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1; .- " ' ' "v : . 'X 1 s. ESTABLISHED 1867. TELEGRAPHIC' SUMMARY. Three decomposed bodies are found in the inain reservoir in Seattle The bill abol ishing capital punishment is defeated in the New York assembly The Postal tele graph company will water its stock I5,000,r 000 Three hundred negroes leave Mem phis for Savannah to take steamer for Libe ria Senator Shoup is re-elected from Idaho Gen. Wagner Swayne, president of the Episcopal Missionary society, makes a statement about the defalcations of the secretary and the treasurer About $25,- 00i),000 of the new bonds are. ready for de-. livery- The National.bank of Texartana closes it3 doors Of the 17S financial meas ures before the Senate of the last Congress 131 remain unacted upon- The Vesuvius returns" to port after being at sea destroying i Wrecks on the North Carolina coast. She will soon resume 1 this work Henry F. "Wing, cashier of a National bank of Wor chester, Mass., commits suicide Martin ; J. Connolly of Brooklyn, has his brain drained. He wa3 suffering from an absess The British steamer Maparina, sugar laden, arrives at. Boston with fire in her cargo- The recall of our consul general at Havana, is demanded by the Spanish and Cuban authorities- Many Republicans say they will notvote for Otho Wilson for rail- way commissioner- Republicans hold On to two of the code commissionerships - The penitentiary, patronage is to'be evenly ,, divided Six thousand negroes in the western State are preparing to go to Liberia r 7 -Fire breaks out on the Government transport Fern, on her way from i'hiludel phia to Boston, while she has 400 pounds of ; powder on board- Father O'Doherty, of Haverhill, Mass ., receives" an anonymous letter, saying that liis church will be blown . up with dynamite Sunday next and he will be shot -Mexican bankers are' refusing r drafts on New York because they are uneasy I about our currency; situation -Iley. John O wen Bache, the New York manager of the .Union Central Life Insurance company, of , Cincinnati, mysteriously disappears --The Meanier . Istrain arrivesat Norfolk from Liverpool after beingemt fortyhree days. Her captain gives a thrillinxaccount of his trip. His coal gave'oinand he had to hum' eve(ry piece of woodUfte could take from the Nteaiuer, and rjpfcl!ied Bermuda.; with 'the last of thatbiirning In the Goodman trial UieState yesterday concluded its evi- dentkiui the testimony of the defense was gun -The schooner George L. Dickin son left Clarke's Cove for Norfolk January 150th. and was fcupposed to- be lost. - She 'reached' Norfolk yesterday, after a perilous voyage, and havingrescued the crew from the sinking schooner John W. Moore j The State Department has received no inti mation from the Spanish Minister cf dissat-r isf action with our consul general at Havana J -r The Bay Line steamer Danville, collides with the steamer St. Marys near Baltimore. It was niiraculous that no serious damage was done It was rumored in Raleigh last night tfcat Kitchin had been taken down as penitentiary manager and a man named Reinhardt substituted. " I'oor lyicJt Kit-chin. , ' ' Special to tlie Messenger. , R vr.ERUi, March 8, 12:15, a. m.-There is a mrcer story current to-n'ixht that Kitchin has .been' deposed, as maaager of the peniten tiary andfthat a man named Reinhardtis plated for-tliat place. . This is raore than strange, ' if true, after the action of last night's Populist caucus. ' , - . ' m - fhe Missionary Society Defalcation. ' New YoiiK,. Marqh' 7. Gen. Wagner Swayne, president of the American Prot estant Episcopal Church Missionary so ciety,! made the following official I statement this afternoon concerning the dispensing by , that society with the services of Henry A, Oakley a$ treasurer and the lipy, William A Newbold, as assistant treasurer and secre tary: ; "I was present at the meeting of the exec utive committee March o, ISitaand voted m favor of the resolution terminating the rela tions of the treasurer, 'Mr.Oakley, and of the general secretary, Mr. Newbold, with the society. The action of the committee was v unanimous. With quite full knowledge of the facts, I deem it to have been as to each s of the persons referred to, just and mild and necessary. The ground for the committee's action was. a3 to each of them, a separate accountability lor moneys witn which the pother was not . involved. Action was taken only after repeated and gulicitousl conference with each of them, ex tending lover a . considerable period, and "MSiaeh. ofthem to relieve himself and the loiunnttee trom the sorrowful conclusion to vhffeli thecommittee must otheFwise be driyei)kiy thfefacts. After the repott of the shb-conmitteem finance had been read, a written attempt at. exculpation on the part ot .Mr. ewoyui. was also read to the .com mittee, and Mfef act was disclosed that Mr. .Oakley had alreJly inade a partial restitu tion. Kuough rehMined as to each of them to inake the action taken, hvthe jifdgment oi those present, unaVSidabh , Trio'UotMtmaiiTrial. Rk.umomi. V'a.. March 7VA Charlotts- .ville Bpeciclto the Ihyi'tilih say&Ihe Oood 111 an tri..l was' resumed and thevrisoner came into court eariy tins morning me lather of the late Col.. Parsons, appeared.in court for the first time. He looks to e about 80 years of age. The. brother of Mrs . (loodniaii. Capt. Thomas Gentry, has. been a regular . attendant upon the trial, sitting most ot the time by tlie prisoner, the wite of the primher,. his two daughters, and- babv were also present to day. 