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x ) . - I -: i s x V,' If. .1 i ESTABUISHED 1867. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. The town of Muskogee, I. TM 1 is guarded night and day by j citizens to protect it against the Cook gang Bill Cook notifies Federal Attorney JackEon by letter that he will be killed if h w Tint, lot fiia era Tier alone A good many persons were killed by the earthquake In Italy and Sicily ' Kiordan dies from the effect of the blow by Fitzsimmons and th latter is under $10,000 bond on the charge of manslaughter-- The famous Nottingham late I market is burned Since the ball for bids for bonds (November 13th) the treasury' has lost $1,225,000 in gold Richardson, one of the parties on trial for the lynching near Mem phis told a witness before the lynching that the negroes would jbe . arrested and! then lynched The Denver police hold Frank Rock on suspicion of his ; knowing some thing about the strarigler murders Prices for spinning fine yarns in the iBplton, England "district, are, about the same as at Fall Riyer A lighted candle dropped into a keg of powder sets a Colorado mine on fire and four men ate suffocated -Judge Cole orders the recalcitrant witness before it I : ' .1 '" i the Senate Sugar trust committee to plead to the indictments The Southern railway -will put, on an additional fast train beiween New York and Florida -Secretary (Gres- ham has heard nothing official as to the ru mored slaughter of . j Christians in Asiatic Turkey -It is thought that. in the next few weeks the treasury may lose as much as $ 15,000,000 in gold, taken to purchase the new bonds -The ijniversity of Pennsyl vania defeats Cornell at foot ball Eight men are killed by jj'papsizing of a barge loaded with- phosphate rock in Charlotte,. harbor, Fla. Dudge Pullman Car company Gibbons grants he a change of venue in the quo warranto proceedings-1 George town university defeats Richmond college at foot ball and Georgia university defeats Augusta, 66 to 0 -Miss McLane, of Cheraw, S. C., is run over and killed by an electric car in Columbia--The .five men convicted at ; Atlanta of . conspiracy to kill Roper are sentenced to the penitentiary- -Mr. Glad stone's influence is still paramount in the -guidance of the Liberal party. Lord Rose- beTy's scheme for a s chamber of i reference between "the two houses j of Parliament on "disputed "points is said to come fromhim It is thought the: Conservatives j will force the issue as to he veto power of the House of Lords early in the session of Par liament -There is a fierce war going on in England over the question of sectarian or non-sectarian control of public schools The Pope is preparing an appeal to England as to an entente between the two; Churches Everything is in readiness for the open ing of tne .Lumberton lair next Tuesday. The racing bids fair to be of the best quality -The post mortem examination of Riordan show that he died of: "hemorrhage in the cranial cavity,;-causing compression of the brain" The billiard tournament closed last night, the score being: Ives 3,600; Schaefer, 3,074U--Thr ee water spouts, two of them immense ones, pass the riyer.; point at Jacksonville !Fla., in close succes- sion rne posse nag naa a paxue wun me " l! - It . ill.. il look gang. Two were. ! captured and Cher okee Bill badly wounded- A barge loaded with 6,00 barrels of fjour sinks in the, Mis sissippi riyer In a game of foot ball at New Orleans one 1 player 1 has an ankle broken- John S. Johnson Tbreaks the two, three, four and fivemi ile bicycle records Japan's demands on China j are so heayy that it is thought mediation by the United States between the two countries is hopeless. Iiumberton Anticipating a Bis Time. Special to the Messenger.j fair, which opens here Tuesday, promises toj be a grand success. Everything t is now reaay for the opening. The track is in- excellent. condition and race horses from New Jersey, Connecticut, Baltimore,! Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina will be'hereM The races will equal those at the Stati ! fair; . Exhibit are already coming in. j The management are pfPTmined to make it the best fair in this part of the State. i 1 1 - lXv! j! Eartbqaake 8hocks in Italy, ' Rome, Nov. 17. Reggio and the whole province of Calabria were shaken violently by an earthquake last evening i '- - r i- J2 -nras done and many persons were killed, aUhono-h nothinff definite is yet known as hpr. Troons have been called out to helpUhe famihes driven from their homes. In San Procopio several houses fell, burying their occupants.! Mussina, where the shocks were almost violent as across the strait, the convicts in the penitentiary were panic stnekened Two hundred triedo escape by overpower ing the guards, but they were; overpowered. In Calabria the trains have ceased running nn account of the landslides, i Slight shocks were ieiE last ingiii 1 ! Granted a Chicago, Nov. Change of Venue. 