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J i ESTABLISHED 1867. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. A negro is hanged ia Norfolk, Va., for i murder. It was the first execution in that city 'in fifty years. The court- pmrtial in the case of Engineer Clever of the Raleigh, suspend him from rank and duty for one year for leaving the jcruiser without permission. Secretary llerbert has ordered the proper officers to look into the practicability of turning the dynamite gun boat Vesuvius into a torpedo boatt.rpTtie Democrats of the $ighth and Tenth districts in Georgia re- hpminate the present Congressmen. 'ithree men are killed'fend others wounded by a dynamite explosion in quarries near Chicago. -In the . Populist State con vention to-day a resolution willie intro duced endorsingj the selection of candi dates for justices Qf the Supreme court irrresp'ective of oarty. .The names often est mentioned are "Faircloth, Connor, ' Furches,' Clark s nd Armfield. Whitaker and Guthrie are also spoken of. These two, it is said, are ready to fully affiliate with tile Populitjti. The fusion of State" issues is arranged and is a certainty, a Populist says. Commander -Joh4 S. Newell will command the Detroit.'- The court-martial finds Lieut. 'Bostick, of the navy, guilty of te charges of drunk enness and he has. been suspended for "one year. -- Th e Populists held a con- ference in I Metropolitan hall, Raleigh, last night. Buqk Kitchin will be, chair man of the platform committee! of t the convention to day. The Republicans ap pointed a committee to confer with the Populists on the subject of fusion. ; . In 'the Michigan Republican convention the Detroit delegation cast a blank vote for Governor, which means that Mayor Pmgrree will head a bolt ticket. in- diana .farmers are : now feeding their hogs and Belling their wheat to tneir corn. -Thel parish treasurer: of East Paton Rouge, Mr. W. G. Randolph, is . shot and killed by Dr. King Holt, city physician ' Of Baton Rouge. Hyns county'.- (Jackson) Miss., goes most prob ably for prohibition, leaving ony six . counties in-the State in which the sale of - liduor is all&wed.-- At a late hour last night the Republican conference .com mittee Dironosed to the Populists the names of Judges Faircloth and Furchee, for the Supreme court and they were ac : d-epted. The nine members of tlie lie tmlilioan -Executive committee now in Raleigh will sign an address recommend ing fusion with the Populists. -In the Williams-Settle contest for a seat in; the House the poinj; raised that the notary public who took the testimony for Mr. ' Settle is under age and was, therefore disniialified to act in such capacity, i He . was" appointed at the suggestion of Mr. Settle, who writes the Governor that he did not know the man was a minor when he recommended him.- -Two large 4rick buildings; in Dallas, Texas, collapse 'burying a' number of people-under the ruins. ne dead body has been recov A ered.- The Japanese Government pub lishes a. statement .giving the causes of the outbreak of hostihties with China, They do not tielieve the 'transport that A was sunk was flying the British flag and "deny the charges of brutality toward the soldiers and sailors on the vessel. There is serious disagreement between the House and Senate over the River and Harbor'bill. . The Senate added $3,500, ' 000 to; the House bill and both sides in the (conference ' are determined j not ' to , givea way. It is said that for the first time.yesterday the Senate conferees; on the Tariff bills lowed any inclination to meet the House conferees half way and the latter left the conference in much better spirits than at any previous tiine. There are pVospects of a compromise and settlement in ihe near future. -After the speaking bejtween Tillman and Butler yesterday they'meV in a car and had a -'cussing match'' with each; other, pass ing the lie and using other choice dan- ;gUa3eV: ; ' I ' ' . - . A , A - Fatal Dynamite Explosion., f . '"Chicago, July 31. One man was killed, two fatally and several others seriously injured by an explosion of dynamite at tjhe quarries of Doles & Shepard in Hawthorne just before noon to-day. A crowil of workmen were gath ered at one sid of the quarry, where ex periments were! being made in crushing stone with dynamite. ! The dynamite some way was discharged, blowing, up the boilers in the engine house near by. "Two of the injured died on their way to the hospital: j . , t . All of the dead and wounded were employed by the Western Electric com pany. They had been blasting rock in theDolez & SShpard quarry for nearly two months. This morning Rudds,. who was in charge of the men, brought a new invention for blasting: purposes to j the yards and announced that he would make; an experiment at noon. His men were standing about him when a charge