North Carolina Newspapers

TELEGRAPHIC, SUMMARY. Key. Dr. Minnigerode, rector of Christ church, . Richmond, Via., is dead .-The Aquia Creek train robpery was a most de- liberate and. daring proceeding. The wild engine came very near crashing into the Southbound Atlanta special which 'was standing at Quantico- St. Andrew's Brotherhood closes a three day's session in Washington city- CoL ; Breckinridge makes confession of his sin to his church at Paris.'Ky. He is suspended from the Sacra ment until February j, 1895 The Fall River weavers decide not to go to work. The carders vote to go to work undeT protest A large crowd assembles at Batavia, N. Y., to witness the ceremonies of dedication ot the old Holland landj office building Great pressure is being brought to bear upon Lord Rosebery to define the position of the Ministry on the anti-Lords question. He will do so, at his Bradford speech October 27th and it is said it witi be satisfactory to the Liberals The News and Observer will put in two type settiqg machines Mr. Chamberlain's new bill o be introduced in Parliament provides far the purchase cf homes for all laborers! who can pay one fifth the purchase money, the Government paying the balance and io be reimbersed in ten years The city off Aiken will take ' the dispensary case to the Federal Supreme -court Chief Justice Logan of the Georgia Supreme court, resigns because the labor "is too much for three justices A schooner is capsized by a whirlwind in Chesapeake bay and two seaman are European .powers will drowned - The appoint a board of mediation to try and secure peace between China and Japan The report that China has sued for peace is denied: -The amount takf n from the 'express jcar near Quantico Friday night is variously estimated (from 5140,000 to $250,000, but the express officials say it will not reach the jsmaller mentioned sum. It is reported that a clue has been discovered to the robbers. The , express aerent at Richmond says not more' than $25,000 was taken froni the . train The deadlock in the Republican Congressional conyention at Saratoga! is broken by one faction withdrawing -i Vice President Stevenson spoke at StreaW, Ills. , yesterday : -Ex-President Harrison makes twenty one speeches in two d&ys, uttering j36,000 words to 50,000 people The executive committee of the NeW York Democracy held a long meeting yesterday. The question of aldermanic and assembly nominations was discussed. Mr. Gra4e who presided, said his organization was in good shape A man named Carter, jan escaped cqnvict from Sing Sing, is supposed to be the leader of the gang that held up! the train at Aquia creek. A man has surrendered to the Washington police, saying he is one of the gang, but was denied nis- share of the booty Yale defeats Lehigh tat foot ball-j Ja pan rejects China's proposals for peace George Hunt makes 106 piles and 127 yards in twelve hours on a bicycle A. R. Elliott defeats Dr. Carver at trap shooting -Mrs. Louise Bresock, of Wheeling, W. Y!a., is beaten to death by her husband f-Col. Breckinridge makes a remarkahle speech in presenting a banner to jthe precinct which gave him the largest proportionate vote- The superintendent and matron of the Kansas deaf and dumb asylum make affi davit that Mrs. Lease tried to ; get them to steal from the institution and divide j with her- The hospitals of j Dresden and other European cities will useiBehring's diphthe- ria serum The express company mani- fests show that there were $182,000 on the car'iobbed at Acquia creek Hon. jThos F. Bayard arrived in Washington last night. r . - i . To Put in Type Setting Machines. Special to the Messsenger J Raleigh, Oct. 13. The stockholders of the-News and Observe have decided to increase the capital stock to $30,000 and to put in two type setting machines. The Sun's Cottkm Review. Kkw Yoek, Oct. id. Tne 'Awn cotton re port !says: Cotton1 advanced 8 to 9 points, closing steady at a net advance of 7 points. Sales were 81,000 bales. Liverpool was un changed on the spot and li to 2 points higher for future delivery. Spot sales were , 10,000 bales. New Orleans advanced, 6 to 7 ' points. Spot cotton- here was dull arid un changed. Bales were 184 bales for spinning. Port receipts were estimated at 44,595 bales, against 37,965 this day last week, 35,909 this day last year and 72,809 in 1891. To-days features: An unexpected" advance in Liverpoo l cool weather at the South pre dictions oi frost, and covering by the shorts caused an advance. Some of the crop re ports from Texas, were rather unfavorable, reporting ravages by worms. As rains were reported to-day there was considerable nervousness among the shorts, especially as a lower temperature was predicted,. There was a cold wave , coming