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i .... ..,...,... SUMMARY. irmer warns iHan- arwnoiesaia Duy- nemhers of the lefeisla- may be able to buy -Twer stores at! Wil- burned. supposed to xe hi 'incendiary All inai- i Pritchard's election- ;hulken - and Pritphard 'Jf6r speaker All the legislative caucusjfs to- I . -A- Her was i to hoia one iasx f postponed it because he pound Jioe control the minority hi his Che stockholders of The Tri- i t in Raleigh and organize; Issue of the paper will atopear -Senator Butler" has a card regressive Farmer in which he o those populists who nave ritine to him to set themS poSir der the McKiniey admiriistra- i trivps them fair notice that i no chance for them in, the. house will vote for innintrham for speaker I iiiie- khe i csure of the Election, I not su twnai ne i Skinhtr is playing witn leans. DOMESTIC. Duffy. ; the pugilist, dies in 'iew icrU- nom unw t c-ciy cul " " rrr fie-hu The .house w-ay-sf anu means committee yesterday tooX.f P the arhmiiiio. tt "tobaceo and. the rhanUV factures tjhereof" and .granted hearings to quite a numDer 01 mieresieu i5"-"1" 'The reuerai. supreme mu' - "- a - writ of habeas corpus : to Chapman, thi vor-Qifitrant witness before the aon '-'. rnrnmittee investigating the sugar trust The state department ia Infnvmail iT ' f T FY i Si ttf DelSadOl in & Cuban prisonJ that he would die Unless ' oTtrlal nnpratio-n was perfcjrmed, tv,..co frionds nffered- to pay all-the n..Ar,d hut Ssnretarv Oliley siid he could not Interfere in the matter The standard silver dollars issued fok- last ,1, mni,ntit(. SrcS.XOO One bank at Nora Springs, Iowa, and three fat bt. Taal, Minn.,- failed yesterday 4nd a savings bank at the latter plactj was r a htr a nm tn take advantage of IWl vtw ' J - thei sixty day notice- ike advantage of At Suffolk, JVa., Wi72 Richard 'Cornelius, cashier of thei National Farmers and Plhnters Vmrik. of Baltimore, commits Suicide -.., ft Jiein? "dptprted in a defaulteation of60 000; he had been connected with "tr, bank for-forty-two years -r-Fitz- tht agreement I for a .i,t tt-ith Corbett'on March rfth SUndf-r a decision ' of the supreme "court ; v,a ,T(.mncr!its eain a majority tn the ivioK-aro Iftrtslature. which will elect n. United States' senator The Wyom ing State hospital is burned; ohe in . nt -a Lwomah, dies, from- fright tvip worst blizzard in -years is raging Iowa; reports Of deaths in thei coun- arc received Two more of the bovs bitten by the jnad idog m jtsaiti more county several weeks a?o rtevelop - Viv-flrrnhnhia Ba lroad traffi- though- " ' V ,i -V - . VT-V 11- t'o 1 fnrr boat collides M'ith a brig and a panic; among- the' asseners ensues; rjio one was hurt -Near. New Market, "y a., an 'TTIftJr KlliS iO, lll.ii c.-tm. liad civil process because he woold not ptop Ihen' ordered to do so j Near SumterTSl. p.j three men quarrfel; one ' lriiiLi onHlriia slaver- flpes arrdlis also cnr.nfcpT tn be, dead A delegation oi oMithArTi men interestedr In ride, will i Viofinro thp hoiisuR wavs and rmonns committee and ask for infreised Tff nn rtee- Captain Murphy of the," fnTTiTrroflrire returns to Jacksonville; he ' thinks the wrwk' was dei tel. iifefirli gpnce;,the steward says it iwas trtincherv - The Merchants' .: National 1 - bank -of Devils Lak." N. p., suspends i :fokeign. A Rnanish force have, a fiercd battle A iri t Eiineriflr force of Cubans in Ha vana province and. after fightihg five hours are about to retreat when re fBforcements arrived the Spaniards had one officer arid fourteen Jrivates wounded r-Senator-elect Monefy now . . ; m.V..." .'iinnnnnararl fmm 'Vlil! iintfl Br, TTa.vanaSaturday and. is stiil miss r,rr. t 1s thoneht he has passed into. tvi'insnrerents It is-Vsavd Goriiez and "other Cubm leaders will soorl make ,Jrt!irps ifor peace- The' Berlin. Tag- . !iv T?usia arid Fraaicfe have at Washinferto J7.-ror,t a brpnrh between Spain and iY,n. ITnifpfl urates r.nr'"-i"i issues an order against dueling in the . ar'mv Senator-elect Money returned A iiavaTin -iftst ; eveninar; he declined to '!iv,anvtliln2 as to where he haM been; Co'n.sul General .ee saM he hid been' on a,visit to a town-about flfteto miles from Havana. ! ! i . " r rrantlit1atfi for TeiTtivP Offloeg mJ- rSnecial to The Messenger.) r , will for r,i,fch. N. C. . January 4v4-uemo critic caucus of. the 'leigis-lat-lre Tvresent jw -. iumi,um Kr,enker. Enr'6?lmg;. Glerk BroTV ays he ' has ho oppos-Hion f br that bosVticin and that his .re.Lelecijtion is suie, Hile- 'ma n sa.vs he is certlin "Of the Ipeakei-- fshio. Butler would ohly say as to Hile- . man that he w:ante . to ascerfein offi eiaUy if the current ' srtatemefits that he- is .a' Pritc'hafd nan are ttrue. He did not say what tie would Ao When . , rf.cr.T-fniTiori tha truth. Hilteman is . at riri'a with Butler. 'Skinner lis mat ing Wg play with epufehcans- THE POLITICAL POT ABOIL. LEXilSLHTORS AND OFFICE SEEK EKS ASSEMBLING The Senatorial Contest the Chief Topic of Discussion Populists Want to Know WhoTbrir Candidate Ii-What Will the Democrats do is Another Question Ac . cltlent to Secretary Cooke Governor Rus sell Refuses ,all (Special Courtesies. Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel, Raleigh, N. C. January 4. 'Members of the legislature, office seekers -and wire woi-krs are pouring into Raleigh. The legislature fnaets at noon "Wednesday. ! It is a fact that most of the talk Is abouit the senatorshdp. It 4s eaid by some democrats that they .expect, over tures from Senator Butler,; who arrived today. The question now is, what is to", be the course of the democrats. Are they to co-operate with the populists along certain lines or not? Dernocriaits deny the assertion of republicans that the latter have eeventy-two members of the legislature. ' In the course of ja talk"with Captain Peace, ' of v Granville, populist state cominitteeTOan;--last rilght, be aJdimiit ted thft some of the populist 'members favore Pritchard. .The leading repub licans, such as Judge Ewart, say "the matter may be summed up in thesitate- ment tliat Butler cannot now prevent Pritchard's election." They add that they have secured populist votes; have .done even better than they expected. The populist rank and file tell me they want to know who is their candi date for senator; that really they do not know.! They are very reticent. The word has been passed for them to say little. Some persons ask if this Ss not their habit When they are about to make a deal or try to make one. J. L.. Scales, of Statesville, is here. Up to last .June he was a member of the democratic state committee. Now he is a republican. By a fall from the porch of the house of Captain W. H. Day here Secretary ot S5tate uKe aisiooatea him arm. It was set today. E. S. Walton, of Morgan'ton, says it . . . 