Newspapers / The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, … / May 2, 1897, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
WILMINGTON N. C, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1897. PRICE'S CENTS. VOL. X. NO. 104. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. . DOMESTIC. Virginia republicans go to "Washington and register a kick against Committee man Bowden controling the patronage of that state. Senator Jones has a long conference with the republicans of the senate finance committee and the latter feel easier as to the success of their at-j tempt to railroad the tariff bill through j the committee. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia naval reserves will unite in the encapment this summer. The senate committee is still Investigating the working of the civil service-; Public Printer Palmer testified, before the com mittee that it hindered the proper and economical conduct of his department. President McKinley receives the new t Chinese minister.; Among the distin guished foreigners arriving at New York are the delegates from China to the international postal convention.- The . Tennessee centennial was formally opened yesterday, the machinery being started by President McKinley from the White house in Washington. Senator Earle, of South Carolina, Is quite ill. A citizen of Macon, Ga.( is taken in by the gold brick Ewlndle to the tune of $11,000. There were 3,000 persons in the socialist May day parade in New York last night. Cleveland (Ohio) authorities will allow no Sunday base ball playing. Anoher boat of the Vaillant is picked up; of twenty-one men. in it, seventeen had per ished; the others kept themselves alive on the flesh and blood of a dog they took into the boat. , FOREIGN. r A violent earthquake shock is felt in Lima, Twenty -six more anarchists are condemned to death for participation in the bomb throwing in Barcelona June 7th last.-r Captain Murphy, of the Lau rada, is arrested in Kingston, Jamaica, -on a charge of filibustering. -The events of the past, week have, further tendered to alienate the sympathy of Western Europe for Greece. r-German army offi cers rendered the Turks valuable assist ance in the war with Greece. The Ger man emperor sends to the sultan a mes i sage expressing appreciation of the man ner In which the campaign was con ducted against the Greeks. It is gen erally supposed that M. Ralli is aiming ; at something higher-than the Greek pre mlership. The result of the meeting of the Russian czar and the Austrian em peror Is awaited by Europe with intense interest; It is said they Jiave made an agreement covering the entire question of : the future of Eastern Europe, entirely ignoring England, as not having any in- ' terest in the question. The chess tour nament between members of the British house of commons and our house of rep resentatives will begin about the 6th. The Britishers are jubilant over the new Canadian tariff bill. The Austrian am bassador says Western Europe will not allow Greece to play the pike In a carp pond, and if she does not soon, come to her senses she will be brought to thereto; the same powers will see to it that Eng land does not disturb the peace of South Africa. The Spaniards recapture the ' port of Banes. -Greece will recall Colo nel Vassos from Crete. The Spaniards Capture the Port of Bane?. Havana, via Key West, May 1. The port -of Banes, in Santiago de Cuba, held by General Calixto Garcia and 6,000 Cubatm - ever "since the Laurada landed Roloff's expedition, has been recovered by the Spanish combined army and naval forces under General Gomez Ruberte and Admiral Navarro. The Spanish forces combined at Nipe, and General Gomez Ruberte formed his forces, consisting of two columns, including 700 marines, 400 navy and 1,200 infantry, commanded re spectively by Lieutenant'Colonel Cristoval Nunez and Lieutenant Colonel Ayala, ac companied by he chief of staff, Lieuten ant Colonel K.idelan, a native Cuban. iJoth columns boarded the Spanish fleet under the command of Admiral Navarro. This fleet was composed of the flagship La gazpl and the men-of-war Reina Mer cedes, Neuva Espana, Magellanes, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Galicla and Llgera and, protected by artillery, landed under a very heavy fire from the insurgents' mus ketry at Ramon peninsula, of Banes, losing during the removal of the troops one killed and seevnteen wounded. Mean while, the marine forces in the armed btte were sent to reconnoitre at the en trance of the port of Banes. They