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WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY. JANUARY 6, 1894.
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:- TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Secretary Hoke Smith will deliver the
annual oration at the nextjState Univer-
ment. The; wife of J
Rev. W. B. Hair-U is very ill at- Dunn.
Emdstreet'- .says -general, trade
throughout the country tot the last week J
has been somewhat less in) volume than
for the week before; that resumptions of
work in iadustrial lines have been .very
numerous, but reductions Ci wages con
tinue. There were Sir business failures
in the United States in the last seven
davs. airainst 231 for the week before.
-There were seven deaths from yel
low fever at Rio Janeiro on the 2nd mst.
The cold in Cornwall is greater than
, in fifrv vears. The Thames is frozen
Ljver, -A S vveedish vessel is wrecked on
Goodwin Sands, straits of Dover, and all
ori board are lost, The Czar and the
" rop& exchange autograph letters on the
' religious situation in Russia.: Rev.
Ander McGilvray, a Presbyterian mis
sionary in Siani, resigns. He has im
bibed the views-of Dr. Briggs and on the
Iatter's conviction concluded he could
not consistently remain a missionary.
Daniel Gilchrist, colored, the mur
- derer of his fathar-in-law, was hanged
" at Rockingham yesterday. Ben Hill,
colored, was executed at Plymouth yes
terday! for the murder of James An
Hrps - -The British Government has
four warships nt Rio and is satisfied with
their abilitv to protect British mterestg
-Ia a riot in Xarineo, Sicily, . yester
- day thirty of the rioters were killedby
jroolt.,The drop in price of sugar is
niadti to .induce people to buy so as to
i-ah tiiA rp'hieries at work. Another re
duction will be made if necessary,
The Democratic caucus of the v Virginia
TonUbtnrP' v'rs-terdav nominated the
JJt 14 A v v : a
' Justices of the Court of Appeals. The
receivers of- the Northern Pacific has
successfully hit upon a plan to settle wage
. lisrutes with its employes and to pre
vent a strike. The Duval Athletic club
strike another snag in the sheriff of
, Duval county, who says that he will not
allow the 'fight to take place in his county
. It is' thought the fight will take place
on Anastasia Island in St. Johns county
This belief is strengthened by the fact
lhat-Judge Cooper, of the Circuit court
of that countv, lias expressed the opinion
that the Tight is not illegal. and says if
the fitrht should take place in his county
ani ( Joverhor Mitchell should order him
' to act he would ask for information au
thorizing the instructions.- Tlie cutter
Corwin aViived at San Francisco yester-
" day from Honolulu. She had all appear
ances of havipg been1 pushed. An officer
with dispatches was put ashore for Wash
ington. No news could be got from any
one on board except' that "there is a big
- 1-0 w i n Honolul u' ' and the s latement from
the -captain that the Queen was not on
" the throne when he left but she may
JXhere now. r .'- '
MNERALS
OF OUR STATE
AN INTERESTINP: CHAT WITH
GEOLOGIST HOLMES.
The Various Kinds of Mineral Depos
itsFine Quality of Iron Ores
The Copper Mines Our IiOng
Lieaf Pine Forests A Con- ,
federate Melange Treas
urer Tatejmproving
Sheriffs Settling.
Messenger Bureau, i
. Kaleiuh, Jan. 5. f
YjOut correspondent had .an interview
to-day with State Geologist Holmes, who
epoke regarding the work done during
the past year and of the State's resources.
lie says he has received from King's
Mountain some fine specimens of tin
pre. Another deposit of tin ore has
also been discovered at Balsam Gap, in
Jackson county. The per centage of tin
in the . general body of ore at King's
Mountain appears tp.be a little less than
2 per cent. .While j that appears quite
small, yet tin ore is some time worked in
Cornwall which contains less than one-
half of one per cent, of tin. The Balsam
ore seems to be poor; and no very good
dividing murder into two degrees was
ratified February 11th. 1893, just two
days after Gilchrist murdered Frank
McKay. The indictment charged him
with murder in its most heinous forrh.
The Supreme court decided that as the
bill charged?that degree of murder the
verdict determined the degree.
The cotton receipts by wagon here this
week have been . very light. This was
expected. By the end of this month the
receipts will increase. - The roads are in
better condition than your correspondent
ever saw them at this time of year. The
farmers are therefore holding their cot
ton. There is no pressure to sell.
Next week sixty-two convicts will be
put at work macadamizing one of the
important roads which leads from this
city to Poole's bridge, six miles away, on
JNeuse river. , r
The Richmond and Danville fast
through trains to Florida are picking up
much business. . Passengers leave here
at 4 o'clock p. m. and reach Jacksonville
at 9 o clock a. m. It is said the time is
to be shortened two hours.
WITHOUT A QUORUM.
'TWO EXECUTIONS.
DEMOCRATS 3fR2T SHORT OP A
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
be
, yesterday's Cotton Market.
.,''. Special to the Messenger.
Today's cotton market declined in face
of all apparent influences at work for
higher prices. Liverpool opened lower
and subsequently lost still more' with
.immediate effect of causing the local
market to open :3 to 6 points lower.
