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1 X: R- V ' ;;:JSTABJSED:1867.?;ig , : . . .. . PRICE 5 OP.NTS fTBLEGBAPKIC SUMMARY.- ; U-J. F. Nelson, cofd actor ; of the Bruna ' wick and V fester H railroad, is shot and i kUled on his tirjn j vvhile irying id stop fighting among! a crowd of drunken negroes. JIM triif porter was mortally wounded.- ;i'Jov'4rnQr Tillman dex-lares the Dipensary la v of lb93 in force i and orders the dipcris tt resunm ' busi riess Auguat'lst. 1'iio Supreme court de cisions appli:-d t the act of 189-J. The House of Rt'piPt-phtatives passes the! bill revising the boundary line between the two districts in thU Stateand reKulating . the time of hojdirvg courts in Raleigh and the cities of j thft Easter u. district. -, enator Gorriian jinikes a three iours speech in the Senate dnouncin the action of "the: Senate in regard t jthe "Senate Taritf hill. He stated and proved by Senator V-tt ad Jones that Secre tary. Carlisle V'""' thoroughly the oon ' tents of every Seiiate amOiidmjent to" the bill; that the President knew of them through tht' A-fcivUry.acd that he, af ter the bill went to conference, had approved of it "if nothing ! better could be had." Home of Senator Gorman's denunciations uaf the President t r bitter in th9 ex- .treme. -Tii4 1 rearing of the contenipt f Cases againtit v'up 'yesterday h 'o-i and others was taken The dekenuaTits entered motion for disniisfal of the information. "f and denied all ihV allegations, contained -; I therein. - employeeof the5 Atlintic f ."Coast Line belt road m Petersburg, Va., . -are caught under ja-f ailing derrick. Gne died soon after anjd the other will proba- nblyl die. -The I Britannia defeats the . riiant in a f:f 'y; iml? rare. A head- collision occu'S n Texas between fannou ball traias. The Southern ay and Steamship a8ociaton will .jtoe the charga on first-class freight 1 n 'NewYork and Atlanta from 60 ::-JtTi ft.lU-rlT11 ' Evicted Tenants -ies its second reading in the r Commons. Secretaries La- IMes-hapv, Smith and Postmaster ' Bissoll were in conference with AbkVn t VpKterdsv over the Tariff vjenanor Gbrman visited the Pres t 'Sut on inviliMion yesterday morning, - ilt issaid thQ President tried to persuade iV'hiin not to nC-ak on the Wilson .letter, It is said that if Senator Vilas sbaU in1 sist'on his motion 4q take the dwieren- tiai. nff susar. a' motion will be made to k' indefinitely postpdna the conference re port which will be adopted. -The Allen car wheel works at Pullman star inn. -The end of the strife in Montana lias been reached, j- '' . THE TARIFF SI1UATION. Cabinet Oilicers in Consultation The President fcieiidfs for Senator Gorr mau-f Danger jof the Confer ; ence Beins Postponed Indefinitely : Washington, Jjly 23.' Secretaries: Gresham, La'mont,Smiih and Postmaster 'General Bissei wefie in conference with the President at th White ilouae this evening. The tarjff situation was. re viewed, but so far as" can be , learned no conclusion" was reached. - Secretary Gar lisle was at the White House late in the afternoon.- :t Senator " Gorman visited the White House this forenoon by invitation of thei President, and, while nothing olhcial can '..be learned of what transpired, it is stated ; . .that the President endeavored to dis suade h;m frani his announced purpose' . to make a -speech j upon the President's ! letter to Mr. Wilson, and urged that the tariff bill be allowed to go back to the conferees without debate. Senator Gor- man made his speech, however, and if is probable that several other ppeeches will toe made, probably by Senators Voorhees, "51 ills and Brice. land perhaps Senator rIiiU.- - - v-i .-. ; 5 . i - - The advisabilityi of holding a caucus : was discussed byt several Democratic I Senators this afternoon but no conclu f sion was reached and it is probable none j wilt le held, f . i - i ; ; Judging bythe statement of one of the managers of the bill as made to-day, there appears to be no change in thesituation. j It still remains fraught with danger to Jthe bill. Much depends ': upon the persistency with which Senator Vilas pushes his motion . to etrike ,.out the dillerential duty on j-refined feugar,! anld the attitude of this Senator led a bumber of Democrats - wo -day to make ' the' statement that it i looked as if the administration wanted ; to see this action taken. It is known to . I. nieht however, that if an elfort is made tJ push this motion, a motion that will! surely! prevails some cfr the . Democrat.5' are prepared totake the re ; siKinsibilitV of settling the fight at once and for JiU by accepting the dernier resort and ujaking the motion to? indefinitely pobtpone tha conference re- xrt. The p?biti vie statement was made y a ; Democratic leader to-night that this "motion will only be made, when all ef i? forts have failed to tret the bill back to ! conference uhchangpd in any respect and 5 - if made by t a Democrat this Senator said it would prevail beyond any possible tiouui. ( vt . f ; . .. " ' " ' ' - -- The Strike Contempt Cases." j Chicago, Julyr 23. A' motion was -. made before Judges Woods and Gross .' cup in the United-States court this morn ing to dismiss theje harges of contempt of cour against President Debs; Vice Presi dent llowanl, Secretary Keliher and; Director Rogers, of (the American Rail way union. ;The I case was argued at 1 great length but was not finished. I The firfet move in tiie case was made by Attorney t Gregory for the defense, who asked that his clients be released on acrount of an insufficiency of evidence. ; The judges called for