North Carolina Newspapers

. . ., - 'I -'."!'- -;. 1''. - .--.:... - . . . ' -: " -r. ----------- .- -; -, .- : - . i -r- ...... - . . n mm ill V ESTABLISHED' 1.S37. WILMINGTON, N. C;; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1894. V V K i ' - i TELEGRAPHIC SUMMAJElYi i ' v . ..- 1 The Chicago will meet th9 Machias at Rome The Secretary of the Navy has made a change in the uniform of the sailors of the navy- The Yorktown will join, our Asiatic - squadron At Selma, Ala., Louis Williams deliber ately shoots William Lewis -An influ t ntial Democratic negro1 is killed by other negrdes in Alabama -A family of five in Memphis are poisoned through their coffee. Four are expected, to die The Democrats of Carroll county, JIJ. repudiate Senators ,rormon and Gibson -The Central committee of the Silver party of Nevada commend. Sena tor Jone3 for leaving the Republican . party The ojd Fenians and In vincibles form a society ia Ireland called the Old Guard- One man has his neck broken and two others legs broken in foot ball game? in England Baron$s3. Burdett Coutts claims the right to have her stabLes painted by whom she- pleases r Governor'' Carr opens - the Cabarrus County fair to-day The Governor a -points R. W.Brown, of Wilson, a di rector of , the Raleigh insane asylum A terrible storm : has 'Visited Cuba. Much property was damaged. No lives or shipping were lost -Bail is denied M. Strickfadden, charged with : the Millington, Tenn., lyching-4-A tropical storm is now raging in the Gulf of Mexico.' Yesterday" morning . it was seventh-five miles east of Havana. The weather bureau is uncertain as to what course it will take, but warns vessels against going down the South Atlantic coast for two or three days The Brit lsii steamer Irene lands munitions of war ac ia ivu, . uina r-rnero are no prospects of ending the strike in Boston r-Th Fall River mill owners are de- : ter.mined not to give in to the strikers It is thought tne Japanese are pre- 'paring for a-descent on Pekin St Marys college at uaiciand., Jal., is burned f It is said the. Czar is suffer ing from Bright's disease;: -Puddlers at theOliver steel works in Pittsburg strike - Signor, Crispi's Naples speech does , not fool the Pdpa In the Fuller trial the State has rested its case and the de fense haa examined several witnesses It is thought the evidence will close to- - day- The Democratic State convention meets in Saratoga to-day. W. J. Gay nor, is the leading candidate for the nomination for Governor -An inter national astronomical journal will be published at the Chicago university Bishop Spaulding publishes a reply to Bishop Keane's strictures on his A. P. A. article -On Sunday at Columbus Alex, will try to beat her record of 2:03J -The fight at New Orleans between Plimmer and' Murphy was declared a draw on the twenty -sixth round Three men are burnetl to death ia a fire in Portland, Ore. Several Lodges of Eiks are suspended for holding meetings and picnics on Sunday -All the strik ing miners in the Jellico Tenn., district, return : to work -Judge Gaynor de . elides to be the Democratic candidate for Governor of , New York -New Yorkers have organized a big lumber company known as the Tuckaseigee dompany. They own ToLOOOi acres of land in Western North! Carolina -' . Consul General Jernigan is" active in having all "Japanese in Shanghai sent home. ' " - THE FULLER TRIAL. The State Rests Defendant's Wit nesses Examined Sentiment in : Favor of the Defendant To Befilu Arsnment Wednesday. V I; " ' Special to tkMessenger. Rockingham, N. CK'Sept. 24. The Siaterested its case in the Fuller trial this morning after Misses E.mma Steel and Addie Chandler, Rev, J. T. Lyon. and Daniel WatSffts had been examined for the prosecution. , : The defence then. introduced Robert Strange, who testified to the location of the homicid s. After recess tie defend ant was calloxo the witnesj stand. He was cool and collected andi made a .good impression, Eiving substantially the same -evidence as before, except as to a rib Ibeing broken and a knot on his neck which was discovered since the last trial. 4 Other witnesses examined were Mrs; John Steele, Mrs. M. .F.Cook.U. L.Cook, lrvin Overbaugh, some of' them new witnesses who gave evidence in favor of the prisoner. This closed proceedings for the day. 1 Public opinion seems to be, largely in favoi" of the prisoner and the general opinion seems to be that the jury will acquit. It i? now thought that the evi dence will be closed by to-morrow and the" argument commenced on Wednes day. Many think that the State's case is not as strong as at the first trial, and the defendant's much- stronger. Many ladies attend the trial and public inter est is great. , T Utie Cabarrus Fair Insane Apylam Director. Special to the Messenger. Raleigh, Sept. 24. Governor Carr I left for Concord this afternoon to open the Cabarrus County fair to-morrow. The Governor appoints R. W. Brown of Wilson a director of the insane asylum iiere, vice Dr. W. R. Wood resigned. ' t' Follies of-Irish Leaderc. I DiBLis, Sept. 24. The Freemans journal publisBes a; letter from Dr. Thomas Addis Emmett, of New York, who calls Justin McCarthy's attention to the disastrous consequences to the national movement