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ESTABLISHED 1867.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
j Motion will be made in the courts of the
( District of Columbia to advance the' case to
test the validity of the Income tax Mrs.
Lucinda Robbs.j of Pennsylvania, dies of
hydrophobia- Nine of the Edgar Thomp
son steel works furnaces are blown in At
Cincinnati Attorney Burnett is sent to jail
for contempt of court., lie will stay there
until he purges himself of the contempt
Burglars make a futile attempt to blow open
a safe at Akron, Ohio Three men are
killed by explosion of a powder mill in
Ohio The straight-out Republicans of the
vState House of Representatives will hold a
caucus Tuesday to take action on aJoint
caucus and the long term Senatorship
,The officials of the Seaboard Air Line have
located colonies of Northern settlers at sev
eral points along their line, one at Roseland,
y N. C The State board of charities has
drafted a bill for a juvenile reformatory
Beniamin L. Perry dies at , Raleigh Capt.
' Alexander Sparks, of South Carolina; died
at his home in Marlboro county, S. C,
Friday night pCaptL Dreyfus, of the
French army, is publicly disgraced Miss
Stevenson is not' expected to live more than
three or four days :The Seaboard Air
Line system is negotiating for the purchase
of the Macon stad :Northern railroad and for
close traffic arrangement with the; Georgia
- Southern and Florida, which would put the
system into Florida by shortened route
The fate of the Currency bill in the House
Of Representatives is still Very doubtful.
Many Democrats have not yet decided how
they wiljl vote ;ln California a freight and
' an express train collide in a tunnel. The
engineer and fireman of the latter are
killed The people of several Indiana
towns are aroused over the frequent grave
robberies of late- -In Indiana a farmer
. kills one white-cap and wounds another
At Perrysbury, Ohio, burglars make a futile
attempt to rob a
robbery prevails
bank An epidemic of
in Sannusky, Ohio -
Tramps are stealing right and left, especi
, ally from freight cars- -The Seaboard Air
Line sends a car jof corn to Nebraska
British 'diplomats in Pekin and Tokio think
that Japan is by no means through with
China The Duke of Orleans will s6on issue
a manifesto, preparatory to making a
demonstration on French soil The Florida
special vestibuled train, will be put on by
the Atlantic Coast Line Monday. The
Southern railway jwill put on its Florida
special at the same time Vice President
v Stevenson is again in Asheville. ?
The Pennsylvania railroad company estab
lishes headquarters of its Southeastern
division t Atlanta. It is said other big rail
way systems" will establish Southern head
quarters' in that .city New Orleans will
establish a Fruit Exchange -jrA Democratic
negro is killed by masked men in Georgia
1-Lord Randolph Churchill is better--
Col. 1 Breckinridge lectured to an audi
ence of thirty-five people in Charleston, S.
0 , last night everal houses and farms
at the port of the Pyrenees are destroyed by
an avalanche. Fifteen persons were killed
West Virginia has, six candidates for
United States Senator.
I Uniontown, Pa., Jan. 5 An explosion of
powder occurred here at the Mercer works
yesterday, of the W.J. Rainey Coke Co."
John Yinski was torn limb from limb and
died soon after. Six others were baa ly in
jured and four of tnem are believed to be
fatally hurt. i .
New York, Jan.. 5. The Southern rail
way reports for November gross earnings,
$1,772,416, an increase of $106,124; expenses
$1,093,252, an increase .24,660; net, $679,163,
an increase $31,4H4: For five months gross,
$7,077,346, an increase 503,597; expenses,
$4,577,914, a decrease of $18,527; net $2,499,
S92, increase of $52i,i25.
Richmond, Jan. 5.U-Thc chief of police
telegraphed to Lynchburg to-night to dis
charge the two men arrested there on sua
Eicion of being implicated in the ''gold
rick" swiudle perpetrated here on Mr.
