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WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1894. ESTABLISHED 1867. I -v V TE LEGrRAPHICL SUllMARY. le Japanese have defeated the Chi nese in two engagements Two hun dred - persons were drowned , by the wrecking of the; Chinese troopship Chean The Chinese soldiers who inur dered the Presbyterian missionary. Rev, ; James Wy lie, while- on the march to J Corea, have been 'executed and the chapels destroyed are to be rebuilt at the . expense of the people liying in the 0 sal ' . ity Secretary Carlisle calls !'. for the r resignation "of two treasury officials and ' dismisses thirty clerksfout of 160 to be dUsniissecT by October 1st- The Peary expedition arriv as from Falcon harb or - ' ' at St. Johns. Peary, with others, re mained at the latter place. In March the party experienced a storm for four days, the temperature going down to 60 i decrees below zero and the wind blow hnur for thirtv- ing forty -eight miles an f I four consecutiye hoursv Mr. and Mrs. Peary made a long sledge ride, having their baby, who was not a year old, with them In the Republican county con vention at Raleigh 'yesterday the- lie was passed between Ldge Harris and John Nichols. Harris struck Nichols with a cane and Nichols attempted to cut Har ris, who jyas chairman Later on, a white delegate cursed . a reverend dele gate of colof . The; convention -. endorsed the Populist candidates and refused to pledge support to the Republican nomi nee for Congress- The Wake Demo cratic convention nominates a Legisla tive ticket and instructs the nominees to vote for Capt. SJ A. Ashe for the short It ordered a Senatorial Senatorial term. primary and instructed the nominees to observe its instructions A girl in India tries to commit suicide because one brother, a slave trader, threatened to sell her to another brother, of the same call ing -Out of 7i,000 men in the British army in India 33,000 are incapacitated xruiu uuu cause aioue- i tua tj: ii,T. i The Indian Gov ernment is coinipg a new trade dollar. The Fall River weavers and spinners decide not to go to work at reduced wages. The mill owners say they have no idea of attempting to start up Two Texas editors havean impromptu street duel, ending in thedeath of both and the fatal wounding jOf j aTbystander. Secretary Carlisle reiterates tisde- terxnination to pay no more sugar boun ties Secretary Herbert - returns from hi3 trip of the; navy yards along the North Atlantic coast. He was much pleased at what he saw, especially at ' Norf olk- Col.! Breckinridge's friends concede .his defeat. Owens claims a i i maioritv of about 470 -Desha Breck inridge and an Owens man had a hvely a 1 r j T A , , if fight yesterday Around the colonel s neadqarters last night every tmng was silent, while a square above, at the Owens headquarters, there was wild ex citement. The colonel takes his defeat greatly to heart There is no sickness among the officersf and men. on the Columbia and the Marblebead, now at Bluefields A dangerous new counter feit $20 silver certificate has been discovered- -Twenty five of the anti-Till-man county primaries in South Carolina are heard from. The convention will .contain a larke minority opposed to making nomination several tights occurred in the. Breckinridge district yesterday but no ssrioudiffiulties oc curred. In Lexington a prayer m eet ing was held. The latest despatches state that both sides are claimingHhe victory, with the latest returns show in, ithat Owens is nominated. There were wild rumors of the returns from two counties being declared by Owens men. WAKE DEMOCRATS Order a Senatorial Primary Legisla tive Nominees Capt. S.-A. Ashe Endorsed, for trie Senate. Special to tlie Messsenger. Raleigh,. N. C, Sept. 15. The Demo-, cratic county convention here to-day adopted resolutions ordering a primary for United States Senators, on j the first Tuesday in December, the registrars and Democratic poll-holders at the ' Novem ber election to serve. The convention instructed its legislative nominees to vote for the candidates for Senatorwho received the majority of votes cast at the said primaries. The convention re nominated the county officers, and Ed. Chambers Smith for the Stn&te, and Alex. Stronach, John P. Brek and H. E. Norris for the House. It j unanimously adopted resolution commending Capt. Samuel A. Ashe for the United States Senate, to succeed Senator Vance. Two Editors Kill Each Other. Waco, Tex,, Sept. 