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VOL. X. NO. 98. WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY,; APRIL 25, 1897. PRICE 5 CENTS. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. THESTATE. The state board of education elects the board of trustees for the colored normal schools. rMarshal Carroll receives notice that there will be no federal court next week at New Bern for want of a Judge. The' secretary of state is notified of another Insurance company doing busi ness under the guise of a benevolent company.- The governor orders' a special civil term of Burke superior court. The Atlantic and North Carolina railroad In junction papers are served on Mrs. R. H. Tucker and her son, W. R- Tucker. ' DOMESTIC. ; " Major Thomas Breckenrldge, who made the famous trip across hte plains with Fremont, has just died. The buildings at the Tennessee exposition are ready , - . 1 . Am.'' " a . M lor tne exniDiis. jeny, me muraerer 01 Cashier Stlckney, pleads guilty In the municipal court. -George Erickson, real estate agent, disappears, .owing men whose property he rented about $14,000. Four hundred and fifty Greeks sailed from New York yesterday to join the armies of the fatherland against the Turks. The lockout against the steam fitters in New York has been called off. -The Cacheco cotton mills, of Dover N. H.f shut down till May 3rd. The ladies o the Greek community in New York have formed a society for securing contribu tions for aid for the Cretan refugees and the wounded Greeks in the war on the frontier. Much alarm is felt : in New Bedford, Mass., over the disappearance of W. D. How land, treasurer of the manu facturing corporations which have recent ly gone Into the hands of 'receivers; it is feared he has committed suicide. Hafry W. Cassin, cashier of the Georgia Loan, Savings and. Banking Company, is a de faulter to the amount of $45,000. In the Kentucky legislature - the democrats and gold democrats refrained from voting and Debar failed by four , votes to get the requisite number to nominate. Near Pikeville, Ky., a woman and her four chil dren are cremated "in the burning of jtheir residence. President Spalding, of the Globe Savings bank, of Chicago, is sent to jail, the Judge being dissatisfied with the ;bond given by him.- The great inter-col- legiate relay races came off at Philadel phia yesterday. Gold bullion to the (ktnount of $977,000 is withdrawn from, the Vew York sub-treasury for export, the first since July last. Republicans of the senate finance committee are anxious to have their tariff bill reported to the sen ate before the public find out its pro visions and will make a proposition to this effect to the democrats; if agreed to they will give the latter air the time they want on the bill after reported. The people of Alexandria, Va.,were expecting an attack from negroes last night. Gen eral Miles has the president's consent to visit the seat of war in Europe. Yes terday a break occurred in the levee below Baton Rouge, which for a -time threat ened grave disaster, but hard work con quered the waters and the break was closed. The water is falling at Mem- phla-jlelenaand ntharnnint , - : . FOREIGN, The shah of Persia is alarmingly ill. The reception accorded Colonel Hay, our minister to the court of St. James, has been most cordial; some of the Eiondon papers comment on the gush usually in duiged In over every new representative we send to London, while some express doubt of the truth of the affection which Ambassador Hay says the American peo ple have for their British cousins. There is considerable stir in Paris over the confession of Lee Taxil, the recent pretended convert to Romanism, that he has been hoaxing the pope and his car dinals with his conversion and that of the woman Diana Vaughan: The Turks made several attacks on Matt yesterday and were each time repulsed until finally the Greeks were forced to retreat to. Karacles, where they entrenched them selves. The Greeks have oeen rcxcea to abandon Larissa. Gold Export Renewed. Washington, April 24. Tbie secre tary of 'the treasury today received a teleerram from 'Assistant Treasurer Jordan, at New Yrk, stating1 that 972,000 in gold bullion had been ordered for export. This is the first withdrawal of .ny considerable amount since July 22, 1896, when $2,000,000 was withdrawn, the Jast of a heavy series