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. ... -;-, . ;v ",t " "V " ' ft i - . - , M . 4.-. .-.(... i. WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, JANUARY 17; 1897, ESTABLISHED 1867. it. V - y V SUMMARY. ' THET STATE. H. L. Grant says Thompson's nomi nation does not aff eel Pritchard's pros . pects; he says Governor Russell will b. at the head of his' proposed new partj -The North Carolina railroad de clares a dividend of 6' per cent. Populist Committee! nan Peace say: Pritchard will win b; ' from five to ter votes- Skinner says Thompson wil not ret the democratic vote; he say; thg democrats are playing a shrewd po litical game in the senatorial matter.. ' DOMESTIC . The hearing of thu charges agains' ' Roloff and Luis is siontinued bjr tin commissioner at Nev' York un til Sat-urdayj- From a buihipg orphan asy v lum in Texas the matron rescues al the orphans at the e3 pense oif the live. of her 6wn children The house com mittee on ourrency jives hearings 01 the financial questio v to two banker? - Fred Grand and S. D. Lee appeai together before the house; committee on rules In advocacy of. the bill to form a federal park out or the battle fields around Fredericksbui g Mark Hanna announces himself a candidate for thf senate Two steamers (co -' ashore near Norfolk Mr. Iharles D. Owens, vice president of the Atlantic and Dan , ville railroajj, dies suJdenly at Norfolk The federal house of representatives 'j yesterday"devdted th; session to eulo gies on the late ex- Speaker Crisp Owing o a peculiar wording of he constitution of Oregc n the legislaturt must meet today At Rugby, Ten$n.f Benjarain Davies and wife are fouind dead fn bed, the man was shot and the woman' ; throat ci it Fitzsimmons lias his -nose mashed by a newsboy. . FOREIGN. New honors have be en conferred upon Bishop Keane by the pope-- The un boat Machlas is ordered from Canton, " China to Bangkok, Sram, to look after ". American " Interests: our consul has been attacked by Siariese troops The' European powers' anc. Turkey will hold a conference to take measures to pre vent the entrance ir to Europe of the bubonic plague now i aging in India The southern Florid; l limited will be one of the- finest trs ins the Pullmans have ever turned out. Europe, espec ially Russia is great y stirred up over our proposed arbitration treaty with England The plagi.e in India is caus ing great uneasiness to the powers of Europe The famln ; in India is caus ing the death of thou jands of people- The knowing ones confidently look for an uprising' against :he European -embassies in Constanti lople at an early day The rumored capture of Santa Clara province by Gomez is denied. Military 0ieralSou8 m Cuba . Havana, January M. A summary of the "militarv operations of the last twenty-four hours, according to official reports issued today, shows that the troops are continuing their skirmishing tactics in the province of Pinar del Rio, Havana. Matanzas - and Santa Clara. The aggregate losses of me rebels can not be ascertained, but they left fifty- two of their dead on the several fields 1 of battle. The total lbsses of the troops were two officers arid fifteen privates wounded. Governor General Weyler has ordered the " beginning of1grinding in the Pinar del Rib province and is organizing forces fori the projection of the men engaged in the work, to be paid by the owners c f the estate, abol ishing the system o! payment by the tate. The gatherinir of the crop for erindiae. according to the order, will hoe-in iwithin eieht days. The scope of the' order will, later, be extendedto in- oUiSf. the Drovinces or Havana and Ma .ianzaa and in the neir future the order 'will b4 put into effefct in the province of Santa Clara. 1 The Fatuiuolln Iudi London, January' 16. The ravages of the famine In the interior of India are still far more, deadly than the more horrible plague at Bombay. The vic tims ft the plague are perishing by hundreds dail, but the victims of ' hunger succomb bjj thousands daily. It would be easy to harrow the feelings of eery one possess ing human sympa ' thyVby accounts of the typical sights 1 e'erienced in the vist famine district, Wit surely the appet te for horror in all Its. forms, has been s atiated throughout Christendom during the past few months, it is sufficient to say that the gaunt, starving mi! lions of India are perishing at a more prapid rate than any ever suffered beforfc the most deadly ) engines of destruction devised by man. ( The public conscience and- sympathy in j this, country havej r both been fully ' aroused. The response to the appeal is liberal; :but only inadequate. The.pro " portion of givers to the sufferers is scarcely more than one in a thousand. It will require I tha generosity of the whole world tolopppse a real check to , the ravages of hunger in India. A SplenlllNrthj Carolina School. One of the most Interesting and com- j :plete educational ejehibits at the"' state fair was that of SU Mary's school, Ra leigh. The space given to thiis exhibit, just oposite the main entrance, on the first floor of Flora. Hall, was prettily decorated, with blue, the school color; and the display of . drawings, paintings. science charts, eptomological eollec--' tions, etc., made this a delightful spot to everyone interested in thorough and attractive school works. The art ex hibit was unusual $.n& showed the good Jresults of a carefully graded course of instruction. There (were drawings from c,sts, work""in charcoal and in pencil; Jcljarmlrrg perT and vink sketches, one " hour time sketches and exquisite : work in water colors and in oil. Per haps the most unique features were the pen and ink sketches and the original applied designs for wall paper, table linen and screens. The work in science was Very thor ough; books were shown containing work and drawings done oy the pupils . in physiology, botany and natural his- - tory; collections of butterflies, moths, bees ' and beetles, jwere exhibited and ' also-the large colored charts illustrat ing parts of insect, etc., used In class. A part of the scientific apparatus of the school the telescope,, air pumps, mannikin, orrery, rjiicroscope was also shown; on Thursday of fair week the large' compound