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lite T7 ' . ; i ESTABIISHED 1867. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. The Senate has confirmed the nomination of John Ii. King, as collector of customs of Mobile. The unemployed workmen of London will hold a meeting at Trafalgar Square Saturday. Their leader, Williams, made a most nihilistic speech to them yes terday, advising the use of dynamite, etcT The Anarchist, Vaillant. was guillotined at Paris yesterdjiv. The Senate Judiciary committee devoted much time yesterday to the Peckham nomination but came to no vote. The matter will be - taken up again to-day. Secretary Lamont ascertains that there are 8,200,000 men in the United States available for military duty. The Post master General is making investigation of the rumored resurrection of the Louisiana lottery. The count of the silver in the treasury vaults shows a shortage of tS04, stolen by Anderson. The resignation of the surveyor of customs at Chattanooga has been called for. -At Pittsburg landing, Fla., on Sunday night a negro broke into the house of George Bartlett and attempted an assault upon his wife, but was frightened away. A posse from Judge Lynches court is in search of him. Savannah, Ga., suf fered a $370,003 fire yesterday morning. , The Virginians will vote iu November on a constitutional amendment doing away with trial by jury in misdemeanors Near "VVilford, S C, on Saturday night one man was killed and another badly wounded by a posse of dispensary constables. George -N. Henson, president of the Citizens Bank and Trust company of Chattanooga, yester day shot and killed J. B. Wert, a well known insurance man. The trouble grew out of the fact that three months ago Mr Henson broughtuit for a divorce from big wife and named Wert as -the co-respondent. The affair caused great excitement in the city. The Federal Circuit Court of Ap. peals sustains the commissioner of patents in refusing Governor Tillman his "Pal. metto" trade mark. The Mississippi Leg islative caucus has taken sixty -three unsuc cessful ballots for Senator. The Bodley wagon worKs at Staunton, Va., will close . down until the sugar market becomes more ,' settled. They make wagons and carts for ' the Louisiana sugar planters. Harry Hilli of Atlanta, was yesterday sentenced to fout years in the penitentiary. Cooper & .Spotswood, a lumber firm of Petersburg, make an assignment. Admiral Da Gama. yesterday gave forty-eight hours notice of his intention to blockade Rio Janeiro. A street duel occurred yesterday in Mount Sterling, Tenn., in which J. L. Bomar was killed by II. Clay Turner and his friends. Domesticafairs caused the encounter. The Wilmington, Newbern and Nor- folk's Up-town Station. The first regular passenger train on the "Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk rail load to leave' the up-town station at Worth Worth's yard, took its depart ure yesterday at 2:15 o'clock,, pj m. Bt sides'the passengers, Messrs. II. A. Whiting and J. W. Martenis, of the Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk railroad: Mr. John II. Bar nard, General Manager of the Wilming ton street railway, and Aldermen Lati mer, Fowler. Northrop, Gore, Yates, Walker and Nixon, and other citizens, took in the jouwiey as far as the Wooster street station. Beginning with to-day both the pas senger and freight trains will arrive and depart from the new up-town station. The passenger train will leave daily at 2:15 o'clock p. in., and arrive daily at 12:10 p. m. The freight train will leave at 6:45 a. in., and arrive at 6:55 p. m. A' Disastrous Fire at. SaTaiinah." Savannah, Feb. 5. The Savannah Gro cery company and M. Ferst's Sons & Co., wholesale groceries, and the Wilcox & Gibbs Guano company, manufacturers of f ertiliz ers, oecupving nearly an entire blocK of five story buildings---on Bay street, in the heart of the-wholesale section of the city, were burned-out to-day, and other property sui f erect heavy damages. N31. erst s Sons Jc Co. are the heaviest losers, The loss on their grocery stock is 1 50.00. The Savannah Grocery company's stock is floO.OOO. Wilcox fe Gibbs lost on buildings and grocery $7.5,U00, on the guano company's stock and buildings il5,U'iO, mak ing the total loss- o70,OU0. The insurance is .as follows: Savannah Grocery company, f 12.VHXJ; jFerst'sASons & Co.. t'2 t.uuu; Wilcox 'A G)bts, outbuilding, S57,o0u, on' stock of fertilizer, SlZ.WJU. a shed in the rear Iherenps ye te i of salt im grocery budding-used for storigi mediately adjoining the shed of the guano company ,wliere a lotpflfacking was stored. The tire began at this wall and swept into Th buildings iMtfried by a strong windA So . , 'asjH! 'advauce that, although the fire rapid VJ,e extreme rear qfthe Urocery-Degan-m .. yj,,,, the nccupantg of the company s b J4, titne e3Cape" and building barely fc f f th t j saved nothing excv - gthe WQrst since uab e papers ri hen. f d thrt mirhrint Jinn . . .r.. - "-"i-i . - . - ..-., marten thftr. disaster. The firemen were Thi firemen were at tage from the beginning. ?e trom the beginning. u- - , rived smoke was pouriug out in grt. unies and kertt them back. Until the -rsf hriike thrnut'h and cleared awav the smOK. the firemen jwere at sea as to locating the points from which to work and by that time "the fire was beyond control The only casualty was the injury of Wm. Tilton, a spectator' who was riding on a truck and was injured in jumping off. The fire burned three hours and threatened the citv hall, one of Savannah s most venerable v- buildings, and all the city records were re amoved and placed in the banks until the fire was subdued. The fire started on River street within twenty feet of the river but whPth.-r in the Savannah Grocery com pany's building or the Wilcpx A Gibbs com pany's building is not known. m ' A t-atui htre:i Duel. fAivV oterlixo.- kv.. reo. o -ai i:oo . o'cloi-k toilay, just after the adjournment nf ti,P dmiit -wurt, H. Clay lurner, oi Mnyn HiidCai.t. J L. Bomar. of this city, mpt in front of the Broadway streets Both are determined men, and they at once ,iF tn.ii-iufiu ami hp;?.