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PEX8AC0T.A,Fla.,Jan. 5. The TJnited States
cruiser Montgomery arrived in port this
morning She is here for the puroose, of
making tests of Alabama coal and will
make her headquarters here for the next
two weeks. ; j-' y "... y
Pbnsacola. Fla., Jan. 5. Mrs. C. Para-
vicini, of Montgomery, who was visiting
her brother in this city, was burned to
death to-day. She was standing before a
Are when her clothing caught. " '
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 5. Quite a number of
newspapers have confused the recent re
ceivership sale of the Augusta exposition
building with the Cotton States ana Inter
national exposition, j It all arose through
the press dispatches about the receivership
sale of the building of the Augusta exposi
tion of four years agot The Atlanta exposi
tion grows stronger eyery day and is in
splendid conaition.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 5. A special from
Oneonta, Ala, to the Age-Herald says:
Blount college was burned tb's morning. It
was a total loss. The co,mpany's.-, loss is
$25,000. . . ; :
Chablston,'S. C , Jan. 5. In the United'
States court to-day Judge Simon ton decrees
in the caes of ex parte John L. Andergs and
I ex parte Jos. Wylie; Jioth against the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad, hold-
f ing that the rent for the Chester and Lenoir
road nndr tho lease is not a claim against
the former roaa which takes priority over
mortgages on that road. , j
Shelbyvjllk, Iudj Jan. 5 A farmer
named Washington jhad been accused of
abusing his daughter and some boys sent
him a jhitecap warniing and trie 1 to em
phasize it bv paying a didnight visit. Wash
ington met them with 4 knife and pistol,
and the death of one jof them resulted from
injuries received. - Another of the boys was
badly wounded. ,
Uniontown, Pa., Jan.5 .William Spauld
ing, a car dumper at the Oirer mines yes
terday lost his footing and plunged head
long into No. 2 shaft, wh Cb is ;415 feet
deep. His-boiy was craved, to Ja phlp.
Within eighteen months fi membersof
his family have died, violent tha.
Richmond, V ., Jan. 5. Thomas H. Par
ker, the man arrested at Pete-gtmrg as one
of the 'men who yesterday swindled A. W.
Withers out of 5.0 0 by passin0ff bricks of
copper forg Id bricka. was brought here at
noon. A telegram from Lynchburg, Va ,
says Williams and anbtuer man interested
in the swjjJ4Jle haye been arresUd in that
city. ! .
JAPAN DETERMINED
TO COMPLETELY SUBJUGATE
THE CHINESE "PEOPLE.
Anxious for Control of the Celestial
Empire Idle Workingmen Urged' !
to Acts of Violence The Duke
of Orleans to Sfake Demon-
strations Against the
French Republic A
Thrilling Story
' . Exploded.
London. Jan. 5. The diplomatic advices
received af the Foreign Office from the
British representatives at Pekin and Tokio
concur in. the statement that the present5
negotiations looking to the establishment' of
peace between the two Eastern empires are
not expected to have any good result. The
Japanese Government is of the opinion that
the Chinese still require to be thrashed into
the thorough conviction of their Jbopelesa
inferiority, which rdust precede the conclu
sion of permanent peace, while the Chinese
are resting under the belief that Pekin is
safe for the winter from Japanese invasion
and hoping that stubborn resistence on
their part in the future will modify their
position' and enable them to obtain better
terms in the final peace negotiations. This
hope is not shared, however, at-the Foreign
Office, where some Japanese reverses would
not be at all unwelcome.
The English diplomats in China and
'Japan, as well as in London, are greatly ex
ercised in regard to the scope and meaning
of the condition of peace laid down by the
Japanese, that China shall be opened up
under the direction of Japan. This pro
posal, though seemingly moderate and even
generally desirable to the interests of the
world, might involve the practical control
of the whole of China by Japan.
In a remarkable articie upon this subject
the Statist points out the advantages Of the
plan proposed by Japan. China, the article
says, could be reduced to a positiongipiilar
to that of TCgypt, with the commercial and
WQrks policy, the administration oithe laws
and the police system in the hands of the
Japanese. The writer sees no absurdity in
the belief of the Japanese that they can
conquer and hold the machinery of the
Chinese empire." England, he says, holds
India against races abler and greatly more
warlike than the Chinese, and he believes
that Japan has the ability to control China
in the same way. However, if China is
compelled to make peace upon these terms,
it is almost certain that the European
powers will intervene. j ,
Keir Hardi, in a labor article to-day, ad
vises unemployed men to wreck and plun
der shops, declaring that they are abun
dantly justified in doing so in order to sup
ply their needs. "If fifty men each, in
Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and
London" he writes, "entered shops and
helped themselves to whatever they could
lay hands upon, and kept this game going,
something would , happen , If , I were. in.
their position ! would do this and perhaps
something worse."
