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;;-': VOL. X. NO. 188. WILMINGTON, N. C, SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1897. PRICK f CENTS. in 3 nit s .. . s.. TELEGRAPHIC SU3IMAKY THE STATE. ! Quite a number of fourth-class post- masters for this state were appointed yesterday A negro preacher at Ober- i . lin, a negro town near Raleigh, is se : ' verely beaten by negro whitecaps. ' Senator Butler says his committee at ; its meeting- on the 11th instant., will ' fiiscuss 1 the situation, principles and issues; he will- then go on the stump I and make several speeches in the state; ! he says where fusion has failed it has ! been because the other party did not i keep its promises; he, thinks his party f will continue to grow; that the North i Carolina railroad lease will, be forced i into the next campaign as an issue; S lie strongly favors local taxation for f - public schools. DOMESTIC, f ' . The grand national handicap was' f shot, off at Hollywood park. Long - Branch, yesterday, Edgar G.. Murphy, i in the lead in the first round. The : strike at Atlanta has been settled and i the operatives will return to work to morrow; President Elsas says nblwhite ! women were discharged, but the negro . women were employed because suffi- cient whites could not be secured.- Judge Simonton in the federal court at Charleston, S. -C, defines an original 't package as the package as delivered , to" the carrier by the importer at the original place of shipment -President ' Young, of the National Base Ball i League, resigns his position, In the treasury department. General John W. Foster, who has just returned from Europe, calls at- the state department j and reports the result of his negotia i tions as to settling the seal fishery questions; he will go to the president. Josiah E. Spurr, the geological sur vey expert, who spent last summer in the ?AIaskan' gold fields, has made a re port which has just been made public; he gives the annual' output of gold for the past few years, the manner of t' working claims and the laws govern ing the miners. The coal mine strik ers are continually receiving acces-f . sions; little work is being done at any of the De Armit mines.- -At "West ; Newton, Pa., a large i storehouse has " been opened as a commissary and con ; ; tributions in large quantities have been made by merchants and farmers; the i strikers will organize a march on the Fayette, county mines this week.- -J Efforts will be made through the fed eral court to have marshals and per- haps tr,oops brought into the De Armit i ; mine region.- The glass, workers de- mand 17 per cent, advance in wages. i The federal pension roll July 1st carried 983,528 names. Large quanti ties of West Virginia coal is being sent ! to the western markets. ' x FOREIGN. Many lives have been lost and a vast amount of property destroyed by cloud bursts in eastern Germany; a hotel was buried under a huge - landslide ; from a mountain side. The German press is still discussing most unfavora , bly the terms of the Dingley bill; Ger- 'man exporters an "l manufacturers are f already- making complaints of injury ; to business, caused by "this' bill. A prominent German says a tariff war on the United States by the combined. powers of Europe .fis impraciicauie, i that Germany needs our products and ' her hands are tied. On account of the receipt of manV threatening let ters from nihilists, lEmperor William, on his .Visit to Russia, is accompaned by a number of detectives. General Miles, of the United' States army, is at Berlin and has been allowed to inspect, many of the government works.- -The leading question in continental politics is: Will th4 Visit tor Russa of Emperor Wlliam result in a German-Russian-French allianjce against Eng land r the German JpreSs aie clamoring for it, but France iis anclined to hold aloof, thinking thiifwoiJild only be play- ing ino Germany'' hands. The en - gineers strike in!' England is by no means settled. f-The trouble in the telegraphic bureau bf the British post office departmentj becomes more seri ous and all the operators may go out. -The Vatican is actively engaged in ! a campaign to stimulate the revenue ! from Peter's pence, which revenue of ihP none has erreatly fallen off of late. -Fifty-six persons are killed by an explosion in a powder factory m uui i gariav L- Fifry-Six Persons Killed i Sofia, Bulgaria, August il.A. disastrous i explosion occurred yesterday at the car- f tridge factory or KustcnuK, on me.uan ! nho i5Q miiA.ss northwest of Varna, 'Fifty ' six persons were killed outright and many otvior wprs iniured.. The lives of sixty r of the. latter are despaired of. Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, on receipt of the news of the disaster, visited the sufferers 'from the explosion who .had been taken 1 to the hospital, and caused money to be KetrihutoH to ttiis families of the victims. xfnet of thnsp who lost their lives were either blown to pieces or drowned in. the Danube. ( I West VirginJ Coal on the Market ! tfniontown, Pa., August 7. West Vir- jrinia coal continues t go through town tin large train loads' oyer the Baltimore ; ;and Ohio. The threat by the strikers to hold up the- trains' and the fear of in terference has caused the West . Virginia i operators to take precautionary measures i and the trains are now heavily guarded ' with armed men. ' I i . Sftjral makes the food pure, I ., - wholesome and delicious. I Absolutely Pure I I If ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., HEW YORK. DEVASTATED BY FLOODS. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROP ' ERTY IN GERMANY, i 4- Donations by itoyalty for the Sufferers A Hotel lturied Under a Landslide Oer mm Press Discussing the Dingley Bill. Its Effect" Already Felt A Tariff War Against the United States impracticable. Emperior William Guarded by Detict- Berlin, August 7. The "cloudbursts ind: inundations which have devasted the eastern parts of Germany were the worst which have occurred since 1870. According to the local statistics, 105 persons were killed in Silesia alone and in Saxony the number of killed will not fall short of 180. The financial losses foot up over J 50,000,000 marks. At Phillnitz, the country residence of the queen of Saxony, triej riven Elbe rose so fast, that it flooded the lower floor of the royal castle, forcing the king and queen to hurriedly flee from the place and seek refuge at Dresden. Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chan cellor, who was then on his way from his estate at Ausses to Berlin, had to leave the train at Aussig, and was con veyed ten miles ina sedan chair to another railroad station. ; i ' Through a landslide of .the highest summit of the Silerian mountains, the hotel Schneekopfe was carried down -and buried with all its occupants, j Emperor; Francis Joseph of Austria has granted 30,0iX florins from his pri vate purse for the relief of the suffer ers, and the aueen of Saxony ' has granted 20,000 marks and the regent of Bavaria 15,000 marks for the same pur pose. , Emperor William, of Germany, I has hot yet' made a donation to the people who have suffered from' the floods etc., in the eastern : parts of the countrv. although he has griven 25.000 marks to the flood sufferers in Alsace. The newspapers are calling for special sessions of the reichstag and diet, in order that these bodies may-make; ex traordinary grants of money! for j the relief of the suffering families; but, as thp sucrerestion was first made bv iThe Vorwaerts, and other socialist newspa pers it is being discouraged by the gov ernment. The municipality! of Berlin has granted 500,000 marks for the relief of the thousands of people rendered homeless and penniless by the storms, and the city of Dresden has voted 300,- 000 marks for the same good work.; The German newspapers continue to discuss the new Ufrfted States tariff and they call for reprisals; but, the' co- respondent of the Associated Press, learns from the foreign office that the erovernment of Germany has no inten tion of beginning a tariff war. ! A high; official of the foreign omcei said to the correspdnderit r xnere win ue. no mi iff war, since Germany is too weak: to. carry it out and because a iargepaft- nf American imports of food- stuns,; as well as cotton and other raw materials, are indispensable to our industry. The formation of a large continental tarin union with its ram pointed;! at the United States, would miscarry f because of England's opposition. As: a matter of . fact, our hands are