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,; " j ' - .!; -' ' ; ; - " i . a, I.' ESTABLISHED 1867. WILMINGTON, . C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1894; PEICE 5 CEISTS. v r u Jf i ill iv- i i ? I i ii t tj i v t i ii , 4SLi i , Li c rii c j i n i r vt i v ;-. i i I i factory on'd roll. Thd. i OOO.W". APHIQ SUMMARY He, Ohio, after window glass being closed 4B; nnpns up ,nnth9. Burglars blow -up ! the;- banK sate at biwuiuwu, ri,p !cold reserve is now ueariy Stcretary tteroert is maK- to protect American We now have ; these waters, but j THE MILLS TRIRL. t1 . '.' the evidence closed and ARGUMENT BEGUN. an i r"" I Vni - i fi.Irni nnrts. 1. .' -Jirs only in i,ok "eight' by December 1st W"1 . . T W Krvtrontta nil tlio rati'111 -" " "j - cm- Tjinia pTpint flirt An. sand" alse the liamilton ,L. J", coiinn-T- The CoIorado sPrin' l "'Deiiocra endorse the Republican & Uket,4-The reported blockade the pfcs of Madagascar is denied by dei fr0 rrb Louis- A. 9 V j. rw.nlist nominee for Congress . : ' u . a l d signs a cpniraci 10 worn, mr Factunng company. oapaii not to attack Shanghai. countj; convention at in Mr. ,1raws a? a man i n.r.tLi U a rowdy affairV Several fights ,?,5 feuts C. T. Bai!ey, of the n-cw for malicious UDei. J.ne will be-' justification. -Two killed by an electric wire in tm -win e Drying io reauuo me occur, tea Raleigh defense men arq Doston -.other. State del . crats' Eailors iron plat Chester, to tnj i u wift f ii . family Otto llu ih be in .Unofiici. the coun cratic ni tare The 'tiniieil 4-Th JSebrasKa secretary .01 hies against the bolting Demo- cket The bodies of: litty ave been washed ashore near Wist since tne DumrauB.-mo t 6f J. it.- Johnson & Co., Man- K'a, is burned. -air. cnewn- fuiibd las-U summer in a siarving ' '1 uVel.inirtoh. brines suit .the - banK irom paying lu mo . i ' . r -. i ? l 1 ?J . tiiKunn hed lor nimseii auu i' in - t 0ii..ain her insanity. The Iiiian fj stem 01 coKe maK-iug ia rod uted into this country. tt and oluciai ieiurns irom an ies of : (' -orgia show a Demo , jorityjof "2Q,CO0. ;'. The Legisla- iifactiq-trs' Record reports cpn- rovdment at the fcoutn.- spend ' Oi'iio V-ii'rst-ga'i, more ai was wtn Englan 'gunboai suffir ,1 ;nient T.o meet a, f essetl .. taiVl t?st of cruisers lis mi11 wiU TVh Sotltlivrn -iUauwaj wuiiiauj .OoOJiOy and the Chesa pease and .i.itu.1.1') in betterments. The io-.of the series between Balti .1 Xew York for the Temple cup by .he latter, -mere, was penil.stvvo cruisers and two to Clibete water3. A Paris ,kcr" i? arrested for embezzle 14 O-'ii.- The prisoners at Fayette allelic., attack the jailer and attempt to t-oapc. He wounds two of them Htioore' JiiUs was sent Deiore ' tligraW jury -yessterdBy in ihe indict- ainst Wimberly.. lnere ne con- f the killing ot .iana ana ue- ihti citoumstarices.- -Another Carnejf ariror plates for bur niae at Indian Head.-' it is said ti le Czar has cancer of the kid- nevs Her.'itOr' Uill will give out it in a few daj-s. In a quarrel ji-alohsy a Baltimore man cuts throat-, killing her- almost in A bill has been brought in declare the election iri Duval Fki , invalid. ahe rumor that inent betwean the Czarowitch Alex has been broken oil Btatenu causyA .Lis ftifi stantF-. court t county, the enj; and Fi-- isuntnle. coats Jack Wlmberly Indicted for Murder A Populist' Attack on the Ner. groes Populists Annoyed Convicts Sent to the State v ; Farms j State Guard Blankets Contract Awarded W. II. & K.S.Tucker Messengeb Bureau, 1 RaIiEiqh, Oct. 4. To-night fortyj-six convicts were sent from the penitentiary to the State farms on the Roanoke Of these twenty-five went to. the Halifax and twenty-one to the Northampton farm. Gentlemen who came here from Aber deen to-day tell of a funny occurrence there yesterday at the Congressional candidates speaking. There was a sharp attack on the negroes by Dr. Cyrus Thompson, the Pppulist nominee, which made the negroes very indignant. Dur ing his speech Dr. Thompson swore he was going to stay in the canvass no mat ter what happened. -Mr. John O. Shaw, the Democratic ; nominee, at once de manded that Dr. Thompson sign a state ment to that effect before a magistrate. This was done, in the presence of a num ber of witnesses. Some of the-Populists are very angrjr because the county commissioners do not put on the election boards the men they want. The ttuth is. therej are 'a great many things just now to annoy the Populists. The colored vote in coun ties where there is fusion is giving them a great deal of trouble. The mean temperature here last month was 73, which is 3 degrees above the average. The rainfall was 5 inches, which is nearly 1 inches abovef the average. " - Governor Carr offers $100 reward for the conviction of the unknown man who murdered Mr. James Brown, mill super intendent, in Catawba county last week; that is, the reward will be paid upon conviction.