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i ESTABLISHED 867. : :- WILMINGTON. N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1891. . j ; : I . ! p-RifTE1 - " 3K -. Is- TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. I The News and Observer, of JRaleigb, . as sold yesterday under: mortgage to j, N. Holding, acting, it is supposed for Edwards & Brougbton,'who bought itfor $6,810.- Fifty bales of cotton on a plat- - form in lialoigh are burned,. set on 'fire by a passing locomotive.- The treas- - ury receipts from internal revenue I for the first half, of July reach $l5,00b.0OO. The newsboys , at Cleveland, SCassillon, and Toledo!, Ohio, 6trike.--By the I ex plosion of a liotchkiss gun caisson in 'Chicago three soldiers are killed and a number, wounded. A lady in a house iiear by receives a severe wound." J Ev Vry pano of glass in two squares was broken. Miners of the Westmoreland, '1, Coal company re turn to .work. JThe '.Populists! of Onslow hold their county ebnyention in which they en 's dorse Thompson for Congress, and; adopt a resolution opposing the present system ; fof county government. -The Pullman shops at Ludlow, Ky., resume work with eighty-fivejmep..- The Wheeling and ''-('Lake Erie road j' which closed down not long ago, has again, started up, taking back - most- of the .old ' j employes. , . Charge have! been preferred! against j several of the JN'ew York police officials T7y" Supeontendenf Byrnes. 4 Peter f Maher knocked ,Craige out in Boston last !nii:htin the! second round. 4 Frederickff - Iiurg, Va.., people give an entertainment to raise . fund4 with " which to erect a monument "jto'Francis Scoit Key. An ' unknown mad, arrested m Fredericks burg, Va. at 4 vagrant, commits suicide in his cell.- The Richmond, Va., ; stone cutters t strike. The- Britannia aain beats j;he Vigilani. I President l)el still claims to' be confident of being victorious jit the strike., j Goodwin and illogan go to tjhe Northwest !to ; organize , Ithe strikers Debs claims that the freight business of the railroads is still demora lized, but the' appearance of the depots " jcontradict tiiis statement. He denies the truth of the) statement that the leader of the Pullmao strike has asked him to call htl the strike.!- The Rock Island road is reported tot again be in bad condition fit La . "gaile,j Ills. Trains are again running as fiscal at Sacramento.- -The Pullman wpijks at Ludlow, Ky., open up.-j-The jLjake Erie and Wheeling road resumes operations in all; departments, j Much excitement is caused at Oak land, Cal.bjf the attemptl to stop an butgoi'Dg freight train. f-j-At "ithe- Pratt nines in Alabama the colored miners are nred upon by the strikers. The hre is re " turned by the guards." Several are killed. The troops are being sent ! to- the scene " of trouble. U-T wo men oh. steamers at New Orleans! are killed and ; others in jured by lightning: 3Iarion Howard - is taken froni the court house at Scott dale, Ky., while being tried for assault on a little girl and hanged by a mob. At Round Pond, Ok., people burn two bridges of the Rock Island railway.-: Lieut. 3a!e was in comiiiaiid of the bat tery whose caisson exploded in Chicago. r, At ah eirly :.hour this morning the Illinois Central railroad shopj atFort Pickering yere burning,! supposed to have been set on fire by strikers. . A Card. -Wilmington1,1 July 16, '1894. Editor Messenger :-' r r i The article in your issue of last Sun-"day- urging! the 'opposing Democratic - factions injlthts county to "Get To gether" and arrange their dilf erenles be fore the coming primary election, f or the sake of harmony and success, suggests this card, which will show you that you had been ust a little anticipated in this i direction; and that too by' (the members of the Democratic Reform i clubs of this City. 'There has been a prevailing senti ment amongst i the members of these clubs all along that the war. at . present Ibeing wjagetl against them by the faction could not but result in being hurtf ul to . the Demoicrati4 party. The Rjeform , cubs have; organized for tlie sole purpose of culling out of the present administra tion of ouij public affairs certain officials whose past actions have shown that they liave. lined ;j their public trusts to .'serve their privat! ends; and also to select as servants of jtUe people in f uture men who r will endeavor to give us pure and unsel ! fish administrations of our affairs J The constitutions of the clubs forbid them naming cajididates for any positions, but . instruct that they shall elect delegates, who shall inject in convent ion and llioose .1 proper candidates' for the diff erenp; posi-?tions,- in i which they follow . oiit the Jaws of ithe Democratic f party of this State. Iii view of the present entangle ment, however, the members of the lie- form movement have tried, as far $s they caii individually,1 to assure the present couiity bfiicers that theiir organization is not nd haa not been hostile 10 their re ! noniinationk, as has been industriously , charged against them. To demonstrate j this the iwriter begs to state that during the latter i part of the past week - promi nent msUkbers of the Reform club have approachbdj one of the ; present, county officers, an announced candidate for re nomination and put to him thej. Ques tion,. . that I should the ;4elegatekJ put forward' byf the Reform clubs meet be- i fore the: coming primary election and jagree upon ithe renomination, in conven tion, oalli the present county onicers would th ppposition ticket of delegates be "withdrawn. The proposition thus made was j more than feasible, but was !met with refusal, the candidate stating ultimately J that the delegates Itot be ticketed v;jth him were being runfia the i interest of San aspiring candidate 6f- this i city for? Congressional honors, j Be it understood! hough, that i the Reformers fare neithei for or against aay Qongres--sional pandidate from i this city as ; matters now stand, but i their ; dele gates will Undoubtedly, if elected, 'give their first endorsement tQ some suitable gentleman in our midst for that position.! But does it not seem that any ' gentleman aspiring to the Congressional nomination should be willing to take his chances for endorsement from tbfe dele gates named and elected as Reformers, thereby settling the present differences, and not intrigue, as. seems now to be the purpose to have thrust upon the people delegates who are put forth and pre sented as I the friends of the present county officers, when actually the re -nomination of the present county offi cers could be assured, but fox the ract mas this delegation must remain to take pare of a Congressional candidate? This is written, to show the people that the Re formers have done all in their power j to unite and settle the existing dilf erences, except i by withdrawing entirely and leaving the field to the opposition, and that they will not do. (t- With the above facts let it be under stood that should the Democratic party of New Hanover county meet with dis aster m true coming election, that disaster must not and cannot be charged to the f. JJeformersi A. Reformer. 8TLr RIGHTS THE SUBJECT OF DEBATE . THE HOUSE. IN A Ke8olation Endorsing the President's- Action Kegardinic the Strike Opposed by Mr, Bland Charges Aatett (he At- : torney General -The 1 Bankruptcy Bill Ap propriation Bills .: Passed. SENATE.. Washington, July 16. After the transaction of some routine morning business the j Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was passed, after the longest and stormiest passage which any of the appropriation bills have yet encountered in the Senate, and the District of Columbia Appropriation bill was taken up. It took a very )short time to pass this bill without material change. The conference ,. report on the Military Academy Appropriation bill waa pre sented by Senator Brice and agreed, to. - The House Trust anq uption bill was, orT motion pf Senator Washburn, taten from the table and referred to the Qom mittee on .gripulture. 1 : The Appropriation bill for the Depart ment of Agriculture was taken up for action. ' , A Senate amendment reducing the ap propriation, for clerical services in the Department of Agriculture from $49,520 to f 20,U00 1 provoked a discussion, itt the course of which Senator Dolph propjoeed the novel ijlea of giving out the clerical work of all the departments to icon tractors ' jdst as naval construction is given out,!and Senator Harris favored the abolition of the Civil Service lawj and the Civil Service commission. I Finally the amendment was agreed to and the bill was reported to the Senate, but not parsed, i '- , ." . After a ; short executive session, the Senate at B:05 o'clock adjourned until to-morrowl f -HOUE OF REPRESENTATIVES' This waa suspension day in the House. under the jules. but before the rulei was was enforced some transacted routine business The Senate amendments to the Naval Appropriation bill were disagreed toi and it was sent to conference. ;j Mn Mcpreary' offered the following resolution: i r v J:"V:I Eesolvedi That the House of Represen tatives endorses the prompt and vigor ous efforts of the President and his ad ministration to suppress lawlessness, re store order and prevent improper inter ference with the enforcement of the laws of the United States, and with' the trans portation of mails of the United States and with) inter-State commerce, and pledges the President hearty support and deems the success which has already at tended his; efforts as cause for public and general congratulations. Mr. Penbe, Populist, of - Colorado; said the resolution ! went further than he thought Hhe Republican side of the House, at least, were desirious of going, in approval of the administration. It might be,:he said, that the time would come when there would be such a con flict between the striking laborers of the country andj their employers that it would be necessary to call out the strong est arm of the Government to restore order. That aU would agree upon. But the peopleof the country, in his hnmble judgment, would never agree that the man whoj called out the injunctions, who ordered the indictments of the strikers, and who; directed the" military, should be t a director and a stockholder in the corporations affected.' This resolution went further than endorsing the i Presi dent; it approved everything done by all the1 members of the administration. Mr. Pence asked if there was aPemocraton the floor who approved the action of the Attorney General, who,Jwhen he j found it necessary to employ a special assistant district attorney in Chicago selected the attorneyipf the railroad corporations