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ESTABLISHED 1867, TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. me Bcnooner iticuam a. Bpofford ii Me, N. C, Henry Murrell baa a leg; broken while wrestliDg-j Near Raven- wood, N. C.f Riley Arthur has a lee brok by the capsizing if a log wagon. -The Supreme court orders reargu- ment next term in two itbpoitant Build -ing and Loan association cases Secre tary Herbert reprimands Capt. Glass, commander of the Cincinnati, for ground ing the cruiser on Execution rock The Yorktown reaches Che Fooi making bix of our warships in Chinese waters. The MonScacy and the V) jtrel are frozen Tein and New all electric wire in for the winter at Tien Change In Little Rock poles are taxed 50 cents each At the opening session of the convention of coal operators and miners at Pittsburg, Mr. .Burns, the Bilt'th Commoner, was de nounced by Col. Rend,! the coal operator of Chicago. John Mc6riae, president of the United Mine Workers, said the . buuuiiiuu ui tun uiiiiria who wuree uum befoT&the great strike -J--Tbe i Popuiet quiteaJiveJy session yesterday' Near iiraiaj, iu,u., urui go i i. aimer : nuia uia wife and then' himself by- cutting their throats A half frozen tramp, ejected -from a rolling mill in Ohio by the night watchman, is found next morning froz n to death on the ash-heapi- Two young ladies and their escort,; in Indiana, lost their"way in the storm! Thursday night. The ladies when found were unconscious. The excitement- in Augusta, Ga., over the death of Detective Murray was intense, but has greatly subsided The gold reserve st .nds at8Q 848,6?8, having been reduced il,450,(!)0i) yesterday- Owners of the Whittier cotton mill at Lowell, Mass., Twill build a cotton mill in Georgia Two mates j in the navy, under the new act of Congress J are put on the retired list -W J H. Lindsay, of Bedford, Va., dies of bydiophobia India levies a tax of 5 per cent. on im ported and domtic j cotton oods-j James H, . Robetson once mayor !of Peek skill, is found in the road frozen to . death - The Norwegian ship Austri - ana in burned in the harbor of Pensacola. England and Germany agree ; on united action of thtirj fleets in. Chinese waters in case ofan emergency- Seely is aiding a bookkeeper of the Shoo and Leather bank in' making a minute exam ut false entries. During the jlafct three years Baker made no d-posit in the bank, but drew out thousands of Idollars -j A firm was allowed by the cashier to' overdraw its account with the suspended Central National bank of Rome, N. Y., to the amouatof $57,000 Near Cyprees, S. C, on Christmas day Harvey j Kelly and Frank Fields shot each other. Kelly was killed and Fields mortally founded. There was quite ja faUjit-snow at Georgetown, S. C, yest?ra A. S. "Whitman,, wanted in AfcheviHp, is sur rendered, to our Stite by the authorities at Chicago The Lexow committee de cides if has nothing to do with the charges against Anthony Comstock, so he was not put on the fctand. Inspector "Williams was again on the stand and toid of rtceiying presents in money from a liquor firmi claiming they ; vtjere made t through friendship. He pretended toot; " to know the meaiaifcg of the worddive." Police Commissioner Martin was ex amined by Mr. Guff, but nothing of! con sequencewas brought out. lie will be on the stand to-day and explain his finan cial affairs. This will be the last day of the meeting of the committee! An 18-year-old lad in Florida kilis his father to prevent hi3 beating- his mo!iier-j-At midnight last night the; mercu y.tcod at 12 degrees atf Columbia, S. C. rhe cold wave has struck Florida., At Jack sonville the thermometer went down to 19 degrees last night Coj. Breckin ridge has only forty persons to hear him at Terre Haute, Ind.-The accounts of destitution from Nebraska, are fearfuli The people have nothing to eat, no rue i and no money A ferocious! gale swept the Irish sea" yesterday. : ' ' i J - . TWO PALNFL7L- ACCIDENTS. ' r - ;M ! ;!! A. Boya lies Broken While jWreatlinflr A Similar Accident to a Liogf tVagou Jl'rlver. j jf Special to the Messenger J - I Pollocksville, N. C. Dec! 28 While wrestling Henry and Frank Murrelt brothers ag-d 14 and' 12 years; fell into a Henrv's lea iust above the ankle. This evening near Revenwjood, j Riley Arthur, contractor for naming muiwi for the Blade Lumber company, while driving a log wagonj had thejmisfortune to break his leg just below the j knee. The carriage which holds tho logs be- ioo oansTziner the i" wagon and ;&U1Q .W W-JV , r C3 -t throwing him off with above result. A Schooner Wrecked Near Ocracoke. ' Special to l&e Messenger. j ! j; - j Beaufort, N. C Dec. 28.f The three masted schooner R chard S- Spofford stranded near 0racbke during the gale of the 27th. TheVesel is a total loss. By Sofattiern Preps f j i ?TnRFOLE VaXDec 28 -The four tnasS Sooner, Richard S. Spofford went ashore opposite Ocracoke l.gh, . i: voatorrlAV morning and IN or l II ohhuiub. j . r-v., T- w A 11 Hanria were saved CX- js a total loss a. iL unto rrl whole name is not rrwn The vessel was from Boston: fpr , Darien, Ga. T,...mn.Pflt. Ordered IniBuildinS, fct and Loan Cases, Special to tbe MfEsetiger. - RaLWOH. Dec. 28.