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. . .i .' ', ,. : i. u . 4T 4 'A A TA r S 'A T fmn i m I I I I I I ,11 II I ' I II I -I I t III i i i II. iii hi i Ia i i i ii.ii i i i . ESTABLISHED 1867. WILMINGTON, N. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1897. 11: TELF.GRAPITTC SUMMARY- , THE STATE. Governor Iriiisspn servls to the legisla ture a lorfplmepsffue rontnlnint? a propo sition fr'oni President Hoffman, of the Seaboaru.'3r. Jine to lease the North Carolina railroad at -an annual rental of 0$) per Cent, on the $1.000,00) , sto7'k: Mr. Hoffrnan say he had no opportunity to" bid for the -.lease at the time the new contract with! the Soiithprn was made: this is denied by President Alexander and Director Maxwell, of the ;Nrth Carolina roaYl Enrolling - Clerk 1 win son -sends to Tieut(-nant! Governor ' Rey nolds and Speaker Hilemaji a vi' ious pro test ascainst. their action in putting; two men in charge of his ofiee. : ' " DOMESTIC, senate committer on . elections de trainpt rp-openinpr the case of Mr. Dupont's claim of the seat from Dela ware r Dan Stuart leaves for Nevada to make arrangements, for the Corbctt Fltzsimmons prize fitch t The First Na tional bank, sf Franklin. Ohio, suspends. -The house elections committee acain lostpones action -'on the .Wat son-Black contest from Georeria- Senator-elect Kenny, of Delaware takes, his seat in the senate Dun & Co. say no Important chariere in business arrears'; the net number of manufactures in 4 operation has Increased: sales of wool have been smaller than far mjany weeks past, but In excess of consumption of the mills; prices, of Bessemer has sl'ghtly advanced, with a more hopeful feelinp: foreign pur , chases of certr?in American .securities postponfs. possible export of pold The Indiana of Admiral Bunco's squadron had to return to Hampton Roads: her turrets ci)uld pot stand the Toll of the heavy peas off Hatteras The periodical stamp rase apainst Oolfrrmn turns out to be a -big slip-up' by' the- postoffice department officials,; the so-called stamps were proofs of stamps fifteen yeaTS out of date i McKinley giK'es the position of consul peroral at Paris to Perry S. ' Heath: J. K. Ooudy. of Indiana, also Rets a Rood foreisrn mission. The Virginia nyster patrol boat captures two schooners dredging without license The North western National bank, of Great Falls, Mont., closes on account of a heavy de falcation by its cashier Editor Mc- Cullagh, who recently died in St. Louis, was, one of; twenty children; claims to shares of his estate have come in from at least fifty nephews and nieces The divers, report the plates ripped off about thirty-two frames of the cruiser, Brook lyn -tThe cashier, of the First National bank ;of Bethlehem, Pa., is short $15,000 in his accounts; he-bas absconded Torpedo' boat No. G was speeded yester-1' day for over an hour; she reached the rate of twenty-nine knots an hpur- A wealthy jcitizen of Baltimore county lirings suit for divorce, claiming his wife to be a negrf ss and that he was married while drunk; this the defendant denies. Cuban sugar planters buy the St. Cloud sugar plantation near Kissimmee, . Fla.. established by the; late Hamilton Disston: they will plant 2,000 acres in cane Steamers from the south arriving at New York report -unusually rough - seas all the way up.- The New York legislature committee yesterday began the investigation of the sugar trust; H. . O. Havemeyer and John Arbuckle were before the committee. " ' FOREIGN. The Portuguese ministry resign; Des perate fighting has occurred in Crete; ' Many Christians have been killed and the Turks have set fire ta the city W Canea. , lu the German Kejilisitafr. Berlin, February 5. In the.reichstag to day the richter radicals Interpellated 1 the government in regard to the prose cution, of Baron von Luetzow and others who were recently cohlveted of forgery, perjury and libel and sentenced to vari ous terms of imprisonment. 'Prince iiohemcriie, tne imperial chan cellor, in reply, declared that the politi cal police, out of whose connection with the scandals had resulted the airest of Major Von Tausch, the chief of tne po Juicul police, weie absolutely necessary 'despite the fact that the principal mem-l-r of that body had betrayed the coii lidenco reposed in him. ' Frciherr Marsclucll von Biebersteln, minister of foreign affairs, one of the lersonages who was libeled by Luetzow sinu ins associates, anu ai iwnose insiiga tion thev were prosecuted, said that he would act in precisely the same manner ; again when political antagonism and; -arsenal hatred took the form of calumny , aid libel. It was his belief that in act- jng aslie did -he lid served his monarch. The remarks of Divberstein were re ceived 'ith cheers. ' Th O'-Mm il -y-Collirtiuler MiirderTxlai Chicago, February 5. During the trial this morning of Alderman O'Malley and John Santry, charged With the murder of OuS Calliander. Miss Shirley, the steno grapher in the state attorneys office, who is alleged to have furnished Attor ney Forrest, counsel' for O Malley; with .notes taken at a private examination of state witnesses, testitU-d that her notes were correct. According to her notes 'several of the states iirii'ti t pYaniination witnesses at. the were unable to identify O'Malley as being present at the time of the murder. When these wit-. nesses testified in court, however, they wore pisltiveiy. ina ,V "a:" nt and was one of the leaders in the at tack on the polling booth. State s At torney Deneen attacked tlje character of Miss Shirlev... making accusations of a . startling and ; cruel character. The at ' torneys for the defense protested and Juuge Tuley STeftised to allow evidence sicninst- the "moral character of Miss .Shirley to be admitted. Valuall Ir(a Kings 'A CTat inquiry is now being made 1" different German towns ior xne nun ' mourning rings of ISlo. says the Philadel phia Telegrtipil. The histcry of these cu- . rious niemoiiais of German patriotism may not oe generally known. Duung the national awakening against Napoleon in 181?. the princesB of ttte royaHiouse made .sun appeal to t ne .people lot tne acituce of ptisotial ornaments. Hot unlike that made Uy the Icng Parliament at the be ginning of the civil wars. Gold moum-jUig-ruig were consequently sent in im mense numbers to the treasury 1H-Beriui. anil each seti.jfr re;';ived in