'The StaH concluded- "its direct examina tion and the testimony lor the defense was litgun. The defense will rely largely on the claim made by Capt, Goodmau that Col. -I 'arsons made a motion as if to draw a pis tol before Goodman used his weapon, lhey 1 will also try to show that there Was ample ' time to have removed the pistol from the body of Parsons before it was prepared for burial. Mrs. Parsons and her two daughters and their friend, Mrs. Camilla J. Dodge, ar rived from Natural Bridge yesterday. They have not yet been in court, and it is not known yet whether they will testify or not. 1 he prisoner was paler to-day than on any former day sinue the trial began. His face Jivore an anxious expression, showing that the strain upon him must be terrible. Once he was seen to put his head down and in hale from a bottle and put his hands to his . head as if suffering from a severe headache. His wife also showed an increase, of solici tude by her manner; and her eyes were fre quently turned in Sadness towards her un fortunate husband. ! . It is now believed that the evidence will be concluded Saturday evening, and that the case will reach the jury Wednesday morning. '.. , 1 Movements of Our Vessels. , 1 j Washington, March 7. A cablegram to the Navy pepartment from Admiral Car- penter announces that the Yorktown left Che Foo to-day for Chemulpo, Korea.where . therenasneen.no American vessel smee the Charleston reft there a inonth ago to as sist refugee niisSwmvies on the Shangtung 1 1 nrnmontorv. Since the departure of the Japanese troops from that vicinity the mis- ; sionanes have proDamy ieit iue suipa auu TMnmpd their residence ashore. k 'i The Raleigh left Admiral Meade's fleet at riniuaa 11113 iuuiui u, w .ai.c v-"v 1 place at Colon, the latter vessel having gone to Bocas del Toro yesterday under special orders to watch the revolutionary move ment under the notorious Mexican bandit, Garza, near the Costa Rican border. It ap pears that Garza has" drifted down to the lsthmuVto help the Colombian revolution- its. ( There is no excuse for any man to ap pear in society, with a grizzly beard since tne introduction of Buckingham's Dye, wnn colora natural brown or black. THE WiLMINGTON BILL PASSES BECQND READING; THIRD REAPING TO-DAY. Mr. McClammy Asserts Iscnoraiice o " its Effects Half ih Charter Bill Passes the Hoiisc Confederate Monument 2111 Salaries of Penitent i try Saper imendeni and Code Commissioners ltedluced. .f ! se:xte. ; , IForty-r iatb Day. Raleigh, Marqh 7.- -The Senate was callejl to order, at 10 oleloe c by Lieutenant Gov ernor Dough ton. t Trayer was offered by Rev. John Ammons af the Senate. The following bils passed their third reading: To incorporate the Carolina Rail- xoad and Lumber company; to suDmu tne question of bond . issue to the yoters of Elizabeth Cityr tq incorporate the South port and Western Railroad company; ,tp - amend the charter of Newbern. ' Senator Fowler' arose to a question of personal- privilege and j said -certain - Senators had been undertaking to create the impres sion that he was under obligations to the railroads because! hej had accepted a free pass to the Newbern iair. He said such at tempts did him injustice. He condemned the pass business ad duced more bills Ithan said he . had intro any other Senator that were obiectionablle to the railroads and had advocated their passage to the best of his ability. He said ijhe men who criticised him tor accepting a ppss had voted on the side of the railroads jevery time. The bill passed its tjiird reading to amend the charter of the! Chjarlotte and Mecklen burg railway. j i The bill regarding tile State fair, letting it' go .alternately to Chjarktte and Raleigh., was placed upon 'its seborid reading. Senator Mewboyne offered an amendment to include Newbern post. The bill was. so lamjended as to let the fair, remain at Raleighl aid to allow Mecklen burg county and Charlotte to purchase, the fair grotinds, andj asj amended passed its third reading. j . I The bill to amend tie charter of Raleigh was placed upon its tljird reading. Senator Dowd offered an amendment rto require the voters to bje residents of the city for sixty days lost, j . - ine bin passed, its third reading without amendment by a vote of 27 to 15. Populist Senators Fowler, Farbies, Bellamy, Hoover, Lindsay, Shaw,gSteprjens, Westmoreland, and Carver, Republican, voted with the Democrats, against;th4bill. , The following bill4 passed their third reading: To incorporate the Carolina and Tennessee Raihroad coinpany; to incorporate EJiJbeth town, Bladen county to incorpo rate Peachland. Anson county; to establish stock law in Colby township, Bladen county; to amend section 52831 of The Code for protection of fish: to increase the pay of jurors an Pender conntv: to allow sale of ItirAber trees for par tition; tojincorpoiitt' the Norfolk and Cam- uen railroad compan; to amend section iuu 01 ine uode. Senator Hoover intr luced a resolution to investigate tne case pi Irs. Pattie.D. B. Ar- nngton. The f ollowingills ised third reading: of 1891: to amend section 212 oi The Code; to amend the charter of Rockingham, Richmond county; to put Kirly R. Tope, of Anson countyn the secorid-4lass pension roll; to create the township iof if earces Mills, Cum berland county; to reduce salaries of trus tees of the Agricultural and Mechanical col lege of the colored race! from $ 4 to $3 per diem, and preventing! the trustees from holding any office irj thje gif tot the trustees. 