- . X . . W. M. Cumming, of Wilmington, and F. P. Snowden, of Snowden, Currituck county, are appointed notaries public. Rain eet in again to-day. and depresses the farmers. Some of the cotton seed has sprouted in the lower bolls by reason of the last rain. It is eaid that most of the men who haye been dropped from the rolls at the Seaboard Air Line shops here will be re instated. Some will be employed at the car wheel works, which are nearly com pleted and which will bf gin operations November 1st, it is now thought. The greater portion of the pupils of the institution for the white blind and that for the colored deaf mutes and blind, have arrived here. The trial of George Mills for the mur der his niece, Iana Wimberly, kept the court house packed yesterday and to-day. The evidence was "terrible. It showed that the WimberJy"family, of ten persons; including Mills, lived in one room. Mills was curiously watched by the spectators. He is the ugliest man ever seen in a court room here. 'His open mouth and head ceaselessly wagging from side to Bide make him look like an idiot. He was not put on the stand. His lawyers told me last week they would not put him on the stand unless forced to do so. Horri ble a3 was the evidence, it was rather in his favor. It may be that some other people will be incriminated before this disgraceful matter ends. This afternoon Judge Bynum issued a bench warrant for the arrest of j"Jack" Wimberly, the father of the murdered girl, 'as. an acces- tne colored woman who as he claimed attempted to perform abortion, were true, he was still guilty of murder. - Wimberly was arrested on Judge Bynum'8 bench warrent and the grand jury brought in a true bill charging him with murder. He was carried to jail. His case will not probably come up at this term. The witnesses are the same as the Mills case. Wimberly. after the warrant had been served, seemed utterly undone and was apparently suffering abject terror. He vehemently protested innocence and several times wept silently. As he was carried to jail his daughter Savannah became hysterical, and her cries were distinctively heard in the court room. ! y This afternoon argument in Mills case was stopped until a jury could be drawn from the special venire to try Ransom Brodie, colored, who shot and instantly killed John Wiggins near Wake Forest. W. H, &R. S. Tucker & Co., of Ral eigh, are awarded. the contract for fur nishing 1,200 blankets for the State Guard. - : i GEORGE MILLS tCONFJESSES. THE GOLD RESERVE NOW i$8,0Oa0O0 ABOVE THE LOW-WATER MARK. Precautions Taken by Navy Depart ment to Protect American Citizens in China Another Test of Car- -negie Armor Plate -r New . Theory Adranced The Hattera8 Light House . an Assured Potsi- Ue Details Before the Grand Jury the . Manner of Killing His Niece A Revolting Narrative. Raleigh, N. C, Oct, 4. George Mills, who has been on trial ;here j for his life during the past three days for the seduc tion and murder of his! niece, Iana Wim berly,' confessed the crime this evening. He was sent to the grand jury room as a witness against Jack Wimberly, the father of the murdered girl, and it was in this jury room that made the con fession. He told a story full of the most horrible and revolting details how at the instance of the girl's father, Jack Wimberly, who had said to him: "Take Iana away and never bring her back here alive," he induced, her to accom pany him to a neighbor's (house. On the way was an old unoccupied house. Into this house he took her and told her to take the contents of a bottle he handed her and it would i produce an abortion, the girl having been betrayed and being then pregnant. "The drug," says Mills, "was laudanuoa which Wim berly had obtained for the purpose. The poor girl drank the drug, but it did not have the desired effect." j Millsjlthen, so he says, struck her seven times wjth a club. She screamed and pleaded, but,awayoff inthat lonely house at the dead of night, no one! could hear her. He finally left her for dead and re turned -with the tale that somebody had murdered Iana, and threatened to kill him. The girl was not dead. She lived ten days,,but never regained conscious ness. Mills was arrested and jailed. Ha is almost an idiot, half blind and half witted. I Hi3 trial will continue notwithstanding his confession. The jury trying him know nothing of the confession. Jack Wimberly was jailed -this even ing. He was the principal witness against Mills.