North Carolina Newspapers

ESTABLISHE!:!l867. . . - . ; . r . . x - -. 7 v., . ,; . WILMINGTON. N n S A TTTT? HAV ATAl?OTT in icai ' " - . TELEGRAPHIC SUMltfK&Y. In, Wake Superior court the slander suit of W. S. Barnes "against Congress man Crawford is dismissed on demurrer. The plaintiff appeals. Rev. Jesse Howell is dying at his home in "Wake county. The liquor warehouse of J. C. Clapp, near Burlington, is broken open and robbed. Tha President nominates sons of Congressman "Wilson, of West Virginia, and Vice President Stevenson to be assistant paymasters in the navy. Bradstreet reports that the unfavor able report as to volume of sales of last week remains unchanged, with a few exceptions. The seven months report of foreign trade shows a decrease of 23 per cent., as compared with last year, while there is an increase of 8 per cent, in domestic shipments. Business at Nash ville is smaller than a fyear ago while Memphis shows blight improvement. South Atlantic cities report improving features. New Orleans complains of the slowness in paying the sugar bounties. The business failures for the week number 249, against 193 for the same time last year. -Railroad men are .much exercised ovt-r the cut in freight rates from the Mississippi valley to the seaboard? -Geo. A. Smith, of Pickett county.Tenn., while drunk, kills his wife and youngest child and attempts to kill his sister-in-law. lie has fled and if cap tured will be lynched. The steamer Chester, Amsterdam for Baltimore, is ashore on Ship shoals near Cape Charles, Va. British ship owners and captains at liio protest against the refusal of the British naval oliicers there to supply them with water and remove the sick. They are dependent on the United States navy for thuj assistance. The Secretary of-State for Foreign Affairs has been ap pealed: to in the matter.-1 It was thought that Louis Kossuth would not live through thei night. The police of Ifome make a fruitless search for Anar . chi-tls.-l -William Snyder and his wife, an age4 couple of Delavan, N. Y., perish in the flames of their burned dwelling. Two detachments of British troops operating in Assam have been defeated by the natives and an escort of thirty men and four officers has "been annihi lated. The funeral of Robert Ross, shot in the riot at the Troy election, was a remarkable one, the whole city paying respect to his memory. Governor Flower says the election affair at Troy shall.be thoroughly investigated. The Circuit court decides that the local option election held in Roanoke, Va., last September is void.- Maj. Geo. CooperJCoiner, the Masonic author, is dead. -j While lecturing in Dallas, Tex., Wednesday night the fanatic Ililes was shot at by a man in the audience. Charlie! Mitchell leaves Florida. -Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Miss Winnie Davis and Mrs. XJ.j S. Grant will be invited to at tend the Confederate Veterans' reunion at Birmingham. The Boston Tow Boat colnpany is awarded the contract for raising the Kearsarge. BABNFS VS. CRAWFORD. This Slander Suit is Discussed on I Demurrer of Defendant Rev. Jesse Howell Dyinff Liquor ' Warehouse Robbed. Special to the .Messenger. I Raleigh, N. C, March 9. The case of William S. Barnes, secretary and treas ure, of ' the State Farmers' Alliance again , Congressman William T. Craw ford, of; ne Ninth district, for damages for alleged slander, came up in the Superior court here to-day on demurrer. The dei-nurrer was sustained and the action dismissed by Judge Hoke. Barnes, thereupon, appealed to the Supreme court. Rev. Jer.se Howell, a well known Bap tist preacher, is reported djing at his home in this county. ' A telegram this evening from Bur lington says, the- liquor warehouse of J. C, Clapp near there was broken open and robbed last night. Local Option flection I Void. Declared Roanoke, Va., March 9. The local option election held irjf this city on Sep tember t last was declared void in a decision rendered by Judge Whittle, of the Fifth Judicial circuit, in the Circuit court this "Taf ternoon. An appeal from the Hustings court s refusal to grant a malt liquor license to George K. Moore was argued on March 2nd before Judge Whittle, who heard the case at the re quest of Judge Dupuy, presiding over this circuit.' A special term was begun to-dav to hear tire decision in the case. Judse Wood's decision in the Hustings court was overruled at every point. The court room was crowded when the decison was read and great en thusiasm prevailed as a result of ..the rul ing. It is thought that the "drys" have no anneal from this decision. i The election in September was carried hv the iocel optibuists by 142 votes, but since that time there has been a decided . reaction of many of the prominent citi zens in regard to this contest, Nearly all of the business men are rejoicing over the result. - ! "Eeauty" mav be "only skin deep," but ihe secret of a beautiful skin is pure blood- Those coarse, rough, pimply complexions iuav, in most cases, be rendered soft, smooth and fair by the persevering and systematic use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The Confederate Veterans' Reunion, j BiKMiNtiHAM, March 9. The resident jcamp of Confederate Veterans met to night to arrange for the reunion of the veterans of the Southern States, to be held here beginning April 25th. A reso lution inviting Mrs. Jeiferson Davis, Miss Winnie Davis and Mrs. U. S. Grant to be the especial guests of the camp was adopted Wltn UlUCU cumuoioaiu. ! . Tempered Babies -......i,:wii' anr home. Insuf- tien!