acknowidy- , ment an iron ring upon which was in scribed. '"Gold 1 iivc for Iron ' .From Swinvmunde ajone no fewer than 114 gold "rings were nacridced to the Fatherland, arid iron rings , sent thither . in exchange. .Specimens of these iron rings are new worth more tharj their -yveight in gold. Mail and Express. "j One of a Familv'wf Twenty ; vt T ''uis Mo.. February 5. Public Ad m'inistraior Richardson has had tiled with him- J"1"' the Past week cla ms which L"a u show that the late Editor Joseph 1?. McCullh "0l? children, nine siaU ' s frt"" .V! , "i These claims comes " . ' ViT.; sec t ions Ilt'II III IHI.IIUI, Hi IV. . Triti'd Stiites and attllu and number letters are from nieces and nephews, all sho 1,1 ,.6 , intimate acquaintance with the! bfrfn A.i career of the dead editor, add dematiw iheir pro-rata of bis fortiineL The es t atf' was in the act of being wound up stud divided between the sisteit. living in Brooklyn. N. Y., and a senior (brother in Ireland. The deluge of claimants stop- yel matters and the claims have been or- ereu invesuiiaiea. - i ne ;uuniiuMiawi "Xtects a conu-s. ; and a number of the claimants have Tet;Utipd lawyers to look tifter their Interests. The Periodical Stamp Cas Washington, February ,5. There are no new developments at the postoffiee de partment this morning, concerning the al- y feeed "periodical stamp','- robbery.. , The ehler postornce tnspecioris. snu mvesii pa'ing the matter. The jossibilities are lhat the affair will be allowed to die slowly. It is apparent that the postoffice inspectors who mad"e the arrest have made a mistake. It is stated that the nroofs of stamps, as they tire said to be, Jojind in Coleman's possession, are fifteen VPhi-s OUT -OI (Kite, anu iliw lepilliiirtu: cii- ti-les of traffic among stamp dealers and oiii.ctnrBi also that Coleman understood his and tils -refusal to gointo a detailed, Explanation of his possession or sucn a kjuantity of tbe proofs as was found upon rum was simply matter pf business. . TO CCIRK A COLO IN (VSK DAT Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refundl the money If It fails to cure, zoc- THE LEGISLATURE. MESSAGE FROM THE GOYERNOR OX THE RAILROAD LEASE. He Transmits a Proposition From the Sea board System to pay 4(0,(MO a Tear for the North Carolina Railroads-He Urges .Cancellation of the Lease to the South ern A Resorption Proposing Cigarette Dispensary Law Looking to Compulsory Vaccination Other Legislative Proceed ings, ! Special to The Messenger.) . SENATE. Ralelg-h, JiV C. February 5. Bills were Introduced as follows: By Senator Moye, to Incorporate the Hope Fire Insurance' Company, of Granville. ' " ' By .Senator Newscm, to amend the insurance law. By Senator Lyon, to repeal the act of 1S93 regarding concealed weapons. By Senator Odom, to regrulate . ' the election of cotton weighers in Anson county. S Senator Grant introduced a resolotion to provide for a "steering committee" of three senators, one of each political party, to arrange the senate balendar so bills would have preference It was Stabled. - - ? . . Bills passed as follows: Establishing the stock law in White Oak township, Bladen .county. -I. To incorporate Boyette, Wilson 'oouin ty. . To incorporate Hamlet. To incorporate th Moore County and Western railway. To allow vHtchimond county o levy a special tax. To allow Edgecombe county to. issue bonds. ' A message from the governor was re ceived and the senate went into exec utive session. Five hundred copies of the message' were ordered printed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The following bills and resolutions were introduced: By Mr, Mcl&ryde. .to include Robeson county in Section 2, Chapter 202, acts 1881. ! ', ' i '.; , ' By Mr. Pool, to make Palemon John, vv. J. Grimn, W. . B. Culpeper, Hugh Cole and R. S. Pryor trustees and man agers of: Elizabeth City colored nor mal school. By Mr. Person, of Wayne, to' provide for election by county commissioners of icotton weighers i-at Fremont and Mount .Olive. By Mr. Cunningham, to allow certain benevolent orders exemption from in surance iax and supervision,, this in cluding Masons, Odd Fellows, 'Royal Arcanum, Knights of Pythias, Progres sive Endowment Guild, Royal Benefit Society, International Fraternal Al liance, Knights of Honor, or other be nevolent associations as only levy as sessment upon their members to create a fund ito pay to "the family of a de ceased member and make no profit therefrom and have been incorporated under the laws of this state and do not solicit business through agents. By Mr. Person, of Wayne, to provide for the annual election by the com missioneris of a weigher of cotton seed at the Goldsboro oil mill at $600 an nually.' By Mr, Dockery to change the time of holding courts in the Seventh dis trict. 1 -' By Mr. Morton, a resolution that it fs expedient that some method be de vised for the protection of the youth of the state against the blighting in lluence of the deadly cigarette ,and its trust. Therefore the judiciary com mittee be instructed to prepare and present to the house for its consider ation a bill to establish a general dis pensary system fo the state, regard . . mg uie, cigareiie name a.uu tuuaumi) tion. The senate bill to establish uniform standard f time for the state was tabled. ' , The resolution raising a committee to consider the reduction of salaries to conform to prices of farm product: was passed. By leave Mr. Sutton, of Cumberland introduced a bill providing that parents and guardians slfall cause their chii dren and wards to be duly vaccinated before they are 2 years old, except children certified by physician to be un- j nenaltv for failure to j nt suDjects, tne penany lur wiiure w i ie Municipal authorities of any it'v .r' tn-n shall remiire vaccination and revaccination of all inhabitants wihenever, in the judgment of the local or the state board of health, it is nec essjary, and manufacturing companies schools, and state institutions are at their ex'pense to have such vaccination done -whenever the local or the state board of health deems it is necessary The resolution declaring that the contested election case of feroygnton against Young, from Wake, should, be promptly taken up, was uefeated, 61 to 32 a strict party vote. The bill to make ten hours a day's labor in all factories employing over five persons came up with unfavorable report. Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the com mittee which heard the argument on it, moved to .table. The' bill went to the table by a yery large majority. MESSAGE FROM THE GOYERNOR. V Governor Russell sent in the follow ing message.which was read and proves to be very sensational:- I have the honor to submit herewith the correspondence concerning the lease of the North Carolina railway. First is the following letter from ' president Hoffman of Jhe 'eoioax6 Air Line, dated January 2flth -Understanding it is probable that he North Carolina railroad's present lease may be annuneu anu iue fair competition, in benair oi- fOfet- l" - , ir- Line. j ir bine, as I stated to . r-B.w. t anu aireciois ui -"c the presldenv before the last North Carolina-raiirtfw ; tie road lease was consumated. that. .. ? -er to was in a position to be handed o the successful . bidder, the Seaboard Air Line would riiake an offer -to lease the property at higher rate than is named by the present agreement." Upon receiving this letter I notified the representatives of the Seaboard system that I did not regard their of fer as sufficiently definite to be satis factdry to the general assembly and thereupon addressed, to them this let ter: ' ' "There is in my opinion reasonable prospect that the lease -of the North Carolina railroad will tie annulled through the legislative or judicial ac tion, or by both. In that event I as the executive of North Carolina, de sire through keenest competition, to make the property bring the greatest amount possible. Therefore I wotild be pleased, to hear from the companies which you represent a proposition for leasineisame for a term of twenty 1 years and desire you will state plain ly and fully the terms upon which you would be willing to acquire the proper ty and the amount you would pay for the same." . President Hoffman replied as follows: "I beg to acknowledge receipt of your esteemed favor of 20th concerning prob able nullification of the existing lease of the North Carolina road and sug gesting that in this event you would like our company to submit a bid for a twenty year lease of this line. Permit me to say it is most gratifying to re ceive assurances from you of likelyhood of our being allowed to participate upon equal footing with competing lines in-submitting a bid for the opera tion of the state's property,, a privilege not neretorore accorded us, although we have heretofore been, as we axe to day, prepared to submit a bill which is an advance on the amount paid by Its present lessees and a figure more con sistent with its value to the owners of the stock and tax payers of your state. In event of the present lease be ing annulled, I beg to say our com pany would be willing to lease the property, in its entirety upon the basis of legislation now proposed at an an nual rental of $400,000, which is equiv alent to 10 per cent, upon the capital stock of $4,000,000. I beg to say in this connection that under favorable condi tions the North Carolina railroad would ro,ve a valuable. adJunctlO the Sea oard Air Line, not only . resultln in accrued benefits to the latter company, but affording the people of North Car olina that competition which is most essential to the upbuilding of any state or community, it nas been the policy of our company to court legitimate legislation- with other transportation companies rather than to discourage it, feeling assured that if the same laws are enacted of one as of other and same privileges afforded we can suc cessfully, maintain ourselves and at the same time satisfactorily serve the pub lic as a common carrier. Should we acquire control of the North Carolina railroad there would be no hesitancy, on 'our part in agreeing to ' handle trains of our competitor, its nresent lessee.over such portions of the line as desired, upon payment of trackage charges not in excess of amounts paid out by them to other lines In this sec tion for similar accommodations ' oj upon such terms as are usual in such cases. It might be out of place for me at this time to go into details as tc the salutary effect the operation of the North Carolina railroad by the Sea board Air Line "would have upon com merce throughout the section it traverses. I have to thank you for your communication and hope the conditions will make it possible for you to eive favorable consideration to the terms suggested above, further details of which I shall be glad to discuss by let ter or otherwise, as may suit your con venience." The assertion of the president of the Seaboard system that the companies which he represented were not 'allowed to participate with competing lines in submitting bids for the North Carolina railroad and that this fact was known 'to the president and directors of the North Carolina- railroad before the ninety-nine year lease was consum mated, is startling. That there ap peared in this transaction indicia of undue haste and indefensible secrecy is well 'known to the public, but not until now, so far as I am aware, has -it been alleged by responsi ble parties that the trustees of the state actually attempted to make what is substantially a sale of its- property at a price less than was offered by re sponsible bidders. If this assertion be true, then the transaction is not only j void in equity, but fraudulent in law and morals. If this allegation be sus ! tained by proofs, the courts of equity, would nullify i this ninety-nine year lease on the ground of palpable and flagrant fraud. Any director or other trustee who would sell or lease property belonging to his fiduciaries when he knew he could get a better price would be rebuked and removed and the trans-' action itself vitiated by the equity courts. Your honorable bodies will now see that here. is an offer for a twenty year lease which gives to the state a net gain over the ninety-nine year lease of about $100,000 a year for twenty years, and to the .private stockholders a net gain of about $30,000 a year. On this bid the state would get for twenty years 4 per cent, on $2,500,000, and this a clear net gain over what it 'will get if this ninety-nine year lease is al lowed to stand. Under this offer of the. Seaboard system the state would re- ceivel over and above what it would get, for twenty years under the ninety-1 nine ! year lease about $2,000,000, and at the end of that time have this prop erty as