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ESTABLISHED 1867. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. At Southern Pine3 the temperature gjes up to 91 degrees QovernorCarr offers f 200 reward for the capture of the leader of the gang of Alleghany county lynchers The Stato Liquor Dealers' association now has 278 members. The Yale base ball nine is defeated by the Washington Y, M. C. A. nine The ' Senate has confirmed the nomination of Win. T. Cheatham, postmaster at Hen derson, N. C -BradtreeVs reports stimulated sales of staple in nearly all cities of the Eask-rn Middle and Western States, comparatively fewer Southern cities renortins- oorresnondinsr eains. Rice, cotton and corn are the only con spicuous staples that have advanced in price There is a continued decrease in the number of business failures, each week Henry Lederer, a German bar tender, commits suicide in Lynchburg. The British steamer Aros, stranded oil Cape Lookout, has floated. The life saving crew rowed out to her (twelve miles) but was not allowed to go aboard The University of Virginia base ball team defeats the Lehigh University team On April 22nd the first passen ger steanier ever cleared froni a South ern port for Europe will leave Port Royal, S. C The Pollard-Breckinridge trial yesterday was not at all sensational, but rather dull. The session was consumed in reading depositions by the defence. One was by Sister Augustine and a nurse from the Cincinnati foundling asylum gating that Miss Pollard had never been 11 11(11 1V SKs VI LIIUll lUOUltUWVll UH-1 V11V from Mr. Brown of the Wesleyan college who said no telegram had been received, calling Miss Pollard to her mother at the time Col. Breckinridge visited her at the college. At 7 o'clock last night there was a decided change in the condition of Senator Colquitt! His physician thinks lie has a good chance to recover The Federal Circuit court at Chicago, refuses to interfere in the case of Prendergast, who is to hang to day for the murder of Mayor Harrison John Stinson and E. It. Rogers, ex-Western Union operators, sue the company in Dallas, Tex., for tf-JO.OUO each for having put them on the l.lai k list as discharged for drunkenness Mrs'. Jasper G. Moore, wife of the clerk of the Federal court at Chambers hurg, W. Va., commits suicide Mrs. 1 1 ugo, who shot Watts, near Norfolk, has lieen placed under a $3,000 bond Congressman Wilson arrives at San An tonio. He is very -weak and greatly emaciated. lie will remain in Texa3 until thoroughly restored- to health Royal assent has leeri given to the marriage of Lord Rosebery and Princess j Maud of Wales. Another London dis patch denies this statement. Richard V. W. .Newton, pleads guilty of com plicity in the Gravesend election frauds and is sentenced to nine months impris - eminent and a.fine of $500. -. . Marriage of Mr. Fletcher Whitaker and Miss Parham. Special to the Messenger. Pet e h sb i uo , Va., March 22. One of the prettiest home . weddings that has ewr taken place in Petersburg was that which was solemnized this evening at 7 o'clock at the residence of the bride's parents on High street. The contracting parties were Miss Adeline B. Parham aud Mr. J. F. WThitaker. The cermony was performed in the presence of ;a large assemblyage of invited guests by lev. J. W. Rosebro, D. D., pastor of Tabb Street Presbyterian churh. The 'bridal presents were handsome and costly. 1 The bride is the eldest daughter of ( 'apt. W. H. Parham, a prominent citi zen of this place, and a niece of Mayor , Charles F. Collier, of this city. Sue is a lady of splendid qualities and of a most amiable disposition and a great favorite in society circles here. ihe groom is a x well known young business man of Wil mington, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker left to-night at 8:15 o'clock on the southbound passenger train for Wilmington, where in the future they -will reside. Tlie Orton Ice House. By reference to the advertisement in this morning's Messenger it will be seen that the Orton Retail Ice House, on 1 'rincess street between Front and Water, will have its "grand opening" to-day. The wholesale depot will be continued at th. commodious warehouse at the foot of Amrtstreet. The Orton ice houses handle the pure Kennebeek flint ice that got such a popu lar hold in our city last season. The public will be glad to learn that they will be simnlied with this superior ice 1 1 ag;iin. .Maimed. FamisHinir and Awaiting ' - 'Death. v -' Prof." Walters, the raft "crank,' who hjs made a precarious living along tlu ocean front near Atlantic City, N, I fririliptast three seasons, was dis covered by Officer Conley, of that place, last evening in an almost famishing con ,t.ti,n He. was in a little room back of fh. l.nth houses above Connecticut ave i lit n rul harelvable to speak. He was removed to the city hospital, where (l that his left wrist was i.rnian In twrn nlacoa and the arm DlacK 1 le said he had been alone for two weeks past and was calmly awaiting death. A window, had f vUen on his wrist. Dr. Ulmer fears that ll,t iwiiannincr will ensue. XetC 1 OTK r . . w v ' - t ' " C5 World, March -1. The Steamer Aros Floated Beaufort, N. C, March 23. The "k-hI. steamer Aros. Capt. Coal, was lloatedthis morning, and proceeded to Norfolk. She was sirr.r.ded about fifty hours out. Capt. Caskill of the life - . nn nffered assistance, but saving ei,.ii.i-i" .7 , , , i . -,,, ,n i wfnPl it and told Capt. Uas " kill if he came aboard it would be at his v ioL-iil then rowed away. a..