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Jut priced cents; SHED 1867. WILMINGTON, N. C, THIRSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1817. If . 1- I- X i I 4 t 1 ., 7 iosujimaby; STATE. ' nominates Duncan D. postmaster at Laurin- ' .Green at Warrenton c Russell, accepts the A.jepuon Dy me uapi(.o( fcrh, $n' the evenings of his f John D. Whitford.pre or Carr with the cup and by Governor Caswell a Zration; The legislature ay and organized; the two iiified the governor that they Ai for business: Hileman was speaker More caucuses were nght; the populists will hor:J 4ight and reply to the demo vtrtures' for ; co-operation in soil senator Butler publishes yorlaijl In The Caucasian attack- ltchsfrd; he and Skinner spoke at fpopulid i! t caucus last night;, Butleu kmnces Ithat he is not trying to gef rcratic aid in electing a senator. -DOMESTIC V ponvemt is burned in St. John's, arid . the mother superior and lof the nuns are thought to have In the flames- There is talk il between Colonel Loud, of Sa- ZT-tXllS out of a quarrel over injmigra- 9 . H ;tion colon es in Georgia -from the rnorthweiit -At Woodville, Tx., a ne gro on trial for assassination is being protected J by a company 4j of state troops :The New York ' legislature "convenes j The opposition to the Cu .ban resolutions of Senator Cameron is - i so determined that they will hardly be y brought td a vote at this session of the seriate- The , Omaha I Savings bank, which suspended Saturday, give bond to pay creditors in full in fou.1 years To men are killed and twe wounded by a boiler explosion near Sistersvilles W. "Va- Governor Altgeld of Illinois, yesterday pardoned nineteen convicts: one of themwas the notori al ous criminal jonn Mcram, me ierrir She Chicago oijee; he also cpmmutf ed the sentences of the Meadowcrafts,. convicted qf receiving deposits" In their . bank after! knowing t was bankrupt Mr. Palmer, of the Cuban junta in New York,! receives a letter from Gerr eral Lacretl whom the Spaniards claim to have killed some time ago Ku Kux atten ipt .to lynch, L. C. Combs, of Perry county, Kentucky; he opens fire on them, klling one and wounding an- i other The . postmaster at Norfolk, Va., is found to be a defaulter and one of 'his bondsmen is made postmaster temporarily The free . sllverites of Nebraska jhold a convention and are addressed by" Hon. W. J. Bryan Ar thur B. Jack, of Virginia, who has Been with! the Cuban 'insurgents, re? . turns to hjs home;- he says the Cubans are in good condition; they need artil lery; Maceo is surely dead; Spaniards practice fearful cruelties on the Cu- , bans- Two persons are killed by a collison in Chesapeake bay near Bal- . 'timore- ta train bearing over 5,000,-' OOtLpou'nds'of' salt ieaves Silver Springs! .' N.' Y for New England- Near Pick-.' . ens, S. cj. the son and daughter . of Rev. M. I Jones lose, they- lives in the T fire which destroys their horne A; number oi witnesses are" summoned t , "testify against the Three Friendsrinf, 'the' Kbel suit in the federal court, in-, eluding eight newspaper men -The house ways and" means committee tak the wool schedule and hear argu ments irom producers and importers Comp'troller Eckles gives the Man ufacturers' 'Record a statement show ing the healthy condition of the banks .of the sou th-'-T-A mysterious lynching occurs in South Carolina- The Co lumbian Iron works, of Baltimore launched their third torpedo boat built for our navy -The man Jack who turns -up in, Baltimore as" from Cuba, la imposter, . having just been "turned out of a Florida prison The inventor of the rotary engine i sells the right f9 the United States for $3,100,- " ooo. .'; .'- .-' FOREIGN. ! . Gladstone tiaveils the memorlat win- dow" to Armenian martyrs in the Haw- ' ardin . church- The bubonic-plague is . on the increase in India. SHORT IN IIIS ACCOUNTS. IforfoUi' Postmaster Iyund to be a De - faulter One of U(i Bondsmen Acting as -Postmaster Temporarily. : , ' t Norfolk, Va., January 6. Durine the past week, Postoffice Inspector Clumm has beenl engaged In examning the v.i l)ookB.' of ithe- NorroiK postomce xue i city was greatly excited this afternoon Jay the announcement that he har dis covered that W. W. Begge, the post master, was short in his accounts to the extent of $5,S40, and that Mr. H.' H. Trice, one of his bondsmen had , been made temporary postmaster, with ex , Postmaster James W. X.ong assistant, the latter succeding General E. M. Hen ry. General Henjry's accounts are all right, but the bondsmen blame him for not making pubLo Mr. IX-'fcge's detalca- The sureties made sood the short arr0 ana Mr. Deske gave them a-mort- hft sito-irtwirtv-to secure them. nva irenopfnr savs that only the post master is involved. He says that he iaa nMpr discovei-ed in six years ex nerience a largeif shortage and that untrue took every cent possible, uegge s bondsmen agree not to prosecute him ,.i thpv sav tnev CO not aesire me Ad so. One of the sure that he hoped Degge would be -ror n trie a "net oostmaster. T-o :aava HQ cannot expiam me shnrtatre. exceDt dn the ground of negli and never gambles. He lives moaesuy and it is a mystery to nis ineuus w i he has.done with the money, -.xie na Ss S3' years o- age. He was appointed Vv Mr: r-lpveland in Annl 1S34. . jsotn Trice and Long, who now occupy ine rrQitJnTii of Tvisthiaster and assisiani, t.norarily. are republicans in pon tic. Nans Parish in tfie Flames of a Con rent Robeva!. Que., January 6. At 6 o'clock this morhin j fire broke vxxt in the chaps el of the. convent here, caused by a lighted candle near the cradle of tne , infant Jesus, "setting fire to the uraper tes and floral omantentations, and in' An instan phe whole was a mass of .rnamea.