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The Solicitor Uener;d moves to dismiss
the appeal to the Federal Supreme court
of the defendants in the Alabama white
t ap cast's, in which they were indicted
for conspiracy to intimidate witnesses in
tho rt tlt ral courts. By the Boston fire
1,57 LuiMiags were burned, 37 partially
destroyed, 467 families burned out and
L',o00 people made homeless. The Vir
ginia State treasurer refuses to pay the
$-40,000 State bonds held by the Federal
(Jovernuient as part of its Indian trust
funds. -Senators Hun ton and Kyle
admit that they had been offered bribes
to yote against the tariff bill. The go
between was C. W. Buttz, a former
member of Congress from South Carolina.
Col. Breckinridge fdes his appeal
bund in the District Court of Appeals.
Counsel for Coxey, Browne and
JoiKrifilein Judge Bradley's court ap
plication for a writ of certiorari to stay
the sentence of the justice's court.
At the Coxey camp at Bladensburg the
numler of soldiers continues to decrease
and the number of "drunks" to increase.
The gold reserve i3 reduced below
$S7,000,OUO by yesterday's taking of $2,-
.000,000 for export. The Senate con-
lirins the nomination of W. P. Huffham,
postmaster of Hickory, N. C. Our
( rovernnient wishes to recede from the
IJerlin agreement as to Samoa. -Lightning
fires, the depot at Millbrook, near
llaleigh. The hailstorm in Raleigh was
quite severe. Several farms in Wake
- county are damaged by the bursting of a
mill dam. The Democratic Central
committee meets and calls' a meeting of
the Executive committee to meet June
12th. It favors holding the State con
vention late in July. Pawtuckett, R.
1., suffers an $800,000 fire. The Em
pire City coliseum and Washington Park,
letter known as" Jones' Woods, in New
York city, was burned early yesterday
morning. The conflagration was the
. worst in that city in . years. -Southern
members of Congress are confident of
getting Congress to appropriate $500,000
for an exhibit at the Atlanta1 exposition.
A special sub-committee will give the
liters of the association a hearing this
snorning. It is rumored that Brazilian
tioverament forces have been defeated.
The pool seller DeLacy has had the
bookmakers and judges of the Brooklyn
racea arrested on the tharge of running a
lottery. A warrant was also issued for
President Lawrence, of the Coney Island
-Jockey elub. The Philadelphia courts
are asked to appoint a receiver for the
order of Tonti The Populists of
Ceoriria. sire holdinir a rousing State con
vention in Atlanta. They will adopt a
platform and nominate a ticket to-day.
An unknown man swindles people
in Jacksonville, Fla., by passing on them
postal notes raised from 10 cents to $4.10.
He pur chased seventeen notes for 10
cents in Fernandina, and three of them,
raised to $1.10, have already been pre
sented to the postoffice at Jacksonville.
The Democratic convention of the
Third Tennessee Congressional district is
in session. It took 320 ballots yesterday.
It adopts a free silver, Wilson Tariff bill,
.repeal of State bank tax platform and
taided a resolution endorsing the admin
istration. The men in control of the
body are appointees of Mr. Cleveland.
Congressman Oates has two more
than the number of votes necessary to
nominate him for Governor. Rev. Dr.
J. li. Newton was yesterday, at Rich
mond, consecrated to the bishopric as
assistant to Bishop Whittle'.
.Democratic Executive Committee
to
' x Meet.
Special to tbe Messenger.
Raleigh'. May 16. The Democratic
Central committee met here to day,
i'hairman Simmons presiding. It called
: i meeting of the State Executive com
mittee here at 8 o'clock p. m., June 12th.
It is the sentiment of the Central com
uktee that it is best to hold the State
convention not earlier than the last of
July or later than August 1st.
Damages fr'rom the Storm.
Special to the Messenger
RALEIGH, N. C, May 1G. Lightning
f iruck the freight depot at Millbrook,
near here, ani did some damage. Labor
er employed ori A gravel train extin
guished the fire anil saved the building.
A heavy rainfall in that section broke
the dam of Norwood's mill and damaged
several farms. The hail storm the was
phenomenal.
A Rousing Populist Convention.
Atlanta, May 16. The State conven
tion of the People's party in Georgia is
in sess.'oii here. The convention is char
acterized by its very large attendance
and extreme enthusiasm. It certainly
indicates that so far from beinsj a dead
issue the party is very much alive in
this State. The attitude of the present
administration since the last campaign
is taken as the reason for such a cyclone
of excitement among the Populists as
this convention developed.
When Tom YTatson, the famous leader
of the party, maJe his appearance in
the hall this morning he was given such
an ovation as was never given any man
fty a political convention ia Georgia
tnce the old days and older parties. He
was made chairman of the convention
and made a speech" severely criticising
the course of the present administration.
"Two years ago" he said, "we were fed
upon the ambrosia of Democratic ex
iKictations. To-day, we are gnawing
the corn cobs of Democratic reality."
Upon such a text he made a lurid speech
:and was cheered to the echo by mere
than 800 persons present. He intimated
that if the Chicago Democratic platform
had been strictly adhered to by the ad
ministration there would have been no
such convention of Populists in Georgia
to-day.
A committee on platform was ap
pointed. This committee has been at
work all day,andwill report to-morrow.