in America of the constant references to scandal and the public discussion of the differences ex isting between the factions of the Irish party. The whole movement in America has been imperiled by Mr, Healv's letter . .about Mr. Gladstone's subscription. That' the Irish Federation in America has sent Ireland 83,tC0 during i the last three 3' ears and Ireland could have relied upon an annual remittance of $10,000 but for the current wranglings in the party, v Telegraphic SparkeC JPakis, Sepc 21. In consequence of the discoy?iry of frauds in the lists f of voters the Governcjent has dissolved the municipal council at Toulouse and ap pointed a commission to replape them. Vienna, Sept. 24. It is semi-offioiall" stated here that the Czar is suffering .lrotn Bright's disease of the kidneys. t tTTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 1 24. The pnd dlers fit the Oliver iron and 6teel worss etruek day against a 25 per cent. ?re duction, sod all but four furnaces closed Adown, - s . MURPHY AND PLIMMER. THEIR BOUr BEFORE THE ATHLETIC CLUB. t, The Fight is Declared a'Drtw on the Twenty Sixth Itound Both Men Game to the!. Last Everhardt and Abbot To-nibt Fitz- : simmons and "Creedon ;i . to Close the Contests To-morrow Night. 1 New OrleTaks, Sept. 24 Murphy and PHmmer fought to night at the Olympic club for a purse of $2,500 and $2,000 to the winner and $500 to the loser." The men were in splendid 'Condition and weighed in at the stipulated weight-r-115 pounds. ' The Btakeless ring was in troduced to-aight f pr the first time and bo far as appearances went, seemed to be an improvement on the old-style; JBeferee Eckhai t, was received with a good de monstration of cheers.' V - - - H ' ' Tlimmer was seconded by Billy bIc Carty, Benny Murphy and Al RobW Murphy was looked after by Jake1 Kilj rain, Andy Bowen and James Connery. Frank Caramback was official time keeper. - - -. T - First round Work was very pretty. Plimmer landed several left hand punches in the head and rights over the heart, though he missed one of the most vicious, swings ever seen in the ring heie. ,:''.. 1 j. Third round Plimmer became the ag gressor, landing a right body punch and sending in right and left a moment later Both men landed lefts, though Plimmer got the best of the exchange. Plimmer punched Murphy at will all over the ring, and the Boston bantam looked the worse for wear at the end of the round. Fourth round Plimmer forced the fighting from the start, though Murphy got in one or two good right-handers on the jaw. At the end of the round there was ' a rapid exchange of blows and beautiful out-righting marked ths worK of the men in the middle of the ring. Murphy's blows lacked steam though his science was of the neatest order. This was Plimmer's round. ! Fifth round There was considerable ' mixing in this round and the work, al though heavy at times, was.of the most artistic character. Plimmer's right hand , body punches were terrific, but the Bos- ton rnan took his medicine aramely, Sixth round-PUmmer was having much the best of tni3 round from the com mencement. He was continually at the heart, though Murphy's right eye showed signs of punishment, and as the gong sounded Plimer landed a heavy right on the body. 5 Seventh round Plimmer was the ag gressor. There was a hot clinch in the middle of the ring, in which both men lost their tempers. Referee Eckhardt called them to immediate order. - Tenth round Murphy was still strong in ;thi3 round and in a clinch near the ropes, he threw Plimmer from him with the greatest ease. He got a heavy right on the body and the head. Murphy was nearly taken off his feet by. a heavy right hand swing. j. This was. a give and take round in which Murphy did the best he had yet done. ; Thirteenth, and fourteenth rounds , The fighting was fast and furious. Whea the gong sounded at the end of the four teenth the men had to be parted. . Fifteenth and sixteenth rounds The men fought desperately. Murphy re ceived the greater number of blows and the harder ones too, but the Englishman -did not seem to be able to weaken hiinjto any great extent. . - Nineteenth and twentieth rounds These rounds were, both in Piimmer's fayor, he following Murphy alL around the ring, f Twenty-second round Plimmer was knocked down in this round by a heavy right on the jaw which seemed to daze him. Twenty-third and twenty -fourth rounds --Plimmer had a little the best of the fighting, but Murphy's recuperative pow ers were showing to good advantage. . Twenty fifth round The men ad vanced and shook hands for the wind up. 