- nourishment produces ill temper - i int frotf ul children by teed imr nutritious and digestable food. The nAan F.nn-le Brand Condensed successful of all infant foods. --- I t, - uto-Mi n 7 n. m. Louis Eos ! ' -ii nnA it. la feared . i -t ii ij rani v sm i h mi." auu w that he will not survive until morning. itucltlens Arnica Salve. Th hst salve in the world for Cuts Rzirpc TTleers. Salt Rheum Fever Soren Tetter. Chapped Hands- Chilbiains. Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively eures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give rfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per ox, For eale by i .. i w -v i ii n I r 1 SENATORS 1 ON 'GRANGE: UnAEGED WITH OPERATING- IN SUGAR tttJST STOCK. A Resolution to e the Mat terThe Bland S ifirniorage B 1 Senator Vilas 5 es Danger In It Vote to be aken Wednes - Charses Against the Washing city Newspp re. SENATE. Washington, March 9. Th President having left the city for Vice trip to north Carolina with Mrs. Stevenson who is not in good health, the chair was occupied in the Senate to-day by Senator ttarns,- president pro tern, of the Senate. mi -rw . ine House bill, passed March 6th, to amend the act of March 3, 1387, au- tnonzmg the construction of a bridge across the East river between New York and Long Island, was reported, without vmendment, from the Committee on 7'ommerce and was passed. Senator Peff er, off ered a preamble and resolution, reciting v - circulati- in the city and rural newspapers the statements that Senators, making use of their official knowledge, have been operating on the Stock Exchange in the shares of the Sugar Trust and that many of them have thus acquired large gains and profits, and directing the appoint ment of a select committee of five Sena tors to investigate the subject. He asked that the resolution lie on the table for the present. ' Senator Morrill inquired of Senator Peffer whether he had any personal knowledge of the truth of any of the .charges. Senator Peffer disclaimed any such personal knowledge, but thought it proper, in view of the newspaper publi cations, to offer the resolution. Senator Quay inquired of the presid ing officer, whether it was in order to move to lay the resolution on the table, and was informed that it was not, as the resolution was not before the Senate having been laid on the table. The Senate then proceeded to the con sideration of bills on the calendar unob jected to. The first reported was that in reference to the McGarrahan claim. It was objected to by Senator Morrill, and was laid aside, retaining its place on the calendar. At 2 o'clock p. m. the unfinished busi ness was laid before the Senate, being the Bland Seigniorage bill. Senator Allison, who was entitled to the floor on the motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill went to its third reading, excused himself from speaking to-day, on account xf hoarseness and suggested that a day and an hour should be fixed by unanimous consent for tak ing the vote on his motion. Senator Harris, in charge of the bill, expressed his desire to .accommodate any Senator, and he proposed that the vote should be taken on Senator Alli son's motion at 3 o'cloek Wednesday. He would not commit himself, however, to give unanimous consent to the offer ing of amendments if the motion were voted down. Senator Manderson inquired of Senator Harris whether he proposed to allow amendments to be offered if Senator Allison's motion should be withdrawn, i On the contrary, said Senator Harris. I decline to commit mvself to anv snnh proposition. I will ero a step farther. ' and say frankly that I think I will not, at any time, consent to that; but I need not preclude mvself bv a positive declaration. My proposition is that the Senate shall vote, at 2 o'clock on Wednesday, on the motion of the Sena tor from Iowa. If that motion shall carry, then the bill goes back to the amendment stage. Then I will want to limit the debate on amendments to the five-minute rule and I will want an hour fixed for a final vote on the bill. Senator Manderson I also want to be frank. I am so firmly convinced that the construction of the language in the first section of the bill is as stated vester- daj', and that this construction does not carry out the intention of those who framed the bill, that I want, by some method, to have the bill amended or to move to have it amended. I think that the bill is very defective. It embarks the Senate, the Congress ; and the Gov ernment on a very dangerous path. I am inclined to think that the bill, a3 it reads, commends itself very heartily to the Senator from Kansas, (Feffer) who is the advocate of what we are pleased to call fiat morey, and that Senator will agree with me that the bill not only re quires the coinage of $55,000,000 of sil ver, but also authorizes the issue of bu ver certificates to the amount of another $55,000,000. . Senator Butler, of South Carolina Oh, no. Senator Manderson I desire to ,bave the bill corrected in that particular, and the only other way in which it can be done, if the vote to reconsider shall be voted down, will be to move to com mit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions to report it backt with amendments, and I give notice that I will make