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,:.V: 1 r X -A 1 f - -t - . T . ' .' fISHED 1867. ''. j. WILMINGTON, N. SATLiRDAY, JANUlARX 2. ;18i7. - 1 . j.w- PRICE 5 CENTS. eSSTTI , . , I ....... . .-, ..- . ' I .-. - - lS - it' ! I . . , : . I - ' . ..... .. I . . k VUlC StJMMARV. 'j STATE. 7. 1 . I rihll.L . . 3 i-nT'n IS in xuitrigu iuiu sajo the senlitorlta fight; in iJVilsoh toe says, he has hocice -Otho Wilson says t Mie nnmtnfttilTi nt the nODU- fhcus-. -The reiount- of the ,iton-Young ballots, ended yester- roushton now will show how nvicts were allowed to vote- ckholders of thje Atlantic and arolina railroad have taken all 'of the road froifr the president rectors and. placed, it in the of the finance committee -The .the burning" of the Raleigh car plant Js only ?25,000r the .fesident of the company sayff it will fa rebuilt Ttfe railway commission Amends! its ruleas- to posting bulletins "of arrival and d'eparture of trains.) y DOMESTIC. fin going down.jthe rsver from Jack sonville -the v Commodore sticks in the Sd and the revenue tutter Boutwell s hefv off Henry Seerung, a minent- citizen : of Lincoln, Neb. .tnmltj cnicderno reatrorrjf?3rt!iS"aeecr J.n be assigned-: The inauguration ot rf.'Uovernpr Pingree,- of Michigan, was a very simple ceremony- Preparations are -about completed fqr .the Indianap ; oiisWmonetarv conferesnce; there has been some dropping off! of delegates- It issaid the men Itfelfson and Winner lynched in Missouri' .fob the murder of Winner's wife were innocent -At Bar- . field, :lIo.; Adolph Mavis kills Mrs. then Paine, a former sweetheart and takes his own .life The report of the committee of theVAmrican Bessemer Association on a plan t revive the pool provides for the closing , for a consider ation,, of the'smaller nllls and a few large ones to furnish the country with steel, billets -Two m n are killed by a c6Utsion on the Nev York Central railroad A terrific explosion occurs at Dowilep mills, near JiVconia, Ohio six neeroes are arrested, for the mur M : 1M IS i I f ? Vi J der ' of Ithe proprietor pf the Southern ' VYoungstown, Ohio several persons die V V.hile asleep from inhaling escaping ' coal as- Chief Ryari, of the Norfolk fire department is met on the streets '' and shot tw'.'ce by his assistant Cap tain .Wood; the "woundf? are. not mortal The sherift at a ui"- Vtice that a party from Greene and De Tkalb counties would, attack the jail last ' n(oKt fnr thf DUTOOSe Oj lyncnms c iui- agan the murderer; preparations -were made to receive them; j Mr. AJlen is not dead .nor is MJss fSlacK, but she is p'ar f aiyzed- At Danville, Va., J. W. Hot- t: land makes a 'assigiiment to secure 1plta.of S14S.100 foWvfhich he was ld- -' -Snpr for his brother the late C. G. - 'JTolland The Dauntless rescues from ' ofce.of the Florida keys the men whom tA? Three Friends -a.Ctempted to land inSriuba on her last rlp -Richmond,; 'W '"Has aTsso'.OOO fire 4-At Dallas, Tex., noted criminal is caitured while bur-; glaTizing a, dwelling -Minister ue ,-Lome pecfe'to the,sti.te department a copy of a' cablegram from the Spanish ' -fBicm minister settirtff forth the deci-i sion of thecabinet slto reforms to be,. made at once in Pofto Rico .na as Boon as possible in Cub A trestle is . burned on, ,the Augusta Southern rail road; the people on a train" have a' mir aculous escape Foikr hundred Italr "' ian cllon'ists pass through Atlanta r Governor Black, of New .' York, . was inaugurated yesterday Two suicides '-4., cenAV1 AuBtin' Tx-' yetrda'yi 1 , Havana dispatch, to Madrid says that fifty-one men who went out on the Three Friends last trip, and were land ed on a desdVt island were drowned in yl T v leave Jheisland; -The - i-t ial press$of Spain approve'ther ihe governmient in seizing the , r the two papeh denouncing the - of General Weyler Public .: - in Spain is grfeatly xcited oyer oorts of the destitution pf. the - i .soldiers in cjiba. especially of ..,!.- .o?aiJTt i4 said by a ? ill lilC uuoiiw: - . a paper that thje cabinet has.der ion Wevler's recall, but the pre- r Jias delayed action in the matter he drowning of (the cuoans on a Florida key, as telegrapnea ikioflr-M denied from jacKwa- iTlAU i . pnorai Wevler says the msur u'-"1-' -'-I f - . v. tts in jshed. Pinar del Kio nave TelegTaihM Sparks. Humbert, of Ualy. w illana- tne J..nc Tfopntions at the Quirmal . a r-nnspaueritly, qeen postponed. I . Hear Admiral Joseph Skarrett, United itatef navy,- Vejtlrefi) dieThursday night at his residency in Washington "Sward -Wright, cotirsd, was hanged -in the Jail-yard' at Jew Castle, Del.. Friday, for the murder of .Idarummel. aegro girl, on the night of My. 30.- 18S6. ; : ; " The statement of the isorfolk and Western railway company for October, jshows-riet earnings Of $il4,543, an Jn-. crease of, $7,370 over pctober 188o. For h rnni' months ended October 31st, Aorninea wdre $707,534. ft. de: VUt7 - ...... i - - ,.i . ' . 1 (1 T ri '. rr nirpd w It n I n P . .corresponding period lof 18ao. i . A Train von a IU ning Bridge. oti- Ga.. ' v January 1. News reachecfususta tonibht of the burning f fri-tlf. 1 on the 5-ugusta. Southern ; road about iprty-tv miles from this burned when the? . city. One span i'h? baggage car ' spanned thei burned jjwrtion when th w.in was hrmierht to a fitandstl4i, XN , one was injured. Tjie escape seem? -miraculous, i Every avldenee joints fo incendiarism. i " ! j . . f'i Inaugural of New Yoek's'Tiew Governor. -Albany, N. Y.. January l-Govemor .' Frank G. Black was inaugurated today. , ' Pleasant wpather ushered In his 'raug ; ural day. The cereniony was a. simple and impressive one. The' time neces-' sary to conduct the installation cere? monies was : brief. 