'Jimmer led on ana landed on Murphy's body with some force and seemed to have the best . of the round. At the end of the round the audience rose in a body to hear the verdick . When time was called for the twenty six round the-referee declared the match a draw and ?.his decision was received with liberal applause. . Plimmer had the best of the hitting but the Boston lad's gameness and generalship enabled him to contirfue the contest the required twenty-five rounds. To-morrow night Jack Everhardt, the local favorite, wiirjiye Stanton Abbott a-jeturn fight for a purse of. $1,500. A six round bout between young Griff o and Mickey Dunn Aval precede the con test and will be first appearance of Griffo in this pity. , " J'' The carnival will close with the great' est fight which has taken place in the past two ! years. Bob Fitzsimmons and Dan Creedon will contest for the middle weight championship of the world. : The Sun's Cotton Review. New York, Sept. 24. The Sun's cot ton review says: Cotton declined 8 to 9 points and then rallied, closed firm at a decline for the day of 1 to 3 points. Sales were 119,600 bales. Liverpool advanced J to H points and lost this and closed weak. Spot sales were 12,000 'bales at unchanged prices. In Manchester yarns were in buyers' favor, and cloths dull. New Orleans declined 7 to 8 points, but recovered part of this later on. Port receipts , wgre 0,025 C bales, against 30,425 this day last week and 351871 last year; thus far this week, 77,541, against 48,883 thus far last week. Exports to-day were 10,751 bales from Orleans to : Great Britain. Spot cotton was l-16c lower. Sales were 218 bales for spinners; delivered on con tracts, 200. New Orleans receipts to morrow were estimated at 9,C$0 to 10,000 bales, against 6,354 last week and 8,636 last year. There was less disposition to sell this afternoon and more anxiety to cover shorts. Prominent members: of the trade also eave the market support;. There was ouite a marked decline early in the dayowing to this mornings Liverpool advices and large receipts at tha ports. There was selling toy local. Southern and English houses. Later on shorts tred to cover; there - was very little cotton offered, end the prices . f .i i i - recovered mosi oi me eariy aepiipe. Some were inclined to rear bad weather to-morrow, pwuig to the news that a cvclone was approaohingthe Southern coast, but the most potent factor was the over sellinsr of the market. Uhere is a nhnrh interest ho re and at the South and on every decline there is more or. less covering:, which cauge3 at least temporary rebound to the market. Terrible Storm in Cuba. Havana, Sept. 24. A terrible storm prevails throughout the entire island of Cuba. Great damage has been done to property, many ; houses having- been blown down. 8o far, however, no loss of life has been reported. The shipping 1 .1. tihnkA Lacs a.t.nAil (nin.w ' Cease calling Sluf as Amis "Colonel." He is not., even a" Yarbrftcgh House "Kurnel." CoL James . Amis, of Oxford, is an able man and true to the White man's party (QfovefL RM SIGNALS TJP. A Tropical Storm in I he Gulf of Mex ico Vessels Warned Against Sail- ' log Down tbe South Atlantic - Coast. "j Washington, Sept, 24. A tropical hurricane is how attacking the Southern coast of Florida and lashing the waters of the Guif, uncertain whether to pursue its northwestern course or carom off the land up the Atlantic in the track of coast wise trading vessels. , The bureau., has given timely warning and any mariner who, during the next two or three days, heads his vesseL towards the South -will do so at the risk of both ship and cargo. This storm is a perfect type of those bred in the tropics during the September and early October season. Its velocity ia un usual, but this is expected to diminish before the wind reaches the Northern latitudes. Last night the 6torm was 200 miles ,TT southeast 6f Key West, .the wind having a velocity of tburtyrshf viniles. from the ; north east. ' Storm signals have been put up as far north as Jacksonville; Fla., and west to Pprt EadSi. Information-.ejgrials. wre "flying- this morning up to Savannah and Charleston and west tQ Galveston, ! and at noon to-day these .were changed to storm flags; The'storm moved $00 mflrs west to-day at the rate of sixteen miles an hour, its average previously being 'fourteen miles an hour. It will be two or three davs before any effect ;of this atmospheric i disturbance .will "be felt j along the northern coast of the Atlantic and the weather predictors will be un able to approximate an accurate forecast of' its direction until after they have heard from some of the Gulf observers to night. This morning the storm had reached a point approximately seventy five, miles southeast of Havana, with the unusual wind velocity of- seventy-two miles an hour from the north. - - NAVAL MATTERS. The Chicago at Havre Change in .Uniform -of Oar SailoTS The. Yorktown Ordered to China. . . Washington, Sept 24. The' Chicago arri y ed at Havre to-day. Admiral Kirk land expects te go to Cadiz in October to meet the Machias on her- arrival at that port with the Columbian relics. ; puf Jack tare are to wear a new and more comfortable uniform The princi- palchange is in the cut of . the trousers, which are , to fit closer above the knee, retaining their flowing proportions at the ankle. A dark blue jersey for cold weather is added to the outfit and the white hat is replaced by a white cover for the regulation- cap, lhe departures mean considerable increase of comfort and the boysjwill look decidedly more nautical. 