1 J 4.1 J. 1 - i 1 ' . POPULIST OFFICE SEEKERS. THE IUCE INTEHESTS. A Deleeatioh of Southern Men t& Askj the I Ways and Mean Committee td J ncrease rice t 1 1. 11 1? HUIJ uu 1. 1 , i . ! Washington, January 4. The interests are represented here jiri a del legatlon which will appear blfiJre the ihouse committee tn ways arfdi means this weeK. The industry in this coun Irv'fs cliiefly j&nftned ttf- the btates of sent a rriemorial -i means- conimittee and Louisia- South Cajrolina, (jeorgia na. At a meeting! held tonigtt ait. the. Ebbitt' htuse it ivas decided to pre- jto the 'Wfys ' and asking an 1 increase !in duty of from to of al cent per pound od all impforted rice and,-a. de- itmko in anrerenLiai. uu t utri-vycv" gleaned and uncleaned rica o about nt a. cent .a pound' so that tha rate will .tie & cent a pound instead jof .7 of. a lent a nound-as at present, line aeie- ijation reports that the rice iiidustry in tiois .country is suffering InJ compeU- ' xton with rise 'exported from Japan and Ar paMern count riosi Tifose com- iK)sinST the dejegation" axe- IFrederick i-s lomfvot and Kmil Dupre, present in., ifh'f New'Orlean. board oi" tmde; : - t, nriooen. Miron Abbott and .G A ' Lowrey, representing thf plantei-s tiMiisiana.' G. G. Bauer, the Lake rhariK TiR. ' iboard" of trade; Screven; the Savantinh board of trade and rice growers' assort ajt ioi; Colonel -William EUiot'5". Isaac Bali, fuguel G. stnhev and i Theo. - G. BarKEr, rtw .e- senting the rice planters arid millers of jSOUtn. tiuxiuxia. ( is settled that he is to be a. member of the railway commission, - vice E. C. Beddingfield whose term expires this year. - j . ': J udge Adams, who was "commission ed January 1st, began his first court here today. It is a criminal term. He, last night signed' an oraer giving Or ange i county two additional commis sioners. ! ' ,i 'As fast, 'as populists arrive here they are buttonholed by - the republican Pritchard workers. There are some re publicans popularly believed to be en emies of xPritcbard, but they are keep ing quiet, .' ; The question is being asked whether Governor Russell will or will not occu-' py the governor's mansion? Some say he will; some say hewill not. He has declined all special courtesies, parades, receptions, escorts, special trains and special cars.- ' ' Senator Pritchard will be here early tomorrow morning. Congressmen sShu- for. and Settle are here. It is thought to be quite probable that the Yarboro'ugh house here may soon be i reopened ; under the manage ment ,of i R. B. Raney, who kept Jt many, years. Governor Russell last Friday issued a commission to Joseph E. Alexander, as private secretary. Mr. Alexander is a son of tr.vAbnet.; Alexander, a well known mefnber of thlegislature. Chairman Holton, of the republican state committee, is here, ibut declines to be iijsterviewed, and says he oan't speak until the' senatorial matter is settled. Populist Ghairman Ayer -says matters are going to suit, him, but de clines to explain what tfiat means. It Is; asserted! by republicans that Ambrose Hileman is to be the speaker of the house. Otho Wilson, a populist leader, says he is , for Schulken i for speaker. There ; is a lively1 contest between ijilHngtoh, Stanford and Watson, of Wilkes, i for the position of principal clerk of the house. The ' negroes who were held here un der . suspiion or ' being implicated in the wrecking of the Seaboard Air Line train near Raleigh, were released. They were . innocent. The negro, ., named Campbll, Who caused their arrest, and who pretended to be a detective, has fled. He:was a fraud The matter of theownership of the seat in the house from Wake; now held by James H. Young, colored, republi can, comes up. N. B. Broughton, demo crat, contests it. Will Butler and the populisms unseat Young, a Pritchard man. i ' 1 It was said yesterday that W. S Hyams. Senator Pritchard's brothier- in-law, Who is- managing his cam.' jpaign here, is an aspirant for the-place of marshal of the Western -district, He. says it is untrue and that 'heis no of fice seeker. E. G. Duncan, ; republican, member of the house', says; today he declines to concede the speakership to the popu-. lists. . . - t ' The republicans may at any moment ask for a receiver for the Atlantic and North Carolina1 - railway. A leading democrat said today: "The last move. to put the road in charge of Chairman Daniels, of the finance committee, is, in my opinion, a. political blunder at this juncture. It sets a had precedent, It cannot be .defended, I fear. It was an attempt to' taifee control from the state and also to count a quorum out of a minority of stockholders." ' Over hajf of the state pension w'ar rants have already been paid. ' iToday all the forte-of the streeJt car company was put to work cleaning rasray the -ruins of the, burned - power house, . ' . J. J,f Mott is here; aJ so E. W. Pou, B. F.i Dixon, John S,' Cunning ham, and lC. Harris, of DillDOTp. The latter'Was tooay elected presfderit of The Tribune Company. V Xhe r Progressive Farmer, organ of th National Farmers'; Aflianee, says editorially today: . ! i " "We have no personal feeling against Senator Pritchard. We, have no objec tions to the.eleetion M g. silver republi can. Indeed it is but natural and. fair that the republicans hay e- senator from': this 'state. But we 'want it 4ij tinctly understood' that Mr. Pritchard cannot be pushed down the throats of the middle-of-the-road populists, .and we also want It generally .understood that the edftor of this paper knows the sentiments of. -the populists of this state and if Mr. Fpitchard, wtoo is not a: id ver man, is re-eieoreo, if. wi w oy by dishonesd methods si& monienl: it is done a chasm will be ereated and no bridge can be built across ft. Th populists did not go into this fight to defeat such men as wenaior nansora and Gnuairressman iSettle and then turn around and e?