that motion. Senator Harris asked- and received unanimous consent that the Senate vote at 2 o'clock on Wednesday next on Sena tor Allison's motion to reconsider: that, if that motion failed, it might be fol lowed by the motion suggested by Sena tor Manderson: that all debate after & o'clock Wednesday should be limited to the five-minute rule; and that the final vote should be taken at 2 o clock on Thursday. Senator Vilas then addressed the senate in opposition to the bilL He said he felt great apprehensions as to the conse quences which its passage would bring on the country. He was aware, however, ttiat tuere was a settled purpose to pass it. without reeard to those conseauences The bill, briefly stated, was simply a bill to issue nearly SUO.OOO.OOO of silver cer tificates, to force them into currency of the country in addition to the amount already outstanding, and to substitute such a volume of silver certificates in place of the notes issued under the act of 1890. and which were, to all intents ana purposes greenbacks. And it certainly adds to the alarm which I feel in regard to this Legislation its pur- noses and conseauences to near from able and intelligent men an ex i ...... press declaration of their understanding that it is a step, a long step, perhaps an efficacious and fatal step towards the substitution of the silver standard in this country for the gold standard, it 13 not substitution of bi-metallism, that fatuous will-o'-the-wisp which is always sent floating before arguments which really favor silver monometallism it is not for the establishment of a bimetallic standard, but it is a measure simply for the establishment of a monometallic silver standard in place either of gold or bi-metallism. In rep'y to questions from" different Senators, Senator Vilas said. There has never been any specific setting apart of any reserve fund for the particular re demption of the notes of the Government. Punng Mr. Cleveland's first administra tion a practice was adopted by Secretary Manning to reckon, as if it were a liability, 100,000,000 of the gold in the treasury for the purpose of the redemp tion of greenbacks. There was nothing to base that upon except , a proviso in a law that when the gold in the treasury i! hoir.w 1 00.000.000 no more gold cer- chonld he issued until the Senator Vilas yielded to a motion to proceed to executive business, although ne saia ne had not been able, owing to frequent interruptions, to get through the first point of his argument, which he will resume next Monday. The Senate at . 5:30 o'clock, after short executive session, adjourned until Monday next. HOtfSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. The House agreed to the request of the senate ror a conierenee upon the joint resolution authorizing the printing of 8,000 copies of the Hawaiian correspond ence. The Senate wants the indexing of tne voiume aone py its committee on Foreign Relations, and the House wants it done by the Secretary of State. . r TT. T- ii - air. iiager, itepuDUcan, oi Iowa, en- aeavorea to get through by unanimous consent a bill for an increase of" a pen sion for a constituent, but Mr. Kilgore objected, saying the business of Friday night's session should not be dumped into me nouse in tnat way. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the District of Columbia Appropriation bill, the general debate to close at 3 o'clock. : The argument of Mr. De Armond that the general Government should no Ion get divide with the beople of 'the District the expenses of the District, was- antagonized by Messrs GrosBr.-"Heii-4 aerson ana uoldzier. Mr. Kilgore supported Mr. De Ar- mond's position, saying the people of the uistnct ought to pay their own bills. In the course of his remarks Mr. Kilgore attacked the newspaper press of Wash ington, saying he had never known the papers here to fail "to advocate any scheme, I do not care how infamous it was, that looked to the expenditure of the public money, in the interest of speculators in and around the city" . Mr. tsiair asked if the gentleman from Texas made that as an indiscriminate charge. If so, he protested against it. The press of the capital, he said, was no more subiect to the charge oi that Etna than the respectable press of the country- at-iarge. The press, he said, was as honest in the advocacy of measures as the professions of the country. jur. isjjgore saia ne aia not agree with the gentleman from New Hampshire. "I make the charge distinctly that they are corrupt and that they have advocated every corrupt scheme that has been in troduced in Congress to plunder the treasury in the interest of private in terests." Mr. Blair said a charge of this nature should be accompanied by specifications ana should be either sustained or with drawn. The press of the country was the chief source of information upon which Congress and the public act. Mr. Kilgore As long as the great metropolitan papers are the subservient tools of the aggregate wealth of the country they are not entitled to the con fidence of the country, and that is tha condition now. Mr. Blair Well, an affirmation, when it amounts to a charge of general crime, ought to be sustained by proof. with that the matter was dropped. and Mr. Kilgore proceeded with his re marks-on the bill. When general debate closed Mr. De Armond's amendment repealing all laws which require the United States to pay half the