North Carolina Newspapers

t ; 3 " ' 1 111 la L I) . If .ESTABLISHED 1867. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Messrs. Marion Butler and Paul C. Humphrey had a fight, in the dining room of the Hotel Kennon, at Goldsboro, over a seat at the table oh Sunday morn ing. The Park hotel at Raleigh has been closed. -There are 180 students at 1 the Agricultural college. Lieut-Henderson has arrived and reported for duty. The cadets will be instructed in infantry and light artillery drill. t The executive "committee of the Nortli Carolina Board of World's Fair commissioners meets in Raleigh to-day. 1-Collector Simmons recommends more gaugers and store keepers. Three car loads of Tennessee mules are taken to the State farms on Roanoke river. The President yester day nominated John M, B, Sill,;of Michi gan, to be Minister to Korea. He also nominated several,' Federal marshals, among them O; J. Carroll for this district.- The contract for building the life saving station at Portsmouth, N. C, has been awarded to J. B. Shull, of Beau fort, K. C, for $5,412. -The Govern ment has finally accepted the cruiser New York" and has preliminarily j ac cepted the Marblehead, whoso final trial trip will take place within four months. r-The British Ambassador makes in quiry as to what steps this Government is going to take to destroy the derelict vessels in the paths of trans-Atlantic steamers. Pollack '& Co., of Mont gomery. Ala , the largest dry goods house 'in that State, has failed. Dr. George Center, of Jacksonville, Fla., becomes tired of life and blows out his brains. The UoctorVwife.who had been out of the r asylum only threejmonths, when married is quite an eccentric woman and gives stralnge account of the suicide and of ' lier1 husband? Gonduct preceding the deed. -The Duval Athletic club, of Jacksonville, publish a statement, an nouncing that the Corbett-Mitchell fight wilj take place in Florida and that all those who wish to see it will have to do is to buy their tickets and be present. - Mr. BeD jamin Pratt, aged 103 ye'ars, died yesterday at San Antonio," Fla. The President also appointed yesterday Mr. Melville Carter to be collector of in. ternal revenue for the Western North , Carolina district; Elijah! Rawls to be postmaster at Tarboro and Stephen H, , "Lane to be collector of customs at Pam lico, N. C, At 0:30 o'clock last night fire broke out among the World's Fair buildings and by 8 o'clock the Casino and Peristyle were burned and Music Hall and the Liberal Arts buildings were burning. - -Many people think the boast of the .Duval Athleticl club a big bluff. It has caused many indifferent people to turn against "the club. About 12 o'clock Sunday night some one tried to enter .the sleeping room of Corbett through a,, win. dow. The noise awakened Corbett and he fired at the fleeing burglar.- The Senate Judiciary committee yesterday decided to make an -unfavorable report on the nomination of Mr. Hornblower to - be a Justice of the Federal Supreme . .court. - yesterday's Cotton Market.' i y j'Special to the Messenger. I New YoRj?: Jan- 8. The crop move ment report of Saturday had a strong in fluence on to-day" Liverpool market, sending prices up at the close 4-64d to 5-61d. The result was Immediately felt here, the market opening to-day active and somewhat excited on the strong cables, with prices 6 to. 11 points higher. Later on an advance of 7 to 9 joints was gained, the close being firm at a net advance of 16 to 17 points over Saturday, nf tpr an nnusuallv active session with heavy sales. Several intervals of weak ness occurred during the day, caused by realizing by successful longs, but failed to an v lastinff effect. In the main, the market was very firm, strong cables be ing supplemented by reports from many sections of the South, indicating heavy falling off in receipts. Private cables indicate the probable continuance f the active demand for spots in Liverpool. Returns of the British Board of Trade for December show an increase in quantity of yarns and cot ton exported from Great Britain, the first - time in months any improvement in Eng lish-foreign trade) being shown. With to-day's advance has come renewed in terest in speculation and the higher t prices were sustained by the buying of some of the most prominent merchants, now becoming cor vinced of the truth of the! spat crop estimates. The interior movement promis to be not only less . this week than last, but considerably less than last- year, i Port receipts are un ... doubtedly at the expense of unrecorded interior towns, considering that known towns lose 7,000 to 8,000 bales since Fri day. The. South reports exporters show ine imDroved interest, and demands cf American spinners show more confidence, ": ' THE SUN'S COTTON RLTIEW, i New York. Jan 8 The Sun's cotton report say?: Reports of diminishing re ceipts at' the cobnted and uncounted interior towns, an advance in Liverpool and heavy buyirid for New York, South ern and Europein ' interests, caused a rise here to-day oft 15 to 17 points, closing 'firm.- The buy ins was largely to cover eiin.