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WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY. OCTOBER IO, 1891.
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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
The Reform Democratic ticket,
heudel by an old Confederate, George
j?. Guild, was elected in Nashville,
Term., on Thursday. Several Man
darins and other officials were killed
iry rioters at Amoy, China, during the
latter part of September. The Km-
peror of Germany and Grand Duke
ykholas, of Russia, have arrived at
Stuttgart to attend the funeral of the
late King Karl, of Wurtemburg.-
n.pre is considerable excitement at
Cork, Ireland, caused by posters
placarded oh the streets declaring that
Farnell was "Murdered to please Eng-
Hshman." The Olympic theatre, at
St. Paul, Minn., was burned yester
day morning. Loss $100,000.- -A. S.
Mann & Co., the oldest dry goods
dealers in Rochester, N. Y have
failed for 8100,000. Jack Mullins,
of Buchanan county, Virginia, was
convicted in the United States court of
intimidating yoters, and sentenced to
six months imprisonment. The
Oliver & Roberts Wire company, the
largest of the kind in the country, has
asked an extension of time of its
creditors.- The naval vessels York
town and Boston have been ordered to
Chili to relieve the San Francisco and
Baltimore now on duty there. The
Government yesterday purchased 372,
ihV) ounces of silver. At a balloon
ascension at Greenup, 111., yesterday, a
Imiv became entangled in the ropes of
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the oarachute and was carried up a
distance of eighty feet. In his strug
gle to free himself he released the par
achute and the balloonist and himself
fell to the ground, the former being
killed. Three hostlers at Burgetts-
town, Pa., drank whiskey from a bot
tle thev had found. One is dead and
the other two likely to die. A'
Indianapolis and Shelbyville, Ind.
yesterday, an elevator fell in each
jilace, probably resulting in the death
of five men; Enterprise, Oregon,
was the scene of a bold bank robbery
in open daylight.
THE CO 'RY'S BUSINESS.
TWO HUNf
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AND FORTY FA1UURES
ED LAST WEEK.
All
Favor of Sa-
anre Reiolntlon In
varinab.
Kaleiqh, N. C.,Oct. 9. Special.
The Alliance State mass meeting1 here
today adopted the following resolution:
"We heartily endorse the action of the
State of Georgia to obtain deeper water
In the Savannah river, and that we re
quest our senators and representatives
InGongress to vote for an appropriation
sufficient to secure the depth of water in
that riyer required for the imports and
exports of the West.
Today 175 con icts were transferred
from the Wilson and Florence railway
to the Washington branch railway
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Peffer Failed to Appear.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 9. Special.
Ateleeram from President Winston
of the University, tonight, says: Thurs.
day, October 16th, will be University
day at the exposition. President Wins
ton and 200 students will arrive on a
special train that day.
Alliancemen here today were greatly
diaannolnted at the failure of Senator
Peffer to come here and speak, as he
had nromised to do. President Butler
t ,
and Lecturer Bell followed Mr. Nor.
wood today. Their speeches bore main'
ly.upon ihe Alliance plan and doctrine.
The attendance at the exposition to
day was larger than on any day since
the opening one.
GOLDSBOBO NOTES.
1
HfwLockBoiei for tlie Postofflce
Orphans Home Cotton Comlns
in More Freely,
Messenger bureau,
Goldsboro. N. C., Oct. 9. f
The musical entertainment to be
given at the Operat Bouse by the Misses
JohnBon, of Clinton, tor the benefit of
the Orphans Home will be next Tues
itrht. October 13th. instead of
Mondav niffht as was first intended.
There will be 300 new lock boxes
placed in the oostofilce in this city in
afewdavs. This will give an oppor
tunity to a great many more people to
nht.ai n hnxeis and it will doubtless be
batter for the postmaster. But in this
connection the MESSENGER corres
pondent finds upon inquiry that the
hnx rpnt. ts higher in Goldsboro than
any other city in the State, This
iiught not to be, and it has been sug
gested that a petition be sent to the
Postoffice Department asking that the
rental of boxes be reduced to fifty cents
jer quarter Instead of one dollar. Our
i postmaster tries to be as accommoda-
ting to the public as possible and we
-feel sure when be gets the additional
f boxes in he will try to do the best he
can for all parties concerned.
The admirable communication of
Mrs, Kidder in regard to the World's
Fair was timely and to the point. The
selection of a board of lady managers
was wise and proper. What would our
own State fairs be without our! lady
committees. We like her suggestions
about a rnllfiptinn of old time relics.
