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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
A large crow and several speakers of
national prominence are expected at the
Democratic rally at Raleigh to-morrow.
-Architect O'Rourke says a con
spiracy has been formed in the Treasury
Department for his downfall. Ah inter
cepted letter may develop an official
scandal in this matter The President
appoints twentyoae postmasters ', in
Nw: York State An attempted train
robbery in Missouri results in the killing
of'itwo of the bandits and the serious
wounding of the engineer. Two of the
men are captured -The Chinese- Vice
roy Si Hung Chang, has been deprived
of his three-eyed peacock feather be
cause of ( his mismanagement of ' the
Corean- campaign Fifty thousand
Chinese troops will be sent to Corea
Governor Flower is not a candidate for
renomination The Republicans of
New York nominate Hon. Levi P. Mor
ton ! for . Governor Walter Holt,
charged with 'murder jn Texas, is taken
to that State from Florida- The anti
' Tillman convention ad journs after voting
against nominating a ticket. It adopts
resolutions making certain demands on
the Tillman, convention which if not
granted will cause an opposition ticket
to be nominated- The evidence in the
lynching habeas corpus cases at Memphis
shows jthat Detective Richardson - was a
leader in the murders- rA bloody fight
occurs in Chicago when detectives at
tempt to raid Varmjll's gambling den.
The detectives we're arrestedby the
onstables The Sovereign urand
lige ofOdd Fellows yesteiday chbse
Atlantic City as the place for.thejhext
ineeting and elected oflicers.: The grand
parade took place in the afternoon
The boS'ly )f Mrs. Tye, drowned in the
t4ulni:rlH of Atlanta, was found two miles
below Mihere bhe attempted to cross the
stream1 -H- Full time work is . resumed in
-iij the3Soj3. of the Camden and Amboy
Tailroall- t The, new levies for .the
hineibfaririy have no idea of , modern
warfatej Chinese prisoners to the
number; of ' 1 ,.")( have' been taken
through Ping Yang and more are coming.
A new plot is discovered at Valparaiso.
-The platform of - the New York Re
publican convention congratulates the
Louisiana sugar planters for declaring
tht-i r independence of the " Democratic
-party and it denounces Northern Demo
cratic TCongrebsmen 4'oi allowing the
i-juth by a BectiontarilT bill to destroy
the prosperitv of" the North, thus doing
byUegjiiWiieanwhat it failed to do by
illegal jivfci.qs in time of war. Saxton
va nAininated for liitiiteuant Gover-
( nor ith a naval engagement two
;hinejhw -arshiiH are sunk and two Went
sishoro j Tii( Jap mese Ios(r three vessels.
. ThfciJohn H. E-till,the largest steam
ii!nt bddt ever liuilt in this country, is
laudcliC'd at Newport Newsinie ofii-
rial e&uiit eives Owens a plurality ot570
in tliie Congressional nace The ed
of a Populist paper in Georgia is arrested
for sending circulars through the mails
Utatinerthat he has invented a means of
nvTnhirig at poker. '
THE- DE MOCR ATIC RALLY.
Col. Carr Preparing For the Meeting
if t?ve. Clubs A Bis Crowd Ex
petl Prominent Speakers to
- be Present.
fSpcial to the Mesasenger -
RALiiaii, 5ep. 18. Julian S. Carr,
irpirlpVih t,f tht? btate Associauon oi
Democratic clubs, arrited here to day to
Arrange for their State convention next
Thursday. " He says there will be a great
gathering, even if only half those- who
promise to come do so. The following
speakers will certainly attend. Governor
Black of Pennsylvania, C. H. Mansur oi
Missouri." Secretarv Hoke Smith, and
VV. C. Gates of Alabama. Senator Danie
will very probab.ly attend.and it is hoped
Ron rki4 Conk ran and Senator Faulkner
will accept the earnest invitations given
THE ODD FELLOWS.
ilTAvVt IMajco of Meetiue of the Sov
creign Grand Liodge Election
!; of Officers The Grand
. . I larade. - .
Chattanooga, Tenn,
, Sept. 18!
The " business session
reign Grand Lodge
lows -this morning
in Lookout convention
of the Sov
Of Odd Fel
reassembled
hall. Atlantic
ity
was chosen as the next place of
meeting.' Among those who favored
Washington there is a great deal of dis
sktisfactihn. Thev sav that the wires
were pulled by'the hotel men at Atlantic
Citv. ;
Dofiutv Gran ! Sire John W. Stebben
of Maryland., was elected Grand Sire: for
the ollijeof Deputy Grand
Sire. ITon,
Fred. Carleton,, of Texas, was, elected,
Theodore lioss, of JNew Jersey, was
'unanimously re-elected as Grand Secre
tiirv. and Ieaac Sheppard,' Of Pennsyl
v&nia, was unanimously re-elected Grand
Treasurer., After some routine business
' tlie meeting ad journed. , j
The grand parade was an hour late in
moving. The column reached the cor
oner of Ninth and Market, streets at 3
o'clock..- , Never Uefore w.i the. main
street of the city so packed and jammed
with iiiHnrfnity. At the coiLer of Eighth
aad Market, a grand triupiphal arch
h;td boon erected and ' just completed
this nioi Ding, barely in time- to permit
the removal of the scalTolding before
the parade. The structure is the most
. artistic and costly thing of the kind;ever
erected in the South. It is built in the
manner of construction meu on
the Woxld's fair buildings, and.