the.reading of the : inf ormatioHjxnd the answer thereto. The reading of these i documents was loner j!.;. -.fand tedious, j The 'information charged i ,;J ; that Debs and his associates continued .V interfering with the -employes of. rail ! - roads and ordering .strikes atter they haVi .been en joined from, so doing, and con ' . : :h tained a long array of telegrams our- ! porting to be sitrned bv Prpsid . ordering out and encouraging: strikes at -VJ a uawe BuuBwiuem to tbe serving of the I , f aeienaancs emetea a- flat denial "and disclaimed ;au knowledge of the I tplperama produced, lhey averred that ! "hey had no poe to order to strikesbut i -i could Only ad vied and if their advice ?' r Was accepted it wa FOiuntarily done. i - ' . Upon these statement tfie, argument was based. r , The Dispensary Law Declared id - : t Force. ' . Cqlcmbia, S. C, July 23. Governor Tillman to-day issued his proclamation declaring the dispensary law of 1893 to. be in force, and ordering the dispensa ries to resume business under its provi sions on August i 1st, The recent de cisions of the State Supreme" court were upon cases arising under j the law of .1892 .and made . no reference1 to the' law of 1893. Hence the Governor holds the lat .ter law to be operative and he declares his intention to enforce it. SENATOR GORMAN TAKES UP THfi ,QAGE OF the president: He Dcoonncrs in Violent Terms the Action of the President fa Regard to the Senate Tariff Bill He ' Cbargei Uim Wkh Seem fneljr Accepttoc the Bill After Golnjf to: Con ' ference An Ex- j I - ; citing j Scene. SENATE. Washington, July 23. Not for many a year has the Senate Chamber, rich as it is in historic reminiscences, witnessed a more stirring spectacle than that which took place there to day. The knowledge that senator Gorman was to take 'up the gauntlet thrown down ; by President Cleveland at the feet of Democratic Senators attracted to the Capitol a large part of the vu iters and people of leisure who take delight in the combats of poli tical discussion. ; i Senator Gorman was in his best fight ing trim. Never did he acquit himself of a task in- connection with, his sena torial duties" in a manner so calcuh win praise for himself. Without or memorandum ti refer to, or toj his memory, lie held the floor for three hours, exhibiting powers of oratory which few even of his warmest ; political admirers, would have given him credit, for. For all that time he was the central figure on which, every eye in the im mense assemblage of spectators and Senators was fixed, and to whose . words every ear was turned' in close attention. Interest did not abate as Senator Gor man dropped; for the time being the more sensational features of his speech, and gave attention to the rates of duty in the bill. The floor at, this time was '.crowded. Every Senator in towri oc cupied his chair and every vacant place was filled by a member of the Bouse. So great was the influx of Representa tives that chairs for their accommoda tion were placed around the walls, but these were not sufficient and three score or more of them were obliged to stand. Even the usually vacant Diplomatic gallery was comfortably filled at this point, and apparently the most interested spectator there was Sir Julian Paunce fote, the British Ambassador. After the expiration of the nteeliminary routine business Senator Voqpiees called up the conference report onf the Tariff bill Then the storm broke. Senator Gor man immediately arose. He began by saying that he hoped he appreciated the gravity of the situation. He said that ordinarily the situation would be easy of solution. There would ordinarily be no difference of opinion about sending the bill to conference where the differences between the two Houses feould be ad justed. He drew a graphic picture of the anxiety ! with which the country awaited the fate of the bill, the' idle fac tories, the closed work shops and the unemployed. Further suspense was neither to the best, interests of the country nor to the Democratic party. He hoped that the Senators would meet ; the situation as became patriotic men and duty-bound Demo crats. A bill must be framed which would secure the support of all Senators, all of whose yotes save one were neces sary to pass it That one vote was lost.. The Senator from Kew York (Hill) had from the beginning opposed fcne bill, openly and manfully. . The Democrats, faced with such a condition, had gone manf uhV to work to harmonize the dif ferences, and had accomplished it by pjariy sacrifices almost, a tis sacrifice of.pnnciple. ; JNo legislative Dooy in uug country, he declared, had ever been con fronted with such a condition. The representatives of the States of New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Maryland, at the outset, aanquncea tnat tne House bill was so radical, so destructive Of the interests of the people that they; Woufd not support it. lie paid a nigu trinute to Senators Vest, Jones, Voorhees ana Harris, those brave men, who with laborious work had at last accomplished the feat of adjusting these differences and had made the passage of any bill possible, ' i i Then in dramatic tones he delivered his defiance: The heaped upon the forced from his lips varnished statement of the facte. He would make, it, he gaid, with malice toward none but he would look his col leagues and the American people in the eye aad tell the truth. In patriotism the Democrats of the Senate had gone to work to save the countey and keep their party in power, when suddenly in the midst of the struggle came the Presi dent's