Some buying for reaction sent prices up
7 points, but the improvement was not
"sustained, owing doubtless to' liquidation
,,f i ,r.-o line of Ion's cotton accumu
lated aUast week's decline. The decline .
continued to the close, which was 9
points below last night. Now .that re
- ceipts are falling off sharply 4,he market
faiii to respond as much as hoped for
and tjxere is for the time being a rather
Weak undertone.
.About S.S.CWO bales are now in sight,
iu will only take about 2,000,000
' more to reach NeUTs figures, which are
1.000,000 Tbelow- Bradstreefs and .ether
authorities. Whether or not the receipts
wiU show the perpendicular drop ex
"pected, leading commission houses in
cline to be bullish, believing the dry
goods stocks small and spinners here and
v in Europe short of cotton. It is believed
thinners have been influenced by large
crop estimates and in the face of adverse
trade conditions, incentives to stock up
have been lacking.
English spinners now seem disposed to
k,W frpplv. To consumers' absorption
of the supply trade must now look for
support of the market. A sharp falling
off of the interior movement has been
tht? principal feature of the market.
Receipts for the. week will be 26,000
"lales, agkiiwt 27,600 last year, when the
market 'was unusually -light. It is popu.
larlj" expected that cotton coming in
sight tmVmdnJh will be less, than 700,000
bales.
THe'sCN'S COTTON REVIEW.
V " Yi-HK. Jan: 5. The Suns cotton
' ,-eview cays: Realizing sales by the bulls
decline m i.ivenooi uuuocm
or unex-
iirul some uec
i.,.,. ,i-;r.ti tii-rlAv. in spite
! mn!l 'rwwnts for the week at
ih interior towns. Speculation was on
a moderate scale. Local, Southern and
European operators sold. The close was
miiet and steady-" Many operators are
witin- to tee whether th , decrease in
tfie cro1 movement will pro to be per
manent or not. Prices dechned 4 to 6
tiin. recovered this and advanced 1 to 3
pointi')tt tbis and dechnedT to 9 points
ding ciuietl and steady with salestof
loSiuO iKdes. Iiverpool declined 2 to 2i
:,oints and (hosed . bare y steady with
ioot sales'- of 12.000 bales at
.unchanged prices.' Manchester was
quiet 'and steady for yarns and
nuiet fcri- cloths. oew
declined 6 to 0 points. Spot cotton here
w-as quiet and unchanged. Sales were
57 bales for spinning. The Southern spot
market was generally steady or firm at
cnehanged prices. - There was &nad-
markets. Port receipt were 32,?M ; bales
Snsi J1.4G5 this . last week and
777 last vear. Interior receipts this
- week areW.US bales, against M,5U last
I week and 27,09 last yV :Pm
i wefe 47-.320 i bales, against 4,209 lat
werf. A j i ift? lafit vear. Stocks are
wees an r:, ,Mi i-i. l-
re-
r . .i rv rui
.. a. on PRtimatea as ,uw
week and i),oi last year.
movements are estimated at 150,uw
bales, against 120,000 last year. "
The promptness with which Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral stopa a hacking cough and induces
refreshing sleep is something marvelous. It
never fails to give instant relief, even in the
. worst cases of throat aiid lung troubles, and
s the best remedy for whooping cough. (
SWKG bales'. ;against 41LS91 last j
and W,76:ULst year. ew Orleans
J. H, Hardin, Druggist, recommend John
son's Magnetic-Oil, the great family pam
iiller, internal and external.
specimens nave been seen by irotessor
Holmes. Davis &Co., of Port Deposit,
Md., own the Balsam Gap mine. A shaft
has been finished (at King's Mountain
this week to a depth, of 100 feet.
As to phosphates not much has been
done, so far. Though there are known
deposits in a number of counties, they
are of small extent, and only one is large
enough to work. That one is at Castle
Hayne, near Wilmington. The phos
phate there grades well.
As to iron m minor. Jrrofessor Holmes
said the onlv thins: now being: done is at
Bessemer (Jity, and m this JNorth (JaroJ
Una, Richmond and Michigan capitalists
are interested. They have found exflen
sive beds of powdery black ore which is
exceedingly rich and was very highly
commended by the judges at the World's
Fair. -It is known as '.'powder ore,
New shafts are being sunk there
boring with diamond drills is being di
A shaft has been sunk 100 feet 'thro
this ore, which at places outcrops.
bed is evidently a large one, and the
is in the best known forms for use
injurious substances. There is a quan
tity of good ore at Chapel Hill, and in
the future this will probably be'used at
the furnaces at Greensboro. There are
beds of Bessemer steel ore at a do zen
places in Ashe county, but these are aar
from transportation and nothing is being
done there. There are also beds in Per
son, Granville and IredelL
There are several beds of !coal in Chat
ham county. All show indications of
being workable. All are of bituminous
coal. The mine at Egypt is working! on
one bed. It yields an excellent gas coal,
and burns well in ordinary furnaces.
The shaft is down some 500 feet . and is
going deeper. New and costly Ma
chinery has been put in.
