1 '.
tfSTABLISHKD; 267.
TELEiRArHiC. SUMMARY.
" Senator Keuna's con JiUoo was un
changed yesterday. Mr. Blaine has
had a. batksjt. -AJ...n'gro. charged
with piurder i takca from jail at LiOuw
don, Texas and haage'd Under the
Supreme Court D.cla'ju tha Populists
oin L PrfUipnTiii' ftlectori in Oregon.
-Mrs,
Mvra Clark 5an?s; Win is ae-
nleil prolu'.'J 1j
tho, cojr".s of Lou.
; isiana.r .lora Fi-erch
- to bearrested in C( nr ect
Deput'ea are
tn be arrested in C( nr e-.t ou wim.
a ; i ta
.' Pasatoa caraVfcardal .The Alexan-
der'4 Orr cpraoii.ted x?sue a circular
letted to tho bloodholccri of the liich-!
jnondlTerintnarccmpAoy .Cailjog their i
"aitanjlon'-to their r'ht3 ujderMhe i
chartlr of the read and the Uws of Vir-
ginla.Lj.The bonded debt of thia State
ianoyi $6,335,700. The estimated :, an
nual rleefcipta for the next two years are
.Oj9,oj;0 and epeaditure$fli,O0O.
.-Ta4)fef'&r President, as it wilt be
cast t thselcdloral collepes next lues-
ill be: Total vote, 414vnece68ary
oio3, 223; Cleveland's vote, 276!
: -, ' j ni. ti-
OU'S, 144; wtavor -,
maj rity -over both opponenia,
:The Secretary - of the ISavy nas
aDDOletea a con; mi Lute ui uav
- . A r . n i-r mor
to award the $75'i00 Chiliau inemnity
fund imoDg those of the cruiser Baltic
more Entitled to it. Mr. , Cleveland
declines to have anything to say in the
nrittoV cf a coalition to electa Senator
in . tbl North Dakota. Legislature.
Mrs. terece-aw, daughter of he late
Aocfate Justice Davis, yesterday pre-
dav. v
. 9
to a cl
Hirri
land'd
108.U
se&tt; the State with an oil portrait of
her fisher.- .There will bo quite a
t -jniclt ia the Upited Sratea Senate
f el u If f the text week and the balance
! of thi session of" Congress amopg the
r lrieuqs of several bills now pending to
gain precedence for their measures.
r-The public debt statement for De
ccmber Shiows an increase of tlis public
'debt Add a -decrcasQ 61 the cash in the
TroaJury. The Democratic members
of thi State Senate and House held
caucases last niht and nominated offi"1
eel's. Lee S 'Overman'; of Rojran, was
nomilcated Speaker of the House by
acclabaation
The . Senatorial com"
mittqe to
investigate infectious dis
in .Atlanta, yesterday. It
easesi was
will rfecomziend a quarantine -against
Cuba! early in the tprinff.? The
Koigptaof Lator will move tieir head
quarters from Philadelphia to 6ome
Wsfern city . r-The Supreme court
of Pennsylvania sustains tho lower
cdur in the indictment of the editor of
the kupday Loader utder j tie Blue
laws fcf 1794 The Attorney General
of Indiana has filed a petition before
tho new Democratic Supreme court for
ai re?-hearing of the Apportionment
case.
-The Hajtianexpositi4- build-
ing at Chicago was coropletediyester
! day, ihe first of th'4 foreign na'.ion?.
I The Tennessee Senate.is in a dead
lock" bver the election of a presiding
officer.- Chairman , Carter, of the
T -Republican National comjpaittee, con-
" cedes to the Democrats control of the
Senate after March 4. h. He gives up
the Senatorial conteet in California,
i Wyofaain and Montana.- The Dem
t ocras ahdllndepeudents unite and or
i: jjahize Ihe lower House of the Nebraska
. Legislature: M. Floquet denies that
he iqteds resigning, the Preti-ency
i of tbej Chamber. The ; Democrats
will fnost probably hold tho balance
of pefwer in the Kansas1 legislature on
4 jointj ballot. -The Republicans or
ganise both. branches of the Minnesota
Legislature. Mr. Blaine was .much
! Letter -last eighth Serator Kenna's
phyt
cian has no hopes pf hia recovery.
HO SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS.
Xlie 3Pennylvnla supreteCburtSn
i I kalnt) ikM Itlue LatVM of 1794.
'Philadelphia, -"Jan." 3.-j-The Su-,
" prertie court has affiirmed the validity
of the: o'd blue law of 1791 in relation
to tbe publication j pf Sunday newppa
pets;. Tho orbs WfcS that t-f Thomas
' Matthews, .publisher of the ;l Pittsburg
1 Suo'dav Leader, cod vlcttd Of publish-
r. i'nsri-nd issuiBg his paper on Sunday,"
1 undfer the act of 1794, which prohibits
theffollowi'g uf worldly pr0uitd( on
? the jSabbath, s tvo tho-o that are an
abscllute ntceesity for ihe wants of the
J combunity. The Supreme court; in
; . affirping the decision of the lower
i cou.'lt gives as its opinion that the law
; upon the, sujet ia plain Rud it could
-do nlotbiLg but interpret it as it did1
! andljondrm Matthews' cSnvlct'on. The
coutft sayd that the framers of the act
1 of "1-194 could r; foresee the- growth of
aiewgpauers or the wou'd possibly
i avfe exrapted them under the pro-'-
Visions cf the act. The court, in con
i elusion,. c"mui'en3 the act but gaya
. tha
the tool teril enforcement of lU
isions luay'lead to its repeal and
pro
that
it ii in mcrj danger from
its
Iriehds tban its lot s
A 11 alt f K11JpI by arelessnt-k
-Kew-'YOHK. Jaa.-2.The- careless
Bess of Mamie Claucey, a dome&tic In
tho'employ of Mi" and Mrs.. Sherman
Finch, was to-c&Vthe causa indirectly
of tbe shocking death of their infant
dairhter Annie.