- i Tiw, larra ' was given by a sacristy nvin, bt the fire spread with -such rapidity that nothing could be oavo hiilldins. Seven nuns smothered in the smoke. Another inun was badly burned in trying to ex tinguish the fire. The convent -d "school are a mass of ruins. The tottf loss is' $75,oo ith about $12,000 lnsur . T tri,. arinnt Dai olnSpd OT tLC- f- count of the holidays and most of the pupils had gone home. TO CUUK A COLD IS ONE DAT . Take Laxative B-omo Quinine Tnb tPts. , All druggists refund the money THE SENATORIAL CONTEST. SENATOR BUTLER'S VICIOUS AT TACK ON PRITCHARD. Bo tier Opposed to Another Populist Sena . tor Three Bepabllcaa Members Oppose PritchardTFrltchard'a Denial of Ever ! : Oppotdng Frew Silver Butler . Contra dicts H. I- Grant Butler - Wants No UinocratlcV Aid " In the SenttorahJp Matter, I (Special to The Messenger.)" Raleigh, N. C. January 6. Senator Butler this afternoon sprung a surprise on the republicans. It causes a bier sen sation., He says Pritchard" does not win. Butler's editorial is as follows: , "In nearly every speech in. the last campaign Senator Pritchard gave the public to understand that he - had changed his views. He, Is reported; not only by the newspapers, but by those who heard him soeak to have used ex pressions like the following: I have" changed my mind about the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. I now think it would v dis, astrous. I favor it if we can get it by international agreement. I - stand flat footed on every plank In the St. Louis platform financial " plank ' and ". Again he is reported . In a - speech in Metropolitan hall," Raleigh, to 'have used the following language: , 'Free sil yer people want free whiskey, free trade and free silver and everything ; free but free negroes.' ' In short, when he did not keep silent he ridiculed and belittled free, silver, which is only one of the'flrst steps to : financial reform, more money and, relief. ." Can any pop ulist support a man for the highest and most important legislative otnee in the country who expresses such views? Besides, the leading republican paper in the state editorially set forth the fact that Senator; Pritchard had changed and would in' future stand squarely by the sound money platform of the na tional republican party: but that he would vote for free silver till the$4th of March. Th? tot i,o, had a letter from Senator Pritchard oh this question and' that .he was stating his position. . T "The above was understood to be his position by the state committees 1 of both the populist and the republican parties last summer and t6at i' why there was no co-operation on senator and governor. -The people's party was very anxious to make such terms s would give us the governor, 1ut our state commitjtee by unanimous vote re fused to support Senator Pritchard or any, man holding' such views even in re turn j for rovexnor. -So the two com mittee co-operated as far as the" could and let each party put up its own can didate for the senate. It is now" report ed that Senator Pritchard is ready to change his . position again. Colonel Skinner has a letter from him which he is showing to some of the -members of the legislature. We are informed by those who have seen it that Senator Pritchard is Wow ready to pledge him self to vote for free, silver if it is not of fered as a rider to, a tariff or other matters. This means that Senator Pritchard puts tariff and 'other . mat ters over and above the financial ques tion. ' "When a rider is put on any bi a man votes for or against the rider ac cording to whether he thinks it of "more or less importance than theother ques tion, ' . v ' ' "In 'the first place.no populist could afford to vote for Senator Pritchard, oc cupying this position, even if he had not , changed last summer. In the sec ond place, no populist can afford to vote for a man for senator who "has .flopped around as he has. no matter ; what h f jplje rtow. The p"eople's party has . vigorously and justly con demned the democratid party for its Inconsistent and flopping course on the financial question. There are dozens of prominent men whose course and changing positions have been what his has and every populist in the state has condemned their course - as unreliable and unsafe. No populist can maintain himself or his party unless he takes the same stand towards Senator Pritchard. Any populist who is satisfied with his course need never to" have joined the people's party, because he would have been, at home in either of 'th old par ties. ' '-' - - . ..' -. , . "We warn each populist who believes in his princlpiea -and loves his party to'Consider these" matters before he makes the fatal blunder a f blunder that.wljl be fatal to his party if his party is held responsible for his acts. . "The list of those populists who are reported as ready- to vote Pritchard is as follows : Senate J. F Newsome, First district;. J. M. Early; Third trlct; G. L. Hardison, Eight district; George H. Cannon, Tenth district; R. H. W. Barber, Twenty-ninth district; E. F Wakefield, Thirty-first . district. House H. E. Hodges. Beaufort; G. J. Tar borough, Caswell: T. H. ? Rountree.' Gates;-W. R. plxoh;1 Greene; Frank Brown, Jones; R. L.