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lie- .7 :-. T-a .V. s -i.f .5-.,. ........ iM i-.. - - r-- " . .'I ' f- i . r " K- 1 . i ' ' ". f ' - : 3SNTS..::- .... ( - t .. j. . . . , lA LA .BLISHED 1867. .-'V: W ! . 3r, J ' i . - ' ! I. -' 1 -:-VVl If " V Tru 7C i;an,f V. bur t A I i i V V i V SUMMARY., 7 THE STATE. i.eyille. .'Miss; readies from Nellie JPorterv of taking an. oyer .-ctrlc, street? railwayrconv- I ; fsurnei last night;, the loss i -xne general superinienueiit Veaboard Air Line -is in Kaietgn ' Into the recent railway -wreck.. in Aver 1 says .there are t9' populists In the legislature r dl Mott and S, Otho Wilson hold. DOitESOTC. h " Mc;CullaghV editor of The; - - i fj yfje-Demoerat, of St. Louis, "sole flme: during th night of. Wednesdiy a fell from his bed roonji window and was killed: he had ; been confined , to' his room with illness for nearly two . months The steamer Bermuda! sails from New York, In ballast, ostensibly for Bermuda--Mri . February 1st the ostoff ice , at Atlanta will be. raised to he grade of a presidential office pi the f ailroad shops at Zanesville, Qhiq, are 'tlrtoflf- Annrn tn'rf cil f t litv-- TVlfl lrpfl taiirv department bas heard nothing more from the eita.rs.Bces of the. t)auntless and the -Commodore -The vise Ty Spanish.cobsul.f of .clearances to Cu ban ports is 'only a Spanish regulation. governing entrances and does t not effect fciearancei of i vessels from our jJorts-r-Bun i o.'s weekly report is also a .summary 'of the business of the country for-' tha year -For the first elx .'months of . the fiscal year the "treasury exp " " Itures exceeded the re-. ''ceiptsjby bout ,,139,000,000; for December the rect i: t i v. .; about $600,000 greater - tnan tr.e. exi-na tures u. a. wiiKins, .".vice r re-I ; ( the efunct Commer cial br ;, ... Ima, Ala.,' commits sui- cide'i-v t t. Iul's Epscopal church The U..'on Irort works, of San Francisco ahd Cr'-ip & Sonare to build a war- " fhip each-i for .'the Japanese govern- ;:?nt At Transas city John Kenriedy J 4 hires' rd. ' aredwith holding up the exrres'r'.'trala in Blue Cut, : December 2Z The r '(al excitement at Min-. I jieapolia has or 'reljr abated A fatal v explosion -en u I a coai mine near West Bay ty, 1 Mich.4 A fatal ; accl- 4ent to frcr. . n occurs at. a fire in Phfl- 'ade!'r-i :An ex-assistant district at- tofr ' ork city is indicted for : - j . a pripe or ?iou -j uage. ' 'lines' 4-0 .enjoin the Marrhat ; , a ted railw4. from paying ts 1 ; . J dividend4-i-An electric light ii'.Epec'tor la killed While fixing an arc;. r in Camden, N. J. -Governor oi i . i rf moyeai from office inspector HTSeneral M.L'ewee for. publishing his n nua! re;-.it. pntaining. severe criti- . . i 1 .1 ... jslIS ci ' me --governur unu uiuci nu- ;or 'cfricers--The inmates of tpe YOr- prisons w m irum luua caoc Tkgticle?. wMch come in compe- 'i-d'4if- vetvrswurgi was .aiiLcu; a. charge otea?iAg seveniy bags of pea- GRAPHIC rv nuts from piersuB Tui,t Cofr panV- on ipvstigation he was '"4 Jipnorably di5toarg!.f and Will' bring : eUn'for 'jcayV daa.es rThe Dime ( ''iiirLank' ofJ'ChicagO, elicts a,' new 'm.inagcr One of the b. board j of X trade firmis of .Chicago is5 su'd by a 1 osin -patrons; j fo : $90,000 j damages. ' . -The proprietor of the Southern' Pa : '' Vif.o hotel, at ;M0an, Tenn., is found in .V clc?et of'the iuiiding with' his h'ead terribly. i)e4ten;fth affair is a mystery. ; r-EUoepej V Deb 3. declare himself a . Bocialist Congressman Hittl opens tl-e contest for the Illinois senatorship; , tHere are at least five other' candidates , - fJr Senator; Palmer's seat- At Way- cross,"Ga4';v7.i-H.' UTilliams, manager of ' - theriiX hotels shoots', and kills Vj..Wilso:i In .a-) suburb of Jt lilght a man named Tom shoJts 5 and . instantly kills as they sat at- the tea "razy dfunk'and when to be unconscious of as -talk , of lynching. e safe of the Bank Mo. The .Commo-" A jksonvilte for Ciep 1 V a cargo of muni- I vsaTedTSpsed to the president s, of the Cuban . republic-: The .Daunt--: less has .not, yet, returned o part to take on her, caro4r-The Raleigh leaves f JaeksonytUe.Vit' is ithought, to search hf fkimntodors jLd sfae tnat sne xia u. violated the.netritit-y laws. ' , ". - ' '-' - obeign:. - -i Mh; . : . ftvnprai "Goraezf offered to General tit ?aays peiojre tne iaiiw bvb General Weyler, to letter -was turned over as j usV been-publlshed he landslide 4nL; Roth . eontlnues--U-The Latl- qieraltar- The Cubans poet on the coast hay.e a Danish iruhboat Madrid tin ji-. 'in "fca Vler; r : publish articles . condernn V admihistratlbh in Cu bing the recall of JVey- Iment suppressed the is newspapers r-Congress- f the house committee on j Js how in Havana for nforroiBK hlmselton the i Weyler says there tnBiire-ents In Pinar del 1 ' " r AND AVHiSON Conference Claiming Sixty i i ie Lesislature The Recent k. . :-'" ' .: to The Messenger. .. 