for that position. He believed, not. I But if there wdre sucb, there were members on the flooj whet did not believe that the attorney; of a trust should occupy the positionbf Attorney General, as was the the caseat present, according to pharges made by prominent -Democratic papers. Mr. Bland Mr.: Speaker, it is tobe regrettejd that a resolution of tii3 char acter sbjould, be thrust I in here under a fifteen minute rule for debate; because it opensja wide field fpr discussidn not but that I believe any member: of this House, io matter to what political party he belopgs, will endorse the State Goy-r ernments and thej Federal Governroentjin all legitimate efforts to preserve our insti tutions,! to put I down riots, and preserve the majesty of the Jawa of this country I have ho. sympathy with, apy-nkan who raises $is arm in violence to'iaesuoy nroDertv; to enforce what he may con sider h;is rights of work, and try to prevent others from working. No prin cipal offthat kind can find1, endorsement on the fart of any one who naff a proper conception of the rights of the people of this country to liberty. But.ij sir, in these great disturbing times, such as we tiave passed through, it often; occurs that acjts are done under an assumption of authority that we may be called to endorse by a sweeping resolution of - this character. I am, as a Democrat, to-day where have always been and jthat is, lot the! rights and the dignity of the peo ple cfjthe States. I.beUeye in local State Governaiept and that the whole arm of j the State authority should be used m i suppressing violence before i.e Federal Government should interfere, except! to protect its own property and to protect its mails. I am aware j,hat throughout this country, eyen in States where-there was no violence, snd where, if violence occurred at all. the Ktat au thorities Were ready and able to deal' with ii wjthout any instructionsfsent out by this Attorney General, the whole country was flooded wta deputy mar shals; sheriffs were arrested and State authority was overthrown, and the strong arm of the Federal Gorernment took possession of matters properly belonging to thjgates. Against that, sir, I protest. I protest againsjb these blanket Federal injunctions. I protest againsj; the omni bus in junction. ''I. object to 'sending deputy marshals all over the country to take the Dlace of State authority and I say that in ft measure like that resolu tion, in the excitement pf the times, we are, as a party as a Democratic party , liable to do violence to every Democratic principle. If this union is to be main tained, it is to be maintained by main taining and respecting the rights and the authority of the people of the States, i If we are to have imperialism, let it not -corns with the assent of the Repre sentatives of. the people in this House. I liave not heard that resolution bo as to know precisely, wtat it is. I may vote for it when I understand its 8cop4, but if so I shall do it with the dis tinct reservation that I protest against many of the acts that were committed under Federal authority in my State, which were absolutely unnecessary. ; Messrs. Pence and Hopkins made efforts to' secure an extension ot;the time for debate, but unanimous consent was re fused. Efforts were also made on the passage of the resolution to secure a vote by yeas ana nays, Dusiuey were rerused. On the adoption of the resolution there wasi virtually a unanimous "Yea," the noes being bo few and faint as to be al most inaudible. . l" '!"' -'-' Mr. Catchings, from the Committee on Rules, repotted an order setting aside to day's session Tor-the consideration of Mr. Bailey's Bankrupteyhjll and to-morrow for the considerationolbilla re ported from ,- the Committee on the Judiciary. The order was agreed to, and the Bank rupcy Bill was taken up and advocated by Messrs. Boatnerand Bailey. The third reading and engrossment of the bill was ordered. . The opposition to the bill died bard, and, although it was then half an hour past the usual hour of adjournment, the yeas and nays were demanded on the passage of the bilL The vote resulted - yeas, 116 nays, 37; present and not voting, 3. The quorum had disappeared and Mr. Bailey, stating that he was sat isfied that at that hour one-could not be obtained, moved that the house adjourn. This was agreed to, and at 5;55 o'clock the" House adjourned until to-morrow. A FIGHT WITH; STBIKERS. Negroes Miners Fired Upon by the Strikers Th Fire Returned by the Guards A Bad State of Affairs in Alabama. BrBMiNGHAM,July 16. About SoLclock this afternoon a large body of armed- men7 with Winchesters, were discovered" near Slope No. 3, of the Pratt mines, of the? Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad rcompany, seven miles from Birmingham. It was the hour when the men at work, at the minesoome out. The men at word were negroes who had taken the places of the strikers and their sympa thizers. As the negroes came ut the strikers, who were squatting around behind bushes and- fences, opened fire. The people who heard it sup posed it was a Gatling gun in the hands ofthe ; trobpSeveral hundred shots were fired "before .thestrikers scattered. Guards stationed arouhd-4he mine re turned the fare,-, but they were few in number.' The casualties are: fierce, white guard, killed; a negro miner, name unknown, killed; a striker, a Frenchman named Racquet, badly wounded and , will die. Several on both sides were wounded. Ona of the strikers was dragged off after being Bhot by his friends; It was-adeliberate attack by the strikers and theyshpt to, kill. Two local companies ofniilitia were hurried to the scene and are in the neighborhood. To mgnt all tne conori panies, teninjiumber, which had been sent here from other cities for a week on account of the railroad strike, had been ordered home last night. This. afternoon the Montgomery companies were stopped en route feed, turned back and all the others wittCeiiere in the morning for duty at the miningcamps. The mining strike has-been on since the middle of April and the feeling is growing bitter, being accentuated by the railroad strike, Governor Jones begged the miners this afternoon to accept t the - compromise lately offered, but they declined. ... The operators are proceeding to open all mines with such labor as they can get and Governor Jones is of the opinion that troops will be needed here indefi nitely. i The attack this afternoon followed . in less than two hours after the departure of i the troopsVThe bitterness of "the strikers is illustrated - by the captured frenchman. Me was kneeunir benina a cow pen fence firing his Winchester when a bullet from a guard knocked him oyer. He raised up and emptied his gun. He could not speak a word of English. The negroes scattered in all directions when fired upon. Only a few had gotten out of the mines when the firing began, which accounts for the small loss of life.-. New York Police"Of&cials4n Trouble. New York, July 16. Police Commi sioner John McClave sentnis resignation to -Mayor Gilroy this afternoon. The letter is dated Port Chester, July 14. The mayor this afternoon accepted McClave's resignation and appointed Gen. Michael Kerwin as police-commissioner n McClave's place.. - Superintendent Byrnes this-afternoon preferred charges against tne following officers who were accused in the oena! Investigation committee: Capt. Michael Doherty of the - Leonard . street squad, Patrolman John Hock of the Mulberry street station, Patrolman Bernard Mee- han of the East Eighty -eighth street sta tion, and Patrolman Jeremiah Levy pf the Kings Bridge squad. Hock and Meenan were ward detectives under Capt. Doherty when he was in command of the Fifth street station. Levy was formerly ward man under Capt. Cortright in the Eldridge Btreet station. The charges which were prepared by Assistant Dis trict Attqrney Wellman, are ...for neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer conduct injurious to the public peace and welfare and for committing legal Offences. The charges were submitted to President Martin and Commissioner Murray shortly afternoon to-day. Com missioner Martin approved them and the trials of the accused officers were set for Thursday, July 19th, at. 10 o'clock. The complainant in all the cases is Augusta Thurow, who was a witness before the Lexbw eoramities. 1 , i Increased. Treasury Receipts. Washington, July 16. The Treasury finances show an -improved condition, due solely to large , receipts- from inter nal revenue, which have reached for the half mont& of July 15,000,000, out of a total of f 20,500, 000', The expenditures for the same period aggregate $13,000, 000. This places the treasury in a com paratively easy position with available currency at large centres for delivery without hgving to transfer it from point to point toT meet prospective jdrafts. The receipts ' up " to date indicate a total for ths month of $35,000,000, while the expendituies wjll probably fall below $39,000,000, the larger part of the pension payments having already been made for the month. Customs duties still run at a very low figure, and internal revenue receipts are not ex pected to continue to flow in at the same raie, as much of the spirits in bond have n.l?pniiv been taken out in anticipation of the increasing tax on whiskey. When the Tarlfl DUl passes internal reueipv will, of course, decline materially, but custom receipts are expected to respond to the ehaneres in the Tanlf Dill and to- sume thiiiir normal yaf uo. . Base Ball, ; Philadelphia, July 16. Boston 2; Philadelphia, 9. Batteries Stivetts and I Ryan; Harper and Buckley. - Cincinnati, July 16.- Cleveland, Cincinnati, 1. Batteries Young and Zimmer, Parrott and Murphy. Chicago, July 16i Louisville, li? Chi cago, 10. Batteries Hemming and Grim; Griffith and Kittredge. St. Louis. July 16. Pittsburg. 6: St. Louis, 11. Batteries fallen, Colcolough and Mack; Bretenstein and Twjneham. The Sana's Cotton Review. New York. Julv 16. The Sun's cot ton review says: Higher Liverpool, tne cheapness of the price here, the end of the Western strike, rather more than cheerfulness and activity in cotton goods; the hone that the tariff discussion is nearly over, and that as soon as the ques tion is settled general business will sur vive are among the factors which have a more or less strengthening eriect on cotton rices. The crop news is favor- able, but, for aU (hat, the bears B-W. are , cautious. - DEBS' LAST EFFORT. HB IS STILL TRYING TO MAIN TAIN THE STRIKE. His Claim That the tf triko is Progress ing- Contradicted by Appearances at the Depots Pullman Sbops Resume Work Railroads Resuming Operations I: Railroad Bridges . Burned. ;! Chicago, July 16President Debs, of the American Railway union, still claims to be certain of coming out ahead in his fight with the railroads. Directors Good win and Hogan, of the AmericanlRail- way union, left this morning to begin the work of organizing the men - in I the Northwest and the; country west o the Mississippi, r There are now 'eight of these organizers out. - "Our policy, said Mr. Debs, "is to keep these organizers with the men so the strikers will,! not weaken, We have everything solid! west Mississippi That is our strong hold.. I claim that as long as we have traffic stopped at any one -point we jhave not yet lost the fight. It is as if you stop the flow of blood ia an artery, youl stop the circulation in the whole system!'