17. Judge ! Gibbons this morning , granted the jPuUman Palace Car company a change of venue in the case filed some weeks ago in the quo warranto pro Attorney General. ceedings brought by the In granting the petition; the judge said: r I CTant it on the naked petition, denying jthe Real right of the defendant of a change of venue, on account of i insufficiency of ;the application, as the affidavit can be considered only as surplusage." The case will now, go to Judge Baker. The Pullman, company applied for a change of ? venue Sfrorn Judge Gibbons, claiming that? he was prejudiced against them, which was evidenced, by ihis .L.rVo in honlr written bvf him entitled X CAAA- AW m i- "Tenure and Toil." i f I ; A Paymaster's Cleric Sentenced to i Imprisonment; i T..nw "NToir 17 Secretary Herbert has approved the naval pourt-martial which recently tried Paymaster Cann's clerk, David B Sayers, at the Norfolk: navy yard, found him guilty of embezzling $190 and sentenced : hfm to be imprisoned for two ""X, frt 1aa the srreater portion of his "during that time. 1 Secretary Herbert yirfH-t the sentence be executed at the Boston naval prison, i. - A GLEAN SWEEP IN THIS STATE PREDICTED BY REPUBLICANS. Populists Silent on the Subject The Election Law DoomedBaseless Rumors of a Train Robbery ' Burglars Captured Mr. Barnes Lioses His Libel Suit Earnest Efforts ' to Reduce Cotton i " Acreage. Messenger Btjkeau, ) Raleigh, N. C; Nov t. 17; J . Governor Carr offers $100 reward for Charles Walton, the negro who murdered James Bryan, colored, in a barroom here on the evening of Noy ember 3rd. lit is reported by the sheriff that Walton has fled the State. The State board of education was in ses sion to-day, but tranacted ni) business of public importance. -y '- The managers of the colored State fair ap pear to be quite.well pleased at its success. The Supreme court will devote next week to the hearing of arguments in appeals from the Eighth district. ' ) ! ' There was a street rumor here this morn ing that a train had been "held! up" on the Seaboard Air Line. Laterit was asserted that the "hold up" was between Ruther. fordtori and Monroe, Still later it was as certained thatll grew out of . the fact that somewhereetween Rutherfordcon and Monroean engine broke down so that the train-was four hours late and did not make connection with the Atlanta special. ' Governor Carr will in a day or two appoint two senators as members oi tne state board of canvassers, One of these will be a Dem ocrat and one a Republican. Though the board is to meetThursday the !29th,y it will hardly do any work that day, Ion 'account of the holiday, but will get to work the nextdayf- Two days is usually required to complete the canvass, t !A prominent Populists was asked to-day to give some idea of what the next Legisla ture will do. i He said he would not attempt to say, only so far fas the Election law is concerned; as to that, he was prepared to assert that one of the first things done would be its absolute repeal. This was the prime obiect of fusion, he added.; it is intimated tnat the fusionists will make some changes in the Railway Com mission law. and in the personnel of l the Commission. Of course this Legislature will have, in any event, to elect one member of tne commission. i : i This morning a well dressed colored wo man was placed in tne station nouse, pre paratory to being taken to the asylum at "-4. .. ... Goldsboro. She suddenly became violently insan e last night. She x had been married only a month, and for a Week; past had spent nearly all her time reading the Bible. Tne police Jast mgnt captured tnree oi tne negro thieves who about 3 o'clock yesterday morning broke into and robbed three stores in East Raleigh. At one place the thieves were fared at. One of x them was identified by means of a stolen umbrella, rne men are tramps: one being from Norfolk, rone from Weldon and the third from Koanoke, Va. The police are after the fourth man of the gang. ". -. .Last evening tne German club at tne uni versity gave a dance in compliment to Miss Lida Carr, of Durham, and some of ner friends. Several Raleigh people went to the dance. The Supreme court, not having reached the -appeal of George Mills, tne convicted murderer, the latter will not