expenditures of the District of Columbia was defeated. After disposing of ten pages of the bill and but one slight amendment, the committee rose and at 5 clock took a recess until 8 o'clock, the veningsession to be for the consideration of private pension bills. BR ADSTREE I'S REPORT. Continued Unfavorable Reports as to Volume of Sales Improvement at . The Sout h Atlantic Cities Slow Payment of Sugar Bounties. New York, March 9. Bradstreet's to morrow will say: The comparatively less favorable report as to the volume of sales and distribution of general merchandise, emphasized last week, remains, with -some exceptions, practically unchanged. Bright and warmer weather has stimu lated retail lines at a number of cities. The seven-months report of foreign trade of the country indicates decreased purchases of chemicals, hides, silks and other textiles, leather, iron and wine, accounting for the decrease of 23 per cent, in value compared with seven months in 1892-'93. Increased exports of corn, coal, copper, cotton, seeds, leather Tand spirits explain, on the other hand, the increase in value of domestic shipments of 8 per cent. The gross earnings of eighty-three railways in February show a loss of 12.6 per cent., compared with February 1893, that being a little greater than in J anu ory when it was 12.4 per cent, less than in that month the year before. South ern and Southwestern roads present heavier proportionate losses, the Gran ger lines doing better than in January. While wheat, Indian corn and oats ad vanced i to lc and jc in price respec tively this week, and cotton and sugar remained unchanged, domestic fleeces have again been shaded, cutting Austra lian wools out of the market so far as competition as to price is concerned. Jfig ana snapea iron, steei oiuets ana rails and iron ore have also been shaded again, in some instances making new low records. Chicago advices show that loans of National banks there have in creased $2,000,000 and total deposits fl3,- uuu.OOO since Uecember. au JNew lors clearing house banks report loans 22, 000,000 heavier since December and de posits $25,000,000 heavier. Business at Nashville is smaller than a year ago. Memphis reports moderate gains in sales of plantation supplies, hardware and dry goods. South Atlantic coast cities report improving features within the week, which is true at Mo bile, Birmingham and Galveston. New Orleans complains that slow payments of sugar bounties are having an unfavora ble influence on general trade. Rela tively the most favorable report at the South, as heretofore, comes from Au gusta. Two Kinds of Women need Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription those who want to be made strong and those who want to be made well. It build3 up, invigorates, regulates and cures. It's for young girls just entering woman hood; for women who have -reached the critical "change of life;" for women expect ing to become mothers; for mothers who are nursing and exhausted; for every woman who is run-down, delicate and over worked. "Favorite Prescription" is the only rem edy so unfailing that it can be guaranteed. If it doesn't benefit or cure in every case the money will be returned. Choking, sneezing and every other form of catarrh in the head is radically cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Murdered His Wife and Child. Nashville, Tenn., March 9. George A. Smith, a farmer about 35 yeare of a-e, living in the edge of Pickett county, aavArn.1 miles above Celina, went home drunk Wednesday night and brutally murdered his youngest child, after which v.o Kat his wife in a horrible manner, cutting her throat and then crushing her head. leaving his bleeding victims, he repaired to the nouse q his son-in-law, a short distance away, and finding her sicfc in bed, grasped her by the hair; and dragged her to the flooT. stamping her. She managed to escape from him and alarmed the neighbors, who soon dis covered Smith's terrible crime. Smith ha ued the neighborhood and his where about are unknown. He will very likely ne lyncaeu u captured. POLLARD-BREGKINRIDGE THIS SENSATIONAL CASE IS , " NOW ON TRIAL. The Parties In Court Miss Pollard Scarcely Restrained From Making a Scene Statement of the Plaintiff's Case by Mr. Car eSummary of the vidence Introduced Yesterday. Washington, March 9. There was enough of sensation and scandal in the trial of Madaline .Pollard's breach of promise suit against Congressman Breck inridge, of Kentucky, to-day to satiate even the mo expectant in the fashion-ably-array j masculine audience which crowded the Circuit court. Witnesses well-known to all Washington detailed the secret history of the lives traveled, by the snowy-bearded Congressman an.dj the attractive young woman who were magnets for the curiosity which, always surround ' the personages of such a case. Chief am ng them,' and the most inter esting, w Mrs. Julia Blackburn, the widow of ?x-Governor Luke C. Black burn, of Kentucky, a lady under whose chaperonage Mise Pollard- had been placed by Col. Breckinridge, who showed herself quite as keen as Col. Phil. Thomn- son, the Kentucky ex-Congressman who tnea unsuccessfully to better his client's case by an inquisitorial cross-examination. A sister of Col. Breckinridge's first wife, Miss Mary Desha, also had some- iuhis w dojt wuwmiDg a mysterious basket, the materiality of which was not made apparent. Another characteristic