TELEGRAPHIC
I . - ' ' 1 - - - .iN.V. I -v 1iLA 1
! The cruiser Auauinao cumjlicvcu. "
cruiaewith the Connecticut Naval Re
serves and will go to 1 he Korfollnavy
yard for needed repair j -i Lieut. Frank
lin Swift becomes executive officerf the
New York, replacing Lieutenant Com
manxler HeaRwho wilt report to the
, bureau of navigation- The damage to
tho Marion vvera founc 'to be confined to
tne snen room ana amounts w auuui.
$200 The quarterly dividends paid by
the Fall River factories did not average
fjuite 1J- per cent The SenateXin ex
ecutive session, took u the nomination
. of Mr. rorter for Fede ral judge in Ten
"nessee. Senator Uarr s is trying to pass
confirmation over tfie ulverie report of
the Judiciary com ijVittje. Senator Bate
raised the point of ino ( uorum and would
not let tho Senate act without a quorum
. The Iiiverand Ilai bor bill has been
sent to the StateTJepar ;ment with notice
that it hai beqone a law without the
; president's sigpature- The President
signed thej Sundry Ci n bill Saturday
The Niew England -otton mills strike
(has. begun. Yesterday baorning nearly
i 11,000 operatives atNewbedford, Mass.,
fquit work The machinery of but five
-rof the twenty seven mi lis in that city is
Jin motion.) The spinrfcrs say they are
ready for a long struggle, and expect the
strike to last fix raonihs. A reduction
in wages caused the stnike- The Sata
nita defeats the Britannia -The Presi;
itient appoints three assistant paymasters
ii the navv Order are issued that all
" life saving stations on the Atlantic coast
jjshall be manned at onde. Under the late
jact of Congress theyaie to be kept open
tfromi August 1st to June 1st The
J iCmocrats q Duplin county yesterday
aiominated their county ticket In Fall
Hiver only about one third of the looms
Are running. In two or three of the
SUMMARY.
churches the leaders of.
the strike were
denounced and the people advised not to
be led by them Dii William O. Dab
ney, a professor -at the University of
Virgjnia( died yesterdaly, aged 45 years
. Incendiaries start ; i big fire at Ber
gen Point, N. J. The fire plugs were so
fixed! that the firemen vere an hour get
ting Water on the flan ies; The troops
of China ! arid Japan are approaching
.each other and a battle is imminent -
The Japanese have agrjsednot to molest
Chinese merchant vessels not carrying
articles contraband of war Several
plants at Wheeling WJ Va , resume work
Workmen at Pullihan are attacked
.y a i;ob Df foreigners Five hundred
men have been refused! work at Pullman
The superintendent says he has enough
men ! The seizure of a vessel fitting
out at Glasgow for either China or Japan
has been ordered by the British
njenti The former t
Flags, of lonquin, w
fight the
bodyi to
ffeervjce men have seiz
iiado h'l imitation of
Govern
hief of the Black
11 reorganize that
apanesejr Secret
1 70,000 due bills,
t eueral . currency
and passtid as currenl-y
netween mer
:hants .and farmers fin Kansas -A
: freighfetraiii near St.Lpuis is derailed .'by
strikm" a horse, beyeral persons are
others
wounded
Judge
decides that
klied land
r . i
iBark-r, Df - Pennsylvania
iCatholic pjters, wearipg their religious
garb may be teaihersun the schools, but
they i cannot teach the Catholic cate-
chisni- 4-President Dabs, of the Ameri
.can li&ilway. union testifies before tae
federal labor commision. He giyes
iis views as to the cahse of the ( strike
and how such affairs sa& . be prevented
Conductor Goodman has been sent
enced to eighteen yearjs in the pejiitenti
ary. He took an appeal The storming
of the ktSme of Honl W. G. Owens
Georgetown, by the, Breckinridge forces
was quite a failure so Jf ar as converting
Owens . men. Some; excitement -was
cause by the accidental shooting of
far Nelson by a .Breckinridge adhe
rent: who shot'at a neerro.
THE FOUR TARIFF BILLS
REPORTED FROM THE FI
Xx NANCE COMMITTEE.
jioX.. x - : : - -x' ;
An of Them. Save one, ureaiiy
Changed By Mistake the House
Hail Taxed Barbed Wire and
Admitted Free Material for
its Manufacture The -
House in Session Only .
. ; x Fifty Minutes. j
Xv ' .j XX SENATE 'V i- '
WashingtonX AueX 20. i Senator
Harris, the acting chair .ian of the r l
nance committee, carrk 1 out to-day the
promise wH 'vXp mau! to thexbenate
last weekr-iX: .'.e four Uouse bills -to
place on the free list, eugar.x coal, iron
ore and barbed wire, would be reported
back from, the committee if they were
referred to it. They were all reported
back; but all but one, in forms very
different from those in which the House
had prepared them. The Free Sugar
bill no longer provided for free sugar,
but for an ad valorem duty of 40 per
cent, on all sugars, and for a specinc
duty of 2 cents a gallon on molasses test
ing above 40 and not above T6 degrees
and of 4 cents on molasses abov 56 de
grees, omitting all reference to dxTeren
tials. The free coal bill come back, with
a provision for duty on all coal imported
from countrieSNythat levied an import
duty tn American coal. The free iron
ore bill was the only one that came back
in ita original shape. X X
As to the barbed wire dui, tne expo
sure I ol Diunaering on mo part
of the House was' amazing, j It ap
peared that the House of Kepresentativejs
in its ; precipitancy, had not, (as it in
tended to do) placed barbed wire on the
free list at all, but had, on the contrary,
made the materials out of which it is
manufactured free, thus giving all the
benefits of the legislation to the manu
facturers of barbed wire and none of
them to the-f armera of the United States.