Mamie received permlsion i"ihe
afternoon to visit a married si?tbr, and
took the child with her. Oa her way
eheifctopDed at the come pt Jcha Mc
Catie, in the basemeiii of J(7 Wo tSix
tktia. street. Tho McCabes jtera en-.
ertaining some visitors with a njixed
file party, and Mrs. McCabe was drunk.
Th bady was a burden to the servant
yiri aud she Iff t it in Mr?. McCabe's
SarlwheaEhe started to her sister's
Loupe. w . . .
Tbe janitor of the flit, a few minutes
after Mamie Clancey went away, saw
Mr si McCabe tossing the baby in her
arms. He ran to the station bouse,
andj as be was returning with a police
man, they -aw-Mrs. McCabe throw tbe
-little one into jthe air. It fell in the
strefet twenty feet ay. Its ekiill was
fractured and it died in the policeman's
jirn4 as he was taking it to a hospital.
Mrs; McCabe was arrested.
j Xtoe Afc'nrate Klectolrl Tote. j-.
I ! . " - O " ft.' XT" J ,
iW YORK, ' uo -vvcuiue
to-dav siyt: Th exilement of the
ron contefci maKe n ipnuw w
accurate table of tbe yppe. icr
Prpiident as it should be ca3t uy ma
elecloial college, and which will show:
Total Dumber of voice, 4U", necessary
to alchoice, 223; Cleveland's majority, ;
108; toialo for the respective can
didate is l. follows: Cleveland, 276;
Harrison, 141; Weaver, 24.
f. Considers it "a household necessity." Mr.
A. JIAVhiting, Newton, Kansas, accentuates
Ids ipinioto thus: ,fI have used Dr. Bull's
Coufjli Syrxip in my family for the last eight
ears and consider it a household necessity.
PoJ
Orel
give an
OUR RALklGH LETTER.
i r
SYNOPSIS OK REPORT OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL SMITH.
He Oppoaei Encampments -t Wrisnta'
Title I'rKislatora and Offiee-Seefcerg
Gatbrrlna: at the Capita! Four
DeaihWarran!i Issued-Fool- ' '
tsb. Kesolntlons Adopted -'
Ity tUe Negroes. !
'messenger Bdbeau.
Raleigh, N. G., Jan. S. l
The report of Inspector-General A."
L. Smith of the State Guard for 1S9-2
eajs that while the force has increased"
in numbers he cannot say it has done
so in effiaiency, but that Son the con
trary, with lew exception the compa-,
niss has trone backward ihstead of i
"ward and are . far from ihe Btandard
they bad attained in 1891. ; To hia
mind, there 13 not the sana-i amount- of
discipline and interest formerly preva
lent, and he consid-rs that the entire
guard needs reorganization and new
life instilled into it,, Riferrlng 14 ths
past yearVencampmeots ie says: "As
a whole th-;re was a great deal of valua
ble lnstructioa given, acq
hard work, but they were1
some good,
not a? sue
cessful asf former
oneSj owing 1 tup
tbas the men were
pos?, to the Tact
tired of the samei piace, aid the exces
sive, beat on the boast at that season of
the year. I cannot recommend that
another be attempted at j jrlghtsville
for several year; at least! pot until the
grounds are outin proper condition and
a cooler ses s :m s e! e 1 1 f d . 1 1 was de mon
stated last year that the best portion
of each year was virtually thrown away
on account of the heat. H is very evi
'dent that encampments .1 y regiments
are most desirable; especially since the
L regiments are suoposed io h3 large,
and in the future 1 should jrecommend,
'for the next encampraenti t any rate;
thaveach regiment bo encamped-separately
at the most convenient point to
it. I would further recommend tha
the Guard be organized into three reg
iments of ten companies each instead
of four regiments as at present. .
Members of the Legislature poured
in to-day and all day loogj the office-,
seekers hid a set-to with! them. Even
the trains were watched and the button-holing
began at on'cel j The mem
bers are a good looking j sst i of men.
The first eaucas was ordered for to
night. : .- I M ;
A member of the House says the re
peal of the boms stead law, the repeal
of the merchants' purchaee tax and the
amendment of the law so as to prevent
preferences in i assignments! will be
three special matters which Will come
up and be fully discussed. Tbe giving
of preferences has proven a frequent
cause o : gross fraud. The repeal of the
homestead law fls aa open question.
There, is much on buth sides i
. The'weekof prayer hia begua here,
and services are held j daily in thrj
afternoon, by the pastors in turn.
Governor Holt to-day issued no las3
than four deathj warrants, aa follows:
Leonidas McKnight, oi Surry; burg
lary, date of execution February 17th;
John Hambrick,;. of Cleveland, the
murder of Jinks Macaoton,! January
6th last, data of execution, February
17th; William acd Thomas Whitson,
brothers, of Mitchell county murder,
date of execution February 27th. In
each of these cases there had beea an
appeal to the Supreme! court,! which
resulted la the sustaining of the lower
court. ' t
At 11:30 o'clock this morning another
snow fall bean. Sorho of the snow of
nine days ag6 yet remains. The fill
to-dav is light, but at 1:15 p. m., is still
coming down. S j 1 i
Gentlemenwho arrived here to-day
from Morganton say that the' Lejisla--
ture will be assed.by tbe trustees of
the deaf and dumb institution there to
appropriate $40,000 a .year, for each of
the years '93 and '94, for the comple
tion ofi theuilding. The basement
and ground floor are now Complete
The workis said to hare been i exeel
lently done and materials well utilized
TheNortnearoliaaCar compKny
here made a cfine 6ho wing, for 4892
earnin? 14 per eent. The hosiery arn
mills Dav 8 ner cent, dividend kad
carry a good sum to the surplus ac
count i ' . ' i
Mr. .William C-1 Stronacb, secretary
ofi the; Soldiers'; Home, received a
beautiful little letter to-day from little
Marrv Ferrand Henderson, daugnter
cf Hon. John 8. Henderson, of! Salis
bury, inclosing S2 which she had her
bp, If earned to eive'the Home. ! ; .