4 Governor Black never cares for ostentation and the in augural exercises tojday were entirely ' in peeping with his iiws of such fnc vtions. ; " j ' j .. ' A Fire In Richmond, Va. - Richznbnd, Va., (January " L Fire broke out tonight Jin the furniture wareroomer of Waller Scott, and the large stocKv. was practically ruined,, either by being" burned or with water. The damage of iOOD is covered by in surance. The buoVlihg, :owned by the T C." Willikms estate, was damaged about $5,000 and wasj fully Insured. The lire'is supposed to have been caused by friction in the' elevator shaft, . - r- f- . . : - Two Morjs Snicides in Austin. ; -Austin. Tex., January 1. Following that of County Treasurer Jernigan yes terday, ther were jfcwo other suicides in this city last night. Howard C. Bell, a prominent drug clerk. tKk morphine, and his dead body jwas found on the outskirts of the citjr this afternoon. George Durst, a tailoy. .was f ound hang ing dead in his place of business, this, . morning. , ' - t - . .. -j - t .. r- ' TO CURE A COLT) IN OE DAT Talse JJaxative BiiDmo Quinine Tab lets.t Alt druggists refund thei money , , f it !aUa t Jire. : 2lo.: - - - - - T 4 'Z' A LAST SOCIAL FDNCTION OF MR. AND MRS. CLEVFIj iND IN THE WHITE HOUSE. The New Tear' Reception Beantifol Deo oratlona of the Apartment A Brilliant Spectacle Foreign BepreaentatiTes - In yOnnrt Dreas Army and Navy Officer in Fall rnftorm The Wife of the Chlneoe : Minister the Attraction of the Occasion. - Washington, January L-r-The annual new year's reception at the White house took place today, according t4 a long estalilish'ed . custom. It constitutes the yearly ordeal of the. president and the mistress of the White house for they must shake hands with several thou sand of their fellow citizens and a large number Of distinguished foreign ers. They bore' their part' heroically, however, and looked ; as fresh at the ending as fhey did at the beginJiing. it was the last function of Its sort in which Mr. and Mrs! Cleveland will fig ure as the j principle characters I and this may have been responsible in part for-tbe-thrang" -that paraded" 'corridors' and apartments during the time set apart for the reception. . The interior of the mansion: had been lavishly decorated for the occasion. A suggestion ' of the tropics ,waa given, by at survey of - the decorative arrange ments. In the dainty oval shaped Blue room, the official chamber of the White house, with its delicately tapes tried walls, the artiste effect was well carried out. It was in this apartment j tnai-tne-presiaent, Mrs. 4rieveiani ana the receiving party , stood. Soft hued globes tempered the gleams of elec tric light that filled the room. The two mantels were banked in solid masses of cutjlowers-rroses of many varieties ana xne rarest or otner Diooms tnat xne conservatories of the mansion could give. Both mirrors were draped in smilax, while the scintillating pend ants of the central chandelier were profusely entwined with the delicate creeper. In each or the three windows was a stately palm-s-one an ereca and the others of the , seaforthia variety- while smaller palms were banked around them, together with azleas and ferns. In the fire places were ferns galore fand the decoration i was; com'-, pleted by fringes of Ivy leaves around the doors and cornices. ,' . The Red room held-a profusion of tali plants and palms. Jardinieres of greenish! tinge holding growing plants comported well with' the A. permanent hangings of the Green room. ; ,J In the broad corridor leading from he East room, past the reception chambers to the private staircase at the westward end, a few rubber trees and palms sufficed for decorative pur-, poses, as all' the space that 'could be obtained there was necessary to ac commodate the constantly moving throng.1 Thosri who paid their respects to .the presiaenx ana mrs. -lveiana passeu Out of .the receiving chamber into the Green room and thence into- the spa cious East room, the scene of so many historical occurrences. Six hundred people. is the ordinary capacity of this compartment. Today it was filled to an' uncomfortable degree with foreign envoys, orncers ot tne army ana navy, high- Judicial functionaries, senators, representatives and many, civilians, with a large number of ladies. They were not so crowded, however, as to be unable to see and appreciate the floral -beauty displayed. As.; In every. Other part of the interior the East rpom had its ichandehers and cornices twined with smilax. Trailing arbutus also formed a graceful drapery.1 The. white jardinieres on all the mantels held Chinese primroses, rubber plants and einerias. Date and cocoanut palms sDread. ' their foliage high over the heads of the promenading guests. The broad and high- east winaow, was a mass of pomsetta palms, and- grouped about the bottom of these were, ferns a plenty: The mirrors, the embrasures, the fireplaces, were, all suitably ar ranged. ' ! . ' Eleven o'clock was the hour set for the beginning of the reception. .Before that time, members of the diplomatic corps; ambassadors, ministers, -attach-ees and their wives and daughters, had hriin to arrive and were ushered into the Red room where they awaited tfc signal' to pass along the line. Out in thP. Tuh11e lobby, the United States Marine band, under the leadership or " JL - - . r 111 1J a . 1. ni Trrrpssor jrancieuni whjito iuc nal tb play. Suddenly FaneieulH waiv ed his - baton ana tne various ini-u mnta burst forth into the well known air pf "Hail to the Chief." Down the pri vat .staircase came the president, Mrs. Cleveland, the members of the cabinet and their ladjes, led by Colonel John M. Wilson, of tne United States rmv sunerintendent of public build ing and grounds and master of the ceremonies. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. voa President and Mrs. Stevenson, !tiirv and Mrs. Oiney, jSecretary and Mrs. Carlisle, Attorney Genera and MrsS Harmon, Postmaster General Mrsi Wilson, Secretary, ttnd Miss Metoe-t Rfvcretarv'-md : Mrs. Lamont, Secretary twj liss Mortonj and Secretary- and . Mrs. iFrancis, an imposing nrnc fission. xassed ai'on the corridor to the Blue room and took then- pjaces, the president and Mrs. Cleveland at one end, wfth. Secretary Olney and Col onel-Wilson at their right, and- the ladies forming a iine across the apart ment. The cabinet officers modestly dropped to the rear and entejfe4 Into conversation, with some of the Jadifra, who -composed that contingent . e&m fnonly designated "behind the line." Tt first to greet-the president was .the Brttiel). , ambassador, Sir Julian "Pauncefote, " dean of the diplomatic corps. He was aeconapaaj.ed by Dady Pauncefote and daughters si4 fce at ta.hes of the British legatioh. Next came the ambassadors of France, Italy id Germartr, with their ' legations tnff Aftpr thMP rame the plain min isters, headed by enor Rdmeo, of MexT ico, and other dapiojat!? -reprcpenta tives i in the ordf r of tneir; fgnli of seniority. ' j A- year ago a Chinese woman was seen for fhe first time at the, opening function ot the official social ; season; She was Mrs. Yang Yu, the wife of the envoy from the Flowery kingdom. To day she came again and created quite as much interest and comment as she did" on her previous appearance ata. New Year's reception. Her wonderful silk, robes were-the admiration of all the w6mn present, while every man i pronounced he as pretty as a picture, and not a Chinese piotufe either., Her attractive little face beamed beneath a curious neaa areas umi la-my , guv? tered with precious stones. She drew the tfon's share of attention, f even more than her - husband and the silk gowned meinber3 of his: suite. Yang Yu's costume was resplendent. In Ilia wake came his secretaries aftd attach ees. It is probable- that Jthe pafticf ijttr ition of .th wives of Chinese ministers at" official oaJ functions will be a permanent thing. Mr. Yang Yu ,will be succeeded this year by another -distinguished fellow countryman and it is safe to say that his European wife will exercise all" the ? prerogatives to which her sex entitles her In her native land. The presence of Mrs, YmS was not the only mark of oriental adyanee. ment at the reception. When the Ko rean minister and his suite were an nounced the ; spectators Who craned tuoi r TiPfks to see the odd head dresses and arowns in which they had been ac customed to see the representatives of tho Hermit tongoom attirea, met witn a disappointment," for hey had dis carded their picturesque 'cosfumes .for 'the conventional garments of Butopev cm Mv.1i7m.ticm. aDtearlng - in them for theiflnrt time. at, the New Year's day vFro iocf nt thfi diplomats to pay his respects wa pernor. J- D. Rodriguez, the -,.43 . .AnvaaAnraiuP ni Liie ui , public of Central Amers (Honduras, - iNtearatrua and Salvador.) J I .-Secretary oineywno.iad.made ,tp Irte&Jmm S- rP- ?? :&f diplomatic body, stepped to the rear as the last of the foreigners had passed, and Colonel Wilson took his place to in troduce those that followed. Chief Jus tice Fuller led the line of grave look ing Justices of the federal supref,, court. Chief Justice Nott,- the new p siding officer of the United States co of claims.was followed by his associated on the bench. Chief Justice Alvey of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, a member of the Venezue lan commission, preceded the district judiciary. Then came . ex-members of the cabinet and ex-ministers of the United States.. Major General Miles, attired in, his full uniform, a broad golden scarf across his breast, indicating that he was the commanding general of the military forces, led the large contingent of army officers. Adjutant Ruggles and the various brigadier generals who preside over the bureaus of ' the war department i were immediatly in his rear. - " '- Rear Admiral Ramsey, Rear Admiral Walker t Commodores Matthews, Samp son. Hichborn, Melville and a number of other well i known officers composed the naval contingent. Colonel Hey wood the commander of ' the marine corps, led those under, him, and after them came General Ordway, and the general staff of ,the militia of the Dis trict of Columbia. Senators and jepjespntatives.. in-xon- "gresa "Tiaa struggled along before, and behind' the military and naval people. Speaker Jeed bowed past the receiving party, attracting considerable atten tion. Senator Sherman and other vet eran wearers of the toga were also present. - Black frock coats became the rule at .this 1 point and continued for some time. Passing along In the order assigned came the regents and secretary of the Smithsonian institution; the civil ser vice commission; the assistants to the heads of. the executive departments. and the heads of governmental bureaus. Carrying their tattered battle flags came the Associated veterans of the War with Mexico, all bowed down with the weight of years; then members of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion," the Union veterans Le gion, and the Oldest Inhabitants Asso ciation of the District of Columbia. It was nearly 1 o'clock when the pub lic reception began. Men, "women and' children of all walks of life passed in a seemingly endless procession through the reception rooms. For each '. the president and Mrs. Cleveland had a smile and a handshake.. At 2 o'clock the doors were closed and the last of the most trying social ordeal of the Cleveland' administration was over. , ' POLITICIANS ASSEMBLING. Talk as to the Senatorshlp Intense Inter est In Division of the Spoils Recount e f Votes in the Brough ton -Young Contest (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. (C, January. 