microscope, valued at ".OOO, and one of the finest ! instru rnen'8 used in any school, was exhibit ed to iose interested in scientific In vestigation" by MiN S1ater, the teach er in charge o? thei science department. A full set of n4els t0 ald ln teacn" ing mathematics k?as another inter esting feature, as were also the charts Illustrating "the History of musical notation," the sheets used in teach ing prepecive, and the programmes of various" rau.sicajl recitals given by the pupils of the school. An examination tot ine papers of the Masses in mathemB-tics. science, lltera-' ture, history, languages, ana on me papers, relief mapk and modeling done y the preparatory departments show ed ho-w thorough i nd how advanced is the woVk of ever; ' department at St. ""Mary's. -.'""' i ' - . The teaching ard th -wood carving done by Miss Cheshire, a former pupil of the school, wert unequalled in beau 4y of desigi and finished execution and Evinced an artistic talent of a high ordc , : : . , TMs JArge and very complete. exhi bition took the gepd .medal at the fair. The echooi at very reason to be rjrotjd of -the thrpugh and artistic work done by its fcupiU, W congra-tu- . lit ip upo m at ljtf up TEL"E(iKAFHld THE NEW PARTY ERTAIN REPUBLICANS : TRYING TO FORM. ARE 'ajor Grant Saya Kassell Will Be At It Head It Object to Ueprlve the Bother Faction of a Share of the Spoils-The Democrat Playing Their Hand Well in the Senatorial rffeht Dlrldend Declared By the orth Carolina Railroad. I (Special to The Messenger.)! Raleigh, N. C, January 16. H. L. rant went'far last night when he said le republicans and bolting populists ould form a new party. Today he j,' oes further and says: "Thompson's omination does not affect Pritcar.d's -election. Whatever coalition elects ' ritchard will form an administration arty. Governor Russell will be jat its ead. ' Of course everybody will under tand what that means so far as offices re concerned." V The North Carolina railway today de lared a 6 per cent, dividend, 3V4 ayable February 10th, and 3 per cent, wugust 1st. In addition to this the outhern railway pays all the taxes. . hich this year aggregate about S30.C00. . i . ,. . - .- - , - tockljolders say they desire to know , nat otner corporation pays sucn large , of its outstanding circulation. Mr. Fer let dividends. ' i ' i ris also argued in' favor of permitting r Republicans today circulated a rumor banks of large capital to establish . , j, . . j branches in their various redemption hat Jones of Alleghany, democrat, had districts, for which provision was made declared for Pritchard for senator, i ones says no one has a right to make i nv such statement ReDublicans have ny sucn statement. tepuDiicans nave heir eyes on Jones. Harris of Hyde, ne of the populist bolters who went ack to the populist caucus last night, says the1 report that he has turned gainst Pritchard is untrue, that he de ilareu to the caucus last night that' hp. i.-ould certainly vote for Pritchard. . Populist State Committeeman Peace ays tonight: "Pritchard will win by rom five to ten. Prominent, republl-ans- say he will have five majority. It. a contended that Butler is trying tb ause a deadlock. Pritchard said to--ight: "The status of affairs is that I m certainly elected." ' . Congressman Skinner said: "Thomp on will not get the democratic vota. .Ie is"" only playepf as a card by Butler, le is weak and has been used by But er. ' He is inconsistent. We discounted ds nomination. We did not believe, he vould accept it. It failed in its purpose :o unite the populists. We are deter ninedl to perpetuate the fusion with the epubllcans." Senator Odom, who joined the popu ist bolters, - today wrote Skinner the "ollowing letter: "It affords me . great pleasure to say I admire the course that you have pursued in the senatorial contest. I have decided to castmy . vote Zpr Pritchard for re-elction, believing Honesty and fair dealing on the part of he populist party' require me and all ther populist members to observe the agreement entered into two years ago vith our i republican friends that we should vote for the caijcus nominee of he republican party." t Skinner says tonight: "The demo jrats have played' their hand in this Ight better than I ever knew them to ilay it. They hive learned politics .'rom Butler." - - . " ' (By Southern Press.) Raleigh, N. C, January 16. The Tri bune tomorrow will print an interview .vith Colonel Harry lSkinner, member of congress, who is here supporting the candidacy of Senator Pritchard, in , which Colonel Skinner asserts it as his ialm and considerate judgment that Pritchard will be elected on the .first jallot next Tuesday. He; declares that Pritchard populists are stronger than they were yesterday, ana that there- is absolutely no defection in" the repuDii- can ranks. He claims that there have een four accessions from the populist majority caucus besides State Sena tor Odom who declared ln writing to 1 3ay his intention to' support Pritchard. On the other hand two of the bolters ire understood to have returned to the majority caucus. ' . Late last night the majority taction issued a manifesto from which the fol lowing is; extracted: "The majority have exhausted all resources to bring ibout harmony and amicable adjust ment of the differences that exist, but their efforts have been in vain.' Colonel Skinner characterizes this a3 an acknowledgement of defeat. It is understood that Senator Butler hopes to bring about a deadlock by Thomp son's candidacy; but the supporters of Pritchard say it is impossible to do so. as they have a majority pledged to re? elect the senator. It is not generally believed that dem- ocrats will support Thompson, - though it is impossible to get an expression of opinion from any of them. Their course will remain undecided until they cau cus Monday night; but as it does not appear that Thompson can be elected bv their votes, it is probable that they will nominate a democrat and vote for him, The Ttext International Conference London, . January i6. The interna tional conference at Washington next May is likely to attract a larger at tendance of delegates than any of its predecessors, party because It Is nearly six years slncJ the