-Abernathy, Lin coln; C. C. Fagan, Martin; C. M. Bab bit. Pamlico; J. t. Parker, Perquimans; J, J.. White, Randolph. In the brief time we have had to 'Interview these we arl unable to give their exact' state ments but fourteen of the sixteen state they did jiot, authorize any such state ment Most of this number -were em phatic, they would abide by the action of the people's party caucus. Two would make no denial of .the charge Senator Hardison, of Craven, -and Sen ator Barber, of Lincoln. This charge was a slander on the people's partyi We. regret exceedingly jthat there Is any truth whatever4n e-it--AT resolution was passed by the Joint populist caucus last r?tit (hat tyery member Iwpuld abide y the caucus action, j Certainly any one who did not intend to abije by the caucus action in all raatter? sh,oul4 and would have withdrawn . then. But it is generally understood that Colonel Skinner is using every effort, to. get msmbers to bolt. If his purpose is to disrupt i5 splii'the" party no true pop ulis.t will heljJ himbut condemn hly course' . . ' ' Three republicans Dockery, Brower .and E. V, Cox are men whom Pritch ard men f earvrTh'ey. did not rise wen Prltchacd was' Uidorsed last &lg Men have -been ent for to come here an try and influence Cox o support PrUch ard. He is free a silver republican. Senator Pritchard denies that he ever antagonized silver or ridiculed it in speeches last year. He . and Harry Skinner! were ' in - conference tonight. Thtrfe fyas a swarm or republicans at Pritchard's room. He declares' his cau cus is intact, fiknnr said that of the sixteen populists he named as for Prt,ehard there are only three who evejr equivocate and that he has five more other men named will actively, earnest ly and honorably support , jPritchard and that the latters re-election is cer tain. Republicans are worried about Skinner's much talking and' think it bad politics. j At the populist oaucut tonight it was decided that A. ll Swinson, of Goldfc boro, should be enrolling clerk of the legislature, and Brown, of Oxford, was defeated. f I Your correspondent tonight inter viewed a large group of populists whe are for Pritchard. Senator McCaskie says he is the man who called the cau cus yesterday afternoon and that Hllei man had nothing to do with It. He say.t Skinner did not- know the caucus was being held until he was sent for. Ha say he is for Pritchard, but is Inside the caucus and- is no bolter. Represen tative Hodges says he does not cart for the blacklist. Fagans says he will stand by the decision of the caucus and is for Pritohard. It is said that White, Parker; " , Brown, Rountree, Newsom Early, Abernethy and Harris of Hyde are, for Pritchard and that the lattei win bolt. Some- of these populists de clare that 'the caucus has no power as o thlssenatorlal Tyusineas. Hardtsdrr was elected by the republicans.' Hodges declines to sayvwhether he will bolt or not.' He is a Pritchard man. McCaskej says as , matters stand . tonight ithe Pritchard men ' have the majority. There waa.no test vote at the populist caucus tonight. It is learned that at the populist cau cus tonight Senator Butler denied H. L. Grant's statement that he favored .a democrat for sena.tor or was trying to lead, the populists Into the demo cratic camp and said a free silver re-f publican mustbe elefcted. He evidently does not wish to have two populist sen ators, as it might interfere with mat ters four years hence. IX) es this mean Matt or Dockery? This is the comment tonight. . The democratic caucus tonight elect ed a ' steering committee composed OA Senators Parker. Abell and Justico and Representatives Nelson, Person Walters, Cunningham, Duffy and Dix on. State Chairman Manly urged that the state organization ' be "kept in gooc working shape; that funds be raised and the secretary kept here. . (By Southern Press.) Raleigh, N. C,; January 6. Senator Butler tonight made the following statement: .Report having been cir culated to the effect that ithe policy : have advocated with reference to the election of a senator whose record on finance question is unassailable will necessitate democratic support to se cure h.ls election, or that I am in any way : encouraging, seeking or counte nancing support of democrats - -ac complish that result, is absolutely false and without a show of foundation in fact." ; . At the populist caucus tonight, Butler and Skinner both spoke. Their speeches were conciliatory. Butler I urged that the various elements of the party get in line. The senatorial matter was in formaly discussed. There were no per sonalities. Butler never mentioned Prltchatd's name, but Skinner indorsed Pritchard and said he bught to oe sup ported.) All those populists who were blacklisted today as Pritchard men are said by their friends to be ready to sup port him Some say they will bolt the caucus. The populists will hold another caucus tomorrow night and will then reply to the democratic proposition re garding the senator. It is announced by the Pritchard populists that the sen atorial matter will not be "settled before the 15th inst. They also declare tonight that the Pritchard men have a major ity in the populist caucus. - THE WAR IN CUBA. Another Stringent Order Prom General Weyler Insurgents Near Havana The Trial of Another American Cltisen Havana, January 6. Another edict has been issued by General Weyler un der which all owners, managers and overseers of estates and farms in the