? " "But everything seems to be running smoothly on the different roads, does it not?" Debs was asked. ! : "Oh, wellr" admitted the labor leader, the passenger business in and out is being transacted fairly well, but there are no freights moving at all. and that's where we have the: best of them. That's where we xpeet to cripple the eneimy." At tne depots Mr, Debs statement that freight traffic is paralyzed is not by any means borne out.! Most of the "roads are moving freight without the slightest ouoie. . f - . j s When shown a press despatch stating that Heathcole the: leader of the Pull man strikers, had asked him to call off the 6trike,iDebs denied it flatly. f'The Pullman strikers are just as " firm a3 ever, he said., "They have no intention of going back to work. If Pullman is satisfied they are. ; Heathcole has hot made me any proposition of that kind. On the contrary, he has assured me of hTs-ntinued co-operation.", j " Debs received a report from La Salle. Ills., this morning declaring' that the Rock Island road is again badly j con gested at that point. Debs asserted, that within forty-eight hours he would ihave the Rock Island in as bad shape as lever. lne isa&i meet rg of the American Railway union was held at Uhlich's hall this morning. President Debs addressed a. large audience.. Yesterday he spoke at eight different meetings. i I Sacramento, Cal., July 16. Trains are running at usual to-day. No attempt is being made to interfere with them.! It is reported that the railroad company in tends to reopen its shops to-morrow, j Oakland, Cal., July 16. The railroad situation here this morning is greatly improved.' Trains are moving regularly and few strikers are visible. i i i Cincinnati, July 16 The Pullman shops at Ludlow, Ky, reopened! this morning iwith- eighty-five men. They comprise jthe employes- who refused to go out when the strike was inaugurated, but who afterwards quit work. The shops usually employ about 140 men. j Toledo, O., July 16. When! the switchmen went out on the Whejeling and Lake Erie' road General Manager Blair discharged 1,600 men on the line in every capacity and shut down the road. Today the company issued orders re suming operations in all branches.'. Afl hremen who haye applied for reinstate ment and who were in good standing at the date! of the suspension will be re stored to their former positions, j All former employes who, in the judgment of therofficials, are entitled to re-employment, aftereareful investigation, jmay be put to work if needed. The company announces its sincere appreciation of the great majority of its employes J who were found worthy and loyal. but two of the striking men :haye gone bacK on tne Ann Arbor road, and rallthe roads naveiplenty of men, old and newrEVery thing is running, and the freight blockade is completely raised, i Guthbie, Ok. , July 16. Trouble be tween the Round Pond people and the Rock Island railway broke out anew to day. Two bridges were burned at Round Pond and' all trains fa topped. 'Governor Low will offer $500 reward for the con viction of the parties burning the bridges and has also ; demanded of the railway company that they do their part toward stopping lawlessness and stop trains at Enid and Round Pond, in accordance with city ordinances. " ' j UAKLANn, uai., juiy lb. There was intense ! excitement at West Oakland shortly after noon to day. The Mendqta freight ,'train'bad left the yard and part of it had crossed Seventh street when the engineer discovered that some one had cut the air pipe. It was soon after dis- covereo.inat a numDer or coupling pins had been removed and an alarm was sent to police headquarters. An immense crowd gathered around the engine and soldi-rai from the Second regiment were called: out. "Thpy charged thu crowd and drove the people back, several being prodqed by bayonets. Twenty-one per sons were arrested. j The News Boy s' Strike. Cusveland , ' July 16. The newsboys have struck and organized a boycott on the morning Jbeadec and Flamdealer, They claim, they do not get the papers fpr a fair price, and that recent reductions on prces of the papers have been made, mostly at the expense of the newsboys. MASSiLiiON, o., July 16. The News boys union went on a strike this morn ing to prevent the sale of the Cleveland Leudev, rittsburg Vespatch ' and all other papers commonly Bold here for 5c, the marked price of which is and 2c. The boys mase but lc on these papers and they want more. Only nye boys at tempted to sell the proscribed papers and they were surrounded and followed by a jeering crowd of gamins who yelled : ocaD