1 HOISE OF BETKgSENTATIVES. . At 10 o'clock the House met. Speaker Walser presiding, and Rev. T. W. Babb prayed. j j An unfavorable report was made on the bill to punish boycotting by railways, and a favorable report on the Senate bill tc estab lish a reformatory f pr joung criminals. air. n,wart, cnairmanjor tne committee on Privileges and Elections, made a report in the election contest of Iflake against Robin son, from Anson, in jfavor of Robinson, Democrat, the sitting mfember. By consent, Mr. Woolen introduced a bill to amend the charted of Kinston; Mr. Lusk, a bill to abolish the present board of direc tors of the blind institution at Raleigh and create a board of eltvenitrustees. The bill to appropriate $65,245 for main tenance of the North Carolina insane asy1 lum at Raleigh, $4,590, for payment of debts and accounts; f6,000 for connection with the city water works); f800 for new pumps and repairs to the gas rflant. was taken up. Mr. VV imams said'that the cost of 1. 000 for the tire alarm corjnebtion was excessive; that he would give bond to do the work for $300. it. Mr. Monroe said that Mr. Williams would be given the contract ;atjthose figures. ' air. liflchanan offered an amendment re ducing the appropriation $8,000. Mr.r lack ottered fan! amendment to re duce the total appropriation $5,000. Mr. Monroe said that the figures for the lire alarm had been go e over by Senator viraus, an expert. j ine amendment to; r luce the appropria- f Inn S rUtA -nroo nAnntnA and the bill passed it? second reading. I I Mr. White, of Bladen, On the third reading moved to strike s out ! t snjfnue' J 1am th 3 A is ed Tor iw le amendment iust adopted. He de that the yeas and noe3 be called Mr. Monroe sa e would be 100 ad ir and that the ap- ditional patients propriation asked jwais only $1,000 more than the last one The j ote on Mr. White's amendment to restore inje o,umo was ayes, then passed its third 40; noes. 50. The bill reading. poi ine bin tor the sun t of the State hos- pjtal at Morganton passeil its second reading without reading A calllfor its reading was madeonthe third readinjg. . s, Mr. Monroe spoke in support, saying the Itjcrease "was only $4,000 a year, and that thikyear there would ba 600 patients. He said there were 140 more patients than there were two years aao. f ' Mr. Lusk said he was one of the enrhmif;- tee which visited the hospital, and he fully concurred iirMr. Monj-oefs remarks as to the splendid management! of khe hospital. He said it was impossible to manage an institu tion better . He said that 200 more patients could now be provided fqr. There is a new building, the walls of Which are Ub. built out of the savings of the Jbasttwoyears, and that this will shelter 20( of the noisy pa tients. There are applications onMle for the admission of 140 i personSiwho are in jails and who need the caje this noble insti tution gives, lie said that it wasxebarged that the fusionists -would cripple the asy- lums and the schools, lanfl that .the lieimust be given to this by a nbetal pOhcv. xs ine bin passed its third reading withou dissenting vote. The bill came up to let the qualified voters of Cumberland vote as toi whether the stock Jaw shall stand. J &ix. twart said that ciere jonn McDutne told him there was mdchopposition to the Diu. ine amendment and the bill both weiit to the table. t The bill to - amend thei charter of Wil mington came up. I Mr. l reach offered the I following amend ments which were, adopted: , Amend section 1 by striking out all after the word "Wilmington" Sn fourth line down to and including the wors "both Houses in the eighth line, and! insert "the said board to consist of WJH.lChadbourn, John R. Melton, Silas P. Wright, John'JB. Taylor, and Fred B. "Rice. Also tadd to section 1 as follows: "In case of Vacancy by death, re signation or otherwise, thje remaining mem bers 01 the board shall niave power to nil the vacancies. Amend Section 2 by insert ing after the words I "harbor master" the words '-clerks of the Various markets." Amend section 3 bylstifking out $600 and inserting $1,000.. Amend section 5 bv striking out $600 and inserting $1,000. AU work of a permanent (nature upon streets such as paving, grading ot claying or placing shells upon the same shall be advertised in like manner as is now done for material and the same shall be awarded to the lowest resDonsible bidder Add as section y masing section y section 10. and section 10 section 111. "That all sal aries and fees of all dtvl officers and em ployees, except the salaryjof the clerk of the Knard of audit and finance, shall be fixed by the concurrent action of the board of alder men and fine ponce Doara, nniess omerwiae 5HoH flnr hv this act.T " Amend py aaoinro sepuon o me iuuub- ing: "That the persons who may be in office as mayor and aldermen of the. said city of Wilmington on the 28th day of March 1895 shall continue in office until the regular election to be held on the 4th Thurs day in March 1897, and until their succes sors thereto elected shall be duly quali fied." - - . Mr. Ray said McClammy was absent and that he wanted to give him a chance to be heard, and asked that the bill be inform ally passed over; Mr. French said that Mr. McClammy .was to offer the last amendment; that it was a compromise. At this moment Mr. McClammy came in and Mr. French called on him to say whether this were true. . Mr. McClammy said that while he op posed any change in the charter of Wil mington, yet Senator Rice's bill did not make such radical changes as did other-proposed bills. He said that he did not favor any chaDge. He spoke of the good gov ernment which the Democrats had -since 1871 given the people of Wilmington. He declared his opposition to the bill .and had always opposed any change in the city's charter. 