The state of the case was put very
strongly by two of the Republican mem
bers. Senators Allison of Iowa, and Ala-
rich of Rhode Island, and was admitted
. , TT ' fM 1 "IT .1 r
by senator narris- ne dui was, tnereiore,
reported back with a substitute placing
on the free list barbed wire and wire
rods of iron or steel for its manufacture.
All the bills were placed on the cal
endar. .
( Although thre was no actual quorum
present, but only thirty-eight benators,
five - less than a quorum, several bills
were passed, among them the benate
bill reported from the Judiciary com
mittee by Senator Hill, for the prompt
prosecution and speedy determination of
the United states against tne estate or
the late Leland Stanford, arising out of
the Pacific railroad indebtedness, also
the House bill to amend the Act of
March 30, 1893, to create a new division
in the Northern judicial district of
Georgia.
After a brier executive session tne
Senate, at 1:40 o'clock, adjourned.
X HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House :was in session but fifty
minutes to day, and in that time trans
acted but little business of importance.
A bill was passed to incorporate the
Society of American Florists.
Mr. Tarsnej's bill to amend the lead
ore item was agreed toby the Committee
on Ways and Mean3 and wa3 reported
and placed on the calendar. X
Mr. McCreary endeavored to secure
consideration for the substitute for Mr.
Boutejle's resolution, recognizing the
Hawaiian republic, reported from the
Committee oh Foreign Affairs, but Mr.
Payne, Republican, of New Ifork, ob
jected on the ground that minority mem
bers of the committee not pieenf to-day
desired to discuss the matter.
-A message from the President was
reeeived; announcing the signing of the
Sundry Civil appropriation bill.
At 12:50 o'clock the House adjourned.
' NAVAL ORDERS.
.Daixlln'ss Deinocratiq
. Special to the
Warsaw N. C,
County Ticket.
llessengerU
Aug. 20. At the
Democratic convention for Duplin
rouuty, held to day at
lollawing. ticket was dominated:' House
of Representatives, II
of Superior court, Jdiiiea D. Swinson;
.Sheriff, II. B. Boney
Jj. B. Carr, the present
r I I II.
j - Kornegay; all of. wliofi will be elected
by good majority.
Cal led Meei ins of Democrat ic Execu-
1 . X tiveCoinmitte
I ; Especial to tije
Raleigh," Aug. 20.-
WernofrratiQ Central cdmmittee the State
Executive committee
Raleigh tin Monday :,
o'clock -t A full
requested.
Of?iductor Goodni
MlctMOXD, a., Apki 20. A Coving
jngton8'iecialtotheZ)i'.spa'7isays: Court
met this morning and
trougtit in to be sen
alone for the lirstlimu
HiiwifeHvas absent,
Keneansville, the
L. Stevens: clerk
egister of Deeds,
incumbent; coro-
suryeyor, P. H.
Wessenjfer.
By order.
of the
s palled to meet m
August 27th at . 5
attendance is urgently
an Sentenced.
tne prisoner was
st-nced. He came
during the rtrial,
ut she was with
The Atlanta Sent to- Norfolk Officers
Ordered ; o Different Tosts
Damage to the Marion.
Washisgtos, Aug. 20. The United
KStates cruiser Atlanta, having completed
her tour of duty, educating the Connect
cut Naval Reserves at Gardners Bay, left
New Haven this morning for New York,
where she will take sufficient coal to
enabla her to reach the Norfolk- navy
yaru. She will remain a$ Norfolk about
one month, rbC?10 a w crank pin
and undergoing other repairs. She has
already spent nearly six months in the
Norfolk yard during 1894.
Lieut. Franklin bwif t has been detached
from instruction at the naval war college
and torpedo station, Newport, and or
dered as executive officer of the cruiser
New York, September 1st, replacing
Lieut. Commander Eugene D. F. Heald,
who will report for duty in the bureau
of navigation of the JNavy JJepart?
ment. This is a high compliment - to
Lieut. Swift, who is in the junior grade
of lieutenants.
Naval Constructor .Theo. Wilson, who
has had two years' leave with permission
to go abroad since- July last year, when
he gave up the position of chief con
structor of the navy, is so much im
proved in health that, he has determined
to return to active duty. It is under
stood he will be detailed to the Ports
mouth, N. H., navy yard. ! ..
..The report of the board which exam
ined the extent of the fire aboard the
Marion, which occurred while that ves
sel was in the dry dock at the Mare
Island navy yard, has been received at
the Navy Department, It was found
that the damages, which were confined
to the shell room, were probably caused
by spontaneous combustion and can be
repaired for f'-iUU. .
THE COTTON MILLS f STRIKE.
Eleven Thousand Operatives at New
bedford. Mass., Walk Out Nearly
' Alt the Mills Closed A Long
Struggle Expected The
Strike at Fall River.