1 W. S. Hyams, republican state committee secretary, said this evening: "J .am here for tjhe fight." Otho Wilson asked Hyams: "Am I your second choice for senator?" Hyams replied: "I have no second choice." Hyams says: "There are seventy-two republicans in the legislature?1- So Pritchard -needs four teen votes. . I have never counted all the populist members, because I cannot say what those will do" who were elect ed by fusidn with democrats. Otho Wilson tels. me they will gi into the populist caucus." Otho Wilson was then interviewed and said: "There are sixty populist members, all will gofinto the populist caucus. I nev.er knew one to fail.- I- will get a good Tsig majority of the populist caucus. If the. latter dominates' the senator I will be ' the man. 'Nobody else is in it." When asked' what were Guthrie's chances Wilson gave a cornfield laugn and said: "That's : my answer." He says Butler can hold the populists to gether. ' ;''(' ' It is a" fact that Wilson is at the ho tel all day with republicans who are Tfcere working for Pritchard. 1 E. S. Walton, of Morganton, is here and wants to be railway commissioner. R. A. Cobb, of Morganton, is on. hand as aspirant -for state librarian. Ewart says he expects every populist and republican legislator to be here by early Monday morning as there is in tense interest in the division of spoils. session and in the Congressman Settle arrived this afternoon. ,! The recpunt lof the ballots, cast for Broughion and 'jim Young fo the low ,er house in Wake, ended today. The clerk of the court in his report -gives Young two majority. Broughton will tomorrow take up the matter of con- victs who are permitted to vote, says fheke are lots of these. t . He SHORN QF THETR POWER, - New Move Against the Onteers of he Atr lantie and North Carolina Railroad. Electric'Plant in Raleigh to be Rebuilt , Train Bulletin Rule Amended. ! CSpecial to. The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, January 1. There' is a new movement in the matter of con trol of the Atlantic and North Caro lina railway. The stockhkolders have taken all control of the road from the president an4 directors and put it in the hands o the chairman of the fi nance committee. The president's office is now merely nominal, with a $12,000 salary. The selection of superintendent, secretary and treasurer was also taken from the control of the directors. The president of the street car com pany says actually on)y $25,009 was lost by the fire and that the plant will certainly t replaced. Senator Butler writes Chairman AyT he will be here .Sunday. ' ; ' The railway commission Issues 'the following order, amending ruje No. 14 governing posting of bulletins of "The bulletin- shall be placed In a conspicuous -place at the ticket office and notices thereon of arrival and de parture .of - trains shall be erased im mediately after the departure of trains." 8HQT HIS CHIEF. Chief Ryan, of the Norfolk Fire Depart; ment, Shot by His Assistant, Captain Frank Wood The' Wounds Not Mortal. ' Norfolk, Va., January 1. Chief Mar tin J. Ryan, of jthe Norfolk fire depart ment, was shot -this afternoon by Cap tain Frank Wood, assistant chief of the department., Chief Ryan was standing in the street between engine house No. X and fhe police station, when Captain Weed approached and making some rer mark drew a six-snopter and tired flye shots, when h was overpowered by bystanders who rushed to the rescue of the chief. . He was lodged in jail. Chief Ryan was taken to the hospital where It was found that he had' received two wounds, one in the right knee and one In the back. He will" probably recover. While the shooting was ' in progress, Mayor Mayo was writing an order sus pyidjng Captain Wood; from the de partment " lor drunkenness, which offense had' been reported by phjef Ryan. This caused the shooting. Cap tain Wood is an old and very valuable fireman and exceedingly popular. But his one weakness, fondness, for drink, was generally recognized, though V2 did not often yield to it. He was Intoxi cated when he ! did today's shooting. He Ufttm in jaiL THK ( INTKKT FOR XKNATllR KXl li KMKNT IN SPAIN iu, PRITCHARD'S FRIENDS ADMIT HAVING A HEAVY TASK. Jnstiee Clark's Friends Also at Work To Rebuild the Electric Plant State Banks in f ine Condition Eastern Farmers in Good Condition A Hoodoo Train Re publican Leaders Gathering Fight for the Public Printing. . Messenge Bureau, Park Hotel. Raleigh, N. C, January 1. The greatest Interest was manifested here today as to the rebuilding , of the . street car power-house and equipment. The stock is held by many people, most of them wealthy. .The line had not paid but about held its own and its lighting department was beginnig to earn money.- It appears quite reasonable to predict, even without official action by. the stockholders, that the equip-, ment will be renlaced. Directors ex press regret' at the light amount of In surance carriea (.only one-iounn . tne value of the property destroyed). It. trill berat leasTa month) It would seem, before cars are again running.