4 -. Mr. Lineback asked what will be the effect on the city if the bill parses. ; Mr. McClammy said that he did not know what would be the effect. Mr. French said the bill conceded more to the vanquished than any measure he had ever known. He called oh Mr. Hileman to speak, and the latter said that the matter had been considered in the Populist caucus and it had been agreed in it to. support the measure. : - - -Mtr Ftench-lsaitf IhirWmielmattef " ntT been agreed on in caucus. He called the previous question on the second reading of the bill. The vote was ayes, 60; noes, 39. Mr. " French moyed to suspend the rules and-put the bill on its third reading. This failed by two votes. He then moved that the bill be made the special order for to morrow at noon. . ; - , The House todk up the contested election case of Morphew against Crawford, f rofn McDowell, and decided in favor, of Craw ford. Then it took up the case of Person and Garrett against Howard and Baker, from Edgecombe, and found in favor of the latter, who are Democrats. In the case of Personagainst Tomlinson, from Wilson, the report was that the latter should retain his seat. These reports were all made by Mi. Ewart. Mr. Ewart rose to a question of personal privilege on an editorial in"to-day's -Caucasian charging his Elections committee with not treating Populists fairly, but showing partiality to Republican contestants. He said that he had fallen under the bah of the Caucaxian, whether for what he had done or what he would not agree to do, he could not say. He denounced the article as a lie, as false and as black as the gates of hell. He attacked the editor of the Caucasian. and said that the attack was unwarranted and that there was no power to intimidate him or force him to do anything contrary to his views of right and justice. He said the Populists on the committee had stood by him. always in the decisions. At noon the bill to appropriate $10,000 to complete the Confederate monument came up as a special order. . i A minority report against the bill, signed )by Messrs Hileman and Bryan and one other was read; also a letter from Marion Roberts' post Grand Army of the Republic, urging that the bill pass, i Sir. Bryan said the old soldiers of Chat ham protested against the bill. Mr. Ewart offered an amendment that the money appropriated under the terms of this bill should be raised oy taxation 5 cents on each gallon of whiskey or brandy made in the. State. Mr. Leinback spoke eloquently in sup port of the bill, and described pathetically his return from the war and his brother's death at Sharpsburg. He declared that he could not vote against the bill, yet was as much in favor of educating the children as any man in the State. . Mr. Hunter said his grounds for voting in this matter were different from those of others. His father had fought for the stars and stripes. His father was., a member of a Grand Army of the Republic post. He said ne had no animosity towards Confederate soldiers. He voted against the bill from no such feeling. Mr. Campbell sent up an amendment to Mr. Ewart's amendment that all the funds raised over and above $10,000 be applied to tne puonc schools. Mr. Ewart said he would accept this. It was voted down by the Houso, however. Mr. LiUsk said he opposed most earnestly any sucn thing as raising a fund from a whiskey tax to build a monument to the glorious dead of the Confederacy. Mr. Ewart's amendment was then voted down overwhelmingly. .Mr. Hileman spoke in opposition to the bill, saying the condition of the treasury would not permit an appropriation Mr. Lusk then made an eloquent and forceful speech in support of the bill, and was generally applauded. He was greatly affected and there were tears in his eyes. He said that in future years the people who saw it would say: "There is a monument to the memory of our fathers." He appealed to his lusion friends tQ stand by him. Me said the Democrats would vote solidly for it, Special to the Messenger. Raleigh, March 7 The Senate in the afternoon passed the following bills: To provide for the completion of the colonial records; to incorporate Honey Hill, Colum bus county. The bill to prevent preference of creditors by insolvent debtors and to require pro rata payment of debts of insolvents, passed its second reading. , The House in the afternoon continued the debate on the Confederate monument bill. Messrs Smith, of Gates, .Wood ward, Smith. of Stanley, and others spoke ably in sup port of the bill. Mr. Ewart sent up an amendment that the money be appropriated from the direct, tax fund now in the treasury. Mr. Hileman made a motion to table this, and the Speaker stated if this were done it would table the bill. The vote was ayes, 45; noes, 61. There was great applause on the floor and in the galleries when the vote was announced. The question then was on Mr. Ewart's anieridrnent. Mr. Peebles said the House had passed the bill to give it e direct tax fund" to . the school fund. " . Mr. Bryan said that the bill had not passed the Senate, but that the Committee on Edu cation there had reported it unfavorably. He urged that the appropriation ' be made out of the direct tax fund.1 Mr. Ewart said as there was some doubt as to the direct tax bill in the Senate he would withdraw his amendment. The vote was taken on the bill on its sec ond reading and Mr. Hileman demanded the. yeas ahiTnays. The vote was ayes, 60; noes, 38. , MfHilemarrmoved that the House take a recess until to-night. . Mx, Lusk moved that the rules be sus- pended and the bill be.put on its third read ing. v ' -; '::.V -- Mr. Lineback moved toxtable Mr. Hile man' s moliOnt and Mr. Hileman demanded the yeas and nays. The vote was-ayes, 53; noes, 41 Mr. Lusk movedvthat the rules be sus pended and the bill-, put upon its third Mr. Ewart insisted thatxlhe hour for ad iournment had come, j so the House ad- journed.N - , Special to tne Messenger,!, Raleigh, N. G, March 7. At the Senate night session bills passed third reading to establish stock law in Cf oss Creek township. Cumberland county; for relief of the State deaf- mute institution at Morganton;; to incorporate the South port Terminal Im provement company; to regulate fishing