of giant powdeij was placed in, a hole which had been drilled into the rock." In some manner unknown the powder; be came .ignited 4nd a terrific explosion followed. The jexplosion was beard for . nearly two miles around and in a very short time hundreds of people crowded into the quarries. Frank Corbin. one of the dead men Was terribly mangled, A portion of his left leg was torn from the 'body and was found nearly a hundred feet from where his body lay. j 1 ' Scott Clark apd his son Richard were found lying near together; The elder. Clark suffered! inensely before death, which occurred on th way to the hos- ital. Richard Clark a killed.; A arge gash On his forehead wan tha only wound found, jit appears that he wa struck by a flying piece of stone. I The explosive was an invention of Mr. Ruads .-. which he called "ruddsite." Dallas. Tex., July 31. Two large brick buildingti on Elm street, occupied by 1 he Wells Faro Express company and T. C. Craddocks, grocer, collapsed at 11;30 o'clock to! day. A number of j per i3ons are buried in the ruins. One man lias been t&keni out dead. j - I . Jjocal Option in Mississippi J Jackson, Miss., July 31. At the local option ' election in this (Hyns) county, to-day, Jackson gave 133 majority for tho wets" i Unofficial advices from the : county indicate that the dry ticket has won. The vote "was light, . There was a complete absence of bitterness of former local option elections. If the county has ;gonedry it only leaves six counties in '.Mississippi where the , sale of liquor ia legalized. crowns Iron ; Bitters -you need 1 s. WILLIAMS Y8. SETTLE. ;A ' ' 7 ' - -r THE CONTEST ASSUMING A NEW, PHASE. -.1 : : ' h - 1 Tbe MinorttylReport Based Upon the the Fact That the Notary Public for Mr Settle Was a Minor- Spicy. Correspondence Be tween Mr. Settle and Governor Carr on j, .. the Snbject. Washington, July 31. The Williams- Settle election case from the Fifth North Carolina district is likely to come before the House for action shortly. This was one of the first contests considered by the Committee on Elections, and as long ago as January 31st. Mr. Paynter re ported for the committee that Mr. Settle was entitled Jtb the seat lie occupied. On the 6th instant, however, Messrs. Woodard, Patterson, Hayes. Denson and Jones filed a minority report, concluding with a resolution declaring Williams entitled to the seat. One of the points madeby Williams in the contest was that the notary public (Rat- lliffe) before whom Settle took his testimony in Rockingham county, was an infant, under 21 years of age and that he was not, therefore under the law of North Carolina, even a defac to- officer,' and was not authorized to takedeposi- tions, The majority of the committee, referring to this, eay: "The committee. does not pass upon this question, because it is not necessary to do so for the pur pose ot determining who is entitled to the seat." i In this view of the case the subjoined correspondence is of interest. State of North Carolina, Executive Department, I Raleigh, N. C, July 25, 1894 "Hon. Thomas Settle,Washington,D.C: Daer Sir: I am instructed by the Governor to inform you that he has been notified that T. A. Ratlliffe, Jr., of Rock ingham county, whom he appointed upon your recommendation a notary public, is under age and, therefore, under our law, section "55 of the Constitution, is ineligible to such a position. Unless this information can be refuted he will feel compelled to ask for his resignation. When he issued the commission he told you he would appoint any one you would recommend, thinking, of course, that you would not place him ih this position He feels that before taking action in the I matter, you should be in formed, and; hence this letter. Please give the matter your prompt attention, and oblige, Yours very truly, j S. F. Telfair, ,., Private Secretary." "Washington, D. C, July 29, 1894. F. Telfair, Esq., Ralfigh, N. C: "My Dear! Sir: Your letter of ihe 25th inst. , in reference to Mr. T. A. Rat lliffe, Jr., written by instruction of the Governor, was received this morning. You say that the Governor has been noti fied that Mr. Ratlliffe is a minor, and unless this information can be refuted he will feel compelled to ask for his resig nation.. 