ESTABLISHED 1867.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
The Howe furniture factory at Salis
bury, N. C, is burned. The loss is $25,-
000, with l'), 000 insurance. Fourteen
applicants are examined byfthe State
board of pharmacy. Six of Ciese are
negroes, graduates of Shaw university.
The House Committee on Rules re
ports a resolution to fine members absent
without leave and those present who
refuse to vote. The Atlantic Coast
Line's "special hotei train" runs from
St. Augustine to "Washington in less than
t wenty-one hours. The President yes
terday appointed the district attorney
for Maryland, the postmaster at Balti
more and other Federal officers for that
port The South Carolina railroad was
sold yesterday under a decree of the
Federal court. The first mortgage bond
holders bid it' in for f 1,000,000. It will
take about $0,000,000 more to discharge
other liens. It is thought the Louisville
and Nashville system will ultimately
control the road. Buffalo had a $1,-
000,000 lire last night. The American j
glucose works and other property was
burned. Several firemen were injured
and it is rumored that some of the em
ployes of the glucose works hayeper-
ished in the flames. 'A negro is shot
while burglarizing a house in Alabama.
The industrial army leaves Ogden
in twenty-five empty freight cars, com
ing eastward. The Tennessee Popu-
lits nominate a candidate for Governor
and two for Supreme court. The Re
publicans will nominate the other four
candidates for the S'ipreme bench.
In the Pollard-Breckinridge case yester
day Maj. Butterworth concluded his
speech. To-day Judge Wilson will be
gin the-closing argument for the plain
litr, which he will conclude to-morrow
and the case will be given to the jury,
who are expected to return a verdict be
fore Sunday uiorning. Danville, Va.,
organizes a Chamber of Commerce.
The Baltimore league team shuts out the
University of Virginia nine. Rev.
Thomas Byrne, of Cincinnati lias been
appointed bidhop of Kashviile. .-Maj.
Butterworth- spoke eight and a half
hours in the Pollard-Breckinridge case.
Miss Laura E. Martin, of Faber's
Mill, Va.. was shot down without warn
ing on the train from the South as it
reached Charlottesville, Va., yesterday.
Her assailant was Richard T. Guard also
of Faber's Mills, who after the shooting
attempted to kill himself. He is in
-prison, pretending insanity. Miss Mar
tin's wound is serious though not neces
tariiy. mortal. It is thought she had
discounternanced Guard in his atten
tions to her.
FIRE AT SALISBURY.
The Ilo.ve Furniture Factory Burned
Fourteen students in Pharmacy
Before the State Board Six of
- Them, Neurons.
Special to the Messenger.
RALEKi'n, .April 12. Fire at Salisbury
last night burie-d the Howe furniture
factory. The loss' is $25,000; insurance,
1 15,000. ...
The State board of pharmacy ad
journed to-day, having finished the ex
amination of fourteen applicants, for
license as pharmacists. O. M. Royster
of Hickory was elected a member of the
1, vice A. W. Rowland, of Wilson,
resigned. The following were the ap
plicants examined: Henry W. Brodnax
and David Way of Asheville, William
II., Oardner of Shelby, Nathan B. Hood
of Iunn, Martin B. Williams of Kenly,
M. H. Aycock of Louisburg, Howard
Gardner of Winston, James R. Davis of
Waynesville, James E. Sheppard of
Charlotte, Robert C. M. C. Norton and
John L. Eagles of Wilmington, Jessie L.
Alston of Louisburg, Charles F. , Crews
.f Winston and Harmon H. Perry-. The
last six are negroes who recently grad
uated at Shaw university, and it is be
lieved to be the first time in which so
many n groes have applied at one time
in any State.
News From Pitt County.
Correspondence of the Messenger.
Greenville, N. C, April 12.
Rumors oi a big libal suit growing out
of this court, tU the air.
Only'one prLouer goes to the peniten
tiary from this term of the Superior
-on ft." He goes for four years.
vt Wednesday a Kinston young
man and a Greenville young lady will
nter the matrimonial ship and begin
their journey of lift. '.
Tin nnirnriehinfr torvn election is ex
. itinir lit tin interest. For once there
iieoms to be no candidate for anything,
Greenville is netting interested in
lertric liirhts. Mr. McConnell, of New
York, is here in the interest of his com
mnv. working up the matter. A meet
ing was held in the court house last
night, and success in getting them is
highly probable. Committees were ap
pointed, and the matter is to be pushed
Another meeting is to be held
next Wednesday night. A good begin
ning has been made.
A Youni Lady Shot Down AVithout
Warning:
Richmond, Va., April 12. A Char
lotteville special to. the Dixpatch says:
Miss Laura E. Martin, daughter of Mr.
Hudson Martin, of Faber's Mill, was
shot down without warning in the train
on its arrival from the South this after
noon at 4 o'clock. Miss Martin was
coming from her home to this city, and
occupied a seat with Charles T. Brown,
of D.tnville, Va. Between Faber's
- Mill and Charlottesville, Richard B.
Guard, also of Faber's Mill, but on his
-way from Lynchburg here, entered the
cat, and taking a seat behind Miss Max
jtin. e:" sai; d in conversation with her.
Their uilk was on general topics, and
there was nothing said to indicate that
Guard was laboring under any excite
ment, or that he contemplated a rash
act.