in CapeTear river; to allow unincorporated in surance companies to do business in the State by depositing $20,000 with the Secre tary of State; to abolish the free ferry on Pee Dee river; to regulate catching of oys ters. -. The bill to amend the Constitution by making the wilful violation of election laws by registrars and judges of election a felony failed to pass its second reading. , The bill passed -reducing the salary WILMINGTON; N. C..JFKI DAY. MARCH- 8, 1895. of the superintendent of . the peni tentiary to $2,000; to amend the charter of Newbern; to appoint township tax col lectors in Halifax; to extend the time of organizing , the Carolina Manufacturing company; to extend the tame for organiz ing the North Carolina investment com. pany; to incorporate the Guardian, Security, Trust and Deposit company of Wilmington; to appropriate $100,000 for the support and repairs of the Morganton asylum; to amend the charter of the Aberdeen and West End railroad. The bill establishing the code commission was placed upon its third reading Senator Paddison offered an amendment reducing the salary of the commissioners from $2,0C0 to $1,500 and the salary of the clerk to $750, this being the same as the Democratic commission received. Senator Moody, of Haywood, opposed the amendment. . He said, as a lawyer, he re garded the present code as almost worth less. ' Senator Fowler said the present code Was arranged by three of the most , eminent lawyers in the State, who received $1,500 each. He saw no reason for increasing the salary. It was no in the line, of reform or economy,. ., : Senator Dowd offered an amendment to malce the salary $1,000. He said from what he heard $500 would be .plenty for some of the commissioners. Senator Paddison's amendment was adopted, It requires the commissioners to pay their traveling expenses Senator Dowd's ' amendment to reduce salary was lost, and the -bill as amended passed its third reading. The 6 per cent, supplementary bill, pro viding thai 6 per cent, bill shall not apply to suits for usury now pending was tabled. At the night session of the House, there was some discussion of a bill which makes an appropriation of $1 for every $1 raised by the people of Winston for a colored nor mal school. It passed. A substitute or compromise bill, regulat ing building and loan associations, was taken up. It was prepared after discussions before the' committee by foreign and home associations. Mr. McCall favored the bill. Mr.' McCalammy offered an amendment, providing that the premiums charged shall not exceled 6 per cent lost. Mr.iRay spoke insupport of the bill, which he said was drawn in the interest, of home associations. Mr. Ewart said that the profits of these associations did not come from usurious in terest. The bill settles a case now in the Supreme court, on which that court has di yided. The bill passed ayes, 57 ; noes. 22. Mr. Ewart made . a motion to suspend suspend the rules and put the bill on its third reading, which was lost. Bills passed final reading to allow Rich mond county to levy a special tax; to amend the charter of tie Brunswick Bridge and Ferry company; to incorporate Manchester; to change the name of Elm City- to Toisnot; to incorporate the Farmers' JLife associa tion, of North Carolina; for the relief of Wilson graded school. ' The bill to provide for the support of the penitentiary came np. It appropriates $14,188 to pay the debt due at the end of 1894; $35,000 to supplement the resources for 1895, and $25,000 for contingent fund for 1896. An amendment was offered to strike out the contingent appropriation for 1896. This was lost and the bill passed its second and third readings. Mr Henderson moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill , passed its third reading. - , Mr Ewart moved to table this motion. Many. Republicans voted no. Mr Ray voted no and declared he hoped the bill would fail to pass. All the Democrats voted no. Mr Henderson and his crowd were put in a hole and saw their dilemma. Mr. Ewart said they had just as well tarn the conyicts loose on the State. Mr French came to the rescue of his side of the House by moving to adjourn. This prevailed and the bill was left hang- Jng in the air. : 1 1 A FIGHT FOR LIFJJ. Battling With a Fire on a Govern ment Transport on Which is Stored Four Hundred Pounds of Powder. -. Boston, Mass., March 7. Fire started on board of the United States transport Fern during her trip from Philadelphia to the Bostouf navy yard, where she arrived last night, and ifcwas only by many . hours of hard fighting on the part of the officers and crew that the flames were kept from , the magazine, where 400 pounds of powder waa stored. ' Tuesday night the ern was off Highland light, near Cape Cod, when at 10 o'clock flames broxe out in tne captain s cabin. The fire spread with such rapidity that in a feW minutes after the alarm was given the cabin was a mass of flames. Almost all of the crew were in their bunks in the forward part of the vessel. All hands were ; called, and a systematic fight against the flames was begun. The stiff head breeze that was blowing, augmented by the motion of the vessel, caused a heavy draft through the cabin, and the names continued to spread The powder magazine, in which was stored 400 pounds of smokeless powder, was sit uated directly below the cabin. . Lieutenant commander isicKneii and ms officers realized that it was a ngnt lor tneir liyes. Omcers and crew were beaten back again and again, but rallied . each time in the face of the fierce flame. A heavy sea was runmhg, and the rocking of the vessel added to the difficulty of fighting the fire The fire burned through the upper deck, and the flames, fanned by the wind, leaped many feet into the air. It was several hours before the names were under control ano almost every one of the officers- and crew was more or less scorched by the fire. Fire in Hold of a Sugar-Liaden Vessel. Boston, Mass., March 7. Fire was dis covered last night in the main hold of the British steamer Naparima, Captain Grnchy, which arrived here yesterday afternoon from Cardenas and Matanzas, and anchored in the stream. A stream of water was directed into the held and the tug boat William H. Gallison got a line of hose on board and pumped water into the vessel's hold for over two hours, when the fire was extinguished. The" damage is not known at present, but it is thought that tne cargo ot sugar is seriously injured by water, while 1 3 A A L . 