- .. IwJh.rd treatment of the "a""7. inner twelve miles to lue.saveia l D - assist the ship Import ant Notice. pi . :ir ofir -f i. Shrier. corner - i nc eiiwio.Divu v. - t sfrpeta. consisting o1 a full lineof rnens, boys and youths ..i,,ti.:,r " Lata and trents furnishing mcuU- wi lie closed OUt U vuyo: m. regai u i e ... s tuinn mi lug uuoi- 01 l" u"" " .1" 7f -"o-At iH-ss. Mow is the oppoiiuuw-- i . - T cKiwryrisii. J. GrBAKEXTINE. , r i r , : 1 1 .j , - r . - A ssignee. rtnnkiens Arnica Salve. The best salve In the world for Cuts lever Sores Tetter, (tapped Hands Chilblains, Cornar-and all Skin Erup tion, and-ifiositivelv cures Piles, or- no Ar required. It ia guaranteed to give perfect natisf action or money reiunaea. Price 25 cents perVoT For sale bj tz -. 7 " : : : : - POLLARD-BREGKINRIDGE AN .UNEVENTFUL DAY -IN THIS SENSATIONAL TRIAL. The Session Consumed in the Read ing of Depositions by the Defence Miss Pollard's Testimony Contradicted by Defend ant's Witnesses in Im portant Particulars No Session of the " Court To-Day. Washington, March 22. The dreary reading of documentary evidence, the noting and arguing of objections and the taking of exceptions, made this the most uninteresting day of the Pollard-Breck inridge trial since it began two weeks ago. A number of depositions taken by the defence were read to the jury and a great deal of the evidence in them was objected to by the plaintiff's counselT So many were the objections and exceptions noted that at the request of Mr. Carlisle, Judge Bradley set Saturday next hearing argument on their admissibility, Mr. Stoll read the deposition of Sister AuguBtine. Sister Augustine was connected with. St. Joseph's foundling asylum near Cin cinnati in 1885 at the time when Miss Pollard claims she was confined there. She testified that she knew only of one Louise Wilson who had been an inmate of the asylum and she was there when the deposition was given. She had never heard of Madeline Pollard as an inmate. She did not remember having seen any girl who was at the asylum in May and June 1885, who remained veiled and who gave birth to a child, except one, and that woman was not Madeline P-A-lard. This woman, Sister Augustint said.had lived in Kentucky for a while, but was from the far north and had a family of children. Messrs. Carlisle and John son, of the plaintiff 's" counsel, had called at the asylum in December, 1893, with Miss Pollard, but she could not remem ber Miss Pollard. Sister Agnes told Miss Pollard that she was a bad woman she said it to her face. Miss Pollard said she had been a bad girl, but she was not a bad woman then. Sister Agnes was very sharp and very shrewd and would cer tainly have known Miss Pollard had she been an inmate of 'the asylum. Inci dents connected with this visit of Miss Pollard, which were narrated by Sigter Agnes in the deposition were told by her. Miss Pollard or her at torneys had told the deponent that Miss Pollaad had been in the asylum under the name of Louise Wil son, but there was no such name on the books. She found the name of Miss Burgoyne as having been confined on May ay, 1885, the day Miss Pollard claims to have given birth to a child. Miss Burgwynn or Burgoyne is one of the names Miss Pollard says she assumed wnne m Cincinnati, lne entry in the asylum books showed that Miss Bor goyne had left the asylum June 80th while Miss Pollaid claims she left the asylum within two weeks after her child was born. When Sister Augustine read the name of Miss Burgoyne, during the visit of Miss Pollard in December 1893, Miss Pollard said: "Oh yes, that is the name; I had so many names I "cannot remember than all." "Miss Pollard called the name Burgoyne," added Sister Augustine.- Do you believe that Madeline Pol lard is Miss Burgwynn?" was asked of the deponent. .No sir; I beneve she is not. Miss Burgwywnn was much smaller than Miss Pollard." During the visit of Miss Pollard to the asylum, she asked where the child of Miss Burgoyne was, and was told it died in July, 1885. "Then," said Sister Au gustine, "she put her hands to her face and ran out of the room, I supposed over the death of her child,!' Part of the deposition was devoted to the finding of a Christmas card in one of the volumes of Irving which Miss Pol lard claimed to have presented to the asylum library when she was there. Sis ter Augustine said she did not know whether Miss Pollard could have slipped the card in the book; nobody was watch ing her. Ihe card was produced in court and shown to each juryman. This card Miss Pollard claims was given her by a Lexington man and that she placed it in one of the Irving volumes while confined at