letter. ''It waa the most uncalled for, the most extraordinary, thf most , iinwise communication," said he ija bit- i ter tones, "that ever earn from a presi-! dent of tbe United States. It placed this body in a position where its members musjfc sa to it that the dignity and honor of this Chamber must be preserved, j It jplaces me in; a position where I must tell the story as it occurred. Th imit of. iudurance has been reached.'' - 1 , S Senator Gorman then proceeded "to de tail he history of the Tariff bill after it reached tha Senate and the manner; m which, to meet the obligations and 'se cure the support of seertajn disaffected Democrats, the changes had befen agreed 'upon. He stated emphatically that during the progress of this work Sena- rs Vest and. ones had frequent con- ferenCa wwu secretary - luarusie ana often times wltb. Mr, Clereiaa bimgelf. No material saenfied of principle was made. The result wa3,! as he had de clared on a previous occassion, a Demo cratic measure -.which, jn his opinion learned toward the radical tana reform sentiment and which he thought would receive the support of a Demo cratic House, Senate and Jresident. He believed then as he believed now that he had authority for the statement. He charged directly that every' one of the Senate amendments had been seen by Secretary Carlisle and scanned by him before they were agreed upon. He drew from his desk and had read an in terview with Secretary Carlisle on April 30th. in which the Secretary cf the Treasury gave the Senate bill his sweep.- ing indorsement. That interview." said Senator Gor man, "softened the hard places for those who were trying to harmonize differ ences.! It did much to aid the Demo crats of the Senate in getting together." He did not believe that the Democrats would ever have gotten together had it not been for that interview. The Secre tary of the Treasury necessarily spoke in a great measure for the President in matters relating to his department. On tne morning following the publication or that interview the papers announced that the President was in entire accord with li is great Secretary of the Treasury. If tnat waj not true, then the forty-three Democratic natars on this side of the Chamber lu been 'misled. As a com promise, Senator Gorman asserted that the bill, as completed, was satisfactory to not a single solitary human being in all its details. But at whole, the struc ture presented, as scanned ny the Secre tary of the Treasury and the President, as looked at by us, was acceptable as the best bill that couia De past. Tkere was no suggestion anywhere eimer lroui me x xotivacxiw v uv tary of the Treasury that the bttj Ltedto a note refresh pearly infamous calumnies 1 Senate hzd been traduced. An Democrats of the Senate I had been made to f "try and gibbet it . he said, a plain un- I fore the country." These' char&ee modified was a violation principle. : With dramatic emphasw, Senator Gorman called UOon Senators Vest. Jones and Voorheea to bear testimony as to whether his statements toad varied a hair's breadth from the truth. "Let the people have the truth," said he, as he paused. ! ! . j Senator Vest arose, lie began by say ing that he had not himself seen the President since the repeal of the Sherman law - last - summer. But with the Secretary of the Treas ury he had, had frequent consulta tions. Secretary Carlisle bad repeatedly and distinctly stated to him that the greatest possible , calamity that could happen would be the failure of any bill. He had distinctly stated to him that no difference in rates should be allowed to stand in the way of the consummation of some scheme of tariff) reform. His colleague, Senator Jones, had seen both Secretary Carlisle and Mr. Cleveland and they had both declared that the bill was acceptable to them. The bill did not suit him (V est). He knew it must have the support of the administration to pass and he asked Senator. Jones if the Presi dent would throw the weight of his in fluence in favor of it. t - - r- - -Senator Jones replied that the- Presi dent had said to him: "1 1 am willine to do anything to pass the bill through Con gress,' "If we go into this fight thePret ident must be behind us," I said. Senator Jones replied that he was. "Thereupon," said Senator Vest, "I gave my personal opinions up and resolved to support it. The President's letter was the first inti mation to me that he was against us." When Senator Vest sat down Senator Jones of Ai kansas, who was in charge of the bill in the Senate, took the floor. He was as pale as death but showed no signs of nervousness. He realized, he said, when the bill came to the Senate that it could not be passed in its then form and he had gone to work with infinite labor and pains, to -interview) every Demo cratic Senator. He ascertained every objection they held and carefully noted them.: He talked with Secretary Car lisle about his plan and: the President endorsed it as wise. Then he (Jones) prepared the amendments in consultation with Secretary Carlisle, i jThe Secretary was thoroughly informed as to the situa tion and he (Jones) jhad said to him : "I will not go one step further if the adminitra tion is not behind me," "I requested him to explain everything to the President said Senator Jones. "J saw the Presi dent. He told me Senator Carlisle had explained all and he (Cleveland) said he thought we were doing the wise and proper thing. Among I the amend ments thus prepared r were those placing: coal and iron on the dutiable list. Until I read Mr. Cleveland's letter to Mr. Wilson, . I believed he cordially approved of our action. I had expressed to him the opinion that it must either be this modified bill or none at all, and he bad replied that in the l alternative he favored the modified measure." As Senator Jones sat down Senator Gorman arose to resume, but Senator Vilas interposed with a series of ques tions to Senator Jones, i. Senator Vilas "In your interviews with the President were the subjects of cpal and iron ever mentioned?" Senator Jones Yes, at every conver sation between the President and 'my self coal and iron were specifically men tioned. ! 