1 X 1 . . 1 ine aamage 10 vats vessel is inougut u ws slight. Her cargo is valued at $125,000. x u nun anc ucr lim J. Ijondon. March 7 Tne increase of tne naval budget is due the size of the Bhip' btuldihg programme for the nscal year. This programme calls for four first class, four second-class and two tmrd -class boats, twenty torpedo boats and torpedo de stroyers. - - j. Highest of all in Leatening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ANOTHER JOINT CAUCUS. The Odor of the Flesh , Pots Draws all Fusionists to Caucus Hall Repub licans Bold a High Hand. Special to tne Messenger. Raleigh. March 7. Your correspondent is assured by some Republicans that, though Otho Wilson sets the railway com missionership, they will never vote for him. .It was decided at separate caucuses last night that there should be a joint caucus to-night. It is the first joint caucus in over a fortnight. So the lion and the lamb have lain down together. The lamb ia of course inside of the lion. While it was decided at caucuses last night to adjourn next Tuesday, yet some members say to-day adjournment may not be until Wednesday.. To-night's caucus was for the ratification of the division of offices. The "Republicans carried the day In the matter of '. code com missioners and hold on to two of them. It is said that the last code cost $25,000 and the question5is raised as to what necessity there is now for this large expenditure. The Republicans get the second position at the penitentiary, and this goes to Under wood, of Nash county. The fusionists . are to evenly divide the patronage of the penj7 tentiary and of, the Atlantic and Nortji Carolina, railway. -While Senator Grant or Duncan of Beaufort is to be made president of that railway, yet the change will not be made until next September when the regular annual meeting is;, held. Senator' Grant so informs me. The bill regrading this road proyided Jfor an election of the State proxy and equalizes the stock so the State will have the same representa tion as a private individual. This of course is to put the road in the hands of the State proxy, who it was arranged, should be selected by to-night's caucus. Senator Grant assures me that the Uni versity Appropriation bill will pass without any trouble, and also the Normal and In dustrial School Appropriation bill. The State board of education to-day made nominations to fill vacancies which will occur in March of next year of trustees of the Normal and Industrial school. The board sent to the Senate these names: John Graham, Populist, from the. Second district; Senator J..E. Fowler, Populist, from the Third district and J. O. Wilcox, Repub lican, from the Eighth district. I The Committee on Magistrates,1 of which Ewart is chairman, to-day had a final hear ing on its lists Some changes will be made to-morrow, when the lists will be made1 public. ' j . It is found that the railway commission has power to deal with boycotts by railways' and for- this reason the Boycott bill was un favorably reported to-day. I ( Abbott and French , both Northern men, to-day voted most heartily for the Confed erate monument appropriation. 1 Senator Mbody, chairman of the Insane Asylum committee, tells me positively that fco change of management will be made; that some extreme Republicans desired to break the agreement with the ' Governor, but that these are completely overslaughed. . The Bun's Cotton Review. New Yoek, March 7. The Sun's cotton review says: Cotton advanced 5 tq 6 points, lost most of this and then rallied and closed 8 to 9 points higher for the day, with sales' of 196,800 baler. Bombay receipts this week were 32,000 bales, against 7t006 for the same time last year; thus far this year 345,000, against 568,000 for the same time last year. Liverpool advanced i to 1 point for future delivery, and closed quiet; spot sales were 12,000 bales, with prices l-32d higher. In Manchester cloths were quiet; yarns firm. Port receipts were 16,185 bales, against 27, 949 a week ago, and 7,738 last year; thus far this week 101,628, against 117,206 for the same time last week. In New Orleans futures were higher. The receipts there to- morrow are estimated at 4,000 or 5,000 bales, against 3,193 last Friday and 6,542 last year. The exports were enormous, the total reach ing 49,007 bales. The Liverpaol stock afloat to-morrow, it is claimed, will show a large decrease. Receipts at the interior towns this week are estimated at 65,000 bales, against 27,000 last year and 44,000 in 1892. Port receipts this week are estimated at 120,000 to 130,000 bales, against 92.418 in 1892 They may reach 130,000 if the Port Royal steamer clears. Greek interests of late haye bought May and sold August at 10 points difference. Houston receipts were estimated for this week at only 15.000, but they have already reached 21,952, and if the 2,500 bales expected to-morrow come to hand they will be 24,452 for the week. ; To-day's features were: Many of the Germans were covering partly for Continen tal account. They did not wait