1 r . lC., Decentber 31. The lintendent is here to look ck on the Seaboard Air ioi ; Superintendent 'Ion mark of. the crowbar with : -jvas moved was found li. The crowbar had . been a. section hpuse' of the Sea ne''t -; ; ';:: ; ' Ayer ' says by bis.. count y' populists in the legisla I '!tt and Otho "Wilson were ;.,n this afternoon and again , and current belief is it has j do -with the senatorial t the Illinois Sematorahip ember- Sl.: Congressman returned from Washing aratory "to leaving for ursday iext - to open l ensrage- In the- con - t United States n THE ' HOUSE COMMITTEE CJQ - 7 , 7 -.' . X M, C.D.S Goodyear Asks th8 Committee '. to Place All jLrtmber on the ljtat 92.00 - per lOOO The Mrlmlnatton In Favor , of Maine Products Southern Men Wnjt rTTellow Pine Protected Free Kew Pap r Asked For as Protection Against tte . Trust. ' " . :-: ' , -. ; - -' .; V Washington, Deoenrber 3LThe two industries, woods and maiiufactures Of 'wood- and pulpj paper -and 'books,' were' the subjects of the liearing today by the committee Of ways and means. The hearmg was opened 'onTiehalf of the-lumber, interesjts py Mr. G. p. Goodyear, of Buffalo, who had been designated for the purpose by the Cin cinnati lumber convention, andwjib was accompanied hy twenty-our oth er representatives of that Industry. Mr. Goodyear said that recent events don-' Yinced the lumber people that the pro tective Idea would prevail at. l.east.Un'til the assembling of a new congress. 'As suming that . protection to '.American Vlabor and Industries would be the pol icy- of the incoming administration, the lumber people were here to demand what was due them. There was invest ed' in this industry $750,000,000. It was one of the most Important industries deserving consideration at thejhands'of -the committee. There were j at . least 600,000 persons directly' engaged In it, and altogether there were 3,000,000 peo ple receiving their, livelihood 'ronj. tin j great and imTxrtant industry. He sai that the lumber men were not .asking anything exorbiant, nor beyond what wais reasonable. What they asked was substantially that white pine, j hemlock, bass wood arid' sycamore be placed! on j the same footing as-spruce, which was now protected by a duty of $2 per 1,000, while the others had only a protection of $1. tThder all tariff legislation, he said, spruce had remained under the $2 clause. Under this protection the pro duct of Maine, represented by those m congress .who looked after he? weltare, had never failed .to have protection! to the extent of 42 per 1,000 feet, wiile white pine, hemlock, sycamore and all the other 'woods were protected in the extent of $1. . : r ! The' chairman 1 (Mr. Dingley, of Maine) remarked that Maine was a pine' tree' state. K ; ; " 'Yes," Mr. - Goodyear replied, "a pinei tree state without any ipine, Wt with a lot- of spruce, of which a new crop can- be - raised . every -v thirty years." - ' ", - ' .- - j ' ' Mr. Dollivar, republican, i of Iolwa, asked whose fault it- was that other lumber liad not received jthe same pro tection as-spruce. . I ' j i "It was the fault", of the lumber men, themselves," .said Mr. Goodyear. "Until 1892 they never seemed to have awak ened from their lethargy.; They came here at that time, but the sentiment ait thatatime was directed against the pro-i tective idea and they .failed Jo accom plish What they asked for. Now fthe lumber men of this country are arous ed and they havef learned of the ! im portant features of the: tariff act bet ter than - they "did before. They have found out that under free trade, as it exists under the Wilson act,l their in dustry has gone into decays ana jnac today they are1 suffering from foreign competition to an extent that'they nev o aiifPM-a before.-The failures among lumhop mpn have been larger than in. W arty orner large anu leajuine jnuuur. It amounts to almost paratysia jin avmc sections of the. country. In the State of if-.-oif?".in .nd in the northwest gener- oiw vio nav rolls for dumber have fall en off more than 40 per centj since the free trade tariff bill has been in opera tion. y-i ... -; .- J. l0 The "Chairman uo you a& v 'v the duty Of $1 placed on altkindsi of iuj"u - VXT . ot v.,. W(L ask that the duty of $2bd applied to all kinds cf lumber. Canada is p nnmntHnr in WWQS.S 1U uuui.o Here the government demands iW per - 000 on Its stuifipage, against 50 cents in Canada. Labor in.Canada. is 1 U the lumber men-pad,over 000 annually m xaa.es UIi " J" ;, while tbe Canadians pay nu lhj. -v In his opinion, i.iic railroad ties, ples-and fence raiis wivi i"- v be continued. JX, . The chairman remaraeu w vanni from lumber, that be- ?0,;Wesurdedded. 1,300 i.OUO m reeuuc - - . . h nriviiege ot liuywi"" iiauiv - . .,.. nr,r. worth of lumoer Be v-.w. .tQ rt thia erovern- out ary " . , menu- . , . u ,r lnrnhpr , The act of 1890, ne b" ""V ..r totinn of 50-pericent. ".v.. .iioMi an uvpraee of 69 per ana mat m j.o-l t j, cent. The .lumberi men were no wfts k ing $2 per 1,000, an average of about 20 npr tnt.. and a o1"" - ' - . ".riHin, warranted: it a combination or trutsi -hj Mr. Gpoaypap--iwie xXKiS Thine in-existence in me, tis.-" and it is net possible, v . 