Tine nsroes vest-.rdav calebrat. d
Emancipation day here-and did a.curi-
iua thinsr in adoDtinsr Ion? resolutioas
rptrardlnt? the new passenger station
These, in brief, declare! that j they will
not occupy the room now set apait for
them: denounce the action Of the rail
way authorities; pledge themselves
not to enter the. apartment' set apart
for ' them, out to even stay out 01 tna
depot altogether before submitting ,lo
what thay are pleased t term a'm'as
ilest ir justice;" decouace the action of
Jhp frtKiinn master in electing tnem
from the laaies' waitiag room and
pledge themselyeB to rai-re a fund with
wiiicn to prosecute tcp ranwy aumui
itiea. Kever.4n all their lives; 'did the
negroes do a more foolish thing. Tnev
have cool accommodations, but Eome
of them seem determined to thrust
themselves into the ladies' waiting
rocm. The white people say they will
stand no feu :h business. Kows nave
been several times narrowly averted,
and passengers, have barely j oeen re
fitraiu&d from puttinff the negroes out
This action . of the negroas is a long
step forward in the dlreeifcoh bf a law
Iby the present Legislature for separata
cars lor tne races, a. uuutauus u yi""
rich filldS a law. . ! ' ' J - I
! The meteorological data for Raleigh,
for tha vear 18)2 wast jaaromeier;
mean actual, '29.C8 inches-; highest,
30.22. lowest. 28 96: range, 1.26; tem
naraturn. mean for the vearj8 5; mean
for the vear in 1887, 58.3; in! 188S, 58.0;
in 1889, 69 4; in lb90. 61.6: id 1891, 59.2,
The warmest month was August, mean
78.7, Thtaol(lest was January, mean
38.6. The highest temperature was
98. on July 8th: the lowest was 11 on
December 29th; the range -was S7 de
grees. The precipitation for the year
was ij.itl inchai?, as compare-with
59 22 in 1887, 6 92 in. 1883, 65.89 in 1859,
43.57 in lb90 and 63 41 in 1891. Tbe
wettest month was January (total 6. 7
inchesO The driest was October (total
v 00 incuea ; j
Hrr. Calnts' Will Again Bef're the
..;.. - Courts, .
New Orleans, Jan. 3. Judge King,
of the Civil District court, has decided
an important point in connection with
the will of the late Mjra Clarke
Gaines. The ruling - was a petition to
register the nrobate cf the will oi-vMrs:
Halres. dated Jatnary Ath,l885, br the
Surrogate 1 x:ourt for - the county, cf
win era ffw York. anff-order the ex
ecution of the- will, ! Tber? 5-oulsiaDa
court had previously decided, the will
defective in' form acd not! entitled to
probate, which decision hasbeenAcoh-
firwed by the supreme court. yibb
ceurt deehiei Jhat "the wjll of Mrs.
Gaines having beenmade in Louisiana,
is governed by the laws thereof, and
havioer bsen c eclated1 invalid, feannpt
ho toUfin to New York the last domi
cile of the testator, probated there ad
made valid by the law of New York
and brougbt back hee for jreccgn;uon.
and execution by this court on property
tituatsd in this State and in posset sicn
. . Art 1 II I
ci the omcer 01 tnie court."
jTHE RICHMOND TERMINAL.
'v.
A Clrcalar to the Stockfiolders 'by tbe Orr
Commltte-The Alcbt of Foreelosar
"j by the Bondholders BaneiUd. I
New.TTork, Jan. 3." A circular let
ter addressed to the stockholders of tbe
RlchmoDdand West Point Termiul
Railway and Warehouse company has
been issued by the special committee
of which Alexander. Orr . is chair,
man. This committee was appointed
to receive from the stockholders prox
ies to represent" them at the -general
meeting of the company held in Rich
mond September 15th last. At that
meeting the ticket for president and
directors cf the company put forward
by tbe Orr committee was defeated' by
the ticket nominated by the committee
headed by CoUWilllim L. Strong. The
vote was relatively 174,850 shares and
400 122. shares. Tbe. newly elected
board of directors Instructed its chair
man,' W. P. Clyde, to appoint a com
mittee to make an investigation of the
Company's affairs .and. another com
mittee to prepare a plan of reorganiza
tion." The committees were appointed
bat no reafreports have yet been made.
Instead, the annuaL .meeting ct- the
company was postponed from the sec
ord Tuesday ia December to the first
Monday ia September, and, although
the representatives of the Orr commit"
tee attended three or four adjourned
meetings of the stockholders, they
could get no Information as, to what
was beiDg done.. .The circular- juat is
sued, after reciting these circumstances
In detail, goes on to eay: f '
"Nothing has been done at the ad
journed meetings, and the promises of
Information as to the state of the com
pany ana 01 tne plan 01 reorganization
nave fiot yet been; fulfilled. I The an
nual meeting of the stockholders has
been adjourned for? nearly a! vear for
alleged reasons whldb are clearly Insuffl
cientj It is interesting in this con
nection to know that by the Virginia
Code, Section 1123, it ts required that
tne board ol directors shall make a re
port of the condition of the company to
the stockholders at the annual meeting,
and further, that the records cf pro
ceedings of the board of directors of
the -year preceding! shall be; open to
inspection of three or more stockhold
ers holding together 100 shares of capi
tal Ftock. ... - jl .1 i ' ,
"The Orr committee are of- opinion
that they have exercised the powers
intrusted to them aa long as the con
ditions continued H which were con
t mplated when their trust began.
lhey are now of i opinion that the
stockholders who- have given them
their proxies 6hould either give the
committee further.! instructions and
themselves taken active steps' to pro
tect their property pr relieve the com
mittee of theip-duties. . The committee
are also of opinion that a reorganiza
tion can be made that would j be just
to all parties in interest and place this
valuable property on a sound financial
basis, and in confirmation of this opin
ion lhey refer to the letter 0 Drexel
Morgan & Co , to William L. Strong,
chairman of the advisory committee.
dated January 28th 1S92. I ! !