-ift firing Others ir.;,.riM an, ftnmar f .lPfi'Hpil with hul lets in the bodv and head.from which he died in a few minutes. Turner escaped unnurc, ith.iiiiHi one hallnassed throush hra.cpat H. Giav Tutner, Bruce Turner and his i on lamps and Timmss H air. of Morsran, are In jail. Clair received a wound in the arm nr was no surprise. Boinar naa cnargeu liw Tiirur. with hoinothfi cause Of the fiantt'ration between himselt and his wife, nil cneu meeiiaki was ioos.eu iw Tt isa eieat domestic reraedv. and should 1p Vent in every home. iIr,vNornian Cheat- lam, Waverlv. Sussex CoW'a., who has never been witnout u ior i weive years, euo- nnrihes tii this oDtnion. iiesays'.x "uurtam- ilrias been nsingU. Bull'sCoush Syrup tax twelve years and ate never mioui it m xne nous -it qiimuw Governor Tillman Loses II is Trade- mark Case. - '- nr.om,iTnv 'PhxS. The Circuit Cburtof .lOtl.v.. , - -V - . 1 mpeals to-day Danaea aown sa opmiouw i . -ng the decision of Justice Bradley flvl vers, 'sj.rf Siinnmo court in the case oi the Disw "Hujan against the commissioner Governor i.. -mnel the latter to register of oatents. to c -Wo- trade mark, in the Palmetto whia 7i, the right ofxtbe Lircuii ioun oi appv titration was tip- commissioner to refuse rt, held. X Buctlena Arnica Salve. Cu-v The beat salve in the world for .Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It ia guai an teed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded Price 25 cents per ox. For sale by Rob't P . Bellamv. X i THE BOjQDY 8H1RT GIVEN AN AIRING IN THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Senator Chandler Grows Floqnent Over Southern Outrages Messrs. Morse and Bou telle Make Use of Most Violent Langnase Towards the President and Democratic lieadera. SENATE. Washingtow, Feb. 5. A feeling reference to the death of Mr. Childs was made in the chaplain'H opening prayer in .the Senate this morning. , Senator Hale offered resolutions reciting that the Tariff bill has come to the Senate, that the representatives of many great in dustrial interest and many laboring men believe that no opportunity has been here tofore eiven to be heard upon its provisions, and that they now desire to present their objections to it before any action ia taken "by the Senate, and instructing the Commit tee on Finance to give opportunity to all parties, who believe their interests affected, to be heard before the committee reports its action to the Senate, He asked that the resolution should lie on the table, Jand said that he would call it up soon t for the, pur pose of making some remarks upon it. Senator Berry moved to refer to the Judi ciary committee the Anti-Option bill intro duced some time ago by Senator George. He made the motion to get an opportunity to state his position in regard to the subject, in order to correct some misapprehension. He would vote for the bill. Smator Washburn moved to amend the motion so as to refer the bill to the Com mittee on Agriculture, but said that in the absence of Senator George he would not press, the amendment, but let the bill re main on the table for the present. He. like Senator Berry, should vote for it, if it was the best bill that could be reported, because his belief was stronger to-day than ever as to the necessity of a measure of that kind. The House bill to repeal the Federal elecr tion laws was then taken np and Senator Chandler addressed the Senate in opposition to it. He began bv saying that the Senate turned now from the question of money to the superior question of man and his liberty. He wished to speak briefly in be half of the colored people of the country, who were sadly in need of national con sideration and national protection. He declared 'that if emancipation was right it was equally right to put on the satut e books of the country the National election laws, which it was now attempted to repeal. Would not the next attack, he asked, be on the -Fifteenth amendment? And. little by little,' in the process of retro gression the black man would be virtually reduced again to a state of slavery. That, at least, he said, was a fair inference. The work which would begin to-morrow in the passage of this bill would, if it were not stopped before it reached Its legitimate, re sult, be destructive of the freedom and in terests of the black men throughout the en tire South. As a fair summing up of the system of lynchings and other outrages upon the negroes in the South, Senator Chandler sent to the clerk's desk and had read some ex tracts from a recent lecture delivered in Washington by Frederick Douglas, whom he spoke of as "the inspired apostle of the negro race." He expressed the regret with- wnicn ne had seen detections on the Repub lican side of the Chamber referring specifi cally to the case of Senator Stewart, of Nevada, who, he said, although the author of the Fifteenth amendment and the leader in the movement to pass the statute ofMay 15, 1870, the most valuable portions Of which were to be repealed by the pending bill, now gave to that bill his support. He sub mitted in conclusion, that the national election laws were a part of the great scheme of the Republican party and fthe Ameri can people for the protection of a race of ,7,000,000 of human beings, constituting one tenth of the population. He looked with apprehension on the Course which ' the Dsmocratic Senators proposed to pursue. He looked with apprenensioiven the era which their were now inaugurating. The majority report proclaimed twice that it was the purpose of the majority to wipe out the legislation which grew out of the war of the rebellion' The reconstruction meas ures of Conerress were to be wiped out; and the wiping out process began with striking' down the .National electionaws. if lfrwas the intention of Senators to go on with that procession and to undo . the results of the last thirty years, they bad undertaken a task in which he believed thev could not be sustained by the people of the country. " Senator Palmer, Democrat of Illinois, supported the-bili because he relieved that the Federal election laws were useless, mis leading and a menace to every community where they were put in force. It was con--t'ended on the other side of the. Chamber, he said, that the colored people in the South had not theij-proper representation in gov erumentalaffairs. "We have been recently-engaged" said he, "in a discussion of thpHAWMtlan nnestion. The total DODnla- tion of those islands is . about 90,000. The white American population is less than 2, OOOjind yet those 2,000 whites own more than 74 per cent, of the ! entire property of the islands, the inotives owing but four-fifths of 1 jper cent, of it. And the whites have overthrown the Gov ernment, and have proclaimed!, or are about to proclaim, a constitution with property qualifications. And I have heard one of the leaders of the Republican party in this Chamber, a few days ago, declare that those men there who have overthrown the native 5overnment were tov be compared to the Washingtons, Russells Sidneys, and other devotees of freedom. This is the view of party that now claims to.be the cmm.