- Now ; Mills will, bo principal witness against, him lyes o f both are at stake. and the the THE EASTERN SITUATION. Cf A KoWv Republican Convention. special to tha Messenger. WKiins. X. (J., Oct. 4. The Republi can county convention at Halifax to-oay 'is a typical negro knock-down-and-drag- -out affaiir. About one half favor fusion and thj better class of the tolored dele gate j favor - a straight out ticket. : The wrangle, resulted 'in, blows, and 'T. -J. Field, a prominent colored man. received a seveie cut on the left temple, irom which' j the. blood ld freely. The "convention will probably be in session allniulkt and the indication, point to a fusion with the Butlerites. An Editor Sued for Libel. (Special to the, iJesaenRcr. ( E.vi.rtKm, Wcfc .4. This evening Editor JiSam Sharpe; colored, of the Wilming ton ( miW, sued Editor C. Tom Bailey, Jr., of the Raleigh Press, for malicous libel. JHharp alleges that Bailey pub lished a statement that his reputation was shinly. Thp case is set for hearing next Thursday. Bailev savs he will I'kad justification. Flying Jfa Wonderful Feat. Cmi ucothk,! O .; Oct. 4. Ten thou sand people, covered with overcoats-and and wraps, witnessed the fastest . me ejer niade m harness by Flying Jib tc-dayj ."The day was cold and a stiff md was blowing from the North, inak ing fikt time apparently impossible. Flying Jib,. however, was equal to the occasion. Ht- went hitched to a running mate fe beat the record of Westmont -:1, hle at thu tyle of racing, at t'hicago in lM, j " Swift as was tiie strong north wind that was blowing in his facethe great horse seemed to go. pacing without a ekip, in . an easy manner, -while hi3 running mate , seemed to lag behind. When the wire ; was reached the audience yelled itself hoars. as tht y knew the record was hroke. Starter Hooper then addressed jWrniUituile as follows: "This audience has witnessed something no other audi cv has -ever seen. FlVimr Jib has - Pict-d-a milf half ii - ond: tow iuana o'.i and the last half in 59i first sec- Jnit -.Politics fnr Work. Srn sGFiELD, Ills., Oct. 4. James A. ahne JrVorkers of America, the Ponulist aoaiirit in thL?. the, Spventeenth tlis- trict fbr Congress. ha3 signed a contract k for II." C, Keefe. of Pittsburg, Eer of thef Willard Coal and sory before the fact. The following evi dsnce was given to day: Dr. J. L. Moore, one of the physicians who attended Iana Wimberly, testified as to her wounds and condition of the young woman. There was a bad V shaped fracture on the left side of the hfad. He stated that, in hi3 opinion, deatfi resulted from this wound. A part of the skull wfes extracted. The wound on the back ofthe head did not result in a fracture but the scalp was cut to the bone. He testified about the post-mortem examination, which was made the after noon of the day Miss Wimberly died. A three or three and one-half-months-old embryo child - was removed. He only visited her twice, but it was his opinion that she was never conscious. On cross-examination he said the wound on the back of the head was mid way of the occipital bone; the skin- was cut to the bone. An examination had been made but there was no evidence of attempt to outrage her. He added that when the fcetus was shown to Wimberly, he expressed himself as surprised and said he had no idea of such a thing. This is in direct contradiction of testi mony of the Wimberlys yesterday. Dr. AT T. Cotten, the next witness, said he regularly attended Miss Wim berly, and conducted both the post-mortem and examination in regard to rape. His testimony differed little from that of Dr. Moore. He said there were seven wounds in all. Death resulted from the V shaped fracture. Seth Broad well eaid he went with the eearching paity and described finding the girl, the old house, tracks, etc. Mr. Seagraves was next examined and Raid he also went with the searching party, and corroborated the testimony of preceding witnesses in regard to the tracks ctc John Jinks said he was in the deserted house the Friday after the murder and found there the bloody piece of paper which Batchelder testified" he had wrapped around the bottle of laudaum he sold Mills. He described the "head rest," the blood in the house, etc. Deputy Sheriff Watters told of a talk he had with Mills the nignt ine iaur was taken from the jail to prevent a threatened lynching. His evidence was startling. He .said Mills, after having been told not to talk, did talk and told his story of the murder, and said, he hoced Iana would recover so she could tell the truth; that if the truth were known old man Wimberly would be found as guilty as himself. He said Wimberly arranged with him to go with Iana to the abandoned house and sent a negro woman who, would perform an abortion. He did so and sent the old woman who after she had failed to per. f crm the abortion knocked Iana in the head with a piece of wood used as a rack. He said he went then to Wim berly 's house and told him of the affair, and that he and Wimberly had two con versations, each an hour long, as to whut was the best thing to do. By Special Telegram. No Panic in Pekin Chinese Forces Worthless British Troops and Cruisers to go to China Rus- - sia Intriguing with Japan Foreign Residents in Danger. London, Oct. 4. A despatch to the Times, from Shanghai, says that accord ing to the Chinese accounts of