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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.
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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
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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 boy
and girl in j town with wear-defying .
Shoes and yet Shoes that I are comfort- '
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space to price them, just come in and
examine or send the children down to be
fitted this week before school begins.
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CARPET ID EI DEPARTMENT
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116 MARKET STREET,
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rpHE BEST EQUIPPED CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY ROOM IN THE
State has been .opened by us this week. We extend a; cordial invitation to our
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friends and patrons to visit this 'department.
We cut, lay and fit Carpets and Mattings, thereby saving customers endless
trouble and worry. The charges for this work are nominal.
MOOUETTE
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We
Guarantee a Saving of io to 15
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This Department. ;
Per Cent, in
SPECIALS
44
ax 4
25c
30C
75c
85 e
60C
FOR THE WEEK-
Ingrain Carpet 39c.
Brussel Carpet 59c.
: Slatting 13.
. Matting- 13-
86 Portiors, extra width and length, 83.98 pair.
83 line Curtains,' 3 1-2 yards lonjf, special price $1.98.
"Woven Ingrain KnjfS 4Hc..
Smyrna Rag 59c
Window Shades'' - 40c.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power.-. Latest fj. S. (W Report
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GRAND FALL OPENING,
Tuesday! Wednesday and
THURSDAY EVENINGS 8 to 10 R M.
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We beg to assure all that It will be wortli wbUe to be present.
KATZ
& POLiOGT,
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116 MARKET STREET.