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i ' WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1896 ESTABLISHED 1867. ' iii .w-i v M. KJa T F. L BG li A P 3 T f? BU MM ft UY. THE ffiTATK. ' The first shipment of blackberries from Southern Pines was made yesterday Governor Carr and Ed. Chambers Smith jso to Morehead City Yesterday was alumrjte day at the Salpm Female institute; the alumna- fund, for the education of poor daughters of the institution's graduates amounts to 3,000, and was increased by f 100 yesterday; to -day is commencement day proper; the address will be by President Hark, of the Moravian college, at Bethle- "hem, Penn. -Charlotte gets the Lutheran college for women'. IK..MESTH;. Near San joe, Cal , James, Dunham kills his father-in-law, h;s uvother-in-law and four other mernhers of the family and then makes his escape- Thei Senate confirm? several nominations by the President Mrs. Cleveland and children will go to Buz zard's bay next w-ek The House agrees to the -'Senat" ' French spoliation claims amendment t the ieDera,l Deliciency Ap propriation bill In the morning session of the PreMy lerian general assembly ytx tfnlay notice of a protect regarding S'ate aid to tlte Fredericksburg school wa tiku; the ta lance of the session was devoted to rppoits of committees on overture, f to The "Lily White" Republicans of Florida in 'caucus select a State ticket which will be nominated in convention There is no tri'th in the report that the Three Friends was sunk . in an attempt to escape the revenue cutter Winona; the cutter has not seen the vssel The Democrats of Vermont nom inate a State ticket and send unins'iucted delegates to the Chicago convention; they denounce the American Protective associa tion and express sympathy for the Cubans The Prohibition National convention met in I'ittt.bur yesterday; it is divided into two factions, one favoring free silver and tliv other insisting mi stickiegto prohibition only A cyel'jtie struck St. Louis' and hast HL Loirs yesterday afternoon, and the -destruction was fearful: the wires from the t-ities re down; i ia taid .'!0o people were killed in .St. Loir's, news is ir.tagre; Fast St. Luis wss re firl'-d trot night as burning up, '.vith the loss then at ,r ); the Fads . bridge wss blown down, and a tram was ivt-HTried down wi:h it The towns of Uen nick anil I.badiie, in Missouri, were aluiost entirely destroyed by the cyclone yesterday The. Presbyterian general as sembly spent most, of the afternoon discuss ing the action of the (.-harleston (S. C,J pres iiytery in retubing ordination to a ngro who, had applied therefor; the debate was very anirnattd At Savannah an electric lineman comes in contact with a live wire and falls twenty-t!ve feet, dyiqg instantly The Spretue Council Royal Arcanum de cides that liremen and policemen are extra ha.ardous risks; the next meeting will he held in Boston It is reported :hat eighty children were killed by a cyclone in a HchXl house at Rhodisia, Ills., yesterday, "and it is said the town of Kuvh. Hill was also demolished and fifty children crushed in the school house As reports came in last night, the results of the cyclone at St. Louis became mors appalling; it was reported that '-Mil girls were in kfe ruins of the Lizzett .V Meyers cigarette fictory; several excursion steamers on the river wen- sunk, with all oti board drowne.i " Judge MeKnery is nominated for Senator by the.' Louisiana 1 lemoi ratic caucus The loss by cyclones in Michigan will, .reach f 17,0t"i,oi.ii.i Luest Recounts-estimate the number of deaths from the cyclone in St. Louis at 1,(!0; the Mayor. Ordered all electric iight circuits 'turned off last bight to prevent death to persons coming in contact with broken electric wires Col. Mushy is im proving A proposition is before the Northern Methodist conference to organize A church insurance company. j lOl'.tli.X. The Spanish claim a decisive victory over Ll.UuO Cubans rCuban cigar manufactr.fers protest against the mcditication of Gen. Weyler's order against export of tobacco! they sn' if t lie concession is granted they vyill have to clone their factories -Cholera is spreading in the cities of Egypt British i rop8 defeat a body of Mutabeles. . ALIKvii-'B D... Y. Yift,Ttlfl' ' '' TCttH m at rh.i NU?rn tYiiifiln ini.'V'"-t'''n!infic nit in cy i'lipiT at'lity. lSp.;i.il to tlip Messenger.) Vi:w..s,'.NV May 27 This was alum vi day in the happy and successful cum- lnencement exercises' of Salem Keidale. col lege'. Clr.cs re unions were had at '! o'clock An hour later the Alumti;-- association met in annual session. Reports were made by the ollicers and litters of greeting iau from .many members who could not be present The treasurer's report showed a fund of oib for the education of poor daughters ot the inttitution's graduates, and 1JJ was added to this amount to day. : One of the -4 leasing features of the morning was ;hc formal presentation of the beautlLil "1''" class memorial organ," whicu'cost ?! .000. "..The tilnmna banquet this afternoon was another interesting and inspiring feature of the meei'ng. Several addresses were made, Principi-l Clewed, niade a taik in -.hich he discussed the advisability of a 'cetennial memorial ' for VM1 when the college will celebrate its iClHh anniversary. The prevailing sentiment among the alumn..' present favored a "memorial" in the shane of an as-sembly hall or auditorium for their beloved institm ion. The grand . musical