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ESTABLISHED 1867. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. i THE STATE. Calvin Mangun, In Jail at Oxford, under sentence of death for murder, dies a natural death There was an exciting de- Date yesterday before the legislative spe cial committee on the bill to annul the lease of the North Carolina railroad to the Southern; there came near being: two personal encounters Monroe Johnston was hanged at Charlotte yesterday; his last words were that he was innocent of the burglary charged against him The legislative committee strikes out of the bill to annul (the North Carolina railroad lease the provisions permitting the road to be sold and prohibiting the paralleling of the- railroad. -V DOMESTIC. Certificate Is filed In the federal su preme court that an . appeal has been filed in the circuit court of appeals at New Orleans in the Three Friends libel. -The Indiana is ordered to go to sea again; she' has been Inspected and noth ing found wrong with her turrets Gen eral Joe Shelby is at the point of death. For last week the treasury put in cir culation standard silver dollars to the amount of J304.300 The senate Judiciary committee is very slow in acting on the . nominations by the president which have been referred to it; business in all the criminal courts in the District of Colum bia la suspended because the senate has . failed to confirm -4he nomination of the .appointee for district attorney, the term of the former officer having expired last '.Friday; the committee also delays in act- ""Ing upon several appointments to Judge ships Several of Admiral Bunce's fleet . have arrived off the bar at Charleston. Consul General Lee telegraphs the . state department that he expects Scoyel, the American- correspondent to be soon liberated and expelled from the island The house committee on elections de cides the Watson-Black contest in favor of Mr. Black -In going to Charleston . the Atlantic -squadron steamed into a fierce storm Just below Hatteras Friday night; four men were killed and several . others wounded; the Maine had six men overboard, three of whom were lost and the Marblehead lost one; two of the Maine's men lost their Uvea trying to ' save a messmate who was lost and a man named Creelman, sprang overboard I to save a comrade; he was not success- ful, but was saved;, a life boat which was lowered was swamped, making seven other men in the water, all of whom were rescued; all the vessels suffered damage more or less rAt Fall River 750.000 pieces of print cloths are sold Post master General Wilson has not" been ten dered the presidency of Washington-Lee university- The Texas will sail for Galveston and New Orleans today and the Katahdin will sail tomorrow 5-The . Iron and steel business atf Pittsburg (takes a spurt: several mills resume onerations. Application is made for a receiver for the Chester, (Pa.), County Guarantee ana xrust company Miss Arents and -her Uncle, Lewis Ginter. of Richmond are sued by the discharged maid of the former for $25.000 Murray, the colored congressman from South Carolina, has decided to drop the proposed protest against - congress counting the electoral vote of his .state: republican- leaders were afraid it would be more ffr rpacht lner than Murray intended it ' should Mark Hanna is going to buy space in the "patent insides" of country papers for disseminating goia doctrines for the next four years The State's Savings bank, of Atlanta, has been placed in temporary receivership. THB BAIIiUOAT LEASE BILL. ' Th niicmslnn Before flic Committer Personal Collision Imminent The Con- mlttee Tldes to Drop Iw Provisions of the Bill. ; v ...... (Special to The Messenger.) Ralelgih, N. ! C. February 8. Before the special legislative committee there was for four hours tth'is afternoon and evening a great debate on-,the- bill pre , . pared under Governor Russell's direc tion to annul the tease of the North ' , Carolina railway to the Southern. The debate was at times exciting' and per sonal collisions were twice imminent, Jonce between S. B. Alexander, presi dent . of the Nof th Carolina railway. a,nd William H.'Day, attorney for the Seaboard Air Line, who In Iris ' re marks'Said Alexander and the directors of the North Carolina, road showed jack of sense in making a lease in the face of 'Vine fact 'that the people of the State opposed it. The other incident was while General Counsel Alexander, of the Southern, was speaking, who re marked Jth'at who ever mig'ht represent the State in 'this case might, expect to get big fees out of tlhe' state or tha railways. Ex-Judge Avery, of the su preme court, said any statement tlhal he was attorney for any railway in this matter was infamously false; that Bomebody had said this and he wanted to find out who the man was. Alexan- t tter 'said he "had not said so. , F. H. Busbee spoke for the Southern railway and John Graham, of the State alliance, made a statement. Alexander , Jn his remarks protested that Graham had no