7 , , Secretary Herbert decided to-day to add the Yorktown to the Asiatic squad-f ron and telegraphed orders to the Mare Island navy yard to have herdocaedat once and all necessary repairs made as soon as possible, preparatory to,stirting her across the Pacinc. lhe Yorttown reached San Francisco to-day, having just returned from patrol duty in Bering Bea and her commander, Capt. Fol- cer. is well : equipped for , duty in China. The Yorktown i3 . a 1700-ton ship with 3,603 horse-power and can maintain a seventeen-knot speed. She draws only fourteen feet of water, adapt ing her peculiarity for the shallow har bors of China. It is expected that she will reach Yokohama about November lOih. The Charleston ought to be at Yokohama before the end of this week. These three vessels, with the Baltimore, Concord, Petrel and Monocacy.will make the Asiatic fleet the most formidable the United States has had in Eastern waters for many years. Bishop Spanldinfi's Reply to Bishop . Keane. . t Peoria, Ills., Sept. 24 The following written statement was to-day issued by Bishop Spaulding with reference to the criticism upon his American Protective association article in the North American Review by Bishop Keane: '1 have read Bishop Heane s criticism on my article in the JSortti American Review, and asit has not been disowned, I must suppose it to be authentic. The important question is whether what I have published in the Review is true. A thing may be unfortunately true, and this is doubtless what Bishop Keane means when he calls my article unfor tunate. He says also that it is untimely, but I fail to see how this epithet can be applied in any right sense to the henest and dispassionate discussion of a subject which . now attracts gen eral attention and is not without importance. II my very moderate ex pression of views on a question which is actually before the public and which is of concern both to the Church and to the country is to be condemned as unfortu nate and ill-timed, then rational discus sion among Catholics is no longer to be thought of and Catholic unive rsalty is but a pretense. r If what is said of Car dinal Gibbons is true, the least I can do, I suppose, is to regret that he should have to regret to. express his regret to the Pope. Regrets, however, a reddle and the manly and American thing to j do is . to confront me with arguments ana not w aiitujpt io iriguteu w ita groanings." A Bfjr Lumber Industry.. Nkw York, Sept. 24 The Tuckase igee Timber .company nas been incorporated with a capital of $000,003 for the pur chase of timber and timber lands and manufacturing lumber. ! The incorpo rators, who are also the directors for the first year, are as follows: Harry K. Williams,. Allen W. Adams, George Hagemejer, 13. A. Parmlee, Casper Hagemeyer, Q. B. Han-foj-d. ; W. H. New . and J. M. Eadie. The eentlemen who have incorporated this comprny represent the largest and most prominent firms in iNew York city in. the lumber traae ana taae in every branch of it, not only the pine industry but also hard woods and mahogany. This corporation has acquired about COO acres of timber lands near AsheviuW Western North Carolina, on the line of the Southern road, and not.far from the estate of Mr. George Vanderbilt. These lands are very heavily timbered with hard woods and poplar, , To Scl) on pskfn. LoiJPON, Sept. 24. Commenting on a j despatch 6tating that a fresh Japanese the field, the Daily Neiv expresses the opinion that Corea is not their deMiha? tion. it this is true there can ue oniy one oher tfbjepu ve point and that is a dash on Pekio. With unnecessary frank ness the Japanese general lias expressed his intention of seizing Moukden, but as . m m . 1 A J 11 he is Known to oe a Basmasier. m me art of deceiving, it may be assumed that he (Joes not intend to do anything of the kind. He could easily send an army tq Pekin, a great part of the way by sea, A College Burned. Oakland, Cal." Sept. 24. St. Mary's college, a handsome brick and stone structure, erected5 five years ago by the Christian Brothers, was damaged by fire early this morning to the extent of i;00,7 000; insurance 180,000 lhe budding was completely gutted. Tt ere were 122 students and thirty instructors tt the college. All escaped . l-rl'-Zr --k-'J. PW. YORK DEMOCRATS ' - . ' ; ASSEMBLING- FOR THEIR STATE CONVENTION.! Many Factions Fighting Against the Nomination of W. J. Gaynor for Governor Tammany Opposing 'Him Kcpablicana Fear - . ' His Nomination Dispute ... WRh the. Uaitariasa ) Over a Place of . ."" ' Meetiae. . New Yoek, Sept. 24, About 400 mem bers of the State Democracy, the Grace-" Fairchild contingent of anti-Tammany- ltes.Jeft this city this morning at :40 o'clock on a ppecial train. The Tam many delegates and about 1,000 friends started for Saratoga at noon. They trav eled in three special trains. All the del egates who dropped into the'eity hall be fore going to the Grand Central depot were talking about Judge Gaynor and j predicting that he would be Kmiated on the first ballot. r Some of them ex- pref sed the opinion that Judge Gaynor would be . nominated by acclamation before the end of the first ballot, i ; Saratoga, N. Y.j Sept. 21. All the friends oft men with booms and all the other s; who object to Wm. J. Gaynor as a candidate for Governor, are uniting in an effort to defeat his nomination. No one man ia being urged for the place against him. The- scheme is to under mine his position and then scramble for the nomination. The. Tammanyites and many others prefer any man to