"The committee had been surprised
that bo action ha been taken iby any
stockholder to test the validity of the
proceeding by which the company
was placed in tne nanas of a receiver.
Under the terms of the collateral 5 per
cent mortgage made by the Richmond
Terminal company to tne ventral
Trust. company, as trustee, and which
covers almost all of the stocks of the
reads forming the Terminal j system.
they beicrg deposited as the property of
Lnal wiih the Central Trust
company under the mortgage, after
four months default on the interest.
the voticg power ch these stowks passes
to the trustee and the trustee may and
on written" request of a majority of the
bOLdholders must declare the: princi
pal of the bonds due and sell the stock
and boons pledges; under the mort
gage, A default occurred on Septem
bar 1st, 1892. Oni January 1st, 1893,
f jur months will have elapsed. The
committee, therefore, inclose a proxy l
wnicn, among otner tnings, empowers
it to, call a stockholders' meeting. This
can oe none under tne v lrginia uoae
by the holders of one tenth of tbe capl
t&l stock of the company, that la of
75,000 shares.. -A meeting to consider
what course, the 'stccK holders shall
pursue can be beldi alter. notice of the
call has been published for thirty days.
should tne present management and
itn conduct ct the eomnapoyi be ap
proved the Orr committee will feel
that there will be ho further occasion
for. their service. i.The proxies should
te sent to the State Trcst company,
No. 60 Wall street.?'. - j
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Stocks In New York Tewterday Tbs
. Grain and Provision markets of
- -J I' .' Cblcaeo. . :; I
New York, Janj 3. There was a fair
degree of activity ;on the Slock Ex
change to-day, TJse temper of specu
lation was decidedly bullish on early
trading and prices; advanced i to f per
cent in the general 'list. The upward
movement was checked by (he decline
in Reading from 52 to 50c; but still,
later American Sugar and Manhattan
forged to the front, tbe former ! selling
up per cent to H3 and the latter 41
to 158. 1 The . whole market improved
in eympathy,.but gave way again near
the close when Reading, under a fresh
onslaught, dropped to 50. Dealings in
this stock reached over I2d,uuu snares.
Its weakness was due to reports that
the Lehigh and Walkesbarre had sev
ered its relation - with the road and
that the company was a large borrower
of money in order to pay imerest on its
nreferenca income! bonds. -When Read
ing slumped Manhattan fell off to 1551
and Sugar to 1134 J Delaware and Hud-
eon yielded 2 per cent ana j Jersey
.Central and Lackawanna about 1 per
cent, ; 1 te general iisi opciinea 1 wi
per cent and left of at frae lonal re
coyery. Hocking galley and Tennesf
see Ccal and Iron were strong, the
former rising f ronV23J to 29jc and the
latter fiom 80 to 87. Tne maricet leit
off duli add barely steady. Sales were
329,010. shares. . I " i, - r
CmdAGO, Jan. 3i-s-,W heat started the
new jear with a bdom of over lc. Other
gialnsi followed.- j They tanced down
after the first houJ and, although clos
ing nig her man jrriaay, ie gain isj u
modest nroporlidns, Wbeatls up f rpm
i to ic, corn 43, and Friday's Iplosing
price for oats wasbid as. the last tap
sounded from the bell. Provisions;
show advances averaging rom aj to
30c." ' " ! " .
Tlie Populist m, Gain an.Elctor,
Salem, Ore.. Jan. 3. The Supreme
court has rendered a decision; in tbe
mandamus proceedings to compel the
secretary ci state, in maKing tne
ofliciar canvass of ! the votes cast for
fret id ential electors at the recent
elections, to; abstain from counting the
votes cast in counties where the name
of PhSfces Populist-Democrat elector
appeared twice on the official ballot.
The court decided In favor of Pierce
wnicn givesoae electoral vote to tne
Papulists.- Tiie court held that the
printing of Pierce's name In the ballot
more tban once was. contrary! to the
provisions of the statute,- h 't j that it
was an. errQF 01 tne county ciers. j.ne
prror. the court holds; does UOt'deprive
1 ha voter, who cast the ballot of his
elective fra'achise or the candieate for
whnm it wa cast the benefit I of such
vpte, I
. - .-,
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WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNE8 DAY, JANUARY
WASHINGTON CITY.
PE.MOCRATICCONTROLOFTHE NEXT
I . CCUfeTC irrrf
Chafrman3 Carter cGItcs Up the Contest
; Contest for Precedence of Bills Public
; Debt Statement To Award the Chill
Indemnity Fund Senator Kenoa
Bald to be Past Recovery Mr. .
Slaine' Report d Better.
' WASHINOTON., Jan. 3. Senator Ken
na's condition Is unchanged this mom-
log, and the gravest apprehensious are
still felt. . His family ; physician, Dr.
Chilton, is constantly with j him and
could not be seen this morning, and tbe,
only information that could be gattw
ered at the Senator's residence was that
he was about the same. ; - v. V
Mr. Biaine'd condition has taken a
backward turn, but the change is.
probably ,: ' not -of a character to excite
serlcu3 apprehensions; for his physi
cians were- not summoned in hasta as
has been the custom when Mr. Blaino
became worse. ." -- ' ,.