Its own. If we advance in ma terial development, as we hope and believe we will, at the end of twentjj years the state will have in this rail road property what may be of - great value to its people in reducing taxa tion or in augmenting the school fund. There is good reason to believe , the Seaboard system would pay, not only 10 per cent., but also the organization expenses and the taxes, state, county and municipal of the North Carolina railroad. Indeed what reason is there to doubt that this bid of 10 per cent, may bfe greatly inoreased by those who want this property and by those who, not only want it, but must have it be cause it is Yralispensible to them, unless they are allowed; by our law makers to become independent of it? If the bill now pending before your honorable bodies, entitled, "An act to Prescribe Terms Upon Which Foreign Railroad Corporations Shall be -i Al lowed to Operate Railroads and Tran sact Business Within the State of North Carolina," shall be enacted by you into law, not only will this 10 per cent, be realized, but, in my opinion more than that will be obtained for your property. But this cannot be ac complished if the bill is tq be amended by striking' "out any of its important features. The provisions of the" bill as to requiring nonresident corporations to obtain license after the first day of next May and denouncing criminal penalties for its violation are essential for the state's protection. This license feature applies to the old lease as well as to the new. Lessees have no right to complain of this action by the state because they took a thirty year Jease with notice of the reserved right pf the state to exercise its sovereign power to prohibit them as a foreign corpora tion from, operating a railroad in the We. They never leased from the state sv-v ' cori"nrit witn tne state or made an . the Their lease and contract ! railroad company. The North Caroi railroad company, leased to them, a foreign corporation, and they were permitted to take and did take the lease under and by -virtue of the un written law, which said to theni: 'You are authorized by the laws of Virgina to take this lease and not by any statute of North Carolina, North Car olina admits you here as matter of hos pitality and comity. This hospitality and comity she will withdraw at her pleasure. The; provisions of the bill as to removals from our courts are just and fairand necessary to the enforce ment of the rights of the state. Strik ing out these provisions of the bill, will probably be disastrous, unless it be that which authorizes the sale of th' state stock. If the general assembly In its wisdom prof ers not to authorize the sale in any event that much can be stricken from the bill without weak ening or Impairing the efficiency or force of Jts general scheme. That scheme is to make such laws as are necessary, to get for our property what it is jvorth. My own best judgment 1 that the stock should be sold unless better terms may be, had by lease. - Ob jection is made that legislative action in this matter will lead to expensive litigation. I do not believe litigation would subject the state to serious ex pense. I know of no way to assert rights or correct wrongs except by lit igation. It is of the . highest import that the North; Carolina railroad from Greensboro to Charlotte shall not be paralleled unless the state has disposed its stock by lease or sale. To permit this Is to seriously impale its value if it does not throw away the property. No one railroad or ." line or system should be permitted to acquire by lease, purchase .or otherwise, any com petitive railroad M line or system. . ' I " earnestly recommend that the measure relating to- that subject which has passed the house of representatives be enacted into law. The North Car olina railroad is partly competitive to the Seaboard system, but it is mani festly to the interest of the state to make an exception in its policy as to It for the sake of realizing its value for the people. . The state has a large interest in the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad. It Is entirely practicable to compel the lessees or purchasers of the North Car olina railroad to take the state's inter ests in the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad, provided the general assembly will authorize the lease or sale' a he Atlantic and North Carolina railroad and pass measures necessary to enable the state to get value for its property. CLERK SWINSON'S PBoTEST Against the Unwarranted Action of Presi dent Reynolds and Speaker Hlleman. President Alexander's Reply to President Hoffman-The Clark Bill Amended. (Specdal to The Messenger.) Ralei'gh, N. , C, February 5. Enroll ing Clerk Swlnson today sent the fol lowing letter of protest to the president of the senate arjd others: , "Answering the demands made by President Reynolds and Speaker Hlle man as presiding officers of the respec tive bodies of the general assembly made upon me February 4th, jointly, that they had concluded to take charge of the 'enrolling clerk's office; that they would put their respective representa tives in this office in 'the persons of John F. Reynolds and James M. Mew- uorne;, iimi iney wooia relieve me oi j all responsibility of appointing fufcher assistant clerks; that when I needed ' further help in the office I should inform them and they would put them on kny force, I reply by saying I protest against this unpreceden't action on the part of these, presiding officers until the general assembly vests them with anthority to so act, 'holding that since we are all creatures of the general as sembly, delegated to certain duties, as such it is not the prerogative of any one of these, in the absence of author ity, to enter into and assume the duties and vested rights of any other office than that to which they are elected." The ! Tribune will tomorrow publish two letters on the railway lease ques tion in reply to inquiries. President S. B. Alexander.of the North Carolina, writes as follows: "President Hoffman makes in his letter of January 20th to Governor Russell the following state ment: 'As I stated to , the president and directors of the North Carolina railway before .the last lease was con sumated that if the road was in posi tion to be handed over to a sucessful bidder that the Seaboard Air Line Would make an offer to lease the prop erty