-tfl. Considerable stress is laid on the repo.""? from the minor and uncounted interior toV" tnat supplies are becom ing exhausted. The trading here was much larger than of late, partly owing to the fact that there was a holiday in Naw Orleans. Sales wore ,241000 bales, r.ivornnnl advanced 4 to 4h points, and closed steady with spot sajes of 12.000 bales at an advance of l-16d. In Manchester yarns were dearer, but buy rpfnsed to co on and cloths "were tuipfc. There was a holiday in New Or leans. Bpot cotton here was io higher with sales of 241 bales for spinning. There was an advano of 1-16 to c at j(rht of the Southern markets. The re ceipts at the ports were 28,016 bales, fttrainitt 23.190 this day last wek and i tttl la?t vear. ,The total thus far this Week is 50,108 bales, against 76,076 thus far last week. Exports to-day from the iiorta were 7.711 bales to Great Britain, It J870 ta France and 55,8 1 5 inet- - " - tc the Con- Ir8. WiHlatn Mnrden, 197 Third St., Al bany. N. Y.. gjva it the meed of praise, as follows: ' I have .used Dr. Bull s Cough yrupand find it has no equal. No family ffhould be without it." " We have here the headquarters office of the Singer Manufacturing company for thi State' and any good reliable man who is willing to work earnestly, can secure paying employment by calling at their office. We mention this as we ear of so many wanting employment. 4 y - - - , THE TARIFF. DEBATE. THE DEMOCATS GET THE BILL BEFORE THE HOUSE. The Discussion Opened by Chairman Wilson The Arrested Members Discharged Mr. Boutelle Acaia Raises a Disturbance The " - Senate Devotes the Day to Discussing Hawai ian Resolutions. ; " SENATE. ., WASHiNGTOxi.Jitn.8. SenatorChandler offered a resolution directing the Judi ciary committee to inquire and report its opinion as to the casesin which the Pres ident may constitutionaly send to foreign countries agents, representatives or com misioners, without the advice and con sent of the Senate, and whether there was constuti'tional authority for the ap pointment in March last, without the advice and consent of the Senate, of Mr. Blount as commissioner to the Hawaiian Islands. The resolution went over till to-morrow. The resolution: offered last week by Senator Hoar, calling on the Secretary ef the Treasury for a statement of pay ments made to Mr. Blount, as commis sioner to Hawaii, and the authority for such payments was laid before the Senate!- (--..: Senator German moved its reference to the Committee on Foreign Relations and submitted that the proposed inquiry was very extraordinary. The disposi tion of the fund' granted to the State Department in his nature of a secret ser vice fund was a matter which ought not to be inquired into w ithout great partic ularity. ! j i "Does the Senator from Maryland," Senator Hoar asked, "understand this money was paid to Mr! Blount out of the secret service fund V "I take it for granted that it has been,"Senator Gorman replied, ' 'although i snow nothing about it. 1 know that in the last administration and in every administration a sufficient amount of money is appropriated by Congress to conduct the business of the State De partment and that it has. been always expended at the discretion of the Presi dent and witjhout further inquiry." "All that ask," said Senator Hoar, "is toknowJwhetherMr. Blount has been paid out of this secret find or not ?" "I would consider it a great misfortune under the peculiar circumstances, con tinued Senator Gorman, "for the Senate to enter on an inquiry as to whether the secret service fund has been properly expended by the last administration or by the present one. Two years age we placed a fund at the disposal of, Mr. Harrison to enable him to protect the interests of this great country and L have no - doubt that it ha3 been expended concientiously and for the interest of ,the country. But no inquiry into it has been attempted or suggested. it it were, X should take the same posi tion against it that I take now." Senator Hoar If the President desires not to disclose the details of the expendi tures he wiU direct the Secretary of State to place on record a certificate that such a sum has been expended and that it is not expedient to make the details known. Senator Gray asked Senator Hoar what his object was in offering the resolution. Senator Hoar I want to know and I want the country to know whether this gentleman, whose mission was conferred upon him and who exercised his authority and "reported his action without the advice andconsent of the Senate was treated in all respects as a Minister of the United States. I want to have light thrown on the question whether Mr. rJlount wasm tact a private agent of the President or whether he was treated as a public agent. And the ques tion of the method in which his compen- sationwas paid to him bears very strongly on that question, mat is- what l -want the information for." - Senator Morgan, chairman of the Com mittee on Foreign Relations spoke of the great feeling and friction which the. Hawaiian question . produced -whenever it was touched. The inquiry that had been referred to the Committee