Those Senators and Renresentatives
who go home during the holiday , re
cess rarely hasten their return to the
capital; so there Is likely to be a small
attendance in both nouses to-morrow
when; Congress meets again, and the
seats ill probably not be filled before
next week. Ia the Senate thera are
indications of a struggle for place be-
iwaec tne anti-uptloa bill aud the bill
for the repeal of the purchase of silver
and the. Quarantine and Immigration
Suspension bills.- 1 he first business in
order! will be the McGarrahaa bill.
which comes up by unanimous consent
In the morning hour. Senator "Wilson
and others have speeches to deliver on
this subject and they promise to' tic
cupy the morning hour duiing the
week, greatly to the concern , of the
friends of the "Great Claimant,", who
realizes that the bill can not lonr be
kept in its privileged condition to the
exclusion of other business. After the
morning hour to morrow the Hatch bil1
will probably.be takn up for further
debate. Senator McPherson before tbe
recess gave notice that he would call
up his resolution to repeal the Sherman
Oliver act promptly on the aesemhlinff
of CopgressAna he can at least euo-
ceed in delivering a speech on the sub
ject. More than thai can hardly he
expected at this time in view of the re
luctance of Republican Senators to
move in the matter until a settled line
of policy is adopted at the caucus Boon
to he iheld. The -Immigration com-!
oiitteo - is extremely anxious to take
soma "action on the quarantine and sus
pension bills, and if Senator Washburn
does trot succeed in push i as liis Antl-
Optioh bill to a vote by Friday, the inn
dications are that they will make, a de-
lerunneu enort to Tiispiace that meas
ure as the unfinished business. In
this attempt they will have tbe Bup
port, of some Senators who fear
tne cholera and others who: fear
the Anti-Option bill, or who want Jo
get on With other business The only
business of importance likely to be
transacted this week in the House is
the; passage of the Fortification Appro-
.! I'll , It. . . - L '
priaiiiua diii wnicn 13 in tne cnarge pi
Senator Breckinridge, of Kentucky.
There is but little chance that a quo
rum will be present to-morrow and the
Appropriation bill will not be called up
until Thursday. The Appropriation 1
committee expect mat there will be
little, if any, general debate upon at J
ana mat it will pass during -the day.
Chairman Martin, of the Invalid Pen
sions committee, will t&ke the earliest
opportunity to call up the priyate pen
sion bills which are now 00 the
calendar of : unfinished business,
but he will not do so until
he is.convinced that there is a quorum
present to vote upon , them. 1 Alto
gether; the remainder of the week
promises to" be uneventful in Congress.
-The public debt statement isued
Wwlay shows: Increase of debt during
December, 1379,314; total casb in the
treasury, 769,780,9S3; total debt of all
kinds, $1,563,991,769; net cash balance,
129,092,588. being a decrease during
uecemoer 01. Ii,2i0.330: eold.
silver!
ana currency ceruncatesin circulation,
$568267,807, be.ing an increase during
December of $1,097,360. i 4
Chairman Carter, of the Republican
-National committee, concedes the con?
trol oljnhe Senate to the Democrat
after March 4th. Jo an interview with
a reporter to-day be is quorted as not
only giving up ihecojjiest in Wyoming
and California, but also in his own
State cf Montana, where he was' sup
posed to have a personal interest in the
outcome of the struggle. He said, how
ever, that he never had any ictentibn
of becoming a candidate for the Senate
and had refured permission ti his
friends to use his came in tbe caucus.
The Secretary cf the; Navy to-day
appointed! Capt. Schley, Lieutenant
Commander Sebreeand Passed Assis
tant Surgeon Stilt; a board to consider
and report a plan for the equitable
distribution of the Chilan indemnity
fund 01 70,ooo. 1 he foard-wiil meet
in the office of Capt. Schley on Staten
Island, N. Y.,. next Monday for the
purpose of preparing a record of the
injuries sustained by the sailors of the
Baltimore In the riots at Valparaiso
and will recommend a pro ra'ai distri
bution of the money in proportion to
the Injuries sustained by each. Sec
retary Tracy concluded that he has full
authority under the law as itttinds to
distributa the fund. The disburse
ment of the ?80,(-C0 paid by Spain ! to
the United States in settlement of tbe
Virglnlus affair is regarded as a satis
factory i precedent . for action in this
cate. The . Virglnlus award was dis
tributed by the I Secretary of State
without recourse to Congress and- the
validity of his action has never been
questioned. A small part of that fund
Is still in the btite Department await
ing final settlement. ! 1 I
Mr. Blaine is sid to be better, this
evening by" both Dr. Johnson and mem
bers of his family. Dr. Johnton called
on Mm at 9 o'clock tbi3 evening acd
found" hioi Mdoing very well.''' This
was his fourth call at the houBa
tohdav.l-At 11 o'clock the doctor re
tired and Mr. Blaine's residence was
closed for the night and the lights low
ered. -. - -
At 10 o'clock Serator Kenna's condi
tion was about the 'sme. No hope of
his ultimate recovery is held out by his
ohvsician. The Senator, himself, la
said not to have lost all hope and be
lie yes he will yet pull through as he
nap uuqe ia "nes past.
: Bpnntaneous Combustion.
Foet" Wayne, Ind.,-Jan. 3. -At 6:30
thla Aveaincr fire broke out in the POi
lahlntr oom 6a the third floor of the
Vnrt Wavne electric coDDPany. The
fire department responded - but the
water pre3svr was not sufficient to en
able them to throw a stream on the
burning works. It was thirty minutes
hsfnrA.: thA chetnlcal engines got to
mnrir and bv that lima the third floor
oroa" o-nttnd. After an -hour's I bard
ork the flames were gotten undSr
control and tbe cfficiais estimated the
loss at $250,000. fully covered oy in
suran'ce. The fire was due to spenta-
neous combustion. - ' 1 !
A Qnarantlne Against Cuba
Atlanta. Ga . Jan. 3 Ihe Senato
rial committee to investigate infectious
diseases, reached here to-dav on their
return to Washington.' In a con versa
tion with Senator Call bo said tbe
committee had decided to record nend
a quarantine against Cuba in the eirly
sprinjf.
- , ,m SPEAKER OVERMAN. ;
le S.IOyernaan jnomlnated by tuo
j Denioerais as Speaker of tbe House
I of ItepresentaUves-Otber Ciu-
" ens Nominations.
Raleigh, N. C J Jsan,N35PECiAL.
