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ESTABLISHED 1867. WILMINGTON, N. CM SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1897. PRICE 5 CENTS. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. THE STATE. . It Is found that the legislature passed separate act for - appointment ;of a police justice for Asheville and the governor commissions E. D. Carter The governor announces that the time for filing- claims for .refund of direct Innrl tar o-rnirprl Marrh 2nd: all claims on file at that time will be paid The tobacco factory of ' Robertson & Soi? at Mocksville, is burned. Consul General Lee Informs the state department of the release from-prison of L. T. Vives, an American citizen; there are now thirteen- Americans in Spanish prisons r-Northern Texas is Visited by a series of storms, whiten in many places reached cyclonic propor tions Governor Bradley again de clines to interfere injehalf of Walling end Jackson and they will hang today A charter is granted to the T -7., i- -- n. . c. - ft - jJtLuguaii j. u uaitu oitriiiiiniigr xYiitciniit: Company, of Rirhraond The tlk of the house of representatives has re ceived omciai notice, or nine contests for : seats; some twenty more are ex pected The cabinet seems to be un able to come to a decision as to what policy to adopt In regard to alleged filibuster steamers asking for clearance of cargo of arms to Cuban ports; ft haa' the case of the Dauntless under dis cussion again yesterday; the attbrne general would give no positive Opin ion in reply to the request for one from the treasury department Thevfioods . In the Mississippi valley continued and the desolation continues to grow more appalling each hour; the death rate is rapidly increasing; there "are fears or more, levees breaking The republi cans of the senate finance" committee has already begun consideration of the' tariff bill just introduced in the house The .Michigan supreme court de cides that there was a vacancy In the mayoralty when Pengree accepted the office of governor of the state. ' FOREIGN. SeVere hail storms prevail in Ger many and much damage is done r The porte authorizes the Turkish consuls ir. Thessaly to vacate their ports The Servian government takes, a hand . in the Turkish question- Reports are re- Cuba after heroic attacks on the in surgents it is saia me ureess resi- . dent' in Constantinople are planning an -uprising. - Time for .Refunding Direct Land Tax tx- pired. v I (Special to The 'Messenger. )- jtaieign, r. r.iarcn i. xae gov-' ernor announces that all applications for refunding of the direct land tax, should have been made to him by or 'J bofJre March 2nd as the time then ex t pired by ; statue,, 'but that all on file before that date can be paid any time "thereafter. About sixty are. on file. 'i 1 Aslieville Police .lattice Anuointeil. J (Special to The Messenger.) J Raleigh, N. C, March 10. It was dis covered this afternoon, that an act pro- viding for appointment by the govern-' or of a police justice for Asheville was a. separate act and is all right. The governor at once commissioned Eu gene D. Carter. Carter is to serve one : year from May 1st. i.eft Her Secretary 840,000,000. (New York World.) It is . seldom that a private secre tary reaps such a magnificent windfall ria "Tr .Tnhn Scot t Murrav. who is found to have been constituted by the I will of the .late Lady Wallace, the chief legatee of her enormous fortune. The latter may be roughly computed ;at about $40,000,000. At the time when Sir Richard Wallace . succeeded to tne property of his brother," the .fourfh Marquis of. Hertford, probate duty . was paid upon personality in England to the extent of JIS.000,000. " - This did not include either the ex lenslve egtates Of the Marquis in Eng- . . i ... I .-. 1 T .. J . , 1 .. . . - . V,; . possessions on the continent, w here he ' ' spent the major portion of, his life, only . rarelv visit'ine Ensrland. Indeed, it was stated at the time of his demise , that by far the larger moiety of his fortune was located abroad. At the death of Sir Richard Wallace In 1SS0 he left everything that he pos- " Bt'f ?ed to his widow, and .it is well known that he had vastly increased his great fortune during the twenty years that he enjoyed it by means of eu?nsiye sales of real estate, Lady Wallace now has died, and while leaving- the' magnificent and priceless art collections formed by- Sir Richard Wal lace and by the late Marquis of Hert ford to the 'Brisish nation, she has bequeathed everything else, not to her . grandchildren, "but to the stalwart and good looking young Englishman who after serving her husband for years as private secretary fulfilled the same duties for her after his demise and became the inseparable companion of hr "widowhood. ' It must be admitted that Mr. Mur ray was invaluable to both Sir Rich ard and Lady, Wallace as private sec retary. Not only did he possess per fect tart 14ft J HefcealJent breeding, but, moreofef! lie"tas o pleasant- faced; so comely, s.u-ch an impersonification of exubriant heafthr'and athletic vigor that it did one good to. look at him. 1 Moreover, he was always good temper ed, even wheff Sir Richard and Lady . Wallace- were mosL irritable and blue. Philantroplst and Panper. . There' has just died, in the Great Yar mouth work, house, Mr. John Riches, who a quarter of a century ago was known' to Methodist all oyer the world' as " the Norfolk Bean grower." The older generation "of Methodists vill re member the circumstances that gave him his curious nickname. Riches was at that time a prosperous farmer -and corn merchant, and the leading lay preacher, in the eastern counties. Pre siding on night at a meeting in aid of mission work, he received from sjjme 1 person in the audience a bag of beans, with the ' request that any tenant cf land who was present should be Invited to grow them and devote the proceed to mission work, fie accepted the Idea' himself. i The first year's crop Riches kept for seed. The - second year's ? crop was most prolific, and again he kept it.