the en gagement at PiDg Yang, it-wa3 not a piched battle. Tfce total number of the Chinese troops, though nominally larger, was actually only 12,000. Gen. Yen, who was suffering from a severe attack of dysentery, seeing that the troops under his command were outnumbered, withdrew, and Gen. Wei; iTen Kwoi adopted a similar course, but Gen. Tso Fung, the commander-in-chief of the Manchurian troops, with 2-300 soldiers, stood his ground alone against the great odds until all but 800 of his force had been killed, and these were taken prison ers, i - The despatch adds that . nothing is known in Shanghai regarding the re-, ported mutiriy of the Chinese army at VVi Jou, on the Yalu river and the conse quent panic in Pekm, stories of which have been cabled back to Shanghai from London. ! ? Tokio, Oct. 4. The Italian Minister has obtained a pledge from! Japan that her forces will not attack Shanghai. i London, Oct. 4. In an interview to day Mr. Sinclair, ex-British Consul at Foo Chow, said that, with tne exception of Li Hune Changs force and the of Manchuria, China's forces are worth less, the profession of arms being held in contempt. The organization i3 bad. Japan, in his opinion, is bound: to win, but defeat will not endanger the Manchu dynasty and will probably compel China to look to Europe for the lessons she needs. i The Central News agency announces semi-officially that the proceedings of the Cabinet council were chiefly devoted to affairs-in the East. Also, that the Cabinet decided bo send two additional cruisers and two more gunboats to China. The Westminster Gazette expresses be lief that the Cabinet council unanimously adopted plans for the protection or Brit ish subjects in China. ! ! ! The Exchange Telegraph company says that 6,0C0 troops will be sent from India to protect the.treaty ports in China. . London, Oct. 4. The admiralty have ordered, to proceed to China the first clas3 cruiser t. George, now at i Portsmouth, and the second class cruiser iEolus, from the Mediterranean squadron. The gunr boats Red Breast and Pigeon, of the East India squadron, have also been ordered to Chinese waters. This action is under stood to be in accordance with' the de cision of to-day's Cabinet council. ; The British consuls i at Hankow and Ning Pa sent alarming dispatches to the Government on Tuesday and Wedneer day, reporting disturbances in those places and stating that the European residents were in periL . The Evening News publishes a sensa' tional statement to the effect that the Cabinet council was called to consider a despatch received from Minister O'Con nor, at Pekin, iri which it was stated that Russia was intriguing to assist China against Japan in return for the cession to Russia of certain ports of Corea. If this is trueJtheJZJrening News adds, it will be a question of sending first-class British men of-war to China to thwart Russia's intentions. There" is no confirmation of this state ment from other sources, j bility. Washington, i Oct. 4. The treasury gold reserve is only a few thousand dol lars below the $60,000,000 mark to-day, having gained $1,000,000 in the past, two days. It is now $8,000,000 above the lowest point reached in the summer. . Secretary Herbert said tb-day, when asked about the steps he had taken for the safety of Americans in j China, tha about two. weeks ago he had sent written instructions to Admiral Carpenter, com manding the American forces in Chinese waters, suggesting to him t4at he place himself in communication with the com manders of the foreign fleets and i co operate with them by arranging for con certed action in guarding foreign inter ests entrusted to their care. It was suggested that, if possible, an agreement might be reached for an effective, distri bution of ships in such a way that all the treaty and other' ports wjhere foreign interests might be j endangered should be cared for by one or more ships from the fleet, with the understanding that they were mutually to giye protection to the citizens of all the nations entering into the agreement. There .re at present but five American vessels on the Asiatic station, and, though this number will be increieed to eight by December 1st, there are at least fifteen ports where the lives of American citizens may be endangered. If Admiral Carpenter can secure the co operation of the British admiral, the British and American ships jcould be dis tributed in such a- way as toi protect both British and American subjects. I The cruiser Charleston has joined the American fleet in Asia. Capt. Coffin, her commander, reported iby cable hi3 arrival at Yokohama Tuesday night The vessels under Admiral Carpenter now are the Monoeacy, temporarilv the flag ship, now at Tien Teii, the Balti more and the Concord at Chemulpo, and the Petrel at Nagasaki! The other three vessels which have bedn ordered to reinfefcethe station ate the Yorktowri, now' at San