They are going about the task of making
a ; r'latforia with marked caution and
will doubtless do all they can towards
securing such a one as will catch votes
rn mnnv a local issue ia this State. The
platform will endorse in toto the Omaha
reform of the party, Government own
ership of railroads and all. It will urge
the doing away with the present convict
system in Georgia. .
To-morrow the State ticket will be
nominn. tpd. Tfc is Dretty certain that
.liirW.T TC TTinfta. a prominent lawyer
of this city, , will be their candidate for
the Governorship. The Populists really
rpfr tn h-xre Waton run f or (jrovernor,
but he intends to be. a candidate for
Congress in the Tenth district which he
renresented in the Fiftv-Second Con
gress. -
Constipation and sick headache posi
tively cured by Japanese Liver Pellets.
50 pills 25 eta. J. Hicks Bunting and J.
GENERAL JAIL DELIVERY.
MANY PRISONERS ESCAPE
FROM WAKE COUNTY JAIL.
Orange Page, the Condemned Mar
. derer, One of the Number Search
ing for the Fugitives Bey. N.
M. Jurney Returns From
' t he General Conference
Insane Asylum Mat
tersCornerstone Laying Notes.
Messenger Bureau, )
Raleigh. May 16. f
Raleigh was treated to a genuine sen
sation this morning when the fact was
discovered that ten prisoners had made
their escape from the county jail, which
is in the heart of the city, and three
blocks from the Capitol and two from
the station house. The chief prisoner
was Orange Page, the murderer, who
was under sentence to be hanged June
1st and whose death sentence Governor
Carr yesterday refused to commute. The
other prisoners who escaped were Garner
Dupree, Robert Fletcher, Thomas
Holmes, Monroe Lyon, and Isaiah Shaw,
charged with larceny; John Foreythe
and Charles Faucett, charged with carry
ing concealed weapons; Charles Dunston
accused of shooting Ham Junes, a young
white man of Forestville; Isaac Gunter
a United States prisoner charged with
illicit distilling. All are negroes. They
occupied three cells on the ground floor
of the jail. The doors of these cells even
open so that all the prisoners could use
a water closet of which there is only one
to each three cells. In one cell was a
wrought iron bedstead, the side pieces of
which were seven feet long rivited and
of great strength. During the night the
prisoners, no doubt led by Page, a des
perate man and an ex-convict, broke
up this fcbed and using the side pieces
as levers,, broke four ross bars of
the cells or cage. They made a small
opening right at the floor, easily break
ing the steel bars of the cell, which was
built by the Pauly company, of St.
Louis, in 1883. One bar it is now found,
was not riveted. Tbey then used the
same levers in breaking away the bricks
under a window immediately in front of
the opening in the cell. This wall of the
jail opens in ten feet of a fence on a
street in front of a livery stable. The
jailer, a one legged veteran named Lary,
sleeps in the front room of the jail, but
says he heard no noi3e. The prisoners
sang loudly, but this they frequently do.
It was 5 "o'clock this morning when
Leary discovered that the ten men were
gone and that the jail was nearly empty.
There were left inside three white men
on the upper tier, and two negro men
and two boys on the same floor as the
escaped men and in an adjoining tier.
One of these men says he heard no
noise.
No death watch was set upon Page
and an official pays it is not the custom
hereto sHa watch upon a condemned
prisoner until the night before hw execu
tion. At the same time the public im
pression was that a condemned murderer
was always kept in a separate cell. The
jailor does not enter the cell divisions at
night and no rounds are made. The
truth is that the steel cells wera thought
to be unbreakable. The officials now
know, by dear experience, that they are
not, if the use of iron bedsteads is per
mitted. In most of the cells hammocks
are used. Telegrams were sent in all
directions, giving Rotice of the flight of
the prisoners. '
Orange Page, it will be remembered,
wa3 captured, after two months search
in Edgecombe county, the Governor
having offered $200 reward for the cap
ture of him and his accomplice, Mary
Smith, they having broken the neck of
Rosa Haywood, near nere, last January.
A reward of $100 will be paid for any
information leading to Page's capture,
or $150 for his delivery to Sheriff M. W.
Page here. Page, the murderer, is 45
years old, 5 feet 6 inches high, and
weighs 170 pounds. He has brown eyes,
black hair, is pock-marked in the face,
and was in 1885, sent to the penitentiary
from Edgecombe county, for larceny,
and was released last September. At 11
o'clock several posses started out in
search of the prisioners. A negro who
stays back of the jail last night about
midnight told a police officer that he
believed the prisioners were trying to
escape. The officer went to the fenGe in
rear and listened there three quarters of
an hour, but could only hear the negroes
singing and dancing. They were evi
dently making a great noise to conceal
their work in breaking out. About 3
o'clock this morning it is said the noise
stopped. The prisoners after getting out
of the jail wtint out of a front gate in a
few feet of a fire engine .house and open
ing on FByetteville street.
Cards have been received here to -the
marriage of Miss Lida Drane to Mr.
Thomas Ashe Hall, at Savannah, Ga.,
June 5th.
The test of the coal from the Egypt
mines, by the Seaboard Aia Line, will be
watched wjth interest.
