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TFLEG B A PHIC SUMMARY.
lions- ChauHoey mac "'9
Jariinerv, iu
ie cobvention 'of State D-yuoeratic cluns
a Icigh Septemrr zihiv ivm. ' XJ-
Mor ton is a Cami itf ale for the jbr u ber-
. . ' " L.:' -V..." ViA s.
olxirt J. paces, nw mue in- .ur.?-T
warships are -bombarding Port
'.-" . ..4 "1
ese
Arthur
A -eirnn; the Asneviue ana
-UulpliurSpru strjet railway became
. ntnUiHabh' and jumped the track at
)':.i.L -i.vl npisona were injured.
t 1 1 ..... ,.,..-;LrWl rn t.hw traek
L -.1 .1 ' . i ..1,ii-t.n-. fnnvintirn
file houinwii i-wuf'v" .w .j. -
illusion in WasHington rtd it last 6es-:
l,m yesterday and adjourned to nwet.m
ashingtoh at some future ttay io oe
reified; It adopted plans, loosing to a
permanent exhibition, in Washington
;afid the formation of a Southern Devel
opment bureau citiaens of Maryland
hkve organized a horse show association,
like liiit exhibition will be at Baltimore,
tJfctober 22nd to 27th. ' Five thousand
.tlllurl suvl othwr tpejjial prized will be
offered The last of the 'idle j coke
pfcinw iff me tjHiiuii(,uwjj, iu,.,
htbrtH up- -The Ciinarder, Campania
h&aks the record on
the eastward j trip,
milking the fast time
lof 5 days, 10 hours
iil 4t minutes- Two towns in Texas
arc flooded to the depth of four feet by
a loud burst Hoi)' Kong has been
detlartd' f tee from thje plague There
'ar. 30(1 new cases of cholera and eighteen
do ithSjl'ro-n tliat disease in Myzlowijtz in
"lrMin Silesia. The first case in ptet
.tinli rinri Led -Tiiei Vigilant andj the
is m
nnif.1. r:u5Wl ve-twiav: wnen ! me
inil.W was uearlv ovnr the course, with
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li.8ut!iTiitfi.'far m the rear, the
Satan ita far in the rear, the wind
fai
led entirely and the; judges declared
the
ra!e off The steamer Rover? ar-
riv
lri
at-New Orleans from liluelieids,
of the sending . of 'the
AnforifW and; British prisoners to Gpey:
to4n by the Spaniards. The British'
mai-ofwar left Bluefielda the day be
for, it is thought, in order to place! all
tluresponsibility of aiction on the com
mander of the Columbja. It is thought
in Nicaragua tliit he submitted to jthjs
action; the part of the Spaniards under
insolations from Wasl.ington, tlie j fiov
ernliei.t fearing any entanglenlent
woijid injure the prospecu? of the Nca-
raga;
dyiflgi
canal (,ien. p. P. BanKa, is
-U-The SBritisi gunboat Red
Polf goes to Port Arthur A large
imnher of Japanese
bodies are found
JloatiUsj in tlie water
at tlio mouthy of
Tatrtng Stiver- Fire
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is started among
luififlred ef boats moored in
the Canton
rivof and many of i them nre burned.
A great nianylChineno jjuniped into 'the
, rivet arill many more jwere burned to
Vdealh. Over 1,000 lives were lout the
Cunfirder Lucania.'arriyed at New York
yestl-rday. She lowered ; the previous
, l)estriui:6n a- westward trip by fcrty
minlktc s? The consequences of the
v watlr -spout at Uvalde, . Texas, swere
fearful. Mny personsj were drowned.
FortL- miles of the Southern Pacific rdad
Jihd aiiany bridges were washed away,
Ad ;tinct j eartlujuake
.3" ust before the rush of
shock
water.
was felt
A, Grand Democratic Kaliy.
v4
ASntN'u'TON, A
r31. Col. Julian
S. Clirr, president of" the
State lAssocia-
tioniof I )e"mot rati,c cljubs, is arranging
for : brilliant opening of the campaign
iiu usueiKh fieptemoer uiu. non. iiiaun-
cey
Mack, president, and Hon. Lawrence
i. m V" . .- r ' - . I - I I . 1 .
-.-Uiar!
. have
ner, secretary of the National clubs,
accepted invitations to speak. Sen-
iitors
- Ransom, Jarvis land other Ndistin-
:uisi
led peniocrats willj speak. !
'Bradstreet's, Import.
hlLW VuRK, Aug.
SlJk-Brd(Mrcefs
o-
1
inoifow w.ui say : At an but a tew cities
front which' special ulegrams are e-
ceivd favorable indueQces are shown to
have been at work, resulting to still fur
ther improvement in : tlie business situa
lion since the setrlemnt of the tariff
v EutrlaOd woolen mills are now
reporting orders 'for lieayy Woolens.