Thfirn ia nn nlan in this country that
can comnara with the city of New Bern
for such things; you can find in that
nturies aero, and
Dun'a Weekly Trade Review Give an
Encouraging View of Trade
and Industrie BqalneM
Gradually Improving
New York, Oct. 9. R. G. Dun's
weekly review of trade savs the busi
ness failures occurring throughout the
country during last week number for
the United States 240, Canada 30, a
total of 270, against 230 for last week,
and 244 the week previous, From all
parts of the West and South come ad
vices that business is Gradually Im
proving, and the improvement is felt
at Eastern centres. There is still, a
most encouraging absence in any trade
of that speculative excitement and over
con fid ence which is so often the pre
sage of disaster.
Purchases are governed by unusual
conservatism, and yet are large In vol
. Tnti.. i a :
but are in nearly all cases the results
of the continued commercial strain
since the foreigh disaster of last No
vember.
It is true that prices of nearly all
manufactured products are low and the
margin for profit very narrow, while
competition is severe. But the volume
of trade is larger than in any previous
year in spite of the fact that some
branches or the bu-lness are re
tarded. It is also true that collec
tions in some quarters are slow,but the
latest report from various sections on
the whole, are more favorable.
Gold is coming forward rapidly from
Europe, and it is estimated that $12,-
000,000 has already arrived and over
84 500,000 more Is on the way. It is
not a disheartening fact, moreover.
that speculation in stocks has sus
tained a check, so that it is not likely
at present to absorb the available capi
tal, as much as was recently appre
hended.
News regarding chief Industries is
decidedly favorable. Cotton has made
satisfactory progress and receipts .have
greatly increased, and the prospect as
to yield is better than a week ago. The
iron industry is more firm in tone, and
in spite of comparatively small con
sumption in nail making and the out
put scarcely eyer excee . ed, seems to be
met by consumption.
The market lor wool is quiet, but
sales are not small, and the receipts at
the West greatly exceed last year. The
worsted mills are running at lull capa
city, and while men's wear goods are
not selling largely, manufacturers are
taking considerable quantities of wool
in confidence that the demand will
presently increase.
At the , south the improvement is
general, and heavy receipts of cotton
are noted at Savannah, Charleston,
Galveston and New Orleans. 1
The pause in stock . speculation
hinders the placing of securities for
railroad extensions and improvements,
but is nevertheless healthy. Specula
tion in breadstuff has been less active,
but wheat has adanced nearly 2,
with sales of only 29,000,000 bushels,
while .corn has declined lie, and oats
4c. Cotton is slightly stronger, and
oil 3c higher, but coffee has fallen lie.
The Treasury has made but a sngnt
change in the supply of currency. .La
bor is, on the whole, well employed,
and the fear of trouble at Fall Kiver
has passed; but the coal strike at
Pittsburg stops work for about 10,000
miners. On the whole, the outlook for
industrial progress is decidedly satis
factory. , ;
COMMERCIAL NEWS-
Wilmington, as she says, can have a
(food collection. It is unfortunate that
North flftrnlina Is nn situated as tO DO
In the position she is, with no avail-r
able appropriation for the display of
the vast resources of this grand old
State. The managers from this State
crtainiw miiat. fpiftl cramDed In the
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Drpmlepa.
The committee to collect the $3,500
nlfidcrpfi hv Kaiim ridce and the citi
zens of Goldsboro have collected $2,000
of it and-n.ro at work. The contract
d material Is be-
ins' delivered, and work commenced
The Odd Fellows mean business
There Is a good quantity of cotton on
me streets today, and tne price rnugtu
an hitrh sn Sid
Of late j ears, farmers have sayed
their planting cotton seed early, while
the weather was too warm, hence they
had manv of the seed to take a heat
and thev had trouble to get a stand
We would suggest that as the -weather
has turned cool now, that this is the
time to save them, and that small
quantities placed in a pile is the surest
wav to keep them.
Chimnftv swallows had to remove
their nnn.rt.Ara last " slfht and- this
mornincr. aa fires were resorted to on
everv hand.
Lots of our neonle expect to attend
the exposition at Raleigh next week
Not mnt hav cone vet.
Some narties eav we had frost last
nicht. If wa did not. we did not miss
it many degrees.
Long after old methods of baking bread,
biaouits and griddle cakes are obsolete Heck-
er's Self Raisin Flour will be actively and
generally used by progress ive people.
Stocks In New York Yeaterdav Tlie
: Grain and Provision market
of Chicago.