witness was Mai. Moore, the chief of the Washington police denarfc- ment, who might have stepped from a French drama with his hitherto con cealed knowledge of underground scan dal, his imperturbable air and matter of fact consultation of notes regarding the ti ic passages of Breckenridge-Pol-lar affairs, jotted down on i the snot. Doc Lincoln, the eminently respect able nd dignified family physician played a minor part in the testimony. Also there were letters read, telegrams and four mysterious books taken from a Cincinnati convent. i Two frien Is supported Miss Pollard in the ordeal, a id they, with her attorneys, were obliged it times to exert their ut most persuasive powers ,to prevent her from creating a scene in court. Early in the day she broke down, giving way to tears; several times she attempted to cry out in interruption of lawyers and witnesses, seeming to be on the verge of hysteria. Shortly after taking her seat, she turned to give one piercing glance of hatred and contempt toward Col. Breckinridge, before which the snowy headed Congressman averted his facei. At no time after did their eyes meet. j ooi. tsreckinriage devoted himself for the most part to consultations with his attorneys, smiling frequently as would a person with no vital interest in the case; and occasionally laughing outright. Only when Mrs. Blackburn was speak ing of him in tones which implied more than her words conveyed, did the Con7 gressman seem to feel embarrassment leaning forward with his head bowed on his breast. i Except the half dozen connected with the case, there were no ladies in court but long lines of men like the crowds be fore the box office of a theatre, waited outside for the doors to be opened. These men seemed to regard the trial alto-j gether in the light of a theatrical enter-j tainment, apparently unconscious of the fact that there was an element of human tragedy about the affair. Saturday is motion day in the Circuit court, so the Washington populace will be denied further opportunity to satisfy its cu riosity until Monday. j One of the lady companions of Miss Pollard was one of the sisters of the Episcopalian House of Refuge, in which Miss Pollard is sheltered. The other.; who sat beside the plaintiff, was a well-i dressed lady of middle age, whose iden tity every one vainly endeavored to dis cover. , Sliss Pollard's lawyers were not communicative on the point and the lady's name remains a mystery. The trial was really commenced wb.en Mr. Calderon Carlisle faced the jury, leaning languidly against a table, and in deliberate conversational tones outlined the matters which the plaintiff would endeavor to prove. He contrasted the positions of the two parties, one a man of family, of political prominence, high in the councils of the Presbyterian Church, famous throughout the country as an orator; the other ra friendless young woman. Something was said about the legal aspects of the case. Then he read the declaration which was pub lished in full when the suit was brought; how Col. Breckinridge had taken advan tage of Miss Pollard's youth. When she was a girl of 17 years at the Weslyan f emale seminary, and then further al leging that he was the father of her three children; that he had in the pres ence of credible witnesses proposed to marry her, having previously made a promise to become her husband when his wife should die; that he had married instead a Mrs. Louisa Wing, of Louis ville; that Mis3 Pollard has endeavored to leave him and make a career for her self, but had been persuaded to continue as his mistress, because of her love for him. During this readmg Miss Pollard flushed crimson, she trembled violently and buried her face in her handkerchief. Col. Breckinridge chatted in a matter- of-fact way with his lawyers. Mr. Car lisle spoke in manner devoid of any court room embellishments, so that his address was the more effective, as he laid down the document, concluding: ''That, gen tlemen, is the story of my client. She does not come here saying that she is de void of fault or blame, but there is the promise of marriage and its breach, the issue of this case Attorney Phil Thompson announced that the defendant's opening statement would be reserved until the conclusion of the plaintiff's testimony. Mrs. .Blackburn was the hrst witness. Among other things she said that on Good Friday, 1893, Col. Breckinridge brought Miss Pollard to her apartments in Washington and said: "I have brought this young lady to ask for her your kind care and protection for I ex pect that in the future she will be a great deal to me. As soon as a sufficient time after the death of my wife has elapsed I intend to marry her." Mrs. Blackburn described other occasions when Col. Breckinridge referred in equally direct terms to his expectation of marrying Mis r"ollara, Maj. Moory chief of police, testified that on May 13,. 1893, Col. Breckinridge came into his omce closely followed hv Miss Pollard, Col, Breckinridge said Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSGULfirELY PUBS f . 