provinces of Pinar-. del Rio.: Havana and Mantanzas shall within eight days from the date of the edict appear be fore the mayors of the fortified towns nearest to their homes and prove their ownership df estates or the capacity in which they are employed thereon. Owners of estates will be required to show their receipts for the last taxes paid by them and statements will have to be made of tne nvunoer of hands employed on each plantation. Should the examination by the mayors result in the finding of statements submitted to be correct, the persons summoned to appear will be allowed : to return to their homes, after having obtained proper certificates and passes. In all cases where the authorities discover any irregularities in the statements the person subjected to examination win be obliged to remove atonce to the for titled town nearest their home. At the expiration of the eight days allowed for complance with the terms of the edict troops will be ordered to conduct all persons found without credentials is sued by the mayors to the towns and to proceed according to the instructions issued to them. All foreign residents of the three provinces named who are employed In agricultural or Industrial pursuits, either as owners, managers or overseers, must prove, their nation ality and furnish full information re garding the persons employed by them, exhibiting their police documents. All livestock found roaming the country will be seized Dy the authorities until its ownership can be proved and-1 all cattle owners are notified that their stock must be kept confined and that certificates of ownership must be shown to an official authorized to ex amine it during the passage of troops through tne provinces. A party of insurgents under com mand of the leader, Enrique Penalver, made - an attack last night upon the town of Arroyo Narajo,' close to the city of Havana. They were stoutly resist ed by the local forces, who repulsed them and prevented the sacking and burning of -the town. Penalver; and three others of the rebels were killed and seven were wounded. The gam son tost one sentinel killed. i The trial of the case of Louis Some illan. the t naturalized American ' citi zen who was arrested some time ago on the charge of being a rebel and con spiring against the Spanish govern ment, has been set down for Friday next at noon. United States General Lee in pf the opinion that the charge brougnt against oomeiiian is too weakand vague to warrant his conviction. Antonio Mpsadorainguez, counsel for Julio Bangui!?, tBe Amen can citizen, who was recent'- convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life, will acDear as counsel for someuian, Colaser Fondeiveia. commanding at ftnanabacao. has issued an ordr. nr W - - a. - kK All 4 ...... n .3 tne eJfrcemem oi iuc cuiti uucu .Tnnuarv s bv General Weyler. add- !'. riaime orehibitlng the removal of - Za. r i -W i.-. r.U .... this -l.ir withnn c ana' -lal permit in writing is sued twenty-four h.oi!T ih advance of their removal. Any person violating this order wUl be liable to . criminal prosecution. ; A largely attended meeting of mer chants, planters ahd others was held tonight in the S Banish casino, at which, after a hot discussion it was resolved to send a lone cable dispatch to the government at Madrid expressing the loyalty of those present at the meeting and their regret at the attacks of the Madrid press upon General Weyler, and requesting the government to con tinue Weyler at the head of the admin istration In Cuba as pecesgary for the Till? CM TP TPP.TCT A TUBE II lllii uiftiij uiiUiunniuiiU'jf THE POPUIilST-REPUBIilCAN LEG ISLATURE CONVENES. The Two Houses Meet In Their Bespect ire Hall and Organ ire Hileman Elected Speaker of the House The Two Bodies Elect Their Other Offlcers-The Governor Notified of the Bodies Being Beady for Business. , ' (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C , January 6. At noon, Satterfleld, principal clerk of the last house, called the house to order, it is a good looking body. Rev. Dr. Levi Branson offered the opening prayer and prayed that laws: to prevent intem erance might .be enacted. Reading Clerk Stanford, of the last house, called the roll of the memDers, These came forward in "blocks, of five" and were sworn in by Associate Justice Montgomery. The thirty democrats' sit on the speaker's left, all together in a section. Four of them were In the last leelslature Nelson. McKenzie, Gallop and Duffy. The youngest , member is i Ferguson, of Haywood, who Is 24 years' ! --old. ...-':, .. : There are eight colored members, two each from Edgecombe and Halifax saiid one each from Granville, Northampton, Wake and Vance. I Schulken nominated , Hellman for speaker. Charles E. Cook seconaea tne nomination on behalf of the republi- cans. - ..!......'- Dr. B. F. Dixon placed John S. Cun ningham in nomination : Nelson seer onded the nomination of Cunningham and said he was a typical free silver, income tax and anti-trust man. The republicans smiled broadly at these remarks. , . .. . Hancock, of Craven, seconded him. ' Other officers elected are principal clerk, E. O. Masten; reading clerk, F. B. Benbow; doorkeeper, D. T. House; assistant, Abe ' Middleton, colored; en grossing clerk, D. F. Scarborough. Governor Carr was notified that the house had organized and was ready for business. The senate was. called to order at noon by' Lieutenant-Governor Dough ton, to whom Senator Smathers pre sented the gavel. The following officers were elected; Principal . cjerk, Hill E. King; door keeper, T. N. Halliburton ; assistant, doorkeeper, D. G. ; McCarthy; reading clerk, J. W. Watson; engrossing clerk, J. Buchanan. The governor was notified of the or ganization, of the senate. Reception to the Governor-Elect. (Special to The Messenger.) , Raleigh, N. C., January 6. Governor- elect Russell writes a letter to Presi dent Jaimes McKee, of the. Capitol Club, accepting its tender of a recejn tion to himself, Mfs. IRussell and friends, and names the evening of in auguration day, January 12th, &s the date. .! .