New York, Oct. 9. The stock mar
ket today was practically a repetition
of those of the last two days, and was
in the main a steady contest between
bull and bear factions among the local
and professional trading element, and
after mild fluctuations in both direc
tions the advantage , rests with the
former party. . - i
The opening was heavy and lower, in
sympathy with lower London market,
but a strong tone was immediately de
veloped. There was a suspicion that
the London market had been rigid
from this side for the purpose of buying
in short stocks. Atchison bore the brunt
of the early measure, but the entire
list moved up slowly with here and
there more marked advances. These
were among the specialties principally,
and the Nickel Plate stock3, Rock Is
land, Burlington and Missouri Pacific
rose over 1 per cent each. Prices bIow
ly crept up in the general list until to
ward 2 p. m., when the highest figures
Qf the day were attained when a rumor
of the . new issue Of stock on Hocking
Valley caused a drop of nearly li per
cent in that stock, to which the rest of
the Hst resDonded and fractional con
cessions followed all along the line.
Hocking Valley, however, aiterwara
recovered all of its loss ana tne general
list steadied up. -
Amone the strong stocks may De
mpntinned Louisville. New Albany and
Chicago, and the proposed issue of
stock on that road announced lately to
purchase rolling stock is regaraea in
vvall street as juuicious muou ad
vantageous to the stockholders, rather
than than an issue oi Donas,
latter would have added to the fixed
charges. . ,. . ' .. u4.
The market nnauy cioseu uun uu.
steady at the close to the best , of tne
day. The final changes, however, show
only fractional advances, with none of
special importance.
Chicago, Oct. 9. W neat starieu
,it a lit.t. ft "WaODIV IU1B UlUluiuK,
RAlline- on both sides of last night s
closing figures at the opening
became strong, advancing
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
Killed by a Shifting Engine-Female
Convict-Few Alliance Peo
ple at the meeting.
Messenger Bureau, )
Raleigh N. C, Oct. 6.
This morning about 7 o'clock a col
ored man named Tom Robinson, who
was an employee at the exposition,
was instantly killed by a shifting en
gine between the city and the peni
tentiary. There tlie tracks of the
railways run side by side. In getting
out of the way of a freight train of the
Seaboard Air Line the poor fellow got
on the other track and an instant later
was struck by a shifting engine of the
Richmond and Danville railway,
which he did not see, and which, ow
ing to the noise made by the passing
freight train, he could not hear. The
shifting engine was backing over and
ran up behind him. An instant later
he was a corpse. Several people tried
to save him, but to no purpose. The
body was most horribly cut to pieces.
The coroner held an inquest this
morning and these were the facts
developed thereat.
This morning Deputy Sheriff Spru
ill brought three convicts from Chow
an to the penitentiary. One was Mrs.
Boyer who was convicted of infanti
cide, and who gets a five years' term i
for her act.
The Alliance people expected a great
gathering here at their state mass meet
ing today, but not over 400 came in,
of these fewjbeing from a distance. The
weather was so cold that it -was de
cided to have the exercises indoors
and not at Burkside park, so Metro
politan hall was the place chosen.
The female brass band, from Green
wood, Indiana, furnished the music.
Mr. Marion Butler presided. He in
troduced Hon. Thomas W. Norwood,
of Georgia, who began speaking at 12,
and continued for over an hour, on the
financial footing of the country and
the needs of the farmer. I
Senator Peffer was billed to speak,
but did not arrive on any of the early
trains. He was the one the people
wanted to hear many from pure
curiosity of course.
On the stage were Auditor Sander
lin, Secretary Barnes, and State Lec
turer Bell of the Alliance. The audi
tor lcoks well again. He is an earnest
Allianceman. It is odd to see Butler
and Bell in such friendly relations, as
they were like "cats and dogs" during
the now famous discussion of the rail
road commission bill at the last ses
sion of the Legislature. But the Al
liance, like politics, makes strange
bedfellows.
Today Governor Holt received a let
ter from Dr. Richard J. Gatling, the
inventor of the Gatling gun, who lives
in Hartford, thanking him for the in
vitation to attend the exposition, and
stating that he was arranging to be
here next month. Dr. Gatling says.