Ben TilTett has raised a howl that the
dock laborers, of w,hich branch of labor
unionism he is the leader, are being crushed,
because the public will not respond to their
appeals. The dock men are certainly suf
fering, but their sufferings are .caused br
the prevailing hard times and a surfeit of
Tillettism. In the meantime Tillet himself
is thriving. He &as recently built a villa
which, cost $2,000 and evinces other evi
dences of. prosperity. ,
The story which has been thrilling the
world for some time past of the wife of the
Armenian leader, Grego, who. rather than
suffer dishonor at the hands of her Turkish
Eersecutors, threw herself with her child in
er arms into an abyss and was followed by
other women until the ravine was tilled with
corpses, has been exploded, as many per
sons predicted it would be at the time it was
sprung upon the public. It has been dis
covered that the horrible narrative is a re
production, With additions and embellish
ments, to suit the occasionof an old tale
told in poetry ' by Mrs. He mans, years
ago, under the title of -The Suliote Mother."'
This discovery suggests the possibility, not
to say probability, that the "Armenian
atrocities" Vere to a large extent figments of
the brain of some imaginative fanatic, orig
inated for gain, or revenge or with some
other similar object, and has caused a marked
cessation of the anti -Turkish excitement
upon all sides, except among the Protestant
Armenian agitators, who have always been
addicted to paroxysms of activity.
The adherents of the Duke d Orleans in
London are expecting that their leader will
Iat an early date issue a manifesto which
will he followed by a demonstration on
French soil, at the risk of bis arrest. Faith
in this movement is based upon the belief
that the people of France have become dis
gusted with the corruption existing .among
the politicians and journalists of the repub
lic and are fast turning toward a monarchy
for relief. M. Hamon. the author
f of "France, Sociale et Politique," who
is now in Ltondon, says that, now mat
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps is dead his son
Charles and Marius Fantaine, who have re
mained silent under the threat that if they
spoke while he was alive the old engirieer
would be imprisoned, will speak. If this be
true, their statement concerning Panama
canal affairs will prove a veritable bomb
shell in the ranks of the (Senators ana u
uties bf the Be public.
Atlanta, Ga , Ja
5. The Pennsylvania
has transferred the.
Southeastern division
Bail road com pan
headquarters of 1
from Lexington.
to Atlanta and has
pson in charge of the
put Mr, Geo R. Th
business of
the division, which comprises
the States
of Vindnia. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida. Georgia, East Ala
bama, East Tennessee and Eastern Ken-.
tucky. The movement is regarded a quite"
significant of the turning tide towards the
South and it is reported that other ereat
railroid systems will follow immediately
with establishment of Southern headquar
ters in Atlanta. .
l)id r Hydrophobia.
Latton, Pa., Jan. 5. Mrs Lucinda Bobbs,
of Banning Mills, died this morning of
i hydrophobia, havingsuffered terrible agony
since Wednesday. She wa bitten by a mad
dog oer five weeks before she showed
signs of the disease. The same dog bit sev
. eral other people. All save Mrs Bobbs
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tooK ireaiment ana so xar nave esuipcu tuezt
ous effects.
. Mia SreTf-nson's Condition.
AsHEVfiXK, N. C, Jan. 5. The Vice Pres
ident reached here this afternoon. His
f daughter. Miss Mary, is in an exceedingly
critical condition to-night and her death ap
i pears to be a matter of only a day or two at
J most. .
Core.
Wilmington, n. a, Monday. January
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AN EPIDEMIC OF ROBBERY
Sandusky, Ohio, Overrun
Tramps Wholesale Hobbery
Freight Trains. V
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of
Sandusky; Ohio, Jan. 5. An epidemic of
robbery isf raging in this city. Police protec
tion is entirely inadequate and the tramps
rule and do a they please about p
road yards and suburbs. An examm
of freight trains in the Lake Shore ah
Lake Erie and Western vnrda vpst
showed that no fewer than twenty-five
cars had been broken nnpn and mpmh;
stolen tnererrom. one tram coming from the
East on the Lake Shore stopped atj a small
station betwet-n Elyria and this citmiA
gang of thieves backed a wagon! agaihst a
car and loaded it with boxes of merchandise.