2 j peared on 'rf Jthern plumber and asked wny n siiw?!S. ? L nated against in favor of ofton, tobac John Norris a newspaper .manager f kI Vnrft advocated putting paper on the free list, -Heays the jnewspapers of the United States were not at the mercy of a combine of paper mills to keep up the price of newspapers, for the proprietors' of the larger vMWg were ible-Ho,.- and did bufld miljs fit their own. But, a combine existed which kept the price of paper M 2 cents a pound,' when it cottld ,bft fsad .and profitably sold ai eiiu yyr take the present duty, oft paper, he said," wpuiu be a cheek upon- monopoly anu fa nommatf figure.-; Mr. Norrisaid" the large frjilli had driven ?he smaUer m. wit f ttflt. business L-of making this paar-. iincM t - Ex-Representative W. -sSSff " Massachusetts, denied the BtataJf m Mr. Norris; . No combination, h'efisfa..?; had been formed or was contemplated. Norris,. he said, knew this, or should" know it. as well as any one. The -ob ject, he saidi'of 'the fifteen -or. twenty gentlemen wiho came together- a -year and a. half ago was to consider wheth er they could not put their plant3 to gether and operate them so as to effect great economies, and be better able to compete ' with outside manufacturers. From calculations a then .made it had beea found that from one to one and a half million dollars a year; might be saved on the-' output " of t the -various, mills -byicombinations They -did not contemplate saving that for themselves. Thpv did not aslcfor iti He would keep the present duty : on1?ook and news paper.- ion wooa - puip -? t wuuiu iq. ai specific dutyS,' On . the . laat, named article he asked only, the diff erane. be tween wages here and abroad. . Ex-Senator Warner Miller of rTeW Tork, followedlMr. Russell.- He knew of n "combine to" put up tl price of paref , or contr61 its c-'-ut. If news-t--..-- a cor"" ' r 13 v ' i DISMISSED FR03I OFFICE." ' Uorernor Morton KeinoTM inspector lien 'era Mct-ewee for Severe rlticism of the TGovernor and Others ijr Bis Snerler &mui.i ' fr.f 'V:t .-"I;-: - Albanjr,: N. ; x,, r?IeeDbr 31. Gov ernor Morton this afternoon, took sum mary 'action and removed Frederick C. iMcIjewee, inspector geseral, on his staff, jffrom of&cel airid a tjtie' sarise tirrie appointed Captain Hoffman, of Elmira, : in his place. Captain Hoffman 'has- al ready: been appointed, t? ", serve as in spector general on Governor . Black's staff:;7'- . )X' .. - --1.-.7 Adjutant General McAlpin arrived , at his pfflc today. He was vry silent and angry when' he read Inspector Gen eral McLiewee's report for the past year whch was published in thlsmorn- ' ings paper. This report contained se vere criticism on Governor Morton, aa commander-in-chief; Adjutant General McAlpin and!: brother officers, and aroused j.- the wrath : of nearly every' memberj of J:he national guard in Al bany from Governor Morton down. '.AdJut&nt General . McAloin immedi ately sdught Governor Morton at the exe6ttOVe chsm-ber,,? The- eoverwivAfatyi cisms of his superior officers and was about; to act He immediately promul gated, aj order for General McLiewee's removal j A court-martial was suggest ed, bu this was thought to be too slow a procedure, especially as General McLiewee's twenty-five years' service in the1 gjuard would have fended, tonight when he goes cat of office; General McAlpin said today: "The regulations require' that a report of a subordinate officer should" be filed with his chief , whose ! property it is. This was not done by General MCLewee. He gave j the report out himself In New York and took pains to pointl out to the newspaper men the superior offi- agalnst, whom his revengeful thrusts were aimed. The regulations also say that a report containing crit icisms of officers of the guard shall be confidential.: Here : there was I also a violation by General McLewee. ! He has also violated the regulations m many other; particulars.. His main violation, however,, was his disregard of that. principle article of war which prohibits a subordinate officer from criticising a superior officer. The . governor" as commafider-in-chief , took the most ap propriate action he couia , unaer ,tne circumstances", and removed General McLewee." i A SENSATION IN MADRID. A Suppressed Letter From Gomes Propof- '. ing Peace Fight Between Cuban Battel y and Spanish Gunboat Weyler's Keca l Demanded Congressman Money in Cuba . . i i ' Madrid, December 31. A mild sensa tinn'riAs hpen crfa.ted here bv the nub- lication of a letter written by IMaximo' Gomez the CuKain insurgent leader, to General 'Martinez Campos, dated four days prior to the date on which the latter Was replaced by General Weyler in the Office of captain general of Cuba, offering to establish peace in Cuba pro vided that acceptable terms could be aerreed udoii. General Martinez Cam pos, being on the eve of his retirement, turned the letter, lover to general Wey ler. ' i i Havana, December 31. Reports have been received here that on December 14th,l tie Spanish gunboat Vasco Nunez Balbo4 fired upon a rebel stronghold at Maravi, near Baracoa, in the province of Santiago de Cuba- The rebels re plied to the attack and a rapid ex change of cannonading ensued, but the rebel patteries were