at a higher ' rate than is named by the present agreement." This proves that President Hoffman was in consul tation with the president and directors of the North Carolina railway before the lease was consumated and had a chance to bid on the lease. As pres ident of the North Carolina railway I asked Mr. Hoffman if he would not make a bid on the road and he replied 'No, I cannot now. They will run the road down on me.' President Hoff - man's; second letter to Governor Rus sell of February 2nd is misleading and not warranted by facts. I am aston ished that he could have made such a statement." Director W. C. Maxwell, replies: "I was present when President Alexander asked President Hoffman to make a bid for the lease. At the time Presi dent Hoffman knew the terms of the proposed lease to the Southern for a , full statement of the same had been j published in The Charlotte Observer, j Mr. Hoffman declined to make any i bid although a meeting was had at his request. He made no proposition for a lease of the road." Messrs. Sutton of Cumberland, Schulken and Cunningham are ap pointed by the speaker of the house as the committee on the code commission The senate committee has stricken out Tom Clark's bill the reduction of tele. from t phone rates to $12 and $15 and also tba reduction of telegraph rates to xs cenis, but leaves the provision forbidding tel egraphic franks. A Speedy Torpedo Boat Newport, R. I., February 5. Torpedo boat No. 6, as a preliminary to her offi cial trial, was speeded today for up wards of an hour and a quarter, dur- &ig which she made eight runs oyer th'e government paeaured fine and de veloped a mean speedof 28.7'6 'knots.' rief best speed over the course for two runs, once against and nce with the tide,' gave the remarkable mean speed of just 29 knots. , During these . runs there was carried a steam pressure of from 205 to 230 pounds, but most of the tirrig it was about 2J.0 at the engines. AH on boilrd 'were ptmylhcedj that the boat Pan rnake even" better spefed" Vh-ri the crew are brokep in thoroughly. The boat had all her armament and fittings on board, with the proper upply of water and coal, but carried more per sons, aside from her crew, than shq will be expected to on her official trial. For, the unnautical mind It might be , o1 .'"vt this remarkable boat was kingjustsno--, miles an hour, and v .a sart af mlle In one minute and flfty'ltfnft jtfja ope half seconds for her best speed. Th official trial may take place next weeK- Highest of all in Leavehjng Strength. Latest p. S. Qpv't Report. THE SUG' R TRUST. The Investigation! Begnn br the New Tork Legislative Committee H. O. Havemeye and John Arbackle Testify Before the Committee. ''j . jj New York, February 5. The epeciij legislative committee appointed to i vest! gate the subject of trusts met this" city today. ! H. O. Havemeyer and Theo. Hav meyer, the heads of the American S gar Refinery Company, were on handii having been subpoenaed as witnesses, Theo. Havemeyer, vice president f the Sugar Company, was the first wit ness, but his examination was not as seneaUonail as was that of Henry Os Havemeyer, president of the company The latter said the so-called sugar trust came Into existence In 1887 and it con4 tlnued until January 1891. The witness said that there .were about fiftearr of the assets of the combined compa mes was 50,wo,upu less 15 per oentJ Witness said the American Sugar Re fineries Company was organized in 18$t and took the place of the so-called trust. The transfer was made by tha purchase of the, assets of the trustd Fifty million dollars worth of stock was .originally issued and increased iri Cifin it snr nrm ni a ioa to i,o,uin,vuu. xne $zo,uuu,uuo in crease was for the purchase of PM1 delphia sugar refineries. To an inquiry from Chairman Lexow; whether the witness' company did no now control the product and price of refined sugar in the United States Mfj Havemeyer replied in a very emphatic voice: "We undoubtedly do." - "And you do it by reason of the cow solidation?" .1 "We do it simply from the fact thatj we own property that can refine so . much sugar." ' j Mr. Havemeyer paused a moment; and then said: "And it may as well bfei recorded now that when we controlled 95 per cent, of the sugar market of the United States, the supreme court dH cided it was perfectly legal for us tsq do so." m The witness said that the American ! Sugar Refineries Company did not pr&j vent anybody from competing and tha It could not be called a monopoly. Ha said that he considered that the caff ad business was a good business and thatjj was the reason they purchased the WooTson Company in Ohio. f "Do you think the coffee busin presents as alluring a field as thesug: business?" j "Yes, sir. I propose to carry on t coffee business just as we have don the sugar business, so that instead a? paying 3 or 4 cents a pound profiidj which has prevailed for years, the pubj-j lie will get the Denefit of all above half a cent profit and we will also get pj magnificent return for our investment! I make this declaration in open court. Mr. Havemeyer a little later on de-j clared that before the Havemeyers eti gaged in the coffee business the prai were 3 cents a pound, and now it wag only 1 cent. "The consumer gets thfl; benefit of all this and we also have u special investment," says Mr. Havd4 mever emiOhatically. I ! Chairman Lexow looked astonishefl at this statement. J In reply to a question the witness said his going into the coffee business had nothing to do with Arbuckle & C competing with the American Sugar Refineries Company. ; "That story tej pure nonsense," declared . Mr. HaveH) meyer. "Mr. Arbuckle has never beeii a competitor with us in the sugar busj iness." if "Do you and your associates on thi board control the stock of the Ameri can Sugar Refmeries : Company?" Pi" "No. sir; we do not! There are 8,0! stockholders in the company and t w nild be perfectly tapractioable control the slock" Mr. T-Iavemyer was asked where Treasurer Searles was at the present time. He replied that he thought he v as in Washington, i John Arbuckie was called next. His testified that after he had determine! to build, a sugar refinery a director I the American Sugar j Refineries Com pany in speaking to him about it said: "How would vou like us to go Into the coffee roasting business?" ? ' M "I felt it was an implied threat thai