The trainmen saw the thieves driving off
with the wagon load of suff. Several thou
sand dollars worth of property has peen
stolen from the railroad yards in the fpast
few months,' and neither the police nor? the
railway men are abletc check the wholesale
robberies. Eanh snrnpssive rnhhprv is -in.
ing increased alarm among residents ofHhe
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A NEW RAILWAY DE
The Seaboard Air Line to Secure a
Short Route Into Florida. 1
Baltimoee, Jan. 5. It is reported
that
the
iern
oth
the Seaboard Air Line is negotiating foa
purchase of the Macon and , Nortl
property. The controlling interests in
roads are 'owned bv Baltimoreans. fThe
Macon and Northern was sold October L5th
last under a decree of the United S ates
court at Macon, : Ga., being bought ii ; by
Mr. Alexander Brown, representing the
bondholders. The sale has not been :on-
firmed by .the court, but there is no dou t it
will be, IV.
Mr: Brown, who is chairman of the b nd
holders committee, and Mr. R. Curson I off
man, president of the Seaboaid Air line,
have recently held several long confererfces;
Both gentlemen are absent from the ciw at
the present time and no confirmation ofi the
reported deal can be obtained. Thje acqui
sition of the Macon and Northern property
by the Seaboard would be looked upon las a
ten-strike for the latter road, and if the deal
is finally made considerable change in the
railroad situation of the South wou
d beithe
result. The Macon and Northerns is
a J direct line from Macon to 'At
lanta, a distance of 106 miles.
It has been known for some time; that the
Seaboard desired a Florida connection and
the scheme of purchasing the Macon and
Northern and making a traffic arrangement
with the Georgia Southern and (Florida,
which is also largely owned by Baltimore
ans, is likely to be decided upon. I l
The Georgia Southern and Florida is one
Of the most direct lines to Florida from
Macon. It runs to Palatka and. connects
with , the Plant system for Jacksonville.
That arrangement would shorten the Sea
board's Florida route about seventy miles.
'" The AunV) Cotton Keviw. ; , '
New Yobk, Jan. 5. The Suit's cotton
jeyiew.yaLjCQUori
then reacted and closed quiet and steady at
a net advance of 3 to 4 points, with sales of
40.40Q bales. Port receipts to-day were 23',
071 bale3, against 40,512 this day last week
and 22,088 last year. New Orleans receipts
on Monday are estimated at 14.000 to 17,000
bales, against 27,GdL last Monday and 9,984
last year. New Orleans advanced 1 point on
March, but lost this and declined 3 'points
and then recdvered a part of the decline.
; Liverpool showed a hardening tendency on
the spot, though prices were unchanged.
Futures advanced 2 points and closed very
steady ; spot sales were 8,000 bales. Here
spot cotton was quiet and unchanged with
no salefe . I
; One firm said: "The fear that Congress
may not during' the present session jauthor
ize the sale of a large amount of bonds for
the purpose of retiring the Government's
demand obligations has had a bad effect in
trade circles Many attribute the sharp de
cline in the interior receipts this, week to
the holidays and unfavorable weather, but
now some begin to think ,the crop hfcs
really bet-n marketed much faster than in
any previous season and that less will be
received hereafter than in 1892 0
Houston is expected to receive 35,000 bales
during the coming Week; against 50,000
during the past week, and 22,000 for the
week enuing January 8, 189 i; If the same
movement is seen hereafter as in 1892 the
crop, it is contended, will be 9,499,000 bales.