Gaynor, as bis well known independence of ma chine dictation is not acceptable to them. Judge Gaynor has the support of many Democrats who are wise enough to see that a machine man is not the man to n this . year, and a man who has strength outside of his party is needed. - The . whole situation has been ! thor oughly canvassed by Senator Hill and 'the party leaders and they have decided that Gaynor is the man. ' I It is conceded that the Republicans prefer to see some other man nominated by the Democrats and that they are do ing what they can to help in dethroning Judge Gaynor. ' The friends of the latter assert.hovre ver.that all these attacks upon his private life will reat in his favor, as every charge can be met and he can- be shown to have acted the part of an hon orable man. j It is practically settled that Davied B. Hill will be the temporary chairman and he may be continued as permanent cb air man, although there is talk of selecting a Cleveland Democrat for the latter posi tion. . i- The committee of citizens, headed by Cale Mitchell, president of the Village Trustees, had a long and heated confer ence with Dr. Edward Everet Hale . and a dozen representatives of the Unitarians this mdrning. The town authorities asked the Unitarians to relinquish their prior claim to the convention hall in order that the Democrats may meet there. - The towns people told, the Unitarians that no attempt was being made to break faith with them and acknowledged their prior engagement of the hall, i They asked the Unitarians to give way to the Democrats and hold their conference in the Presbyterian church, which they offered for the purpose. They pointed out that the church was large enough for the Unitarians, but that nothing but conven tion hall would accommodate the Demo cratic convention. It was also made clear that special press facilities, includ ing about twenty wires and tables for 100 correspondents have been provided in convention hall, while any other place that could be used is without wires and press facilities. The Unitarians refused to yield. i They finally made a proposition offer ing the Democrats the use of Congres sional hall Tuesday afternoon for, their preliminary organization, aud offered to subscribe $100 toward fitting up any other hall for the Democrats. The pro prietors of tbe United States hotel, who are blamed by the townspeople for. put ting them in this dilemma, offered to subscribe another $100. . These subscription propositions drew from some of the Democratic politicians the sarcastic remark that "those people mudt think we need money." ; The Unitarian people finally com promised. They will give up the hall to morrow from 12 o'clock noon until 6 o'clock in the evening. . 1 -On Wednesday at 11 o'clock the Demo crats will convene at" the old Casino, where Governor Flower was nominated, and finish what business remains.! The Tpfnsal nf the Unitarians to accept the offer of a church - made them will cause the greatest confusion. - - The newspapers and press associations will suffer much by this as there axe no wires at the Casino. - The committee on credentials are promised' a, heavy job with the contests. There are half a dozen from other parts of the State besides Brooklyn and New York.. The Cotton Mill Owners Deternined. Fall River, Mass, Sept 24 The sixth week of idleness in this city 'opens without any promise of aB early resump tion cf work. The manufacturers seem more united than ever in their determi nation to make the operatives yield to their terms, and as the pendulum of trade swings it seems to be bringing the j time of their wuiniBg-nearer to hand. ,' The weakening pricc3 i5sthea;cloth market, coupled with the weakening5 mand for. erooda in the mar nountrv. are solidifying the manufac turers. The Durfede mill is now running in full under the reduoed scale of wages, except in the mule room, were nine out of twenty-one pair of mule3 are idle. The Saconnet mill w here a strike was ordered, is running nearly three-quarters full, un der the reduced scale. Not the slightest sign of an attempt was made to day to operate the other mills. The spinners at -the Sanford spinning company have been trying to effect a settlement, but the au thorities will insist upon enforcing the reduction. v I The Complaint Against Baroness Bar dett Coutts. ' i v- London, Sept. 24 The correspond ence between .uaroness iJuraect (jouiis and the secretary of the London Painters' Trade societies is attracting much atten tion. The secretary wrote that ' com plaint had been lodged against the Barbness for allowing ner stablemen at Rrnftbfirfd to naint the stables instead of rmnloviner union nainters to dothe worE The aroness in a spited reply de? nounces thd 'monstrous and intolerable oppression which the union- claims to have the right tq practice. : and whick would, qepnve eYeiy woruigroan Qt the right to work out his own advancement by his own energy and rob him of tile birthright of personal liberty;" .