be hanged on the 30th instant. He will be a witness against Jack Wimberiy, his brother-in-law, who is to be tried for the murder of Ina Wimberiy, his daughter, the same crime for which Mills got his death sentence The trial of Wimberiy promises to be of deeD interest. i - X s The United King's Daughters here during the past twelve ; months haye procured homes for thirty children, have maintained a number of children, sent patients to hos pitals and have sent five children to reform atories Fifteen hundred visits to people were made and 486 persons were aided An .old-fashioned circus passed through here last night, traveling along the public roads. It has been many years since such a circus has passed through this section. Sparks' circus, or rather horse show, will be here on the 20th. The Supreme court has affirmed the ruling of the lower court here m the suit or Mr. vv S. Barnes against Congressman Crawford. The lower court sustained Mr. i Crawford's demurrer. i The cotton compress here, has thus far handled about 35,000 bales of N cotton. The foreign shippers, who haye a separate cotton -, i -i - i i - - pjatiorm, are uoing a large nusme&s mis sea son. -v. - ji Some of the Republicans are boasting that there will be as complete a turning out of Democrats as the Legislature can possibly effect. Populists haye little or nothing to sav on this snhiert v IT ' The, "Monday Evening club'! Raleigh's leading, literary society, will .at its next meeting discuss Edgar Allan . Poe It is stated that Martin will contest in the Sixth Congressional district, but your corre spondent does not get this directly from Mr. Qlartin and so cannot vouch for it. The most earnest efforts are to be made to secure a great reduction of the cotton acreage in this State. . Those interested in bringing this about sav thev are more hopeful oi success than ever before. H v Sensational . Evidence in the phis Iyncliinff Case. Mem- Memphis. Tenn.L Nov. 17. A sensation was snrune in the trial of Detective W. S. Richardson and Ed N. Smith, charged with lynching the six negro prisoners nearMU linton. this mornine. when F. E. Turner, n denntv sheriff, took the stand. : He stated that Richardson told him on Monday before the lynching that the men would be arrested and would be lynched. V H Richardson almost collapsed when this evidence came out and the attorneys for the defense began a fierce fire of cross qnestion l n or u T marie a desoerate effort: to break down Turner, but failed. Other witnesses detailed the story of the lynching and stated that burnt matches were found near the dead bodies, used by the lynchers, in lighting their flame. - Attending Itequiem Services. St. Petersburg, Noy 17. Emperor Nich olas, the Czarina and all of the royalties now in the city attended requiem services in the cathedral this morning. The Russian Grand Dukes and other exalted personages who attended the i service -were in full uni form and wore all ot their decorations. The choral part of the seryice was rendered by a choir numbering some hundreds. In spite of the miserable weather, crowds of people surrounded the cathedral, awaiting an opportunity to enter and look upon the face of the dead Emperor. WILMINGTON, N. C, SUJN I ' : -il - - ' i - t - ' ' mmmmw mm ARMED FOR THE PRAY. Citizens of ; Muskogee Prepared, for the Cook Gang Bill Coolc's Ijet 1 ter to Attorney Jackson. . St. Louis, . Nov. 17. A special to the Chronicle f rom Muscogee, L T., says : At a secret meeting of Muscogee businessmen held early this .morning 11,000 was sub scribed for the defence of the town. Ex Indian Agent Leo E. Bennett was placed in command. He immediately held a confer ence with Al McKay, one of the Indian po lice and a plan of campaign was perfected The town is to be guarded by armed men both day and night. The scouts are to be placed in the suburbs to watch the move ments of Bill Cook and his men All sus picious persons found in thetown are to be i 1 ? 