' PruTa I afad.' dress woolens are selling
freeft' and there has; bejeri and is an in
creased demand for funds at larger East
ern 'tentfes, not only fopwithdrawals pf
gootls from bond, but te) meet increased
olTeings of commercial papers-. : ;M
Tllus far, funds to move crops have not
gonl West as freely asi anticipated. K
.Aft exception to the j improvement in
ens!nd in. staple lines ;in Western and
; Midlt, States "is reported from Provi-
lenae. I" . i . i'
Tfie South Atlantic and Birmingham
alow do not "report a larger volume of
buoiSiet-s. hut the character of cotton
.shiplnents in the near future will deter
mini1 the volume of purchases. )
Itlis noteworthy that the financial con
diti (In of Texas merchants is. said to be
lettf thnn for years. )ne of the most
intefestipg trade features consequent oh
. the fiew laritF is reporiel from Galveston,
thaffian export order to I the West Indies
v of 1 1. 000 barrels of Hour- has been.canl-
eeleft, bv reason of the ;Spanish reUliar
tor'mduty Galveston s banana trade .e
to be hurt also", owing ; to lacK of
n cartrbes for.fruit steamers.
03ton, a fair fait business is doing
r"y goods, liriitness characterizing
ottim labric prices,, o vying to Uie jNev
Bedford and Fall River strikes.
ri'hiladelphia, j sugar is advancing
onMeciua4.iv e uemana ana 11 is uectarecui
m - a f j i. 1 1
crooers will carry heavier ! stocks. . To
bacdo manufacturers are busier on im-
profed demand j since the settlement of
the iarilT huestion. 1 1
fJiaerat trade at Baltimore is tjuite
encuraKing, owing to the somewhat un
expectedly large number of buyers ia
all Janes from tuejSonth and West, whose
hase ljave resulted m quite an lm
ement over, last week.
iltinM' to Have a
i i
Hrirse Show.
KLTXjtORE, Auar. 31.1 The Marvland
llOlse Show association fliaa hwti nrcran.
lzed and Baltimore is-tol have an annual
fxhibitioii of blooded horses, similar to
thoie held in New York and Philadel
lMJ Gdvernor Frank Brown has . been
elected uresident of the; new association
it i4 expend that ruerej than 500 horses
-willsbe oh eimwtioq.. Jine association
willloiTer $5,060 in cash prizes, besides
riuiAber of special prizes in plate. Thje
.claiffs will include iackneys, roadsters,
trotters, high steppers; saddle horsey
tanlems, ! f our-in-haads j ponies, hunters,
Ju nper8 and others. I 1
Cotton Spinners' Convention Called.
-FltL River, Mass. Aug. 31. Notice
has peeu issued to all branches of the
Nat onal Cotton MuW Spinners' Associai
tiori Of America that the semi-annual
sonrention of - the 'association will be
hek at Boston; commencing September
18th." next. ' The convention is held alj
thistime by order "of the executive coun4
cil on account of the recent reduction 'iri
waes and the strike of ew Bedford
j;jiiners. 1 ;. ' "
pecss
retnS-
TO DEVELOP THE SOUTH.
LAST DAY'S MEETING " OF THE
CONTENTION.
Report of the Committee on Plans
and Scope Resolutions .; rooking
to'FullOrBanikation and Per- ,.
j roanent Exhibit Adopted
j '- A Committee to Perfect
.1 Details to be Appointed -:;J
from the Southern
''- States.
Wasiiinqton, Aug. 31 The second
and last day of the coiKt-ntion for the
development of j Soutli-rn induatriea
was oDened bv an adlrtsij by W. 'P.
Vincenheller, of
sioner of mines
Arkansas, commib"
manufactures and
agriculture of thatlState.
f W. Seymour White, of
Fredericks
burg, Va., chairman of the committee
on plan and scope, presented the reportjof
the committee,'; prefacing it by a protest
against an impression that the conven
tion was intended t "boom" the South
Such was not the intention, said Mr.
White. j
The report was iri
the form of a series
of resolutions, in substance as follows:
1. That a permanent organization be
effected by the establishment in Wash
ington, D. C, of a permanent 'bureau
for the exhibition o all the resources of
the Southern States, to receive, j cata
logue and properly list all properties
with authentic information concerning
them, and such exhibits as may be sent
in for the general information of capital
and labor that may) desire to settle in
any section of the South, and to promote
immigration to the Southern States. The
ex penpes of the bureau are to be paid out of
a l und to be contributed pro rata by such
Southern States as may take part in its
establishment and organization. A small
registry fee is to be required of all parties
listing properties for sale. As an adjunct
to the central bureau in Washington, it
is provided that there should be a bureau
for each State in the South, f o be com
posed of the commissioner of agriculture
or labor or immigration of that State,
and such assistants as he may appoint.
All property is to be listed at the central
bureau through the sub bureaus in each
State. On the sale of any of the proper
ties listed, a email commission is to be
paid, to be applied to the expenses of the
bureau or to the reimbursement of , any
Stafethat may have contributed to its
support., j , - ;
2. A committee of one member from
each State arid the District of Columbia is
provided for to perfect the details of the
plan of organization. '
3. The convention shall adjourn to
meet in Washington at such times as the
committee of one from each State may
determine. The Governors of the various
Southern States and the commissioners
of the District of Columbia are requested
to appoint as delegates to the adjourned
convention ten citizens from different
sections of their States and ten from the
District of Columbia, giving preference,
as far as possible, to members of the
present convention. The Governors of
the Southern States are requested .to at
tend the meeting in Washington, and a
committee of one from each State and
the District of Columbia are directed to
perfect all the details of the plan for
permanent organization of a bureau of
advancement and advertising and the
promotion of immigration to the South,
and have it ready to submit to j the pro
posed Washington meeting. j
The resolutions cordially endorse the
movement inaugurated and j the bill
pending in Congress looking to the erec
tion a Government building in Wash
ington for a permanent exhibition of all
the Statt s 01 the union. .
