Y.
At Tenibroke, Ga.,on Monday three
young men of good standing got into
a shooting scrape, and all three were
mortally wou nded .- A - locomotive
on Long Island, N Y., exploded yes
terday, killing the engineer, fireman,
brakeman and severely scalding the
conductor. The Augusta Exposi
tion party spent yesterday in New
York. Ex-President Grevy. of
France, died yesterday- Near Ar
cadia, Miss., a negro fiend was skinned
alive, cut to pieces and left to the fowls
of the air. It is stated that the chol
era epidemic in the East is nearing
Aleppo, and it is feared that the Jew
emigrants will spread White Europe.
- Great Britain has demanded au
apology irom Turkey for indignities
to British merchant vessels in the
Dardanelles. The California train
robbers have been identified.- Pres
ident Harrison and party is off on a
fishing trip iu the Cape May Sounds
John Fitzgerald, president of the
elrish National League, is dying at
Lincoln, Neb -r The llev. Tom
Dixon, of New York, is to deliver the
opening prayer at the Southern Exj o
sition, at Raleigh, October 1, and au
address is to be delivered by Octavius
Cohen of the Charleston, S C, World
The Prohibition party of Massa
chusetts has nominated a full State
ticket, with a colored 'mail lor State
of the port of New York, was nomin
ated for Governor yesterday"1 by the
State Republican convention of New.
York. The cotton pickers.' strike
for $1 per hundred pounds has already
been inaugurated iu South Carolina
The planters will resist the movement,
-The new Chilian government has
enjoined the British ship Moselle from
relinquishing the million dollars of
sifver shipped by President Balmaceda
' f i ; i ... e . 1 1 at T S1 1 1 ..: .
ueiore nis uowiiiau. -im. u uneu,
supreme treasurer of the" Catholic
Knights of America, has failed. The
society will lose nothing.-8- The re
publican agitation in Spain is growing
alarming. '
! - v.
! "Cotton Statistics. ,
! Secretary Hester ot the New Orleans :
Cot ion Exchange has completed tne
iiaal details of ' his cotton crop report
for iho pu.dt vear. tie sta.ts that the
cotton crop of the United diaies for tha
year ended at the close of August, 1891,
was 8,(5i,579 bales, the hugesi, ever
grown by 1,341,275 bales. In reference
lo receipts at the Americau port?, Mr.
Hebte" sajB tbat wiih the enormous
crop movements in every direction
they have been correspondingly heavy.
Mew Orleans has handled more cot- i
to-. ' linn i atv r;r w. o"n in her tus- 1
uvy, nor nod icooipib txoeeaiug two
million bales for trio tirst time siuce the
war arid reaching within sixty thous
and bales of those of 18c0, tne largest
ante- bellum year. Galve'dtou has passed
the million mark for the first time, and
Kiuunnuh hn. rtniifllnrl morn thun a.
million bales, exceeding all previous
records. The grossoveriand movement
for the .year, after deducting inter
changes between the different points
of crossing and reshippnng into the
cotton be t, h is reached 1 ,538,260 ,
bales, exceeding last year by 184,970,
ana the year before by 181,b89. The
heaviest gains iu the overland have J
been in St. Louis and points above on
the Mississippi river, which show an j
excefeB of 237,000 bales. Kailroads out :
of Louisville are 95,oUO bales ahead of i
last year, while Cairo, exclusive of
through cotton for St. Louis, is sboit j
nearly 42,000 bales Cincinnati and j
Virginia points also show a falling off ;
of 113,000 bales.
The statement makes the foreign ex
ports for the year to Gre t Britain
3,329,432 bales, and to France 5)9,099,
to the cont uent and channel pons
l,89i),i:v)l a total, exclusive of (Jauada,
of 6,7i8,ti22. The excess taken in for
eign ports over hist year is t7b,3S2, of
wnich Great, Britain has taken 479,o30,
Frauce 86,H62, and the continent 312,
6'J0. Thj report mintiom shipments
Of American cotton from New York 10
Japan of 4,494 bales Tne total takings
for American consumption during the
year were 2,t32,023. These emoraoe
2,027,31.2 by North.ru spinners, aaint i
1 -l.ll kl-n ... . .. F tf.lU 111
aud 6U4,WbT. by Soutneru spinnere, !
against o4tj,y4 latt year, a gain oi
I Secretary Hester has made a com
pleto census of the Southern mills.
These show that fcouih Carolina has
becornei the largest consumer of cotton
among tne o t.aies ui tue ouusu. ucurs ia,
winch ranked first last year, coming
next.
The report refers to the excess iu
Southtru coitou consump ion as a!
handsome showing, whtu considered in !
uniliiiMii 1 t.li ir.nrlf.fl I nRrKAM in '
lSy 9U, and calls attention to the fact :
that seveial Slates now consume more !
COHOn perailLUlu luau was tuusumcu
by the entire South buo a httte morel
than ten years ago. it also shpwb tne j
total Lumber of mills in the thirteen '
cotton States to be 340, including 287 in j
active operation, against 2?u in Sp- I
tumhoi. I QUO ThU titul iinm-h-T of
swindles in operation is 1,823,710, a gain :
for the year of 158,519 ana bu,404 new
spindles are reported in course oi erec
tion. Regarding the m trketing of the
ioew crop the report shos receipts at
Southern seaports of 53, 003 bales up to
the close of August, as against Gi,507
1-4 .'
iooi $ car. , .
Nov el lien In Fanhlou.
Many novelties are expected iu the
new wraps to be brought out this fall,
i but their shapes are as yet known to
the favored lew only. The reefer j icket
' will doubtless hold a prominent place
w th young ladies. As for hats," more
: ttian half . has beeu told already of their
beauties. Velvet-covered hats and
boiiLeis will prevail, and frequently the
thapo wih oe covered with cloth to
ma-.cn Uie costum -.