Northern spinners' takings thus far this
season are 1,384,794 bales, against 967,927 for
the same time last year. Tne quantity in
sight, according to the Chronicle, is 7036,754
bales, against 5,630, 718 a year ago. (During
the past week wintery weather has pre
vailed in most sections of the South and in
fact the temperature in some localities has
been unprecedently low, so that the move
ment of the crop, it is believed, has been in
some measure de'ayed. Most Southern spot
markets were quiet and unchanged. : Ex-
garts from the ports were 47,075 bales? to
reat Britain, 13.986 to France, and 31,540 to
the Continent, total 9,60 L. j
; Biordan & Co. sid: "As to the immedi
ate future of prices, opinions just now are
little better than "onjectures. Everybody
admits that the market during January
will be ruled by the receipts, but while the
bulls j expect ttiat the comparative move-
ment 01 tne crop win continue to awmaie,
ears, seem conndent tnat it will be so
faree as to force prices to a lower point than
they have yet touched. Looking beyond
tbe current month, we are strongly inclined
to the opinion that as spring approaches
prices' must improve materially, irrespective
of whetherieccipts shall indicate a crop of
9.000,000 or of 10,000,100 bales. After the end
of January it will not be this Crop, but
the foreshadowing of the next one
that will govern the course of the market.
The bears here ridicule the idea of ariy con
siderable reduction of acreage fjr the
coming season. We tfiink that they are
wrong. We cannot believe that tbe Southern
farmers are foolish enough to plant jcotton
largely, to be sold at 5 cents or less, nor do
we think that their present financial condi
tion will allow them to do so. Moreover, it
is not every year that we have a season so
propitious for planting and picking jcotton
as the last one For these reasons, we believe
that the world will soon recognize the: prob
ability that the next crop is likely to be a
smalt One and that much higher prices will
follow." j
At Fall River the production ofipriot
cloths j for the week was 190,000 pieces; de
liveries, 166.000 pieces; sales, 245,U001 pieces,
all orders, of which 18,000 were spots and
227.000 were futures; stock, 8d,000 orders,
and 78.000 sixty-four square-; total, 164,000
pieces The market closed easy Rather
lieht receipts at the ports and an advance in
Liverpool strengthened the market here,
but tne trading was very fight.
Davi3 & Zoellcr's Great Bargain Day
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THE GURRENGY BILL.
ITS FATE STILL A MATTER
OF CONJECTURE.
Its, Friends Claiming Success for it
While its Opponents Hay it Can
not Pags- Many Members Un
t decided as to How They
Bhall Vote To Advance
the Income Tax
; Case. .. ' .
Washington, Jan. 5. Assistant Attorney
General Whitney to-day gave notice of a
motion in the equity court of the District of
Columbia to advance the hearing of the case
of J. O. Moore vs. J. S. Miller, commis
sioner of irternal revenue, seeking to pre
vent the collection of the income tax. , .
Speaker Crisp said at a late hour this after
noon that a vote would be taken on the
Banking bill next week, and the expecta
tion is that it will not be delayed longer
than Thursday, or Friday at the latest.
There is considerable speculation regarding
the fate of the measure. Mr. Springer of
Illinois, and Mr. Warner of New York, who
are" two of its staunch supporters, believe it
will be carried. Other gentlemen, however,
insist that it will be beaten. Those who argue
thus are inimical to the measure, but in
some cases even these will vote for it Gen
erally speaking, the Eastern Democrats
with few exceptions, will oppose the bill, as
will also the extreme silver men, the Popu
lists and the Republicans. It is believed that
if the Republicans are out in force on the
day when the vote is taken the bill will be
defeated. Mr Sperry, of Connecticut, is
not satisfied with the measure, although his
original objections have been neutralized to
some extent by certain amendments made
to the bill at his suggestion He frankly
says that he does not like it even now and
has not yet decided what his attitude toward
it will be, but that in all probability be will
vote for it. j Representative Tracey, of New
York, is another Eastern Democrat who has
not as yet reached a conclusion regarding its
merits. .The number of these gentlemen
who are uncertain as to their vote upon the
measure is yery considerable. They are in
many cases, however, strong administration
men and are likely, in the end, to give the
bill their approval from a dislike of antago
nizing a measure prepared by the President's
Secretary of the Treasury. It is understood
that at the Democratic caucus, on Monday
afternoon a number of short speeches will
be made in opposition to the bill by gentle
men who have declined to take that posi
ion regarding it in the House.
FLORIDA SPECIALS.
The Atlantic Coast Line
Southern ; Railway to
d the
sume
J their Vestibuled Florida
cial '
, Trains.