T On arrival at this city Mr. Brown and
Miss Martin arose to leave the train, and,
' without a word, Guard thrust a 32-cahbre
Smith and Wesson pistol in Miss Mat
tin's face and fired, and she sank to vhe
floor. Guard then turned the pistol
toward his own head and sent two balls
throua-h his hat. Mr. Brown took the
tit?tol from' him and turned the
mat; over to Officer Davis and
iie was locked up. Miss Martin was
TlntPl Carter and Dr. Dabney
fJ, wound. The ball entered
the left eye aad passed upward under
tiie brid4 of tije i&se. Dr. Dabney says
r.ie"a. L .nniii. but that the
ine wouuu u ' crnnA
,u for recovery are good
She is said
t he eneagea to i
gentleman in this City. xo
7 i..-o o.f;n is known, but tne
c MiniiiftbirA is that ne
most II rqu.tr Wuj. ,
. .r ,i.ica Martin and re-
ceived no encouragement. Guard e
.Tiirhr. tt nd his life DV CUt
ling himself in the arm with a piece ot
glass. He is now feigning insanity, ana
is asking all sorts of absurd- questions,
auch as "Where am I? Ha&the train run
POLLARD -BRECKINRIDGE
THE ABGrTJMENT FORTHE DE
FENCE CLOSED.
Maj. Butte rworth Closes a Speech of
Eight and a Half Honrs His Tiffs
With Judge Wilson The De
pravity of the Plaintiff's
Character Severely Com
mented on Case to
. Close To morrow. x
Washington, April 12. The Pollard
Breckinridge case will go to the jury on
Saturday and a yerdict will probably be
rendered on that day. To-morrow ex
JudgeJereM. Wilson will begin the clos
ing argument for the plaintiff , which
will be the last argument in the case. He
will continue nil day and end his speech
some time Saturday, when Judge Brad
ley will charge the jury.
Maj. Butterworth concluded his argu
ment for CoL Breckinridge this evening
and the court then adjourned -until to
morrow. There was an absence from
his speech of the dramatic efforts of yes
terday. To-day he was milder, although
at times he approached tho sensational
in his language and gestures. The plain
tiff was not present, but she will prob
ably be in her usual place to-morrow" to
hear her counsel, Judge Wilson, reverse
the portrait Maj Butterworth painted.
Maj. Butterworth began a few minutes
after the court was called to order. He
held up to view the character of Made
line Pollard, described from his stand
point, and dissected it. His language
was delicate and ctean, and there was a
careful avoidance of the risque 6tories
and broad allusions which had marked
the address of his associate counsel. The
relations of Miss Pollard with James C.
Rodes was the subject to which he first
devoted himself. He read the letters
from the plaintiff to Rodes begging and
demanding money from him. Then he
read the letters which Miss Pollard called
"wooden," or dummy letters. These
letters were dated from New Orleans.
Jacksonville and other places in the
South, and Miss Pollard says they were
written in Cincinnati during her first
pregnancy, some of them at the dicta
tion of the defendant and sent to Rodes
through her mother at Towlesboro, Ky.,
to divert suspicion. Miss Pallard testi
fied that her mother knew nothing about
her trouble, and, taking up this point,
Maj. Butterworth said:
. "There is only one person in the world
who can tell whether these letters are
genuine or not; there is but one person
living who can clear up this mystery.
That person is the mother of Madeline
Pollard, and she has not been called.
Why has she not been calledr People
may say, "why dont you call her?" and
I will say to that that we are not going
into the camp of the enemy for our pro
visions or our powder either.
He dwelt on the testimony of bister
Agnes and Sister Augustine, of St.
Joseph's foundling asylum, near Cin
cinnati, lhese sisters, ne saia, were em
phatic in their declaration that Madeline
Pollard had never been at the a-ylum, as
she claimed, and more positive that she
was not "Mrs. Burgoyne. "Either
these holy women are guilty of deep
falsehood," cried he, 'or Madeline Tol
lard never gave birth to a baby at St.
Joseph's asylum.' - r
A little tiff between Maj. Butterworth
and Judge Wilson furnished diversion
for the spectators. The former taunted
tha plaintiff's counsel with reference to
the four volumes of Washington Irving,
which a patient presented to the found
ling asylum library, and through which
Miss Pollard seeks to identify herself
with the institution. Judge Wilson in
terrupted to ask why the defense had
not shown these volumes to Miss Hoyt
and Mrs. Ketcham, of Lexington, who
had seen the.volumespf Irving which Miss
Pollard owned and which the latter says
are identical with those taken from the
asylum library.
"What, cried. Maj. uuiierwortn,
"show them to people and get them to
identify things they had never seen? Not
much."
There was a farther exchange of
words and the spectators laughed. Judge
Bradley immediately told Maj. Butter
worth to stop ana men mreateneu vo
clear the court room as he had done yes
terday. Maj. Butterworth laid consid
erable emphasis on the frequent use of
the expression iri-,Miss Pollard's letter to
Rodes come early ana we wiu go to see
mama.' " 'We will go to see mama,'
when mama wasn't there. What does
it mean? J don't; know perhaps Judge
Wilson does," said Maj. Butterworth,"
but if he did not know, he ponveyed
a very (clear Impression to the minds
of his hearers that be meant
that the expression used so frequently
was merely a coae pnrase ior goiuj? ouu
for some wrongful purpose. He referred
sarcastically to Miss Pollard as "a pawn
on an immoral chessboard moved whether
the player was near it or not." This was
apropos of Miss Poulard's statement that
she wanted to take her baby and. go
away out of the defendant's life aWl the
defendant would not let her.