'V There was a burst of applause from the gallery which the presiding officer ka difficulty in checking, j j - 'And,'? continued Senator Jones, with that assured enpliasjs fin each word,"the President never once uttered one solitary word against gomg ahead wth coal and iron in the bill', as then jn te Senate bjlL Senator! viias Jne more question Did not the President express the hope at all times that iron and coal should be on the free list? . Senator ; Jones At all times, yes; but it was' the epregsion of a hope and the circumstances would not permit its reali zation. . j Senator Gorman next summoned Sena tor Harris asa witness, who stated that in conversation with Mr Cleveland he (Harris) had been, led to conclude that the President favored the passage of the compromise Senate bill, not because he approved this, but . because it was the best that could be secured. ; - Senator j Gorman here resumed with one of te most sensational references of the day to President Cleveland. The Senator spoke of the deep y egret with which he .was compelled to ask the public testimony of these Senators.; But the time had come to speak. The ; limit of endurance had been reached. " The attempt be- feRd beed foully made from such distin guished sources." that they must be met and refuted.. The charges 'were echoed by men whp "chirped when 'he talked.'' These Senators who had been summoned had f oueht for tariff reform when cowr ards in high places would not how their heads." He said he could conceive no reason for the remarkable action that had been Wken, unless perhaps the one responsible for it' was consumed by van ity in desiring to have the country re- gar him u ;ne auinor . pi au pat was right in tariff reform, j T- As Snatoif Gorman made each infer ence to the president there was a com motion in the galleries, which compelled the presiding officer to interpose con stant cautions against further demonstra tions. (,' - v ! : I - Senator Gorman next turned his atten tion to Senator HuTs speech pf Friday endorsing President Cleveland's letter "That letter," said he, "was a Godsend to the Senator from New York. It was the only comfort he has had from this adininistration." Laughter. As "the" laiiehfer continued, Senator Hill arose and, with gSod natured delib erations, said: "In the last proposition I will say that the Senator from Maryland is enjipelv correct." j j Senator Gorman prftpeeded to critici&e Senator Hill's course mi asserted tb&t the New York Senator had throughout nttamntpdltn thwart his party. Never before since the Declaration of Independence, Senator Gorman went on, had a Pmrfdent of the United States been guilty of such a violation of the spirit of t he Constitution as had Mr. Cleveland in writing this letter to Chairman Wilson Coni eren'e 'ommjttees should be free from outside influences. : T'The liberty of th Sflnate should not be invadea.rf be said, in thunderous tones, 'though a thousand hirelings WTiteus down and traduce lis. " The President, he contin ued, had said it would- be dishonorable to tax ooai and iron, i ne uouse, parrot like repeated the ery. "H ho set up high' standards," said- he, f 'should comei to us with clean hands. He argued that the House, if it had been consistent ! woujd 7 have placed au raw materials on the free hsi. He enumera ted other raw materials which the House had made dutiable. He denied that it was either Democratic doctrine or in ac cordance with the Democratic platform declarations to place coal and iron on the free list. He enumerated the amount of the tax on coal placed by different Democratic Congresses, I Senator Hill The same bills yo speak of placed wool and lumber on the dutia ble list. Senator Gorman They did. He pro ceeded to declare that the Democratic nlatform did not demand free-raw mate rial. We went back to the platform of 1884 on which, he said, Mr. Cleveland was elected "by the grace of God and a 2-reat deal of hard work." It did not V " , . -;l rm.- Kill provide xor ireeraw nmwi nrenared bv his distinguished radical I friend (Mills) placed T5 cents duty on wmu. . . as I Senator Mills I was lathe same sxtua tion then that I am now. I was in the hands of a half dtzen men who forced a duty on coaL It was not my choice. Senator Gorman I am not attacking you. i j "You said I prepared a bill with taxed coal on it,": replitd Senator Mills tootly. Senator Gorman then gav the history of the convention of 1888, where he said the radicals were in the saddle. A reso lution was adopted end rsing the Mills bill taxing coal. Mr. Cleveland accepted it and stood on it. He referred to the platform declaration of 1892, prepared by Mr. Cleveland's friends, commending the House "for going in the direction of free raw materials." The radical reso lution, sprung in the convention, was pushed by those who desired to defeat his nomination. But it didnot defeat his nomination.1 No one expected Mr. Cleve land to stand on that radical plank. Mr. Cleveland's letter was looked