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I VOL. X. No. 178. WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, ! 1897. PKICE5 CENTS. T! LKiliAPIirC SUMMARY. ; -' THE STATE. The hearing before Kerr Craig as to Iraud In- the lease of the North Caro lina railroad has-teen, adjourned until August. . : ; I '. - . :J . DOMESTIC. . . The federal and state -weekly crop re- ' poitq show lhecrops generally to be In -good poncinion The Lyman cotton niillsv of Ilollyoke, Mass., pas the , usual 2 per cent, sf mi-amnual. dividend ' f-t-The thermometer at ! 4 o'clock yes terday rricrriif was down to 60 de grees in'NoHy York city A MMdleton, (X; Y.) firm who manufacture gold dust- bags are working a double force r on account of th1 heavy" orders from : the est--r Th'ore arc now" nine Ameri ! 1 jje'ans In Spanish prisons in Cuba- The jIAmoskeaire mills will close down dur ing Augu t because" their balance sheet for the j ast six months shows no, i rnony nvle Ex-Senaior Doolittle is ; dcid-- 'i'iie battleship Indiana will be .' k s. nt ; t Halifax tp , be docked and j - .Vb'anejl The armor producing com jianifs decline to furnish armor for the i i tlu'4je rar ships now building at the maximum price fixed by congress and the companies building the vessels also -- yir-,-Jtnrtu rurntnrr-ttrcr Trtttttnr jt fhil' I adelphia I'asquelle Dedores is !iariged i for having criminally assaulted and j murdered a 3-year-old girl last Jann I nary. In Arkansas one horse thief is V hanged 'and another fatally shot by a I mul Three cottn mills at Fall River; I decide to stiut dowri temporarily At a.idlnner at Boston given to Secretary i. !age he makes a speech on tariff and the-money question; he says the ad; i yijnlnist.ratiori-.has carried put its pledges I fin. to -the former "and- "the breeze of ; prosperitj- brings comfort and. restora'4 . tiori"-anrt that the administration can lie relied jon to carry out its pledges as Mb the money.. question, that it will not hft idle in this respect- The Banister Ji.-ltptist Association (colored) in session Va.', -adopts resolutions dej- assaults. on jwhite W'pi-n, and trie class" or negroes wno foijtmit them John B. Cowlesi and OHide Oallwoiid are drowned While iiatjilng. ih the Chickahomlny river - ;l lOiKhty-niii.e coal companies of western ' l' nnsylvania were represented at a jTieeting of operators in Pittsburg yesr tenlay; a committee was appointed to report on the uniformity' plan and made it report ; Colonel Rend offered a minor ity vrcport, abused the meeting and withdrew from it j-Virgfnia prohibit t moists will hold a convention ito nOm mate a state ticket j Seriousj difflcul-. ll ies arise; in Jhematterof l5cating troops in Alaska to preserve order A daughter-in-law of Secretary Gage,, who hais just returned from Alaska, says the .reports of the harvest of gold at Klon-j dyke are not exaggerated The pres ident will open no IU;siness letters sent to him during: his coming vacation; all ;uch mail must go through the regular channel The steamer California left San Francisco yesterday with 347 pas sengers bound for t,he Alaska gold lipids At; Yonkers N. Y., fire de Rtrovs a factory in which- were working COO men and girls; there were no cas ualties. I " ' GOAL OPERATORS OP PlTrSBURG DISTRICT A CONFERENCE. HOLD Etffhtynla Coal uomptnlM Represented. The River trine, end .Westmoreland Field. Were Nor Represented A. Com mlttee Appointed to Make Report on the Uniformity Plan Colonel Bend Offer, a Minority Report, Aba .eg the Conference an Withdraw. j Pittsburg, July 27. Eighty-nine j coal companies' mines located in the. Pitts burg district were represented at the coal operators' uniformity meeting jhere today. The operators who ship byj riv er and those owning mines in the West moreland field were not present. The river operators held a meeting at the J coal exchange this afternoon' andj de cided to take no part in the uniformity movement. No attention was. paid , to jthe call, by the Westmoreland ' people. Very little was accomplished at the two sessions today. The old. ' unifdrmity agreement with the new clauses in serted were reported on by a commit tee and the meeting tomorrow will take at-iHouston, Ya., ad nohinciiig criminal called on Colonel Bend at hia hotel and asked that he reconsider his action and- enter the conference again to ensure success of the ! meeting". He repliad that he would cordially indorse and co operate in any ' plan the conference a&reed upon If 60 per cent, of the dis trict operators would elve their con sent to the same.: He -believes it Im possible to secure 87 per cent, for uni formity as Mr.! De. Armitt demands, and Is -willing to do as 50 per cent, of the operators wish. 7 ' The new preamble to the old uniform ity agreement : ijelates to' the existing condition of affairs in the Pittsburg district and thel lack of profit there Is in the coal trader It states that uni formity if properly and promptly avail ed of, will settle these differences to a large extent and- correct the abuses to. a degree not hitherto attainable. I ECLIPSE OP THE 8DN. The Tuinlr'y a to Frand In Lease of N. C Kail way. (Special to. The . Raleigh.. X. C. Juljf f whether t'hore was any fraud in the lease :of the North Carolina railway was heard! before Kerr Craig today, at Salisbury'. After he.-jring the evidence iiere wri an adjournment until Au gust. f Messenger.) ' 27. The question f . ATT EM I' f K I) ASS AS S I NtAT ION. i V -a. r - A IdT of Halifax County Fired Upon While Sleeping A Dead Infant Found, Convlcti Sent to Carthge Railroad. (Correspondence of; The Messenger.) 