-The third year his land was insufficient to grow all of them, but his zeal in Work ing out the plan enabled him to per puade several neighboring! faiJners to accommodate him with land. A very considerable sum was realized, and a great meeting was organized at" Mr. Spurgeon's tabernacle, at which the proceeds were handed over to the mis won fund. Riches's fame spread abroad and his portrait was sold everywhere, Vnfortunately he was overtaken by family troubles and business losses, and gradually sank into penury, ending his life! this week in a work house at the age of 71. He surely deserved at the hands of his coreligionists a better ate. Westminster Gazette. Chicago' New Postmaster. yashlngton, March 19. The presi dent has nominated Charles V. Gordon to be postmaster at Chicago. POSTAL TELEGRAPH SYSTEM. SENATOR BUTLER INTRODUCES A. BILL THEREFOR. A Flood of Bills In the Senate A Com . mnnicatlon From the Governor of Ore 3Con Confirmations by the Senate Indi cations of a lively Session In the Hons Democrats Divided as to Leadership In the Honse Time Fixed for Passing the Tariff Bill Two Appropriation Bills. Passed. SENATE. Washington, March 19 The calendar of business this 'morning, contained only four ftems: The notice by -Senator Turpie of his intention to address' the senate in favor of the proposed constitutional amendment ' to make United States senators elective by the people; the amendment itself, which is on the table, and the two Pacific rail road bills, which were reported yes terday. The number of bills introduced m tne senate since--Monday lasrt. up to this "morning, was 768. The petition of John Edward Ad dicks, contesting the right of Mr. Ken ney to a seat as senator from Dela ware, was presented by Senator Bur rows and was referred to the commit tee on privileges and elections. A communication from the governor and secretary of state of Oregon was presented by Senator Chandler and read setting out. in detail.,, facts to show that (the house of representatives not having been regularly organized) there has been no session of the state legislature since February", . 1895. The object of the communication, which was referred to the committee on priv ileges and elections, was to prove that the governor had the right of appointment,- i Some two;hundred additional tolls, most of them pension bills, were intro duced. Among them was one by Sena tor Butler, of North Carolina, to; estab lish a .Postal telegraph system; and one by Senator Chandler as to first and sec ond class mail matter. .The resolution offered yesterday by Senator Gear ' directing the attorney -bgenerar to furnish a copy of the record of proceedings in the foreclosure suit against the Union Pacific railroad was taken up and agreed to . A resolution was reported from the committee on contigent expenses and agreed to, authorizing the committee on finance- to employ additional clerical assistance in .its tariff work. On motion 'bf Senator Davis, acting chairman .of. the committee on foreign relations, .the senate at 12:50 o'clock proceeded to executive business, and at 4 o'clock p. m adjourned till Monday. - The senate today confirmed the fol- 4o,wing. nominations: Charles U. Gor don, postmaster a Chicago; John Hay, of the District of Columbia, ambassa dor to Great Britain; Horace Porter, Of New York, ambassador to France; Henry White,, of Rhode Island, secre tary of embassy at London; Perry S Heath, of Indiana, to be first assistant' postmaster general. . Senator Allen occupied the first fif teen minutes of the executive session scolding the democrats and republicans for not organizing the senate' and pro ceeding to the transaction of the public business. His remarks were called put by tne ranure or tne senatenoTrm tne existing vacancies in th3 committees. . Senator Chandler replied that the senator from Nebraska knew Yery well that. neither the democrats nor the re publicans had the pdwer alone to or ganize tne senate. Senator Davis, after this little breeze, had blown over, addressed the senate in favor of the ratification of the treaty or aroitartion with Great Britain. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The first legislative day of the house of the Fifty-fifth congress gave every indication of . an unusually lively session, and also of an intention to m.ake a r&cord for extraordinary rapid disposition of business, .The out bursts of partisan rancor in the course of the day's debates retaalled the palmy days of the Fifty-first and Fifty-second congresses, , while beslde these not unexpected differences of opinion as to action and policy, there was '111 concealed animosity between the two factions of" the democratic mi nority, growing out of 'the race for feadership of that party on the floor. If today's proceedings may be taken as in any wise typical of the work of the house, the session will take rank. with the most tumultuous that have marked its 'history. The ball was opened promptly upon assembling, in the presence of crowded galleries. Mr. Dingley, from the com mittee on ways and means;, returned the tariff bill, with a recommendation that it do pass, which, with the ac companying report, was placed on the calendar. ' In connection with this, Mr. McMil liti called attention to what he termed the .".'colossal