- n nn tiliu Lrreaerver Ul tuts iikuu3 ui .i. f'T . ii olorea Senator Frve said that if the States could aivonrlod nnnn to do what lis lust and fair, they ought to be allowed'tO administer the election laws, due inai, ii me oiais could not be depended upon, the Federal oipption laws should oe retained, rie aia not believe anv such dependence coma oe placed upon the States. He referred to t! e provision in me constuuiioii ui iu.ia:iiyn that voters must be able to read the consti tution of the State or to interpret its mean ing. He was told by Senator Gray that that was no worse than tne provision in me iw oritntinn of Massachusetts. I - Senator Frve the State of Massachusetts has no such law. ' , . , Senator Gray-It has a more strmgeni, The constitution of Mississippi, oenator Polmpp Tint, in tor th s iMifii a I benefit ot Mr. Vrve "bus very much resemblance to tne fonstvtntinn nf Hawaii." fLaughter.l The discussion on the relative restrictions of the Mississippi and Massachusetts consti tutions was carried on for some time with nnnsiderahlp warmth' Fina Iv the day s deoate ciosea wmi ic declaration by Senator Palmer that the elec- tinr la or aj a j n t sura HI A flHortlOO. w" : . j Th bill went over till to-morrow, tuu u Senate, at 4:1a o'clock", after a short execu tive session, adjourned. HOCSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. fko TTonsp trinfr im the consideration ' of the Hawaiian resolution and Mr. jonusou. u.n,,i,i,An or i nTin was recoguiaeu u .mnt thA administration for its acts in Hawaii anu ustmtuo " restore the savage yueen uau wen ou- ful there would have been witnessed for the first time the successful impeachment of an American Executive. Mr. Johnson yielded two minutes to Mr. Morse Republican ot MassacnuBcuca, w" said: "Mr. Speaker . there is one remark L that i did not have time to make, which 1 desire ta add to mv speech oi oaiuraaj evening, for the last twenty-nve yeora, since the days of reconstruction began, -after the -close of '. th war. the shibboleth inMhe South. th -rmlitf rl war cry that has downed all opposition, that has downed the Kepublicans and th Populists and allv otherx parties. - and ' hat has made thaSouth invariably come jap of late years silfra solid Democraticuelega- turn va Gongress.vaas neen the cry of a "white man's Govfernnifint.'V On - the one mtL? in this controversy is a dissolnte colored ?em at".; She has none of the glamour which Ien?ri 4 wwaltv bv birth. Her fathe - - Sored iirher. On the other side are was w white men snd women, but aearly noton r.n the yintaoiW and lBtelligent or quite S islands. And yet;, strange whit neooleo. .Lf-ri nf their mastet, the to tell, at the com.., jj supporters, the great Groyer Gieveiau - j$enaie, inprrvn ill uiv s'aunch Southern Democrats, the loudest shouters for a white man's Government, dis regard all their ancestors' traditions 'about white supremacy and the white man's Gov ernment." - i Mr. Outhwaite, Democrat, of Ohio, took exception to the words, and demanded that they be taken down and that the gentleman he called to order. - - : Mr. MoTse asked what there was -in his speech that was objectionable. M. Outhwaite I object to the inso lenfand insulting language addressed to this side of the House. After a little debate, the wordsjvere taken down and read at the desk, when Mr. Morse arose to explain his remarks, but the Speaker called him to order. The Speaker, after weighing the words, gave it as his opinion that the language was not parliamentary; no member had the right to speak of any member of the House or Senate as controlled by their master the President. . ? - - On motion of Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, Mr. Morse was allowed to explain, Mr. Outhwaite alone voting no. . Mr.Morse withdrew the objectionable words relauve to control of Democrats by- their master, the President, and all was peace and harmony again. , Mr. Patterson, Democrat, of Tennessee, said the Republican party is now takinir up the Southern campaign cry for "white -man's Government'' for Hawaii; yet, in South Carolina, few years ago. in the land of Sumter, Marion; . and Moultrie, they had upset the white man's government and turned ti e State over to the rule of a iclasS much lower than Hawaiians, Responsi bility for this rested "npon the Republican, party and they had endeavored to perpetu-. ate that action by the enactment of the Force bilk .-!-. Mr. W ueeler. Democrat of "Alabama, 'up neia me aaministranon s non-annerxation policy. It has been proposed to pay the yueen for surrendiug her claim to the Government, but he . emphatically de preciated the propcsition to nav an annuity of 30.000 to a woman who bore such a reputation as was given her Jbg all United btates representatives in Hawaii. Mr. Oates defended Mr. Blount from the charges with which he has been assailed. He knew no man whose word he would rather accept, than Mr. Blount's. He had served twenty years in Congress with honor and distinction and he wouid not be likely to tarnish his unblemished record by maki 'ga false report; and he (Oates) be lieved what Mr. Blount had said. He be lieved the American Minister mainly in strumental in the overthrow of the Queen. He admitted no actual force used, but claimed that coercion was used, which was quite as effective. Mr. Jioutelle. in defending the action of Minister Stevens, said his greatest crime was that he had always at heart the interest of the American Government and the American people. No one could eyer bring that charge against the President. And one might search the records in vain to show where the sycophants and parasites of a President had ever gone to