1 : . " --- ' A KJm that Miss Pollard had thrAAtennd hia Ufa unless he named a day for their mar riage. He named May 31st.j Maj. Moor iiau taiten notes ot the interview which notes he read. On May 17th, in wit ness' office, Col. Breckinridge had told him that the lady was pregnant through her relations with him, that she was going to New York to - prepare xwr me event ana that he intended to marry her. "He asked me to wit ness his determination. We three clasped hands. It was an impressive scene," said the major. He had notes of this in terview, also, which he read. v One of the best known physicians of the city, Dr. N. S. Lincoln, then testified that Col. Breckinridge had hrnno-ht Mi Pollard to him in May 1893, representing, that she needed attention as she was un reasonable, jealous, and exceedingly nervous. Dr. Lincoln was the lasf: -witnAsia for the day. j . . - COMMERCIAL NEWS. Stocks and Bonds in New York The Gratn and Provlsion;Markets of Chicago. x &ew Yorx, March 9. There was less activity at the Stock Exchange to-dav Uhan'for several days past, the transac tions footidg up only 170,000 shares. The dealing in Sugar footed up less than 66,000 sharU as againlt 170,000 shares yealerday. There was no trace of the f eyerishness and excitement which have recently characterized speculation in this specialty, but it still holds first place both in poinl; of arHvitnr.ni fl rpi , - ' 1-ivuuuti.vu, ihe stock was sold down If per cent, at the opening to 86, the insiders haying given out statements that the sugar duties as fixed by tht Senate Finance committee were unsatisfactory to the trust and I would virtually cripple the independent ,luu"i'' ' uuts wiae circulation w givento these stories, it is worthy of note that the stock touched its lowest price within a few minutes after the. opening of business and thereafter crept up steadily until it reached 90J. The clos ing price was 89, being a net gain for the day of 2 per cent. The movements in the general list were somewhat irreg ular, yet, in the main, speculation was characterized by a firm tone and prices ruled higher, the net gains for the day being equal to i to 1J per cent. There were a number of reactions, hut pac.h set back was followed by the placing of tresh buying orders, ! which resulted in quick rallies. Big Four made the larg est gain, selling up 1 per cent, to 39, and Distillers came next with a rise of Distillers. Rpadine. ! Burlin Quincy, General Electric and Western Union were the only stocks which fig-ured-for as much as 5,000 shares. The fact that no gold engagements were made for to-morrow's European steamers mparcea strength to the general market. Speculation closed firm in tone. Rail way and miscellaneous bonds were ir regular. Sales of listed stocks were 100, 000 shares; unlisted, 70,000. Chicago, March 9. The same nervous and uncertain feeling that characterized the trading in wheat yesterday was still apparent to-day. s on yesterday, the feature was the selling, presumably for Wall street parties. Mav wheat opened ic under yesterday at: GOc. sold at 59i. back again to 60c, eased off to 59fc and closed with a net loss of c for the day at59c - Corn was moderately active and sus ceptible to the changes of wheat. As in wheat, vmuch depends on the figures which will be issued bv the agricultural bureau oji Saturday. .May corn ranged between 37c and 37c, closing at the latter figure, a loss of ic forthe .day. Oats have again fallen into their usual dull and quiet condition. The feeling to-day was easy and was due to the in fluence of wheat and coi n. Late buyers were the best sellers, owing to the fact that very little encouragement was de- rived from the outlook. At the close May was c under yesterday. in provisions tne marKet tor product was weak and lower, notwithstanding the fact that hog3 were in light supply and firmer as to values. There was a general disposition to sell. The weak ness in wheat and an expected heavy run or hog3 during next week contrioutcd to the depression. May j pork closed 20c lower, May lard 10c lower and May ribs 124 c lower. ASSISTANCE REFUSED. British Officers Decline to Supply AVater or Remove the Sick From Their Merchant Vessels at Rio Our Navy Doing This Service. Lonpon, March 6. Mr. Christopher Furness, member of. Parliament, for Hartlepool, acting on behalf of the Brit ish residents and owners and command ers of British merchant vessels at Rio, has addressed a letter to the Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for For eign Affairs, requesting him to instruct Capt. John Pipon, senior officer of the British fleet at Rio, to assist in the re moval of yellow fever patients from the infected port. Mr. Furness says that if something in the direction of compli ance with his request is not done at once he will move the adjournment of the House to discuss the inaction and ap parent indifference of the Admiralty in the matter of affording protection from disease and otherwise to British subjects at the Brazilian capital. Mr. Furness, who is himself a ship owner, being the head of the firm of Furness, Withey & Co., ship builders and ship owners of Hartlepool, based his letter to Lord Kimberley on the follow ing telegram, which he received from the masters of British ships at Rio this morning: j "The American navy is rendering the necessary assistance in landing the sick aud supplying ua with water. Our navy refuses to grant us such assistance. Can you do anything in our behalf? The mortality is terrible. The only hospital available is ten miles from anchorage.' ' Mr. Furness was unsparing in his denunciation of the conduct of the Brit ish naval officers at Rio during the last three months.1 .Death of a Prominent, Mason. Chattanooga, March 9. George Cooper Conner, the eminent