-' 1 ','.'..'. Governor Caswell's Cop. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, Jafeuary 6. Governor Carr was presented by John D. Whit- ford today with the cup and saucer used by Governor I Richard Caswell at his inauguration 120 years ago. A Fraud' Baltimore, Md., January 6. Arthur B. Jack, a young man who has , been with Gomez's army in Cuba since last May, acting as a newspaper corre spondent part 'he time, arrived here last night en route to his home in Vlr- ertnia. The Cuban troops, he says, nave plenty of food, such as it is consisting of meats and fruits, but their cniei anxiety is about artillery, which is of great importance to them. They have an abundance "of small arms and am munition and! have a good supply of dynamite, which they use very effect ively in exploding ; mines and blowing up railroad trains: He says there is no doubt of the death of Maceo, and states that he was present when the body of that general Xvas buried in the moun tains, eighty-three miles from where he was killed. , Mr. Jack is impressed with the belief that the Cubans will win their struggle for freedom. They are fighting desper ately, he saldi and are dally receiving accessions to their numbers. In speak ing of the reported cruelties of the Spanish soldiers, he said pumbers of cases came under his observation where children of insurgents had their eyes put out or their hands cut off. Jacksonville; Fla., January 6. The young man. A. B. Jack, now In Bait! more, who is quoted as saying that he had been In Gomez s camp since last May as a newspaper correspondent, was arrested In Jacksonville in October and tried and. convicted on the charge of obtaining meals under false pre tenses. Jack was sentenced sixty days confinement in the county Jail and was compelled to labor on the pub lic roads. At ithe expiration of his im prlsonment, which was in December, Jack left Jacksonville for some north ern point. He; was connected also with the force of Spanish sIes that lnfet.ed this city in October. Instead of having returned from. Cuba, Jack has just been released from a Florida convict camp. Another Torpedo Boat T.annrhed. Baltimore, January 6.-rThe third of the series, of torpedo boats to be built at the Columbian iron works for -the United States Igovernment was launch ed this morning. The first was launch ed about, three months ago and . the second about six weeks ago. Th" trio have not been named, but are'4nrowny respectively, as torpedo boats Nos. 3, 4 and 5. Their contract price was $97, 500 each. The three boats, which are off the same design and size are to form parts of a fleet of sixteen sea-going torpedo vtessels now being- con structed in ship yards in different parts of the country. s No. 5, which was launched today, is built of steel of the regular navy requirements, is 160 feet long and 16 feet broad, with a displace ment of 142 tns. ! Her armament will comprise thre 18-inch white head tor pedo 'tubes oni her upper deck, trained to fire at any angle.and three one-pound rapid-fife gun?. . She is estimated to be capable of a s;peed of twenty-four and a half knots per hour. ' ' , Wottld-Be "Lynchers "Repulsed ' Lexington, Ky., January 6. A second attempt was made yesterday morning; to lynch L e.jGombs, pf Berry cqunty, Several weeks ago the ku-rklux tried to; do him bodily i harm, but he - escaped. Yesterday morning they came again, forty strong.- He fired on them, killing one, who wasl left behind, and badly wounded another, who was carrl' off by his companions. The -dead man nroves. to bej Combs nephew, John Hensley. j . . -- .1- Hjgfcjsst ' all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gort Report. wmm , CONFLICT OP INTERESTS, Importers and Producers of Wool Ha Their Inning Before! ! the' House Wt; s . and Means Committee ? ' i Washington, January 6. rThe hearing on the wool scheduler of the tariff brought many farmers and manufac turers to the ways ah$ means commit tee 'room today. "If" The first speaker was John G.; Clark of the 'Washington 'Cofctnty (Pa.) Wool Growers' Association. Pe spoke strong ly of the effects of the! free wool cl a use of the Wilson law, whjjch, he declared, had prostrated the I .business in, th United States. ( One hour was givej to Judge Wil liam Lawrence, the president of the National Wool GrowerskAssociatiojn, to present the request ofifthat body.l The statement .was an exhJMistlve review o the wool industry under different tariff rates during the last palf centuryj. He saia the Wilson law Had stopped one- third of the wool growing business and closed one-half of the mills, in th j country. The schedule asketl 'by the' Wool Growers' Association iiwas 12 cents pound on all merino wools, 24 cents on washed and 36 cents jn scoured A.us trallan, unwashed wois to be consid ered as washed. I The wool growers , iieslred that- the "skirting" clause of ; jme present law be dropped. If this wefie done, it woul? give employment ta thousands of American wool sorters-nd keep $1,000.