right to use the power of the itiate against the Southern railway in the interest of the Seaboard Air Line. The argument ended alt 11 o'clock to night. The first speaker at the night session was Robert O. Burton, for him self as a private stockhold'er. He urged retention of the lease and offered an amendment ito the bill so as to protect private Stockholders by requiring the state to Include hem 4f it sold its own stock. -'-. ' Avery followed and replied to Busbee and Henderson. He spoke with, much "warmth. Charles M. Busbee speaking- for pri vate stockholders, favored the lease as Ithe very thing both for 'the state and private stockholder Robert B. Peebles, representing him self, said he was at first in favor of the lease, but now believed if bidding were reopened 'better terms could be obtained. James C. MacRae closed the argu ment for the Seaboard Air Line and made a very able one. Hugh MacRae, of Wilmlng'ton, spoke as a director and said (he believed the people in his part of this state approv ed the lease and wanted it to stand. W, H. Day, counsel for the Seaboard Air Line, states that two provisions of the bill to annul the lease of the "North Carolina railway' to 'the Southern have been stricken out; -Namely, that permit ting' the road to be sold and that for bidding the paralleling of the North . Carolina road. He says these are drop ped in order to remove objections to the "bilL i - Death in Jail of m Condemned Murderer j (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, February - 8,--Calvin Mangum, who was in, Jail , at Oxford, under sentence 'to be hanged for the murder .of, Nathan Wilson, cheats the gallows by flying. He was convicted '" jointly with two negroes named Tan ner and two of Wilson's daughters of murdering- WUson and burying his feody in the front yard of their house and making a flour bed over it. The crime would never have been discov ered but for Wilson's little son.' s w ... .. - TO CUBE A COLO IN OVB DAT Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab (eta. All druwrista reload th. mousy jf it fails to ear. THE LEGISLATURE. PETITION FROM NORTH CARO L1NA RAILROAD OFFICERS. A Committee Appointed to Investlgaf President Hoffman's Charges The Bail road Rates Bill .Recommitted The Bill for Special Sessions of Courts Passed To Increase Jurisdiction of . Justices Tl House Totes to Oust Enrolling Clerk Swinson Numerous Bills Introduced. . SENATE. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N, C, February 8. The sen. ate met at 4 o'clock. Bills and resolutions were iritroduteed as follows: " ; By Senator McCaskey, concerning the agricultural department and the college of agriculture and mechanic arts. The important part of This is to take the department of agriculture and college out of "the present hands and give it to the populists or republicans. By Senator' McCaskey, to repeal all laws allowing grace on notes and drafts. By Senator Clark, to regulate the - transportation Of bicycles. ..-.- - By Senator Alexander, to' change the name of the Louise yarn mills, of Mecklenburg, to the Louise mills. By Senator Grant, a. resolution in iavor oi xne r arortration treaty now pending in the United States senate By suspension of the rules it was taiken up and adopted. ny Senator Butter, (by request) a memorial from the Tresddirtt of the 'North Carolina rail road and directors emphatically denying' the truth, of the Statement of President Hoffman in Ms letter 'to Governor Russell in regard to the lease of the North Carolina railroad. The memorial is signed by S. B. Alex ander, Lee S. Overman, Jno. Allison, J J. Young, W. C. Maxwell, C. W. John son, R. F. Hoke, H. W. Fries and V. E. Turner and the request is made that a joint committee be appointed with power to summons witnesses to Investi gate the whole matter. The joint reso lution to appoint such, committee was adopted. ( The bill1 passed to allow Montgom ery county an additional term of court The bill to require seats to be pro vided for female clerks was tabled. Bills passed as follows: Fot the better protection of the trav eling public from 'baggage smashers and other employes. To incorporate 'the Carolina Cooper age Company. ! To prevent public drunkenness, (an plies only to Buncombe, Transylvania, and Henderson counties.) To instruct 'the commissioners of Cra ven county to refund illegal taxes col lected in 1895, . 'he joint resolution to elicft better information as regards railroad charges was tabled. . , NIGHT SESSION. At the night session the Senate bills were taken up to provide for general supervision of railroads, steamboat and express companies . doing . business m the state, providing that fare on railroads be for first-class 2 cents a mile, second-class 1 cents and corre sponding low rate on freight. ' A substitute was offered making: the rate 2 and 2 cents per mile. On motion of Senator Smathers the. whole -matter was re-referred to the committee on corporations. Bills passed 'as follows: To require the sale under chattel mortgage after ten days' notice; this not to apply to perishable goods. To allow an agent to make sale of land under mortgage, but not to make a deed.'