Francisco, thef Machias at New York aid the Detroit! at Norfolk. The Yorktown will start, across the Pacific and the Machias across the At lantic about October loth. The Detroit is to leave Norfolk early next week, stopping at Cadiz and Roaie to deliver the Columbian relics. Tests were made at Indiiin Head to day of the sixteenth group of Carnegie armor,, designed for the Brooklyn and the Iowa 8-inch breech loading lifle baibetts. Three shots were- fired at a 4-inch ballistic plate, curved to a radius of 9 feet 6 inches, and of Q.300 pounds weight. The plate had beeri condemned by the Carnegie company oa account of surface cracks, but it was desired to- test the effect of these crakes on; its resisting qualities. Thirty-three pound Carpenter shell were used, lhe impact of the first at a velocity or 1,491 feet was on a sound part of the plate. The shell broke, part rebounding but the head! penetrating the plate six inches. !ihe second shot with a velocity of r 1,595 feet strucK on a . cluster or cracks one half to three-quarters of apJ inch deep, failed to penetrate and was j smashed to fragments. The third shot striking a practically sound spot, at aj; velocity of 1,676 feet, went through the plate and backing. These tests sustain a theory of armor experts that plates jwith cracks may be more effectively harveyized and hardened, and it is thougfct that: this discovery if verified beyond doubt, may be utikzed in future armor Jmaking. I The members of the lighthouse board are much gratified to learn that the wooden froas used in the coast and geodetic survey in boring io determine the character of the foundation for the proposed new steel light house on Dia mond shoals off Cape Jiatteras had weathered the late,, hurricane without damage. The only evidences found of the gale was the broken flagstaff. . Capt. Wilde, the 'secretary of the lighthouse board, to-day expressed the belief that if comparatively lieht wcoden. piling could successfully stand the force of last week s hurricane there win be no dim culty in making the proposed light house perfectly secure under all conditions. THE TEMPLE CUP. First Game for This Trophy Bad Blood Between the Clubs Several Fights The Umpire Protected by Police New York the : ; ; Victors. . J Baltimore; Oct. 4. No deeper nor more intense feeling of nvaly ever characterized a game of . base ball in Baltimore! than was felt and displayed in to-day's contest. Trouble was averted at different stages of the game by the few cooler headed players and a riot at the conclusion of the game was pre vented only by the large police force which escorted Umpire Emslie off the field, The excitement was at fever heat from start to finish and it is remarkable that even the few blows that were ex changed by the players did not furnish a cause for serious consequences. For two i or three hours this afternoon it looked certain' that there would be an exhibition game only; that the Temple trophy would be thrown aside and the Orioles would forfeit whatever interest they might havejin it as pennant winners. It was not untd the game was called that a decision in regard to the cup was reached, j McGraw, of the Orioles, stead fastly refused to ogree to the- 65-35 per cent! distribution of the receipts and the Other members of the team would not play 'unless he consented and played his regular position. McGraw contended that the only j proper thing to do was to play for even stakes as had been agreed by Messrs. Hanlon and Ward, represent ing the views of their respective teams. The pb3tinate young man was won over at tne last minute when it; was made clear to him that the .contests for the Temple cup would be canceled unless the wisnes oft Messrs. Temple, Young and Byrne were respected. filled with bitterness, owing to the Controversy over the cup affair, and each club accusing the other of trickery and unsportsmanlike conduct, the teams took ; their positions on the field . Rusie's delivery was a puzzle to the Oriole bats men! throughout the same. The New Yorkers fared, a little better. They pushed three balls into the crowd beyond tne ropes and out of reach of the fielders and these, under the ground rules, were good for ; three bases each, j They all reached home. One other run was scored. The Orioles did not make a long hit in the game. Burk led the batters. He rapped out four singles in succession. lhe fielding on both sides was very bril liant and every run was earned. : lninga looked squally when McUraw ran into Ward at the second base in the seventh inning, and again, when he ac cidentally : struck Farrell at the home plate; Again in the nineth inning when Emslie declared Jennings out at first there was a terrible row. Brodie who was on the coaching line in his excite ment, struck Doyle, and the players all flocked in.' Quiet was restored until the inning ended. Then the. crowd back of the rops rushed at Emslie