injustice" done the mi nority of the committee on ways and means, in thus .Reporting the bill be fore they had had time to prepare an expression of their views. Consent was givenjfor the minority to ' file their views Monday. This having- been done. Mr. Dalzell, republican, of PennsN'ania, present ed a resolution from the committee on rules providing for the consideration of the tariff bill. It called for general debate, -beginning on Monday next and Including Thursday, the 25th in stant, from 10 o'clock a. if . until 11 o'clock p. m.. with a recess from 5 to 8 o'clock. Then there is to be consider ation under the five minute rule, the bill to be open for amendment until 3 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, the 31st in stant, when the voting on the ajnend ments and bill sliall ijegln. This. was advocated by 'Iessr9V tal zell and- Dmerfey.r and apposed ty "Messrs. MoMilUnl-.and Bland, whose rising was the signal for rap'tuous ap plause by his democratic- associates Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Bailey, Of Texas There was much cross-firing in this discussion, a colloquy 'between Mr. Grosvenor and Mr. MCMillin affording great satisfaction, to their respective partisans. The resolution was agreed to 179s to 132 a party vote, save that Mr. Howard, populist,' of Alabama, voted in the affirmative with the re publicans. . This being settled, .Mr. Henderson re ported a resolution providing for the oassaere of the appropriation bills which failed at the last session of con rress. in this order; The sundry civil the general deficiency, the agricultural and the Indian .. The resolution allowed forty minutes debate on each "bill, the bills to 'be read in extens'o. Prelrmianry to the discus sion of this resolution, .Messrs. 'Mc Millin and Sayers had a rather heated controversy over the matter of con trolling the time in, opposition to. the resolution. In conclusion, Mr. Sayers suggested that Mr. IdMillin wou!d do better to keep cool, to which Mr. Mc Millin said: "The' gentleman from Ten nessee will keep cool and the gentle man from Texas cannot ."heat him." The resolution was adoipted after an hour's discussion 173 . to 116, Messrs. Pearson aria Linftey, reptfblfcans, of North Carolnna, voting against their political associates, who supported the resolution." -' The demand for a vote toy yeas and nays on this proposition brought out a hot protest by Mr. Henderson, repub lican, of Iowa, who charged, that it was a violation of the aigreenient with Messrs. Bailey and MdMHUn, that no diliatory motions would be made. They denied making any such promises, tout the atmosphere was quite heated in consequence of their action. --At Mr. Cannon's urgent- solicitation the liouse; remained in session until. a late btourand passed the sundry civil and general deficiency ills, leaving the agricultural and Indian bills to be dis posed of tomorrow. WHAT DID HE MEAN ? Corbett Talked In a Strange Way to Slier Before the Fight and Got " an Even Break." (Baltimore Sun.) Carson, Nev., March 19. Just 'before the fight an interesting conversation took place In CorTjett's dressing room at the arena, 'between the ex-champion: and Referee George Siler. . , jCorbett said: . -: . ' "George, I want to win this fight fairly?" ! ' "How do you thipk that you are go ing to win ft that you make such a remark as that?"' asked Siler. ; "Oh, T don't mean any reflection on you," rejoined Corbett. "But there are lots or my friends from San Francisco at the ringside, and they will , not starid it to see me lose. If Martin Ju lian goes into that ring, he will have the whole top of his head fblown off." "That means, I suppose," said Siler, "that if I don't do just right the whole top of my head will be dIowti ioff." Not at all," Corbett replied; 'but my friend's will not stand for me to lose. x'wm tell you we t W,'HaW-8Hf4'' tH, places to fhe depthj of 'and that Is, th very best you are going to get out of this thing twill txe an even break. That is all you pj-e en titled to, and it is all you are going to get. That is all Fitzsimmons has com ing to him and he will get just that and nothing more. It is possible that I may lose my hea'd and make a mistake. tut I am coins' to be cafreful and I Will see that both of you will get an even break and nothing more.'' Corbett again declared that he had not meant that any atWtnpt wpuld be made to intimidate the referfee, tout that lie feared the feelings of his friend's could not 'be restrained iin case they saw him losing. The end; of the fight, however, was so quick and so 'decisive that there was no rctom for argument oh the part of seconds, Cor- fbett or any one else. '.: . -, ... Jackson and Walling to Hang Today. Newport, Ky., March 19.Jackson and Walling were transfered to this cfty from Alexandria at noon today and are now safely locked up in a cell' in the county jail. Everything is in readiness for the executionTw'hich takes place at noon tomorrow. A telegram from Frankfort says that troops will leave Frankfort on the M'idland road at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Frankfort, Ky., March 19. Governor Bradley has again decided not to in terfere with the sentence of the court in the case against Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling, and the execution of both ;will take place tomorrow. He publicly announced his final determi nation in the case after carefully read ing the confessions of the two men for a second time, and Studying over the record in the case until 3 o'clock this morning. Greek Uprising in Constantinople. Feared Galtaz Roumania, March 19. It is re ported in Greek circles herei that the Greeks