finally silenced. The guntioat received slight damage to her hull, boats and rigging from, the enemy's shots and had two gunners in jured, j i Official reports' give' details of two encounters between the troops and parties of rebels in the province of Matarizas, in which the rebels were de--feated; and dispersed with the loss of seventeen killed land many wounded. The 'troops had five men wounded. Madrid. December 31. The imparciai and Heraldo today published articles condemning the-military administration in Cuban and pointing out that despite his oft repeated promises, Captain Gen eral Weyler has" practically accom plished very little in the direction or suppressing the rebellion. Both papers demanded tjiat Uenerai weyler oe re called and that. I General Azcarraga, minister of war, be appointed in his placej ' . it : The! articles caused a great sensation in the city, and the government, f ear ine trouble would follow, ordered that the issues of both papers be seized. The Gazette official will tomorrow publish a memberj of decrees regarding the administrative and other reforms to bej: put into effect in Porto Rico. A preamble, written by Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo dealing with the colonial policy of Spain, will accom pany! the decrees si' - I Havana, December 31. Th .Hon. H. D. Money, a member of. the Committee on foreign affairs of the . American house of representatives, .who is now here , studying the Cuban duestion, de clines to make atiy statement regard ing his proposed method of inquiry in to the' insurgents' side of the question. It is r hardly believed j?robaVie that he k jaKio ,n ohtfl'irT . afe conduct 1 that will allow him to reach the rebel Mnrtrlfl. baa had an interview wren Genferal Weyler at the latter's, camp nai Candelaria When questioned if Ive'woyld issue an edict asserting that the province of Finar flel Rio had been pacified, General Weyier said 'he would not iadoDt such a measure. He added Ka4 his modestv and prudence coun seled him only to dictate measures for the Organization', of the iorces remaja tnir in the orovince to pursue bandits It .was his intention, he declared, to sendwo-tbirds of his forces to the tmviHTif) of Havana Matanzas and Sahta Clara and to strengthen the cen tral trocha which extends from Juraro 'to Morron; He would also, order he ri.-Hrm.tjlon inthe- cities -and towns of all tbe yd4ents in the" province, of -Havana, as toe aa one fn rinar;u Rio. " - - -- , : ao-a?iTr he auear cro General Weyler 'said ' he would decide - acoord tr. h fipumstances whether or ,not to alow the! planters, to grind, v rr 4-tr -o,TVOira 1 Wild in OOTielU' slon that there are now, only 500 rebels i Tinwinv of "Pinar del Rio, and hat they Were dlyWed nto two 0ands coiKianaea py, .uta ;---y , - easet.".". j. ',XXX'-s'-' -X::-'' The Farmer's Golden Rule. - It la nKt new story, but until res truth is fully realized and acted upon itannofrbe told too often to the farm ers of theouth ,hat their road to Inde pendeoca 18". through the practice of raisinr their own JOod suplies Make at home the thing jecpssary for the support of the people ahd a&im&.l on th farm may well be called the farm er's golden rule: 1 is a Kratifying fact that many of -our. farmers? in Georgia and Carolina have.acceptedtherepeated admonitions of the press along this line, and the supply :- of -foodstuffs - that 'is raised in these states grows larger an nualiy.' Our farmers buy less corn and meat than ever before Let them pro duce their own wheat, raise their mules, hbrses; cows, bogs and heep, and pay more attention to the garden, dairy and poultry nrard, and they: will live -better and have more money at the end of the year! Give the . food crops first .place in your- calculations, and -then raise cott" " " p. -Tioney crorj.' When 1 ; THREE PERSONS SHOT. THE DEADIiY WORK.; OF A MAN J CRAZED WITHrljIQUOR. '.. ; Tom Flanagan In a Boarding House In ' the Sorborbs of Atlanta Deliberately and Wltboat Provocation Shoeta- Down His - Landlord, Hia Wife and a Young lady, While Seated at tbe Tea "Table Threat of Lynching Unconscious, of Hia Crim , Atlanta,1; Ga., Decemher 31. Tom Franagan, a carpenter, kiUed three per sons tcuiignt near Decatur, in three seconds. Flanagan boarded with G. W. Allen and wife, an old couple-who lived in Dekalb county,, just beyond' the city limits. The Aliens were an old couple "both over 70 years of agel They kept a 'boarding house and had -five boarders in, all. At 7 o'clock tonight the Aliens and their boarders sat down to supper in their dining room. Flanagan was in an adjoining room. He had been, drinking, but. the family did not know that he was drunk. - He ally he appeared at the door, leading from his room into the dining room, and without a word began firing a pis-: tol at the people seated at the table His first snot struck old Mrs. Allen and she f elh over fatally wounded. The next shot hit the aged husband and he dropped to the floor. The boarders were, now springing from their seats to escape. Just as Miss Ruth ' Slack rose, a bullet struck her in the head and she fell dead.