such an extent in upholding a -President as -the Democratic party .now presented. He appealed to the House to wipe out the infamy which had been perpetrated in the name of a high-minded Government, which up to eight months ago had had no cause to blush for its record. OnlvHhe President and an apostate Secretary of state had brought this degredation on the nation But even that was not enough. Not only must we send a spy to uproot American institutions and American influence in an island which is the key to the Pacific ocean, but we must also degrade our American navy by putting it in the hands of a Georgia politician, in order to get some one who would give the oraer to "haul down the American nag " That order wa3 unconstitutional; when that order was written the constitution - was vio-- lated; and the man who wrote it made him self liable to impeachment at the bar of the House of Representatives.'' The Secretary of the Navy,writing to the Admiral of the American fleet, (Admiral Skerrett) a--man who' had before tarried the American flag ashore at Honolulu, amid the plaudits of the American people, told him that he must confer'with Mr. Blount, a private citizen ot Georgia. And Mr. Blount, taking advan tage of the first opportunity that ever pre sented itself tojii-m. gave order to that gal lant admiral to-"baul down that flag." Oh, you are making a splendid record for your selves,' he cried sarcasticallyr as he turned towards the Democratic'side of the House. Mr. Black, Democrat of Illinois, took the opposite end of the argu ment and delivered a speech scintillating with wit. He read a letter of ex-Secretary of State Foster disa vowing the action of Minister Stevens in substituting the American flag for the Ha- waaau as the emblem of authority. This was greeted by loud applause on the Demo cratic side. Mrr Van voorhis. Republican of New York, appealed for the annexationists and said it was all very well that - we would re gard any approach by a foreign Govern ment as an act unfriendly to our own, out if the Hawaiians, after being refused an nexation by the t nited States, should ap ply to Great Britain, what could we do about it? - - ; At the conclusion of. Mr. Van Voorhis speech Mr. McCreary moved that at 5:30 o'clock the Honse take a recess till 8 o'clock p. m. the evening session to be for debate only on the Hawaiian question which was agreed to. ' Mr. Griffin, Democrat, of Michigan, said he cordially and enthusiastically endorsed the administration. Ha would not change the dotting of an "I" or crossing of a "T" in what had been done or said by the ad ministration in regard to Hawaiian affairs. The President.had done the right thing, at the right time, and at the right place. Me (Griffin) was ready "to rally round the flag'' to put it up when it was improperly hauled own. and to haul it down when im properly put up.! But he.did not want to see it float at Honofulu as ' a signal that the great repu'dic of the United States had overthrown a peaceable and constitutional Government and substituted in its steaa a wretcKM and miserable oligarchy. At5:J0 o clock the gavel fell and the House took a recess until 8 o'clock p. m. Anarchism In London. Loxdox. Feb. 5. Another meeting of the unemployed was held at Tower Hill to-day, at which the Socialist leader, V illiams, an nounced that a demonstration would be made in Trafalgar Square on Saturday, He declared that if the police interfered, the procession of the unemployed will send them to heaven. This statement was greeted with cheers by the assembled mob. Uontmuing, Williams aeciarea injW a piece of explosive the size of a pejfify, which non d he earned in the nocKet. wouia re move two lines of police, - .Again the crowd hrnko out into annreeiative cheers as Will iams enunciated his dangerous hjnt,"-affd many of the crowd shouting: "It should be Hone." Williams further said that if the foreignAnarchists.reinforce the unemployed there wouiioe warm wont ior we ponce. The speaker was repeatedly cheered. Hunted by Jndge I.ynch's Bailiffs. JrKsosvriXE. Fla.. Feb. - 5. Sunday night at Pittsburg Junction, a small ;station on the jacKsonviue ana s. Augustine roau, nhont. fifteen miles from JacKsonviue. jonn Johnson, a negro, who had been employed in that vicinity, proce into tne nouse -oi George Bartlett while Mr.i Bart'ett was absent from home aud attempted a criminal assault on Mrs, Bartlett. who, save a cniia only 4 vears old. was alone in the house. n., " . . , r It . 1 . . J L. n n I ne nena seizea Jir. oaruru uuu uegan iu n.hoke her. but she fought the brute and at the same time began to call to her brother. who was in an adimning house, for help. The negro fearing the brother baa heard th eries of the woman, fled. Anosse is in nnrsuit and if the negro is caught an om tuary notice will be in order. Tlie Most Gorgeons Treasures of Arabia. ' - wviat a anlendid nicture it brought before your mind! You read the glowing descrip tions of the secret treasures wnicn me genu of the ring spread before Aladdin's gaze. Vnn nernsed this lavonte siory ui juuij "Arabian Nights" when a boy, and your imagination pictured Druiianuy ior you everything u"r&; TriJav. That waa wueu j x V I j -Z ' cCii possibly, you are unable to do it. Shall we Sfvou tie reason why? Most probably ocval' r . T, tm sick headache. dizziness, and constipation. Do you want . . n th tmnhles permanently, make , rrialtr rnnr imazi nation lively VUUl 11 V c. av-u v,j , j . " j - J . . .UCnE as vrrtrf rtitl WrlPTl and in general enjoy u. j - a boy? AU you nave to u t- Piooc.nt Pellets. Durelv vegetable, perfectly harmless, the smallest and easiest to taice, ana they are ine cneaprat thev are truaranteeri to eive satisfaction, or vour money is returned. What more can , you ask? WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY. FKBUUAUT 6. PECKHM'S NOMINATION BEING- CONSIDERED BY THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. Senator Hill Confident of Defeating It Our Available Military Force Resignations Called For ! Nominations and Confirma tions Investigating Ru mors as to Revival of the Louisiana Jjottery. WASHcro-roif, Feb. 5. The Senate Judi ciary committee went into session this morning at 10:30 with all members present and when noon came there were no indica tions that the committee was