1 "it would gratify something more than idle curiosity on my part to know who so informed the Governor, and why this matter was not agitated at an earlier date. Mr. Ratlliffe was commissioned, I believe, in March 1893, and only a few months of the term for which he wasjap pointed remain unexpired. He has served the greater; portion of this time with-; out complaint or notice of ineligi bility. It i i3 a rather . singu lar coincidence that this matter should imperitively demand actiqh just, at the time it is expected my contest will be called up for decision by the Huse of Representatives. You say when he (the Governor) issued the commission, he told you (me) that he would appoint any one you (I) would recommend. The Governor did not tell me that; he said he wpjild appoint any Democrat whom I would suggest and he actually refused to appoint Mr. H. M. Joyce, of Danbury, N. C., because he was a Republican, or rather because he. was notj a Dem ocratic. I regret very much if the Gover nor feels any embarrassment oh account of having made this appointment, and I assure him ; through you that when I recommended Mr. Ratlliffe I did not know he was a minor, but recommended him upon the suggestion of Mr. P. B. Johnson, a good Democrat, j Inasmuch Mr. Ratllifle'8 qualifications to fill the position of a notary public htve been the subject of so much concern to the people of North Carolina, it is deeply to be re gretted that the point in issue -cannot receive a judicial construction. The opinion of the legal profession is not all one way,: but tha Governor' having satisfied himelf, and apprehending that great injury might result from Mr. Ratlliffe serving the fev remaining months of his term, I shall; not interfere witli his determination by any. suggest ion. Very truly; yours, Thomas Settle.1 Sun's Cotton Review. i New York, July 31. The Sun's cot ton review says: A decline in Liverpool, and an estimate by Neill i& Co., of 8,900, 000 bales as the minimum orop, depres sion at the South, long selling and bear hammering,' caused lqwer prices here early in the day. Later, on reports of drought m j Southwestern Texas, some recovery in, Liverpool, and buying by shorts caused a rally, which put prices slightly above the closing prices of yes terday. Copious rains were reported in some parts of Texas and spot markets at the South were weaker. . One, firm caid; "To sell cotton at rul ing prices is taking! the chances that there will be a continuation of all the bearish ieatures mat nave recently pre vailed to bring the market down to its present level, and as j many things may happen, such as adverse crop reports, a settlement of the tariff matter and a revival of business confidence, any one or all of which might occur within the next sixty days, it would seem best that the season should be a little further ad vanced before ; attempting to put the jiiarkej below the figures touched to-day. However, we mjist wait upon Liverpool, as is usually the cose, to determine whether prices have receded as much as the present crop) prospects warrant. With any encouragement from there we shall improve, but without their support we shall have to drag along until we hear more favorably from that market." A Split Among the Republicans. Grand Rapids, Mich., 1. The Re publican State convention met here to day with 929 delegates in attendance and 5,000 people in we auaaence. uuv ernor Rich was re-nominated on the first ballot. Wayne county gaye Rich lour ana other 106 voted blank. This ia the Detroit delegation. 1 The blank votes of the ue- troit delegation is held to mean mat Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, wid run on a bolt ticket against Rich. Pingree'8 friends Bay this bolt has been determined upon. - j Johnson's Oriental Soap is the most rAlirate facial soar fnr lariioo' non ir, . istence, absolutely pure and highly medi catod. : ROME, July 81 .The Ministry has de cided to raise the state of siege in Sicily and the necessary decree will soon be jssued, j . - - TWO DEADLOCKS. ; The House and Senate Disagree as to the River and Harbor Bill Pos sible Defeatxof the Measure . 5 Prospect of Settlement of . . ' the Tariff BilL . Washington, July 31. The Tariff bill is not the only measure over which there ia a deadlock between 'the two, Houses of Congress. The River and Harbor bill, which is now in conference, ia not only dead-locked but it was' intimated this morning that it may either fail altogether or its further consideration postponed until next winter. i The conferees on the pari of both Houses are, as usual, reti cent about what occurs in the committee room. But the fact has leaked out that the House conferees have taken a de termined xstand, and flatly informed their Senatorial associates that thev will not consent to the enormous increase made in the bill by the Upper House. Tbe bill aa it passed the House carried an appropriation f $9,500,000, in addition to the $8,500,000 provided for in the Sun dry Civil bill to continue work under contract. This made the total riverxand harbor appropriations fdrAthe next two years $18,000,000 in round numbers. The Senate increased -the apDropriatron by $3,500,000. i - : :i i The bill has now been in conference for i some days and thus far the Senate conferees have xyielded -only $655j000. This is not nearly enough to satit'y the representatives of the. House. I Th--y in- sist that the bill as it passed the' House was as