Newbedfobd, Mass., Aug. 20. This
morning the cotton operatives Inaugu
rated their general strike' and nearly
11,000 are idle. The machinery of but
five of the twenty.seveifmills in the city
are in motion, and it is thought that
these mills will soon be shut down with
the others. The . manfacturers have
nothing to say, but the notices of a reduc
tion, against which the help rebel are
still posted. Secretary Ross, "of the Spin
ners' union, stated this morning that the
members of his union have lined up for
a long struggle and confidently expect
that it will be of six months' duration.'
The strike promises to be the most im
portant that eyer occurred to the texile
industry in Massachusetts. The manu
facturers must fight perfectly organized
unions, some of which are fairly wealthy.
Notable in this particular is the Spinners'
union, which has a fund i its-toeesry4
aggregating at least $ dU.uuu. The spin
ners have voted, however, not to touch
any of this money for a month.
The situation in Newbedford is quite
different from that in Fall River. In
the latter city print clothes are manu
factured for the most part and there is a
larger stock of goods on hand. Here,
however,tthe mills' manufacture a finer
grade of goods and some of them have
orders which would keep the mills busy
for several months. .
A conference x yesterday developed a
new feature, which the operatives say
reveals the plans of the manufacturers
with relation to the impending struggle.
It had hitherto been supposed that, inas
much as the Spinners' union was much
stronger, than the weavers' organization
themanuf acturers would cater to the
spinners in the reduction and conciliate
them if possible. Every . mill s posted'
its reduction schedule Saturday and they
were compared by the labor leaders
yesterday. While the schedules are
dissimilar, it was found that the manu
facturers had cut down the spinners
more than 10 per x cent, in many in
stances, while the weavers were not cut
at all, or very little. This "ratio, is pre
served systematically throughout the
mills, and the operatives believe that the
manufacturers hope to get the weavers
back before many weeks. As long as the
weavers are not backed by a strong
treasury the manufacturers think they
will not hold out yery long, particularly
as their wages will not be changed and
they will only be impelled to stay out
through sympathy. The manufacturers
think that by the time, they are ready to
start up the weavers will be ready to
come in and that yarn can be bought
from other -mills until the spinners are
ready to succumb. ' -X
But there is no trepidation 'on the part
of the operatives. All are buoyant and
confident of ultimate success. Some of
the mills, no dpubt, are preparing for a
long phut down.
( "The meeting of manufacturers Thursr
day was an adjourned session," said a
gentleman who was present, '-and was
not "called because of the action of the
spinners, as supposed. In fact, the de
termination of the spinners was but
briefly touched upon. The meeting was
held to decide upon some plan of reduc-'
tion whereby the best paid help in the
mills might be reduced and those who
are classed as small paid help, either but
slightly cut down or not touched at all
This matter was fully discussed and
finally it was decided that, each corpora
tion Should regulate it own adjustment
of the cut down, which is from Tit per
cent, to 10 per cent, i In a great many
instances there will be no cut down what
ever, 'tis said, while, as a rule, all.of the
spinners, who are the best paid , men in
the dinerenfrniuls, outside of omcials,
will be affected by the new order of
thipgs. , fbat the spjnners would resent
such action was thl unanimous opinion
of those present, but the plan adopted
is considered the only one which will
secure the running of the mills without
loss under the present condition of busi
ness. Whether or not the operatives are
successful, they will be niore contented
to remain idle in the the summer months
than later in the season."
Fall River, Aug. 20. The manuf ao
turihg situation to day is in a very much
disturbed condition. Only about one-
third of the looms in the mills are run
ning. the rest of them being idle oa ac
count of a voluntary vacation taken by
the weavers. The Iron works, Amen
can linen, Cornell, ling Philip, Meta
comet, Kerr thread mills, Globe yarn
and Sanford spinning mills are running
as fully as they were last week. In the
other imlls-the looms running vary from
npjb any jo l.iOD. There are not any
manufacturers who pare fp say that the
vacation -will epd in onel two' or four
weeks.
In two or three church- s yesterday the
leaders of the vacation were denounced
vigorously. At St. Patrick's church
where Rev. Michael Cook is pastor, the
people wpre advised to "remain at work
and not be led by W0jil4-!e labor leaders
whose glib tongues raise them to dizy
heights. The actions of these men have
impoverished tho distiict and they are
little better thiin Anarcbigts." .
: Much importance is attached to this
clergyman's words from the fact that his
church is in the centre of a t riving mill
centre of the city, and he is very popular
and much beloved in a congregation of
about 8,000 people.
The carders, spinners, loom fixers and
slasher tenders started at work in all the
mills, as they promised to do at meetings
held last week.
PRESIDENT DEBS
' ' ' X '." "J -'X-' 'x
TESTIFIES BEFORE THE
STRIKE COMMISSION.
He Advocates a Co-Operation Com
monweaJth Government Owner
- ship of Railways He Says
Strikes Can do no Good soX
Long as the Courts are X
Against Labo-The " f
Causes Which Ijed
up to the Strike.