last conference and party on account of some of the Euro pean delegates' determination to obtain a reduction ln the mall rates for let ters. Th.es reformers say that a thou sand millions of people are interested in this jquestion of rates and that the reform has been too long tielayed. The main argument seems to be that if a parcel can be sent to any part of the countries In the postal union for a franc It is exorbitant - to charge a quarter of a franc for carrying a smfcll light letter m Europe along alone. -; Efforts have been made to induce the newspapers and news agencies to oombine to obtain further extensions of the .privilege of press telegraph rates and a reduction In the present rates, but business rivalries and Jeal ousies so far have prevented anything practical being done. Queen Victoria's Health. London, January, 16. Efforts hav been made this week to create, a scare in regard to the queen's health, but; without much success. Enquiries elicit the information that the queen is in good bodily health, save occasional slight attacks of rheumatism. Her ap petite and digestion are good, and her sleep is always natural and sound, bat within the past few months her maj esty who, heretofore, has always been cheerful, has been subject to tts of despondency, caused- it seems tyy the naunttng rear mat sne is. not to nr- viVe this, the crownlne- year. of . her long reign. There; is no ground tor alarm, but it is true that tie royal physicians are somewhat perturbed on account of the contrast to the queen's customary placid ; optimism. They hope that her visit to the Riviera, the change ot air and Scene will -soon put ner rignt, as they generally do com- The Oregon Senatorial Mod die Salem, Ore., January. 16. The house met at 10 o'clock a. m.. today. The roll was called, tut a quorum jvas not pres ent. The law says VThe house pball ad journ from day to day," . consequently a motion to aajorun till 2 o'clock tomor row (Sunday) was carried,- and Oregon will witness the unusual. spectacle of a session on Sunday- The senatorial sit uation is etlll unchanged. . . CURRENCY LEGISLATION. Hearing Given to Bankers by the House Committee on Banking and. Currency. Mr. FerrU Proposed Bill.J i -Washington, Janury 16. The house committee on banking and ' currency gave hearings today to R. -A. . Lancaster, a banker and broker of Richmond, Va.; Gamaliel Bradford, of Boston, and R. B. Ferris, vice president of the Bank of New York, all of whom had sugges tions to make concerning the solution of the currency problem. Mr. Lancas ter made a brief statement of his views, but did not present any definite plan in the form of a bill to change existing law. " Mr. Ferris advocated the passage of a bill which, he explained, was chiefly drawn by himself and had been intro duced by Mr. McClllan, of New York. Mr. Ferris said his plan was not a new system, but was. amendatory of the present ' national banking act. Among other features the comptroller of the currency could be authorized to issue notes' to banks; up to the par value of their bonds. To provide for the re demption of the notes issued under this act the secretary of the treasury should be authorized to create re demption districts, each bank in such a district to select a bank in the cen? tral city of such redemption district to act as its redemption Agent, and to be required to keep with this redemp- De -requirea to Keep wiin mis reaemp- tion agent a deposit equal to 5 per cent. in the bill. Mr. uamanei jtJraarora prefaced nia remarits "X saying inai ms DanKing ex- perlence began in 1851 and that he had been familiar in actual practice with the Suffolk system and the old-state bank system. For thirty years he had devoted h'imself to the study of , the various problems concerning the na tional finance. He asked how the peo ple of the United States could b bi-" ed for going astray on the nnanclal question when the United States sen ate set the example in insisting upon the free coinage of silver, and govern ment bonds were sold under conditions recently existing. It would not do, ' he said, to retire- the greenbacks withoui providing something to take their place, else a panic might come and tW people would demand that the retirement e stopped, as had been done before. ' Mr. Bradford criticised the Indianap olis convention for taking," no effectlvt steps . toward the solution of the cur rency question. He wanted the secre tary of the treasury to come before congress and tell what he wanted ir the line of currency legislation. H thought this was the only way to make any progress. An Uprising Against Knropeans in Con tanlinople Anticipated. (London, January 16. A private lettei received from Constantinople this weel says that in the opinion of life. Ion; residences there is "certain before long to be an uprising against th- European embassies which, of course. will precipiptate a crisis. Th sultan himself has reason to entertair the same- fear, and by his orders the most stringent precautions are beinj. taken. The same writer mentions a the most significant of all that portend the fact that within the last six month the stock of every dealer in firearm has generally been cleared out by eaare purchasers. The arms are most usuall bought by Armenians or sober-goin Turks. The purchasers .have beer fanatical Musselmans and Greeks, wh evidently anticipate a period wher arms of all kinds will be in demand. Relief for FamUliing India London, January 16. A large meetln'1 was held at the Mansion house todaj for the purpose of furthering- the work of aiding the sufferers by the famine ir India. The lord mayor, Mr. Georg Faudel Phillips, presided. A resolution declaring it to be a public duty to pro mote the work oft extending the mea sures for relief was offered by the duk? of Connaught,' whereupon an attempt was made by the socialist leader Hynd man to move an amendment deprecat ing the measures of relief for India ir view of the distress in England. The lord mayor refused to listen to Hynd man, but he persisted in his attempt to move his amendment, and he war put out of ; the hall amid cheers. Th? resolution of the duke of Connaught was adopted. Sudden Death of " Prominent Railroad Z&Ean Norfolk, "Va,, January 