Oiin recently designed is made of a
pitiKis.i Uv cioth. it is a medium
sizjd U ouai e with a low crown, trim
med wi',, vc-ivet and adorned at the
back wiLn c.uster olos.ricn tips mix a
with bl ok. A bonnet f tomato col
ored ve vet has an inner fold of velvet
; cover, d with handsome-ju. The crown ;
! is covivd wiLb tipeu assemeunr e,
and t uaH bl u k tips complete ihe trim- j
min. Au;vtoI paie-rfiav felt is iwit
ted unJ turned in oil sort of wav-, with
the back folu: d into a k rd of frill. It
' is trimmed ilu pae-giav terry velvet
; ribbone, and gray aud white swallows
' are artistically disposed over the crown.
! Jet will hold as prominent a part as ,
i everin mlliino.PT. while eold will be!
i highly. fayored for evening wear.
Strike Among Conductor.
. Nashville, Sept. 9. The freight
conductors on the Nashville and Deca
tur division of the Louisville and
Naehville railroad struck last night be
cause of the refusal ot Superintendent
Geddes to reinstate H. B. Ridley who
was discharged for refusing to take, a
train out.
TELEGRAPHIC SUV
POLK UNDER FIRE.
HOW LONG CAN HE STAND THE BOM
BARDMENT.
A Reformatory Needed In the State
for Juvenile Criminals A Wire
Shooter to be Carried Back to
Florida Topics at Raleigh.
Messenger Bureau, )
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 9. j
Sheriff Gardiu, of McDowell, tnis
morning brought a couple of 15-year
old boys one white and one colored
to the penitentiary, both having been
convicted of larceny. He says that he
ieels tne need of a state reformatory
for youths, and that the other sheriffs
bold the same opinion in regard to the
matter
The cotton compress, which has been
worKine on ana on during all the sum
mer, will start up regularly oa the 20th
mutant
There are improvements in Droeress
at an tne towns in this section. Hen
derson is partially active ia this re
spect. That place is growing.
It is said that quite a good oroo of
winter wheat wilt be sown this vear
News from Granville today regarding
the crops is that the tobacco is turning
out badly. Mr. Pulaski Cooper says
tbat he heard of a farmer there wbo
last year got $3,000 for his tobacco who
this year says he will getonly 8800 from
tne same land.
Can Polk stand the incessant ham
mering which he is undergoing? is a
question which was aaked today. It is
inought that it is boui,d to result in
sometniug. Every aay he is pounded.
The question U asked by planters
hero as to whether the proposed cotton
pickers' strike, wnicb (starts in Texas,
is to exteud to Norih Carolina. Cer
tainly $1 per 100 pounds cannot be paid
for picking here. List season the price
paid pickers was higher than ever be
fore, but there was a wonderful crop
and the planters could afford to pay
more.
Sheriff Buckles, of Osceola county,
Florida, came hero today and took away
Lee Jones, a negro who shot his wife
tere.
This morning the various superin
tendents of the Seaboard Air Line,
Winder, Myers, Smith. Moncure and
VV h snant, met here for consultation.
H me beautiful work is being cone at
the new Commercial and Farmers'Bo k
An elaborately designed metal ceiling
is Joeing 'put up.
The Raleigh and Gaston railway is
putting the finishing touches on oyer a
half mile of addition sidetracks near its
shops here, and will still further in
crease the space
There are at present sixteen pr'son
ers in the j-iil .here, of which a few are
United States prisoners
Ex-Sheriff Rogers (Republican) was
short in his accounts witu the county.
His bondsmen have mide up all the
su n due save $1,0110. wnich they will
pav in by October 1. They paid id
$2,900 yesterday.
it appears that the new temperance
text oooks for the public schools eive
ge;u r tl satisfaction. The superintend
em ot this county says he is impressed
with their value.
The graveling of the public roads ap
pears to give satisfaction, it manes a
fir in roadway, and a fairly smooth one.
Tha convicts do tha work very well.
The gravel is put on with a machine.
The rush for licenses for fruit brandy
di-tilieries is about over, and the dis
tillers are1 now hard at work. The
apple crop is certainly a large one, and
the fruit generally sound.
The many varieties of tigs planted at
the experiment farm are growing well.
Some tigs are sold here. They are
mainly frown by Italians, who live six
miles west of here, near Asbury. Fig6
are always in demand at high prices.
reople who have been away in the
mountains are now coming home rap
idly. The weather is cool a d bracing.
It is a delight to be in the sunshine.
Bishop Edward Rondthaler, D. D.,of
Winston-Salem, will preach the annual
sermon before the Y. M. C. A. of the
University next Sunday, September
3 ,h. The bishop is one of tne finest
scholars in the South, and is very pop
ular with the University students. The
Y M. C. A. in the University is very
vigorous and healthy. To it is largely
due the fine standard of manlines.-) and
morality that gives the University pre
eminence. The delay in the eelection of a site
for the btite Normal and I dustrial
Scnuol for white girls, at Greensboro,
is due solely to the fact that of the sev
eral cites offered none are judged to be
sufficiently near the center of the town.
or two are a urn uoiu iiie cou.t
lltftJ71. I' 111 LllO A LI U Ul LUO CJL1JJL
at,d of the Greensboro people, who have
contributed so largely, it is desired
that the location be central. Such is
the informa'ion given your correspon
dent by Maj. Finger, State Superinten
dent of Fublic Ixslrucuon.
The Fort HI on roe Murder Trial.
Hampton, Va., Sept. 9. In the trial
of Haynes for killing Charles Byrd,
qu irrermaster at Fort Monroe, was the
first witness. He testified that he was
sitting on a porch overlooking ? the
Roads, sail boat with two men, one
standing scuiling, the other s'tting
rojrinw; turned his eye for a moment
to watch an approaching squall when
his attention was called to the boat by
a shot in that direction. He then saw
a shot or ad by the m in standing at the
the one seated; heard talking in the
boat but could not distinguish what
was said and shortly went into the
house: twentv or thirty minutes after
wards saw Haynes passing at a quick
walk to wards the Hvgeia hotel. The
cross examination developed nothing
new. ' '
Capt John Guy, of Washington', was
the next witness, and gave similar tes
timony.