In this connection Mai. Butterworth
told a little .story.
"I met an old friend the other day,
ninr hf said : 'Ben. whv did not Breckin-
ridtre break off with this woman?" I said
to him, 'Do you remember about twenty
years ago, when a strong, staiwari man,
ripe in years and experience, wun aiov
ing family about him, got 6 smans
hand tangled in ma nairr ;
i 'My God! I do.' he cried.
" Oh-ves.'-' eaid I, 'I remember how he
sweated blood before &p world.'
'But why did he get in iW somebody
asked.
Oh. yes. that's all right, but that is
not the question when I m to be of
fered up for a vicarious atonement iur
crime 1 never commutea. e uu
that a man who will court death, wno
goes bravely into the very front of bat
tle, trembles like an aspen leaf in the
presence of a situation like this."
Maj. Butterwortn saia ne aia not see.
to extenuate the fault ot nis cnent,
but." he said, "the men who nave
framed your financial systems, the men
who have made your laws, your great
generals, strong as they were, have
trembled ana given way 10 uu wjuj na
tion to which this man was subjected.
She knew he held this man's destiny in
her hand. She could command, not de
mand. And yet she never contemplated
a better life. She kept him tnere craw i
lng at her feet." , '
To tin or tho AUPfrPa UrULUiSC ui
riage on August 81, 18112, Maj . Butter
worth arew a picture ot
n7o0 cUmr. if how a -.- i7 were true. -aji.
Ttrm.ir;nr;m Wori mot. hor at the mlroaa
station and told her he had something
to tell Yie-r that, pvpnin? what he was
vain enouarh to thint would olease her,
"And what did he do? Siifl g$ys he took
ner to House of lll-f ame, to asK
with tender affection to be' his wife."
'That's what makea it gjl the worse,'
said Judge Wilson.
"And that s what makes your manjy
manhood know it is not true," retorted
Mai. Butterworth, shaking both clenched
hsis in the opposing lawyer's face. "Be
fore tha mould had gathered on the
shroud of his ded Fife, he asks her ten
derly, with loving. kiiidasss, to marry
Askf-d her to marry him nnd con
Kum'mate their years of debauchery by
niacins her fci the head of
his table to
breside oyer his pure anu wviuB
; , i ,,ia liia home and she
J l4-ar-a TTjlfl mS
SyTKa wanted tQ ask her, that he
took her to a house of ill-fame. It is not
true."
Continuing on this subject after recess,
Maj. Butterworth said: "Madeline Pol
lard might have been a good woman in
the eyes" of the world to day if she had
carried out her part of the contract with
the defendant to leave Washington and
die out of his life. She did go to Bread
loaf Inn, Vermont, to work on the paper
of Mr. Battell. But through some
mysterious power, the obstacle which
prevented her from breaking that con
tract was removed in the death of the
defendant's wife. And then she laid her
plan to trap him. She decided to go to
him and say: 'You shall marry me or else
I'll drag you down in disgrace before
the world.' She returned to Washing
ton and now phe claimed that on the
very day she returned after not having
seen the defendant ,f or a long time and
when not a line had been exchanged be
tween them, the defendant asked her to
marry him and this very day she re
turned from the North when the sound
of iis dead wife's footsteps had' not
died away from his hearthstone. It was
ridiculous. And then she said she
wanted to go to Europe for two
years and the defendant admitted that.
But at what price did she want to- go
she would not sail for Europe without
going as his acknowledged fiancee." '
Maj. Butterworth took up the calls on
Mrs. Blackburn by the defendant avd
the plaintiff to tell her they were en
gaged merely for the purpose of setting
right in Mrs. Blackburn's mind
the statement of Miss Pollard that
Col. Breckinridge had promised to marry
her. He took occasion to picture Miss
Pollard as the adventuress, laying her
plans to entrap into mad rage a man
whom she had in her power through
their guilty relations. "The plaintiff
came to the defendant and said : 'I've
told Mrs. Blackburn that we are en
gaged. Now what can I do to set myself
right with her?' and then the two de
cided to go to Mrs. Blackburn, and he,
to keep this woman from being con
demned, agreed to say they were to be
married. They were obliged to lie to
get out of it. There was no way to light
except by plunging through the dark
ness. Col. Breckinridge had done a noble
act. He had gone to Mrs. Black
burn to eave a woman's honor,
to keep her from being disgraced as an
adventuress and when she could not
force him into marriage through that
means, she had spread this terrible pes
tilence broadcast throughout the land."
In telling of the interviews with the
chief of police and of the "pistol prac
tice" as he called the little scenes be
tween the defendant and the plaintiff,
Maj. Butter was interrupted a 'number
of times by Col. Breckinridge who set
him straight in some of his statements.
He taunted the plaintiff's attorneys
again for not , calling as witnesses the
persons who knew all about certain
things brought forward by the defense
and denied by Miss Pollard. He tried to
read a letter from th9 defendant to Miss
Pollard, but gave it up, saying "a man
ought to be punished for writing so bad
a hand." Then Mr. Stoll tried to read
it, but he too failed even with the assist
ance of Col. Breckinridge. A type
written copy of the letter was produced,
but this too proved objectionable and
the matter was finally settled by Col.