concert was given to-night with great gf.ccess. To-morrow will be commencement day- proper. The address wilt be delivered t'V Rev. lr. Hark, president " of the Moravian college for women at Bethlehem, Pa. F;rc SMptnoar . ot sMaciib rrtca. Special to the Messenger. Rf En. ii, iJay 27 The First shipment of blackberries trorn Southern Piues went north to-day. The crop is a liae one. -oyer'nor Carr aud Ld. Chambers Smith vent to Morehead City to-day. I'rm l)eaty Htf-cirJo wire. S w v.v.nah, Ga,, May 27 Marlow Well, a olored lineman employed by the Brush 'l--.iectr.ic Light and Power company, while at work on a pole 'twenty-five feet from the ground, came" in contact with' a wire, through which 1,000 volts cf electricity was passing, and the wire burned- iuto the rlesh of h;s arm severely, causing him to fall. Death -resulted in a few minutes. Zieat Xliiii, Will Vou? lort-ncc, N. C , is a . little village bo twcvii Jamestown and Der-p ltivtr, and is a iin-'tiitig;, thriving; locality: if we Laye not u.cri liii-iinforuicd. .I'licre are two c-airiago fact, rive, one lairy, one retail and one -vvoli.satt; store, oce saa-' m.'jl tnd one . ht-nnery, and jt-t there are only fcrty-scven inhabitants 'J the place, including eevon widows and t'tie wiaov.tr. iii-int-rij is y8id to he thriving, exerp; in the mau-imoiiial line. It looks like thai Ate loiie widower, niigui maky tho Wip with seven widows to select from, but periiau3 he is afraid to iako cue of tkiui for fcaV tiie oth r nix wili make . war on him, and as lie is unable to marry them all he thinks it betel to &o it alone. Bully for Florence; let the booming continue. Greensboro liedord. WIND AND FIRE. F&'ABFUL DESTRUCTION THE ELEMENTS. BY St. fjouid and Kast Sr. lnuis Devat ' tated by a Cyclone The Latter lu 'lmr;a Fcio-l .aud fchooi honnhM FtMfd IV iili' People Phfrnd-Ufl-dene: 8 Hid 5nntre Honeca Wrecked. - . 1,000 People Ktilfd. Ka:;.- a City, May 27 - It is reported here that a cyclone has swept across Eastern 'Missouri from M.oberly to St. Louis. All wires are down. 1)e atl'k, Ills., May 27 It was learned from Wabash railroad ohrcials that at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon a terrible cyclorte sruck Fast St. Louis, blowicg away one span of the Fads bridge and also the east approach of th same. .'Five hundred box cars in the yards were turned over . and blown away. The. .Wabash and Vanda-lia freight houses were blown down, together with many other building1", but -a3 yet the pirticularj are meagre. It is reported that thirty live persons were killed in Fast St. Louis. Chk.m.o, May 27 Communication by telegraph from St. Louis was cut off about 5 o'clock this afternoon, Jast before the wires went down word was received that the roof of the grand stand at the fair grounds race trtck hsd b?en blown off and that two persons were kilfed and.teveral in jured. Ci inxati, May 27 A report reached this city this afternoon that the grand stand at the St. Loui fair ground", where races are now-being held, was blnwn down and many persons killed aud injured The re port came over the race wirc3 of the Western l'nio:i 'i elegraph company. The bare bul letin was r-ceiv.' that a cyclone had struck V i' race i ours-e,; and had demodshed the grand stand, killing imoiy pecple. Then commu';ic:Uion was fiddenly cut off and information came later that all wites lead iegput nf St. Louis had been torn down by the storm lJi;s Moixes la.. Miy."7 Reports of seri ous storms this afternoon and nine!) damage t ii-cu'hout. Joa f ro beimr. received here, but tbe. wires are dori aT)d there will be delay mi getting information in this section. Ther- was hesvy rain and wind. tj r. Lo'fts, Mo , May 27 Loss of life from, the storin here and K Fast St. Louis is esti-lu-Jttfd at 300. Last St. I.oiis is burning up. the loss already is .',Oijij.000 I.mmxai'oi.! Ind., Miv 27 Reports from ''oUL' Svide; thirteen miles from St. Louis, siys everything in St.. Louis bs been blown to atoms The. Yandalia, Wabash and Big Four fdiops sre levekd to the ground. At FtUr.gham. 11'., the wa;er is xunning over thp depot platform, and the whole country islloodei. !: t. Loui., May 27 St. Louis was struck by a cyclone of frightful fury at a late hour ibis afternoon. Hundreds of people weie kil.od and the property loss ' is beyond estimate. At 5 20 o'clock the cl; uds that had covered the city -Fir ee noon broke into a furious n-irm. Wi'hin ten minutes the wind reaehVd a veloc.ty of eighty miles an hour, sweeping with it dense waves of rain. The highest speed of wind previously recorded 1 ere was seventy-two mile an hour, in xVugust, 1878 The screaching of the winl through electric wires, th tiiles of debris ttij'.t swept in evpry direction, the electric Hashes from tangfed wires and the crashing thimi'er made a scc-n indescribable. At 5 o"c1ock the lowest estimate of fatali ties in hast bt. Louis and this city is placed at of 0. Fast St Louis suffered probably the great est, i Messengers tame at 7 o'clock asking for phvsiciaus and nurses. - The steamer I H. Pike with thirty pas sengers on board bound fOr Peona, wa3 blown bottom side np in the middle of the river and a number of persons killed. The steamer with a crew of six and twenty lady passengers on bo rd was blown against a pier and broken iu two Tlie ladif s arid two of the crew c img to the bridge's ttone work and were rescued. The steamer Libbie Congera, with only Capt. Seaman, his wife and three of a