At the caucus cf the BenirteLDemo
crata to-night, Rufus A. Doughton
presided. John Li King, of Guilford,
was nominated as president pro" tem
pore, William G- Burkhead as princlx
pie clerk,' George P. Pell as reading
olerk and Wiley V.' Clifton as door
keeper. - ; " i " , . n '
- At the House caucus Robert B.Vance
presided and made a'- stirring speech
congratulaticg the members of the
Legislature and ihe people on the
great yieiory.', Lee S. pverman bf
Rowan was paid the unusual compli
ment cf nomination - for Speaker by
acclamation and by a rising vote.' He
made a capital speech of thanks and
said it we? a recompense for the! way
he tad been defeated by Independents
six years ago after
nomination by a
Democratic caucus. J . . " ''-. if!.'' .
, To-day wa Overman's hirth.-day
and.he received general coograjtula
tions on. the double event. - , . i !
The ; other officers! of the House
nominated by the caucu3 are: J. M.
Brown, of Montgomery, chief ? clerk;
H. O. Jjatham reading clerk and D. R.
J uliaa principle doorkeeper
STATE FINANCES.
Tbe Bonded Xtrbt4x:kUmates
H-Ektl mates, of -n-
" naal llecelpfs aud ! Rxpendltures
; for the Next Two Years.x V
Ral'jign.N. C. Jan. 3. Special,
Under, the aot computing the debt
It is offic'ally staged that old bonds
amounting to $11,405,000 have been
surrend-.red in exchange for $3,299,0C0
pf new 4 per cent, bonds, leaving now
Outstanding $1.122.1,0 nf nlrl honrta1 tn
taKe up, wnicn will require $316,800
piakiog the entire pcssible 4 per cent,
debt 13,615,700. The State holds $150,f
000 pf these bonds aid the Board of
EducationjB,30,CC0. The amount of 6
percent, bonds outstanding is $2,720,
COO. This is the entire bonded debt.
The Interest on the latter bonds Is paid
by dividecds on the State's stocks I in
the North Carolina railway. Tbe es
timates cf tbe expenses of the State
Government! for this year and next
year are f 864,030. The estimated i re
sources are $919,000. ! U
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Portrait of Justice Davis.
Raleigh, Jan. 3.
day Mrs. Crenshaw,
- (Special ) To
daughter of tie
late Asspdiate Justice Joseph J. Davis,
of the Supreme court, presented to that
conrt an oil portrait bf her father, the
work pf Randal, the Raleigh artist. It
is one of the finest and most lifelike of
the State's valuable collection of por
traits. '.
THE PANAMA SCANDAL.
More Depntles to bei Proaecnted M, Flo
quet Not to Resliru Hl Denial of
Charges Asalhst Him.
rAK s, Jan. d. t igaro to-asy says
that the. next batth of person's selected
by the Government for prosecution for
comp.icity in the Panama affair in
cludes four more members of the
Chamber of Deputies land an ex-Minister.
Figaro also Bay it is reported
that Fiouquet, Presidjentof ihe Cham
ber hears of the connection of his name
with the scandal. " i
Paris. Jan. 3 Charles Floquet this
evening authorized a denial of the re
ports that he intended to resign the
-Presidency of the Chamber. The
statement that he had ever helped ; a
Russian statesman obtain 00.000 francs
from the Panama company, M. Floquet
said was an unqualified falsehood, got
ten up Dy nis enemies merely to blacken
his reputation. He added that to his
certain : knowledge, the current ru
mors of disagreement! in the Cabinet
were without the slightest basis in fact.
Magistrate Frar.quevLle'8 examina
tion of Charles de Lesseps, Foe tain,
Leroy and Coltua, charged with being
implicated in the Panama canal cor
rup ion waa fiqished on Saturday. The
st three were arrested on the night
ofiDecembor 16th. Coltua,- who was to
have been arrested ou the same night.
could t,et be found,1 but he afterward
returned and surrendered himself. -De
Let83ps, Fontain and Cuttua are direc
tors of lha Panama! Canal company.
Leroy was formerly a member cf - the
Chamber of Deputies and ia accused of
baying received 300,000 fracca from
the Panama Cansl company for voting
in favor of th3 lottery bill, . There Is
reason to believe that no more deputies
are implicated in the Panama canal
scandals and, therefore, no more ar
rests are expected.! . Is ": -j I -
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The Indiana Apportionment Casr;
iJipiANAPOLlS. Ind.L Jan. 3, Attor
ney General Mnith has filed a petition
in the Supreme court ; at king for a re
hearing in. the Apportionment case.
and the petition will now be passed
upon by the new couit. which entered
qpon its duties yesterday, and a major-
iiy of . whom are Democrats. He alleges
that the court erred in holding thavlt
had lurlsdictlon of matters which are
lef 0 to the discretion of the Legislature
by the constitution and It at the adop
tion of an apportionment law bv the
Legislature is an act: that the court
canoe t ret lew- or overturn without
clearly ir fringing oh the functions cf
a deparlmect of the State Government
of equal authority with itself. The
meg 01 ..tbe : petition I; expected ; to
bring up the question or the waiver of
the sixty day rule, which was done
without the attorney general's Knowl-'
eige and upon which; he will ask to.be
hewd when the reopening of the case
iflBbjetted to by the! opposing! attor-
nies and the waiver is urged as a bar to
future proceedings. .
Haytl'4 Exposition -HqlldlDC Col
" V ; 'pleted. - 1
Chicago, Jan. 3. Of all the foreign
powers ! taking part! in tbe World's
Fair, the little Republio'of HajU was
first to complete its building yesterday.
It was ; . the nineteenth anniversary
of ihe i independence of the island,
and the Haytian. pavilion was deal
cated in the presecce of a email audi
ence, composed of exposition official
and colored citiaens of Chicago. Fred'
erick Douglas, ex-Minister to Hayti,
delivered the rrlnclpal address at the
request cf President HyppoUta. -Director
General Davis resnond'"d. The
Zeroises were field in the main hali cf
the building. ' i
'!