of shipments extending through a number of months. Today's order has been antici pated for a number of days, sterling exchange having "been dangerously near the -shipping point. The treasury offi cials are not disturbed and do not an ticipate any general export movement. . In .any event, they say they are per fectly sure that ."European holders axe jiot. selling American securities .because .of any distrust or want of confidence in .'them. The outbreak of hostilities Te:tween Greece aud Turkey Is regarded as pnobably responsible for the pres ent demand for groid. Further than this the Officials do not care to express an . opinio. - Treasurer Spalding Sent to JalL. Chicago, April 24w "Charles W- Spald Sg, .president of the Globe Savings ; bank anil treasurer of the University of Illinois board of trustees, was placed in Jail today on order -of Judse Dunne, of the .circuit court, who was dissatis fied with the bond given by t Spalding on the occasion of his Arrest a few cdasye ago on the charge of sembe zzlement, preferred by the university alumni. "The hearing of the case came up today and Spalding waived examination. Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for. its great leAenlng strength and hiealthfulness. i as urea the food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. - Royal Baking Powder Co, Nw Tcrk. vis,- THE SITUATION III EUROPE. NO DISCORD AMONG THE POW ERS OVER THE EASTERN WAR. Pitiable Situation of the Sultan of Turkey. Discontent at Athens Orer tne Kins : Going to tbe Front Greek Warships to Ban. the Gauntlet of the Dordonellls. Relations Between the Vatican and Con stantlnople' Broken Off Bulgaria Res tive. . r .:-:r-:. ':f (Copyrighted by the Associated Press.) London, April 24. The last few days have . developed a.' dramatic ; situation. The sudden removal of Edhemi Pasha the Turkish commander-in-chief and the fact that Tie has been replaced by Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevna, has caused great surprise, in : view of the glowing- accounts which tne corre spondents in the field sent of Ed hem Pasha's brilliantly conceived plan of "campaign, Which was represented as working like a machine and which gave the world the impression that Turkey had found in him a second Von Moltke. It is stated, now that Bdhem Pasha is in disgrace; that he has had little pre vious experience in warfare; that he is a treature of Izzet Bey and that he fell when that favorite of the sultan went down. -tv :: - It is also stated that the sultan has hitherto been afraid to send his best generals, such as Achmet; Fuad and Reschid Pasha, to the , front, 'they being, instead, kept in the most remote provinces. " No remarkable develop ment, however, is expected from the appointment of Osman Pasha to com mand the Turkish forces operating against the- "Greeks In Thessaly, as, a part from the dangers of swapping horses at .the present critical juncture, Osman Pasha will be hampered by the sultan's jealous determination to direct the military operations from the Yil dizkiosk. The great value of Osman Pasha's presence at the front is his popularity with the army. The sultan dreaded his popularity, although he used it as a protection by always hav ing Osman Pasha accompany him on his weekly drives upon the occasion of the Selamlik, when the sultan, himself a sallow, scared, miserable looking fig ure, sat facing the horses with his griz zled, resolute looking old marshal oppo site him. In his position of palace marshal, Osman Pasha had to seal every dish served to the sultan and never left the grounds of the palace without imperial permission. Saad Eddin Pasha, who is to succeed Ahmed Hifiz Pasha in command of the Turkish army at Janina, is the general the sultan sent to Crete in December last to carry out the reforms there in ; oordaiice wi th the , sui tan's ' ideas. The " enrtjassadors, however,- -dOTiaaicWd Saad Eddin' s recall and after a threat from the powers' .of serious measures' if the demand was refused, the sultan yielded and Saad Eddin was recalled. The cabinet council at Yildizklosk yesterday discussed the enrollment of volunteers and decided, as the treaty of Berlin forbids the use of irregulars, that the volunteers must wear the Turkish uniform and serve under reg ular officers appointed by the govern ment. Out of 20,000 Albanian volun teers, one-half have1 accepted