in Constantinople, of whom 30,- 000 are well armed, are plotting -si. re volt against the Sultan's government.' The report says that advantage is being taken of the fact that apart from the Sultan s body guard, there are few Turkish troops at Constantinople, all available forces having been sent to the Greek frontier, and that in the event of an uprising at Constantinople' it would be impossible to recall troops from the frontier in time to make them effective against" a revolt. Recently a large body of Greeks, left here, ostensi bly for Greece, but it is now said that the feal destination was Constanti nople. An Important Building and Loan Decision Knoxville, Tenn., March 19.Judge Clark of the United States court today decided the famous Southern Building and Loan suit by discharging alj the receivers. lie based his action- "upon the report of Special Master Caldwell. The master's report was "full and com plete and showed that the true state of affairs had "been reached. The asso cition is declared solvent, and to pro tect it Judge Clark leaves his injunc tion standing, preventing other bills being filed. It - was,, proven that Mrs. Johnson, who" was the complainant in the suit, had not compiled with the by-laws, inasmuch as she had nottgiv- en sixty days notice of withdrawal. The association will now continue busi ness at the old stand. Servia Takes a Hand Against Turkey Constantinople, March 19. The seri ous attention of the porte has ibeen called by the Servian minister .here to the state of 'things existing In the province of Kossivo, where, the mini3-i ter asserts, in consequence of mobili zation of the Turkish reserves, the Christians have 'become panic stricken. The minister also calls attention to the resent attack of a Moslem upon the Austrian-Servfan consuls in a cafe at Usukub, in the province of that name.- Servia, he said, had maintained a perfectly correct attitude during the present crisis and hopes that the porte will put "a s'top to the existing situa tion; otherwise Dhe consequences might be serious. Conflict Between State and Federal Courts Richmond, Va., March 19. Applica tion has been made to the court of ap peals on behalf of the railroad commis sioner. .General Hill, for a mandamus, compelling the Winchester and Stras burg Railroad Company to; run its' trains into Strasburg in compliance with the provisions, of its charter. As the greater part of the stock of the Winchester and Strasburg railroad is owned by he Baltimore and Ohio rail road, a very interesting question is likely to come up regarding the rights of state courts to mandamus a corpo ration in the hands of the United States court. The bill is returnable April 30th. Turkish Consuls Ordered From Thessaly London, March 19. According to dispatch from Larissa, the Turkish consuls in Thessaly haw been autho rized by the porte to vacate their posts and ' return to Constantinople should they deem such action advisable. This: the report says, is in consequence of the consuls having called the attention of the porte to the threatening attitude of the Greeks on the frontier. The Old Monacacy M akes a V j e fc. Washington. March 19.-The old fiat bottom gunboat iMonacacy, which usu ally rests in the mud at Tien Tsin, year in :"and year out, has successfully ac complished her longest voyage in, sev eral years, a cablegram to the navy de partment today announcing her safe arrival at Shanghai where she will be repaired and made ready for another winter in the Pei Ho below' Peking. Vacancy In Mayoralty of Detroit. Lansing) Mich., March 19. The su preme court of Michigan decided today that the office of Mayor of Detroit be came vacant when Hazen S. Pingree took the oath of office as governor of Michigan, on January 1st. A new elec tion must be held to elect another may or of Detroit. .. . . . Storms in Germany. Berlin, March 19.High ,winds and severe haii storms prevailed through out the greater part of Germany last nisrht. doing a great deal of damage in many places,, Beveral lives werel lost and many persons were Injured. . ! Tobacco Factory Burned. j Winston, N. C, March 19. The tobac co factory of H. E. Robertson & Son. at Mocksville, was destroyed by fire last night. The loss Is heavy with lit tle insurance. s - . f THE WESTERN FLOODS. THE MISSISSIPPI! SPREADING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. Apnalline Nw From the Flooded Dir. tricts The Whole Country Inundated. 1veea Breaking finci Whole Sections Del need Armed Wen Guarding IvVe to Prevent Their Being Cut The Death Wst Kapjdly Increasing The Wprtt No Tet Reached The Waters Still Rising. ' "Memphis, March 19. A further half inch rise,in the Mississippi me'aris the devastation of property and probably a loss of life unequalled in 'the flood history of this section. The rise Is threatened because rain is still fall ing. Seventeen persons are reported to be drowned fifty miles . below Caruth ersviHe, Mo. A stretch of country over 120 miles long, from a! point 70 miles north of Memphis to a point 50 miles south of the Tennessee mntrool'ia, la ten feet. The fertile valleys of Tennes see and Arkansas are ooim.nletelv in- undated4mcmany lives have been lost and stock drowned, fencing and dwell ings swept away, inhabitants destitute and 'homeless, and left to starve or drown by the remorselessly rising tide. Reports from tributary streams show rains and rapidly rising rivers, the floods from which iwll soon he emptied into the Mississippi adding to the dan ger, when hurled against the already weakened levees. The levees are patrolled hourly by armed and desperate men, provided with sand hags to strengthen weak places or to close threatened