. To allow ex-confederates pensions even if they have property worth over $500. ' To allow trapping and killing of deer at any time In Columbus county and 'fish to be caught In any manner 'there. To abolish the criminal r court of Hertford. " v - ; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The house met at 10 o'clock. Only seventy-two members were present. Among the bills introduced were the following: : By Mr. Cox, to define lawful fences in Pitt county-; to require owners of personal property to list it at its full value. By Mr. Ward, to allow Duplin county to levy a special tax. . By Mr. Sutton, of Cumberland, to de clare bicycles to bef baggage (accom panied by a petition signed by bicy clists). , : . .' ' By Mr. Purgason, to make it a mis demeanor to give or sell intoxicating liquors to any habitual drunkard. By Mr. Duffy, to allow Onslow coun ty to use It-surplus special fund for general county purposes. By Mr. James, to allow Pender coun ty to use. its bridge fund- for general purposes. By Mr. Pool; to allow a county to adopt as its own an agricultural society formed in another county. " The followingibills passed: - To allow. BeaulorySichmond and An son counties to levy special tax1. To1 declare null and void the sub scription of $15,000 by the town of Mon roe to the capital stock of the Roanoke and Southern railroad. To amend the stock law in Wayne by leaving it to the qualified voters of the territory interested, : To allow a stock law election in Stonewall township, Pamlico county. To allow, the people of Monroe to vote on the establishment of graded schools. Regarding the giving of guardian's, administrator's bonds in security com panies, allowing them to include in their charges against estates the ex changes, amounting "to. not over one half of one per cent, for giving of such bonds. ..... 4 ,. ' To refund the bonded debt Of Cum berland' county, it being $88,000, R. P. Buxton, Walter L. Holt, A. H. Slocomb and James Hare being the sinking fund commissioners. , ? . s. To. so amend the law." that in cases where a trustee refuses .to act the clerk may appoint one, 'Mr. Sutton's bill empowering the governor in extraordinary cases to con vene special courts for the trial of cap ital cases and . to also convene the su preme court to hear appeals in puch cases was taken up. It was so amend ed as to provide that courts shall be convened only at the request , of the sheriff and chairman , of the county commissioners of the county in which such court is to be convened. The bill then passed as amended. A resolution was adopted requesting our senators and members of congress to use all possible efforts to secure the repeal of the tax on fruit brandy. By leave a bill was introduced by Mr. .erren to enlarge the Jurisdiction of magistrates. It provides that the pun lshnxent for 'all assaults, assaults and batteries and affrays, where no deadly weapon is used or serious damage Is done and where a deadly weapon is at tempted to be used or is used but no permanent Injury is inflicted, shall be a fine of not exceeding $50 or imprison ment for thirty days. It further pro vides that whenever any person snail be convicted of carrying concealed weapons before any justice of the peace it shall be the latter s duty to fine the defendant not less than $10 or Imprisonment not more than thirty days if he cannot pay it and the Justice of the peace shall not nave authority to suspend the judgment of Imprison ment and on appeal to suprior court,if there be conviction Judgment, shall not be any less than that of the Justice 'of the peace. The common , law :-misd meanor oi iorcioie trespass shalL here- LCteJeKae not ercwuiSc uw w uuny aays lmprtsqrent thaji larceny ana receiving! Where the Value of the goods does not exceed $10 shall be mldemeanor. Costs are to be includl ed in all cases. NIGHT SESSION. Y The house met at 7:30 o'clock. The senate bill to establish a uniform standard of time for the state was for its second time tabled. - The resolution introduced by Mr. Hancock to abolish the office of enroll ing clerk and oust A. L. Swinson came up and caused a hot debate. Mr. Han cock spoke in support of the measure Mr. Ward, of Duplin, asked what was the charge against Swinson. Mr. Blackburn said Swinson had refused to carry out the! terms of the contract and that it was none of Swin son s business how many assistant' en rolling clerks there were; that Swinson was not treasurer or responsible for the finances. ! Mr. Ferrell said that if broken con tracts and agreements were spoken of it was high time for the republicans to get on their knees and apologize to the populists." He declared it was a snap Judgment; thai it was evident the re publicans were trying to overrun the populists. The populists are in the minority but in electing republicans they expected to be treated fairly. Hancock asked Mr. Ferrell if he was