15. At Gateville, forty-three miles west of here, to-day a fatal street duel took place between J. T. Goodman, editor of thelPeqple's Voice, nd B. G. Armstrong, editor of the Star, both weekly papers. The duel grew, out of a personal controversy in the papers over the Ed. Cash lynching a few months ago. The two men opened fire on each other just as they met in front 3f Good s man's office. The latter was shot through the heart and Armstrong through the bowels, both dying at once. J. G. Bee man, a bystander, was fatally wounded in the neck by stray shot. All leare families and were -well known in thj section of the State. ' ! KENTUGKY ELEGTI0N8. THE RETURNS INDICATE COL. BKECKINRIDGE'S DEFEAT. Owens Confident of Election Col. i-fUtt cm r?insTiAl and Disan-?i ' IJIClAlUt KXA.- mt . pointed Many Fights but no . " Serious Ones-Desna Breck ridged Encounter A. -Prayer Meeting i ! Held. I ; Lexington, Ky., Septr 15. All cities in this district .are heard from. Col. Breckinridge carries Lexington by about 200. Frankfort, complete, gives Owens 658, Breckinridge 276, Settle 70. George townOwenF home, gives him 452, Breckmridge28-Owenton, Mr. Settles home, goes for CoLBrecfcinridge. Paris U3 13 !T Mr. X wens. rf t m 1 x . . t a .... 1 wooarora county, witn two acKnqwi edged Owens precincts to be heard from, gives Owens 256 over Breckinridge. To-night Col. - Breckinridge was in his headquarters surrounded by the friends who have stood by him in all his trouble.. He was a crushed and disappointed man; Just as the last news was coming in he turned from the table where his son, De6ha, was figuring up on the re turns, and said: " "It is my own county of Fayette that gives me the greatest grief. I thought she would give me at least 800 majority, and many of my friends expected as much as 1,500. Instead of that, my majority in my own county is only 205. la Woodford we also expected a major ity of several hundred, but that county has gone against me, as has Franklin, another county that I thought would give me a small""majority. They are holding back the returns from Scott county, for the purpose I Jbelieve, of doctoring them if the news from the other counties does not suit the( Owens people. In this way they will probably defeat me. II had expected Scott to go &.IM;! . .. " . - T 4-Vi fm afll rci The colonel's headquarters seemed al most like a tomb, but the colonel himself held up well under his defeat, which he did not fully acknowledge and talking about his future plans said: 'I expect to live out my days right here in Kentucky and will continue to go in and jout among these people until I am laid awaytin the beautiful Lexington cemetery jwhere sleep all that is mortal of my ancestors. As I said to these peo ple on the stump, if they do not choose tojsend me back to Congress I will find someother sphere to labor for them." Col. Breckinridge is in splendid health but he presents a ad sight. To-night around his headquarters everything was as silent as the grave and one square further down the street at" OlnsVhe ad quarters thousands of young men, and old ones too, were making night hideous ye"f i nww8 xin norns ana shoutmg for Owens.- Gen. Gentry pro- posed three cheers foc4he women in the district, and they were given with such a will -as to almost deafen people who were standing on the other side of the street. They then gave three cheers for the newspaper correspondents who kept before the world the sins of Breckinridge. Lexington, Sept. 15. Owens won his victory to-day by superb organization. At - every7 precinct his voters were on hand early and forced the, voting. This news spread over the district and had a wonderfully discouraging effect on the Breckinridge people. Some of to-day's nappemngs nave. Deen amusing, otners uramanu HUU HI UUe or tWO instances wiere nas;ueen a ueepiy touenmg picture in the panorama of events. At the downtown precinct this morn-, ing, Capt. B J. Tracey, president of the Owens club, and his son in law, James C Rogers, clerk of the Circuit court, were ranged upon opposite sides in the of. challenging votes. , Both these men arekprominent horsemen. Known all over the emited states. They have been intimate friends for years, but the bitterness of the ; contest has perhaps decided the petce of their families forever. Several these two men nearly came to and it was only the presence of cooler heads that prevented an unfortunate af fray. Capt. Tracey has determined to challenge every