forward to with anxiety. In it he declared specifi cally against the destruction of any in dustry and in favor of "freer" not "free" raw material. That letter changed the tide and elected Mn Cleveland President Reverting again to the duty on coal, Senator Gorman argued that 40 cents a ton was purely a revenue duty. Free coal he ..said, within five years would give to a single foreign corporation all the coal trade from Boston north. Free coal would not benefit a single man or woman in the country. jWho demands it? he asked. The professional, the the oretical tariff reformer, said it. would cheapen the cost of manufacturing, yet, mathematically.' free coal would not giro the New : England manufacturers more than J per cent. , of the cost of ' manufacturing. There was but one i great concern in - the face of earth that wanted free coal. In Nova Scotia there was a deposit of coal as broad and as rich as any: on the face of the earth. The Government of Canada had controlled it.. Five years ago the Dominion Government was induced to change its policy. The small leases were wiped out. r The Candian Pacific, that great artery of Great Britian, together with men from the United States asso ciated themselves together and secured a ninety-nine years least of those coal fields, on condition that they should pay into the Candian treasury 13 cents a ton. royalty. If coal were free the coal of Nova Scotia would displace that of the United States in New England and the treasury of Canada would be enriched by money that ought to go into the treasury of the Uuited States. i He said, there was only one other difficult question involved in this situa tion the everlasting subject of sugar. Louisiana, through its two Senators, then the late distinguished man who oc cupied a seat in this body, Randall Lee GiDson and. Edward D, White, wanted to know, before we entered upon the campaign, with no threat, with no in quiry except that which an honorable man had a right to make, what the pol icy of the party was to be under the ap parently free trade resolutions adopted at Chicago. After a great deal of talk, after the most careful consideration, the candidate of our party told them, as he had told the public through his letter. that the Democratic party was not to de stroy industries: that it should place a fair duty upon dutiable arucles,a revenue duty ; that the bill which had met approval was the Mills bill, and on the line of the Mills bill the Democratic party would act. They said to us frankly: "We want to tell our people the truth. We do not want to press you to give a single fraction of a cent to Louisiana, but we only want to know the truth." At that solemn conclave we all said: "Yes, it is a dutiable article; it is to be and must be the cornersFone by which we will over throw McKinleyismlJy-l " -v ' . : f f Mr. President,' Senator Gorman said, ,fI would have given anything in reason for the interest of my own people whom l represent in consonance or my own views upon tne subject ir l could have bad free sugar all along the line. But, above all, in all my public career, no man, no living being.has ever charged me with perfidy. No soul can say that I ever made a promise about public or private matters that 1 did not carry out if I had the pover to do it. These two Seriators Smith and Brice) and 'myself, carrying out the pledge of our party whose can didate was endorsed by us, have stood here and being gibbetted 'as three men who were in a Sugar trust. It is due to those with' 'whom J ' am associated to know that no man would believe such a thine, but" it is due to the man who writes pne nispory pnat ne snau nave tne I h .- W.W y... M V fc y In conclusion he said that in case of irreconcilable difference between the two Houses in an effort to change an exist ing statute, it had always been th rule that the House" making the most radical demand always gave way. "Go into the next conference," " said he, turning to Senators Voorhees andVesfc, "say to them that ' in ' Ohio, New Jersey, New Jrk Wi,lf lch are more manufacturing concerns than - . in all the States that i ask these radical changes. If the Senate amendments are not accepted this bill is defeated. You have heard enough Senators already to plow that it is this bill or nothing. While congratulations were being showered on Senator Gorman, Senator w nite, jjemocracic, or cautornia, cook the floor and argued that from a Demo cratic standpoint there was nothing to do but adopt the rhot'jon of Senator fjfray to insists on tne senate amendments and to agree to further j conference. The adoption of the motion either of Senator Hill or Senator Vilas would result in the defeat of the measure and the nerouta- tion of the McJiniey act, whcb was the winning card of the Sugar trust. The question was put by the presiding officer, Senator Bate, on Senator ' Hill's motion, when Senator Cockrell rose and moved to proceed to executive business. That md&on ws agreed to, and after a short executive session, the' Senate at 3:45 o'clock adjourned until to-morrow at noon. , i ' HQFgE OF EEPEESENTATlVES. In the House to-dav a bill to reiise the boundary between the eastern and west ern Judicial districts of North Carolina and fixing the times of holding court at Raleigh, Wilmington, Newbern , and Elizabeth City was passed. Committees were ihen called for re ports. ; -rhis having -been completed, the Speaker announced that next in order was & vote on the bill discussed Satur day, directing tiie reemployment, as fast as vacancies occur, of the railway postal cierKS wno were