tied land even Baron von Thielmann, the German am bassador to the United States who has been, named as the successor of Count Posadewsky-Wehner, as imperial sec retary of state for the treasury; though his advice and intimate knowledge 1 of the American tariff and financial af fairs would be of great help to us dur ing the coming crisis, , cannot! change the facts in the case." . !,r -Palpable effects of the hew tariff are already noticable. The manufacturers of Solingen are complaining ,of lack of orders and many of the factories have been compelled to reduce the number of hands employed. In the Guban and Chemnitz districts there : is I already much industrial distress. Similar com plaints are made elsewhere, j j: The florists' association has sent a memorial to the imperial chancellor protesting against the tariff j as serious ly injuring the' export trade of seeds and plants during the last few, weeks. Before starting for Russia; Emperor William received, a number of threat ening letters from nihilists and pan slavists.: In consequence of; this, one of the shrewdest criminal commission ers, Dr. Henninger, with a section of the Berlin " political police, was sent to Peterhof palace a week ahead! of Em peror William and this corps of de tectives will accompany him every where during his stay in Russia. j The past week has witnessed: a num ber of fatal accidents on race: courses, among the number. Count von Fech, a wealthy gentleman rider, and at one time the friend of the Bamson sisters, and Lieutenant, Bartels, also! a gen tleman rider, were killed during a race at Itreuznach. At the Heuss races the. most successful gentleman; rider in Germany, Lieutenant von Kayser, was killed' and Captain von Guernomdt was seriously injured. Two jockeys also met accidental deaths. ; j The retiring minister of foreign af fairs, Baron JMarschall von Bieberstein will be appointed ambassador at an im portant post, probably Rome; -Washington, or Constantinople in! October. , The Independent Schuetzen Corps, of New York, while at Coblentz, deposited a wreath upon ' the Empress Augusta monument and telegraphed; the fact to the grand duchess of Baden, daugh ter of the ex-empress. The grand duch ess sent a very appreciative) acknowl edgement to Captain Weber, ij I General Nelson A. Miles,! jUt. S. A., arrived here from Carlsbad I on Tues- j day. He is receiving many I . official j courtesies. The general visited theex i tensive Gruson works at Maerdeburtr and was granted permission to inspect the government works at Spandau, and the naval yards at Kiel, as well as some of the barracks and tne Krupp works at Essen. On Thursday Mr. John B. Jackson, secretarv of the United j States embassy here, gave a. dinner in j honor of General Miles. j; i l j! ' Ambassador White gives a positive denial of the rumors that heris to suc ceed Mr. Sherman as secretary of state. Mr. White says' no overtures have been made to y&ny since his arrival In Berlin, SENATOR BUTLER'S VIEWS. Interviewed on the . Sabject of Saccess of Fusion and the Status of Parties The Railway Lease to be an . Issue Favors Eocal Taxation for Schools (Special to The Messenger.) . ' Raleigh, N. C, August ' 7. Senator Butler said tonight that the populist committee at its meeting on the lfth will discuss the situation.principles and issues for the state. ' He will speak at Wadesboro on the 12th, Newton 14th, Concord 16th, Lenoir 17th. He wants to talk over the questions with the com mittee before making these speeches.1 He was asked: "Hae fusion been satisfactory?" and replied: "When the populist party has cooperated with any party it has done so to advance certairi principles, and carry out certain definite reforms. Af ter; victory the populist party has in each case used its utmost efforts to carry out the reforms promised in good faith. A failure to do so has occurred only when the other party to the co operation failed to stand by the com .pact and promises made to the peo ple. To the extent -that those who have co-operated with us and been faithful to their trust, to that "extent only has co-operation been satisfactory. The republicans in North Carolina stood fairly well ito their - pledges in 1894. They fell short in . 