ready to ad journ. This indicated an effort to dispose of the Peckham nomination to-day, but at 12:15 o'clock the committee rose, having postponed action until a special meeting to morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. During the session there was a great deal of discus sion of the case, and more letters, both for and against Mr. Peckham were read. -No attempt was made however, to test the sense of the committee, and,'finding it impossible to agree Jxvote to-day, the -postpoiMmeni was invitable "It is understood that one Southern member of the committee who was opposed to Judge Horn blower, is Wav ering in his opposition to Mr. Peckham, ane that he was the cause of the cause of the postponement It is not, at the same time, said to be certain that all the Republi can members who supported Judge Horn blower will support Mr. Pt ckham. Senator Hillpressed himself as sacisfied with the situation and believed Mr. Peckham would be defeated. - - . Secretary Lamont sent to the Honse to-day a report showing that about 8,223.997 men are available for military duty in the United States.: - . Up to this time Postmaster General Eis sell has received no official information of the proposed or actual resurrection of the Louisiana lottery and the establishment of its headquarters at Fort Tampa City, Fla. Some two weeks ago. however, a report to that effect reached the Department and the Postmaster General at once referred the matter to the inspection division, with in structions to have the matter immediately investigated. These instructions were sent tothe proper officer in the field, who, it is said has had wide experience with the lottery company, and it is expected that his report will soon be forthcoming. Postmaster Gen eral Bissell is thoroughly alive to the neces sity tor prompt and vigorous action in the premises, and in case the fact is established that the lottery company has again opened up for business, he will exercise every power under his control to stamp it out. He has asked the State Department to take it up with the Governments of all of the Mexican and South American States, and if possible secure action by which the scheme of mak ing drawings in one country in order to evade the laws of another, be prevented. The President to-day nominated to be postmasters: In Alabama-Mary M. Force, Selma. In Florida D Shepard Shine, Or lando, y y ' ,y The count of the silver in the vaults in the treasurer's office was completed this morn ing, A shortage of $804 was found, all of jwhich was stolen by Anderson, the young messenger. His friends, who are highly connected politically and socially, are mak ing every effort to "have the affair settled, and have agreed to reimburse 'Treasurer Morgan if the prosecution is dropped. 1 Secretary tJarlisle has called for the obsig nation, among others, of E. W. Matteson, surveyor of cusioms at Chattanooga, Tenn. This afternoon Action Secretary Curtis sent a letter to each assistant treasurer in the United States, in which, after giving in structions upon matters of local detail con cerning the issue of the new bonds to sub scribers, he writes: "It should be understood that deposits are to be made, according to the terms of the circulars of January 17, and 24, 1894, in United States gold coin or gold certificatea."- - Tne Senate has confirmed the following nominations: J. A. Taylor, to be United States Attorney for the Western district of Tennessee and John J. King, to be col lector of customs at Mobile Ala. A SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY. A. Well Known Insurance Man of Chattanooga Kilted by a Bank President of That City The Consequence of a Divorce Suit. - Chattsooga., Feb. 5. George N. Henson, president of the Citizens' Bank and Trust company, and one of the most prominent men in Chattanooga's financial field and commercial circles, tiis afternoon shot and killed J. B. Wert, a well known insurance man, the father of a large family and with connections throughout this section of the country. The city to night is agog with ex citement in consequence of the sensational tragedy. The shooting occurred shortly after 2 o clock. The killing was done in one of the passenger elevators in the Richard son block, the largest office building in the CltV. "1 some tnree montns ago air. xienson sueu his wife for divorce, naming ert as co respondent. On account of the prominence of all parties concerned, the suit awakened the liveliest interest and engendered most bitter feelings. Henson stoutly maintained that Wert had been ; unduly intimate with Mrs. Henson and Wert as stoutly denied it. Following the filing of the bill lor divorce. Wert printed a card in the newspapers de nouncing Henson as a liar and a calumni ator. Henson replied, reiterating tne. charges. Through mutual friends the nusnana ana wife divorce procee lings were withdrawn the husband agreeing to maintain his wife and children ana paying the costs or the divorce suit. Wert's friends claimed this exonerated him, but Henson continued to contend that he was guilty of the undue in timacv. Some few weeks ago the Centenary Methodist church, or which Air. wen was a prominent member, placed him on trial be fore a jury of seven ef the church members: Five voted for conviction of adultery and two for acQuittal. Accordingly he was ex pelled from the cnurcn of theunfor- tanate affairs was. enacted... Both men had been avoiding one another, fearful of the consequences of a meeting. This afternoon Henson had Dusiness witn. ine oansn as- tornevs on the fourth floor of the Richard son block, and after finishing his business he started down to make his exit from tne building. As he reached the recoud floor below. Wert, in company with a young at? tornev. entered the elevator, ltmis tne men met lace to face for the first time since the church trial Between the first floor and the ground the shooting occurredl Henson says he intended leaving the elevator as soon as he recognized the new oM.'wenirer. but his exit was interfered witn by men entering. He further claims that in the descent he thought he detected Wert reaching for a weapon. However that may be, ere the elevator reached the ground Henson began to snoor, nnng iwo . duiibuj while the elevator was in motion, ine last shot was fired just as