- The others ran out, followed by the remaining bullets in Flanagan' pistol. The : old .man and his wife died on the floor in a few min utes. - ' The boarders called for help and a posse soon rushed into the house, and itobk Flanagan prisoner without re sistance on his part. He was too drunk ito realize what he had done. When I asked' why he had committed the crime, he did not know anything about it. He seemed to -be crazy drunk; The', marshal' of Decatur brought Flanagan , into the city to get him away from the scene, as there was talk of 'hangiiw him before morning. The marshal placed him in the county jail here, but he did not know any of the circumstances of! the ' triple tragedy. Flanagan was still too drunk to .talk intelligently atooiut it, and when he be gan to sober up he' sent for Judge Hill yer. The attorney haid an interview with him and then asked the jailer not 'to allow any one to see Flanagan,. Judge Hillyer refused to make any statement.! " Very little has been learned about Flanagan. The city police do not know him and -his fellow boarders say that he wast not intimate with any of them. They Were so demoralized by the sud denness of his onslought that if they did know him- well, they cannot giv any of his past history. . So far a: known ! he had never, shown any evi dlence of insanity and he seems to, have been crazed by drink. He was away from the Allen house nearly lal i day and when , he returned late in Ihe afternoon had a bottle of whiskey from which he drank heavily prior' t the supper hour. One of the boarders says that he wi not aware that Flanagan was entering the room until he heard the first pistol shot, and saw Mrs. Allen fall Docking up, he saw the crazed man standing in the doorway, within arm's reach alt most of the table, ' taking deliberate aim at Mr. Allen. Then all tbe others made a break for outdoors. Miss Slack, who was related to the AllehsL sat terror stricken for a moment, and was . the last to attempt to escape. Flanasran stepped into the room, and thrusting the pistol almost against her head, fired. ! The Aliens had lived in thesuouros Vfor years. They were wejl known in Their neighborhood, i THE COMMODORE SAILS. She Clears for Cienfugog, Cuba, With a Cargo-of Muuitions of fCVar Consigned to the President ef the Cuban Republic. j Jacksonville, Fla., December 81. The steamer Commodore, commanded by Captain Edward Murphy, formerly of the steamship Laurada, . was granted clearance papers today by the collector of customs and left port with a cargo of arms .and ammunition for Cienfue- gos, Cuba. , The arms were loaded openly at the railroad wharf and no attempt was made to prevent any . one from seeing what was going on. The cargo was shipped by H, P, Fritgt-toi this city, and was consigned V Cisneros, president of the Cuban ' public. . ' . Spanish vice Consul Potous rernseq. tn vise the clearance' DaDers on the ground that amis could not be shipped to a Cuban port without permission of the governor general. He filed a for mal protest with the collector against the vessel being " allowed to depart, The protest was filed by the collector and the vessel was allowed tor depart, as clearance had been granted- The Commodore carried a crew of- twenty eight men, 20,000 cartridges, X75 rifles, 1,000 pounds of giant powder and other munitions of war, besides a quantity of medicine and stores. ! " The Dauntless has not yet returned to load with the cargo of munitions of war, although permission has been granted her to clear for Neuvitas, Cu ba with arms and ammunition. Noth ing nas Deen neara or ner since sne ierx : her& Tuesday afternoon to go wrecking, 4 as her owner says. The sudden departure of the cruiser Raleigh, from Key West, at 1 o'clock this morning' has caused considerable uneasiness' in Cuban circles, for it is believed that she has been ordered to stop the Dauntless J- anjd Commodore, aid search them to ascertain If they are violating the law by carrying I a body of men aswejl as a cap go of arrjiS). If the men are found on either steamet" the vessels will be seized and brought back to this port. ; i . t. , ' The Three Friends returned to port todsrandJs in charge pf the collector of customs. Her crew eame ashore Im mediately, and disappeared None of them would talk, but it Was ascertain ed that the story of the encounter be tween the boat and a Spanish cruiser is true, and that the. Three. Friends did return the fire of the coaster and tfi cruiser: - No damage was done to fcHw the Spaniard or the tug. Xj ; ? ' '-' - "j,.-.- ancea. -. , r . . Washingt6n,lT)ecember 31. "The -department has heard nothing regarding the movements of. either the Dauntless or the Commodore" said Assistant Sec retary. Curtis : of theTtreasury today: ''Iaav .nothing: to- be eftntinued, -"regarding Hhe report that the Spanish consular 'Officials must vise the clear ancesJ. When the officers . of the vessel and rOwners of the-jeargb comply with the laws of the United States the col lector "will erant . the .clearance. The vise of the consular officers is a matter of Spanish regulation' to govern the vessels' right: to enter, Spanish ports. The master and consignors must ar range that with-, the proper officials,, or take their chances of being refused en trance it is somet' Ing with which this gore .