"Nothing will give me greater pleas
ure than to meet the good people of
my native State." J
Machinery for the exposition is now
arriving rapidly.' Many Alliancemen
were at the grounds today. Two.partic
ularly fine palmetto trees arrived from
Brunswick county. The balloon as
sensions, those of which your corres
pondent has seen are snperb. A no
tably fine exhibit of native gems is
now made by the department of agri
culture. The suit in which the town of Dur
ham and the Richmond and Danville
railway, which has been so long at is
sue, terminated at Pittsborf at 11
o'clock last night. The town of Dur
ham brought the suit against the
Richmond and Danville and the
North Carolina railroad companies, as
to the ownership of a strip of land in
Durham which was claimed by the
plaintiff as Peabody street, and by the
defendants as part of their right of
way. The suit was instituted in 1880,
and was transferred from Durham
to. Chatman county for trial. It
was tried at fall term last year, but,
on appeal to the supreme court, a
new trial was granted. An able array
of counsel was engaged on each side,
and every point was stubbornly con
tested. Many witnesses were in at
tendance, among them many of Dur
ham's most prominent citizens. The
examination of the witnesses was
finished Wednesday, the argument of
counsel began and consumed all of
Thtrrsdav. The result was a verdict
for the plaintiff, the town of Durham.
The jury wa out about three hours.
An appeal was taken by the railways
to the Supreme court.
Sheriff Taylor, of Chatham, today
brought six prisoners to the peniten
tiary, one of whom was a negro
woman, Clara Alston, who gets twenty
years for the murder of her daughter,
whom she struck on the head with a
pair of pothooks.
The direct tax payments, covering
12 00ft warrants, are to date $305,000.
Half of the brick necessary for the
construction of the fire-proof stairways
at the insane asylum have been de
livered. There is a general belief that there
will be frost tomorrow morning.
The total enrollment in the five city
public schools is 2,085. "
The argument in the case of James
A. Bryan, of New Bern, against the
negroes who occupy the town near
there, James City, was concluded in
the Supreme court today, having con
tinued two days, rne nupeuui wuu
decided in favor of Bryan as the
owner. v
THE METHODIST COUNCIL
CHRISTIAN UNITY AND CHRISTIAN
CO-OPERATION
then
about lie
and holding nearly an oi w
Close. . .uiinni
December opened at y3, soiu w ow,
broke to 99ic and advanced to l.uu.
In the afternoon it eased off some on
realizing Bales, going ViYElwT
to Sl.OOi, closed steady at 11.00. Clos-
Ing continental caDies quowu
3i marks lower for October, Paris 10
centimes higher on November, but 15
centimes lower on January, and April
with Antwerp 124 centimes nigiior.
Corn was strong and higher, largely
in sympathy with wheat but trade , wa
Slow. UClOuer uyeuou o --
52C, sold to 63ic wimout maieri
. inr. hut. nrpa LfRTiRU nuar lino out
LCSOJUU, "- - , , ,ol -
the Besslon and closed at ooju, aKai"
52ic at the close yesterday.
Oats neglected, oui. steauj.
TTnfr nroducts were weakbnd lower,on
free sidling by packers and "Ration
bv December longs; iu '
higher prices for hogs. The close
E a loss of .69100 in pork, igota
lard, and 2c in tids, ei
which is uncnangeu.
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Tne Connecticut GovernoraMp.
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 9. Judge
Thayer, of the Superior cour,
assigned the quo warrant
Morris against Bulkley, igoveruwiD.K
ntoctt fnr a Vionrinor On Tuesday,
,jiiuovi .v. a . ,
r .tKof 9.ft It. la understood DV tne
xnnnaA Drill the court that D6 Will ro
the case at that time for the
1 Alston of the Suoreme court, inis
omiraa was agreed udou yesterday at a
conference between counsel on DOtn
sides. The pleadings naya Deen sim
plified so that the case can go up in a
formal way on reservation.
Daring and Succesaf nl Bank Robbery.
LAG RAND. Ore., Oct. 9. At Enter
prise, in Walla Walla county, Wed
nesday afternoon, while Cashier
Holmes was in the : National bank
alone, a man entered and assea now
, - T 1 O t V, f Pitf1ann
mucn money iuuu oiumu, w Wi
had on deposit. Upon the cashier
saying that no such man had any de
posit, the visitor drew a pistol, and
covering the cashier, .said "You are
a d d liar!" At this juncture two
confederates came up on horseback,
one of them sitting on his horse with a
pistol in each hand, and warned peo
ple back. The other entered the bank
and poured Into a sack all the money
on the counter; about 83,500. The three
men escaped to the mountains in the
direction of Cornucopia. A posse is
now in pursuit, but as the country is
sparsely settled, their capture is doubt
Drank Extra Polaoned Wnlskey.
BURGETTSTOWN, Pa., Oct. 9. Last
nieht three hostlers at the county fair
grounds iouna a doiub ui 114 uui nuu
had been secreted. The three men
almost drained the bottle, with the re
sult that Aleck t-naypen wok wuui
sions and died in two hours, and the
others are lying at the point of death.