crevices and rifles to shoot down any miscreant who would venture "to cut the em bankment ,and allow the waters threatening his plantation to find vent into the lowlands of his neighbors. The floods now partake of the nature of a deluge. '-' As far as the eye can see, nothing but water, meets the gaze. Six hun dred people were rescued yesterday on the Arkansas side of the river and taken to Memphis,, 'but there are flooded districts so situated that re lief boats cannot reach the stricken ones. ' I On island No. 39'100 sufferers and considerable live stock were rescued by the steamer Itasca. Neither man nor beast had tasted food for over twenty- four hours. Human beings and lielp less brutes are huddled together, awaiting assistance all alon'g the Iron Mountain and Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf tracks. Five hundred people were forced to flee from the floods in Dyef and Obion counties, Tenn. Gavin, Ark., "March 19. For many miles the country is flooded and the water is up to the Iron Mountain tracks.: Hundreds of section hands are striving to keep it back with dirt bags. At every station the negroes are-gath ered, waiting to "be taken away. Many get on the -trains and are carried with out pay. Th-4ist of fatilifies is aid to be teng and probably never will 'be known. William Cartwright and Wil liam Cox, Working on Judge Hodges' farm at Rose'bud island, lost their lives Thursday 'by the upsetting of jo. "dug out. Jake Carty was drowned at Ca lvin Thursday night from the same cause. Amanda Chipman, colored, just arrived ixrm ielerw-, reports tht death of six persons she could hot name. Charles Burkley, aso, was drowned near Gavin. He could not manage a dug out. A mountain of household goods is piled up at every railroad sta tion, while negroesj beg for 'help from every train crew. Houses along the road are submerged to roofs and cat tie standing in the fields with only their heads abovetwater'. -Many corpses of Jhogs- and "cows are washed up by the water. ' ' Helena, Ark., March 19. The river at noon was within ' two inches of the highest water on Teeord here. The sun shone today after one of the .most pro longed and heavy downpours of rain for many years, and the conditions are more hopeful. The observer urges people in the lowlands to move at once to higher grounds. Tbe levees in front of the city are having the attention of the officers of the city and the levees are being raised and strengthened. Heavy rains yesterday 'and last night have party inundated a portion of the northern suburbs of the city, lut the water is now fast receding. The levees at 'Modoc are still holding, and, with the recent recruits to the already large army of levee1 workers, there Is a Drignt cnance or maintaining inei status quo. The levees on the Missis sippi side appear to be in good shape. Cairo, Ills., March 19. The river here rose four tenths of a foot in twenty-four hours and the prospect is that it will go to the high water mark, which is 52.2 feet. The citizens have or ganized to 'be prepaid to meet any emergency Until the rise of the heavy rains are known, predictions as. to the extent of "the rise are impossible. j Birds Point is evidently under water, aWd the Cotton Belt and the Iron Mountain trains cannot enter Cairo. The steamer Mary Morton arrived from the lower river this morning, re porting the levees intact from Osceola up, but momentarily fearing a break. The Morton rescued a large number of people and live stock. NashviMe, Tenn.,' March 19 The Cumberland river is rising. Rain fell all day yesterday and last night and continued to come down incessantly today. There is prospect of the greatest flood on record. The nighest recorded water in the Cumberland river was in 1883, when it registered 55 feet, 9 feet higher than at present. 'Much damage has already resulted and more Will fol low When the flood increases. Large sections. of east Nashville have been under water for several days. The riv eit is. already climbing t the business houses on Front street. Boats are now anchored- to the sidewalks .."and the prospect "is that the first floors of "buildings, will "be ' submerged. Dis patches from the southern counties of Tennessee and from northern Alabama JTeport tthirty-six nours of rainfall and terrible floods in fhe region. Ureat damage bas been done to bridges and fences. Trains have ' stopped .running . on the 'Nashyille, , Florence and the Sheffiield railroad. 1 UouisvMe, Ky., March 19. A dis patch from Wyeliffe, Ky., says that part of the approach to the bridge over the Ohio at eastt Cairo, Ky., has been washed away, delaying traffic on the Illinois Central. More damage is ex pected. The river -Is rising here, with 18 feet on the falls. One and thirty eight hundredths Inches of rain haa fallen in the past fwenty-!fcur hours. Memphis, Tenn.; March 19. The lat est break in the levee system in this district occurred at 7 o'clock this ev- ening near Austin, Miss., 100 miles south. Particulars; are- not available. Reports from bther points in that sec tion indicate positive distrust of ! great deal of system on the Missis sippi side, and other breaks are -expected to occur at any moment. All that money, engineering and la'bor can dd is being exerted, but the water pres sure is very great. The Tsreak reported atl Glendale, Miss., last night was to day proved incorrect, though tonight'E break is in that vicinity. The Carruth ersville, CMo., 1realt occurred about daylight yesterday morning. i " "" Opposition to Home Seekers Excurslor Chicago, Ills., (March 19. The Cen tral Passenger 'Association lines nave Issued an appeal to the roads in tho Southwestern, western and Southern Associations, urging them to agree to the withdrawal of home seekers' "ex cursions entirely, on the ground that the volume of -business from the cen tralPassenger -Association territory is not sufficient to warrant the periodical reductions of rates made for these ex- I curslons, which are taken advantage ox 'oy ucti urojiers ana omers. VIEWS OF THE EXPERTS. A Clean Fight, They Say, and Muldoon Adda Thaf FJtsslmmons Is the Better (Baltimore Sun.) Carson. March 18. Referee George Slier, in discussing the fight, said: k "It looked for the first five rounds as If ft was Corbett's fight. He had Fitz shaky and in the fifth I was forced for the first time to go in between the men to make Fitzsimmonsbreakaway.