Breckinridge vote. He had blanks already prepared and upon these he had written the names of the entire list of the Congressman's sup porters I in the precinct. As each of fered to vote the captain handed in to the election officers the printed chal lenge, and then a furious wrangle fol lowed. His son-in-law, Rosrers. under took to retaliate by--challenging all j Owens' followers, and the voting was delayed in many instances: forhalfan ! iour while the enraged men fought it I out. At 1:0 o'clock this afternoon the first personal encounter occurred. It' was at Precinct D, Second ward, and the par ticipants were Desha Breckinridge, the colonel's son, and J. Walter Peak, secre tary of the Owens-club. The trouble oc curred over the challenge of a vote. Peak had entered the ppiling place by permission of the officers ar:d was pro ceeding tomake an affidavit, when young Breckinridge appeared and declared in, a boisterous manner that no man had a right to enter -the precinct room. Peak paid no attention to him until Breckin ridge demanded that he come out. Then a war of words followed, and finally Breckinridge rushed through the door and attacked Peak. Each received a few blows, and Breckinridge, during the melee, attempted to draw his pistol. Of ficers and,bystanders interfered, and a shooting was prevented. Both men .were taken in charge by their friends, but to-night they are looking for each other. ; In precinct B, First ward, Mike Mona han and John Hafey, attempted to bull doze the Owens men when J. D. McNa niara and his brother Ed., began fighting them. Monaban's head was badly beaten time&4o-dav DIOWBi- j and William Calvert, another Breckin- ridge man, was badly injured with a A rock. ' :- .. , Two brothers had a desperate fight at one of the polling places this afternoon. Ernest Cassidy is an active Owens man, j while Leslie Cassidy is a strong supporter of Settle. They became involved in a ! quarrel and Leslie Cassidv was verv badly hurt. He was cut with a knife in the hands of his brother and taken to the family home. Oh the main street in front of the Phoenix hotel this morning an express messenger, who has always been a strong Breckinridge man, was on his way to the polls when he was met by his aged mother who, with tears in her eyes, begged him not to vote for the "brazen z to voce tor the "brazen Ubertine," as she'caUed the Congress- man. The dot promised and r Dromised and nne mnrfl I vote was made for Owens. Coli Breckinridge was himself one of the first to vote. He lives in the Third ward and' as he the crowd fell friends cheered approached the polls back and some of his faintly. The colonel bowed bis most graceful acknowledge- ments and tben put self. in a ballot for him- No general effort was made in Lr xing- ton to enforce the rule requiring the voters to take an oath to support the nominee. In some parts of the district this was assisted upon, and numerous quarrels resulted. At Paris where Gen. Ezekial Clay had declared that if any man challenged his vote there would be blood shed, some of theofficers of elec tion enforced and others ignored the in junction issued by Judge Camrell. The streets to-day were strewn with t"it Apl P m fit inn a anriAiin rom on ta arr va. rious public statements from each of the candidates or their-managers. Samuel Shouse, of Versailles, sent up thousands of flaming dodgers in which he denounced the Owens men as "infamous liars" for the spreading of a report that he had ad vised Settle s supporters to vote for the candidates from Scott. The prayer meeting advertised to take place at Morrison chapel this morning at j 11 o'clock was attended by sixty of the best ladies in Lexington! About fifteen men were present. Elder J. W. McGar vev presided over the meeting and made the first prayer. It was very temperate intone and did hot come up to the ex pectation of the audience. He prayed God to guide the people in what they were about to do and besought him not to lav his hand too heavily upon them. He prayed for peace and for the corn- ing of the day when Votes no man should receive the of these people unless he is worthy of their sup- port. The congregation then sang, "O God Our Heir In Ages Past " Dr. W. F. D. Bartlett, pastor of the First Pres byterian church, where Col. Breckin ridge usually attends when in Lexington and who has generally been counted as his friend, then offered a prayer asking God to guide the people and bless the af fairs of this district. He