the asylum. There was a dispute about the admission of the card on the day the trial began and the taking of the deposition of Miss Agnes, the copy of which was read yesterday, an attempt was made by the defense to show that Miss Pollard had slipped the card into the book during her visit to the asylum in December, 1893. When the trial began the counsel for Miss Pollard insisted on the production of the four volumes of Irving which Sister Augustine had given to Mr. Stoll of the defense to take to Washington, and there was a legal controversy before the matter was settled by an order from Judge Bradley for the production of the books. Judge Wilson, Miss Pollards attorney, said with some heat at the time, w;hen called on to. more fully identify the jpolumes mentioned, that they were the boots troni winch Mr. Stoll had taken a Christmas card which would, have a great - bearing in the case. The four books and the Christmas card are beginning to play an important part m the trial. Mr. Stoll then read the deposition of Mrs. Lena Schmidt, a nurse at the foundling asylum. It was about 'the same in substance as the preceding de position. Then Mr. Stoll started to read the de position of Di . W. E. Decourcey; it was also one ot ignorance as to Miss Pollard and her alias. Orvin G. Brown, president of the Quinn Valley college, the son of Dr. W. K. Brown, president of the vveslyan college in Cincinnati where Miss Pollard was a student, deposed that he first knew Miss Pollard in the fall of 1883, when she came to Weslyan college where he was then. Her board and tuition $200 was to be paid by a Mr, Rodes, but all of it had not been paid. Miss Pollard while at the college had said that she was related to or knew nearly all the prominent people in Ken tucky. Once when she returned from a visit to some relative in iientucKy wno was ill. she had told her school-fellows that so many prominent people called on her that she did not know what to do. She mentioned among those who called Col.Brebkinridge and Senator tsiacfcDurn, And there were so many people named that it became qui te a noke among the girls, who used to calculate howhiuch time Miss Pollard had to. spare tocher sister after havine received .altihese neonle. Mr. Brown said there was al- waysmore- or less , kinship claimed by Miss Pollard with these prominent men and out of-this the girls nicknamed her "Madeline Vivian Bill Breckinridge Jofr "Blackburn Pollard. - Mr. Browruound w , hA entered Miss Pollard's name w"rL-I , xf tii.:. I rm nia duohb o - isu shortly after-she met Col. Breckin ridge. Itwasin June, oust supse- is the meeting of Col. Breckin hldge and the plaintiff) thatMiss Pollard hoiym claiming nusuii prominent people. ; .'" ,1 hefore Mr. Stoll re sumed the reading of Mr. Brown's depo sition, Judge Bradley said tt as to morrow would De uoou nuoj, med "over from this WUUiU j afternoon until Monday, Mr. Brown was questioned concerning the relations of Miss Pollard and Pro fessor Jos. F. Obermeyerof the college, and answered that they sustained the relations of pupil and teacher. He had never heard of anything between them and only recently had seen Miss Poll ard s letter to Wessie Brown saving she was consumed with an undying love for ine proressor. Concerning the first visit of Col. Breckinridge to the college. Mr. Brown said he remembered that he was severely criticised at the time for allowing Miss Pollard to go out alone witk the defend ant. Mr. Brown said Miss Pollard was a popular girl at school. Bills for Miss Pollard's tuition and board' had not been paid, and when she left the institution to go to Lexington he was not asked to come back for that reason. He testified that he was absolutely certain she had received no telegram summoning her home on August 3, 1884, for he was in charge of the college at the time, and Miss Pollard would have come to him for permission Miss Pollard testified that Col. Breck inridge had sent a bogus Xelegram to her, signed with her mother's name, summoning her home on the date named in order that Bhe might go to Lexington with him. 1 ; fojXMr. Brown said Miss -Pollard was a '...."l Prl perfectly able to take care' of herself with men and to resist improper ad vancesshe was taught how to conduct herself in this way at the college. Dr. Hugh B. Williams, a physician who had lived in Bridgeport, Ky.,' de posed that he attended Mrs. Pollard, the mother of Madeline, at the birth of a daughter in October or November, 1865. Mrs. Pollard then had two daughters. One was called Mattie who was then "a little toddling tot about two or three years of age." He could not say whether Madeline Pollard was that little girl it was more than twenty , years since he had seen her. The child" born to Miss Pollard in 1865 was called Rosalind. The next deposition offered was that of Dr. J. Owen Robinson, of Bridgeport, Ky. , a physician who had practiced in Bridgeport, Ky., for the past six years. He said he knew Madeline Pollard, a niece of Mrs. Stout, who was "not a beautiful girl, but who was attractive for her intellectual attainments." Owen Robinson