'I "M r Till v 97 '-TteWca. Richardson, a .widow aivintr noar'-EsLx- lA- this county, was fired upon by anhknown would-be or-occir, n few nichts affo. and -was Hip window. The, ball inmctea a suaip . , Fisherman - while dragging selns In mmpr end of- Halifax county brought out the dead body of a white infant. It is supposed to be a cas i ii fa ii t ieiilfK I ' ' Oaiviain W. ' Ji Uradshaw left "today. "for Carthage witli'lQO convicts for work th evtensio! of i the Carthage rail road. The convicts !are taken from the Northampton state! farms. The; crops are all laid by'andithese convicts will t lie needed here! again until , cotton picking Ujine.; slightly wounded. She was asleep at the time and thi villain fired through KefuHe to Kurid.sU Plates for Warship. -Washington, July 27--The armor pro l&vinsr declined to furinsh the .navy department the ar mot-' needed for the three battleship's ViowLbuHding, at the "price of $300 per ti.n lived lv consress. Secretary Long Mas taken the second step in the line "marked- out by'eongress and has called noon the shipbuilding companies wiem sf Ives to submit pnoiiositions for pro- cxrrifig and fitting 'he armor. One of iK.'-m Tie iTnion I rim Works, of San Franclst .i. has already responded de 'dining. jiVe the armor companlet the depart mi nt's invitatiion. tie dii)ll ih:tt the like Jans wer.- althou chance that some of ctirnvantes may -t-om control of. one. of th ; armor makers profi) to sell, and farn -oil need for the ships lfi Jiowevetv -as' i.-?. exiected, ail of the shipbuilders' replies! are unfavorable, Secretary Long W;illj proceed one step further and anoint a Iward of offleers to carry out je direction of congress mid .fr.ime a man fori the" establishment t'f ft government arrhor plant. There is lit- ohers will make a i there is a small the shipbuilding ine j to secure ine plants, which The tss tneir reaainess t the armor they their hands. If, New From Klon'dykp Not Exaggerated. Phi Julv 27.4-Mrs. Eli Gage, daughief -in-law f the secretary of the rhpfl her home in lit a.-'mj w.t,t t vs - iviVa t today aftei- a three months ea-iairi 'Miinsta 'with! her husband who rejesents the North, American Trad ing Company, at Diwson Mrs. Qage :iVs the reports oft the rich harvest 'of gold are not exaggerated. While ftd milting that hardships are to be en countered, - she declirts that there is ! no danger r famjneidiifing the coming winter: i ! whuleine and dclicktu, I j ,.. j J -Absolutely Pur ' II . . - .- I . I i - I " i - I 1 :i .... ; l I - I : i I BO'AL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK II up the agreement by clauses foj: dis cussion, where changes in the condi tions since 1896 warrant different provi sions, committees will be appointed to draw ud clauses that will coveri the. . points at issue. The only senstidnal incident or, to day's sessions occurred when Colonel W. P. Rend presented a minority re port on the uniformity agreement de nouncing the procedure of the meeting in severe terms and bolting the con ference.' ' W.. P. Murray called the meeting to order at 11:30 o'clock a. jn., by nominat ing Alex Dempster for chairman. jCol oneT W.'P. -Rend named George ,W. iSchleudelerg, but he declined and Mr. Dempster was chosen to preside. General John Little was named vice president. .He made I a short address, saying the board was here as citizens and had nb personal interest in) tne coal, business. The members hope oy 'conciliation and mediation to bring about a' settlement between ,the- ponf tending factions. ' 1 "State lines have nothing to do with, the question.j ne said. 'You have the power here toisetf tle this controversy. As Pittsburg sroes. so will so -the other states.'? A committee was appointed to lane up the proposed uniformity agreement revise it to suit the, changed conditions since its first formulation' and report to the conference at 3 o'clock. -A recess Was then taken until 3 o'clock. j At 4 o'clock the committee asked ror another -hour and the meeting took a second recess until 5 o'clock when, the committee reported the old uniformity agreement with ' the new clauses and preamble prepared by the visiting arbir trators. The report was read and Cap tain Strittler moved that it be received and the committee discharged, i Colonel Rend demanded recognition for the hearing of. a minority report. He prefaced the report with a few re marks on what he termed the bunco intention of the meeting. Colonel Rend said he had been misled by General Lit tle, as to the purpose of the meeting. He understood that it had been cabled with a view of hastening a settlement of the strike and was assured, of th&t at a conference with the general on ATondav nlsrht. When ne got iot ine meeting he learned that the strike was not to be taken into consideration or discussed in connection with uni formity. 