these conditions and the others, who refused, have been sent here. An official report gives 'the entire number of Turkish troops under arms as being 357,000, whereof 217,000 are in European Tur key." -From Athens It is stated that discon tent exists there at the fact that King George has not yet started for the front. , His reserve is considered ex cessive. The feeling at Athens against . Russia still runs high. The Greek gov ernment has rejected Russia's offer to protect the Greek orthodox In Turkey, Russia's eagerness to do so having caused doubts as to her motives and the government of Greece has how beg ged Great Britain to protect the ortho dox. ; .: V" , ' ' ' ; ' It is understood that in a message which the king is preparing, be will in vite all Greeks throughout the world to make sacrifices of money as well as blood. - - The rumor in. Athens today that the Greek warships were preparing to make a dash fthrough the 3ardanelles caus ed .much Interest in military naval cir cles. It was pointed -out that the bom bardment of small ports on the Al banian and Macedonian coasts does not require powerful ironclads such as the Psara, Hydra and ISpetzal and these may try to run the gauntlet af the Turkish ships and ports in the strain ts. If only two of them succeed in getting through, the effect of their appearance In the Bosphorus would be incalcula ble, i It is quite certain that with their present armament the Turkish war ships would be powerless against them. The Greek army at present is suffer ing from lack of r- medical supplies. The chloroform is already exhausted and I nurses, medicines, clinical ther mometers, lint and surgical appliances are needed. , " Prince - Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, rjs playing his own game -and is deter mined to profit to the utmost by Tur key's stress, apparently heedless of ad vice; even from Russia. , , The Servian minister at Taris, In an interview, describes SerVia's attitude -as, being one of strict neutrality. He aded : 'Bulgaria is in the same po sltion as omrselves. She Is more .in sistent; but, there is no danger of trou ble, as it is fai the Interest of the porte to -granit wha we ask," The Servian minister did ot 'think the war would last ; long. He said the Greeks must not reckon upon a rising in Macedonia. According to advices from Rome, re lations "between the holy see and Tur key are entirely suspended. The -whole Interest of the vatlean is directed to wards Inducing the powers to end Turkish rule in Europe, with the flew of a great revival and reorganization of the Christian eastern Churches. ! ' A telegram from St. Petershurg says the fact that the war has not produced discord among the powers ani has not modified the programme of tLe Impe rial visits is regarded in official cir cles as a solid guarantee of the locali zation of the war and as a safeTuard or peace. - r - TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab- lexs. ah aruggists refund the money DEFRAUDING THE STATE. Another Insurance Company . Caught No federal Court at New Bern This Week. ' (Special to The, Messenger.) ' Raleigh, N. C, April 24. The secre tary of state was today notified that the Family. Protective Association's doing business in 'North Carolina un der the guise of sl benevolent company exempt from .taxation. Its headquar ters appear to be at Kinston. Auditor Ayer has only twenty-days now in which to get out the tax blanks to all counties of the state. The; 'governor orders -a special civil term of Burke superior court, begin ning; June 14th. The Judge has not yet been designated to hold it. The papers in the latest injunction case to' restrain the private stock holders of the Atlantic and North Car- olina railway from meeting were to- ,Ther have been many allusions to day served on Mrs. Tucker arid her ! Colonel Hay's dignified reticence, corn son, "W. It. Tucker. '.. f paredl with the volubility of his prede- United States Marshal Carroll re- ceived notice from the attorney general today, that there would be no federal court at New Bern next week, owing : to the failure to appoint a judge. Colored Normal School Board Elected .