Nothing is doing in the way of copper
mining now. The last: work done was
in Person county something like a year
ago. The ore there is quite good. Thjere
is native or pure copper in Ashe county.
The vein is six to eight feet thick and
has been traced four or five miles. jHe
cannot say yet whether it is workable,
but the indications are favorable. Though
some of this copper is on the surface of
the ground, he does not believe, that the
Indians ever discovered it.
Notwithstanding the great depression
in finances, many inquiries come in re- !
garding North Carolina's gold deposits,
building stones and resources generally
In quite a number of cases during the
past year Professor Holmes has saved
persons several-thousand dollars by ad
vising against .the putting up of large
plants and machinery for mining proper
ties where therewas nothing worth min
ing. I .
One problem which must be faced in
this State is a metallurgical one. There
is a large quantity of gold, but the ore
is nearly everywhere low grade. In
many cases the ore is sufficiently high in
trade to be worked if some cheap and
satisfactory method of treating it can be
found. This problem is partly solved
already at the Haile gold mine in South
Carolina, and the Phoenix mine in North
Carolina, where Mr. Theis has introduced
the chloririation process.
The examination and study of the
long-leaf pine has for some months been
in progress in the southeastern and
southern parts of the State. This month
it will be completed. . It has been dis
covered that there are very much larger
quantities of long-leaf pine timber still
standing than estimated by the last cen
sus. The outlook is that for a number
of years there will be a supply of this
timber sufficient to meet the de
mand, if . it is protected against
fires. The results ,of an extremely
careful and prolonged study show
clearly that with proper; protection
against forest fires, hogs and cattle, both
the lonsr-leaf and the short-leaf forests
can be ereatly extended in the near
future. The statement is ptten maae
that when the long-leaf pine is cut away
the forests will yied only the short-leaf.
It has been repeatedly asserted that the
seed of the long-leaf produces a short
leaf pine. But this is not the .case. The
young long-leaf pines are destroyed by
fire, by hogs and by cattle very much
more easily than the short-leaf, and the
seeds of the long-leaf are also destroyed
very much more rapidly than those of
the short-leaf. There is no doubt that
with protection against stock and fires
the seed of the long-leaf pine will germi
nate and grow ana tnus repiemsu me
stock of that valuable tree in the State.
As soon as the study of the long-leaf is
nnmnlpted that of the short-leaf will be
begun, and-the remainder of the winter
and the spring will be devoted to the lat
ter tree in the central and north-eastern
parts of the State. Thes information
gained is,of immense valuei
At the city hall this evening there was
a "Confederate Melange,". in aid of the
Confederate monument . fund. In this
there was a number of camp and battle
scenes, wnue war-iune mjus ""
Members of the local camp of Coafeder
ate Veterans and of the Governor s Guard
Were among the participants. A num.
ber of ladies took part. The attendance
was large. ... .
The Durham Farmers' Alliance store
has gone into the hands- of a receiver,
Judge Winston having appointed R. . w.
Bailer to that position. AUthe stock is
in small amounts and is held by fanners
in five or six counties. I
, L. Al Coulter, State Secretary of the
Y. M. C A., is here, to remain ten days,
for the purpose of securing financial sup
rfc. The Raleierh association has now
no secretary and is not in very birou
condition. Mr. Coulter says he will en
deavor to secure means to carry on the
wrrtr Hnrincr tlio nrpspnt VPT.
State Treasurer Tate was. to-day able
to sit up. .
Sheriffs M. A. Hill of 'Carteret, and
J. P. Leach of Monte-rimM-v. to-dav com
pleted full tax settlements with the
State.
Some new. building enterprises are
under way here. The State Alliance
will go extensively into the business of
coffin manufacturing. i y
The case of Dan. Gilchrist, Xwho was
hanged at Rockingham to-day,) was ap
ai.i tn the SuDreme court on the
ground that the indictment did not set
... , . i . nrna tnlirfl0r in
Stocks ami Bonds in New York
Grain and Provision Markets
' off Chicago.
New York, Jan. 5. -Speculations at
the Stock Exchange .opened quiet and
eteadv but, owing to a. bceafe-in Missouri
Pacific, the whole market -declined. Mis
souri Pacific opening at 20f, rose to 21 J
and then broke to I8i on moderately
large dealings. " The room had it that
the creditors of the company intended
applying for a receiver. " but . President
George. Gould, of the companyi-and
Russell Sage, who -controls the floating
debt, stated positively that there was not
a word of truth in the report. - President
Gould further stated that xreasurer
'Calif would at once purchase- all Feb
ruary coupons presented, less 6 per cent,
interest. The company he said has the.
money in the bank. This refutation re
suited in a rally to 19f . Louisville and
Nashville was pressed for sale through
out, falling from 44 to 41 f. It
is now believed that the. directors at
the meeting next week will formally
pass the dividend. New England Opened
f per cent, lower at 9i on a sensational
story that the company had been unable
to borrow- money in Boston. Parties al
leged to have been interested in the mat
ter denied the rumors, and Receiver
Piatt said that there had been no new
developments in the affairs of the com
pany. Burlington and Quincy was forced
down to 74 on an unfounded report that
the company hadi sold a block of bonds
abroad. W7estern Union, in sympathy
with Missouri Pacific, fell If per cent, to
84, and the other active stocks re
acted i to If per cent, at tharsame
time. The selling of Missouri Pacific
ceased soon after 1 " o'clock and then
there was a period of dullness. About
delivery hour, under purchases to cover
short contracts, a general rally of to 1$
per cent, occurred, Missouri Pacific,
Louisville and Nashville, Whiskey, West
ern Union and General Electric leading.