from the, North west, which many feared might extend down to the cotton belt j " r - ; ' Strife Over a Republican Nomination Saratoga, N. Y., Oct. 13. The Republican Congressional deadlock was. dissolved it last by the expiration of thej time in which it could make a nomination. When the! town hall clock struck midnight Speaker Maltby and the other members of the St. Lawrence delegation left the room, - leaving the! oth ers still in session, and went to their hotel. The Saratoga, Fulton and Hamilton half of the convention remained in their seats and offered their nomination to, Lucius NL Lit tauer, of Gloversville, ( but he declined to take on the half shell what he could not ob tain in the full convention. Then a mo tion was put and declared carried by Chair man VanNess, that Genj Winsor B. French, of Saratoga, be nominated by acclamation. Said nomination was then certified and it was taken to Albany and file 3 this morning witn tne secretary oi estate. a Bkblix, Oct. 13. The municipal authori ties of Dresden, ANordhausen and several other towns have decided to supply j their hospitals with Behring's; diphtheria serum and thus give free treatment to all diphthe ria patients. A similar step was taken in Christiania since the wonderful results of using the serum were made known, i THE TRAIN ROBBERY. A ":" ' A aA - ' FURTHER DETAILS OF THE ACQUIA CBE2K AFFAIR. i Express Messenger Cratcbfleld's Statement An Escaped Convict r Supposed to' be tne leader A Man Pretending to be of the Gang Surrenders ,Tho Amount Stolen Variously Esti mated,. Washington, Oct 13. Astonishment is the feeling uppermost concerning last night's train robbery within twenty-five miles of this city. The details are as follows: The train held up was the northbound train on the Richmond, Fredericksburgnd Poto mac road, leaving Richmond at 7 o'clock last night. The train left Fredericksburg at 8:55 o'clock on time. The robbery occurred near Aquia Creek, between Brooks station and Wide Water, an exceedingly wild part of country, entirely suited for the purpose. It is hot known at what point the robbers boarded the train, and the first intimation anybody had that trouble was brewing was when two men jumped from the tender down into the cab, and leveling revolvers at the astonished engineer and fireman, ordered them to stop the train. The engineer hesitated for an instant, but when informed that he must stop the train or be killed, he closed the throttle, and the train, which had been running at about forty miles an hour, slowed up and finally came to a complete standstill. , The engineer and fireman were compelled to leave the engine and sit quietly on the bank along-side the track. Tnen the ban dits, who were seven in number, and all disguised by masks or by handkerchief s tied over the lower part of their faces, made for the Adams Express " car, which was in charge of Messenger"?. S,-Crutchfield. One robber entered the car. A? described by Crutchfield, he was of heavy build -and dressed like a farmer, although he seemed to thoroughly understand the express busi ness. He had a red handkerchief over the lower part of his face, : "When the train was stopped," says Crutchfield, "I opened the door of my car. The robber fired a shot at me) I dodged back and closed the door. He'called: Open that door.' I did not do it. 'Open that door or I'll blow the whole car to pieces with dynamite.' Then he threw a stick of dynamite. It struck the door. and shattered it and the casing. The force knocked me off my feet. I then opened the door. One robber came in and made me open the safe. He took everything. There was one Dacka&e .which he must have thought contained only papers for he threw ,it into the box. It contained $6,000. Then he said 'Open that otner saie safe' I e: ' 'That is simply a dead head :plained. '"The h 1 it- is,' he roared. 'Show me your wav bill for it.' I started to get the bill, and he said 'Keep your hands up. Show me the paper. I'll get it,' He looked at the bill and was satis fied that the secohdafe contained nothing, which was true. The man was very cool all the time. We had seven or eight through ex press pouches, each containing packages of money, how much, I cannot guess. The man cut a small slit in each pouch and took every package." 