- . . v' State Bank Examiners Crowder and Joyce have lust finished their exami nation of the banks and the state treas urer says their reports, show, the banks to be in fine condition. - The colored people celebrated emanci pation day in the usual style here to day. The weather was nne and the turnout large. The public buildings were all closed, but the heads of departments and clerks were at work, as they always are on all holidays save Christmas day. .Dr. Kemp P. Battle, ex-president of the state university, was here today re turning from a visit to :his home in Edgecombe county. He says the people there are in fair spirits. They are less in debt than at any time in years and are- more economical. The cotton mills ire making some money. There is tallf of a new bank at "ocky Mounf. . . Train No. 22, which was in the wreck on the Seaboard Air Line near here Wednesday, is a "hoodoo," , it seems. On it Gibson, Watson, Calient, Dan Hicks. Kittrell, Robertson and Oierby were hurt or, killed. It is considered by railway men an "unlucky train." , Populist State Chairman Ay&r insists that by his count there are not less than sixty populists in the legislature. He is extremely reticent- regarding the senatorial contest and contents him self with saying he knows nothing. Marshall Mott, Judge Ewart, Carl Duncan and Claude Bernard, all prom inent republicans, are here; It i" the senatorial matter which brings them. All are working for Pritchard. Mott says as much. He also says he is an xspirant for the position of . United states attorney for-the Western dis- n S SHth S ore him, but all declare he will be re- elected. H. L. Grant, the republican ! committeeman, . who openly charged Senator Butler with makinjr false state- 1 ments, says some republicans thought ; he went too far. but that he r&ally could not be longer silent. , In a quiet wa it appears that work 's being done in the interest of Judge Walter Clark as a candidate for the senate. " Nor are the friends of William j Guthrie idle. The Gazette, the negro organ, gets the Wake county public printing. The owners of The Tribune, the re publican daily, say they will, be in the ''eld as aspirants for the public print ing. . ... ' 1 The official organ of the negro repub licans has much ,to say regarding the Ight for the senate; that Pritchard is the friend of their race and that the i 'atter desires his re-election to such an extent that it would look with disfavor ; upon efforts in the future to get negroes ; to support Dopulist candidates if I Pritchard Is defeated; that the .popu Msts know the negro voters were among the most potent and zealous 'allies in planning and carrying out co-operation. THE STEEL. BILLET TRpST. A Plan to Pay the Smaller Concerns to Clse and a Vfvr of the Larger Mills to Supply the Market. Pittsburg, Pa., January 1. The spe cail committee appointed at the last meeting of the American Bessemer. As sociation, fo figure out a plan by which the defunct pool may again be. placed on its feet as the great dictator of prices in the iron and steel world, has completed its report which will ba pre- ' sen ted at a meeing of members to be held MQnday next, probably in Pitts burg, but possibly in New York. The identity pf be committee not known. The report prepared by them will, however,- astonish , the iron ' and . steel "world beyond doubt.The plan is that the larger concerns will buy up the allotment of the older and-smaller mills and pay the owners to turn the keys in the doors and practjeauje retire "vv 4- V n Vk i 1 1 ,wm o S n fo f iiTiV of" Tll oin aoo J u ,4 rtTxiw. idends that they will receive from the ; IH ty th conditlo?1S necessary to concerns that will make the billets for e5.ance i tha!right, as; was the whole country. In this respect the : -rffi Vle words majesty d billet -pool will emulate the methods sfF address the corses, by the ad of the nail pool, but with more hopes of vlCe of neJ responsible government up- success. The cosummation ol.tts pro ject means that the tr2e In billt and finished products would be confined to the larger producers, pr a e.ont;Hraon of production placed in the hands of a few large firms, who will then control production, set the price and share with thfe idle mill owners. A Noted Criminal Captured. -Dallas, Teas, January 1. A -burglar giving the name of Charles Wilson, and residence Butte, Mont., was captured here this morning, robbing the hoysp of Eugene Crowder, aswholosale druggist.' Chlff pf Pyiep Arnold Says the Rap ture is the most Importance made fey his force in years. Wilson, he cays, is an alias, and that the prisoner is one of the most desperate criminals in the country, having operated in the cities of New ""rrk- Chicago, Sts Louis, San Francisco," Los Angeles and New Or leans. Chief Arnold declined to make known Wfleon's tye W&nfUy untjl h.e communicate with police departments in various parts of the country, with the hope of capturing confederate!, No Joint Caneuses. Raleigh, N. C, January 1. Prominent republians from all parts of the state are assembling here to participate in the" greiat senatorial fight. Interest is greater I than ever before in a similar contest J Republicans here all declare for Prfltchard. Populist State Chair man Ayer. announces that populist members of the legislature will have no joint caucuses at the approaching ses sion. Two years ago there were many Joint caucuses. He says that the popu lists "Will act with the republicans in some (particulars. He has engaged forty-iilne rooms for populist members at one iotel. ; . f r I Italian Colonists. Atlanta, Ga., .January 1. A party of 400 Italian peasant farmers passed through here tonight- on their ,way to join tl&e Austin-Corbin colony at Sun ny Side," Ark. . These colonists came from tihe estate of Fnnce de Resnoli, Mayor of Rome, who superintends their location and emigration. l)cat f HL 7 Highest of all in Leavening i v IO ATXAUK AXIjAIMI A'fci JAIlj. I The Sheiiff Expecting A