16. Mr. Charles D. Owens, vice president . and general manager of the Atlantic and Danville railway, , died suddenly last night at the, home of Mr. Adam Tred well on Duke street where he 'lived He was In good spirits last evening, and did not go up stairs . till nearly mid- night. This m'orning he was -found in the bath room dead. The coroner- was notified and an inquest resulted in a verdict of death from heart disease. The deceased was 63 years of age and leaves a widow and three sons in Sa vannah, Ga. He has been for years a prominent transportation man, being- formerly general traffic agent of the Plant-system, with headquarters in New York. A Heavy Assignment , Indianapolis, Ind., January 16. The Commercial Wheel Company, w'tb offices in this city, with Crawford Fair banks, of Terre Haute, treasurer, mae an assignment this afternoon t te In , diana Trust Company. The liabilities , are-$100,000, assets supposed to be sm- what in advance of that amoiimt. TM is understool to be a voluntary liquida tion of the Wheel trust. STATISTICAL ANI INDUSTRIAL. i A sleigh owned by Alden Rich of Gouldsville, Vt., was made 155 years ago, in 1741. but is still in use and good running order. Land has become ,very cheap in Eng land. A grain farm of 763 acres, in EsJ' sex, has been sold for '$31,460, although In . 1872 it was valued at $150,000 and mortgaged for $100,000. Out of a total population of 280.000.00C in British .India, 44,000. t)u0 are Moham medans, who, although subjects of the queen, regard the sultan of Turkey as their spiritual ruler. It has been -accidentally discovered that to bury a man up to his neck ir wet sand is a practically certain cure for apparent death from an electric shock, ' , . . ' Of 530 American citizens residing in Palestine, 438 are Russian Hebrews, who only stopped long-enough in th United States to take out American papers and passports. Six persons within' a six mile radius of west Paris, Me., are 90 years old or more. One of them is 104 and one 99. Within the same -territory are fourteen persons above 5 years of age. Benja min Bacort, aged 92, walked two and a half miles, carrying' his axe. and cut several cords of wood, recently. 1 An Editor and His Snap An editor, who died of starvation, after making Dr. Tanner ashamed of nimseir, was Deing escoriea to neaven by an angel who bad been sent out for that purpose. , .- : ,' "May I look at the other plac bev for we ascend to eternal happiness?" "Easily," said the angeL ' ... So they went below and skirmished around, taking in the sights. The angel lost track or the editor, and went around hades to' hunt him. He found him sitting, by a furnace fanning him self and gazing with rapture, upon a lot or people in tne are. There was a sign on the furnace which said, "De linquent Subscribers. " . "Come," said the angel, "we must be going." , "You go on," said the editor, ,'Tm not coming. This is heaven enough for me." Memphis (Tenn,) Commercial Apneai. i WHAT WILL DEMOCRATS DO? THE ALL ABSORBING QUESTIO IN THE SENATORIAL FIGHT. Butler, for Apparent Reason, Doe No' Want Cyras Thompson El.cied Trnjoi of the t ight Between Butler and. Pritch ard All Sort of Rumor Afloat Jol.n aucy Corrals the Colored Tote foi Pritchard What "Campbell, of Chero kee," Kuows About Microbe. Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel.- -Raleigh, ' N. C, January 16. Matters were at fever heat here to day, so far as the senatorial contest is concerned. The nomination of Cyrus Thompson for senator by the populist majority caucus was a bold stroke. Dr. J. J. Mott aptly termed it a bombshell. The remark was made to your corr respondent last week by Dr. Mott that in any calculation of the senatorial matter the deinocrats always entered as an inuependent element. He spoke vvisely. Today populiBts and republi cans are asking the question "Will the democrats Vote solidly for Cy. Thomp son?" The democrats in their caucus iield Tuesday , week, unanimously voted u support any good silver man nameu SUCcumb. The Jnews service of t$ie jy the populists That was a master- ; London press is strangely inadequate .ul stroke. The democrats today hold i iZfrt uie key to the situation. They are , Whlch most : interests Europeans jis me balance of power. - - j whether the awful disease Is likely jjto iepuoiicius were today declaring . flouriSh in northern latitudes if inf uiat some democrats haa sworn they tion should beMntroduced here, but io .vould not vote for Thompson. .When, evidence is forthcoming yet. It is gr nis question was put to aemocrats they gue Dy medical men, however, thatjiif declared mat no one had the rignt to the plague was dangerous. in Honjg .uaKe this assertion. The republicans kong it will find an equally prolific flqid lso started a rumor that the demo- in London and Paris so far as the cii .rats would hold a caucus tonight. This mate is concerned. . ' f .v as untrue. , : - I It is ' generally admitted., that tlie The fight for supremacy, between plague is a filth disease, but there ate Senators Butler ana .fnicnara eached almost Its supreme point. The epublicans erred in having Congress man Skinner as their populist coadjutor .rid wor&er. They also erred in allow ing the populist bolters to bolt so soon. Vhe bolt ought not, according to good politics, to have occurred until next konday evening. The populists have iad ten days to work on the nineteen opulist bolters and , five of them have .Iready returned to the populist cau us. Two more will do so, McCaskey .nd Fagan. It is said that Representative Brow r, republican, will not vote for Prltch Ard for senator, but will vote' for some ionounced gold man. Brower has all Jong hoped the senatorial lightning ould strike him. The legislative joint committee to In estiarate the charges of bribery and raud in connection with! the senatorial ontest is appointed. Schulkin, Lusk nd Nelson, (one of each party) from ne house committee. The fact leaks out today that the olored members of the legislature, ten n number, had a meeting and agreed ot to go for Pritchard unless some hing substantial was done for them. . hey declared that they saw white re publicans pouring in here, to get the atronage, and that It was their duty, to