Rev. N. M. Jurney was here to-day on
his way home from the Methodist Gen
eral Conference at Memphis. He pays
that it is almost certain that the North
Carolina counties now in Virginia Con
ference will be placed In the North Caro
lina Conference. He also says tha pne
bishop will be elected.
Mr. S. II. Buchanan of Moore county,
was here to-day. He is prominently
spoken of in connection with the nom
inatiorrby the Republicans for Congress
from the Third district. He says he is
directly opposed to fusion with the
Populists.
The executive committee of the direc
tors of the insane asylum was in session
here last evening and to day. The new
building, now very nearly completed,
was carefully inspected, if it be possi
ble, the directors wish to open this dur
ing the present year. Of course ihe ap
plications for admission of patients are
pressing. "Whatever eaa be done the
directors will do. In July they will meet
and received the building. The contract
for the iron window guard, was given j
out to-day.
The second-hand property dealer
named Bay, who was arrested here on a
charge of reeejvjng property stolen from
Bishop Lyman s resxaence, nas provcu
his entire innocence and kas been dis
charged. A negro boy only 13 years old
stole the property ana soia w. xuuug
as he is. he has servea six monma ou mo
roads. He say3 he has broten into many
houses. He is now in jail.
All the veteran who come here on the
22nd are to be fed at the Soldiers' Home,
where special arrangement will be made
for their entertainment. As yet no offi
cial notice has been received of the
coming of any troops save the company
f rom Fayetteville. To that company is
assigned the duty of escorting the veter
ans from the Home to the Capitol. All
the visiting military will be entertained.
There will be present the county vice
presidents of the Ladies Monumental asso
ciation and they will also be entertained.
A committee on information has been
appointed, of which Mr. A. M. McPhee
ters is the chairman. It will ascertain
what private houses wifl receive guests,
and will assign strangers to uiese.
Dr. F. T. Fuller, assistant physician of
asylum, is attending the
meeting of superintendents at Philadel
phia,
OFFER TO BRIBE SENATORS.
Senators Hunton and Kyle Admit
Being Offered Mcuey to Vote
Against the Tariff Bill.
Washingtox, May 16. Senators Hun
ton, of Virginia, and Kyle, of South Da
kota, the latter through his clerk, this
morning admitted the truth of the pub
lished statement that tbey had been ap
proached and offered money for their
votes against the Tariff bill, although
both gentlemen declined to name the
man who made the offer. The story was
published in full in a New York paper
this morning and, with the exception of
a matter of detail, is substantially correct.
"Yes," said Senator Hunton, "the
story is correct although I am sorry that
it has been made public. It was not a
matter of recent occurrence, however,
for it happened more than a month ago,
and I immediately notified the managers
of the bill on the floor of the Senate and
it is in their hands for such action as
they may see fit to take. I do not care
anything for a Congressional investiga
tion, but if the managers of the bill
think it is the best thing to do, I will as
sist them all in my power. The offer
was not made to me personally but
through my son, the sum to be paid be
ing fixed at $25,000 by the man who at
tempted the bribe. No, I cannot giye
the name of the man who sought to get
my vote."
Senator Kyle is out of the city, but
Senator Hunton said he knew that the
same man had approache1 him and this
was corroborated by Mr. McFarlane,
Senator Kyle's clerk. Senator Hunton
went so far as to say that the man who
had attempted to conduct the negotia
tions for these votes was formerly con
nected with the carpet bag Government
of South Carolina and that he had sub
sequently gone to North Dakota where
he resided for a number of years". Re
cently he said he had been about the
Capitol in the role of lobbyist.
A;pertinent query in connection with
the case is, who is the man? The prin
cipals in the bribing episode decline ab
solutely to say anything about the man's
identity. A prominent Democratic Sena
tor, however, told the reporter that he
knew the man well and that he is
named C. "W. Buttz, a member of Con
gress from South Carolina," during the
period of reconstruction.
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FIFTY HORSiiS BURNEDi
The Empire City Coliseum and Four
ftlocks Destroyed An Unusually
Fierce Conilagration.
New York," May 16. The Empire'
City Coliseum and Washington Park,
better known as Jones' Woods, was to
tally destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock this
mornjng. Beside it lie the ruins of one
of the largest etone works in the
city, about fifteen stables and twice as
many shanties, and among the ashes are
the charred skeletons of fifty horses.
During the conflagration the screams of
the unfortunate animals as the flames
enveloped them aroused the wholeneigh
borhood. The fire spread to the stables
so quickly that it was impossible to lib
erate the horses and they perished in
their stalls. The ruins extend over four
blocks. A strong wind blew the flames
from Washington Park on Sixty-ninth
street northward to Seventy-first street
and southward to Sixty-seventh street,
and half an hour after the firet spark
had been seen the whole space between
avenue A and the East river, within the
boundaries of these streets, was a sea of
flames. Engine No. 39, at work on
Sixty -ninth street was caught in the ava
lanche of fire and had to be abandoned.
The engine horses were barely saved, as
the fire spread so rapidly that the fire
men were compelled to run for their
lives.