suc ceeded ;in removing three wire cables and one xorpedo. The Neuva Espana was the first boat to enter he port of Banes. The Ugera fallowed with Admiral Navarro, General Ruberte and his adjutants on board. The Spanish columns then ad vanoed, protected by Are from the Neuva -Espana, which bvJmbareed the insurgents' heights, ultimately -capturing . the Cuban fortifications with a loss" of only forty men. Xieatenant O'Brien Not to be Tried. Atlanta, Ga,, May 1. Colonel Francis JXi. : Guenther, president of the sensational Romeryn court-martial, tonight received orders .Trom the war .department Instruct ing the thirteen members of the court te return if o. their respective posts upon the conclusion of the Romeyn trial. This Is construed to mean that after considering the ciuxrges filed against Lieutenant O'Brien rthey have notibeen considered of ;a nature to jusify an iinveslgation, espe cially at this time, when the whole army is astir, aver the sensational development ibefore ;the court now .in .cession here. More Bank Officers Indicted. Cnicago. May 1. The .grand jury to night reUrned indictments against five men connected with the -management of the defunct Globe Saving bank. The men indicted are Charles W: Spalding. president of the bank, and ex-treasurer of the .-state -Rniversity or .Illinois: A. D. AvriB, vice president of the hank; Charles E. Churchill, cashier; W. . Ervln, as sistant cashier, and Allison JHarlan, one of the directors. There are .twenty-nine indictments m all. . mm . Absolutely Purcv, Celebrated for Its great levenlng strength and healthf illness. jsures the food against alum and all forma c adulteration common to the cheap brands. - Royai Bakin" "Powder Co New York. imm i GREEKS STILL FIGHTING.; AN ACCOUNT OP GREEK VICTORY AT VIIiESTINO. Greek Fleet Bombarding the Turkish ; Coast A Conference of the Powers at Paris Proposed Greek Parliament Talks of Carrying on the War Revolutionary Placards in Bulgaria The Greeks Still Retreating Attitude of New Greek Min istry. ',.;-;,;:.'.!: Athens, May 1. The government has received dispatches from Pharsalos giv ing details of the battle between the Turks and Greeks at Velestino. The Turkish force numbered 8,600, of which 600 were cavalry. The Turks charged with their cavalry, but were met .by the Evzones, posted on a, hill. An en tire Turkish regiment was decimated. Four Turkish squadrons, which at tempted to charge, were received with a combined rifle and shrapnel fire which mowed down several hundred. Fifty Greeks were killed and a major and five subalterns wounded. A detach ment of Turkish cavalry attempted to turn the flank of the Greeks, but were repulsed after a heavy cannonading. A "dispatch from Santa Maura, Capi tal of the island of that name, off -'the west coast of Greece, announces , that the Greek gunboat flotilla, in the gulf of Arta has ' bombarded the Turkish coast near Nicopolis and Santa Petras. The Turks fled the dispatch adds. ' Paris, May 1. All the powers, includ ing Germany and Austria, have agreed that the moment is opportune to inter vene between Greece and Turkey. They are. now discussing the conditionst of such intervention and appear about to reach an understanding. . London, May 1. It is stated semi officially that the Marquis of Salisbury has proposed a conference of the pow er at Paris in order to discuss the mieans of terminating the war between Turkey and Greece. The indications are that the proposition will not be favorably considered by the powers. Paris, May 1. Dispatches received here state that M. Ralli, the new pre mier of Greece, has intimated willing ness to have the powers mediate in the contest between Greece and Turkey, It is further stated that Turkey shas signified her willingness to accept a war- indemnity guaranteed by a tem porary surrender of the Greek fleet. Washington, May 1. The Turkish le gation here received the following cablegram from Constantinople to night:.; "Marshal Edham' Pasha telegraphs that after a fight which took place at one hour's distance from Velastina, our troops took posession of three fortresses and of three Intrenchments. Hefzi Pasha, commander-in-chief of the Ot toman forces at Espirus, also announc ed that the Hellenes who were located at Karava-Seria, not being able to 'resist the attacks of our troops were that the summits commanding the pass of Condjadis also have been taken by our troops." Athens, May 1 6:30 p. m. The legis lative chamber finally secured a quo rum and held a sitting. this afternoon. great crowds surrounding the