'Charles Catlett, of Virginia, intimated
that contributions' from the Southern
States cculd not be depended on.
B. F. Clavtonw of Florida, contended
that the report was not circulated to ad
vance the purposes 01 the convention.
He" thought those present were able to
do what they had been called together to
do. The committee shpuld have pre
pared a plan for permanent organiza
tion, but , they nad suggested action
which would give a political complexion
to the subsequent convention. He was
opposed to mixing politics and business.
The Governors' of the- Southern States
were not the proper persons to carry out
the ideas advanced. There were some
Southern Governors whom he would not
trust.' (Lou applause). j
Mai: Robt. W. Hunter, of Virginia,
defended the committee. He declared
that neither Mr. Clayton nor Mr. Catlett
had suggested a practical substitute.
The committee had suggested the only
practicable plan. This convention, he
said, was but an initial movement. The
South did not care for Poles, Hungarians
and Anarchists.
Mr. Beaslev. of North Carolina, made
an earnest plea for the adoption of the
report. Ue held that the establishment
01 a permanent Dureati wouia ao away
wth the " boom" idea and prevent mis-
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representatiofr to prospective investors
Another defense of the Teporc was
made by Maj. Yancey, oV Florida, who
prophesied ; that the Southern States
would make appropriations for the sup
port of the permanent bureau.
Mr. Irvine," of Mobile, Ala., came , out
emphatically against the report, which
he said wa3 on the plan of a circumlocu
tion omce. it the matter; were going to
be submitted to legislative action and to
the Governors of the States, it would
never amount to anything. If a busi
ness plan were adopted, the convention
would eecure enough money before any
Legislature me to carry out the practi
cal idea for which the convention was
called.'
L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, tpoke
for the report. He contended that the
present meeting was not a representa
tive body. ; . -. :
Mr. Barrett, of Weijt Virginia, thought
that defecates to the permanent conven
tion should be appointed by commercial
and industrial bodies and tanners organ
izations.
Mr. Irvine, of Alabama, offered an
amendment, providing that the perma
nent exhibit sijould be supported by an
nual contributions of f W each from ail
Southern business end other bodies, in
stead of by such Southern States AS take
nart in its establishment,
This amendment was lost and the-rest
Of the first section was adopted in its en
tirety, and the second section was agreed
tn without opposition.' the section pro
viding -that Governors of the seveval
Southern States and the board of Dis
trict commissioners shall each appoint
ten delegates to the adjourned conven
tion was adopted with Va& elimination
of the clause giving preference to mem
bers of the nresent convention and the
addition of an amendment that business
men shall have representation m the ad
journed meeting, but that the voting
power of each State shall be eqnaL The
section providing that the convention
adjourn, to meet in Washington was also
adopted as was also an amendment re
quiring Governors to appoint as delegates
men representative of the industries in
the several otates.
The report as amended was then
r)."-.nted.
Dr, Wm. C. Day, of the United States
owdntrical survey, told the convention
oKnnt the mineral resources of the South.
He told of the wonderful deposits . in the
mountains of ail tne Boumern
and his talk proved so interesting that a
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snecial resolution of thanks for his in
formation was adopted. --.""'.
lt ter seyeral papers has been read on
Jsoutnern- resources- me convunuun u
iourned until 8 o'clock p. m. .
The evening session of the convention
was given up principally to a lecture by
Hon. Richards H. CIarke.of Mobile,
representative in Congress from Ala
bama, on the navigable waterways of
Alabama, and the influence of their im
provement upon the commercial develop- j
ment 01 the port of Mobile.
When Mr.- Clarke , concluded some
business was transacted and the conven- j
tion adjourned sine die.
The chairman announced the commit
tee to formulate a plan for permanent
organization, W. F. Beaslev -being the
member from North Carolina and T. S.
Farrer from South Carolina.
WORK OF A WATER-SPOUT.
Towns Inundated People Drowned
Ranches Washed Away Many
Miles of Railway Track De- ;
stroyed An Earthquake
; Preceding the Deluge. -
Sax Antonio, Aug. 31. Newsreached
here by private telegrams that a cloud
burst flooded the town of Uvalde, the
county seat ,of Uvalde county, right
miles west of the Southern Pacific road,
and the town of DhaniSjMediala county,
fifty miles west, Wednesday night after
midnight. The water in Uvalde was
three feet deep and the population took
refuge on high ' ground. Three people
were drowned. In Dhanis two children
were drowned. The water is four feet
deep. The bridges and approaches of
the Southern Pacific were washed away
which will stop trains for a week. -
Uvalde, Texas, Aug. 31 A .terrible
catastrophe befell this thriving town last
night, and to-day there is mourning in
many households. The calamity was
entirely unexpected. The treacherous
Leona river, swollen to a raging torrent
by recent rains, rushed without a mo
ment's warning down upon the town,
submerging and wrecking many houses
and drowning a number of people. In
this arid section such destruction by the
elements has never before been chron
icled. In the excitement of the day it is
not definitely ktiown how many have
been drowned. Among the bodies that
have been identified are: Mrs. Joe Hatch,
Miss Mattie Edwards, child of Mr. Maley
and two Mexicans.