Near the close Louisville and Nashville
ran off to 41 and the market left . off
about steady. In the Specialties Evans
ville and Terre Haute rose 8 per cent, to
55 and American Tobacco preferred 3 to
93, The total sales were 200,000 shares.
Railway and miscellaneous bonds were
active and firm,
Chicago, Jan. 5. Starting in at a de
cline of Jc from yesterday's close, with a
liberal business being transacted at the
recession, the wheat market became
firm, advanced c. leased off ic, firmed
again and and advanced f to Sc. Shortly
before the close several large lines of
long wheat, which were bought yester
day and the day before, went overboard,
carrying values off lie. The close showed
a net loss for the day of i to fc.
Corn was "governed almost solely by
the changes in wheat. f At the opening
the feeling was steady at a slight decline
from yesterday's close, rallied de
chned ic reacted slightly, again re
ceding, and the close was to fc under
f Oats started slightly lower, advanced
ic, sold of fc in sympathy with wheat,
closing slightly lower. 1
Provisions were firm all day and until
within a short time before the the close,
when an ea9r feeling marked Jhe trad
ing, Prices ere higher for live hogs,
although the run was in excess of ex
pectations. Armour bought consider
ably and through this influence any
prospective decline was cnecKeq,
The
small stock received credit for the steady
undertone. May pork closed 7ic under
yesterday, May lard 2ic lower, and May
ribs 2c lower.
- A ROW IN HONOLULU.
The Corwin Returns None of the
Crew WilKTalk Except to -Announce
a "Big I tow in i
Honolulu."
San Fran-cisco, Jan. 5. Copyright.
The revenue cutter Corwin, arrived
from Honolulu at the entrance of the
harbor about 11 o'clock this morning.
She did not enter but lay to off Fort
Point loDg enough to send a boat to shore
with disnatches. and then sailed in and
anchored off Sausalito, whence she afterr
wards proceeded, to Mare Island. A re
porter in a boat met the cutter i off the
fort and endeavored to board her but was
repulsed. His inquiries as to how things
were going at Honolulu were unanswered
All hands had evidently received strict
injunctions as" to silence on that point,
andfno intelligence could be got out of
anybody. Only a hint of news at first
was given by one of the crew who said,
over the side, to the reporter: "There is
a big row .on down in Honolulu."
Aftprspanl. in answers to-atmestion,
Cant. Muneer veiled back: t VThe Queen
had not been nut back on the throne
when we left, but she may be there, now
ail tne same. - .
After- Dultins an officer with dis
patches for Washington ashore, the-' Cor
win Kteamed over to Sausalito. She lay
there for one hour and while there the
revenue cutter Hartley went over to her
after which the Corwin again got under
went to the Mare Island navy
yard .Frm appearances of the steamer she
must have been pressed during the run,
and the chances are that - it is not more
then ten davs since she left Honolulu.
Her starboard coal bunkers were appar;
ently empty, as she had a decided list to
thA naw vard the cutter will
, nf commission and be returned
to the custom house authorities.
' Help Is Wanted. '.
by the women who are ailing and suffering,
i aooV onri orhfknsted. - And. to every such
woman, help is guaranteed by Dr. Pierce s
t Draaonnrinn For vounff eiTlS 1USt
entering womanhood; women at the critical
"change of life"; women approacniug w
finement; nursing mothers; and every
woman who is "run down" or overworked,
a Tnodirno that builds ud. strengthens,
and regulates, no matter what the condition
nf the svstem. ' .
restorative tonic, a
soothina and bracing nervine, ana the only
guaranteed remedy for "female complaints
.n1 WOO bearine-down sensa-
tions, periodical pa""- ulceration, inflam
mation, and every kindred ailment, if it
ever fails to benefit or, cure, or you have your
money pacx. i
Resolution From the Committee on
Rules as to Vote on Tariff Bill No
Quorum1 Voting on" the Ques- "
' t ion Republican Filibus
teringRepeated Calls
of the House Irre
pressible Bou telle.
Washington, Jan. 5. The filibuster
ing of the last two days had the effect of
bringing a large attendance to the House
to-day, and there appeared to be a
pretty full representation on the floor.
The Democratic Bide jof the Chamber
was f ar,f rqm overflowing, although Col.
Ike Hill, the assistant sergeant-at-arms,
who is generally known as the Demo
cratic "whip," had succeeded, as he
thought, in securing' the attendance of
twenty height Democrats who had been
absent yesterday. Immediately after
the reading of yesterday's journal Mr.