the elevator reached the ground floor. One shot en tered Wert's right breast, passing througn the fifth rib. ranging to the left and passed thronizh the edge of the' right lung ana through the base of the heart. The stcond shot trncfcLvin Thomas, voung attorney inflicting a flesh wound in the arm. x Wert died fifteen minutes afser the Shot. Th wildest excitement prevailed, and m lew than ten minutes thousands surrounded th hnildine. The banker, after he had done the shooting, filed in wild excitement hBk nn the stairway to tne attorney s omce whereTlater. he waived preliminary hear ing. He is in the onice of the jail to-night and will probably be given a preliminary hMrin!r to-morrow. Wert's clothes gave oviHenr-e of the fearful mistake unaer which Henson was laboring. - ine oniy character of weapon found on the dead man wm an . insignificant penknife ana it was nnonened. The victim leaves a wife and six children He was about fifty years of age and has lived inChattanooga twenty years. , Tjimhnm enred bv two applications. Mr. H. C. Rigby, Baltimore, McL, Special Agent f'f Mntnal Life Insurance Co. of New Nym-It rays: "I take measure in Btating thai a , rtf In tt Kb rrr ' - Oi a sevens v .mwavh, AN UNFORTUNATE One Man Killed and Another Wounded by GoTernor Til Iman's Dispensary Constables. . nae Columbia (. e.) state. Wellford, Feb. 4. The killing of Craw ford Ballew and the wounding of Perry Moore by State constables, near here last night, was one of the coldest blooded out rages ever perpetrated in the name of law. Ballew and Moore were recent comers in this neighborhood, from Greenville county They were farmers, living on the farm of Capt. J. M. Benson, about two miles from Wellford. Last night, according to the facts elicited at the coroner s inquest, one of Tillman's spies came to Ballew's house about 11 o clock, pretending to be drunk, and asked him to show him the way to the railroad. Moore got his lantern and piloted the man to the railroad. When thev reached the railroad Chief Constable Fant and Deputy Sheriff Dean, with a posse of six constables, halted Moore, who not understanding what was up, brofce and run. The constables say he ran, but fired as he ran. He says he did not shoot until fired at, and is borne out in his statement by two disinterested witnesses and by some women who are related to the dead man. All agree that he was running when he was tired upon by the posse. His leg was shattered just below the knee, and he fell crying for help. The wounded man's cries brought his brother-in-liv Ballew, out of his house about fifty yards away. Moore says Ballew carried him into the cotton field towards his (Moore's) house. ; The women at Ballew's house were very much alarmed, and in order to quiet them Ballew left Moore on the ground and ran to wards his house He was intercepted by Chief Fant, Deputy Boyce,;Deau and several others. According to the testimony of the two disinterested witnesses, the only word spoken at this meeting was the heartbroken cry of an excited woman, "That is my man: please don't shoot him." She was answered by the crack of a Winchester, and Ballejv pitched forward into the arms of Ine stillness which always iollows death, me agonizing shriek of a woman and the brutal voice of a man demanding of the woman if there was any more - damned men about here," aud the tragedy was over The testimony of the coustables differ fronk that of Babb and Gregory, the disinterested men quoted before, who say that Ballew off ierea no resistance. The constables say that after Moore fled and they had fired on him, they advanced toward Bailee's house; that they met Ballew and saw him advancing-On them with drawn pistols; that theycovered him wim snot guns ana nnes anaordered him to throw down his pistols. He baited and lo eredone and partially flowered the othe: but immediately presented his pistol agai ana advanced until he was within ten feet of the posse, Boyce Dean and Fant, tellinfe him at every, tep to stop or they would kill him. When they got within ten feet, Mas- sey nrea a Winchester at him. Bv Soatnern Press. , Charleston. Feb. 5. A special to f the 'JVeip and Courier from Spartanburg. S C.i says: The coroner's jury in the Dispensary, killing case near Welford. reached a verdict a J m t c j. . i i . . . m-uay. me nrst jury was squasned, at tne, ic and ha fiii,? i -i-suggestion of Sheriff Dean, because thrioPi?in? father and some of the kindred of Bovcei Dean, his deputy. Was on it. A new, jury, a very good one, was fcelected. They ren-1 dered the following verdict, which is singu lar in its phraseology: "We, the coroner's jury, agree that the deceased, Crawford Ballew, came to his death on February 3. 1891, by a gunshot wound in the hands of F. C. Massey, while resisting officers .of thet law." - With this verdict Coroner Pollard was in doubt as to his duty as to Massey, Finally he decided to commit him to the jail and await instructions from the solicitor. So Massey was arrested this afternoon and turned over to Sheriff Dean. It will be two or three days before Solicitor Schumpert can be heard from. If he decides that Mas sey should be held under arrest, then appli-t cation will oe made Deiore a judge tor bail which will be easily secured. COMMERCIAL NEWS. Stocks and Bonds in New Yorfc The Grain and Provision Markets j j yeai-s. She says he has forced her to ac of Chicago i company him and live with him unlawfully. New York, Feb. 5,-During the first hour nf hnSino t th. Riv.v Prr.h9ni fho t,H. ing was all in the industrial stocks to the ex- elusion of the railway list. All the inuus- trials were in dtniand, especially just after ' the opening, when ttuijar soared up to 82s, ' Chicago Gas to 66, Distillers to 20, Lead to 301 and Lead, perferred; to 76i. No new reasons were given for the rise, which was ' again based on the short interest made while the Wilson bill was under discussion in Washington. At that time a big short interest was made, particularly in Whiskey and Sugar, and the heirs then anticipated no difficulty in covering after the "passage of the measure referred to. In this they were totally mistaken, as the insiders were quick to perceive that the short interest was un- weildy and could be forced to covr. lhe advance from 75 last week to 82 to-day is proof conclusive