It was about 2 o'clock in the morning
when the flood came. Just as the storm
broke over the city, a torrent of water
rushed down the Leona river, overflow
ing the banks of that stream and flood
ing the lowlands on either side to a depth
of several feet. The east side of the city
is built on lowland, and was direqtlyin
the path of this water. All the houses in
this part of the town were submerged.
There were a number of miraculous
escapes and the rescuers and the rescued
performed many heroic aGts. As soon
as those in the higher part of th8 town
were made aware of the terrible Hood
and dire consequences, the work of res
cuing began and was carried out as rap
idly as possible in the darkness of the
night.
One. Mexican family, living on -the
ranch of Schwartz, five miles below
town are supposed to have been lost, no
vestige of the ranch being left, it n
feared that Indianola's history is re
peated. An earthquake shock of some seconds
duration was distinctly felt during the
night. At one place, near the city,
about a quarter, of a mile of heavy
cracks appeared on each side of the
Leona river, having apparently no
bottom.
A track walker of the Southern
Pacific road, after wading through water
up to his neck, with his lantern elevated
above his head, succeeded in feeling his
way far enough east to intercept a west
bound train and 'prevent its plunging
into the raging river where the railroad
bridge had been destroyed.
News late this evening reaches here
that three families living below town
were drowned. The names have not yet
been learned.
The loss to the Southern Pacific road
13 enormous, ror:.y miles of track and
many bridges having been washed away.
Over 100 car loac'a of material and 300
laborers left San Antonio for the scene of
the wreckage this evening. The damage
to the Southern Pacific extends eastward
about seventy-five miles from this city.
A rough estimate of the loss to property
in" general, and the railroad company
will, as far as known,, reach $1,500,000.
The Sun's Cotton Reyiew;
New York, Aug. 31.-r-The n's cot
ton review of to-day's market says; Cot
ton advanced 2 to 4 points, but reacted
and closed generally 1 to 2 points lower
and easy. . The sales were 59,600 bales.
Liverpool advanced 4 to 2 points, the dis
tant deliveries showing the most strength,
but, later on, part.of the rise was lost and
tne marKec ciosedrouiet. laDot sales were
10,000 bales at hardening, butunchanged
prices. ,x in Mancxiesiet-yarns were dull
but steady, cloths quiet. New Orleans
advanced 3 points and then 'reacted, and
December made a net decline of 1 point.
compared withxyeoterday's plosing. Port
receipts were b,oo bales, against 3,270
this day last week and z,m( last year;
total for the week, 24,794 bales, against
13,829 X last week -and 17,702 for
the samp week last year. New
Orleans received 1,561 new bales
to-day. Savannah 552, Charleston 250
and Norfolk 38, Houston's receipts to
day were a,90 bates, against 2,583 this
day last week and. 988 last year. The
Mississippi and Georgia State reports are
unfavorable In .Northwest x Arkansas,
the crop is on some localities, it is said,
almost ruined, but, on the whole, the
crop in' ; that State seems to be doing
pretty well, lhe rainfall for twenty
four hours ending 6 o'clock last night in
Texas was 1.02 at Columbus, 1.20 at
Luling, 1.47 at Belton, .68 at San
Marions: .60 at Longview: .55 at Hunts-
vllie'. .87 at Brenham, 3 inches at Wayco,
.50 at Hearhe, and .55 at San Antonio.
Elsewhere the ram fall included 3.50
inches at' Prescott. Little Rock
district: 1.94 at Shnver, 1.30 at
Alexandria, 1.14 at Covington, in the
New Orleans district; a inches at Alap-
aha and .78 at uuitman, in the Savan
nah district; 1.08 at Qkoloha, in the
Mobile section and 1.03 at St. George, in
the Charleston division. The prediction
for the next twenty -four hours was fair
weather for the cotton belt with occa
sional showers. - Heavy ' rams at the
South, a sdyance in Liverpool and
some covering "of ' sjhoytg by those who
did not eare to remain shoyiover the
holidavs. caused higher prices hero early
in the day, but later on the improvement
was lost and a small decline followed.
oaring to large receipts at the ports and
the intent o?j0 and nome liquidation
by discouraged long. '
Another Coke Plant, Starts Up.
Uni6ntown, Pa., Aug. 31. The coke
plant of the Stewart Iron company, near
here, has started up fn iau to aay. j.nis
Plant was one of the firs'tm the region to
the last in this section to start up. Su
perintendent Vandusen feaid this morning
the strikers. " - - "
Kidnapped y Chinese Troops.
Paris. Aug. SI. A despatch from
Ha-Noi, the capital of Tonquin, says that
last Monday night the (Jninese auacsieci
the house of M. Chaillet, collector of
customs at Monkai. killed him and kid
napped his wife and daughter. Troops
were sent out in pursuit of the Chinese,
Dut iaueu 19 oyeypake jnem.
WILMINGTON, N. 0,, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
ft BRITISH FRAUD.
