TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY, rni, cotton throughout Mississippi i ppn killed by cold weather and - ' t xhe First . regiment armory at Chicago was burnt1'1 yesterday. The , Pri.U-nt yesterday made several Diplo matic appointments-Tn a06?"116 of thf illness of one of the court, the Beh w Sea Arbitration court has adjourned , , ., ,. &fk News from the cruisers at, sea was received at Richmond yes- tt-rday by carrier pigeons.- The Pfesi- ,i.nt o-oes to New York to-day, on Friday he ill start for Chicago. The free j m.U in the treasury yesterday morning j amounted to $900,000. All the strikers ,n the fnion Pacific railroad returned to work yesterday. -The London char t rod bank of Australia has suspended. Its capital was 1,000,000 and reserve f und 320,000. The present quiet in In land seems to be of only outward ap pearance. The Cabinet rejects the proposition .'of the New York bankers to -supply the Government with gold under certain conditions. A negro nearFay- ettpville on Sunday saturated with kero-w-.,ie all the clothing of his daughter and the bed on which she was sleeping and thi n set them on fire. He thought it was his wife. The German Reichstag a" roes to the appointment of a commit tee to investigate charges against Minis ter Mi' mel. Some office seekers are an'i y because ttheir members of Congress will not stay in Washington during va cation to attend to their applications. ' iCapt. J. B. Hussey wante to get into the general land office. A well known Newbernian says Sir. Lane will probably he made collector of customs there. Three fourth class postmasters for this state were appointed yesterday. Mr. (ieo. L. Morton, candidate for postmas ter of this city, returns home to strength en his fences. The 'boys in waiting" at Washington were much stimulated by the hatch of Diplomatic appointments' yesterday. The bronze monument to Christopher Columbus was unveiled on the lake front at Chicago yesterday after- noon The long delayed Russian flag ship arrived at New York yesterday morning and shortly afterward the Co lumbus carrivels arrived. Promptly af the appointed hour in the afternoon the fleets from Norfolk arrived off Sandy Hook and proceeded up the bay and an chored in Hudson river off the city. The Enterprise company has been granted a franchise for a system of electric rail way in Charleston. S. C. Two 'big failures occur in Sioux Citj , la. At James City yesterday Governor Carr made an address to the people who ap pointed a committee of conference who through their counsel, J, r. UMara, opened negotiations with Mr. Bryan, pro posing, to rent the lands in dispute for inft vpar. This Mr. Bryan refused, but proposed to lease to them for three . years. At 10 -30 o'clock the committee re ported that the negroes would agree to this proposition. The troops will prob ' ably be withdrawn to-morrow.- The passage of the old Liberty bell from piiiinrlnlnliia. to "Washington is almost a triumphal procession.- Receiver Aver- ill has been placed in control of the Port Royal and Augusta railroad.. Two re porters start on a race from Atlanta to fliie.irn fnr a nurse of J150. -The money is taken out of an express pack age and paper put in its place some where between Savannah, and Birming- fham. I m m m " Bse Ball. Mobile, April 25. Mobile 8 run; 12 base hits, 2 errors. Battery Donnelly and Trast. Memphis 4 runs; 7 -base Ratterv- Wiltrack and Eolon. 1. Saxanxah, April 25. Savannah- 14 runs, 12 base hits, 1 error. Battery Meaken and Hurlev. Macon 7 runs, a base hits, 0 errors., Battery Miller and IIes.s. : Birmingham, April 25.-Birmingham runs. 8 base hits. 3 errors. ..Battery Parrott and Earle. Nashville 4 runs, 5 base hits, 1 error.' Battery Boxendale anil Somers. Atlanta. Am-il 25. Atlanta 6 runs, 9 base hits, 2 errors. Battery Relger and Murphy. Chattanooga 1 run, 7 base hits. -1 errors. Batterv J. Menefee and T. Menefee. - Charleston. Anril 25. Charleston 8 runs, 10 base hits, 6 errors. Battery Killeen and Susrden. . Aoeusta 1 runs, 17 base hits, 5 errors. Battery Gorman and Wilson. New ORLEANS.April 25. New Orleans 2 runs 3 base hits, 2 errors. Battery Jantzen, Duke and Doran. Montgomery 5 runs. 13 base hits, 0 errors. Battery Armstrong and Donohue. Attentions to the Duke. Baltimore Sun. " Washington, April 24. The Duke and ftf Veraeua were received this afternoon by the President and Mrs, Cleveland in the Blue Room at the White House. The reception was entirely with out formality. The dueai party came over from the Arlington in two open car riages. They were accompameu uy nuis Barboles. the Duke's, brother, and fh rinto'ii enn Don Christopher Co lumbus y Aquiiera, the Marquis de Villalobar, secretary of the Spanish roy- Vil onmmiacinn . and Oominanuer auu Mrs Tiiol-inc " Th Duke wore a uni form and the grand collar of the Order of the (inlden Fleece. The Duchess,who wore a quiet costume of black lace over Mm. cnfir. nmampnteil bv an order, that of the Iz'o-de-Lama. the insignia of all the ladies in waiting to the Queen, Mrs, Cleveland had on a dark dress, of gray silk- .ind -PAU-At Th reception lasted .about fifteen minutes. " Ttr.'