building. The public galleries were thronged. The new ministers were seated on the gov era bench. M. Ralli, the new pre mier, without delay addressed the house. He said the first care of the government would be to re-organize the army. Without a reorganization of the military forces it would be impossible to carry on the war and conclude an honorable peace. Happily the army, which was worthy of a better fate. maintained its spirit unimpaired. The country might rely upon it with con fldence. He besought the legislative chamber and the nation to co-operate with the government. Meanwhile the cabinet asked the chamber to agree to an adjournment M, Dolyannis, who recently retired from the post ox premier, said that there was no need of a vote in the chamber regarding this subject. There could be no possible objection to an adjournment. In the name of his par ty, he desired to say that all the mem bers or the party would give their whole support to the new cabinet as long as the Turks occupied 'an inch of Greek territory. The main subject of their solicitude would be to devise ways and means to drive the enemy from the country. M. Philaretas said that the princes ought to be recalled from the frontier. The crown prince was evidently too fatigued to lead the army. This re -mark was followed by applause from the galleries One of the menf5ersvof the chamber expressed astonishment at thA rnnrt f ttio. loov i m "1.C4raui.r""uvV PAfl Oi. lue ureeK neet. M. alli then confirmed I the detailed reports received concern- ing the Greek victory .at Velestino. In .regard to the movements of the army in Ji;pirus,, ne said that the retreat had jjwa orueny, wim tne exception of a part of the infantry, which had been infected by a panic originating among the 'Inhabitants of the villages. A motion to adjourn was adopted, general assent being given. M. Deiy annis approached M. Ralli at the con clusion of the session, the ex-premier and the new premier shaking hands. Sofia, Bulgaria, May 1. Anarchist and revolutionary placards, signed by the Macedonian socialist revolutionary party were posted throughout this city during: the night. The printer, of the placards 2as been arrested. London, May 1. A specisl dispatch from Athens announces that the Greek army In Epirus has retreated in thor ough order to Arta, where it Js await ing reinforcements. A special dispatch from Athens says that the reports of the Turkish assaults on Pharsalos are officlaly confirmed. Continuing, the special disateli says that M. Ralli, the new premier, contin ues to advocate a. l'Outrance, though he is not averse to an honorable peace. Constantinople, May L Riflzl Pasha commander of the Turks at Janina, yesterday telegraphed a report to the effect . that the " troops had occupied, after a fight, the heights commanding I the Caravanserai. The Greeks fled, jus- I cording to the official Turkish accounts, ' by way of Kunuzades. Edham Pasha . also sent a telegram announcing' that after a serious fightat Velestino the Turks has capture three forts and four entrenched positions, the Greeks retiring to Volo. Athens, May c Special dispatches received from jthe frontier announce officially the evacuation by the Greeks of Fillippidia and the subsequent oceu pation of the town by the Turks. It is stated that before the resignation of the Deiyannis cabinet an informal pro posaViooking to a three days arm is -tiee;r 5Tas made through the French, BxiiisTi and Russian ministers. No re ply has as yet been received, the pow ers evidently awaiting for an official request. Paris, May 1. Telegrams received from Athens state that the new minis try acknowledge that .it will be impos sible for Greece to continue the war with an empty purse and with discour aged, troops. ' Athens, May 1. A dispatch from Arta says that 5,000 Greeks under Colonel Bairastaris are again attacking Pen tepigadia. The German cruiser Au gusta Victoria has arrived at Phale rum. : , : MORE OP THE VAIIL ANT'S CREW. Seventeen Out of Twenty-One in a Small Boat Perish The Tour Preserve Elfe With the tfiesh and Blood of a Dog. St. Johns, N. F., May 1. The French brigantine Amadee, Captain Fortin, from St. Malo, arrived at St. Pierre tonight, bringing four more survivors of the lcet brigantine Vaillant, which foundered as the result of striking an iceberg off the Grand banks on the night of April 14th. These four were the only survivors of twenty-one men who left the sinking Vaillant-in a ship's life boat, seventeen having perished as a result of exposure and frost bites. The four