not elected by republican votes and Mr. Ferrell said yes. Mr. Lusk then called on Mr. Ferrell to name the contract which the repub licans had broken. Mr. Ferrell said he would do so but would rather not. Several republicans cried out: "Tell it," but he did not. I Mr. Dockery said S. Otho Wilson and Chairman . At water had daily for the past two weeks urged him to depose Swinson; that Swinson had broken his pledge by saying he would riot put any negro on the roll. He said Swinson was elected by negro votes; that he had come here and after feathering his own nest had broken faith. Mr. Dock ery said Quicks a negro named as an assistant, was in all respects as compe tent as Swinson;' that "the .latter thought he was bigger than the house itself. He said ; Swinson had appoint ed two servants to wait on him and one' of these was Swlnson's own son. Dockery said Ward, Ferrell and all other populists who were now so anx ious to Indorse Swinson and hit at ne groes were last fall blamed anxious to get negroes to vote for them, and but for negro votes they would never be here. During all the discussion there was great deal of applause: nearly all among republicans. The democrats took no part In the debate; but let the fight go on. ! Mr. Hancock called' the previous" question. The call was sustained. Mr. Ward demanded the ayes and noes. There was a great deal of ex plaining . of votes. Cox, republican, voted no, saying he believed in fairness and thought all men should have trial by his peers. Morton, populist, asked if two years ago republicans were not tied out In the woods and if the populists did not ave to go out and untie them. Peace, colored, said republicans and populists were indebted to 120,000 negro voters for their election; that neither could win unless -by negro votes and the negroes could have had a negro as enrolling clerk. Person, of. Wayne, said he had pushed Swinspn, had told of how . he i had suffered at the hands of. the dem ocratic machine; that he was not cast- I ing his vote against Swinson but against his stubborness. Mr. Ward said it was not charged that Swinson had refused to do any thing, but that he was going to refuse; that in other words he was tried before he had committed an offence. . ' ; 1 j Mr. White, of Randolph., , in voting aye said the republicati were hitched out in the bushes two years;' that the1 populists unhitched them but got on their backs and rode In too. Great laughter. The resolution was adopted ayes, 57; noes, 31. The resolution requesting the North Carolina senators to urge the ratifica tion of the treaty of arbitration was adopted. . A bill passed requiring that no per sons, company or corporation being non-residents of this state shall catch fish by seines, nets etc., without taking out license for which they shall pay $2,500, Mr. Elliott said it was to reach for eigners who came to this state and used great seines and who employed natives who made the pretense that they were the owners of the property. By leave Mr. Murphy introduced a bill allowing physicians who were practicing prior to act of 1895 to con tinue without examination. Mr. Parker, of Wayne, introduced a bill to prevent minors from entering barrooms, and billiard rooms. The bill passed to prevent the use of gill nets in Albemarle sound and streams entering therein. Mr., Elliott safd people from the north had bought 23,000 yards of gill net to be put up and down the sound; that this would de stroy all fish. - LA GRIPPE. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic eures colds and la grippe In one day 24 hours. -i The dealer gives th money back If it dees not cure. WILMINGTON, NJ O, TUESDAY, FE bUUAR Y 9, ONLY ONE TOTE IN, THE SENATE SUSTAINING THE VETO OF A BILL. The 8enate Passes Over the President's Veto the Texas District Court Bill Most of the Senate's Session Consumed In Dis cussion of the British Arbitration Treaty. Senator Hill's Motion to DIaeuM it in Open Session Toted Down District of : Columbia, Day In the House. , - '" -: : senate. - ' : ' ! ' Washington, February 8. Practically the whole of today's session of tfce sen ate took place behind closed doors, the question under consideration being tlhe Anglo-American treaty. During the morning hour, before "Oii motton to, proceed to executive business; was made -by Senaitor Sherman, chair man of the committee on foreign, rela tions, the senate Indulged to an exhlbiV tJon of ifcs utter disregard of the rea-1 sons (assigned "rby President OlevelairK) for withholding his approval from a biil passed by both, houses. It was a bill creating, a new Judicial distrkft. in .Texas. The United States iuAevv diai ..tttfefiSy;inarsS and erhKd 1 reported to the department of Justice that, the proposed legislation was not" only unnecessary, but that it would be a serious Interruption to ithe 'business of the court, and on that report, the president had acted in vetoing the bill. He was roundly taken to task by Senator Mills for having consulted those officials instead of consulting tlhe