besought the T)iyine Ruler that when the final result of the day's contest was over that there should be sent to represent this district in the halls of the National Legislature, a man whom God could approve and one after God's own heart. He prayed that all feeling of bitterness be dissolved, and that contentment once more should set tle down" on the people and their homes. Then followed the song ' My Country, 'Tis of Thee," after which Elder J rJ. i ?er,ed a Prav.er in "SS God to bestow on this people that which they needed. The audience then sang "How Sweet is the Communion of Saints," to the tune of '"Sweet Home," when the Benediction was pronounced. It is reported that big frauds are being attempted, as all communication with Owens and Henry counties has been mysteriously cut off. The result is still in doubt, both Breck- inridge and Owens claiming the victory. wnue the followers of Settle, who wasted fhai-.. ' lv11na ' 1V rm in o-rim ciLnno LThe indications are, howeyer, that (Jwens has won. The won. lhe returns at 11 o'clock show"the follqwfng pluralities of t,V rhipf nn.ndirlat.ps nvpr n.oh nthpr in I the counties so far as heard from: woodiord. hve precmctsiour miss ing, Breckinridge 688, Owens 91l7Settle ; lw. uenry, eight precincts, complete, Breckinridge 847, Owens 393, Set- nriiA 1 nan . Owcps, 222; Settle, 1290. Fayette, com- ! -nlAto "Rroolrinrioro 1 Q7? Onrona 1 n - w r bettle, 482. Franklin, complete, Breck- Hnridge, yy; Owens. 1.517: Settle. 296. Oldtemicomplete, Breckinridge, 243; Owens, SOTTSettle, 265. Scott, complete, Breckinridge, 635; Owens, 1,829; Settle, 146. Bourbon, complete, Breckinridge, 1,251; Owens, 1,0S9; Settle, 50. Total, Breckinridge, 7,722; Owens, 8,192; Set tle, 3,380. At these figures Owens is nominated by a plurality of 470 There are the wildest rumors afloat concerning the vote of the missing pre cincts and all manner of charges of frauds are made. Communication wss cut off temporarily with Owens and Henry counties and immediately the cry went fourth that the Owens men were cooking the returns. However this may be, there is now little doubt that Owens is noininatedby a safe majority. fcouth Carolina Primaries. Columbia; S. C. Sept. 15 SpecialTto the Columbia State report conventions held in twenty-five of the thirty counties to-day to elect delegates to the straight out Democratic convention Monday nighVwhich was called i to re-organize the party in-opposition to Tillmanism and, if advisable; to-nominate a full State ticket, to make the fight at the general election. The result is that one county (Sumter) 'with a majority of straightout Democrats "declined to send delegates; one sends a delegation in structed to withdraw if nominations are made; one-instructed its delegates to vote for nominations and the remainder send delegations uninstructed as to whether or not to make -nominations, Among the delegates are: Ex-Governor Johnson Hagood and ex-Governor John Peter Richardson; both of ' whom advo cate nominations and a fight. Indica tions are that the body will be composed of representative men and that a fight will be made against nominations by a respectable minority, who believe it too late to make a successful issue this' year. THINNING THEM OUT. j ; . ' 7- ., RESIGNATIONS CALLED FOB I AND DISMISSALS MADE. Secretary Carlisle Reducing the Force in- the Treasury Depart ment The ! Secretary Deter mined to Pay no Sugar Bounties A. 'Dangerous Counterfeit 'Dis- covered. Washington, Sept. 15. Secretary nrlis f Meioo 'ITr" V., -. jjcwvcx, ml xiiuutua, cmei oi I division in the Treasurer's office, and p. W. Herrf"it, assistant teller in the cash room of the treasury." He also dismissed thirty clerks in the classified service of the treasury, the salaries of whose places . range .from fTJJU to fl.bJO per annum. A number of women are among the higher priced clerks discharged. The dismissals are made to meet the require ments of the new reorganization pro vided in the new Appropriation bill, as a result of the investigation. These dis missals are the first batch . of 160 who will be discharged between now : and October 1st., next, when the new law takes effect. Changes to the number of 500 in the matter of reductions, promo tions, and discharges will be made before the reorganization contemplated is com pleted. kJClil iCmm. T at. lldA lriUHH. K 1 II1M decision not to pay bounty oh sugar, in a letter sent to-day to Senator Manderson, Of Nebraska, in which he says: "I Lave