In the shanties among the stables
north and south of the nark the sleeDiner
occupants were dragged from their beds
by the police and firemen, and stood
shivering in their night clothes off the
edge of the fire fines, as their homes" and
household goods vanished before their
eyes. Fighting the fire within the four
blocks radius was impossible and the
firemen directed their efforts at first
solely to prevent the flames from spread
ing. The fire only began to abate under
the streams of water thrown from the
fifteen engines who responded to the
four alarms sent. The police estimate the
loss at $231,000 of wnich $131,000 was
done to property outside the Park. John
Schulthesis, manager of the Pleasure
gardens, however, placed his loss at $300,
000. The people who saw the fire agree
that it was one of the fiercest con nata
tions that has occurred in the city for"
years. Jones' Woods wait a sort of park
and pleasure ground, prettily wooded
and fenced in by high white pal
igading. Ever since the early sixties
the " wocdo and park have been
noted pleasure grounds, fitted up
with wooden dancing pavilions,
shooting galleries, bar and restaurant
and covered promenade, and every old
New Yorker 'knows them as ancient
landmarks of the qld regime. Each
corner of the gardens contained a huge
wooden lower and other wooden build
ings extended all over the place, form
ing a mass of inflammable material
which made a veritable tinderjbox. The
fire sta rted in one of these towers situ
ated at the corner of Sixty-eighth street
and the East river. The cause of the
fij-e it a mystery.
The Alabama White cap Cases.
Washington, May 16. The famous
Alabama whitecap case is before the Su
preme court on a" motion by Solicitor
General Maxwell to dismiss the appeals
of th defendants from the judgment of
the District gourt for the Southern divi
sion of the Northern district of Alabama.
In this case J. W., alias Watson, Todd,
Henry Roberts, Will Sims, John Sims,
George Sims, Samuel Sims, Will Hooper,
Jack Beck, Mark Beek, Marion Ray.Will
Mitchell, Allen Lights and Henry 6tim
son were found guilty on July 27, 1892,
of conspiracy to intimidate and injure
United States witnesses, and were sen
tenced to four years' imprisonment at
hard labo jn the Minnesota State prison
and to' pay a fine of 503 each. The wit
nesses whom they sougnt to intimidate
wsre dragged out of their houses at night
in the middle of winter and whipped un
mercifully. On September 7tn a writ ot
error, was guea out py ine qeiemianis
and a BUDersedess bond filed by eacl of
the defendants by which tbey are now
at liberty. The affidavit clerk shows
that no transcripts of the records in their
casgs have been made or ordered by the
defendant! o- their attorneys and no
other step taken to priu f9 case before
the SnDreme court.
In his motion to dismiss tne appeal iae
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Solicitor General says: "The atrocious
character" of the crime of which the de
fendants stand convicted demands thai,
the sentence of the law should he
promptly enforced."
ConsecratedlBishop.
Riphmosd. Va.. May 16. The Pro
testant Episcopal Church council of the
riinrcapi nf Virginia commencea us uuiiy-
ninth annual session here to-day, and at
10 o'clock Rev. Dr. J. B. Newton was
consecrated to the bishopric, having
been chosen as assistant to Bishop
Whittle. The consecration service took
place in the Monumental church, and in
the chancel were Bishops Whittle of
Virginia, Randolph, of Southern Vir
ginia, Jackson of Alabama, Dudley of
Kentucky, Peterkinof West Virginia
ana uapera oi aouuj uaroinia,
WILMINGTON, N. C, THUKS DAY, MAY 17, 1894.
GHARGE8 OF BRIBERY
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
TARIFF BILL.
Senator Lodire Wants a Committee to
Investigate the Matter A Few
More Tariff Amendments Are
Adopted The State Bank
Tax Repeal Bill Post
poned The Agricul
tural Appropria
tion Bill.
SENATE.
Washington, May 16. Exactly three
weeks ago to-day the Senate began the
consideration of the Tariff bill by para
graphs for amendment. When the Sen
ate adjourned yesterday twenty-eight
items of the bill all comprised within
the chemical schedule (a) had been con
sidered and disposed of, leaving forty
seven items on that schedule still to be
acted on.
Senator Lodge offered a resolution re
citing a statement in the New York Sun
that bribes have been offered to -certain
Senators to induce them to vote against
Uthe pending Tariff bill, and -a-s4goed ar
ticle in the Philadelphia Press, stating
that the sugar schedule has been made
up, as it now stands, in consideration of
a large sum of money paid for campaign
purposes of the Democratic party, and
providing for the appointment of a com
mittee of hve Senators to investigate
these charges.
the Vice President What action does
the Senator desire?
Senator Lodge I ask for the present
consideration of the resolution.
Senator Cockrell Let it be minted
and lie on the table.
The resolution went over till to-mor
row under the rule.
The Tariff bill was taken up at noon,
rogress made upon it to-dav was not so
satisfactory as that made yesterday.
out tnat was owing largely to the fact
that nearly two hours time was con
sumed in the deliyerv of a SDeech bv
Senator Gallinger in which he described
as "an accurate historical analysis of
American legislation on this subiect.
since the day when the Tnlarims nut
their feet on Plymouth rock." He had
only got to the Polk election in 1844,
when ha yielded the floor with the uur-
pose of continuing the subject hereafter.
deuator uuDois. Republican. of Idaho.
fallowed in a short speech in which he
expressed his preference to have the bill
passed promptly rather than have the
tariff questioa left undecided.