1896." He declared that the matter of the .lease of the North Carolina railroad can't be side tracked as an issue next year by all the politicians of both old parties. ""Do you thing populism has reached high water mark?" he was asked and replied: "Do you. think either of the old parties hayet risen tq a position where it , can take up the fight for the people outlined. by the populist party, and push it to a finish in good faith? Until they-do this,, our party will con tinue to grow, arid gain recruits from both. There are certain great issues; now before the people of North Caroli na. There is great doubt 'as to the po--sition both old parties will take, on these vital questions. The populist party will force -them to the front in the fight. Both old parties must take a stand, either on the side. of the people or the side of monopolies." "What is your view of the school election next Tuesday?" . "I am for the. special tax, and it seems to me every man who favors better public schools must take the same position. We now, pay as high general tax for public schools as any state: yet are at the bottom of the scare! nmrrteracy States . tnat iQUtstrjppedjis in public education have done jit by local taxation in addition to general tax. If we ever have any better public schools we must raise more money. The only way to do this is by local taxation, as we have now reached the limit for general taxation. Therefore, every voter who wants to see better public schools should vote for this local tax next Tuesday. A Negro Preacher Whipped by Negroes (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, August 7. At Oberlin, a negro town near here, last night Rev. Jacob Jones, a negro preacher,, was whitecapped by a negro mob, and :giv en a. terrible beating. He has been preaching the holiness or .sanctification doctrine and his women hearers have been giving him their jewelry, taking i off and pilling it up as an offering. He preaches the doctrine that if a man Is not "holy" his wife should leave him. Jones has spotted some of his assailants and there will be a trial Monday. ' j A Big Batch of New Postmasters. Washington, August 7. The follow ing fourth class postmasters - for North Carolina were appointed today: Ab shers, W. D. Woodruff ; Alf ordsville, A. Ju. Bullock; Arden, C. F. Summer; Bis mark, 11 E. Barber; Blowing . Rock, W. P. Laws; -Blain, J. F." Russell; Cagles Mill, W. L. Cornelison; Califor nia Creek, A.. F. Sprinkle; Cleveland, J. IJ. Barringer; Danville, A. A. Foust; Fall Creek, E. C. Philips; Fork Church, A. M. Foster; Gl.iantcne, A. K. Miller; Harpers Cross Roads, Samuel Cox; Harrisville; M. A. Ewing; Lisk, L. A. McAllister; Ore Hill, E. C." Cheeks; Lockville, J. A. Parham; Merry Oaks, N. Q. Guhter; Old Dock, M. C. Marlow; Pedlars-Hill, G. A. Smith; Peru, Alma Tendland; Rosedale, J. F. Jones; Sa pona, McW. Barber; Turnersburg, J. E. Hendren; Wadeville, N. H. Hurley; Tokley, W. R. Padgett. The National Handicap Shoot. New York August 7. The grand na tional handicap was shot off at Holly Wood park, Long Branch, N. J., today. Edgar Gibbs Murphy, who has won more handicaps than any man in the east, was a strong favorite. Condi tions were favorable to the shooters. Thej wind was f ram the southeast and the birds were not particularly swift, Then the match opened there were but four entries, Dolan, Patron, Ivins, Knowltoi' and Bullard withdrawing. At . the conclusion of the first round Murphy was ip the lead with only one miss. ;'."-V- - . Gagnbn killed 23, Daly 21 arid Hoey 22. 'Murphy missed his eighteenth bird, Gagnon's second fell dead out and he missed hl twenty-third. Daly missed his second, eighth, nineth and tenth; Hoey his second, twelfth and twenty rst. . .. ' : THE STRIKE PROGRESSING. ACCESSIONS TO THE STRIKERS' TANKS MADE EACH DAY. Two Store Mines Closed-tittle Work Done in tie Ie Armit Mines Liberal ContrL batiins from Citizens To March on tbe Fayette County Mines Efforts to be Mad to Have Federal : Marshals 'and Trodpsat the Ie Armit Mines. Pitfeburg, August 7. The strikers are continuing orderly and are gaining ac cessions to their ranks constantly. The 150 mnemployed at the Horner and RoberaSjcjjal mine at Elizabeth' refused, to go icgJSTbrk this morning; about sev enty-! ves! miners at the Equitable I mines in the same locality also