aismissea me service between March 15 and May 1, 1889 The vote resulted yeas, 121; nays. 2d; not voting, 3. A call of the House , was ordered to determine whether or not a quorum was at the Capitol. The call was answered by 180 one move than a quorum. - : -. Mr. Bvnum offered a resolution direct ing the sergeant-at-arms to arrest such members as were absent without leaye. Mr. Reed sought permission to make a suggestion to the gentleman from Indi ana 'and proceeded so far as to say': "I understand mat tne accused (tne cjenare; are still answering to the indictment and as a part of their pleq set up complicity i on th6 part of the gran4 iJ (toe ! r-TBBiaeusi wuen.ms voice was arowneu by the Speaker's gaveL, Mr. Bvnum having declined to hear further of the suggestion, On the resolution for the arrest of j members Mr. Reed demanded the yeas and nays and they were ordered. The vote was yeas, 119; nays, 19; not vot ing. 21 I ' Being satisfied that the presence of a n riorum could nofe be secured, on motion of Mr. Bynum the House at 1:30 p'plock adjourned until to-morrow. s k i i ivi im m: k t a . imh: iai k . XI A W WT Stocks and Bonds in New York- .ocs and Bonds i Grain and Provision Markets j j ; of Chicago. Nfw Yoek, July '23. American Sugar was again the overshadowing feature of speculation at the Stock Exchange. Over .lll.OOQ shares changed hands, and the price, after vibrating frequently within a range of 2 points, finally bounded up from 101i to 105. closing at 104f . The dealings were attended with consider able animation, some round amounts changing hands at intervals. The stock received inside support all day and the buying was based on dispatches from Washington that the fate of the Tariff bill was in doubt, on account of the dis sensions between the Senate and the House on suerar duties. The -inmn in sugar lead to several rallies in the general usi, wuicn neiore naa snown a declining tendency in consequence of the unfavor able character of Saint Paul earnings for the first two weeks of July, as well as on account of the lower quotations from London, the advance in Sterling exchange and the engagement of $500, 08) gold for export to Europe by tbe steamship Havel to-morrow. - The bank rupt and the other low-priced stocks were notably heavy, and touched the lowest prices for some time past. Missouri Pa cific fell 2f per cent., Big Four 1, Bur lington and Quincy 1, Chicago Gas If, Northwestern li, St. Paul If, Rock Island; li, Denver and Rio Grande lTt Whiskey If, Northern Pacific l, Union; Pacific If, Western Union Atchison i, and Manhattan The lowest quotations were generally touched around 2 o'clock, following which . there was a rally of i to f per cent, in the rail ways and an advance in National Lead from 87i to 29i,4this stock having been noticeably 6trong. Among the special ties United States Leather fell off 1 per cent, to 56i, and, later, rose to 58. Mani toba rose 2. The total sales were 219, 169 shares. Speculation left off steady in tone. Railroad bonds were generally weak.! . : Chicago, July 23. When the bottom on wheat will be reached is a question that seems unsolved. There was a Tally from ttie extreme side point of to-day right at the close, but it was caused by that 'unsubstantial buying known as "covering" and not from anything de noting a change in the situation. The wheat which came on the market was long stuff and it expressed the feeling of holders in the utter hopelessness of . at tempting to bull prices at the present stage of affairs. At the opening to-day prices gave evidence of indecision on the part of traders, due to the excitement and advance in corn and to a moderate decrease in the amount on ocean pas sage.) The free arrivals at winter wheat points and the lower cables soon pointed the way, however, and thereafter there was no strength in the market Sep tember wheat opened from 54i to 544c. sold between 445c and 52c. closing at 53c,;a net loss of to lc for the day. Cash wheat was in about the usual de mand from millers and elevator owners, the offerings were large and prices de clined i to lc. Corn. More, interest centered in this market at the opening than anywhere else' Qn the floor.' Shorts in May were particularly desirous of .covering up their contracts 'and tbe other -options were strong, but not so excited as that month. After the early animation 1 had sett'ed into a less excited condition, prices held strong and the close took another Up ward jump. September opened from 42 to- 43c. sold between 43c and 421c, closing at 43fc, lie higher than Saturday. May! closed- 2ic Mgher. There was a good cash demand for corn and prices were up c per nuBnei. ; v uata were generally wnnout important action or news. At times they were neg lected for the other; grains. Prices sympathized with wheat, the close on September, however, j being 4c higher than Saturday. The range was confined within narrow limits. - Provisions opened from steady to firm, the lability to maintain their position coming from a firm hog market at tbe yards. Later, tbere'were some offerings on the market without much demand and prices declined moderately. No im portant trade appeared. ' The weakness in wheat had Some effect on product. September pork closed "?i3 lower, Sep: tember lard 2c lower and September rios unchanged. There was a fair cash i ,jemand The Vigilant Defeated. Roches Point, Ireland, July 23. The Britannia and the Vigilant started in a race! over the course of the Royal Lunster Yacht club this morning for a cup valued at 300. The course was laid out from Roches Point