look out for themselves. John C. Dancy, an influential negro ; republican, got wind of their movement ' nd hurried, here. It is said ry tne erson who gives this bit of news that t Dancy's suggestion Senator Prltch rd hauled up the negro members and hat they signed an agreement to sup ort him, upon his promise that some Torth Carolina negro should get the big aying position of recorder of deeds of he District of Columbia. The house and the senate were in ses ion only ten minutes today, artving 'ay to an army of, carpet cleaners and enovators. The idea got a footing ln. he minds of the memoers (or some of hem) that the carpets were full of rippe mierobes. So the carpets are be i treated with a solution of biclorlde f mercury, which the legislature ex erts declare will kill the unfortunate erms. Ex-Member Campbell, of Cher- . kee, ; electrified a lot of the members y declaring last night that he would ake a lot of able-bodied negroes and -tamp the germs to death in a few ninutes. When asked to tell how large lie microbes were, he said they were bout the size of rats. - The speaker of the house has ap pointed the greater number of the com nittees, but active legislative work will :ot begin until after next Tuesday vhen the senatorial vote will be taken. Republicans are swearing today thdt t is Senator Butler's earnest desire to tave a deadlock In this senatorial mat ter and prevent an election. The- say 'te and Cy. Thompson are bof -nm 'he east and that Thompson will in . 900 overshadow Butler. They also say :hat if Butler's plans succeed there will 're a permanent end of all fusion of re publicans and populists and that the democrats will sa,ve about onej-third he offices out of the general wreck. . The republicans say they wish to 'now whether all the majority of the -lopulists will abid firmly by tnoi cau us.and vote for Thompson. I j Several persons from this city ' were5 t Fayettevllle today to attend the fu Huske. Blshoo Watson of the dio- ese of East Carolina officiated. Many f the clergy were precent. , Some of Pritchard's friends were ac tually saying today that he would get ninety-four votes on the first ballot. omplleattons With the Siamese Govern ment Washington, January 16. The gun- "ibai Machias left Canton for Bangkok, ""lam, this morning in obedience to abled orders from Secretary Herbert o "protect American interests." The Mstance is about 2,000 miles and ' the Machlas should reaph her destination In ibout a week. The state department lecllnes to divulge the character of in "ormation which it has ' received from ankok which caused the sudden dis patch of a warship to the scene, . but here is no doubt the. attack on United states Consul General Edward "R. Rel et by Siamese"soldierg Is at the bot tom of it. , . .r i Press dispajtche fjiree 'weeks ago An nounced that Mr.- Kellert. who is an mpaid official appointed b" the Min ster and Consul General Barret two, 'ears ago, had been fired upon -and vounded by Siamese soldiers. It was mpossible to confirm this news at the tate department at the time, but it aa explained there that Mr. Kellert 'iad a right to engage in tra4e and possibly some personal affair' of his -wn had led to his arrest by local au horities. Today it is learned that for ome time litigation has been in prog ress over the estate of an American earned Cheek who held a valuable teak concession from the Siamese govern ment: This had been highly remuneri itive during Cheek's Iff etime. "but-when '.ftey his . death it became desirable to vind up His estate, thf Siamese gov ernment stepped In ahef teoi measures o prevent the sale pf a number of ele phants he had raised and employed in retting out ti:.iber. It Is also said that "Cellert was the executor for the estate the. agent's heirs, and his activity in their behalf had probably led tr friction with the Siamese authorities who perhaps overstepped the usual legal methods in trying to get rid of him. No American warship' has beer o Bangkok for about seven years and .vhile Minister Barret has been well re eited there, the Siamese have not hart much respect for the American flar oe that of sUber Great Britajn or France. - Hhest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. EUROPE ALARMED At tie Raragrs nf Jh Plagne in Injrl'a Fear of It Spreading to the We pin Countries-Stopped by Nothing bat Bui t ing of the Houses, -f (Copyright by- The New York Sunj ) . London, Jnaury J6. The eyes . of :he European worl4 are turned this wi k toward India. Each day's intelligence from that stricken land makes it nnre apparent that 0ie greatest tragedyjjln modern history lis being enacted there under the double curse of plague ajnd famine. The hejaxfT' of Europe has bjen . touched at last and the universal- sym pathy is perhaps more . keen - because it Is now. tinged with apprehension, j It would not oe surprising If withni a month a genune plague panic should spread through. Christendom. The great powers show alarm and the news comes-: today that Italy has summoned an In ternational conference to meet forth- i with at Rome to consider measures for r dealing with th. danger. There is Et- tle doubt that- the , response of other governments yrjU-'fc favorable, and all , the resources of modern science .will be speedily arrayed .against this hldeams foe. - ' , i- - r - -:! - i Reliable Information about the j-ea-1 extent of the plague in Bombay asd vicinity Is iacking,vtand regarding rtfce mortalitjr.it isvoaly said in general terms that mom. tba.fr'rifllf nf tYinad nttar.Warl certain peculiarities connected with its spread. Dr. Han kin, a well known bacteriologist who is investigating tike subject ln Bombay, fastens the re spbnsibilitv tor : carrying the infection upon rats, and other insects.. Rats n houses have the nlague'; they die asd are eaten by ants, which carry the germs into the crevices of the buiJfl lngs, to water taps and sinks. This the poison is diffused and cannot jbe eradicated except ; by fire. This six plains the efficacy " of the old mctriod of cleansing by . conflagration, and fiat the same time, the futility of Isolating the sick. The only -thing to do is ifto remove the helathv. It is stated in The Daily Mail's dispatches, which aee the only ones worth reading in the London papers, that large business houses in Bombay which are Infested' by rats have been rendered untenable by ihe ravages of the plague among those vr min. They die by hundreds in ihe walls ami the human occupants halve been compelled to vacate the buildinfrs. It is not observed that any larger , ani mals are subject to' the infection. f The French, Austrian, and Italian governments have already taken strin gent precautions against the imporii tion of the plague, but It can haralyjfbe possible to escape, a series of! alarm from this cause during the ''next ffew weeks. KTerhardt "Defeat Ernst: New York, January 16. Jack Evfr- hardt, of New Orleans, knocked. 