1 The preamble to the resolutions re cites the. earnest aesire oi me. vuu operators of western Pennsylvania to devise honorable methods to bring the strike to a termination, deplores tne nnvprtv and misery of the vast army of miners and their families and claims that the public has been mislead uy crafty and false statements as to tne causes responsible for the present and past turmoil. The resolutions ionows. Resolved, That we iavor me specu, adjustment of this strike and all ques tions and controversies connected therewith by conciliation employed in a joint conference of miners and their employers and that failing,, by an ad inw.tir.Ti hv a tribunal of arbitrators composed of three United States judges or tnree umtri . , tional repute and m whom tne entire country can repose confidence. Resolved: That we tavor tne pnncir pie and practice of uniformity in' its true and honest sense, put we are. un alterably opposed to it in the false, nervprted sense in whlcn it nas oeen used to cloak sham schemes and trans parent frauds: : I i Jtesolved, That we iavor wue a-n-u honest weiehts and measures,, cash pajnnents and all cither just and' equi-j table methods in theproseeution of the coal business. i Resolved. That we denounce as a foul falsehood and glaring outrage! th4 charges and insinuations so often pub! liclv made that ereneral disnonesty i nas been practiced in weights and measure in the mining industry or western Pennsylvania. ' i ' Resolved, That the erxorts to rasien on the public mind hese slanderous -and atrocious charges are a moral crime and that we denounce we suany author of this accusation as a, morai criminal; violating God's holy com mandment: "Thou shalt not bear raise witness against thy neighbor, Resolved, That we are ready and willing to advance the wages of the miners, but "find ourselves unable to do this to the full extent demanded by them viz: 20 per cent, advance on prices that were paid .prior to the strike and now being paid by one of the largest coal companies in western Pennsylvania and which company pre sents the chief 6bstaele to the' settle ment of' the present conflict. ' . 1 After the resolutions had been read the chairman asked to have some por Hons eliminated, but the colonel re fused "emphatically to allow a single word to be dropped and after a. short contention withdrew from the confer ence. The meeting thenJ adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. . Colonel Rend took the minority re port WUh him and Chairman Dempster" decided that as Colonel Rend had left trio meetine and taken the report with him, it-was not part of the record' of the session andcould not be acted upon. w. P. DefArmitt said he wanted it dis tinctly understood that the cad to adopt uniformity did not have any thine to do with the strike, as he did not propose to arbitrate anything While uhderflre, nor admit that the operators were cowards. "' ! Dr. Anderson advised that the report of the committee be' taken up serja tim, Jn effort was made to dp this but the operators did not seem to grasp the text of the agrement, so J. B. Zerbe moved that copies of the agree ment be printed overnight and a copy, be placed in the hands of esveh, opera tor by. mornipgr ' This was carried unanimously. , v i Tonight General Little and Judge Owen's are in secret conference at the Duquesne Club with Secretary William Warner and Orgafnizer Cameron Mil ler. Nothing definite can be learned as to the subject under discussion, but it is .believed it has reference to having the miners represented at the confer- ence tomorrow as" 4here seems to be considerable dissatisfaction 1 with Mr. De Armitt's announcement today that the conference has no connection with the strike and merely for the purpose of establishing uniformity... Many of the operators thing with Colonel Rend; that" the "meeting should , devise some, means to settle the strike as well as to provide for uniformtyT .'.Reports to the miners' officials frorn throughout the .district show every thing quiet. All plans are being held In abeyance pending the action of the conference. t Tonight (-General Little and others FRUITS OF THE VICTORY. B ECRETARY GAGES TALUS TARIFF. AND FINANCIAL REFORM Throe-Fourlhs of Its Face Will be Park 1 Tomorrow The Eclipse Will Last Hires j Hours, but the : Obscuration Will be 1 Greatest at 9:40 O'clock-Only a Slight Haziness of the Atmosphere, bat 1.1k ly to be a Fall In Temperature (From The Savannah News.) Thursday, morning there "will occur a rare 'and beautiful eclipse of the sun I of considerable: magnitude plainly Visi ble throughout this country, and ..the greater portit?Trr:Sotrtlr-Amerioa-The eclipse Will be partial here," but in Mex ico, f Cuba and the Atlantic ' ocean it will be what is known as n annula'r eclipse or one in .which the sun is not quite obscured,1 but a thin ring of light is; left along the edge of the sun while the central portion js completely hid den : by the moon.. The beginning and end : of the eclipsel have been specially calculated for ; The Morning News in 75th meridian or city time as follows: . ; . i 1 f-. , ii. m. s. r Eclipse begins 8 23 52 a. m. Eclipse ends .!..... ..11 16 30 a. m. The first contact will, occur onthe western limb of the sun 90 degrees from the noth point, and the last con tact on the eastern limb 132 '-degrees from the north j point. About three fourths of the sun's diameter on, the southern side will be obscured, leaving the sun in the shape of a crescent, like the moon about "four .days after new moon. ' ' . Notwithstanding! the fact that more than one-half of the sun will be hid den -from-view but little apparent change will be; noticed in the quantity or the character of the. light. The sun is such a dazzling bright object that only a small portion of its visible disk is sufficient to flood the world with light. A slight haziness oft a peculiar character may be noticed, fiut other wise nothing of an unusual nature may be expected, j The self-registering thermometer at the signal office may show a slight dip.i ifi the temperature curve for about one-half of the sun's heat will be cut off for some time. This is one of the (interesting scientific observations that sho'uld be carefully made and recorded -at every weather bureau office. ! I - - L " Every one knows