-; A New Power in the Cast. -London, Sept. 24. The Times pub lishes a leading article, in which, it says that Japan has already effected enough to convince intelligent men -the world over that henceforth they must reckon with a new power in the East. . . The Novoye Vremya, the Times .says, reminds us that Russia still hankers for the possession of a secure open harbor on the racihe such & possession would be a great menace to both England and Japan, " J! COMMERCIAL NEWS. t4 Stocks and Bonds in New York The - Grain and ProvisionUarkets . - of Chicago. .1 New York, Sept. 24 The tendency of prices at the Stock Exchange to-day was . downward.' The special features wejre New York Central, Chicago Gas and the Grangers, all of which were heavy and lower New York Central fell 2i per cent, to 99 on trading of 4,200 shares. The decline in the stock was due to a belief - prevailing in certain quarters that the directors on Wednes day next will reduce the dividend and that the statement to be presented will be unfavorable. No one of any promi nence in financial affairs could be found who would father the story, but the fact remains, nevertheless, that the stock was heavy and did not show any great rallying power. In the last hoar the price got back to' 100. The Grangers were weak, especially near the "close, when Burlington and - Quincy broke to 73r, St. Paul to 65, Rock Island to jBOf. and Northwestern to 102J. These figures ! show losses as compared with Saturday's closing of f fo 2 per - cent. Firms with Chicago con nections were large sellers and one house, which has ben more or less prominent on the bull side of Whiskey, sold about 4,000 shares of Burlington and Quincy. Western advices were of a decidedly bearish character throughout and they were followed up by sales of the Grangers and other Western properties. The an nouncement that the common council of Chicago would reconvene this evening was the signal for: a raid on Chicago Gas and, the stock was forced down to 69f from 72, with a recovery later in the day to 70. It is intimated that the common council is to be asked to grant a charter to the City and County company, a new competitor for a share of the gas business of the city. American Sugar was another weak spot and declined from 96 to 94f. General Electric was inclined to firmness and at one time the stock advanced to 40 on reports that the company had re tired its floating: debt. New England sold at 33 to 3, all assessments paid. The Trust company announces that this assessment has been . paid on all but a few thousand shares. The general mar ket closed irregular but in the main weak. The total sales were 154,000 shares. Net changes show gains of i to 2 per cent , Burlington and Quincy lead ing. Teojsd Jtnarket .was irregular. - CfflCAao, Sept. 24.-rUntil very late in to-day's .ession of the wheat market there was very little encouragement for the holders of that grain.- Within the last hour, however, the sentiment under went a change, being helped both by the smaller estimates for to-morrow and by the rally in. corn. The undertone was decidedly week throughout most of the day, a new.low record, 54c for Decem ber, being made. A fair business was transacted, local logs and the Northwest doing the major portion of the selling, whilst the shorts were apparently the principal support of the market. In ad dition to other weakening influences early, the evident uneasiness of holders of corn impressed itself upon their bieth ren in wheat to i the disadvantage of values. " December wheat opened at54;c, sold between 54Jc and 54c, closing at 54fc, i to -Jc higher than Saturday .Cash wheat was in fair demand and steady. The light estimate of to-morrow's ar rivals of corn induced some shorts to cover in that market during the last hour. The buying for that account as sumed good proportions before the close and prices not only regained ' all that they had lost early, but in addition showed an appreciation over Saturday's final figure3. Early in the session the feeling was a depressed one, dispirited longs selling freely, much of the senti ment that prevailed last week finding expression at the opening to-day. The demand for cash corn was very poor. An evidence of that fact is found in the discount of c for September under May, that difference being seen at one time during to-day's trade. Prices ruled $c under Saturday. - May corn opened from 50f to 51c, sold between 50o and 52c, closing at 51ic to c higher than Saturday. ; ; . ; ' -.; - - With wheat and corn both weak, oats preserved a Bteady tone, the main reason for which was the continuation of a good shipping : demand. The better tone in the other markets during the latter por tion of the session was participated in by oats, lhe close was c higher than Sat urday for :r May. i Cash - prices were steady. a;' ,"..'! ' , ' i Provisions The- market " for' product was firm at the opening, an advance in live hog values exerting a good influ ence. Later there was a general selling, Armour receiving - the credit for being the most important person on that side, whilst one of the ground floor commis sion houses made a determined effort to force a decline. The rally in grain was opportune, however, a good demand springing up in sympathy. The close was unchanged from Saturday for Jan uary pork and lard and January ribs. j . "Two Murders. Washington, Sept. 24: a special from Selma, Ala,, says; Yesterday Louis Williams walked out , of a drug store, drew his pistol, and, without uttering a word, shot William Lewis. .The un fortunate lad lived just twenty minutes. rr 1 ' 1 1 a.: L:j xxe claims mo euouuiig was auuiueuuu. but- eye witnesses ; pronounce it cold blooded murder, i - Another Selma special says; One week aeo Jack Grayson, one of the most in fluential Democratic negroes in Dallas county, left home on horse back for church. Yesterday hi body was found Pleasantyilie, nearly devoured by h;with the head crushed. Charles Evans, both negroes, were targe of mijrder. i'- Base Bail. Pittsbubg, Sept. 24. Pittsburg, 10 Brooklyn. 