Chicago, Aug. 20. President Eugene
V. Debs, of the American Railway union
occupied the stand for nearly four hours
to-day before the national strike commis
sion. He advocated a co-operation com
monwealth, the abolition of wage system
and the Government ownership of rail
roads. He told his side of the strike
as a connected narrative which was fre
quently interrupted , by applause from
the laboring element present. j
.-"T, H. Morrissey, first vice grand master
of the order of the Railway Trainmen,
and Grand Chief Clark, of the Order of
Railway Conductors also testified. ;
Debs testified that from the beginning
he was opposed to a strike and so told
Vice President Howard. He then con
tinued: "I twice went to Geo. M. Puliman and
to the town of Pullman to thoroughly
investigate the conditions existing at the
car shops. I found the employes were,;
not only not getting wages enough to live,
but were daily getting deeper into the
debt of the Pullman company. No mat
ter how offensive the conditions were
there, the men were obliged to submit to
them. When I found out all these things
immediately determined that the
American Railway x union should go
to the assistance of these unfor
tunate x people.X We believed that
any fair board of arbitration would
have decidedxin favor x of the em
ployes and all we asked was arbitration.
I his the .Pullman, company arbitrarily
refused. Not only this, but when we
asked them to examine into the question
to see whether or not there was anything
to arbitrate, they also refused this. Very
much has been said about an alleged
conspiracy against the railroads and
against hauling the mails. I want to
call the attention of this commission to
the fact that every meeting of the Amer
ican Railway union was held with open
doors and that representatives of the
press were allowed to be present. , x
"Not only did the emploves of the vari
ous railroads strike because of the injus
tice being done to the Pullman employes
but because the various roads had griev
ences of thejr v own. We used our in
fluence to prevent strikes during the
World's fair, as we did not believe it
just to the public to inaugurate a strike
at such a time. It was all that could be
done by the leaders of the labor unions to
preyent a strike. In view of the men
working throughout the fair the railway
managers on many of the roads prom
ised an increase of wages after the fair
was over. Instead of doing this they
began immediately after , the fair
closed a systematic reduction of
wages throughout the country. No two
companies reduced wages at the same
time. This, to me, was a very signihcant
cation. It shows to me that there was a
concert of action imong the various
roads and that they did not wish to
arouse the antagonism of too many rail
road employes at the same time. When
the American Railway union met in cen
yention at Chicago on June 21st, it was
confronted by these conditions, as well
as the state of affairs at .Pullman.
The witness then enumerated the
failures of the old labor organization to
gain redress for the grievances of the
employes and asserted they felt their
only hope lay in the American Railway
unionL to which they hnalljr turned for
help. When asked what the outcome' of
the convention which declared the boy
cott against Pullman cars would have
been, had it not been for the grievances
of Pullman employes, Debs said there
would have been no strike but for the
Pullman trouble, as the American Rail
way union, owing to the depressed con
dition of the country, deemed it an in
auspicious time to strike.
"I had no voice in ordering this strike
myself' said the witness, "but if I had
had a voice in it, I would have ordered
it. My record will show also that I have
always pounseled against violence. The
telegram attributed to me which read
Save your money and buy ! a gun
though Bent over my signature l never
saw. It was sent by our - stenographer
to his superior in Montana and was not
intended literally. It was merely a
playful expression current m Montana.
The vyitnes? piaimea that the men
would have won the strike had not the
courts interfered, "It was. not the
soldiers," be said, 'nor the labor organ
izations, but the Federal courts that
kept us from winning. By the arrest of
the leaders the ranks of the "strikers
-w.' -
Mni in j jail until the court sent for
him,- i Ihy prisoner wfes cool and calm
He wis greeted by hidattorneys cordially
anu sat j cenma tnenj in the bar. Mr,
i.iumu lusc suu suuuniiea a motion in
arrt,t of; jiidgtuent, which was overruled
by the: court and exception taken. The
-lerk tlii directed the prisoner to stand
upj and aike4 the usual, questions as to
whether' he had anything to say why
sentence should a4,, e pronounced
against him. i f
i ne; prisoner responded in a low, but
distinct and calm voice: "No sir, I have
uut aujuung xo say.
ine juage proceeded with the sen
tence tu eignteen jiears in the peniten
tiary. 'V (.,-
The counsel for the defence immedi
ately moved rorastay ot execution of
the sentence until October 8th, pending
an appeal. This was grantedfey the
-wirt without argument, and the after
noon was spent in pifeparing bills of ex
ception. ( A number of points have been
raised by the defence, and exceptions
taken to the rulings. of the court, but
only one seems jto bt much relied on as
a cause for setting aside the verdict. This
is tbs admission of th$ Staples testimony.
It- is i held by j the defence that a letter
charging improper j conduct with a
station .agent'd .wife at Saltpetre Cave
will not and cannot apply to a charge of
-uiproper conauct wiuj tne wife of a sec
tion master at Springwood. On the
other; hand the prisoner admitted both
by ins letters and on the stand that he
thought the Staples ipatter was directly
jcicitcu lu m uw arsons Jej ser.
' The Sun's Cotton.Review.