Boutelle tried to resume his tactics of
rday anu the day before.- By his
efforts to . obtain consideration for his
Hawaiian resolution he' precipitated a
sharp contest with the Speaker. r
Mr. Cathing3 was trying to obtain rec
ognition at the same; time, and, though
the Speaker had recognized him, Mr.
Boutelle continued to demand considera
tion of his resolution. He stated that
his resolution was still pending as it was
unacted upon when the House adjourned
yesterday and that as it was a privi
ledged resolution it shouliave prefer
ence over all other business.
The Speaker replied that he had recog
nized the gentleman from Mississippi,
who wished to make a report from the
Committee on RulesJ and that such reso
lutions were of the highest privilege and
took precedence ovei all other privileged
resolutions. 1 j ' "
Mr. Boutelle insisted that his resolution
was before the House and had not yet.
been disposed of, and asked the Speaker
where it had gone. ,
The Speaker replied that on the ques
tion of its consideration no quorum had
voted. -
Mr. Boutelle Yesterday- the House
fajjedto decide what! would be done with
it. -Where has thatlresolution gone, Mr.
Speaker.-' j
The Speaker, with a slight show of ir
ritation It is exactly where it was. ,
The Speaker was meanwhile violently
pounding with his gavel in a vain effort
to restore -order, but Mr. Boutelle was
not to be satisfied with such a disposition
of his question, and continued to demand
recognition.
Mr. Boutelle, however, was not so
easily disposed of, and said defiantly
that he thpught he I was entitled . to an
answer from the chair.
The Speaker announced firmly that he
had recognized the gentleman from Mis
sissippi and directed the clerk to read
the resolution which he had offered.
The resolution was then read, at first
amid a great uproar in the House, which
gradually subsided.- The resolution pro
vides for night sessions for arguing the
Tariff bill and for calling the previous
question on that bill and amendments at
yZ o clocK noon, January zotn.
The order having been read, Mr. Bur
rows raised the question of consideration,
but the Speaker announced that under
former rulings the question of considera
tion could not be raised upon a report
from the Committee on Rules.
WLr. Boutelle' appealed from the deci
sion of the chair, but the Speaker refused
to entertain the appeal.
Mr. Boutelle again arose and was asked
by the Speaker for what purpose he de
sired recognition.
"For a parliamentary inquiry, Mr.
Speaker, replied Mr. Boutelle, , ! .
"The gentleman will state it," said the
Speaker evidently somewhat dubious as
to the outcome.
"I desire to know," said Mr. Boutelle,
"under what rule of the House did the
chair decline to entertain my appeal?"
The- Speaker answered somewhat
tartly that it was not the duty of the
chair, on demand or request of the gen
tleman from Maine to furnish him with
any information. , laughter among the
Democrats.
The question was then put on Mr
Catchings' motion for the previous ques
tion, which was ordered by a viva voce
vote, the House dividing on party fines.
Mr. BoutellS called for a division and
as he took -his seat shouted to his Repub
lican colleagues: "Don't vote! Don't
vote!" .
The result was that the Republicans
strictly abstained from voting, and the
Democrats cast only 138 votes 41 short
of a Quorum.
Mr. Catchings assed lor tne yeas ana
-a f. il 111 11
nays, ana alter tne can naa oeen com
pleted Mr. springer asKea mat me names
of those voting should be -read. This
was done, showing that lot) had voted
in the affirmative, allt Demoorats, and
one in the negative, Mr. Bell, Populist,
of Colorado.
No quorum having voted, Mr. Catch
iDgs moved a call of the House, which
showed the presence of 273 members
94 more than a quorum. Mr. catcmngs
then moved to dispense with further pro
ceedings under the call; and, although
no quorum is necessary on tms question,
it afforded an opportunity for a small
filibuster, and Mr. Reed demanded a di
vision. This resulted yeas 144 ; hays 49 ;
but Mr. Reed thought that the question
should be determined by tellers, and ac
cordingly he and Mr. Catchings went
through . the form or counting tne vote
Daniel Gilchrist Hanged at Rocking
; ham for the Murder of His Father-
in-Law Ben ' Hill. 1 Another ;
Murderer, Hanged at JPly-
- mouth! -
i Lseouu to ibe Messenger.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 5. There were
two legal executions in this State to-day.
One was at Plymouth and the victim of
the gallows was Ben Hill, colored, who
murdered James Andrews last summer.
This execution was public and 1,000 per
sons witntesed it. The drop fell at noon
sharp, and. Hill's neck was instantly
broken. He spoke to no one, riave to
Sheriff Levi Blount, whom he bad$ fare
well. ; " j . . v i .'.
At RockingHam Daniel Gilchrist, col
ored, was hanged privately for the mur
der of Frank McKay , his father-in-law.