- 000 annually at home, jjwhich now went abroad. .. i 8 . i As a plan to prevera a flood of im-' ports pending the passage of a i bill, Judge ! Lawrence suggested that (con gress pass at the present session a bill declaring that all articHes imported af ter the first day of ther-first session ol the Iflfty-flfth congress be subject to the rates of .duty of anSy law passed b: that congress, when tne new rates art an advance, bonds to Jbe given byj im porters for such payment before goods can be withdrawn. p Mr. Theo. Justice, oxf Phlladelnhia. n dealer in all grades of. J wool, spoke for the consumers who,- h said, had .beer injured, by free wool.il He advocateif higher and specific duties. G. C Moses, of BathJiMe., an Import er and i manufaoturer. isaid that if the course advocated 'by Mfe Lawrence! was adopted it meant deata to the manu facturer and would Pestrict ImDorta- tlons. He had too mufh confidence in the sense of the cbmrtrittee to believfe that Itwould draft aSmeasure of thlto kind. He was not agamst an adequate duty on wool, but Im objected to a ; prohibitory duty as suggested by Mr. ! Lawrence.. Such a tariff ij would close the milltf.of this country fand force mer-1 chants i to buy their cth abroad! He understood that the cqjmmittee. Intend ed placing a specific diity on wooll He hoped that this would pot be the pase. As far as wool was concerned,, a speel- fie duty could not be adjusted, to oper ate fairly, as the conditions of Iwool coming from different teountries differ ed so greatly. 3 i ' Delegate Catron, of ISew Mexico, and J. W. Smith, of Laytofj, Utah, wanted specific duCs on wol and one ithat would raise -the price t about 15 cents. I 1 CAUGHT BY TUljJ FLOOD. Perilous Position of WoiU Chopper in tlie 'Mississippi Bottoms Creat Devastation Done Trains Blockaded. I lii ' ' St. ! Louis, January;) 6. Early this morning the steamhiat B. H. Pike landed here sixty wod choppers thav had been picked up frqjifn tree tops and house roofs in the lOTfJands north of Louisiana, Mo., yesteday. Two hun dred wood choppers eritployed by local lumher concerns were fat work onj prairie lands "bordering on the Missis sippi lying directly norjth of Louisiana. The place has been stujdded with tnts..' The men and their families have camp ed there for the' past month. The Mls sissippi had been rising rapidly, but no immediate danger? wastetpec ted. Karlj; Tuesday Salt river, dirfectly north, ros6 three feet, breaking ovWp Its banks anicT flooding the low lands! Joseph Lowler, of St. Louisi a sectibf foreman, fore saw the danger,! ; butf arrived at the wood choppers camp tijo late for them to escape. He was astitjde a horse.- Fol lowing him .came the roaring ofl the waters. There was ;jla rush for' the "highjest ' point" andljthose fortuhate enough to have cabira sought safety, on the roof. The narodfw strip of high land was covered wif shivering hu manlty. The night was well advanced Bon fires on the highlands kept the choppers from freezing until daylight when they were resfiied with skiffs and rafts. The B. H.'jjPike picked uj many of them. j I I At Reading switch, fpur miles north at the mouth of Salt river, the whole, land for miles around! lis under water The St. Louis, Kedkukfand Northwest ern railroad tracks were submerged There is danger of thq railroad bridge across Salt river belngiswept away, jThis morning t'jvo ixpeditions lefj' Louisiana one north ian the other south on a searchina tApedition for flood victims. Mayor jrtiafcr leads inj the movement and has started a fund td defray exDenses. MS ; Three St. Louis and San Francisco passenger trains arejheld near I St. CJair,. Mo., by a washout. One of the trains was due in St. jjLouls yesterday morning, another lasi night: andLthc third this morning. T.h Frisco officials are unable to tell whfen th6y will be able to bring their I trains Into) St Louis, but they expect to do so some time tonight. i j More than 900 feet of track have peen washed away by the rise of Meramaif river. A large force off men have been at work day and nlghtlsince the wash-, out repairing the break, -which Is jftfty miles from St. Louis, j I . j !The Missouri river and Its tributa ries, the Osage and th Gasconadej are falling, as is also the Mississippi above Grafton, 111. The Illincfs and the Mis sissippi below Graf toni are still rising. i :i f . I j The Farmers Not Benefited. ' J Atlanta, Ga January 6, The state railroad commission hfard arroments today !on the appllcatibn of the pall' roads for a restoratlo of the. 20 per cent, cut in rates on fertilizer, Thls cut was ordered tp takf effect JaniSary 1st. If it is allowed to stand, the roads iri the state will lose $2G6,000 in revenue. They claim that they cannot afford to stand this reduction and that the! ef fect of It will be: to taXe it out off the oola rlaa tha amnlnvaa on1 ta Uoiik H.T-irino Th iHa marfo. n vpim .tVn'iiv- showing. It had been stated that the farmers would get that benefit of the. reduction, but' not a firmer has been heard from. All the testimony in favor of the reduction came from the manu facturers and the middle-men- (The roads claim that the benefit to 1 the farmers would amount to only 3 cents per acre. It is probahl that the order wUl be rescinded with the understand ing that all salariesi will be re-.ad: iustea m ne sprmg, New North Carolina postmasters. Washington, January? 