New York, Aug-20. The Sun's cotton
report says: Cotton declined !o to 6
points: rallied and closed easy at a de
cline for the day of 3 to o points. &aies
were 43,600 bales. Liverpool declined
i point, but recovered it and closed very
steady. Spot salejs were 8,000 bales at
prices in buyers favor, though without
quotable change, tjn Bombay yarns and
cloths were dull.1 in -gew (jneans
futures declined 2 to 3 points. Spot
cotton here was 1-lbc lower. Sales
weie 450 bales for export and 71o for
spinning. Southern markets were (jmiet.
To-day s features? w ltna auu ana weaK
Liverpool market, a quiet state of , trade
in Manchester and some increase in the
receipts at the ports and interior towns
with a strite at NewDeaiora. oenerai
favorable crop accounts and selling for
local and European account, prices
here were depressed. Some unfavorable
crop reports were received from Texas,
reporting too mch rain which was
causing rust and ehedding. but most of
the news was bearish and it carried the
day. - .
The Satanita Defeats the Britannia.
South Sea, Eng. Aug. 20. Under the
auspices of the Royal Albert Yacht club
the Britannia and Satanita started at 10
o'clock this morning in a race for the
Royal Albert cup over the course from
the commodore-s boat at South Sea,
ronndinsr the Nab mark boat and back to
Cowes, twice around, the whole distance
about fifty miles, 'jne eaianna leu . at
tie .start and won the race.
TAUGHT A LFSSON.
The British Government Determined
to Have no Repetition of the Ala"
bama Claims 1 he Black Hags
to Kight for China.
LONPON, Aug. 20. The Earl of Kim?
berly, Secretary, of State for Foreign Af
fairs, has ordered the customs authorities,
at Glasgow to seize the warship Islam,
which is being fitted out there for either
China or Japan. This order was issued
under the foreign enlistment act, as was
also the order of last Saturday, to seize
at New Castle the torpedo catcher, built
at the Elswick works for China.
The GZobe this afternoon applauds the
Government for acting with vigor in
preventing a violation of the enlistment
act. Baying: "It is plain that it does not
intend to allow another Alabama to be
fitted out. We were very sore about the
Alabama decision, yet there is no doubt
that it was, in principle, perfectly right."
Mail advices from China,3 received
here, show that the Chinese Government
has prohibited the exportation of horses.
Horses are regarded as contraband of
war by Japan. , Recruiting for the army
is progressing actively. China has ac
Gented the offer of Liu-Yung-Fi, the
former ChiefsOf the Black Flags, of Ton
auin. who is how a naval commodore at
Canton, to reorganize the Black Flags to
fight against the J apanese.
Death of Dr. W- p. Dabney.
Charlottesville, Va., Aug. gO.-r-Dr
William C. Dabney, professor of 6b
etetrics and medicine at the University
of Virginia, died this afternoon at the
university, acred 4a years, i roiessor
Dabnev was well known in medical cir
cles, a member of the American Medical
association and the Association of Ameri
can Physicians. He was a brother of the
present solicitor of the gtate Department.
testimony, as to the difficulty" between
himself and his employes. 1 Whether
Pullman had acceded to or declined to
comply with the request, and what
course the commission would i pursue in
the event of Pullman proving contu
macious, would all appear in proper
time in the proceedings of the commis
sion. Mr. Wright said, i It.
It was said also that remiestn Rimilnr
to that sent to Mr. Pullman were sent to
several of the general managers.! So far
as could be learned only one of them has
responded thus far. I f
GOULD NOT FUSE.
MemDers oi tiie Carolina Yaciit 6iuD
WAKE BEPUBUCAWS AND
POPULISTS DO HOT AGREE.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Stocks and Bond in Ne-rtr Vnik-
Grain and Provision Markets
-. X I f Chicago,
New -York, Aug. 20. Offerings of
bng stock checked the rising tendency
in the railway group this morning. The
disposition to realize profits,! howeyer,
was only natural, in view of fthe sharp
rise which followed thex declaration of
the regular dividend on Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy. London was the
to sell and parted with fairly large
amounts of St. Paul and other j of its
specialties. I The early loss was less than
a point, being greatest in Burlington and
Quincy and Louisville and INashville,
which receded each to 771- and 54 J- re
spectively. ; The offerings.however, were
well taken and the market j properly
speaking, could not be called weak. Rail
way earnings were of material assistance
to the bulls, the reports to hand for th
second week of .August having
shown an- improvement. ! This is
particularly true of the Southern
and Southwestern groups, in-Louisville
and Nash villa the gain being $15,200;
Norfolk and Western $3,300 and Kansas
and Texas $16,500. It was in the Indus
trials, however, that the greatest interest
was manifested. American Sugar, as
usual, showed the way, and oh dealings
of 54,400 shares jumped 4 per cent, to
114f. This stock sold at its highest after
it had been announced that the Senate
Finance committee had reported on the
"pop gun" bills. Chicago Gas rose to
73 from 76J, the advance being stimu
lated by Chicago advices that 'Mavor
Hopkins had retused to accept the bond
of the Universal Gas company unless the
names of the bankers of tae 'enterprise
were ' disclosed. General ; Electric on
further covering of short contracts, rose
to 44;"- Tobacco rose to 99, preferred to
108; Cotton oil to' 32$ and preferred to
76. Lead, preferred, moved f uo to 89.
while the common was neglected.