The gallows used was built for the exe
cution of Tony Rogers last year, but
Tony cheated it by. dying four days be
fore, the day of exection. :r I
Gilchrist's crime was diabolical. On
the night of February 9th lasttwd sons
of . McKay were hunting with Simeon
-earsall near Gilchrist's home and me
tne latter near a path. In his hand was
an axe. He induced them to give up their
'possum hunt and go into ambush with
him, telling them he was going to fix a
man. ; In a little while McKay came
along the path. Gilchrist sprang out
and gave him a crushing blow on the'
T.ead, which felled him, and struck him
twice more, smashing the skull to pieces.
The murderer and the heartless men
with him then left, but Gilchrist and
JPearsall returned before daylight,
dragged the body off and hid it under a
After two days passed, search for Mc
Kay began and Gilchrist led this. He
was the jfirst to ; find blood spots at the
house of Eli Andrews and endeavored
to fasten tjie suspicion on him, but Eli
proved his innocence quickly and then
Gilchrist began to be suspected. His
wife gave the first intimation of his
guilt. v He was arrested ten days after
the murder and last September was tried
and quickly convicted,the chief witnesses
against him being McKay's sons and
Pearsall. Gilchrist appealed to the Su.
pre me court, which affirmed the judg
ment, and Governor Carr issued .the
death warrant, j Only seyenty-fiye per
sons witnessed the execution to-day.
Gilchrist made a statement, in which
he said that McKay liked him, and that
this made McKay's wife and sons jeal
ous, and that the sons and Pearsall com
mitted the crime to prevent McKay from
giving him a deed to 150 acres of land.
Gilchrist, who was a mean and desper
ate criminal, had tried all means of es
caping "jail. He professed his entire
readiness to die, and also protested his
innocence to the last. The drop fell at
159 o'clock, and at 1:52. o'clock the
physicians pronounced him dead, i-
STRUCK ANOTHER SNAG.
SHERIFF OF DUVAL COUNTY
OPPOSED TO THE FIGHT.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power. -Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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SECRETARY HOKE SMITH
To Deliver the Annual Address at the
Next University Commencement
Illness of Mrs. W. B. Barrel!.
Special to tte Messenger.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 5. A telegram
from President Winston says that' Secre
tary Hoke Smith will deliver the com
mencement oration at the University.
His father was for many years professor
of modern languages there.
Eugene G. Harrell, of Raleigh, was
called to "Dunn to-day by telegram an
nouncing the extreme illness of his
mother, wife of Rev. W. B. Harrell.
BRADSTREKL'S REPORT.
forth whether the crime was murder in
the first or second degree. The act
" The Week's Business Failures.
New Yobk, Jan. 5. The total number
of failures, as reported by R. G. Dun &
rv tnr the, rmst seven davs number oil
i tho TTnitPd States, asainst 231 last
year, and in Canada 41, against 17 last
aftd announced that there were 135 in the
affirmative arid 10' in' the negative. Ac
cordingly- it was ordered tnat iunnw
proceedings under the call should be dis
pensed witn, ana tne question rwuncu
oi Mr. Catchings motion for the previous
nnpstinn. The aves and noes were
ordcre j, ana again iue nepuuuuaua re
mained dumb, while 169 Democrats
voted to order the previous question, tne
names oeing reau. as me luajuntj
still lacked 10 of a' quorum, Mr. Catch
ings again moved a call of tne iiouse
and on this question Mr. Reed again
called for a division, stating sorro voce,
that "all we need is mathematics."
The motions of Mr. Catchings was
agreed to by a vote of 104 yeas to Hi
navs. and'this, the second call, showed
the presence- oi zui meuiucio, ouu
Catchi gs again moved to dispense with
further proceedings unaer me can, anu
this was ordered alter a snort bjhtiuibu
led by Mr. Burrows.'
me motion rooraer iue prejuo uco
tion then recurred and .the roll was again
called. Before this, was completed the
clerk, becoming weary of the monotonous
round-of roll cans, oegan w siur uvc u
titles,, and finally came down to caning
the members by their surnames.
The Democrats seemed further off
h,qti ovpr from a Quorum, ior on w
third call of yeas and nays but 168 mem
bers voted as against 169 on the second
and first. Mr. catchings, nowever,
not lose heart, and again movea ior
call of the House, which showed the
presence of 271 memDers., a oeing ui
Aa that further proceedings under
the call be dispensed wren, tne qusu
recurred on Mr. Catchings' motion to
order the previous question. The fourth
roll call resulted yeas, 166; nays, 0.
Mr. Catchings .then threw up the
sponge, and at 3:50 o'clock, at his in
stance, the House adjourned until to
The Volume off Trade Decreased
Numerous Resumptions of Work
in Industrial Lines Many '
Works lieducing Wages
Condition of Business at
Trade Centres.
New Yor, Jan. 5. Bradstreefs to
morrow will say: General trade through
out the country has been , somewhat less
in volume than last week, an indication
of its character being found in a report
from Chicago that small mail orders con
stitute the bulk of the wholesale busi
ness. Stock taking is also a feature, but
the return of commercial travelers to the
road is reported from nearly all points.
Prices for iron and steel are declared to
have been still further shaded at Eastern
centres since the beginning of ' the year,
and, while there has been no further de
pression in wool prices, concessions are
to be obtained on offers to buy.