-lne result of, to day s action was to
dispose of fourteen items in the chemi
cal schedule, leaving these rates in the
bill: On flax seed or linseed and nop dv
seed oil, 20c per gallon; on fusel oil, 10
per cent, ad valorem ; on hemp seed oil
and rape seed oil, 10 cent per erallon: on
olive oil, for salad, 35c per gallon:
on pepper mint oil. 25 per cent, ad
valorem; on seal, whale, herring or
other fish ofi, 25 per cent, ad valorem;
on aqueous extract of opium, for medici
nal use, and on tinctures of opium as
laudanum, 20 per cent, ad valorem; on
opium prepared for, smoking, $6 per
pound, crude opium being struck out of
the dutiable list and to be placed on the
free list; on sulphate of barytes, or baryta
manutactured, tJ per ton; on Berlin and
other blues, 6c per pound ; on sulphates of
oarytes and ot time, "o per cent, ad
valorem; on bone black and lamp black.
20 per cent, ad valorem; on chrome yel
low and other cromium colors, 8c per
pound on the lead, etc., contained in
them; on ochre, sienna and umber
ground in oil, lie per pound.
In connection with this item. Senator
Aldrich said that while in the large mat
ters of sugar, rice and coal' the South
was to be well taken car. of, the same
measure of protection was not accorded
in the small industries such as ochre and
ochre earths; and he appealed to South
ern Senators to vote according to tleir
judgments even if only once a day.
Senator y est s response to the appeal
was to move to lay senator Alqnch s
amendment (for an increase of rate) on
the table, and the motion was agreed to.
The Senate then, at 6:10 o clock went
into executive session and shortly after
wards adjourned until to-morrow at 11
o'clock. .
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In the House in its early proceedings
Mr. McGann asked unanimous consent
for consideration of the House joint res
olution appointing a joint committee of
Congress to investigate and report with
in thirty days the cause of the present
industrial depression, but met objection
from Messrs. Dingley and Burrows. The
first named thought such an undertaking
to be concluded within thirty days was
rather hopeless, and suggested that other
business would better engage the atten
tion of the House. Mr. Burrows thought
thirty days was too long and ironically
suggested ten minutes as about the
proper period.
The regular order Was demanded and
the committees were" called for reports.
At the conclusion pf the call Mr
Springer stated that, according to an
announcement made last week, the bill
relating to the tax upon clearing house
certificates and other substitutes for cur
rency issued last summer and fall was to
have been called up to day, but, pur
suant to an understanding subsequently
entered into, the matter would be post
poned until after the Legislative, Execu
tive and Judicial Appropriation Dm nad
been disposed of, probably some day
next week.
The House in Committee of the Whole,
proceeded to the further consideration
j. .i . - 1 1 i . V 1 1
Oi tne .agricultural .appropriation om.
Mr. Marsh, Republican, of Illinois,
moved to strike out the paragraph ap
propriating $100,000 for collepting and,
publishing agricultural statistics. He
said the crop reports in the past had been
seized, by boards of trade and bucket
shops throughout the country and used
to depress tne prices of farm products,
The power of the statistician was the
greatest wielded py any omciai or em
ploye of the Government and was en-
tirely too great to pe placed in tne nanus
of any one man.
Mr. Marsh s motion, on a division ot
the House, received twenty-eight affima
tive and seventy-six negative votes.
Whereupon he made the point of no
quorum- and a vote by tellers was
ordered. This showed about the same
proportion of votes oh the motionand,
without waiting for a quorum to appear,
Mr. Marsh withdrew tne pomt ana tne
motion was defeated,'
Mr. Hainer offered as an amendment
the provisions of a pending House bill
directing the President to enter into cor
respondence with the Government of
Great Britain, with a view to securing a
rescinding of the order which requires
cattle imported into the United Kingdom
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
ASSS3JLffEKf P W3
from the United States to be slaughtered
at the port at which they arrive and
within ten days after arrival adopted.
, Mr. Pickler's motion to increase the
appropriation for seed distribution from
$130,000 to $160,000 was agreed to. (The
amount named in the bill was the same
as appropriated for the current year, but
the Secretary is authorized to use $30,000
of the appropriation for publishing bul
letins.) No further progress with the bill was
made and at 5 o'clock p. m. the com
mittee rose and the House adjourned
until to-morrow.
COMMEBCIAL NEWS.
Stocks and Bonds In New York. The
Grain and Provision Markets
of Chicago.
New York, May 16. Lower prices
were the rule at the Stock Exchange to
day. The bears had it all their own
way. The bulls made but a feeble resist
ance to their attacks. The factors fa
voring those operating for lower prices
where the engagements of $3,200,000
gold for shipment to Europe, the tariff
discussion at Washington, the likelihood
of heavy assessment of stocks of roads
now in the hands of reorganiziation
committees, the rate troubles at the West,
the low prices for wheat, and last, but
not least. liauidation bv tired hnlriara
At the opening brokers identified with
the leading bears were liberal sellers of
the Industrials, and London at the same
time disposed of some of its specialties.