struck. Both imines were paying the district rate The Bunola men who were per- ?1 suaded to. come out last evening all re mained away from the pit today and no (fal was mined. The company leas ed Eae ground where the strikers lo- cated yesterday and ousted, them, but ano' ;her .field has ben secured by the strikers which theT owners refused to leasa to the company and a permanent camp willbe established. I It is reported thalanjetfort will be made to start the mine Monday morning. The strikers are preparing for the struggle and by 2 o'flock Monday morning 1,000 men, probably, will be in camp here. This closes down all the mines of the first, second and third pools. Twelve recruits from the Plum Creek mine joined the strikers today and a number consented, to remain at home. When it was found that but, few men were going to work at Plum Creek, this morning, deputy sheriffs were dispatched to the houses of the menfand they, were drummed put and escorted to the mine! The com- pany claims that this mine was work ing full t6day and . that the usual amount 05 coal was loaded. Mondaythose working in the Plum Creek mine will receive- their wages and .on Monday evening another big meeting will be held at Plum Creek. It is said that the miners -there will join the strikers after Monday. No trouble is expected at Plum Creek tonight, not withstanding the proximity of the min ers' camp to the negro quarters jat Unity. The miners and railroad (labor ers are not expected to affiliate with each other1, t ' i A special dispatch from West Newton says: Thf sympathy of this entire community is with the striking coal miners. The use of a large building on Third street has been given free for a commissary, and - the towns people and farmers have contributed provi sions lihenally. Several hundred dol lars have also been contributed. This 1 , - -'- . sudden turn last night - when, the re port was circulated that the strikers had visited the Troup & Riarick pits in coal hollow and ordered the, few men working there to stop work. These two pits have been supplying coal for-the borough electric light-plant and for family use, and have only been in ope ration a few weeks. The report reach ed the leiders of . the strikers here and they at c ice branded it as the work of the eneny to injure their cause. This momirigchey notified Troup & Riarick that thef might mine all the coal they could. Simultaneously with the move on the Westmoreland county mines next week, a demonstration will be made against the Washington Run mines in Fayette countvi It was near the Washington Run f pple that four striking miners , were l illed and ten others hurt Dy aep uties 1 wo years ago; Morfe than 400 miners I organized in Fa1 ette City will meet Dolan tonight and ij he consents the-march will j be made (Monday. A site has been select ed one and a half miles f from the Stickle Hollow tipple. Being at that distance from the mine, the miners hope to escape injunctions. S The) output of the De Armit mines was Still further reducted by no coal beine! taken from the Oak Hill mine. Three, men at Sandy Creek mine have mined nnc srondola car in three days.; At Plum Creek, the 200 men at work mined seventeen gondola cars of coal There are five cars on the; track near the Oak Hill tipple. j I Counsel for the New York and Cleve land Gas Coal Company has prepared a bill to be presented "to Judge M. vv. Acheson, of the United States -circuit court, on behalf of the non-resident stock holders bf the coal company, ask ing for an injunction to restrain the striking miners from congregating near ,th- mines at Turtle Creek, Sandy Creek and Plum Greek, and from interfering with tli -i workmen of the company TMs' new-' move is: being made for the purpose of getting "the aid of the United States marshal, as well as the sheriff of iiiocrhanv pmititv: tn break up the camns the strikers have established. There was a perpetual injunction is-. sued during the last strike of the miners bv the circuit court against man prominent in the present struggle, restraining them from congregating near the mines of the New York and Cleveland Company and it; is claimed that it is still in force. It is now de sired to supplement ttuVwith .an ot der, which if -disobeyed, will result in the sending of