North Carolina Newspapers

- V - - ' ' " 1 - - - ' ' - - . " - . - ' , - ' V ' established; 1867. v:y : " . t' . " ' '' " L ' ' ' - ?" i , i ; '-. - -. ' -t I . j ' ' : r : r" v7 ' '" r k J r i V 1 -.- j I- l ' IS i ! TEL32QRAPHIO SUMMARY. The freight rates en oranges from Florida have been reduced onehalf hv the Plant eystetn and Ocean steamship company Georgiaia furnishing gran ite for paving the streets of manvl North ern and Western cities At Ilarrods-, burg, Ivy., Sheriff Asdall kills Dir. Har rod aa a result of the Decent election quar rels A letter carrier is arrested in Pittsburg for stealing letters -Brad-street's says there is no material improve ment in general trake. At the South 'trade is generally reported quiet. West: em cities . ahnoance practically un changed conditions The centre sec tion and south wing of the Iilinois'South- ern insane asylum were 5 JO female pat is burned. There ents in thei eouth wm2, all of whom ware 'removed One female attendant-is"tIought to have per ished Therj was no excitement at the Homestead mills yesterday. At! Brad- dock everything was quiet, though the company was taking precautions for any emergency. Isegroea are being put to work in pi ice of the strikers Inability to secure work drives a man to suicide Democrats fof -the the; Currenjey, bill at Little Rock -The Iljuse will caucus on Monday.' The ypte on. in the bil will probably be taken the Slouse Friday rBirminghaju, Ala., will soon Lave a large cotton mill, built with home capital.-- In "ColFee county, Ala. eight John negroi'S are burned to death Marshall, grand nepha w of Chief Justice Ma'rshalL commit su cide in "Washing ton - -Orders have bien issued tq Gapt. .now home Dale oBBincr, ot the crui at Kingston, Jamaica! er Columbi; to sail for at once The old rce lying -shid has been assigned to tike Maryland naval xniutia for a practice fehlp - r lva men are arrested in Philadelphia for highway roliberv near Baltimore -Two hundred Briti.-ih fishermen '".- the. recent gales were drowned qunng Five inches of snow ha" fallen in Nice, Frahcer Two bunco men swindle A. W. Wither?, of Viij, ;inia, trick felt out bf f ,0i0 bv the 1'gold brick ' -More 'earthquake shocks are in , Sicily Ru&sia , and Italy open negotiations for a reciprocity treaty - The Chicago police raid a murderecs' den ' and capture the men who killed olice , man Du idles Thursday night With drawals of gold from the treasury yes- , terday amounted to 32,300,000, leaving the reserve at tSl,G0a,P0O- The rresi- deht place? superintendents of pos office .stations under the clas sified servk e The' cotton in the steamer Lammersnoor, loading at Charlestoii, is burnir ;g; Seven cotton factories in two count ies in : -South Carolina pay li 3.500 in divi lends jc very SIX months Jlis"3 btevtenaicn weaker and. her condition i j 13 critical Mayor Strotg will investigate everv department of tte New York city government In Kansas three horse hpots thieve3 are captured and hanged Georgia negro, in a Bt4f jealousy, his wife and two children A ustna present " to uur Government a protest no-ftinst the one-tenth Fcent differfential on sugar in the new Tariff bill. At, the tarneie Flams. - FTrM fsteaix Pa. Jn. 4 There was The. little or no excitement here to-day streets were thronge"d only witn- the . usual humbtr of people and in thje vi .-inity of the Carnegie Steel works khere was, not the slighicesi sign of trouble. Several dt-partrntnts of th-? big mill were off and Jut few men etoovi about the vard. This morning al final conference wai held bftwt-t-n M;ind -h4 strikipsr ehearruen rid a st'ttlfknent rhftl. The liketihooti now of a 4 tnse of anv proportion at ildmesteaa lsntany At Braddock everything was quist wirti no indication of an outbreak, altbpugii ." precautions are beingta ken agaiQstj any ?ajergency that may ar have called a'meeting f at which they will take ae. inesstrlKers br next wonaay action on the ul timatum issued by thej Carnegie pom- . nanv. The latu r are ehgaging men to kp th nlaces of the st ikers and aium- j -r of eclortd mt-n were at work .this turning- in the ore rards whicf the t.r kers had deserted, ieveral fu aces blown in ve-iterda irxru.-" the comoanv is determined to hrn tha "trike at an c I 200 nn trauleti in thk foundry depirt ment a-ere thrown idllo-dayon accbuht. rf lar r.f ma-trial with Which tO WOrJi. A: Ir sane wjluiii Burned: v Ansa, Ills., Jan. '4. he centre see tion antl .he south wing of the Illinois Southern, hospital for the insane, qom- prising feVr half. 