.-iirinir in the Big Cables. The atrrm-Vst truck in the world, drawa by thirty strong horses, grap- Died with nart of the Broadway cable " - .. ii Die ai the foot of Twentieth street, Nprth rivef, Yesterday nnrl oi-riH it OVer tO the Houston fitiwh n liipr.iiftim The cable was wound on a spool eight feet in di ameter. It weighed forty-two tons.. This is the same cable that Bmashed , a car on the Pennsylvania raitepad after it left the works of Cooper. Hewitt & Co., at Trenton a few days ago. The cat' was repaired and sent on its journey anew. It reached Jersey City safely and yesterday morning the cable was brought to the foot of Twentieth street, in this city, on a floating derrick. It was loaded on the big truck, which has wheels of iron. , - " , ". The cable is just 21,152 J feet. It is made of six strands of steel cord wrapped around a centre strand of hemp. The Broadway company expects to place the cable in the conduit some night this week. New York World. ' Rheumatism, nenraleria. headache and . pains of everv kind instantly relieved b -. John son's Magnetic OiL Sold by J. A Hardin. GREAT- INTEREST STILL MANIFESTED IN THE ' JAMES CITY AFFAIR Some Unthinking Negroes Trying to ing Rains Palmetto Trees for the World's Fair An Un-" usually Large'Corn Crop Democratic i City Primaries. Messenger Bureau, ) Raleigh. N. C, April 25. J Of course the inquiry heard on all sides to-day was "What is the news from Newbern and James City?" These places fill a large place in the public mind just now. This is the case at all the smaller places and the news is now spreading into the country. '-'.'.:, Some of the negroes, those unthinking ones who do not know what the law is, are greatly stirred up, and make the af fair a race issue, which it is not in the least. .It was such ignorant or malicious people- as these who were yesterday heard to say they knew the negroes of James City would fight to the last; that they had bantered the State to fight and must now face the music: and , it was such people who also said they hoped none of the troops would j return alive Such remarks were also made by negro women, and were made plainly. Such things show a lack of balance on the part of a few negroes, and are of course con demned by the reflecting ones, who know that it will be an eyil day when the mandates of the courts are not obeyed. There is at the same' time a great deal of sympathy for the people of James City. Congress might well pay for the land and give it to them, lhere is hardly another case just like it in the country. In loo7 r ederal troops were used in removing a large number of ne groes from a farm near Norfolk. Kains fell here to-aay ana were cer tainly agreeable, . especially since they were accompanied by a much desired rise in temperature. Rav. W. G. Cle ments of the western part of this county, said wells were going dry in his section. The exhibition of trotting horses at the Fairview farm, in special compliment to the State Medical Society, will be given on the afternoon of May 9th, and Capt. Williamson will make it a most agree able one. The . doctors should all make it their business to be present and see the finest breeding farm and the choicest large lot of horses in the State. The citv is now building an extension of the street railway to Pullen park. It leaves the, main line in front of the Agri cultural and Mechanical college. The North Carolina Teacher is making a fight against the management of the State Normal and Industrial school for girls, at Greensboro. .Persons who have traveled an tnrougn this section say the corn crop is the lar gest ever planted. They also say that the cotton acreage wiu be a third less than it was at the great crop three years ago. The Democratic primaries were held last night and resulted in a complete victory for the ''administration," which means that next Monday Badger will be re-elected mayor, Heartt chief of police and Lambeth clerk. The primaries in three of the five wards voted for candidates for postmas ter, but the result showed nothing, it is contended by many. The vote for can didates was very light as compared with that cast for aldermen. Two wards de clined to have anything to do with the matter at all. The question was asKea at the largest primary whether all the three men voted for, A. M. Powell, W. C, Strpnach and C. M. Busbee, had as sented to the voting plan and agreed to abide by the result, No one answered this question. Powell led heavily in the votiner. . i It was reported here that a little boy of Mrs. Grundler was dying of lockjaw; This afternoon it is said that the injury was due to the cruel treatment of the