-elebt Pritchard one of the same kind. X4Xtf chasm is made the republican p4rty fc thrown back where it was-prtor to l9-ra $h- Senator Butler's Card to Those Asking Him to. Get Them; Positions" Under the M cKlnley Administration. (Special to The Messenger.) . Raleigh, N. C. January 4. Senator Butler has a long letter in The Pro gressive Farmer in which he says: "A few populists ihave written asking my assistance to get postoffices, : revenue offices or other federal offices under the McKiniey adoninistrattion. t have been very much surprised to receive these letters; yet, IJeel sure that the writers had , not 1 considered the meaning of their requests and the consequences that would necessarily follow if they got tihe places referred to. In the first placef, I will have no influence with the McKiniey administration and if I iid it would be proof I ha bartered j the principles of the people's party, my own convictions, and the interests of the people for federal patronage. If a place 4s offered to any populists over the heads of these republicans It will be because the republican ' machine thinks the populist Officeholder -will be come a republican and bring recruits or because they expect toim to stay- in t!he people's party as a. spy to serve the interests of the republican party. Therefore the people's party, the pio neer and moving' force in this great refornt movement, must- continue to lead aggressively the fight against Mc Kinleyism, sis ft has against Cleyelaaid ism. If there is any populist who has no heiart for this fight then let him no longer masquerade as a ipopulist. If there is any populist who has made up his mind to seek for patronage from McKiniey he -has already dropped out of the fight; he has deserted the people in; their struggle to redeem the govern ment and restore prosperity; he has surrendered to the enemy. If he gets a federal, job he will soon be apologizing for McKiniey for doing the same things that he; condemned Cleveland .for doing. If there is any such, populist (God1 for bid it) tihen let him make haste to openly join the republican party and get a revenue! officfe if he can as the price of his surrender and betrayal." HON. H. D. MONEY IN COB. HIS DISAPPEARANCE FROM HA " I VAN A CAUSES SURPRISE. THE SENATORlAIi CONTEST. Pritchard's Election Said to be Assured. Caucuses to be Held To-Night Butler Postpones One Called for Last Night, The Candidates for Speaker. j (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, January 4. All indi cations tonight seem to make Pritch ard's election reasonably sure. SkSaner is working for Pritchard. The argu ments used are: First, that there was an agreement to stand by Pritchard, and, second, that the populists will be ruinea ir tney oreak away from the re publicans. 4 Butier, Skinner and' Shu ford 'Were at the table together tonight . - - 1 ' f- chatting amicably. Butler is for Schul ken for speaker,' while, Pritchard - for Hileman, as the latter is well under stood to be a Pritchard man. Among the arrivals are E. J. Hale, Lee S. Overman, Thomas B. Keogh. D. H. Abbott, II. Xi. Grant. M. L. Wood and Congressmari-elefct John .E. Fowler. Wood offers to bet 5 to 1 on Pritchard. All anti-Sutler pbpulists say "Indica tions are all clearly for Pritchard." This is Skinner's view. - ' The supreme court had before it dur ing five terms tie case of Lodyl Broths ers, burglars from Madison county. They were convicted and sentenced to death in 1894. They appealed and broke jail. They are yet 'at large. 'The gov-, ernor issued a death warrant so if they are: ever recaptured .they ' can be hanged. j ! 1 ". AH three parties caucus , tomorrow evening. Prominent populists were summoned here by Butler' to consult. Shufford, Fowler and R. B- Davis are among these. An angry middle-of-the- road populist said this evening: "When ever I hear any populist saying wre must stick to Pritchard, . I know repub licans have seen that man." , - It. is asserted by republicans that Butler intended to have a caucus this evening, but called it off as he found there would be fire brands and that he could not control the. minority of his -party; ! :-; ; .'. - A FIRE FIEND AN WORK. Two Stores Bured at . Willlamgton The .Fire the Work of an Incendiary. (Special to The Messenger.) , Williamston, N. C., January 4 The fire fiend again visits our quiets little .town. The Alarm of fire was "given by Town Watchman Claryj at 8:45 o'clock this - morning. . The ffire was found to be In the brick block of two stores owned by "J. R. Mobley," Esq., occupied by A. J. MizejLl, groceries and a Dar, and F. KJ Hodges; toy store with oyster saloon in rear. The fire, origi nated in the Mizell store and is sup posed to be of an incendiary origin. The flames spread rapidly to the other store, entirely consuming both. The 'build- ingr was situated in the heart of .the business j portion of the town,- or it seemed almost impossible to save the remainder, but by 'the hrioc efforts of the citizens the fire was' gotten under control and .confined to the two build ings named. : The loss if as follows: J. R. Mobley,.' twei store $3,000, (fully cov ered by insurance: A. J. Mizell, stock, S2.000. insurance $1,000; F. -Kt Hodges and H. Cowan,-' loss $.58, no' insurance. On His Return lie Declines to A mount fo His Absence General TVeyler Keturns t Havana Fierce Conflicts Between Span ish Troops and Cubans- France and Knf sia to Intervene to Prevent War Between Spain and the United States.' Havana, January 4. Captain General Weyler returned to Havana last even ing, arriving on board the transport ship le Gazpi from Mariel, at 8 o'clock p.im.: . ':''' ' Colonel Beflldo, w,ith his cojumn" has had a fierce engagement, lasting five hours, with the united parties of rebels under! the leaders , Ajuierre Aranguren and Arartgo, I aggregating 2,000 men. The battle was fought near Tapaste, in irovinc of 'Havana. The Span iards, who were .largely outnumbered, fought until their last cartridge was gone and were only saved from being routed by the rebels by the timely ar rival on the field of a reinforcing col umn from Tapaste -under command of Colonel , Aguilara. ' After arrival of these troops, the tide was turned and the rebels were driven back and dis persed, leaving thirty-eight dead on the field. The Spaniards captured four prisoners, but they were wounded and died later from their injuries. The troops had one officer and fourteen j privates wounded. ; Hon. H. D. Money, of Mississippi, United States senator-elect, whodisap- neared from the hotel Inglaterra, on Saturday morning, is still missing and thus far no- clue to his ' whereabouts has been