on For eign Relations and in which it was now engaged was of a broad character and necessarily inciuaea tne points suggested in the pending resolution. The resolu tion raised the question of irregularities in expenditures. And that question, of course, depended upon two iacts: first, whether the President had the right t appoint Mr. Blount as an agent to Hawaii ; and, second, whether Mr. Blount had been paid out of the contingent fund voted to the state jjepanment, or out oi some other appropriation. The committee would necessarily ascertain and report whether the President had authoriity to send Mr. Blount to Hawaii, whether he had, authority to commission him to the extent that Mr. Blount was commis sioned, and whether, therefore, the ac tion of Mr. Blount, in Hawaii, was regu lar or irregular. That question carried with it. necessarily, whether the expen diture were made out of the secret fund, 'or out of Bome other appropriation. He, therefore, thought" it quite unnecessary to have so much agitation oi tne suDjeci iffvmticiDation of the action of the com mittee and thought .that tne resolution should be referred to that committee. Senator Hoar said that after Senator Morgan's statement, he consented that the resolution should go to the Committee on Foreign Relations., Senator Vest denied the power of the Senate to - ask the Preside'nt either as to the amount of expenditure of the secret service fund, or as to the purpose for which it was expended Fmallv the resolution was reierrea to the Committee on -Foreign Relations. The resolution offered last . wees Dy Senator Fry e, declaring it to be the sense of the Senate that pending the inquiry of the Committee on Foreign Kelapona the Government of the United States should not use either its moral influence or its naval forces, either to reatore the Queen of Hawaii or to maintain ine Provisional Government, was laid before the Senate, and was, after a few remarks by Senator Frye as to the propriety oi having action upon it, allowed to go over till Wednesday next. Senator Turpie then onerea me ioi- lowing resolution, which was, at h re quest, laid on the table for the present: nesoivea. mat. irom me mow f" pera laid before U3 by the Executive and other sources, it is unwise, inexpedient and not in accordance with the character and dignity of the United States to cou sider further, at this time, either, the treaty or project of annexation of the Hawaiian territory w j . That the Provisional Government there in, having been duly vecognizea, me highest international interests require that it shall pursue its. own line of policy and that foreign intervention in iaq po litical affairs of the islands will be.re garded as an act unfriendly to the Gov ernment of the United States." After passing a few bills of a local or private character and a brief executive session, the'Senate adjourned. HOUSE' OF REPRESENTATIVES. Immediately after the reading of Sat ,).v'ii iournal Mr. Boutelle opened the worHnc-s with his usual attempt to sacure consideration of his Hawaiian ,i.,;,v W renewed the assertion that his resolution bad precedence over the privileged report froni the Committee OITh Speaker, however, held to his for mer ruling, which vied to considerable .trouble with Mr. Boutelle. Finally the Speaker put the question on ordering the previous question, at the same time telling Mr. Boutelle to take his seat. "Yes, yes, oh yes," said Mr. Boutelle, but he made no motion towards sub siding. "The gentleman will take his seat nw," said the Speaker sharply. "Oh yes," said Mr.' Boutelle, still stand ing in the aisle. ''The eergeant-at-arms will require the gentleman to take his seat," -said the Speaker sharply. "I yield under duress," said Mr. Bou tille as he sank into the nearest seat, and the question was then put on the motion of Mr. Catchingsto order the previous question on his resolution submitted last Friday. And the yeas and nays were called. Mr. Reed asked the Speaker whether any members arrested by order of the House on Saturday had voted on the roll call. He asserted that a member could not vote while under arrest, and he had been told by the sergeant-at-arms that thirty members had been at rested. He thought it would be a very anomalous state of affairs if members were allowed to vote while they, were under afreet and u ider control of the House for contempt. The Speaker answered, that the jau$ tion had been brought up in a previous Congress and it was held that the House had no right to deprive a member of his vote. Mr. Reed . replied that the Supreme court of the United States had decided that the Ho ise might imprison a mem ber, which, of course, would deprive him of his vote. . Mr. Springer suggested that no inera b ;r had been brought to the bar of the House, and therefore the House had no official means of knowing who themem- rbers were who had been arrested. Mr. Reed acknowledged that no mem ber had been brought before the House, but the sergent-at-arms had been or dered to arrest absent members and he could not neglect his duty. A quorum of Democrats had appeared since the is suance