The liquor remaining in mo uuhd
showed equal parts of strychnine,
whiskey and alcohol.
Pennsylvania Tobacco on a Boom, j
Lancaster, Pa., Oct. ine to
bacco farmers of Lancaster county are
experiencing a big boom. Buyers are
in the field in large numbers, picking
up all the finer crops, while the range
of prices is-very high. Numerous
sales are reported . icum -" " -
Siy cents, and higher figures for ex-
ceptioualiy fle clf3'm
Har'B Self Baiaing . isacKwnea,
buckwheat cake, can be
Ltintly by the use of cold water or mitt only,
a puVe taW prtoted with plaA mk.
Tne Subjects Dlscnaaed at Yesterday's
.Sitting Fervent and Eloquent
Speecnes and tne Union of
IHethodlsts Practically
. 1 Settled.
Washington, Oct. 9. The third
day's session of the Ecumlnlcal Metho
dist council opened with Rev. H. I.
Marshall, of the Methodist New Con
nection, England, occupying the pre
siding officer's chair. The ulual de
votional exercises were held. The
hymn. "How blest the tie that binds,"
was sung by the assembly. Rev. James
LeHuray, of England, read some pas
sages from the Scriptures, and prayer
was offered by Rev. George Packer, of
Halifax. The minutes were then read
arid some time was spent In a discussion
of a technical disregard by the secre
taries of the injunction laid upon them
yesterday to refrain from mentioning
titles in reading. There appeared to
be a difference of opinion between dele
gates as to the propriety of omitting
these titles, hut finally it was decided
that the title "Revarend" might be
used. The min u tes.waro then ap
proved, and the butinesa committee re
ported as follows:
Greetings from the Evangelical Lu
theran Synod of. Maryland, memorial
on Methodist federal relations, resolu
tion on the opium traffic, memorial on
the social question, memorial from the
Local Preachers' Association of tke
Methodist Episcopal church, a motion
to hold a special love feast or fellow
ship meeting, a motion to appoint a
committee on statutes of Methodism.
Various motions and communications
were received and laid over without
present action.
The business committee also re
ported a list of presiding officers for
the succeeding days of the session.
The topic of the morning session,
"Christian Unity," was then taken up,
and an essay was delivered by Rev. Dr.
I. G. Selby, of the Weselyan Methodist
churoh, Greenock, Scotland.
Among thote who further discussed
the subjects were Rev. Dr. A. S. Hunt,
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
New York; Rev. Thomas G. Mitchell,
of the Primitive Methodist church, of
Hull, England;. Rey. Dr. Wm. Nicho
las of Dublin, representing the Irish
Methodist church; Rev. Dr. Ralpli
Abercrombie, of the United Methodist
Free church, of England; Rev. Dr.Wm
Arthur, of London; Rev. W. P. Lark,
of the Bible Christian church, Isle of
Wright, England; Rev. J. Swann Whit
tington, of the United Methodist Free
church, Bristol, E iglaml, and others.
Rev. C. F. Reid, of Florence, Ky.,
representing the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, told of the birth of the
Methodist Union in China. He said
that there were six different branches
of the Methodist church operating in
the Chinese missions, crossing each
other and working without connection.
That should 1 te changed. These
branches should come together; they
stould have a common name, a com
mon hymnal ai.d a common advocate.
Tney wanted one Sunday school litera
ture; they wanted one great Methodist
university in China.
Rev. Dr. E. E. Haas of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, from Nash
ville, Tenn., said that the size of the
Methodist church in this country made
the question of union one of tremend
ous importance. He had room In his
heart for all Methodists, but not in his
house. The worst movement in the
direction of unity came when, the
church said, "Division is wrong, come
and join us." The church had no
right, because of its size and numbers.
to dictate. It attained no particular
privilege on that score. Each church,
perhaps his own, had erred, and the
only way to attain unity would be for
them to stop their nonsense and to
acknowledge each other's rights. If
unity was to be secured there must first
come an end of manoe ivering ior posi
tion in the united church, j
-After recess Bishop Warren, of Col
orado. took the chair and called the
council to order. Deyotional services
were held by Dr. Jewell, of California,
reading the Scriptures and delivering
a praver. Rev. Dr. Coke Smith, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church Soutn, of
Nashville, Tenn., read the hrst paper
of the afternoon session. His subject
was Christian Co-operation, ills paper
and its subject occupied the attention
of the council during the remainder of
the day's session. When the debate
was concluded a hymn was sung and
the council was about to adjourn, when
a noteworthy scene occurred. All day
the talk had been of unity and co-oper
ation and the stirring words of the
speakers had gradually wrought up
the Council to a state approaching
enthusiasm. The train had been laldand
a match was applied when the presiding
officer, apologiz ng for a breacn m toe
regular order, said that the words let
fall by Dr. Stephenson had taken root
and therefore he asked indulgence
for President Myers of the English
Methodist Free Church, who desired
to say a few words in response to Dr
Stephenson's remarks. His object for
a long time, he said, had been to bring
the British Methodist churches to
gether. All his people were willing
and anxious, and he was Instructed by
his fellow churchmen here to say that
thev resDond to the offer to unite.