'O'f the were dtsAyed by fire a entire build: ing, an early tour thu mona The north wing, macfun- rv- - laund kitchen departm were saVediAThe south wing conta ned the the the the quartet " thf fema le patients, inate patierAA br-ing qxf artered in noitn win Vll the patients, to number o( St.vtvere, it !P thought, saf. ly removed to t JS other midinss. Sbme erienced in makia 10 great painie. malt? attendant. named Inda Ar ad been burned, ano trace oi . The losa will a phyeiciaDS, oftic' burned builoing soual tffcct5. found $350,001. The in ployers in the rly all their ber- S wind lea j " RiajMo'J. Va. era, of Gloucesir out of $,000 in two men claimin .000, -A. W. W5th was swinflled ere to day oy hn WUlii ms, of Arizona, and Tboi assay er of tlie Unite. Phiiadt Iphia . The mei Jt-aTjeer. an ites mint at rked a bdnco ; game upon V'ithers to y mond, and.tbe cash was by Withers ipon a cot urn to laich to v llliams )f bricks of .. gold, which aiter a W a jeweler, proved to ".be brass. . join me men escape id an tnai tney ierc ietiiVml them couple of ,vaiises contEfining a m ; . ,atid a lit of circulars -ner a bold .brick swindle- A part ofl .hmetwas that WillUrris claimed tis t Vjrginia : Alfred looking lur an p.ncla Withers, bears. which appellation his Loifctim Eight Negroes Buried to I RiYASNAH. Ga., Jan. a..d'kere that on L t Fiiday an out otth"wy place d ear Will ia Coffee courfy, the btiise of a ickers. w nan namptl i trie .4 fi.-a Tum V tckers; a b "C M Petef's children four Children of anothehr colore4Tf makiiik eieht in au. were dui death. It is believed thb fire was cendiary origin. Mia Stevensou's Conpicion Cri Ashjeville. N. C . Jan. 4 Miss to-dkv been foi eoe days, and her conlitift -egarded by hei Jn j siciana w cv r W3 wad V.it a Jrson unt ?tol 11 i i 1 1 -1 5iMiust VcVi'red H I 4 er 4 !-er H. I ft A I U VG k 1 SUCCESSFUL GRAFTING- OF BEST FOREIGN SPECIES. Cheatham Serves Notice of Contest on Congressman Wood ard Queer Cases of Insanity Politicians " ' Assembling Oxford Orphan Asylum nDscnptions for the Nebraskans ,The Governor''s Forth " coming Message. ' ' Messenger Bukeau, ' I Raleigh. Jan 4. j Mr. John K. Hoyt, of Luther, Bun combe county, writes Professor W. F. Massey, telling of the successful fruiting of the great California and European wine grapes in the open air. This is an important matter. Professor Massy had expressed; the hope that these grapes could be grafted on roots of the strong est growing native grapes. Mr. Hoyt says this is done and with entire success. He graf ted the finest California grapes on roots of wild grapes taken' from the woods, and 90 per cent, of the grafts "tooTi,"' made a healthy growth and have fruited.- They have been treated -just like other vines. Black 'Hamburgs and Malagas are also growing out-doors, have fruited and are healthy. . Governor Carr issues commissions to Roger A. Smith, of Goldsboro, as major and surgeon; to J. E. Malone, of Louis burg, as captain and assistant surgeon of the First regiment and to Rev. . J. E. Thacker, of Oxford, as chaplain of the Third regiment,' with rank cf captain. A com mission was also Issued to W. P. Shaw of Henderson as solicitor of the Third district. Ex Congrtssman.Henry P. Cheatham was here to day and 6aid he had just served notice of contest upon Hon. Fred erick A. Woodard. He declares that he has a strong case. There was a frozen fog this morning. The trees were covered with glistening ice to their very top3 arid the ground was covered with a frost which greatly re sembled a light enow. Two of the patients at the insane asy lum, quite late'y received, , are the vic tims of strange jhallucinations.' One. a country woman, is sane on all subjects eave eewing machines; while the other, a youn: man, is equally sane on all sub jects save organs, f To-day the committee of the Grand Lodge of Masons inspected the Oxford orphan asylum, and will make its report to the Grand Lodge next Tuesday. The report of the superintendent will be made to the Governor. The politicians are assembling. The Yarboro is, as usual, their headquarters. There are nbvv three avowed candidates for the Speakt-rship of the; House. Mr. Virgil S. Lusk remarked last night that he was "saying little, but was 6awing wood." That means he is working to beat Mr. Zeb Vance Walser, who is him self very sanguine It is now claimed tliat both parties of fusibnists will have a joint caucus on the Speakership, etc., arid that Lusk will be on the inside. George Z. French, of NewJBanover and Pendef , certainly has a following. Where will hf come in? ' The Caucasian wilr take the Western Associated Press. The wires are now being put into its office. T There will be a large increase in the tobacco acreage in this section this year. Tobacco will to some extent take the place of cotton -as a money crop. But guan is .to be the main dependence. The weather is extremely favorable to grain. Edgar C. Hillyer, of Virginia, has bought property "here on which he is building in ice factory. It. is eaid that 50,000 has been sunk here and f 30 ,000 in Goldsboro. in the past ten years. A child of Rev. Dr. Co'.hmbus Durham here has diphtheria. It is the'on ly case of contagious disease in the city. Ra leigh ia a healthy place. During Decem ber there were twelve deaths of whites and eighteen of negroes, four of the whites being over 70 ytsrs of age. There were sixteen birtli3 of whites and ten of negroes. I . Thomas F. Brockwell who was stabbed in bis gunsmith shop here last Monday during a fight with the Mcore brothers, i3 now able to sit up. He express to be out next week; yet tha doctors do not pronounce him out of danger. The citiz-.ns of Raleigh have appointed a comiiiittpe to soluic contributions of money or provisions for the Nebraska sufferers. The committee began work t')-day. It is the hope that mny Nebrassans will come South. Those now here are doine their bst to induce thir "friends in that cold State to C here. The annuJ report ok theS labor , i At notes the improveti condition of laboif3 m cotton factories. 