had under consideration the application made by certain producers of sucar in the States of Nebraska and California, for the payment of bounty upon the pro duction of that article under -the act of October 1, 189Q, and havexarrived at the conclusion that such payments cannot be mauo k&ioxauvu uy kaju- gress, Secretary Herbert returned to Wash ington- this afternoon on the United States steamship Dolphin from a month's inspection trip of the navy yards on the Atlantic coast. While away he visited the Brooklyn, the Boston, the New Lon don and the Norfolk yards and the tor pedo station at Newport, R. I. In the latter place he attended the lectures de livered on international law at the train- ing scnooi ana wasmucn impressed with luopiugiwsuiauciu tua uuwuuu. rioston he was much interested in the Government work of making rope and chain which has never before come under his observation, i While in New York, the Secretary ,i ire considerable attention to the progress that has been made m the construction of the dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy yard, oyer which much discussion and, many questions re lating to the work are before the Navy Department. He de clined to express an opinion . in this matter but will' give j the subiect more attention during the next few weeks. The Secretary was more than pleased with the work of the navy yard at Norfolk and was enthusiastic: over the system. dllcjPlin? -and eneral conduct of that yard. It is now engaged in turning out armor Eat rapid rate ffor the Cnew ships. The Texas, which is now build ing at this yard, is rapidly approaching the time when she will be launched and a new battleship added to the navy. Ad ditional buildings will be erected at the yard, as well as the erection of one to take the place of that recently destroyed by fire. The Secretary is authorized under the law to spend any part of $75- 000 for the erection of this building. 1 A dangerous new counterfeit 20 United States silver certificate, with the portrait of Secretary j Manning upon it, series of 1891, check letter C, plate No. 5,. J. Fount Tillman, register, and D. N. Morgan, treasurer, has been discovered by the secret service office. Base Ball. St. Louis, Sept 15.-St. Louis, 2; New York, 7. Batteries Breitenstein and Mil ler; Rusie and Farrellj Cleveland, Sept. 15. Cleveland, 2; Boston, 7. Battenes-j-Wallace and Zim mer; ativetts ana wanzeii. I Pittsburg, Sept. 15. Pittsburg, 11; Washington. 6. Batteries Gumbert, Sugden and Weaver; Stockdale and Mc Guire. ' Louisville, Sept. IS.Louisville-Phila-delphia game postponed rain. Cincinnati, Sept. 15. Cincinnati-Baltimore game postponed wet grounds. Chicago, Sept. 15. Chicago, 10;Brook lyn, 3. Batteries Hutchinson and Schri ver Lucid and Kinslpw. i The following is the record of the clubs, including the games played yes terday: WON. LOST. PERCENT. 36 687 42 653 42 647 50 576 53 551 57 1 513 59 500 68 433 68; 424 72 400 79 342 85 .280 Baltimore 79 New York 79 Boston 77 'hiladelphia.. 68 Brooklyn ........... 65 Cleveland. ... ...... 60 Pittsburg 59 Chicago... 52 Cincinnati. 50 St Louis.... ....... 48 Washington ... 41 Louisville.... ...... 33 Highest .of all in Leavening ( - . J '. THE PEARY EXPEDITION. Its Return to St. Johns Extremely Cold Weather j Experienced. Little Miss Peary and Her Esquimoj Kurse. St. Johns, N. F., Sept 15. The Peary main and auxiliary expedition, with all well on board, arrived to-day from Fal con harbor, which they left oif August 2ftth. Peary, with Lee and Henson as ,-unteers, remain it cthe headquarters Falcon harbor to complete their ex plorations rfxt eason. Most of the ex pedition h&t fail and winter was de voted to preparations for the island ice I tr-"""0 ,v , - rr on xu&ruuuui, witn a parvy oi eigumie", twelve sledges and ninety-two dogs. On April 16th Peary, Baldwin, Entriken and Clarke, with twenty-four dogs ana no sledees. arrived at I Anniversary lodge, having advanced in thirty-one days 134 jsJ'ia a i . miies ana mere cacnea tneir remaining buuuucql ouu eu uiuiucuie, icci i iu c oisviuu, Liee and Davidson in charge, rsaa weather and a succession of storms cul- minated on August 19,while twenty-three members of the expedition were at a camp forty miles! from Anniversary lod&re. at an elevation of 5.500 feet. In the equinotical storm, which continued for four days, the temperature averagea from 45 " to 55 degrees beiow zero. and reaching a minimum of 60 degrees, the wind for thirty-four