crew, aboard, went adrift. The wreck of a boat opposite Caron delta is supposed to be the steamer Congera Otte id's furniture store, at Broadway and Solard. was demolished and six men are repor'ei killed.. A saloon at No. 064 South Seventh street feli with nine men in the ruins. St. Patrick's church at Sixth and Biddle streets l'eil and the debris tills the streets; The electric railway, liue iB burned-oat as well a j an electric plant. Fourteen fire alarms' were sounded within an hour, and thrVe alnrms were sent iu from the poor hn:ise. which building has 1,200 inmates. The roof of tbe poor house' was blown off and the fatalities are great. . .During the last race at the lair grounds, the roof was blown oil the grand stand The crowd had gone to the open held for safety and there four men wre killed. The armory at Seventeenth and Pihe streets is being nid as a temporaiy hospital. At 7 f'iO o'clock p m. the rain which had cea'-ed for a time, began afresh and fell in .torrent. At 8 o'vlocb'-thw eastern sky was niiatue with th"? hfiht rf fires in; Fast St. I. ;;:s Tiie meth.1 roof of the Merchant's Fxe:.snge was rolled up like a scroll and fell' into t,:e street The Louisviileand Nash vide easiooimd through passenger train had just reached Fast St Louis when the storm f-ti tick that ity. The train was overturned but -miraculously only a few passengers were injured. They were taken from the carts i.V railwj-ud yiird men y The Chicago and Alton eastbound local p-"Sre:iger train, which left St. Louis at 5 o'clock was on tha : east span of the bridge when the wind picked the cars up. They were thrown over the sides. The iron span and truses held ttie cars iroiu toppling into the river 100 feet below. The passengers were thrown into a confused mass. The net wors of wires made fescue difficult and d-iDgerous, but it i3 thought all will be got ut uniniared. Tbe eist f;;an of tbe Eads bridge is'so badly wrecked that it willltake three days to allow trains to pass; The report of fa'alities in Fast. St. Louis is hourly incre-ising. and at 0 o'clock it is e-itiuiHteit that the loss of life will exceed l,"i". Ir is impossible to cross the bridge or river to ft particulprs. Ligbtumg i truck the Standard Oil works, and tlatucs were soon pouring from a dozen buildings. Tne lire department was utterly powerless to cope with the contlagration nd it is fearrd nearly tne entire business and a great portion cf tiie residences will be de strcytd by ilames, if not already so by the w:h"i. Among the priucipal buildings already in rins are the National hotel, tne Standard Oil works. Fast St. Louis wire nail works, the Crescent . elevator, Hazel eleva tor, ail freight depots and stores and resi dences on St. Claire nyenue. : At 'J o'clock to-night no wire can be ob tained to surrounding territory in tbe east ern aud north rn poriious of .Missouri, but it is feared that the lots of life in these sec tions will be-very large Tho damage to property in Sc. Louis is estimated at l,o00, 000 aud the loss in Fast St. Louis is nearly 2, 000. 100 and the tire is still raging: Kan--; City, Mo.. May 27-Lensicb.Ran-doiph county j Mo , was blown away thi afternoon ana several persons were killed. Labaudie, Mo ..'j was .a;3i destroyed. Ten per;-jnsr were killed at the lather place. Dtu k k, 111. May 27 A conductor on the Vandaiia railroad who reached here at 9 o'clock to-night received r message at the crossing of the Vandaiia and Chicago acd Kasiei'u Illinois, thirtv-hve miles from Decatur, auit ing that 120 people had lost their lives in the Fads bridge wreck at Fast St. Louis, The message ttated that a train was about to cross the bridee when it was struck by the cyclone and carried down ;n the wreck. Tne. report is not as ytt confirmed. . Rhgdisia, Ills., May 2V It is reported that eighty children were tilled in a school house at Drake,, near this city by the cyclone. , Bj.oominl.ton, Ills ,May 27 -Word reached the Chicago and-A-ltou railroad officials this evening that a cyclontVhad demoii-hed the village ot Brush Hill, Mo, twelve miles from Mexico; in Audrain county The cyclone struck the town about 4 o'clock and blew down tbfe schoolhouse, crushing its inmates.- The report. was to the effect that fifty pupils had been killed and a number injured. - . - Sr. Louis, Mtey 27 The two cyclones haye done great damage in the northwest. The lilt of dead in 8t. Louis is beyond present computation. A startling report hs just reached police headquarters that 200 girls are in the ruins of L'eeitt & Myers' cigarette factory at Tower Grove park. Alarming reports are received of geat loss of life in the southern rortion of 8L Louis from the railroad tracks to Caron de-ta. The wind swept Bway the roof of the exposition build ing snd that structure is badly damaged by the flood of water. Great anxiety is flt for the safety of pas sengers on the different excursion boats which were on the riyer when the storm broke. The steamer City of Florence, with an excursion party, is reported lost below Caron delta. The steamer 8t. Paul, with thirty passengers, is believed to be wrecked. The levee is packed with people, groping through the darkness and eagerly imploring information from loved ones on the riyer. The destruction to property in this city will not be. learned until day light. The Annunciation church, at Sixth and Lasalle streets was total ly destroyed. Father Head, the castor, was fatallv injured The middle span !nf the roadway