is the vouner man who erave to the defence letters written him bv Miss Pollard when she was a school erirl.1 The deponent said he thought Miss Pollard was about 16 or 17 years old in 1880. F. M. Schofield, a blacksmith who had lived in Biidgeport from 1854 to 1888 de posed that he had known Miss Pollard's father. When Mr. Pollard came to Bridgeport in 1865 he had three children, Ed, Mamie and the vouneest. Madeline. Madeline he thought to be about 3 vears old at the time. She was able to run about. . t Before adjournment Judse Bradlev. at the request of Mr. Carlisle, fixed Satur day morning to hear argument on the exceptions taken to the admission of the matter in the depositions to which ob jection was made. The court then adiourned until Satur day. COUNTERFEIT SILVER COINS - OF FULL VALUE. The Matter to be Investigated Pro posed Appropriation of $1,000, OOO to Destroy Bnssian Thistles Senator Harris' Amend ment to Include Crab - Grass Democrats Unable to Secure a Quorum. SENATE. Washington, March 22. The follow ing resolution was offered by Senator Hoar and was agreed to: Resolved, That the Senate of the United States has heard, with deep re gret, of the death of Louis Kossuth, the illustrious patriot and lover of liberty, formerly the guest of the American people. Resolved, That the Vice President be requested to communicate the respectful condolence of the Senate to" the family of the deceased. , Senator Sherman offered a resolution instructing the Judiciary committee to report whether the stimulation of United States coins by coins of the same weight of metal and fineness is made criminal by the .statutes of the United States or of other countries; and, if, not, to report a bill to prevent and punish such stimulation. His attention, he said, had been called to possible defects in the laws to pumsh conterfeitmg, and as to whether those laws applied to the case of coins of equal weight and fineness. . Senator Hoar spoke of the resolution as being "a remarkable commentary on re cent legislation, with a little comic ele ment m it, that measures were neces sary to make it a crime for people to coin money of fuuVweight and fineness: still it might be necessary and he would not object to the resolution. Senator Cullom suggested with a laugh: If the people cannot get free coinage in one way they will get it in another." The resolution went over for the pres ent. The bill to secure a site for the Govern ment printing office'was then taken up and gave rise to the usuaL discussion as to the advantages or disadvantages of the various pieces of property proposed to be acquired. - ihe hrst question was taken on an amendment offered by Senator Quay for the acquisition of the Mahone lot, ad joining the tract owned by ex-Senator Mahone. . The amendment was agreed to yeas, 27 ; nays, 22. 5 - A motion to reconsider this vote was made by Senator Harris and the motion went over without action. At 2 o'clock p. m. the McGarrihan bill came up as the unfinished business, but was allowed to go over. Senator Hansbrough's bill appropriat ing 1 .000,000 for the extermination and destruction of the noxious plant or weed known as the Kussian thistle, or Rus sian cactus, in all States and Territories where found, was then taken up. Senator u-eorge, chairman of the Com' mittee on Agriculture, from which the bill was reported, made an argument in opposition to it. He spoke of it as a most extraordinary bill, unprecedented in the legislation ot tne country, and as a step in the direction of paternalism longer than any step yet taken. Senator Harris protested against the bill. He said he was sufficiently old- fashioned in his habits and ideas to be lieve that the taxing power of Congress was given tor but a single purpose, and that was to raise revenue to meet the necessary expenses of the; Federal Gov ernment. - Congress had no power to levy a tax and appropriate - the money-'for o,trV a TMirrwwA as - tiiia Kill rtfwnnsfv! - than it had to ' appropriate money to huild a shanty for John Doe or Sam r t 7 Smith. "He gave-notice of an amend-' mnt trt annlv one-half of the appropria tion tothe extermination ofthe crab eiasS in the cotton patchesof the South,' which, he said, would "contribute-more to the general interest than the extermi nation of the Russian thistle would. , Senator Dolph thought that there was little difference in the appropria tion for levees along the Mississippi river to protect farming lands and the appro priation of money to exterminate thistle. Senator Harris I think the one just a3 unconstitutional and absurd as the other. Senator Dolph I hope the Senator will stick to that idea. Senator Harris He has stuck to it all his life, up to this time, and you may rely on the future. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1894. I I . : . I senator Call advocated the bill and argued that it was entirely within con- oumuuuai precedents. The bill went over without action. Alter a short executive session the senate at 4:0o o'clock adjourned till Mon day next. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Brown, reported from the Com mittee on JUecbons its report upon the contest of English vs. Hilborn, from the i. uiru aiiiorma district, recommending the seating of air. English, Democrat, Mr. Waugh, Republican, presented the v lews oi tne minority. They were ordered pnu wxi ana placed on the calendar. Mr. Patterson: called up the O'Neill- Joy contested case from the Eleventh District of Missouri, to which Mr. Waugh raised the question of consideration. On division of the House the vote to con sider the resolution was 109 yeas, nays, 1. "No quorum," said Mr. Waugh, and the call of the yeas and nays was or deredno quorum. A call of the House was ordered and more than a quorum answered. On I the second vote there was no quorum. The yeas and nays were ordered on a motion to ad journ and the Republicans refrained from voting. The motion to adjourn was defeated. A third vote on the- resolu tion was taken, but still no nnrnnm Tn this stage of the game Mr. VanVoorhis, of New York, moved the House adjourn over Good Friday but this was defeated, 44 to 138. After the roll call had been nnn-mlfitflH. and before the result had been an nounced, Mr. Livingston said : "Mr. Speaker, I desire to submit a point of order that under Rule 8, unless a mem ber is excused or necessarily prevented, or personally interested, he must vote. I make the point of order that the gentle man from Maine (Reed) was present and failed to yote. The Speaker nro tem.. Mr. Tlailev There is no rule of the House which re quires a member to vote and prescribes a way of forcing him to do it. Mr. Livingston I make the point of order that it is his duty to vote and I ask that he be brought before the bar of the House to state his reasons for not voting. The Speaker pro tem. The chair over rules the point of order. Mr. Livingston Then I rise a to privi leged question. Ihe Speaker pro tem. The cenfclem&n will state it.: Mr. Livingston Under Rule A. when ever the dignity of the House is involved lb IS a question Of the hie-hent -iviler I make the point, sir: that the dijmitv of mo uuuw ib ai suii.e, ana uaaiy ana seriously involved from the fact that these gentlemen sitting on this floor are not voting. I, therefore, ask that they be brought to the bar of the House and made to vote. The Speaker pro tem The chair will state that the dignity of the House is in the keeping of the House and that the House has not prescribed any rule other than that which the chair is attempting to enforce. Mr. Reed And it is not a very lare-e dignity either. s Ihe Speaker pro tem In the present instance the House has adopted rules prescribing the manner of conducting its business. Those rules are as binding upon the chair as they are upon the other members of the House. The chair is merely the organ of the House, to exe cute and enforce the rules which the House has adopted. Now, if the House adopted a rule which prescribes that a member must vote when his name is called and the member refuses to do it, the chair has no power to compel the member. Mr. Livingston But. Mr. Chairman. I have made a motion that he be brought to the bar of the House. The Speake pro tem And the chair ruled that motion not in order. Mr. Livingston I would like to know what it will take to put a man in order here. fLaughter.! The Speaker pro tem The chair re fers the gentleman from Georgia to the rules. Mr. Livingston I have the rules. The Speaker pro tem Then the chair would suggest that the gentleman study them until he understand them. Mr. Livingston I might say, with all due-propriety, that the gentleman in the chair might take a lesson on the same subject. The routine was again taken up and continued until 5:25 o'clock when the House adjourned until to-morrow. A RECORD BREAKER. n tense Heat at Southern Pines Re ward for the Capture of a Lyncher Liquor Dealers' Association. .y- Special to tlie Messenger. r Raleigh, N. C, March 22. To-day was a record breaker as to hot weather, A special from Southern Pines says the temperature there reached 91 degrees, mean temperature of the day being 86. Governor Carr offers a reward of $200 for the capture of John W. Woody, of Alleghany ccunty, who was leader of the gang of lynchers, fifteen in number, who broke into the jail at Sparta and took out and lynched Dan Slaughter, a Virginian charged with murder. Ihe North Carolina Liquor Dealers association now has 278 members. Its secretary is endeavoring to increase the membership largely before its an nual meeting in June at Wilmington. He finds it "a wonderful cure for a bad cough." Mr. W. P. Anderson, 341 Water street, New York City, N. Y., gives this in dorsement: "I baye found Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup the wonderful cure it is represented to be. It is just the thing foi a bad cough." Homes Wanted-Associated Charities. It frequently happens in the experience of all societies that are seeking to elevate the poor and unfortunate, that children are found who are capable of being made into good and useful men and women if only they could be removed from their present surroundings. The orphanages of