1 Crutchfield then says there may have been $150,000 in the packages. -The robbery occupied about twenty minutes. The night was dark, and the place selected a deep cut. The engineer and fireman sat on the bank on one side of the train during the whole jobbery and were not ten feet from two or ? three of the robbers as they fired shots into I me air. ae, man wno enterea tne car seemed to be the leader, although a man on the outside with a high -key voice had a good deal to say about things. . This man was. tall and ran about a good deal. He drovd Charley, the porter, who rushed ahead at first, thinking that tramps were shooting, back into the . sleeper, and fired two shots at him. The train crew, the pos tal clerks and messengers were thoroughly cowed, the terrific dynamite explosion hav ing caused them to fear that they would be blown to pieces at any moment. Conductor Birdsong, who is one of the oldest conductors on the road, one of those in the rear coaches, showed fight. He passed through the train, asking each pas senger whether he had a revolver and finally succeeded in -finding a small one. Armed with this he stationed himself at the head of the ladies car, cautioning the pas sengers to keep their seats and remain quiet. He coolly asserted that he would kill the first person who set foot on the platform. All the passengers hid their valuables and many of them dropped down in the aisles and between the seats. There were seven postal clerks in the car ahead of the express car. The postal car was full of windows and the clerks were badly scared. They had no arms. The postal car had many sacks of registered mail but no effort was made to touch them. ; When the robbery had been completed the tall man who had fired the first shot into the express car, gave the word:' "Go ahead with the engine." - The bandits com pelled the engine crew, to uncouple the lo comotive, jumped aboard and made good their escape in thedirection of the Potomac jriver, where it is supposed they had a Joat in waiting to take them to Maryland. The robbers are supposed to have left the engine before it passed Wide Water, and the telegraph operator at the station, compre hending that something was wrong, tele graphed ahead to Quantico to look out for a wild engine. A s witch was thrown j ust out side of Quantico, and when the engine ar-, rived it was thrown on the open switch, Crashed into a number of freight cars and in a moment more a huge pile of debris marked the -spot where the collision oc curred. The engine was thrown on its side and is a complete wreck, r The long "Atlanta special" was standing on the main track at Quantico and narrowly escaped being struck by the runaway en gine. A brakem an had j ust thrown the switch as the wild engine dashed into the yards' and on the outside track into the ! freight cars. . J An engine was- sent irom yuanuco to bring on the delayed train and it arrived in Washington with its frightened and demor alized passengers at 1:17 o'clock a. m., a lit tle over two hours behind schedule time. The train with the rifled express car, still in charge of Messenger Crutchfield. was im mediately switched on to'the New, York train, and ten minutes after" its arrival was on its way to New York. ? The railroad company has placed a reward of $1,000 each dn the robbers. A despatch from Richmond says Governor O'Ferrall has added another $1,000 $o the reward. Ricitmoxd, Va., Cct. 13. No event that has taken place in Virginia for many years created as much excitement as the holding up and robbing at Acquia Creek last night of the north bound mail and express on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad. . The affair was literally the town talk here to-day and there was 1 a good deal ; ot wua rumor, as to tne amount of currency , on board from Richmond. None of the Richmond banks had currency on the train. As one of thev cashiers said,') the 'robbers might have been well up on train robbing, but they were sadly off on the laws of trade; for at present all the shipments of currency were southward. If, however..! the s hold-up had taken place Thursdav night a good haul I of mutilated currencv would have been M . "1 j 1 'T t v made. ;k . The Merchant's National bank sent north by express last night a-package of drafts and other paper valued at $1,000. This package was en the robbed train, Xbutx it is supposed that as the robbers could make no use of the contents it was thrown away. At any rate, the payment of the paper has been stopped by telegraph. j A A The two , express messengers, J. S. Crutchfield and H. Murray, will not return to the city until to-morrow morning and until their reports are made and the several points from (Which the stolen packages were shipped are heard from it will be impossible to give the exact amount of the booty. Mr. Andrew Welsh, the agent of the Southern Express company here, said this afternoon that there was sent from Rich mond on the train $5,000 in currency and $16,500 in listed bonds. The bonds had been received at the Richmond office from another road and the currency was in miscellaneous remittances of $50 and less. He knew of $1,500 that was going through from the South; also, that there were irk