-Therf were two important building and load association cases before tha Supreme court at the .term just ended. On was decided last ;fprTng, but come up for the i rehearing . ' AiA not to-day file an opinion but ordered a reargumerit in either case, 2next term in both casee I,: A Ship Burned In Pf nsac4la Harbor. eiderable headway ben , I strong north wind "M". the bav at the time.! The nre iug Sch went promptly to the rescue, but. -Swing to the high wind, wa save the vessel, which is total loss. BTe was being loaded with timber One ' Hellion feet had already been stowed. The origin of the fire is unknown, ; j i i. .... ; ; . 7 : Z NEW STATE OFFI IALS. TIMS OF COMMENCEMENT OF THEIR TEEMS. Sutler and Pritchard Conceded the i tsenatorehips Political Gossip Avery Bntler Returned to the Penitentiary School Super intendents.' Meeting Ra leigh's Growth In the r Past Year.- ' j Messenoeh Bureau, i , Raleigh, Dec. 23. f The Supreme court did not quite dis poee of all the appeals yesterday, so was again in session to-day and filed its last opinions. The new court will assemble at the court room January 1st to take the oaths of office. It will then adjourn until February, when the examination of applicants for license will be held. The regular call of the docket for the spring term will begin February 5th. 'The terms of the six new Superior court jndgea also begin January 1st. The new State treas urer does not go in until, January 23rd, as the Legislature has to canvass that vote. ' ' ' . j : j The annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Masons here begins Jan uary 8th. - ' "j ' j The first snow of the season, save: two little flurries in November not worth mentioning, fell to-day. There was jusc enough to whiten the ground, and the fall continued almost an hour. The ground is hard frozen. West and north of here there wai a heavy sleet Wednes d iy night, but there was none here, t j Despite all the talk about the United States Senatorshipp, the' bulk of people Who will talk adhere to their original bev lief that Butler and Pritchard will be the prizewinners. Butler will "hands off" So far as the Republican is concerned, thinking it impolite and impolitic f r him to interfere. But what will the Pop ulists do?. Dr. Mott says the I Populists had better tike part in the fight over the Republican Senatorsip. He says this to the Statesville Landmark, and very plainly, too. Dr. Mott distrusts some Republicans, who he says, ar enemies of -fusion, and he declares fusion must continue. This is the sentiment of nearly alt the Republicans with whom your cr respondent has talked, and Populist lead ers favor the same thing. In fact, a con tinuance of fusion was agreed upon at a conference of fopulists and Republicans here in November, three weeks after the Election. - Your correspondent was told? by leaders on both eid.es that this, could jbe positively Bta'ed. In other words, the fusionists want to capture the entire jStats government in, 1896. This is the (reason for wishing to hang together. There are a few Republicans who con tend that their party can win alone, and it is theses who are opposing a continu ance of fusion. It is positively declared that these are few in numberJ A convict from Beaufort county ar rived at the penitentiary j yesterday.' Avery Butler, a white convict who six years ago in Sampson county; at Clinton, waylaid his father and shot .him, ws also returned to the penitentiary. He escaped some weeks ago frorn one of the convict camps. At the tim he killed his father the boy was only i,i years old, and was said not to be of entirely sound mind. - I" r '"I' -. I - The growth of this city during 1894 has certainly been !; gratifying. , More building is in progress than ever before, and nearly ICO buildings have been fin ished or are under way. In the way of new enterprises is the car wheel -works, now in full o Deration, which cost, com plete. 135.000. The total icost of the buildings, etc., erected daring the year closely approximates $150,0C0. There has been some increase in machinery! at each of the three cotton mills and thete have run on full time. Nj city in the State is growing more rapidly.7 Good streets and sidewalks and a good .system of lights are now the needs A Rileigh firm is building an addition 35xl6u feet, of brick, to the I paper mills at the Falls of Neuse, owned by the Kal eigh Paper company. Asjeoon as the new machinery is put in this annex the cpacitv of these mills will be more than finnhlpd. J J -, i . ' ! .- Work is in progress on the flouring mill and new ice factory. Every evening this week therehas been something at the insane asylum to divert the Datients fXast evening there was a "cake walk' vol which both! patients and attendants participated, to their great emovment. : ? '1 be" State association of the city school superintendents has adjourned. Its ses sion was in all ways profitable, poli tics anrt Education was di0ussed,55uper inUndent Noble.of Wilmington, leading, Superintendent Moses, of Raleigh, read a paper on the best methods of classify ing pupils. An addres-s was -made by Mr. John C. Scarborough, State superin tendent of public instruction, who made a strong point in stating that "public ed ucation is not a' charity but a duty." Superintendent Toms, of Durhamread a papr on normal training! in the public schools. A p'ea forpublic libraries iva3 miue uy nr. ocaroorouga, rroiessoraia. derman, Claxton, Blair, Eggleston jar;d Moses. There is only one public library in tha Sl-nt-n That is th tat librirv. Superintendent Connor, of Wilson, read ' . u; t .; i T 11 1 """JZ.r?r o,c.i .n s.irrintdpntmSonth "idicate that Btocks are lowb Howell, of Uoldsboro, is again secretary, The university and its excellent work was discussf d by Professor - Alderman, who said that half of thej beet .