and the police went; to his assistance. He was safely escorted to the club house amid groans and yelled of derision. The uncertainty surrounding the. contest and the miser able weather held the attendance down to 11,720. : The ecore was: Baltimore 1, New York; 4. Batteries Esper and Robinson ; Russie and Farrell. . Umpires, Hurst and imnsue. THE WAR GLOUD PASSING FROM THE FRANCO BRITISH HORIZON. THE GEORGIA ELECTIONS. STILL ADVANCING. ai General Improvement at the South Continued Railroads jto Spend Millions of Dollars in Better ments New Enterprises. j Baltimore, Oct. 4. Special reports to the- Manufacturers' Record from all parts of the South show that the general improvement in business previously noted continues and that the situation as a whole 13 almost universally re ported as very promising. There is a de- matters, and 'a number of are forming, The Democratic Majority ; 20,000 Populist GainsThe Legislature I Largely Democratic. I i, " . Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 4. The Vonstitu- tion publishes this morning returns from allof !the 137 counties in Georgia, made from unofficial estimates compiled by its correspondents in eyery county, and most j of them received after i midnight last night.; The unofficial returns indi cated that the State had gone Democratic by 30,000,1 but the official count in consolidations- which took place at 12 o'clock to-day show that this figure has been re duced. The official Democratic majority will not vary much from 20.000 and this is the figure which is now accepted by conservative estimates on the Demo cratic side, . j The Populists, on the other hand, claim that the country counties, the consolida tions frooi which will be the last to be heard from, will reduce this . majority to at least 10.000. ; Of I the 175 members of the House elected, about sixty are Populists, and of the forty-four members of the Senate mere, are seven ropuuac and one tepuD lican; r Several of the strongest Democratic counties in the State have been carried by the Populists, andwith but very few exceptions, every county in the State shows Populist gains. Speaker Crisp's district give3 the largest Democratic ma- loritT of anv district in the. State, lie neured conspicuously in the campaign. strongly advocating tariff reform and the free coinage of silver. Rock arv- tH .'-'tioa ks g nej OTkt-r nf A mprira and ftlsrt gn a candidate of the Populist party 3 btate president of the United re- bombshell in the Raleigh, N.iC, Oct, 4,Mills then t-iA Walters that the tale about his go- "crawford 9lla riw hi, pel- aThi,,SS H luics, . . v. j ii was an old colored woman named, At wkter hvhig about two miles from Wim hrlev's and that she was at times of unsound mind. . The State here announced that this was its case. . ' ' ii. The dfefenae put no witnesses on tne stand.but made a similar announcement. Argument was begun, T. R. Purn&ll, Esq making the first speech for the aTta While denouncing Mills as a murderer, he said the State had at tempted to bring out every thing con nected with the case and fe shiek nobody. He called attention to the con flicting statements of Mills, saying that even if his story about Julia Afcwater, v.v"Jtlt;SS.. ; -1 Ins u ft r Lave heen expecting help fom ord's candidacy for their candi " fl A&i- Jatoes A. Connolly,' The "em4.:rats are correbnondinely elated wi-aseei it-UU . i 1 t f ti- J. withdrau-al assures the return of SaT"1 - Springer to his seat in 1 the "eI,011 Legislature. It will be impos-. f'r,kEow'for the Populists to bring Bia caBdi'3ate to take Crawford' -ace, as the time for fifing nomination itUl lth tb? Secretary of State closes "midnight of the 6th. Senator Hill to Make a Statement, New Yoke, Oct. 4.Senator Hill was seen at Democratic headquarters this morning. He said ho would stay in town a day or two langer and that he hoped to give out a statement beftre inr hack to Albanv. ;He was asked in regard to the situation, but declined to discuss the matter. When asked as to the prospects of the success of the Demo cratic party this fall, j he said that it was always his fortune to! go Into the fight when the clouds were dark, but that he came in strong at the stretch. ' Iron Plant Burned. Richmond, Va., Oci. 4. The iron plant of J. R Johnson Co., in Manchester, just acrqss the river from Richmond, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Loss $100,000;' insurance $20,000. The firm will probably rebuild. cided increase in industrial in railroad interests' quite important combinations calculated to have a material influence upon the development of the; South,' j At a metting of the Southern Railway company's stockholders, it ) was stated that $o,uuu,uou would De expended in general betterments and improvements along mat system, i ; i President In gal la of the Chesapeake and Ohio has reported that extensive im provements including a large depot at