the express car light pouches from Savannah, Ga.. Jacksonville, Fla., and Charleston, S. C. He did not think that the aggregate amount stolen amounted to more than $25,000. It is said that if -the robbers had made their raid on the southerbound train No. 403, they would have struck a bonanza. There was jn charge of the express messen ger one shipment of $100,000 id currency. As soon as Governtr O'Ferrall heard of the affair he issued a proclamation, offering a reward of $1,000 for the arrest of the rob bers, and sent the following! telegram to Governor Brown, of Maryland the District commissioners at Washington, and the mayors of Philadelphia and Norfolk "At about 9:30 .o'clock thej northbound train of the Richmond, Fredericksburg.and Potomac railroad was held up by robbers, supposed to be seven in number, at or near Acquia Creek,: county of Stafford, State of Virginia, the door of the express blown open by dynamite, and the jexpress safe robbed of a large?sum of money, the engine then turned loose and a collision with the the southbound tram, which iwouid neces sarily have caused great loss of 'life, barely averted. I have offered a reward of $1,000 for the arrest of the robbers, o $150 for the arrest of any one of them," payable after trial and conviction. I respectfully request that you call upon the officers of your State (or city) generally to be on th alert, and to use their best efforts to secure! the arrest of these men. They are supposed to have es caped by boat.". Mai. Mvers, president of the railroad company, has offered a reward of $1,000 for the arrest of the outlaws, or fany one of them and Mr.: Welsh, Richmond represen tative of the express company, said to-day he had no doubt that his comnanv would follow suit. I - Among the Richmond people on the train were Messrs Stnngiellow, 901 Mass and Morton Samuels. Mr. Arthur Evans and wife and Mr. John C. Robertson, of Man chester, were also anymg the passengers. All accounts agree that Conductor Bird song, who is one of the oldest and mostc trusted' conductors on the road, behaved with great coolness. Mr. C. Gil Leef, of Bal timore, in referring to his conduct, said: "I guess Conductor Birdsong was! the . nerviest man I ever saw. "He was cool land collected throughout, and as brave as a lion." Mr. J. M. Gunn, who was one of the pos tal clerks on the train returned to the city this afternoon. He said he I really knew very little about the robberyj except what had been told him. The train came to a sudden stop just beyond Acquia1 creek,and he sawCharley Munford. the porter, run by.the car. .It appeared that one of the bandits was under the car, and ordered the porter to go back and, the latter not! moving fast enough, two shots were fired at him. There were six men in the postal carrnone of whom were armed, but there was no dispo sition to disturb them. - He learned that the robbers ordered the express jnessenger to open the door of his car, and, upon Mr. Crutchfield declining to comply, said he would blow open the door. Then followed the explosion. y No further intelligence as to! the amount of money looted from train No. 78 on the Richmond, Fredicksburg and Potomac rail road, could be obtained this afternoon at the Adams Express company's headquarters. The officials of the company were busy re ceiving reports from the places whence the different . consignments . of k money were shipped, and were endeavoring to sum up the total loss.- The amount stated to have been taken ranged from $140,000 to $250,000, but the Adams Express company say that it will not be near the lowest 3 of these fig ures. ' ' j A - v It was also rumored that a clew had been discoyered to the robbers, but the officials of the company would not speak about it. 4 Washington, Oct. 13. Ad vices received in Washington are to the effect that residents of Stafford county , Va., in which county the train hold-up and rob bery was perpetrated last night, believe that the leader of the band was Geo. Carter, who, it is said, up to two years ago, lived about a mile from Acquia Creek, the scene of jthe robbery. Carter is described as 31 years old, 5 feet 10$ inches high, weight about 160 pounds. He has brown hair and a dark complexion, two moles on his'left cheek and a mole on the under lid of his right eye. The thumb and index finger of his right hand are gone. In January of last yeaT, it is stated, Carter was sentenced' to seven years' imprisonment in Sing Sing for robbery, I but escaped after a tew months incarceration and has since evaded capture. He is also wanted in Pennsylvania and Virginia for robbery. He was at one time a locomotive engineer, is crafty and a thorough desperado, rwvt . a - -i j.nis anemoon a man police headquarters and came to