obtained. At is was tne avowed intention of Mr. Money upon arriving in Cuba to pass into 'the lines of the insurgents if he possibly could. with a view of studying tne reDeuion In the island, and the condition of the country from the rebels point of view, as well as from the government sioe, it is surmised that he -may have found meang to accomplish this object, which would account for his disappearance. La Lucha today refers to. the rumors that are -afloat regarding the disap pearance of Mr. Money. Speaking of the report that he has gone to visit the insnrpeBt leaders, the paper says it 'does .not believe that he would commit such a anisdemeanor. and place nimsen outside the pale Of ! the law. Such an actjwould be unpardonable in a person whose duty it is to. know' and' respect the laws of the country he visits. If it is a serious offense far other Americans to visit the insurgent camps it is still worse for one to do so who represents his-country in its parliament. Mr. Money returned to Havana, this evening. iAll efforts to learn, from him where he had been were fruitless,, he declining to say anything that would tend to disclose his whereabouts since he disappeared. The general opinion is that he has been within the rebel lines seeking the information he desired, but there is no way of proving this belief. I Consul General Le'e is authority for the statement that Mr. Money has' no connection with the Cuban junta in New York. Tl)is statement is made in view of the fact that a report has- been circulated to the effect that Mr. Money is an. agent of the jurfta or has some connection with, that body. General Lee adds that Mr. tMoriey made the trip to Cuba for pleasure and to obtain personal i information within lawful limits of the condition of the country in order to enable, him to speak wi'th authority on the Cuban question. Last: Saturday Mr. Money, General Lee says, was invited to visit the town of San Jose de las.Lajas, some fifteen miles southeast of Havana, m order to see the country. He went there that , day and remained until today. He remain ed in the town during his entire stay and saw no rebels. . The Marquis de Palmerola,' secretary to the governor, general; benor j. Pnrtiin. civil erovernor of the province of Havana; Chief of Police Barrera and Tnsnector of Police Perez maae a visit vesterdav to the town or uuanaoacoa, a suburb of Havana, which place was recently attacked by rebels. Cieneral Luaue reports from Cienfue gos that his command met .1,500 rebels at Marrouquin province or bania iara, and after a long fight cornpelled them to retreat. No mention is made. of the lnesps nn either side. - Four hundred rebel cavalrymen, com manded bv Maximo Gomez, the insur gent commander-in-chief, made at tacks at Santa Tpresa and other places nnnn a trovernment convoy. The Span ish forces comprised artillery, and the charges of the rebels were met with vnllevs of grape shot, ; which caused havoc in their ranks. It is calculated that 100 of the insurgents were killed. Several detachments of Colonel Mel- ouizo's column while. reeonnoitering at Monies, Capiazo and other places have destroved over 400 huts of all kinds, and demolished all of the forage and, other resources of the. enemy south ofjLajas and thei Pilato hills. The detachments also surprised a rebel camp occupied by a small " party iof insurgents,, three of whom were killed. The troops suffered no losses. Francisco Pedro was shot in the Cabina fortress at sunnsej this morn ing for -the crime of rebellion. , " The correspondents oi tne maana newspapers, The tmparciai, tne xer- aldo and the Corresponcencia, now in Havana, , have received orders from their respective offices to proceea to the island of Porto Rico at the begin ning of the month of March and. there await instructions. Berlin, January' 4. The Tageblatt as serts that France ana Kussia nave agreed to intervene at Washington, , to prevent a breach between the United States and Spain. ' ' Madrid. January" 4. A dispatch from Havana, says it is expected that Maxi mo Gomez and other insurgent leaders will soon make overtures to the Spanish military authorities in Cuba with a view- of securing? favorable terms or surrender. ' ; : . - -. " r-r- 7 SUICIDE OF A CASHIER. The Cashier of the National Farmers an 4 Planters Bank of Baltimore Drowns Hlmr elf A Shortage o 960,000 Bi scovered I Baltimore? Janttary 4. Richard Di Cornelius, one jzjthe.': oldest and best mown bank cashiers of this cfty,com' nitted suicide today. His body was found in the ducK pond in Druid Hut?; park this afternoon, a few hours at a shortage of $60,000 had been discover ed in his accounts- at the Nation: Farmers and Planters' bank. ; Last Saturday Rank Examiner Mar 3hall Winchester drew, the attention o the officers -of the bank to some irregu larities in the accounts of an out-of-town institution. This , morning . Mr, Cornelius, was asked to explain th ir regularities. He. did not attempt to dc so, but abruptly -walked off. - A closei examination of his accounts disclosec an apparent shortage of $60,000. - When the officers of the bank learn ed that the cashier had left the build ing! they telephoned to detectives tc hunt mm up. They. traced, the default er to Druid Hill park and thence to th duck pond. There they found his bod floating in three feet of water. Th man had evidently held himself to th bottom of the pond by the weeds tha grew there..-; -te-t -,. ! sir. Cornelius was, about 68 years o age, and had heeir connected with th National Farmers and; Planters" ban for over forty-two years. He Iwas close friend of the late Enotfti Pratt who was president of the bank for al most half a century. In religious cir cles Mr. Cornelius was almost a prominent as in banking circles. Hi tragic end -was the sole topic of con versation in down town- circles thi: afternoon. Hundreds of his friends re fused, to' believe that he was either defaulter i or suicide. The matte caused more excitement in the bankih district than any other event in years For many years Mr. Cornelius h been very prominent in Methodism, an at the time of his death was a loca! preacher of the Baltimore conference. president of the city Missionary an Church Extension Society,' president o the Emory lirove Association, one o tne trustees oi tne .Baltimore annua: conference and a member of the offlcia board of Madison Avenue church. H attended divine worship twice .yester day. He lived at