1 A- TM ' : Am arrestea on sign t. 11 any x resist arrest tney are to be shot down. The streets are failed with armed guards, and this show of force has evidently impressed the outlaws. The first suspicious character! who attempts to enter the banKrwill be shot before he crosses the threshold. - , I ' V' i Unitet States Prosecuting Attorney Jack son has as yet heard nothing of the posse of twelve men he sent out Thursday. Jackson organized and equipped the posse alone and "unaided. He is afraid that they y are in trouble, as nothing has been heard from them since they departed. Bill Cook evidently does not fancy the change in the situation, t This morning he sent a letterto Attorney Jackson. It is written inhis own hand and on a single sheet of note paper and is addressed to the prosecuting attorney;- The following is an exact copy of the letter: II i "UAMPUOOK. "We found out to-day that you fixed some deputy marshals to run us down mean me and my gang, it you are going to run us downy we will get you out of the way. We know what you do. If you let us alone. you jare all right. If you don't you will hear; from us. Take warning. Signed. j Bill Cook." Among the marked men are Prosecuting Attorney Clif ord Jackson, Leo K. Bennett, Indian agent; V. M. wisdom and united States Commissioner Wayman C. Jackson; COMMERCIAL NEWS. Stocks and Bonds in New York The Grain and : Provision Markets of j----- Chicago. ; Chicago. Nov. 17, It was only by per- sistent selling by local bears and holders of calls that wheat was held in check to-day. As it was, however, the prices worked to the tbp point at which thoe privileges sold yesterday. The news was, with little ex ception, favorable in its York! was! from i. to c. character. New higher than yes- terday's close, and maintained the strength throughout. May wheat opened from 60 to 60fc, sold at 60ic. advanced to 61c and closed at JBttc., c higher than " yesterday. Cash wheat was steady. w-.; " "" Corn was dull with a bias towards lower prices, tne strengtn oi wneat controiung operations to a sufficient extent to prevent prices irom Dreading. ju.ay opened irom 493 to 492c. sold between 50c. and 494 td 49ic, closing unchanged from yester day at 491 to 50 c. Thei cash market was j easy, terdav. pricea rulins ic, from yes- Uats inclined downward wun corn at tne opening, out evinced a rallying anility later, in sympatny witn wneat. j rne nttie dusi ness that was transacted did not carry prices outside of a restricted limit. May closed ic higher than yesterday. Cash oats were ic lower,. ...'! The market for product was higher on tne strength of the live hog market, and that market was strong oecausc Armour s Duyers evidently wanted all the hogs in sight. That gentlemen's trades in provision made considerable display oi seiung lard at tne opening, which excited the suspicions of the crowd, who all turned buyers immediately The close was 25c higher than yesterday for January pork, 10c higher for January lard and 17ic higher for January ribs. New York, NoyU7. The tremendous fall ing off in earnings of the St. Paul road for the second week of Noyember was the signal for a heayy selling movement in the Grangers, which carried the stocks down H to zt per cent, me eamiiiga lor me penou named showed a decrease of x $194,961, or nearly 25 per cent. The statement frightened weak holders and at the same time bears on other properties took advantage of the un easiness to hammer the general list. Lon don helped the downward movement by selling the international stocks. The coalers were lower on reports that the big pro ducers were slashing jcoal prices and that the unfriendly attitude of v the independent operators will lead to! still further cutting. The Cammacks brokers were ac tive again in Manhattan! and their sales forced the stock down to 105&, the lowest figure for a long time. The common fell from l2 to 10S and the preferred from 38 to 35 Small holders were said to be realizing. After ill o'clock Jersey Central was bid up to 93i and this checked the decline for a time, but in the final dealings the selling was revived and the lowest figures of the day were generally made. I Other important losses were.- St. Paul 2&, Big Four li, But lington and Quincy If, Northwestern 1; Rick Island li, Louisville knd Nashville I, Missouri Pacific f , Susquehanna and West ern, preferred, 1, Richmond Terminal 1, preferred 2, Cordage, Preferred, li. Western Union li- The closing . Was weak. The bond market was higher. I English Wages as High as American Fall River, x Mass., Noy. 17. Secretary Howard is in receipt of a communication f jomJacob Schofoff, one of the textile tariff experts, now an appraiser at the port of New York, in which the writer states that the prises paid for spinning fine yarns in the Bolton district, England, and the prices paid for the same yarns in this city are about equal. The statement was a sur- E rise to the spinners of this city, as they ad been led to believe that the English prices were much lower than those in this country. - -N:. . J - --j.; 'v.