bov bv a lararer one. and that the latter jumped on the little one repeatedly until internal iniuriea resulted. He had a finite asrainst the smaller boy. The lat ter is 12 years old. Thfinalmettoes from Brunswick coun ty wliich left here to-day for the World's vdr ar Si feet hieh. They filled a car ot,,i will make a fine show. This finishes nf exhibits. The Executive jjepanmenu w-uaj honored a requisition from the Governor t ith f '.arolina for James Terry, who is wanted at Florence tot nignwayTou- bery. Yerry ism cusioay. iM-imk nAnnri.H were uiuu&uu tv penitentiary to-day; two from Haywood countv aad one from Person. The people oi luu.ibvui& r.f thfl nromntness W3 til wnicii their local troops mustered on receipt of orders to go to James City. In half an Knur fifhr-picht men were reauv. rmnnanv here also mustered in shape, having eixty-four men in ranks, fnrr wflicn leil lie re wao aw. Early this morning, at Swann's station, i ram rf a Caiae Fear and Yadkin Vriw freight train were wrecked. Many memuens oi me &uvo - i Cffn Vrnoa as. sociation were here to-aay uu oj toNewbern. Tney were raiueu a. guuu a ooi iiTiAn "o-oine- to the seat of war. The frost does not appear to have dope nnv damasre. though the cold nas cnecn ed the developments of plants very con- siderably. m Minister Miquel to toe Investigated, pik-wttv Anril25. At the session of Reichstag to-day Herr Ahlwardt, one of the members.moved the appointment of a committee to inquire into the charges which he had made of gross maladmin istration and enormous embezzlement; aeainst Herr Miquel, Minister of Finance and nther nrominent Dersons, Ahlwardt ftimit-tei that, ho had no documents to . ,ntio tiia njjn!A.fcinn3 relating to the in- ? "i: j -i.j:' tA V,it Vo aflifl that. ITU I 1 J Ml Hll 1 t 111 t A. J LAW M.M. v W T,f.rthAlasa; i was Dreriared to show that the late well known Hebrew finan cier, Baron von Bleichralder hid, witn tha assistance of Miquel. wronged v.a ftAemon neonle out of several hun- aa millions of marks. He said that he .oo oin TiTennred to show that Miquel, when manager of the Diskontq GeseJIbr chaft, had engaged in transactjons on rt7T, account. Ahlwardt concluded by quoting a number pi ifflw i prises wim i - - 14-1. mhinn hi it 1 1 1 . . i it 1 1 l u l fiTvTiy" prises ciated, Miquel said that if Ahlwardt had been a private ueram """ . , , ,. tieed the charges but that as Ahlwardt was a repteaentative of a German elec torate he felt bouttd p notice them in so i c TrwW to denv thfl srhole of the i 1. ft Utah (1 TlflT. naVK III J- accusations wnica Amwaiui, w After a necessary debate the House agreed Jo the appointment of a. commit tee, as requested oy iWW" Thsrs are Sarsaparillas and SarsapariUas; but if you an' not careful in your purchase, riisas vou wish to -care will only be intensified. Be sure you get Aye' Sarsa parillaandno other. It - is compounded from the Honduras root and other highly concentrated alteratives. - TAimny Anril 9J Thfl suspension 13 ijvyv.'j mt , announced of the1 London -chartered bank of Australia with a pafd up capital of 1,000,000 and a reserve found of 320,000. It has many branches in Vic toria, New South Wales and Queensland. A FIENDISH DEED. A. Negro Saturates With Oil the Cloth ing of His Sleeping Daughter and Sets Them on Fire. Special tc the Messenger. Fayetteviixe, April 25. A warrant was issued to-day for the arrest of Edin- bro Scurlock, an old negro,- on the charge of burning his daughter. The horrible deed was committed on Sunday at his home two miles south of this city. The old man is said to have saturated the clothing of the girl and the bed on which she was sleeping - with kerosene oil and stuck fire to it, thinking ' it was his wife. The girl was horribly burned, and to-night it is reported she is dead. Scurlock cannot be found. Supreme Court Decisions." ; Special to the Messenger. Raleigh, April 25, The Supreme court this evening filed . the following opinions: .-; The Board of Education vs. ;?nan, from Duplin qpuhty, affirmed; Varner vs. Johnston,! from Cabarrus, error; Neal vs. the Land Company, from McDowell, motion to reinstate denied; Marshall vs. Shine, from Catawba, af firmed; Hamilton vs. Icard from Cald well, no error; Hayes ys. Fordes, from Gaston, new trial; Seate vs. Wombie, from Chatham, affirmed; Hicks vs. Beam,ffrom Cleveland, affirmed; Wil liams vs. Johnston, from Wake, new trial granted. j - 1 ARRIVAL OP THE FLEET. The American and .Foreign Men-of- War Arrive at New York ou Schedule Time and Drop An ; chor off the City. New Yoek, April 25. -The Russian man-of-war Dimlti Donskoi, the flagship of the Russian contingent, having on board Vice Admiral Koznahoff , com mander-in-chief, arrived off Sandy Hook from Russia at 9-Ao o'clock a. m. As she passed in at the Hook Bhe saluted the United States steamer Dolphin, flying the flag of Secretary of the Navy, just arrived from Hampton