-men - at the university are studying with a rview of making teaching their profession. Proftsor Claxton discused the mpdel school and thorough cours of study at th State Normal and industrial school at Greensboro. The next session of the association will be held here next DeV cember. AT WORK ON THE BOOKS. Seely! Pointing Oat His False En trirs Thousands Drawn Oat by Baker, But Nothing Deposited. New YoBit, i Deg. 28. James L. Bishop, counsel for the Shofi and Leather bank, with a bookkeeper of that institu.- jion, has daily visited the-Ludlow Street jail of lace, and, with the 1 assistance of Samuel C . Seelv. has been making a minute examination of the bank's bookg with a yiew to obtammg evidence on which to recover from the Baker estate some of the stolen money, yesterday- was spent in thp examination of a great niln of books. To-day again fch ork continued. . J 14 . !'.vJ-- I RaaIv. in addition to helping tbe bank straighten out these tangled accounts, by pointing 'out the false entries, has practically made a deposition? giving he details of his crime and of -the (Soma niiii cf Baker.i r " " " I ' ! " ' A remwkble fact was developed j yes terday in the work on the accounts. It was that during the last turee years, Frederick. Biker deposited ; not ftfeent with the bank, although lie drewf out thousands. The sum total of all hia de posits tince the stealing began itf has been ascertained, does not exceed $000. Mr. Bishop said that Seely is verifying a transcript of the aecount, taken, from sixteen or eighteen large ledgers andrhas shown which entries were correct Fand which we cot. w v. BURNS DENOUNCED. OoU Rood, tbe Cbtoaga Coat Operator, Gives Him a Stirring Rebuke tn j tbe Goal Operator and Miners' 1 , Convention. ittsbueq, Dec. Sf8.f The opening session of the joint convention of the operators and miners of the Pittsburg railroad coal district was maraed by several sensational utterances, in which John Burns, Member of Parliament, the great Commoner of England,came in for stirring rebuke, de ivered in sten- torian tones by Col. W. P. Rend, the weill known coal operator of Chicago, and owner of several mines in the Pitts burg district. L The other feature was a plain but forcible statement of the situation in Pittsburg mining circles! as presented by John McBnde, president of the united nine workers, and preeraent-elect of toe American Federation : of Labor, in which he openly avowed,that the condi tions to-day were worse! than prior to the general strike. ' I L Mr. Chapman, of the Standard Coal L company, was chosen to! preside and he suggested that John Burns, who was yet in the lobby, should be myitdja-seat in the convention.. ' - -v 1 ' . ' When- a motion to ihis effect was made, Col. Rend arose and said: "Mr. Chairman, I object to the courte sies of this convention being extended to Mr Burns, who is here for the double puroose of discussing labor matters and also of slandeiing and vilifying American institutions. Mr. Burns is a stranger in America; it is, therefore, befitting that he shall observe the decencies and pro prieties of the position that he occupies These proprieties he has constantly violated by his malignant attacks upon our institutions. I would advise that Mr. Burns return to the country from which he came and criticise j the customs, manners and institutionsjof his own land, which he will find infinitely more deserving of his crit cijn and abuse than anything he can find nete. I know it i the custom of the "Blarsted Britishers to .indulge in improprieties similar to those against which I protest in the case of Mr. Burns. It is 'about time for American manhood Sto resent the offensive conduct of th&e mn. I have no objection whatever tq listening to the views of Mr. Burns upon labor matters, or sociology. My protest is simply di rected against a glaring; abuse that has become in this country intolerable." As Col. Rend resumed,' his seat there was an unbroken silence. Mr. Burns who stood listening all tht time, moved ' - - t I'... m L ' i , just a uiiirtirom a siuuiea position ne had assumed at the beginning. Chairman Chapman, just a trine con fused, rose, and put thei: motion to seat Mr. Burns Ic was carried, there being but one dissenting voice. Col. Rend had voted No." Not having a voice in the convention, Mr, Biirns.' had to re main suent. Col. Rend again secured possesion of the floor and for half ah hour addressed the meeting, teliing th story of the dis pute between miners and operators, and the causes leading to the differences. Then followed President John Mc Bride with an address J A committee of operators and miners on resolutions was appointed and the covention adjourned at noon. " LOST IN ABLIZZ ARD. Fearful Experencelof Two Ladies and their Escort in a Storm The Former Still Unconscious. Shelbyville, Ind., Ipec. 28. Yester day evening William Leavitt, accom panied by Minnie Maple, and Susie Mitchell, started frootf their homes, four miles south of Shelbyville, to attend a party, ten miles distant. After the nartv thev started home, but in the storm that was raging Leavitt, who was unacquainted with the roads, missed his way and got lost. This morning at 2 o'clock County Commissioner Henry" Ottman, who lives in the southern part of the county, was fawakened. Going to the door, he met Leavitt, who was so cold he could hardly explain what was the matter. Finally Ottman was made to understand and they went out to Leavitt's buggr. Both the young! ladies were unable toi speak, and werej unconscious. They were carried to thei house and everything done to restore them to consciousness, but up to 10 o'clock this morning, all efforts had proved futile. Should they regain coni sciousness amputation of their limbs will be necessary. All belong to prominent families. . Bradstreet's Trade Review, New York,. Deo! 28. Bradstreef to-morrow will say: General trade pre sents the usual holiday characteristics A majority of 'wholesale dealers and manufacturers are Beginning or have finished taking account of stock or ar ranging settlements for the pew year; Mujh activity has been noted for Christ1 mas specialties. The protracted conclu sion of holiday trade! has brought about a moderate reaction, and this emphasizes the dullness noted in preceding weeks Jobbers claim thei outlook for trade during the late winter and early spring is for very conservative buying. But in 80me lines, notably heavy textiles, re I cent cold weather has stimulated sales ar.d reports from f etailers West and almost beyond precedent. This is taken as indicative of a petter merchandise trade in the near future than for several years past. . Traveling salesmen, with fesv : exceptions, are off the road. Mer chants generally are inclined to the-view that 1S93 promises afavorable bu-mess, although, as indicated, opinion, is divid- d as to whether renewed activity will mark the early months or : the com mg year or not. , ( industries are shut down in many in stances to make repairs' and take stock; and, owing to the extremely low prices for industrial staples, the wae move meat tends downward. Quotations for staple merchandise show much firmness withsugir, cotton, wheat, " cprn, fteel, naval' stores, tobacco and copper practi cally unchanged in prices. Coffee it de pressed and there are rumors of eon tracts for iron and steel at a shade under at week's quotations, although uncon firmed. Southern cities uniformly rercrt very quiet trade Sn jobbing lines! Charleston, Savannah and Augusta re port collections Blow, but at Nashville where meh.ants regard the prospects for, spring business reasonably good, collec tions are fair. Manufacturers at At lanta gre doing little and Chattanooga jobbers likewise. 4 moderately lm proyed demand for funds is announced from Memphis, and at New Orleans the only gain is a fetter feeling in tjie rice market. Qalvetton notes the exception with Improvement expected shortly after JanuaTT ad wholesale mer- rhantnin npnrlv nils linaa eon..'" Ut travellers. - i t Great Excitement in Aagusta. f Augusta, Ga.. Dec. 23 The agitar tion among the people of this city over the "death of Detective - MurraV, and which threatened at an early hdur this morning to find expression in violence, has quieted : do wn : The State troops were called out to protect the jail where the negro murderer j Jabes Wigginst, is confined, and the display of military force had the effect of stopping, the would-be lynchers I from carrying out tlieir threata, t - - JOHN WILMINGTON, N. C SATURDAY. DECEMBER INSPEGTOR WILLIAMS TELLS MR. OOFF ABOUT. HIS FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.! Given Sams of Money by a Liquor Firm Charges Mayor Hewett and the Grand Jnry With Making False Statements Commis- , sioner Martin Under Ex- -amlnation Mr. Corn stock Not Pat on -the Stand, j J " L New York, Dec. 28 Anthony Corn- stock did not appear before the Lexow committee to-day for vindication, although he was present as a spectator at one stage of the proceedings. At the outset, the chairman announced that the committee had received a letter from Comstock in relation to the testimony given; by Street yesterday. "We have considered the letter of Mr.! Comstock,'' said the chairman, and have come to the conclusion that the matter is not within our province; therefore, we cannot hear Mr. Comstock." ' ... I ; - Inspector Williams resumed the wit ness stand and was examined as to h's financial condition. After a great deal of sparring Mr. Goff obtained from the inspector the statement that he was worth about $30,000 or $40,000, which did not include the family residence in Tenth; street. Williams admitted having received $4,000 or $,C0) from Fleiss & Hoy, whiskey men. This was paid in cash in various sums and was a voluntary offering on the part of the contributors As William put it: "Mr. Fleiss told me he was dealing in stocks anH he would take chances for me and gHe me the' re- suit That was in 1878." 