Rev. Dr. Marshall,of the English
Methodist new connection, Bali his
heart was too full for utterance. As
one of the presidents of the Union
Methodist bidies he reached out his
hand to Dr. Stephenson, for he had
struck the key note to which all Meth
odists responded. He clasped hands
with Dr. Stephenson and felt that
Methodist unity would follow. ..
Rev. T. Worthington, president of
the English Independent Methodist
conference, said he represented a
democracy and could not commit his
people. But they favored organic
union. There would be some difficulty
ia details, but in the spirit of favored
unity if they could not reach organic
union they could at least attain feder-
itlon. Cries of Hearl Hear!
Rev. F. W. Ebourne, president 01
the English Bible Christian, heartily
endorsed what had been said. Several
other speakers were . heard, but the
chair refused to recognize any but
presidents further. A colored dele
gate from Colorado spoke on the unity
of the colored Methodists, andthedox-
ology was sung "Praise God, from
whnm nil hlABRintrs flow." the COUnCU
rnimr-with hand-shaking and
congratulations. ;
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Torktown and Boston to eo to
Chlll-The Tariff Law In the
Supreme Court.
Washington, Oot. 9. Offers of sil
ver to the Treasury department to-day
aggregated 822,000 ounces, and the
amount purchased was 372,000 ounces,
at 97.8397.35.
The cruisers Yorktown and Boston
have been ordered to Chill for the ex
press purpose of relieving the Balti
more and San Francisco, the hulls of
which are so foul that they will have
to be docked and It will be necessary
for them to go to San Francisco for that
purpose. They will start immediately
upon being relieved. The Baltimore
will sail first, as she will be relieved by
the Yorktown, which has already
started for Chili and will reach there
in about fifty days. The Boston is being
rapidly repaired for the voyage at the
Brooklyn nayy yard and will start in a
few days. Tt is said at the Navy de
partment that it Is not at all likely that
any other vessels will be sent to Chili.
Washington, Oct. 9. Briefs for
importers have been filed in the United
States Supreme Court in two of the
pending cues involving the question
of the constitutionality ot the McKln
ley tariff act, viz: Those of Steinbach
& CO. of New York and Marshall Field
& Co. of Chicago., if
The arguments in 'both briefs are
based chiefly upon the contention that
the McKlnley act is void, because of
the omission of enrolling clerk of the
tobacco rebate section, which was
stricken out of the original bill by the
Senate and afterwards restored in con
THE UNCROWNED KING.
SPOT SELECTED FOR PARNELL'S LAST
RESTING PLACE.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENTS-
A Balloonist Killed and Boy Badly
Injured Two Elevators Fall and
Three ITIen Probably Killed.
Greenup, Ills., Oct. 9. Just as a
balloon was ascending from the fair
grounds 1 yesterday afternoon, Alex
Gordon, a youth, became entangled in
the ropes attached to the parachute
and was carried up, head hanging
downward. In his struggle he caught
a rope that released the parachute and
he and the aeronaut were thrown to tne
ground eighty feet below. The balloon
ist, VYm. Kisser, of Louisville, Ky.,- was.
killed, and Gordon was seriously in
jured.
Indianapolis, jct v. w m. aiem-
eeker and Mathew Dewald, employees
n Savlm and Osiermayer's wholesale
grocery in this city, were crusned, in
decending in the elevator this morn-
re, Stemeeker will die and uewaia
is dangerou.-ly hurt.
An almost precisely simiilar accident
occurred this morning at Shelbyville.
At the Shelby Cabinet Company's es
tablishment while Joseph Schatt, fore
man, Clent Neely and EL Thayer were
trying to get the elevator to decend it
gave way and fell thirty feet, carrying
with it the men and a heavy load 01
furniture. All three were horribly
crushed and cannot live. T
HER NAME IS RUTH.