''" Tellers phle "parks.
Cheyenne. Wiom.. Jan. 8. Judge
Scott over-ruled the, supplemental mo
tion for a continuance of tbe case
against the Johnston; county invaders.
It wilt open at 9 o'cIook Thursday
morning. ; The soeriff has engaged
Suffljient deputies to summon all tbe
male citizens of ' tna county; for jury
service without delay;-.The peremptory
gia ledges will segregate vou. -
l. IS I ;-';- -'H
4, 1893.
STATE LKGISLATDRES.
CLEVELAND; WILL TAKE NO PART
IN
THE NORTH DAKQTA FIGHT.
Democrats Hold the-Balance of Power la
Kansas onJolet-Bsllot Republicans
Organize Both Breeches In SIlnBc
sota Dentocrats and Independ
. 1 ente. Capture the f Nebraska
House A Deadlock ;
Omaha, Jan. 3 The attorneys and
politicians were greatly astonished this
morning when they read in the Omaha
papers what purported td be the Su
preme court's decision In the Kruz
Norton contest for the seat as' Repress
entative from Knox and Boyd counties.
It was recognized as not the decision
delivered from the bench. It contained
a clause nullifying the certificate now
bitli by Kruz, the Populist. This did
not) appear In the oral decision,; Chief
Justice Maxwell caused a sensation at
the opening of court this' mornijop: bv
asking how ihe offensive 61auselome-
into the! printed decision. Justice
foet remarked that it, was Inserted by
hint (Post) and r n attorney after the
Chief Justice bad left the bench. Tbe
two justices had some angxy words
about ti e; matter. It will be!; investi
gated. r;j--v -'r .pi''.v.O . '!.:.
LM nighrCounty! Clerk VanCamp,
of Knox county,' was Captured by a
messerger from; the State Supreme
court and' ordered to canyas ! the re
turns of Knox and, Boyd counties. Van
Camp had' already issued a certificate
of election to Kruz, the Populist can
didate for the House, but had (not can
vassed the vote of Boyd county. , Late,
last jnight he completed the votes and
issued a second certificate pf election to
Norton, the Republican. .-A mfessenger
sent by the Republican j managers hur
ried to Lincoln with the certificate by
stage and train; but so far as concerns
the organization of the House! all this
work is fruitless. A dispatch from Lin
coln saj sin the He use to-day the Demo
crats and Independents combined and
raptured the temporary organization.
In the Senate no organization was
effected.! Tbe votes were divided be'
tweein
the
Democratic,! Independent
can party, with none hav-
,:irf-.!.l: !-.''!:.
and
ing a major!
Topeka,'
court; to-da
Jan. 3-The Supreme
heard the argument in the
cares; brougbt against the State Board
of Canvassers by the" Populist State
Central committee involving fOur seats
in the Legislature. It is not generally
anticipated;! that the findings of the
court will charge the situation in the
Legislature! exceptto give Rosenthal,
Democrat, from Haskell couaty, the
certificate of election Issued toj Stnbbs
Republican; by aa! Undisputed cleri
cal error This will leave thej Repub
lican! one majority with which to or
ganize the H-tuse. " On joint ballot the
Democrats win bold the balance of
power providing no action is taken by
the Supreme court in the contested cases
brought befofe that j court. Twenty
-four contents bare been filed! against
Kepublicans -and seven against the
Populists. .The Legislature meets next
week! i ' J - : . : ; '
St. j Paul,! Minn., Jan. 3. Both
branches of the Legislature met at noon
to-day. The Senate was organized by
the Republicans three of the old Alli
ance Senators having come oyer to the
Republican Bide. In the House W. E.
Lee, Republican, was elected Speaker.
A joint Senatorial caucus has been
called for to morrow evening. Senator
Davlsl will b nominated and re-elected.
Nashville, ; Jan.- .':8. This --Ibrty
eigh:h General Assembly of Tennessee
is still in the throes of organization.
The lower iHouse has selected and inf
stalled as Speaker, Ralph Roap, of
Memphis, its clerks and Sergeant-at-
Arms; but the Senate is dead locked on
the Speakership contest. Fifty-three
ballots were taken
to-day without an
election; I I
i El; mark, N. D ,
Jan. -3. The chief
interest in the session of the North
Dakota Legislature, which opened too
day. Centres in the contest for successor
to Unt ed States Senator Casey. The
Republicans have a clear ma jorlty, and
the result hinges oa the decision of the
party Caucus. Caucusses for officers of
of the! two Houses were held this morn
ing aid the fact that i such caucuses
were neid is taken to indicate that .a
caucus on the Senatorship will follow.
This hss been a matter of some doubt,
the . opponents of Senator Casey
hoping to encompass his defeat by pre
venting the holdicg ef a party caucus.
It ii alleged that some of those opposed
to Mm made overtures to . the Demc
cratsatd brousht the matter to the
attention of President-elect Cleveland..
FT 1 A . i A m
u.u is sain 10 nave reiusea to nave any
thing! to I'doUwith the proposition,
esv ing Lis: party could not afford to
run the risk cf being charged with cor
ruption and; advising the eleotion of as
clean a Republican as possible. -The
fight has hsen in the party and is an
interesting one. It has been1-asserted
that Congressman JohnstOn. whose
choicej as Senator , when Casey , was
elected ' was defeated by an adjourn
ment; wo'ild fight Casey's eleotion. but
the latest reports are that Johnston
will take no part in . the contest. Be
tides Casey, State Senator WoersW
Cot. Kingman, J. R. Smith and W. J.
Anderson- are candidates, and their
present strength is estimated as fol
lows: Casey, iz to 15; Anderson. 4 to
6; Kingman, 8 to 8; Woerst, 10; Smith, 5.
Of cc'ire each has elements of strength
l.h the others out of tbe way: which
would materialiv-iadd to the figures. -
Rheumatism knocked higher Hum a kite.