No. 1725 Madisoi avenue, to which place his body wa: removed. The National Farmers and I Planters' Dans is one or tne oldest and consider ed one of the strongest in the city. I has paid 10 per cent dividends for sev: eral years, in addition to adding to it surplus fund annually. The . surplui e-iven in the bank's report on Decern be isae. was $600,000. Its capital stoc! IS ?8U0,000. THE TOBACCO INDUSTRIES .UNDER DISCUSSION BEFORE THE SHOUSE COMMITTEE. New York and New England Grower Want Greater Protection Against 8n matra Tobacco A Uniform Duty on all Tobacco Kecommended The Interests of the Florida Manufacturers of Havana Clears Kzplained Washington 4. Tobacco and MORE BANK FAILURES. manufactures thereof, being schedule F. of 'the existing tariff law, was the "bject of the hearing before the com mittee on way and means this morn ing.. The National Association of Cigar iManuf acturers of , the United States, iwas represented by several gentlemen jand the leaf tobacco board of trade of New York was represented by several more. -,''' . ; ... .. . Mr. Michael Tobin, of Baldwinsvillk N. T., was tlie first speaker. .He said litha he had been appointed by the New York State Tobacco Associattoii. - Tne tobacco growers of New York state" Were badly' in need of relief it the ihands of congress. Theyhad suffered through the importation of .Sumatra Sftobacco to the extent that their produc tion had fallen rom 35,000 cases an nually to 12,000 cases, He thought tha,t '.- return to tne rate oi auty impuseu uy ithe McKiniey bill, $1.60 per pound on a Sumatra wrapper would not be ade quate to protect the domestic producer." The next witness was Mr. J. S. Xan- Sdueser, of Horse Heads, N. Y., wlio t'said that he represented the tobacco growers of thei Chemung Valley Which comprised a few counties in southern IN ew York, and a few or tne nortnern. K.counties of Pennsylvania. He argued If that z a pound on wrapper, wniie an fapparently exorbitant tax ad valorem, fwas' really not exorbitant wnen tne difference irttne cost of labor was taken into consideration. . "How is it," Mr. McMillite asked, after the' witness had made a rather long political argument, "that Sumatra to- ibacco which costs $1.20 a. pound drives jlout domestic tobacco which costs from tf t.Tx : V. . . ,. ' -Va nritnaes OriCWPr. ?oH -nf the fnnlishness of the American Ipeople in thinking that because a thing fla llllJUI LCU It Z3 Ul ucvtDoi.j . I Mr. McMillin-What rate of duty do Vou suggest? ; 1 . ' f The witness I don't want - at this utime tn advise the committee. I wowld ike to have a. rate of duty which I do lQt tfllilK mere xa uuuio.se " he nartv to impose (laughter), I "would ike to have a rate of duty which I be- ieva. the cigari men, the lear men, me rowers, and the smoKers wouiu an gree to. : . ' Subsequently, m an mciaeniai mn." er the witness suggested $6 a pound s the rate of duty, which he would ike to have Imposed. :.' Mr. Frederick A. Schroeaer, ex-mayur next addressed tne -com- Three Banks In St. Paul Close Their Dooi and one Enforces the Sixty Day Rule- Bank at Nora Springs, Iowa, Suspends, bt. Paul, Mtan., January 4. -The Ger mania bank, of this city, closed it doors this morning: 1 Its capital w; 9 4 AA tr,n - r i. 1 -n. i i i 4 wt -Rrrtlrl vn 1JCCCUJUt:1 tne loans ana :-JZ' " rto, nf h Tn i. . - f ( imir i (-- i t. i rin cocu iau - w. w discounts amounted to $975,000 and its i fcco Board of Trade of New York city. deposits to si,u3j..6S. The announces ment was made by the officers of th bank that the institution had been as signed to Peter M. Kerst, who for th past year or two has been the cashi of .the bank, The announcement state that the action was taken after fu consideration of all the phases of tl situation, the directors having decide it was best for all concerned that the; chould close- The bank stood a run f nearly two weeks, its depositors begi ning to withdraw their accounts at thi time the Bank of Minnesota closed oi December 22nd. Dubuque.Iowa, January- 4. The Cit bank, of Nora Springs, Iowa, suspendi today. St. Paul, Minn., January 4. The i All lemania bank, of this city closed iti doors -at noon today. ; The capital of th bank is $400,000; surplus $59,000. It statement of December 17th shows ai follows Loans and discoounts. S706 42; cash on hand and due from othet banks, $192,066 deposits, $602,305.. It held on January 1st, St. Paul city fundi to the amount of $51,000 and state-fundi aggregating $35,302. ' If Minneapolis, Minn. Japuary 4. Thf Westside bank, of St.. Paul, has closei its doors. It cleared through the Allel mania bank which failed this mommy' and the latter failure compelled it tjl close. It is a small concern. . There was a heavy run on the Mihnef-' sota Savings bank, which is intimatelf concerned with the Germania bank: A a result of the run the Minnesota Sav ings bank has taken advantage of thfe sixty day notice. i . i Devils Lake, N. D., January 4.Th Merchants National bank did not ope its aoors tnis morning, une notice posted was: Bank; closed awaitm action of the comptroller." TO DO PATROIi DUTY. The Dolphin Hurrying to the Florida Coast Witness Chapman's Case Up On . Habeas Corpus OIney Declines to Act In Delgardo's Case Issue of SllTer Dollars. Washington D. C, January 4 -The dispatch boat Dolphin left Wash ington yesterday for Jacksonville, Fla.", under orders to assist In enforcing the neutrality laws. She is expected to make no stops en route and. should reach her destination Wednesday, when Commander Clover will report by tele ghaph to the naval department for specific Instructions, as by that time ' some new filibustering movement will require watching. The petition of counsel for Elverton B. Chapman to file an application for a writ of habeas corpus in his behalf was presented in the supreme court of the United States today by. ex-Senator George F. Edmunds and granted. Aa order was entered fixing the argument ior xaarcn zzna. Mr. Chapman being, in the meantime released on bail in the sum of $1,000. i . The issue of standard silver dollars from the minU and treasury offices for the weekended January 2nd, was $128,- iw, ana lor the corresponding period last, year $291,650. The shipment of fractional silver coin for the month of December was $1,218,066. and for the corfesponding period last year $1,177. 