above he tracks !on -the Eads ".bridge, was blown completely away. It is not known whether any persons lost thPir lives while crossing the bridae. The big Cripples block of build iDtrs was partlv demolished. The dead and injured are being taken from the ruins of the various buildings and manufactories. The Baltimore and Ohio and the Vanda b'a roundhouse, the Standard Oil workSj, Fast St. Louis and Crescent elevators and a dnzen feight houses were caught in the cy clone and reduced to debus. It is reported that tbe Grand Republic and several other excursion steamers, with all the passengers and crews, have gone down. Chicaoo; May .27 Word was received by wire at the I'nion depot that the Vandaiia freight house at East St. Louis was blown to atoms, and all the employes at work inside, except f ur clerks, were killed. At the f reiu'ht office of the road arrangements were made to send a special train to St Louis at 12:?0 a m. with two car loads of Western Union supplies, and a partv of "linemen to repair the wires east of St. Louis. Indianapolis. Ind , May - 27 Railroad ollicia's say the best estimates on the mini-he--killed at St L.uisput it in the neigh borhood of 1,000 The cyclone is moving rapidly almost due east. The Vandaiia started a special train tided lareelv with sur geons and newspanr men at 10:30 o'clock. St. Loi is. Mav 27 Tbe difficulty in ob ainirjg information from outlying districts is increased bv an order from Mavor Wal bridge, ordering all electric light circuits turtisdoff This is to prevent death to the persons comii.g in contact with broken r h-.itric liht wires. From Soulnrd street s uthward a3 far asCarbn delU.wind played havoc wi'h the residences and houses in that territo-y. The s'rets are tilled with wreckage of demolished houses every where. The number of bodies already found indt cafe that the loss of life in that sfc'ion will reach at least thirty. An unknown dea l man was found under the bricks of a fallen chimney at Second aod Chateau avenue. Fireman Jos. Car penter of the St Louis railing works ou Menard street with his wife and child, were crushed to death in the collapse of the factorv. The body of an unknown man was found badly mangled in a pile of wreck a?e on Desoto street - The evangelical church on Eight street and Laf yatte avenue, and St Hughes Catho )'"c church on Kansas avenue were totally demolished . Epstein A; Berstein's whole sale liquor store at 229 South Broadway col lapsed from the force of the wind. Julius- Marino was killed and three others seri ouslv injured The power house of the Sculling line at Jeffersm and Grier avenues was destroyed and a dozen, employees are fatally injured. In suburbs dozens of frame houses were blown down but ud fo 11 o'clock to night no fatalities are reported there. A Chnrcrt I wwnce Ciorap"y. Cleveland, Ohio, May 27 The feature of this morning's session of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was fhe adoption of the resolution, providing for 'an mmense church insur ance company to compete with the great companies of fhe world. The session was exciting, and confusion reigned all the morning. Opponents of the insurance proposition weie unable to secure a vote by orders or by yeas or nays. The scheme pro vides for the organization of a mutual church insurance company, the affairs to be in charge of a Board of Insurance', and the company to do a general fire, lightning and tonado business. It was decided that the question of location of the next general conference be left to the book committee. The Christian Endeavor society was given a final slap by the adoption of a report dep recating the organization of any societies of Christ;an Endeavor in the Methodist Church. The report says that the great Methodist Church cannot afford to have any societies in its Church.knovn as Epworth League or Christian Endeavor. "We must cline to our own platforms' says the report, '"for we believe it to be for the best interest of our church and young people." - The conference debated the question of an assistant secretary for the Epworth League, to work amonsr the colored people of the South It was decided to have one. Pfurcleref! by RnrrrlirB. Houston, Tex., May 271. B". Baker, a wealthy and influential cattle man of. this city, was to day found murdered in the resi dence of Congressman J. C. Hutchinson, wher6 he had been living. A servant girl niade the discovery. The dc?d man's face was horribly mutilated. The motive for the murder was apparently robbery, as one room had been rausackel and two bundles of sil verware were found tied up near an open window. Mr Baker had evidently made a desperate fight for his life, as there was evi dence that he had had a terrific struggle with bis mnrderers. Louis Williams and Alfred McBride, negroes, were arrested to-night for the murder. The police refuse to give the reasdn for their action. The excitement to night over the murder is running high. Ofi'p.Jitcl to MoatUc&tion! oharcn Or1(- oi VSYyhx'o Havana, May 27 A delegation of cigar manufacturers and representatives of kin dred industries called upon Capt . Gen, Wey ler to day and laid before him an exact 'statement of the situation in which they were placed. If. they declared, the conces sion granted by Spain in fayor of contracts made before the issuance of Gen. Weyler's edict prohibiting the exportation of cigars and tobacco were carried out, they would be obliged to close their factories. Gen. Wey ler promised