Masonic author, died at his home m this morning from diabetes Mai. Conner has plaved a prominent part in Masonic work in the u ni tea btates. i At the penyer encampment of Knights Templar, ; Maj. Conner's ritual was unanimously adopted and is now the j text book of that illus trious order. His Knights of Malta ritual has been adopted by the Grand i Lodge of Tennessee and is pending for adoption before the next encarrT. I y ii ciA y J at Boston. Baiting OUR RALEIGH LETTER. ADDITIONS TO THE ANTIETAM COMMISSION. V J osiah Turner's tiaw Suits Still Before the Courts Train Wrecker Brown ,, N sentenced for Twenty-Five Years The Confederate Monument Association to Meet on the 15th Instant. V Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, March 9. I governor (Jarr has added Gen. R. F Hoke, R. T. Bennett and John C. Scar borough to the commission to locate the positions of North Carolina troops at Antietam. laxLxjiiectoj. Duncan Moore; of Du- Uixn county, to-day made his State tax settlement, $4,679.39. f ; ryi i . aub ciass in political ; economy at Trinity college is preparing a series of articles on municipal taxation in North Carolina. . ' In the case of Josiah Turner vs. G. Rosenthal, in Orange Superior court, the verdict and judgment in the. case of Turner vs. Mrs. Holden. in Wake Su perior court will be pleaded as an.estonnel. The total cotton receipts here this sea son to aate are SiJ.yol bales, against 19, iod last season, in the course of inter view with leading cotton dealers your correspondent is lniormea that the re- auction of acreage in cotton in Wake county will be 10 or 15 per cent, this year. It is learned that the farmers are devoting more attention to tillage than ever before. This is in the direction of preparation of farms for crops. The lands in this section are cleaner than ever before. It is a good sign. Lieut. Allen G. Rogers, of the navy, has left Yokohoma for Raleigh on leave. He is a son of late Congressman Sion H. Rogers. ' ' ' There was an error in the statement of the term of sentence of George Brown, the self-confessed train wrecker. He gets twenty-five years. D. H. McDuffie, of Cumberland, is ap pointed a storekeeper and gauger by Revenue Collector Simmons. F The Democrats here are awaiting eagerly news of the appointment of a postmaster at Raleigh. Most of them felt sure that an appointment would have been made by Wednesday of this week. On the loth instant the North Carolina Confederate Monument association is to meet in this city. The president, Mrs. Armistead Jones, gives notice that the granite for the monument will be then chosen, ad the date for the laying of the corner-stone fixed. The ceremonies on the latter occasion are to be made impos ing. Governor Carr left to-dav for Edge combe county. Ihe University press is now estalished. At it the printing for the.- University is done. i Nominated by the President. Washington, March 9. The President to-day nominated Francis M. Gardenhire to be surveyor of customs for the port of Chattanooga, Tenn. ; also Walter L. Wil son of West Virginia, Louis Green Ste venson of Illinois, Henry A. Dent of Alabama, and Samuel McGowan of South Carolina, to be assistant paymas ters m the1 navy. Wilson is a son of Representative W. L. Wilson, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, whose name the present House Tariff bill bears. Louis Green Stevenson, of Illinois, is the son of the Vice Presi dent and is private secretary to his father. Mr. Wm. H. Moore. 307 S. Charles St.. Baltimore, Md., a commission merchant recommends Salvation Oil for reheumatism and chilblains. He writes: "My-wife and son have used Salvation Oil for rheumatism and chilblains with marked efficacy." j The Troy Riot to be Thoroughly In-. I vest is ated. Albany, N. Y., March 9. Governor Flower this morning said: "I have sent for Mayor-elect Molley and have told him that the bottom ot they Troy affair must be reached, no matter who suffers by the exposure. He has promised me to do all m his power to" aid in bringing the guilty ones to justice. If I find that there is a disposition- to shield any one or drop the matter, I shall take a hand in it myself, but . at present 1 cannot seriously interfere with the authorities." 1 ;. A NARROW ESCAPE! , .How it Happened.: The following remarkable event In a lady's life will interest the reader: "For a long time I had a terrible pain at ray heart, which flut tered almost incessantly. I bad no appetite and could not sleep. I would be compelled to sit up in bed and belch gas from my stom ach until I thought every minute would be my last. There was a feeling of oppression about my heart, and I was afraid to draw a full breath. ,.I couldn't sweep a room with out sitting down and rpstincr: but. thank God, by the help of New Heart Cure all that Is past and I feel like another woman. Be fore using the Ine w Heart Cure I had taken different so-called remedies and been treated by doctors witnout any benefit until I was both discouraged and disgusted. My husband bought me a bottle of Dr. Miles New Heart Cure, and am happy to say I never regretted It, as 1 now have a splendid appetite and sleep well. . I weighed laa pounds when I be- I can taking tne remeay. ana now 1 weien laoH. LIts effect in my case has been truly marvel ous. It far surpasses any other medicine X have ever taken or any benefit I ever re ceived from physicians." MravHarry Starr, Pottsville, Pa., October 12. 