372. v' . v. : The state department was informed today by friends of Correspondent -Hen ry ueigado, now a prisoner near Ha-" vana, that they had private advices that he would . die unless a surgical operation was - performed. They ex pressed a desire to pay the expenses of such an operation, and asked Consul General Lee be requested to attend to. the matter, and draw on the newspaper which employed Delgado for repay ments It is stated that the department could not undertake to interfere in the matter, and Delgado's friends were ad vised to open direct telegraphic' com munication with Consul General Lee. - Two Men Killed In a Fiht-:: Charl es-tn.) & c?. 3 an frA pe" cial to The 'r?ew? and Courier from (Sumter,;; S, C., -sa Thomjs BJhame i nd Ralph Deschamps, b Ffnola, met ! at the house of Mr. H. DJ BfhaTne last night, and became involved m a per sonal difficulty, and Bhame drew a re .volver? and began shooting at Des . champs, who' drew his revolver and re turned the - fire. Ithame wa4 mortally wounded and died within twenty min utes. Deschamps .disappeaffed Imme diately, leaving his horse aid buggy, ' and has not been heard frqm since. It I is believed that Deschamps was " se j riously injured and has sin:e died. A - gentleman who left the scene of the tragedy at 10 o'clock this morning says Deschamps haa not ween louiaa at mat Jaour. HANNA AND HIS BARREL- The Progressive FarmerWarns Him Jot to Open it in the Populist Camp. . (Special to The Messenger.) Itelgitfg', N. p., January 4 ., Tfte Pro- gresstye f armer f a.y , eauoiiEui . '.'Mark Hana & p.r rnay aiue io buy a few populists members 'of the present legislature, but we don't think many of them are ,f or sale. Hanna can't buy the great cbmmon people, and we are here to state that if any buy golutely helpless condition, tf the lead- jntf ; done or any efforts made in that . nrst. Vi nqtv . HiA 1 . . . ... n . . ivc-iii. iu nicrtiv. i.utr im ,j v. vi i i04cJnr iiio middie-oi-tne-roaa uuuw JPfrftnh'uMl AhnaJs. that is their bust- I v"' w . , nesS. The populjst members of the leg islature TKbo. f ayoy tchaird. If there C such, wm w wreck when the craft tXike &ed. and their names will be wHttell' With those of develad, Sherman, Ransom, nd other enemies of the people." t ' . rr: , . ... ttt A Victory for the Democrats. Dover, Dei., jTantjary '4. The court of errors' and apneaisi today reversed the , dicision oi" superior, eourt for a rer count, of the vol? n county ty the canvassing . board. "Tt!8 s a vla" tory for the democrats and ives that party a decided majority in the legisla ture which will elect a United States' senator, ' . - s-A'idiitf TO CURB A COLD IN OTJE DAT Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money If It falls to cure. 25c. lists in this St&te-Hl never co-operate again with republicans, andwiU see to it that' the republican e wiped ut In $e state as completely as' it was over twenty years ago and as surely as was dlevelahdlsm In the last ejection , A word to the wise ought to be suffi cient.' . The J(w Bepuilia Paiy. Raleigh, N. Cm January 4. The stockholders of The? Tribune News paper Company mej; here this afternoon and organized. There are about 100- of hem, nearly all prominent republicans. C ; J - Harris was elected president and H M. Xnyon secretary and treas urer. The paper 'Will be sound money republican and will appear next Sun day. It will take Southern 'Associated Press dispatches, r... TheWorst Blizzard in Tears. - Riniix Citv. la.. January 4. The worst 'blizzard known i for years has been raging here, for thirty-six hovjrs. In this town the street railway tfflc is nranticallv blocked. Many trains have been abandoned and all are late. The conditions are steadily gTOW?nS worse and a general blockade Is feared- Deaths are" reported from the outlying districts, but until af ter the storm notn- ing definite can De learned. ToDeka. Kas., January ! 4. The rail roads of Kansas are suffering badly from the snow ptorm, 'All trarjs are late and in some places traffic is fentfrtii lv blockaded. Mot muen snow. is lan ing today, but the high winds are drift- ins: yesterday s snow, so mucn as to make it still harder for the roads. In some places the drifts are six and ten feet "high. -At Lamed, the stlQwS four feet : deep W tfee Uvep- Four Santa Fe passsenger trains were stall ed over ten hours between. Dodge City and Nickerson yesterday.. An engine with a snow plow was sent out thera and it was also stalled. Traffic on the Pan Handle south of Woodward, Okla., is entirely blocked, as was the case on th Liberal branch of the Rock Island Trains on 'the main line of the Rock Island are Very late- today. Five miners were killed by an ex plosion of gas which occurred the Alderson mines at South McAHster,"T. T., yesterday. FITZSIMMONS AND CORBETT. The Agreement for a Fight on march 17tb Signed by Both Principals. i New York, January A. Bob Fitzsirflr mohs is matched to: fight Jim Corbeft for' a purse of $15,000 and a side bet oC $5,000 on March 17th. FUzsimmonfe signed the articles i this afternoon at Taylor's hotel, Jersey City. Corbejjt signed them three; weeks ago. Dajrx Stuart, of Dallas, Texas,, who madfe the match and claims tq be able to pt it off, was present. Fitzsimmons wenjtj across the river frdm the city at'2!M o'clock p. m. He was accompanied bp Captain Moore, Joe Vendig and Mart Julian'. It was 3:10 o'clock when TaM Stuart arrived. He immediately pr-J duced the articles. Julian read . jth terms governing the fight, FilBsiiniJ, mons objected to the clause, "all pHf' ileges reserved by the club" Juliai said if the kinetoscope privilege 4 sold the principals should get In on arty money coming from that source, arda verbal agreement - was m.ad that a(;fl money, should, he .actually ' divided bes- tween the principals. Then FitzsiiAK tto. onid his -firm dealt as largely in do imestic tobacco as in foreign tobacco, fend he did not wish to be regarded by the committee as representative of (he importers of tobacco. The last time fie had appeared before the committee asrin 1890 and he had then protested n behalf of the importers against a iffftrential rate of duty on the wrapper iaf.