two senators and thirteen tives from the state of Texas. Biemark- aoiy enough, however. Senator Hoar found "very strong, good, and honest reasons" for the Dresidenfa aatJion: but still favored the bill in h inrrf of the people living in. the coumtSes em-j braced within ithe new district. And when it came to the yea and nay vote, there was but one senator (Oaffery democrat, of Louisiana) recorded against the bill, while there were fifty- seven senators voting- pass. It not withstanding the president's objections. A current resolution for -Th . wlHh. drawal of a bill from the President on account of the discovery of a subSban I tial mistake in it lead Senator Hill to , question the constitutionality of such a iMWosinon, and tlhe matter went over for further consideration. In accordance with his tmvU Rwn- tor Sherman moved an executive sion a. few minutes after 1 o'clock,' at the conclusion of the morning busi ness, and the doors were closed for the consideration of the arbfCration treaty wDtn vireat .Britain. Senator Hill alt once mad n. mmHon that the doors be opened and the de- Dace proceed In the presence of the public He laid some Stress u-nom tiho ridiculousness of a debate upon a mat ter, xnie text of which was in posses sion or icne public, not only the text, but the amendments nronosed bv the commfbtee, , Which were published in full, despite the refusal of the senate to remove the Injunction of secrecy- therefrom. The motion i a I only upon parliamentary grounds, but? w swavxi rr CblllJX&Jlll3JL. TVW. I for the reason that it would be against puouc poucy ror such proceedings to be permitted. Senator Gray, of Dela ware, was the first speaker to antago nize the- motion ' of the senator from New York. Senator Gray was followed by Senators Lodge and Sherman, w'ho likewise opposed the motion of Senator niH. in the course of his remarks, Senator Lodge said that so far as hfs personal iin'teresrts were concerned, he would favor lan onen session for h reason that it would enable him to Show Ws constituents and the country just what he desired with respect to this treaty; but when he considered the subject from the. stand-noinit of what was best for the country he saw very clearly that a closed session was not only desirable, but imperative. Open doors meant endless debate, and what he wanted was alotlon. He did not wish to see this treaty debated to deaJtih. As amended amd reported, he favored it and desired that such course might be pursued as would lead to fts ratification by the senate. The vote was then taken, and re sulted in an overwhelming majority against public debate. The votes oast in favor Of an open session were: Sena tors Brown, of Utah: EMU. of New York: Lrtndsay. of Kentucky: Feffer. of Kansas; - Roach, of North Dakota: Stewart, of Nevada: Tillman, of South Carolina, and Teller, of Colorado. The consideration of the treaty on Its merits was then begun and tested until 5:25 o'clock p. m.. when the senalbe ad journed until tomorrow. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Today's session of the house of rep resentatives was taken uip almost whol ly In the consideration of bills relat4n to the District of Columbia. None of them were of more than local interest or importance. The copy of the returns of the votes of the several staites for presidential. electors, which the law directs shall be sent to the speaker, were laid before the house and will remain on the table until the official canvass of the vote Is made on Wednesday. . - Mr. Terry, democrat, of Alabama, asked if there was a report from all the States, and Speaker- Reed replied that he believed there was; that under the law- one copy was sent to the presi, dent of the senate, and one to the speaker of the house. Mr. Talbert, democrat, of South Car olina, endeavored to get before the : house a concurrent resolution of the legislature of Ms state favoring Cuban recognition, but objection was made to its reading and to printing ft in the ; record. Mr. Talbert was compelled to ! content hmself with a reference of the ! resolution to 'Che committee on foreign affairs. The speaker appointed Messrs. Gros venor, republican, of Ohio, and Rich ardson, democrat, of Tennessee, tellers on the part of Ithe house to count- the electoral vdte. ' v The second agreement of the ooofer-i ence on the immigration bill was pre senlted to the house by Mr. Danford, Who gave notioe that he would call it up for action tomorrow. . . At 5:10 o'clock the house adjourned. Hinm'i New Cmpsl(ii Rohcmr Cleveland, Ohio, February 8. Chairman M. A. Hanna has Inaugurated a gigantic Bcheme, by which millions of voters will be reached. To" set the ball rolling, Chairman Hanna's first step was to make arrangements for the use of the "patent insides" furnished the thousands of weekly and daily - county papers in all parts of this country, for the distribution of the "gold"' matter that will be pre pared by the agents of the national com mittee. The terms of the contracts with" the various associations calls for from one to three columns of printed matter oa the financial -question in all the "pat-., ents insides" sent outside. - This will be continued during the coming four years. ; Big Sals of Print riotbs Fall River, Mass., February 8. Mr. T. B. Borden came into the market this morning and purchased 750,000 pieces of goods, . 