uuiu mey au retreated. Toledo, O., July 16. The newsboys have" organised nere tnd win go! on a strike to-morrow, against the reduction in price of the Morning Commercial, from oc toic. - I Deadly Thunderbolt. New Orleans. July 16. rThe steam ship Mexico, undergoing repairs in the marine dry-docKs, was struck oyj ngnt- ning about noon to-day. . One man was killed and thirteen men, xne woman and one child severely shocked.About the same time a bolt struck the Costa Rican, killing Chris Johnson, a . Norwegian sailo. j , ' Highest of 11 in Layeriing I tr LA X mm., m . COMMERCIAL NEWS. Stocks ana Bonds in! New York iGraln and Provision Markets 1: I of Chicago. Nkw York, July 16. Speculation at the Slock Exchange was more active to day and the- undertone of the market was firmer. Professional traders, were arrayed on the bull side jof the market and they forced some of the chronic bears to cover rather extensively in cer tain stocks, notably, the ! Grangers and American Sugar, f The bulls had in their favor the gradual return f the railroads to a normal condition and rumors from Washington of prefSable early action on tariff matters. The falling off in east bound shipments from Chicago last week, some of the roads not having moved a single ton. "had no effect, nor did the talk , about the heavy , losses sustained by the companies during the strike, the opinion prevailing that the roads will be able to make ud the losses by the institution of , economics in oper ation during the year. American Sugar was again the feature, selling up from 99 to 102 to 100i to 101. The strength of the stock was due to the impression that the company will get what it wants in the way of protection from , the confer ence committee, i For the same reason Distillers fell from 22 toj 20 to 20$, it be ing agreed that if the refining duty .is not reduced the distilling interests will receive less than expected. Chicago Gas moved up to 77ft ibut later receded to 76f to 76 J. Lead and the other Indus trials were - firmJ The j , railways were stronger on purchases for both the long and short accounts. St. Paul advanced f per cent, to 61$, Burlington and Quincy. lf to v&f, Missouri racihe f to 27i, Lou isville and Nashville t to 48, New York Gentral i to 97f, Northern Pacific, pre ferred, $ to 15 and Richmond Terminal f to . The last named was strength ened by reports of better earnings and the progress making in the reorganiza tion of the system. When Distillers fell to 20 in the last hour,, Sugar receded 1 per cent, to 1004 and the gen eral railwoy list yielded fractionally In the final dealings, however, the rail roads were tolerably firm. Net changes for the day show advances of i to 11 per cent. Northwestern lost , Chicago Gas and General Electric 4 each, i Cordage i and Distillers 2f per cent. In the in active stocks Canadian Pacific advanced 11 to 66 and Des Moines and Fort Doge, preferred, 2 to 33. The total sales were 17J.044 snares. : Kail way and miscel laneous bonds were strong and in better demand at a higher range of prices. Chicago, July 16. When the wheat market opened i to-day everything fa vored the bulls, but before the day was over that part of the news had spent its force and the buyers of the L early hours -were seeking a comfortable place to rest and lay down tneir burdens. September opened at 58fc, sold between 58f to o&jc and 57 to 57f , closing at 571 to ; 58ic to 58ic, i higher than Saturday. Cash wheat was in good demand. Offerings were more liberal and prices rather easy. Corn had an upward direction all day. The hot weather in the corn belt was the principal factor, although thefdecreasing stocks and already 'small supplies were interesting items to those who were hoping for advance. September corn opened at 42fc, sold , between 431 and 43f c, closing at the top, a net gain of 1 to lc for the day. Cash corn was in good demand and offerings were larger. Prices were fc higher. , Oats exhibited a strong tone early, but declined later when wheat started down the incline. There was a rally before the day was over, however. September closed lc higher than Saturday. Cash oats were dull and easy. rrovisions were dull on an advance ins the value of live hogs at the yards. Ae offerings continued light through th session, prices held the advance made at the opening quite firmly held. There was no new feature m the trade. At tne close September pork and lard were each 7jc higher than Saturday and, Sep tember ribs 2jc higher. : . Fearful Caisson Explosion. Chicago, July 16. This afternoon a caisson, belonging to a Hotchkiss gun of the Second regular artillery exploded at Fortieth street and Grand boulevard, a fine residence district. The following are the casualties: Joseph Galler, farrier; troop B, Seventh cavalry, head blown off; Cannoneer Donovan, batterry F, Second artillery, of Fort Riley, Kana., killed; Jeremiah Dgjyle, eannoneer, battery .F, Second artillery, of, i ort Riley, Kans., killed; Herbert Andres, trumpeter, troop B, Seventh ; cavalry, ! fatally wounded, taken to Mercy hospital. The injured are: Sergeant King, Sergeant Liner, Pri vate Q Donnell, Private Stolz, Private Enke, Private Uurquhart,all of battery F, Second artillery, QT ort 4uey, Kans. Several other soldiers were made deaf by the explosion. A lady in the house of Frank Devil, at the corner of Grand boulevard and Fortieth street was struck with a projectile and badly wounded. She was taken -to a hospital. Seven horses were killed and three wounded. The battery was makdg a practice, march down uxana pouievara wnen tne explo sion opcurred.t 'fhere is no explanation of the exploston,except a conjectual one. The caisson had just rattled accross tne Lakeshore railroad" tracks on Fortieth street when the explosion occurred inside .1 . 