Breckinridge reading the original. He
also read all the other letters and tele
grams produced, which were those sent
by him to the plaintiff in May, June and
July of last year.
Stating that it was'utterly impossible
to go into all the little details of the
case, Maj. cutterworth contmued: "This
case rests with you, gentlemen of the
jury. The court has authority over the
law in it; you determine the facts. Wm.
C P. Breckinridge is not here for violat
ing a moral or any other law; that is not
the question. ' He is here for you to de
termine the question, , did he promise to
marry this plaintiff, and it so, did he
break that promise. He has been ac
cused of debauching a Jittle school girl
of 17 years and in dragging her down.
i ou are to determine whether he is
guiity of violating law in his relations
with the experienced woman of 20 years,
as she has been shown to be. She says
she comes here to redress a great wrong.
I deny it; I deny it. She could redres3
no great wrong by bringing suit in this
way. She wanted either money as a balm
for her feelings, or else she wanted
what does not rise to the dignity of re
venge; she wanted to scatter abroad a
leaven of pestilence throughout my
country, sending it to every hearthstone.
She deliberately turned from every path
way of opportunity she turned her
back upon every good purpose and pro
claimed to the world her shame. She
has scattered pestilence throughout the
land on the mere pretense of wanting
reparation. Call her motive vengeance,
call it fury, call it what you will. When
a woman turns her back on the path-
trway of opportunity, or aecency,
it proves tnat sne were not nt to
be the wife of a decent man;
that her early life was not what she
would have U3 believe. I am not saying
anything in extenuation of his sin. I am
defending the virtue of my countrymen;
I am defending the virtue of country
girls, and any man that says that seduc
tion could be accomplished under the
circumstances told of by this woman
knows nothing of the subject, and I de
nounce that individual in the name of
the country girl and the city girl as a
measureless prevaricator. Nobody knows
through what a mire that man Breckin
ridge has been dfaggod. Wetft' it's fe
penalty of a departure from duty. Ddn;fc
think, gentlemen, that a verdict for the
defendant is a ratification of hia sin. We
ask not bis exaltation; we ask pot the
exaltation of any one who baa violated
the commands of the decalogue. We
ask for only what is just. I heartily
ion with my brother (ftlr. Carlisle) in
asking Vou id a rerdict in defense of
American womanuoGa, Dut g.ccoraing to
the standard up to which our wiveh ua&
mothers must be held."
Mai. Butterworth concluded at 3:10
o'clock, having pp&ken eight hours and
a half since 11 o'clock yester day motninii-.
Judae Wilson said he preferred to ber
sin the closing argument for the plain
tiff in the morning, and Judge Bradley
assenting the court adjourned.
Maryland Day at the White House.
Wasijincjton, Apru 12. After more
than a monfch cf yceary watching tne
Marv land delegation in ' Oongi;c3S jo-day
had the satisfaction of seeing the leading
anrjointments for that State sent to the
Senate. iV monin ago me irrehiueut, il
. , . . i ti : J t. 11.
is said, notified Senator Gorman and the
rest of the delegation to submit a slate,
intimating, however, that . he reserved
two piajces fe himsalf -the postmaster
at Baltimore and tne aistricc attorney.
The delegation thereupon submitted the
names of tho men wfjo were nommatea
to-day: Ormond Harmond, for assistant
treasurer at Baltimore; Barnes Compton
for naval officer; Frank T. Shaw, for col
lector of customs, and C. Ridgley Good
win for eurvevor of customs, lhe rTesi
dnt alfo appointed S, Davies Warneld
postmaster at ijaitpmojre S3d ar
K,n-t- Aiatrict. ftttornev for Maryland.
""'j . 7,.: a : .. r ...i i,:
if ia cairi rnat senator uoriiittu la viv
prlv opposed to S. Davies Warfield,
nominate for postmaster, but, owing to
the success of the others 3ho are his
frjends, he wiil.not oe opposea ro pon
nnnattbn. '
Barnes Compton i3 the present mem
ber of Congress from the Fifth Maryland
district and will resign as soon as he is
confirmed. His district is said to be
close, and he does not care to again make
the race.
R. C. Taylor, Murfreesboro, Tenn..
writes: I have used the Japanese Pile
Cure with great satisfaction and success.
J. Hicks Bunting and J. H. Hardin,
Wilmington, N. C.
- , PRICE 5 fTp.xrTc
MORE FILIBUSTERING.
THE HOUSE STILL WITHOUT
A VOTING QUORUM.
A Resolution to Fine Members for
Absence or Not Voting Senator
Peffer'a Position on the Triff .
He is Looking After the
Interest of Kansas and
Not New Hamp
shire. SENATE.
Washington, April 12. Committee
reports . and the Urgent Deficiency
bill occupied the time of the Senate until
1 o'clock. '
The tariff bill was then taken up, and
Senator Peffer went on with, the third
part of his speech. In the course of his
speech he announced his purpose to pre
sent a substitute for the pending bill,
which would be based upon the princi
ple of taxing the articles used by the
rich and exempting articles of prime
necessity used by the poor, whether of
domestic or foreign production.
Referring to the Populists, he said:
"We are coming, Father A braham. The
vanguard is snowbound, I understand.
That is one of the symptoms of unrest
among the people. Last Sunday morn
ing the city papers related some sad ex
periences of the night before. Some
what in the neighborhood of forty men
had come into the city who had a right
to come here. They were arrested and
imprisoned without any authority of
law.