Resumptions of ! work in industrial
lines are very numerous, more than twice
as many factories "and mills having
started up within the week as have shut
down, but reductions of wages in indus
trial lins continue very numerous in
establishments which remain at work.
- Orders for print cloths at Eastern mills
amount to only one-third qf the quantity
on tne dooks one year ago, and tne
week's sales of wool at Boston are 65 per
cent, less than in the like week last year.
Woolen mills are doing a hand-to-mouth
business in orders, and interest in
the cotton market is centred on receipts,
which have begun to fall off rapidly,
although still ahead of last year. ; The
low cttton crop estimates-call for a fur
ther shrinkage of receipts. ! , i
Eastern dry goods jobber are prepar
ing for the spring movement by order
ing and opening supplies, while agents
have begun to put goods forward. -
Bank clearings at sixty-five cities for
1893 aggregate $54,165,000, a falling off
of about 124 per cent, from 1892, about
4 per cent, from 1891 and less than' 11
per cent. from tne total ot laai
ti -a. T-tjr -
He Says It Shall Kot Occur in His
County Anastasia Island, in Stf
Johns County, Thought to be
the Place Chosen Judge
Cooper of That Coun-
ty Holds the Con- ,
tst Legal. !
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 3. The
Duval Athletic club ran against another
snag to-day.m the Sheriff Broward.of this
county. .The club has been claiming all
along that, despite Governor Mitchell's
opposition, the fight would occur in
Jacksonville, because the officials of the
city and county would not interefere as
long as the courts had not passed on the
Florida law in regard to prize fights.
Sheriff Broward to-day in an inter
view with the Southern Associated
Press correspondent declared that the
club people were mistaken if they
thought that he would stand quietly by
aadHallow the fightf' to occur in Duval
county? "I tell you" said the sheriff,
1 M T A. " 1 1 m' j v . .
"inat tne ngni win not tane place in
Duval county if t can stop it.and I think
I can get men enough to assist me in
preventing it. I do not believe the men
wanting the fight will attempt to have it
when I tell them ray intentions."
Sheriff Broward is noted for his firm
ness and bravery, and no one doubts that
he means to stop the fight. - He is a man
of wonderful nerve and would not hesi
tate to shoot in the discharge of his duty.
He stood off a mob at the county jail a
year or so ago and it is well known that
if the cluh attempts to bring abdut a
match publicly in this county in defiance
of Sheriff Broward, there will be trouble.
The sheriff will use greater efforts to stop
the fight than he possibly otherwise
would, owing to! the fact that Governor
Mitchell is inimical to him and would
jump at any opportunity to remove him
from office. . The sheriff knows this and
wants to hold his ofhee, and therefore is
not likely to give the Governor an oppor
tunity to accuse him of failing to do his
duty in the matter of stopping tne ngnt
In spite of all these things, however,
the members of tne club are talking as
confidently as ever of their ability to
brine the match to a successful issue
They say that th0ir lawyere tell them to
ere ahead, as the proposed fight will not
violate any Florida law, and they say
they are going ahead. The managers
say that work is being pushed on the
arena and that strong pressure is being
brought to bear on the Governor, to
cause him to let up in his opposition. It
may be true that the club managers
have brought pressure to bear on the
Governor, but it, would seem that noth
ing has been accomplished. The Gov
ernor is as determined as ever, as the
following telegram read to-day to the
Florida conference of the M. E. Church,
South, in session at Palatka, shows:
"Tallahassee. Fla., January 1894. j
Rev. J. C. Sale and T. W. Toirikies Com
mittee: . . j j
'Please present to the conference my
heartfelt thanks for the resolution passed
by that body denouncing the brutal Cor-bett-Mitchell
prize fight. I shall endeavor
to do my duty m the premises.
Signed. 1 N. L. Mitchell,:
Governor of Florida.
It is needless to say that this telegram
was heartily cheered Dy tne ministers,
Many people believe that the stand takn
by the M. E. conference has given tee
club the blackest eye up to date, for the
ministers gathered at Palatka represent
fully One half of the population of
Florida. j
The club people talk a good deal about
pushingwork on the arena, but the facts
seem tobe that they are simply building
a high fence around an acre or two of
ground. They say, that they will not
roof the enclosure and that seats will be
put in later. The truth is, as has been
stated in these dispatches, that there is a
very general belief that the club has
given up all hope of having a public con
test, and is now engaged in perfecting
arrangements to consummate the match
in the woods. Manager Bowden, of the
club, denies the story about having taken
stens to charter the trains out of Jack
sonville for twenty-four hours before and
after the contest, but Mr. Bowden, of
course, would not let the public into the
club's arrangements, and in spite of his
denials, it is believed that the train story
is straight. i
It was reported to-day tnat tne ciud
would probably select Anastasia Island,
opposite St. Augustine, where Mitchell
is now training, as the scene of the con
test. This island is in St. Johns county
The belief that the club, has Anastasia
Island in view as the place for the con
summation, of the contest is strength
ened bv the fact that Judge M. K.