gave him- self up declaring that he isi one of the bandits, but being refused a share of the booty, would turn State's evidence. He is closely guarded by the detectiyes and re porters are not allowecfto se him. Richmond Va., Oct. 13. Maj. Myers or dered Messrs. Birdsong, the conductor, and Callagher, the engineer of the robbed train, to report at his office this afternoon, and, as sisted by Mr. yVC. Preston, one of the at torneys for the road, made a rigid and close inquiry into the proceedings of- last night. Conductor Birdsong was then called upon for a statement of what he saw and heard. "I was back at the rear of j the jmioker counting out my tickets," he Isaid, "when the train was brought to a stand stuL Char ley Munford, my porter, rushed past me and out of the door, I followed him, and just as I got to the front end of the car, I heard two reports which I took to be from torpedoes. Charlev came running back into the car and excitedly called cut that the train wasbeing robbed. I then went out on the platform, and he advised me to come back, saying I would be shot. Just then I saw a man run up by the platform, and stopping just in . front of me, he fired his pistol into the air. I at once realized that we had been held up. and thinking to scare the robbers I called out floudly: 'Charley, bring me my Win- caester. 1 men went tnrougn my train and cautioned all the passengers to be calm and remain in their seats. I borrowed the only pistol there was on board, and advising the male passengers to draw their knives, I again went cut on the platform, where I re mained until the bandits had gone. I only saw three men, and one ot these I am sure I would recognize if I ever saw him again. TTTI T i -a m nen x again enterea tne ".coacnes some one proposed three cheers for me. Tney were given with a will, and ladies and all re sponded. I was very much gratified, and lifted my hat in recognition." Baitimobe, Oct.M3. An examination of the manifests of the express company shows inaicnere were at least fiH'uuo intheex p cess car at the time of the hold-up. j A R&MAXABLIil SPEECH i Fr m Co Breckinridge in Present ink a Banner to His Strongest Pre- Tcinct In the Late "Primary x - V;-';-"-; Election. " .v Lexington, ;Ky., Oct. 13. Col. Breckin- ridge delivered one of the most remarkable addresses of his career. The occasion ' was unique in that hej a defeated candidate, had been invited to present,' on behalf of the Breckinridge organization, a banner to the precinct which gave him the largest pro portionate vote of any other in the district. Tbis precinct was Harper's Eerry in Henry county. Of the 179 votes cast, Breckinridge got 139 of the.. In presenting the banner the colonel took occasion to drag open, in his skil ul manner, all the bid wounds of the cam thins aign and then refer to nearlv everv- that was done against his candidacv Frpm a literary standpoint it is one of the most perfect speeches lie ever made. Already thousands of Breckinridge's supporters have signified their intention of voting for Judge Geo, penny, the Republican nominee, and to-day 's speech will have a tendency to drive many strong Breckinride men to Denny's support The closing sentences of his speech breathe the spirit of the man as well as his supporters. They are" as follows: "I know what the future has in store for me,' nor am I disquieted thereby. There is work somewhere and it will come to me at the proper time as He sees fit. I carry into itthefruitful influence that your friendship creates; to be worthy of your confidence; to justify your friendship, and you need no prorhjse that I will so live. Hereafter, if there be some shipwrecked brother groping from idarkness to-day trying to pull him self together for another and purer career, yearhing to do better work for man and God. may he be told in the simplest of language the story of your friendship for me, and take heart that he will find true men and real I women . who are full brothers and 3sisters to him, who were touched with I the , sense of our irifirmities. You have been derided as "the only county that could be controlled by such motives. Fayette and Bourbon' ask to stand by you; thousands in otht r counties hastento share any condemnation you may receive; and in their name ,1 present this hanner, bearing the effigy of a defeated .man, upon whose head has beaten a pitiless storm, and bid you receive it as evidence that they applaud your sact, and in the light of the-world avouch that it was such an act as all Demo crats ould approve, all brave men applaud, all generous men praise, all Christian men emulate. They bid you keep it until the day comes to unfurl it for they know that that day will come the day or better and purer political methodship, of