'The delivery of 'uaterial for the Con federate monumei St at the west gate of the .Cap'tof pqurss begun to day. As soon as the weather opens sufficiently the work of building will begin, Mr. Coonah, the builder, say. j The Powhatan Lumber company is putting up the Farina flotiring .mills. The mill adjoins tha Mill3 Waaon com pmy's works. The latter has contracted lor an $3,000 addition to it p'ant. : ft is said to be quite sure that the Leg islature will reduce the legal rate of inter est to 6 per cent. - '- A great many farmers and mechanics in letters to the State labor commissioner warmly urge the passage of a lawos compulsory education. It is a great step forward, but it is one which North Caro lina ought to take"l and will have to take, sooner or later, The Govi n6r8 measage is now quite well advanced in preparation. It is sail it will cover about 1W) pages of fools cap, type-written. Jt wil. be'a good doc ument and a comprehensive one, and will in all probability go to the Legisla ture, next Thursday, the second day of 2seson. . The bivimial rejort of 'the btate insti tution for. tne deal mutes aa wie ma was issued yesterday, tjuperintengenc W. J. Young'a management nas oeen able, careful and economical, '.pe re port covers the penoa irom uecemoer 102, to November 30, lb91. Dr. A. W. Pe iu.es, of Anson county, is the superin tendent of tha colored department, which is in a large wick building a mile from the white institution. The event of the year was the removal of the white daf mutes to tnet,new ecnooi Duut for them at Aiorganton. x nis leaves me white depirtment her solejy school tor tne puna, jc-uorus to exterid its benpdU to every blind child in the Skate. It was found that tntre were 731 blind persons under 21 years of age. The parents and guardians of thesd were written to, but very few responses were iwvir-ed' The newsDaoers in the State, 176 in number, all published the letter of reauest f or the nafees of the bUnd children. Other letters were sent dnt to all . preachers, physicians nd sonooi euperintendf nt. in all -4,000 being sent out. As a re-ult the names of only 125 who ought to be pup! Is were obtained and of these only 49 are now in the in stitution. Of ninety-three white ,pupi!s 45 per cent, were born blind, the remainder be coming so from various diseases, while nf thirtv-seven colored dupUs only 33 per vT cent, were1 born blind . Scrofula caused whose blindnetis is doe to disease. Marshall L- Mott,- Esq., one of the new tolicitors. was here yesterdav ani called t the Executive office, He says bis 1(1 I father will make an earnest and lively fight for the Senatorship. Ex-Judge D. L. Russel has been spoken of as a candi date, but his friends deny that he is in' tne race. ... Not long ago Marion Butler did not think there would be a' joint canvass on the Senatorship. He has now changed his opinion as to the matter, it seems. The farmers in this section have much corn for sale, as well as pork. Arrange rhent8 are to be made for dealing in both these home-grown commodities by peo ple here. , j ; Your correspondent has seen the pub lic school houses in the country in va rious counties, but has nowhere found them better built or arranged than in New Hanover. i Governor Carr consents to an exchange of courts between Judges Winston and Starbuck. .by which the former is to hold the January term of Wayne cour,t, while the .latter will hold i the spring terms of Graham and Swain.' Judge Robinson, bf the Fourth district is not only a mighty clever man, but -a frank speaking one. He says that not one of the new judges thought he would be elected. In other words, the election was as big a surprise to them fas it was -to their Democratic opponents. lnere will be plenty of "headquarters" hereuring th Baart-toa-daysitjatherl untd the caucus on Senators, i The elec tion of the latter takes place on the sec ond Tuesday after the Legislature meets. The store , and " gee eral merchandise stock of T. B. Holt, at Holly Springs, this county, have been burrted. The loss is some 5,C00, with little insurance. Thieves did the work, A committee of about ! fifty Republi cans, of which J. C. L.. Harm was a member, investigated the charges against John H. Williamson, F. M. Sorrell.Ed. A. Johnson and about eighty more Republi cans here of having antagonized fusion and thereBy aided the Democrats. This committee publishes the names of the Republicans above referred to as traitors. It is said it will later publish many more names of those on this "black list." The circular says that after ! "co-operation" was agreed on all those who fought against it in counties where there- were ctf operation tickets were . either bought by Democrats or worked for them free of charge. The circular 1 terms ; them "lightning bug nigger" Democrats. Among the other names printed in this "black list" are George T. Wassom, J. E. Hamlin, J. E Q'Hara, E. E Smith, John O. Crosby, T. P. Devereux, M. Bowes. Isaac H. Smith. ' ' i COMMERCIAL NEWS. Stocks and Bonds In New Yortr-The ; Grain and Provision Markets of . ' Cnicago. New York, Jan. 4. Trading at the Stock Exchange was less active to-day, the total transactions footing up only 115,148 shares, against 169,093 yesterday. The opening bf the market was feature less, but soon afterwards the entire list moved up i to If par cent I, Lake Shore, Bay State- and United State Rubber leading. The advance was soon checked, however, by-the engagement of $2,350, 000 gold for export to Europe to-morrow. Reports that .