United States marshals into the region now occupied by the strikers and if, necessary, United States troops could also be called in. The ap plication for the preliminary injunction is likely to be made on Monday. . This was pay day; at Sandy Creek, and when the strikers demanded their nay they were told that-in as much as they had broken their iron clad -contract no money whatever was due them. The legality- of the contract will be tested in the courts. - '' ,j Charleston, W. Va., August 7. A break was made today among the Kan awha miners who have been at work up to this time. In c6mpliahce with the agreement made at the meeting at Handley yesterday, about 300 men quit work today in the Kanawha, fields. It is believed here that by the middle of next' week practically all of the Kanai. wha miners will be ou -t ' BASE BALL. Boston Again Defeats Baltimore SuLouis and Pittsburg Break . Even on Two Games New York's Drubbing ' to Phil adelphia . " - Brookelyn 9, Washington 1. - Brooklyn, August ' -Washington was not in it at any stage today- Both Payne and Mercer pitched good -ball. - Mercer's poor support, however, told against his chances of winning. -Score: I Brooklyn,;..... .'.".0 30200 04-9' 7 il Washington. . . . . . .,..0001000 0 01 6 7 Batteries Payne and A' Smith; Mercer and Farrell. Umpire Emslie. Time 1:29. i Attendance 3,i 95. - '. Cincinnati 5,-Louisville 0. Cincinnati, August 7. The Colonels and Reds played a fine game today, resulting , in the former being shut out. The feature ' was the pitching of Bill Rhines, who held the visitors down to three hits. Attend- . ance 4,000. Score: ' i R..H. : E. ' Cincinnati........ ......00 02 300 0-3 12 2 Louisville...... ..0000000000 3 1 Batteries Rhines andj Peitz; Hill and Wilson. Umpire McDonald. Time 2:05. . Philadelphia 1, New York 11 Philadelphia, August 7. The Phillies were never serious factors in today's game.-1 The errors of Dowd and- Shugart were surprising. The fielding , of Gleason and Davis was the redeeming feature of the contest! Attpnrt.inrp C, 994 Snro- ; I R II -E Philadelphia., .'f . . . . .0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 " 5 3 New York.. 1 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 11 16 1 Batteries Orth, Wheeler , and Boyle;: Rusie and Wilson. Umpire Kelly: Time 2:10. '-. ; ; . - St. Louis 7. Pittsburg 5. ' St. Louis 3, Pitfeburg 12. " " St. .Louis'. Ausrust .7. The Browns- and Pittsburgs split even in two games today. In the first game the home - team played all around the visitors, and in the second game it was ju.s.t reversed. ' Attendance 4.UUU. . First game ; Rl H. E. lOOlOl 5 10 5 Pittsburg.. .,....,0 2 0! St. Louis, ..0013 012007 12 2 Batteries Killen and Sugden; Hart and Douglass. Umpire 1Hurst. Time 2:00. Second game ! R. H. E. Pittsburg...... .....102003105 12 12 1 St. Louis .........001011 000-3 11 6 Batteries Killen and Sugden; Coleman and Douglass. . UmpireHurst. Time 1 :55. Chicago 9,. Cleveland 8. " ; Chicago, August .7. Eight gifts, two wild pitches, two batsmen hit together with some very ragged plays by the in field tells how the Indians lost today s game, after ; having outbatted the Colts iwq 10 one. Attendance o.yuu. score: I R. H. E. Chicago........ ........30002301 9 7 4 Cleveland. . .0 2 510 0 0 0 08 13 5 Batteries Friend and Kittredge; Brown. and Criger. . Umpire O'Day. Time 2:25. Boston 4, Baltimore 2. Boston, August 7. The game between Boston and Baltimore today was a pitch ers' battle. Bosto won. by bunching their hits in the fifth inning. Lynch, who was injured yesterday in- a row with Doyle, tendered his resignation as a league um pire, but later withdrew it and will prob ably appear Monday. Score: ' R. H. E. Boston. 00003100 4 7 Baltimore .1 0 0 0 010 0 02 6 2 Batteries Lewis and Bergen; Nops and Clarke. . Umpire W. Carpenter. Attend- ance 14,000. Time-jjLo. j NOTES. WaRhihfirton A liantstf .7 T roeilonf ' Win-no. of the NationaTasTr 7i r". J-Z1L has beeh employed in i tlie treasury de partment, for thirty-one years, tendered his resignation today and, at his personal request, it was accepted at once by Sec retary Gage. . 