THE
VIGILANT AND SAT ANITA
RACE YESTERDAY. -
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The Vigilent Far in the Lead When
the Race ia Declared OflT ror Lack ;
of Sufficient Breeze Precedents
Ignored by the Committee ,
Who are Censured by Brit-
y '; ish Press Correspond-
enta for their De- i
;. ' cisiou. ' ;
Dartmouth, Aug. 31. After hand
somely vanquishing the biggest of Eng
land's crack cutters, the Satanita; over
half course of the Royal Dartmouth;Yacht
club, the Vigilant lost the prize through
the decision of the regatta committee.
It was certainly a. race in the British ac
ceptation of the term, as there is no time
limit on yachting contests; on this side
of the ocean. ' j ;
It was Vigilant weather! in the opin-
ion of English experts. A light north
east breeze barely ruffled the surface of
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the channel, bringing with lit a mist that
gave the fleet in the offing a spectral as
pect. There were throngs from all over
England to see the Vigilant's first duel
with Mr. Clarke's yacht. I The contest
was for prizes of $250 and $150, under
the auspices of the RoyajDartmouth
club. The course was triangular. The
first leg, of about four miles, was from
the Dartmouth range, at the entrance in
the harbor, due south to the Skerries bell
buoy; thence in a northwesterly direc
tion to a mark boat off East Blackstone,
about four and a half milesj and thence
to the westward about a mile and a half
back to the starting point. The course
was sailed over four times and thus had
eleven turns. I
The Satanita had half a minute the
start, but the Vigilant rounded the
Skerries buoy, the first turn, 2 minutes
and 3 seconds ahead: Rounding the
same buoy on the second turn the Vigi
lant was 16 minutes and 40 seconds
ahead. It was now plain; to the most
prejudiced advocate of the! cutter that,
barring accidents and flukes, the Vigi
lant was a sure winner by a big margin,
which conservatives estimated would be
about half an hour. But the fickle wind
fell almost te a dead calm just after the
yachts rounded the Skerries buoy. The
Vigilant, was first round the east
Blackstone mark boat. A breeze
came out of the south as she laid
her course for" the home mark. The
Satanita stood ' in shore and seemed to
get a better- breeze, which enabled her
to catch up a little. The Vigilant ran
into a calm streak. The Satanita held
the breeze until she passed Newstone,
about a mue from the starting point;
The breeze got around to the southward
and the Vigilant widened the gap be
tween herself and the cutter. The wind
fell again and the yachts barely had
steerage way. The Vigilant was far in
the lead. ' -
At this point the com'xiittee decided to
call the race off. It is surmised that the
decision was somewhat influenced by
the fact that the Satanita had no chance
to wm. Jn regard to the conflict of
40 raters,, the committee had a different
opinion. It decided that the 40-rater
that was ahead at the end of . the first
round should be declared the winner.
The Royal Dartmouth club has the
reputation of being the moat unfair
yachting organization in England. The
decision of their committed caused the
Times and the Fields representatives
here to indulge in very unfavorable com
ment in regard to Dartmouth club
methods.
AMERICAN PRISONERS
Taken to Grey town from. Blue-
nelds-Submitted to by our Naval
Commander in that PorRea-;
sons for not Interfering
British Scheeming.
New Orleans, Aug. 31. The steam
ship Rover, from Bluefields, afr;4 o'clock
p. m. to day, is the first vessel reaching
the New Orleans docks which witnessed
the transportation of the American and
English prisoners to Grey town.
Mr. Ed. Thompson, first mate of the
Kover, in an interview, said that, as
already known, the English man-'of
war left Bluefields the day before the
transportation, leaving the Columbia
alone to protect the prisoners arid pre
vent their transportation. At the present
time, when the policy of the I American
Foreign Ofhce is known, nothing would
have suited the English better than to see
American sailors rescue the prisoners,
English and American both, and possibly
bombard the town, and m such a wav
accomplish two purposes, that is, the lib
eration of the English subjects in the
hands of the Spaniards, and the collapse
of the American canal schemes in Cen
tral America,
This may be considered, Mr Thomp-
said, the true explanation of why the
English captain left Bluenelds at the
most critical time, while pretending to
be on the lookout - to intercept the pris
oners, should an attempt be .made to
take them to Greytown. The; English
captain could have accomplished his
purpose much easier in Ulueheld harbor,
Mr. Thompson says that seyeral hours
before the Yule left" for Greytown, Capt,
Sumner was informed of the intention
of the Spaniards, and could have acted
in the matter if he had wished to do so.
but probably having instructions from
our Foreign Office to do nothing, he
could only grit his teeth at the sight of
many pf his. personal friends being taken
away oy ioreigners. ai is we opimou
in Nicaragua that the Nicaraguan Canal
company concession is to a certain extent
responsible for the failure of the American
Government to display a nrmer foreign
policy, lhe company has not lived up
to its concession, but it wishes no com
plications between the United States and
Nicaragua to arise, for fear of the com
pany losing the" concession. The present
situation in Bluefields is as deplorable as
eyer. Jndians and" Jamaican 'negroes
are daily arrested and nobody is, certain
of his life 6i property, expecting every
hour to be imprisoned on some1 trivial
charge.. ; ;vo. ,. V. ;--
It is the present opmion in Bluenelds
that the property of all foreigners who
have been banished from Nicaragua or
have left on their own account will be
confiscated by the Government. At the
time the Kover left Bluefields the Colum
bia had left for PortLimon, and theMar-
blehead had iust arrived. ,
Except the fruit, business, all other
business is at a standstill and people are
continually leaving the place. Bluefields,
uuiii up 10 uroBueriiv i;yN a.iuc"""
enterprise and with American capital,
will Boon cease to exist if the bpaniards
are to rule the reservation. The1 steam
ship yule came back from Greytown
tne next evening aiier leaving tuueneios,
oimguK news uiat iapi. atuacb, ui iue
English man-of-war had arrived at
Greytown and visited the prisoners at
Greytown iirisoi.