That is What Mr. Cleveland Said to
a Reporter Thanks Returned
for Kindly Interest Shown
by the People.
New York, Oct. 9. Ex-President
Cleveland said today in answer to an
Inquiry regarding the name of tne new
comer at his house; "We have settled
on her name, and it is Ruth. This
was the name of Mrs. Cleveland's
grandmother, and has ijirays been es
pecially liked Dy ner." tie iurtner
said: "In connection with the publi
cation of this item, which I hope will
end much apparent curiosity on the
subject,I desire especially that mention
be made of the extreme and kindly
interest in us and our child shown by
the good people everywhere through
out the country. We have received
almost innumerable congratulations
and kind remembrances. From the
President of the Utited Slates and
from many humble citizens have come
hearty felicitations. All this has been
very gratifying ana has been iuuy ap
preciated, but since it will be impossi
ble to acknowledge all theso messages
separately, I hope this public recogni
tion will be accepted as sufficient."
Conrteted of Intimidating Voters.
Lynchburg, Va , Oct. 9. In the
United States District court at AbiDg
don today, Judge Paul, presiding, Jack
Mullins, of Buchanan county, was con
victed oi intimidating voters at a pre
cinct in Buchauan at the last presiden
tial election, and was sentenced to six
months imprisonment in jail at d to
pay' a floe of 500 This is tne first con
viction in "Virginia under the Federal
laws for the protection of the elective
franchise. '
Inlet Death Without a Tremor.
Omaha. Neb . Oct. 9. Ed. NeaU
murderer of Allan and Dorothy Jones,
was handed at noon today in an en
closure built iust outside the county
iail. Ninetv-four people witnessed the
execution. The condemned man
a restless nicrht but he walked
to the scaffold without a tremor. There
was no hitch in the proceedings and
Neat's neck was broken by the fall,
daath beinff instantaneous. Tne mur-
Aovo
ffnld he refused to disclose his
iiontftn a.ithnucrh he confessed his
crime.
Don't fail to call at Bridaers Rankin's and
try some of Hooker's buckwheat cakes, mixed
and cooked in your presence. Ladies specially
nvited.
Sea island Cotton Seed Project Aban
doned. .
Charleston, S. .C, Oct. 9. The
meeting of planters of Sea Island cot
ton held here was attended by most of
the planters on John, James, Edisto
and Wadmaaw islands, the area where
Carolina's long staple is cultivated.
After a full discussion it was decided
that the plan to combine In order to
prevent the sale of Sea Island cotton
seed was impracticable and the project
was therefore abandoned.
m I
v Financially Embarrassed.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 9. The Oliver
and Roberts' Wire company, one of
the largest concerns of its kind in the
country, made a request of its creditors
today for an extension. The amount
of its indebtedness could not be learned,
as the members of the firm refused to
i?ive the fieures. but it was confiden
tially said that the creditors would be
paid every dollar.
Reform Democrats Carry Nashville
Tenn.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 9. The Re
form Democratic ticket was elected in
the citv election vesterdav over the
regular organized Democratic ticKet Dy
majorities ranging f rom l,uuu to o,uuu
t;eorf?e B. Guild, who was elected
mayor, led the ticttet. ue is an oiu
Confederate soldier. There was no
Republican ticket. This city is over
whelmingly .Democratic.
Favor Independent Political action.
Lansing, Mich., Oct. 9. At yester
day's meeting of the State Farmers'
Alliance the following resolution was
adopted without a disseniiDg voice:
roo01Vcu, iu we, tun ibiiubio
liance and industrial Union of the State
of MichigaD, heartily endorse the Ocala
platform, and further declare to tne op
pressed toilers of America that we are
unyielding in tavor 01 tne maeptnueui
political action as outii-ea at tne Cin
cinnati conference.
Distinguished Personages at Stuttgart
to Attend the Funral of Karl
I Excitement In Dublin
Chinese nandarlm and
Officials Murdered.
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DUBLIN, Oct. 9. Kenny Harrington,
Richard Power and Dallon paid a visit
to Graspvine and selected the site for
Parnelrs grave. It is situated upon an
enclosed mound to the left of the Mor
tuary chapel and is in a most attractive
position. The grave will be dug In the
earth of the mound, and when a monu
ment is erected over it, will be con
spicuous from all parts of the cemetery.
The mound is at present filled with the
graves of the poor of the neigh
borhood, who were burled there
many years ago, but has not been
used for burial purposes for some forty
years. Thousands of persons are
already flocking to Dublin to attend
the funeral, and an immense crowd is
expected Sunday.