6. The I presi dent sent to the senate the following nominations of postmasters for North Carolina: Duncan D. I(fclntyre. Laur inburg; Mary Green, "vfarrenton. h 1' U. II., mm? i - . ! POLITICAL EXCITEMENT. PLENTY OP IT AND OF ALL KINDS IN RALEIGH. The Republican Caucus Snubbs Holton Pritchard Populists Blacklisted Pritch ard's SUrer Pledge Angers Some Repub licansResolutions of Democratic Cau cus on the Senatorship The Senatorial Contest Becoming More Kxcltlng The Populist Caucus W. E. Harris Beleased Prom the Penitentiary. Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel, Raleigh, N. C, January 9. Last night there was plenty of polit ical excitement. The republican caucus was in session until 1 o'clock. The anti Holton republicans got in their work on him. It was his prerogative as state chairman to call the caucus to' order, 'but instead of this a senator, did that duty. Holton chafes under this. He was by a vote Indorsed as state chairman. Last spring the Pritchard people gave it out that they intended tc punish" Holton. Last night's work was part of the punishment. .-, "v '!' "The paper' here today published a -."blacklist" containing the names of Certain populists, who yesterday ! were in the Pritchard populist caucus;! that is pledged themselves to vote . for Pritchard for senator. Yourcorrespond ent saw two of the men named at the office of Senator Butler's paper and they were denying the charge, aying they might, publish" cards. . Rev P. T. Babb, who is a , Pritchard populist, later, said the Hat was all right but in complete. Congressman Skinner and M, L. Wood made the same remark. A republican representative says thai the pledge given by Senator Pritchard in his letter to Skinner, to vote for free silver in any shape, and also for an amendment1 to the national bamirino law is raising a storm among the uttrtj iciiuuiitaus aim mac a dozen or them were on the point of revolt. He further said that the giving of any such pledge might, with a little management, have been avoided. - Pritchard was in 3he republican cau-' cus last night indbrsed by a rising vote. He failed to get one vote, how-. AVr fcrn.h,. rCl".,. l V? TL' bllvr H. fke.ked toTe excuVS from votine on thi roni.,M J TxSlr!r Pritchard, stating that circumstance w iMUg might arise which would make it Im possible for him to vote for Pritchard. State Chairman Manly - called thq democratic caucus to order last night. The caucus after a two hours' discus sion unanimously adopted the followJ ing resolution, which it sent to the pop ulist caucus: "The democratic . mem bers of the legislature, in caucus as sembled, confiding in the professions of the populist party that it earnestly ad vocates and desires the free coinage of both gold and silver at the present ra tio and the reformation of the financial system of our country, and beinsr sin- cerely desirous of the financial reform set out in the platform of the demo cratic party at Chicago, do declare: - 1. That we invite co-operation with the populist members of the legislature to the end that a consistent, ttnswerv ing and earnest advocate of. the free coinage of silver and opponent e? trusts, and combines and an ad"VKcate' .of an income tax be elected to tha United States senate. I 1 2. That a committee of five, two sen. ators arid three representatives, be ap-, pointed to copfer with a committee U be named "by the populist party mem bers, to arrange all details and that this committee make known at once this action to the populist caucus. 3. That should the populists favorai bly respond to this proposition, for co operation, we pledff? ourselves to abide by and perform -any agreement enterer" into by our namittee, -.; . The committee, composed, of E S Abell, E. S. Parker, B. F. Dixon, J H McKenzie and J. I Nelson, presented the resolutions to the populist caucus The latter caucus appointed a -committee to confer with the republican caucus ana tne very pame committee to confer with the democratic caucus. Senator Butler's paper was held back and did not appear until today. In e signed editorial he says: "The Cauca sian and Senator Butler are for the election of a populist or a silver repub lican for senator whose loyalty and de votion to the cause of free silver canJ not be questioned." This is a direct slap at Senator Pritchard. The republicans, who are wildly anx ious to get populist votes, are today denouncing the democrats as "groveling in - the dirt" in their proposal to the populists to co-operate on senator. Congressman John E, Fowler, popu list, said to me today: "I don't think the senatorial question is settled. There are some tacties yet available to de feat Pritchard. I think we can either elect a populist to tLe senate or else put those who refuse to vote for him in such a hole they can't go back to their constituents." . Prltehard was smiling today and the republicans ideclared Butler was "hack ed." ' - Senator Butler in a signed article m his paper today calls President Cleve land a "monarchist." The senator in another editorial says the editorial two weeks ago In which Tom Watson was termed a variegated fool, was written by Associate Editor Hal Aver. He has written the latter expressing his dis approval of the editorial and saying that when he replies to Watson's letter it will .be over his own signature. The Caucasian comes out strongly in support of state aid.1 to the university; Ex-State