Ordered to Attack the Japanese.
London. Aug. 31. A despatch to the
Times from ShanghaisaTst A Tien-Ism .
despatch from Chinese couriers sa ys that
thirteen Japanese shins, with over 4,000
trooos. are attacking Fort Arthur. ine
ClhinpRO crarrisnn. nnmherinsr 5.000 men,
and the Chinese fleet have oeen oraereu
to attack the Japanese.
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"toe Its and Bonds in New York-
Grain and Provision, Markets
r of Chicago.
New York, Aug. 31. Speculation at
the Stock' Exchange was quiet, and, ex
cept for the dealings in AmericarSugar.
the trading would have been absolutely-
without; feature. In the general list
there was a disposition on the part of the
smaller bulls to even up their contracts
on account of the approaching holiday.
Again j the market lacked foreign sup
port, London having followed the lead
of local operators, selling Louisville and
Nashville and Si. Paul and other stocks,
which, have moved up rapidly since the
passing of the Tariff bill by the Senate.
Sugar; was heavy throughout and fell to
104 from 107f early in the day. The
decline was not checked by the report
that j the Treasury Department had de
cided to make all sugars pay 40 per cent,
ad yalorem, with the additional i cent
above sixteen Dutch standard. Some of
the brokers in the Rtnfr had nwiora
fuPPiy au Dlds, and m the last
nour
nour me stock was weaker than at
anyj time of the day. The general
list j held tolerably well, considering the
efforts made to break Sne-ar. Not
changes show losses ofto li per cent,
American Sugar leadiog. The hond
market was higher. ' ftalea .nf , liatwi
stocks to-day aggregated 92,000 shares.
Unlisted 63,000. , j
Chicago. Aug: 31. Winrfin
September transactions, hv
ferring contracts into more distant
months or by closing up the trades, was
the notable feature of to-dav's buainpnn
in wheat. That some : people did not
make new deals is evinced by the widen
ing of the difference between NpnAmh.,.
and December from 3te vesterdav tr a&
to 31c at the close of rn-H
There w&s an irreeul&r
the close being !firm with the strenrth
rowed from cowi. . December wheat
opened at 56ic. sold between that anrt
57c, closing at 57 to 57ic, ic higher
than yesterday. Cash wheat was in o-nH
demand. Prices averaged to 4c ner
bushel. - i
Bulls in corn were firm in their nri.
sitiontoday. The. telegrams from the
corn belt were many in number and em
phatic in their character. Every house
on the floor was in receipt of despatches
representing worse conditions than have
heretofore been published. ,In addition
to this, the contract stocks are low and
are centered in a few hands. September
shorts took alarm during the latter part
of the session to-day and exhibited a
willingness to pay a premium for that
month. This intensified the strength in
the other futures, prices advancing and
closing at the top. May corn opened at
52fc, sold up to and closed at 53c, 4 to c
higher tnan yesterday. Seotember
closed with a gain of If c for the day.
Cash corn was bought freely by shippers.
Prices were c higher than yesterday. I
uats mis market received strength
from wheat and corn, at the same time
presenting improvement on its own aci
count. The close was fc higher than
yesterday for May. Cash oats were iri
good demand. An advance of Ac over
yesterday was made. J
Provisions On the principle that an
advance in corn, must improve the price
of hogs, and with an actual gain in the
price of that animal in to day's market,
product was Btrong. The receipts of
hogs kept dwindling away, and less
than are now arriving are predicted in
the future. Taking advantage of this
situation, the outside was buying pro-i
visions to-day, with a resultant advance
in values. At the close January nork
was 10c higher than yesterday, January
lard 12c higher and January ribs 7$ to
10c higher. : I
SHOT BY A NEGRO.
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A Serious Affray in - Virginia -The
Negro's Narrow Escape
From Lynching. . I
WJAwunia, va., Aug. 01. A Benous
and, perhaps, fatal shooting affray oc
curred at Blue Ridge Springs Thursday!
night about 11 o'clock, in which Taylor
Overstreet, the watchman a.t the hotel
was wounded by IJenry Griggs.'a colored!
waiter at the hotel. Griggs was arrested:
and would undoubtedly have been
lynched by the enraged people had it not
been for Capt! Phil. Brown, the proprie-l
tor of the hotel.
The trouble arose from the fact that
for some time several of the waiters
have been guilty of indecent conduct in
the presence of Mrs. Terry, who has
cnarge 01 tne aairy.. xne . matter was
reported to Capt. Brown, who advised
that nothing should be done and warned
the negroes to desist from such conduct
lhe offense was repeated, however.
and a crowd went to the negroes for the
purpose 01 tasing them out and thrash
mg them. Mr. Overstreet opened the
door leading into the room occupied by
Gnggs and asked him to come out, as
they wanted to see him. Griggs turned
over in bed and fired at Mr. Overstreet,
the ballet striking him in the abdomen
and lodging in his Uver. Overstreet
promptly returned the fire and
the shooting became general. - Griggs
was shot nvthe side. Greggs, after
being wounded, attempted to escape and
made a dash through the door. He was
followed and caught in the woods near
by. Capt. Phil Brown was sent for, and
when ne arrived on the scene the negro
was on his knees praying ior mercy, and
was surrounded by men with drawn re
volvers. Capt. Brown begged the men
not to do anything rash and let the pris
oner be dealt with according to law.