All the public houses will be closed
while funeral services are in progress.
The procession will form at Kings
town, where the mail boat from - Holy
head will land the casket. From Kings
town the procession will march to the
town hall, in different sections, beaded
by bands of music with muffled drums.
London, Oct. 9. Dispatches dated
September 27, received here from
Amoy, the seaport town of China, on
the island of same name, province of
To-Kien, nearly opposite the center of
the islani of Formosa, announce that
there has been serious rioting forty
miles from the town of Amoy. The
population of Amoy amounting to
about 200,000 people, is in a great state
of excitement. 'J he riot was caused by
fiscal abuses. Several Mandarins and
other officials were killed by the riot
ers. The riots, as these dispatches
were sent, had been quelled.
Stuttgart, Oct. 9. The Emperor
of Germany arrived here today, hie
visit to the capital of this kingdom
being for the purpose of attending the
funeral of the late King of Wurtem
burg, who died on Tuesday last. At
the railroad depot the Emperor was
met by King William- II, successor of
the deceathe Priccess of Wurtem
burg, Prince Henry, of Prussia, and a
number o! distinguished generals.
Shortly after reaching Stutlgart the
Emperor, accompanied by the notabil
ity who had welcomed his arrival, pro
ceeded to the castle and entered the
hall where the remains of King Karl
were ljing in state. The Emperor
then laid a magnificent wreath of
flowers upon the casket and knelt be
side the remains of the dead ruler of
Wurtemburg. After a short prayer
the Emporer rose and conversed in low
tones with King William" II. Grand
Duke Michael, of Russia, in view of the
fact that the wife of the late King was
a Russian Princess, the ' Granduchess
Oiga, daughter of Emperor Nicholas,
has arrived to attend the funeral as a
representative of the Czar.
. CORK, Oot 9. Large sensational
posters are placarded on walls, fences
aiid other places throughout this city.
These posters have deep mourning
borders, and bear in their centres the
words, "Murdered to p'easo ingllsn
men," together with verses denounc
incr the McCarthvites and United Ire
land articles declaring that Parnell
was murdered, and imploring the peo
ple to remain tranquil. The posters
are stirring up much excitement.
A $40,000 Fire In Norfolk.
Norfolk. Va., Oct. 9. There was a
fire here this evening in the Umstadter
block ol buildings that probably caused
a loss of about $40,000. The exact lo
cality of the origin of the fire or its
cause is not known, as it was well
under wav before discovered. The
principal damage was to the fine stock
of goods in the store of M. Umstadter
& Co.. which will amount to about
830,000 by water and smoke, as the
flames were confined to the upper
floors, occupied principally by lawyers.
The Bostiau's Bridge Wreck.
The Charlotte News says: Clomlnger,
the Newton man arrested on the charge
of being implicated in the wreck of the
; train at Bosiian's bridge, was commit
ted to jail without bond to await a fur
ther hearing. The JNews learns tnat
there was a very spirited spat at the
preliminary hearing between Superin
tendent Bridges and Clomineer's law
yer. Several suits have been filed
against the Richmond & Danville
Company for damages. , Mr. and Mrs.
Sink, of Lexington, want zu,uuu. 1 ne
wreck will cost the company out iittie
less than $300,000.
With Hooker's Self Raising Flour all risks
are ended, and light bread, biscuits or eakes
become a certainty.
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nose, etc, leaving the skin clear, white and
healthy. Its great healit g and curative powers
are possessed by no other remedy. Ask your
druggist for SWAYNE'S OINTMKNT.
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and have accepted the position as Prssident of
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Paid the Penalty.
RUSK. Tex., Oct. 8. John and Wade
Felder, colored, were hanged here at l
p. m. today ior muraermK ionce
Thompson od August 17, 1890. They
walked to the gallows with uniaitenng
steps, and while standing on tne trap
both said, they were connaeni. oi iur-
giveness. They were pronounced aeaa
atmup. m.
Mr. T. E. Wiley, 146 Chambens street, New
York City, says that Ayer's Saisaparilla cored
him of a dry and scaly humor, from which he
bad suffered intolerably. He adds: "I bare
not now a blemish on my body, and my core is
i wholly due to Ayer's Bat aparilla.n
CLARKSVILIE NATIONAL BANK.
Clarksviixe, Tenn., Oct. 26th, 1889:
To Whom It May Concern:
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same time and same plan in :
The Mutual Life of New York,
The New York Life Ins. Co.,
' The Mutual Benefit of New Jersey,
The Northwestern of Milwaukee,
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idends than any one of the companies men-
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