this State and other States are doing a noble worx in this direction, but they re generally taxed to their utmost capacity, and often the children in question are not orphans. These facts nave lea tne .executive committee oi tne Associated Charities of Wilmington to ask that persons in the country (or at least away from Wilmington) who are willing to take children to work on farms or in their homes, should file their names with ,the secretary, Miss Carrie Price. All necessary rights in the chil dren will be secured by the association, and, of course, where parties are-n-known, satisfactory references will be required Homes for two children are needed at once, but it is desirable that we shall have the names of parties in ad vance of our requirements, as delay is often fatal. We will be grateful to local and county papers to copy this request. PEYTON 11. xlOGE, For the Executive Committee. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report. LABOR STATISTICS. XiiUi ANNUAL REPORT OP COMMISSIONER LACY. The Commissioner Unable to Obtain "11 Reports His Letter to the Governor Manufacturers Re f fusing to Answer Questions . An Escaped Convict T Captured After Many Years, Messenger Bureau, 1 Raleigh, March 22. J ihe annual report of B. R. Lacy estate commissioner of labor statistics, ior iByj, aid not come from the print ers' hands until to-day. Your corre. spondent several months ago gave you summaries of the tables relative to labor, wages, etc. The feature of interest is the letter of Mr. Lacy to the Governor, la this he states that there are bureaus of labor statistic, in thirty-two of the States; The main trouble here is the smallress of tfie annual appropriation only 2,000 as' in his opinion every county should be visited, since it is found to be impossible to obtain the de sired facts by correspondence and the use of blanks. In all States the latter plan has been tried and failed, and agents are now sent instead. The Gov ernment now sends no blanks hut 11 SAB agents entirely. If this State afford to make the bureau a positive benefit to the Commonwealth he de clares it would be better to abolish it, as it cannot be made a success on $2,000 a year. Only 30 per cent, of the persons questioned make answer. He asks the question "Is it likely that a man will answer who is not treating his fellow man as he should?" He finds that cot ten maguf acturers are answering better than ever before: 39 per cent. of these replying, asrainst onlv 10 per cent, .heretofore. He says that it must not be foreotton that in the nast year of financial stringency many mill- owners nave telt that thev could not make a fair showiner. and. beinsr thor oughly disheartened, did not, therefore, wish to make reports, and that this mav account in some degree for the failure to respond to the inquiries of the bureau. He adds that there are those who seem to think that it is not for the State to know the condition and needs of those who are in their service, and utterly dis regard the blanks and the inquiries of the bureau. He says the purpose of these inqim les, which are not as radical and sweeping as in other States, is to gain accurate information, so as to do lustice to the capitalist and the working man. uen. Walker has said that the manu factories .have met the bureaus over half way. but Mr. Lacy declares this certainly not the case in this State and says they are the ones which have given the bureau the cold shoulder. He says he has visited a few mills and was sur prised at the healthy faces of the opera- uvea suiu grttuueu at meir nign stanaara of morality. Most of the mills work eleven and a half hours daily. The oper atives in the cotton or woolen mills are not the class of labor worst off or which needs sympathy most. -The persons en gaged in farm labor he asserts to be the worst paid notwithstanding the extras given, such as house ran, fuel, garden, etc., which are either forgotten or made little of by the political demagogue. The worst fact as to their situation, he says. is that there can be for them no increase in wages, as the farm laborer is now get ting ail that it is possible to pay him at the present prices of crops and is receiv ing no less than he did when cotton was selling at 9 cents a pound. He notes the fact that the farmers have generally re sponded readily and fully to all letters and inquiries. He says there are 18,200 persons in this State who are members of labor organizations. Secretary Barnes gives nearly 16,000 as the strength of the t armers Alliance in North Carolina, these being male members in good standing, and tells Mr. Lacy there are as many female members of that, order. Secretary Tonnoffski, of the Knights of Labor, says it has several thousand members in this State, but Mr. Lacy re marks that though he has frequently been told this he could get no person, save Mr. Tonnoffski, to write a letter for publication, and adds that "it is against their law to even acknowledge that any one belongs to the order, and most of the fourteen persons written to did not answer at all or said they were not mem