They were persuaded to do this and the
man was taken to b inca&tle for safe
keeping. Mr. Overstreet's wound is of
a serious nature, ana tears are enter
ained for his recovery.
A Fine Game of Ball.
New York, Aug. 31. Eighteen thous
and spectators saw the New York defeat
the Bostons at the Polo grounds to-day
in a game that keep everybody on edge
until the winning runs were scored in
.1 1 .1 T - 1 . I- V. : t
me eitruiii inning. . xvuoif, iuuuxu a uit
wild, pitched maguihcent'y witnmen on
bases, eleven being left. iNicnois was
'effective for seven innings and then
Ward's men fell "upon his curves for
four earntd runs. McCarthy made
fine play in the first inning. With
Tiernan on second and Davis on first.
Doyle singled to left. McCarthy picked
the ball up auickly and by a tremendous
tnrow to lucKer caugni loyie- on nis
Pacing Record Broken. '
Fort Wayne, Ind.. Aug. 31. Robt. J
to-day paced a utile in 2 :03, breaking
the world's record. Alix covered the
same distance in 2.05J. I
Highest of all in Leavening Power- -lite ti. S. v Repojft
1, 1894.
DEM0GRAT8 PLEASED
AT RESULTS OF THE REPUB
LICAN CONVENTION.
Intolerance of Republican Fusioniats
Against tne Antis Notes on the
Convention A Contest in the,
Republican Executive Com- '
mittee Cotton Receipts f
"Stamps for. Play-
ing- Cards.
Messenger Bureau, I
Raleigh, Aug. 81. f
The Democrats are well pleased at the
action of the Republicans and Populists
in fusing. Chairman Evans says "co-op
eration is just the same thine- as f unirm.
and he knows. By the way, when some
of the Republicans were almost falling
over each other in their convention yes
terday, in order to get to ; the front and
say how much they liked fusion, Eaves
was not in the least interested in the
fusion boom, nor did he pledge himself
to do this or do that. ; I
Th intolerance of those Republicans
of the fusion wing against the minority
who were against fusion was verv
marked, They hissed I j. W. Moodv.
anti," until he swallowed fusion; then
cheered him. And when a colored dele
gate began to speak, orrather attempted
to do so, James H. Young, the secretary
cried out to him from the platform to
step out in the aisle so vour nemnf.r&tm
friends can see you." I
The Republicans sav thpv fari
fusion because the Democrats did not
want to see it brought about. This was
also the idea of S. OthO Wilson.the Popu
list. Republicans seen to-day were in
high glee. But some of them "guard
themselves by saying that if the thing
does'nt work out all right they must not
Diamedioru. if it does not. then
comes Laves' opportunity two years
hence. He believes it will be a complete
failure. .
The "delivery Of the gooda"
to be the trouble in this deal, as in many
another. ' One delegate said 'they can
support fusion all they want, but mak
ing us vote for it is a different thing."
j.iie new xtepuDiican Executive- com
mittee was, in session last night until
quite late. There was a dispute whether
J. M. Beckwith, the' member from the
fourth district,, was duly elected or not.
his seat being in dispute. The new
chairman, A. E. Holton, is said to be
quite a pushing man.
Jeter C. Pritchard made the most
taking speech of the convention. He is
as popular as Jim Boyd, And that is say
ing a great aeai. uotn are nne speakers.
Boyd never alluded to fusion. He was
au 'anti." Pritchard went wild over it.
He some years ago was the leading spirit
in the movement - for the formation in
this State of a "white Republican party."
The fact developed as soon as the clans
gathered here that the great strength of
the fusion movement was in the east and
the west. The centre was divided, This
is just what Maj. H. L. Grant told your
correspondent a month ago when he and
his Republican co-laborers were here
arranging with Mr. Marion But
ler for fusion. Mai. Grant must
be a proud man at - the" suc
cess of his plans. His pride and joy are
fully shared by that original fusionist,
Mr. Loge Harris. Mr. Harris could have
sung a hymn - of - joy yesterday when
things went his way. But that sad-faced
man of the mountains, Mr. Virgil S.
Lusk,said?the words which took the place
of the Harris hymn. Just as Hon.
Oliver Dockery declared fusion carried
by acclamation Mr. Lusk rose as if a
string had been pulled and in that
wooden voice of his said t very loudly,
indeed, "North Carolina is redeemed at
last, thank God." He sat -down as
quickly as he had risen. It was like
saying grace after meat.
Arrangements been made bv which
Rev. ; B. Carradine, a widely known
eyangelist of St. Louis, is to hold a
12 day revival" here, at Central M. E.
church, beginning October 28th.
The local cotton receipts in this market
for the year ending this day are 30.494
bales, against 24,880 the previous session.
