North Carolina Newspapers

4 y V, TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. - 4 There are heavy freshets in the Neuse Tar, v Cape Fear and other rivers. A washout on the, Raleigh and Augusta railroad causes ; the Seaboard Air Line vestibuled trains to . run on the Atlantic Coast LinebySelma and Pembroke -The complaint is prepared , in the jcase of Governor Carr against the ' secretary of State regarding the Mortgage .bill and the summons has been served on the Secretary A still and Beveral hun- - dred barrels of rosin are burned at Lemon Springs! j-The investigation into the man- a,gement cf all the mills visited by the New England niill men was most thorough and minute! extending from percentage of waste V to taxes; they seemed to be thoroughly - pleased a; their jcordial reception; bad weather prevented their! visiting many places of interest in Raleigh yesterday,, where their tour ended and they left for home via Portsmouth The South 'raises 'GOper cent, of the world's cbtton crop, but nianuf t ctt res ouly 10 per cent, of' her own crop; oi.r cotton crop is worth $300,000,000 and if j it v 'ere manufactured here would be worth oyer 1.000,000,000 Owing to de lays, tlu Sew England manufacturers were &hle to vis t only one of the water power cites at W ?ldon A dividend of 15 per cent., making 55 in all, is declared to the remtoririue , ugmuunpe uaim oy tag A comptr jllirof theurrency-Th.j5outhein (States I ,arid and Timber company of Pensa cola, T:a., goes into hands of receivers -Six of the veteran employes of the Seaboard Air Line Were discharged atj Raleigh; one of them vasj Albert Johnson, the oldest loco motive engineer living In the Raleigh Democratic primaries, Will Russ was in the forMayorj The Federal Supreme caurt declare unconstitutional the parts of the v Federal Income Tax bill which imposes a tax on ren'ts and State, county and munici pal bonds: the court is eyenly divided as to thegenersl constitutionality of the bill so the decision in its favor by the court below stands; this decision reduces the estimated ' receipt? fjrorn the bill just one-half: the President says an extra session of gongress "will not b; called by reason of this decision -An' annexation mass meeting is held by natiyea ia Honolulu, but lacked support Cfrom influential quarters A Mri Munson and a Miss Skill are drowned while out sall ing on Indian river near Titusville, Fla. At Ilephzebah, Gar, a man commits suicide an hour after the death of a sister In the WytheVille section of Virginia all the stream! are flooded by the rains of Sunday night; much damage to property is done and trains are cut off- At Asheyille the cor oner's jury holds Jesse Sumner for the mur der of he two boys, Sumner and West, 'Fri day night- An inmate of the Columbia, S. C lunatic asylana. named Watley, com ! mi ts suicide The Japanese are preparing itof kttadk the citv of Canton -Rev. I. J. lansin?ii a temperance lecture beforejthe LNew Ei island conference at Salem on April 4th, made statements regarding Mr. CJjeve ! land's habits; he comes out in a card saying he made the statements on general report and the testimony of eye witnesses whom he supposes credible; but as i equally credible persons contradict them, he can not decide, go withdraws the charges and apologizes to the Prjsident ,and the public At &ew Whitcdm Wash., ten men, and perhaps more, are killed by a mine explosion. Hawaiian Annexation Mass Meeting, 6n Fkancisoo, April 8 -Correspondence of the United Prose, per eteftmei ini I ! ' Honolulu, March SI. On the eve of the 20th. an annexation mana riieetinff was held on union square. It was called bv the Hawaiian Annexation fcflfmeJ With some co-operation from tne membi o - - ., . . - i rs oi tne American jeanue. rur va- rioua easons the "meeting seems to have packed snhonort from influential Quarters, V'chieil. because the movement was regarded as pre ature. i Base Ball. HBIRO, Va., April 8-The strong Pitts- burg team played fthe Lynchburg club to day anid the local team was shut out, the first titnel this season. The smokey city slugglers hit the ball hard and often and ' when hejgame closed they had twentyjruns Viin their credit. The Lvnch burgers hit the fball veiry jwell, but they were too scattered to netanv runs. The batteries were: Utter Grav. and Berrvliill: Coagley Hawley, and Buguen as Relatives in Raleijrn. ! of March The Memphis Scimitar, i6th, says: '1 I '-The Oiitina for March contains the con ' cludinb ihaDters of " "A j Jamestown Ro- : rnance," py Sara Beaumont Kennedy. At S tentioik Was called to this story whey the V opening pages were publibhed some months since. I but its close demands a fuller and even warmer commendation. It is the first . serial stoiy published by j a Memphis wo , man, and is without doubt one ot tne very best bits of romance written by either man v or woman of our community, The concep tion ii artistic, the treatment conscientious and h armonious in every part, the char acter drawing! is clear-cut and consistent, the phraseology I quaint and ! characterist ic of !, the life and time represented, and the work B9 a whole is pervaded by a renned Bensibii itv which is fascinating and refreshing Mrs. Kennedy has done much good Work, froth In ierse and prose, and is considered rtnnnf the leading literary women of "the oflction .1 Her friends are predicting a L bril- f liant future for her in the: world of letters." - Mrs. Kennedy is a Bister of Mrs. F. A. e of the Messenger's Raleigh rep- nington correspondent of the pha -wr says: I 'olice Board is just about thelmost side show vou could imagine, but the chaiirman announces that the policewill hvi ito tmit spending nine-tenths of their time around aldermanic barrooms and not take a drink off or on duty, and that' such an improvement over the past few years that the! citizens say it beats the past record out of ! sight. j,Talk about Tammany: we have (had it and a Lexow committee (could have ih ad an armv contract here. Various mmnri are afloat about jobs and jobbery, but nobody will say 'its is true," (like the "trade" in the last election,) and it goes by ' default. One thing this old City by the Sea mn Knott, nf and that is forbearance. She can stafld anything and glories in standing it. Thei davs of Jim Heaton made her r humble and ' she has never gotten oyer theni. Hornets' nests don't grow on pine trees . One manjBaid the other day. and he ought to know: "These peopi iorget any thing, politically, in two years." i I Ab' i baldness makes one look prema' turely iold, bo a full head of hair gives to mature life the appearance of youth. To secure this and prevent the former, Ay er's Hair Vigor is confidently recom mended. . Both ladies and gentlemen prefer lit to any other dressing,' , .; - - .; Japanese to Attack Canton. London. April 8. A dispatch from Hong ir .ttha aiobe savs that forty Japanese toaiiBDOrts are assembled at the Pescadores sFS irenorted that it intended.to make -i; "v. f!nton. Preparations are 78$ making to fend that city g iArridoes are being placed in the river to !SSwVmieV ships from ascending. f.iTt;uv - Rncklen'i Arnica Salve. mLo ko anlvA in the world for Cuts, Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, oais pOTOf snr. Tetter. Chapped Rheum, Bands. Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin tions, and positively cures Piles, 1 nmnui Tf a oniarimteed Erup or no to be LfTl IWJUUVU v O . . Varfas aaHafaofinn ftT mOnBV refunded. ?Prricej25 cents per box. For Bale by ' Olds, wif resentatiye A Wil lotte 06 - "The I THE INCOME TAX. DECISION OP THE SUPREME COURT ON ITS VALIDITY. Tax on Rents and State, County and - Municipal Bonds Declared Uncon-etitatlonal-Balance ofthe Stat ute Sustained by an Evenly Divided Court The Estl mated income Re- -duced One-Half by -. the Decision, i.- Washington, April 8. The President, on being asked this afternoon whether, in view of the decision of the Supreme court on the Income Tax law, an extra "Session of Congress would be called, said that neither he nor the Secretary of the Treasury saw any necessity for such action and that nnless there was an unexpected change in conditions he had no idea that. Congress would meet again before the time appointed for its regulacsession. ; j The effect of the Supreme court decision on the Income Tax law, so far as the Treas ury Department officials can determine, after a hurried estimate ' made this after noonL will be a reduction of about one-half in the revenue originally estimated as ob tainable from that source, thus making the annual reyenue to be expected about $15, 000,000. The original estimate of $30,000, per year was based upon the assumption that the law vvould be held to be constitu tional in all its provisions. Collectors of internal reyenue will be notified of the de cision and instructed to make what correc tions may be necessary, through the decis ion rendered to-day, in the .clank forms furnished them by the commissioner of in ternal revenue No new forms will be issued and the work of preparation for the collection of the tax will proceed without delay. 'The announcement of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the income tax case to-day was made in the presence of a crowded court room, the spec tators' lobby being' thronged to its utmost capacity. " Among those within the rail to-day were many Federal officials, ex-officials and prom inent lawyers. Chief Justice Fuller read the decision of the court. He said: "I am charged with the duty of an nouncing the opinion and judgment of the -court in the case of Charles Pollock vs. the "Farmers' Loan and Trust Company et al." The conclusions of the court were stated to be as follows: 1. That by the Constitution Federal legis lation is divided into two great classes: Xi rect tax and duties, imposts and excises. 2. That the imposition of direct taxes is governed, by the rule of apportionment among the several States, according to num ber and the imposition of duties, imposts and excises by the rule of uniformity throughout the" United States. 3. That the principle that taxation and representation go together was intended to be and was prescribed in the Constitution by the establishment of the rule of apportion ment among the several States, so that such apportionment should be according to num bers in each State. 4. That the States surrendered this power to levy imposts and to regulate commerce to the general Government and gave it the concurrent power to levy direct .taxes in re liance on the protection afforded by the rules prescribed, and that the compromises of the Constitution cannot be disturbed by legislative action. 5. That these conclusions result from the text of the Constitution and are supported by the historical evidence furnished by the circumstances surrounding the framing and adoption of that instrument, and thev views of those who framed and adopted it. 6. That the understanding and expecta tion at the time of the adoption of the con stitution was that direct taxes would not be levied by the general Government except by pressure of extraordinary exigency and such has been the practice down to August 15, 1894. If the power to do so is to be exer cised as an ordinary and usual means of supply, that fact furnishes an additional reason for circumspection in disposing of the present case. ! 7. That taxes' on real estate belong to the class of direct taxes and that the taxes on the rent or income of real estate, which is the incident of the ownership, belong to the same class. ; 8. That by no previous decision of this court has this question been adjudicated to the contrary of the conclusions now an nounced. That so much of the act of ' Au gust 15, 1394, as attempts to impose a tax upon the rent or income of real estate with out apportionment is invalid. '.- - ' The court is further of opinion that the act of August 15thv 1894, is invalid so far as it attempts to levy a tax upon the income derived from municipal bonds.' As a mu nicipal corporation is the representative of the State and one of the instrumentalities of the State Governnient, the property and revenues of municipal corporations are not the subjects of Federal taxation, ner is the income derived from State, county and mu nicipal securities, since taxation on the in terest tnereirom operates on xne power to borrow betore it is exercised, ana nas a sensible influence on the- contract, and therefore such a tax is a tax on the powe? of the States and their instrumentalities to borrow money, and consequently repugnant to the Constitution. ;j . Upon each of the other questions argued at the bar, to wit: -- ji . 1. Whether thg void provisions as to rents and incomes frBn real estate invalidated the whole act? M ! 2. Whether alto the income from per sonal property aaarach, the act is unconsti- tional as laving direct taxes? 