-vHp had said at that, time that feuch a rate would not permanently oen- Aflt tKe domestic grower, but would tvery much disarrange and injure the Jr. - nl.;no, TTa rwfiTTl - iSDUSlIieSa J1 tlgai mo.na.iS. . - Smended the change of duty -on leaf to Sbacco from a differential of $1.50 per f pound on wrappers and 35 cents a fpound on fillers to a uniform specific SratP nn all Unstemmed leaf tobacco, Rlwith a reasonable addition, also spe cific, not exceeding 40 per cent. , on stemmed leaf. ', ; Mr. Turner inquired as to the tobac co crops of Florida and Georgia. "Mr. Schroeder replied tnat tnose two states produced ' a crop of , about 1,000,000 pounds, ,10 per cent, of which was used for wrapper purposes and was used as a substitute for Cuban tobacco. Is it a fair substitute?" Mr. Tur ner asked. - "That is a matter of taste " Mr, Schroeder replied. It is used for mix ing, I do not think it is anything more like Cuban tobacco in quality and flav or than Ohio I tobacco is, but it looks more like it and will do very well as a deceiver." (Laughter). ' Mr. H. S. Frye, of Windsor, Conn.,ad dressed the committee on behalf of the interest of the tobacco growers of New England. "The only salvation of the tobacco industry of New England ia a duty on tobacco high enough to pro .tect what little is left of the home mar ket to the domestio producer," he said. As Sumatra was a luxury and a mat ter of fancy he .held that it sh&uld have been taxed as such and on this ground he asked for a higher rat. Moses Kohni president of the Nation al Association of Cigar Manufacturers presented their case. The cigar man ufacturers,, he said well understood the condition which rendered a revision of the tariff necessary at this time. They knew full well that not only was it necessary to. place the revenue of the government lipon a basis which would meet thf current and necessary expen ses, but they iwere also advised of the fact that th theory of the proposed tariff revision would be in line with the theory of "protecting American labor and American industries." He suggested a uniform duty of not ex ceeding 55 cents per pound on all 'to bacco unstemmed. This would afford the growers, as full and fair protection as could be given by any tariff. 'vir tually prohibitory and would yield a proper revenue. . Replying to a question as to" the amount of wrappers that came In un fairly as fillers at 35, per cent., he thought it was enough to cover about 3,000,000 cigars, . i fc.. E.,R, Gumby, of'TamrMl It took about five poundst" Havana tobacco, he said, to wapTteijfears, whereas buti two pounds of Sumatra Cotton Futures. (Special to The essenger.) -New York, January 4. Today's mair- ket Was u sore disappointment to the friends of " cofcton. The receipts were quite moderate, yet the market gave way. March opened at 7.09 and declined to 6.92, closing at 6.92 to 6.93, with the tone barely steady. Liverpool and New Orleans both sold, and a prominent local bear took advantage of the dull ness to hammer prices. There ' were few buying orders and tlje miarket yielded easily under the. pressure. But unless the receipts should become heavy the decline, we think, will be only temporary. We rwould ' rather buy cotton than sell it. 1 ' ' RIORDAN & CO. (By Southern Press.) New York, January 4. The Sun's cotton review says: Spot cotton here declined l-16c,' and 19,500 bales were de- livered on contract. Middling uplands was 7c, against 8 5-16c last year; New Orleans and gulf 7e,. against 8 9-16c last year. Dullness was the principal feature of the. cotton market today. The trading was extremely quiet and mainly of a local character. At first prices advanced slightly in response to higher-Liverpool cables, but in the'ab sence of local support the illght, im provement was lost ' and prices slowly receded,' closing at the lowest figures of the day. Liverpool reacted after the opening, the reaction there being '-due to the failure of this market to make an adequate response to the ixnprove ment in Liverpool. New Orleans bold rather freely here and the receipts at the ports, while moderate, were larger than had been expected and tired longs liquidated. The southern spot markets were firmer in some Instances, bu the unfavorable advices from -Fall Aiver and the financial disturbances' at the west checked speculation. It is report ed that eastern spinners are seekine an outlet On the other side for Jtheir What a sweet, clean ring there !s .to the. word "BORAX.; ' Think of it ingredient of soap,5 kthen think vof Kirkman's Borax Sdapl For sale by all grocers. Premiums for wrappers) i oeware pi lmiLauuns. SfflilNIJItlllCiliJlBJSUMUCIOr AT THELOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 17TH, 1896,-CONDE JT&UM. KEFOiiT TO COJif TibULLEfi. , 3 XjIATRTT .TT71E3- RESOURCES. v - Loans '. ......l..$556f687 17 Overdrafts " 15 70' U. SV4 per cent, bonds (at par) ..... 0,000 00 Banking House and Fixtures..: ...... Due from other Bank3.i.....152,701 81 Cash on hand.. ,'. 179,815 77335,517 61 10,000 00 Capitol . Surplus.. Undivided profits., circulation.. .' Total deposits. ..145,000 00 18,728 !- Total.. ..l..952,280 54 ' Totals... DIRECTORS Ji W.I IvORWOOD S. P. M'NAIR, D. L.IGORE, J SAM'L BEAR, JR ' ... . L P. L. jBRIDGERS, I -..."-'! " " 'j' j "i ' r! viiTttrrrtnTx fitmmTtrTTTW New YerkiCoraespondent, Chemical National Ba 5 iC. W. w. r E. J' We 7 7 To advert pleased cv sell ever Wool Bu Dollars 1 We a . and 'hit , MADE 7 , PROFI ED. "Co i i . . .. CONSIDER -s--Jl avoid tha rush.v W Munsori & Go.-' surplus stocks, but as yet notb'-xig "re liable is known as to the- truth of this report, , Death of Tennessee's Oldest Female Citizen Knoxville, Tenn., January 4.Xpolly Brannum, possibly the oldest woman in Tennessee, died here last night at the advanced age of 109. She . -tfas a, daughter of a revolutionary riatrlot, and in her day was acquainted with Sevier, Blount, Roan, Carroll! 1 Sam Houston, Andrew Johnson, Jackson Polk and other men of national reputa-tlon- SPECIALNOTICESr 3r! l III MM iT . WILL BEGIN TO-DAY. MEN S, BOYS'; CHILDREN'S CLOTi At 25 Per Cent. Below Regular Price;1 Jvxii. i.fjLU'Vi.v w7a.xO DEPOSIT IDIM MONEY IN THB v mlneton Savings and Trust romnaD'- IIT tal J25.000. Surplus $8,006. late' P1" rateof4percent. i4". est paid at . ' , jan 5 tfr MOVED BACK .TO corner Four- . new, brick store southwest induce''" J and Campbell streets. Special -ents to cash buyers. dec 30 tf moha signed-' Al' Smith' stakeholder. Afore Ylot1n of a. Mad Dor Baltimore, January 4.