liberal a measure as could have been expected, considering the depleted condition of the treasury , that the increase n the part of the Senate is not only Unwise when the straightened conditions of the national finances is remembered, but that these increases have been made with an amiable desire to please indi vidual Senators and not because the ne cessites of the. case demanded them. The House bill, it : is contended, is an har monious and well-rounded and well con sidered measure, while that of the Senate is not. If an agreement cannot be reached, the House conferees, it is under stood, may retire from the contest and leave the. whok matter ih the lair until the next session. ' i The prospects of an agreement on the tariff were much improved to-day. For the first time in many days the House Democratic conferees came from the meeting with the statement that previ ous irreconciliable differences were in process of amicable adjustment. With much satisfaction the House members stated to their associates that the Sena tors had shown a disposition for the first time to meet the House half way. As to when a full agreement would be reached there was some difference of opinion. One House conferee said it would probably be this week. Another thought it would, be "soon." Chairman Wilson would not even admit that the understanding had gone far enough to warrant the predic tion of a speeay report. He said, how-j ever, that the conferees had at least done sdine business and made progress to-day,' which was more than could " have been said of the past meetings. The Senate conferees came from the meeting with out showing the hopefulness of the House members. They said the conference was as far from an agreement as it had been. While there was this conflict among those thoroughly informed of the inside workings ofthe conference, the general belief prevailed" that the hopefulness of the House con f erees had some substantial foundation Une of the conferees said that wnile no final agreement had been made on iron , coal and sugar, yet that sufficient had been developed in conference to show that an agreement could be reached on these three most important items, which would be acceptable to the Senate and House conferees and to the House" ' of Representatives. Whether it would be acceptable to the full Senate, this conferee expressed seme doubt. In this connection it developed to-day that Senator Caliery, of Louis iana, who has been most active in the sugar question, had a long and it is said satisfactory conferences yesterday w-ith Speaker Crisp and Chairman Wilson. - While the House conferees were so pleased at the bright outlook, their Sena' torial colleagues contented themselves with saying that while they were hope ful of reaching an understanding, noth ing had transpired in conference to base this hope upon. They declare that on the essential items of disagreement the conferees are as far apart as they ever were. An increased hopefulness that a bill will be agreed upon is noticeable, however, on the part of Democratic Senators who are not members of the conference. One of the leading ? 'conservative' Senators said as he was leaving the Sen ate chamber to-night lhat the Tariff bill would be finally agreed upon by next Monday, and he added that the bill would ba virtually the same bill. The day. developed the possibility of a report of partial agreement, and while the report at first appeared as a yagiiB rumor, its probability was afterwards confirmed by Senators not members of the conference committee The fact that the conference had the schedules other than those relating to sugar, coal and iron ore under considera tion to-day is one fact in confirmation of the report. The China-Japan Affair. - Yokohama, July 31. The following statement of the difficulties between China and Japan, which led to the out break of hostilities between those two countries, has been issued by the Japan ese Government f j "Japan and China were approaching a settlement of their difficulties when China suddenly requested Japan to with draw her fleet from Corea, and to' give a formal compliance with the Chinese demands by the 20th, otherwise the whole Chinese forces were to land and a State advance on the part of China was to be made. The Japanese regarded this as an ultimatum, but,, acting under the advice of friendly powers, they agreed to the proposals, in principle, in amended form, at the same time declaring that if the threatened Chinese advance was made on the 20th; itf would be regarded as a menace to Japan.'' It ia coniectnred that the Japanese' naval commanders were instructed to be on the qui vive for the Chinese warships and. seeing the latter advancing on July 27th, they opened fired. The Japanese do not believe that the Jiow fohung, the Chinese transport sunk by a Japanese cruiser, was