of the orders of arrest, and it was presumable that this quorum was made up of members under arrest and in con tempt of the House. . Mr. McMillin asked whether any re port had been received from the sergeant-at-arms, and was answered by the Speaker in the negatiye. .. Mr. Reed was of the opinion that the proper method of procedure in the pres ent instance would be to proceed to con sider the aniest of members and purge them of contempt of the House before allowing them to vote. . The Speaker replied that he did not see how it was in the power of the House to prevent members from voting without expelling, them. It might put them in prison, when, of course, they could not vote; but if they were present in the House they could not be prevented from voting. The vote was then announced as being yeas; 189; nays, 0. Ten more than a quorum had voted, notwithstanding the Republicans sat mute, and the previous question was ordered, and thus the sub ject, which had been a bone of deten tion for five days, was finally disposed of. The previous question being ordered, thirty minutes were allowed for debate on the main question. Mr. Catchings stated briefly the ob ject of the order reported by him, and said it allowed far more latitude to the minority than did the order fixing the time for discussing the McKinley bill of 1890. Mr. Wilson, chairman of the Commit tee on Ways and Means, spoke briefly. He was willing to make several conces sions to the minority.' He agreed that in the first place, all of the present week six days should be given to general discussion of the measure instead of five days, as the order provided; that, begin ning to-night, there should be regular night sessions for general debate on the bill; that next Monday this debate should begin under the Ave minute rule and continue two weeks and that the pre1 vious question should be moved on the 29th lnst., instead of the 25th. as pro vided i& the special order from the Com mittee en Rules. He offered the sugges tions as an amendment to Mr. Catching's resolution and moved their adoption. 4he question was then put upon agree ing to Air. catchinga resolution as amended by. Mr. Wilson, and the yeas and nays being ordered, it was agreed to yeas, 185; nays, 1. At 3:15 o clock the House resolved it self into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Richardson in the chair, and Chairman Wilson started : the discussion on the Tariff bill, i j The report of the sergeant-at-arms on the warrants issued for forty -four mem bers was then read. It showed the fol lowing members under arrest: Messrs Brown, Cadmus, Fielden, Geissenhai ner, Lefevre, Randall, Bunn, of North Carolina, Childs, Corn ish, Fithian, McLaurin, Talbert, Turpin, Wobdard, of North Carolina; Broderick, Gardner, Heiner, Sherman, WToomer, Magner .Sickles, Barnes, Newlands, Lock wood, Davey, Pickler, and Strait. Messrs. Bingham, Stockdale, Loudenslager and Weaver had not been heard from. The others telegraphed that they were on their way.j Mr. Cachings stated that as the object for which Ithe warrants had been issued had been accomplished, he moved that all those in custody be discharged. Without objection the motion was car ried. Then at 5 o'clock the House took a re cess until to-night, the evening session to be devoted to debate only. Mr. Wilson will finish his speech to morrow and Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, will reply to him. When the House met again at 8 o'clock there were only twenty inembers pres ent, but there was a large clrowd in the galleries.. The ..House promptly went into Committee of the Whole on tho Tariff bill, Mr. Richardson in the chair. The first speaker was Mr. Lane, Democrat,- of Illinois, who spoke forty min utes, the attendance on tne floor having meanwhile increased to fifty, its maxi mum for the night. Help Is Wanted. . by the women who are ailing and suffering, or weak and exhausted. And, toeyerysuch woman, help is guaranteed by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For young girls just entering womanhood; women at the critical 'change of life"; women approaching con finement; nursing mothers; and every woman who is "run down" or' overworked, it is a medicine that builds up, strengthens, and regulates, no matter what the condition of the system. It's an invifforatiner. restorative tonic. soothing and bracing nervine, and the only guaranteed remedy for "female complaints" and weaknesses. In bearing-down sensa tions, periodical pains, ulceration, inflam mation, and every kindred ailment, it it ever fails to benefit or cure, or you have your money back. Death, of a Centenarian, Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 8. A special to the Times-Union from San Artcnio, Fla., Bays; Mr. Benjamin Pratt died here to day, aged 103 years. Mr. Pratt was a native of Ireland,- but came tp America when a' boy. He served for years in the United States army, but was a civilian when the late war began and enlisted in the Confederate army. Another Victim' of the "Ford's Theatre . Pisastcr. Washington. Jan. 8, George Bollin ger, another victim of the Ford's theatre disaster, died in this city yesterday. He was not seriously injured in the collapse, but his lungs be jame filled with mortar dust, which produced consumption, caus ing death. This makes the total num ber of deathsjf rom this disaster twenty-two. WILMINGTON, N. C, TUES GAGE THROWN ' DOWN. DUVAL ATHLETIC CLUB AN NOUNCES THE FIGHT. Its Statement to the Public The Fight Positively to Take Place ta Florida The Club's Efforts to Have t he Law Construed Thwart - ed by the State Authori- . ties The. Attorney .