Wasotkgtox, Jan. 5. The
ew - Xbrk
composed
entirely of Pullman cars, that
as contriD-
uted so much in previous seasons
odiiecting
Southern travel by the Atlantic
'oast Line
and Plant system, will be resume
Monday
January 7th. This superbly eo.
iui
d train
will leave New York daily, exc
Sunday,
via the Pennsylvania railroad at
4:30 p. m.
Philadelphia, 7:00 p. m,, Baltimore 9:7 p.
m., and Washington 10:48. arriving at Jack
sonville and St. Augustine the following
evening, only otip night out, a material re
duction in time witaout extra fare for the
improvd service. The cars are steam
heated end lighted throughout by electricity.
The dining car is supplied wit h the best sup
plies, affording eh route all the facilities of
a first class hotel. The train will run be
tween New York and St. Augustine solid.
Commencing this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
the New Yot k and Florida short line, com
posing the Pennsylvania railroad, the South
ern railway ( Piedmont Air Line) and the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad , will
run a fast tram daily between New. York
and Florida. It will be known as the 'Flor
ida Limited," composed or Pullman's latest
dinine and I sleeping: cars. The train will
leave this city at 3:20 p m. daily, and, will
reach Jacksonville the following evening at
7 o'clock and St. Augustine at 8:15 p. m. m
time for dinner. - The new schedule reduces
the time by 1 eirly two hours over the pre
vious running time.
' A Collision in a TunWl.
LrvEBMORis, Cal., Jan. 5. The Los Angeles
express, due at Oakland last evening, col
lided with a work train in the Altamont
tunnel, about nine miles from this city, at 7
o'clock last evening The fireman of the
express was killed outright and the engineer
m ' a mt J a. 3 I
nas since uiea. ine acciaenc was causeu uy
a mistake of the tram dispatcher, An un
known tramp was also killed. The engineer
and fireman of the work train escaped with
slight injuries. -None of - the passengers
were injured. 1
Attempt to Blow Open a Safe.
Akron, O.. Jan. 5 A bold attempt was
made at 1 o'clock this morning to blow open
the safe in the office of Seibening. Miller &
Co., at Doylestown. The night watchman
was seized from behind as he attempted to
enter the office door by three men, who
bound and gagged him. f The noise of the
explosions aroused the neighbors, who
frightened the burglars away.
The Contest In the Ashland District.
LExrxcxTOjr, I Ky., Jan. . W. C. O wens,
who defeated Col. Breckinridge for Con
gress, filed an answer to Judge Denny's
notice of contest last night. It is a long
paper and recounts frauds perpetrated at
many voting places in the district. Denny
met this by giving Owens a notice that next
Monday he would take over 100 affidavits
of men of both parties to proye that Owens'
answer was not founded on facts.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gur, Report.
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RE P QB L1C AN, CAUCUS.
The Straight-outs to Confer as to Joint
Caucus and the Senatorshfps
The Seaboard Air Line Loca
ting Northern Colonist.
Special to the Messenger. '
Raleig h, N. C. Jan. 5. jTo-night a caucus
of the Republican leaders of the lower
House of the Legislature was ordered held
at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Several
who opposed a separate caucus antagonized
the idea this morning, but to-night fel-
into line, chairman Holton and Zeb Vance
Walser having carried their point, which
was for the separate eaucus. The purpose
of the latter is to consider the question of a
joint caucus of Republicans and Populists
and the ; general line of policy to be
followed. Only straight-out Republicans
will be in the caucus. It will consider the
question whether Manon Sutler shonid ef-t
the long term Senatorship. This is one
of tne chief questions before it. ''
The president and the new vic6 president
of the Seaboard Air Line spent to-dajr here
in company with its other chief officials.
They called on Governor Carr and the rail
way commission and other State officers.
The railway men will be ten days in making
the trip over the entire line. One of their
chief plans for development is to locate
colonies on their line. They have located
an Ohio colony at Stathen, Ga., and a Mass
achusetts colony near Roseland, N. C, and
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orado, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The State board of charities has drafted a
bill for a juyenile reformatory Next week
a committee from Asheville will.&rrive here
to confer with the committee of the board
of charities and the Legislative committees.
Death of a Prominent South Caro-
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linian.