ctofcoly
resembles marble. Emble-
jnaticf
flgures , of, the order decorate
ri.1 sides. The arch is really three
its sev
.-jiu-Ui's in one, the tallest being sixty reet
.i
disi1 iiiits illuminate it at night.
Uider Ain.i -rch one of the most credita
ble paraiT'3 . ti'.e kind ev, r seeu in
Chattanooga passe-i, Headed by the Chat-
ta,Qooga police fo .ha to bands. It
was an imposing spectacle. The features
of the parade were "eight- emblematic
Uoati .of the order. - TheS?, in o, weU
arianfeed manner, represented, fh
teis of Uebekah," "The Sea of Life
.'tAofhiw'TUfArA - Kiner Saul. Ine
Gdod t Swnaritan," "The: Temple 'of
Truth." "Odd Fellowship Encircles the
Earth;"' "Kebekah at the Well,"
Anfl. O. O. F. Home." :" -
and
. After the -oarade. the visitors
were
driven over Missionary Ridge j to Bragg s
old headquarters, and, oWin'gj to the ex
ceptionally fine weather of the afternoon,
the drive proved much more -enjoyable
than the one the day previous to Chjicka
jnauga. . '
To-night a brilliant reception and re
- union in honor of the J'ast Grand Repre
. ntatives is being held in theTirst Bap
. t church auditorium.
TRAIN ROBBERS
ATTEMPT TO HOLD - UP A
SANTA FE EXPRESS TRAIN.
They Receive a Warm Reception
From Armed Detective on Board
The Company's Spy in the
j Robbers' Camp The En-
gineer Wounded The f "
Pursuit With Blood
I , j Hounds To
i Captured. v
Gorin, Mo., Sept. 18. Toe Colorado
and Utah express, westbound, on the
Santa FeVoad was held up by robbers at
3.20 o'cloek a. m. iy near Gorin.
The plot to rob was n . : , I three weeks
ago and 'for two weeks the railroad , peo
ple have had a spy in the robbers' camp
who has kept the company completely
informed of intended movements of the
robbers. 1 Two previous dates were fixed
for the event, but heavy rain on the ap
pointed days postponed it because of the
ease with; which horses could be tracked
in the soft ground. Another date was
set for to-day and the conditions being
favorable, the attempt was made. The
railroad, as usual, had twenty-four hours
notice and the train was well loaded witL
men armed with short Winchester
rifles. : i
The information of the spy was accu
rate and at the appointed place,- one mile
west of Gorin, a railroad torpedo ex
ploded under the wheels, a red light
Mashed ahead and the train stopped.
Immediately four masked men came
from the brush, one rushed to the engine,
ordered the engineer to hold up his hands
hand fired at him with a Winchester at
thesamei moment. The engineer fell
wounded and a detective on the Express
fired a load of bjtckshot into the robber
bet ore he .had: time to change his posi
tion, tie got away for the time, but was
caught later and will probably di? of his
wounds, j ,
The firing at the enginebrought a fusil-
lade from the armed men concealed on
the express, baggage and smokingears,
wh:ch -was returned with a few shots
from the robbers who ran off as quick!
aa-they could, cutting the hitching straps
of their horses in their haste. Une ho rse
was killed by the detectiv&j, but all of
the robbers escaped for the time.
All of the parries to the plot are known
and will undoubtedly be captured. A
pack of bloodhounds was in readiness at
Gorin and they took up the trail before
daylight, j .
No better: place m the country could
have been selected for the location of the
robbery, and it would undoubtedly have
been successtul it the railroad people
had not been advised of what was in
tended.1! j The passengers could have
safely been robbed, as well as the mail
and express cars. Four men made the
attempt : on the tram, cut two or three
others sem to have been with the horses
and stationed behind the train to prevent
anybody reaching Gorin on foot after
he tram was halted
Kansas City, Ho., Sept. 18. The
Santa Fa train which was held up near
Gorin, Mo., arrived in Kansas City at-9
o'clock, three minutes late. The engine
was in charge of Fred Murdock, vho
took the! place of Engineer V m. Pres-
i Lf ' i ii t
it. wou was snob uy me ruuuera, x itn-
cofHsnot fatally wounded, the bullet
strucKhim in the breast, glanced from
his collar bone, came out and fell in his
shirt front beneath his blouse.