- General's Ijetter. Jacksonville, Fla.,.. Jan. 8. The Duval Athletic club this af ternoou threw dowthe gauntlet to Governor Mitchell and the Statcauthorities, It announced ,. . ., 'i. , . : . :) that it proposed to bring about the prize fight between Corbett and Mitchell, de- spite the opposition of the Governor and d- pite the opinion of Attorney General Bar 'that the fight would be a viola tion of the laws of Florida. As will be seen from the statement by tne club, words are not minced in the, least. The club people seem to think they havthe law on their side and that uovernor Mitchell is acting in a tyran- i nical and extra-judicial manner, and ... they say so in plain words. j The statement of , the club, which will be found below, was called forth by the following letter from Attorney General Lamar, of Florida, to the Chicago Inter Ocean, published in that paper this morn ing. .... I "Office of the Attorney General, ) Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 5. y "Your favor of the 22d inst. to hand. Therein you I request that I give you some reliable) information upon the probability of the Corbett-Mitchell prize fight takiDg place in Florida. You inti mate that you iesire this for the guidance of the 'sports' pow looking toward this State. I "Governor Mitchell has declared em phatically that he would use all the power at his i command to prevent the Corbett-Mitchell fight; As you know him,and the 'Old Hickory' qualities of the 'Governor, thifi declaration itself settles it that there will be no fight, un less the prize! fighters can, at the last moment, evade the authorities, "The law iri this State is ample to pre vent the fighti and punish the fighters, should they succeed in having the 'mill.' The Governor is charged by the Consti tution with seeing that the laws are faithfully executed, and in carrying out such command he can use "the civil and military authorities of the State. If it become necessary he will use the latter, as well as the former. But at present I think he deems the civil authorities ample to cope with prize-fighting. "You may safely say to the readers of the Inter-Ocean that the Corbett-Mitchell prize fight cannot be pulled off in Florida in the year of 1891. . This letter is a trifle- exira-official in language and its general scope, but you asked for information and it is given you. eryi truly your?, W. D. LAMAR, A ttorney Gener aL As will be seen, the Attorney General-! is verv nositive that the, fio-ht. will not be "pulled off" in florida, but the AtiTm? t,le only danger so far as small torney General's positive edict Against the fight is met by as positive a state- ment from the club that the contest will occur, and occur in Florida at .that, j Here is what the club says in reply to the Attorney General: ,! "Attorney General Lamar, speaking for himself and the Governor; - having declared in a letter in the Inter-Ocexm, of Chicago, -that the Corbett-Mitchell ! contest will not take place in Florida, it is proper wo inform the public that , neither the Attorney Geaeral nor the Governor possesses any judicial : power, and .to add that the State officers acting under the direction of the Executive have refused to allow any judicial determination by the courts of the law which it is claimed the con- : test will violate, and to. that end have caused the prosecution originated for the purpose of testing the law to be dis missed, and, further, that the Execu tive of the State, possessing the constitu tional prerogative of asking the opinion of the highest judicial tribunal of the State as to the construction of the statute, has declined to do so. The public is hereby assured that the contest will take place as" advertised; ithat no plans have been formed or steps taken, and none will be by either the Governor or the Attorney General to stop the con test, and tickets can be bought with the confidence that it will take place under the contract as Eigned. (Signed). Harry Maso, President for the Duval Athletic Club. In regard to the above statement, ' Manager Bowden of the club said to the Southern Associated Press correspondent:- i 'By those opposing the contest this statement of the club will probably be characterized as an open defiance of law 3 . 1 Ii T f 1 . I .. am uutuonty amx x couuumu. to read several columns of round roast- ing given us by the State papers. But it L&JtlCt?! JiT: . " :.:i6uT4r ,.rr4 r JD' T. msisumcuuu! iu.imrcuuUu j Xih ZtJtl allowed to ascertain what the law is. We were willing to test the case in any court.but that privilege was not granted. Now' we propose to have the contest and all who want to see it- have only to secure their seats and' they will without doubt witness a scientific boxing match for the championship of the world. 