The AueunU Juuketem In New York
.New YOR4, Sept 9. I'weotv-Beven
representative citizens of Augusta,Ga.,
arrived in New York this morning on
a special car. The party has come
North in the interest of the A"-Jdsia
Expotion, which will open November
2d. Thev remain in New York, with
headquarters at the Hoffman house,
tr-dav. and will co on lo Providence
Thursday morning. Afier presenting
t.h p.iRima of the Exnositiou at Frovi
deuce they will visit Fall R ver,Lowell,
Boston and other manufacturing cen-
tfra In New England and then con
h. vii-it to Montreal. At the
hi-nA nt th d leeatioa is Hou. Patrick
wlah editor of the Augua Chroni
cle and president of the Exposition.
The Train Itobber Identified."
vtq i t t i r.... SeDt 9.-Wnliaro
Dakou and Riley De'an, suspected of
KQ;rr tha nAma train robbers, were on
Mondav nierbt confronted with Mr.'and
Mrs. Graham, who were camping a
. short distance south of Ceres on the
, night of the robbery. The Graham s
. identified the men as having come to
their camp shortly before the robbery
and asked for a drink of water and left,
going in a northerly direction.
Seven Years for Shootlns a Conductor.
Rolling Rock, Miss., Sept. 9
Kirby Bird, who shot Conductor How
ard, of the Louisville, New Orleans
and Texas railway, two weeks age, was
indicted yesterday and convicted and
sentenced to seven years in the peni
tentiary today.
iHE COTTONPICKERS STRIKE.:
The Trouble Already Begun Id South
Carolina The Planters flll
Beslat.
Charleston, S. C, Sept. 9. Spec
ials to tne jsew8 ana courier indicate
that the cotton pickers strike has acta
ally been ordered in this State and will
be put into effect. The planter are
determined to resist it to the bit'er
end. The negroes are bo reticent and
secretive that nothing ia regard to the
proposed 6trike can bj sta'ed positive
ly, but the above are conclusion
reached by intelligent correspondents,
COMMERCIAL NEWS
The Grain and Provision markets of
Chicago Stocks in New York
Yesterdav.
New Yohk, Sept. 9, The stock
market to-day, on the whole, was verv
active, but the animation was in spots
aad the same may be said of wheat
strength, an i weakness was seen during
toe aay, tne general list being held
firm within narrow limits and follow-
sng the leaders from time to lime. The
great feature of trading at present is
tne prominence ot vanderbut stocks in
speculation, and for a moment they
furnished the only support to the mar
ket, as their strength is attributed to
inside buying, though how much truth
tnere is in - tne conjecture is not
to bi known. There was considerable
selling for arbitrage account, but the
foreign operations are not of special
muuence now auu give no promise oi
being of aoy material infl jeucefor som
time to come. The beitrs endeavored
to keep their advantage of vesterdav
afternoon, still fanner t"is morning,
aud with the aid of sums London sell
ing, a weak opening- was made, with
most stooKs down from i to it and
tluck Island 1 per cent. Tne. -demand
was urgent, however, and the the tem
per of bpeiulation was scon changed
and - after some- slierht hesita
tion au upward '.' movement was
naugurated, which lasted with little
interruption until noon, when in the
mosj. of the activelist the highest prices
were attained. Vanderbiits, aud espe
cially , Canada Southern and Nicnel
tla.e second preferred, led the advance.
but later Lake Shore, Cleveland, Co
lumbus, Ciuuiuna.i and St. Louis and
Chesapeake and Onio became promi
nent. At different times New England,
Reading and Erie were esoeciallv
trong, with marked activity, but while
St. Paul, Atchison, Uaion Pacific and
other leading shares were more liber
ally traded in thau those mentioned,
their fluctuations were confined to nar
rower limits and their movements
were sluggish throughout. In tae last
jur realizations s artea a reaction
which aided by renewed presoure by
bears gained free as cay came to au
nu. - All the market huaiiy closed ao-
ive and was generally at insignificant
nanges for tne da. GaIls in most of
the strong stocks were complete'y ueu-
ralized but Lake Shore and New Eng
land are It per cent, higher to-night
and Heading 1 per cent. The ouly
really weak spot in the market was
cordage which dropped away 4 per
cent aud closed with a loss of 'Si. The
sales of listed, stocks aggregated 4'Ji',
0oU shares, uulisted 9,01)0. i
CHICAGO, Sept. 9. Wheat and corn
broke badly to-day and closed with a
loss of 3 and i cents respectively ou
leading futures compared with jester
day's close. Around the opeuing
wheat sold at 1 cent decline. The
heavy recei-its aggregating about
1,50,00 bushels for the past three
day s, against one third of that amount
for the corresponding period lasi year,
modera e exports and weaker calls
were the causes of the decline. The
price for December at the close of yes
terday's session was 9898fa and at
the opening this morning there were
sellers at from 98 to 97i cents, but no
general demand above the lower of
th se quotations, and before the session
was an hour old ia was down to 97ic
The sen iment of trade was bearish
and outside orders were light.
Au afternoon paper says; The sur
roundings ol trade have been gradually
undergoing a change in the last two
weeks. The enormous receipts have
at last overtaken aud surpassed the
capacity .of the ocean fleet to move the
surplus with sufficient raoidity to pre
vent some accumulation, and this be
fore the weight nf the heavy spring
wheat crop has had time to make itself
felt. The wheat bought by French im
porters is :eady for them ' aster than it
is necesi-ary for the immediate wants
of consumers, and the English grain
trade is taking advantage of that
act and is holding off with the evident
expectation that this feature of business
will become still more aggravated.
The prices succeeding the quotation
last given showed some symptoms of
improving under demmd from yester
days buy ersof puts but upon the receipts
of product the visible supply statement
showing in addition to our increase of
1,196,01)0 bushels, EastKoche-ter stocks
on the iraciuc coast, exclusive oi w asn-
ington, had increaseo 2,832,000 bushels,
a lurtner b eak occurred, tne prices
for December getti' g down to 96fc.
Then came a dispatch from New
York saying that a cablegram received
from Antwerp reported the latter mar
ket nearly. in a slate of panic, and some
longs here immeoiateiy threw over
enodgh ot their boldiugs to caure a
further break-to 9ic. Trading was
slow and without much animation unt l
after the priee had worked below 97ic.