3. Whether any part ot tne tax. not considered as a direct tax, is. invalid for want of uniformity on either of the grounds suggested? ! : ' The justices who heard the argument are equally divided and therefore no opinion is expressed. i t The result is tnat tne decree oi tne court is reversed and the case remanded with di rections to enter a decree in favor of the complainant in respect only of the volun tarv oa-vment of the taxi on the rents and income of its real estate and that which it holds in trust, and on the income from the municipal bonds owned or so held by it. The contentions respecting this law were: 1. That a tax on rents was a tax on real estate, and that not being laid, according to onnnrhnnment. it was invalid. ' Z. mat it was not umiurui, uu a viuia- tirm nf thn nonstitutional reauirement that such taxes shall be laid with unirormity Under this head came tne exceptions in favnr nf t.bnso Ttprsons who were not in pos session of an income of f 4,000, of mutual insnrance companies, savings Danss and partnerships, all organized for and doing the fame business as that of corporations authorized by the States. These exceptions, it was held, were arbitrary and capricious, and not based upon Bound puonc poncy. 3. That incomes irom mveaiinenio iu Rtate and municipal bonds could not De taired. - The Chief Justice proceeded to a consider ation of the constitutional requirements with Kwnivtt to the imposition of the two forms of taxation, direct and indirect, and aniH that the framers of the Constitution in fonrWl tn mattn the consent of those who were expected to pay, essential to tne valid ity of any tax: tnat uongress snouxa so un- r a rax tnat it wouia iaii wiiu eveu iuiw and Affect upon all of the constituents of those who voted tor it. What the constitution lntenqeq to pre vent." said the ChieEJustice, "was tnat - no tax should De laid on me resiuenw ui uy Rtat hv the representatives of other Btates. Th eiercisB of the power to levy direct taxes was to be restricted to extraordinary Tn conclusion therefore, noon this point. fha nhief JnHnA announced that thei court were of the opinion that that part of the bill imposing taxes upon renus uwwuxieu xxvxu real estate was invalid. "Next in order the opinion considered the third objection to the law. That it imposed upon the incomes derived from investments . . . ii . a ai in state and municipal oonua, iou waa uiexp fnr invalid! Chief Justice Fuller reasserted the general nrinciple that a tax on Government bonds was hfild to be a tax on contracts and prelu diciai to the public interests. : It was there f nhvinna that such a tax on the power of States or municipalities to make contracts was prejudicial to public policy and there fore unconstitutional. On the other matters inyolved in the case nfWvfiftva. th continental 4. mas win va ti v riT rfw t firiL i'ii v . niiu m uv John Q, Moore vs. Joseph S. Miller, com- mluionw of internal rtvinae. for an in junction to restrain him from proceeding to j carry out cne taw, appeaiea rrom u ooura of the District of Columbia, Chief Justice Fuller stated that the court was equally dir Tided. The judgment of the lower courts as far as it related to the payment of the tax on rents and State and municipal bonds was reversed. In the Moore case the effect of the court's action is to affirm the refusal of an injunction against the commissioner i of internal reyenne. Upon the question of the constitutionality of the taxation of the incomes of the State and municipal bonds the court Was unani mous in tne negative. Upon the question of taxation of rents the court stood as follows: Affirmative Justices Harlin and White; against the law Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Field, Gray, Brewer, Brown and Shiras. .. - Upon the general questioa of the consti tutionality of the law the court is said to be divided as follows: For the law-Justices Harlan, Brewer, Brown and White; against tne law- C hief Justice Fuller, Justices Dieia, Gray and Shiras. APOLOGY TO THE PBESIDENT Rev. Mr. Lansing Withdraws Bis . Statements That the President is Too Fbnd of His Toddy. JJoston, Mass., April 8. Rev. I. J. Lan sing, whose reference to the President in his address before the New England confer ence at Salem last Thursday night provoked extended criticism, gives out the following statement to-night: ' "My allusion made .in a temperence ad dress at Salem on Thursday, April 4th, to the drinking- habits of the President of the United-States was based partly on common report and partly on the testimony of eye witnesses.' From various and independent sources, which 1 believed to be wholly re liable, I had been informed that the Presi dent had been seen, on different occasions, and in the presence of many persons in an intoxicated condition. ' t "From the substantial and detailed char acter of these statements, I supposed there was no doubt as to the facta alleged. I, therefore, made this allusion as a matter of common report, basing my confidence on the testimony of personal and. as I sup posed, credible witnesses. "The names of thesa witnesses, iobviously, I cannot with propriety reveal, since, shar ing their knowledge in common with many others, they might justly shrink from being singled out and called to- yerif y to which not only they but others equally with them selves had ocular proof.; "I must, therefore, say that if my state ment reproducing such testimony is not in harmony with facts, I regret having made it. " I could have neither desire nor motive for saying anything unkind or unchari table of the President, or of any party whomsoever. The case being one of con flict of testimony between witnesses of equal credibility, I cannot decide, and since I have no personal knowledge apart from the testimony, 1 withdraw the statement and tender apologies and sincere regrets to the President of the United States and to the public. ; ! s t ' Signed 1 I. J. Lansing." "Boston; April 8, 1895." . j DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS. . V S juth west Virginia Deluded Much Damage Doue Live Stock Killed h Trains Delayed. Lynchbueq, Va., April 8 A special from Wyetheyille, Va , to "the News says: The citizens of Wythe yille waked this morning to find that the heavy rains during the night had created a flood in the streams, rivaling- the famous flood of 1878, the difference be ing that this flood, though lacking two or threeJeet Of being as high in Reed, river, rose much more rapidly and did equally as much damage. Fences, logs, bridges, lum- ler and live stock were caught by the swelling streams and carried down with irresistible