When 1 the trainWas held up J. P.
Mooney, the rear brakeman, walked up
the track in the rear of the train to flag
westbound trains. Fiftv yards Trojn the
rear of the train he saw two nvn
inar five horses. One of them left the
horses, walked toward Mooney, covered
him with a gun, robbed him of flj), and
ordered him back to the train.
The conductor of the train, Geo. Blue,
says he saw seven men in the gang.
Memphis; Mo., Sept. 18. Two or the
Santa Fe train robbers were captured
near here this morning. They were
brought to Memphis and lodged in jail.
They are Charles Abrams and Lint Uver-
tield. xney were caught by special
agents of the Santa Fe road, who have
been on their trails since the robbery
was attempted and the desperadoes
driven off. Abrama, is the man who shot
Engineer Prescott. He is badly wounded
and not expected to live. Abrams was
the leader ot the gang and boarded the
engine in advance of his companions and
received the charge of buckshot full in
the face. The detectives marveled at the
time that Abrams was able to move six
feet, much less escape to the woods,
which he did.Two of the robbers are
supposed to be dead in the woods. The
robbers are supposed to be farmers living
near Arbella, Mo. S
THE - AN TI-TILLM AN1TES.
The Conyentlon Adjourns Without
Makinc Any Nominations The '
The Demands on the Till
man Convention.'
Charleston, S. C, Sept. 18. At 3:45
o'clock this morning the anti-Tillman con?
vention adjourned without making any
nominations. The voterwas; 120 against
nominating and 101 in ita favor. The
convention adopted a serious of resolu
tions in which it was demanded of the
State convention, which meets to-morrow,
that they adopt the Chicago plat
form and explicitly declare true and
loy al allegiance to the National Demo
cratic party; that . it, at the! same time,
repudiate and rescind the ' action of the
State convention of 1892, which adopted
the Ocala platform as the l principles of
the Democratic party of the State; that
the State convention nominate no one
not in full accord with the principles of
the National Democracy or no one who
acknowledges allegiance to the platforai
or to the principle ot tne ropuiisi pariy.
It was further resolved that should the
convention to-morrow f ail ; to do these
things - and. nominate any others than
thope holding allegiance to Democratic
Drincinlea. then all true Democrats are
absolved from obligation to' support such
nominees at the wovemoer election,
whetheror not they partieipatedinthe
recent primary. j . .
An executive committee ot one mem
ber from each county wfis appointed,
which shall call theconvention again
should the State convention fail to carry
out the above demand. The delegates to
that convention are beginning to arrive
and -will pieet to-morrow at 12 o'clock.
John Gary Evans will be jthe nominee
for Governor, and there is a quiet seram
ble among the Reformers for the other
olace. i The convention will, in all
probability, again adopt thp Ocala plat
form.! though there are some who are
willing to meet the Conservatives half
way, i That -there will he: two tickets,
both claiming to be Democrats, is almost
certain, and a short, but exciting cam
paign! wili teeult. What the Republicans
will do remains to he seen. It is rumored
that they will revive and take a hand in
in the iracas.
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NBW TOBK REPUBLICANS.
The State Conyentlon Morton and
: Saxton Nominated Bai;ht
Nominated for J.ndge
Extracts From the
Platform. :
New York, Sept. 18. The Republican
State convention was called to order at
12:20 o'clock, and proceeded to business
with despatch. Congressman Lemuel
Quigg,'of New York, city, was made tem
porary chairman, the usual committees
were appointed, and contests were refer
red to the committee on credentials, and
at 1:40 o'clock a recess was taken until
4:30 o'clock.' During the recess the com
mittee on credentials ':. decided unani
mously against the Milholiand , delegates
from New York city. In the Albany
contest, the regular faction represented
by State Committeeman Barnes, got a
favorable decision. The contest between
the Healy-Moore factions in the First As
sembly district, New York city, was set
tled by the State committee, by giving
each side half the representation. As
both sides are for Morton, this does not
alter the vote, for Morton and makes
peace in the family besides.