After that there was heavy trading on
each successive break. The- last half
hour was' -one of sacrificial buviug bv
tho longs, and the. hurried calling of
margins by the bears, under
which . a'., quantity of these offer
ings were kept -back and Jirevented
any reaction from the lowest fajrures
and the' marKet' closed weak at 9ojo
Corn was traded in only to a fair
amount during'most'of the session. It
started weak and lower but after
declining another fraction grew tempo'
rarily strong and recovered the loss.
This was followed' by. a deciced weak
ness and a heavy break. The subse
quent reaction was attributed to pur-
c .ases by the.clique which is uppvsed
to be manipulating .Sep ember and
petober, In the-.light uf -subsequent
developments,. trade. came to the
conclusion that the .syndicate had de
ciued to give.up the deal and that its
buying was for the purpose of making
a hard spot to sell on. - In the last hour
offerings became free and the bears,
belie'ving tbat liquidation by the syn
dicate had begui , added their offerings
and prices went off with a rush
The local trade is aggressively hos ile
to the operations of the clique, and its
attitude at the close seemed to indicate
the probability' of a further bear raid
to-morrow unless the situation is mate
rially changed. October opened at 58Jlj
(a58ic, sold as low as 57c, and from
that up to 59c before the big bre.k of
the day occurred. It declined in stages
to 56ic. and closed easy at that nguro
There was little of interest in the
oais market, which toook its action
from wheat, and declined dla
The provision market was firm in
contrast with the surrounding markets,
and lowe" Drices for hoe's. The fluctu
ations were confined to a narrow range,
and the ciosing prices were pracucaiiy
the same as yesterday.
.02
Hamilton Fish celebrated his eiglity-
t.oirfl hirthdav latelv and naa congrav
.iiatinna frnm his two fellow-suryiving
sa.tonB nf State. Messrs. Evarts
asa, vim- aw v v
and Bayard. .
NATIONAL AFFAIRS-
WAR SHIPS TO BE SENT TO CHINA
. AND SOUTH AMERICA.
Secretary Blaine. WtetUly to go Back
to Waihlnston-The War Vessel
' Itata to be Surrendered to the
New Chilian Government.
Washington. Sept. 9. An order
was issued by Secretary Tracy today
which forebodes a considerable reduc
tion of the number of naval vessels now
on the North Atlantio coast. It was
directed to chiefs of bureaus and
ordered them to immediately prepare
the York town for service on the
Pacific station and the gunboat Petre
for service on the Asiatic station. The
Yorktown is at . present attached to
Admiral Walker's squadron of evolu
tion and the Petrel to the North At
lantic squadron, commanded by Ad
miral Gnerardi. Probably a month
will be consumed lo fitting out the vea
sels for their lotg voyages.
Tne Yorktown will erodown the coast
or soutn America, through the Straits
of Magellan and then -gradually nortk'
to ban Francisco, she Is an economical
vessel to maintain In active service bv
comparison with the larcrer cruisers.
like the Cf arleston and the Baltimore.
and with ban Francisco as a base can
be hurried off 'o Central .or South
America, the Hawaiian Islands or Sa
moa on short notice.
The Little Petrel will probably cross
to Europe, run through the i Mediter
ranean and Red Seas and go to China
hy wav of India. She is especially de
signed, for service in shallow waters,
and will pr ve a valuable adiunct to
Admiral Belknap's fljet in running- un
the Chinese rivers.
Washington, Sept. ; 9. Admiral
Brown this afternoon cabled the Sec
retary of the Navy tbat the Baltimore
had arrfved at Mollendo. Peru, with
the political refuges whi.-h she carried
away from Chili, and will return to
Valparaiso without delay.
Secretary Blaine's residenc is being-
put in order for his return to Washing
ton, and orders have been issued to
have it ready for the reception of the
family not later than O tober 1.
Washington, Sjp'i. 9. -The Star
this afternoon published the statement
tbat the Itata is to be returned to the
Chilian Government, in accordance
withtheterms of the compiomise ef
fected at a cjnference between ex-.
Mayor Grace, of New York, and the'
Congressional rapresen oatl ves here on
the oue hand, and Secretary Tracy aLd
Attorney General Miller ou the other.
The btar says it is not an uncondi
tional 'surrender of the vessel and a
imple backdown on the part of the
United States, though itia very gener-
.ty agreed now t hit the Itata cou d
not be held by the United States. The
terms of the agreement are that the
Chilian Government is to pay the Uni
ted States a sum equal to the expense
incurred in pui suing and capturing the
Ita a and that the case will be nolle
prodsed in the courts, and the vessel
turned over to the; new Chilian Govern
ment. Tracv and Miller are both- in town.
but neither could be persuaded to say
anything upon the 6ubiect of the above
publication. The officials, of the De
partment of State have not had any
con nection with the case for some time.
Sit t hat they bad no opinion, to expr?"v
ne Chilian - envjys also refused to
mage any statement. There is, how
ever, reason to belie ye that ' some such
proposition fur the return of the Itata
as that referred-to has actually been
made, and there is every probability
that the case against the vessel will be
nolle prjssed.
Washington, Sept, 9. Judge
Cooley, chairman of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, has tendered
his resignation because of ill health.
The amount of silver offered for s le
to the Treasury Department to day was
926,000 runces and the amount pur
chased 650 000 ounces at 98 49(98 60.
AN UNFORTUNATE FAILURE.
The Treasurer of the Catholic
Knlghta Einbarassed on Ae
count of Bad Health.
Chattanooga, Sept. 9. M. J.
O'Brien, a welt known citizen and
S ipreme Treasurer of the Catholic
Knights of America to-day filed a deed
of tru-t on all his real and personal
property to protect bis creditors. His
liabilities are not fully known but will
probably rot exceed $50,000, which will
include any deficit in his accounts as
treasurer of the Catholic Knights.
It is stated by his intimates tnat his
pr perty is sumcient to pay ail indebt
edness. His embarrassment is due to
heavy losses on railroad construction
coi tra ts. O'Brien has tendered his
resignation as Supreme Treasurer of
the Catholic Knights or America,
which office be has held for six years.