Roads. The Dol phin saluted in return. The Dolphin has on board Secretary of the Navy Herbert. The bpamsh caravals passed into Hud son river at 11 o'clock, having been sa luted from the different ports as they passed in. The Dolphin, with Secretary Herbert on board steamed by the cara vels as they entered the river and saluted as she passed quarantine. New YORK, April 2o. ITomptly i on time, with every prearranged detail car ried out with marvellous exactness, the combined naval squadrons of the Old and the New World took pos session of the Lower bay of New York harbor this afternoon. The Delated flagship of the Russian squadron, the Dimitri Donskoi. with the Russian .Vice Admiral Koznakoff on board, awaited them at anchor off Quarantine, As the Philadelphia in the lead neared .the Sandy ilook lightship at 1:50 p. m., the fog whistle of the lightship gave a series of welcoming toots, but the big white flagship swung round in majestic silence, and, crossing the bar and enter ing Gidney s channel, eat the pace at a good ten and a half knots an hour, the Newark following close in her wake and attained regulation distance behind. ! Once fairly m the channel the Phila delphia signalled the fleet to proceed without reference to formation. The vessels of the starboard column slowed down and allowed all the American fleet to round the lightship first. Then the Blake and other Britishers followed, safely crossing the bar before flood tide, 3:37 o'clock p. m., the squadrons of each column alternating till all had safely rounded and entered the channel. Then the-iig guns of the Miantoto nah boomed . i , iji ti i 1 a welcome, dud uie hook was passeu in silence. The leading vessels of the fleet turned the -Southwest spit about 2:45 o'clock and entered the main ship chan nel. It was still raining, but the weather was not so thick as to seriously impede the movements of the fleet. In the chan nel the Philadelphia slackened speed to about eight knots, so as to allow : the other vessels to catchup and the entire fleet proceeded in single file and impres sive silence up the bay to the anchoring grounds. ' I Uespite the oDstinacy oi ine weatner, the procession up the bay was exceed ingly beautiful. Gravesend bay iwas reached at 3:au o ciock and the .rniiaaei phia opened the salutes by firing fifteen guns in honor of the Russian admiral and his nag ship the uumtn uonsKoi, the band on board the Philadelphia play ing a Russian national air. The Russian promptly acknowledged the salute. At 6:6o o ciock tne r-nuaaeipnia nreu one gun as a signal to come to anchor: and the Newark passed the signal to the other vessels of the snuadron, which instantly hove to, I A fleet of guard boats kept the anchor age ground clear, white numperiess yachts and tug boats and crowded ex-r cursion steamers circled around as close as permitted. It was exactly 3:47 o'clock when the Philadelphia let go her anchor off Craven Shoal buoy and swung arouno with a stronar flood tide with her nose pointing for Sandy Hook. : ' A Big Failure. . Sioux City,' la. , L April 25. D. T, Hedges, the---" largest financial . operator Ijere, filed ah assignment this afternoon tor theDenentqi creditors. - inere areuu iroWnrs. "Thfi failure la attributed to the bad state of the money marked and the inabiblty to sustain the Pacific Short Line and the Sioux City and Northern railroads on individual credit, None of th local banks or merchants are in volved,' Much paper was issued through the Union Loan and Trust company ano that comoanv may suffer. Soon after the niua ot rieaees nonce oi assign nient the Union Loan and Trust company also closed its doors, and the secretary issued the following notice : The assignment was necessary to pro tect the interest ofboth creditors and stockholders. The direct liabilities are not large. The situation was " urgent PTowmsr out ot tne endorsement oi cus tomers' naner. who could not pay. Our customers hare been reducing their lia- bilitie i since. December. We couected m ahmit 800.000 but could not collect in all cases . fast enough. The gold panic our custilmera to get renewals, for four months past has made it impos I - i t - - c i We do not owe any banks in Sioux city.'" U Put to Flight --aU the peculiar troubles that beset a wo man The only guaranteed remedy for theni is'thr, Pjeree's "Favorite Prescription. For women Butfering from any chronic "fomaiAmnlaint' or weakness; for women who are run-iewn and bvt-r worked; for wo pxnectine to become mothers, and for whn af nnrsine and exhausted; at the change from girlhood to womanhood; nH later, at the critical "change-of life" it is a medicine that safely and certainly builds BP- strengthens, regulates and cures. If it doesn't, if it .even fails to benefit or pare, you have your faoney back; What you areswrsef, if you ussr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, is either a perfect