Attempt to Lynch Flanagan, .the Murderer Allen ; and Miss Slack "Not Dead Flanagan's LDefente Insanity. . Atlanta, Ga., January L Informa tion was received here pnight that a party of Greene and Dekalb county men would arrive during thejiight and at-! tack the county JaiL They .want to get- Edward Flanagan and lynch him for the murders, which he committed last night near Decatur." . -II H . . , The county, changed stiriffs today. and Sheriff Nelms placed ten extra men on duty tonight. j He has also notified the police and the! military that he, will call on them far necessary. Nelms is a -well known fighter, and an attempt to lynch his prisoner would be disastrous to the attacking party. If a mob should come to thejipity from the country it would p4 hard for them to find a leader desperate enough to make tne attack on the prison! The Greene county people are incensed because one of Flanagan's .victims, Miss Ruth Slack, lived there and was at Decatur on a visit. The Aliens have! lived in JJekalb county fpr years, and tneir neignoors are enraged. "Grand father Allen," who was knocked in the neaa ana was supposed to be deadre covered consciousness this morning, and will probably recover. Miss Slack is not dead, but she is paralyzed and; tfnconscious and the doctors say that she cannot possibly recover. Grande mother Allen" was buried .today. Flanagan sent for another lawyer to4 dky, W. C. Glenn, accompanying his njessage with a check for S500. It turns oUt that Flanagan had? considerable ready money in bank, amj he Had more than $500 in cash in his; pockets when he was brought into thejjail. The de fense will plead insanity.! . . - Flanagan says that he was in love with the child - Leila AHen and the family had consented to their marriage when she was older. He tates that he believed Yesterday that th)e Aliens were plotting tonave him arrested so as to get his money. He had amorbid imag-i inatlon and has made, parlous state-i ments about the Aliens! of late. Hef says that he offered 'Father Kennedy $1,000 if he would place Leila Allen iri a convent where she must remain until old- enousrh to m,arry. Fajther Kennedy is nut of (the city.. if : ! 1 Flanagan was for a tirite a traveling agent of I the Standard jf)il Company He says that, he came ol9rinally from Mississippi, tie is zs years oia. REFORMS PROPOSED .-'.'I ; ' - By the Spanish Cabinet ftr Porto Rico and Cuba To go Into Effect at Once i,n the Former and as Soon ms Practicable in the Latter. Washington, January 1. Renor de Lome, the Spanish here, furnishes the minister resident Southern Associ-f ated Press the following copy of a lei- egram from Foreign. Miater-Tetuan; 1 tne council or ministers, presiaea er today by her majesjty. the queen regent, a royal decree; j was signed which ..applies to the island of Porto Rico the laws of reform voted in theJ cortes on the 15th of MaBch 1895 . The preamble to thisl decree is of 'j the greatest importance tecause of the statements it contains regarding Cuba. It;, begins by 'explaining' the reasons why the reforms are applied today and wherefore this has , not been done before. Among other pTaragraphs i contains the following, which, owing to their importance, I copjf in their en tirety: : j : ' 1 j -'.!. . -.'' j , "In the actual circumstances, the government considers thit the proper time has arrived f or i griving to the world ample proof of its firm resolve to iulnu the engagements voluntarily contracted by the hatioii by implants ing and carrying, into effect in Porto Rico the reforms of the system of govK eminent I and civil administration. voted by! the cortes and sanctioned bv enlarged and extended Will be. applied in due time tq, Cuba. t j "In unfolding the basts .of the re forms wth that scrupulous care which, the complex nature of the case and itq many nd. varied. Rroblerosf demand, the undersigned roinisteHhas been in spired with ja. sense, of . the necessity of ample administrative! decentraliza tion, and has proceeded to the utmost limit, which the actual law allows, without diminution of ; ijthe inherent sovereignty of the nation At the are" time, true to the solemn p,pQHU90 "be-i fore parliament y its' fjpresident, the goyernpitiht" proposes to give a more ample scope to the reforms when, as a herald of peace, the happy moment arrives for the definite ij&pplication pt the reforms to both th AMtlei ,Aa, soon as possible, h,ep wadfesty-g govern ment will- hasten o apply to.Cuba not only reBprms" which forih 'the gronS work of the law applied jtoda" Q Por to kico itfut also win extend to both province the reforms which have been offered with the view loi eonferring upon both Antilles an administrative ana eiromip personality of a local "which shall. If aoUItate the complete Intervention, of the country in Its own affairs, maintiinins- ot tv,a 1 same time intact the rUrrYt n.f ravat. on the opening of BarHasnent. "These awpJitted reforms can btl Partly put into practical by means of the power possessed by fthe executive government and partly j wll require the sanction of pary. junta t. The gov ernment is confident that it will not encounap insuperable oibstacles tQ it& rapiff action in this sense, looking to. the patriotic uniformity fcf opinion re specting the fundamental ideas "which underlie the appication, j of ' thej re forms; '; "' 1 Briefly, the law of reforms voted by the cb'rtes a,nd sanctioned:! by the crown Wb,ich is today to be applied to Porto Rico, will form the foundation . stone of the new regime; but' tan additional decree, account of which! will be given to the cortes, will amplify to such an extent these reforms that a genuine home administration will be