to inform the home Govern ment of their representations and said that he would send a petition to the Government favorable to the manufacturers. r !efetec. . c' Pnnt Plnmef BtLrwAvo, Mav 2, Capt. I'lumer re porta that the scouts belonging to his column on Monday af ternoon found a force of 2,000 Matabelts encamped upon a stone kopje having a hollow centre like a fort. The scouts opened fire on the natives and retired. Capt. I'lumer, upon hearing the firing, ad vanced the column at a gallop and poured a heavy fire into the enemy and they retreated, sustaining heavy . losses. One English trooper was killed and two were wounded. The defeat of this party of Matabele warriors hag stricken the native impis -in the west with feat. - A Nrrwiel: r, Bark Wrecked. Halifax. May 27 About midnight last night the Norwegian bark Boedrene, from Ayonmouth for Miramichi. was wrecked half a mile from the fog whistle on St. Paul s island, in the gulf of St. Lawrence. A thick mist and heayy fog prevailed at the time. Capt. H. Wilson,' First Mate M. H. Sweenson, Second Mate Theo. Parson and seamen Harold Nelson and Emil Soterstron were lost. Five men were saved. The crew heard the fog alarm half an hour be fore their sMp struck. OiSi-iot'e. Ge the- College. Charlotte, N. C.. May 2i Charlotte gets tne JLutneran college, lor women, colum bia, S. C, was her most formidable com petitor. ine site ot the college will be on the Highland park property. WcK-iery Nomiftftteil for 8tntor. Baton Rocge, La.. May 27 Midnight Judfje Samuel D. McEnery, has just been nominated for United States Senator by the Democratic caucus ot lbs vote. Jot. Mothy Improving. San Frakcisco. May 27 Col JohnMosby, who was dangerously ill here, but not dying as reported, is now convalescent; according to Dr. Terrell, his attending physician. SIGN OF IMPROVEMENT IN INCREASES OF BAILWAY RECEIPTS OVER LAST YES AB The Drought in tbe Piedmont Dele gate to tbe Obicago rtonyention. The Book on " Kesonrcea of - North Carolina" The CrYen Cnnnty Oaie-The amet ican Proec iye ao oiation in ThU 8fafe-ToQoto Richmond. Messenger BrrBKAP, Park Hotel, ) Raleigh. N. C. May 2". 1 The reports of the earnings of the South ern railway system in this State for the past quarter came in to-day The total is $457, 510, an increase of $12,731 as compared with the same period la3t year. The statement as to the Southern's leased lives in tbe State is a follows: North Carolina railway, ?367,l93, an increase of $77,898,. State uni versity, $1 70S, an increase of $510; At lanta and Charlotte Air Line $61,604, an in crease of $1,681; Asheville and Spartanburg $30,586, an increase of $9,012. Among to day's arrivals here are John Wilder Atkinson of Wilmington, George M. Rose and Ilev C. A. G. Thomas of Fay etteille and James Edwin Moore of Wil liamston. Telegrams state that the long and very serifjlis drought in part of the Piedmont section was broken yesterday afternoon and last night by fine rains. Wells are going dry and some mills have shut down. It has been rumored that the North Caro lina delega'ion to the National Democratic convention would be instructed to bolt in case free silver was not declared for. An extreme free silver man a?ures your cor respondent that this is an error He says no such instructions will be given-that the del egates will be carefully selected as men who can be trusted, and. will be instructed to yote as a unit for free silver in the platform. The.jqnestion was as.kd of one of thee extreme silver men what Dr. J. J. Mott will do in case tbe National Democratic conven tion nonvnates men like Teller and Black burn and declares strongly for free silver He replied: "Dr. Mott will join forces with tn? Democrats and will vote our ticket." Five ThdU'and copies of the new work, ' Recources of North Carolina" will be pub lished. .Of the hand book '10,000 were printed,' but a great many of these were distributed at Chicago. The edition of tbe new book ought to He larger. The public printers will do the work. Work is in progress on a library building at St. Augustine Normal school here. It is of granite. The chapel, of the same ma terial, is complpted and in use. Both are paid for by gifts. There is nothing in the rumor that Oliver H. Docfcery will be a candidate for United States Senator against Pritchard. Ton result of the Craven county case, in which the Stat sought to make that county pay the cost ($6,100) of the use of troops sunt there in 1S93, to enforce the court mandate in tae James City land ownership matter, is as was expected. The State has to stand the cost. The case differs from one in which the sheriff or county commissioners call for troops to guard a jail or quiet a riot, etc . Two illicit distilleries were captured yes terday in Cumberland county. It is alleged that the American Protective association has 15,000 members in North Carolina and 400 in this 'city. If this be true it has been kept very quiet, for not once a yar does an outsider hear mention made of that order. The figures .must be exaggerated. Junius Daniel Camp.TJ. C. V., of tliis city, takes fiftv uniformed members to Rich mond. They will wear campaign hats, gray sack coats of grass cloth, ind black trowsers, and will carry the State tiag of the "Bethel" regiment and a distinctive post flag. Fifty 8ohs of Veterans will accompany them, and they will be escorted by the Governor's Gurd. sixty strong W. C. St'ronacb. df this city, gets a World's fair medal for pop corn, the