The order is protected bv good bond
for $80,000. The M. J. O'Brien Gro
cery Company, a chartered organiza
tion, is in no manner involved in
O'Brien's personal affairs. O'Brien
has been iu poor health for months
past, and his difficulties are in a great
measure attributed to his inability to
pr. periy attend to bis business.
Sun's Cotton Review.
New York, Sept. 9. The Sun's cot
ton r view say-1 Futures opened at 6
to 8 points advance, closing quiet at a
decline of 12 points on September and
1 point on Ociober and 2 to 4 points
advance on other months from yester
day's closing prices. Liverpool was a
com nlete surprise to the hears.. That
market must Ifave been greatly excited
as it opened 2-bVw3 b4 lower and ad
vaiced closing ;8-64((b4-64 dearer. As
soon as our people ascertained that the
Liverpool flurry was due to emana
lions from New Orleans statist!
cians they took no stock in it
but began to sell freely, and. the bulls
gradually gave way. There was much
guessiog about the report from the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington, expected t noon to-morrow.
I hursday. The bulls estimated as low
as 76 and the bears as high as 83. It
was generally agreed thu the report
will be pretty bad, and the market will
not decline under it, for it was again
asserted that the adverse crop accounts
are from whatever source are pretty
fully discounted for the present.
The weather South today was gener
ally clear and cool, hierhly favorable to
progress in heldlng. The exceptional
weakness in" September contracts was
due to the expectation that spot quota
tions would be revised at once ana high
grades reduced. Spot cotton was quiet
The President Goes a Fishing.
Cape May Point, N, 3., Sept. 9.
Prssident Harrison, Lieutenant Par
ker, George W. ;Boyd. Chas Coffer, of
Baltimore, and Congressman John J.
Reyburn started out this morning in
Key burn's yatch,the Neosho, for a gun
ning ana nsning trip in tne uape May
Sounds. . .
Fire in Portner's Brewery.
Alexandria, Va., Sept. 9. At 10:40
this morning fire broke . out in Port
ner's Brewery Jn this city, and after a
hard fight the firemen got it under
control. The bottling house and some
sheds were .burned, but the, principal
buildings of the brewery were saved.
The loss is estimated at between eight
and. tea tnousana aoliarstf u
THE SOUTHERN EXPOSITION.
Her. Tom Dixon to Deliver the Open-
Ins .Prayer-An AddreM by
Oetarlu Cohen.
RALEIGH, N. C, Sept. 9.-SPECIAL.
The Rev Thomas Dixon, of New
York, to-day accepted the invitation
to offer , the prayer at the opening of
the Southern Exposition here October
1. On the same day Octavius Cohen of
f the Charleston World will deliver an
address, his subject being, "The Real
New South." Ten Southern States
have already arranged for exhibits.
The colored people to day made appli
cation for 5,000 6quare feet more space
for their distinctive exhibit. They
already have oyer 15,000 square feet of
8 pace. '.
Ineandlary Fire at Beaver Dam.
Beaveb Dam, Union county, N. C.
SPECIAL.Fire broke out at 9:30
o'clock tonight at this place in the
store house or John Hamilton, a mer
chant. The stock and building will be
a total loss. The value of the stock is
$300, aud of the store house S350.
The next to catch on fire was J. vV.
Austin's store and shoe shop; total loss
to house S250" Then the store of J. A.
Tingle caught; total loss to house and
stock $500. The fire was burning at
10 p. m. in an old building adjoining
Marsh & Lee's, but by tearing the old
house down the fire was gotten under
ontrol. The fire ia thought to be in
cendiary.
THE HANDY PISTOL.
Three Well Known young Men of
Georgia Put Ballets Into Each
... Other, i
Chicago, Sept. 9. A special from
Savannah, Ga , says a terrible tragedy
occurred at Pembroke on Monday, in
which three young men were m trtally
wounded, two of which were tons oi
Hon. J. B. Bron, ex-ordinary of
Brayan county, and the other, P. H.
atrick, a highly respected young man.
he trouble arose over a dispute be
tween young Brown and Patrick, in
which they came to blows over a small
settlement between the parties. The
oung brother to one, engaged in it
trying to separate the parties, wben
Patrick, mistaking him, withdrew a
pistol aud shot him, and all three drew
pistols and began to aheot. All had
emptied their pistols, fifteen shots ba
ng nred. There lay on the ground the
three youag men who had been friends
from childhood up to the time of this
terrible tragedy. The physician in at
tendance; soon after the affair occurred.
gave it as his opinion that all the par
lies wonld die.
THREE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Terrific Locomotive Boiler Explosion
Irlens' Bodies Thrown Three
Hundred Feet Away.
Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y.,
Sept. 9 Locomoiive 116, attacbed to
train oi three passenger cars, just
ready to leave this station for Lung
stand City at 7 o clock this morning,
exploded, killing Engineer James Don
aldson, Fireman Dicketson and Brake-
man Michael Mauoney. Edward tswan,
the only passenger In the smoking car,
which was next to the engine, was in
ured, but not seriously. Conductor
jlfri d Jones was badly scalded and had
all b is clothes torn off his bick. He
had just left the side of the locomotive,
after comparing time with Engineer
Donaldson, and so escaped death. The
b dy of Donaldson was thrown 300 feet
n one uireuuuo, wmie tuat ui
Fireman . i ickerson was thrown
nearly the same distance in the
other direction. Brakeman Ma-
honey, wbo was standing on the front
platform of the car next to the engine,
was thrown over the top of all three
cars His boay was iounu several ieet
beyond the last car, blackened and ter
ribly mutilate 1. Donaldson and Ma
honey were killed instantly, but Dick
erson lived for fifteen minutes
The cab of the engine was blown into
fragments, portions of it being found
30J feet distant iu different directions.
'J he boiler was thrown in a perpendic
ular position with its headlight buried
in the track Some pieces of the boiler
plate were . thrown a distance of over
500 feet. A portion of the station plat
form was badly damaged by the trucks
and wheels being thrown from the track
on it. ,
The explosion was heard for miles,
shaking bouses and breaking windows.