survivors claim to have kept themselves alive by eating the flesh and drinking the blood of a doe belonging tosthe brigantine Vaillant. This dog, they say, they took with them when they left the ship. They were absolutely without water, provisions, oars, sails and proper clothing when they left the brig antine. They said that they only had time to jump from their berths into the life boatf and that no opportunity was af forded them to make even slight pro visions against cold and starvation. - Tne seventeen men wno died suffered excruciating torment. The survivors seem to have fared little better. All four of the men are very weak. Two of them will lose all of their limbs and the other two will lose their feet as a result of the frost bites. The men relate a story of a fierce struggle on b6ard t..a ship for places in the boats, some thirty of: the crew going down with the wreck. A somewhat similar fight occurred on board the life boat, the men quarreling about the division of the flesh of the dog," which was killed on the morning of the third dayV when four men had already perished. Three, died the next day, six the next and four the day pre vious to their rescue. The survivors rescued from the life boat by the Amadee assert that none of the bodies were mutilated and that in this case, no cannibalism was attempted. The condition or the four men previously rescued continues unchanged. The cir cumstances surrounding this latest rescue are such as to induce the friends of the missing members of the crew to believe that other boats may yet be picked up. . . : . . Change in Raleigh Tribune Staff. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C. , May, 1. The board of directors of The Raleigh Tribune met today. Mr. Hay ward was elected edi tor. Mr. Kenyon retired as business manager and disposed of his interest Mr. Messier succeeding him. as mana ger. This has straightened out a hitch which has existed for three weeks and during which Editor Hayward has done no work on the paper. Another Gold Brick Swindle. Atlanta, Ga.,- May . A" special from jviacon, utsu, to xne constitution says a swindler from the north reached Macon a few days ago and soon after his arrival met by appointment Phil Jackson, one of Georgia's wealthiest planters. A few days ago Jackson was summoned to Macon by a letter advising him of a good investment." and here he met the stranger, who exhibited three gold bricks Jackson swallowed the bait, and after carefully examining the gold bricks paid the stranger $6,300 in cold cash and a check for $5,000 for the barerain. Of course. me oricKs were only brass, and now the victim is endeavor! ner to keen th affair secret, Instead of reporting it to the au thorities and making an effort to capture the manipulator of the scheme. - The gold brick artist told the usual storv of an Indian finding the . mine in a secluded spot in Nevada, and the samples were only, sold to get the money wherewith to develop the mine Twenty -Six Anarchists Death. Condemned to , Barcelona, May l. -rwenty-six anar chists, In addition to those already sen tenced, have been condemned to death for eomnlicitv in the bomh oiitrarA of .Tutia I 7tn last, the feast of Corpus Christi, when I a dynamite bomb was thrown into the i mio.si.oi a procession wnicn was on its I wav to the hlirnh of Sflntn. Ttfarfa Hoi I wounding about fifty others, some of I whom have since died from the injuries I received upon that occasion. Mrs. Sheridan Not to he Married. Washington, May 1. General Rucker. when asked today as to whether there was any foundation for the published re port to the effect that Mrs. Phillip H. Sheridan and Mr. Marshal Field, of Chi cago, were engaged to be married, said that it was absolutely without foundation. He added that the story was a .pure in vention and caused extreme annoyance to his daughter. ; "Weekly Bank Statement. New York, May 1. The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Reserve, decrease $340,275; loans, in crease 84,500; specie, increase $256, 700; legal tender, decrease $77,200; de posits, Increase $2,079,100; circulation, decrease $370,100. The banks now hold $48,915,625 in excess of legal require ments. Captain Murphy of the Laurada Arrested. Kingston, Jamaica, May 1. Captain Ed ward Murphy, formerly of the American steamer Laurada, was arrested at Port Antonio on his arrival there from New York, by order of the Jamaica govern ment, on two charges of filibustering. -He will be tried Thursday next. TO .CURE A COLD M ONE PAT. Take Xaxatlve Bromo