- A "Xounfi: Liady Killed by an Electric Columbia, S. C., Nov. 17.' This afternoon Miss McLane, of Cheraw, SC, a student at a college here, was run over ; by an electric car while crossing the tracks on Main street. She was thrown, under the car, and v. both legs were horribly mangled theentire, car nassine over them. She was taken to the hospital where her limbs were amputated. She died at 8:30 o'clock to-nignt. - More Keduction of Wages. PrrrsBCRO. Pa,. Nov. 17. The employ of the feteel end of Shoenberger's mill have been individually notified of a wrge reduc tion ranging from 10 to 15 per cent, in the different grades of work. There was little or no protest. The reduction will go intov effect next week. Unequal conditions of competition under the old rates are reasons giyen for the reduction. v DAY, NOVEMBER 18, HEAYY LOSS OF GOLD. THE RESERVE IS REDUCED $1,225,000 INFOUR DAYS. Fifteen Millions More Expected to i ; be Withdrawn in the Next' Few Weeks Taken for Purchase of the New ; Bonds i The Recalcitrant Witnesses Ordered to Plead j No News of Atro- . cities in Turkey I WASHi2fGTovNov. 17. Since November 13th, the date of the circular issued by Sec retary Carlisle, inviting bids- for the new 550,000,000 bond loan, the treasury has lost by the exchange of gold for Treasury notes andlJnited State notes$l,775,000 in gold from I the sub-treasuries. During the same time it has gained gold from the iTJnited States mints making the net loss of gold since the bond call $14225,000. - t Judge. Cole, of Supreme court, No. 2, to day directed that John W, Macartney and Eleyerton R.' Chapman, the recalcitrant wit nesses before the Senatorial Sugar trust inves tigation committee, whose demurrers h Overruled last Tuesday, should appear in court and plead to the indictments. v Coun sel for. Macartney and Chapman will appeal to the Court of Appeals on Monday next from Judge Cole's decision. They will claim that Congress has no power to make a crim inal offence the refusal of a witness to tes tify before a committee and that Congress has no authority to delegate to the courts power to punish for contempt of either House or of a committee. The attorneys for the defendants say they will carry the case to the Federal Supreme court on a writ of habeas corpus if the Court of Appeals sus tains Judge Cole. s ; Secretary Gresham says he has heard nothing official of the rumored atrocities in Asiatic Turkey against Christians, and he does not think they are trustworthy. The united states consulate at fcsivasis butzoU miles from Britlis and our agency at Trebi sond is only 200 miles away. It is thought most improbable that such wides Dread h butcnery could occur witnout the Consular P officers hearing of it and reporting upon it. -rne itepresentauves or European nations ported nothing on the subject. Treasury officials are paying a great deal oi attention to the withdrawal of cold from the treasury in ' exchange for United States notes and treasury notes, which they believe is being withdrawn for the purpose of buy ing bonds of the new loaji. Unofficially, the opinion is expressed that the treasury on this account may, during the next week, lose as much as $10,000,000 to $15,000,000. Already the loss has reached $1,700,000. : ? Foot Ball Yesterday. ' Philadelphia, Nov. 17. On a field that was as j slippery as a she et of ice and as treacherous as a quag mire from a hard rain this morning, the University of Pennsylvania beat Cor nell this afternoon by a score of 6 to 0 in one of the best played games in foot ball ever seen in this city. Washington, Nov. 17. The Georgetown university foot ball team defeated Rich mond college by 34 to 0 on the university grounds in a drizzling fain to-day. The home team tried a new style of play with success, and although the visitors strove pluckily, they were obliged to confine them selves almost to tbe defensive, as George town managed to keep the ball in their ter ritory. The feature of the game was a run of 80 yards by Mahoney, the heavy left-half of Georgetown. 4 Augusta, Ga., Noy. 17. The Georgia uni versity team from Athens beat the Augusta foot ball team to day. The score was 66 to 0. The Augusta team was not in it at any time. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 17. The Auborn Techonological game at Athletic park this afternoon was anything but foot ball. The team from the . Georgia Techonological school did not give any evidence of - knowl edge what they were playing. When the teams quit the score was 94 to 0 in favor of the Alabamaians. ! Princeton, N. J.. Nov. 17. The game schedule to be played to-day between Prince ton and the Pennsylvania State college was canceled. The Princeton eleven were not in condition. ! Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 17,--The Harvard freshmen took the freshmen from Columbia into camp i this afternoon by a score of 33 to 0. V 1 Williamstown, Mass., Nov. 17. On a muddy field this afternoon Williams de feated Amherst 34 to 10, at foot ball. The game was hard fought on both sides. Providence. R. I., Noy. 17. Brown uni versity defeated Bowdoin this afternoon in a one-sided foot ball game, resulting in a score of 42 to 0. The held was covered with mud and close playing was out of the ques tion. The Denver Stranler Murders. ! Denver, Nov. 17. The policexhold Frank Rock on suspicion of knowing something about the strangler murders, but without thought of his being personally implicated in them lne quarter where tne tnree stranglings occurred is to-day in a condition of absolute fear, the7women being in terror of the fulfillment of the prediction of a clairvoyant that within three days more another member of the Market street "half world" shall be strangled by the same hands. The women have engaged special officers and filled their houses x with all kinds of electric devices. Myers Not Yet Sentenced. i Atlanta. Ga., Nov. 17. Wm. J. Myers, who was convicted yesterday of murdering Forest Crowley, has not been sentenced and may not be for a month. His attorneys will move for a new trial and Judge Clarke will be m no hurry about passing the sen tence. V Highest f of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S (W Report i - H - ..." : ' - t - . m r c 'm m m - m 7 , m , m . - . - w m -w v v m -k .. m . m m. u I I i A t J 1 If fl ! 1 V I An , .,- . ., ... . .... ..rf r M .. M '-iiMiTinri ii)iinTTfiimiiTio.i!i:ilMiiiiltlWiiiiiiW iaiwtiMriiiiuMiflrt iiimimmgmmmmmmmmmmmttmmimwmm- 1894. A BATTLE W1TH BANDITS. i Two of the Cook Gang Captured and Cherokee BUI Badly Wounded The Outlaws Surrounded. - i Muskogee, I. T.J Nov. 17. A telegram re ceived by United States Attorney Jackson to-night stated that the deputy marshals had a fight this afternoon) with Cherokee Bill and his gang. Cherokee Bill was badly wounded and two other members of th party were captured, together with 'two of the .bandits' horses. The deputies of Fort Smith nd Muskogee counties are pursuing therokee Bill and the remaining members of the gang. : , - Marshal Rent Cobb bringing in one of jthe captured robbers and f whiskey peddler' The other members of the Cook gang are Said to be surrounded by tne marshals. Cobb has asked the United shal for recruits tcj assist him. owies auorney ana tae uniiea states mar- unero&ee iiillis so badlvwonndprf t.w. the deputies think he will" soon be obliged to give himself upJ Cobb reports that he expects a hard battle, but that he has the advantage of the bandits. I ' XiAUWJUieUl IS nmniTIC men m ;M nolrnmja and a company of jmen is being organized to Bkuri io me scene oi tne battle. lireat credit is due a L. Jackson, the United States Attorney for Indian Terri 4- iTT- - J . m m uji-y. xxe equippea ruteen men at ms own expense and put them in the field to remain tin tne gang is captured. The citizens of Muskogee have agreed to give a handsome reward for the cappire of the Cook gang THREE WjATER SPOUTS .Pass ! tne Water-Front at Jackson ville in Close Succession Im mense Columns of Water. Jacksonville, Ela., Nov. 17. Hundreds of people were attracted to the river front this morning about 11:45 o'clock by the ap pearance of a waterspout, j The column of water entered the river from McGirt's creek and made across the river at the rate of about ; twenty-nye miles an hour. Itwa followed by another at a distance of about a quarter of a milel Both were very large and they started from the surface of, the river in a big, round coil and gradually de creased up to the centre of the spout, when it again began to Widen until it reached the clouds above and gained the Same size as at the base. Both of the spouts ploughed through the river and made the water fairly boil. The two larger ones were followed by a small one, and all took a straight course across the river towards Villa Alexandria, wnen i tney seemed to turn and make straight up the nyer. The water seethed. boiled and foamed high in the air. and spray was thrown I Sun's Cotton Review. i New Yoke. Nov. 17. The Sun's cotton re f covered this and jadyanced 2 to 3 points, closing quiet and steady with sales of 58,000 bales. The Chronicle construes the last Gov ernment report as pointing' to a crop of 7,958,616 bales, against some-private esti4 mates as high as 10,300,000, The quantity: that came into sight during the past week was 511,356 bales, against 412,956 for the! same week last year. The total of this crop in sight last nieht was 3,961,464 