- After- that Corbett's blows were not as ef fective as before, and Fitz got stronger all the time. Barringr a. knockout by Fitz I believed that the only show Cor bett had was, to worry his man by de grees and follow him up: until be was worn out. But . the knockout blow1 came. It was one of the cleanest fights that ever took place in a ring for the championship. . "My construction of rule 15," said Siler, "permitting hits in the clinches and' breakaways made a fairer fight than the general public expected. ,T-he sup- pOSfition was that it would be a rough ana tumble j fight and that fhe men would hug and wrestle, butI figured that if hitting in the clinches - and breakaways was permitted, i the men would be more than careful in clBaches, and that there would be no: punching at such times. I was correct.?' Muldoon, in describing the final blow, said; . "The men had clinched in the corner, Corbett instead of stepping j bak, as he "should have done, simply leaned the upper part of his body back. The movement caused the bone at the lower part of the chest to protrude., - Fitz saw his opportunity1 and quick as a flash delivered a right upper-cut. The blow caught Corbett right under this pro truding bone and over the spleen. No man living could have stood up under the pain that such a jalow must have causedt '. J j ;: 1 "It was , the prettiest and best fight that ever occurred between I big men. Corbett had j plenty of steam in his blows, but cpuld not reach a vulnerable part of Fitzsimmons anatomy He should have finished Bob in; the fifth round, but he was not quick enough. My former criticism of Corbett's i train ing .methods still holds good. He prac ticed boxing with slow, poor boxers, while Fitzsimmons had the cleverest men to be obtained. Corbett is a beau tiful boxer, but Fitz is a greater fight er. He is the better man of ; the two." Charles White, Corbett's second: "I advised Corbett to use generalship and keep away from Fitz, but he was so confident that he insisted on 'mixing up.' He is much the better man. The chance blow! did it." i . ' Despite the defeat of his man iWhite was congratulated on all sides for his work in putting the ex-champion into the superb condition in which he enter ed the ring, j "I consider it of the highest impor tance," he said, in explaining his sys tem, "to get ; from a first-class physi cian an accurate opinion on the condi tion of the fighter ' before beginning' work on him. Upon that opinion the tarining must be based, the : work be-r ing to suit the man. The exercise must begin gradually, the speed and weight of the work being gradually increased' up to withfn a short time before the fight. Then the different exercises must be shifted daily? so thathose in which iie is the weakest or slowest 'shall be used at wide intervals, thus bunch ing the kind of work in which theman shows the best form. . "As the time for the contttst-SrawS ,near the boxing should he done at the hour at which the fight is to Occur, and great care should be taken in the roa w;ork to prevent injury to the wind. In training Corbett I hammered his. face, arms and breast every night with-small bags containing a powdered ; prepara tion, which hardened the skin. Corbett would certainly have beaten- Fitzsim mons if he had practiced his usual ring tactics- and stayed away. The in fighting is , Fitzsimmons' own game, and that is where he won." : Dunn Si Co's Report, : New York, :March 19. R. G. Dun & Co., will say tomorrow in their weekly review of trade: . Tough steadily in creasing, business is still much below its volume in former years ; of pros perity, and many express disapppint-7 ment.- Yet there is some gain every week, with more hands at rework, and more mills in operation, and ;the sure rise, with larger purchases for con sumption, cannot be long delayed. In some branches ft is felt already. There is larger, distribution of finished pro'-' ducts, and the demand for "commercial loans has harply increased, especially in dry goods: and the iron and steel branches. The progress of iron ' aqd steel industry is hindered by uncertain ty regarding the cost of lake ore, for the coming year, though the repeated adjournment of producers' meetings is interpreted as evidence that an agree ment will be ultimately reaehed. While 'there is no great activity in finished products, the demand steadily increas es. Contracts for several great build ings at Chicago are pending and for a good many bridges and other railroad works, and the demand for wire nails, and for wire does not abate, nor the demand for black sheets required in the tin plate jnanuf act ure. ; - Although -Shipments of boots and shoes are almost as large as. in many previous years, it is announced that one or two of the largest .works have closed for want of orders. At the same time many other eoncerns are taking very large orders, it is claimed, at prices below those generaly quoted. No change whateverappars