on this score. Distillers was even stronger than sugar, ror alter ns- . ing lit per cent, to at the opening, it was allowed to recede to US, and at the close sud denly pushed up to 3oi. Sugar, on the other hand, ran off to 80 and closed at that figure. a net gain of only 4 per cent Chicago Gas jumped to 664, but near the close on moder- ateiy large onermgs me pnr ieii uacn. iu i 64 to 043. The raiway list developed ' nothing of interest, and, if anything, . was weaK during the early part oi the day. Reading showed a little strength advancing I per cent, to 211. Near the close Norther Pacific prefered, loomed into prominence arid rose li per cent, to 13i. The stock was influenced bv statements by President Hill, of the Great Northern, to the effect that trans-continental rates had been fixed up. A sudden rise m hiskey over TO just near the close stiffened the whole markef, which left off firm and 1 to 2 per cent higher Ior tbe stocK namei, Jteaauig, ISorther i'acihe preferred. iacKawanna. anu the T.end. Ghicaeo Gas lost 1 Per cent., but the decline otherwise was merely fractional. The total sales were 152,000 shares, of which 101.000 shares were industrials Itaiiway and miscellanons bonds were strong. (Chicago. Feb. o. there was a weaK teel ing in wheat to-day, with hardlv a grain of consolation or endorsement for a bull. Trade, while moderately active, was not mnrted hv aDT important operations. The market opened 4 to 1c lower than Saturday s close, ruled easy, declined Ic for May and lc for Julv. The close showed a less of jc for May and 14c for July. Gorn was weaK. . Belhng orders irom me country were quite numerous and t - lact was taken as an inclination; oi a c- nun iea increased movement. The maiket ai the close was I to 4c lower than final figures of Saturday. In oats ouenngs were rather noerai ana were doubtless induced by the weaker wheat and corn market The close was with a net loss of S to 4c for the day. -1 Provisions opened firm on an advance of 5c per hundred weight in the price of hogs. Trade was at no time heavy, and values re sponded to moderate buying or selling. The nog maraei ciosea wun ine auvauue ius. and then product sold off. but shortly before the close some buying orders appeared and were influential in causing a reaction, wun ribs a trifle firmer than pork or lard. May pork closed unchanged; May lard unchanged to 24c lower, and May ribs 5c higher. Tbe domestic markets wers wealt ana tne ior- eign quiet. ' - To Blockade Kio. Lojtoos. Feb.&.-rA dispatch from Rio. Janeiro late this afternoon says: Admiral Da Gama has given forty-eight hours notice that ho will hlne.kade Rio and has disposed his fleet accordingly. This step is mtenoea to assert belligerent rights for the insur gents. The action of the foreign com manders is awaited witn anxiety. - - -- Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S 1894. THE BURGESSES CORPS. liljy MEMBERS DELIGHTED WITH THEIR RECEPTION. Last Reception of the Senson Mnon xaifc About the Fuller Trial Farm, Work Progressing -Rapidly New Odd Fel . lows Hall Arrested for Abduct a Young. Girl. Messenger .Bureau, ' Raleigh, Feb. 5. f .Liuu evening uovernor nrt f n : vxa gave the -last public reception of the season at tne executive mansion. Mrs. B.8. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Carr. Mrs. William B. -Grimes, Miss Mary Hinton and Miss ' Mary Davis, of Louisburg assisted in re- iriug. memDers or tne Governor's staff , were present. The officers of the Governor's Guard called and paid their respects as did L. T. Henderson, of U. S.A. Haywood's orchestra furnished music. The attendance was large. These receptions are very popu lar, . 1 Another cold snap ca'me; last "night with out warning by the we&her bureau.v " 1 ' The Supreme court ' wilt to-morrow take up the docket of appeals from the First dis trict. It is a light docket. There is a great deal of talk about the ver dict in the Fuller murder case. It is the popular belief that Fuller will get off with a term in the penitentiary. Farm work has progressed rapidly. There has been no snow since November and the ground has been frozen 4jut a few days, farmers say that more, ploughing is now done than they ever remember to have seen this early in the year. Large crops of spring oats will be planted. - Governor Can- appoints G. P. - Livingston, of Try on .and J . l. Crowell, of Concord notaries public. - The Railway Commission has no cases for hearing this week. The Odd Fel "ft iu i , , . ..w w ao viiv aic ti XJaVC iineir halls in the hand M,r R- s- Fullen is to erect in this citv. xnere are now 130 children in the Baptist orphanage at Thomasville. The superin tendent urges that accommodations be pro vided for hfty more. . The saloon keepers of this city ask the city to regulate their hours of opening, and closmg. The city will prescribe the hours. It appears that the street railway, which will be sold some time in April, will proba bly be purchased by other parties. The franchise expired yesterday, but of course the city will grant a new one. The members of the Burgesses Corps ex press delight with their reception here, lhey will probably get breakfast here on then: return next Friday. The Burgesses' Corps is one of the most celebrated and re nowned military organizations in New York btate. The corns Was ntvaniTnd in nrtnKa., tar occasions in that Ktnt ainra . In 1860. when the Prince of Wales yisited mia wumry, ine corps acted as his escort, and also acted , in th soma lunonh, President Lincoln during his life, and after his death the organization was the special -escort to his remains. The corps was the guard of honor at the Capitol and in the parade Of the fnneral nhunnioa ix Ron Grant in 1885, and the following year act d j'"."' -rresiaeni Cleveland for four ua uunng ine oi-centennial celebration. The city will fit up its theatre and leise it. Complaint is made by the owner of tie Academy of Music that it is not proper for the city to manage its own ihaatro The A gricultural Department has issued a ' bulletin giving the fertilizer analyses made . iu uax. United States Marshal Carroll twlav rnm- pleted the appointment of his deputy mar ' shals. There are some thirty-five in alL I A white man about 40 years of age! whose name is given as H. H. Rush, is in jail here. He was