bales, against j 3,133,342 for the same time last year and! 4, 136.000 bales for a like period in 1891. One firm said: "It will be i seen that the crop movement is nbt yet on a 9,000,000 crop basis, i At present prices on Southern plan tations the farmer is practically putting out $1.50 to get back $1. Sow long he can keep up cotton production at this expense he is no doubt asking himself ." - . . The Chronicle states that Northern spin ners' takings to November 16th are 697,488 bales, against 417,040 for the same time last season. The increase in the amount in . sight to last night, as compared with last year, is a'zts.siz Dales. The receipts at the ports thus far this season are 3,000.854 bales against 2,405. 731 for the same time last, vear. i Total stocks are 1,092,492 bales, against 1,067,848 a year ago. The visible supply of all kinds .of cotton in the world is 3,704,850 bales, against 3.618,354 last year and 3,777,068 in 1892. Midhng uplands in Liverpool was 3d against 4 7-lbd a year ago, , and 4 13-16 two ydars ago. Midlings up lanks in New York i5 c, against 8 Jc a year ago. and 9e two years ago. Cotton mills of this country have paid dividends averaging 5,25 per cent, against 8.02 per cent, last year. Liverpool declined If to 2 points, and closed dulL j Spot sales wefe 7,000 bales at weak but unchanged pricjes. Port receipts were 47.308 bales aeaiuat 54,530 -this day last week and 42,217 last year. .New Orleans re- ceipts Monday were 25,000 bales against 17,930 last year. estamaied at laj.uuu to 29,318 last Monday and Riordan Dies from the Blow Given by Fitzs immons. Syeactse, N. Y., 5'ot. 17. Pugilist Rior dan, died at 8:30 o'clock this morning from the effects of injuries sustained while spar ring with Fitzsimmons last night. ' Fitzsimmons was taken before County Judge Northrup at noon to-day and his bail was fixed at $10,000, Ito answer to the charge of manslaughter in the first degree. In the court room Fitzsimmons said he would not have killed'Riordan for $100,000 and, then broke down in tearsj He was released on bail and appeared at the performance at Jacobs opera house this afternoon and even ing.' An autopsy was held on Riordan' s body at 11 o'clock a. m. jThe certificate issued gives as the cause of death "hemorrhage within the cranial cavity, causing compres sion of the brain." j ' Riordan was found to be in perfect health. Dr. T. M. Totman. who conducted the au topsy, says that Riordan must haye been struck a terrific blowj on the chin, which communicated direct with the base of the brain. The depressi6n on the right side" of the brain was very deep and remained for half an hour after the clot was removed. to) no ! ' ... PRICE 5 CENTS. I i i i GLADSTONE'S OPINIONS STILL OP GREAT WEIGHT IK BRITISH POLITICS. He Shapes the Policy of the LSbmJ& on tne Moose of Lords Qaetthtn Conservatives to Force tbe Issue An Important Edu cational Contest Queen Victoria Growing More Feeble -U lYachtinicNewsi London, Nov. 17. That the infmence or Mr. Gladstone, despite his retirement from the Liberal leadership, is still paramount in the guidance pf the affairs of that party, is plainly visible in Lord Rosepery's latest proposal touching the House df Lords. A division of opinion among the members of the Cabinet as to what form the resolution for the abolition of the veto Wrnf th House of Lords should take and regarding the most suitable ' time for kh tion of the question in the House of Corn- mons, led to Lord Rosebery's visit to Ha- wardenj jj Acting under the inspiration there obtained the Premier foreshadowed in his speech at Glasgow the scheme for a second Chamber, with a systejn of confer ence on disputed matters between delegates from the two houses, in which he delegates from the lower House would largely over- balance those from t.h Tro Obyiously. the Ministers have under consider ation some plan which is still too shadowy ito permit of its being disclosed. Sir Williai Harcourt, vyiiauuciiut ui iuh jixenequer, and Mr. Henry Campbell-Bannerman, I Secretary of State for Wari oppose Lord Rosebery's de sire to introduce the question of the reform of the House of Lordsjearly in the coming: session of Parliament. They urge that the best course to adopt will be to hold the reso lution in reserye until the Ministry shall be ready for a dissolution. J , It is improbable that the Con servative leaders will bei willing to wait the conyen-'' ience of the Gvernmen. Lord Salisbury, it is known, is determined to force their hand by passing in the House of. Lords im mediately thej session shall open a motion affirming the 1 1 possession by