1 j - , . . tne caisson, sending a nail ox uruiwuieu in all directions. Every pane of glass within two blocks was broken. It is con jectured that the jolting oves. the rail road tracks ignited a fuse or some loose powuer, tKJiuug ou iub Bueijq KH the bOX, . ; : ; Commissioner Porch Dismissed. Covington, Ky., July 16. Judge Taf t to-day confirmed th'e dismissal of E. M. Porch as United States commissioner at Somerset, Ey.'and. made him pay the costs. Porch had three attorneys and many witnesses The prosecution also had many witnesses, whose mileage from Somerset was included in rorcn s costs. Porch attended a meeting of strikers at Somerset and advised them to have their cases heard by him. I Attorney Getting, of Chicago, entered an appearance in ; Judge lart s court to day for Debs. As Judge Taft left to-day for a vacation m Canada, no time was set for Debs' hearing.'; " ' ' r Haneed-by a Mop. ScottsvtlLLE. Ey.. July Id. -Marion Howard, colored, was taken from the court house here to-day by a mob and hansred to a tree in the court house yard. Howard was being tried- on the charge of assaultine 10-year-old Beulah David son. He was captured Sunday after noon. Howard was married, and 34 vears old, but bore a bad character. The naob was orderly but determined. Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ...i ft POLITICAL SECRET. WHY REPUBLICANS AND POPULIST DID NOT UNITE. I!- A: Conference Between Chairman Eaves and Wilson in 1893 New ; Places Ordered for the Goldsi boro Orphan atce Building Weather Crop Report A Hitch in the Post- ;V:Jf office.!; l I Messenger Buhkau, I 1 Raleigh, July 16. Mention has been made of the fact that the executive oommittee of ( the trustees of the' I. O. j O. F. orphanage met at Goldsboro to accept plans fo the main building. It is learned that the, plans were not satisfactory and that, new ones will be prepared. I Near here good rains fell yesterday, just when needed, i Nerth of here at Wyatt, there was a seyere electricstorm. Hinton Lee, colOred, waa3!! TtisyaM under a small; tree, when a bolt of fightr ning struck him and1 kilted him instantly. The only outside evidence of the light" ning's work was in the shape of abra sions of the skint very small, on an arm and leg. I Rev; Dr. F.1 L. Eeid was here to-day! jon nis way to: Gates county, ' in the hew territory reiently added to the North Carolina conference. The weekly crop bulletin issued to-day says the past week was not so favorable as the preceding one. Some cool nights occurred at the beginning, bat the latter part was warm enough. ! There -"was the normal amount of sunshine. Rainfall was deficient every where and the crops are reginningijtd need rain. Beneficial showers fell in the Central district Sun day and it is probable there will be plenty during tfo,e present week, ! In the Eastern district the weather has been generally favorable Some cool nights occurred the first of the week, but it soon became very warm again. There was some rain Jin the Southern part of the district, but the larger number of correspondents; say that rain is begin ning to beineeded again, though no se rious damage has occurred so far. There was plenty of sunshine and the weather was good for killing grass. Several re port that curing tobacco has begun. Watermelons jare plentiful. . .There was one complaint of lice on cotton. ; ,: The rains reported were: Wilmington .32, Teacneys .Do Jacksonville ton .33. v I j Ex-Congressman H. ! P, .10, Lumber- Cheatham, colored, whd is a man of influence in his party in the Second district, says he is in the Congressional campaign to stay and thinks George;) H. White,! colored, his Republican j opppnent, j will drop out. Cheatham. J represents the anti-fusion ring, while: White is a fusionisti. The Republicans are all tangled up in regard to this fusion business, i J- - Speaking; of fusion, your correspondent will tell a little news about something which occurred here two years ago and would hfcef to have Chairman John B.' Evans, ex-Chairman S. Otho Wilson and Mr. Marion Butler deny the truth of it. On a certain night Mr. Wilson called on Capt. Evans, and as chairman of the Populists made a proposition. The call was made at p vans' room at the Yarboro and Wilson remained there until long after midnight. He told Evans that his soul's desire was to beat Cleveland and he urged Evans to divide the State ticket or fuse, so the Republicans and Populists! would votef together and defeat the; Democrats. - Evans ! took the matter ooolyA and told Wilson mat tme way 10 oeai Cleveland was in the electoral vote. Then he made a E reposition. This was jthat Wilson and e should take their respective electoral tickets and each mark of six names. leaving five on each ticket, and that thev should throw "heads or tails" for the odd elector,' making thei eleven. Wilson declined to do this, and declared to Eaves that!! he would never vote i for a