kinder and more charitable brotherhood, of frank and more truthful utterance, of courteous and respectful discussion, when mendacity will not! assume the role of political argument nor: hypocrisy be accepted as Christianity." PICKED UP AT SEA. An English Steamer Finds a Schooner Completely Disabled and Rescues Her and Her Crew.' A A ' ' - New Yobk, Oct. 13. The three masted schooner, B. R. Woodside,is lying at anchor i Gravesend bay, about asv complete a wreck as she could be and float. Not a mast remains and her jibboom is missing from her bow. She encountered a terrible, gale Tuesday while making a passage from Phil adelphia to Boston, laden with coal. Th'e British steamer Ping Surey, bound from China to this port. Capt. Day is, sighted the disabled schooner while she was floating about on the ocean about 120 miles east southeast of Sandy; Hook. The crew of eight men at the time were utterly power less as they could not sail their craft and their only boat hadrbeen washed overboard. Capt. McKnown, who commanded the schooner, stated that the gale - began with a sudden squall which struck the vessel last r Tuesday night. At 8 o'clock the wind had increased to hurricane 1 iorce, the boo stay parted and her three masts came down with a fearful crash. On' Wednesday morning a steamer belonging to one of the outside lines running between Boston and Philadelphia saw the signal of distress and bore down on the schooner. Before she was within . hailing distance, however, ; the weather became very thick and when the fog cleared a few hours later the steamer was not insight. Capt. McKnown denounced this action in bitter terms and said the Steamer should have steamed about and stood ready to give assistance. He thought it was the steamer Parthian. On Thursday afternoon about 4 o'clock the ling Surey was sighted and she bore down at once. Capt. Davis took them in tow and sent some of his men aboard at once to inquire if any t ling could be done for those on board. He brought them to a safe anchorage early this morning. , Yale Defeats Lehigh. New Haven. Oct 13.' The best exhibition of foot ball given by the Yale team this - i year was made here tnis afternoon m the game with Lehigh. In spite of a driving raiu over 300 spectators , stood throughout the contest, ihe Lehigh backs deemed the tackles the weakest spot on the Yale team ana tried to iorce it continually. - Tne score was; Yale, 34; Lehigh, 0. , " A ; j Highest of all in - Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov". Report 1- .. . . .7 ; . 'f 1 " . :.. , . ... ... A 1 ".A-: - A A : --A .. " : A:'-' V v -v. - A A " " - t w s ABSSllRfiEE If IE SCORES AGBEA.T SUCCESS. Main's Circus at Fayetteville A Biff Crowd Present Many Interesting Features The Show Unusually .- 1 Good, (Special to the Messenger. Fatetteviixe, N." C, Oct. '13 An im mense crowd of people, estimated at 5,000, lined the streets of the city- to-day to view the street parade of Main's big circus. The parade was fully up to the account given by the Richmond Dispatch. Among the, many interesting features were the riding African lion, the live rooster" orchestra, twentyKrae horses ridden by one man. The trapese per formance surpassed anything'; ever seen here. - The menagerie is fine, and the horses simply superb. The entire show is unusally good, and the-general verdict is that itis the best that has been here in many years if nc t better.' The immense tent was filled with people, probably as many, as 3,000. Main's circus has scored a great success here. THE GRACE PARTY. ThevExecutive Committee Hold a JLons Session Aldermanic and Assembly Nominations Dis- N cussed." , - -; A - " ' " " - '''x New Yoek, Oct. 13. The executive com mittee of the New .York State Democracy held another meeting in Cooper .Union this afternoon. It remained in session two hours. Wm. R. Grace- presided.; Resolu tions were passed authorizing the district leaders to get up petitions for signatures for the nomination of candidates. This action was taken, Mr. Grace said, so that in the event of there being any difficulty in having their candidates recognized, they ,will be nominated by petition as well as by party. The slates for aldermanic and Assembly nominations were talked over " at some length. It was evidently the feeling of all present that nominations should be made in each district in the city and that all disaf fected Tammany men be taken up. A letter was read from Dr. Anderson,; the State Democracy's nominee for coroner, de clining the nomination. Dr. O'MeagheT the candidate of. the Committeeof Seventy was nominated in his stead. A The placing of the name of Dr. O'Meagher in Dr. Anderson's place now clears up the situation and the ticket of the Grace Demo cracy and the Committee of Seventy are identical. Dr. Anderson was the original choice of the Committee of Seventy, but he was withdrawn for Dr. O'Meagher. Mr. Grace said to-day that his organiza tion was m good shape and that the enroll ment was daily increasing. A ; A Resignation of a Chief Justice. Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. 13. Judge Logan E Bleckley, for years Chief Justice of the Su preme court of Georgia, has sent his resigna tion to the Governor, ascribing as his reason for so doing the fact that the work of the Supreme court is too heavy for three judges, a fact wnicn nas been twicea recognized Dy the General Assembly, which submitted the proposition of an increase to five fudges to the people, which proposition was defeated Dotn times. 1 Tne amendment increasing tne number of ; judges from three to five was voted on in the recent Georgia election and was lost by a close majority. The ludge says tnat ne does not reel tnat it would be right to wear himself but at such laborious work as is required in the demand that three judges should do the work which wouio De a great unaertaKjng ior nve. ne therefore resigns. The S ate legislature con vens on the 24th inst and will select his suc cessor and also the successor of Judge Sim- mons whose term expires. To Kffect Peace In the Fast. Pakis, Oct. 13. Le Journal to-day pub lishes a statement to the effect that the agents of the various powers will shortly hold a conference in Pekin. with a view to securing the appointment of a board of me diation to arbitrate the Chinese-Japanese trouble. ' ' . : : London, Oct. 13. Sir Hailiday Macartney, secretary of the Chinese Legation at Lon don, declares that there is not an atom of truth in the rumor which nas been put in circulation in the last day or two that China has begun negotiations with Japan for peace. Sir Hailiday also says that any, such pro posals as the Chinese Government is repre sented to have made ''are not withing sight, and are, in fact, a long way off." The Japanese Legation here has received no information tending to confirm the ru mor of peace negotiations on. the part of China and little credence is given the report in London. , He Beat His Wife to Death. : Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 13. Mrs. Louis Bresock was beatenTto death, at her home here this afternoon and her husband has been arrested for the crime. The couple had been drunking all day and at noon, the husband started to beat his wife. Her cries alarmed the neighbors and the police were notified. When an officer arrived at the house Mrs. Bresock was lying . on the floor and a hasty examination showed that life was extinct. Bresock was taken into cus tody, but denied all knowledge of the crime. The proofs are conclusive, however.' A club was found near the corpse," stained with blood, and had the appearance df " being washed in warm water. Bresock will get his hearing Monday. Nevpobk, Oct. 13. Senator David B. Hill arrived in this city: from BiDghamton this morning. He at once went to the Dem ocratic State headquarters in the Park Avenue hotel where he had a talk with Secretary De Freest and Lieutenant Gov ernor Sheehan and then fixed up his sched ule of meeting for next week. v x - BURGLARS AT WORK. " ' AAA- "" ; THEY MAKE A BIG- HAUI, HT WAKE COUNTY. Changs on th Seaboard Air Line ' Election Ticket Sent Out From Democratic' Headquarters A. 1J 01-Hr Thief Captured An nual Statement of Rail ' vray Earnings Cas tle Hayne Phos phate Worke. . , Mesptotsk BunitAu. 1 Rauugh, Oct. 13. , Peter Canaday and William i Chavia. both colored, were brought here to-day and lodged in jail. They are charged with burglary in one of the outlying townships in this county, and as the result of their haul got $500. vKA .. a: a a a; - A Mr. Colin Hawkins says that machinery llH& flm'vpd At thp Tlhftsnhta minM - w mvwmuvw iai W CJastle Hayne which'wlll double the capacity. The daily output will be 100 tons of phos phate. :; ":4 '.-''V - Yesterday some news regarding changes of officers on the Seaboard Air Line was given. The change displaces both the de yision superintendents, Mesas Moncure ana Whisnant. Mr. Whisnaht, as you were informed, becomes superintendent of road- w o.j axli iuuuwuio v 111 ue pruviueu iorf ih . .t Ol'Ui.U V W U A-A A A-A-A A CA. A I f 1 I llfT W INI I - Neuse river near here still remains very high. Much of the low land is under water. The Cape Fear is very high, bat the Roan oke did not go over the danger line.. ' Last night and to-day the tickets for the election were sent out by express from Demqcratic headquarters, an average of about 30,000 going to each county. The f usionist have as yet taken no steps in re gard to having their tickets .printed. This is