Senator J. B. , Fortune, re- puDiican," wno is Here,. Is an ardent Pritchard man, and said today regard ing Harry Skinner, fPritchard's -populist lieutenant: "What Skinner did ves terday means he wilUgo to the senate when Butlers, terra expires four years nence. i preaicteavtnts twelve months ago. Every republican will now get to work to elect Skinner to the senate"; The number of persons seeking office at xne nanas or mis legislature was the greatest ever Known. -" . i The alleged cruelty, to a convict on a. chain gang in Rowan county is tone lnvesxigateo, - . . Yesterday a -white man, W. E. Har ris, was released from the' penitentiary here. Hs was' sent up for five years for stealing $500 at: Wilmington. He ' re fused to give his correct names Tijeare was a current belief that he was a man of fine family who w-Jshed t screen the latter. There appears to be no grounds for this idea. A fakir who was travel ing with a eircus here several week age lert ?zo ror Harris with-a shew- ! man here and Harris got this HjonejN 1. 1 o.x iTrv.cr wiivi. noma conceals his nam? fo other : reasons. He is now circulating stories about barbarity 'to state convicts, a charga made once years ago, but absolutely disproved by official investiaatloiv The populist caucus the' legtsia ture was called, la order- by Stte Chairman Ayr last night. The report in The Caucasian saysi ''The republi cans gracefully conceded the import -Mt position of speaker of the house tc the populists," Ambrose Hileman, of Cabarrus, i being chosen speaker. - Con gressman Skinner made a - talk and. openly advocated the election of Priteh ard as senator. He read. Seiaar Pritchard's lercer, (whjoh was summar ized !ast night.) The anwasian says; "'Bis addra and the reading of the ?e'tter both heard without creat- comment or the sligutfttt eom- motion of any kind." . iMr. iscoville is to have charge of the. Tarboro house, U iaaearned. : . A Fatal Boiler EibImIm, Hlsterville, W. Va., January 6. About 'clock this morning the boiler of the Fjteher Oil Company pn the Davis flowell farm expkder from some nn- KUaw-n C9U no O Tf man wam VIIIa jUright and two were very seriously Huures. Th wen. were at work fixing ,UB som eonnectiona, about the boiler the time thf vrl-.alATi wimA What, a sweet, clean ring there is to th word 4 BO F AX. 39 Think ij It as an ingredient of. soap, then think of " .I f . . Kirkinan's Borax pap; r? r 1 a it . r-k ' i - - ror saic uyaii grocers, - Beware of MEMENfM AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 17TH 1896, CONDENSED FROM EEP0KT TO TZ,"E1 sources. Loans 556,687 17 . 15 78 , 50.000 00 Overdrafts Ui S, 4 per cent bonds (at par).. Banking House and Fixtures. ....U-.-Due from other Banks. ...... 51,701 84 10,000 00 Cash on hand-. .179,815 77335,517 61 Total.. 1952,230 54 Total... I DIRBOTORS: ft v. n. xiuisYuui S. P. M'NAIR, D. L. GORE, SAM'L BEAR, JR P. L. BRIDGERS, ! . .. : vr. A. UJi VY UUU, liKEKJO ILL K, S. C. New Yerk eoraespoiident, Che tn leal National Bank. A. DAID :&'GO. nilh Hintlini r i e rit i . mm ill ll my - ' - - : . - -'- T . ' . ' j ( - . I: ; : - : - ' . T .-. - .'. .. WILL BEGIN TO-DAY. MEN'S. BOYS9, CHILDREM'S CLOTHING At 25 Per Cent. Below Regular Price. Custom Made Wilmington,s Leading Clothiers; . L " ' - i , 1TZ VHT J ,f SUCCESSORS T0 KATZ& POLVOGT )no! 9 N FRONT ST.. Time for the 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. W are going to make a confidant of you. Here's the. confession: . ! We are overstocked and have decided to take a liberal, loss now, while tijere are "yet three months of winter before us. Better that than wait till the sea son is about ended and then begin. -Every redustion is exactly as repre sented, and we, shall make this the greatest cloak trading event in years. Unfavorable weather conditions have forced this loss "upon us.' Merchants have to take these chances. , We Sole Agents for Bntterfck iA SPEClAIj SlLE wmm llloeiy and K ip r at '., - . . ti -.! V 1. . Greatly : Reduced : Prices. No. in Market Street. premiums iorwrappers. Imitations,'. COMPTROLLER. , :.. , LIABILITIES- Capital surplus ...j..' ..;V.. 1125,000 00 ..I M5.00O 00 1 i -4- 18.7i8 81 62.728 91 T-... 44,9r0 00 ..!-.. 719, a 6t Undivided profits. Circulation Total deposits.. C. W. .WORTH, W. E.I SPRINGER E. J, POWE S. '. H. L. TOLLERS, ,W. C. tCOKER, JR., To advertise us, ana believing a veil pleased customer the best method will sell every day this week Men' All Wool Suits worth from Ten to Fifteen Dollarsat only FIVE DOLLARS cash. We are hustling off "UNDERWEAR and hitting a lively, pace on 1 MADE TO MEASURE. surra PROFITS NCtONiGllB CONSIDER ED. "Come early and avoid the rush. Munsoii & Go. Suits $20.0if). bought for win'er an it failed to comt in time, so we'll Just pocket the loss and make the best of it! One consolation is our customers get a benefit, so "it's an ill wind that blows nobody good." , j We have made three prices of our entire stock off cloaks: former prlctf J7.50 w ilO.00, now 5. Former price $10.50 to $15.00, now i $7.50. Forme price $10.00. i ' ' $15.00 to $22.50, now ; Buy .-while ypur slse Is hsre.. Special attention to mail orders. Twenty-flys per cent, "discount on our blankets. Patterns and W. B. Corsets.: A Pay f It fail to cure. 85c. . . . : ; n- feadX.tp fake $her place. He say pacincauon oi ine ifiana. . . - - f'
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 7, 1897, edition 1
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