yield being forty-eieht bushels to the acre. The Caucasian, the Populist State organ, say 8 to-day: "The press of the Democracy has declared its opposition to Judge Russell for Governor. This was to be expected. We think that much of its course is right But it is idioti cally pursuing a course that will do more toward electing Russell than the Russell element of the Republicans can do. . The bitter personal criticism of the partisan is .being indulged in, in connection with spite ful and malignant personal abuse. Now, this can only result in driving some Repub licans, who, seem to be dissatisfied, into -a strong support of a very undesirable candi date. The laBt thing on God's earth a Re publican is going to support is a Democrat. The Democratic press cannot possibly win for its party a single recruit by the course it is pursuing. It can and will, if that course be persisted in, have a tendency to build up the very element it seeks to 'weaken. Let it show some sense in this campaign if it be possible. If it cannot tell the truth about its own party, let it stop lying about other parties. Let it remember its 'officially declared' position, and act so that" its disabilities may be removed. If Russell should by any means be elected Governor, it is probable that the Democratic press, by us wildly foolish policy of per sonal abuse and party misrepresentation. will be as largely responsible for that elec tion as any other agency. We do not favor Judge Russell for Governor and such iDllu ence as we have will be opposed to him; but we do tavor sense, decency and truth in journalism." The action of the recent Republican convention shows that the party was either not nonest in its protessions for a non partisan judiciary in the last campaign, or that they have backslided and deserted that great principle since that time " We have neglected to present a pretty significant inconsistency which cropped out at tne Kepubiican convention, it. was in thecase of. that monopoly hireling, 'rev erend' Long. When he began his speeoh. he said he had just come down on a visit and had no idea of attending the conyen tion, etc.. etc. He forgot himself a little while afterward ' and said: 'Just before leaving home Maj. Mc.Kinley told me to say to you,' etc , etc. This 'reverend Mr Long no doubt brought down the financial straddle that wa? incorporated into the platform." "-w Yi.rfc'a TVew tlec:rtc Company New York, May 27 A rumor was current this afternoon thet there was no truth in the Albany dispatch, printed this morning, that the Walter company had been incor porated to compete with the General Elec trie and Westinghouse coneerns, and that the report had been circulated for specula tive e fleet on general electric stock. H,x Governor Flower was seen about the matter aud he said : "I am interested in the Walker company, and we are not organized to fight anybody. Our capital is $5,000,000." It is thought on the street that Mr. Flower, and his associates, who are largely interested in trolley lines throughout the country, have tormed tne new company for the purpose or supplying tneir own plants. Fhn ires Ly Cyclone in Michigan, Detroit, Mich., May 37 Relief associa tions have been organized at Oxford, Orton ville, and Mt. Clemens to relieve the distress caused by Monday night's . disastrous cy clone. Those families living in the path of the storm who escaped with their lives lost nearly everything they had, and are in ac tual want. Governor Rich will have an or ganization perfected by to morrow solicit ing aid from the State generally, and pro vide for its distribution. One of the in jured, Mrs. Stuart, died to-dar, and several more ' deaths are expected. It is said the monetary loss will reach nearly f 17,000,000. Fifteen of the unfortunate victims of the tornado were buried at Ortonville to-day. Highest of all in Leavening QUEST TON Be'ore the Southern Preabyterlan General Assembly .n Animated DUcDMlon-Tonng People' Societies Reports of Committees, Memphis, Tenn., May 27 The assembly was opened at 9 o'clock with devotional exercises by Rev. W. T. Palmer, of Trenton, Tenn. Dr. J. P. Smith, of Richmond, Va., de sired to reqord his vote in the negative on the question of State aid to the Bchool at Fredericksburg. Notice was given of a pro test on the same subject. Rev. Dr. L. P. Bowen, of the committee on publication, submitted answers to over tures in its hands. The question of young people's societies now agitating all the churches cropped up in cpnnection with a request for tie preparations of doctrinal tonics for voune neoDle's meetings. Dr. Parks championed the cause of the young people. The committee opposed the propo sition or sucn topics, but the assembly cided by a larere majority in their fayor, but the assembly de 4 The assembly decided that it could not interfere with th prices of religious papers, A long debate followed on the establish ment of branch depositories of the publica tion house in Atlanta, Memphis and other cities. Dr. Hazon. secretary of publication said: "The establishment of such deposi tories would cripple and eventually destroy the publication work of the Church, divid ing and impairing its capital, now barely sufficient. It would be abBurd from a business standpoint. We do not object to the local depositories if supported by local capital." A large ma jority decided against the depositoris. The report of the committee on publication was read and docketed. It refers to ' the busy demons of the press," which the Church must fight with their own weapon; com mends the work of the executive committee and recommends its reappointment, ' The bills and, overtures committee then reported, clearing their hands of several un important papers, which passed without de bate. The foreign missions report was taken from the docket and adopted by sections. The economy of the executive committee is commended. The treasurv is out of debt. Regrets are expressed that 1,039 churche have not given to foreien missions, and they blame the ministers for failure to pre sent the cause. Action wai tafcen disposing of mission property in Brazil. The assem bly tnen toos recess to 3 o clock p. m The assembly was called to order at 3 o'clock and Rev J. S Moore, D. D. . of Sher man. Texas, presented the report ef the spe cial committee on Sabbath school secretary, replying to an overture which had been placed in its hands. It recommended "that the executive committee of publication be nstructed to empioy a competent man to give his whole time to developing the Sun day school work and colportage as a mis sionary agency" adopted. . A judicial case involving the question of color was then taken np. and the assembly was solemnly constituted a court' to consider the matter Tbe esse is as follows: One Renben James, a colored man, pre sented himself as a candidate for the minis try before the presbytery of Charleston, S. J he presbytery examined him and was satisfied entirely as to his qualifications, but refused to receive him solely because he was a negro. Exercising its right to review'tbe records of the presbytery, the synod took exceptions to this action and ordered tbe presbytery to reconsider its action and re ceive James. Elder J. A. Eusloe, of Westminster church, Charleston, brings the matter be fore the general assembly, bv complaining of this action of the synod. The first speaker was Elder Ensloe, the complainant. He disclaimed race prejudice and spoke of his life long interest in the religious training of the negroes. But the people of Charleston presbyterv do not deem it wise to permit any mingling of the races. His principal point was that the book of Church order does not recognize the relationship of can didates to presbyteries; therefore, t tie synod had no right to force upon the presbytery a relationship which is uncontitntional. Elder W. K. Thompson, of South Caro lina represented the synod. He appealed for the colored race and said: "We have no right to refuse to license ODe of its members to carry the Gospel to his own people. There is no fear of race amalgamation in South Carolina. These colored men will be driven to leave our Church and enter the Northern Church, which is holding outits arms to receive them." The greatest speech of the session, so far. was made by Dr. Woodrow. Among other things -he said : "I do not recognize the right of the Church to bind my conscience If my conscience wifiL not permit me to obey the law of the Church I have a simple remedy. 1 will not obey. 1 will withdraw from the Church. Charleston presbytery cannot come up here and say that it has conscientious reasons for not obeying the constitution of our Church. If it will not obey let it withdraw." The whole afternoon was taken up by this debate. Most ofthe speakers expressed themselves as opposed to the introduction of the color line into the Church courts, especially when there are colored commis stoners now on the floor of the assembly. Th9 debate as still in progress when the hour for recess was reached. An effort was made to have a vote then, and for a few moments there was the utmost confusion Motions to take a recess, to go on with the vote, and to lav on the table came from all prts of the house. The moderator solved the question by ordering a recess until b o'clock p. m. The assembly met at b o ciock, ltr Rumple presiding at the request of the moderator. Relieious services were held and addresses delivered on mission work at home, in Mexico and in Cuba After the mass meeting, the report of the home missions commission was taken up by sections and adoDted. Under the head of invalid fund. Dr. Craig told of a lady, cul tiyated and refined, the widow of a promi- inent clergyman, who bad been forced to take a position as chambermaid in a hotel and to eat with negroes because the commit tee had not sufficient funds to aid her. Dr. Craig was re elected secretary unanimously, ana $5,000 was asked lor the coming year, Supreme Council pt the Royal Area Savannah, Ga., Mjay 27 The Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum held a long session to-day. A resolution was passed making policemen and firemen extra hazardous tricks, and requiring that their applications must be sent to the medicul examiner in chief before passed on. The proposition to require the secretaries of subordinate councils to notify applicants within forty-eight hours of the action on their application was referred to the com mittee on laws. The committee on new business reported adversely ou the proposi tion made by the Virginia representatives, asking that an emergency fund be estab lished, and the rep rt was adopted. It was unanimously decided that the next place of meeting shall be Boston. A committee has been appointed to devise appropriate plans for celebrating the twentieth anniversary next year. Another Spanish Victory. Madrid, May 27 A dispatch to the Im parchial from Havana says that Col. Mon rada, with a force of Spanish troops, has defeated a band of insurgents 2,000 strong under command of the leader, Aguirre. The engagement took place near San Bias, and the dispatch says, resulted in a severe loss to the rebels. Hanana, Mav 27 It is reported that during the night, on the hill of Descanso. between the Government troops under Gen. Paraez Valdez and the rebels under Maceo and Diaz, on Monday, the insurgents car ried 130 wounded off the field. Gen. Serrano reports having met a force of 500 rebels under the insurgent leader Car "rillo, near San Cristobal, and routed them with a loss of thirty killed and wounded. The Government troops had one man wounded. Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report I ' i " APPROPRIATION BILLS BEING SETTLED BY CONFER ENCE COMMITTEES. The Dub'jU' Amendment to the Filled. Cberse mil Itofeated 0hfr Kevenue Amendments Offered The Bond Blii Dis cossad the Honse Ac cepts the Senate French Spolia tion Claims ; Amendment. SENATE. Washington, May 27- -The conference re port on the Naval Appropriation bill was taken up, read and agreed to. As it left some dozen matters still unadjusted in con ference, including the question of battle ships, a further conference was ordered- - and then, on motion of Senator Harris, the senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business. At 1:05 the dcors were opened and legis lative business was resumed, the "Filled Cheese" bill being taken up, on which the pending question was the amendment offered by Senator Dubois. Rennhl Idaho, imposing an additional tax of 75 cents s barrel on lager beer, ale and porter. The vote was taken and the amendment was defeated yeas, 27; nays, 34. The following amendments to the "Filled Cheese" bill were afterwards proposed by Senators Morgan; 8tewart, Populist, of Neyada, and Mitchell, Republican, of Oregon. The first proposed a tax of 1 cent a pound on all American cheese offered in the market for sale, and the other two pro posed an import duty on all wools. The Filled Cheese bill went over without further action, and at 2 o'clock the Prohibi tory Bond bill was taken up as the nnfin- shed business. A speech in favor of the bill was made by Senator Hansbrough, Re publican, of South Dakota, who claimed that it was necessary to limit the overshad owing power of the executive, which was 'bordering on imperialism." He favored action st the present session to increase the revenue bv a duty on tea and coffVe and by addition tax on beer, and declared his be lter tht if (ingress adjourned without sncb action, there would be a new issue of bon.-in within a month after adjournment. Tbe Bond bill was opposed by Senator Elkins, Republican, of West Virginia, as a measure that mieht bring the Government to a standstill. An interesting discussion took place between Senator Elkins and Sen ator Butler, in which the latter foreshad owed the election of a Populist President next November, and in which the former said that the next Republican administra tion would be compelled to borrow money to carry on the Government. A st sppech in favor of the free ano un limited coinage of silyer, independently of an international agreement, was made by Seuator Daniel, Democrat, of Virginia, and was not hoished when, at 5:45 o ctocs, tne Senate adjourned until to morrow. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A feeble effort or two to obtain unani mous consent for the consideration of pri vate bills withered and died under ob jection by Mr Keem. Populist, of Nebraska. Mr. Camion. Kepubiican, or Illinois, cilled up the General Deficiency Appropria tion bill and addressed the tlouse in opposi tion to the motion made vesterday by Mr. Mahon, Republican, of Pennsylvania, to concur in the Senate amendment appropriat ing money to pay the French spoliation and the war claims. Mr Adams, Republican, of Pennsylvania, said that by the treatv of 1838, the United States had received 15.000,000 to meet these claims, which it still held as a trust fund. Of that money 11,250,000 had . been paid on account of them. After a stirring appeal by Mr. Cannon to "turn down" this irregular method of legislation, the vote was taken on Mr. Mahon's motion to concur in the Senate amendment, resulting yeas, 111; nays 97. The annoucement was receiyed with applause. On motion of Mr. Cannon,' the House asked a conference with the Senate on the remaining amendments to the bill. Mr. Cannon then called the supplemental iconference report upon the Sundry Civil bill. agreement being reported upon all . matters but the items appropriating lor sundry pub lic buildings. The statement accompany ing tne report showed tnat tne oenaie added to the bill amendments aggregating $ 6.577,257 ; the House had concurred in amendments aggregating $2,48,628; the Senate receded from $2,003,450, leaving f 1, 080 179 still in dispute. Without completing the consideration oi Ihe report, at 5,:30 o'clock, the House ad journed until to-morrow, Mr. .h.eem, popu list, of Nebraska, having made the point of no quorum. v Confirmations by the S?nate. Washington, May 27 The Senate to day confirmed the following nominations: Dominic I. Muri.hyof Pennsylvania, to be commissioner of pensions: Napoleon J. T. Dana of New Hampshire, to be first deputy commissioner of pensions; William J. Sande of the District of Columbia, to be second secretary of legation at Tokio, Japan Lieut, li. C. 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