Richmond, would be made at an aggre gate cost of about $2,000,000. ! Among: the new industrial and fin an cial enterprises reported Car the week are? A large railroad grain ; elevator at Bridgeport, Ala.; an extensive cotton seed oil mill at Jacksonville,; Ala : a cot ton mill, electric light plant! gold mining operations and the enlargement of two cotton mills in North Carolina. Bank clearings and railroad earnings contmue to snow a large increase over the corresponding time of last year, From all parts of the South! there is re ported a considerable increase in , the inquiries from outside for mineral, timber and agricnlturaliands. , Cut His Wife's Throat. Baltimore, Oct. 4 The northern sec tion of the city has plunged into the throes of excitement to-night by the hor- mkla iiirir rf hx fTotal TT n conn R2 lllllj UIU&U--- V MIDI- .MW . . VJ. vears old. bv her husband.lWm. J. Has- son, aged 37 years. T A quarrel, brought about by jealousy, it a supposed, was the cause of the deed. (Two women called at the Hasson residence. No. 1209 Maryland avenue, this evening and re ouested IMrs. Hasson to return a ring borrowed from one of theni by her hus band. Hasson promised td return the ar ticle and the women left the house. Has son and his wife then retired to their rn but a few miautes la husband was seen to hurry from the apartment and the house. A strange npise in the room attracted the attention of Mrs. Hasson's sister and upon going to the room she found ' the woman lying j dead on the. fjqor. ger throat was cut from ear to eat; the gash almost severing the head from the body. Up to midnight the uxojeide had pot been apprehended j The Deadly Electric Wire." Boston, Oct. 4. C. E. Day, an em ploye of the Boston Electric Light com' panyj was at the top of a pole on Con gress j street this morning trimming an arc light; when with a shriek he fell backward, clutching the wires with his hands, lie was prevented from falling to the ground by his body belt which was fastened to the pole. As he hung limp and lifeless, his hands and clothing were burning witn a sizzling poise, lne electric light people were quickly notU hed arid in a few minutes the repair wagon was at the scene with several em- Eloyes. J. Munroe ran up the pole to is comrade's rescue with a pair of nip pers with which to. cut the wire. As soon as he touched the wire with the nippers be received a heavy shock, and was thrown to the ground, receiving a fracture of the skull. Both men died from their injuries. Io Declare the Florida Election In- I j valid. i Jacksonville, vFla., Oct. 1 4. There nas developed a hew phase to the ejec tion matter in this country. The Central cour$ today granted a temporary in junction, restraining the county canvass ing board, from canvassing the returns of luesday's election on account of the alleged illegal acts of the inspectors. The bill on which the lnjuctionwas obtained is on the theory that the election in the county is invalid on accouhtv-of the in spectors refusing: to open the., polls in four of the city wards, because f the presence of deputy , sheriffs stationed there to watch the vote. ""'. ' No Blockade of Madagascar's Ports Declared French Press Say no Cause Exists for the War Alarm , The French cabinet De cide Upon Energetic Action in Regard to Madagascar Af fairs. London, Oct. 4. A despatch from Port Louis to a news agency here, re ceived to-day, repeats the denial pre viously made that a blockade of the ports of Madagascar had been proclaimed. : The .despatch i adds that the report arose through. the misconstruction of the steps taken by the French warships along the coast to prevent ?the landing of arms, and ammunition for the Hovas. The same despatch states that the French resident general in "Madagascar warned the settlers in the island to repair to the coast in view of the possibility that hos tilities might occur. Many of them fol lowed his advice and went to the coast towns, but Bishop Caset and the Catholic missionaries on the island remained at their posts. Paris, Oct. 4. The Jouriialdes Debats, referring to the war alarm in England, says that there is no question between Great Britain and France which cannot be settled amicably. The Soleil declares that Madagascar cannot lead to a conflict between France and Great Britain. The Matin says that it is absurd to suppose that a dispute in regard to Afri can affairs with France was the reason for summoning the English Cabinet council. London, Oct. 4. The Paris correspond ent of the Standard says that he has made inquiries in the proper Quarters. and that he is in a position to state that, whatever urgent communications have" been received by the British Foreign Office, they did not come from France. No urgent communication, he savs. could have been sent from the French Foreign Office without being first sub mitted to the French Cabinet. The last Cabinet meating was