1 " "Did you ever invest a dohar with him for the purchase of stopks?" "iso, sir." "Did'nt you know that the money was given; you as a civerfor corruption? "JNO, sir, it was not. ' j What had you done to cause him to be so friendly to you?" Ahd vou. a police captain. accepted man in a dollar transac- sumslof $4,000 or $5,000 from a whose hauds you never placed for ppecuiatiour ; - "He was friendly to me, "How did you look at that tionr,' ; "Fleiss offered me the money and I took it " f r "Did'nt you consider it indelicate?" "No, sir. I thought it I was a good thing." J Uy implication, Mr. Goffi m his ques tions! accused Williams of (receiving valuable presents from keepers of dives, disorderly houses, etc., but Williams could not be cornered. lie denied every thing and sometimes with considerable heat. - I : ' -'-I In! the course of this part of the exam ination, Williams professed ignorance of the meaning of the word "dive." Mr. uolT read a letter which Mayor Hewett wrote to the police commission ers,; complaining about tbe violation of the laws in the Tenderloin precinct when Williams was captain, j ajid mayor tie wett write what wa3 trufor false ?'' "He wrote what was fake." "iDid the grand lurv when they en you state tered a protestation against what was untrue r M Yes sir." MOh, they all are Hare suppose?' snapped Mr. Goff. I xne inspector; was .excused for a mo ment and a yonne man named Morris Rcsenffeli took the standi 'f Where do vou live ?" asked Mr. Goff. iT :j" i : .. , . - i inuituiiuuHigiro uxjr icsiueuut) ua the police would kill me' said Roseofeld. tie said be visited lnspf ctor Williams on September 7th last. "I was standing by a soda water stand" said he "when a policeman came up and struck me with out provocation, I went toi headquar ters to complain about the officer. I met Inspector Williams and! he asked tne how much money I would settle the case for. I said I came to get justice and did not want money. The! inspector said then. Then ypu don t care for money.' I said I did not, and he called me a liar and ordered me out of his room." . After recess! it was ! definitely an nounced by CH airman Lexow that the committee would sit to morrow and then adjourn. j ; j Commissioner Martin, president of the police board, was the last witness of the day. He answered all questions readily and with with apparent frankness. He adoutte 1 the existence of a great many evils in the pobce administration, but said the board J as at present constituted. was powerless to remedy them. He said he was a prominent member of Tam many hall, butj knew nothing about pay ments from liquor dealers toj Tammany. He heard that money was being paid to the police by liquor dealers, but could not get any proof of it, I Mr. Goff read letters from Tammany hall leaders recommending appii- ants for the police force. Among the writers of the letters were William H. C. SulzeT, Chairman Hinckney of the; Democratic State committee and Roswell P. Flower. And so," said Mr. Guff, fit comes to pass that the New York police f ort e, has from other States. I believe that it would be hard to find a body better in physique than the New York police." - . IT ,4 ; Aua x say,; would be hard added Mr. Cbff, "that it to find al more degraded body of men than the New York police force. f Well, they have not Lexow commit? tees, in other cities yet'' the witness, i ! laughingly said Mr. Goff then asked if it were possible for the corruption to have existed in the police force without the knowledge or the witness? I 1 I "Yes, sir,n replied Mrj Martin, "and it did exist without my knowledge by Cant- Submittberger. j The commissioner was released after promising to return to morrow and ex plain ha linancial affair, j A Death from Hydrophobia, i Lynchburg! Va., Dec. 28, W. H. Iindsav. an aged citizen bf Bedford, died vesterday afternoon from Hydro- hobia. About six months ago a rabid dog Owned b'vi Lindsay bit him. Lind say suffered from no ill effects until last Saturday when he was suddenly taken ill. and the physicians who were called saw unmistakable signs of hydrophobia such as aversion to' water, ete.s Nothing could be done for him, and he lingered on until 3 o'clock ' yesterday afternoon when he died.; - i l r been made thej stamping ground for apt plications from all over the State ?" l"Yes, sir," responded Mr. Martin, "and Highest of all in: Leavening Power. Latest U. S. 001 Report. COMMERCIAL NEWS. I Stocks and Bonds in Mew York The Grain and Provision Markets of Chicago. New York, Dec, 28. Trading at the Stock Exchange was even on a smaller scale than on yesterday, only 85,0(50 shares having changed hands. Of this total, American Sugar, which was the most active stock, figured for 10,600 shares. - In no other stock did the i sales reach the 10,000 share mark. Irregu larity was the chief stock of the limited speculation and the changes in price in nine cases put of ten were the result of operations for professionals who were closing up their trade. There was, how ever, a little life to the market in the opening dealings, Baltimore and Ohio and the Anthracite Coalers having dropped to 4J per cent. Baltimore apd Ohio fell 4 per cent to 58f, Lacka wanna 4 to 158, New Jersey Central 2 to 87T, Delaware and