That was an outrage upon justice,
men were absolutelv peaceful.
The
They had just as much right to come
here as the president of the New
York York Central Railway company
had or any other citizen of the United
States. Among the things that occurred
during the night was a conversation be
tween the man who was recognized as
the leader of the little company and one
of the police officers, in which the man
said: 'We do not belong to the Coxey
army. We do not belong to the army of
the Commonweal. We are not tramps.
We are simply men out of woik, seek
ing employment. We are willing to take
what comes. We expect to, but-we
want to be treated as men.' And, Mr.
President, 99 per cent, of the unem
ployed men in this country to-day are
just that class. They want something
to do; and I believe that society owes
them employment."
Further on he said: "I want it dis
tinctly understood that if you (address
ing the Republican side of the Chamber)
are to get all the benefits of protection, I
am for free trade. I have not reached
that point. I am now pleading with you ;
to be fair with us. You demand a duty
upon -manufactured goods which com
pete with ours; give us duties where we
ask them. We do not ask many, and do
not ask for 40 or 50 or 100 per cent."
Senator Gallinger, Republican, of New
Hampshire, asked whether the manufac
turers in the United States could con
tinue in business very long on a free
trade basis. -
Senator Peffer replied that he was not
looking after the interest of the manu
facturers, but after the interests of the
men in the West and South who pro
daCBd the raw materials. If there were
duties on the manufactured products, he
wanted duties also on the raw ma
terials. Senator Gallinger asked further,
whether if free trade were established,
and if manufacturers had to discharge
their laborers or to reduce the wages, the
consumption of the agricultural pro
ducts of the West would not be largely
reduced and their prices reduced.
Senator Peffer replied that the surplus
of the agricultural products of the West
wa3 exported and the prices fixed in for
eign market, so that the pet-pie of Kan
sas could stand free trade better than the
people whom Senator Gallinger repre
sented. For that reason he asked that
his Republican friends would him in in
sisting on retaining the duty on wool, in
putting sugar on the free list and in rer
taining the sugar bounty.
Senator Gallinger I think 1 can speak
tor every Senator from new Eng
land when I say that we are with the
Senator from Kansas absolutely on these
propositions. 1 think we are with the
Senator on any other reasonable propo
sition which concerns the welfare and
prosperity of the great State he repre
sents. "Yes," said Senator Peffer, satirically,
'but whenever we ask anything that
ou do not agree to, you call it unf easou-
able."
Senator Peffer had not finished bis
speech at 5 o'clock p. m., when the de
bate on the tariff bill ended for the day,
and consideration of the Urgent Defici
ency bill was then resumed and con
tinued until 6 oclocir wnen, witnout
action, the Senate adjourned until tp-
morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Catchings presented a resolution
from the Committee on Rules. Before it
was read Mr. Burrows suggested that no
quorum was present and objected to the
reception of the report.
A colloquy ensued with tne opeaKer,
in which the latter ruled that the ques
tion of a quorum potild 'not pe raiaed in
that way, after the journal naa Deen
read. -By the reading of the journal the
Sneaker presumed the presence of a
quorum, and the fact that one was not
present couia ne aeierminea oniy uy me
intervention oi a question upon wmcn a
vote could be had.
Mr. Burrows then moved a call of the
House, thus taking Mr. Catchings off the
noor, but the Speaker declined to recog
nize him for this purowac.
Mr. Burrows asked an appeal, sup
ported by Mr. Reed, but this was not
entertained end the reading of the reso
lution reported by Mr. Uatciutigs was
ordered. The resolution waa one
adopted by the Committee on Rules this
morning to fine members who are absent
without leave, or wno, oemg present,
fail or refuse to vote.
While the clerk wa3 reading, Mr. Reed
endeavored to make the point that the
resolution wasi hot m order, the House
beurW in the "act of dividing ou the-vote
to discharge the order of 'arrest, which
was interrupted yesterday by adjourn
ment because of the lack of a quorum.
But he was not permitted to do so then,
nor later, before Mr. Catchings moved
the previous question on his resolution.
llK Ueed inblotedf vpoa being" feoog
ni?ed by the chair to make a point of
order, and the Speaker declined to make
the recognition in terms to Buit the
gentlemen from Maine,
The reading of the resolution was re
ceived with laughter
hv
the Republicans.'and while the yeas and
ays were being called it was aiscussea
Highest of all in Leavening
Li
ABSQl&SSEiX F3JRB
with much interest bv knots of members
about the clerk's desk. The roll call was
, - . - -
mcerruptea to receive a message from
the Senate.
When the secretary of the Senate had
retired, Mr. Wilson, Republican, of
Washington, asked if the message could
be repeated from the clerk's desk, so that
the members might know what it con
tained. The Speaker informed him that it could
not be; and the roll call proceeded.
The vote resulted yeas, 142; nays, 11
f-the Republicans not voting. Those vot
ing in the negative were Messrs. Causey,
Coombs, Cummings, Geary, Geissen
hainer, Kilgore, McGuire, McAleer,
Painter, Ryan and Warner.
No quorum voting, a call of the House
was ordered.
Pending the call several members were
excused on motion for illness and Im
portant business. Finally Mr. Gear, Re
publican, of Iowa, asked that his col
league, Mr. Hull, haying been called out
of the' city on important business, be ex
cused until Monday but Mr. Reed ob
jected. Whereupon Mr. Gear formally
moved that Hull be so excused.