and per manent cure for your Catarrh, uo matter how bad your case may be, or 500 In cash. The' proprietors of the medicine promise to pay you the money, if they can't cure W1L3MJNUTOJN, JN. (J., n x!iiJJN!iSUAx, ATliUL 26y FROM JAMES CITY. TROUBLE AVERTED BY A PEACEFUL COMPROMISE. . Governor Carr Addresses the Negroes Propositions for a Settlement From Them These Rejected and Others Made by; Mr. Bryan, Which, are Ac cepted The Troops to be Withdrawn. i . ( Special to the Messenger. Newbekn, N. C., April 25. The Gov ernor went over to James ! City this morning and addressed the people who received him cordially and listened to him with earnest attention. They then appointed & committee of conference which came over and through their counsel, J. E. , 0Hara, opened negotiac tions with Mr. Bryan for leases. A prop osition to lease for one year was made by them, which - Mr. Bryan would not accept. He then offered to make them three year leases. This was accepted by their counsel, subject to.the approva1 of the committee and until 10 o'clock to-night was given to decide the matter. If a settlement is not reached then a movement of troops will be made at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. -$ To-night at 10:30 o'clock J. E. O'Hara reported to the Governor that the people would accept Mr. Bryan's terms, which are that they will pay 50 cents, 75 cents and $ I per month rent for three years. At the end of three years they have the privilege of removing their houses from Mr. Bryan's lands. The troops will prol ably be withdrawn Thursday morning. By Southern PreM.'j Raleigh, N. C, April 25.-It is ap parent that the squatter question at James City will bo settled and that trou ble will be averted, as expected. The troops are still on the ground, but the latest advices from official sources say that the indications point to a peaceful settlementand that the negro tenants will probably lease the property from James A. Bryan,, the owner, j New York World of yesterday. Newbern, N. C, April 24. Five com panies of the State Guard arrived to-night and are in camp on the East Carolina Fair grounds at the edge of Newbern and on the spot where the Jame3 City negroes were removed during the war. James City is on the Trent, river, and has a population of 2,000, all of whom are negroes. During the war negroes fled from all parts of Eastern Carolina to Newbern for protection, as this city was one of the two which were entirely under control of the United States Army. Quartermaster Horace James had them moved out of Newbern across Trent river, and on the same spot where now stands James City five or six hundred were placed, Considerable attention was paid to them by Northern people who were then m Newbern, and soon the negroes came to the conclusion that the land on which their humble homes Jweie erected had been given to them by the Government. A town council was elected, a mayor appointed and a regular city government instituted, but the land does not belong to ithe occupants, at least such is the de cision of the Supreme, court, The land was owned by Mrs.U. V4 ohepard, who wa3 of a philanthropic disposition. She never molested the squatters. After her death the property reverted to Mr. James Bryan, who tried to disabuse the ne groes of the false belief which prevailed. They would not be persuaded, and he resorted, to the courts thirteen years ago. The James City people contested the suit of Mr. Bryan and it dragged through the courts until, three years ago, the Su preme court decided that the property belonged to Bryan. He had valued the land, according to the tax-books, at 000. It is now thought to be worth beY tween $75,000 and $100,000. j Bryan uut dertook to arrange amicable terms with the negroes, but they would not believe that their homes were owned by him, and refused to pay him rent or to buy him outf j The whole State of North Carolina has watched the proceedings with interest, feeling that some day serious trouble would ensue. The trouble has come. A month ago the Sheriff sent j three depu ties to dispossess the negroes, but the atter resisted so strongly that the officers left. Since then Mr. Bryan has offered to give the Jame3 City people their churches, school houses, , and public buildings, to charge only $1 j per month for the best residences, 50 cents for the medium class and 25 cents for the poor est houses, but the people tenaciously cling to the belief that they are being wrongly dealt with and that the Uov- ernment will ultimately come to their relief. They have said they would lose their lives in the attempt to keep their houses, and refuse to listen to the advice of their preachers and the more intelli gent of Newbern?s negro cjtizens. Some of tne more violent negroes have threats ened that they will, if driven from their homes, burn the city of Newbern, This state at anairs, a town qi s,ouu negroes