flying a British flag, but, in any case, they regard it, it true, as being a ruse ae auerre, , The Japanese indignantly deny the charge of brutality brought against the officers and crew of the cruiser which Bank the transport. No official report has been received at Yokohama of this engagement. I4eutenant Busticlt Suspended. Washington, July 81'. The court-mar tial which recently tried Lieut. Edward Bostick. of the United States navy, for drunkenness on board the United States Bteamship Ranger at La Union, Salvador, Fehrnarv 17th. and at San Diego, CaL; Anrii 17th. found him guilty on each charge of being so mucn unuer me in fluence of intoxicating liquor ss to be in - 1 capacitated for the proper performance ! ofduty,'? and the Secretary of the Navy suspended from the rank and duty on wut nor nrdpra ii a v tor a perioti 01 ime year, retaining his present number on the , list of lieutenants. WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, THE RUSSIAN THISTLE. A THORN INT THE SID JB OF OUR ! CONGRESSMEN. The Two Houses Cannot Acree on Proposition to fepend $1,000,000 I'n, Its Extermination The House j Bankruptcy and Railroad Tax Bills Re ported in the Senate A Dull Day Iii Both Houses. SENATE. Washington, July 31. The stupify- mg dullness of the Senate proceedings to-day was interrupted but not enliyened by a repetition of the discussion which comes up every year on the subject of a site for a new building for the Govern ment printing office. For several years past there have been three rival proposi tions pressed j with about equal perti nancy. The one which xhaa had hereto fore xthe most numerous partisans, in cluding Senators Sherman and Teller, ia the acquisition of the square known as "Mahone lot,"! not far from the x present building. The next in point of number of supporters, including the chairman of the Committee on Printing in the last Congress, Senator Manderson, is thepiuv Jiase of the square known as the Ubase ball lot." And the third, of which the chairman of the Committee on Printing, Senator Gorman, is the chief advocate. is the retention of the present building and . the acquisition of adioining prop erty sufficient to erect an addition that will meet all the requirements of l the Government in the way of public printr ing and Dinding. in the Sundry Cml Appropriation- bill, which came before the Senate toi-day , an amendment j had been reported ! looking to the purchase of the Mahone lot, although the chairman of the committee, Senator Cockrell. de clared himself opposed to it and in favor of Senator Gorman's plan. A motion to substitute the base ball lot was made by Senator Manderson and was rejected-fyeas. 13; nays, 34. i A motion to acquire an addition to the site of the existing building was also re jected yeas, l;nays,4. and the amend ment reported by the Committee on j Ap propriations for the purchase of the Mahone lot was agreed to without divi sion. Ihe bill went over without final action. . J . ' I . The conference report on the Indian Appropriation bill, showing agreements on some amendments and disagreement on others, was presented and adopted and a further conference was ordered, The General Defiency bill was reported and placed on the calendar, and so was the House Bankruptcy bill, which is to be taken up for consideration on Mon day next. Some half dozen bills ere j taken from the calendar and passed. J The House bill to prevent interference in the collection of , State, county and municipal taxes assessed against corpor ations and corporate property was taken up and explained by Senator Coke. He said that it was intended to apply to rail roads which were in the hands of re ceivers, , it having been held that 'all power on the pir of the States to collect taxes from such railroads was withdrawn. Thepassage of the bill, he said, was ab eolutelynece88ary inorder that State revenues might sufferno diminution. The bill had beehr-reported unanimously by the' Judiciary committee. ! On objectioh by Senatdrlitchell,! of Oregon, the bill went over until -tomor row, and the Senate adjourned HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Houae (' transacted considerable business in the; three and a half hours that it was in session to-day, but little of it ;x was important. Most of the bills .1 .j i r Li-A- posseu were rf yurieu iroiu tue U)inuu! J . XT 1 A IX-: 1 1 tse uuiiiviu diiiura, iinu one onjy was of general interest. It authorized the Secretary of the Navy, under proper regulations, to loan to the States apply ing for them such ships as can be spared for that purpose, t& bemused for the in- struction and improvement of the naval militia of the States. Mr. Hatch reported the result of the conference on the Agricultural Appro priation bill, an agreement on all items except the one appropriating $1,000,000 for the extirpation