4 The issuance by the club'o such a de- iant statement to the public has occa sioned much comment. Of course sport-i inEr' circles are loud in their praise ofl what they call the "nerve" of the club ' in bidding defiance to the Governor and announcing that the fight shall come off whether the State authorities like it r not. The sports talk now asif the ques tion was settled and as if the Governor and Attorney General would not dare to continue their opposition to the fight after the prouunciamento of the club. The law and order people, of course, are highly indignant that the promoters oi the fight should have dared to defy the Governor and the moral sentiment of the State, and are expressing the hope that ,the Governor will see that the authors of the circular shaU be made to suffer if they persist in their avowed purpose of bringing about the fight. There is a third class of people, shrewd observers, who are not specially inter- ested one way or the other, who look on the statement of the club as a great big j expected and higher prices for them fur bluff. They say that the club, realiz- f nished a firm basis for provisions. The ing that the Governor has the whip cash demand was fair for both domestic hand, haa determined to be saucy at a . consumDtion and continental export. safe distance. They say that it will only tend to enrage the Governor ana naso Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report mm i AEOia7EUtf P3JHE PAY, JANUARY 9, 1894. h m more determined than eer to pre vent the contest. They also say that the statement is calculated tn pm,cu tha uignanon of that class of people who uui carea enougn about the matter to oppose the fight but who now, that the club has been bo bold as to" defy the State authorities,- will be found in the ranks of the opposition. There was a rumor to-day that the c.ub was shipping jiuniber -to Anastastia if'fl d,1PPsite St. Augustine, where Mitchell u training, for the purpose of building an arena, as it had been decided to attempt to bring the men together at that place. This story Manager Bowden of the club denied. He persists in the statement that the fight will take place in Jacksonville. Well informed people who know Sheriff Broward laugh at these assertions of Mr. Bowden. ' , -"o ooutnern Associated fress corraa- pondent has adyicesfrom Srt that about 12 o'clock last night some on- xhe Southern Associated Press nown person attempted to enter the attempted to enter room occupied by Corbett. The cham- j'.vu ixu aiuuauu iroui BiumDer Dy a noise at tne window and springing from bed found that some person had broken open tne blinds and was attempting to MTn. - rr, vMioen aeizea iux; tun wmuow sasn. tVtrhot.t aai-roA Sin VlotZ AnS over a fence about ten yards 7i " " "UUB- vjoroett nred ac the S aQAfth,ree times, ibut does not think either of the shots took effect. The i i j vii tuts, snots aiarmed the house- uum aim soon juts. uorDett, Miss How ard, Hilly Delanejr and the others -were I gathered about the champion. There 1 was no more sleep at the training quar ters that night for it was the belief that tne person who was trying to enter Cor- i3it a room mtenaed to do him some ln 3'try so as to prevent him being ready to s.- oet Mitchell on January 25th, should tLc fight occur. Hereafter Corbett's trainers will take turns in watching the champion as he sleeps- FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. JJivmend by Factory Appointments x by the Governor Sheriffs Settling Taxes Treasurer Tate Re moved to Slorganton. Messenger Bureau, ) . Raleigh, Jan. 8. J The Raleigh hosiery yarn mills have declared a 5 per cent.l semi-annual divi dend. I Governor Carr has gone to his farm in j Edgecombe county, to remain several days. j I he Governor reappointed Dr. Duffy t of Newbern, and Mr. Haughton of Char- i lotte, members of the State Board of Public Charities. ' ihe following sheriffs to-day made btate tax settlements: K. T. Powers, of ; renaer, $3,-ivj; a. w. Darden. Jr., of Cherokee, $3,994; L. Dillehunt, Jr., of Jackson, $2,763; W. H. Shuford, of Gas ton, $8,410; J. A. Hamilton, of Alamance, ,$11,320; W. A. Rouk, of Brunswick, . f s.eei. btate lreasurer Tate was taken to Morganton yesterday.' A teleeram to- day gays he stood the trip very well, and - nln K J - 3 1 il - 1 I aucauj ueucuiAHi tne cnange. i iue tobs nave enoed. streams are high. The farmers fear that the weather during" the rest of winter will be wet. gram is concerned. There is great complaint about the ac tion of two North Carolina Congressmen in gtaiSng away from Washington. 1 A criminal term of Wake Superior court began to-day, Judge Hoke presid ing. . COMMERCIAL NEWS. .Stocks and. Bonds in New York i Grain ajid Provision Markets of Chicago.' New York, Jan. 8. During the first half of the day the tendency of prices at the Stock Exchange was decidedly up i ward. The large increase in east bound shipments from Chicago last week, the . super-abundance of money and reports j from Washington that the tax on dis i tilled spirits would be increased to $1.20 ' per gallon and that a duty of 37c per ! 