The acquisition of the South Carolina
road by the Parsons interest was not re
ceived favorably by the holders of
Louisville and Nashville, and the stock
fell 1 per cent to 46. Sugar was the
weak stock in the early trading, declin
ing from 103f to lOlf . The opinion is
growing that the company will have to
fight its battle over again in the House
even if the present schedules should
happen to pass the Senate. Other weak
issues were Chicago Gas, Western Union,
Lead and stocks in the hands of reor
ganization committees and receivers,
like New England, Northern Pacific and
Atchison. The declaration of the regu
lar quarterly dividend by the Burling
ton and Quincy led to a lively covering
movement in that stock, which rallied
from77i to 78. This rally was what
checked the selling in the general list
for a time, and Sugar recovered to 104,
Chicago Gas to 66i, and other
leading issues to J per cent. In the
last hour, however, a drivewas made
"against tfie whole list, but St. Paul and
Lead bore the brunt of the attack. St.
Paul fell to 59 and Lead to 88. The de
cline in the last hour named was accom
panied by rumors that the dividend
will not come up for action to-morrow.
In the late decline nearly every stock
on the list got down to the lowest of the
day, and the market closed weak and 1
to 2f per cent, below yesterday's finals.
At the close, however, there was a good
borrowing demand for stocks, which in
dicates a material increase in the short
interest Sales of listed stocks were 16,3,
000 shares; unlisted, 67,000; railway and
miscellaneous bonds, were weak.
Chicago, May 16. Yesterday wheat
broke with the news nearly all bullish ;
to-day the market, with like inconsist
ency, advanced under conditions that
are ordinarily considered conducive to a
decline. Why the course of prices should
be in direct opposition to the trend of the
advices was enigmatical to the trade,
who finally accepted the situation in the
light of a natural recovery from the late
depressed state of the market. There
was very little feature to the trade. At
the opening, which was weak and lower,
Lamson Bros. & Co. were the best buy
ers and their purchases extended through
out the session. Armour was credited
with selling some, so was Pardridge,
while Linnthe heaviest seller yesterday,
was set down as a buyer to-day. The
situation in cash wheat remained xm
changed. Offerings were light and the
usual demand existed. Prices did not
show any radical change. July wheat
ranged f rom. 57 to 56ic, closing at 56 to
Wt c, a gain of to ic from yesterday.
The corn market was more active than
for some time past. There was large
buying by a prominent firm who was
supposed to be short of the market. The
action of wheat had considerable effect.
July corn sold between 37Jc and 87$',
closing a shade under yesterday at 37fc.
The same people who were prominent
on the buying side of corn held the same
position in oats. The difference in con
dition of the two markets consisted of
higher offerings in oats and a much
firmer tone of prices for that cereal, par
ticularly of the nearby options. July
closed $c over yesterday and May at an
advance of t to f c over that day. Cash
oats were in good demand at an advance
of i to ic over yesterday.
Provisions were dull and, during the
early part of the session, very weak.
The hog market wag very much de
moralized and it was not to be expected
that the product would hold up under
the circumstances. Later in the session,
however, the depression wore ofi; and
prices rallied in sympathy with grain.
Some of the packers made a pretence of
supporting the market, but there was no
pressure of offerings. July pork and
July lard closed unchanged and July
ribs to 5c lower.
Latest From the Coxeyitea
Washington, May 16. Shortly after
3 o'clock counsel for Coxey, Browne and
Jones filed in Judge Bradley's court an
application for a writ of certiorari to
stay the carrying into effect of the ver
dict in Police Judge Miller's court. Jus?
tice Bradley will render his opinion on
the application on Friday. The District
Attorney announced that Judge Miller
would suspend sentence until the pend
ing application was decided.
The night and the forenoon passed at
the Coxey camp at Bladensburg without
incident, except the continually dimin
ishing numbers of the corralled tramp's,
the increase in the number of 'drunks"
and the continued absence of paying gate
receipts. A briok oven has been con
structed to bake into bread the car load
of flour received from Missouri yester
day. the absence of President Cleveland
from the city on his fishing trip and the
consequent impossibility of re -co mm is
sioning Judge Miller for a new term of
office till his return, will probably cause
a delay of some days in passing sentence
on the three convicted leaders, Uoxey,
Browne and Jones, or determining what
course shall be taken on their counsels
motion for 'a supersedeas.
. Gold Exports.
Washington, May 16. The Treasury
Department was advised late tnis alter
noon that $2,500,000 had been engaged
at the New York sub-treasury to-day for
export to Europe. This reduces the gold
reserve below $87,000,000
THE METHODISTS.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Not Time for United Church la Japan
Report on the Board of Missions
. Causes Much Contention Elec
tion of Officers and Mem- .
bers of the Mission
Board Peace Con
gress. Memphis, Term., May 16. The con
ference was opened this morning with
Bishop Graberry in the chair. Dr. J. S.
Kennedy, of the Holston conference,
conducted Jthe morning devotional ex
ercises. Secretary Denny read the minutes of
last night's session and they were ap
proved and Bishop Cranberry retired and
Bishop Hargrove took the chain
The report of the committee on mis
sions was read.
Dr. Swindell moved that the rules be
suspended and the paper adopted
carried. At a previous session a resolution ask
ing for a united Methodist Church in
Japan was offered. The committee on
missions did not think it time for this
yet. The committee recommended E.
W. Cole for president of the board of
missions with two secretaries. A
minority report was offered providing
that three secretaries be elected for the
board of missions, but on motion of Dr.
Andrews it was tabled.