-.meftt has r- ihing to do. ' DUN &' CO:'S REPORT. Summary for the, Week and for the Tear. The Tear Closes With an Epidemic of -'- Failures-The Business of 2 the Twelve - Mentha Compared With Previous Tears. New Ybrfe December 31.4-R Q. Dun & Co, In their weekly preview of trad4 Saturday", . January- 2nd j.wlll sayM i.nere nas Deen more commercial r all ures in 1896 than in any previous year, except 1893-4about 14,890, against 13.197 last year, wifth liabilities of about $225, 000,000, against $173,196,060 last year, an increase in number of aboutjli per cent, apd In liabilities of 29 per cent. .The year closes with an pidemic of. failures, mainly at the west, and in banks, loan and trust companies, or concerns dependent on them. The ac tion of clearing houses in various places Indicates no want of confidence, and several banks which have! failed will be enabled to pay in full, but dis closures of unsoundness in a few wide ly known institutions, in the abnormal state of popular feeling after an ex cited contest on monetary 4 issues, has caused, distrust ahd suspicion where it is: frequently undeserved. There " has been no monetary pressure to cause Rouble, nor have Important western products declined in value. There has evidently been too, liberal assistance given by some fiduciary concerns to speculative operations. No drain on eastern funds has resulted since the first alarm at two large failures, and the money then sent has all returned. Failures often grow more frequent as annual elements approacjh. In none of the industries has there been ' activity the past week. Holiday dullness has been intensified by the failures and the efforts of great com binations to make new, arrangements. With iron, steel, wool, cotton and hides, all gomewhat lower, there is almost universal confidence that business will soon become largerand safer than be fore for a long time: Cottoh mills have enormous stocks of unsold goods ' in some lines, the surplus of Sprint cloths being, the largest ever fknown and about a quarter of year's consumption. Wool sales 'decreased 24 per cent, in the first four months, and -ere smaller than for five years; decreased 56 per cent, in the second four months, When new wool was coming forward "and were much the. smallest - ver known, except in the' panic of JSTJ: but enor mous sales, mainly -speculative, made .the aggregate during - the last four months neatly equal to that of last year. . - I - - ; The volume of businessl during the year 1896 has varied remarkably. Pay ments through the, clearinghouses were slightly laTger in each of tihe first four months than in 1895, but 0 per cent, smaller than in 1892. n the six months, May and October inclusive, payments were every mojnth smaller than last yea 15 per cnt in Septem ber and , in .that month md October about24 per cent, smaller than in 1S92. In November a small fenprovement over 1895 appeared and fhe -decrease from 1892. was but 12 per pent., but in December payments were 9.8 per cent, smaller than lact year, and 20.8 per cent, smaller than in 1893. Railroad earnings were slightly larger than last year in each of tie first seven 'months, and smaller eacti month in 1R92. In August and' the (ater months there has been a decrease as great as '12 per cent, in November fronv 1895, and 16.2 per cent; in. August from 189?. i The. exports from New iTnrk in De cember were 5 per cent, larger and im ports 12 per cent, smaller than last year. ; ;- - 1 " . -i ) . i ; PENITENTIARY WORK, Net-.Tork' Prisoners to ciae Manufac ture of Articles in Competition wKSi Free Labor. ' I Albany, N. ; Deceniber 31. The prisoners in the penal institutions of the state tomorrow will eease work on manufactures which comiP in competi tion with outside labor. The new con stitutional provision which goes into ef fect tomorrow provides taf. they shall be employed in making ajrticles needed by the public institution! of the, state and its political divisions. ' In discuss ing the plan ofvork which is to be carried on in the prisons jfrom now on, General Lathrop, superintendent of prisons, today said: "There are 3,100 inmates of the. state's prisons, 2,000 of whom should be furnishied with em ployment; The quantity and diversity of articles needed by th public insti tutions of the state and thje cities, coun ties and towns is almost fcvithout limit. The prisoners will all be if ept employed whether they produce anything or not, until the new plan is fully established. The use of machinery . wjill be done away with as much as possible. Two hundred men will' be employed on hand looms as in the old'daysJin the manu facture of blankets, el'otq for clothing, 'sheets,' pillow eases, and other articles. Qite a number will alscjj be kept em ployed all of the time breaking stone which will be used by' tjhe .cities and towns in road impfovemejjnts." . . j ; The Bermuda Sails, , New Tork, December 3. The