in quo tations of leather thi.a week, and th Chicago markt for hides fluctuated without definite tendency, although the slight changes reported are downward. While manufacturers of cotton goods are - looking forward with much con fidence, the present demand is not equal to expectations, nor has the eur-. tailment in production of print cloths accomplished i tha desired change in condition. The buying of wool, mainly of a speculative character in expecta tion of new duties, continues ' remark ably large. Sales at the three chief markets of the past vfefc were 10,891, 900 pounds.,- i " " i No gpeai increase has yet appeared in 'the demand for goods, although a few more mills have found enough or ders to start perhaps in part antic ipating a future demand. The ex-pecta tion of new duties does not yet in fluenee. the goods markets as might be expected. The volume of business indicated by clearing house, exchanges, is smaller than last year, The average-; of daily exchanges for the moBth is 3.3 per cent less than last year. Failures for: the week have : been 216 in the United States, against; 261 lasf year and 50 in Canada, against 49 lasf year. i Taking Time by the Forelock-, Washington, March; 19. Without waiting for the house to take 'final ac tion on the tariff ibill, the republlcai members of the senate eominittee on finance have fbegun the informal xam ination of the measure. They will give me suKjjeci carerui attention, and it is understood that their to be somewhere down town away from the crowds that alwn the committee room when this 'subject is under invest anernbers have decided that no hearings 11 wi ...... .3 m n ., - to siauieu. iney w, jjowever give full attention tr rvrin t Ati tvno. -written hriAf' iwatai the eominittee on finance. These briefs should refer to specific para graphs relative to proposed changes in the house bill, or any 'other change inai may De suggest ea in. existing eus turns laws, . A NEW DIRECTORATE FOB THE ATLANTIC AND NORIH CAROLINA BAlIiBOAD. The Old Board to Contest the Legality of the Appointment .Executive Depart ment Officials In a Quandary Tha Finest Crystal of Mica Ever Mined To Endow St. Mary's School Novel Prise Fight Bet. Death of W. G. Burkbead Quoting Bu sell's Old Letters on Him. Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel, Raleigh, N. C. March 19. Yesterday afternoon there was a meeting of the board of Internal im provements, at whfch Governor Rus sell and J. C. L. Harri3 were present, C. A. Cook, the other member, .being at Washington. It was "decided to ap point a new hoard of directors of the Atlantic and North Carolina rattway. It was also decided that no informa tion as to the matter was to be given out, until today, when the commissions were issued. Nevertheless, the news "leaked." Today - the. following letter was sent each member Of the old di rectorate: "You are hereby notified that at a meeting of the hoard of in ternal improvements, composed of the governor. Cook and Harris, held today, you were removed as a member of the board of directors." Today commissions were issued to the new board, as follows: Robert Hancock (who Is to be president), T. D. Hewitt, William H. Sawyer, Council Wooten, John F. MeWborne, W. J. Pope, E. II. Meadows. The old Iward will not retire without a legal contest and decision. Its mem bers claim that the new I act, taking the road out of their hands, is uncon stitutional in several features. '- v The executive department people are in a quandary as to the AsheVttle charter act. One of the great feature of this was a provision that the gov ernor should appoint a police justice, who as far as all trials are concerned, was to displace the mayor. JBut the plan to commission this police Justice fails, it seems-. The act as ra'tffied is not as introduced. The very portion which provoded for-the appointment Is gone. The private secretary . who ex amined the bill says he cannot see that there Is any power to appoint. Benjamin Knight, 60 years old, died at the soldiers' home this morning. During the war he served in Compa ny H, Thirtieth regiment ,of Cumber land. The largest and finest crystal of mica ever discovered was -placed in the state museum yesterday. It weighs 104 pounds, and came from the Bowen mine, in 'Macon county. It. is worth $400. -- ... It has rained every d'ay in March save two. jit is asserted that farm work was never more backwar'd. The purpose of the three Episcopal .dioceses in this state is to raise J100.000 for the endowment of St. Mary's fe male school 'here. 'At the term of court which begins here next week three persons will he tried for murder. The most amazing wager, on record in this state was made at "Durham and was settled tonight. W. E. Hol- man, colored, agreed to eat a bakeld cat if Cornett was defeated in. the prize fight. ; v ictor Dockery, son of Hon. Oliver H. Dockery, is appointed steward of the penitentiary. - ' Republican State Chairman .Holtkra will get the place of United States atr Fowiey tor the Western district. There had Tngfrrr-a-q.-,-? o.Qtp.dt. f rrr. thll. Tn-V tween mim ana Aiarsnau Aiott. Late last nignt -William G. Burk- head, of Wh'itevfrle,.