Mr. Gear's motion was rejected after
serving as a medium for using up a great
deal of time.
: Amid the confusion Mr. nafohinom
ent up a resolution which he offered, to
oe reaa irom tne clerk's desk.
Messrs. Lacey, Burrows, Reed and
Boutelle used all their resources to pre
vent the resolution from being read: or
entertained. '
- When at last it was read it was found
to be a resolution revoking leaves of ab
sence and directing the sergeant-at arms
to notify absent members by telegraph
that their presence is desired.
t The reading was not finished ere Mr.
Boutelle eaid it. was not necessary to
read further. The nature of the paper
had been disclosed in the first line. He
and Mr. Rr-ed made the point that it was
not in order, but tho Speaker pro tern,
ruled against them.
Finally, after filibustering resources
were exhausted, the House bvn vnt nf
yeas, 61; nays. 135, refused to adjourn,
ana tne yeas and nays were taken on
seconding the demand for the previous
question on Mr. Catching's resolution re
voking leaves of absence. This resulted
yeas 123; nays, 3; and Mr. Peed made
the point of no quorum, but the Speaker
pro tern (Richardson), however, said that
no quorum was essential to the adoption
of the resolution under con3iderationrr
Mr. Reed argued that the rnlpa of tho
House did not authorize a minority to
pass such a resolution as was pending.
Its power, he said, was limited to pass
ing an order to compel the attendance
of members by their arrest.
ine cnair stated that the uniform
practice has been to hold that such a res
olution was a proceedine to obtain a
quorum, and, as such, did not need a
quorum for Its adoption. He would,
therefore rule that no quorum was neces
sary.
lhe resolution was agreed to. and then
at 6:30 o'clock, the House adjourned un
til to-morrow at 12 o'clock.
The Sun's Cotton ReTiew.
New York, April 12. The Sun's cot
ton review says: Cotton advanced 5 to
6 points, but closed 1 to 2 points lower
than yesterday and steady, with sales of
l;i0,000 bales. Liverpool declined par
tially 1 point, but recovered this and
closed steady,- with spot eales of 12,000
bales at prices in buyers' favor, but
v. ithout quotable change. In Manches
ter yarns and cloths were quiet and un
changed. Bombay receipts for the week
were 58,000 bales, against 74,000 this
week last year. New Orleans advanced
4 to 5 points, but lost this and declined 1
point, bpot cotton here was dull and
weak at unchanged prices. Sales were
74 bales for spinning. The Southern
spot markets were generally quiet and
unchanged. Receipts at the ports were
5,510 bales, against 5,113 this day last
week and 6,621 last year; thus far this
week, 46,097 bales, against 36,065 for the
same time last year. Exports to-day
were 9,612 bales to Great Britain and
1,715 to the Continent.
One firm said: "In 1890 the crop was
8,655,293 bales; in 1891, 9,038,707 bales;
total, 17,694,000 bales. . At the end of
those years the visible supply had in
creased 1,533,000 bales. The crops of
1892 and 1893 will likely -amount to
about 14,000,000 bales. The visible supply
is now only 265,000 bales less than two
years. The difference of about 2,000,000
bales most likely largely represents the
decrease in the invisible supply in spin
ners and growers' hand3. Advices from
eight cotton States out of the eleven in
dicate unseasonable weather as delaying
planting. Exports to date are fully 3,
050,000 bales in excess of last season to
the sme time. American and foreign
spinners are reported as having small
supplies, and likely to start up where
they have been idle,' and that all will
certainly begin to stock up in the near
future. Some are evidently waiting for
more favorable crop advices. Generally
it seems to be considered spinners have
but small supplies of - manufactured
goods and an order list hat is insreac?
iag." "
The increased activity in Liverpool
was a surprise to the bears, and in fact
to everybody, and so was the fact that
Liverpool made no response to the de
cline here of Wednesday. There was
no pressure to sell and, accordingly, in
the early trading prices advanced. On
the rise-too many wanted to sell and
prices ended slightly lower than yester
day. The receipts at the ports ahdrm
terior towns are disagreeable features of
the situation to" the buls. Many of the
bulls became sick and disgusted and
were anxious to get out. The trading
waa a little more active, but the market
lacked genuine spirit. .
" Disastrous Fire in Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y April 12. The Ameri
can Glucose works, the largest of the
kind in the country, were discovered to
be on fire shortly after 7 o'clock to-mght
and bv 9:30 q clCck they were totally de
Btroyed, ' ' The fire spread to Holmes'
lumber yards and to the public fish
market, and at this writing is not under
control. Ambulances from all tne city
hospitals have been summoned. Several
firemen have been injured and taken to
the hospitals. It is rumored that some
of the employes of the Glucose work
were caught by the Games and have
burned to deatB. There is great confus
ion and excitement in the .vicinity. The
money loss is already in excess of f 1,-
000 000,
The Coast Line's Hotel Train.
WASHptpipN, April 1$. -The special
hotel train," of the Atlantic Coast line,
from St. Augustine, Fla., en route to
New York, which left Jacksoville at
10:25 o'clock yesterday morning, arrived
here at 7:19 o'clock this morning and
started for New York at 7:30
O ClOCK.