Whiskey, ranged between 18 " and
19fiX Reports were again current that
the company had secured the money re-
quired 1 to take its product out of "bond,
but no official confirmation could be ob
tained here. In the last hour of busi
ness the railways developed j more
6trength.The market finally closed
firm, and i to l per cent, higher for the
active railway issues and i to 8f per
cent, higher for the Industrials, Sugar
leading. There was a better inquiry for
the usually inactive issues, and Rubber.
common, Pullman, United States Leather
preferred, Chicago and Eastern Illinois,
Colorado Fuel, Consolidated; Gas and
New England moved up anywhere, from
1 to 5 J per cent. The transactions were
heavy. The bond market was active and
strong. Salesof listed stocks aggregated
177,000 shares; unlisted, 72.000. i I
Chicago, Aug. 20. New York dic
tated the course of wheat values to day.
They were evidently in possession of
facts regarding foreign markets early in
the day that Chicago was ignorant of.
Not only were they buying wheat t here,
but their own market was leading levery
other point in the matter of i strength.
It developed, later, that Berlin and PariB
were strong and higher and that all
American offers of wheat made Saturday
night had been accepted by jthe other
side. This market opened weak and
lower, but the New York orders to buy
came forward so freely that the tone
quickly changed into one of j firmness,
which gathered strength as prices ad"
vanceo. . At the close a general demand
sprung up and last prices were the best
of the day. September wheat opened at
53fc, sold up to and closed at 55fc, 14 to
He higher than Saturday, Cash ' wheat
was Btrong and lc per bushel higher.
: Corn The country scared the "shorts"
again to-day. Everything looked nice
and easy for a decline at thej opehing.
out tne orders to buy were many m
number, and large in amount. A feel
ing that 50 cents, for May would bring
out many stop loss orders and result ;n a
smashing of values Induced; the local
talent tq attempt a hammering of prices
at the start, but when they reached 51
cents the orders to.buy predominated and
the crowd met with disappointment.
May corn opened from 51 to 5UC, ad
vanced to 53ic, dropped back to 521 to
were demorai
He charged Gen. Miles with being in
league with the railroad managars to
suppress the strise, and related in
stances where, as he alleged, men were
made to work at the point of the bayo
net. The refusal of the general man
agers to accept the American Railway
union's proposition to end the strike was
then recited. Mr. Debs denied that the
American Railway union had any an
tipathy for the old organization.
" Withm the next three days," said the
witness, "we are going to take steps to
unify all railroad labor organizations.
We are willing to give up our positions
and sacrifice the American Railway
union to accomplish this, result and agree
not to accept an official- position at the
head of the new organization.' '
Debs testified that from the beginning
the American Railway union and the
strike leaders had been badly treated by
the Chicago press. Interviews had been
distorted and many lies told. If there
had been a revolution it would have been
directly chargeably to . the press 5 of
Chicago rather than to the American
Railway union. ; j
"I don t beheve the railroad employes
of this country could win a strike to-day
if they were all organized in one broth
erhood, because the courts are against
labor, I can show in twenty years of
writing that I have always been opposed
to stnfeee, but 1 think there are times
when they are lustifiable, no matter how
much the public is discommoded.
Deba eaid he did not think the general
managers were always to blame in re
ducing wages, because their orders came
from a higher source. He believed the
American Railway union could never be
crushed and that the spirit of orgamza
tion among laboring men would always
be strong. He predicted that more
serious troubles would occur than ever
before. X X , :
Debs was crossed examined by Com
missioner Kernan, who sought to bring
out the point that a state board of arbi
tration would beof benefit in adjusting
labor troubles. Debs admitted tbat.it
would be of temporary benefit, but ad
vocated above all things, the Govern
ment ownership of railroads.
. "I believe in abolishing the wage j sys
tern' said the witness, " belieyp in P"
operative commonwealth."
In other words, you believe' in State
socialism" said Chairman Wright.
- "Well, in the essential points of State
socialism. The wage system s nothing
more than slavery.
George M. Pullman has been asked to
appear before the commission to give
was steady at unchanged' prices.
! Uats attracted but little attention to
day, the trade merejy taking Uhe tone
um putu q,u. wueau xue opening was
esy, out tne recovery was prompt, and,
tnougn out a moderate business was
transacted, there was a Bteady feeling
session. j.ho oiose was
Saturday for September. ! Cash oa3
were firm and steady later. Jmces were
unchanged, i i X
Provisions-r-Ffoduct manifested great
strength to-day. There was a small run
i i 1 5 . J L. J
oi nogs at tne yaras; some ot tae grouus
were strong and higher, and the gram
markets were advancing, all of which
had a bearing on the provision trade. A
prominent packing company iwas bid
ding prices early in the day with a
greater desire evidently to cause an ad
vance than to really ; buy any product,
Late in the day a well known commission
man bought freely of ribs, lhe close
was 20c higher than Saturday for janu
ary pork, lQp higher for January lard,
and Tic higher fpr January ribs.
Incendiaries at Work.
Bergen Point, N, J., Aug. 20. The
incendiaries who renewed operations at
Bavonne about a month ago kindled
just before 1 o'clock this morning a fire
that destroved about $250, wu worth ot
property. The blaae started m the former
gigantic Plant oi tne ueiuuui varr ix.