4- Menefee and Weavtr jSUin and Einsiowj LoTJisvnxE, Sept. 24 Louisville, 7 New York. 8. Batteries h.neu and Cote: Meekin and Farrll. Cincinnati. Sept. 24. Cincinnati, 4 Boston, 7. Batteries Fisher and LIe.r- rim; Stivetts and GanzelL St. Louis, Sept. 24. St. Louis, 1 delphia. 21. Batteries Claratoa and Twineham: Johnson and Buckley. Cleveland, Sept. 24. Cleveland, 13 Baltimore, 7. Batteries Cuppy and Zim mer; Gleason. Hawke and Bobinson. Chicago, Sept. 24. Chicago. 17; Wash ineton, 5. Batteries Hutchinson and Schriver; Stockdale and Dugdale. j tvbov Son 24 A disnatch from ..2??. P1' LTA. 9 ?.e! ll Ettyn ui . rribisn Biauiur iroup -juw i- rive4 at Ta Ku. wheye she landed her pargo of munitions of war. ,: Highest of all ia ning Power. Latent U. S. Gu"- Report DEATH OF DR. F. HE' DIED FfiOM ' G-ASTRITIS "YESTERDAY MORNING. Inconsistency of Popnllsta Cotton Seed and Fertilizer Mills Btuy Hea?y Immigration From the North wesc Ebcpected Ad-: vantages of - Our State! ' as a Home Nbrth .'Carolina Blankets. .. ? . M Messenger Bureau, ) , j Raleigh, Sept. 24. Great and general regret is expressed J here at the death of Rev. Frank L. Reid, which occurred at Greensboro this morn ing and which was due to gastritis. During his' long residence here Dr. Raid greatly endeared himself to the Raleigh people. i! . There is a great deal of talk about the inconsistency of the Populists. In Edge combe county, for instance, they have nominated for treasurer the only "gold bug," protectionist Democrat in the county. . , : r , The Democrats of Moore county held a fine convention Saturday, renominated the present county officers by acclama tion and nominated Mr. W. J. Adams for the Senate and E. J.. Harrington for the House. The public schools here have opened with over 2,000 pupils. . There are two. white and three colored schools.- At the two. white schools 835 were present the opening day. The weekly weather crop report was issued to day. ,. It says the returns from correspondents show that very favorable weather prevailed. Good rains occurred early in the week, followed by a few cooler day 8, while the latter part was warm and bright, there is a, strong probability of considerably cooler weather by Tuesday or Wednesday, with light frosts in the mountain region. In the Eastern district the weather has been niore favorable than for some time. Fine rains occurred on the 18th and 19th, averaging over an inch, which were very beneficial. . The days have continued quite warm, with nearly every day above the normal m temperature, though the nights have been slightly cooler. Condir tions were altogether favorable for har vesting and farm work. Picking cotton is progressing rapidly, and corn is being housed. Peanut digging will soon begin. Large crops of pea vine, soja bean and crab grass hay have been saved in ex cellent condition. Rev. Mr. Cobb returned here tb-dav from the Sandy Grove Baptist associa tion.- He says the attendance-was ex ceedingly large. A resolution, offered by Rev. O. L. Stringfield, was adopted recommending the gradual reduction of the appropriation to the State university. Private Secretary Telfair left this morning for Rockingham, to take from the hies of the Executive Department some papers which are required as evi dence, in the Ed. Fuller murder case. Mr; Robinson, Commissioner of Agri culture, tells me that quite a large im migration ia expected, the new people coming from the Dakotas "and Nebraska mainly. lhe cotton compress started up regu- arly to day. It is thought that, it will handle more cotton than during any season. ' . r . The cotton seed oil mills also started up to-day, to run day and night until The Caraleiah phosphate works are now mat ing 50 tons of acid phosphate daily. In the past twenty days orders for over 2,000 tons have come in. Ycur correspondent saw the samples of blankets submitted in the competition for furnishing the State Guard. The quality is excellent. A well known North Carolina merchant eaid that for several years past he had bought no, blankets outside the btate; that those made here were better and cheaper. Many persons attended the ordination eervice at the Church of the Good Shep- herdfsterday morning. Bishop Ches hire (Officiated. There were confirma tion services at which five persons were confirmed. ! October bid3 fair to be a notable month for marriages here. At least six are "slated" to occur. Wake Superior court met to-day.. There is a big array of the "ungodly." in me next issu9 oi me ouiieun tne Commissioner of Agriculture will have an article on "North Carolina as a Home,". in which he will say : "The general in quiry as to the