force. The rail road track in the neighborhood of Max Meadows was flooded and there fiave been no trains from either direction to-day. Dr. S. R. Sayers had a hundred sheep and two colts drowned. A number of other casualities are reported, but the streams are so high that news is cut off. from a greater part of the county. So far as can be learned the rain was confined to Southwest Virginia, out was so neavy in places as to indicate local weather spouts. The floor is receding very rapidly and by morning the streams will be within their banks. . I . The Sun's Cotton Review. New Yoek, April 8. The SurCt cotton review says: uotton rose o to 7 points, lost all of the rise and then advanced 3 to 4 points, closing very steady with , sales of 106,200 bales. New Orleans advanced 5 to 6 points, but May lost part of the improve ment. Liverpool advanced l-32d on the spot, with sales of 15,003 bales; futures ad vanced to zi points, dui re-actea and closed at a net advance of 1 to 1 J points, closing quiet and steady. Cotton goods j were firm and in gpod demand. Japan is progressing' steadily in tne prooucuon oi cotton gooas. Mr. Norman, in his book on Japan, says that the production of cotton goods rose in Japan between 1888 and 1892 from 956,804 pounds to 64,046,925 pounds, while during the same interval the imports of cotton goods from ureat .Britain and India shrank from 47,439,639 pounds to 24,308,491 pounds. New companies lor cotton manutacture are con stantly-being formed in Japan. In the meantime n&st inaia, it is well Known, is developing her cottonr manufacturing in dustry at a rapid rate. Port Royal shipped 3,903 bales to Havre to-day. The Liverpool market will oe closed ior tne master non days from Thursday night, April 11th, till Wednesday morning, April 17th . The New York and'New Orleans Cotton Ex changes will be closed on Good Friday,, April 12th, and on April 13th. In Man chester yarns were very strong and cloths dull. Spot cotton here was dull and un changed, with sales of 71 for spinning and suu denverea on contract, jrort re ceipts to-day were 15,314 bales, against 18,818 this day last week and 9,375 last year. Southern spot markets were generally firm, . - 1 . I T lii . . 1 quiet and uncnangea. xuuuniore advanced ic. New Orleans receipts to-morrow were estimated at 14,000 to 15,000 bales, against 8,030 last week and 4,836 last year. The ex ports from the ports were 30,000 bales, mostly to (ireat Britain, ine isomDay re ceipts for the half week were 31,000 bales, against 28,000 for the same time last year. The large receipts at New Orleans are due to large smpments irom .mempnis ior ex port to Europe. Silver advanced 7-l6d in London and ic here. To-day's features were: The foreign ad vices gave the New York market most of . its Btrength to-day. Very few peeple ex pected Liverpool to come quite so bullish as it did with its big sales and its higher prices But in addition to this, the private Man chester accounts were quite favorable, indi cated a nrm tone there and a iiKennood oi a good trade with East India. Moreover sil ver advanced and tne advices irom me Southern markets were cheerful; Some of them were higher, some reported large inte rior shipments and some liberal exports to Europe, me dry gooas trade 13 eeugveq to be in much better condition than recently. But foreign influences m the mam domi nated the market. ' The stronger tone of the foreign markets, -the upward movement in silver and. ftnally, f;he buying here for Eu? rope an account tipped the scale in favor of tne bulls, tne ouiiian 1 actors weigmng more than anything at the bearish end of the beam. Suicide in a Lunatic Asylum. Cot.ttmria. 8. C. April 8.-There was a most unfortunate affair at the State lunatic asylum to-aay. a wnite patient nameu f. nv Watlev. ahont 45 vears of age. from Edgefield county, who had been confined for thirteen years, commiiiea buiuub vy hanging, using his suspenders as a rope. When he first came to the asylum he was very violent, and his malady took a homi cidal form. He attacked a patient, whom he killed. Kecentiy ne nas Deen wen be haved and the authorities never suspected his suicidal intent. '4.'his morning yrnen -ne attendant went to his room he was found haning at the end of his suspenders, of Which ne naq maue a rope, to me grating 01 his window, dead. Be had evidently climbed up on the window sill, fixed the noose nd then slipped off, dying from slow strangulation. When found he had been dead tor four hours. Wtt.vtnbton. Del.. April 8. Governor Marvil died at 9:13 o'clock to-night, atter a lingering illness. - - OUR GOTTON MILLS. INVESTIGATION OF THEM BY NEW ENGLAND MILL MEN. Minute Inquiry Into all Their De tails Favorable Impressions Cre ated Advantages for Cotton ' , .Manufacture- What the , South is Doiag. in this Line aud What the , , Possibilities of i the Future. Raleigh, N. C, April 8 The New Eng land party of mill owners, an account of whose visits to leading Southern cities has appeared in the News and Observer, for several days, reached Raleigh on a special train Sunday night. Mr. Ashley, president of the Chamber of Commerce had gone down on the Raleigh and Augusta train to meet them at Appi Forum, and welcome them into our city. The party is composed, of the most prominent mill owners in Massachusetts, one of whom owns f 3,000,000 stock in New England cotton mills. They stopped a short while on Sunday at J Lockyille, Chatham county, to examine the water power and .then oame on to Raleigh.!. A ntnibr -of prominehtcitizens called to' see them in the special train. President Hoffman, of the Seaboard Air Line and Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, accompanied them. The Eastern manufacturers during the day conversed about the handsome and profitable mills that they had seen in the Carolinas and Georgia, and by the time they return to Massachusetts they will be in pos session of a fund of very valuable informa tion regarding the industrial situation in the' South. Mr. Lovering, president of the Arkwright club and the Taunton mills, said that it was likely that the only use that would be made of the valuable information that had been3 obtained would be to present it to the Arkwright club, which was a close organi zation, but that it was likely that something .would get out about the report.! While the 'committee does not indicate when or where a large cotton mill will be located as a result of the investigation, mill men who accom pany the party say that