Hobson agricultural implement manu
factory. Those who first saw the fire say
the names burst out simultaneously in
several sections of the works. When the
firemen arrived at the works they found
that the hydrants in the immediate vi
cinity had been so tampered with that it
required almost an hour s labor; to ppen
the valves and get water on the names.
Plants Resuming Work.
Wheeling. "VST. Va. . Aug. 20. A large
number of men resumed work here to
day. The big Riverside tube works
went on full tune after months oi partial
idleness, and the Wheeling steel plant
also resumed operations. ! t-
-ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO
Each Side Claiming too Much Con
dition of the Crops Pine Racing
Anticipated More Conyicts Ao
-X bejsent to the ' Farms A
Letter to a Confederate
Soldier Which. Finder .
Wishes to Return.
Messenger Bureau, .-I-Raleigh.
Aug. 20. J
The Republicans and Populists in this
county met in conference Saturday, and
through committees tried to fuse. A Re
publican tells me the ' Populists were as
"silly as sheep," and that really nothing
was done It is said that the Populists
want the Republicans to come in on their
platform. The Populists, on the other
hand, claim the Republicans' want too
much. The latter will bold their county
convention next Saturday and it is inti
mated will put up a straight ticket, just
as it is said they will do in Chatham
county. ;
XThe crop report issued o-day is, in the
main, a fine one. In the Eastern district
cotton is siiedding some. There is rather
too much weed." The damage by rains
in the Southern part of the Central dis
trict is now said to have been overesti
mated. In the Eastern district there has
been too much rain. for all crops. Cotton
is reported to be shedding largely. 1 The
weather is very unfavorable for fodder
pulling. Curing tobacco has generally
been successful up to this time. Though
damaged some by recent rains, the corn
crop will be fine. Rice is reported fine.
Other crops, such as sweet potatoes,
peanuts, grasses, etc.. are generally good.
The rainfall reported was: Jacksonville
3.45 inches, Sladesville 0.75, Clark 3.50,
Currituck 11.25, Wilmington 0.94. Rob-
esonville 3.45, Falkland 2.26, Rocky
Point 1.50, Teachey's4.00, Mt. Olive 1.50l
Columbia 1 45, Lumberton 2.19,' New
Bern 1.02, Weldon 0.81.
In the Central district five reports only
out of sixty -two report unfavorable con
ditions. The damage by excessive , rains
the previous weeks is reported to have
been overestimated. The past week has
been quite warm, with alternating
showers and sunshine. Local storms of
wind, heavy rain and hail occurred on
the 13th 15th, and 16th, with some dam
age by hail to tobacco and some corn
blown down. Tobacco is curing well.
There will; be good crops of wrappers.
Cotton is beginning to open. Shedding
it reported frdm Richmond county,
where Borne rust has appeared. The cot
ton "crop Iwill undoubtedly be good.
Fall plowing ls.under way and fall oata
are being planted. Sowing turnips is
still going; on. Stock is in extra fine
condition, j Rains reported were; Stem
0.55, .Dalton 0,78, Soapstone Mountain
1.05, Henderson 1.80, Rural Hall 0.25,
Auburni.55U, fine Hall 0.16, New Hope
Academy 0.65, Kaleigh a.OU inches.
I he public schools or thisjjity reopen
September jst. ;
1 he races of Thursday and Iriday of
this week are the most attractive of
those yet held in August. The "free for
all race has some, particularly attract
ive entries and bids fair to be the event
of the meeting.
Persons who are here at the races can
deyote their, time during the morning to
the Middle North -Carolina road con
ference, whch will be in session three
days.
Xhere are now leu convicts within the
penitentiary walls. It is probable that
another gang will soon be sent to the
penitentiary farms on the Roanoke iver
to aid in harvesting the heayy crops there.
The reports i from these farms are now
entirely favorable. f
lopacco sales on this market are ex
pected to begin next week. The crop is
curing exceedingly well. It is a much
better crop than was expected two
months ago.: The first bale of cotton in
this market is looked for about Septem
ber 1st. cotton is opening quite well.
Governor Carr to-day received a copy
of the Columbia, Pa., fieraW.containing
a copy ot a letter dated in Richmond
county in 1862, addressed to A. H. Wat
son, a Confederate soldier in Virginia,
It is signed I "Kate," I There is a post
script wtli the initials " A. O. C." John !
Taylor, of Columbia, has this letter and
washes to return it toj the writer or to
Watson. l - X
m T i , - . -A .
mr. jonn r-roctor, of this city, is ap
pointed by the Governor a director of
the blind institute, vice RufulS,. Tucker,
wno died recently.
CALL AT-
0 3E3C 3NT SON'
ND SEE THE. BEAUTIFUL PINS MADE ESPECIALLY 1-OR THEM.
THE LADIES WILL FIND
That have just come in. Many Novelties that are new. '
Don't Forget to See the Brownies
They are the latest Mail orders receive pa-orhpf attention.
J O -E3L JXT j ixn
No. 1 11
Market Street.
IN YOUR POCKETS.
REGARDLESS OF COST OR ACTUAL VALUE. OUR
15th of September is at the mercy of the buyer,
ing, but a necessity of which we make a virtue.
ENTIRE STOCK TILL THE
A SACRIFICE not of our choos-
IN ANY ARTICLE OF DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY, Ac.