to Poof 1 Head, thence to ree tinges around and then to the club uauns uock anq pacK j to, rtocues roint, house of the Royal Cork Yacht cluh at Queenstown. a distance of fifty miles. The weather was' clear and the wind fresh from the northwest. Both boats were near the line at gunfire and crossed together. '!"' The vigilant took the lead andcon tinued to gain steadily, until on the third round she passed the t'oor lieaa nag boat 7 minutes and 8 seconds in the lead, fully ' two miles in distancef Here the Vigilant was " becalmed; while the .Britannia retained me breeae ana pas sea the! Vigilant and won the rape by 45 seconds actual time or 1 minute and 35 seconds corrected time. Collision Eetwepw TWO Fast Trains. LoavjEW,,TexV July 23. Ahead end collision' occurred about seventy miles north of this place between two cannon ball trains which were running at full speed round a sharp curve, 200 yards west Qf Forest, a lopely siding. Jt ap; pears thait No, o, the i -north pound' can non ball train, was trying "to 'reach this siding on variation of watches. The en gineer. A; D. Grunin ot uex'ritana, Express -Messenger jfreq juarsnap. oi Fort Worth: and an unknown passenger were killed and Fireman Jen arrant was wounded, while it I is thought many others are seriously hurt. The wreck is reported as very badly piled up and will delay trams many hours. Factories Starting Up. CmfiAwi. Julv 23. The Allen Paper Cap Whl company started up its works at Pullman this morning, uniy iwo ot the fifty employes j returned to work. The managers of the works say they are not discouraged bv tne iauure oi mure men to report for work, and insist that the men have been restrained from re porting at the opening hour through fear of violence. There i was no trouble at the works or violence threatened against tlia four nknrtln' who . started tO WOrk, Only six of the laundry girls reported for work this morning. Highest of all Jn i t AS OTHERS SEE US. NEW hInOVER DEMO CRATIC CONTEST. THE Plenty or, folit icaj Talk Forecast of j Republican and Populist Fusion Tbe State Guard Kncampment 1 Splend id Crpp Prospects . A not her Blockade till Seized A Request to . j the State Uni- . ... versify. Messenger Bcreau, 1 . Raleigh. July 23. J The withdrawal of Congressman Alex ander from the racel does not appear; to cause much surprise among the poli ticians, who this year, to tell 'the truth, appear to be surprised at nothing. There is more interest in regard to the unfortunate Democratic fquabble in New Hanover county than in any other local contest. It is on new fines. :At this distance it is regarded as a fight" of the "outs" and the "ins," and fears are expressed that as a result of the tension the Democrats will lose the county. " ' There is plenty of political talk. Re publicans claim that the chances of fusion are brighter than they were even a week ago. What the people want to' know is the terms on which fusion of Populists and Republicans ' can be arranged. There appears to be some kind of a trade in progress. A Republican said to your correspondent: "It is my belief that the Populists will at their State convention nominate no judicial ticket, but will recommend Walter j Clark and H. G. Connor, Democrats, land W. T. Faircloth, Republican. They have no man they can' put on the judicial ticket. I believe that the Republican convention - will put up no ticket, but wfil simply ratify the action of the iPopulists. As to State Treasurer, I think the Populists will nom nate William A. Graham or W. H. Worth or Professor Graham, and that the Republicans will give this nominee their support." j! Chairman Simmons is in fine spirits. politically speakingj He says that the no matter whether Democrats will win, there is or is no coalition. Governor Carr is creatlv pleased with the encampment of the State Guard, just ended. It is not known where the next encampment will be held, nor was in quiry made, but there is rumor that Wrightsville or Ashville will be the place. Orange Page, the faegro murderer in jail here, who is to bi hanered Ausrust 3rd. could hardly write when he was first placed in jail. He has practiced assidu ously and now writes and draws quite well. . ' ! The largest cotton buyer - here was asked to day what he thought of the crop outlook. He said that' there never was a finer prospect at this tea son of the yt ar. He considers that the increase of acreage as compared with last year is fully 10 per pent, and that the crop is 25 per cent, better. Unless something un forseen happens thelj : crop will be the largest on record in this part of the country. The Commissioner of Agricul ture was also interviewed and said he bad never known the crop prospects finer, so far as corn and cotton are con cerned. There are a great number of hogs and the food supply will be a large one. : , -j The assistant mailing clerk in the post 6ffice here has resigned and a white Democrat succeeds l him. This is the fturth change of cl rks j Deputy Collector Packard reports the seizure of a 125-gallon still near Hills- boro, of which Julian A. Hessie is be lieved to have been the owner. No ar rests were made. I It was the belief that the iudge of the Federal court of the Western district would on the 18th decide the injunction matter in the application' to make per manent the temporary order to restrain the officers of the North Carolina rail way from paying taxes, hut it appears now mat it may oe tlome time before the decision 3 nanded down. The exact valuation of the rauwavs in this State (exclusive of the North Caro lina railway, which