4ut Billy Ernst, of Brooklyn, in the twelfth round of their battle at the Broad way Athletic -Club tonight. The bout as to have gone fifteen rounds, but Evpr hardt settled the matter with a rlht on the jaw in the twelfth. The south erner had the best of It from the tiime they started fighting in earnest ln the fourth . . round. He--punished " Erpst badly, and the Brooklyn boy's features were unpleasantly decorated. The bat tle came pear being a fizzle, as Ernst refused to' go for a decision. When $he crowd heard this announcement they guyed the fighters unmercifully during the tame work of the first three rounjds. Then the management made, the . An nouncement at the end of the t round that Referee Dick Roche w igive a decision Whether Ernst lik& or not. The battle took a dlff e tone then and the crowd was satis The bout attracted 2,000 sporting to the club. Everhardt was handledJby Dan Creedon and Tommy White, wae Ernst was looked after by Dan Qal lagher and Joe Burke. j 1 Husband and Wife Found Bead In Fed. Chattanooga, Tenn., January 16.-At Rugby, Tenn,, on the Cumberland plateau, ninety miles from Chajjta nooga, Benjamin Davies, proprietor of the Tabard inn, and his wife were yes terday morning found dead in bed.lthe former with a bullet hole in the tempie. The woman's head had been alniost severed by a but jher knife. The chil dren occupied the next room. They were not disturbed during the night, however, and in the morning went to their parents' chamber as was taeir custom . to dress, but found the ctaor lonked. Tn alarm thev ran down atawlT The hotel clepk climbed oyer th tnan- som and entered tne room, mn and wile lay s de by side on the bed. They had been dead for some hours. A pistol and a bloody knife were f oujhd nfcar. At the coroner's inquest and post mortem there were discoveredtracel of poison In Davies stomach. jThe dsrug which Davies took . may haVe caused him to take his wife's life then end !his own. deneral Le Intervene for Delgado Conifor Havana, January 16;3-I Is stated thai te eonditjoh-pf Henrys Delgado, whe claims to be art ; Aiqerican citizen 4nd who was arrested a short time agdijor the charge pf belpg a rehei -orrfced if crltieal., "When Defgado was captured he was seeking to make his escape fiwi a rebel hospital which Mad been idis covered by Spanish troops. He waaj 11 at the time, and Upon being broughti tc Havana he was, placed i in the San Aim brosio hospital. Jn.view of his present condition Consul General Lee nasi ire quested Captain &wier&l WtiOer to br der that Deig&4o have i be'tter juarrjery allotted to him, possitily ' a separat; room in the same hospttaf or elsewker and that he be permitted to have i th special medical attendance of Dr. Bur gess, a well kndwrf-American physiela? who has practiced, in Havana for man years. Delgado is"4 said to be suffering from an abscess, in, additioji ta rhalaiiia Fitzsimmons' Nose Mashed 'by a Newi.y Brooklyn, N.Y.. January. .16. After the performance at Hyde- & Behmans theatre this 'evening Bob Fltzslrarcwinp vith some friends went to a nearby -raloon where they drank quite freely. Vt midnight k"a - 18-year-ola newsbo vith a bundle of papers Tinder his sirs mtered the place. Fitzsimmons grab bed the papers from the boy and called 'iim a vile name, The lad turned n -mashed Fitzi&ra6ns. on - the nese fitzsimmons started in to beat the hoy "he crdwd interfered and whipped t7imn!tons. The lights were turae" off and the police called. Fitzslmmsmf s now locked up in the saloon await ing the arrival of. the police. j Sarita Clara Not Captured. I Madrid, ,January 16. An emphatic ff icial denial Is given to the repon hat was cabled here from the tlnitec1 'tates to the effect that Maximo 5c nez, the rebel leader, had capture 'anta Clara, capital of the Cuftaa eovlnce of that name. m n row!? Hi rd ; otild ' a it i rfent I fiid. I men jaisDirEE.v PURE THE LEGISLATURE. BOTH HOUSF.8 IN HESSION FOR ONLY A FEW MOMENTS. They Adjourn Until Monday Afternoon In Order j That the Hall May Receive : Sanitary Attention The BUI Repealing the "Aa!tnm-nt Act" Ordered to En rollment No Business of General In terest Transacted. ' .. V SENATE. Raleigh, January 16. Th senate was called to order at 9:30 o'clock by Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and af ter prayer by Rev. Mr. McNeil, of the senate, the journal of yesterday was read and approved. , Leaves of absence were granted Sen ators Scales and Justice. : j No bills or resolutions were introduc-1 ed, senators evidently being too deeply engrossed On the sublect of eririne germs to draw up bills. The calendar was taken up and the following' bills were disposed of: The bill.for the relief of A. M. Venoy, ex-sheriff of Wilkes county, passed Its second and third readings. The" resolution to pay postofflce box rent was adopted.... .. , By unanimous consent the senate took up the house oill repealing chap ter 466, laws of 1895, known as the "As signment Act," and it passed its sev eral readings and was ordered to be enrolled for ratification. The senate then adjourned " until 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. The committee on grippe and grippe germs composed of all the doctors of the senate and several from the house of representatives, made no report; though they had a meeting and de cided that It was not necessary to take up the carpets, but would wage the war on microbes by sprinkling the car pet with .a solution of bichloride of mercury and looking after , the venti lation of the senate