It was felt as fir as Glen Cove, seven
miles distant, where dishes were Bhaken
off the tables in the houses. The wreck
of the engine is complete, but the cars
are hut little damaged.
Locomotive No. lo was built by
Rogers two years ago, and was consid
ered one of the best on the road. It
came out of the Long Island Company's
shops after a thorough overhauling and
testing six months ago.
Master Mechanic Thompson says.
after an examination of the wreck, that
he is unable to account for the explo
sion, unless there was a ueiect wnicn it
was impossib.e to discover, or perhaps
from trasses forming in the Hues, lie
said that the road never had such an
accident before.
The coronor is holding an inquest.
SKINNED ALIVE.
Horrible bat Deserved Fate of at Negro
Fiend In LouUlanta;
New Orleans, Sept .The Pica-
pum a bnreveport, 1j . special says:
JNews was receivea nere to-aay oi a
most hideous ourtage committed on
the person of a young lady school
teacher near Arcadia. .The school
was two miles Irom the young lady's
home, and in the aftamoonlaf ter school
was dismideed she started to walk,
boms. In a lonely place she was set
up in by a burly negro,wb dragged her
into tne woods near and tied her
to a tree, where she was kept for two
days. The searching party found her
there on the evening oi tbe second day,
when she tola them her story and re
quested them to hide near by, as the
negro would soon return. This they
did, and in a short while the negro
made his appearance and was captured.
He was fearfully tort tired, being skinned
alive and literally cut to piece?. His
body was left in the woods for the buz-
zirds to dispose of.
A State Prohibition Ticket In nam-
achnselta.
Worcester, . Mass , Sept. 9. The
Prohibition State convention met here
to-day and adopted a platform and
nominated the following ticket: For
Governor, Cbss. H. Kimball, of Lynn;
Lieut, Governor, Augustus K, Smith,
of. Jbee; secretary of State, Aitrea
Richardson, of Springfield: Auditor,
William Oscar Armstrong (a colored
man), of Boston; Attorney Generrl,
Walcott Harlin, of Amherst; Treas
urer, Samuel B. Sharpsleigh,of Boston.
Only two or three votes ware cast
against Armstrong. AU the other
nominations were unanimous.
A Leading Irishman Dying-.
St. Louis, Sept. 9 A private tele
gram received here from Lincoln. Neb..
states that John Fitzgerald, president
of tbe-irish .National League, is very
ill, and that do hopes of his recoyery
are entertained. -
FOREIGN AFFAIRS..
REPUBLICAN UPHEAVAL THREAT
ENED IN SPAIN.
Danger of Cholera Reaching Europe
Great Britain Demands an Apol
ogy From Turkey Death of
Jules Grevy, Ex-President.
PARis,Sept. 9. M. Proust announced
at the Academy of Medicine last even
ing that i he cholera epidemic which
arose in the East is nearinc AleDna
He thinks the great danger in Europe
nes in tne jrersian gun. lie neileves
the immigration of destitute Russian
Jews, 7,000 of whom have gone to Al
eppa, will increase the violence of the
epidemic.
Paris, Sept. 9. -The cycling race
from Paris to Best and return between
Jiellaval and Torrent was won by tbe
latter. A distance of 745 miles was
covered in 5li hours.
London. Sept. 9. A. dispatch to the
Standard from Constantinople confirms
the report that Klamll Pasha, the re
cently deposed Grand Vizier, is a vir
tual prisoner in his own house, aud that
he Is not allowed to emerge therefrom
or to receive any visitors.
Sir William White. British ambassa
dor at Constantinople, a few days ago
sent a s .rong note to tbe Port demand
ing an apology for indignities offered
British merchant vessels in the Darda
nelles.
London, Sept. 9. Counsel on behalf
of the provisional government of Chili
applied to-day to the Judge of theHigh
Court of Justice for an order restrain
ing the owners and officers of the Brit
ish mail steamer Moselle, from Monte
video, expected to arrive in Southamp
ton this week, from relinquishing pos
session of the million dollars in silver.
said to belo ig to the gove nment of
Chili, except by depositing it in the
Bank or England.
Ihe counsel for the same plaintiff
also applied for an order to restrain the
hunk of the Kiver Plate, which insti
tution made advances against this con
signment of silver, from endo sine- the
bills relating to the silver. The judge
allowed notice to be served for Wednes
day next and issued a restraining order
in the meantime.
The silver is money conveyed to
Montevideo by B. M. S. Espiegle at the
request of President Balmaceda, con
cerning which transaction there has
been so nrnch outcry in the English
press.
LONDON, Sept 9 It is considered
probable tbat a sensational despatch
published in the Times in regard to the
Republican agitation in Spain ' is
founded on facts There is a rumor
tbat the army reserves have been
called out and that a new army corps
is to be formed for garrisons and
mobilization; It is also said that the
Republican agitation in CorruDa is
increasing in gravity and that the mob
openly defies the civil guards.
The Virginia Democracy.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 9. The State
Democ atic committee, J. Taylor Elly
60D chairman, met to-day at the Ex
change hotel. Representative Demo
crats were present from every Con
gressional district in the State except
the Sixth, i There was considerable,
discussion on the question of the policy
to be adopted by tne State committee,
wnetner tne committee should, pass a
resolution requiring Democrats io
every district to make nominations, or
whether the whole question of methods
touching nominations should be left to
the county and district organizations.
It was . decided - that it was better
not to pass anv resolutions
intended to shape the policy, but that
tbe matter of how best to act should be
left to the local organizations to con
fer with the State chairman and get
his advice and aid wherever they were
needed. Governor McKinncy, who was
present, was called upon and spoke
briefly of the situation. He said the
Democratic party in Virginia is in first
rate condition and the outlook was
never better. Congressmen Tucker,
Epps, Jones and Wise were also pres
ent. ,
The Trade for Textrlle.
Manchester, Sept 9. The Guardi
ans commercial article savs: Full
'prices, hirider business and firm Dees is
often warranted by orders in hand, and
is encouraged by tbe steadiness of cot
ton. Important business is executed
only where special sorts are wanted or
sellers are easy to deal with. Inquiry
for exuort yarn is moderately active.