has not yet been as sessed, owing to the;! injunction matter) is f 22,752,994. The JJorth Carolina rail road was assessed last year at $2,000,000, in rouna numDers. A . t The assessed value of railway property in the city Of Wilmington is as follows: Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley, $81,773; Carolina Central, $26,711; Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk $11,47,1; Wilming ton and Weldon, $44.1Q "The business outlook here is regarded as fine. The Dountiiui crops and the fact that the farmers have more ready money are taken into account. - This is a remarkable year in this sec tion for melons.; They are large in size and fine in flavor. The canteloupes have never been surpassed. Saturday night John Dughi, son of A. Dughi, a well known caterer here, waa thrown from a delivery wagon on a paved street. It was at first thought his skull was. tracturea, dui ne is netter to day: v - - "-.V . ' Last Saturday night a negro waylaid another by hiding in an unfinished building, sprang on him and cracked his skull by a blow with a club. The University .has just, received $11,600, a bequest by Rev. P. R. Mason and wife, as a memorial to their two only daughters, who died in the bloom - . . m. r ' 1 . 1 1 i oi youtn. ine lunu is to ue Kept iorever and the interest applied to the support of the University, i The portraits of the young ladies, Misses Vanna and Martha ... i - . -. i i aiason. wnr oe put m nv university portrait gallery and a tablet wm go in Memorial hau to Mr. ana Jars. Mason. The crop report issued to-day by the weather service is very favorable, In the Eastern district plenty of rain occurred during the week, and rather too much from Craven county south ward. The northern part of the district suffered somewhat ! f rom a severe wind and rain storm on the loth. Keports are all favorable. Corn is earing very finely and will be the finest crop for. many years. BOOa todsco cures wrre uaut this week. Earjy sorts Qt : grapes are Sweet potatoes are eomg to mariieii. ornvpine- well, and some farmers are still aettine out vines for seed. Peanuts will soon receive their r last "sweeping," and are looking well. - "Lowland rice is good. The rains renorted were: Willard 2.00, Teacheys 1.75, ML Olive 2 15, Sladesville 2.00. SDiine Hope t-70, Clark 1.75, Sara toga 4.00, Nashville 2.44, Currituck 4.60, Wilmington 4 02, Kobersonviue 3.6J, The Fuller murder case will not he tried at Favetteville. ai this term of court.- It may he removed to another county. ', teavenins rower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report u n warn3 WE ARE PRICE io Dozen of These Just Received. We Sell at $2.25. $2.25 $2.25 .miii ' A w 1 ' . -!-' $2i25 $2 25 $2.25 $2.25 P.8'8 KINDHRQA.RTBN AUD SKASI1 8IOO.00 ,PiireIiase, 820.00 TJS.OO OO.OO IO.OO 5.00 4.00 3.00 25.00 20.00 15.00 5iSK5S!2!l r?.aeat8 f?r larr. And satisfactory arrant Medium WohI Mantels. . r T T f , f " I '1 eed m- OO. No. 1 6 South Front St. 1 he Cheapest Furniture House in Bead Oor Advertisement In the Star. " LIGHT AND THIN h- I'; '' ' X 1 ' ': ' ' : jS j! pLEARING nPHAT DISCOUNT SALE WE STARTED LAST MONDAY HAS MET WITH -J ereat success. We have x3Cash Sale One BUY DRY GOODS, OF US. IT WILL PAY YOU.- on the $1 off on Colored Dress Goods. 15 Cents 15 44 15 io Special prices on GENTLEMEN'S UNDERWEAR. ' No discount on the Frac tional part of a $1. Doii't delay if you want FENNELL, Front Street, Next Door Kortb LaFAYETTE MILITARY ACADEM A High Grade Boarding School for V Boys and Young Men- Full Preparation for University, West Point or Annapolis. FOLI. COURS IN MU8IC, AKT AND BUSINESS. j r , FULL CADBT COKNBT BAND AND OKCHB3TKA. i' RAirjfS LOWER -THAN AT ANT OTHBR FIBST CLASS 8CHOOL IN TH COUHTBYi LOCATION UNSURPASSED ' FOR BBAUTY 'AND HEALTH. I FOR CATALOGUE CONTAINING FULL PARTICULARS, ADDRESS. Maj. J. W ' Jy 14 3m Bat snn tnes tnu A wly PUMPS. IS MORE ESSENTIAL nVfOTHING Drive Pumps for this section hive many advantages over the old style well. Would call your attention to the latest improvement in the Pump line. -ALWAYS.READYFPR USE. NT FLANGE With these you can get a good flow Prices, ' .'".'vj - ; - " ' ars and JAOOBI HARDWAHb ou ; niVIDENDSWOT CONCEALED. The; Northwestern Mutual dends for the information oi tne puuuo. -Twenty-Three Consecutive Years. . .. J. H. BOATWRIQHT, Agent; u , S2,25 -4 s B CQAIRb AND ROOK KHS 4(w ka. mm rlog conditions: niMMtii. ft-t wi w.W 2.00 l.OOr 75e SO 8mUer purcHases and monthlr BtrrH.nt 'ItT npie una oi ! a.d North Carolina!. QLOTHINO FOB SWELTERING HU manity. . If you want comfort come and see our Feather Weight Coats and Vests specially manufactured for the- torrid day 8 though light they are durable adaptable to the body but not lacking in style, for indoors or out, for Sundays or week days, - oiur fits are warranted to please. The price tells and everybody tells the price which could not be lower for reliable goods. A11 patrons express their satisfaction, whether you are light and thin. or heavy and thick, bound to give satisfaction. we are MUNSON & CO. SALE decided to extend our- Week Longer. X YOUR NOTIONS, &c. $1 " Figged Lawns and Dimities. $1 " Ladies' Summer Underwear. $1 " all other Goods. to get Genuine Bargains this week . FORE & CO., of Parcell House, WilminstOB, 1C. - YEREXSupt., i Fayetteville, N. C. PUMPS. TO HEALTH THAN GOOD. WATER. POINTS. of water in any section, Write for Circu- : ' ' ' 1 ; Life-insurance Company
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 24, 1894, edition 1
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