Quintne Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it falls t c"-. SSc . j THE SITUATION IN EDROPE. WESTERN EUROPE IN SYMPATHY WITH THE TURKS Due Partly to Conduct of Greek Troops. Emperor William Congratulates the Sultan German Officers Give Valuable Assistance to the Turks Critical Posi tion of King George Result of Meeting of the Czar and Austrian Emperor Awaited With Intense Interest. - (Copyrighted by the Associated Press.) , London, May 1. The ev'ents of the past week jhave served to further alienate sympathy from the Greeks, j The story from Larissa of the fearful ! stamned to and from W nitr "v . ' ' - the fighting at Tyrnavos is the 'sen- J sation of the day.. The fact that the Greek officers were equally affected with the privates by the panic is regard ed as proof that the Greeks are utterly dempralized and incapable of with standing the : steady advance of- the Turks. The reports of the fighting at Velestino come from the Greek side and are not thought to be as important as they are represented, Edham Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, is evidently preparing an extensive plan to attack Pharsalos and the appearance of the Turkish cavalry in the direction of Domokos, about ten miles south of Pharsalos, indicates that it is the intention of Edham Pasha to turn the Greek finak. It is suspected that the figthing at Velestino was in tended by the Turkish general to divert attention and occupy General Smolen sk the Greek commander there, while overwhelming' forces arie thrown on Pharsalos. It is stated 'today that the German ambassador at Constantinople, Baron Saurma von Geltsch, was on Wednes day last the bearer of a message to the sultan, expressing Emperor William's appreciation of the manner in which Edham Pasha had conducted the war against Greece. General Grumbkoff, the German officer who re-organized the Turkish artillery, has, however, 1 received instructions to return to Con stantinople from Elassona, to which place General Grumbkoff was sent to inspect and report upon the Turkish artillery and ammunition. The active part General Grumbkoff has taken in the campaign,? especially in the occupa tion of Larissa. is much commented upon, since he and a number of other German, officers in the Ottoman ser vice are still on the active list of the German army; . . An interesting fact in connection with Edham Pasha-is that prior to the war he was regarded Dy the Greeks as be ing a Philhellena. for when military governor of Uskukb, he showed himself so kindly disposed towards them and rendered such valuable service to the Greeks that the Greek government decorated him with the cross of Com mander of the Order of Our Saviour. At the present moment interest cen tres at Athens rather than on the frontier. The position of the Greek roy al family is evidently most critical. The change of ministry is an eloquent sign of the weakness of King George, es pecially his accepting M. Ralli as pre mier, for the Greek leader when sum-. moned to confer with his majesty, ad dressed him in an offensively blunt manner. The king replied wuh dignity. but he was forced to swallow his pride. It is the general impression that M. Ralli is aiming at somethng higher than the premiership, but his accept ance of that, office is held to have placed him intan Invidious position. A great I victory mghtniake hm a popular idol, but a defeat, which is more probabl?, would cover him with odium and he would be overturned as a false prorcat. The statement that Greece will carry on the war to the last gasp is not re garded as of any -importance . Greece is already reduced to military, and financial extremities, and further ef forts must soon be abandoned. The Greeks will await a decisive encounter at Pharsalos and they are then expect ed to appeal to the powers. The conditions of neace which GreppA will have to accept are stated to be J raosi prooaoie as ionows: - . i A. . . . . I i.UO U1CCIU3 Will OI1UWCU IU ic their present frontiers, provided the island of Crete is immediately evac uated." "Turkey will be permitted to impose a war, indemnity upon Greece." The Turks 'Will doubtless raise some difficulty when they are called upon to return to the status quo, but the pres sure of the powers will induce them to consent. -. The meeting of the czar and Emperor Francis Joseph is watched with the keenest interest, and it is believed they have arrived at an agreement regard ing the future of Turkey and the Bal kan states. A section of the continen tal press asserts that this agreement covers the whole of the future of east ern Europe and is directed against Great Britain, which country is ignored in the agreement as not having any interest in the question, whatever she may think her self.