At 5 o'clock the convention was again
called to order and Warner Miller was
made permanent chairman. Tne plat
form was presented and adopted with
out discussion. Upon questions - of
National polities it says:
"The Republicans in New York, in con-
cntion assembled, extend heartiest greet
ings to the Republicans of Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Oregon.. Vermont and
Maine for their prompt and just judg
ment on an incompetent Democratic ad
ministration. They voice the verdict of
the people that the path of protection is
the path of posperity. And we con
gratulate the Democratic sugar planters
of Louisiana on their courageous decla
ration of independence of party tram
mels that endanger the material pros
perity of their State. The Democratic
President of the United States and the
Democratic chairman of the Ways and
Means committee of the House of Rep
resentatives have announced that the
war against the protected industries
of the country has just begun
and it is to be prosecuted to the bitter
end. On behalf of the wage earners, the
agriculturists, the business men and of
every sacred interest in the Empire State
of the Union, tbe Republican party of
tbesvgtate of New York in convention
assembled, accepts this challenge and
pledges its faith to defend against all as
sault, the rightsof the working man and
his employer, both wantonly invaded by
reckless deniagogues. - -. , '
'We'denounce NorthernDemocratic
Congressmen for permitting" Southern
members to protect the chief products
of their section while remoying or
largely reducing protectiye duties on
the products of the North, ' thus
permitting the South by legal - en
actment in time of peace to destroy
our prosperity and accomplish what it
failed to do by illegal enactment, in
time of war. And we especially, de
nounce the Dem icratic Representatives
from this, the greatest manufacturing
State in tbe Union, who?e annual manu
facturing product exceeds that of the en
tire South by $600,000,000 for their treach
ery and cowardice in aiding the passage
of a sectional tariff bill that has crippled
the industries and reduced the wages of
workingmen and that leyies a tax on in
comes which is a tax on prosperity.
' "We favor an honest dollar and op
pose any effort, whatever, by the re
moval of the tax on State" bank issues or
the free coinage of silver, to lower our
currency standard, and we favor an in
ternational agreement which shall re
sult in the use of both gold and silver as
a circulating medium."
Nominations were then in order.
Gen, B. F. Tracy, ex-Secretary of
the Navy, nominated 'Levi P. Mor-
for Governor; Col. Baxter of
Chemung, nominated J. Sloat Fassett.
Several oter names were proposed.
It was 7:55 o'clock p. ra., when the first
roll call was finished. The result was:
Morton 532, Fassetto9. Woodford 40,
Butterfield 29, RusseU 20, Bliss 40, Ar
kell 1. The result was not announced
but it was apparent that Morton had an
overwhelming majority, and amid cheers
Silas B. Dutcher moved that the nomi
nation be made unanimous. The motion
was seconded by Col. Archie Baxter, who
nominated Mr, Fassett.
At 8:30 o'clock a recess was then taken
until 10 o'clock p. m.
On -reassembling, nominations for
Lieutenant Governor were declared to be
in order and CoL Anson Woods pre
sented the name of Charles L. Saxton.
Geo. W. Aldridge and James W.
Wadsworth were also placed before the
convention in brief : eulogistic speeches.
The roll call-wasr-finished at 12:37
olclock a. m., Saxton had "340 votes no
result. , "-
Leslie W, Russell then rose and -asked
that the vote of Schoharie be changed to
Saxton, Other changes gave Saxton the
election. ;
Judge Albert Haight was renominated
for judge of the Court of Appeals.
Taken to Texas for Trial
Jacksonville, Fla., SeptJ 18. Walter
Holt, the young manwho is charged
with murder in Texas and who was ar
rested in this city last week! by constable
Land, was taken back to Texas by
Sheriff Jones, of Robertson county,
Texas, at 9:38 o'clock this morning. The
sheriff and young Holt were accompanied
by Mr McMichael, father-in-law of the
man whom Holt is charged with mur
dering. i
Pull Time Woikr Resumed.
South Amboy, Sept. 18. The Pennsyl
vania rtailroad company has issued
orders on the Camden and Amboy divis
ion for all. departments to resume work
on eight hours time, six days each week
For the past thirteen months the ship
yards, machine and car repairing shops
have only worked eight hours per day,
five days each week, while the trainmen
had worked only hlf time.
Owen's Plurality.
Lexington, Ky Sept. j 18. The offi
cial counts by the county committees
makes the plurality asr follows: Owens
Scott 1,184, Franklin " . 526,! Oldham 164,
Woodford llo: total 1,98a. Breckin
ridge--Fayette 205, Owens 987, , Henry
465, Bourbon
total
1,719; Owens
plurality 270.
A New Political Plot.
Valp4.iu.I30, Sept. I8.h-A fresh plot
. . . j 1 1 i j
m wnicn iouowers pi ine late wen.
Balmaceda are the ringleaders, has been
discovered. Twenty persons have been
arrested, charged with being .implicated
in the conspiracy.
Telegraphic Sparks.
WAgHiHaTON, Sept. 18. Mai. Thomas
Turtle, corpsof engineers of the United
states army died here this morn
ing from congestion of the liver.
Fort Monroe, Va., Sept. 18. The
marriage or Miss Mary jiee Duval,
daughter of Lieut. William P. Duval.
Fifth artillery, to Mr. Louis E. Marye, of
- .. '
Philadelphia, was celebrated m at.
Mary's chapel at noon to-day, f Rev.
Father Donohuej omciatmg.
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AN OFFICIAL 8GANDAL
LIKELX TO ARISE OUT OP
O'ROURKETS DISMISSAL.
His Allegation of a Conspiracy
Against Him His Correspondence
With the Secretary An Inter
cepted Letter Appoint
i mente by the President
Mr. Kerr Craig on '
- - Atlanta Exposi
tion Board.
.Washington, Sept. 18. The mail
from Gray Gables received at. the White
House this morning contained seventy
four commissions of newly appointed
officers, among them twenty-one post
masters in New York State.
Secretary Carlisle is overwhelmed
with letters from Senators, Congressmen
and others, asking for the re-instatement
of treasury clerks who have been dis
missed within the past few days. So far
as known, not one of those discharged
has been re-instated.
Messrs.' Baker j and Herriatt, whose
resignations were asked for last week,
have complied with Secretary Carlisle's
request and handed in their resignations.
Supervising Architect O'Rourke occu-!
pied his desk this morning in the Treas
ury Department as usual, as if his resig
nation had not .been asked for. Officials
and others on business came and went and
between these visits he filled in his time
in drafting his letter of resignation. "Of
course I will resign," said he, "if not to
day, within a few days. Until I do I
have nothing to say. " The matter cre
ated a sensation in the Treasury Depart
ment and was a lively topic of conver
sation. It was not however, a surprise
to those who had the confidence of high
officials, but came as a bomb to the
clerks in the bureau, who did not know
of the strained relations between the
architect and. his immediate subordinate
officials. The disturbed relations began
six months ago.
Mr. Kemper, tLe chief clerk 'wrote a
letter to'Secretary Carlisle at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, in which he stated ;
that the relations, existing between him
self and the architect had come to such
a point that he j would either have to
protect himself personally against what
he considered insults, or else to sever his
connection with the office in case Archi
tect O'Rourke was to remain. j
Upon receiving the letter of I Mr.;
Kemper, Secretary Carlisle at 4 o'clock;
yesterday demanded the immediate
resignation of Mr O'Rourke. This mom-;
ing Secretary Carlisle received a letter!
fromArchitect O'Rourke, in which he;
states that; he had received the demand
for his resignation with "amazement."!
He recalled the statement, which he said
the Secretary had made to him early in
his . administration, that should any!
charge be made against him, aswa9 not:
unusual in one occupying that position,!
he would be given an opportunity to
meet those charges before any action
was taken : by the head of the depart
ment. This, he allegts, has not been
done. Mr. O'Rourke further states that
he has known for several months that a
conspiracy existed in his own office to
bring about his downfall, and denounces
the conspiracy in strong language.
secretary uarusie replied witmn in a
few minutes after ; receiving this letter
this morning, that for many months hei
had known that the architect's office was
in a demoralized condition, but he had
hoped order would be brought out of
the apparent chaos. Instead of improve
ment, however, the omce had been
going from bad to worse, until he felt
impelled to take the action' he had,
which had not been done, however!
without much hesitation and a careful
.consideration of all the circumstances
leading up to it. He asked Mr. O'Rourke
if he had any evidence of conspiracy ex4
isting in his office or in the Department
against himself to submit that evidence-
to him and he would investigate it. and
meet out punishment to the guilty party
or parties. ,
This letter was, delivered to Mri
O'Rourke at about 11 o'clock to-day, and
Mr, O'Rourke then began the pirepara-i-ti
jn of his letter of resignation, in which
he will detail, it is said, the facts of the
alleged conspiracy against hinf, giving
nam.s and dates. Thus the matter
stands. Documentary evidence in the
shape of an intercepted letter in the desk
of Secretary Carlisle, it- is said, cuts an
important figure in the case and may
develop into an official scandal. . j
Mr. Kerr Craig has been appointed to
represent tne .rostomce JJepartment. on
the Government, board of managers of
the Atlanta Exposition, ju
Among the appointments received at
the White House this morning from
Gray Gables were the following: Peter
Arnow, collector of customs at St, Mary's,
Ga.; Charles 11. Mansur, of Missouri,
legislated out of office as - Second Comp
troller of the Treasury by the Dockery
law, appointed Assistant Comptroller of
the Treasury.
A Populist Editor In Trouble.
Savannah, Sept. 18. A special to the
Morning News from Macon, says: John
A. Perry, editor of the Ironton World,
vas arrested and brought before Com
missioner Erwin to-day on a charge Of
using the mails for fraudulent purposes.
Perry runs a Populist paper at Ironton.
The warrant charges Perry with sending
circulars through the mails to newspa
pers and individuals in Georgia and other
States announcing that he has invented
a means of winning at poker.' These Cir
culars are said to have been sent out jail
over the country ,even as far as California
where a newspaper obtained possession
of one and exposed the scheme that
Perry is alleged to be working.