Prices are unchanged Cloth is steady.
There are few transactions. Tbe de
mand for India is chiefly ior Bombay.
Few orders are executed for china.
Finer printing and otber finishing
coths haye sold " in moderate quanti
ties. Better makes of heavy guods a- e
steady. Common makes are difficult to ,
sell.
The Lane-Kolb Case.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 9 The
opinion of Judge Randolph todav in
the Lane-Kolb contest over the office
of State Commissioner of Agriculture
was to the effect that the act of the
last Legislature making the office elec
tive became a feature immediately, aud
tbat the Governor had no right to ap
point a successor to Kolb, whose term
bv limitation expired September 1.
This decides nothing as to Kolb's right
to hold over. The CAse has been ap
pealed to the Supreme Court.
Major Bandy Dead.
Mew York. Sept. 9. The following
cablegram was received this morning
at the Mail and Express office from
Minister Whit, law Reid, in Paris:
"Major Jonas M. Buody died last night
in the Grand hotel from apoplexy, re
sulting from an advanced stage of
Brights disease, lie never regained
consciousness. J be body will re em
balmed and placed in the receiving
vault of the American church in ave
nue De L'Alraa.
Whitelaw Reid."
Ba.se Ball.
Washington Sept. 9. The follow
ing games were clayed yesterday:
Philadelphia Pittsburg 6: Phila
delphia 5.
New York New York 7: Cincin
nati 3.
Brooklyn Chicago 4; Brooklyn 2.
Boston First game, Boston 14;
Cleveland 10. Second game, Boston
10; Cleveland 8.
It was Ben Johnson, we believe, wbo, wben
askc 1 Mallock s question, "Is life worm liv
ing?" replied, ''lhat depends on the liver."
And fien Johnson doubtless sw the double
point to the pun. The liver active quick
life rosy, everything bright, mountains of
trouble melt like mountains ef snow. The liver
slnggieh life dull, everything blue, molehills
of worry rise into mountains of anxiety, ana as
a result, sick headache, dizziness, constipation.
Two ways are open. Cure permanently, or re
lieve temporarily. Take a pill and suner, or
take a pill and get welL Shock the system by
an mrnrdnoA. or onax it bv a mild, pleasant way.
Dr. Pieroe's Pleasant Pellets are the mild
means. They work effectively, without pain,
&n in tha .vatAm utmiiar. One little, saear-
ooated pellet is enough, although a whoj vial
costs but 'lo eecta.
tiA rnntln. soothing and healing is Dr.
Sage's Catarth Bemedy. Only 50 cents; by
druggists.
Where can we find a woman's head
carrying many secrets and betraying'
noneT On a postage stamp.
THE NEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
The State Convention Opens With
Prayer and Hymn Singing
Fassett for Gonernor.
Roches i er, N. Y., Sept. 9. The
Republican State convention was called
to order at 12:20 by General Knapp,
chairman of the State committee. Rev.
D. Stebbins offered prayer. The rev
erend man asked especially tbat the
interets of capital and of labor should
benpermanently harmonized, also that
the convention's platform should be
wisely and well framed. At the
conclusion of prayer, an orchestra and
quarteite led the convention in singing
the hymn "America." Just as the
hymn was finished Mr. Fassett was seen
making his way toward his seat and he
was at once greeted with wild and pro
longed cheering. It was fully five
minutes before the chairman could re
store order so that the roll might be
called.
W. W. Goodwin was made temporary
chairman, ih usual committees were
appointed and a recess was taken till
4 o'clock.
When the convention reassembled
the following ticket was nominated:
J. Sloat Fassett for Governor, on first
ballot ( He is now collector o customs
or New York city) ; John W. Vrooman,
of Heibmier. for Lieutenant Governor.
by acclamation; Eugene F. Oldman for
secretary of State, by acclamation; Ira
M. Hodges for State Tseasurer. by ac
'clamation; A. C. War1, of Jamestown,
uy acclamation, ior uompiroiier; a. bl.
Sutherland, of Rochester, for "A Homey
ueerai, by acclamation; Venplauck
Calvin, of Albany, for State Engineer,
by acclamation.
Fassetts vote was 514, out of 'a total of
774. ihe vote was made unani uous.
Special Uotices.
POK RENT Prom October 1st, ttat deslr
able dwelling, No. 315 9iuth f 1 la street,
oontaloingT ro .m.; also rooms at No 311 South
Filth street Posses-lu given immediately.
"PPjf ' MKS. J. H. KUNQB. se i0 at d U
TTOR RENT Dwelling,
No 305 f-onth Seo
A.- oua.
i est 'oooroerof Ann street: 8 roams:
clt-tem on preoilsea. Possession given -olober
1st. App j to MKS. JAMES PaKBY, No. 6
v hurch street. se 10 6t
T OST v hickory sticit with a square piece
1 i ot silver inserted lmo a buu burn handle.
a liberal reward will be paid If left at Messen
ger oftl-e Inscription on handle A. JL. P.
se9 3.
WANTED- position as Stenographer and
typewriter. Good ref ;rence. AUress
R., care Mei-seDger.
" OsT. STBAYE'J OR STOL.EN Setter lup
1 1 six months old, liver colored body and
heal, spotted legs, anbwers to tne name of
"Joe." Anyone leaving information at this
omen leading to his recover; wi.l be suitably re
waraea.
Hire cluerlisjcmcttls.
U. S ENnlNKI' R OHFLJK, WlUClOGTOW,
.!.. 8pt. 5th, 1801 . SEALED fR')R8M.8
for75,(J0 Dredgiot; la Ocraoote u leu N U ,
wiil be receiver at this office un 11 U M., on
0 t. 20 1891 The attention ot bidd-r is spec
ially inv ted to act of Congress, approved 2Vth
February. 18-5, ai d iiSa February, lt7. vnium
23, page 333, aud volume 84 Dge 414, Statutes
at Lutrge au mrnrinauon win be ruroisnea oj
W. H. BIX BY, Captitin ot E glneers.
se 9 lu ll 13 octl7 18
Resumption of
THE SALE
of the at oca of
TAYLOR & HUMPHREY
Will bi read in the Messenger this morning.