Hudson 2 to 123 and Reading f to 13f . Baltimore and Ohio was soli on reports ; that the company's efforts' to secure the Valley railroad of Ohio had antagonized important financial interests and that timid holders were selling out. The drop in the coalers was the result of sales by a prominent room trader alleged to have inside information as to the condition of the coal trade. This operator at one time offered 5,000 sharts of Delaware and Hudson, at 121 seller sixty days, without taker.. Speaking of th Jersey Central dividend, insiders sai(tto-day that the matter had not been considered and that the directors -will not act until January 9th. In the afternoon . some of the shorts attempted to cover, but as there was little stock offering prices quickly advanced. Lackawanna moved up to 161, Jersey Central to 89. Dela ware and Hudson to 12H bid and Raading to 14i. The general list showed few features of interest, the Grangers and trunk lines ruling firm and Chicago Gas strong and Lead, Cordage Rubber, General Electric and Bty State Gas steady to firm. Sugar ranged between 88 and 89, and closed at 88J, a gain of i per cent, for the day. Specie left off firmer. Net changes in the railways were merely fractional pither way, except for Balti more and Ohio, which lost 3 per cent. The Industrials as a rule show gains of i to 1 per cent. The bond market was weak. The sales of listed stocks to-day aggregated 71,000 shares;, unlisted, 14,000 shares. x ; i j Chicago, Dec. 28. New York opera tors started in early to day to finish up the selling which they began yesterday near the close. The only barrier that de clining prices -met was the demand from holders of "puts." but it proved to be potent enough to support the market and prevent and further serious break. There was t considerable liquidation by distinguished? holders who could find no immediate encouragement or hope of an advance in the situation and who were disposed to view the accumulation of etocks as overcoming any specious rea soning of the bulls.' There was no news to hand and no disposition to make new deals until -after the first of the New Year. ' No. 2 red winter wheat was worked here for shipment in the spring. Cash wheat in the car lot market was quiet and unchanged. Corn depended on wheat to-day for its motive and action. The tone was weak, although values were not much under those of yesterday. Cash corn, was un changed, j t Prices, in oats suffered slightly through sympathy with the wheat and corn markets. The trading was light and aevoia oi interest, uasn oats were without particular change. Fraction ally higher prices were obtained for No 2, but other grades were quotably the same aa vesterday. ! In product the sellers of yesterday and Wednesday were the buyers of to-day Covering was the main purpose! 'he demand, but the prices were advanced by the purchasing. The hog market was firmer to day, which naturally tended to have good effect on provisions, All articles showed an improvement in tone and closed higher. May pork gained 25? for the day and May lard and ribs each 10c ii More Bank Rascality Unearthed. Rome, N. Y., Dec. 28 Another reve- , . , 1 - - Al TT . . 1 lation nas oeen maae in tne an airs oi tne Central National bank, of Rome, N. Y., which has been undergoing examina tion since the discovered defalcation of Cashier Bielby ten days ago. It appears that the bank has for some years beei carrying, without security, a credit oi several thousand dollars to the account of Root. McAdam & Sons, cheese buyers and exporters, who have offices here and in New York city. The cashier, with out the knowledge of the directors and without discovery by bank examiners, has permitted overdrafts of this ac count to the amount of $57,0 10, of which $10,000 is secured. McAdam & Sons claim that it must be that they nave not had credit for a part of their deposits. It is understoodl.also that they are prepared to turn $17,!00 to the credit of the account. That being done, would leaye a net shortage of $30,000 in addi tion to the $37,000 default of the cashier and teller heretofore reported, i! Maior Gillette, the act usedleller, has been re-arrested upon a charge of com plicity with Cashier Bie'by m defraud ing the bank of $20,000. He is in charge of an officer at his house, where; he is ill and will be arraigned to-morrow. GatHls Wife's Throat, Then His Own Vassar, Mich., Dec. 28 George Pal mer and wife, living near here, were found this morning with their throats "cut, lying dead on the floor. Their son went to the barn to do the work about 8:30 o'clock and when he returned "he found his parents dead. The couple had not lived happily and it is believed Pal mer killed the woman and then cut his own throat From t he posit ion of the bodies. Mrs. Palmer had evidently been taken unawares by her husband. After killing his wife, Palmer laid down by her side and drew the butcher knife, which he had used on hia wife, across, his own throat. It is believed that Palmer was insane, i The Populist Conference. ST. Louis, Dec. 28 The conference of the leaders of the the Populist party be gan at 11 o'clock this morning; and for nearlv two hours there was a red hot exchange of opinions between the dele gate. Nearly all the