that an eclipse of the sun is caused by the moon passing between the earth and the sun, by which all or a portion of the light is cut off. "The mooni is very much small er than the sun, but owing to its lesser stance, the moon presents about the. same visual angle; as : the sun and ap-; pears to be of about the same size. At the moon's average distance, from us it is just about large enough to cover the sun up, but as j the'distance of both the sun and mooni from, us eonstantly vary . we have some times a total eclipse and at other times an annular eclipse. In a total eclipse the moon's shadow is Idng enough to reach to the earth, while in an annular eclipse such as the present one the shadow does not quite reach us. Owing to the fact that the sun lis much larger than the moon, the shadow of the latter ter minates in a point, which during an. eclipse drags across the earth's sur face in a comparatively narrow path never more than 0 miles - wides This pointed shadow ii called the umbra, within which the observer would ex perience a total ecliipse, but outside and around this umbrai is a faintei1 shadow called the penumbra, wifhin which an observer would experience a' partil eclipse as wil be visible here tomorrow. The; greatest number of solar eclipses that can occur in; a year is five, hut the number is usually much less, and what is more rare successive eclipses seldom happen on jthe same" part of the earth. A total ecliipse of the sun is a very rare prenomienon and is seldom seen-more than once by the same per son during a life time. The next solar eclipse visible in 'this country wjH Qe-s sur on May 28, 190fl, and the central path, wrill extend along a line drawn from New Orleans to Norfolk.. This will -pass centrally through Georgia a-nd Macon-will lie nearly directly in its track. This will be one of the most important eclipses; of tliis century, an already several : governments have taken steps to have it carefully observed-- Nearly the whole of the southern. states will be enveloped in its gloom, and - for -thirty Qp forty miles on each side of ; its central line the darkness will be sufficient to permit the stars to be seen at midday. It is an interesting fact that the Chinese, more than 2,000 years ago had, learned the art of predicting eclipses. The Greeks., Chaldeans and Egyptians also had considerable knowledge in this art. It is probable, however, that they took advantage of the. well known fact that eclipses i return in cycles of about every eighteen ;years and .-- te" days, and this enabled them to foretell an eclipse, upon the same principle, that a - physician "predicts the return, ofa chill and ! fever without knowing the real cause of e phenomenon it self. Ths method, however, Is Very clumsy and untrustworthy, and wholly inadequate for modern science. Now a calculation of a.' solar eclipse is pne of the most profound and complicated problems in mathematical science, a.Ttd, the wronder is that it can. be oved with such accuracy. . Little can 'he reader Imagine hbW much labor pa tience' and skill have been devoted to obtaining the results set forth Itf this article alone, which represents but a small fraction j of jthe problem under taken and 'finished more than three years ago. Since that time the moon has revolved around :' the earth more than forty times, and the earth itself has rotated upon its axis, more than a thousand times, yet so carefully " has every element of .the. problem -been concldered that "the reader may expeG with absolute certain ty tne phenome non as predicted., .' - In observing the eclipse" a piece of smoked glass should be used to protect the eyes. . I f ; . ; ' The nex eclipse wll be a small ne of 'tjie moorit Qii -January jt J898, ! 5 ' ; OTIS ASHMORE. One Pledge of the Admlnatvatlea Carried Oat Oaoslna; "Prosperity to Bring Cow fort and Bestoration" The ptber Pleds to be Kept Failure of Congress to Pass the Monetary Commission Bill Deplored Hints of Action Without Sneh BlllJ v . Boston, July 27. The dinner of Bos tort business men to Secretary Gage at the Tuileries this afternoon was A- tended by about 15Q of the leading men in the professional and commercial life in the city. An Informal reception was held , preceding the dinner which oc curred at 2:45 o'clock. Among those prese"nt were William C. Lovering, who presided; Governor Wolcott, May or .Quincy, Hon. Charles S. Hamlin, ex-assistant secretary of the treasury.; T. , i Jeff erson Coolridge, ex-United States ambassador to France; Hon. J. R. Leeson, .William B. Rice, Jr., and many others. On being introduced Sec retary Gage said in part: ' j : "We have met here in a - period fraught with Its Own Interests j ""Opposing " forces met in November last and contended bitterly over the most vitals of economic ' questions. While the issue was . pending the pro fitable arts of industry came to I near ly a standstill. Trade and commerce declined to the narrowest limits and- in a breathless suspense those who could comprehend the deep import of the is sue waited for its determination That issue is now decided. The ballot, magic exponent of the popular will, has re corded its imperative voice for honest money and for liberty regulated by. law. It now remains to-be seenwhether from that decision there is to be any successful appeal. It is this that gives interest, anxious interest, to the pros pective action of those who', cloathed with legislative and executive func tions, have it in their power to make secure the fruits of victory or who, by failing to comprehend their high re sponsibility, may let