not at all strange when it is remembered that the thai rman of neither wing of the fusionists knows who are the nominees. made. ' A---A Deputy Sheriff Walters left here to-day for Lexington, to bring back Robert Mason, whp stole a horse from Thomas Jones,in Cary township, this county,; and who was ar- rested at Lexington yesterday. ; Tito woothor ia amin (hoin!nn dismay of the cotton planters. The foot ball team of the Agricultural and Mechanical college was disappointed at its failure to score in the game with the uni versity team yesterday Borne persons con- 4 -1 4-1 A. 1L - I J 4 1 t . I t M 1 a Lcuu tjuai. me latter leaiu . wiu oe uexxer ims season than last, because its men are better picked.' -j i The annual statement, of the earnings of railways in this State is now in preparation. It will be for the year ending June 30th. ana win buuw a consiueraDie lainng oil as compared with the receipts for the previous twelve months. : . t , Democratic State1 headquarters is a busy, place these days ; and Jiights. Chairman Pou is ably aided by Secretary Wiley Rush. The official stenographers to the executive committee are Messrs. T. N. - Hill, Jr.; and Charles D. Wildes, of this city. The de mand for the excellent Handbook con tinues. '. '"' ' ' ! The Populist workers in this county are N now alleging that some of the Republicans are bought , but decline to name the men,, though asked to do so. mi. x a. i r li i . mai me t opuusra are soreiy pus to it, 13 shown by the fact that thus far they have ' not succeeded in getting any one to be their nominee for either judge or solicitor in this district jit is positively a fact that to Mr. Thomas !P. Devereux; of this city, each nomination has been tendered, and it is equally true that Mr. Devereux, who is a Republican, declined both nominations. lie makes no concealment of his disgust as far as fusion is concerned. r Twelve conyicts were sent from the peni tentiary to Castle Hayne. Vice President Steienson on the A';A--'AA;: Stump. A A '' - -, Stbkatok, Ills.; Oct. 13. Vice President Stevenson arrived in this city at 11:40 o'clock a. m. and was met at the depot by a com mittee of prominent citizens with carriages and a band. A large crowd assembled at the depot The Vice Presidential party was driven to the Plumb house where an infor mal reception was held. At 3 o'clock a meeting was held in the opera house, about 1,000 people being in attendance. The principal addresses at the afternoon meet-, ing were'delivered by B. J. Ciaggett, candi date for State Treasurer, and Judge - E. R. ' Gibbons' of Princeton, Ills., the latter the candidate for Congress in the Eleventh dis trict - , ' Vice President Stevenson was introduced and received with prolonged cheering. He made only a short talic, reserving bis sirengtn ior tne evening meeting, lie held a reception . in the parlors of his hotel this evening and hundreds availed them selves of the opportunity to grasp his hand. The evening meeting held at the ODera: house was large and enthusiastic the house being filled, while the stage was occupied by . Erominent Democrats. The Vice President as been greatly fatigued by his labors on the stump, and his appearance plainly in dicated that fact. His address was closely listened to and received' with frequent out bursts of applause. The distinguished speaker left on a special train at 10 o'clock p. m. for his home in Bloomington. 1 l T ' Congressman Wilson on the Stamp. Moegaktox, W. Var.i Oct 13.Cbngress man Wm. L. Wilson arrived here at 80 o'clock this morning and was met'by the W. L. Wilson students club, of the State university, of which he was at one time president Large delegations, aggregating 2,000 to 3,000 people, came in from Fitts-' burg, Fairmont and other towns, all dele gations being met by the students' club. John Brown opened the meeting in the court bouse square at 10 o'clock, ex-Governor Fleming, of West "Virginia, also speak ing on the Tariff and Force bills. Mr. Wil son came at 1:30 o'clock p. m. and spoke for half an hour, when rain began falling,, thinning out the crowd of over 4,000 people. He devoted bis. speech to the tariff of the world's markets and a defense of the Demo cratic Congress. He defended the income tax and arraigned the Republican Congress men for opposing it Reference to the in come tax was received withapplause. Dr. Caryer Defeated. . KAX3A8 Crrr, Mo., Oct. 13. A. R. Elliott is now the champion wing shot of the world. To-dav he defeated Dr. Carver by a score of 99 to 93 in the last of a series of three matches, two of which were won by Elliot. In this series was done the most wonderful trap shooting ever witnessed, and the scores of both stand without a parallel in the records of trap shooting at live birds.