consecutive hours blowmg forty-eight miles per hour. All the explorers escaped serious injury, except Davidson, whose left foot was irozen. i On the trip they surveyed and maped j a hitherto unknown - coast une ro Jiei- i ville Bay for 150 miles. Messrs; reary and Lee are the first white men to see, locate and measure the historic iron. meteorite near Cape York, which they will bring home next year. Lieut, and J Mrs. Peary made a sledge journey to uinxe Day. Miss -aumgito Pearyi who was 1 year old last Wednes day, with an , Eskimo nurse, me hret of her tribe to come ! south of the Arctic circle, "returned with the party. Lieut. paom nrmn;ar Ko t?o1 qq fV J cpe York, hoping to send home a metej orite, but the ice made , this impossible l He left the ship Tuesday morning, August 23th, off Petowik glacier, thirty five milei north of Cape York in an open whale boat with iHenson and crew of five natives, bound fori Falcon harbor, 150 miles distant. Lee had been in charge during his absence.! When last seen the boat was standing on her course" uuder full sail with a fair! wmd. Tho rvo-rrxr at r ho era la amn v cnn. plied and provisions for a year. The auxiliary exneditiOn. desDite the fact I fv,0f v.0 iAa on navior a-nA mr.ro o-n . eral than for many years, accomplished much important ,wprk all that was in any manner practicable. Communica tion with; Peary was not opened until August 1st, and Falcon harbor was not reached until the 20th. Carey v islands, Cape Farkday and Clarence Head, were thoroughly searched and the death of the Swedish explorers, Biorling and Caltestenous settled. " i ' ! . i- The Sun's Cottton Review. New 5Tork, Sept. 15. The Surfs cot ton review say: Cotton declined 6 to 7 points, recovered j 1 point and closed steady. Sales were 68,100 bales. Liver pool declined 2 to 2 points and closed quiet, with spot sales of b,UUU bales at easier hut unchanged prices. New Or leans declined 5 to f7 points. Spot cotton here was l dull, weak and unchanged. Sales were 160 bales, for spinning.: xMid- dhng (uplands was 6$c. Fort receipts were 1$,458 bales against 9,394 this day last week; 9,626 last year and 19,591 this day in 1892. Exports to-day were 3,77U bales t Great Britain. Southern mar kets wpre in some cases weaker. To-day s features: A decline m Liver pool, larger receipts at the ports and local Southern and Liverpool selling, to gether with some bear hammering, caused the decline. The weather has been unfavorable in many sections of in many Texas,! the Mississippi valley and along rain , and some, danger by rot rust, and Diignc isi repoixea m poruons of Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi. Picking has been retarded by wet weather. But the port receipts in Liverpool ; dominated the market rather than crop news or talk about 'the weather. All Well on Our Cruisers at Bluefields. Washington, Sept. 15. Disquieting reports as td the health conditions of the Nicaragua 6oast are met by telegrams received b the Navy Department via New Orleans, announcing that the health nf the! officers and men on1 board the Marblehead and the Columbia, npw sta tioned off Bluefields Nicaragua, was ex cellent These ships, being entirely new and eauipped with refrigerating and ventilating machinery, are peculiarly adapted for tropical duty. i- The Mills Will Not Start Up. FallRiver. Mass.. Sept. 15. At meet ings of the Spinners' and the Weavers' union held this morning it was voted to abide by the decision of the Amalgamated association and ret use to go to worK un der a reduced scale of wages, if an at- temnt is made to start up the mills Mon day morning. The manufacturers say.they will not attempt to start the muis anu, hnsenuentlv. what the operatives do is 280 not interesting to them. ; . Tower. Latest O. p. C.Repoi POLITIGAL POINTS. - - ' ' ' '--' -I " 1 . ' I WHAT THE PARTIES ART? DOING- HERE AND THERE. ine aon m w&ko r?nmnwrt Populist Ticket in Chatham Funeral of Dr. FullerFarm ers Patting in Good Wort -A l Crop News Gnnd The Penitentiary . Probably Self Sustaining. : f Messenger Bureau, 5 Raleigh, Sept. 15. The funeral of Dr. Francis T. Fuller was held this morning from Christ rhWi and was attended by the Raleigh Acad emy of Medicine and by representatives of the various State department fW the noon train the remains were taken to Ktttrell and were buried in the family burial ground six miles from that place. The Democrats held their convention here this afternoon and it was wpII tended. The