- Special to tne Messenger.
Bennettsville, S. C, Jan. 5.--Capt. Alex
ander Sparks died last night in fiis 70th year.
at nis nome near uienneim, mis county. tis
remains will be buried to-morrow morning
at 10 o'clock in the Blenheim cemetery.
Mr. Samuel Sparks, Capt Sparks' father,
was one of the largest slave holders in the
Pee Dee valley- Capt. Sparks was a brother
of Mrs. Sue Keitt, widow of Col. Keitt, who
caned Mr. Brooks in the United States Con
gress. Capt. Sparks entered South Carolina
college in 1845. In-1847 he left college and
entered the Mexican war and remained
there until the close bf hostilities He was
a true friend ancLpatriotic, citizen warm
hearted and generous. He was a great
hunter and owned several valuable guns.
Many of our citizens will,, attend this
funeral. Ex-Judge J. H, Hudson will be
one of the pall-bearers.
Deathof lujamin--ijV-Perry
': ' Special to tne Messenger.
Raleighl N. Cm Jan, 5. Benjamin Lee
craft Perry died late this afternoon at home
here of heart disease, aged 54 years. He
was born at Beaufort, N. C , and married
Miss Etta puncan, of that' place. He was
well known all over the State. He was in
the hotel business at Wilmington and for
the past two seasons kept the Atlantic hotel
at Morehead City. He came here last Sep
temberl He leaves a wife and three chil
dren. Overwork last summer broke down
his health. He was a graduate at the State
university where he won high honors.
, "Wholesale Grave, ItoDheries.
Indianapolis, Thd., Jan.7 5. It has devel
oped here as the result of investigation that
wholesale grave 'robberies are being in
dulged in by students of colleges in this
city. The recent burning of the Indiana
Medical college, when twenty subjects were
lost, has created a demand, and agents haye
been secured in the surrounding towns to
keep track of burials. Within the past week
two corpses nave been recovered by friends
in pickling vats of- the local colleges, and
the excitement is so intense that the resi
dents of suburban towns are forming vigi
lance committees to prevent the disturbing
of the dead.
i Attempt to Rob a Bank.
Toledo, O., Jan.. 5 At Perrysbury two
masked burglars gained an entance to the
Exchange bank. A burglar alarm muasnier
Hanson's house next door awoke the occu
pants and Mr. Hanson and son started to
investigate. As they neared- the bank the
I robbers appeared at the door ana nrea tnree
shots at them, and Cashier Hanson returned
the fire, but all shots ai'ed of their mark.
The burelars then betahasty retreat with
out securing: anv funds. The combination
knob to the safe was knocked off and an at
tempt had been made to blow open the door
with nitroglycerine. v
S?nt to Jill f r Contempt.
; CiNctNNATi, Jan. 5. W. B Burnett, ex
United States district attorney, was to-day
sentenced to imprisonment for sixty days.
If at the expiration of that time he does
not purge.bimself of contempt he is to re
main in confinement' indefinitely, which is
equiva'ent to a fife sentence. .Burnett was
arrested some time ago at the instance of
Mrs. Eliza Bennett, who clai mea that he
had disposed of bonds amounting to several
thousand dollars which he held in trust. By
his refusal to produce the papers he was
held in contempt by the court. ,
4 PrrTSBUBG, Pa., Jan. 5. La Noria. the
famous silver oine in Mexico, in which so
many Pittsburaers sank good hard cash to
th amonnt ot$500.000. has been abandoned
1 as a bad venture by the1 stockholders.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
NOT A PARTY QUESTION
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MR. COCKRAN'S WARNING
, TO THE DEMOCRATS.
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The Currency, Qaestinn Not to be
Safety Treated as a Party Meas
- nre-History of Financial Lec
islaiion Itrviewrd ty Mr.
Boatner The Democratic
Pany and dold Pay- -
ment Policy jof the
Govern in-nt.