CooDer. who presides over the judicial
circuit in which the island is located,
has shown a disposition to defy Gov
ernor Mitchell's wishes inlregard to the
fight. v .1 ..
In an interview Judge Cooper is
quoted as saying: "That Bhould the
club oeoDle decide to have the contest in
this (St. Johns) county and should Gov
ernor Mitchell order me to take action I
should ask for information authorizing
the same, as at present I know of no law
of the State prohibiting glove contests."
The club, it is said, is banking on this
statement from Judge Cooper, and the
reneral impression is that if the contest
occurs at all it will occur on Anastasia
Island' The island is-very accessible, and
would be a fine place for the fight, but
Governor Mitchell has shown himself -so
T.-nTv-ofiil in' hnlkinp- the- club UD tO
date that it is very probable he will find
some way of interf eringeven if the club
attempts to bring off the mill on the sea-
girl island. . ! '
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' . - ' Jan 6 -
A HAPPY NEW YEAP
TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS :
"YHO HAVE AIDED TS DURING THE PAST YEAR IN OUR BUSINESS SUCCESS.
The style of our hrm changes February 1st to KATZ & POLVOGT, and we trust our
patrons will continue to lend us their support in '91 as generously as they have in -
' ! Very respectfully, !
J ' M. Al. Katz, Son & Co.
The Greatest Triumph cf Our Retail Experience!
M. M, KATZ. SON &. CO.'S
Great
Dep
ression
Sales
The magic lever that unbolts the doors of commerce and quick'tf s into newlife the "
paralyzed trade pulse. Daily scenes of activity heretofore unknown miJCngton. Thon-
sands of new faces from distant points catch the inspiration caused by our-teemergency
K lei Prioea as thev are neraiaea aDroaa. ana railway coacaes convey mem iu ui
M. M. Katz, Son & Co. Like an electric flash our depression prices illumine the ffflpw
civilized country within a radius of many miles. . . , ,
The Dry Goods markets of New York ara tumbling like golden grain before the reaner,
TmnnrtoM nra tnmhlinir nvpr parh other to undersell the market and get cash. Our New
York buyer is constantly working among those desperate men armed with necessary argu- -ment
and you'll scarcely believe what he is accomplishing until you visit our stoie. , Jt w - -not
often that a retail buyer can save you 25 to 50 per cent, below the uslial price. fc. ::
In the nature of things this condition cannot prevail long, but while it lasts you may
bank on this store as holding out the greatest advantages that are born of the times and re- -
..-I. nf Viaro oirnofl tho ri1np at. tlu trm Rsrectfullv.
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BESIDES TIIE GENERAL REDUCTIONS
OUR DRESSj. GOODS JSTOCK WE WILL
PRESENT EVERY CUSTOMER BU ING A
DRESS AT OVER -50c PER; YARD WITR
THE LININGS.
0
GIVEN
LININGS, 2 9ELECIA,
' 6 SILK LININGS. 1 CANVAS,
1-BONES. . 1 SILK,
W V COTTON, , 1 BRAID,
M 1 11 E.
W WITH EVHRR PATTERN OVER 80c
W PEK YARD. .
KID GLOVES.
THE BEST II. GLOVE IN THE WORLD.
Ten per cent, refunded to glove customers
on all purchases over 1 1.19. r
CORSETS.
j -
S GIVEN AWAY. '
A 40c embroidered Handkerchief given
away with any of our standard ,braii Is of
Corsets over $1.50. .
Hi
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RUGS AT COST. 72x36 Rugs reduced to 89c, only six sold to one customer, uray aiu
white Fur Rugs $1.89. Moquette and Smyrna Rugs at cost. f
MATTINGS from aandrupt importer. 18c Matting 12Jc, Matjtmg loc,3ic Matting a
CHILDREN CAlriaj in new designs.
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THE 4O.0O LAMP WILL BE'A WARDED TO THE LUCK" Y MAN SATUR
DAY fIGHT, JAN. 0, '91, 8 O CLOCK. BE SURE AND B"E J?N HAND.
Cloaks, Wraps andl Capes at Absolute Cost.
M. M. Katz, bon & Co.,
H6 Market St., Wilmington, N. C.
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HAT COULD BE A
MORE VALUABLE AND LASTING PRESKNTTOK XHA3. l ua a
Fine Durable Piano, .
Or a Good Organ,
Or a Nice Piano Stool,
Piano Scarf or Piano Lamp.
We kave a flner assortment, notwittelanding hard time, tuan we Have ever had before.
f wMft w offer at lowest possible prices. Coll and make your selection
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Business at Baltimore is very dull, and
merchants predict the January volume !
of : business smaller than last year.
Merchandise stocks are very light. , -At
Charleston the commercial travel
lers have been going out on the road.
Kentucky jean factories are running
with full forces and fair prospects.
Atlanta manufacturers are resuming
work. The demand for factorv oroducts
at Augusta remains quiet, and collections
are reported improving at Savannah.
- Mobile and New Orleans report hold
ing of cotton for higher prices, notwith
standing heavy receipts.
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White Counterpanes from $L00rto $5.00, -
and that all our Goods are New.
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