Republicans also held thwr convention, which was rather more in the nature of a ratification meeting, to ratify the nominations made last Satux day by the Populists. Both Republicans and Populists claim that they have af fected a thorough fusion in Wake. -There is much satisfaction amone the Democrats here at the settlement of the New Hanover troubles. The Chatham Populists met in conven tion at Pittsboro yesterdav ?and nomi nated A. VV. Wicker for the Senate. Alfred Self and J. E. Bryan for the ; House, J.J. Jenkins for sheriff, J. TV Paschall for register of deeds, John Dixon for clerk. At water was an aspir ant for Senatorial honor, but was" left. It really appears that the Populists will again carry Chatham. j The contractor who is renovating the city market is now working at night, in order to complete the work by Octo ber 1st. Persons who come in from the country say they never saw , the farmers i work: harder. The weather could not be finer The fodder crop, an immense one, has all been saved. The corn crop is seen to be a record-breaker. Cotton is opening with great rapidity. Its quality is high... The merchants here expect a big- season,.! with receipts at least 5,000 bales greater -than for 1893-4. j The Railway Commission has almost cleared its docket of minor cases. It is yet at wort on the freight rate matters. lhe; official report of the State veteri narian on the cases of anthrax amoncr cows at Salisbury is sent out to-daV bv the Department of Agriculture. . ."?'. Upjto two years ago it was quite con fidently believed that the Wilmington and jWeldon' railway would bring the line from Springhopo here. It now an peaii that this plan must be abandoned : Space was. left in the Union passenger station here for a track for the WiU mington and Weldon. j j The croD renort. whinh will hp ioanni Moriday, will be a fine one. It will show some damage by the army worm, which has quite recently appeared, and . which, so far, appears to be at work only east of here. V - f The directors of the insane asylum will probably be called to meet in a few days, to elect an assistant physician, as DrJ Kirbynow has no aid at all. Div Fuller having died and Dr. Cobb havin resigned. ' i Next Monday 100 convicts will be senfc from the penitentiary to the "Caledonia and the "Northampton" farms, and the Great Falls canal, all on the Roanokew This will reduce the number of convicts within the penitentiary proper to about I ldo. Most of. these are employed in making brickN which this season has proved quite profitable. In fact. Super intendent Leazar has had good fortune this year along all the Jmea. The out- I feelf-suoDortihe. but that thev will earn feeii-supportmg, but that thev will earn some money, Rev. D. H. Tuttle. pastor of the Cen tral M. E. church, will begin to-morrow evening a series of sermons on the 8ec- ond coming of Christ. ; THE EASTERN WAR. Chinese DefeateQ in Two En era ce ments Two Haudred Chinese) Drowned Chinese Soldiers Who Murdered a Presby- terion Missionary Exe cuted. " : London, Sept. 15. A despatch to the Central News agency from Tokio, Bays News has been received from Fusany that a Japanese corp3 from Genian has engaged and routed the enemy at Sing- Ghuen and that the Japanse advancing; army has engaged and routed the enenrjr at Chueng Chwa. The Chinese retreated to Vingian. Details of these bat ties are lackmg. The Japanese army is crossing tne raitong riven- Marshal Yount Yamagata, has arrived at Seoul, where he will assume chief command. Another despatch to the Central News agency from Shanghai says that sir of the survivors oi tne v,ninese troopsnrp Chean, which was wrecked at Chetunfr; I while en route to Formosa with l,40O soldiers on board, have arrived. They report that 200 i the persons on board -the Chean were drowned. The despatch says that no news has been received in Shanghai from Corea since the skirmish of August 18th, when, the Chinese were , defeated with the.loss of 500 men. I i The murderers of Rev. Jame& WyKev" the Presbyterian missionary who was re-, cently killed at Lid Yang by Chinese sol-' diers while they were on their yeay to Corea, have been executed. The officers in command of the troops who commit ted the crime were cashiered. The chapels which were destroyed by the soldiers are to be restored to the condition in which they were prior to the outrage at the ex pense of the people living in the locality f I i L
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