(Special to The Messenger.) ' Raleigh, N. C., April 24. This after- I , . . : - - M , , . . , " ' , , , . , of managers of the various colored normal schools: Salisbury, J. A. Ram sey, Charles Trice, S. A Rev. J thro Rumple, Theo Franklinton. T. H. Whitman, H. E Long, B. S. Mitchell, J. A. Hawkins, James T. Moore; Winston, H. E. iFries, W. A. Blair, Rev. J. H. Clerell, T. J. Brown, J." J. Blair, Rev. H. A. Brown, C. A. Reynolds; Fayetteville, J. R. Deal, P. 'N. Melcher, -P. P. Williston, D. A. Bryant, G. A. P. Wilkerson; Ply- ! nei iiay seems too inenaiy, a nunarea mouth,5 'F. M. Bunch, Tj. N. C. Spruill, American newspapers Will call him to Stewart James, G. W. Harvey, Joseph j -Thewspapers here haU the Cana Hassel; Elizabeth City, Palemon John,,: dian tariff with delight. The St. James M. B. Culpepper, W. J. Griffin, . C. E. Gazette regards it as the most Impor- Kramer, S. L. -Sheff. The 'board ad- journed until 'Monday, when it will elect a, local board for the Goldsboro school, and also elect a state board of examiners. . - . THE CIVIIi SERVICE. Senator Prttchard's Committee Begins the .. Investigation Into its Practical Work - rings, Under a Senate Resolution. " VJ 'Washington A nHl : - 24 .Thte iant . J committee on civil service, of which ! Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, , Is chairman, began its investigation of the civil service today under the res olution recently adopted by the senate. William Blashland, an ex-union soldier, testified to having been dismissed from the office of the United States treasur er, which he claimed , was done in order to make a place for the son of Regis ter Tillman, a boy 17 years , old, who had not, he said, been required to pass a civil serivce examination. He said there were other appointments under Register Tillman, of whom an examina tion had not been required. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was also before the committee. He ex pressed the opinion that chiefs of di- vision!in the executive departments and others: charged with executive re sponsibility should not be included in the classified service as provided in Mr. Cleveland's order. William C. Conner, a book binder .at the government printing office, said that no educational Qualification was required In many classes of work done in the binderies. He charged that girls appointed under the rules of the clas sified service had to be taught to do the work required after they were ap pointed. Mr." Conner said that in sev eral instances, just previous to' the . re cent change In administration, the wages of several persons who were re ceiving $2 per day had been increasd to the extent of 1 cent an hour in order to hold them In the service under the classification. William E. Ryan, a clerk in the treas ury department, who made the race for congress in the Thirty-first' conr gressional district Of New York, last fall on the democratic ticket and who is contesting the seat of his successful republican rival detailed the circum stances of his dismissal. He claimed to have - been absent . without pay though not without leave, during the campaign, ; while he understood that many other government officials such as the secretary of the treasury, Comp troller Eckels and even the chairman of the civil service commission, were absent; on pay. -. Mr. Ryan said that when he returned to his desk in November he found his dismissal awaiting him, but that he was reinstated in February and again dis missed in March. This latter dismissal. Mr. Ryan claimed. to be due to the fact that he would not consent to desist from , his contest for- the seat , in con gress, j He said that Logan,. Carlisle, son of j the secretary and chief clerk of, the jdepartment has told him that the prosecution of the contest could avail him nothing. Mr. Ryan said he had no doubt hat his dismissal was for purely political reasons; "because mv views differed from those of Mr. Carlisle," he added, ; ' A letter was received from Secretary Gage, in which he stated his general commendation of the civil service sys tem, v He thought, however, there should j be exceptions and he instanced deputy; .revenue collectors, who, h& said, ; should be appointed by the rev enue collectors to whom they were per sonally responsible. - Senator' .Pritchard - announced' his purpose to ask the heads of all depart ments to appear before the committee in ; order to v make' the investigation thorough. The .comroJttee adjourned until Saturday-next. , AMBASSADOR HAY. HIS CORDIAIi RECEPTION AT THE . c l COURT OF ST JAMES. i London Press Contrast