100 pounds would be Imposed on refined sugar, all contributed to the bullish feel- . ing. General Electric rse 2, Sugar 3i, Uhicago uas if, Kock island 2i, Distil- J lers If, New England H, Western ; Union 1, Burlington rind Quincy 1, rsorthwestern 1 and Lake Shore I. Reading. Louisville .and Nashville t and Northern Pacific, preferred, were I weak throughout. Reading fell 24, the annual report having proved a disappointment. Northern Pacific, preferred, rose If on .reports that the amount of money required to put the property on its feet had been underest) mated. Louisviite and- iNashviue was weakened by old stories pf the passing of the dividend. The stock sold down If per cent, to 42J. The bears detected liquidations in the afternoon and imme- r diately began to pay attention to Stocks ""r have Scored the matest advances , JJJg l?o 5 I and Rock Island were each forced down i 2 per cent, to 824 and 664 respec- tively. The decline in these stocks j d to realizations in other parts oi the list and at the close. S ' were a number - of issues which were below Saturday's finals. The reactions outside of Rock Island and Sugar ranged from i to 1 per cent. Compared with Saturday's closing the general list shows losses of J to 2 per cent. the latter in Reading. Sugar gained f, Rock Island , Distillers It, General lectrio4, and New England .. Inrthe specialties, Colorado Fuel, perfereid, dropped 80 to 50 from the last reported sales made. The total sales were 298,000 shares. Railway and miscellaneous bonds were strong. . ''.' Chicago. Jan. 8. The Visible supply statement was the important factor in the wheat market toay. ; Before it was posted prices advanced. After it was posted they declined. May wheat opened at 67c, advanced to 67fc, de clined to 66 ic, reacted and closed at 66c, a net loss of c for the day. Corn followed wheat but the range was smaller. Prices advanced about o from the Opening, then receded f c and closed a fraction under Saturday. The decline in wheat and corn caused a resultant weakness in oats. The mar ket closed a trifle lower than Saturday. Provisions were strong all through the session. There was a general disposition . to buy. Smaller receipts of hora than Receipts were light and shipments mod- erate. LUGKY TAR HEELS. SEVERAL OP THEM ON THE PRESIDENT'S LIST. Mr. Melville Carter Annointpd Col lector of the Western District 'Tarboro's JTew Postmaster -Mr. t Kone El ins' Tt tot tn ftiA President Mn Sill Min- ister to Korea Other Washington News. Washington, Jan. 8. Secretary Car lisle to-day awarded the contract for the erection of the life savinc- station at Portsmouth, N. C, to W. J. B. Shull, of Beaufort, N. C., at $5,412. The President to-day sent to the Senate the following nominations: John M. R. Sill, of Michigan, to be Minister Resident and Consul General of the United States to Korea. United States marshals Albert A. Wilson, for the District of Columbia; J. V. Guillotte, Eastern .Dis trict ,pt Louisiana; Oi J. Carroll, Eastern district of North Carolina: '..T. N: tut. Kenie, Middle district of Tennessee. ihe President also made the following nominations: Samuel A. Merri justice ot the Supreme court of Utah; A.G. Cqrtin Bierer. of Oklahoma a.! sistant Associate Justice of th Runmo court of Oklahoma. Collectors of inter SSm Wilson, district of trict of South Carolina. oSSS! customs John T. Leslie, at Tampa; Fla! -Stephen H. Lane, Pamlico, N. C: Wen-' ley G. Andrews, Petersburg, Va., and Elijah. Rawls, postmaster at Tarboro, N. C. I In his letter to the President iWi; to be a candidate for the position Jf col lector of internal revenue, for the West ern district of North Carolina, Mr. Kope Elias: wrote that he was unwilling that his appointment should be th moana f sowing discord in the Democratic party norta Carolina. He rfifirrtnd that his nomination had been the source of that character of trouble and was un willing that his appointment should deW or embarrass in any way the confirma tion of Mr. Simmons, nominated to he collector of the Eastern district, for whom he had the highest rpenrd. Tf had been, he said, his rule through life to subordinate his own ambition and interests to those of the Democratic party and he has obeyed that principle, j t uu permit ma appointment to in anv wav dintiirh nrAmhirraoo rA . ministration of Mr. Cleveland in the State of North Carolina. In conclusion Mr. Blias said that he felt ereat grati tude for the honor the President had conferred upon him and for his con tinued confidence and for the prompt manner in which he had renominated him after the adjournment of the Senate. The United States corvette Kearsarge sailed from -St. Thomas, West Indies, yesterday for Port au Prince, Hayti, to meet Acting Rear Admiral O. F. Stan ton, the new commander of the North Atlantic station. Admiral Stanton sailed from New York on January 3rd and is due at Port au Prince Wednesday. He wui uuisi, ma nag on me tearsarge and