chamber. , ' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The house met at 9:50 o'clock and Representative Law horn offered pray er. Only two bills were introduced, these being of no importance. The session lasted barely ten minutes and. there was an adjournment until 4 o'clock., p. m. Monday, in order that the hall might be cleared of micflbes. Speaker Hileman announced the fol- lowing committees: ; On Insurance White of Randolph, Fagan, Price, Pool, Allen, Harris of Halifax, Cunningham, Lawhorn, Ed dins. , : . On Fish Interests Messrs. Hancock, Duncan, Babbitt, Pool, Hodges, Alex ander, Parker of Perquimans, Harring ton of Hyde, Elliott, Cox, Daniels, Fa gan, Rountree, Chapman, Spruill, Drew, Hare, Burgess, Gallop and Howe. To Investigate Charges of Fraud In Senatorial Election Messrs. Schulken, Lusk and Nelson. , ' Additions to committees were made J as follows: Mr., McPeters, to agricul ture; Hartness, 'to Judiciary; Duffy, to privileges and elections; Hartness and Young, to insane asylums. '. The testimony in the two contested election cases from Mecklenburg coun ty has been filed. IN CONGRESS. The House Devotes the Day's Session to Enlogie on the Late Ex-Speakrr Crisp. Wasington, January ; 16. The house today, in accordance with an order en tered some weeks ago, turned aside from the consideration of public busi ness and listened to eulogies upon the life and services of the late ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia. The oc casion was marked by an unusually large attendance of members, while the galleries were filled by auditors who listened with interest to the obituary. eloquence. Tributes were paid to the deceased by representatives from all parts of the union. 'While the eulogies were being de livered, Speaker Reed called to the chair temporally Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, who was speaker pro; tern of the house under the administration of the ex-speaker, the first instance in the present congress that a democrat had been asked to preside over the de liberations of the house. Before entering upon the execution of the order of the day, the house passed two or three private bills. Mr. Turner was the first speaker. He briefly sketched the principal event 3 of Judge Crisp's life and closed hy sayiRg that there were wide divergencies of opinion between him and ' the late speaker which made it fit that he should not be his eulogist; but that ser. Xrint o Vimi 1 rv ha nnprAntMail Vv - - ' --v- Kruwvasv. Hii.VIUCU KTJT fit 1 Al members of the state delep-vt, xxEiivtc.joQ of Iowa. pt. TarheTdMH saidf My relations'wItjggS hew ;.ACA.SBfS,ir i f t,. li-'-TRwITL uieTe was Y .uo. nnu wuum ne nact debate rto veloplng some of the feellne so often incident to Pu.r leflsUt iS, 'eaving no scaa. Thi.Mh J.,. ,ivfl frian- ', , "cie always good itqs. enjoying thoroughly cordial re- .At Richmond (Va.) the Hotel Dodson i-iwaeu ils uoors at noon yesterday. Be- ioic a ueea or assignment could be outiie vi. me creditors sued out a ---,,n.rm. nlm levieq on thft afreets. "DR.MILES, Tbrough His Nervine Is a Ben ef actor to Thousands." WIDELY known Wisconsin publisher, r who resides at Green Bay, wrltM March 6th, 1895, as follow; "Fire years ago I becaia sotterraua that mental work was. a burden. I could not rest at night ob account' of sleeplessness. My attention was called to Dr. Miles' Eestora tlve Nervine, and I commenced to K with the very best effect. Si&ee then 1 have kept a bottle aty house' and use it whenever my nerves become unstrunz. with always the same good results. My son aJsgi Dr. Miles' taxes it ioe nrvo-'isasqt with like neve Waiting success, have reoom meadod it to many and it cures them. All-who suffer from ner i troubles should "try i Nervine Restores Health.... It is free from narcotics, perfectly harm ess, and yet soothes and strengthens. Dr. -Hues, through bis Nervine is a benefactor to thousands. A. C. LEHMAN. - Editor and proprietor of Dxb Laxdbmam. Dr. Miles' Nervine is sold on rusrantes rst boUle will benefit or mooay M tnded. GRANT AND LEE - . Before the Boose Qowmlitee on Bole Ad- voeatlng the BUI to slake a Federal fark of the Ticksburg Battle Ground. I WaihlngtOB, January 16. In the dis turbed condition of affairs in the south ern states which followed the war a commission sent out by President John son to investigate matters (and - of which General J. S. Fultorton, of, the Chickamauga park commission. Is new almost the only , aurylybr) found in every southern hotel they vjslted,' Gen eral Robert E. Lee's portrait displayed In the post of honor in the office. The one partial "exception was Vlcksburg, where the' portrait of Lee on the tight was flanked by that of General U. S. Grant on the left. Yesterday tnis Inci dent was recalled by a remarkable len contre which occurred ln the speaker's room at the .capital. Colonel Fred D. Grant, of New York, son of the great union general, and Lieutenant General S. D. Lee, of Mississippi, one "of the confederate leaders, met for a common : purpose. Grant and Lee are here, bjth advocating the perpetuation of the bat tle field on which Grant won his great est laurels as a strategist and a fight- i lng soldier. Colonel Grant represented j the army of the Tennessee and General j Lee represented the Confederate Vet erans Association. They are the lead ers of a commission, having for its object- the purchase of the country sur- i rounding Vlcksburg to be held by the I federal government In perpetuity so ! that future venerations may see How the great federal general maneuvered to capture the - Gibraltar of the Con federacy." : The park commission represented bv Grant and Lee appeared . before the committee on rules, consisting of Speaker Reed and Messrs. Henderson and. Dalzell. to plead that a day may be set aside for the consideration of the bill, making an appronriat'on for the preliminary work of surveying and marking the lines of battle. As the bill carries an appropriation, the speak er could not make a positive answer, saying that the matter could not be considered on its sentimental side. Hanna a Candidate for the Senate Cleveland, Ohio January 16.