His "Dignified Be ticence With Mr. Bayard's Volubility." ( He Ooes to England at a Critical Moment. rres CrIUcism of BritUb Gush Orer Our ?PTtailTe tthB1!lt,lCoart; Catholics Stirred up Orer the Lee Taxil Confession. f - I (Coppyrlght by Associated . Press.) . -. London, April 24. The reception ac- corded' to Colonel John Hay, the new United States' ambassador to the court of Sti James, has been most cordial on . all sides. The newspapers have been most.leulogistic and it is emphatically a casof "le roi est mort, " vive le roi." cessofvMr. Bayard.' The Daily News af ter tblefe warmest praise of Colonel Hay sayst 'It would be useless to deny that Je comes at a rather critical mo menti!;A year ago Great Britain and the limited States were on the brink of war fcnd the reception of the arbitra- ! tlnn irkdtv had n hiittpi- Hisannnintmpnt , .T . , . - . , " to Aejnrica's best friends in England. Colonfl Hay, of course, cannot influence the senate, but he will doubtless inform Secretary Sherman how strong is Earnhardt 1 England's wish for its speedy ratifica . r . . The- Daily , Mail . says: "There is someqiing undignlned In the. gushing manner we welcome every gentleman the president is good enough to send. Does Colonel Hay speak the truth when he talks about the 'Affectionate greet ing of millions of our kindred across the sea?' We all know our kindred are anything! but affectionate and if Colo- tant nws of the day and as presenting f Britain t v , -There has been considerable stir in Paris at the public confession of Lee Taxil, who recently appeared a convert to Rome, from atheism and Free Ma sonry, .that he had been hoaxing the pope,- the cardinals, the priests and the people Taxil, for a long time past, has been ptifflng a woman, Diana Vaughan, horn ; of Protestant parents in Ken Jtucky.whb hdeclaredwfl-thj3ect- hiaji x54.he Free Mnxrtxr-TnMi'i ica, were devoted to satanism. It was further stated that, under the auspices of the late General Albert Pike she had married the "Devil Asmodeus." Soon after," Taxil announced . that Diana Vaughan had been converted to Ca tholicism and he found ready believers among a ; section of the Catholics and even drew a letter with the papal bless ing from Cardinal Parocchi, the vicar general of his -holiness. Taxil an nounced that he intended to produce Diana at a meeting, and a large au dience, including . a number of priests, appeared. But instead, Taxil confessed that he had . perpetrated a gigantic hoax. The audience nearly lynched him. The developments in South Africa are creating much excitement here espe cially in the case of the sudden dis patch of the Cape of Goodhqpe squad ron of British warships to Delagoabay. It is the general impression that Great Britain is preparing for some impor tant move. According to one state ment,' the government learned that sev eral German warships had been order ed to Delagoa bay and, consequent iy is was determined to forestall the f -r-mans. The-Globe, however, believes the explanation is that Great Britain will possibly obtain full control of Mo zambique, under the Portuguese flag, in return ; for cancelling the large com pensation which Portugal will be con demned to pay to Great "Britain as a result of i the Delagoa award. Great Britain would thus administer Mozam bique as she does Egypt, and the naval demonstration was intended to ward off 'the opposition of the other powers. The Beform Club Dinner; New York, April, 24. The . annual dinner of the Reform Club which .was given tonight in the new hall room of the .Hotel .Waldorf, was a notable gathering. Representative men from all parts of the United States, who played a prominent part in the- recent campaign of the gold democrats, were present. : ' , . - - , ;r , ; When the list of invited guests was made public it was generally urider- s tood . that the speeches ; which would be delivered would in a large measure indicate the policy of the gold wing of 'the democratic party In the next presidential campaign. John Dewitt Warner presided. At his .right sat ex-President Cleveland and on his left was ex-Postmaster General William L. Wilson The toasts and those who responded to' them were as follows: fPresent Problems," Gro ver Cleveland; "Sound Currency," Jno, G. Carlisle; "Tariff Reform," William L. Wilson; "Municipal Administra tion," Edward M. Shepard ; "The New South," Donelson