention Is ied on it- This is mainly because a new Mayor will be elected by the Aldermen. There are gome suggestions of other changes in the city officials. The new Board ot Aldermen, it is rumored, will make : some public improvements which are? needed.. The opera house here Is only a hall. and as a large auditorium will bo need ed by the time the Southern Exposi- church here, mainly because of arti cles written by him and published ia a tion opens here next September, some paper wnicn ne ran in connection wim i ining in tuai. Direction must oo done. ine mission, m wuivu uo uem uis mis maucr, auu luumi a street ran Two United States VeiaCls Ashore. Vineyard Haven, Mass , March 14 The United States steamshLp Galena and the United States steam tug Nina went ashore at 10:15 last nightone mile south of Gay Head light, during a" strong southerly wind and dense fog. The Galena was being towed from New York to Portsmouth by the Nina. Both vessels are badly damaged. The officers and crews, seventy-seven in number, were taken off by the Galena's boats and breechesbuoy sent from shore by the Massachusetts Humane Society's men at Gay Head. A heavy sea was break ing over the yessels at the time. . x Bis: Peach Crop la New Jersey. Belvtdere, N. J. March 14. The farmers and fruit-grtwers of Hun terdon and Warren counties are very jubilant over the sight of a big peach crop. The cold weather of last month was very beneficial in retarding the development of the buds and tha flow ing of the sap, and the most trustwor thy source of information places the crop at a large one. The buds are now in a condition that insures their safety against any cold snap that may occur. Negro Emigrants Returning. Gainesville, Texa?, March 14. Many of the Legroes who emigrated from Texas acd Arkansas to Oklahoma are returning to Texas in large num bers. They are very indHgnant at the manner in which they, have been im posed upon by the agents of the emi grating company which prevailed upon them to go to Oklahoma. Those who have returned report that the negroes who are unable to leave the Territory will call upon the company for assist ance and if refused aid mob violence is feared. fellow-ministers up to scorn and ridi cule. The trouble culminated in a trial before an ecclesiastical court be ginning in December last and continu ing for several weeks. Rev. Mr. Daniel was charged with violations of the canons of the church in being guilty of immorality and breach of his ordina tion vows. He was also chaiged with lying, and soliciting .money for the mission which he appropriated to his own use. The ministerial court found him guilty and recommended his dis missal. His counsel appealed to Bishop Whitaker, who, after reviewing the testimony, confirms the finding of the court. An Accident on the Coast Line. Richmond, Va., March 14. The through mail train from the South on the Atlantic Coast Line due here at 6:30 o'clock p. m., was derailed within three miles of the citv. A number of passengers were badly bruised and shaken up, though none were beriously injured. The engine and four coaches left the track. X Weekly Bank Statement. New York, March 14. The weekly bank statement for the last week shows: Reserve decrease, $1,087,400; loans de crease, $670,400; specie decrease, $912,100; legal tenders decrease, $610,900; deposits decrease, $1,742,400; circulation increase, $4,400; banks now hold $9,743,755 in excess of the re quirements of the 25 per ce. rule. ' Sentenced to be Hanged. Battmore, March 14. Henry Jones, George S. Key and Edward Smith, three colored men convicted of having committed murder on the Island of Navassa were re-sentenced to be hang ed in the United States court to day. The date of their execution was fixed for Friday, May 15th. , o - . Latest News by Cable. Juda Pesth, March 14. There has been a double over flow of the Danube. The town of Cluna Faldvan is inundated and in the neighboring country over 800 houses are submerged. Numbers i i -i --, oi people nave oeen drowned and a large quanity of cattle have perished. Provisions and troops have been sent to the devastated districts. Plymouth, March 14. The Ham burg -American steamer Sueva disabled sixty miles off Lizard, arrived here safely at 7:40 this morning. She left New York on February 26th for Ham burg. London, March 14. A dispatch from Durban confirms the report that a Port guese gunboat has attacked and cap tured the British Soutbr African com pany's steamer Countess of Carnavran while the latter vessel was ascending the Limpopo river with rifles and am munition. Buenos Ayers. March 14. The banks opened ai 9 o'clock this morn ing. There was a slight run on the Provincial bank bat the run was soon allayed and confidence was completely restored. Subscriptions to the National loan are estimated at $40,000,000. The relations between the Government and . m m mm - the private banks are oi a inendiy na ture. The 2 per cent tax on private bank deposits is no longer enforced. f akis, Marcn it. ine unman 6urgents have requested the French uovernment not to allow tne new war ships, which have just been completed at Toulon for the Chilian Government, to leave that port for Chilian waters. V ' - - A Dry Kiln Burned. Norfolk, Va., Mrch 14. Eight dry kiln stacks of the Greenleaf ' John son Lumber company were destroyed by fire this morning. The stacks con tained 360,000 feet of fine dressed lum ber. The loss is $78,000; insurance $16,000. x way, will engage much cf the public attention. The annual address at Shaw Uufver- 6ity colored, will bo delivered by Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Pritchard,of Wilming ton. This institution, one of the larg est in the country, with 450 student-? is under control of the Baptists-oi the North and South. The cotton receipts in this market are 14,500 bales in excess of those last year, and this in spite of the fact that for two or three months Very little cotton has been marketed. The cot ton was held back because the farmers, , who are not pressed for money, were, waiting for a rise in price, and on ac--count of the badness of roads, by reason of the heaviest rains in years pafct. Socially speaking, Raleigh is- now quiet, Lent being closely observed.. After Easter there will bo some very pleasant assemblies and dances, and there are rumors of a few wedding?. The past winter was very gay. Thi. city will, as usual, bo well represented at the summer resorts. The proprie tors of the latter look forward to a profitable season. The fruit trees Id this section do not appear as yet to have been injured by the weather. Some of the peach trees, have begun to bloom, but the gradually increasing cold checked the development. It has been reported to o nicer s mat mere are a licit distilleries south of almost in sight of the shows hew daringx the are. The more important acts of the late Legislature, very brief summarized, are as follows: Taxes levied, general, twentv-five cents, school, fifteen cents, pensions three cents. Public institutions established. Geo logical survey, $10,000 annually. Bureau of Immigration, consolidated with the Agricultural Bureau, with only $150 allowance additional to Commissioner of Agriculture; Normal and Industrial school for white girls, $10JD00 annually. Institution for white x deaf mutes, $10,000 annually. Railway Commission, .e members, $2,000 each, clerk. i,w, ana expenses allowed. Confed erate Soldiers' Borne, $3,000 annually Colored Agricultural and Mechahical college, $3,500 annually. Colored Nor mal School of Elizabeth City, $900 an nually, taken from other normal schools. 'Appropriations for existing" institu tions: State hospitals, Goldsboro $43,000; Raleigh, $67,000; Morganton $85,000; institutions for the deaf and dumb and the blind, $43,000; Penitent the revenue; couple of il- Haleigh andJ city. This moonshiners (Continued on fifth page.)
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