1892. Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure is sold on a posi tive guarantee by all druggists, or by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., F'khart, Ind., on receipt of price, Wper bottle, six bottles So, express pre paid. This great discovery by an eminent specialist in heart disease, contains neitbiMr opiates nor aangeroua drugs. Sold by !R. R. Bellamy Wilmington. . O, SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION OP THS A BYfiS IMADB FKKB OF CHABGB. A. S-'tjir-tliiigr iwct. mat very few persons have perfect eyes. It must be evident tbat it requires botn knowledge and skill to know what tbe eyes need and to lit them properly with glasses. Those who trust this work to uninstructed dealers are criminally care less of the most valuable of all the senses, their sigtit. UK. M. SCHWAB'S Glasses correct all visual imperfection tliat may exist. Spectacle and Eve Glasses to suit all eyesight. Dr. G. MARCXJS, Eye Specialist and graduated Optician, 220 Market street, near South Third street. Spec tacles and Bye Glasses repaired. This Optical institute is permanent. ma o 0;4 - USE POWD'S EXTRACT FOR PILES BURNS SORE EYES WOUNDS SORES riave the early frosts or too late a lin gering by the garden gate again aroused that RHEUMATISM so peacefully slumbering the. summer long ? Well, if it's very bad you must chancre vour diet and perhaps take me doctor will tell rub thoroughly, the liAl KACT, then warmly Wlth flannel, ana ihe rheuma tism may wholly disappear Itwill cer tainly be much relieved. Now that you have the POND'S EXTRACT try it for any.pf the many things its buff wrapper mentions. ' It's a wonderful curative. But don't accept substitutes. POND'S EXTRACT COu 76 Fifth Ave., N. Y. Headache ' AND ALL PAU! M6troDOlitanxDry 1 x The Leaders .'t N . -. Corner Front and Princess Sts. Hew Building, Four Floor Space 120x240 Feet Popular Dress Goods i - , 7 v " w7 xux out vjciuiou weaves tuvuuuaumz voluesin plain and .mixed materials at 23c, 39c and 49c. Ail wool Henriettas. Rpro-oa Whi at 24c, 49c and 74c A selected lot of Imported Easter prices. Domestic Department. FILLED UP WITH A NEW - ;"i "!. W - -," '- Purchased direct from th farnrv i price 10c. i Remnant Unbleaching, 1.000 yards, best quality, 5c. , Calicoes in Spring Shades, at 4c. - Shirting Prints at 5c 12Jc Cheviot at 10c. " " . Plaids and Ch'pchs, (for apron) 2,000 yards, at 5c. : 500 vds Dress S:i3 in an unusually wide range at 27c. 7 Exclusively mo v,-ity Effect, wide, at M.00. &1.25. 1.49. less 25 ner cent., m&kiricr a net price of 7fej !e and flvlO. We want thetude if low prices and clever treatment will do it. Dress and Wrap Trimminc in Persian Desiim to match, (anv mntprinll At 25 nor cent, less than thi ordinary prices. . Advance Spring Goods, Wash Dress our windows at 12Jc. Duck (a novelty) in all leading shades at 12c. ' Crepons, a neiw lot. worth 25c. at 12ic and 18c. A beautiful hue of Dress Trimming Laces, Irish Point, Point de Spre, Point de Paris, Point de Curne, &c, in Ecru, White, Black, Chantilley and others at cut prices. j . ,-' - CORSETS ! In all the Leading Brands special job $1.49. 25 pieces Matting worth 15c for 10c. 17 " " " 25c for 18c. All wool 3-ply c DAVIS & eadois ixx I Cor. Front and Princess Sts. Snow White Safe ! TTTHITE GOODS HAVE FALLEN. VY BEGINS. THE FOLLOWING THE MOUNTAIN PRICES: -- 4 7- Yard Wide Lonsdale Yard Wide Hill Shirting, 8c. fj V ' ) Yard Wide Pride of Yard wide cam one, Our store having been remodeled, we FENNELL , , r!iCI7 STREET, NEXT DOOR N03TH mat -PA: 7 Mil I va mm , FOR COLDS CUTS some distasteful drug BRUISES you what but first SPRAINS part afflicted' with SORE THROAT Catarrh AND AFTER SHAVING v "iiu wrau il Goods Esiablislimeiii. oeller, in Dry Goods, ' x vl1A1Xl iuuew opi mg ouaura Dress Suits, at 33 py cent, below regular LINE OF SPRING PRINTS. - , - .- . .. . ' 6 . 7 Fabrics, "Beautiful Zephyrs," as shown in CORSETS ! at astonishing prices. . The $1.25 Dr. Warner's Health Style for 75c. The Celebrated R. & G. at 49c. Call early aa there are only a few left. 2.93 all Silk Umbrellas vith name, worth $3.49. A Ingrain all-wool carpetworth $1 for 69c. Moquette Rugs, 27x56, of exquisite design at $1.75. A big drive. Trunks, new styles, at prices ranging from 50c to $20.00 each. . . Curtairrs in Point de Spre.Point de Chene, &c, at 65c on the dollar. " Curtain Poles and Fixtures complete for 25c and up. . Big Drive in every Department too numerous tpmen2 tion in print at ' , ZOELLER'S, Xjo - w Prices v THIS WEEK OUR SNO SNOW WHITE GOOD! WHITE SALE ...'..' '". ? AT SNOW ON Shirting, 8 West Shirting, 12 1-2C. I: 10c. will be prepared to wait on all customers. FORE & CO., 7 7 v- - OF PUR CELL HOUSE. WILMINGTON, N. C. Do You Wear f ants? WExHAVE A FEW DESIRABLE Btvles left which are coine at a bargain. t Don't know as your size is among the lot u4. ;l t t,t fj-tma and see. Win ter Suits are low in quantity, while the uaual high standard aa to quality is strictly maintained. We're anxious to close out balance and the price now quoted is certainly a big inducement to purchase. . Too much Underwear on hand. , The price this week can not fail to reduce same, A few extra suits would fill out the winter and be good for next season . as well. 4 A. big reduction on all our Winter Goods this week. y W 7 7 7 V tlllVAIA-M amount went above that sum. Kob't P Bellamv.