Evidence Against Detective Richard -
. son.' " ;
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 18. In the mo
tion of btrickenaden, charged with
lynching, to be released on bail, Butch
McCarver, son of the sheriff, testified
that on Wednesday before the lynching.
tua smith, bialey and f rank Berry, three
men now in jail, as&ed him to assist in
the lynching. Richardson, the detect
ive, they said, wanted McCarver to? be
in the party. ' They also stated to him
that Richardson had agreed to make the
arrests and then to allow the prisoners
to be captured. McCarver did not enter
into the business. Strickenaden, so i far
has no direct proof against him.
, Chinese Warships Sank,
London, Sept. 19. The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Central News agency
telegraphs as follows: While Chinese
transposts were landing troops at Yalu
a Japanese neet attached tne uuinese
warships conveying the transports.' A
severe battle followed. The Chin Yuen
and another Chinese warship were sunk
and the unao xung and xang w ei went
ashore. The Japanese lost three vessels.
It is reported that the Chinese Admiral
Ting- and Col. Von Hannecken, : .and
other foreigners were killed. i j
The Chinese renort that their lrws at
Ping Yang was 6,600 metu ' ; j
The Body of Mrs. Tye Found.
Atlanta, Ga Sept. 18. Mrs. Drew
Tye. who was swept awav by a swollen
stream almost in the city limits! last!
night, was found to-day two miles below
the fording, she had attempted to cross.
Her body was covered by sand. : Five
inches of rain fell during the night.
Fields were badly washed and cotton
was beaten out and stained.
COMMERCIAL N EWS.
Stocks and Bonds in1 New York The
Grain and Provision Markets
: of Chicago, u--- ; :
New York, Sept. 18 In the first hour
of trading at the Stock Exchange to-day
there was a general disposition to Bell the
Industrials, and serious lo3ses were re
corded in . this group of stocks: The
pressure was greatest in the case of Dis
tilling and Cattle Feeding and American
Sugar, the former having dropped to 9
and the Iattle to 95f, a loss of lf andMJ
respectively. An interesting phase of
the current speculation in -Whiskey was
the announcement of the retirement of
Nelson Morris from the directory of the
company and the statement that he had
engaged passage for Europe. The weak
ness of Sugar, according to board gossip,
was not at all disappointing to
the insiders. In fact, some i of the
traders thought they could 1 trace
the recent break to lower j Wall
street interest. It was ' also remarked
that when the stock sold below 95 in the
afternoon brokers credited with repre
senting the directors' party were buyers.
Ti developments in Whiskey and Sugar
disturbed the general list and losses
rangiDg from 1 to 5 per cent, followed.
American Tobacco, fell 5 per cent. "to 97",
Chicago Gas 2f to 67, Distillers 1$ to 9,
United Stages Leather, preferred 2 to 60,
Canada Southern 11 to 511,Rock Island 11
to 63, Lackawana 1 to 172,Delaware and
Hudson li to loot, General Electric $ to
37, Reading i to 191, United States
Cordage i to 15 and Western Union i to
89f. In the afternoon a ! room
trader endeavored to force the: shorts
to cover, but after a rally of i to 2, Dis
tillers, leading, the market weakened
again, . Chicago Gas having been Offered
down to 67f. The matket closed fairly
steady. Net changes show losses! of i to
2f percent. Chicago Gas lead, (North
western, Distillers, Lead Trust, Loins viae
and Nash, Northern Pacific, preferred,
Union Pacific and Reading gained to
f .per cent. The bond market was
weaker. Sales cf listed stocks ! aggre
gated 199,000 shares; unlisted, 93,000, ;
Chicago, Sept. 18,-H-There was- not
much doing in the wheat market to-day.
Trading was confined almost entirely to
the local crowd, ruling ! quiet, the! range
for the day being limited to c. ' jWheat
opened steady and practically feature
less.- Towards the close traders became
bullish and on light offerings and good
buying by prominent commission houses,
the market firmed up, closing at about
the top price of the day, in sympathy
with the strength in corn. December
wheat opened at 56ic, sold between 56 J
to 56fc and 56J to 56, closing at 56f to
56c, i to ic higher
than yesterday.
Cash wheat was quiet,
changed?.
Prices wejre un-
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Corn opened steady on lighter receipts
than estimated, but weakened later on
the impression that the estimated re
ceipts for to-morrow would be large. At
the decline the market was held feteady
on fan- buymg by the country. When
the light estimated receipts for to-morrow
were posted the market quickiy ral
lied on good buving by the country and
covering by local shortsj The close- was
firm at about the top prica of th4 day.
May opened at 53 1 to 53, sold between
54jc and 53 to 53f c, losing at 154 to
54c, $c higher than yesterday. I Cash
corn was quiet. Prices were unchapged.
Oats were quiet and prices throughout
the entire session held about steady! The
disposition to trade either way was
limited and a few sales (were effected. It
closed firm in" sympathy withj the
strength in corn. May closed unchanged
from yesterday. Cash oats were ip. fair
demand. Prices were a little easier.