it would not be good business tact to say anything i upon such matters, but that they are thoroughly satis fied that the careful and systematic inquir ing that is being made will result in the building of at least one large "mill in which New England capital will be largely interested- I The committee has expressed itself as be ing particularly struck with the favorable conditions of the factory labor; and were delighted to know that there was so much available native labor which seems to be so well satisfied with its work. The investiga tions Of the committee extend from the per centage of wastage to the rate of the taxes, the number of the yarn to the profit per yard and every other question of detail. " , Mr. R. H Edmunds, of the fanufacfur ers Jtecord, who has been witbj the party since it left for the South, has given the cor respondent 01 the Jxews ana uoserver some valuable and pertinent statistics upon the mill situation, which indicate that there is plenty of room for cotton mills in the South. He says: f "There are in the world about 85,000,000 cotton spindles. It is claimed that cotton is the largest single industry in the world, and that it has an 'aggregate investment of about $2,000,000,000. The South iraises about 60 per cent, of the entire crop of the world, but has only 3,000,000 spindles dess than 4 per cent, of those operating in! the world. Southern cotton mills at present, notwith standingthe great increase of recent years, consumeless than 10 per centrof the South ern cotton crop. It is estimated that the capital invested in the cotton mills in the eouth aggregate a little over $100,000,000. These figures enable -ns to form some con ception of the development of the cotton industry of the south. I J , 'The Southern cotton crop now averages about 1300,000,000 in value, while if manu factured at home the aggregate value would be over f 1,000,000,000. It is not to be ex pected that the South will for .many years to come, if ever, consume in its pnills all of its cotton crop, but if the future; increase in cotton manufacturing can be centered in the South it will mean a very rapid rate of growth in everything connected with our industrial interests." ' The committee is taking a special interest in water powers, and all along jthe line the trend of the investigations have been more on the line of the labor situation than any thing else. Ihe cost of coal has been found to be satisfactory, the supply of cotton en tirely so, and the welcome of the people most encouraging. 'i ! The party finished its trip through the Piedmont section to-day and left the South for home by way of the Bay Line steam ship. This has proven the only unpleasant day during the entire trip and the heavy rain -interf erred -materially with the ar rangements of the party. ' I The morning was spent at Raleigh, where the cotton mills were closely inspected. Considerable time was spent at the Raleigh cotton mills, where the "mule!' process of spinning is used." The mill operates 6,192 spindles and additional spindles are now being put in. A stop was made at the Pilot cotton mills. The rain interfered with the party driving over Raleigh, as i well as in seeing the water powers at Weldon." Talking with a News and Observer corre spondent, Mr. W. C. Lovering, said, speaking for his party of mill men: "All we have to say is that we are pro foundly thankful to the people of the South and to the .'railroad authorities for having received us so cordially and given us such ample opportunities to inspect the cotton mauf acturing sections of the South. The proverbial hospitality of the South has been fully maintained throughout, and we have received nothing but 'kind words and en couragement from every section. "The impression that has gone abroad in some places in the South, namely, that the Eastern manufacturers are about to move their mill plants bodily to the South has been very much modified, if not done away with by this visit. - It is not likelv that the manufacturers of the East are going to make any wholesale movement in this direction, but they do recognize the fact that the South presents remarkable ad vantages and opportunities for the exten sion of cotton ' spinning and that it is per fectly natural that cotton snouid be spun where cotton is grown. Undoubtedly the immediate increase in the -spindles of our country "is destined to be near the cotton fields. The proximity to coal, in . many sections, and the abundance of water power, together with a plentiful supply of cotton close at hand are advantages not to be ignored. The gentle men of the nartv have been deeolv im pressed by all these things and return to the East satisfied that their cursory exploiting of the South is liable to result in mutual ad vantages to both sections." 1 It is pretty safe to say that something sub stantial will be heard from the latest of the mill parties from Massachusetts that visited the South. It is stated that -some members of this party will undoubtedly enter in some way into . cotton manufacture in the South, although plans are not perfected. The pur pose of this trip was to get necessary data upon the basis of which plans can be f or mulated. The party left the South with even better impressions of its advantages than they had when they came, although it was composed or men wnp were weii im pressed with the Soutn before leaving home, Held for Murder of Two Boys. Asmrvnxs. N. C. April 8. The coroner's jury investigating the murder of the two boys, Bumner ana west, - "day nignt, uiis afternoon returned a verdict that both came to their death from gunshot wounds received at tne nanus 01 Jesse oumner. xne cor oner's jury held the prisoners for April court, refusing bail. : Sumner's counsel will apply for a writ of habeas corpus to-morrow. The evidence against Sumner is very dam aging. .". " Highest of all in, Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report 1MM THE SUIT BEGUN TO Ret Aside the HortsiM Bil V; Charges of. the Complaint Freshets in the Rivers - A Washout on the ' Seaboard Air Line. . Special to tne Messenger. V Ralkigh, April 8. The excessive rains are causing great freshets to-day, particu larly in the Neuse, Tar and Cape Fear. A number of bridges are gone. A washout occurred this morning On the Seaboard Air Line at a creek near Osgood. A trestle forty feet long was undermined. The southbound yestibnled train would have had a narrow escape had not a man living near the place seen the danger and