$30,000,000 gold! would have to be forwarded before,springin onier to fill European! requirements added to the bearish feeling, especially as the relations, between the London and the New York bankers, who ; furnished the Gd vernment with the last $100,000,- 000 gold, are strained. By the way, the new 5's for '.which 'the syndicate recently paid 117,077 to-day brought 116J. The decline in prices ranged from i to 2 percent. Jersey Central fell 2f to 84 i on the reiteration, of the rumors that the dividends will be reduced. Chicago Gas sold down If per cent, to 72J- on the postponement ,of action on the dividend and rumors of international difficulties. 1 .Sugar was sold down to 87 J from 89 on Washing ton advices that the Ways and Means committee will at ohce take up the bill abolishing the one-tenth cent differential duty.. Loui-vilis and Nashville, Mis souri ' Pacific. Lead and a- few other prominent issues j declined i to 1 per cent, on the execution L cf 6tpp-orders. It thev final dealings a steadier tone prevailed and a rally ot t to. per cent, ensued. Speculation left off about, steady. The Gordage stocks were heavy, on realizations, and dropped 2 to 3i percent., the latter in the guaran teed which dropped to 20. Net changes in the active list show losses of j to i per cent., outside cf Jersey Central, ; whiph fell If per cent. New England gained Lake Shore i. and Whiskey f per, j cent. ; The bond marfeit waj irregular.! The sales of listed stocks aggregated &8,000 share;, unlisted, 37,000. '. . '' ) " Chicago, Jan, i Yesterday's closing booii was missing at the opening bf the at market to-day. Ho particular -eason was civen for the reversal of I tone, except that there was no tangible excuse tor tne Duige, ana mat it couia not hold. The oi!erip3 were in excess of the demand and a loss of 4 to c at m .a ,k.1..l V.I the Etart was followed by a further jde: cline bf toc. A Tl thensetin, which carried prices back 'toth4 opening point, around which they hung during the balance of the session, shorts'leading Jn the buying. Cash wheat did not change fcScntjalh?, j. ;' . Uorn followed wheat in most of tea variations of that market, although ithe predominating inclination was to selL Ltorn was quiet anq steady. j The sensation of sthe day m oats came within a few minuses ol the clobe, wheii a large elevator concern , aisposea.c a line aggregating 6O0,O( 0 bushels of May. fhe crowd was unprepared for the heavy offerings and the demand wa inadequate to the occasion. Trices droped to.o be? low yesterday's close where they rested at. the end of the ses&jon. Cash oats were auoted ic lower. 1 ? Product was weaK ana lower aunng i - . , ' . . . n thefiret hour of the Eession, the heavy run.pf hogs at the yards affecting- prices detrimentally,' but upoa.an attempt be ing made to buy pork . by ! the- Cudahy packing company, of Omaha, the crowd pleasantly bid tha pnee up, no aimcmty being experienced in forcing ah advance of 30c from the inside, owing to the nar7 re w character of the market. A reces- siod from tne top tcofe pfce before the close. Lard ana rios Kept in une wita pork. May pork gained 121c for the day, May laxa, iuo, ana may nbs i to i -c Georgia. Granite to the Kront. Washixgtoj.-, " Jan. 4 The public building at Kansas City is to be built of granite. Numerous bids have been sent in from different parts of the jconstry. It is understood that the bid of the Geor gia G ranifce company is nearly . $50,000 below bid made by quarries in Kew England States. A special test" of the eranite accompanying the bids is to be made in a few days. Georgia is making rapid progress in developing her granite quarries. She is shipping Belgian blocks to pife streets in Balumore, Cincinnati, Chicago, New Orleans and other large citi?3, : Arrested for Highway Robbery. Philadelphia, Jan4 Five young men, all rouh looking characters, were taken into custody this afternoon at the hoarding house. No. 303 Gaskill street, charged with attempted ' highway rob bery, and an aggravated assault upon two men in. the suburbs of Baltimore on the night of December 22nd last, which may terminate ia the death of one of the latter. The prisoners had no defence to make and wt-ro committed to prison to await a requsition from : the Maryland authorities, i - " i . A LIVELY DISCUSSION OVER WITHDRAWING OUR CRUISERS FROM HAWAII. Discussion of the Nicaragua Canal Bill Continued Interesting De bate on the Currency Bill The Evils or Onr Financial System Pointed Out So Proposed! Amend- - menus to the ' ' . Bill. . SENATE. Washingtok, Jan. 4. There was a very lively and interesting discussion in the Senate to day over Senator Lodge's resolution calling orj the President for