slip the advan tages so hardly won.. "Upon the possible doubts involved in this question, men of enterprise still hesitate, and the columns, of industry march slowly' with ranks not yet com pletely 'filled. Is there room forj doubt in so plain a proposition? There ought to be none. There would be none ex cept for the working of that principle of human nature which coaxes us to ease after effort which induces us to contemplate rather than - act that spirit of inactivity which on more than one occasion kept the armies of the union from annihilating the enemy and on anoher occasion so paralyzed the confident columns as to turn them back from the easy capture of our cap ital. Logical as the duty of 'the govern ment seems to be, dp not yourselves supinely .rest upon 'conclusion that it will certainly be performed. We have passed through a wearisome stortn. The loss and cost of it has been enor mous; but today the skies are fair, the breeze of prosperity- brings comfort and restoration. Shall we not be per mitted to rest and enjoy it? No. That would be to foolishly wait for, if not to invite, further disaster in the fu ture. The final answer, however, must depend upon the urgency or the indif ference of the people. The administrative Jbranch of the government will not sleep nor rest in active. Its influence has been and will ,be for prompt and judicious action. The evidence of this fact 19 fresh at hand In the message just now submit ted to congress by the president." , . Mr. Gage here quoted several para graphs from the message. Continuing he said: -: , "But the administration cannot make laws. It ean only execute them after they are made. It is then to the leg islative body that our thoughtful at tention is to be given if you desire financial reforms. Tour senators and representatives will not iconsclously antagonize your well considered de sires, but they must be informed and constantly reminded of what It is that you demand., . "And now what Is it that ought: to be done to give security and protec tion to-the future? To this there are many answers and to every answer many objectors. We have indeed a delicate and difficult problem to solve, the difficulty being aggravated by the fact that ignorance, prejudice and pas sion enter in b eomplieate and vex the solution. This in one of the penalties which popular government, must pay pression. The problems of a democrat ic society rapidly developing in all di rections are many and troublesome. They, must be . met with natience. We must not lose faith nor abate In oour- ftje. "With malice "toward none, with charity for all,' each unit in the migh ty orranlsm must briny to their .solu tion tne test that is in him of virtue and 5. intelligence. Upon the wise and great the duty weighs with correspond ing force, but upon. the humble and weak' also It presses according to their measure of the responsibility." f BASE BALL. The Leaders Again go Down Before the TaU-Enders Baltimore and Cincinnati Tied for the Second Place Only. Three Games Flayed. i Chicago 4, Cincinnati 3. Chicago, July 27. Three errors by the Reds,1 infield, a steal, a passed ball and a scratch single gave.-the Colts .thrpe runs: In the first. '. The visitors made one tip the fourth, and tied the score n the eighth on Thornton's errors andj a buncping . of four hits, j Everitt, the firtnanjap for the Colts in the tenth, lined, i four bagger into the right field bleachers. Ritchie's fielding and two remarkable running catches by Lange were?, the features. Attendance 3,800. : The' score: ' - ; j ' - ' R "H. 2 Chicago ....3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Oil Cincinnati .0 001000 2 0 03 10 -j 4 ; Batteries: ' Callihan and onohue; Rhines and Peitz. Umpire Sheridan. Time 1:55. Louisville 2, .Brooklyn 14. Louisville, July 27. The Brooklyns had on their batting clothes this af ternoon and piled up twelve runs off Magee in two innings. Miller finished the game after the seven tH. The Col onels could not hit Kennedy. Attend ance 2,200. The score: " I. . ' R. II. E. Louisville 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 5 j 4 Brooklyn .....0 0 0 0 7 5 0 0 2-14 15 2 Batteries: Magee, Miller and But ler; Kennedy and Grim. Umpire Hurst. Time .2:10. St. Louis 5, TBoston 2. St. Louis, July 27. The Browps played another great game -today and defeated the Bostons. Hart was in fine form ;; but for Lalley's errors he would have shut out the leaders. Lally re deemed himself in the eighth inning by a remarkable running catch on which he made a double play. , Attendance 3,000. The score: . R. H E St. Louis ....0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 12 2 Boston .'. 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 02 6 3 Batteries:- Hart and Murphy; Lewis and Lake. Umpire McFarland. Time 1:50. .. Cleveland, July 27. New York-Cleve land game postponed on account of rain. ! Pittsburg, July 27. Pittsburg-Philadelphia game postponed rain. Two games tomorrow. ' i v Baltimore, JUly 27. Washington-Bal-timore.game postponed, rain. ! The standing of the clubs, including games of July 27th, is as follows : j THE GOLD EXCITEMENT KXTEXDIXQ FROM STANLEY INTO ROWAN COVKTY, Boston ..... . Cincinnati ... Baltimore . . . New York iv., Cleveland . . . Philadelphia Pittsburg .... Chicago Louisville .., Brooklyn Washington ', ! St. Louis .... ,...53 :...48 ....48 ,:..45 ....42 ....38 ..,.35 ....37 !!."