if we went on with the building of our sugar rcTi cry they would go" Into ths-' Ciffee business," sad Mr. Arbuckle. "DkI ytu go on'" "Yes. i sir, we did and we areSiow building it." The Damaee to the Brooklyn Chester, Pa., February 5. If the oom ditions remain favorable it looks t day as though the cruiser Brooklyn may leave her anchorage alt Marcus Hook for the dry dock at the League Island navy yard tomorrow afterno. The stevedores finished unloading thje coal from the vessel this morning and all the ammunition has been taken ou. Tomorrow the ship will be put to rights, and if the tide and Ice permit, an attempt will be made to pass up the river. .lit The diver's report of the damage sru talned by the Brooklyn shows that tle plates have been ripped from a'boijit frame 28 to frame 60, or thirty-twjo frames in all. In other words, from a point near the bow to a point undr the engine room. This rip is longftudjiJ nal and is ragged and the blew forced-! open the seams, but the damage Is co4- ; fined to the port side,; as the starboaed ; side does not appear to have been i- j Jured. The Injury is serious, but it is j not as bad as was at first thougat from the quanUty of water forced into the double bottom compartments. The skin is not damaged, and the bolts were not sheered off. -Captain Cook said day that there was not a flaw othet; wise in the ship," and now that f oe damage has been ascertained, there has been a load of anxiety taken off the minds of the officers and crew. jS Cuban. Invest In Florida Bngar Pjantatfp Baltimore, February, B.-A... s6Cjil L dispatch to The Manufacturers' Rr cord from Kissimmee, Fla gives pa ticulars of the purchase by Cuban sugar planters of th'e " extensive SL Cloud sugar plantation near KiMlnSi mee, established by the late Hamilton. Disston, of Philadelphia, and Mr R E. Ross, of Florida, A syndicate f Cuban planters has purchased the en tire sugar plantation, including a large sugar mill, teams and considerable ad jacent land. The capacity of the sugar mill wjii be dpubi&d at onee and 2,00 acres of cane will be planted this faljl. The Cubans will1 taks possession as soon as the conveyance papers have been completed. This is regarded as the most Important movement ever made in Florida, Jooking to the largest development of the sugar-producink interests of that state. The late Hamil ton Disston undertook the development of sugar growing in Florida on a larg scale, establishing the St, Cloud Blaii tatlpn and invesiinff lin a Vygac 'mill aoout 2&ir,vw. Steamers Report Rough Seas New York. February 5. flrastwi steamers from the south report unusually rOll Ch gooa Thft Vnnoa, f t oj vannah, and the El Sol, from New Or! leans, which arrived last night, had vert high and dangerous seas all the way ui the coast. The Mallory line steamer Nueces, from Key West, January 31stl . j vvMvu,nia, DUUU1U Ilrt-Y C been" here day before ' yesterday thref .r uinr the nassaee time. She has ot een sighted up to late this after IIUUB. cpanTe; wWch ere cSnlidateTS skm that they manae -1891. He thought that the total value? . sane asylums at Goldsboro and Mor- 1 1 n THE CLAMOR FOR OFFICE. A fNF,W DEAL MADE BKTWFTN REPUBLICANS AND BOLTERS. Populists Had to Reject Some Positions Ileeanse of Laek of Sni table Men to Fill Them Walter Henery to Succeed Judge " Meares Toj Amend Law as to Criminal Trials Results of Butler's Attack on Rnssell Clerk Swlnson Hold out Again 1 1 Kegro Assistants. Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel, Raleigh, N. C, February 5. The populist bolters and republicans' conference committees held another meeting last night and did not' end it until "1 o'clock this morning. The pop ulists, It seems, arrived at the conclu- ganton, and wanted the judgeship of the Eastern , criminal circuit, presuma bly for Walter R. Henry, of Charlotte, who 3s a devoted "Pritchard populis!t.,, The statement that the. populists did not feel that they had men to put in charge of the two asylums ahove nam ed is, made 'to me by a republican of the committee, who added that the pop ulists wanted to take things which they could best look after.- SO the republi cans take both these asylums, and the populists the judgeship. The populists take the asylum at Raleigh. When the republican senator was asked who the populis'ts expected to put in charge of the asylum here he repl'ied he did not know; that It was left entirely to them. He hinted !Bhat Dr. Kirby might re main, but this seems very improbable In the face of the statement, heard a hundred times daily, that not one dem ocrat will be left; that there will be an entirely clean sweep. The clamor ftw office is like that of crows In a pea field perfectly deafening. The question is asked, will the legis lature enact any general road law? It seems it will not. Many more counties are adopting the plan of working roads by 'taxation, i An amendment of the law as to the criminal cases will : probably be made by the legislature. The committees on judiciary will recommend that in crim inal cases all juries shall be chosen from the box, the same as regular juries, and also that counity commis sioners can employ local counsel to aid the solicitor in prosecutions. This legislature will enact no laws fixing the hours of labor. That was settled yesterday, once for all. In the assemblage of cotton mill men here to defeat the bill over $20,000,000 was rep resented. It was stated that operatives do not want any such law these strin gent times, . when shorter hours mean shorter wages. Mill men said many m'il'ls are being operated almost at a loss. : . . It 4a settled that this state will as a s'taite make no exhibit at the Tennessee centennial exposition. The bill calling for a $10,000 appropriation will be un favorably reported. There is a bill in the legislature to protect wives, providing that if a man assaults his wife he is guilty of mis demeanor and ; shall be fined or im prisoned. It is a needed law. There is general regret among the newspaper fraternity at the dea'th of Mr. William Wallace McDiarmid, for twenty years owner and editor of The Lumberton Robesonian. For years he was the life and soul of the annual press conventions. . Harry i Skinner sent an Inquiry' to Editor Ramsey, of The Progressive Farmer, the: national alliance organ, if the latter would publish his attack on Senator Butler. Ramsey replied that Jfthe latter