- The English news- -papers, however, while agreeing that these are Count Muravieff's proposals, are confident that Count Goluchoski is not such a simpleton as to enter into such an agreement which they claim, would mean making Russia the master of Europe. : A Kick Against Chairman Bowden. s Washington, May L A delegation of 100 republicans from the Second congressional district of Virginia, headed by Hon. John S. Wise and Br. Richard A. Wise, the con testing member of congress, and in cluding Messrs. Marin and Ubbey, the delegates to the ; St. Louis 'convention, came here today and protested against the recognition of National Committee man Bowden in the ' patronage of the state. They made a vigorous attack on Mr. Bowden's , followers, characterized them as a disorganized, treacherous and turbulent element, and asked that the pa tronage of the district be given-to Mr. Wise, announcing that they would not compromise with the Bowden faction. In a numerously signed petition they charered fraud in the elections and that the na tional committeeman had iost caste per sonally and politically. "" ... A PIKE IN A CARP POND. So the Austrian Ambassador at - Berlin : Characterizes Greece Sne Must Com eto Her Senses or be Brought to Them by "Western Europe England and the Trant- vaal. - ,. , . (Copyright by the Associated Press.) ; Berlin, May 1 The correspondent in this city of the Associated Press has had an interview with the Austrian ambassador here, Count von Scziogyeny-Marich, on the eastern question. The ambassador said: -)' '-v.-'' ' ,;V:- "The meeting of the rulers of Austria, Germany, ' Russia and France were main ly for. two purposes, to establish peace i in me uneni ana to come to a joint un- . . 1 . . . J . destanding as to the steps to be taken in case hostilities break out afresh in the Orient or elsewhere, notably South Africa, rrns. ornr.irtirn m P9 thiir thcra gra enough mutual interests to protect among J those Dowers and Italv to make a sre- I I cine understanaing and agreement I. 'on the subject necessary. Greece will, undoubtedly, soon come to her senses and if not she will be brought to them. The small, turbulent country whose very existence depends upon the great powers, cannot be allowed - to act the part of a pike in a carp pond. The powers, how ever, are still, as from the first, full of fnnrl will and fnrhAa rn nw f nr Ciroer& Turkey will not do more, nor will she be j permitted to do mare than restore the status quo. Greece is no match for Tur key, and she will have to learn that or suffer therefor. "As for things in South Africa, the con tinental powers have the same peaceful and just aim, to maintain the present staus, resting upon international agree ments which cannot be broken with im punity by either Great Britain, the Trans vaal or Portugal. The facts brought to the notice of the continental powers are such as to show that peace Is threatened in South Africa and the emperor of Ger many has taken the lead in suggesting joint steps to neutralize the danger of hostilities. His plans are . heartily en dorsed by Austria and Russia, with the conditional approval or France. Great Britain will not be permitted to annex the Transvaal or to destroy its independence. The remonstrances of the continental powers will soon . be presented to Great Britain, and no doubt they will have the desired effect. It is of political as well as commerical importance to Europe that the present political conditions in South Africa should be maintained. - Base Ball. Louisville, May 1. The weather was cold and unfit for ball playing today and seemed to affect the Colonels con siderably. Umpire McDermott called the game on account of -darkness at the end of the ninth inning. Attend ance 1,800. The score: jj j3 Louisville ....1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 " 8 4 Chicago 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 05 7 2 Batteries: Hill, Herman and Wilson; Denseer and Kittredge. Umpire Mc Dermott. Time 2:00. . St. Louis, May 1. Sockalexias, the big medicine ;man of the Indians, cov ered himself with glory today. In four times at the bat he made four hits, one a three bagger, when the bases were full. Attendance 2,500. The score: . . R. H. E. Cleveland ....0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 68 12 4 St Louis...... 