gone to a tel egraph office and reported it. This train was delayed seven hours. The vestibuled trains are now running over the Atlantic Coast Line via Selma and Pembroke. : Taking of testimony in the contest of H. PV Cheatham for the seat of Congressman Woodward was completed in Halifax county to-day. It is said Cheatham made out no case there, Negro poll holders testified there was no fraud. - The bad weather prevented the Massachu setts cotton mill owners from visiting any haiahere save two. . They left for Weldon this afternoon. ' . - Attorney General Osborne to-day pre pared the complaint of Governor Carr, not as Governor, but as a priyate citizen in the mat ter of the Mortgage law. The complain j sets forth that the bill was not read three times in either House and was never in the Senate at all. and that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House signed it by mistake after it had been enrolled by unknown persons. The complaint asks that the Secretary of State be not allowed to de liver this bill ' to. the public printer to be printed as a law. The summons for relief was also served on the Secretary of State andjis returnable before Judge Starbuck at the text term of Wake Superior court, and, meanwhile, the Secretary of State is estopped f rom deliyering the act to the pub lic printer. The newspapers have contained many charges that the Baltimore Mer chants and Manufacturers' association pro cured the passage of this act. The North Carolina representative of that association specially denies this and declares the associ ation did not desire any bill save one to prohibit preferences. Blue's turpentine distillery at "Lemon Springs was burned to-day. Several hun dred,' barrels of rosin were also burned. Old Employes Discharged Raleigh ..'?' Primaries.' : - - I Special to the Messenger. Raxeigh, April 8 There is a sensation and jmnch feeling is aroused by the dis charge to-day by the Seaboard Air Line-of six. more of its veteran employes in the shops here. Among these is Albert John son, the oldest living locomotive engineer, who in 1839 entered the service of the Ra leigh and Gaston railroad. : Th city Democratic primaries this even ing were largely attended-and the interest was great. The race . for nomination for Mayor was between Will Russ and Thomas Badger, the latter being the present incum bent.! Russ leads. H. F. Smith leads for city clerk, C. W. Lambeth being second in the race. W. B. Hutchings has no opposi tion mr tax collector. The city convention will be held Friday evening. The New England Capitalists at Weldon. Special to the Messenger. Wkldok, April 8. The special train over. the Seaboard Air Line carrying the party of New England manufacturers arrived here to-day. Owing to delays, the party could only remain here long enough to visit one of the fine water powers. They were ac companied to Portsmouth by Mai. Emry and Mr. Maxwell, of the Roanoke Rapids, and Judge Hill and Mr. John Arlington, in the interest of the Roanoke Navigation and Water Power company. These gentlemen went by special invitation and carried Jull drawings and maps of their respective water powers, and pointed out to the New England pilgrims the great natural re sources of this section. . The Cuban Insurrection. Havaha, April 8. A band of insurgents cutting the wires in the Santiago de Cuba district was fired upon yesterday by Gov ernment troops under Gen. La Chambre. It is reported that one of the insurgent leaders was killed. The wires are repaired and service between Santiago and Havana is restored. Insurgent bands of 400 or 500 men each are numerous in the province of Santiago, but the authorities report all a met in other provinces. A party of eight whites and three negroes started from here in an omnibus yesterday. The authorities were warned several days ago and the party was captured six miles outside of Havana. They were armed with revolvers and carried an insur gent flag. They are now in jail here. It is said tney expected otners to meet tnem ana intended attacking the barracks of the civil guard at Jaruco. Reports of insurgents' suc cesses in the interior are denied oy autnon ties here. To Erect a Monument at Anderson- ille. Macon. Ga , April 8. The local Grand Armv of the Republic is taking active steps to erect a monument to the Union soldiers buried at Andersonville cemetery. The An- dersonville prison hold a prominent place in the History 01 tne war between tne xvortn and the South. There are upwards of 30,000 Union soldiers buried in the cemetery. n;x o.nrsiona are run from all parts of the South on the occasion of the annual memorial services under the auspices of the Grand Armv of the Republic. The speakers on these occasions are old soldiers of rank on either side in the late struggle. Macon is the nearest city to the famous cemetery and Macon people encourage the Grand Army of the Republic in its efforts to erect the monument.: Young Man and Lady Drowned. Tnraviiii, Fla., April 8 No doubt is en tertained this evening as to the drowning of Miss Skill and Mr. Munson.' The Indian river, east of Titusville, is being dragged to night in search of the bodies. Munson was a bov about 19 vears old and knew compar atively nothing about sailing. The boat was rather large for one man to handle, es pecially as it was very windy. It is sup posed . that Miss Skill was knocked" over. board by the boom and that Munson tried to rescue her. She was a beautiful girl, about 18 years old. Her parents are in Petersburg, Va., whence she left a few months ago for a visit to her sister. Mrs. G. H. Fulke, of this place. . - T Trouble Feared from Strikers, PrrrsBtTBG, Pa., April 8 Fifty miners, protected by the same number of deputies, resumed work at Manoun, on the fiiononga hela river this moraine The J am bo mine of Rob bins & Co , at McDonald, also started this morning with fifteen men guarded with deputies.. The strikers will attempt to have the new men quit work, and if they refuse trouble is feared at ooui places. THE GHURGH TAXATION FEATURE OJ? NEW RALEIGH CHARTER ACT. Unsuccessful Efforts to Find the Original BIU Mr. Lacy's Mill Sta ; tistic8 Meeting Favor-Work on Three Railroads Arrange ments for the Un veiling . Blockade Stills Cap tured Weather Crop Bulletin. r. Messkngeb Bubbau, ) Raleigh, N. C, April 8. J Members of the Cotton Exchange here tell me that, from the information they get, the reduction of the cotton acreare will be at least 12 per cent, as compared with last year's