openly defying the law, led the Sheriff to call on the Governor for troops to aid him in performing hisxluty. Newbern Journal of yesterday. That the people of James City have stubbornly held out against the execu tion of the law by ordinary process until this point is reached is a reproach not Only to their character as- citizens. DUtJO. tneir intelligence uscwkw .'ine coiorea population oi inis sec won are peaceably disposed, but their action in James City by openly defying the law and assembling in a numoer pi upwards of a thousand at a given signal at the ap proach of the sheriff to execute the law shows them as a law defying people. The good people of Craven county much. oret referred an amicable settlement, as dia Mr. Bryan, and a great deal of time was granted in nope that- sucn terms mignt be reached, but to no avail, and as a re sult, they are forced to yield only at the pomt of the bayonet. Matters have reached this point from no desire of the sheriff. He did every thing in his power to avoid it, and when fprced upon him in the way it was,he was not only perf ectly justifiable in what he did but it was the only courge left open to nun.- i The people said at one time that while thev would not pay rent or move they would submit to e lection, but their action whenever the sheriff went oyer with a posse plainly belied their words, Thpugh thev were oolite" to the sheriff himself, their gathering m masse at the ringing of a bell, plainly a preconcerted signal (even those in this city dropping their employments instantly and rushing over to ioin the crowd! and then, giving the sheriff's deputies to understand that who ever entered a house would do so at the peril of his life was as palpable aresistance as was necessary the violence did not have'lo be anuliod to make It so rand this afttion on their part left nothing to do if bloodshed was to be avoided but" to come upon them with an overpowering force. - -. ;" " . - ' Goldsboro Aram of yesterday, : '.'Not since the -stirring days of 1861, has there been such a scene 'as "was en acted in our streets vesterday'afternoon. The sidewalks wete packed with Tqmen and children and men in citizen s attire, while the streets were astir with noisy moving trains, and marching soldiers. The occasion was the departure of the uoidSDoro , Kines, - and - the . passage through of the rest of the First regiment of State Guards, to the scene of disturbance at James City, i Anxiety sat - on every countenance, and the soldiers had a stern determined look as if they ex pected to faithfully perform their duty, however disagreeable it may prove to' be.-. It was a source. of relief to all to see Governor Carr with his staff in charge of the .troops. Every one felt that the fine sense and wise temper of the Governor, coupled with his high po sition would go iar towards allaying any tendency to a disturbance' wf COMMERCIAL NEWS. Stocks and Bonds in New York Oram and Provision Markets of r :"-v" Chicago. New York, April 25. While the stock market was by no means active, a much firmer tone characterized the dealings than of late, and the trend of prices was distinctly upward. The bears fought the rise step by step and at intervals suc ceeded in bringing about reaction of more or less importance, but each de cline brought in buying orders and sub stantial rallies ensued. Toledo, Ann Ar bor and North Michigan continued heavy witn a iurtner decline from 24 down to 17. New Lnerland broke! from 32 to 29 on sales on stop orders, but rallied to 31f. American Tobacco jumped 4 and reacted 2 points: ' The general run of stocks im proved T to 2 per ceent, with Industrials in the lead. Lead rose 2f per cent, to 391, Sugar 1$ to 104 and General Electric 2$ to 100i. There was good buying of Grangers, i Burlington and Quincv. was especially strong, selling up H per cent, to The final sales were at a reduc tion of i to 1 per cent, but the undertone of the market was firm. Sales of listed stocks were 226.000 shares: unlisted. 61.- 000. '-, .; 'I . ' . CHICAGO. - April 25. The renorted breaking of the European droucrht made the wheat market weak here to-day, and at the start cables ! were steady. Later in the day reports of general rain on the Continent of Europe and Kansas and the report of the failure of the London bank of Australia increased the disnosition to sell freely. In the end, however,-the market closed comparatively steady at a slight reduction from inside prices. The corn market ruled strong for an hour and then "weakened. The nrice weakened l,$c. or until it struck the limit of privileges here. Buying against the same checked the - downward ten dency and the final figures showed iio loss for the day. lhere was a erood business in oats in the way of changing from May to June at ic difference and also buying May and selling June and September. A weaker f jeling developed and prices receded f to