AU this'cotton came in on wagons. Re
ceipts by rail are not counted nere, nor
is any notice taken of cotton compressed.
About 100,000 bales were bought by
icaieign dealers aurmg the season, most
of this for shipment abroad. At least
10,000 bales more receipts are expected
next season in the local market.
The immense crop of fodder is being
rapidly gatnered. it will be by far the
greatest ever known in the State.
f armers irom au parts 01 the state say
there is less hog cholera this year than
ever before. j .
The new two cent stamps for playing
cards were received yesterday by Keve-
nua Collector Simmons. One of these
stamps must be placed on every pack of
cards which was in the hands of a dealer
August 28th. j
Students are already arriving at the
Agricultural and Mechanical college.
The examinations do not take placejbntil
next week. The attendance will be
larger than ever.
Base ball teams of this city and Wake
Forest played here yesterday, Raleigh
winning, 14 to 3.
it is said that there is uttie or no en
thusiasm in regard to the building of a
new Presbyterian church here, to take
the place of the old and small structure.
. Deputy revenue -collectors report the
capture or two more uucit stills, one in
Wake and one in Durham county.
Base Ball.
Philapelphu, Aug. 81. First game
Philadelphia, 10; Washington, 8. Bat
teries Taylor and Grady ; Maul and Mc-
Guire.
Second game Philadelphia, 11; Wash
ington, 5. Batteries Weyhing and
Clements; Winne and Dugdale.
New York, Aug. 31. New York, 5;
Boston, 1. Batteries Rusie and Farrell ;
Nichols and GanzelL -
Baltimore, Aug. 81. Baltimore. 5;
Cleveland, 1. Batteries Esper and Rob
inson; Young and O Connor.
Total Receipts of Cotton. ?
New York, Aug. 81. The following
are the total net receipts of cotton at all
ports since September 1, 1893: Galyes-
tbn, 1,021,724; New Orleans, 1,893,094;
Mobile, 215,116; Savannah, 069,430;
Charleston, 407,691; Wilmington, 180,-
840: Norfolk, 502,194; Baltimore. 68,674:
New York. 108,887; Boston, 101,854; New
port News, 49,560; Philadelphia, 51,937;
West Point, .Va., 239,352; Brunswick.
99,320; Velasco, 8,042; Port Royal, 77,860;
j total, 5,999,068. Deduct 67,088 bales j
from the net receipts since September 1st ;
making the corrected total- 5,931,980
bales'. ,
SUCCESS.
VE BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR COST SALE-THAN WE
anticipated, and if .our goods continue to go as fast as they have the past
week we will
Sell Out Before
Call early before the? CHOICEST
large stock of
Respectfully,
j FENNELL,
Front Street, pit j Door North
THE SAME GUN,
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SUMMER
-WILL BE
Receiver:
FOR LESS THAN CASH VALUE. j
Gingham at 5c per yard, regular price 8c per yixd.
500 yards of De Beige at 7c per yard, regular pri ;e 12jc per yard.
One lot of Chambrays to be closed out at 9c per yard, regular price 12Jc.
500 yards Sateen to be sold at 8c per yard, regular price 15c.
Black and White Striped Wool Albatross at 10 per yard, regular price 20c,
One lot Percale to be sold at 7c per yard.
200 yards Navy Blue Flannel at 25c per yard which would be good value at
35c pejrVard. '
One lot of Gents' Ties at 15c, regular
Gents' Summer Underwear at prices
PUMPS.
"VTOTHING IS MORE ESSENTIAL
O. E3.
V. E. CORNER FRONT AND MARKET STREETS.
'
Drive Pumps for this section have many advantages over the old style well.
Would call your attention to the latest improvement in the Pump line.
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PATENT :: FLANGE :: POINTS.
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With these you ean get a good flow, of water in any section. Write for Circu
ars and Prices,
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. FULL QOURS2 IN MUSIC, ART AMD BUSINESS.
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IVIaj. J. W. YEREX, Supt.,
Ij 14 3m ut ana tnes tha a wky
. sbisiooi- SUPPLIES.
Liberal Discount to Merchants and Teachers. Send for
Price.
PRICE 5 CENTS
September 15th.
GOODS are soldi Remember wi have
FORE! & CO.',
of Purcell Hoise, Wilmington, N
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UT A I DIFFERENT) CHARGE.
See ? Our nartinc shot lnit waaI of. t Via
profits on Summer Goods hit the mark
with telling effect, thereby reducing
, ' stock considerably, but weare not satis-
fled .with a mere reduction a clean
sweep being our aim. Tbi calls for more
talk, so would state that we've reloaded
and rammed our little hip pocket ap
pendage to the muzzle with extraordi
nary inducements for this week. Bar
gain seekers, .those who appreciate the
purchasing power of a dollar these hard
times, tookadvantage of our big mark
v down on Clothing and Furnishings,
actually buying stuff they didn't need
ft was so chap. You want something in
our line and we can certainly interest
. you on prices. - Next week our Merchant
Tailoring Department resumes operations
for the Fall Campaign. x
MUNSON & CO.
:: GOODS
PUT IN T
E-
Hands
price 25c Esach.
regardless of value.
PUMPS.
TO HEALTH THAN GOOD WATER,
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PAHTICULAKS, ADDKB8S,
ayetteville, N.:C
Wilmington, N. C.
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