j of the Russian thistle in the Northwest, put on the bill in the Senate. After discuss ing the conference report for an hour the House voted 176 to 52 to insist upon its disagreement to the SeDate amendment and to agree to the conference asked by the Senate. '. I - . V '1 I - Mr. Quthwaite asked unanimous con sent to withdraw the order from ;the Committee on Rules for consideration of the bill to protect the public forest reser vations, which j was pending whenj, the House adjourned yesterday and it was agreed to. j At the conclusion of the morning hour. at d:20 o clocJOhe House adjourned. An Ambiguous Sentence of a Court. Martial. ; A Washington, July 31. The court martial which tried Passed Assistant Engineer Henry T. Clever, of the Ral" igh, ,fpr leaving, the ghip without per mission and staying away nine days, sentenced him, upon his plea oti guilty, to be suspended for one year on furlough pay, to retain his present number during the years suspension with .the conflict ing provision that! he should not lose more than four numbers. Acting Sec retary McAdoo returned the finding to the court, suggesting, in effect, that the court would have to specif y whether the suspension be by the heck or whether his rank or duty be suspended. He called attention to the fact that the pun ishment was extremely mild compared with what was inflicted upon enlisted men for similar offences. ' The court modified the sentence to suspension from rank and duty for a year, on furlough pay, which is half that of waiting ord ers, and providing that he should retain his present number for a year, in which time at least eight men will pass him by promotions. , , To Command the Detroit. Washington .July 31. The Secretary of the Navy has selected Commander John S. Newell to command the cruiser Detroit, now about ready for sea, at Nor folk. Commander Newell was detached from the naval war college at Newport to-day and to-morrow will receive hia in structions to assume command of the Detroit August 14th. The Detroit has been undergoing several changes since her return from Rio. A Fatal Affray. New Orleans, July 31. Mr. W. G. Randolph, parish treasurer of East Baton Kouge, and one ot ine most prominent men in politics and society in that parish, was shot and mortally wounded yester day afternoon by Dr. King Holt, city physician, who stands equally high in the business, political and social circles at the Capital. Bolt received a bullet through the leg. Randolph died at 4 o'clock this morning. Bad . blood had existed between the men for some time. Those thin, pale, weait, nervous peo ple continually losing flesh, steadily, but surely going into decline and comsump tion, should not delay taking Johnson's Aromatic ..Compound God Liver Oil the great strength and flesh producer. V ! . i -.- i- i . . .. - i THE POPULISTS. A Resolution to be Introduced in Their 'oovention Judicial Tim berFusion on, State Issues Settled.. J (Special to the Messenger. . Raleigh, July 31. The following res olution will be offered in, and adopted by the Populist State convention to-mor- jrow; . I Whereas, On account of the weak ness of human nature, even the beet and purest men when elevated to office by one political party are liable to be biased, often even! unconeciouslyjin favor of said party; and l ..' r ' u I Whereas, The People's party believes that the best interests of the State can be served byIifting judicial ermine above contaminating influences of partisan politics; therefore, be it , Resolved, That it shall always be a car dinal principle of our party law to select kind cast our votes for the broadest, pur eat and best qualified for the high i and important office of judge, irrespective of party affiliationa. - j ; j. ; Who will be the nominee at to-mor- row a convention f0f chief justice and hree associate justices? Most probably W. T; Faircloth for chief justice, D. M. Purches, "Valter Clark, H. G. Connor or R F. Armfield. Spier Whitaker has supporters Jfor the nomination for chief justice, and many of the Populists want some other doubtful. man, while a third set are They suggestion of Judge Whitaker'B! name was a new thing to delegates. Mr. Faircloth is most of thel in the leadJ -::;A, ! l- j terms of ' the- resolution eaid one of the leaders, 1 "Under ihe above quoted, "we go foremen best qualified and en dorse them; 'without regard to endorsing their politics or expecting them to en dorse ours.' j, "v ' i ' ! W. A. Gt thrie, Esq., is very popular with the party and if there were plenty of offices would get one. i i x I V. S. Lus s. would like to get the nomi nation, but will not. Furches and Fair cloth stand very, high in Populist esteem. j A Populist leader, said Whitaker and Guthrie were prepared to fully affiliate.' "The fusion! on State issues is arranged and is a certainty," he added. Aa to the Treasurer, the drift is how; strongly to- wards Professor ohn Graham, of Ridge A. Graham ia promi- way. Maj. W. nently talked of , nut he will be the nomi- nee for Congress most probably. There is a desire that Wi, H. Worth shall keep his present position as business agent of the Alliance. j , V- . '. 