500,000 spots and 250,000 futures at 2 9-16 cents. This represents the largest sale of print cloths in many months, and Its effect upon the market is awaited with interest. It -will undoubtedly make the market higher, but it is generally thought that it will have little or no effect on' the curtailment situation. f Highest of fOl In teavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov IN A FIERCE GJALE. Perilous Situation of the ZTorth Atlantic Squadron Off Hatteras Hen Washed Off the Warships Heroic Collect ot Htsn in &uoris co ueseue Comrades Overboard Oharleston, S. C. Fetotuary 8. The United States warships i New York, Maine, Columbia, Amphf trite-and Mar blehead arrived "off Ctearfeton bar to day after a terrible experjience with tlhe storm, which swept Up the south At lantic coast Friday and gaiturclty.. The cruiser Columbia and -tfie battleship Maine were eig-hted frosn SulEvan's flS, ea!jr the , forenoon- and the ZZl. "vvr xorK. rne monitor Am P&itrlte and the cruiser ; Marblehead steamed into yew 1aterkhe flagship being the last of the squadron to reach an anehodage to the nnrfh nr ton lig-htship. All five of the, vessels are ow at ancnor about two miles off the Ir- Aldmlral Bunce's fleet ran straight Into the teeth of a terriflic storm Fri day night. The warshrn wr.o. tr.t,. miles off the North Carolina well below Hatteras, and while the offi cers are as usual nnwiiri, i Vheir experiences, (t is known that both "'" en were in great peril. .When the fleet was visited by a renre- esoutnern Associated rress this ftfternonn ft iirao i, j factual loss consisted of four irvtes. eight men .seriously) injured and minortejuries to almost ajl of ,the vesJ seis themselves. TUia hattifocirv had six of her men overboard, three- of i i ',"ms meir nves. irhe Marble head lost one man kiHed- and six in- t TT -ulea on the Maine were: it-H: wL. a,PPreiUce4 dashe4 to death against turrets, aid body, lost alt sea: John Brown, seairran, washed overboard, body not recovered; Y b Nelson, priva:te, United Stites maTtaes' JSt6 oveT'board aiwi diiowned; jbody QfKMfrWihad lM Shs Carpenter btrawhat, who was dashexl to deatlh by the sea. His body was saved and buried at sea Sunday. ffven of the carpenteifs gang who wereat work on the seajanchor, were hurled against the superstructure of the ship by ithe sea and ) more or less injured. One of them, Hiker. jsustain J'fompound fradturejwf the skull and his injuries are serieiis. Arrange ments Wave been made fpr placing all of the injured seamen in! the marine hospital here and they tn be trans ferred from their ships td the shore to morrow. p . .. j The New York, 'the Columbia, the Amphitrtte and the Maine! were off the coast below Hatteras and;' about forty miles out when the stolm began to gather Friday night. Thiadmiral sig nalled from the New York Sfor the ships to stand together. The strm was blow ing from the southeast. It! steadily in creased during the nigWi and the four shlpswere separated. 9o heavily did the New York roll that fthe big 8-inch guns in the turrets werf lashed down with heavy hawsers as) precaution. During the storm a heavy sea rolled over the stern, and the aft companion, which was flooded witji fwater, went down into the officers' Quarters. The gun ports and toroedo bhM the water in. There was plenty of water insiae. rne Doatswain, WilHam Ander- eon, .while on the forward deck, was strucK rrom ni teat h i oo. ..j . -.- - J j. cum ill- . y """ST dashed aft. Naval Oa det Castleman, while oa fthe forward quarter deck, also lost hisi footine n.nrf was about to go over the, side when he managed to seize a lifeltae and save his own life. When the seaiwas shipped astern the sounding apparatus was knocked to flinders and oe of the of ficers nearly dashed over) the side. When morning came, the Maine was sighted and spoken. Thei battleship, it is believed had the most jtrylng expe rience of the fleet. Friday! nisrht Pren- "tlce Kozel was struck byv terrible sea ana ma life dashed out; of htm. The rushing waters carried his body over board. Two men Jumped after him as he was being carried away. They were tne seaman John Browns and the ma rine. Alex Nelson. In trying to save their messmate, they lost-' their lives, for they too, were, carried sout into the mountains of black water. Charles Hassell was washed overboard at the same time. When these four men went overboard William J. Creelman, a landsman, was standing on the poopdeck. He saw the up-turned face of Kozel Ifloating by, Creelman dived over the stern, -and ; struck out to save him. In the mean j time two life buoys hadl toeen thrown over. Hassell got owe of piem. Brown, ; Nelson and Kozel disappeared and