much on the order of their covering, but they cov ered at once when they saw outside buying orders coming in, and Liverpool stronger and more active than had been expected. Wall Street was taking a hand, Liverpool sent' buying orders, Greeks were buying near months, at least, even if they sold some of the distant months. The Southern spot markets showed more snap, more ac tivity, and more bouyancy. It is true that the receipts at the ports were heavy, but some think that they are not likely to be qalte so heavy as was atone time expected. The interior towns will get a big; load of cotton this week. But on all sides are predictions of a decrease in ! the near future. That gun ! has been tried many a time and oft in the past and has snapped, but theprOphets of decreased receipts nave decided to r pick the nint and try it again," and with perhaps more effect than at some time in the past. ' Hut other bulls will tell you that that sort of thing amounts to very little, anyhow. They want you to rivet your gaze on the cheapness of the, price and the reports from all parts of the South that less cotton is going to be raised, less fertilizer is going to be used, lesa acreage devoted to cotton nd more to corn oats and other products. They think that, it is a bullish platform that is sound in every plank, and that it will win. At any, rate; the market of late has been more active at advancing prices. R. Siepenburg & Co., were buying to day ana so were Mohf.' Haneman & Co , Munn & Co., A. H. Raineyf Roert Moore & Co , Minzesneiner , & Co.s and other members of the .German contin gent. Greeks were buying partly, it is said. against large spot sales as the south to isew England spinners. The main feature was the scare among the bears. They climbed the pole. Negro Immigrants to Liberia. Memphis, Tehn., i March 7 Three hun dred negroes arrived in Memphis yesterday on railroads leading from Arkansas, Louisi ana, Mississippi and Texas, bound for Af rica. To-day they will take trains for Sa vannah, whence on March 9th they will em bark on vessels supplied by the African Steamship company. They are transported by the African Migration society, each having paid $41, which defrays all expen ses of the trip. Six thousand negroes are now paying their fares in advance. The negroes who arrived yesterday are mostly farmers, though there are carpenters, black smiths and other craftsmen.- One-half are 1 women and children. Though they met yesterday for the first time, they have agreed to form colonies by themselves. Lkxikgton, Va., March 7. The grand Jury has indicted C. M. Figgatt, the fugitive bank cashier, R. K. Goodwin and Assistant Cashier C. W. Irvine; the last named for using money, knowing the same to be em bezzled and stolen. ' THE STEAMER I8TRIAN ABRIVSS SAFELY AT HER . PORT OP DESTINATION. n orty-i nr.e Days Out Fiom Liver pool Violent Storms Beaten Down to Bermuda Coal Ex hausted Burning Spars, Bi? lkhea Is, Hatches and f G irtc tUacbes Ber muda With Last Wood Burn ing. Norfolk. Va., March 7. A special to the .Landmark from Newport News says: After being out forty-three days, the steamer iBtrian steamed up to her pier this jmorning at 8 o'clock with 2,200 tons of cargo from Liverpool. Capt.' Greamer gave your cor respondent the following story of his long voyage: V We left Liverpool at midnight on Jan uary 24th and had very severe weather com ing down the Channel, being obliged to carry our pilot to Waterford island, as it was impossible to land him afthe Liverpool pilot station op account of heavy weather. The storm continued until the 27th, when we had it fair till February 2nd, when he again encountered a heavy ga from the" north west, lasting nearly three weeks, it be ing so severe at times that my ship was obliged to stop and we were at the mercy of the sea. We were then GOO.miles from Ber muda on February 10th, for which point we were" making, as there were only about eighty-five tons of coal on board and we were burning thirty-five tons a day. Up to the 20th we experienced the most severe gales and the storm was indescribable. For five days we had no fire at all. If we had kept np steam during this weather and tried to make Bermuda we would never have gotten into port. On the night of the 22d we were again compelled to stop, letting our fires go out again. At midnight on the 23d the ship started again. The wind being in our favor, we set all available sail and put every man breaking up between decks cargo, bulkhead, batting, spars, hatches and any available wood. On the morning of the 26th we reached Bermuda with the last stick of wood burned and could not possibly have gone ten miles further. "Considering the very severe wearhor the Istrian encountered during this voyage, and me lauiui uer uaymg to stop during the worst of it aud not being under control, Rroves her to be a taunch and seaworthy vessel, notwithstanding what has been pub lished to the contrary. Her cargo is in good condition, and you can see she is none the worst for wear. Her engines are good, and the chief engineer is worthy of praise for the manner in which he handled her." Populist Bolting Cancus on the Wil mington. Byi. Correspondence of the Messenger. Raleigh, March 77 Last' night afer midnight your corre spondent met Col' Harry Skinner, iust as the latter, in company With Mr. Marion .Butler and Maj. W. A. Guthrie, came out of the Populist caucus. Col. Skinner gave me the votes which he said had prevented the change of the charter Wilmington. He told the A cw8 dud Observer reporter tlie sdme thing., Yet this bill came up in the House to-day and the Populists in many cases voted for it. Why the change ? Mr. French laughed and said it was not the fiist time that Skinner had been run over. Cpt. Kitchin said