arrested to-dav nnnn a warrant sworn out by a girl who says her age is 14 X;8;"". inere are some sing- . aiHjui mis case wnicn me magistrate will investigate fully. IByhpecIal Telegram. . The girl's name is Laura Walker and she as well as Rush are from Richmond county. She says Rush took her away from her mother" while the latter was sick and, by threats, made her accompany him; that Kush earned a gun and said he would kill her unless she would tellDeonle she was his wife; that she tried to escape but he hunted her down and forced her to walk all the : way from Rockingham here. He made her ' wear a long dress. She does not know her age. The magiotrate here had her examined by two women who say she is about 13 years old. They found her clothing was so padded as to make her appear larger than she really is. The girl says she knows Hec tor McNeill at Red Springs and he has been . written to. She says her mother has died since Rush took her away. Rush tells a confused story about marrying her in South Carolina. He says he is wounded and that he was shot by officers who mistook him for another man, a fugitive from justice. The Sun's iCotton Report. New York, Feb. 5. The Sun' cotton review says: Cotton advanced 10 to 11 points reacted and closed at a net rise of 6 to 7, end ing steady. Sales were 106,900 bales. Liver pool advanced 1 to li points, closing steady. Spot sales there were 10,000 bales at steadier but unchanged prices. " Manchester waa auiet. Bombay receipts for the half week were 30,000 bales, against 17.000 for the same j time last year. Spot cotton was steady and unchanged Sales were 61 bales for spin ning. Southern markets generally were very quiet and unchanged. Galveston declined ic. Sew Orleans sold 2,200 bales, Memphis 1.150 and Galveston 75. r"ort reeipts were 24.381 bales, against 19,292 this day last week and 15,960 last year: thus far this week 38.631 bales, against 43,441 thus far last week. Exports to-day were 7,345 bales to . Great Brstain, 981 ti France and 2,987 to the continent. Augusta receipts were 338 bales, against 149 last ear; Memphis 995, against 2.182 last year: St Louis 489, against 1,216, and Houston 1,623;, against 2.123. Silver was 4c lower here and 3-16d lower in Lon don. New Orleans advanced 7 to 8 points ' and lost 2 points of this. Particulars of Je-. fright In Madison County '' Ashevtlle, N. C, Feb. 5 A special ta the Citizen from Hot Springs, N. C, gives a few additional particulars of the fight on the State line between farmers of North Caro lina and Tennessee. One of the men en gaged in the affair. Phillip Rice. was brought into Marshall, the county seat of Madison county, yesterday. He says the men en gaged in the fight were all from Midison county and working on- the road under " Alex, riensley. They became involved in a j nnarrel which resulted m Frederics, a brother of PhilliD Rice, being shot dead. Clarence Ray and Wm. Morton are not ex- pected to live. Phillip Rice was shot through the leg. Dan Morton and Haight Morton, participants in the affray, have been jailed. Vaillant Guillotined. Pabib, Feb. 5.Augnsta Vaillant, the An archist who threw a bomb in the Chamber of Deputies on December 9th, was guillo- j tined at 7:10 o'clock this morning at the prison De la Roquette. Vaillant s last words as be was led to the guillotine were: "Death to the Bourgeoise. Long live Anarchy." About 1,200 people were present. No dis turbances occurred. . Gov't Report l imes are Hard, You Need Furniture. We Have It. WE1 ARE PREPARED TO MEET 10 Piece Oak Suit oi Furniture ior $35.00. -TERMS $10.00 CASH, BALANCE $8.00 PER MONTII Sideboards, Hat Racks, China Closets. Ladies' Desks. Combination. Cases, Parlor Suits, . Odd Pieces of Furniture, Toilet Sets. n P everything in Furniture and House Furnislings sold on the same pro- ' portionate terms. Y . The Best Goods! THE MOST LIBERAL TERMS. No. 16 South Front St. The Cheapest Furniture House in North Carolina. v- o Dixie, Clipper and Stonewall Plows, OHOVBLS, PITCHFOKK8, HOBS, TRACK CHAINS, ROPE, BACK BAUDS, COLLARS,- - HAMES, BRIDLES. IN FACT FULL LINK OF -.xic-CLlti-ra-l . Tcols AT BOTTOM PRICES. TOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED BY TUB N. Jagobi Hardware Co. C. G. Fennell. C. H. SPRING DRESS GOODS. JUST RECEIVED SPRING DRESS GOODS IN SERGES, WHIP CORDS, FANCY Hopsackings, Fancy Choviots ail new shades, 30c per yard. The lareest assortment of White Goods Linen Lawn. French and English Nainsook, Persian Lawn, India Lawn and Muslins, Cambrics and undressed Checked Lawns. To arrive Wednesday large line of Spring Ginghams, Zephyrs, Percales, Satines and Printed Duck. ' ' MAIL ORDERS. Special attention, to Mail Orders. Express charges paid oa all cash orders amounting to Fiye Dollars or orer. FENNELL, FORE & CO., PROMT STREET. NEXT DOOR NORTH 6PKINQ VANTAGES lS O0GH, PKOGMESSIVI. Term to iait tlie James Dinwiddle, III; fl. oi PRICE 5 CENTS. Money is Tight THE ISSUES WE WILL SELL A The Lowest Prices. BID & GO. The Best Suit I Ever Wore. This remark is often heard among our customers. , It isn't the new customers only, for we are furnishing better cloth ing;, when possible, every, season. We do the best we can always and very sel dom hear a complaint. We want every patron to be able to say this is the best suit I ever wore and at the same time the . cheapest. We will not sell cheaper ma terial, it does not pay the buver or seller. It's ft suit worth $20, we offer for$l5. Those worth $15 at $10 and soon through the line. Tbey must go. Overcoats and Children's Suits way down. Furnishing Good very low. Suits made to or-der at ABSOLUTE COST. Fore. Jas. L. Yopp. and Check Sackings. Gherster Cloth in 54 - inch Habit Cloth, worth 75c for 75c, : in Wilmington, such as India Linen Dimity, Plaid OF PJRCELL HOUSE, WILMINGTON. N. C. TTOR THE INSPECTION holding down prices for the convenience of all, holding out bargains within the reach of -all; and consequently holding on to the people's patronage to the con sternation of all (competitors.) We are. INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG LflDlBS, KALS1QH N. C , TXBK BBGIKd JAU.SM, ism. UMMVALLED AD ALL DEPAKTMKKT3. ADVANCED, THOK times. Bend for Catalogue and particular to Uaiversitu oi Ylralflla. PrlnclDal
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