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 12 4 Batteries: Cuppy and Zimmer; Don ahue and McFarland. Umpire McDon ald. Time 2:05. Cincinnati, May 1. Cincinnati-Pitts-burg postponed wet grounds. Philadelphia, -May 1. Philadelphia won from Brooklyn today in a ten-inning game, the latter half of which was played in the rain. The game was in teresting and the finish quite exciting. Attendance 9,737. The score: R H E Philadelphia 01 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 2 Brooklyn ..0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 02 8 1 Batteries: Taylor and Clements;Ken nedy and Grim. Umpire Emslie. Time 1:40. : - '-; .'; Washington, May 1. The Washington Boston game was postponed i today on account of wet grounds. ! Baltimore, May 1. Baltimore-New York postponed rain. ATLANTIC LEAGUE. At Hartford R H E .Hartford .......0 3 1 0 0 1 1 06 10 3 Newark . . ..... .0 0 1 0 3 0 1 05 7 4 At Patterson "-" R- H E Paterson 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 08 12 3 Athletic ......0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 8 3 At Norfolk Norfolk-Lancaster, game, postponed " At Richmond Richmond-Reading game was post ponedrain. " - , Activity Among the Cubans. Havarta, May 1. Passengers, ori. the Ma tanzas train recently witnessed the cross ing of the track of a large force of in surgents. The -Cubans are said to have effected the crossing in the vicinity of Rincon. They were marching toward Pinar del Rio. It is estimated that about 3,000 of the insurgents succeeded in cross ing the railroad track. The claim is made that they were commanded by Castillo and Perico Delgado. It is also reported that the insurgent leader, Rodriguez, act ed as an escort for the invading forces and, according to some accounts, the in surgent - leader, Quintin. Banderas, was also in attendance. Considerable sickness - is reported from, various sections of the island. In a number of towns smallpox, yellow fever and malaria are said to prevail. Spanish regulars recently set fire to a hut on the western trocha near MarieL The insurgents had previously placed a dynamite bomb along the line of the trocha not far from the hut. The bomb exploded, killing and wounding several of the Spaniards. It is reported that Salvador Cisneros, president of the Cuban republic,! was re cently married to Miss Agnero. I ; - The insurgents recently burned a cul vert on, the western railroad between Alquizar' and Cavas. . Captain General Weyler will devote his attention to military operations in the province of Santa Clara. It is officially announced that Jose Cepero, the insurgent leader, has been re leased and expelled from the island. Greece to Recall Colonel Vassoe. Berlin, May LThe Berlin - Post an nounces that Greece has agreed to recall Colonel Vassos from the island of Crete. It. is also asserted that the acceptance on the part of . Greece .of the recommenda tions of the six powers and the giving of consent to the recall , of Colonel Vassos has been intimated to the porta. , The North German Gazette announces that It has advices from Vienna to the effect that the proposal f or . mediation on the part of the powers between Greece and Turkey before Greece is compelled to sue for peace emanated from England and France. TAX TITLES TO LAUD. THE MATTER TIIE SUBJECT OF MUCH DISCUSSION. Question of Expense of the Penitentiary... Municipal Campaigns The Satterfleld Case Again Goes Over Press Convention to Meet at Morehead To Inspect Mlne and Mills Monthly Reception at Execu tive Mansion Jealousy of Other Towns. Toward Raleigh. Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel. v Raleigh, N. C, May 1. Governor - Russell was yesterday speaking about the maintenance of the convicts and their- earning capacity He remarked that the real trouble was in the penitentiary proper. While the convicts on the farms arn. those inl A X . 1 . a me penitentiary ao not. uney are near- ly all life term prisoners, old or infirm. The manufacture of jail cells, shoes and plug tobacco has at various times been. tried and there -was always failure. Brick-making is the only industry which has been maintained Ex-State Democratic Chairman Pou, of Johnston county, is here and says that in the various towns in that coun ty the democratic administration is so popular that no opposition ticket 1st named. The city election here next week iiiTjiiiioc iu ue very iimei luuecu. jl ncr? is perfect confidence in democratic suc cess, and that by a handsome majority. The three justices of the supreme court who do not reside here left for