acreage. State Labor Commissioner Lacy says that he is in receipt of lettersfrom many mill owners who state that they now think the publication of the statistics will be of benefit to them.' ,Mr. Lacy's last report has been closely read. It was a good one. - Arrangements are now well in hand for the celebration of the 20th of May and the unveiling of the monument. The monu ment is now covered white cloth from the top nearly to the bottom. The three bronze statues will all be covered. The derricks will be removed this week. The weather bureau people tell me that they now have 350 correspondents who send in crop reports. There are f ortv-fi lar stations, and twenty others sanrf in re. ports. There are four flood stations and four rainfall stations. To fifty-two stations special frost warnings are Rent, and niyhr get special bulletins. Registration here for the city election is said to be quite slow, but it is probable will ue quite complete, xne .Democrats need stirring up. Of course the Republicans will nave an meir people m line. Three weeks ago vour corresnondAnt. In formed you on the authority of the Secre tary of State that the act amending- the charter of Raleigh provided for the taxa tion of churches and schools, and also al lowed the aldermen to declare prohibition in effect at any time. The bill was pre pared py uoi. - a. w . Bnairer. He declares it was not the intention to tax churches, etc., and that he is trying to find the original bill, so as to see whether it was his errnr nr that of a clerk. So far, he cannot find the bill, he savs. The tax has raised a trout mw here. Is it constitutional ? What will the Supreme court say about it? 1 itevenue collector Simmons has taken his wife to Johns Hopkins hospital, at RnlH- timore, for treatment. Mr. Victor Boyden has just returned from the same place, he having accompanied Mr. John A. Bnvdan his father, there. j Three seizures of illicit distilleries were to-day reported to Collector Simmons by Deputies Davis and Smith, Shelburn and Monitt; one of eighty gallons capacity j at Summerfield, GniH ord county; one of sixty five gallons, at Lucama, Wilson county, one of forty gallons, in Randolph. The still in Wilson belonged to John Capps, a well known moonshiner. j work is now in progress on three rail ways in this State, it is learned from the railway commission office. One is from Hendersonville to . Brevard, twenty-two miles, and the contractor in to RrtmnintAi it By August. Another is from West End to Troy, twenty miles, this being an extension of the Aberdeen and West End railway. The third line is from Aberdeen to Fayette ville, a distance of about thirty miles. j ' The Supreme court will to-morrow nail the appeals from the Tenth district. j Much rain fell yesterday in the central part of the State and last night and to-day it has rained heavily here. All out-door work is stopped, - 1 Your correspondent hears that Mr. H. W. B. Glover is to be made traffic manager of the Seaboard Air Line, and that Mr. W.!l.. O'Dwyer will succeed him as general freight agent. The same rumor has it that all the general offices of this enterprising line are to be at Portsmouth, and that there is to be simply a general agency at Atlanta. This is an given ior wnat it is worth. . j . - Republicans say there will be an early campaign next year, and that the struggle for supremacy between the straight out Re publicans and those who favor fusion will be a heated one. It will be a struggle be tween the Settle and Pritchard factions and also between the followers of Reed and Mc- Kinley, Presidential aspirants. The Settle faction say Pritchard must come down from his free and unlimited coinage position or else be dropped. Pritchard is for McKinley, Settle is for Reed. 1 The first of the weekly weather crop bul letins of this year was issued to-day. It says that in the Eastern district the past week was favorable; being generally dry enough for farm work. Light rains occurred on the 2nd and 3rd, followed by frost on mornings of the 4th and 5th which are not thought to have caused -any material damage. Farm work is much behind and vegetation pro gressing slowly. During the. first week of April a good deal of ploughing has been done and some corn planted. The acreage of cotton will be greatly reduced. Very lit tle guano has been bought and more atten tion will be paid to trucking, corn and tobacco. Large crops of Irish potatoes have been planted. Considerable rotting is re ported. Much of. the fall cabbage crop was frozen. Tobacco plants are plentiful and growing rapidly, but about ten days late. Early truck is planted but is late. Peas and beans are coming up well, strawberries are blooming, and will be a heaw crop. Hem rains set in Sunday night and Monday which will interrupt planting considerably. in tne uentrai district tne weeK was favor able for farm work, though cool. The sea son is late vegetation nearly four weeks later than last year. Frost on the 4th and 5th is thought to have injured some early peacnes, reacnes, piums and pears are m full bloom in the south and east, but only 1 : 1 Li- . ti j T uegiiimug uj luuuui 111 uurui ana west. Grape buds are swelling: strawberries blooming; apples not yet out. The usual promises are made for a large reduction in acreage of cotton. Winter oats were badly damaged by freezing, but wheat prospects are better, spring oats were sown late. Grasses and clover are doing well. The latest results- of pharmaceutical science and the best modern appliances are availed of in compounding Ayer's Sarparilla. Hence, though half a cent ury in existence as a medicine, it is fully abreast of the age in all that goes to make the standard blood purifier. Honors. PATTERNS. HAVING OBTAINED THIS Agency far the Bazaar Glove Fitting Pattern all the latest styles at 15c each We invite onr patrons and others to examine onr stock. GEO, HAAK'SMoaic House, 122 Marxet St. api OPLBNDID OPPORTUNITY FOR APPOINT- kj meat 01 youair men in me Kauway ju.au tier. vice gxamiaattonsBoonlu every State. Write r -r particulars, National correspondence Iobu tnte, Washington, D. C apT TTTANTBD TO KKNT FOR THB 8UMMEB Tf months a soda Fountain in trood order Apply, stating terms, to KfiSSENGUit OFFICE. ap tw - EGOS FOR HATCHING AND THOROTJGH bred Stock for sale. FgRS from best Fly month Rock and W&rhorse Games, f I per let ting. B. F. BAILS?, 813 Ann street, mh SI lm TB. D. W. BULUDCK HAS RBTURNKD TO XJ the city and can be seen at his office at No. 89 North Front