!33 ....29 ....19 24 .688 26 .649 26 .649 30 .600 34 .553 42 .475 40 .467 44 .457 45 .43& 44 .42Sf 45 .392 60 .241 JAPAN AND HAWAII. a Vederal Soldier lends a Present to a Confederate who Saved Him From a Hor. rlble Death In 1864-The Connty Offleers' Convention Ridiculed by the Alliance Organ Tramps .pat to Work on the . Roads The Greensboro Silk Mill. t Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel. i Raleigh. N. C July 27. ; The state treasurer today tissued a call for statements by all state banks as to their condition up to July 23rd. . The military company at -Oxford (E. Third regiment) goes "into camp next month with the confederate veter ans of Granville. v ) Miss Elsie Riddick, of Gates county, is appointed - stenographer and type writer to the agricultural department. , The ruling of the commissioner of in ternal revenue that the new law re garding tax on tobacco went into ef fect July 23rd will complicate matters as cigarette stamps . were sold on the. 24th in this district at the old price. ,' Jesse Snatherly, a confederate soldier from Montgomery county, in 1864 saved the life of a federal soldier during a battle in which the woods had caught fire: He provided the wounded man with water and : gave him his name. Now comes the sequel. The federal sends the confederate $800 as a gift. ; The annual meeting of the Farmers' State Alliance w,ill be held at Hillsboro, August 10th. Efforts have been made to have the date changed, on account of the school tax election, which will, be held that day, but President Graham decides against any change. The: organ of the state, alliance ridi cules the county officers' convention at Morehead City ; wrhich began today, saying it is a "school to practice how ta-get office and hold itwithout slip ping a cog." It is said that under the new law no pictures or coupons can be put in cigarette boxes or in. smoking tobacco packages and the statement it made that this will throw a lot of people put of employment. The "gold fever" has spread from Stanly county, into Rowan. Some good finds are being made. ' It is asserted that' the opposition, to the public school special tax is increas ing daily. . , The state firemen's tournament at Fayetteville promises to be a handsome affair. Seventeen companies will take part. ; ' ,. Senator Pritchard is now at his home, completely worn out after the senate's fatiguing session.: M West of here all tramps are being picked up and sent to work on the roads. Some of the local officials here say that tramps cannot be arrested , simply because they are tramps. Yes terday a white man and a woman of the lowest type -were1 arrested near here, for outrageous behavior at the public park. The man attempted to run and a constable brought him down by a shot in the thigh. He is In the hospital and the woman, is in jail. f- Some of the machinery for the silk mill at Greensboro- (a .branch of the great Paterson mill) is arriving.' "Next week it begins work, and will "employ 200 persons, all natives of the Greens boro section. " t Artist Randall has nearly completed the portraits (life size group, standing) of Colonels Vance, Burgwyn and Lane, of the , Twenty-sixth North Carolina regiment. They are represented as standing in, a road, while a regiment is breaking camp. . j Jolnirasoii & '. Foire - Commencing MONDAY, JULY 26th, we will offer our Entire Stock of Goods i Nothing reserved. Everything will go.! No gooas sent onjapprovai. JNo samples given. - ar. m. . m " - m m . " m . I ' Don't miss tnis opportunity to buy all 1 you need. . 1 V ery respectfullvi la. 111 MARKET STREET. NOW, IS THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR DEPOSIT WILL1IUGT0II SAVINGS & TRUST COHPAHY. All amounts deposited on or before A u. 1st bsgi to bear fnterest on that date THE WILfflHGTON SAYINGS 4 TRUST COHPABT IS THB Strongest Strictly Savings Bank in North Carolina CAPITAL $25000 SURPLUS $8000 J. W. NORWOOD, PEES- H. WALTERS, V. PRES. -1 GEO, SLOANiCASU'R. OF R The Former to Send Fifteen Hundred Idlers, as Immigrants and Three War- ships to These Islands. j StSLouis, July 27. A special to-The Globe-Democrat f rom - Los Angeles, Cal., saysi A letter written by a Jap1 anese officiaLin Japan to a former Jap anese offlcerMivlng in this city con veys the Information that the Japanese government will xorward j to Honolulu in the latter part of July 1.50Q Japanese immigrants. . These Mndiyiauais are : now in the garrison at seegata, being soldiers hi the Japanese'kservice and will go on shore in Honolul as simple citizens,, but drilled and readyvfor mili tary duty at once. The steamers which are to convey these men haex been chartered by the Japanese governrnent, The Indiana to go to Halifax for Docking "Washington, . July 27. Secretary Long has decided to send the .battle ship Indiana to Halifax to be docked and cleaned. It is felt to be necessary to d,o this n order to prevent injury to the hull of the ship from corrosion. The. department would 'have much .pre ferred to send the Indiana to Port Royal S. C; for this purpose, but the opinion of the best navigators in . the navy department was that it would be aeciaeaiy risky in the present unsatis factory condition ef the approaches to the dock there. While the naval offi cer naturally deplore the necessity for thus, sending our finest ships to a for eign dock, they say the practice is not new : nor uncommon. Constructor and will carry in addition to the iOO -Bowles, of the New York navy yard, Americans in Spanish Prisons Washington, July 27.