I The run from Jacksonville to Washing
ton in less than twenty-one hours is said
w uo uuiwku.
Power. Latest U.
S. Gov't Report
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AN IMPORTANT SUIT
AS TO DELIVERING FREIGHT
BY CONNECTING LINES.
Growth of Crops Checked by Cold
Weather Hope Elias Not a Cong
ressional Candidate Students
. to Spend Summer at Bean
fort .Funds for the .
Davis Monument Com
ins in Slowly.
Messenger Bureau, l
Raleigh. April 12. f
IVH. Busbee, Esq., appeared for the
Richmond and Danville railway to-day
in a case, to which allusion was made
yesterday, which is of much public in
terest. A cotton gin was shipped from
BirminghamrAla., to Tarboro, N. C.,
Via the Richmond and Danville railway,
to Greensboro, and was thence sent by
an oversight over the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railway to Wilmington,
and was there tendered to the Atlantic
Coast Line. The latter refused to accept
it, alleging that it had a contract with
the Richmond and Danville by which
freight from the Birmingham section
should be delivered to it at Columbia,
S. C. The Atlantic Coast Line held the
freight thirty days before forwarding it
to .Tarboro. The consignee asks for
damages. The Atlantic Coast Line
claims that the matter is inter-State
commerce, and cannot be regulated by
the State commission. The consignee
claims that the refusal of the Atlantic
Coast Line to receive it at Wilmington
and the statement that it had no through
Dill of lading, made it local freight and
consequently, within the jurisdiction of
the State commission. The case comes
up again on the 25th instant.
Though the weather; was very cold
last night, it was cloudy and the wind
was blowing, so there was no frost here.
West of here there was frost yesterday
and to-day. The growth of all the crops
is greatly checked.'
Tr t- l , , .
jxope raias, wno nas Deen so promi
nently spoken of as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Congress in
the Ninth district, now says he will not
permit his name to go before the con
vention. R. T. Gray, Esq., of Ethe board of vis
itors to the university, returned here to
day. He says that the board, of which
Rev. J. L Stewart is chairman, finds
everything in admirable order and is
greatly pleased at the results of its ex
tremely careful inspection.
i Prof essor Brooks, of Johns Hopkins
university, will take a large party of
specialists to Beaufort, where the entire
summer will be spent. The biological
class of the University of North Caro
lina will be at the same place for special
worn.
The mayor of this citv has for several
days been trying a . case in which the
question of who is pastor of the negro
Christian church here is involved. The
matter has led to breaches of the peace.
The attorneys for one of the factions
asked for a jury. This, the mavor said.
he had no right to allow. .Thereupon the
abiorneys maae application to tne su
preme court yesterday for a mapdamua
to compel the mayor to allow a iurv.
The court denied this motion.
The North Carolina classes of the Re
formed Church are to meet at NewGilead
April 25th.
Tne shipment of pea3 from the New-
bern section has begun. The crop will
be extremely light there.
as yet little or no money has bern col
lected in this State for the Jefferson
Davis monument at Richmond, and Col.
E. D. Hall, the chairman of the commit
tee to collect funds, feels really discour
aged. He says that as matters now
stand, North Carolina will be behind all
the other States m this respect.
Base BalL
New Orleans, April 12. Mobile, 1 ;
New Orleans, 0. Batteries Frost and
Anderson; Schanol and Braun.
Atlanta, Ga., April 12. Atlanta, 7;
Macon, 4, Batteries Kissenger, Keenan
and Boyle; Gray, Hoover and Welsh.
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rpHKY ARK CERTAINLY BSATJTIFTJL
Just think, only 10c each series. Series 1 ti 13
now ready. Ko charge for postage. Have also
received samples, of covers to keep them in.
( all on or send to
J. H. RKHDKR & CO
WAITINGS AND OIL CLOTH
Q.OOD HBAVT CHINA MATTING 10c YARD.
Better grade Uo, woHa Wo. Best grade sec,
wortb 40c Floor Oil Cloth 25c vara, aU widtba.
Full atock of Window Shades, etc
J. EL KftHDXB CO.
Tayl
or's
We Always Lead and Under no Circumstances
or Conditions will be Undersold.
HARVELLOUS :: VALUES
Throughout Our Entire Establishment.
THE FOLLOWING OFFERINGS CULLED FROM VARIOUS DEPART
MENTS ARE INDICATIVE OF WHAT YOU MAY EXPECT AND
WILL FIND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STORE.
tbimmed millinery. !
1. The riiirh oh a r ! rf tUa n.k;k:. mt
. r , . vi Miociiuiuv, TIC
snow a stock which in noint of varictv
beauty and intrinsic worth is not surpassed,
if indeed it be equaled in this State.
2. The economy that our system makes
possible.
We make exact duplicates of many of the
finest Pattern Hats at medium and low
prices.
We are well within knnnj. ti, ,
tnat in no other establishment in this city
w it possible for customers to do so well.
wnetneryou want an exclusive Pattern
Bonnet or a duplicate from our own work
room you are sure to get it here at a fair
price.
TTntri
Chips, Milans, Neapolitans, Fancy Braids.
at auu, cu, out, yc, si ana up.
FLOWERS AND FEATHERS. Largest
and best assorted stock in the city, replete
with everything new and pretty. Roses.
Violets. Mignonette, Geranium, Foliage of
all kinds. Jets, Spangled Laces, &c.