information as to the withdrawal of American yessels of war from the Ha- waiian islands. All of the Republican Senators who participated in the dis cussion favored the adoption of the reso lution, while the Democratic Senators who spoke argued in favor of its ref- the Committee on Foreign Relations. The morning hour expired before any votecou'd betaken, and the resolution lost its place on the table, and went to the calendar, where jit will be heard of no more. . J Fenator Morgan' finished his speech in support of the Nicaraguan Canal bill. No action was taken land the bill still re? mains the unfinished business. The Military Academy Appropriation bill was passed, with a few amendments. The Pension Appropriation bill was taken up, but went . over without final action. j . ' At 3:55 o'clock the: Senate adjourned Jill Monday. j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Speaker Crisp laid j before the Hon- e the resignation of Representative Thos. H. Paynter, of the j Ninth district of Kentucky, to take effect to-morrow. Mr. Paynter takes a place; on the bench of the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Mon day next. . I ! The committees haying been called for reports Mr. Springer moved that the House proceed to the consideration of the Currency bill in pommittee of the Whole agrted to and Mr. Richardson resumed the chair. The debate on the bill which : followed was in some respects, the most notable and interesting that has aqcurred. The speeches of Messrs. Dingley of Maine, and Hepburn of Iowa were significant -in that they were taken to express the purpose of the Republican majority in the next Congress td proceed at once upon its assembling to the preparation of a revenue measure, which will, in their opinion, provide enough money to meet the expenditures of the Govern ment. Nothing short! of that, according to their statements, will be sufficient to remedy or remdfe the1 evils from which the treasury and the hole country are suffering. Mr. Hepburn would also, go further and proceed to legislate for a more general use and coinage of silver, hut Mr. Dingley was silent on1 that point. j ,. , Representative Hehdrix, of New York, also made a ncrtable speech. He said the bill would be a failure so far as the purr pose Vhich it sought to, effect was con cerned. The new year "opened, he said, with a fear generally prevailing among the people of the country that the Govt ernment could not maintain on a parity with gold the volume bf the other cur rency circulating among them. He was of the opinion that it could do so, .how ever, and the best proof that it could was found in the fact that it had done so. But this largely depended upon , the answer whether or not the Government proposed to retire from the business of jssuing circulating notes. He referred to the aggressions ipon the gold reserve through the medium of demand notes, and said that so long as there wg a margin of per cent, to business 'men in conducting the transfer of gold from this country to" Europe, so long would they epgage in It. He was glad to know that it had been made a part of the Democratic policy from the highest sources of leadership to take the Govern ment out of the business of issuing -cir-culatihg notes, as it had been taken out of the silver business. ( But was there a successful application bf this principle as Bet out in the pending.billtf asked Mr. Hendrix He thought not. The bill would . not relieve the treasury of the aggsfssions upon the gold reserve, and it would fail as & banking' measure, because it seeks to uper impose, upon the Government credit currency 1 a volume of bank credit chrrency.with no, sufficient redeemer in sight, Debt-hiding is not debt-paying. lJhe wisest, cneapest and practically almost the only thing left for the Government to do is to retire and dispose of the demand notes through which the gold reserve is open to the ag? grtssivu oi iiuy oiip wno is lnciinta 10 attack it. Lpon commerce should be thrown the burden of providing, thie gold with which to settle ita balances in inter national business. The bill pending before , the public, sata i.r. cttfiiurix, aitnougn n was a great improvement in jits present -con dition over the fU'.asu'jsj originally intro duced, would not relieve the treasury, nor wtould it provide suph a currency as "the Government cught-to have. If the principle laid down by the President and Secretary of the Treasury, and which is feebly and apologetically expressed in the ninth section of the; but.. can be car ried out, 'Congress ought to do it. Other speeches were made by Messrs. Caruth, Democrat, of Kentucky, and Gresham, Democrat, of Texas, in favor of the bill. - . - ' ' Mr. Sperry, Damocraf , of Connecticut. gave notice of a substitute he intended to offer, and Mr. Walker Republican, of Massachusetts, presented two additional requTS The Sections to his substitute payment of customs duties in part in gold for a certain period, and authoriz ing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell 3 per cent, bonds to coyer deficiencies in the treasury and to maintAiTi the gold reserve. - j . .. Mr. Sperry 's substitute authorizes the issue of 3 per cent, bonds