constitut ed in our Antilles, in thej first instance for Cuba, but o. he extended to Porto Rico as soon and at the. isame' time as n njay oe possiDie. to apply Jt to the jormer lsiana, . . . i n ' I " ,-,'. "TETJJAN, ' Minister of Foreign Affairs.' " . : ; j. A Heavy Failure at Danville, Va, Richmond, Va., January 1. A Dan ville special to The Dispatch says John W. Holland today filed si. deed of as signment to Berryman Green, - trustee, to secure notes and debtf on whieh he was indorser for, his brother, the late C. G. Holland, to an amOint aggregat ing $148,100. The assets ; pconsist prin cipally of valuable real Jestate in the business portion of the ii.ty, an inter est in tile tobacco business and bank stock, and personality of very descrip tion. The creditors -art '-.prtncipalte banks in ' Danville, Lynchburg, Rich mond, ' Roanoke, Norfolk, Baltimore, Chatham, Stuart, and either points, which hold notes of C. G.; Holland. The assessed valuation by tji latest as sessment of the property conveyed is $170,000 and.conservativelbusiness men are of the opinion that it Mil pay every dollar of he debt. It id. notable that the assignor himself owes not a dollar of debt, all the indebtedness being In curred as Indorser or security of the late C. ,G. Holland. J Strength. Latest U. S. Govt Report. OVER DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF THE TROOPS IN CUBA. ' S oppression of Newspaper Criticising i Weyltr A JnTlnUterial Crisis Weyler's Recall False Report of Drowning of Party of FUlbusters-Landed by the Three Friends on a Barren Key Weyler Says the Rebellion' in Pinar del Bio is - Crushed. .-':. Madrid, January 1. The semi-official newspapers defend the action of the government in seizing the issue of the Heraldo and Imparcial upon the ground that the articles published by. those pa pers ueiiMuiicuig tne policy cc uaptain General Weyler, in Cuba, had a ten dency to create discontent among the troops in Cuba,-land to, encourage American filibusters. The government will not permit the objectionable ar ticles to be transmitted by telegraph. Public opinion Is greatly excited over reports that the" Spanish troops in Cu ba are compelled toundergo. extreme hardships through hunger and naked ness, and tnat those who are confined in the hospitals by illness or because of wounds -are suffering from neglect and an "insuffcient supply of medicines. As large sums of money have been sent to Cuba from Spain for the pur pose of furnishing clothing, medicines. etc., to tne troops, j the question is ask ed where has this: money gone. ' " El Dia asserts I that a ministerial crisis is probable i as the results of a change of policy. - It is rumored that the cabinet has approved the proposal to recall Captain General" Weyler,. but that Premier Canovas has delayed ac tion in the matter, giving no reasons' for so doing. All of the ministers met at the residence of Premier Canovas last! evening and drank to a toast ex pressing hope for the speedy conclusion of peace! in the disturbed colonies, i A j special aispatch from Havana to The Imparcial says that fifty-one men comprising the fiilibustering expedition recently landed upon a desert key; by the steamer Three Friends have been drowned. The men were hastily put ashore n 'the barren island after the Three Friends had been pursued bv Spanish gunboats, with' which th fiU' ibusterlpg stearnerj had an exchanged of shots, and the cargo of arms and am munition, provisions, etc., on board the steamer were also landed with tits men. ' The Three Friends, being close- fly pursued by the Spanish war vessels, was compeuea to put the men ashore on this barren Island or take them back to the United States, and it Tas in making an. attempt to leave the is land, the dispatch jsays, that they were drowned. The dispatch also states that 360 rifles, which the filibusters had with them, were lost in the sea. Jacksonville, Fla January l.--There is no longer any doubt that, the Three Friends expeditioi was landed on a Florida key after (the vessel had been chased from the ! Cuban coast by a Spanish patrol boat. A telegram from Miami says that the Dauntless report ed there last night, and went on to No Name key, where a large body of men are 1 reported to be wrecked, , and that two of the number are reported to be dead. A telegram from Key- West says that when the steamer City of Rich mond passed No Name key the Daunt less was there taking on board a party of men and a f cargo. The Three Friends Is still In the custody . of the collector I of customs. No legal proceed ings has yet been instituted against the vessel or crew. 1 ' i Jacksonville, Fla., . January , L The story sent from Madrid of the drown- Ing of fifty-one men landed on a Florida key. by; the steamer. Three Friends is declared by th Cubans here to be false. J.A. Huau, agent of the Junta, says if th story was true ; he would, have been so informed. ' Havana, January 1. A reporter of The DIario. de la Marina has had an in terview with Captain General Weyler. in the Mata Toro camp. Speaking of the situation in the province of Pinar del Rio, General ; Weyler said that, speaking from the standpoint of ptrens-th and importance, the insurrec tion in that province had been crush ed.. The few. insurgents remaining were bblieed to hide like wolves to their caves. Fevers and smflp0x had thinned the rebel ranks. His own col umn and, ihse of the other Spanish commanders had overrun the base and rnteHor of the hills and ' had met w rebelrf. The Insurgents 'after the death off Maceo, were Rfviera, Maceo's popular amWng his without a leadr successor, w g un men.' O -neral Wey- ler a5ed that h's! wnrmed aft.fr nerals Melguize and Arolas had ".mnlitel their nneraMonS. whfch ;.ncluded the sweeping of the rr'v-inpe from west to east. Generals Hernandez. Velasco.