to day that in the caucus when a vote was taken on the matter there "was no real count. That just as the vote was taken there was a motion to adjourn and the crowd swept out. Now this is a queer proceeding. Now then here is a question. Are the Populists "packing" their cacuses? It so seems. t What wili Col. Skinner say? He was very proud of his work last night. Are not the extreme Populists the "traders" elbowing out the- conservatives. was a li vino; skeleton; the doc tor said he was dying of Maras mus and Indigestion. -At 13 months he weighed only seven pounds. Nothing strengthened or fattened him. I. began using Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophpsphites, feed ing it to him and rubbing it into his body. lie began to fatten and is now a beautiful dimpled boy. The Emulsion seemed to supply the one thing needful. . Mrs. Kenyon Williams, May 21,1894. Gave Springs, Ga. - Similar letters from other mothers. Don't bepersvaded to accept a eubstilute! Scott & Bowne, N. Y.- All Druggists. -50c and $1. SEE THE FATHER. SEE THE BOY. The father and the boy are both smil ing. What makes them smile r ia tne father pleased ? Yes, the father is pleased. What pleases him ? The father is pleased that the,boy"haa bought such a nice Ehoe for such a smalt We can furnish Boys' Shoes, GOOD WEARER3, for $1 25, $1.50 and f2.00. All styles of Footwear at Geo. R. French k Sons 108 North Front Street. Turpentine Tools. Yu WILL fcOON NfiED THE. OKDBK COUNCIL'8 tnrough yonr jobber or factor, who can have them BhioDed direct and nakeafalr profit wltaont carry lng stock. Prices reduced to meet the general stringency. Shape and quality baa never been aDoroached br otter Manu facturer. ma 1 tf . J. P. COUNCIL, Jb, GARDES SEED I GARDES SEED 1 onion sets! . NEjT crop. J.0WEST PRICES. William H. Green & Co., DRUGGISTS. . ! 1 rirr- i - ' 1 Still Going OGKS These Are the Last w Dayrtrf Dingelhoefs : Auction Half the Best Goods Still on Hand that Must Qo to the Highest Bidder. NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY. Summer press Making stans tarlu o"LACE SPECIAL "o ' 116 Market Street. SOME SPECIALS THIS WEEK. Dress Goods; Its fearless action, tireless ambition com mands confidence of ita patrons that shall rank it the'Btore of the State. What other store could handle of DRESS GOODS we have. Our ' Their Price. . . price. 34c Black and Navy Storm Serge, . 50c 59c 46-inch Navy Storm fierge, 75c $1 56 inch Navy Storm Slrge, 11.39 98c 54-inch colored Whipcord, tl.50 35c 40-inch Fancy Cheviots and Plaid Fabrics, 59c 49c Silk Finished Henrietta, all Shades, 75c 35c " " ' 60c 9c Colored and Black Danish Cloth, 12Jc 13c Fancy Crepons, 18c Black Dress Goods Only the price with us the qualities in disputable, and the bargain is made. - 63c 46-inch Silk finished Henrietta, . ti t. it 40-inch " ' Diagonal Stripe Batiste, Satin Striped Batiste, Figured Mohair, Fancy Weayes, 11 fl.25 89c 1 fl.25 59c. 75c 75c 50c 65c 79c 34c 45c Silks Slaughtered. 69c Fancy Shirt Waist Silks, Broca ded Satins and Taffetas, $1.50 69c Heavy Black Satin, tl tl.15 " " Duchesse, ,$1.75 $1.19 " Gros Grain Silks, 2.00 85c Extra quality of colored J3ilk Crapes de Chines, $1.25 89c Beautiful line of fancy Shirt Waist and Dress Silks, $1.25, $2 Katz & Polvogt. 116 Market Street. " The Giles & Murchison Stock OF HARDWARE, To Be Sold at a Great IHE UNDERSIGNED HAS ASSUMED of the entire stock of the late firm of offered at prices which cannot fail to attract the attention of all close buyers. Country merchants will find greatly to their interest to get the list of prices, as goods will be sold cheaper than ever before offered, or prob- j ably ever will be again. Retail trade desired and all in want of any goods in our line are earnestly invited to call and avail themselves of the present opportunity to fill their wants at unheard of prices. The stock will bo kept up to its former high standard and new goods will arrive as often as j occasion requires. J: W. MURCHISON, Agent. Hardware, Agricultural Tools, f ......... STOVES, TIN WARE' House : Furnishing : Goods. Agents New York Belting, and Packing Co., Jones of Binghamton OWEN F. OPPOSITli PRICE 5 CENTS. Still Going ? at 10 and 15 c. Our Price. Their Price. 75c 60c 33c 35c 49c Ki Ki Wash 3ilks, 32-inch Pongee Silk all shades, 32-inch extra quality Japanese Silks, ' 750 tWe have cut our entire stock of colored Silk Velvets uniform in price with those of Lichten stein's stock. Secures you the choice, " tl, $1.75 1 lot changeable Surah Silk, . 75c 95c 49c Domestics Linens. Yard wide Lonsdale Shirting. : Bleached Sheetings, 10-4 Unbleached " . 45-inch Bleached Pillow Casing, 9-4 Hemined Bleached Sheets, . ready for use, . ' ' all of the imported as the pride of the Twenty-third street'Linen Department. Oil -Bed Damask, Bleached Damask, Bleached Damask, red border, Satin Damask, 8c 20c 15c 8c 10c 30c 20c 12ic 75c 20c 55c 12c 25c 42c 31c 31c -G2c- 49c 59c 49c 49c 89c - Ruos and Mauinos. Moquette Hugs, 18x36, 88c. Moquette Rugs, size 36x72, exquisite col orings and designs, value $5, sale price $3.49 Smyrna Bugs, size 36x72, extra heavy quality, value $5.50, sale price $2.89. Japanese Rugs, size 36x72, best quality, ' full size, value $2.75, sale price $1 . 89. 100 Rolls of China Matting, 40 yards to roll, value $6 per roll, sale price $3.98. 50 Rolls Cotton Warp Matting worth 35c per yard an'd $12.50 per toll, sale price $7.89. - t ; Katz & Polvogt. 116 Market Street. TINWARE, &c, Reduction in Prices THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SALE . - 1 GILES &MUECHTSON,which will be - Scales; ' " LOVE & GO. THE OBTON. jPoivogrt 1 v
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 8, 1895, edition 1
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