-r Another f the boys who were bitten 1 by a rabjjtf jdog in Baltimore.. county a few weeSfci .ago, and who were treated at' t.e Pasteur institute in New Xork, -has dg veloped symptoms ojf "liydro'ftftobla and hi eatft tsi "espSetea 'wtbin .tip Beit t-wehty-foyr houra. The boyfa name isr lawrence Wilson. John- Bul1, still another of the. mad dog's vifc tims, is also reported ito be in the flrft stages of hydrophobia Should J-hW succumb to the dread, diaeastt.'f ' tljfe Qleajtii lijft b froeed, to fvf jbreK or tne eignt acxims ot ine a , on having already died, in terfibk. ,4n , Death of Another PavilJst. i New York, January 4. James Duffy, the young pugilist from Boston, wL collapsed after fighting ten JOjnds witii George Justice in tfc Broadway AtM- ietic ciud ilrday night, died at g:iS o'clock this morninsf, larf uncoif- H scipus an uay yesjeruay in ssi.v.incenqs hospital; eilffering from 'central' heni orrhaee. a blood vessel ! haing beeti ruptured by concessions of bliws on the head. : r is : named isJ wre required. It Was tru4hat only o pericenif or, tn-. riavana to baeoo imported paid duty as Wrappers. No one wasi deceived in thife majtjte', as the attention Jof the treasury had been called to it and it had been fin ally decided jby the board of apprais ers. There was not ever 2 per cent, of the Havana ap suitable as wrappers. These goods were imported in bulk and the wrappers .selected after the im portation. Until this tobacco was un packed, stripped and prepared for use, no one could tell the wrapper from, tha filler. If a Mgh rate official duty. was placed on this class of tobacco iit wouk) prohibit its importation and drive the pnakers '-oft clear Havana eigura out of the business.! As a matter of fac- I" makers of Havana "Cigars p-' . ; .i V ANTED AN ACTIVE. RELIABLE MAN to represent the Equitable Fire Insurance Company of Charleston, S. C. pply to FREDERICK RUTLEDGE, General Apent, Asheville, N. C. jan51w LOST ONir ANU AR Y 2nd, A FOX TERRIERT .ruppy aDout z montns old.- A reward wtft-fee paid for his return to 405 South Third street jan 3 , HAVING' PURCHASED THE REMAINDER of the last cargo of Oranges I will sell at f 1.50 Tifif OH rush fnr't.ho Tta-rt. four .1 ,.c. c . in your orders. R. E. ward. wnmincHnn imi FOR RENT NO. 520 SOUTH THIRD Street For further information apply on the prem- - aec ai tau jri sun RECEIVED '11Y LAST STR AMtr.B-irTWP Aspinwall Bananas, Malaga Grapes, Oranges 25 cents per dozen, f rystalized Fruits 45 cents pound. Nice assortment of Tenney's and ijowney s unocoiates. A few Fire Works and WOOD, 123 Princess Balloons left. T. W. street, 'Phone ?70.. dec 31 WE SELL. THE BEST LUMP COAL AS LOW as anyone in Wilmington. You don't need to go further than 121 North Water Btreet to iTTV' lowest- prices. J. A. vtj.' . - aee27tf 'LES BY THE BABPUT. AD Am x..i. NEILL MCKINNON. NoL 8 Soitn Water street. . dec 4 GRAND DISPLAY nn rru-otamt c SeJi?ft examine our stock and prices and you will be convinced that we carry , the t - HAAR'S US THE FOUR-HUNDRED CABINET PHOTO- ish and best Christmas presents, i aU and ks mem. aney are dandles, tt n vi t to 114 Market street. f Wilmington's Leading Clothiers C. UtT. BOIaVOG fit SDCCESSOBS TO KATZ & POLVOGT ,H0. 9 B. FB05T Stl Time for the Cloaks and Blanl vVant to have a bit of earnest talk bought for winter and it faile with you on this matter; want you to in "time," so we'll Just pocketf --v...' ' '; ! - '.-- - ' " are going: to make a confidant of you. Here's the confession: ; I ' , We ar.e overstocked and have decided to take a liberal loss now, while there are yet three months of winter before us. Better that than wait, till the. sea son is about ended And then begin. Every redustionls exactly as repre-. sented, . and we shall make this the greatest cloak trading event In , years. Unfavorable weather conditions have forced this loss upon us. j Merchants, have to . take these chances. We and make the best Of It. On consolation is our cust a benefit, so "It's an HI wind t nobody good." " Wehave made three pricf entire stock of cloaks:- l Former price J7.50itw $10.90, t 1 m. Z22.1, Former price JJ0.B0 to $7.50. ' . l' f - m Form -price $15.0 to $10.00. I I . Buy while your size is here.: attention to mail orders, per cent, discount on our J5 steps from Front- poof opens on 8ide-,i;' &m iSP.wFw viwiows. Private oore. . Apply to Y. M. r jath and A, or Roger OC15tf J porters .of other -p, ers as did im- Geo. J. S : Highest pf all In Evening Strength. latest V- S, Gpv' nw ji rappers. . V. n 1 . - u of Np -iin-ii, a. vagar manurajcuurer York, replying to Mr. Gumby, -aid that the Florida manufacturers had to perform the mwacle of wmp pinar 120,000,000 eierars annually with &,uw Faunas ot- tcbacco. It was well. Knewrt -Chat j the law was evaded in Florida. There were about 29,000 cigar makers in the United States employing 200,000 hands, using the Sumatra goods and he asked if it was fair to discrim inate against those In favw of a few makers in Florida, tast year here were imported-, en which durv waa h but 22;ft0d pounds of Havana wrappers, I wniie tnere was produced here SO.WX?,--000 clear Havana cigars. J. I. Ellison, editor ot the United States Tobacco Journal, desired to cor rect the statement made heretofore, that Sumatra tobacco was raised by pauper labor. He asserted that the cost ef raising this tobacco was 24 cents per pound, The . laborers who worked the tobacco were hired" by the season and were 'housed,, fed and clothed. The cornmittee adjourned tHl torn" row when the agricultural 'MJT?C Jocw, fisb, peat nt aart , Fk . RENT -DWELLINGS, Stores, Offices and Halls. For Sale Dwellings, Stores,- Vacant Lots; Cash or time payments. Cash advanced on Improved ciQ property. Apply to D." O'CONNOR, Real Es tate Agent, Wilmington, N. C. se S8 tf fl ON' MONDAY WE WILL BE PREPARED to furnish Jelllco Coal or West Virginia Coal, all lump, at the following prices, for oash only; no credit: By the ton $4.50; half ton $2.50; quarter of a ton 11.4a Either ot these Coals are very tree burning, and are suitable for open grates, barrel Woves or 000k Ing stoves, and at the abov prices U only about half a expensive as wood at 14.00 per cord. WM, E, WORTH & CO,, Agents Southern . Jllioo eoal Company, r- ; deoao UQKMe 1 I (BSCRXPTION BOOK TOR NEW SERIES, on which payments-commence on the 2nd of January ,is now open at the office of the Secre tary and Treasurer. Call and enter your nn In time before all are taken. . W. M. CtTMMING, Secretary and Treasurer. NATHANIEL JACOBI, President. V deoMUt ' Sole Agents for Butterick Patterns and W, B. Corset.; r : I : is : " i ! i k"wei bhank MHI-171 I 1-1- BY- JL HUl -A.T- Greatly I : Reduced : Priq No. in Market Street
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