-Consul Gen eral Lee has informed the state de partment that in the event of the re- i -a Ji ' . : -r ! ci l : now eonflned in iail at Havana, there will remain of American citizens im prisoned in Cuba, in addition to the five - Competitor prisoners, -only the following: Manuel Fernandez, confih ed in Fort Cabanas; Rafael Fernan dez y Diaz, at Sagua la Grande; Julio Thomas Sainz arid Frank "AgramOnf,' at Santiago: All "of tbie'se prisoners are charged with rebellloii with arms In, hand and are held subject to the orcli-; nary military 'jurisdiction, , i The United States consul at Manzan illo has cabled the secretary of state a contradiction "of the story that Al bert, Slusser, ;an American, has" been arrested by Spanish troops and taken to that place. . He says that nothing i is known of Slusser's arrest. in return for its multifarious and emi nent ' benefits. With these drawb&cfe we can, nevertheless, with patience, find our way.' The recommendation of the president for a commission was ad mirable in this, that it suggested a way by which a body or well trained ana thoughtful men. could be provided to consider, at leisure without distractiqn from other pressing themes, the im portant subject of currency and bank ing reform. It, at the same time, opened a forum tt which could be al-. mitted every contributiye svggestioh from all classes n conditions of men. "That tle WH which passed the house wlh" pretnptness failed of recognition in the senate may be a matter of re gret, but not pne f or discouragement. What might have been accomplished through a commission may be achiev ed f without one, Io.r-T ouht we to speak oi- think-unkindly of a body which has so assiduously toUed. th the work of a new law coneer-nmg a matter so charged with 'eonflicting opinions and opposing interests as is any tariff act. The two questions before the country In the last political campaign were the tariff and the currency. One of them is already settled. Whatever the merits or demerits of n;w measure in its particular items, it has bf-.enrne th W 9 the land- The yeve-' niios qertvea irom i ww, arter a pos sible brief ' interregnum, be. ample for p're'per ' gt vovnment expenditures, i "The responsible party in power hav ing successfully achieved this one. im portant issue may be safely, trusted to care equally weil for the' other.' On the financial side there is really n- prsa ing need for haste. There Is eerlaiAly no immediate occasion for anxiety. With ample reserve in" the public jtreasury; with financial centres tn a full supply of leasable funds; with sin jterest invitingly' ow with crop pros pects most pyoinising and a good mar ket favorably assured; with new min eral resources coming into view; witU a territorial area" sufficient tQ earry its present population rn.any times multi plied; wit a people advancing in 'the elements, of Intelligence and character, who dare indulge in doleful forecasts? We .need not ignore the fact that there are "many wounds to be cured, ex.ite passions to be calmed anJ any mis understandings ye composedk fNFojr is it p,aing s.trahge tat this should, be sq. Within" the. limits Qf half a-life time; industrial' methods and processes have .been revolutionized; combinations in labor, in trade, in manufacture, have superseded to a degree the former process of individual movement. It is philosophical to believe that they! are all revolutionary tending to a fina and higher goodi but m' their Inmedts ate effects, they PrcJuce ricldehtal in, jury in rnan: difectjons. Perceiving the injury.the hurt cry out and cannot be persuaded that any good can come out of so great an evil. Time will do much to restore and natural laws, ev erywhere operating, will bring. In at last their compensation. In the mean time out statute laws must learn not to repress the operation of a natural law which is supreme over man-made laws but they must learn to Justly check and punish those who, grasping the new elements of po.wer, pervert them into a means of injustice and op passengers, arms, ammunition and mil itary stores of sufficient quantity to make it interesting for any party try ing to prevent their landing. In addi tion three large-men of war are already prepared to leave Yokohoma to arrive at Honolulu at about the same time as the landing of the so-called immigrants will take place. The correspondent, who has been educated in the United States, used the expression; no. doubt acquired when h.erej "We will get there nd don't you forget it," and re marked further:- "I connot write this in my own language but you under- stand English." Predictions conveyed in a previous letter f rot this official were verified. has just returned to New York after a consultation with the officials- here as to the docking of the Indiana. It is the intention of Secretary Long to send him to Halifax in advance of the sail ing of the Indiana to make all of the arrangements necessary for the lock ing of. the ship. She will not be fitted with bilge keels at Halifax. This work must wait until the repairs are com plete at the New York dock, a work which it is estimated will consume a year, : - - ' - . . - i has But the price of our Spring Clothing declined with the advance of Summer. V We'd rather sell Spring Clothes at a loss than to keep them over. Whatever you want we have probably got it for less than COst. " ' i- , ... :j; ' :' A loss at this time is almost as good as a Can't avoid it anyhow,- no use profit earlier, v crying. Your money back if you want it just the same as when we were making money. A new line pi Madras Shirts,, detached col lars and cuflfs just received. : S i LEADING- CLOTHIERS. J. W. NORWOOD, PRESIDENT. . W. J. TOOMER, CASHIEK. ATLANTIC NATIONAUBAN - WILMING-T ON, N. C. poiQ in (mdii..u........$I25.030 surplus qi ondiiaea proi!i$.,.