to ran ten or thirty years, to an amount not exceeding the aggregate of all United- States notes outstanding and with the gold ob tained from the sale of the bonds to withdraw the United States notes. : At 5 o'clock the House took a recess until 8 o'clock, the night session to be for the consideration of : private pension bills,' . ;-, . -; At the evening session about forty members were present, In Committee of the Whole, they acted upon , and or dered favorably reported i to the House for passage thirteen privat3 pension bills and bills to correct militarv . records. At 10:S0 o'clock the House adjourned. Highest of all in I I P7L Li j&x&m ABQUUIEiaf Faias BBADSTBEETS REPORT. no alateri&I 1 Improvement Trade Generally Quiet at the South and Without Change at the West. ssew xOBJt, Jan. 1.Brad$treef8 to morrow will say: There has been no material improvement in general trade. At large Eastern cities only a moderate volume of business is ..reported, .Buffalo and Boston bnclining to regard the near outlook the more hopefully. Philadel phia and Pittsburgh are naturally ef fected somewhat by lower quotations for iron and steel, and Baltimore; prefers awaiting orders from commercial travelers before expressing opinions on the outlook. General trade is reported quiet at Charleston, Jfashville, and Memphis, with merchantile collections fair only. At Chattanooga and Atlanta very little is doing in wholesale lines, the former re porting manufactures quiet as a result of the prolonged holiday influences and the weather. At Savannah trade is quiet, but improving and. collections are only fair. Cotton manufacturers are taking some new contracts, but merchants will act with extreme conservatism. Augusta jcotton-lactories report a fairly good de mand and improved collections, though general trade shows no gain. City and country trade is reported fairly satisfac torily by Jacksonville. Damage fromex tremely cold weather in Florida to fruit and vegetables is quite heavy, orange growers being affected seriously. At Birmingham manufacturers report or ders scattered, general trade quiet and collections only fair. There is "only a small volume of business at New Orleans and collections are slow. At Galveston trade is very quiet and orders are for needs only. All Western cities announce practically unchanged trade conditions and light or moderate volume of business, conspicu ously Cleveland,. Cincinnati, Detriot and Louisville, although the Straits city' rer ports that cold weather has 'stimulated orders and Louisville that merchant i aremore hopeful. At Chicago orders are mostly of the filling-in variety anc St Louis merchants are still working or inventories and starting out commercial travellers. Business is confined mostly to mail orders. Progressive Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 4. At a meeting of the Commercial club of Bir mingham, held-this afternoon, evidence was given of inaugurating a year of active energies, with practical results. Efforts have been made, heretofore, tq secure the location of cotton mills iri Birmingham, but without success. At the meet this afternoon Mr, B, B. Comer, one of Birmingham's most progressive citizens, announced his willingness to head a cotton mill company, when sev eralof the directors of the club agreed to go in with him, and it can now be said that Birmingham will build a mill with home capital and home manage ment. The club also passed' a resolution in viting Col. A. K. McClure, of the !Phila. delphia Times, to deliver an address be fore it in the near future. A further resolution was passed de claring for faster mail Fervice between this city and the cities of the East and West, and requesting the Alabama Sena tors and Representatives in Congress to favor such a movement. Polipe Kaid a Murderers' Den. . Chicago, Jan. 4. Betrayed by one of their pals, the rmirjerer3 of Officer Edward Duddles last night were captured this afternoon by thirty policemen raid-? ing their hiding place, a dilapidated house on South Green street, several miles from the scene of the murder. The burglars who killed Duddles are Billy Roche and John Carey, members of the nurderous Market street gang. They .were found nith William MoCiormick hiding in shed room, haying retired when the officers took possession. The w-atch i and wedding ring, which were stolen from the residence of August Lundvall a fev? uunutes prior to the murder, were found in the room and a revolver with two empty chambers. The murderers drew their pistols on the of ficers who entered the room, but were quickly seized while covered with revol vers A crow4 of toughs swarmed around the police on the sidewalk while the exeiting raid was in progress and at tempted a rescue when the prisoners ap peared; but the v display of armed men kept them at bay. A Letter Carrier Caught Stealing letters, Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 4. M. P. Stay her, United States mail carrier, was arrested in the postoffice this morning while preparing the jnail for distribu tion 'along ; his route. Suspicion was aroused six months ago by the repeated failure of letters to arrive at their desti nation. It is thought that Stayher has