Caffery; "National Democracy," : William - D. Bynum; '"The Political Outlook," Henry G. Tur ner "Andrew Jackson and the Resto ration of the Gold Currency," Josiah Patterson. . Five hundred and eight persons sat down to the feast. Exhibitlo nBulldings Beady for -Exhibits. Nashville, Tenn., April 24. All the principal j buildings of the centennial exposition are receiving exhibits, the government building- has reached the stage where exhibits intended for it can be placed in position and the exhibit of the interior and treasury -depart-, ment have been' moved from the cars into the buiMing. The absence of rain has permitted unobstructed work on buildings and grounds during the week and the unfinished tate buildings are nearing completion. -, . . : THE TARIFF BILL. Republican Committeemen Anxious to get . It Into the Senate Before Its Provision : are Made Public Their Overtures to the Democrats. i - Washington, April 24. The republi can members of the finance committee of the senate have decided to appeal to their democratic colleagues on the committee to allow the tariff bill to be reported to the senate without passing t . , ' . , tliX uufeIX uauus ui ine iuu commii- tee-or. in default of this, to agree to a. rtryori. iij.ier one lurmm session, xne republican senators make no effort to conceal the fact that their reason for preparing this request is : the desire, to avoid the .importunity that would result-from making the bill public before reporting It to the senate. With the bill once out of the hands of the com mittee . the: members of the committee will be as powerless as any other sena- J tors to make amendments and hence wjll " be comparatively free from the i pleadings of those whose interests may I be affected by the changes proposed. The members of the committee, while -still refusing to make public any of the details of their work,t admit that their i alternations are numerous and far- u reaching in effect and, therefore, of a i character to call forth manv obieetions. i They also admit that while they have made some Increases in rates, the great bulk of the changes have been in the way - of reduction from the house fig ures. ' ' .. .. The democratic members of the com mittee have not yet formally received the proposition and say they are not prepared to " indicate : what their re sponse will be until they do receive it and have, an opportunity to confer over it. ; :;-! .-,-;.:;-'-. The republicans intend to report the biir next-Thursday if democratic as sent can be escured to their , plan not to delay it in committee and they agree that it shall lie in the senate before taken ; up for. any reasonable time' the democrats may suggest, from one to two weeks if necessary, in order to give the democrats an opportunity to analyze the changes before beginning consideration. ! There is a determined effort making to reduce the rates on lumber and coal, which effort is being stubbornly resist ed. Senators Davis, Pritchard, Bur rows, Spooner and Wilson were in con sultation today with lumoer men irom all parts of the country, devising means of retaining the $2 rate on lumber fixed by the house. . i . CONFEDERATE VETERANS. The Reunion at Nashville in June Bus"- ness of Importance tobeTransacted-Ap- peal Ito Co-Gyration. 'tSllZz Headquartersr"' ' United Confederate veterans, 'Adjutant General's Office. J. B. Gordon, General Commanding. Geo. Moorman, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. New- Orleans, La., ; Aprir 15, 1897. Editor Messenger: , J. Dear Sir General J. B. Gordon, com manding United, confederate veterans, re spectfully requests the press, both daily and weekly, of the whole country, to aid the patriotic and t benevolent objects of the united confederate veteranse by pub lishing date reunion is to take place at Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June, 22d, 23d, and , 24th, 1897.. by publication of this letter with editorial notice. It will be the largest and most im portant U. C. V. reunion ever held. The personnel of the Nashville reunion com mittee, under the leadership of its chair man, Colonel J. B. O' Bryan, is a guaran tee that everything will be done for the comfort and convenience of the old vete rans,, and all visitors which is in the power of man;' it is. a splendid body of very - able and distinguished - comrades, who are fully alive to the