Provisions were dull. The market
ruled rather firm during the greater por
tion of the day and prices for aU the
leading speculative articles averaged
higher, closing with about , the top
hgures of the day, in sympathy with the
strength in the grain markets. Janr?ry
pork closed 15c higher, January lard 5c
higher, January ribs 7ic higher
War Between Trust and Non-Trust
Gamblers. I j
Chicago, Sept. 18. At 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon a squad of detectives from j
Matt Pinkerton's agency attempted to
raid the gambling house; of Harry yar-
jtiell, ex county boodler1, at 119 Clark
street. The inmates of the establish
ment had been advised of the intended
raid and made a stubborn resistance.
Several bloody noses and black eyes were
inflicted and the row continued tmtil
Varnell secured warrants for the atrest
of the Pinkerton men from a- near-by
magistrate on' a charge of disorderly
conduct. A squad of special constables
descended upon the detectives and took
them to the Harrison street station j and
the gamblers went to work to repair
damages. Varnell announces that .he
will be open as usual at tr o clock to
night. It is said that the raid was the
work of the civic federation. Another
story is that it is a phase of the war be'
tween the "Trust" gamblers and those
who are carrying "on business on their
own hook. I I i "
Launching of the John H. Estill
Richmond, Va., Sept.. 18. A Newport
News
special to the - Dispatch says
Promptly at 11:30 o clock!, the, hour set
for launching the pilot boat John H.
Estill,' little Miss Helen Thompson,
daughter of Cant. Thompson, who will
command the new boat, let go a quart
bottle of champagne, that was covered
with red, white and blue ribbon! ex
claiming in clear and distinct tones? "I
christen thee John H. ! Estill,' " arid as
the sparkling wihe ran ' down the sMe of
the boat, she gracefully glided intp the
noble James, amid the cheers of tnany
spectators. -
The istiu is named atter joi. jonn n.
Estill, president of. the Savannah Morn
ing News company, and lis the lirgest
steam pilot boat in this country.! She
cost i50.000. and is 133 feet lone, with 23
foot beam, and 13 feet 6 inches depth
of hold, and will be fitted with twh pole
masts. Her engine is 700-horse power,
and her' boiler weighs 3a tons.
Bankers Oiroosine: Days of Grace.
Richmond, Va., Sept IS. Th Vir
ginia Hankers associauon commenced
its second annual session here fo-day.
The question of memorializing thfe Leg
islature to abolish days of grace o4 paper
maturing was referred to tne committee
on bankiDg and legislation, with ic
structions to report at the! next nnual
session. -The question! or a Saturday
half-holidav was referred to a committee
which was similarly instructed! The
sense of the association seemed to be
lareely in favor of abolishing days ot
grace. The 10 per cent; tax on the notes
of btate banks will be. discussed
at
the
meetmg to-morrow. I I
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A REMARKABLE GIRL.
SHE CAN BEAD ANY BOOK
WHILE BLINDFOLDED.
State September Cron Bulletin Be-
Rating Raleigh Fire Rlak Re
. modeling the Yarr.oro House
Attempted Suicide of a
Merchant Death From I
a Spider Bite Ne- j
hraskans Jjease
a. Farm.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. Sept. 18.
The State crop report for September I
was summarized to-day. The Commis
sioner of Agriculture says he believes the
State report is more accurate than the
Government report. The State report is
based on returns from 1,200 correspond
ents. It says that the percentages of con
dition of crops are as follows: Cotton 81 f.
corn 98J, rice 87 5-6, peanuts 86J, peas 87,
tobacco 82$, sorghum 90f, meadows 86, j
sweet potatoes 85, preparation of land for
whea 80, for oats 82, clover 83. j The Gov
ernment report gives percentages of con
dition as follows: Cotton . 88, corn 104,
rice 90, tobacco 92, sorghum 93, sweet
potatoes 94.
Special Agent Marburg, representing
the Southeastern Tariff, association is
here "re-rating" Raleigh , fire risks. I He
will rate this as a "first-class" city, and
tnen see wnat can be done. There is a
great outcry in regard to the high rates
of insurance in this city,1 and Mr. Mar
burg's visit is at the instance of the local
agents, who, as you. were informed,
found business slipping out of their hands.
Many improvements are in; progress
at the Yarboro house, and these will re
sult in an entire remodeling of the inte
rior, j . :; . ,-
One of the insurance iournals pub
lishes an attack : on the North j Carolina
State Fire Insurance company, of Ashe-
ville, intimating that its securities are of
the wild-cat, type.; I
The Chandlers. of Nebraska, have
leased the Gatling estate, east of this city.