purloined several hundred letters while in the service of the department. He was caught in the apt of opening decoy envelopes containing I marked money, and the money was afterwards found on his person. Stayher'a method was to steal nai! f rqrq t&e boxes of other car riers, and for months .every carrier in the office was under suspicion.' Stayher admits having taken . small sums of money at various times, in" all, he says, about $13. Suicide cf John siarshalL Washington, ; Jan. 4 John Marshall, grandnephew of Chief Justice Mrrshall, who was for many 'years employed in the law office of Dickinson, Thurber & Co., (Don M." Dickinson and Private j Secretary Thurber, of Detroit, was found the ga3 being turned i on full and the doors and windows closed. The man had been unfortunate in attempting to secure a good permanent position under the Government, although he was a copyist in the Recorder's office. Mr. Thurber had taken personal interest in the man and when informed of his death gave instructions th4t his remains should receive proper care and that his parents be notified. j More Earthquakes in Sicily. Rome; Jan. 4 Earthquakes have been felt repeatedly to-day in Regglo di Cala bria and Northern Sicily. The Under Secretary of the Interior will make a tour of the provinces affected and will provide for the distribution of mqney, food and clothes among the homeless. f The charity ball he la here last evening I for the benefit of the sufferers was at- I tended by many Americans. Leavening Power, Latest U. S. GuV TlP0 AUSTRIA PROTESTS AGAINST THE DIFFERENTIAL SUGAR DUTY. wcuiwrftw or the House to Caucus on i ne currency Bill The Vote to be Taken Friday The Co lumbia Ordered Home . Another Heavy 'With drawal of Gold Civil Service - Extended. Washington, Jan. 4. The Democrats or the House will hold a caucus" at uuiuvK.ou monaay afternoon next for the purpose of considering the pending" Vurrency diu. At 4 o'clock, after the call for the caucus had been circulated an hour, fifty-five Representatives had signed it. The first gentleman to attach his autographwas Speaker Criso. Fol lowing his name were those of the other Democratic members of the Comtaittee on Rules and the members of the Bank ing ana tjurrency committee, from . which it was reported. X Mr. Springer stated this afternoon that general debate, on the Banking bill will continue Until the hour of holding the caucus Monday. On 'Tuesday the Com Ti A . ... miwee. on ituies win bring in an order fixing debate under the five minute rule for the three days following. It is not probable, however, that a vote on the bill will be taken before Friday next. The old receiving ship. Dale, assigned to the State of Maryland to be used by the naval militia, departed from her moorings in the Washington navy yard this morning under the "tow of the tug Britannia. The Dale ran aground soon after starting, but after an hour's hard work was- idfely gotten off. She will reach Baltimore, barring delays, some time to-night. j Admiral Meade cabled orders to Cap!, Sumner, of the eruiaer Columbia, at Ja maica, December 31st, ordering him to sail at once for home and, although' no notice has been received at the ' Navy Department that the Columbia has left Kingston, she is' ex pected at Hampton Road in a day or two. Vn-official advices received at the Treasury Department to-day 6tate that up , to noon $3,300,000 sold had Vn withdrawn from the sub-treaury for ex- J r j icuuueo UltJ gOUl reserve to $81,OLH).0OO in round figures. The withdrawals for the day are i- ex pected to exceed 13,500,000. The President to-day issued an order placing superintendents of postoffice sta fohs throughout the country under the classified service. There are about 200 of these officials, and vacancies in the services will now be filled by promotion from the ranks instead of from outside sources, as formerly. . i Baron Von Hengelmueiler, the hew Minister of Austria-Hungary, to-day pre sented to Secretary Gresham a formal protest, from his Government similar to that presented by the German Ambassa dor on August 38th last, protesting against the discriminating duty of one tenth cent per pound on sugar coming f rom countriea paying an export bounty thereon, aa provided by the Wilson tariff aet. -.".'. The protest; as in the case of Germany, is based on the fact that the action of Congress cannot be reconciled with the the most favored nation clause, whieh governs the economic relations of the two countriesi This clause in our exist ing treaty with Austria is in almost identical terma with that betweeri the United States, and Prussia, upon frhich the German protest was based. 