street, at his nraal office hours 8 to :39 a m , s to 3 p. m., and alter 6 p. m. mh!8tf T AISIN8 5c. OHANGSS 90 to 85c BANANAS x 20c, best Pickles in town 10c per dozen. Ap ples sue per peek, canned Apples 100. we are Bavin? a arood run on oar .Klein Creamery But ter the best obtainable. BROWN A WHIT- TKD. muss O BED SICX. 8ESD RICX FOR SALS TWO Hundred Bushels Nesbet Variety Pure Gold eea mee. worth wumu ma m m TTIOR HKNT BW2LUNQS. STORKS, J? Offices and Halls. FOB SALS ijiil it Dwellings, Stores, Vacant Lota and Fac tory Sites. - Cash or time payments. RentsTaxes and Insurance attended to promptly Cah advanced on improved city property. Apply to D. 1 O'CONNOR, UtU JESUM Agent, r liming- ton, N.C. febT rpO THB HOTJSIKBSPBRS OF WILMING- ' X ton, one 01 tne com ior u 01 a nappy uuma is good coffee and at a reasonable price, this can h. ..ktnir wnnr oTflinAnr ma.n ISO cawij mu.v. j J t 0 J for the "Oriole" brand, put up in one pound pack ages, ji ne uuctui m.my u uuun uu iub Bstww u OILY A PEW DAYS MORE AT THE GREAT - SHEIER, 108 MARKET STREET. This Sale will continue only a few days longer. HIGH GRADE STTmrn f - Sacrifice. The entire stock must be Bold as The finest line of LADIES' OXEORDS IN Sailer, Lewin Co., Hand Made Bln- etaer Oxford Ties, former price $3.30, now 83.SO. Sailer, Lewin A Co., Hand Made Ox ford Ties, Pat. Tip, former price $3.23, now $2.30. ' .r-. . Sailer, Lewin fc Co., Band Hade Ox ford Ties, Common Sense Opera Toe or Pat. Tip, former price $2.50 now $1.75. Ladles' Itongrola Oxford Ties, tan or black, former price $1.25 now 88e. - Ladies' Dongols Oxford Tics, Com mon Sense, Opera Toe or Pat. Tip, for mer price $1.23, now S3e. Ladies' Oxford Ties, Pat. Tip, former price $1, now 66c. Ladies' Oxford Ties, Pat, Tip, former price 73c, now 55c . Ladies' Opera Slippers 45c Ladies' Ions;oia Strap Sandles,' for mer price $1, now 66c . Ladles' Pat. Tamp Strap Sandles, for mer price $1, now 75c Ladles' Dongola Strap Sandles with Buckles, former price $1.25, now $1. Ladles' Pat. Vamp Strap Sandles with Buckles, former price $1.75,' now $1.20. Ladles' Pat, Tamp Strap Sandles imi tation Tip, former price $1.75, now $1.30. Ladies' Tan Strap Sandles, former price 91.23, now 83c An Immense Line of Ladies' Shoes in All Styles. Indies' Band Blade IHrag-ola Button Shoes,Common Sense,Pat. Tip or Opera Toe, former price $2.00, now $2.20. Todies' Don g-ola Button Shoe, Com mon Sense Pat. Tip, or Opera Toe, for mer price $2.50, now $1.87. Ladies' Dongola Button' Shoes, (Tom mon Sense, Pat. Tip or Opera mer price $2.00, now $1.37. Remember this Safe! Days - IO8 Market Street. 1 Taylor-; Our Millinery Display. . The Prettiest. Daintiest, most comprehensive this town has ever seen. Comprising the latest Parisian Ideas in shape and color. excinsive creations in .Bonnets, Toques, Turbans ana Jtiats. Tais section, though always strikingly handsome, has taken on at present an appear- A nt uttranKnT. .nTki.nf. ln,u.J-:nn 4aiwr ifclf T tfi.a X rkaaa fnyiAa Pl.n de lves. Columbine, Poppies, Dahlias, Pinks. wiia itoses, .Buttercups, uanasiions, Apple Jtsiossoms, uiuets, unerry .Blossoms, ana Hun dreds of others, all combining to form a ; perfect wilderness of beauty, Titania herself might love to rule over. Straw Hats in Plain and Fancy Braids, best shapes and colors. English Tape and Neopoli tan Hats with Lace Edge Effects, in desirable and exclusive Shanes. While lookine at our Hats the ladies can take a rest in our Private Millinery Parlor, 'where Mrs. and Miss Taylor and uuuiuiw, wui u guu hi buow mem arouau. ' So call early and pick out your Easter Hats. Easter Presents just received. Fine French Percale, extra width, regular 15c goods, only 9c per yard. 4-4 Shirting, Oneida Mills, regular price 12c, only 8c per yard. - , Very Fine White Lawn, sold elsewhere at 25c Der yard, only 15c per yard, and lota vx uuier .Ptirgiunft at -.m i-i -r a. 1 18 Market Street. fcS" Bareains in different Departments uieacn anaeoap. H. L ' FEN NELL, 22 NORTH FRONT ST. 0) o o O pARNESS, BUGGIES,TRUNK3, 0) 0) AND BAGS. CQ Largest Stock : in the city and at present Living Prices, Our Magnificent Exhibit UP-TO-DATE : fllLLINERY Is the Talk of The Town. T"0 SUCH STOCK WAS EVER BEFORE SHOWN HEREj AND THE III mense buainesa we have already done ia evidence of the appreciation the Ladies have of our efforts to introduce the j . Latest and Host FODiilar Parisian Stole! . All Orders left with us receive prompt attention, and perfect satisfaction is assured. AND WE CHALLENGE lli iviCaxlret St. SHOE HOUSE OF - 7 . I am going out of the Shoe Business THE CITY." i . ' Ladles' Dongola Button Shoes, Com mon Sense, PaC Tip or Opera Toe, for mer price $1.50, now $1.15. Ladles' Bong-ola Button Shoes, Com mon Sense, Pat. Tip or Opera Toe, for- mer price $1.25, now! 88c The Latest Styles in' Hisses' " Hisses Pat. Tamp Strap Sand les.sises 11 1-2 lo 2, former price $1.25, now 93c Same Sixes, 81-2 to! 11, 85c " " 5 to 8, 75c Hisses' Dongola Strap Sandles, 11 1.9 to 2, former price $1.25, now 3c. Hisses' Pat, Tip Spring Heel Oxford -, Ties, former price .25, now 75e. Hisses' Dongola Pat. Tip Spring Reel Button Shoes, former price $2.00, now ' $1.37. - Hisses' Pat. Tip Spring Heel Button Shoes, former price $1.50, now $1.10. ' -1 - Hisses Pat. Tip Spring Heel Button Shoes, former price $1.25, now 83c " l ' Hisses' Pat Tip Spring Heel Button Shoes, former price $1, now 65c A large Line of Men's Shoes. "" Hen's Hand Sewed French Calf or Tlcl Kid, Lace or Congress,former price $3, now $3.60. j Men's Hand Sewed, French Calf Shoes Lace or Congress, all style toes, former price $4.00, now $2.75. . Men's Hand Sewed Russia Cair Tan -Shoes, Lace or Button, former price $4, now $2.75. . 'I Men's Hand Sewed, Frensh Calf Shoes Lace or Congress, all style toes, former price $3,00, now $2.23. '' i ' ' Men's Calf Shoes, Lace or Congress, former price $2.50, now $1.75. Hen's Satin Calf, Lace or Congress, former price $2.25, now $1.63. . Hen's $1.50 Shoes, now $1.15. i Men's $1.25 Shoes, now 93c ; is Limited to a Few Only. In connection with not a few of our own Moss Rose Buds, Holly, Pansies, Violets, our New York Milliner and Designer, Miss . - Thousands of. other Easter Novelties for . . r ' . ' i. - , fc Daily. Azent for Mme. A. Runner. S Face The Horse Milliner. 124, 128 and 128 PRINCEES ST. r o CD 09 d ALE AND LIVERY STABLES,! Also BAGGAGE TRANSFER. Phone 95 for what you need. Serve CD CO you Day or Night. OF- ANY COMPETITION. rBaztoi Hobt. B. Fallamv.