- Obregan. Bernal, Riuz, Fuentew find; Rgura. were now in the centre of the hills. Perhaos Gen pral lrnlas -was ii lo' there. Once the PnMi hill wore fortified, a severe blow might be directed against the rebels ursrter DilCPBis. General Wevler said, in conclusion, that he would sllow no houses to be built! on the outskirts of the towns, as werethev c'onstxutjited thev would serve mostly fs refusrees fr bandits. . An rrrt Tpamre ot tne anow mier- vw.l i that rseneral Weyer while de claring that Pinarj del Rio is practically frpp of i"sur'f,T'ts.' finds It necessary to hpve the Pnbi hills fortified before he Will attemnt to strike a blow at the rebels underf Ducassis. , Butter Dish Factory Burned. Chattanooga, Tenn.; January 1 The factory of the Benjamin Butter Dish Manufacturing Company, in Riverview five miles north of this city, was to riierht burned to the ground. The fire originated in the dry house and, in the absence of means of fighting, it spreaa very j ranidlv. The loss will approxi mate; $14,000; insurance $6,000. The plant employed, about . . twenty-live hands and was completed only a short time. ago. j Spanish Newspapers to be Prosecnted. London. January 1. The Madrid cor respondent of Thej Standard telegraphs that the government intends to prose cute several newspapers for imitating The Imparcial and The Heraldo, which were! seized yesterday for condemning the military administration in Cuba and demanding General -Weyler's re call. The government is determined to suppress the press campaign against the cabinet's policy In. Cuba. , Chatt&.n.eo.gaSjNew Auditorium. Chattanooga, Tjenn., January 1. At the laying of the corner stone of the Auditorium, Chattanooga's first public assembly hall, Congressman Benton McMillin, of the Fourth Tennessee dis trict,; delivered the principal address. The ceremonies were ip eharge of the Masons, although numerous secret so cieties sent 'delegations. The audience chamber of the new building will seat 5,00(1 people. . : . - ; ": "Reported Drowning of Cabana Denied. ; Jvjew . York, January 1- Cubans - in this city scout, the; report of the dron ing of the members of h Thre Friends expedition. Thy note the fact that the news conies by way of Madrid, though 'the island is not far from Key West, and' such a. disaster must of a certainty, if true, reached there.' Innocent Hen lynched. . Kansas Cjty, Mo., January' 1. Ptoqt ecuting Attorney Aul, of LayeW county, in an interview here jsestexday, expressed- the opinion that. the. two men, James, Nelson afi Jesse W-ner, who were lynched hy mph t Xx ingtun' iV short time aga wet Jnnoeent of the rourd.er of Mr.. Winner and her baby. He cialnia o haw sufflclent evi dense to eause the Indictment of fifty of the lynchers. General Maceo is merely keeping out of the way until Weyler shall be deco rated for killing him. After thaj ka and the captain-general -wiU looth re- sume business at the ojd stand. Wash ington ost. v What a sweet, clean ring there Is to the word "BORAX.".1 Thinkof It asian r?ingredient of soap, then think of . . ! ; . Kirkman's Borax Soap. For sale by all grocers. Premiums for wrappers. Beware of Imitations, ... A DAVID WILL BEGIN TO-DAY. HEN'S, BOYS1, CHILDREN'S CLOOTG i : At 25 Per Cent. Below. Regular Price, v custom Mde 1 Wilmington's Leading ClothiersJ ) SUCCESSORS TO KAT& P01V0GT ,K0. 9 N.. FRONT ST. f or ; tke Cloaks , and Blankets. 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: j j We are overstocked and have decided to take a liberal loss now, while there are yet three' months of winter before us. Better that tlianwjdf son is about ended and then begin. Every redustiori "is exactly as repre sented, and we shall make this ; the greatest cloak trading event in years, j Unfavorable weather conditions have forced this loss upon ' us. Merchants have to take these chances. ' We Sole Agents for Butterick cAj SPECIAL SALE BY HSOU M Ms Mw El lis' I'to ' " ' ; ' y : f- , - - J . ' . : i -at i . Greatly : Reduced : Prices, No in Market Street. '3 ) . : ' ri - J. W. NOBWOOD, PRESIDENT. . W. J. T00JIEB, CASHIEB. . The Atlantic National Bank, Of Wilmington, N. C. . LOCAL STOCKHOLDEES WILL PLEASE CALL AT THE BANK DBAW THEIE SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND OF; 3 PEE CENT. H - ' DHUBOTORS: -'rj. J. W. NORWOOD 8. P. M'NAIB, D. L. GOEE, SAM'L BEAE, JE.t -P. L. BEIDGE.ES ' ' - ' i .'" - "i G. V0RW00P - ' V'-. --;"--' --it.-!'' -;'-? 4'. & GO 1 Suits $20.00. bought for winter and it failed to come j , in time, so we'll " just pocket the loss and make' the best of it. i . One consolation is our customers gel; a benefit,, so it's an ilh wind that blows nobody good." i v We have made three prices of .Our entire stock, of cloaks: ''- - - -i- ..... j - ' "" ' ' ; Former'prlce 57.50 10M, now $5.' Fonmer price $10.50 to $15.00, now ?7-50-, -' , y run Former -price $15.00 to. L$22.50, now . Buy while your size is here. Special attention to mail .orders. Twenty-five per cent, discount on our blankets. Patterns and W. B. Corsets. i . . b .uie iime to rmve a fcjuit made to Order. 1 Your own -nrinft would probably secure one this week. A Big Cut on Ready Made Clothing and Furnishings during this1 week. Come. in and take a look. ; y , Periodical Tickets Beceived MUNSON & CO. AND cm. WORTH, W. E. SPEINGEE, E. J. POWEIS. H. L. VOLLEES, W, C. COKEE, JE., y-jc hi - ' I ' 1 :l ' 1 i' t I . , i : i 4 i . ' I" r ,-
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 2, 1897, edition 1
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