home today, to return in September. Fine rains, which appear to be gen- . eral, fell last night and today, at exact ly the right time for all crops. The drought was beginning to be felt. term pass without deciding the case of S. P. Satterfieldi the principal clerk of the lower house of the legislature ofT 1895, who was convicted of fraud in -the enrollment of the notorious "assign ment act." One of the justices said last week he felt sure this case woujdl be disposed of. The secretary of the State Press As sociations today gave notice to Dr. G. W. Blacknall that it wiuld hold its an- . nual convention at Morehead City June 9-10. About 100 members will attend, and many of them will be accompanied by some lady relative. The state labor commissioner is ar ranging to inspect personally the mines and the mills in each county. He pro poses to make most of the trips on . horseback. There is a good deal of talk at the" moment about the titles to land sold for taxes. Under the act of 1895 title -is now absolute , in the buyer of , land so sold. . , There was an effort, to alter -this at the last legislative session, but the state treasurer declared that if a change was made the whole fabric of . Vi nil n r 1 1 rn rf rnol aetata a v wftnlil . VUllbUUU A VA- fall to the ground. Representative Lusk. who, it is said, lost several thou sand dollars by tax titles, was also deeply interested. It is claimed that , syndicates are buying up such lands. -Attorneys certainly represented the state treasurer in the opposition to any - tern, under which such titles ere worthless, It. is claimed that the states was cheated out of great sums. Much new machinery is being- put" in the Pilot cotton mills here and the weaving room is to be enlarged. The secretary of state reports 100 in- -surance companies as licensed up to today. - It is stated that Governor and Mrs.; Russell will give monthly receptions at A "woman's exchange" was opened here today. It is for the saleof arti cles made by women and makes a good: beginning. ".- One of the queer things in this state -is the extreme jealousy which some -places feel toward Raleigh. A lecturer whn wna mnklncr s. four nf -thp Rtflto fn aid of a monument here to Senator ' Vance said he was told people did not care about the" matter if the monument . was to be at Raleigh. But this jeal-. ousy cannot be greater than that be- 4itrAtAn "Tri1 f anil DnivtBiMAiith TTTVi W - iuh rui iaiuuuiu 2tiiia.it: urs were nerer Wednesday night a Norfolk man who was with them said that they were not from Norfolk, but were, all save - him self, from Portsmouth and that he was very sorry he was from Norfolk. At A L . . this the audience roared with laughter., the "dispensaries' is now heard. The matter appears to have dropped out. of sight. . Dr. Kellog, state secretary' of they board of public charities of Connecti cut, is here visiting various state lnstl tutons. Governor Russell left for Wilming ton today to be absent until Tuesday. : A snecial term of Durham sunerior-- court to begin June 21st, is orderedU Judge Timberlake to preside. Senator Jones in the Camp of the Enemy Nevada, the independent member of the senate committee on finance, spent several hours with Senators Allison and Aldrich.. representing the republican sub-committee on tariff, today. "He went over the bill 3 with them and suggested changes' wherey he was not satisfied with the existing .provisions. No statement of the Nevada, senator's position was authorized, but it is understood that the republican mem bers feel more certain of his cor-operation . since today's interview than heretofore. They are, indeed, quite confident of It.. He assured them that he was still a pro A. . m . . - m iccuomsi ana anxious- to support tne Dili, but told them that he would nave to insist: upon certain concessions to western in terests, .tie suDnuttea a numDer ox amend ments nrovidinar for slightly; reduced! laics on viiiru cuiss wuuis, on citrus iruii, borax, etc.. and was assured that these A. . u 3 1 . a matters would have the committee's best consideration. - The - committee now be lieve mat,: oesiaes us support ox tne diu, they will have Senator Jones'- assistances in getting the bill out of the committee promptly. Senator Jones declines ' to. AnhenserBiueh Brewing Am'o. recommends the use of the greatest of. allv tonics. "Malt-Nutrine," and guar antees the merits claimed for it. Fox eale by all druggists -
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 2, 1897, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75