the brave Creelman was struggling far from the buoy intended for him. Has i sel saw him and reached him in time to ! save his life. The Maine! fwas brought around in the storm ami a life boat lowered from the starboard. Naval Cadet Gherardi was puti fin command with six men. The boat got only a few yards from the ship when she was overturned and seven more men were in the water. The men were rescued with life lines. The lifeboat was lost, as were one or more of the ships boats. t These were all torn from itheir davit by j nit ntru.vy shs. . j; The Amphftrite. Wiie Maine, the Co lumbia and the Marblehead were sight ed in the morning in tha order men tioned. The Marblehead j was laboring heavily and had out her cfil bags. Grave fears had been entertained for the Am phitrtfce, but she rode thfej gale and as far as can be learned lost no life. On board the Maine a board of enquiry reported on the loss of tite three men. They highly. commend Creelman's brave attempt tq rescue "Kozel. He will be recommended for,a lifefsaver's med al of -the first class. 'The (Columbia, tfhe Marblehead and the Amhitrite came down the coast together after the storm. The reason the New York did wot arrive until this afternoon is ex plained by the fact ilt stoe turned back and wen t almost! to Hatireras head come up to the cty this after looking for the monitor -JThe Marble- noon and arrangements trere made for putting her injured sailors in the ma rine hospital here. j j - Exactly what amount fdf injury the Various vessels themselves sustained during the storm cannot, how be staled The officers say that ifcelr Mo hi.' ftvaved -splendidly,.; but H iwas evident even to a casual observer that the vesJ rsels had received rough usage at the hands of the hurricaneJ Jt is prettjf certain, however. hat none of them have tJeen seriousdy injured. It 1 not probable' that the maneuvers will be seriously Interfered with or -retarded by the terrible experience through which, the fleet has .passed Mr. WUson Future eccnoatloB Washington," February Postmaster General Wilson was today) asked if there was any truth in the repeated state ments that he haa becnt offered the presidency of the Washington and Lee university. Mr. Wilson Said) he had taH?T ed abont the matter With itke jtrusfaes of tnat institution, ! but - that body had not yet held a -meeting to make an offer of the position. He jokingly j remarked that he had, according to reports, been offer ed the editorship of a New -York daily, and also was to practice ; law in the metropolis. - He added in seriousness that it was true he had been effered the presi dency of several educational institutions. Mr. Blaek to Ketal h His Seat 1 Washington. February j & It is said that the house committee ion elections, which has charge of the election contest brought by Thomas Watsbn, of Georgia, recently the populist candidate for vice president, against Representative Black, has decided to confirm j Judge Black's title to his seat. The verdict, it Is under stood is unanimous. ( v Report. 1897. AGRICOLTDRAL COLLEGE - THE NEXT VICTIM TO THE GREET, ; OF THE SPOILS HUNTERS. I ne reeling Between the Two Populist x actions intense The Railroad Iiso the Sole. Topic of pisruMion 'AH Fopulita United on this One Question The Charge Against i-ierK Graham State Democratic j Headquarters to be Opened.' .--j Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel. Raleigh, N. C, February 8. J. C. L. Harris, of this city, drew a bill, which was introduced in the legis lature today, providing for a change of administration of the Agricultural and Mechanical college. It is intended to put a new board of directors, number ing fourteen, In office March 9th. Of these one will be from each district and five at large. Two other members of the board will be ex-offlcio, the pres ident of the college and the president of the state farmers' alliance. The four teen members are to be appointed by the governor," with, the senate's consent. Harris says' Jt Is not the purpose to re move President Holloday or any mem ber of the facUlty or to. interfere in any of the arrangements beyond taking charge of the college. He was asked if John K Ray; would continue as the principal of the school for the blind here and replied that he would not be touched; that if any change were con templated it would be his removal to Morganton, to become principal of the deaf-mute school there. Harris says E. McK. Goodwin, the principal of the lat ter school, is certain of removal. The feeling between the maioritv and minority populists is intense. When ever there is a meeting or caucus of the minority the chairman always cries out an populists in good standing will vwu Biauuiug will other words thu come 10 oraer. in bolters claim that they are the true PHardly any question was asked here f rnTcitnSysavrdtahTs: whafao rct way to the Southern?" . Ex-Congressman Kitchin. who Is an anti-lease man, says the bill now in hand shouio. be so amended as to pro vide that the road shall never be sold, and