1 Jt is probable that Congress will be no tified of Austria's protest and attention wm again be called officially to the mat ter. t Horse Thieves Hanged, j Wichita. -Jan. 4. News comes from Cantonetta, a trading : point in the Cheyenne-Arrapahoe country, that: a fight occurred near there- yesterday be tween vigilants and horse tbieve3. Gus Gaskeil and Syl Campbell, two of the vigilante, were wounded, and three horse thieves captured. The prisoners were oromptly run up to the nearest tree and their bodies filled with lead. The farm7 ers have been robbed of cattle and horses to such an extent that they, have deter mined to put a stop to it and formed vigilant committees. i MECHANIC8 Bcribfrs to UUWB ASSOCIATION STJB- nutifled ttiat payment of weekly installments will commence oaSATCKDAY, lhe6TH lost., at the office of ' W. M C0MMING, Secretary and Treasorer. There are only a small number of Shares left; jan 4 8t FOR SALF MUSIC, MPSICAL ISSTRC nients. Musical Merchandise and Stationery Everything ot the best qaallry ani at tae l owest price possible. Gao. hAAK a MUtlu HOUStf. - ' JOS CHORTHAND I WILL COM MB NCB A CLASS O Monday, Januiry Mth, 1S95. at I pi m For terms, etc , apply to B&NKY J. 'CLAkKE, cor aer Church and Fzonu jan3 3t JOHN C. STOUT, AKCHITBCT AND BUILD er . Plans peciacationa and Setunates fur nished promptly, offlce in room No. s, third floor Allen building. Princess street. sep l no a 4ay to agrenta selling the Boyal White neiai riaer or ni ng raera ior plating, stc ets. for mul-is. recints. et-. . fnrnihKd free, A good agent cm nuse two or three thou sand flolla-s per year with the Koyal Plater Kor term, etc , ddrei8 Gray A Co . Plaiinar Works. I Culdmbus Ohio. a 30 tu th aa. I l$90O AND PAID COM- pe tent men flret rear, or laree com mission, seiltng by sample, et&rie goods to mer c bants. Mo ped'i ing. Experience unnecessary. For sealed paruculrasend tamp. Qui SKHOLD BPfi ;l AL1 Y CO , 73 4th street. Cincinnati, O. oct is sat if LOST A PART OF AN ADJUSTABLE GOLD Pen "tt. Finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving at Messenger Office, j Jan 4, A FINB LOT BIDi, RABBITS AND TUK keya to-day. First romers first served. lao Sweet Ci ler Apples, Oranges: Bmanas 20c per dozen. Butter and Sggs. D.-tss-d Chickens ani Geese K. s. WAliD, 813 Market street. Jan 8 XTKW YBR'S GHBBTING PRICKS TO 1 make y.-u happy at BRuWN A WHI n KD'a. Buner 80c, Granulated fcugar twenty-one pounds for $1. which ia unpre ed-nted, Prunec, Evp Apples --ies Best quality Tomatoes 3-lb cans, 99c per dozen, nice corn Sc,. Figs 10c, and other things In proportion. aa 1 F)E 8ALS OR XXCHANGS All Seeond HandXaw B"oka boacht and sold by South ern; La Book Bxcnange AddrseaM. M. SMITH Jianiger, uateiga, n, u a ,i dec 17 lw STORKS,. OFPICKS AND DWILUSR3 TO Bsnc D-O'CONNOR, Real Xstata Agent, aoyatf - ZIMMERMAN'S IS THE PLACE TOG T Fine Moquet and Velvet Carpet Kug, Window Mid s Wall Paper, t arpet Lining, Stair Pads, Blecti lc Bell. Batteries, Buttons, Ac., Third street, opposite City hii dec a C MALL PIANO FOR SALE OS RKN f PUnoa O tuned. i00. PROF. JQHN BASKS, 81 Sqnth Flftl street. deeSOf "TTI ARE 'SOW BETTER PREPARED TO V turnout first class Work than ever, as our ma-hinery ia all In good running order and under the managmen: f Mr. J. L. Abbott, lat of Hew York City. Empire feteam Laundry, W. 8. DCNLAP, Proprietor. BKAUTIFCL,PHuTOGRArHff I H Juai receired tae ftaest Use of photographic ac? ccssdilea and scenery ever brought to Wilming ton. To int'odnce it, cut this out and bri' g tt to mo. I will give you Sac for jt. provided yoa take twelve of my bet cabinets. U. C ELL18, 114 Market street. Wilmington, H. C. octal D B. W. C GALLOWAY, PERKANKSTL1 located, prad ice Limited V Eye, Ear. Host aadThross. ar ad ofllee Smith Build- lag. on Poatofflce Green, between Front an Second streeta. Hours t a. bl toismanfroa inipa a i PLOWS, HOES, SHOVELS, ' SpADE3, Pitchforks, Collars, Hames, Clevises AGRICULTURAL i .'" ' 1 ' '" . ' QF ALL KINDS AT LOWEST ON YOUR N. Jacob! Hardwarf Cn. TO OUR FRIENDS AND " '11. -i trons who have j bestowed on uy sucli liberal patronage j Very Truly, : n6 Market Street : I General t IN ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS Many Goods;: GREAT SACRIFI Cloaks Dress Carp ets Rugs Embroideries Laces Linens, Domestics! n6 MARKET STREET, NOW OR CO IF YOU DON'T NEED A BLANKET NOW FOR YOUR'nORSE OR A ROBE FOR YOURSELF YOU NEVER WILL. t3T "We hare them at ALL PRICES. f '' 1; H. L. FEN NELL, The Horse Milliner: j 22 North Front Street. Baggage Transfer and Livery W. A. JOHNSON. Beoin tlie New jyjAKE YOUR PURCHASES WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET VALUE FOR JOHNSON Do not propose to give gold dollars for ninety cents, neither are they selling goods ! - ror less man cost, bus The Best- Goods at Lowest Prices . ' . .-. - '. ;'.. ."' j '. - . . , And always guarantee perfect satisfaction, j Before making any purchases, get our -prices on Dress Goods and Trimmings, " Millinery, Hosiery,. White Goods, Corsets, Ienn Underwear, Kid Gloves, &c Anolher lot of Ladies' Cloaks at greatly re ducer' p -ices just received. Next week we will ehow bur New -Spring Stock, of limb o -ieries. j With many thanks to onr friends for their kind patronage, and wishing all A HAPPY NEW YEAR. " j. We are very truly, T'J' JTqTi tt soul ggg; 3Eoro 11 1 MARKET STREET. 0" Mail Orders receiye our prompt personal attention , l w, viiii io; BAKES ' Bolts IMPLEMENTS MARKET- PRICES. T.F.T u4 Vr..,- WANTS. . - ciuring the past ar; lUGtldris I I i i: :es in Goods, and j, ' ,;- c. ' I NEVER. CS1 C3 1 C. H. FORE. year firioiir : FULL YOUR MONEY. & FORE iney ao promise you ' r 1- ' :" V":' ' ''I :"V':- :r - , . - J - ! -.1 Sacrificed, .- it . T . .. i - !- 1