1 THE POLITICAL ALLIANCE. ! t 1 i v,. - Republican Committee Appointed to ! j Negotiate Fusion with tbe Pop- j i ulists Populist Conference i f i Faircloth and Furches 1 Agreed Upon. Special to tbe Messenger. ' RALEian,;;July 31.-The Populists held a caucus at Metropolitan hall this eyen-i ing. Over ioO attended. They meet in that hall at noon to morrow Their committee on platform, of which. Buck Kitchin wiljl be chairman, makes the financial plank the chief one, and silver coinage at! the ratio of 16 to 1 ia de manded. The election law ia attacked. I The Republicans appointed the follow ing as their committee to confer with the" Populists as to fusion: C. M. Ber nard, H.L.-Grant, A. R. Middleton, James H. Young, R. M, Dougles, Oliver Hi Dockeryj W. A. Bailey, John Hoff man and Hj G. Ewart. This committee was instructed to ascertain if fusion was wanted or not. It ia a committee of cit izens and not of the executive commit tee.Therewa3 a difference of viev as to whether: fusion was desired or not. wn ether Some did not desire it It was late' to night before this committtee finished its conference with Republicans then the Populists, and the held another confer- ence. . ' ; . . :' 11:45 P. M. At i0:80 o'clock your cor- respondent saw Ma H. L.; Grant, who said ;uur committee ofcqnference was harmonious. We namedxtd the Popu lists Judges, Faircloth and Furches on the Supreme court ticket and they were accepted, Ewart wanted Lusk, but that would have antagonized Eaves. Douglas. -will make a! minority report to another meeting we; will hold to-morrow morn ing, flight of our executive committee areJhere - to-night. Walser has gone home.He jopposed anything being done by the committee unless it was regu larly called jby Chairman Eaves, or any action which would forestall the action of our Stalbe convention. But he and Crawford and the other seven committee men will sign and address recommend ing fusion, .which we will issue. The committee will prepare this address at once. Base Ball. New Yobk, July 81. Boston, 3: New York, 4. Batteries Nichols and Tenny ; Rusia and FarreU. j Baltimore, July 31. Washington, 8; Baltimore, 11. Batteries Mercer, Sulli van and McGujre; McMahon and Robin son. I'. . : ' V. M Cleveland, July 31. Cleveland, 12; louisville, 10. Batteries Mullane, Young and . O Connor; Hemming and Weaver. i I Second game Louisville, 12; Cleve land, 4. Batteries Menafee and Grim; Young and Zimmer. i Philadelphia. July 81. Philadelphia, 13; Brooklyni 6.- Batteries Harper and Cross: Kennedy and Dauey. I Pittsburg, July -31. Cincinnati, 10; Pittsburg. 11. Batteries Parrott and Murphy: Ehret and Sugden. - j Chicago,! July 31. St. Louis, 1; Chi cago, i 8. - Batteries Breitenatein and Twine ham; Hutchinson and Schriver. Georgia Congressmen Nominated. Atlanta" July 31. The Democratic convention of the Eighth Congressional district met at Greensboro yesterday and re-nominated Judge Thomas G. Lawson for Congress. The Democratic conven tion for the Tenth district met to-day at Warrenton and re-nominated J. C. (. Black. Tom Watson will probably op pose Black again. 1 Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest fj. S. Gov't Report. 1894; 1 i Dill UD He TWH DADTICQ l irV w w , MAJ. GRANT POSTPONES THE POPULIST CONVENTION. Frequent Conferences Between Popu lists and Republlcana-MaJ. Grant Again Interviewed The Popu list Forces Well Organized " ,-Nine of the Republican Committeemen Pres ent Yesterday. Messenger Bureau, ) : Raleigh, July 31. j. NLast night your correspondent had another interview with Mai. FT. L. Grants who just now is the actual head of the Republican party in the State, it seems. That party is at present engaged in the altogether congenial task of managing" the Populists. Very thinly disguised is the contempt the Republi cans feel for the, lamb with which they are now about to "lie down." Maj. Grant had a talk with Mr, Butler, Populist manager, yesterday, and told him and other Populists it was best not to hold the Populist Congressional conven tion here to-day; that it j was prenaature. He felt quite sure, he said then, that nothing would be done. . Not hearing any thing thia morning of the Populist convention aforesaid, your correspondent went to ! the Park hotel and found thePopulists in council, a great many of them too, including Harry Skinner and Kitchin. A card was sent up to Mr. Butler, who in political affairs as always "the brains'l of the Populist party, asking him when and at what nour the convention would be held. In a minute back came the answer. "The convention is postponed." Your cor respondent had ever since Sunday after noon, when the interview . with Maj Grant was had, been of the opinion that tne aiscncc convention would not mate rialize. See the "fine Italian hand" nf Maj. Grant. v;. r . j ; " Mr. W. . Stroud, who exnected to get the nomination this day arrived yesterday.