$65,ooQ . PROMPTNESS ! 'ACCURACY! SAFETY! Liberal loans made at lowest rates on approved security. We have always made a specialty - desiring to borrow on good security. i j it of supplying, without oostponement, all customers i - - - - YOUR ACCOUNT SOLICITED. Directors: J.W. Norwood, W. E. Springer.D. I Gore, O. W. "Worth, S. P. McNaIr E. J. Power r Sam'l Bear, Jr., H. I Vollers, W. C. Coker, Jr., P. L. Brldgers, G. A. Korwood, Greenville, S.Ci 1 JNO. S. ARMSTRONG PRESIDENT F. R. HAWES, CASHIER A Fire in a Crowded IVfctory New York, July 2T, Fire at Yonkers, N. Y., thlsi afternoon, destroped two large factory buildings, occupied by.W. A. Reed, hat manufacturer; . Rowland, hat manufacturer; r Pass : Bros.; silk manufacturers, and the Yonkers ' Silk i Company. The loa will probably reach $500,000 and 8Q0 people are thrown out 0 employment. There were no casualties, though the bildings were crowded with employes when the fire was discovered. The fire originatea rn the blowing room of the hat factory! of William Reed pn the lower floor of he Shethar building.' Two large gas metres exploded Immediately after th flames burst forth, and the escaping gas help ed to feed the flames. Within a few minutes the Are was breaking through the windows of the first and second stories. There were 6Q0 men and girls in the building, the third, fourth and fifth floors of which were occupied hy the silk factories. Intense excitement prevailed while the employes left the building by the fire eseapes, the girls being taken out first, all losing their street clothes, j Cotton Mills Pass Their Dividend, r Boston, 'July 27. The directors ofihe Lyman cotton mills,- of Holyoke, have voted to pass the regular semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent, which has been declared every six months for twelve Shears. ' Treasurer Parsons stated that the business for the last six months had been exceptionally poor. The ca pacity, of the mill 4s 100,000 spindles, of which 65,000 have been shut down. The mills will continue partially closed down until there is a better demand. Chronic Dyspepsia Gored. A Hitch of Peace Negotiation. Berlin, July 27. The Cologne Gazette says that several of the powers, in cluding Germany, have adopted the standpoint that .the evacuation ofThes- saly by Turkey cannot be ' demanded unless indemnity by Greece is paid or guaranteed. As payment of indemnity by a loan is out of the question, ; the only alternative, The Gazette says, seems to be international control of Greek finances, and unless some- such guarantee is included in the treaty of peace between Greece ana TurJtejft it is questionable whether Germany will recommend th r gultan to aceept the treaty. f LA-.JJi mil The Elders and Deacons' Institute. (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Red Springs, N. C, July 26. The elders and deacons' Institute is flourishing. The crowd Is estimated at nearly 3,000. Dr. Hoge preached two. able sermons, one today. President Al derman addressed from 70v to 1,009 peo ple at 8:30 o'clook. Saturday evening ana made a nne impression. Rev. . A. J. Smith preached a fine' sermon yes terday afternoon and Rev." W. Barro- wood an excellent one this afternoon. We are having grand music, fine ad dresses, wholesome water and a large crowcL, THE IIATIOIlAl BAKOF WlDUIQIOll.' Superior Facilities for. Transacting Geneial Banking Business. . Accounts Solicited. ,. Corre spondence Invited. gss oirIbotors JNO. S. ARMSTRONG, GABRIEL HOLMES, HUGH MACRAE, JAMES H. CHAD BOURN. JR GEOJ R. FRENCH, WILLIAM CALDER rjHAS. E. BORDEN, :s: - '-'if'." aw. YATES, J. G. L. GIESCHEN, WM. E WORTH WILLIAM GILCHRIST FT EE suffering for nearly thirty years from dyspepsia, Mrs. H. E. DngcUle, wife of a prominent business man of Warsaw, N. Y., writes: MFof 8 years, I was a constant sufferer from dyspepsia and a weak stoniaoh. The lightest food produced diatreas, causing severe pain and the forma tion of gas. No matter how careful of my diet I suffered agonizing pain after eating. I was treated by many physicians and tried numerous remedies without permanent help' Two years ago I began taking Dct Miles Nervejand Liver Pills and Nervine, Within a week I commenced improving, and per sisting in the treatment I was soon able to eat what likd with no evil effects I keep them at hand and a single dose dispels any old symptoms,' -Dr. MUeji Bemedies are sold by all drug gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle benefits or money' re funded. Book on dis eases of the heart and. nerves free. Address, THE - FEEE -( ESfflBfflOEI - SOH COOKING ON 1 ! VAPOR : STOVES ricrvihoi nestQreci DR. MfLES MEDICAL OO Elkhart. lad. Eas been a great success and attracted many hundred interested visitors. ' I j The exhibition of Vapor .Stoves still con tinues at thejfollowing places: i h Owen F. Love & Co., 114 N. Front Street. : X W. Murchison, 109-111 N. Front Street. S. A. Schloss & Go., 24 N. Front Street. C D. Foard!, South Front Street. Wm. E. Springer & Co., 16 N. Front Street. Do not fail to call and select a stove for your own use. It will be a boon to your House hold. A pos" :al card to any of above firms will bring a representative to your home to explain the stove and its use. ' . :y7 ' FAYETTEVILLE LnLITART ACADEMY A Select Home School for Boys. Faculty of Spec lallsts. Hfghlylndorsed. Next Session begins Sept. 1st, 1807. COIj. T. J. DREWRY. C. E., Princt a jy!8d&wlm -j Fayetterllle, N.. C. U:
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 28, 1897, edition 1
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