1 Yesterday's Races Saratoera. N. Y.. August 7. The weather was fine, the track fast, the attendance j fair. In: the furlong- daslv Green Jacket ?reaY ne Dy tnet prominence given . . . . r - the fact that the inequalities in valua- was first away, but Trolley soon went Uon are an impr0per. to the front and. led all the way home, The taxes on jivery stables are semi winning easily by three lengths. ' ' annual, and the remarkable fact is Iii the mile dash Knight of the Garter took thelead at the first turn and was never headed, winning by a nose. In the. handicap race Ulysses, made the. running trot "to the half post, where Sir Walter closed up, and they ran neck and neck into he stretch. Howard Mann then came tb edgh with, a rush and won handl ly by half a length, Ulysses the same dis tance in front of Sir Waiter. In the Hunter '.steeple cnase, gentleman riders, St. Rudolph won, galloping, . by fifteen lengths. - i ' St. Louis, August 7. An attractive card of six races drew about 7,000 people to the fair grounds today. Four heavily played favorites won the last events on the card", an outsider and a second choice taking the others. Track fast. I First Race Selling, mile and three eighths. Courtesy, 12 to 1, won; Ransom, 8 to 5 and 1 to 2, second; Foreigner, 80 to 1, third. Time, 2:22. . Second Race Mile and twenty yards. Can Galop, 18 to l and 4 to 5,won; Belvadell, 6 to 5 and out, second; ! Judge Steadman, 9 to 5, third. Time, 1:45. j Third Race Two-year-olds, five and one half furlongs. Belle of Memphis, 7 to 10, won; Libation,-7 to .2 and '3 to 2, second; Marietta, 2 to 5, third. Time 1:08. Fourth Race Selling, mile and one-six- third Timp 1 -49 ' I ; MarstM Sixth Race-Selling, six furlongs. Xsicfto- las, 8 to 5, won ; Nick Carter, 4 to 1 and 6 to 5, second; Tranby, 12 to 1, third. Time, 1:15. -: i ;'"- ' Columbus, Ohio, August 7. The grand .circuit meeting closed ' today at the Co lumbus drivingi,park. The weather was clear and track fast. But two races re mained, but they proved to be the most fdfnTfr Sf heats-1)einf re- qu.diecLdA.iai.nU. '.Vr t,L 2:08 class, pacing; purse $1,500. Planet won 4th, 5th and 6th jheats, best time 2:054; Frank Bogash won 2nd and 3rd j heats, time 2:04; Aileen won first heat,' time 2:074. Heir-at-Law,j Milton S., Bright Light,' Miss Williams, i Directly, Sphin netta and Phenol also started. 2:14 Class, trotting: purse $1,500. Mosul. won 3rd. 5th and 6th heats, best time 2 :09U; Captain Jack won 4th heat, time z:l3: cwiKiana Jtsaron won isi ana zna heats, time 2:0SU- Ruby. Black Seth; Espyboy, Guy, Atlantis, Caid, Kiote, Ma jorros, Jimmy Hague, Boydello and Harry C. also started. - i To Demand Increase of Wages ' Pitsburg, August 7. A general advance of wages of 17 per cent., benefitting every, branch of the trade, will be asked by the window glass workers i organization at the annual wage conference with the manufacturers at Chicago next Wednes day. A 15 per cent, advance means a res toration of 1892 wages, the highest paid I iindM- anv of the tariff bills. The ' de- mand has been voted on by the whole or- ganization, and there is; no avenue of es- cape for the wage committee. They must require Its enforcement.! SOME REMARKABLE LETTERS SAMPLES FROM THE CONTEXT" OP THE GOVERNOR'S MAIL. . The AtUnUe Coast One Building Two Branch Roads The State Mining Phos phate at Castle Hay n-s Clerk J. H. Cole of the Seaboard Air Line an Embezzler. Senator Tillman in Demand Some Pccu Ilarities of Tax Returns. j ' Messenger, Bureau, Park Ilotel " . ; Raleigh, N. C, August '7'' -.Governor Russell receives some richv -"c ntcMmm. uue is irom;a h man in a Piedmont county saying he has a large, family and needs money-- - , n . " nd asng for a permit to "stiU" . whiskey. Another is from a man who iT mV, , .... says he had a whiskey distillery in-a boat in Mattamuskeet lake, but that it was so near a saw mill that he was driven away. He wants to know if he can move his still "into the canal." Another man, a darkey, tells of a "church fuss" and says "Brother John son, tells it that he has a permit from j you to rule this church and we want to know if . that is so." A- German evi dently new to the United States, wrote: "Me life is in danger. Wen will you he down mit der milishy?" " The Atlantic Coast Line will build nine miles of railway Jn Robeson coun ty and the penitentiary authorities have taken .a contract to do the grad ing. ' It will put 100 convicts