WHY THIS REDUCTION? I
Yon may ask. A natural question easily answered Wp hv nrwmH nn a irro
DRY GOODS AND MILLINERY ESTABLISHMENT oTthe ZtiZ
perous towns m Georgia. We don't want to move a single article in ourstoretd
our Georgia House, and if the greatest reduction ever offered to the trade will effect
this end, we will not have to move them. COLD FAdS are the best and most
convincing proof s. An inspection of out stock and comparison of prices, will su b
stantiate what we say. Other closing out sales are not in it when it comes to
gnces and quality of goods. Remem ber all Goods that are not sold by the 15th of
eptember will be shipped to our, Georgia firm. No Goods Charged from this date.
FENNELL, FORE & CO.,
Front Street, Next Door North of Parcel! House, Wilmington, 5. c.
Taylorfs
UT ( LL4RIi SALE AT
V
Bazaar
EVERYTHING T1UST BE SOLD.
Corsets, Underwear, Gloves, Laces, Mitts, Ribbons,
Hats, Flows; Feathers,; Silks, Umbrellas, Sun Shades,
"P)RY GOODS, CLOAKS, CAPES,
and Caps, Children's Reefers, Toys, Dolls. &c.
for yourself at ' i T
INFANT'S
WEAR, BABIES' CLOAKS
: i
Come and compare prices and see
:il ,h-
N J -' -x rv
S MARKET STREET.
Orders by Mail Promptly Filled.
J Vi'- Z 8U"in5 ner; SaS that judge Hoke was' too dick to hold
f a y r1?' . vrn person county c
Send in your order for Brooms and patronize home industry. Broom at all
county court at fioxboro this
wees. As It is too late to designate a
judge to hold the term there will be no
court, " ,
The grape growers at Southern Pines I
have had quite a successful season. Of
course the frost cut off a good deal of the
crop, yet the shipments wtfre quite heayy
prices and in every style and quality at
THE TAYLOR MANCFACTrRISO CO.,
10S North Water 'Street.
under running operations all through the and 'the returns satisfactory, it is said.
A A -f nan 1 XT i. .1. I -l in I
i v Lilt; iruLRS uruuiuwre will 113
great, as hundreds of thousands of vines j
will then come into hearing.
The State Democratic Central commit
tee met here this evenink at the head-
auarters, pursuant to the "call of Chair-
man Pou. I
Barlow, Powers & Dolson's minstrels
this evening at the academy of music,
ooened the amusement season here.
I . . . - mil 1 .1 l 1 1
Many attractions are oooKea at Doin we
theatres. f I
To-day all the stall holders moved, out
of the market, which the city' will re-
ciodel at a cost of $3,9130.- It will require
two months to do the work. The fronts
of the new stalls will be of gas pipe and
heayy wire netting.
Catholic Sisters May be Teachers.
Ebensbuko, Pa., Aug! 20.:-Judge Bar
ker to-day handed down a decision in
the suit by "W. T. Kerr, State councilor
of the Junior Order United American
Mechanics, against the board of direc
tors of the Gallatsen school, to prevent
the employment of Catholic sisters, wear
ing their religious garb, as teachers. The
iudsre decides that sisters may be em
ployed as teachers; that tney may do at
tired in the garb of their order, and that
they may be addressed by the pupils by
their religious names, but refuses to
allow the Catholic catechism to be
taught. The costs were divided.
DO YOU BATHE?
XE MEAN IN THE SURF, AND ASK QUI
tion thinking possibly as pric on those two piece Jersey
KofhniTa it a a nopn rwiiKipn r.wmiiti iih h.ei iniiuiwiiiKii
I ,.-:,!.- : - .x . " .'
to purchase one. They are all right, but only a few .
and Lant to close them out hence the red'uetion. C
. ' I i X i " i
dren's Shirt waists are cool and comfortable.
Small size, juvenile
i r . vx- ;. 1 x .
present prices would interest you
Suits have gone with a rush and quantity rathe:
laijge
for lateness of season.
very likely 4 secure one j now.
Your own price
Men's
her
. w
too
ould
Suits
f
are more
saleable usually, but somehow or other stock hasn't jet
i
reached low water mark.! If close prices will move them
j - '- X : V X j'- I ,
they will certainly go this week. Don't fail to memorize
the fact that your Bize can be secured for a very small
outlay.X Everything marked down.
ZMI-uLDa-spin. d5 Co,
' Another Police Captain in Trouble.
New York, -Aug. 20. Superintendent
Byrnes to day preferred charges against !
Police Captain John T. Stephenson.of the
Mulberry street station. Capt Stephen?
son is charged f with having received
bribes while in command of the Leonard
street station. He will be tried before
the commissioners next Tuesday. ,
SATIN
WAVE, WHITING'S NO. 1
BOND, All the
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Highest of all in Leavening Power Latest V. S. Gov't Report
"ARD'S IRJSH LINEN, UUKU
QUALITY, CRANE'S ?KID FINISH COMMON WEAiii
above in Octavo and Commercial Blzes, with Envelopes to mawn.
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Indo Flax Parchment French Quadrille, Overland, for Foreign Correspondence.
BOX PAPER AND PADS, all the Latest Styles and Tints, Ruled and Unruled.
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senting neariy wi - Thomiiffh Rufdneaa
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