The owners of the Caraleigh cotton
mills will put in 5,000 more spindles! in
the winter or early next springs
Thomas W. Keene is to appear here! in
Hamlet. This was decided on to-day.)
Charles Shaw, the young man from
Norfolk who made such a desperate at
tempt at suicide here, is now all right
again. It is said he received a letter or
a telegram Saturday from his parents,
l i : j. xt r . n . i F i-
wiiu uvb a i. nuiiuiK, reuroacniug oim
bitterly for leaving there with an aban
doned woman. The woman is I yet in a
disorderly house here.
A merchant here made an attempt
at
suicide Sunday night, but thanks tenths
carefulness of a druggist his attempt was
frustrated. He took morphine. I ' ' j
The directors of the insane asylum are
called to meet in special session on the
27th instant, for the special purpose bf
filling the vacancies caused by the death
of Dr. Fuller and the resignation of Dr.
Cobb. The latter-, has been here for a
few days, aiding Dr. Kirby.
The death of Dr. Pat. Bootbe, Of
Oxford, was due to a spider bite. A girl
here who was bitten by a spider a year
ago yet has the same symptoms as those
which immediately followed the bite. 1
A girl here aged about 11 years can
read print when blindfolded. She was
in a store here yesterday and two thick
nesses of cotton batting and a triple -
folded handkerchief were placed over
her eyes. Then' a book, opened at ran
dom,' was given her. She read easily
until she came to a long word, which
she could not pronounce, but she gave
all the letters of this word. j
"Belle Boyd," who was so well known
in the South during the war, lectured
here this evening; She is now 51 years
of age. : j
Two convicts from Pender arrived at
the penitentiary last evening and two
from Wayne came in to-day. j
Jehn L. Arlington, of Rock Mount, is
appointed a notary public.
Some of the Republicans in this!
county, who are well known, are openly!
attacking fusion. Among these are John;
Nichols, T. P. Devereux, F. M. SorreU
Ed. Bledsoe, and E. A. Johnson. I
. Fine and grateful rains fell to-day in!
this section. They were welcome to all
save the cotton growers.
Base
Cleveland, Sept.
Ball.
18. First game-4
Cleveland, 9; Brooklyn, 3. Batteries-4
Young and Zimmer; Daub and Dailey.
Second game Cleveland, 1:1 Brooklyn
7. Batteries Cuppy and .'O'Connor;
Lucid and Kmslow.
Chicago, Sept. 18. Dlrst I game
Chicago, 3; New York, 4. Batteries-
Terry and Schriver; Russey and FarrelL
Second game Chicago, 6; New Yorkj
9. Batteries Grimth and Schnyer
Clarke, Meekin and Farrell.
Cincinnati, Sept. lo. First ; game f
Cincinnati, 4; Philadelphia. 10. Bat
tenes Fisher and Merritt; Taylor and
Clements. . : '
Second game Cincinnati-Philadel
phia; declared off bad grounds.
Pittsburg, sept. 1. rirst ! game-f
Pittsburg, 8: Baltimore, 15. Batteries f
Gumbert, " Colcolough and Weaver
Gleason and Clark.
Second game Pittsburg-Baltimore
game postponed rain.
. St. Louis, Sept. 18. St. Louis, 5; Bosf
ton, 4. Batteries Breitenstein and
Twineham;Stivetts and GanzelLi
Washington. 9. Batteries Wadsworth
j-ajuxov 111 ill), ucui. ig. uwuvjuc. ,t.
and Lake; Mercer and Dudgale.
Tha Sti n'i tTnttnn RatIaw
New York, Sept 18. The Sun's cot
ton review says: Cotton advanced 2
points On most months, but lost this and
declined 3 to 5 points, closing steady.
Sales were 134,600 bales. . Liverpool di-r
dined 2 to 2 points, closing steady at a 1
net decline of i to 1 points; spot sales'
were 10,000 bales at l-32d decline. In
Manchester yarns were weak, cloths
dull. New Orleans declined fl to 13
Doints. Soot cotton here was quiet,
steady and unchanged. Sales were 459
bales for spinning. Port receipts were
28,908 bales, against 13,558-this daylast
week and 18,868 last year; thus; far this
week 77.791 against 39,970 thus far last
week. Exports to-day were 8,480 bales.
New Orleans receipts to-morrow are
estimated at 4.500 bales, against 3,648 On
the same day last week and 2,587 last
year.
To-day's features; Heavy rains in the
Atlantic States and unexpected steadi
ness in Liverpool caused a shght advance,
but large receipts at the ports, and the
interior towns and heavy selling jfor
local, Southern and European account
caused a decline later on.
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Terms
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During the next 30 days to close the interest
held by the estate
All parties indebted
requested to pay their
Oak Furniture given away when you
purchases amount to.$2q ob
SALE LIMITED
Prices the same in
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Dry Goods.
W. A. JOHNSON.
KATZ
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