- - ' , t I . . Mai. Grant says Otho Wilson was th only Populist who wanted the district convention. Maj. Grant evidently places little value on hia opinidha. He no doubt remembers that Wilson is the man who two years ago told Chairman Eaves he would never vote for a ReDublican. air. t u. iwart, of ' Hendersonville iTt,u iu uojr. .u.tii iy oitiuner ar rived yesterday afternoon. The "Pops'" are at the Park hotel, the "Reps." at the Yarboro. They are in conference nearly all the time; sometimes apart and some omval frt Jair TT C 1 - times together. The local "faithful" as sembled with them. : There are nearlv as many Republicans as Populists. The plan is to have two steering committees, which .will cut out the work for the con ventions. - ' l-l ; V Readers of the interviewX with Mr. Butler, published to-day, noted how sanguine h ia aa to the negro vote, say ing the fusion ticket will get nearly all of.it. Maj. Grant says that the "Pops" have their people under; better control and have no quarrels among their lead ers, and hence can control their people better than the Republicans. Yes, even then, he says they will have to work hard to "deliver the goods' meaning ine votes, ne Bays ne khowb the Kemib- licans will have far more trouble in thia line. He declares he does not want to underestimate the difficulties, and knows, the fight will be a desperate one, ihe conferences of the Repablieana were informal yesterday. This morn ing at 9 o'clock nine of the sixteen com mitteemen were reported as here. Maj. Grant said three more would be here to day. Two are out of the State and Brady and Millikin are, as stated, not in sympathyxwith fusion , and will not be here. MajxGrant says that he thinks leaves has a mend here watching events, who keeps him posted. Eaves has "not yet come. Mr. Zeb. Vance Walaer play fully spoke of him as being "conspicu ous by hia absence.", i . The Republican jcommittee will shake up things in the Second district, where Cheatham and White are running for Congress. Both are negroes. They will not give way to each other or retire m favor of anybody, save a white man. So they will have to choose a white man to make the run and then step down and out themselves, j ' i Republicans when asked if Chairman Eaves would resign said "no," I Here ia a little anhoriam "Scratch a Repuhliean-Fusionist and you will find an office-seeker." It is a DaraDhrase of a famous saying, but is the truth. I it is Professor Kilgo, of Spartanburg, who is the choice of the trustees of Trinity college.. The trustees met to-day to eiect., ;v : I Gen. John W Cotten, Grand Master of Masons, is here. . The First Execution in 'ifty Yeats. Norfolk, Va , July 81. The first exe cution in Norfolk for fifty years took place at noon to-day, when Madison Brown, colored, was hanged for the murder of John PoliardJ SThe execution was witnessed by about sixty persons and went off without a hitch. Brown was decidedly the coolest man in the "crowd. He ascended the steps of the scaffold without a tremor, and maintained him self in like manner throughout the ordeal. i -. . v J .1 - ' j Religious ceremonies were conducted by a Catholic priest, at the close of which the drop jfell. Death iwas caused by strangulation. ine conaemnea , man made no confession. 1 On the morning- of April 7. 189a about 1 o'clock several shot were heard in the vicinity of Queen and James streets. ' The residents of theXneighbor hood were aroused and soon it was re ported that John Dollard. a member , of the -select council,, a prominent and wealthy j citizen, had been killed by burglars who were attempting to rob his store. About ten days after the murder the detectives discovered a clue - and April 18th their efforts , were rewarded by the capture of Madison Brown and Alex. Boush. i 1 Feeding Wheat to Hogs and Selling j . -f V Corn. j . '. , :; i Indianapolis, July 31. The farmers of Indiana, for the first time in the his tory of the State, are feeding their wheat to their hoes ana selling tneir corn. Wheat brings 43 cents per bushel when deliyered at the country stations, and corn sells readily at from 45. to 47 cents. The farmers say that one bushel of wheat contains as much nutriment as two bushels of corn, and as hogs are bring ing good prices and corn is higher than wheat, it ia economy to feed the latter and sell their corn.' r? n o Wi IN: ,.. J""; V . 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 1, 1894, edition 1
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