steam er Bermuda, which gained wide' noto riety early in the year'as6 a Cuban fili buster, sailed this morning ii baljast, ostensibly for Bermuda tm a wrecking trip, ! Captain William Scott ' was in command of the vesseL That there is a well defined fear in spme quarters that the filibuster is abojut to engage in another expedition -tp Cuba was evidenced by the fact-that the United States revenue cutter Mnhat'tein pre ceded the Bermuda to-$ea with the purpose of keeping her company as far n Q A omt twa f?J?f 'J M$'J .5ie 4 ; , ' t ' . .. .. ated. - ' - ' 1 iThe revenue cutter Manhattan: did not go out to the three mile limit with the Bermuda, as was given f out by treasury officials .this morning. The cotter left the alleged fiiljbuster at the "Middle buoy," near th junction :.of the Mainship and Swaah Channels in the lower bayJandiretrur.nd to the city. As thi yessels-parted company the Rer rauda .gave three prolonged blat f her steam whistle as a aalatwj a little, sarcasm to which ' he eytler people $& not repi, , . Th agents and owners of th. Berj muda deny absolutely that tne Is'bound on an unlawful jnispVon J and particu-y-f. nWng expedition. They msist tnat 'Be jg en roU to Bermuda Y3, t0VZ'it6 this city the stieamer Tyrian, TnichIs there disabled and cannot be Repaired at that port, " i -. X - he-InJunctlon Denied. 5 New York, December 31.-Orustice TTuax today in the -supreme court de nied the motion made Ion behalf of Mortimer Hendricks," a "!bondholder ; of the Manhattan elevator road, to enjoin the directors of the roa from paying dividends on January 2nd. Mr, Hen dricks' contention waes that the road was not. earning sufficient to pay div idends and that the payment of former dividends on the stock of the road w) UlegaL He further contended - that a continuance of "the payment of divi dends was detrimental to, his Interests as aTsondholderV - '. -'' ' - ' . : The Rathmore XAndslidVe Continues. -. i. Dublin,. December' 31.-3-The landslide Which occurred near Rafhmorc-county Kerry, on Sunday and Monday has not yet subsided. The bog Is moving toward the river and there are fears of a fur ther sliding of the hill behindit, -:, . ; ,THE JRAIH URECKERS , TH12 EBIiOODHOUi;D3 PAIIi - TO FOIiliOW: VP- THE - TRAIIj.' A Heavy Rain. Throws Them' Off After a Two - Mile Bun Bumbrs. of . Railway Building To Extend Duration of PublJe SchooC audge Tlmberlake's Attack on . Governor Carr-The LAngdon-Henszey , Suit-Justice Clark's X.ength of Service on -the Bench ! tMs ......; ..y- - l- . : Messenger Bureau Park HotelJ.-. 4 i !Raleigh, N. C. December1 St i . The attempt ta trail the train wreck ers, with bloodhounds failed. W.- ? B." Hartsoe, of Burlington, N. C.; came here with two, tine hounds and these took up the trail at the point where the freight train "on4the Seaboard Air Line was wrecked nignt.. before last.. The; trail was seventeen hours old but the dogs followed it. two miles until they reached heavy woods. Much rain had -fallen and in the woods this had washed, out the trail. Hartsoe said : "But for this rain w suld have had some fun. As it is I am put $1,000. for that amount would have been paid for the capture of the train wreckers. I believe they were two white men. One wore a number five : round-toed shoe and the other a number seven or eight sharp-toed shoe:. My two dogs are ex cellent ones. I paid $125 for them in Indiana." i i . : . Many compliments are paid Conduct or Yearby for his presence of mind in sending out his train crew east and west along the tracks of the Seaboard Air ! Line and the Southern, to warn train of the wreck. As has been said, the tracks are in a few feet of each oth er and some of the derailed ears were piled -on the Southern's tracks. ..En gineer: Robertson, two of whose' ribs were broken, walked into the cfty. ' Ex-Governor 'Jarvis is -here and spent some time at the executive office today. , Justice j Walter Clark, of the supreme court, is now the oldest , in point of service on the bench. He has served, twelve years. It is learned that, Oliver H. Dockery will be here next week. He is an aspir ant for the senate. ! The railway commision has received an inquiry regarding the prospects .of a railway to Southport. In sopie way an. opinion gained currency that the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway intended building a road to that point,! or rather-extending its line from Wil mington. ' ' . ' - i ; , i It appears that The Tribune, the re publican daily here, will hardly appear before January 15th. This is because of delay in receiving the presses. The length on, an average in the5 state of the terms of the common schools for white children is only sixtythree days in. the year. Populists say the greatest efforts will be made to add at" least an other -month to the term. . f Among the holiday, marriages that of Paul Nichols, a Cumberland county farmer aged ,84 years, and a girl of 20 years, easily takes precedence. . There is renewed talk of the exten sion of the Aberdeen aid Rockfish rail way to Fayetteville. 