Republican,! At , that time the Renub- lican National committee was in favor. of fusionJ lEaves went North, saw the committee, and torn (Jlarkaon and Fos ter and the Others just what Wilson had declined to do. He then declared that there was I ho plainer' evidence needed that the Populists would not stand up to the Republicans. He was so suie that he was right in urging that a straight ticket be voted for that he declared he would rather conduct the campaign on that basis without funds than to run it oh the fusion basis with plenty of money. His argument and his statement as to Wilson completely convinced the national com- It is learned that to-day the ! great cigarette factory of the Dukes of Dur ham began to run on twelve hours a day time. ; f Though it was said : the registration and stamp clerks in the poatomce here, who are Kepublicans, were to be dis placed July 1st and to be succeeded by Democrats, yet there must be a bitch: as the stamp Clerk is still at his post. It is a current rumor that the Civil Service Commission! has both cases under advise ment. . The jj cause which' was assigned for the removal was that a postmaster had a right to select the clerks who handled money, ' I IN ext. week the commissioners of Orange county as well as ; other citizens 1 or uiat county, meet at chapel mil to discuss the great question of road im provement, :iand there will be a talk by Itate ueologist tlolmes. Then tne com - missioners, etc. , will go to Durham and thence will come here and spend a day with road supervisor McMackin, exam ining the processes of road making. !l - OOLDSBOEO JOTTINGS. Democratic Convention Warehouse Struck by IiifihtninK Many Bales Of Cotton Burned.: -SSSt largely attended here lst Saturday. There was a good deal of enthusiasm and all seemed;! hopeful of 'the elections this fall. Delegates were appointed to the State, Judicial and Congressional conven tions. The convention was a unit for Hon, W. R. Allen for judge and Solicitor Pou for solicitor again and so instructed the delegates. i . There was a fine rain in this whole section yesterday afternoon, During the ram tne ugntnmg struck the cotton storage warehouse. Mr. L. D. Gulley had about s-h) bales of cotton badly burned, with no insurance. Messrs, Weil & Bros had 100 bales badly burned which was insured. Mr. liulley s loss will be neavy. The cotton burned' rapidly and to-day some of the bales were suli smoking, though water was thrown on it all dur ing tne night. This section of the ware house is badlv damaged. ' Mr. Allen Kosberrr. of this city, mea on oaturd ay morning ana was oureu yesterday. He was formerly of Duplin county. Me nad made many menus nere, for he was a kind-hearted man. 1 A Strike In Richmond. Richmond. Va.. July , 16. The Rich mond stone cutters haye gone out, under an order of their local union not to ac cept a new scale ox wares submitted by the contractors. The trouble is entirely local, and, as but little is doing in build- ; ing, very few men are anected by u. WE ARE PRICE BREAKERS, 10 Dozen o These Just Received. We Sell at $2.25. $2.25 $2.25 $2.25 $2.25 $2.25 $2.25 P,HILw?5.NJ?riJDE?C,A)lTHI't SaASIi - jr.. ...VvSrtri 4 ior tua uaou isuyjs, but t meet tne demand of the times 1 we VUl add tbe time iDtereat: tit thn r.iuih nria onri on . ni ;.i oa''wo - J - w 1 9100.00 Mi-: 7S.OO ! ' ' ' so.no Purchase,1 &20.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 I ' 20.00 I ; . 15.00 4.00 S.OO And satisfactory arrarieements for larger and smaller purchases and monthly payment. To Contractors and Builder w hum n.ddi tn nnr at.t- a tn -on.i -,?r Mulin, " SISTEEID GO. No. 16 South Front St. The Cheapest Furniture House in North Carolina. ' i j Read Onr Advertisement In tlie Star. beping is iSelieymg "' Vi - ' 1 k-j ' '-.'''. ' H - '- - ' :- - i- ' ; : -r-coME to ;'..(; ;J j TAYLOR'S BAZAAR AND COMPARE PRICES AND STYLES WITH THOSE OF OTHER HOUSES and judge for yourself.' No one urged to buy; Polite attention. Everything must be sold on account of change': of business, and everything bas been marked down in prices, j We can quote only a few of the many low prices. I lag-inch Silk Umbrellas, 98c; 4, 5 and 6 inch butter color Lace 7c per yard. A fine Sailor Hat in black, white and navy blue, for 20c. Notions, Ribbons, Gloves, Mitts, Belts, Buckles, Capes, Reefers, Hosiery, Dress Goods, and a thousand cf articles must be sold at ' ! or s 1 8 Market St.; GET THE Stands at the head ! rable; used by BEST. ILL BE - -. 1 T.s 1? A "VTT.TTR MTT.TTARY ACADEMY A High Grade Boarding School for I Boys and Young Men. Full Preparation for University, West Point or Annapolis. -I I , " - - ' FDIX COUKSB IN KU8IC, AKT AND BUSINKS8. , 'r!oCATIOS UN8OTPA88KD JTOB BKATJTY AND HIAX.TH. 'ruA :t . Maj. J. jy U tnj mt inn taea thn wty DIVIDENDS WOT CONCEALED- - i J T' . . sO swr nvr The Northwestern Mutual Lite insurance uuuyMuj b 1 nls-Ompy which h.. in m.nt jear., printed table, o? currt ca dW-' is me oniy . ... .... wv,-wpteiin has done this for dends for the information or tne puouu. Twenty-Three Consecutive Years. i J. H. BOATWRIQHT, Agent. S2.25 S2.25 -41 B CHAIRS AND ROCKERS 40c, 50o. 75c. I tuc 4U11U1T1UJJ VUllUlbiUUB. Deposit, 93.00 Per Week. s.oo . . ' 2.00 " " 1.00 " 75C " 50c . 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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