held a week ago. xae j.imes, in a leader to-dav. points to the fact that neither Marquis Dufferin nor Baron de Courcel. the new French Ambassador, is at his pest, as proof that there are no serious matters in dispute between the two Governments, and says : Utiron.ae Lourcei s appointment: indi cates that France desires to preserve the best relations with Great Britain. We havej of course, various questions of more or less urgency and complexity be tween ourselves and France, but on a calm examination of all these problems it ii difficult to suppose that any one. or even any group of them, could suddenly aeveiop in sucn lasmon as to threaten, however remotely, our good understanding. Paris, Oct. 4. It i3 understood that the Cabinet council to day decided upon immediate and energetic action in Madagascar. To Enjoin Payment to His Wife. Washington, Oct. 4. Mr. Chewning, of Basic City, Va., on June 3rd last, was discovered in an insensible condition in the Smithsonian grounds. He was taken to the Emergency hospital, where, from an examination of certain papers found upon him7 it was discovered that the man had come here seeking employ ment to support himself, wife and child ren, and that he had fallen exhausted from hunger. The" case attraled general attention and the charitably inclined people of the district subscribed several hundred dollars for the benefit of the man and his family. To-day Mr. Chewning, on behalf of himself and two children, filed here a bill in equity against hi? wife and the National Capital bank, of this city, pray ing that the bank be restrained from paying his wife any part of the sum of $756, which sum, Mr. Chewning says, is part of the money contributed by the people of the District and turned over to her by him. Mrs. Chewning deposited the money in the bank and now " seeks to claim it as her own. He alleges that his wife is subject to attacks of insanity; that during such attacks she has broken him up, by her actions, In various kinds of business; that she is under evil influ ence of her relatives, who are his ene mies; that she is cruel to her children, and that she has brought suit against him at Basic City for divorce. On the other hand he gives to himself a clean bill of health, with many particulars. Upon this showing Chewning asks that the bank be required to hold the money deposited in Mrs. Chewning's name as a trust fund, for the benefit of himself, his children and his wife. The Sun's Cotton Review. New York, Oct. 4. The Sun's cot ton review says: Cotton advanced 10 to 14 points, closing steady with sales of 150,800 hales. Liverpool advanced l-32d on the spot and 2 to 21 points for future delivery, closing firm with spot sales of 15,000 bales. In Manchester yarns were in sellers' favor, cloths quiet and steady. The Bombay receipts for the week were 2,000 bales, against 2,000 the same week last year; thus far this year 1,560,000, against 1,551,000 to the same week last year. Shipments since January 1st were 47,000 bales to Great Britain, against 41,000 for the same time last year and 748,000 to the Continent, against 730,000 for the same period in 1893. Spot cotton here was quiet and steady at unchanged prices, oaies were -to Daie3 tor spin ning. Pott receipts to-day were 36,857 bales, against 2d,0ba this day last week, 32,18a last year and 40,331 in 1890; total thus far this week, 187,438 bales, against 160.083 thus far last week. Exports from tne ports to day were 14,297 bales. mostly to Great Britain. New Orleans receipts to-morrow are estimated at 13,000 bales, against 9,622 .oiu the same day last week and 9,267 last year. xo-aay areaturesi. juost oi the news was bullish and the market readily re sponded. Bears here were nervous and some large lines were covered. There was some bull manipulation, just as there was recently considerable bear manipulation. Liverpool and the South were active and high; the receipts at the ports seem useiy to fall below the esti mates; cooler weather was predicted at tne bouw; gram ana scocks were stronger; cotton is considered cheap; the crop ia not yet made; the receipts do not as yet point to a crop of 9,000,000 bales, and there is an idea that the market ha? been oversold. It has more of an evened up appearance to-night. OWEN F. LOVE & CO. (Successors to Cleaves Hardware Co.) October 1st, In the Building next South of the Postoffice, a New' and Complete line of " Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Implements, TINWARE, STOVES, And House Furnishing Goods. With strict attention to Business, Low Prices and Honest Dealins, we hope to merit a liberal share of ihe pubiio patronage. 1 OWEN F. LOVE & CO., 114 North Tront St., Directly Opposite TheOrton. 4 Y0U KNOW THAT LIVELY, EN ergetic boy of your knocks out his shoes? We've been thinking of him providing for him and his destructive energy. 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