magnitude of the work entrusted to them in entertain ing and caring or their old comrades, and it will be their pride to make it the most memorable reunion jupon record; and the citizens of Nashville are aglow with enthusiasm and patriotism, at the prospect of : dispensing their . far-famed hospitality to the surviving heroes of the Lost Cause. Also to urge ex-confederate soldiers and sailors everywhere to form local associa tions, and send applications to these headquarters for , papers to organize camps immediately,' so as to be in time to participate in r the great reunion at Nashville, and thus unite with their com rades in carrying out - the- laudable and philanthropic objects of the organiza tion: as noly veterans who belong to or ganized U. C. V. camps can participate in the business meeting at Nashville. Business of the greatest Importance to the survivors of the southern army will demand careful consideration during the session of the seventh annual convention at .Nashville, Tenn. such, as the best methods of ' securing impartial history, of her citizen soldiery; the benevolent . care through state aid or otherwise of dis abled, destitute or aged veterans, and the widows and orphans of our fallen brothers In arras; to consult as to 'the feasibility of the- formation of a U. C. V. Benevolent Aid "Association; the-care of the graves of our known and unknown dead buried at Gettysburg, Fort Warren. Camps Morton, Chase, Douglas, Oakwood cemetery at Chicago, Johnson's island, Cairo, and all other points, to see that they are annually decorated, the head stones preserved .and protected, , and com plete lists of the names of our dead he roes with the location of their last resting places furnished to their friends and rela tives through the medium of our camps, thus rescuing; their names from oblivion and handing them down in history; 'the consideration of the different movements. plans and means to- erect a monument to the memory of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States j of America, also -to aid in- building monuments to other great leaders, soldiers and sailors of the south; also to assist in the promo tion and completion of the proposed "Bat tle Abbey;'', to vote upon the proposed change of name .of the association from U. C. ' V. to C. S. A. ; and to change the present badge or button, which -is not patentable, for the new f one, which is; and to make such changes in the consti tution and by-laws as experience may suggest,' and other matters of general in terest. . Very respectfully, j GEO. MOORMAN. Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. . Anheuser Btuch Malt Nutria. is the ideal flesh-builder; pure, palata ble ' and invigorating. Invaluable nursing mothers. At all druggists. to General Miles to Visit the Seat of War. Washington," April 24.-Seneral Miles has been notified of the president's ap proval of his projected visit to the seat of war in Europe. He will : leave Wash ington early in May, probably on, the St. Paul, from New York. . i THE SUPREME COURT. IjBYMEN DIFFER WITH IT OI THE TAX CASE. ' it! They Pronounce its Declaration of Tjw : to Cnconstltntlonallty of a rcislatiT- Act to be a Novelty Judge Iloke Still in Dave Sutton and the Governor Cottos MUU Running Day and Night A Strike at Winston V Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel. Raleigh, N. C, : April 24U Unquestionably the decision of the majority of the supreme court that tbe : poll tax and property tax sections off the revenue act of 1S97 are unconsti tutional and void was a surprise. : Treasurer Worth said today: "Mjr idea Is that it hr not necessary evento state the poll tax; the property tax regulates the amount of poll tax. , The -decision is not as I expected or hopeO I think I can pay the general appro priations. ; I will wait as to the special. o-fv uuauuus ana ir tnere are any tunas lert over win pay them pro rata." : Treasurer Worth took this delicate way of saying the 'supreme court made a. mistake. : - . ; Auditor Ayer said: "The decision win. have to go. there can be no question of its accuracy or wisdom. Bui it is ' not what I expected." Is Some persons remarked that it was rather novel to see the supreme f coorx. declaring legislative acts unconstitu tional. , Governor Russell commissions IT. SL Franklin, of Charlotte, assistant Inspec--tbr general of the state guard. withi rank of major. Mr. Ledbetter will be warden of the penitentiary until September 1st. Su perintendent Smith appointed him and the directors jconflrm the appointment.. September 1st Thomas Russell takes the place. -, . , . 