-The press this afternoon says: Mark Hanna Is an avowed candidate for the United States senatorship. He announced) his candidacy this morning for the first time, after a long conference with ex Congressman H. L. Morey; of , Hamil ton, Ohio, who came to Cleveland in the capacity of Foraker's representa tive - TO CTJKK A COM TN OVK DAT Take Laxative B-omo Quinlno h 4ets. All" druggists refund the money H fH to cure. Via. HARDIN On Januarv lrtth at 4:1S p.m. Fsnnie Brooks, wife of John.H. Hardin, aged 84 . years and 11 months. - Funeral services this (Sunday) afternoon at 3 o'clock fom the First Baptist Church. If da tives and friends respecfuUy invited to attend. 'special notices F. McM. SAWYER, ARCHITECT, ROOM No. 8, Smith Building. -. r: n8 suntf 8HORTHAND LESSONS GIVEN ""O L M ltsd number "of ladies or gentlemen at 12 per month.- Isaac Pitman system. Address- M. " care Messsnger janl?lt- WANTED. TWO GENTLEMEN, OCCTJPY Ing same room, can secure good, board at W.60 per week. Desirable location. Address "J." care Messenger, janl7 it -TR AYED '. K - TO USN - A YO l NG. LEM K Pointer dog, white, with brown tead, two stui va. ims ngui iue ana wo on nis back near Mil; answers to name of I TTanK. DAN janU it WANTED GENERAL AGENTS TO Travel . aua appoint Book Cnvaaaers. Salary and expenses paid weeniy, also eoromissiona No pftnyassing, MONA0H BOOK CO., Phila deipnia, Ps. j anl7i0i4. FOR RENT IMMEDIATELY, DWELLING lid South Front street, with ten rooms, etc suitable for Boarding or private family, and a 35 acre farm with good builolugs and large cattle range on Harrison Creeit. Terms low. A..D. VHiSSKLJ janlT.lt JOHN O. RUSSKL.L, 219 SOUTH FIFTH Street. Voice Culture, Chorus Training. Piano and Organ. Careful attentloji given to fine Piano Tuning. -nov 5 suns tues TWO )UNG MEN CAN BE ACCOM- mpda fed with Board ALLitSKMAN, 517 Dock street. Apply .-autii. duccu ja.a i mu sun INSURANCE FOR CONVENIENCE OP puiiuna i nave placed a need of Insurance telephone Nq. O THQMAS 60.- ARB lEtLT"- - r PreawwT."Bvup. iil&o ...o fine apa see tne special pound. Call-: uyr ..laucements offered tier Fourt" their new store, cor- Jan ! . - and Campbell streets. ELEVEN O'CLOCK TOAST, THE LATENT Land prettiest March, for ie by u stsBoAU HATrw5rfr?m GEa HAAR S MUSIC HOUSfc, I2i Market street jan 13 J-A U'lONWirH A WHOLE W P fW'"' Salesman. Address w. if., care of The Messenger. . ian 10 RECEIVED BY LAST STEAMFR r7n X5ff- &c- Always a nice and fresh line of Cwidiesonhand. Before purchasing a Sew ing Machine examine the New Borne bZt f"d,S5eaPt Machine made. T W. WOOD 124 Princess street. 'Phone 70. jano ODR. RANGES ARE GOINQ FAST SFTJT ? larire, firm and sweet. Our Bananas r52S2?Sf lbfS niarket Also iSS can pet TwAIkea?(1 Chichens every day? WARO, Wilmington. N. C. .jan 6 DEPOSIT IDLE MONEY IN THE WIT ' rate of 4 per cent. tu,uu. .interest paid at jan 6 WE SELL THE BE T LUMP COAL AS LOW THE FOUK-HU DKED CABINET PHOTO graphs arethejatest rtylernandlomesTS? bou oest unrlstmas presents. all and now, 4 ?Y 18, MULBERRYt - --""j .uuu uwr opens on sidewalk MTge southern windows. Private bath "osei. sw. Apply to Y. M. C. A., or Rorer ' " : OC 6tf FOR RENT - DWELLINGS, Stores. Offices and Halls. For Sale Dwellings. Stores. Vacant Cash advanced on mnrnvui nt. property. Apply to D. O'CONNOR, Real Es tate Agent. Wilmington N. C se 28 tf ON MONDAY WE WILL BE PREPism , . " -r'u,w' ur west vireiMut'oal all lump, at the following price lo ?cash only: no credit: By the toa Hm, half toa K.50; quarter of a ton tl.40. Eler Cf ibess Coals are very tree burning aid are suitable f r open prates, bart stoves or eookter stoves, and at the above prices is only abeut " "V a. uu.. Agata Southern JUin "oal Company. "d"aP JACOBS' BE8TADBAHT. JJAVTNQ . lSCOWTINTJED THE Grocery hii Si w I h are thoroutrhly overhauled and re-i tteftiay old stand and have epened a first class restaurant where meola will, h iuri n a. m., to II D. m. Vwm ip.u . the patronage my friends and the public entiemsB seed sot hcitiit m hin myreatsKuraav Oysters in every stvle. . C D. JACOBS. - iast IT iw North Front Street. Hew River Hullets lOO Barrels New Mullets. . , . -Barrels Dew Drip Pyruo.. Barrels Vanilla Sgrttfn Barrels PorKtoo Molasses. " BarrlCttba Flavored Molasses. Barrels Mott's Apple Cider. . w. it Water Street, Wilmington, N. G lO 25 S5 25 XO XS8N m a What sy sweet, "clean ring ther word "BORAX." Think I ingredient of soap, then Kirkman's Bd Forsale by all grocers. - Pre Beware of Imita These Goods Mus "WJiat they cost us matters littl - i . . . . . . uiose out; tne lo U owing j 1 regardless of cct.fi 100 CAPS SUITABLE m BOYS OR G VALUE 50 CEXTS TO SI, YOUR CD )ICE AT 25 CENTS. ANY FELT HAT FOR LADIES m nmi - : . - At ;50 GentsJEachl Capes and Jackets at Actual G ,fES OP FANCT Ribb6ns. all silk, reduced prom' 75 CENTS TT-r TARn iv-i or rtr, . ' , njj.L . Z " . w v-io. a uumkte STOCK OF IJ -tiii-JJKTM-a MERINO UNDERWEAR ON HAND IN XtT AND OUALITlis. AT-THE RIGHT PRICES. - rll Ill Market Sfrpof ax xais..,u'Aiaj2i or jJUSUitiSS DECEMBER 17TH, 1C I KOM REPORT TO COMPTROLLER RESOURCES. Loans . Overdrafts . '. i7a . 50.000 O) TJ. S 4 per cent, bonds at par). B inkine House and Kixtures. . Dae from other Banks ......!52.70l Si 10,000 oo Cash on hand., u.iXjm TT 335,517 61 Total - - $952,iJ0 54 - Total . DIRECTORS : J. W. NORWOOD S; P. M'NAIR, D. L. GORE. SAII'L BEAR, ,R P. L. BRIDGERS e. a NORWOOD, New Yevrk Ow spondent, Chemical Nai D AV ID JWILL BEGIN TO-DAY. MEN'S BOYS' CHILDREN'S Ci) At 25 Per Cent. Below Regular P 1 Wilmington's Leading Clothiers' II I 1 Willi one of them for your. what we are savinsr. 'Mi Jift" Wi E. SDnnoRP & Go., Sole : ?UBCELL BUILDING, WILlLDfOTOX, T, - - J M From former Clot and big sales ari will appreciate fin prices and when.t ter Suit, Overcoat MADE TO MEAS ures they ihvarlabit leave an order witi WTTI3Trt rm Is growing, raialler fact that w ar. i profits "4a appreoiv natlnff pubUc. fc ETS RECEVrf "'- "' ' i . . . w -. At-"- Capital ' "urplus........ Undivided profits. Circulation.,, Total deposits -. C. ,W. '! .W. E.r e; j, ; H.L. w. c h nTTr nvrrrr t 4.1 n ? ional Ban If these ' do notu . anvthiny c market pre and we wi . sent you trouble. TWe too -!" : ' .1
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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