was "beyond the pale of civ- ilization and a political outlaw. Then when Skinner wanted to know if he could pay for the article's appearance. Ramsey sent him word that he and Mark Hanna combined did not have money enough to buy it a place in the paper. j j The attack on Governor Russell by Senator Butler has further strained the relations between the populist ma jority and the republicans.! The major ity populists are utterly ignored by. the republicans who in all the division of offices, conferences, etc., now in pro gress, deal only with the minority or bolters, swearing they recognize the latter as the party. This Is only a pre text, however, and their purpose is to force majority populists to the side of the bolters. They well know the danger of dealing with bolters. . Judge Norwood -was delighted when the news was brought him that the house judiciary committee, which had under consideration the resolution impeaching him, had decided to "give hi'm another chance." A republican says this is a disappointment to Gov ernor Russell, -who had so powerfully pressed Norwood's impeachment. The populists have been promised 'three offices' by the republicans to con sole them for the loss of the penlten- There is more patronage by far fn th'e penitentiary than anywhere else. This the republicans know perfectly well The populist majority consider the bolters as nothing else and say tney are marked off the lists of nopuliabs. The republican president of the sen' ate and the populist speaker of the house have taken charge 'of the office of the enrolling clerk; Abbott L. Swln son. The latter is a "Pritchard popu Met," but is sick of his republican Trends, and sick or lineman, wha , iately was in llne wlth him.'sidnson I swears ne iwiu noi receive tne two negro cierKg wnicn tne repu oilcan cau cus says he must take. A republican said today that when the president and speaker went to Swinson's office yes. terday afternoon to take charge l3f rouno mm gone anq all afi pjapiers locked up. They merely made places for the president's brother and the speakers friend, J, M. MeWborse, a Pritcihard populist and enemy ,af ;i?en, ator Butler, at J4 per day, n ' ' : The hearing tomorrow afternoon of the bill to annul the lease of the North Carolina railway will attrac - yu w. M the supreme court , -.n. The house special committee will near it. Western republicans are an tagonizfing this bill most earnestly. There was this afternoon before the senaite committee on railways a contin nation of the hearing of the bill to re duce, railway fares to 1 and 2 cents per mile. The railway people insist that the railways can't make such a rate and live -and argue that North Caro lina is in a state of development and should co-operate with the railways. The rate "here Is almost the same as in Illinois, where seven times as many persons are nauieo. M. L. "Wood, o Bertie, who has been dangerously ill here with pneumonia. is out again ana a. . Peace, of Gran ville. Who has the same disease, 4s eon vaiescing. i s The sheriff charges that Garner, the man cnargeo wrtn murder on an ex cursion train, gave himself up by col lusion with a deputy. The latter was at one time Garner's Sunday school teach er. There was $100 reward for his ar rest, ' ' j It is said that dispensaries are to be established in at least a dozen counties. General Roy Stone this evening ad dressed the legislature on "Good Roads." . and was fflil1frwl hv Stnjt-o geologist J. A. Holmes in an illustrated Meeture on roads. r LA GRIPPE. ! - Johnson's Chill' and Fever Tonic rurpo oolds and la grippe in one day 24 hours. , if ' The dealer gives the money back it U uoes hot cur. dyntur TrrAem Capturod H r Richmond, iVa., February 5. Captain Hudgins of the ftate ovster police t-m-er captured i Thursday the schooner J Rockaway and Ostrich oi Bautmftro, charged wun! areoging mers in plntn -waters without a license. The combined crews numbered twenty-one rien. The schooners were towed into CocVrpii fi-eek and a hearing will b ha,d at-jBeidsvilla, , . . .1. THE INDIANA RETURNS. She haa to Give up the Trip for the Present. The Heavy Seaa Off Hatteras too Mm h for Her Turrets to Stand. T Washington, February 5. What may be referred tatty foreign governments as an Ignominious failure of one of the crack vessels of the new navy receives an ex planation which navy officers of experi ence regard as satisfactory. The return of the. battleship . 'Indiana ta Hampton Roads today, after having been at sea with Admiral Bunco's squadron scarcely twenty-four hours, was due to the same turrets which got loose in a storm last fall when Captain Evans commanded the ship in evolutions off Long Island. On that occasion the big guns projecting from the turrets swung back and forth across the decks as the ship heeled over on her beam ends in the sea- and the gravest fears were felt that the magnifi cent vessel would "turn turtle" as the sailors express it, and go down with all hands. Captain Evans hove her to, and lashed the guns temporarily which en abled him to reach port, and then several months were spent at the navy yard in trying to remedy the defect. Captain Evans was succeeded in com mand by Captain Taylor, formerly of the war. cuiiege ana yesteraay was Captain Taylor's first experience for some time in an armored ship that' has earned a repu tation for wallowing and it Is understood that the long rollers following the recent heavy gale, made themselves felt on the ship when the fleet got off Hatteras. If she had not been restricted to squadron formation Captain Taylor might have headed his course into the seas, but as the New York, with extra high free board and notable stability was setting the course, and as the Indiana could not safely stay with the fleet she was per mitted to return. If her turrets YiaA broken loose off Hatteras the ship might nave Deen losi.