WASHixcToxJan 5.The feature of the
debate upon the currency bill in the ' House
to day was the speech of Mr. Cockran, of
New York who occupied (the attention of
the House for nearly two hours, devoting
himself largely to a discussion of the nature
of money and currency, with a view to im
pressing upon the members the fact that
the subject could not be safely treated as a '
party question. The disposition to so treat 1
the bill,! Mr. Cockran said, was likely to
lead to the wrecking upon the rocks of party
expediency a matter of great importance to
the American people. Of all the plans 'pro
posed for relieving the present evil .condK
tion of affair Mr. Cockran considered the
Baltimore plan the best, but he had no hope
that it could be enacted into law. The
Coombs bill he would vote for, believing, it
to be-a step in the right direction. ' Heasi
serted.that if Congress could re-establish the
currency of the country upon a basis'in har
mony with human experience and wisdom;
this session would not be without profit nor
the end -without honor. j .
Mr. Cocferan held the attention of the' -1
floor and galleries throughout his speech
and was greeted with applause at the close. "
Mr. Boatner. who opened the debate with
a speech in favor of the pending bill, be
, came engaged in an animated colloquy with.
Mr. Bland over the financial po icy of the
administration, which the latter described"
as mugwump. n .
Mr. Boatner described the bill briefly as a
measure intended to take the shackle
off the banking interests of the country and
to permit them to perform untrammeled'
the functions for , which they were or
ganized.: He reviewed the history of the
financial legislation of the past twenty
years and asserted that the policy of the
Government of paying its obligations in
gold had received the assent, if not the
support,'!; of the Democratic party. Thi
was shown by its choosing as a candidate
forPresident a man who: was known to
favor that policy. . ? .
It was this statement, made at the outset,
that turned Mr. Boatner s speech info col--
loquy with Messrs. Bland, Springer and
others. .. ... .
Speeches were also made in support of the'
bill bv Mr. Catchinffs. and i
it by Mr Lacey. ! !
Mr. coombs presented for information
and nrintincin the rpporH n nmnrwo .ni.
J O " - r . m 1 VV7V. O A r
stitute for the pending bill, which Mr. Cock
ran said he would support.
. At t.hp mnolnsinn nr that oKta flnasVa-w.
Crisp laid before the House the Military-
Acadpmvi Appropriation bill, with Senate
amendments. j
On uioii.m by Mr. Outhwaite, the Senate
amendments were non-concurrejl in and
conference ordered. . p
Thf Hnhsf then at nVlnoV nrHnnr-rn!
until Monday. T
a can jior tne Democratic caucus, to be
held at 3 o'clock Monday , was read immedi
ately aftey adjournmsnt. I
Captt Dreyfus uimtoiy lii-raced.
Paeis, Jan. 5.- The formal degradation of
Capt. Albert Dreyfus, recently sentenced to
deprivation of military rank and title and.
confinement in a fortress for life for having
divulged Government secrets,! took place at
9 o'clock this morning on a parade ground ;
or tne h, oie Mintaire, in the presence or
5.000 troops and a number of newspaper re
porters ana otners. rne troops formed in a
square facing the main entrance to the
parade ground, where was stationed the
band composed of the drums and bugles of
the Thirty-ninth regiment. .
The prisoner was led out, accompanied by
a squad.of artillery soldiers., He Was pale,
but with ja firm step marched, with his
sword in his right hand. ! to the centre of "
the square where he was awaited by Gen.
Darras He halted before the general and
stoodat j "attention " The adjutant then
pronounced the verdict of the court-martial,,
then walked up toDreyf us and took from
him his sword, which, with a quick, sbsrr
movement, he broke across his knee, cast
ing the pieces upon the ground. He then
cut the buttons and insignia of rank from
the "uniform of the condemned captain"
and threw them, al-o upon the ground.
At this j oint Dreyfus was for a mom eni
moved bv the sene of his humiliation, but
he quickly suppressed his emotion and
shouted in a loud voice: "Viva la France.".
Continuing, he said: "You hve degraded
an innocent man. I swear that I am inno
cent." He seeme-l aboat to speak further
but his voire was drowned bv the yrollins? of
drum. which was not loud enough, how-'
evr. to drown the rinsrine shout from the
crowd in ! rear of the soldiers, "Amor t le
Traitre."!. i i '
DR. JAEGER'S
Sanitary Underwear
WILL BE i MUCH LOWER BY THE:
ist OF JANUARY.
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X$7 Give tis your orders now, to gei
them filled in time.
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