bers." - ., Governor Carr adds the following to the commission to go to the battle ground of Antietam: J. W. McGregor, Lilesville: Joseph Crowder and Edmund Gaddy, Wadesboro; X rank Bennett, Paris. Sheriff T. P. Wilcox, of Pasquotank, has settled his State taxes, $5,635.72. Sheriff J. M, Cartwright, of Camden, has also settled, paying $1,627.54. Martin McPhaul, a convict just received at the penitentiary, made his escape from there nineteen years and six months ago. lie will serve the remainder of a seven- year term, for larceny. The buildings bf the deaf mute school will be finished in sixty days, one of the directors informs me. They meet April 5th. It may be that the school will not open until late in the fall. If that be so, the term will be made that much longer next spring. A number of .Nebraska farmers are coming to this state, as settlers, and so notify the Department of Agriculture. Corn planting is in progress in this connty. It is said to be earlier than ever before. ,s Mr. J. H. Baker, of this city, who fell down stairs a few days ago at a store here, died this morning. His death was entirely unexpected. A post mortem examination showed that two ribs were broken and the liver punctured. Mr. Baker was 52 years of age, a native of Franklin county, and was Chancellor Commander of Centre Lodge, Knights of Pythias, here. He leaves a wife and six young children. ; Maj. J. W. Yerex, commandant of the Fayetteville Military academy at xay etteville, called on Governor Carr this morning and made application for arms and equipments. The isaptists of this city have pur chased from the Presbyterians the build ing formerly occupied as the Second Presbyterian church, and will move it and convert it into a mission church. Your correspondent gave you the first news oi tne incenaiary nre at .Benson, which burned three stores and a dwell ing. The men arrested on the charge of incendiarism are Rev. Louis Man gum, John Barber, William Nabors (all of one firm), Bennett Barber and two others, Bennett Barber, a public school teacher, . confesses that he was hired to burn the building. The insurance men are press ing tne case. . rand!? Sptjcial Notices TP YOU ATTEHD THE GRAND OPENING i uwr orm aioog a tew extra dollars and t"'"' uuie iiargaina m very CDolce Groceries. VuauiT ana orWttm nnmnmmaatiA Tk n urnrm HTHls is TO NOTIFY OUR FRIENDS AND that thiil (tAT T hac. tllran nl X patrons that this d iVr - B,TT"B me mr- r. lbk. Hereafter me nrm Will be known u ivizrin m, t wo. to- asx a continuance of the liberal Datronam for ine new nrm that was bestowed upon the old mhSl 3t i A GOOD LBSSON. sales and small n I AM MAKING QUICK wies ua smau pronts on all of my produce. Call OT leave vonr nnlsra tir Also I have a fine lot of "Jumbo' Jiasier xurKers. n...n.. .. i f ivtiua vraaiin. rt nnnn vnnia inA ih.). Dnt. rZa ana Bacfceye Crowders. R. s. naiw, iicinifeei. mh 21 VV AXJS1 TO HELL HALF OR WHOLE .uB scasuuauio. i ADD1J VJ A , care Messenger. j mn go st W ir" TO PURCHASE A GOOD 8EC- riTi.d hj " V?r-' ..vim m. ami icaiiiiiiH. niiiinvH w w iftu.iirww WANTED TO LOAN MONEY TO BVERY body, yonnsr and old. on fvnrhi tnmi epercent Interest. Address for particulars A. A. M., Messenger office. mhisiw SOLD AND EXCHANGED. 6 PIANOS AND 4 Orarans. Will hav num r..H n oIt mar 17. THREE HUNDRED FAT CHICKENS AND four hundred dosen Sim. an frmh w win begin a slaughter sale of same to-day at 7 o'clock a, m., lasting all day. it will pay you to attend. L. B. DOZIER ft CO., Brooklyn Bridge, Wil mington, N. O. mar 17 3t ELECTRIC BELLS, SEWING MACHINE Mo tors. Fans. Bnrfflar Alarm nntflt. nnri an small electrical supplies. Bella adjusted, batter ies replenished and all work done at short no tice at ZIMMERMAN'S. Third Mf.i-Aet nnnnait city halL i mchll JOHN C. STOUT, ARCHITECT AND BUILD ER. Plans and BDeciOcatinnB nrmanul t short notice. No chartre for DreliminaxT draw ings. Satisfaction guaranteed Ian 14 It TjV)R RENT STORES, OFFICES AND Dwel X lings. For Sale Honsea and T,nt.H tnr noah or on lone time. Annlv tn n. n'nnvwnn Vt.ni Saute Agent. feh 4 PIANOS TUNED, VOICED AND REGULA ted $3.00 All Musical Instruments repaired andtuned. JNO. RAKHR. BS Nnrth Wrnnt B.i. idence 816 South Fifth. f eb it ELECTRIC BELLS, SEWING MACHINES, Motors. Fana. WntuiT)niiiMiu wire and all small electric supplies. Wall papers! window shades, etc. Third street, opposite CltT Hall. ZIMMERMAN. mar 4 tf CRAYON PORTRAITS PRES. I WILL MAKE Cabinet PhotocrranhB from nnv nntti Anrii 30tn, 19M, for $3.60 per dozen. I will give a 14x17 Crayon Portrait, made from any picture you may desire, with each dozen, $1 required at time of ?J1'l"B- i e u vantage or tnis nana offer, u. i. niiuiB, rnoiograpner, 114 Mas 114 ket St., Wil- mingxon, jn. u. mn l F YOU WANT ANTIS-WEAB BUTTON Holes and first class wnrk Hnnrl tn thn llmnlra Steam Laundry. W. S. DUN LAP, Prop. febS6 NOTICE. WE ARB FULLY EQUIPPED TO repair all tlndS Of Vnainal TiwtrnTTiAntA Tuning and Repairing Pianos and Organs a specialty. Inatrumenta kept in order by yearly contract. Address GEO. HAAR'S MUSIC HOUSE, iss Market St. , Sw &&vtxttstmgxxt. GRAND CONCERT! UNIVERSITY OF N. C. GLEE CLUB. . - v 1 AT Y. M. C, A. AUDITORIUM, TTITEDNESDAY, MARCH 23th. ad: ISSION T 60 cents, Seats Tuesday at Yates'. mh 83 fri tie wed IF YOU WANT CRACKERS CAKES SEE US. AND AS FOR CIGARS MIEABII E XCELS ALL OTHERS IN QUALITY AND PRICE. HANDLED EXCLUSIVELY BY US. A. P. ADRIAN. mh 83 fri sun tues GRAND - OPENING. ORTON ICE HOUSE! FOR THE SEASON, Friday, March 3. PURE KENNEBEC FLINT let JJETAIL DEPOT, PRINCESS STREET NEAR Water. Wholesale, foot of Ann. mn S3 tf OPERA :: HOUSE ONE NIGHT, MONDAY, MARCH 1 26th. Return engagement of the eminently young - Comedian, flR. WILFRED CLARKE A ND HIS OWN COMPANY OF PICKED PlayBrs presenting the Jolly comedy T1T-FOR- "Not a dull line in it," "Admirably acted bv Philadelphia Ledger. a splendid company. misDurg uispatcn. "He (Clarke) is not one whit behind Jeffer son." Atlanta Constitution. mhssst OPERA :: HOUSE A' One Night Only, SATURDAY, MARCH 24 Denman Thompson's -BEAUTIFUL PLAY- THE OLD - HOMESTEAD. RESENTED BY A LARGER AND BETTER Company than ever before, and Properties. Original Scenery mh 22 3t 29th' ANNIVERSARY BALL OF THE - HIBERNIAN : BENEVOLENT : SOCIETY AT HIBERNIAN HALL. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 26th, 1894, Tickets for Lady and Gentleman, $1.00. COMMITTEE : ' M. O'BRIEN, D. QUINLtVAN. T. DON LAN, T. TORPY, fen., JA8. MADDEN, mhBlSt M. H. KBLLBY. T. B. CARROLL. JNO. FURLONG A SCIENTIFIC BXAMTKATION OF THIS YK8 MADK FKKS OF CHAKGK. A Startling Fact That very few persona have perfect . eyes. It moat be evident that It requires both knowledge and skill to know what the eyes need and to fit them properly with glasses. Those who trust this work to nninstrncted dealers are criminally care less of the most valuable of all the senses, their sight. DR. M. SCHWAB'S Glawes correct all visual imperfection that may exist Spectacle and Bye Glasses to salt all eyesight. Dr. O. MARCUS, Sye Specialist and graduated Optician, sao Xarket street, near South Third street. Sum. tacles and Zya Glasses repaired-llThls Optical USMiil is periuatieuh ; oil I ' Davis & I MPORTED- Spring and Summer Novelties AT PRICES .FOR TO-DAY. Goods Well Bought are Half Sold. FOR ILLUSTRATION : Reversible Zephyrs, the me for Shades. ft ri 1 r. . vur z,epnyr umgiiam heretofore rostra quality Zephyr, regular 18c Jur4U inch Cambricsuitable for 1 ft nonro '';" Clytheroe Zephyr in large bright "OOL CHALLIES. iaumui assortment m Light and at 18 cents. Black Ground Batiste worth 19c, to-day at 9c; Imported Organdies (new spring styles) worth 40c, today 25c. j Imported Figured Dimities worth 15c, to-day at 12 Jc. Serpentine repon, plain and figured, in new Evenmor Shades. our20e grade to-day 12c. j Belfast Lawn, our 15c to-day at 10c. Irish Lawn, 40 inches, worth 20c,to-day at I2c. Dotted Swiss, colored figures, our 49 c. to-day 25c. L' Lace stripe and figured Satines, imported, 40c, to-day 25c. Brokea-PJaids, Bright Piaids and Stripe for Shirt Waists, our 2Rp. for 18c, 35c for 25c, 49c for 29c, $1 for 44 inch Silk Finish Henrietta, worth 54 inch Serge worth $1.25, to-day 40 inch Surah Serge worth 50c, to - Imported Novelties, our 75c for to uii line or iancy Trimming and saving of 25 per cent, by calling on us 6c Prints, to-da3", the Indigo Blue Cc Ombre Patterns, best, for to-day DAVIS & ZOELLER, The Leading Drv Cor. Front and or's Tayl OUR SPRING OPENING - - was j r jy GREAT ND WHY NOT, WHEN WE A HAVE THE STATE TO SELECT FROM, ALSO MRS. TAYLOR S - ." !' THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE M I LLINE R Y BUS I N ESS Is enough to warrant success, and we hope the public will continue to give us their . . A?' '' 1 patronage as in the past and" we can guarantee them the liest and Most Stylish Goods of the LOWEST PRICES. We -1 inaugurate SATURDAY; Some New Departments surely made arrangements BUYERS of EVERY DAY NEW E WILL BE READY TO SHOW entire stock we received this last week at ing New and Desirable Goods from our to have Bargain Day To convince you of the above (as the tasting thereof) we ask you to call arid see TAYLOR'S : vV;-:.v" . ... : .".'-' if and will while An . MimneruFancu ' .: Ay TO SEND us Bargain Prices and 118 MARKET STREET. PRICE 5 CENTS, Zoeller's to-day only 8c, ia all leading Spring sold at 12$e to-day for 10c. to day forl2c for Shirt Waists, worth 20c, to-day plaids, the 35c today at 20e. Dark Shades worth "25c7 for to-day ' . - 59c. G-oods. $1. for to-dav 59c. at 75c. day at 29c. - day at 59c. Shirt Waist Silks to day. c. 5c. Goods Eirmoriiim Princess Sts. :: Bazaar. SUCCESS i ' - ' LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE T-' MARCH 24 interest vou in everr Department. We A - , .y. ; A A'' 7 and Satins at a the NORTH with one of the SHREWDEST and Dry Goods AND DESIRABLE GOODS AT Bargain Prices Only i YOU, COMMENCING SATURDAY, THE prices that will astonish you. By receiv Resident Buyer Daily we will be able - . . . - ' - : ' Every Day ! saying is the proof of the pudding ia the for yourself before you buy elsewhere. - : BAZAAR, A 7 c- sLT. -IK t '' y 2 4 i : i s i ' 4 iiob't K BeUamrr -4 A