wrangling was due to a motion made by a delegate from Kansas that the' session should be executive and that all information be tent from the press until such time as suited the cofetenoe. A committee was appointed on addresses which was tn- ntructed to take nothing from nor add anything to the Omaha platform, 29, 1894J AT DEATH'S DOOR. I ' 1 ' I' " I I ' I . :-!. I ; m i DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF ; PEOPLE OF NEBRASKA. ? Many of Them; Almost Starving No rona, No Fuel and No Money uuiuuci uauieio vreeze to Death-No Water in Several Localities Only Three Crops I Made in the Last Nine j Years. ,0'NEnx, Neb Dec. 28 -For some time past stories! of extreme destitution haye come from Boyd ! countv and vari ous parts of Holt county, but they had seemed so improbable that the people here hardly) credited them. Inquiry shows, however,! that j the stories were not mush exaersrar&trid. Th Bi'tnntfsin I V V W UMMXU in Boyd county is bad, and if the people there are not helped sodn thev will ntsa-vn or freeze to death. J, M. Smith, who lives on what is called j the three mije strip," wa at O'Neill to-day and he tells many harrowing stories of the condition of the people in his part of Boyd county, ne says that what is true of the people there is also true in almost all parts of tne county. MrL Smith came with a commission from the people of his sec-1 tion to collect supplies. He gathered considerable fLou and provisions to-day and forwarded them. Robert B. Peattie, the staff corre spondent of the World-Herald has just returned from a Southwestern Nebraska in order to in vestigate tne reports in circulation of the destitution in tViat 4vu vra State. The results of bis search through A ! m i t n - luoTOuuues or jauuaio, uawson, .Lin coln, Keith, Rerkins, Hitchcock, Chase, Hayes. Dundv and Frontinr mar ha t.hiia summarized: I i !l "In these counties, particularly in Keith, Perkins, Chase. Hayes and Dundy, the destitution is extreme. Almost two thirds of the people in the-e counties are dependent upon charity for existence. There is little or ho fuel in the county; coal chips are in many places the only fuel. The remarkably mild weather is ail that has prevented loss of life by ex posure, i There is no money in the (Vklinfir tnunninnn t-n. kaln the destitute, because no taxes have been paid since Juno j There is almost no water there. Ne crops were raised at all ! last Tour except in the occasional irrigated districta and ditch counties because there are no streams. Most of the destitute live in sod houses. There have been only! three crops raised in nine years. Heart rending cases of destitution and suffering are heard of in every township, y The present cold wave will certainly cause death to a large num ber of settlers if it continues and no aid comes. Fuel, provisions, and clothing are needed and the railroads will generally ship them free if sent to the county ' commissioners at the county seats of the 6tricken! counties. , The Sun's Cutton Review. New York,' Dec. 28 The Sun's cot- tori" review says: Cotton advanced 5 to 6 points, but reacted later on and closed barely steady at a net improvement of 1 to 2 points, with sales of 1CO.90O bales. Liverpool advanced l-32d on the f pot and 2 to 2 points for future?, closing firm with spot sales of 10,000 bales. In Man chester yarns were! dull, cloths quiet. New Orleans receipts to-morrow are esti mated at 12,0C0 to 14,000 bales, against 21,715 on the same Hay last week and 23,751 last year.) Liverpool letters of the 19ih inst , state that Manchester is losing some of its margin in yarns, and weaving is so unprofitable in many departments that looms are being stopped. The pro posed duty in India; on imports of Man chester goods ahd the fall in silver is having a very adverse influence in Lan cashire. Light receipts at the ports were the strongest feature of the market. New Orleans helped matters along by buying rather f reely. The reaction later on was caust d by realizing, due partly to the unsettled feeling in business caused by gold exports The Cup Yacht Race Muddle, London, Dec. 28. The Field will say to-morrow: The question of a cup race is at a standstill. ' Lord Dunraven will have nothing further! to say until the Royal Yacht squadron meeting on January 5th. Every one is asking why all these nego tiations are necessary to arrange a race. and why Bhould the deed contain condi tions so grossly unfair to the challenger in order that the holder may with a great air of magnanimity make conces sions. No challenge trophy ever was protected as is this cup, whose success ful retention has been simply a matter of organization ! - Infected With Cholera. Buexoj Atbes, Dec. 28. The Govern ment has published by decree that tbe ports of Santa Fe, Rosario and Colastine are infected with cholera. n ic women with pale or sallow complexions, or suffering from skin eruptions or scrofulous ! blood, will .find quick relief in Scott's Emulsion. All of the stages of Emaciation, and a geneaT decline of health, are speedily cured. . . Scott9s takes j away the pale, haggard look that eomes with General Debility. It enriches the blood, stimulates the! appetite, creates healthy flesh) and brings back strength and yitality. For Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis. Weak Lungs, Consumption and Wasting Dis eases of Children.; Send .or ourpampklet. Mailed FREE. Scott&Bowne, N. Y. i All Druggist!. 