advantages offered by our btate as a place for permanent resi dence makes it necessary to advert to the following facts relative to North. Carolina as viewed in this light. We know that we offer advantages not sur passed by any other State in the Union. In the first 4 place, the climate is, as a whole, . unsurpassed, having immunity from extremes of heat and cold. The water is fcuperior to that of any other section and easy of access. Without these qualifications nO country is, in my judgment, fit for a permanent home. As to soils and productions, we have a vt riety of oils, ranging from those suitable for rice culuture to those adapted to wheat and rye, including lands suitable for producing fine grades of cotton and tobacco; a'so suitable to the production of clover ' and tbe grassf s, making possible and profitable the raising of face stock of .all grades, including dairying. In proof of this we have several well conducted studs and quite- a number of succe3Siul dairy farms. As toprodu'- tione, that fe, under the benign influence of our genial Climate, practically unlim ited. lhe fancy of - the farmer, trucker or garuner may oe louowea wiwout re' . "t . L f II . 1 . stnction, - The condition of the farmr in this State is evidence that the above is true, as well as the faot that farming, trucking, small fruit growing is every day assuming larger proportions, show ing that our people have pluck and con fidence in soil and climate. Frcm a per scnal observation we are fully assured of the fact that, as a class, the farmers of North Carolina are in better condition as to produc9 in' store, preparations for future crops and as to cash in hand than those of any other State, with the excep tion possibly of Pennsylvania. With these Qualifications we claim that North Carolina is the State to move to, and the place to build your permanent home. . Bail Denied. Memphis. Sept. 24. Judge Cooper de nies the application for bail made by Mr. Strickfadden, under indictment "for murder growing out of the lynching of six negroes on August 3 1st at Millington. Pakis, Sept, 24, The liauldatci- the affairs of the Panama CompaDy declines to dlfccle Bmmmit ot SQSiT' Sua to the new issue of shares. " I'-" 1 -".- . PHICE 5 CENTS. L. REID. ; jS cHool J2los - ii f. ' "X""rnrr tttstow i TIT AP Tin?tv t ' ; J b.u t o -1 ' I I o 1 .-T? W. A. JPHNSON. r tsb 1 i i -i Jbhtisoii No. in MARKET STREET, wiLMirjCTcro, JIHE UNDERSIGNED ARE PLEASED nership, and advise the public of their markets and purchase a complete and Dry Goods, wnite Hosiery, fVSillinery, This Stock will be selected with great we reel connaent in assuring our fuends the most choice and desirable styles of omjw nooms. ; OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Artistic Trimmer whose long experience luuy quaimea ner ror ner worK. vve ask ---L-i-a-i.i iUU'lVl oaiwrAUllUiN, . ' Very Respectfully, 1 PAINTS. DIVINE & CH ADBOURN, lO MARKET STREET. TELEPHONE 136. . ""' FISH "N OUR NEW QUARTERS WEEK. From now until then no reasonable ff er for Buggies, (except Tyson & Jones) will be refused, as we have not the room in our new quarters to store them. Now, is the chance of a life time, CASH. : v..,.. i i m on C2 yes en at H. L. FENNELL, 114 : NOBTII SpeclaJ j L JAS. PEACE ergetic boy, of your knocks cut hii shoes? We've been thinking of .him providing for him and his destructive energy. We haven't forgotten the girls either, but made ample provision to Shoe every biy and girl in town with wear-Defying Shoes and yet Shoes that are clmfori- able and neat. Shoes for all ages AND . FOR ALL POCKETBOOKS. We haven't space to price them,' just come fin aid examme or sena tne cuuaren down to be fitted this week before school begins. C. H. FORE. rofe, TO ANNOUNCE TIIEIR COPART- purpose to visit very early the Northern Select Stock of Goods Notions, Fancy Goods, &c. care by both members of the fim, ahd and the general public that thev will fihd Foreign and Domestic Manufacture in our j I will be under a thoroughly competent ahd with leading New York Importers lias a share of patronage from buyersl always .. t - WM.-'A. JGKISG. CHAS. H. FORE AS WE Merchant And stilly booming the be3t of SUlTlNaS AND TROUSERINGS to order for the least money. Winter is coming and FPU need r something in this line Do correct thing'and let us dress ybu in the pne of our JSnghsh, French or Sco! ch Snit- ings. ftSTou are probably u'nderlthe pression that our prices are a little hgh. It costs nothing to investigate for your self, and can certainly convince yon to the contrary. - Fact, complete line of Ready Made Clothing for Fall Wear. and Furnishings MUNSON & CO :: Tailoring WE HE M PREPAR ED TO SHOW YOD OUR LINE OF Merchant Tailoring Goo for v tMs Fall and Winter, Over i,ooo Patterns. We Will Save Yon $10 to $15 on i S it, Give ycu the best Trimmings and Latest Styles, and as to fit, if you are not perfectly satisfied you don't take the Suit. Fall Styles, Dunlap Hats Now Open, blIate CliOTHIER. (NEXT TO .THE PURCELL) THIS 63 i let -i. TheHorseMiIlinef. CS3 FRONf ST. INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG LADIES Advantages in all Departments at very reasonable prices, oena mr uiuaufttcu vaiaiogae M l DniWIDDIE, XL A.incinal, -a-