Mjs. Bucher, Mineral r Point, Ohio.de-
lor rheumatiiBi,- and in one or two applica
tions knocked it higher than a kite." ".'.;
j J ; Family Fathering 7
Have you a father? 'Have vou a mother?
Have jyou j a son -f or daughter, aisier or a
brother who has not; yet ilken Kemp's Bal
sam for th? Tat oat and Lungs, the guaran
teed reiney for the cure of Coughs, Colds,
Asthma, roup and- all throat and lung
troubles. - if so, why, when a sample bottle
is giaaiy pfven to y ?u tree Dy any.aruggist,
sou tne' srge size omv ouc. anavx. --:
AND TAKE WARNING '
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FOR TIME PASSES A WAT FAST.
r Only three monCu mo'e and tne entire stock of
Clottting and Gent's Furnishing Good most be'
closed oat regardless of cost. Call early and.ie
core a bargain at -:
Corner Front and Princess Sta.
CHRISTMAS GOODS
OX a nsef ol and seasonable kind now offered by
J: A. SPRIiXGER;
: '"': i - :--DEAlisB IN ' Jj '-- '
Coal and Wood.
You possibly cannot offer a more sensible
Cnrlstmaa present to some of yonf wortby friends
tban to give tbem a ton of coal or a co ol rood
Bemember this advertisement. ' - '
X A. SPIlINGEni
-!eu-u
4 Sjo Mvtvti&tmtvit.
at We Guarantee in
ITJRST.THAT OUB PRICES AEff AWAT
?HAT TBE QUALlTy OF OUB
THtBD. THAT THB PURCHASER RKCEIVE3
rtTnF9vSTH-15T EVERT INSTRUMENT-IS
vu uuaaflnuit IS ABbO LuTlt. .
'JiIS WE PROTECT THE INTERESTS
THEM-WE SERVH OURSELVES
yvx HAVK ON HAND FIVE DIFVEREXT
raE.NECES&ITT OF CJOINO TO A RELIABLE
auax ivu jLELiit in baf.& UAciva.:
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W Aerr iTis m-u W . 1 .V 1 ruKM AS TO QUALITYJ WHEN TUE
S5iToSSSJ?Al5S,.B. ,5. ?i HUNDRKPsi Of PIANOS "MA OK, MOS'lLY CHEAP
roW7.: TmJO MAKER AND OROAN
northern citieC So matter how intricate 11 h e wi hit mArSw w ir t A? 2?
W St.
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RALEIGH
1. 1,1
FOR VISITING
AND-
Even
ATTENTION is direc
11 11 to Ul 1V1U1 VVUU15,
Textures for Visitinpf!
i
lngJCostumes.
Velvets In Iridescent
I Goutille, N icoise, Velou
tal Weaves in Silks. ! ' !
I Satin Duchess.
Habituas and
1 - '! 1 - . 1 i - !
Failles,
evening
There will be a strong revival this .Winter
x
01 Uauzy lextures lor
prqminent ity iviodistes showing their rep
resentative costumes of these filmy materials.
jl nose wno aesire lnexensive laoncs in
evening tints, have been most thoughtfully
provided lor.
Reciuosts for
In.loateo Somotlilxi
and Oolos X2eslreci'
tCASH with order of $5.00
ree I (except Furniture
and Crockery) to
Office
or' Railroad station.
W. H. & R. S.
RALEIGH'
A!
DAVID
20 DEGREES
-HERE'S WERE OUR
i h-
-AND
H EAVYWEI G HT OVE RCO ATS
COME IN. THEY WERE MADE
AND WARM. MAKE IT YOUR FIRST
WON'T DETAIN TOU A MINUTE.
COMPLETE IN ALL SIZES.
laots of $iO Ones,
3-iOts of $12:SO Oziess, ;
CHINCHILLAS, HEAVY KERSEYS AND CHEVIOTS
FINISHED. ANY KIND OF A COAT YOU WANT, TH
we Jan save you something. I our prices ari
A
DAVID &
"Comfort's
0
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Special Bargains
Now
tl I ..... ., -l A. I ;
!Wmr
pRICE 5 CENTS J
ianos and OjrgansJ
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BELy
OTHERS, j H.
IN3T
UMENTS IS FAR SUPERIOR TO ANY
T
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WliA
WE REPESENT IT TOf BE AND THAr
; j
OB
j
IJR CUSTOMERS, FOR BY SE5YINQ
fimh9 mi
PIANOS. WHKREONT.Y ONE
HOtS
i, WHERE YOU CAN REST ASSURED
402 and 404 N FOURTH STREET.
FICE THEIR TRUE VALUS. IT HOW8
S; TUCKER 'h
if
N. C.
1
ECEPTION
1
MES.
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a to our
present
ilks and
Gauzy
?lteh
ption and
liven-
and
Cmbre Effecfs,
1 i
.usse and Chrys
Crapes, I ndi
licate shades
for
in
yenincf wear,
the
Satxxi.xle0 sliould.
to Pnoo
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arid
over,
goods delivered
nearest Expres3
v
TUCKER & CO.,
N.
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Gostu
&fOMPMYi
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THIS WEATHER LONO
FOR JUST
DUTY
TO CALL BT STOREnrlT
WE'VE
KEPT AN ASSORTMENT
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ljOts:of $15. Ones,
I
OMK TSHAGQY"AND SOME SMOOTH
es;
UOH, WElVE'GOT. WE
ARB
SURE
SNUG FOR THE VALUES
i
COMPANY
Corner."
in Merchant Tai
oring
MONARCH bF;LL
NEW HOME
Surpasses All, Others
FOR SI MP LI CITY, DURABILITY, EASE f
IDF MANAGEMENT, CAPACITY; OF-
(WORK, "TPE LIGHT-RUNNING NEW
IHOME" HAS NO BrVAX,1 AND THB
jHAPFY POSSESSOR OF ONE HAS THB
VERY BEST THE WORLD AFFORDS. ;
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