further provide that no lease shall be made until two years before the old lease to the Southern expires. Kitchin says that a few eastern republicans fa vor the bill. The democrats are di vided. The prevalent belief here la that the committee will favorably re port the bill. The populist majority caucus Satur day night reaffirmed its purpose to sup port the bill. The populist bolters Friday night decided to support it. Thus on this one subject do those fac tions agree. Yet it will be hard to hold Doth In line. J. L. Graham, the clerk to the state superintenaent of f public instruction, who was taken toi Newton Saturday night on a charge of burning his house there to obtain insurance money, was given a hearing there at- midnight He was bound oVer in $1,000 for a prelimi nary hearing before Magistrate Shu ford Tuesday. .Late as it was when the prisoner arrived at Newton, a crowd of at least 150 awaited him. Sentiment was divided, says the popu list deputy sheriff who took him there. The deputy says one part of the crowd wanted to see him arrive in chains or handcuffed. One populist and ons democrat were Graham's bondsmen. A statement is published that Graham once tried to obtain accident insurance for alleged gunshot wound of a toe, but that when the company's physician made an examination there was fail ure to find the injury. State democratic headquarters will be regularly opened here next week. This movement is thought to be good poli tics, as it will tend to reassure and rally any disaffected or disheartened democrats and af the same time show the republicans and populists that there is pleny of fight left, in the democratic party. It is said by people who ought to know that the populist party cast no less than 18,000. votes for McKlnley in this state. j The status of Congressman Skinner is a subject of inquiry.! While the popu list bolters regard his as the head of the party in the state, the populist ma jority people declare he could not be' elected a constable by populipt votes in his own ' county, Pitt The clash of majority populists and reDUbliCnnS On the rMnllltlnn tn. Irtntr out the populist enrolling clerk, Swin- son, is apt to be lively. The populists aeciare there must be fair play. The populist bolters say ; Swinson must go because he has been rude to their, good "kuus, me repuDiicans. There are now ninety-two republicans and pop ulist bolters. Of course they can pass any imi mey aesire to put through. LA GRIPPE. Johnson's Chill and Fever Toni cures colds and la grippe In one day I1UUIS. .. The dealer gives the money back if It uueu uui cure. . THJ INSURRECTION IN CRETE. Contestants on Both Sides Massing Rumor or Canea Bombarded Refugees on Euro. ptan Warships. j. " Athens, February 8. Advices receiv ed here today from Canea say that the Preek squadron has j arrived .at that place and that upon arriving failed to salute the Turkish flag, .according to custom. The officer in command of the British warships at Canea paid a vis it to the commander of the Greek ves sels immediately upon their arrival. . The dispatchs also say that the Christians and" Moslems at Retlmo, Crete, are massing in opposition to one h another and., making all . preparations London."j-5Woi,uarv . 8 A : rllanitnh Pfrom Athens Ido-- the ! Exchange Tele-, pxraph Company, says that rumors are Wn cjrcula4Jaiv there that the warships h r-"c jjuwei s are DomDaraing me town or i;anea, urete. The rumors are dis credited here. London, February 8. In the house of commons today Rt. Hon. George N. Curzon, under secretary for foreign af fairs, stated that the rumors of a mas sacre th Crete were unfounded. It was true, there had been some, firing tihare, but 'the loss of life' had been small. During the firing, he saW, thie Turk ish 'troops are reported to hve eon ducted, 'themselves in an exemplary manner and there was practically no plundering. Mr. Curzon said that 5,000 .refugees 'had embarked from Canea and that place -was now perfectly quiet. As there had been a scarcity of food" xcjncu a.,, jtuca, iae aamarat in com-1 manJ of the British Mediterranean 7 n.x.v uwrn auip wrtn biscutt and ' meats sufficient to feed .uv persons ror a fortnigh't.Two thousand refugees were, on board the British warships at Canea, Mar Cur zon said, and the last of the refugees were taken off by the Greek wa yes sels. . . Xo Appqlot Receivers for a Trust Conntiii West Chester, P. February 8.-The financial difficulties of th r-h. ! - tv Guarantee, Trust and Safe Deposit h1?43" are IncreasUw.!. The company some time age, found Uel hi financial Straits, with liabilities estimated at W00. WV and assets at 1.000,(QO. These assets, however, are mostly in western mort gages, and such investments and cannot be realized on, except at a loss. The company made a proposition to Its de positors to accept bonds for their depos its, to run ten years and to pay 3 per cent, interest. 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 9, 1897, edition 1
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