tht body of legislative privileges. This will necessitate the introducti6n in the House of Commons, early in the session, of a counter resolution and will cause a crisis which will make a dissolution imperative. I A fierce campaign is proceeding for the London school board elections,! which in volves issues I j which the religious press speaks of as among tbe greatest; in tbe his tory of : the metropolis and the country. The vote, which will be taken Ion Thurs day, will decide whether education shall be controlled by non-sectarians or by clericals. Since 1871, under a compromise between the- TTSaTties;7honii5mati(r BiblefeacbTneKaa of the non-sectarians, the clerical element on the boards has acquired increased influence,, until now they feel strong enough to strike' for supremacy, j The English High Church, and the Catholip clergy are united in their work among the electorate, and idenoimce their progressive opponents, thougn the lat ter are led by non-conformist ministers and ' a section of the English Church cleKnr. W enemies of religion in their intent to seen- larize the schools. As the result will hare a very great effect upon the whole national system, public interest in the matter is. keen, .ml - r J . It is reported that the Pope m tnnrrin- an appeal to the people of England; inviting the Anglican Church to assist in the estab lishing of an entente with the Mother Church. f ' . . , Within; a wek one cargo of American cattle has been landed at Deptfordj snd an other at Newcastle. It is reported that each of these cargoes contained t least lone ani mal affected with pleuropneumonia and' . that as the slaughter of the cattle proceeded, others were, found to be infected Iwitb tbe disease, inis report, however. abDMn tn be e prejudiced and lacks verification by offic ial inspection. ?J;; , j j cia ijreat uncertamty prevails in EnTis? vach tine circles 'resrarH in c fh by Mr. James Gordon Bennett for the Med iterranean regatta. The official prbgrammei gives no information regarding the enor mous sums reported to have been given for small raters., v One two-and-a-half rater is being built on the Clyde for P, M . Coats and two half -raters are being constructed f or i Norman Clark. j The steam yachts Katonoia and Geralda will go to the Mediterrean to take part in the races there. Tha Geralda on her trial trip recorded a speed of twenty-one, knots an hour and it is the general opin ion among yachtsman that she ought to p30ve herself the most speedy yacht in the wor ld. ine construction of Lord Dunra. yen's new yacht, With which he intends to contest for th e America's cup, will not be begun until all the points no y being discus Eed have been finally settled. Observers of the arrival at Windsor of Queen Victoria noticed that Her Majesty's general weakness and lameness had visibly increased. She required assistance in pass ing up the slightly-inclined gangway from the train to the landau which was in waiting. . ;; A Lynching Probable -Atchtsojt, Kans., Nov. 17. The negro who committed tbe assaults upon three while women Friday morning was caught to-day. Tom Collins, who was believed to be the guilty one, was arrested" at Fort. Leavenworth yesterday and put in the county jail. About noon to-day Officer Sullivan arrested a negro at Parnell Junc tion, twj miles from this city, and took him to the city prison. The man gave his name as George Smith. Several persons fully j identified him as the man . The prison was thronged with people and thei man's face became white with fear. He-was removed at once to the county jail. Strong threats of lynching are being openly made-, and trouble may arise to-night. Buried Beneath Tons of PbospCiatc i'j - . Rock. - Jacksoitttlle, Fla., Oct. 17. A special to the Timet-Union from Punta Gorda says ait, ' accident occurred in Charlotte harbor by which eight men lost their lives. Ten pho hate employes were asleep on a barge oaded with phosphate when it suddenly capsized, burying the men under tons oj rock. Two of them managed to escape Accident on th Gridiron.-, Nrw Oelxax:?, La., Nov. 17. Fifteen hin dred people saw'Sewanee beat Tulane here thia afternoon. "The weatherwas cool andJ pleasant and the game was hard fought be tween the two aides. There were several' accidents in the game and Buchanan. oT Tulane had his ankle broken. Sewune Slays the Southern Athletic club team an on day. The score in this afternoon's games closed at 12 to 6 in favor of the yisitorx. ji.i -1 A V y : t 1
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 18, 1894, edition 1
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