1 The" board of directors of the peniten tiary this week adopted a; resolution that all vouchers must be signed by the finance committee. Superintendent: Smith contended that the law dos not so say. The state treasure today de-. cided that Smith Is correct and ordered! his signature to be honored. Governor Russell orders Judge Green " to hold Watauga court next week, ow ing to the protracted illness of Judge Hoke. " V - .' -1 . . Sutton of New Hanover, who! "was one or Governor Russell's main sup porters, is nocv. bitter against him -politically, though devoted to hlnf npr- sonally.- It was remarked today that: me wisesx inings tiovernor Iiusw out Sutton when the latter felt sure he was to be mayor of Wilmington? W. G. Randall, the North Carolina artist, goes to Washington in a day or two to paint portraits of Vance, ' Lane -and Burgwyn the commanders, of the famous Twenty-sixth North Carolina . regiment. He! finds he can do the work:, there better than .at Blowing Rock- ... Politics is lively in this city. The negroes of one faction manifest a good deal of dislike, to the populists, i ... The Buckler Stock tised to appeal here all this week, faff ed to nlav nJe-i ,Wnra'in; o .- - uiui c tool. night, owing tjo lack of. audiences. The Carolina and Northwestern raiT road, formerly the Chester and Lenoir -narrow-guagei will build the seventy -miles of Its-line between Hickory and ' Ii?,ir2 For wenty years it has used a third rail on the track of the Soutn ern ranway. . iUa vyuuii, muis at rteidsville now claiming to be the second In sixe in the state, Jhave put in twenty-fiTe more looms and run day and night. The Henrietta mills, by far the largest in rf a,,arT a,s inning day and night. Mill men say they are not mak ing money. , The two insurance companies whicb uuiu5 uusiness in tnxs state as beneyolent companies are the Grand Fraternity and the Workmen 8 o or Winston. The latter Js a new one and promptly stopped. ' The gathering of Christian Endeavor ers at their state convention at Char- -Io"f Is Iargerj than was expected., j The supreme; court does not proposed to allow its prerogatives to be taken away. It reoulspd 1 , .V vie. "uuicra-. , p oust Marshal R. it. Bradley. Now it is making a fight to retain S. W. Waikpr Z? building. Thej' keeper of the capitol had appointed ex--Senator Westmoroia, janitor. It was said las week there was a hitch inj this business. - The first suit under the "fellow 'ser vant's act" is prought in the7 court here, c" ICVCI o,uw aamages from a rail way for the Killing of a fireman. . v.Sonitof th rraPe growers estimate the, damage by the frosts this week at 50 per cent. The people here who say they saw the airship yield the palm to those at " ic Dau aim me nitn in the machine. ,' - , - At the agricultural and mechanical college the cadets get only three hours drill each week. It is the fixed oniniftr. of the United States inspector, the in structor and the president that this.. auiuu"i suuuiu De aouoied. The gwr -ernment veryj properly requires miii- it maintains. Tho hattaiinn . ' nuuc UlUClb better in drill than last year, is yet. mUCh in laolrinf nrantlna I , . . The falling jbff of the catch of stur geon in the sounds means the loss of consiaerahie money.1 The roe is taken . -and made into caviare. - Ex-Judge Spier Whitaker had. a' slight attack jof paralysis but is much from Winstohfifgafgfg fgflaofgfiflgffe , A gentleman' from Winston tellsme air the negro I employes In the tobacco factories are n tetrike there and have been all the week. They met and raised; $300 to feed tlie poorer ones." ; --:-F-: - - 1 - . V -' ' 1 Shah of Persia Dangerously 111. . London, April 24. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Paris says that the Shah of Persia. Muzafer-Ed-pin, is alarmingly . m Muzater-Ed-Din was: born March 25 1853, and succeeded his father, who was assassinated on May 1st, 1896. - ' ij. n iiui9 o cure. zoc. -' .1 ' f " .-' """" ' ' -- " j-
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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April 25, 1897, edition 1
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