Several members protested against
the summary action of the conference in
cutting off debate; they favored the
minority report.
Dr. Swindell moved that the report be
taken up item by item agreed to.
The first part of the report recom
mended that the board of missions con
sist of a president, a vice president, two
secretaries and twenty-five managers.
Dr. Swindell moved as an amendment
that the word "two" referring to secre
taries, be eliminated and the word
"three" be inserted in its place.
Dr. Alexander moved to table Dr,
Swindell's substitute.
Dr. Swindell spoke the full length of
time accorded him and only sat down
when the secretary told him his time
was. up. He favored the minority re
port. Dr. Wadsworth, advocating the minor
ity report, also made a lengthy speech.
He said the conference wished to sup
press the minority.
Dr. Whitehead rose to a point of order,
saying the majority had disclaimed the
statement and the conference had sus
tained them in it.
Dr. Matthews next spoke. He stated
that he was for the minority report from
the outset and said Methodist preachers
were behind the time in these matters
and needed reinforcement, and the sec
retaries were the reinforcement they
needed. Dr. Matthews who is an aged
member of the body, convulsed all who
heard his speech. He good naturedly
lashed with his tongue those persons who
opposed the minority report.
Dr. Morton moved tne previous ques
tion and the motion prevailed. The
amendment was put to a vote and lost
The item of the minority report which
had caused all the trouble, was then read,
put to a vote and carried. x -
The next item of the report was read
and adopted, as were the remaining
items, the most important of which was
that which contained the nominations
for omcers and members of the mission
board. They are as follows: E. W. Cole,
president; J. W. Whisner, vice president;
.T O Rr!liwh TKnmoii n Vila A T
Lanier, J. J. Hill, Horace Bishop, R. H.
jiaron, w. u. KirKiana, li. id, licss, J.
A nil rU7a .Tamoa At.
kins, F. D. Swindell, R. J. Brown, W. B.
Tl TT T-v T-r . n
x-aimer, u. u. xiamiicon, t. . weaver,
J. Andrews. T. P. Weakley, Z. T. Ben
nett, H. P. Walker, Warren Candler, C.
W. Carter, J. T. Smith, R. N. Sled and
H
. u. unnatian.
Dr. Hunter moved that the name of Z.
JBennett be struck out and that J. Kig-
gin be substituted carried. The item
was then carried as a whole, thus elect
ing the ministers named above.
xne secretaries of the mission board
will ha Alno.ted bwmnrmw wKon -it. nritl
be a special order to elect connectional
officers.
Dr. Morrison moved to suspend the
rules and take up the report of the com
mittee on Church extensions, which re
lates to the election of assistant mission
secretaries carried.
Dr. Tigert moved that the time allowed
to each speaker ba . cut from fifteen to
five minutes adopted, after discussion.
xwjpors 13O.-0, oi me temperance com
mittee, was read bv the chairman, who
afterwards moved a suspension of the
rules to adopt the paper parried, and
tfie report adopted.
The committee of three appointed to
investigate the purposes and papers of
the ,( Peace Congress" reported concur
rence in tne movement.
I Jnon motion tho mitaa wpr siia-
pended and the report adopted.
TA TT .! Jl j . , - .
neiut reaa a resolution wmcn
asked that a committee of three be ap
pointed to tro thronch tho nalAndar and
bring before the board the most im
portant business.
Dr. Carter offered a resolution that
two mission secretaries be required to
reside at Nashville or at the home office
or tne said board carried.
Sure of Government Aid.
Washington, May 16. The Southern
members of CxicgresB who have been
pressing the project of a $500,000 Gov
ernment exhibition at the Southern ex
position to be held at Atlanta, Ga., feel
certain of success. A special sub-committee
with Representative Living
ston of Georgia, as chairman meets at
9:30 o'clock to-morrow morning to hear
the officers of the exposition and then
.decide on a report. The hearing will
last an hourand the sub-committee ex
pect to reach a decision by 10:30 o'clock.
It will be a ' mere formality, however,
as it is a foregone conclusion that the
sub-committee will be unanimously in
favor of the appropriation. Chairman
Livingston of the sub committee says:
"There will be an unanimous favorable
report to the House and the bill will
speedily pass. I have canvassed demo
crats and Republicans and find that the
measure will be supported with practical
unanimity."
GENUINE
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XJ Then why not consult me, it ia more than
nrnha.ti that I rid afford you relief Boca m Bye
Strain, Headache, Granular Eyelids, Weak Byea
and Bore Byes. Being a practical Oculist Optician
of Aiffhteen Tears experience, you can a&ve ex
pense by aavlng your eyes examined in the most
serious case of Impaired eyesight and measured
for classes free of charge.
That very few persons have psrt ct eyes. . It
moit be evident thti it reaoires both knowledge
and akill ta know what the eyes need and to lit
them pr6perly with glasses. Those who trust this
work to uninatructed dealers are criminally care
less of the most valuable of all the senses, their
sight DR. M SCHWAB'S Qlasses correct all
visual imperfection that may exist. Spectacles
and Bye Glasses to salt aQ eyesight. Dr. G.
MAKUG8, Bye Specialist and graduated Opti
cian, 220 Market street, near South Third street
Bpeciacjea ana jsye uiaases repaired. This Optt-
w ineuwe w permanent. apw
C O. FENNELL. C. H.