1 , There is a good deal of comment up on Judge Timberlake's attack on Gov ernor Carr for the latter's action in pardoning the three -officers, who were convicted of using undue force in ar resting, a negro charged with larceny. It is asserted here, on. high authority, that the entire white population of Edenton approves Governor Carrs ac tion and that -all criticise' the conduct of Judge Timberlake.' This comes from one 'of the most intelligent and Influen tial citizens of : Edenton, The latter further asserts that before the trial Judge Timberlake had the negro closet ed in his room at night. . Belvidere, the home of Governor-elect Russell, was also the home of Governor .Benjamin Smith. S. F. Henszey, and Miss Kate Walt,. oi me LumnocK coal mine, Who were sued by S. P. Lansrdon, of Philadelphia, have applied to Judge Seymour, of the federal court here, for an order requir ing Langdon to file a bond before they are compelled' to file their answers to his charges. Their replies are oreDar,. ed, and will be filed as soon as Judge. oeyuiuur rules. . j The democratic state central commit tee held a meeting here this month the; oniy one neia since the election, j It was stated in the papers recently that the first engines used on th Ra leigh and Gaston railway were English built, This was an error. Albert John son, of this city, the oldest ltyln- rail way engineer, says they were American-built.' He' ran the. first one into Raleigh. Dr. C. D. Melver left for Wilmington today, . . . - 12 1 Atlanta's Post Office Raised to the First ... Class. Washington, December 31. On Feb ruary 1st next, the. postoffice at At lanta, Ga will become a presidential office of the first class. This advanof was pursuant td the postal regulations which provide that every free delivery city of 75,000 irthabUants or more shall be entitled to ia. postoffice of the first Class. The recent state census showed Atlanta to have a population o over 83,000. This aetion will make " three grades of letter carriers instead of two as at present, who will receive, as com pensation $1,000, $800 and $0&. All car riershaving served -two, years or more will be promoted. V ' Railroad Shops Closed. ''""'' : Zanesvilte, e-hJo. ,Dember1-J31.-Th.e Baltimore and Ohio shops in this city were today closed down.lndeflnitelyon peremptory telegrams from Baltimore Five hundred men are thrown out of. employment,' entailing a loss to the c ty of $25,000 a month. - " 3 Ministers Sliould Us Jr4HERE 13 NO, PEOFESSION. ',wbosa H labors soseverelytax the nervous sys tern, as thitof the'mihlstrj.'f The dei rangementof the nerve centers 04 the brain by over work, frequently brings on attacks of heart trouble; and nervous prostration. .Rev. J. P.Kester, M. Jastor -U. S3, church, London Hills, lite himself a thysi dan, writes Feb, 26,1853 --Heart, 'on J and nerrpus prostrtionfliad;j5ecci jso serious last fall that a little over work in the pulpit would so completely prostra e r itVi--Mnstrelin"--','! : Heart Cure "o' f f Restores fe"' ' i J.C3 :. - -vivil rUof every rj-ht and I can speak for Lours , I i r-eriy c't. Hard ovA-i kccp.L- Miles a hand.? " " t c is soli on'guaract' -." w ' 3 What a,5v.-c: : , zm -word-B.OR'. : Ingredient otisokp, - r 41- Kirkmari's For 5ale by all grpcersV , Beware of 1 '-'.;.s!i -- " T A. D'ATflFE: . - - 1 II Mil i f ' ..WILL .BEGIN TO-DAY. MEN'S, BOYS', CHILDREI Y. At 25 Per Cent. Below Rc r P. ice. Custom Made Wilmington's Leading C I V- ' '. ' ti& M I Ptt Time for the Cloaks am: "Want to have a bit of earnest talk with you on this matter; want you to believe every word we tell you. , We are going to make a, confidant of you. Here's the confession: . '. . ' We are overstocked and have decided to take a liberal loss now, while there are yet three months of winterbefore us. Better that than "wait till the sea son is about ended and then- begin. ' Every redustion is exactly as repre sented, and we shall make this the greatest cloak trading event in years. I Unfavorable weather conditions have forced this loss upon us. Merchants have to take these chances. - - We c ot. pLrsr Sole Agents for Butterick - . - - . . . S ' , ft ...... p-Lisr- - - Tfy Goods Miliinsr- r i c-rr jarti ... , - ' :.t- -'-' : u. S AAium -.. .jj-'.iX'l j:- . ;'. -V5 - . .v . AT ," . . ..." . 1 1 IIIMI1.'' YX:.Hi- QreatIliF'?v ' A -:m f Ai A:. :A& ; LIcidf3' Clpth (-mi x'J ! - - . ;tdiirmg "this weepomemalid ' takea look. ' v X x : . : J. T7.X0J WOOD, PfiESIDENT. Uiahtic --: A, -V ''--.. S r 'rx '"5 A' , 'xxxsm j . . - J'tAi j Of Wilmington, N. G. . . D '' ''--. ' - ' ' 'si'-'- --- '.- ' X' - ' " .. ' ' lOCALrpCKHOLPEKS. AliD f i I'MiwlTHEni ' xx:x; i :iXA: V .; . "-:iA- ' i ,' 'AX-AXX..:?r :: :Xaa-:',A :t?A :-:AAA '. :A . DI1WSIOTQRS :: - - ATi X'0-X XX, - t 7 - X3a W. KOEWOOD, - sp.M'jrin., . i.y. jU- WMi ; . i fAM'L BEAR, JE., f ' -v.- . 7j .,-' 4 Z , Im! O mm r ' - 1 1 M ' in... T. v Siii T X ::X RO. 9 Ml- bought for wint anc In. time, 'so we'll j. and make the 1 t c One consolr. ti i : a benefit, so -ifs el a nobody good." 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 1, 1897, edition 1
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