will remain with the vessel until the Brazilian trouble is over, when he will be assigned to the command of the South Atlantic station, from which he was de tached for saluting Admiral Mello. ine recent discussion in the British House of Commons concerning an in ternational agreement for the removal of derelict vessels, especially from the established lines of trans-Atlantic travel, has been followed by a communication irom tne British Ambassador here in quiring whether the Government of the United States has taken or will take any definite steps for the removal of these menaces to ocean trade and travel. Com missioner of Navigation Chamberlain states that the subject matter of the British Ambassador's letter has been re ferred to the Navy Department, where it properly belongs. ihe cruiser New York, now on her way to Rio Janeiro, was formally and finally accepted by the Secretary of the Navy to-day and becomes the sole property of the Government. Treasury warrants for the balance of the amount due on hei have been mailed to her con tractors. The Marblehead having had a success lHS- SPECIAL. Owing to the very mild weather we had during the past week our COST FOR CASH SALE will be kept up for another. weekL Our friends who bought libera . i - . . . tyeek will 'avail themselves of t continuation of this sale, and the many "telling" bargains which we sold at prime cost last week will surely bring us customers from all parts of the city who never visited our store before. Every body is welcome to select from our stock whatever he or she may want at prime cost. Come one and all. We have bargains for everybody and assure every one po lite attention. NflUMBlMS. 106 No. Front St. rTSTKR BOAST AT HILTON PARK every J Thursday and Sunday from 10 a. m. to o-.to p. m. au ojiten wuhtd Miore Mine served. J. H. H1STON. nov a U tbu tun. To Our Friends A.CCEPT UR S,INCERE THANKS FOR YOUR VERY LIBERAL PATRON age during this year, and if a first-class'stock of .'I Y V FURNITURE Etc , will induce vou. vn hniu t -, ... r JUIU year Kest assured our goods will price. Wishing you, one and all : , . A Prosperous and We are your obedient servants, SNEED & CO., Fi o. The Cheapest Furniture 75 Pairs Worth from $4.50 to $5.00, REDUCED A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR FRIENDS YHO HAVE AIDED US DURING THE The style of our firm changes February 1st patrons will continue to lend us their support Very respectfully, M. M. Ihe Greatest Triumph of M. M. KATZ, Great Depression Sales. The maftic lever that unbolts the doors of paralyzed trade pulse. Daily scenes of activity heretofore unknown in Wilmington. Thou sands of new faces from distant points catch the inspiration caused by our Eemergency Sale trices as they are heralded abroad, and railway coacnes convey tnem to tne Btore oi M. M. Katz, Son fe Co. Like an electric flash our depression prices illumine the whole civilized country within a radius of many miles. The Ury Uoods markets ot ew orK are Importers are tumbling over each other fo undersell hemarket and get cash. Our jNew York buyer is constantly working among those desperate men armed with necessary argu ment, and you'll scarcely believe what he ia not often that a retail buyer can save you 25 In the nature of things this condition cannot prevail long, but while it lasts you may bank on this store as holdine out the ereatest advantaees that are born of the times and re taining what we have earnedthe place at the BESIDES TDK GENSHAL REDUCTIONS OUR DRESS GOODS 33TOCK WB WILL PRESENT EVERY CUSTOMER BUY. TNG A DRESS AT OVER 60c TEA YARD WITH THE LININGS. ! 4 CORSETS. GIVEN AWAY. A 40c embroideredJHandkerchief given i away with any of our standard brai- is of Corsets over f 1.50. . ' ' ' RUGS AT COST. 72x36 Rags reduced to 89c, only six sold to one customer. Gray and i white Fur Rugs $1.89. Moquette and Smyrna Rugs at cost. . , ' , MATTINGS from a bandrupt imnorter. 18c Martins 124c. 25c Matting 15c, 371c Matting c CHILDREN'S CAPES in new designs. THE $40.00 LAMP WILL DAY NIGHT, JAN. 6, r94, Cloaks, Wraps and; M. M. Katz, Son & Co., I 116 Market St., PRICE 5 CENTS. fltxettisertxrnis. and Patrons : .i'. j vwmucuue anu pironage tne coming be" the best for the lowest imaginable Happy New Year, 1 6 South Front St. Carolina. Calf Boots TO $2.00. AM .( 1 S' WS I JL i ST S X AND PATRONS PAST YEAR IN OUR BUSINESaSUCCESS,. to KATZ & f OLVOGT, and we trust" our in '04 as generously ashey Have in '93. Katz, Son & Co. Oar Retail Experience! SON & CO.'S commerce and quickens into new life the tumbling UK-e goiaen grain oeioretne reaper. accomplishing until you vijit our store, it is to 50 per cent, below the usual price. top. Respectfully, i jh, jft. rua.1, ssvii ol w. orvEisr AWAY. LININGS, S SELECIA; 6 PI Lit LININGS, 1 CANVAS, 1 BONES, 1 SILK, J COTTON, 1 BRAID, 1 H & B. WITH BVERR PATTERN OVER 60c PUR YARD. KID GLOVES, THE BEST f 1. GLOVE IK THE WORLD. Ten per cent, refunded to glove customer on all purchases over $1.19. , - r - " ' BE AWARDED TO THE LUCKY MAN SATUR 8 O'CLOCK. BE SURE AND BE ON HAND. Capes at Absolute Cost. Wilmington, N. C. o - f