Children's Silk and Muslin Caps, a very
extensive assortment at all prices.
The styles are so numerous it is impossible
to do justice to them. A visit to this De
partment wm pay you.
o
GLOVES.
Just received a new lot of Spring Gloves in
all shades with Cuffs, fair quality, at such
astonishing low price, 23c per pair. Come
and look at them. i
Another lot spring shades, 8uede Gloves,
with Cuffs, sold elsewhere for 75c, our price
39c per pair.
The balance of our Mosquetaire 10 button
length Kid Gloves in good shades, former
price $1.98, seLling now at $1.25 per pair.
Ladies' full regular madeHosiery, fast
black, warranted, at a price that talks, 15c
per pair.
our regular 25c stocking, hne quality, fast
black, only 19c per pair.
Not a well known article sold low,
every article in every Department
BARGAIN DAY AT
TAYLOR'S
1 18 MARKET STREET.
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Orders by Mail Promptly and Carefully Filled.
We Have Taken Measures
unf
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ON'T ALL STORES CHANGE PRICES
difference in the manner of changing
as a rule are never changed, during business hours. Offers from customers are not
considered. Rich and poor meet upon exactly the same platform. In advertising,
truthful statements strongly made. Concerning merchandise offered at retail, is a
public duty, stick a pin here my friends, we always have what we advertise.
A WEEK OF BARGAINS.
800 yards fine WHITE LAWNS, worth from 10 to 60c per yard, onr price Wo 40c .
per yard.
600 yards SHIRTING PRINTS worth 7c, only 5c per yard.
600 VMds NEW PERCALES " 15c, 12ic
. JWOybrds NEW WHITE aud PRINTED DIMITY, 1 :o 30c per yard.
800 yards OUTING FLANNELS, checks and stripes, latest designs 10 to 15c per yd.
25 dozen BATH TOWELS from 124 to 50c each.
25 " HUCKABACK TOWELS from 10c to 35c. -
15 " DAMASK TOWELS from 10c to 75c.
50 dozen LADLEtf JERSEY RIBBED VESTS, special price 5c.
50Q UJBRpLLAS from 75o to 11.00.
Spring Novelties in New Weaves Dress Goods from 12ic to SI per yard. Exquisite de
signs and figures in Imported China Silks, great values from 50c to f 1 per yard.
MATTING. Those wishing to furnish Rooms or Houses will do well to call on ns, as
we will give you 15 per cent, off of our regular prices on Matting this week. It willprofit
you greatly to examine our fresh stock of goods before making your purchases. Every
body remarks that we are headquarters for SILKS AND DRESS GOODS. We carry the
handsomest assortment, the. greatest variety in Wilmington. Full line of BLACK DRESS-GOODS.
FENNELL, FORE & CO.,
ONE PRICE CASH STORE,
FR0M1 STREET. iEXT DOOR KORTH OF PUR CELL HOUSE. WILKUfGTOM, MC
THE BEST PLACE TO BUY
The Latest Literature, -The
Finest Stationery,
The HandsomestP ictures,
Tne Newest Styles in Wall Paper,
The Largest Stock of Office Stationery,
The Most complete line of Blank Books and School Books
. AU at the Lowest Prices is at . 1
lit KABKBT STRlXr.
:: Bazaar
Ladies' Fast Black Lisle Thread Stockings.
Uermsdorf Dye, sold elsewhere for 76c, our
price 43c per pair.
Children's Seamless Fast Black Hose only
13c per pair.
LADIES' CAPES.
Sust received a new lot of SPRING CAPES
latest styles in Tan, Blue, Brown and Black
from $2.39 up. -
Children's Reefer Jackets in Tan, Navy
and Red from $1.98 up.
Infants' long and short, Embroidered
Cloaks from f 1.50 up.
atStj?
Iwhite Goods and Domestics
WHITE CHECKED and STRIPED NAIN
SOOK, sold elsewhere at 121c, our price per
yard 7ic.
FINE GINGHAMS, New Patterns, sold
elsewhere at 12ic, our price per yard 74c
GljSGHAMS, sold elsewhere at 10c a yard,
our price 6c.
SATEEN, in Plain Black and Figured.sold
elsewhere at 15c a yard, our price 9c.
4x4 SHIRTING, good quality, sold else
where at 9c a yard, our price 71c.
UNBLEACHED MUSLIN, sold elsewhere
at 5c a yard, our price 3ic
DOTTED LAWN, 40 inches wide, sold"
elsewhere at 15c a yard, our price 8Jc.
FIGURED LAWN, sold elsewhere at 6c a
yard; our price 41c.
CH ALLIES, New Designs, sold elsewhere
at 8c a yard, our price 5ic
Our Corset Department comprises all the
best makes. R. & G., H. & S. and Warner's
Corsets. . , -
We have a fine Corset we are selling at
39c, would be cheap at 50c. Call and see.
and others with a great profit, but
sold specially low. EVERY DAY
BAZAAR,
1
I I
rjlO SUPPLY YOUR WANTS IN
our line, what it is re don't know, but
feel sure we have it on our shelves or in
the show cases. Come and see. You
can certainly have the opportunity of
getting some of the new things in the
line of
Clothing and Furnishings.
Our stock seems to satisfy every one.
Special attention called to our
Children's Department.
CERTAINLY, BUT THERE'S A GREAT
under the honest "One Price" system, prices "
WILMIHQTON. K a
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