- died here of Bright's disease. He was a lawyer and a son of the late Rev. Dr. L. S. Burkhead, a widely known Methodist preacher, and Was 41 years of age. He was reading clerk in the legislature four terms. His wife is a daughter of the late Edward Gayle, of Portsmouth and Raleigh. Some of the newspapers are pub lishing extracts from a letter of Gov ernor Russell to The Neyr York Tri bune in 1888, in which he says of the southern states . that "the extreme remedy Is for congress toxleclare th'at they have violated the (fundamental conditions under which they were re admitted to the union and remand them to a territorial status." President McKlnley Studying Geocrapby Washington, March" 19. The ' notice has gone out to office-seekers who are after high positions -that geographical considerations are trv enivem tin A tnnt states which are already represented in tne caDinet win not De caned upon to supply assistant secretaries of depart ments until other "great states are eared for. This is thought to disnose for the present of candidates for the assistant secretaryships of state, war, navy, treasury and interior depart ments, at lenst from California, New xqrh., micnigan, Illinois, Massachu setts, Ohio, Iowa and Maryland. This would apparently rule out the follow ing must prominent candidates lor po sitions: Harrison Gary Otis, of Cali fornia.'' for war: Judere O. T. Sraiifn of Michigan, for treasury; Theo. Roose- ven, oi new I one, ror navy, and Bel lamy Storer, of Ohio, for state. But these appointments ered slated for some time and it is said todav that ha TMact i T . T - - - fi;ijui imjuill oenis oi iucdc yuaiuuns may De continued is) of fice for several months in tvz . i ta geographical distribution referred io ma.y oe sumciently equalized by that time to allow the carrying out of the A Sounding Menance to tha Tui London, March 19. in the house ot bitter criticism upon the speech -deliv ctcvi uy iue eari or Ktmtwricv .of ore'ten affairs in the Roseherry cabinet, at the meeting or the National Liberal Federation at-Norwich, Wed nesday evening, in which he asserted that "According to Lord Salisbury,! the policy of France is 'also that of Great Britain and is ha1 nnnn i. nance of tne integrity of the Ottoman erop4re," This assertion. Lord Salis bury said, was wholly untrue. If he continued, the policy of the liberal par ty -was to abandon the Ottoman empire it had -been lately adopted. Lord Kim berley. would probably again beewme foreign minister of Grea't Britain, and in. that event, he asked, would his lordshfp then disregard the past policy of maintaining the Integrity of the Ottoman empire? Lord Kimherley re- pliekl that he had intended what he said to be that the liberal party would depart entirely from its past policy rH g-arding Turkey and maintain that the, Ottoman empire was a. standing men, ace to the peace of Europe. Cyclone in .Texas. Pallas. Texas, March 19. Special teli egrams received this morning state that northern Texas was swept by a wind storm last night which at times devel oped the proportions of a cyclone. The worst damage reported so far occurred at Denton, where over 100 houses were struck, by the storm and all more or less damaged. It is believed that the storm in the vicinity of Denton has caused damage to the extent of $100,000. It is thought that great damage to property has been done in the terri tory west of Denton. The storm also swept over the towns of Hutching and Itasca, unroofling houses and wreck ing small buildings. At Fort Worth, the power house of the electric railway was unroofed and traffic suspended. On Harding, and Boaz streets, six or seven frame dwellings were blown down. The brick school bouse in the northward, was badly wrecked. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if It fails to, cure. 25c . " If You Are To have a Suit made North we will for $11.50 and Expressage guarantee a fii out of AIT Wool G-oods, made in a r egu lar Merchant Tailoring Establishment. If you prefer to help home talent and enterprise foir a small profit we lurnish unexcelled Suitings of both Foreign and Domestic makes in ample quantities for a satisfactory selection, ; Quality, Trim mings and Fit goes without saying. How about Gent's Furnishings? t x .' TOHNSON - & FORK ' f .. - - . 7 ' Wish to call the Ladies attention to the Elegant Stock of (WHITE Just received, consisting of INDIA LINENS, VIC TORIA LAWNS, PERSIAN LAWNS, DIMITIES, ENGLISH- NAINSOOKS, TARLETANS, PLAID NAINSOOKS, SWISS MUSLIN, ORGANDIES BATISTE, LINEN Lawns and IMPERIAL LONG CLOTHS. We are. satisfied we are showing the best line of TABLE LINENS, NAPKINS, DOILIES and TOWELS ever brought to this City. j Laces and Embroideries in endless variety. All of the popular Brands of SHIRTING and SHEETING on hand at low prices. A special sale of Boy's Sailor Straw Hats at 25c. JQ.SOH J50. S. ARMSTRONG, PRESIDENT. THE NATIONAL BANK OF WILIIINGTON, WILMINGTON, N. C WITH UNSURPASSED FACILITIES FOR TRANSACTING BUSINESS ENTRUSTED TO IT, THIS BANK OFFERS TO ALL EVERT AOCOMMO- SWTOSLCONSISTENT WITH LEGITIMATE BANKING!. YOTJRBUSI NESS gvf.Ti in-ffn svjutt.t. M-ftjra -Tvvrvrrp jnrfw-rrf- f-jvy AN ACCOUNT "WITH US. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. Ml. -Sioo.000 oo Is temporarily OFFICE OF CHESNUTT& BARRENME onue jLteaitu. s, inu. ouiriuut 10 Licet, wnure wt? kindly ask those indebted to us to call and settle their accounts as early as possible. "Will be pleased to attend to any orders en trusted to us. Hope soon to be able to an nounce our opening in the same old-place No ' 9 North Front Street. C. W POLVOGT & CO. LATEST STILES S3 00 HEN SHOES. Ox Blood and Chocolate. We have just received a handsome line Men's Chocolate and Ox Blood Lace Shoes in Plain and Cap toes. ' - ;; . : - - If you wish a Shoe for $3 for Style, Wear and Finish equal to any $5 give us a call. HBkSBMSSBBSaB ' GEO. R. FRENCH & SONS. PETERSON & RULFS. nxibus - GOODS F. B. H1WES, CASHIER Slims ana Dnaiviaea Pronis$iMoo oo in- located at the SOMETHING - HEW I3ST . LEG GINS . .A.T
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 20, 1897, edition 1
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