c. A slight rally followed and the close was quiet wifh a net loss of i to c. iThere were but 17,000 hogs at the yards and they were quoted higher, oc casioning a bullish feeling among pro vision speculators and anxiety among shorts. . Altogether it was a decidedly busy day though trading hardly could be aalled excited. The closing prices were nearly the highest of the day. The Disorders in Ireland. ; Belfast, April 25. To all outward appearance, everything is quiet, but there is an increase of bitter feeling be tween the Unionists and INationaMste. More Catholics were driven away from Queens Island at midnight last night and this morning by Orangemen, the total number ejected exceeding 800. Unionist leaders publicly . condemn the rioting and the members of Parliament from Belfast have signed an appeal for peace and tolerance. Grand Master Kane has issued a half hearted appeal to the Orangemen, in God's name to stand steady "until their leader blows the trumpet, when all over 16 years of age are to prepare for battle in: behalf of faith and freedom. Moderator Lynd, of the Presbyterian church in Ireland, has appealed for tolerance in behalf of mem bers of Ulster Presbyteries, and the Ulster Defence union and several Orange lodges have passed resolutions condemn ing the disorders. - , ' Yesterday's Races. ' Bennings, D. C, April 25. The weather was bad with drizzling rain., First race-three-quarter mile, selling, Mygyp won, Speculation second, Early Blossom; time 1:16. Second race Handycap, one mile, Logan won, Roller second; Pagan third; time 1 :44J. Ihird race hotel .stakes, 2-year-olds, half mile, St. Pat won; Domingo second, William T. third: tune :5U. Fourth race six and one-half fur longs, Marshall won; Pat Malloy second, Gamester third; time 1:25. Fifth race mile and sixteenth. Larchmont won; My Fellow second, George C. third; time 1;53. I Memphis. April 25. First race 3-vear- oTashand upwards, six furlongs, Rally won, Catlan second, Bill Howard third; timel:20f. - Second"race-T-selliDg, g-year-olds, four furlongs, Miss Mamie won, Pittsburg second, Winheld third; time ol-J, . . Ihjrd race selling,, hve furlongs, Em peror Billet won, Dutch Oven second, Fred Taral third; time 1,041. Fourth race seven furlongs, Eugene won, tiranite second, Uttle vJrete third; time 1;33J. Fifth race handicap, mile and a six teenth, Prince Kinney won, Torrent sec ond, Puryear D. third; time 4:52. Gov ernor Filer also ran.- - ; Jlheumatism, nenraUfid, headache and i f i.: j ',.i4-i k..j i, j Johnson's Magnetic OiL 'Sold by J. H, i Hardin. Is Life Worth Living? That depends mxra the liver. It the Ever is .inactive the whole. sys tem is ont of order- the "breath is bad, gestiorl - poor, head dull or aching! energy and hopefulness -gone,' the spirit is d pressed, 9 heavy weight exists after eating, with . general despondency and " fiie blues. The Liver is the houseifeeper of the health; and a harmless, simple remedy that acta like -Nature, does not constipate afterwards or require constant tRBffi does not interfere with - business or pleasure dur ing its use, makes Sim mons liver Regulator a medical perfection. ' I fiave textmi it nMvAnilto. shd lcnOW that far Dyspepsia, BUiotsnen and Throbbing Headache, tt h the best raedidn -world efer f , 1. . Tahe ontiTthe Genuine, -Which has on the Wrapper the red S3 Trade- . nuurx ana sigoMnreoi , , 7 Vt U, ZIUN COt 1893; A SLIGHT STIMULANT ADMINISTERED TO OFFICE S"Fi r1 i K, TiiRS. Mr. Morton '-Mending His Fences Office-Seekers Angry with Con . Kressmerr Increased Free Gold V Balance Appointments by the President Proposi tion by "New York Bankers Rejected . Special to the Messenger. Messenger Bureau, ) WASHDiOTOlt, April 25. ) The, batch of : appointments to-day stimulate the "boys" mightily. . It is thoughfthat North Carolina will figure in the appointments to be made on the eve of the President's departure or im mediately after his return from Chicago, Some of the office seekers now here will go home during the interregnum. ? ' - , Mr. George L. Morton, candidate for postmaster at Wilmington, left for home to-day. I understand he goes back with the determination to increase his en dorsements, if possible. ; - , . The following North Carolina post masters were appointed to-day: J. P. Hampton,- Applegrove, Ashe county; J. A. Houck, Granite Falls, Caldwell; Jo seph Hombrick, Leasburg, CaswelL A well known Newbernian says Lane will probably be collector of customs at Newbern. There are two or three other candidates and some persons here think one of these will be chosen. Senator Vance is expected and may be in the city ; to-night. Representative Alexander is expected Thursday, Col. Joseph C. Pinnix, of Yanceyville, is well endorsed for a chief of division. It is said that ' Capt. John Br Hussey wants a position in the general land office. , - . Some of the office seekers are angry because they find