FENNELL, FORE & CO.'S
HERE ARE VIOOEOU8 i BARGAIN ;MEANS OF INFLUENCING THE PUBLIC. WE
K nnirt ft a lJ to sand things. Next week is the time. We've
SX try. to get ready forthis sale.
MSf.tRday' Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
ladles S1IU Oloves, with Ga.nUets, SO. Isles' Silk Mitts 35, 85 and SO.
W "J Kld ' city, every pair warranted.
Ladies' Swiss Ribbed ITndervests 5 to 50e.
Infants and Children's Vesta 15 to 45c. Boys' I ndershirts 25 to 45e
eente Balbrigrsan Shirts with Drawers to mntth, S3 to 75e.
dents' ITnlaundrled Shirts 87 l-SSe to 81.
Oente' Bleaehed Jean Draws, extra quality, 50c.
Ladies', Misses' and Gents' Hosiery of every description iro.u lOc to HI a pair
Children's Imported Fast BlacW and Tan Socks 17c.
Gents' regular made Socks in black, tans and unbleached, 15c a pair.
EvervhoHv rnllint of n :n . .........
our Dower to &C L U receive uie nest ot attention and will do all within
prices! We know we nave the most fashionable goods at the right
FENNELL,
Front Street, Next Door Norta
A BARE-FOOT BOY
stock:
3 Day's Sale,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
DVd"tJSTSSOXjiI3.
. MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
Dress Goods at
38 Inch wide Henrietta inOray and
per yard, regular price 60c.
38 inch wide Navy Blue Storm Serge, all wool, at 35c, regular price 50c per
yard. .
Jtb lot of light stripe Flannel in Tan, Gray and Light U ray, at SOc per yard
regular price 50c. j
38 Inch wide Batiste, in Gray, Black and Bed, with a fine white stripe running
through them at 21e per yard, regular price 35c.
Fruit of the Loom at 6 3-4e per yard.
Silesia at 6e per yard, regular price at ia i-3e.
Chocked Homespun at 3e per yard.
Ladles' Tests worth lOc for 5e a piece. 1 '
Lot of New Novelties In Cotton ress Goods and Braids.
M. E.
Are You Tninklno ot
IF SO DON'T FAIL TO
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SOLE AGINTS FOR WILMINGTON.
TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES. Carbon, Ribbons, Fine Linen Paper, Ac. Typewriters Rented
and Exchanged.
Conclisi
MINUTES WITH AN AGENT OF
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. Company ia sufficient to conclusively prove mat me vuiupauy ia uvi. vmj oj iar
the STRONGEST and SAFEST, but that from advantages arising from higher
interest, lower mortality and expenses, mutuality and the best and safest invest
ments, its dividends will, as for many years past, vastly exceed those of any
other Company on similar policies.
J. H. BOATWRIOHT, Agent.
TO THE PUBLIC.
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The Cleveland Springs Hotel
JXPAINTXD AND THOROUGHLY RENO-
vated since last season, will be regularly opened
for the reception of gaesta on tne aist day oi
now, and special rates win be tJt Jr
3L Idonotnesltate in stattag jhv I
prepared now than ever before admtuteter to
the wants and comforts of my guests. I have
reJUntly whauled I ray house and have made
otht? taprovemenu that will delight the eye of
those who will be with me this summer.
Wateh my d next week. For particulars
address, - J
J..B. WILKINSON. Proprietor,
Cleveland Springs,
myW.im via Shelby, M. C.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
FORE. ' JAS. L. YOPP.
99
FORE & CO.,
ot Purcell House, Wilmington, S. C.
JS HAPPY IN GETTING HIS SHOES
off because generally they are uncomfortable.
If you'll let us fit him, he will prefer to wear
'em to "going bare-foot." We have in
Youths' and Boys' Tan Goat and Black Yici
Kid Bals, and Vict Kid Oxfords,
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Soft, comfortable and durable "The Kind
that Wears." Enonghsaid! Buy them 1
and Below cost
Brown, Tans, Cardinal and Oreen, at 40c
CORNER FRONT AND MARKET STREETS.
JJIOR A SMALL OUTLAY. FEEL
the texture of our goods, learn the price
and we know you .will purchase. This
cut shows how awkward the old style is
compared, with the graceful garment of
to-day. The finish our garments give to
the personal appearance is admired by
all. No need to look in the mirror. If
we attire you, it ia right. Try one of our
stylish Ready -Made Sack or Cutaway
Suits, for example. Faultless in every
feature, colors correct, buttons braced
with hold-on attachments, parts subject
to extra wear, doubly fortified and fit
,the form to perfection. We are accorded
the palm of victory on Suits Made to
Order and Furnishings.
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White Clematis,
Comfort,
Terra Firma,
Recamcier,
Cocoa (salt water)
Woodbury's Facial,
La Toeca, '
Buttermilk,
Carmel Castile,
Viola.
Juniper Tar,
Packer's Tar,
Opodeldoc,
Gsurand's Medicated,
Brown Windsor, (gen.)
Boric Acid,
Opoponax,
Guest Room,x3 i
WhaieOil, !
Water Cress. .
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4,711 White Rose, and many others, for sale at
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1. M. c. A. Building, Wilmington, N.C.
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