S. A SrHLOSS & CO., Auctioneer.
OPERA HOUSE,
BARLOW BRO'S
Mammoth Spectacular
MINSTRELS.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Usual prices.
Reserved Seats
at Yates' Book
se 10 4t
Store.
MAYOR'S OFFICE,
City of Wilmington, N. C,
September 9, 1891.
Police Uniforms
TID3 WIL.r BE RECEIVED AT THE
flavor's cmoe until Monday, tbe 81st day of
September, for furnlshlag thirty four Winter
-ultsforthe Folice. The same to be made to
measure of heavy dark blue cloth and delivered
by the 15th of October. Bidders required to
furnish saa. pies of cloth with their bids. Fur
ther particulars (riven on application at City
Hall. "!" A. G. RICAUD,
se 10 it Mayor.
f
WANTED AT ONCE
A GOOD COAT MAKKR
will nav SHOO tor sack coats. W.00 for cut
aways, aud $1100 ror double breasted Prince
Alberts. Steady worn.
WM. ALLEN CRAWFORD,
FAY ETTEVILLE, N.; C. se 8 3t
NOTICE.
Office of the Secretary and Treasurer of the
the)
m. )
Carolina central Kauroaa company,
WILMINGTON, N. C,, Sept. 8, I8ll.
The regular annual meeting of tbe stockhold
ers of the Carolina Central Railroad Company
will be held at tbe office of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company corner of Beach and W est
steeets, in the City cf New York, ou Thursday,
the 8 h day of October, proximo, at 1 o'clock,
p. m.
, JO:IN H. 8HABP,
ee8tf" tecretary.
IN FUIiI. BLAST.
We are booking orders rapidly and
making things hum In our
CUSTOM
TAILORING
DEPARTMENT,
Good dressers show their appreciation
of the elegant designs ana exciu
sive styles shown by plac
ing orders with us.
MUNSON&CO.
CLOTHIERS, ETO.
WANTED Do yot want to ma e Fifty Dol
lars per week at home T
Mrs-Smlth sent Six Dollars to Alfred Coles for
a Box or Wardrobe Lounge, and allow fclm to
send people who answer his advertisement to
see her Lounge for whicn be gave a eommls
slon which averaged 150 per week.
II you will no tne same in your aiau-iet, mu
tor terms to ALFK&O 30LK3, 448 Mrytle
. Avenue, Brooklyn, M.Y. JjM
CAPE FEAR ACADEMY.
Reopens MONDAV, SEPI". M.
Breparesboys for Bualntuta nr f"!nllao r ..J.
, ing male school In the city Faculty of THREE
.nyja jf lease entnr mm at tut.nn!..
of session. Bee eauiogues In book stores.
W. CATLETP. Prlnolpal
,eB3w 120 N. Fifth street.
GRAND EXCURSION
TO
SOTJTHPOET
! AND
OUT TO SEA.
OS - .
Steamer Wi i mington,
THURSDAY, September 10. 1801.
At 9o'0 ock. -Ist
chanoe ot the season to visit these plaee.
MUSIC FOR DANCING.
writ in gmKc ; hines
, for sale
ON IH INSTALLMENT PUN
-AT-
TYPE-WRIIER HEADQUARTERS
120 PRINCESS STREET,
C. I. COMFORT,
PROPRIETOR.
Telephone No. 116.
se6tf
School Books I
LL THE School Books adopted by the
ftati
Board of Education we have In stook.
We give a liberal discount to dealers atd
teachers. We have all otoer School Books, aa
are used In North and South Carolina.
Also School Stationery, Pens, Slates, Cray-
03S, Tablets, Pencils, Ink, Composition Books.
or sale at ,
HEINSBERCER'S
seltf
FURNITURE. ,
JUE STOCK, . LOW PKICES
Elegant Parlor Bedsteads,
Bed Room and Tables, Chairs,
Dining Room Set', Bureaus and
Chiffoniers.
Combination piece of exquisite design.
Stock alwavs comDletn.' H nvAra h ana a oArul
showing at ail U't es.
Selling now and have been all tumraer an
Oak Bed Room set. 10 piece-, tin. Best bar
gain in Wilmington. We do nu inrtallment
UBlness tenoe atock all new and olean.
THOS. C. OHAFT.Agt,
80 South Front street.
auDtf
Valuable Real Estate,
The following pieces of Real Estate have been
placed in my handi for sale and are offered on
accommodating terms.
Tbe property now averages 10 per cent, net,
and investors are Invited to call and secure in
formation Two-story house (8 rooms) corner Front and
Wooster.
Two story house on Front (0 rooms), next to
corner Front and Wooster
One story house on Wooster street, 4 rooms.
Three one story houses on Woo : tar street, 8
rooms each.
H .use corner Wooster and Surry 3 rooms.
Two houses and lots on Second i-treet. be
tween Queen and Wooster, 5 rooms each.
MARTIN T, DAVIS,
Real Estate Agent
se S lm
WE OFFER AS A LEADER A
VERY STYLISH
SILK HAT,
Of this Fall's Shape, at
$5.00
-IN-
KNOX'S SILKHATS
We have the Best, such as the
President of the United
States orders from the
world renowned
factory.
ASCOTS.
Four In Hands,
Puff Scarfs,
PRETTIER THAN EVER.
COME AND SEE OUR
FALL NOVELTIES
J NAUMBURG,
LEADING MEN'S FURNISHER,
. 113 Princess Street.
Is Tour Horse Sick?
If your horse Is sick, laaie, or no matter wha
the trouble Is, bring him to me and have blm
treated by a man who knows what to do for
bio i nave oeen atuaying the doeeas of
the norse and their treatment for years, aad am
graduate of the New York College of Veter
inary Surgeons and school of Comparative
Medicine. I hare opened an offloe and shoe
frg shop on Frlnoess street, between ttooond
I a4 Third, where I can be found, and wUl be
tUd to serve you. SL P. MoDOUALU
Veterinary SurKa