their members absent when they come to Washington. They say: "We pay those men large salaries to attend to such matters nd they stay at home on private business." . - By Southern Press. Washington, April 25. The following appointments were announced to-day at the White House: L. F. McKinney, of New Hampshire, to' be Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenepotentiary- to Colombia; Thos. L. Thompson, of Cali fornia, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil; Geo. w. uaruth, of Arkansas, to be Minister Resident and Consul General to Portugal; John W. Wiley, of New York, to be Con sul at Bordeaux; Harvey Myers, of Ken tucky, Commissioner from Kentucky on the World's Columbian Commission; J. Kj. banders, of tieorgia, alternate com missioner from Georgia on the World's Columbian Commission. THE PRESIDENT GOES TO NEW YORK. The President and party will leave here to-morrow afternoon for New York to attend the naval review. The party 1 TT m m . wui leave ssew x oris, tor umcago at noon Friday, to attend the opening of the Columbian exhibition. Returning to Washington, the train will leave Chicago at 6 o'clock p. m. Monday and is due is Washington at l o clock Tuesday after noon. i INCREASED GOLD BALANCE. The net gold in the Treasury this morn ing, over and above the 100,000,000 gold reserve is $900,000. This accounts for the gold taken from the New York sub- treasury for export to-day, also for the gold offered and accepted from Boston bankers. It does not, however, include the gold which was offered to the Goy. ernment from San Francisco and Roan oke, Va. These amounts will appear in the treasury figures when the actual ex change is made, Secretary Carlisle is much encouraged at what he terms "the patriotic position taken by the Boston banks. V He took over with him to the Cabinet meeting a bundle of papers, pre sumably bearing on the conference of the New York bankers with Assistant Treas urer Jordan. In the incomplete condi tion of that matter the secretary did not deem it prudent to express an opinion. THE MONETARY CONFERENCE TO BE UN CHANGED. - The President has der-iriml nnf. to n. cept the resignation of the delegates . to the International Monetary conference. -ins winiiiimmu nui, utereiore, remain unchanged, unless some of the members decline to serve. The conference will meet May 80th and the Question of fur ther Postponement" will rest entirfilv j with the members. V - PRO POSITION OF NEW YORK BANKERS REJECTED, , - At the Cabinet meeting this afternoon Secretary Carlisle brought up the prop osition of the New York bankers to sup ply, under certain conditions, the Treas ury Department with gold. It was very thoroughly discussed and finally : re jected. What this proposition was is not xnown here, as Secretary Carlisle declined to make its terms public. It was not, however, considered advanta geous to the Government. This was the culmination of several propositions sub mitted, one oi which was declined last Saturday. a counter proposition was then made by the bankers to the becre? tary of the Treasury, which was received last . Monday, lhis:;was also rejected, and in turn the Secretary submitted a proposition to them which they also re fused to accept: All negotiations, there fore, between the Treasury Department and the New York bankers are off, at least for the present, and Secretary Car lisle will look in other directions to con tinue to replete the treasury gold. The administration does not desire to issue bonds and will not . do so, except as a last resort. That time, in their opinion, has not yet arrived, and if their efforts to obtain gold are successful, will not soon be reached. - ' Representative Wise. ' of Virginia. called on the President this morning and presented a petition signed by the bank ers and business men of Richmond ask ing the President to, issue bonds to re lieve the fipanpial situation. The Presi dent received the petition but gave no indication pf what his purpose will be in the direction following the suggestions made therein. : The best remedy for rheumatism that has vet been discovered. Mr. U. t. Tyler, l&u W. Main St., Galesburg, 111., writes; "I I have used a good many bottles of Salvation OiL and think it the best remedy for rheu matism l ever used.-" i. R. H. BEERY, Dealer fa Qunirp Produce, 17 Pock Street, TTKADQUARTBRS FOR N. C. HAMS AiSD Shoulders. Consignments of Eggs and Chickens from tne country nearly every day. A few Bar rels Irish Potatoes, going cheap. Young L,adieo, mo THE YOUNO LADY SUGGESTING THE JL most appropriate and popular name for a i new beverage to be dispense at Banting's Soda vonntain tnia rammer win De nreaeniea a season aoda watnr ticket. AU suggestiona moat bo. presented in a sealed envelope la person. J. HICKS BUNTING. Pharmacist, t, H- Q, A. Building. fewr &&ntvttsmtuts. 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