- The navy department gave out the fol lowing statement regarding the matter this afternoon: "The Indiana returned today to Hamp ton Roads, having made a run with the squadron. When she went out this tim she had with her a new locking device for ner turrets, lately put on at New York, and which was intended to remedy the trouble she had the. last time she put to sea in heavy , weather. This present de vice has three times the strength of the former one. Very properly the officers of the ship have been cautious and obser vant as ta its workings, and she has re turned to the roads for a further Inspec tion of it and possible readiustment. Her former trouble was occasioned to some "'tort tv ppr rolling in the very heavy sea which she . then encountered, and it is possible she again met unusually rough sea. When the Indiana and the Massachusetts were designed they had on, as is absolutely necessary for them, bilge keels, but, very unfortunately, all the docks, up to the one just completed at New York, were not of sufficient ca pacity to dock any of these shlos with b(lge keels, but anticipating the con struction and finishing of the' dock at New York, the denartment some time ago ordered bilge keels to be ready for all of these ships, and such keels, will be placed in position as soon as possible. . "Great Britain had a similar experience with her battleships before such keels were out on. The case of the Resolution isi well known to the profession all over the world. "The department expects to have the Indiana again at sea in a few days." : 1 Claims IWi Wife Was a 'Neerens 1 Baltimore, February Frederick Nor ton, a well known white man of Balti more county, said to be worth $75,000. filed a suit several weeks neo to hav his marriage with Lucy Morton, nee John son, annulled on the ground that -his wife is a negress: that he was intoxi-, cated when the ceremonv wns performed on October 9, 1896. and that his marriage was brought about by fraud. An answer was filed In circuit court No. 2 today by Mrs. Morton. She denies rrnnn nl claims that the marriage was performed at the solicitation of Mr. Morton for the purpose of leeitlmatizing his children of whom she is the mother. It is alleged that the parents lived to gether seven years, and that the children were baptised in the presence of both, parents. The woman denies that she is colored. ... LA GRIPPE. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures colds and la grippe in one day 24 hours. The dealer gives the money back if It does not cure. SPECIAL NOTICES. JUST RECEIVED, A FINE LOT OP FRESH Goose Feathers, atso Early Kose Seed Pota toes. R. E. WARD, City. Jan 29 JUST RECEIVED, A LOT OF PKETTY calendars. Children will please call and get one- See our new style New Home, it is a beauty. Our Climax the best Mai hine ever sold for the money. Emmine it before purchasing any other. T. W. WOOD. 128 Princess street. jan 29 THOMAS A C.Ci A RTT! atTI T Tvn -cntrr -- ------ r iifi Creamery Butter at 25e per pound. Call mm cc me special inducements ottered to cash buyers at their new store, cor ner Fourth and Campbell streets. Jan 14 ELEVEN O'CLOCK TOAST, THE LATE" the latest Musio, Folios, can Ue ad a?s.Tn as published, from GEO. HAaR'S MTTTri HOUSE, 182 Market street. b J10 WANTED-A' POSITION WITH A WHOLES W V'Sreof SW Address W. P., care of The Messenger., ian lft DEPOSIT IDLE MONEY IN THE WIL. THE ITTR.WTHJTVRvn n , 'IZZZi? -ioto Is! fsh and best ChriamZ r.J "-omest finr Ts2,TR SFT-18 BY 18, MULBERRY, LarmoS ,Door on sidewalb cSsI? Vn116?1 ln.doli" vte bath and closet 110. Anplylo Y. M. C. A, or Roger FOR RENT - DWELLINGS. Itores. Offices and Halls. For Sale Dwellings, Stores, Vacant Lots: Cash or tiirm tn Cash advanced on imnrnvMt fit- property. Apply to, D, O'CONNOR Real Eg. jata Agenv WtoaUetoa N. C.j se 2stf Jacobs' Restaurant. QQMS, ye hungry, come and eat; utne on viands fresh and sweet-"' Juicy steaks, roasts and Rt- w..: And any otner dish n phn " ' Cooked tn ' T ou cnoose, 52 10 - iufn, "done up brown," Sf -ors the best had in the towi rieef from clover mounts at tha Wast, Service prompt, poUle d. the best. M.EAL4 SyESRVfin AT ALL HOURS. "Mitlle HiQ6er in Price Bui" Ferris' Hams, Ferris' Strips, Ferris Sliced Beef. BROWN & WHITTED. dec. 21 Mecklenburg County Bonds.. $ 76,350 00 Greensboro, N. C, K School ' Bonds ....................... 2290 W Winston, N. C, City Bpn,d..' 25,000 00 Y. M. C. A.. WiVilngton, N. C, Bonda.?... 20,000 00 Above investments comprise art of the eleven million, fotr- hundred and thirty-one. thpusand one hundred and eighty-four dollars assets of the 'leooina Fife lnsurannfi co. oi JHcenc A full list of 93 h& investments of the Company will be furnished, upon application. ; WILURD & GEES, AGENTS J WAGO.8 HIKE. BOV 8 UnrosaTT. fn Krt rA.Al ! Borax Soar. Full narticnlara Will Ha tlwAnlatl In AT In lrVf lminctnn and in All finvaim aarA u-i.i-M4r -w-..) cm j mia.uiau b w uuitaviuu uvacjt tuup a opinrra ait? Uk HO YAIlle. i t - - - AT : AND : BELOW XHE LARGE AND ASSORTED Sr. xnu. o ooutn r max streer. oi Ktovfisi and cooking, and Ranges, Lamps,anc general household and kitchen furnill Stock must be sold at any cost and) t eb 2 4t tues wed thurs sat Nn PlArF UK mm BARGAINS 5T -TT- . IllIIillli n TIT "H A T TTA n m u vy, ruii vuiir V Dry Goods and Carpel HEW GOODS ABfflfE, We Have Just Received a Beautiful 1 ment of IITTff Hill V V1T mm. m m- i From 2 1-5 toj3 1-2 Yards Loon, w tn NaDklas to THF, ADVANTAGE 1$ BUYING A. CLOTH READYvMADe'T BORDER ALL AROUND; AT THE SAME TIME THE 'A AC T AW 1 o VAn , l t t 50 Dozen Huck and Dam; DECIDEDLY THE GREATEST BARGAIN OF THE SE. DDIS ana HaDklns. Irf OH SIZ2S fro 51 M in f?nn oar r JTollLXiSOXL GOAL Big Stocks. Low Pric Egg Goal and Stove Goal, Chestn Furnace .Goal. Tennessee Lu. Wood , Oak Wood. Ash Wood! BLACK - JACK - AND - LIGHT duuu u ,yuur orders ana . vmi rx' J. A; Spri nger & ELTI LOW SOAP ALWAYS 1PT B , i 1 IREDELL MEAR1 Assignee James H. 2 This Is the week hen will ivnndAra r I ..... " l ou BiOJI stocK ieDruary 1st and make our stock as small as offer 'V.V.; 'Boisciiis ii Every U IT DON'T MATTER Wll vvajnt IS, whetlter for June; gauzes for summer. winter, or something spring, we are ready for and will fill them now at price. Just what is meant ary price will strike you yuu a EBB come 10 our store. EMBROIBEE Our new line 6f ' Embrqidd arrived. Call and inspect.il A them to be th nrottioct J Wilmington. ' f X" bi Carpets, Oil Cloth. Comforters, Rugs. Curtains! jf WindOW RViartoal QuUts. 1 , n u x Ltl& DAMASK BY TBJ At 25 Cents Each. ill Market Street. CO Coal Pocahontas coal. Wovy THE PRICI Limited for good Harness! reached by us. We will se of Harness for $4.00 and, losing, nothing by it. ; 1 The cold weather is still ' a comfortable Blanket for is- in order. Good one for handsome- Ro II. LJ H0RSES& MULE bes left. Mu N s
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