on this work as soon , as they finish the three miles near Wilmington to connect the , Atlantic Coast Linei with, its new line, the Wilmington and New Bern. Fprty convicts to go to Seven Springs to da; some special work. . Fine rains have fallen over a wide f-area of the state. .In the extreme east they came just in time to. save the crops. Any fears of drought are now relieved. The weather is cooler than !, at any time since June. ; 1 Senator Tilhnan appears to be in de mand in certain sections' of North Carolina-He speaks at Mocksville on-the 12th instant. The republican organ denounces him in bitter terms." Mr. Jdhnsbn, . member of the lower house of the legislature from -Sampson county, is here and says the huck leberry crop in that county .Bladen and Duplin Is almost a total failure. This means a heavy loss to the people, as it is said j those counties produce more huckleberries than any . others in the country. ' ' ', i ' .:(-.. Auditor Cole finds that Clerk J. II. Milam, of the Seaboard Air Line, at Charlotte, has embezzled $1,200 of . the l.j company's funds and committed' for gery m an effort to hide his crime. He has fled 'and it is said has gone to the Klondyke country. His bond covers : his shortage. esemiroi i-vcr- saysin re r f erring to the meeting of the populist fHS-J501111116 iere -next - . ance. The senator arrived "nefe ""this afternoon. : . . " The state today begkn regularly the i mining of phosphate at its mines at; Cnstl TTnvnpt; . . ... . i Clerk Fagan continues the work &fj compilmg the returns for the state board of . equalization: Much good is t shown in the returns that while Bun- combe pays, $117, Mecklenburg pays only $13. The tax is paid on each horse in use. Wake pays $72, New Han over $39 Some counties pay1 nothing-- Then as to the marriage licensea. tax of $1 is due the state on each. . Buncombe does not report a cent. while New Hanover turns in $241 and Wake no less than $409. - j The agricultural department was ; asked by St. Louis people to get offers to sell 100,000 acres of timber land in North Carolina, That much land : is -offered. Letters are pouring in. I Deputy Sheriff Rivers went to Indi anapolis after a man named Durham rho swindled Royall & Borden here obt of $100 on a forged check.. He was charged with a similar swindle there I and pleaded guilty rather than return tq. North Carolina and go to the pen itentiary. The Atlanta Strike Settled 'Atlanta, Gai, August '7. The strike which has been on for the' past few days -between the operatives of the Fulton bag-j and cotton mills was satisfactorily ad- - 'i iusted todav.-and It is announced that the - j day morning. Fourteen hundred employes --"r, -jr.?!-;:? tZZ-ZtZVT' as it existed at the time-of the strike. discharging the negro women, but the strikers afterward insisted that all negro hands in the factory, "even those formerly employed, , be discharged. This President Elsas refused to do. A: basis of settlement was reached today by which the strikers- 'i J .1" ww.' -PS??? the i! rested? andThis Presment Elsas it to do. President Elsas said today that! In was- engaging the negro women not a-singler white employe had- been discharged! and the only reason for engaging the negro help was the company's inability to se cure as many white Operatives as needed. - . , Oar Eoormoai Pension Roll Washington, August 7. The pension roll of the United States has . almost reached the million mark. Commissioner Evans ;ihas lust issued ia. statement - showing that at the begmnlng of this fiscal year the - ! pensions numbered just 983523. During, ;that year 50,101 new. pensions were grant ed and 3.971 persons were restored to the-, rolls. Old age and disease, how.evef , is working great inroads Into the lists. . The Weekly Bank Statement New York, August '7. The weekly' bank: statement shows the following changesr: Reserve,, decrease, $4,718,025;. loans, in creased,. $6,566,200: specie, increased, $632; 400; legal tenders, decreased, $4,553,600; de TwwitR innrAa(Md- 12.167.200: circulation, de j creased, $46,400. The banks now hold $41, J 002,125 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent. role. ! 1 1 J. -V
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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