60c. and t COAL I COAL! Tl SO ASH ZQG, WHITI ASH EGG, WHIT ASH'STOYJ, CHJtiTHUT COAL, PUBH ACI COAL, TSA COAL VOTJNDBT COAL, TINNB8SBB LUMP, POCAHONTAS tUMP. VVood l Wood ! OAK, ASH, LIQHTWOOD. AH COAL sad WOOD of Ua best quality and lowest prices. J. A, SPRINGER, MOUTH WATER STREET. 1 J -WISH1 TO THANE XT 7HIK5DS FOB ibelrltbsnl patrons gs dariinr ts put setsom and ask tbeir soBtiaasacs na I Trill cadssrsr to deserrs it. '-v - -- WX. L. DkKOSSBT. . -. ' , i BtauoDtr snd Pnnttr, , deotT' I'uT lurket Urett, Emulsion 8 Poor I Pie is responsible for many of H cal -woes but the pie needn't be poor, and it -may bring joy- instead of woe. How? Use nothing but C0TT0LENE for shortening and delicate, nakiv. delicious, and so dyspeptic can eat freely of ; comfortable. C0TT0LENE can't be equalled as a shortening, and is abso- healthful. Genuine has this trade mark on every paili Take no other. THEN. & FAIRBANK! ST. LOUIS and CHICAGO. : I .4.1 I ' : THIS LADY f- . : Is looking for the arrival pf Christmas Goods which she tablishment. has bought at our es- Many sensible presents suggest them selves, to hoppers" iwhenr: they pass through our establishment. ! FOR WOMEN. Hinsi Boas, 92.50. Seal Boas, 4M.25. Stock Collars (Crepon) 75c, Lace Collars, 82. 50. ' Shoulder Shawls, 25 e to 81. Wool ant Silk Gloves 75c to 81 Silk Mitns. 75c. White Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 8e to 50e. Embroidered Handkerchiefs, 8c to 81.00. Silk Handkerchiefs 25c to 81. Colored Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 5e to 35e. ; Embroidered Silk Handkerchiefs 25c to 81. Dotted Swiss and Plain Swiss Bureau Sets, 81.25. Flannel Skirting;, silk embroidered, 75c to 81,50. Hose, cotton, wool and silk, 10c to 8I.SO. ; Scissors 25e to 81. Garter Bnckles 12c to 50c. Pocket Boobs 25c to 81. Bureau Scarfs 19c to 82. Lunch Sets 82.98 worth 83 Dress Patterns and Robes . . . i Tastefully Pat Up. . r ; PerealestFIanneIe4te,Cambrle, Calico and Ginghams, especially cheap. Wool Bress Patterns. Fall Dress lengths In remnants. Wool Dlagonels, 81.50. H Reps, 81-00. 4 " Cashmere, 81.75. All Wool Cashmere and Henrietta per pattern 82.80. Silk Finished Henrietta, 3.50 f CARPETS. MATTINGS AND RUGS. 10O Rolls Matting will reach here 10c and 15c per yard. Katz & no Market Street. The Busiest Store in Town -IS- JOHNSON Tla-eir Blegra,n.t Steele XS RAPIDLY GOING; AND EVERYBODY IS DELIGHTED WITH PTJIU JL . - - - CHASES MADE New HO idriy Goods Ml Received. TABLE LINENS in new and beautiful An exquisite line of HANDKEKCHIEFS. . New Patterns in STAMPED LINENS HEMIN WAY is EMBROIDERY BILKS. : A nice line of CLOAKS received by : O PE N : 111 MARKET -J .- ; FAfJOY GOODS AT COST. .. '. r- : . -5. - ? .-V::r - - :-;.t :r;.v TOILET BOTTLES; DRESSING CASES, DRINKING CUPS, Flasks and Pocket Books at actual coe for cash.! Harness, Bu&ies. Trunks and Bags at a slignt advance oyer cost. All -. we ask is a trial, -it "tj, , "j " I " ; ' - , R. L. FEN NELL.'The Horse Milliner, " - ; 1- ; . 23 lToxtlx Front Street. : CarygagoTranoforind Livery S3 "3 Ess tra PRICE 5 CENTS. gi ;;s man's; (and woman's) physi- the pie crust will !be healthful that even a it and be COMPANY. 116 Leading Dry Goods Have a list of sensible Chiistmasi Year presents to) offer yon J and New GIVEN AWAY. Oak Furniture, Quadruple Silver P'a ted Ware, when you have $5 in cpupoi. 10 per cent, of your purchase will be 'i i given you in coupons, ana when you t have $9 id coupons they will secure you one of the aboye named articles. I Every duced. Garment in our Stock Ito S4 to 86 Wraps 82.75. to 810 Wraps 83. 813 Wraps 89-08. OR MES.-8125 Scotch Wool and Camels Hair Underwear 98c. 82.75 quality 82. " " 'jj j. 75c Whfte and Colored Merino-Cn derwear -19c. ' 'i ' f 81 SO White and Colored Merino Un derwear 8 1, ii K it- Scarlet Sl.oo. Medicated, all wool, 98c to 1 : I t Silk Scarfs, Tecks, 23c to 75c. FoarlnIIandHi SaspenHers 29c to 73e, Gents' tlair Hose cotton and wool,' 19c to 8i. " ! f-t rj. -Umbrellas, plain and painted sticks, 9C tO 87. . ; . . j 25c White Hemstitched Handker chiefs, 15c. " . . ;r'jr All Linen White Hemstitched Hand- kerchiefs, ordered especially for the Holiday Trade, only 39c. j j Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs 25 e to79c. ; :! f i ! Silk Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 0O to 81. . : jjj j! Silk Initial Ifandkerchlefs 23c to79e GI.OVES Wool, Kid, Castor and Dog Skin in endless variety.- j REMEMBER THE BABIES. White Wool CIonkM 81.79 to 82. -75c Children's Silk Caps 49c. Children's Silk Caps 49c to 81.98. Knitted Wool Jackets 25c to 81.25. Jnst Recived 1.000 Boxes Buttermilk and Tube Rose Soap. ' They will be soldi for 25c per box.' Tuesday and will be sold for Smyrna Rligs 59e to 87. & FORE'S. - 1 I" i r. FROM THEM. Pattexns. for Embroidery. Express at greatly reduced prices. EVERY : W I G HT. 1 S! ! -!::Tr T . 'i f !: ifdk: &. Pnlvnrrl. i-. IVUILU JU 1 U1VU If. . . 'vi.:!0..-! IV1GI nub dl)., r Dealers - r i : o l ;. .! . ill-iil-iiii Polvpgt, '' ; ' ; W o E3 S 1 I !M !' it 1 Bi -til T i S