North Carolina Newspapers

1 ri WILMINGTON, N. C, SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1897. PRICK 5 CENTS. W-. w TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY r'. THE .STATE. Butler makes . a deal whereby Moye of Pitt, is to be the populist candidate for congress. The State Farmers' Allianjce adopts a resolution condemn ing the lease of the North Carolina railroad and the action of the federal court and thanks Governor Russell for the stand he has taken. Official re i turns of taxable values from seventy counties show an" increase of $1,124,345 over last year. Only twelve counties voted for the local .school" tax.-. 1 : DOMESTIC. The' government officials are keeping a sharp watch on the Dauntless, ex pecting her to attempt a trip to Cuba. -A stage in Yellow Stone park is , - robbed by two men. For3 the past seven months the value of our ex ports was over $49,000,000 greater than for the same period last year and of im ports over $19,000,000. The president offers. E. A. Hitchcock, pf St. Louis, the Russian Mission and he accepts it. Congressman A. B. Wright, of 'Mas-, sachusetts, dies, suddenly. -rA. J. An 1 drews is arrested f in Richmond, Ya., ! charged with sending a) threatening "postal card through the mails. -Great ! I interest centres in the strike injuhc j -ition cases to be heard at Pittsburg to ; morrow ; there are assembled there the I chief labor leaders; they are in good 1 t" spirits and seem confident of victory.-? .' The application for a receiver for v -j. the ', Southern railroad j in Georgia for j I- illegal consolidation of railroads, -is to? , be heard October 12th. There' is no ' - l cause fOr uneasiness over the cases of j i smallpox in Birmingham, Ala. Samuel I Chester Reid, of New York, died yes- 1 terday, aged 77 years. There is much ! activity among customs and naval of- j ; ficials in Florida, ports over a supposed I intended filibustering expedition to : j Cuba. Our revenue , cutters now j j salute Spanish consuls. I ! . FOREIGN.: L f I Consul General Lee has aided 1,400 Americans in Cuba from . the relief ! fund' granted by - congress; the $10,000 j ' " is nearly exhausted.--The Bhitish j j postoffice officials are greatly interested j I in experiments in telegraphy that are being made in London by two Ameri- i cans, who have gone to , England be- j I cause they could not get sufficient en- j couragement in this country. The ' increase of exports filed in the consul ! general's office in London have (fallen i" off 50 per cent, since the passage of the Dingley bill; only in the case of ! diamonds arid jewelry has there been an increase.- The London Spectator ' . ! has a long editorial on the strained re i . ' lations between England 'and the f United States and gives warning that ; the; former nation will not stand much longer the. unfriendly attitude et our . country.- The situation in India seems to be becoming alarming to the : British; they think the ;f intrigues of Russia are materializing; The Brit ish are preparing to advance oh Kohar toum by light draught gunboats early , next year. -The result of Emperor William's. visit to St.-Petersburg is an - agreement with the czar whereby the two will oppose England in every im portant movement. The prince of Naples will fight the duel with Prince Henri, of France The French steam er Ville de Malaga is wrecked off Al- demy island. t . . . . . - mii..ni. Washington, August: 14. The appoint- ment of Mr. Hitchcock to the Russian j ambassadorship created no surprise here, for among Missourians, the selection had been for some time regarded as a foregone conclusion. ' He succeeds Clifton R. j Breckinridge of Arkansas, who had been a representative in congress when he was sent to the St. Petersburg - post., Mr. Hitchcock is a warm personal 'friend of; President McJCinley and is .said to have ? been acandidateJ As a manufacturer, he ' is well known in business circles through-t out the country. He has had occasion to ' come to Washington frequently in con- j nection with tariff matters.; At cone of the earlier of these visits he is said to first ! met Mr. Kinley, then a member Of con gress; and the acquaintance then formed, has since developed into the closest friendship. . Ethan Allan Hitchcock is a great grand son of Colonel Ethan Allan, who captured . Fort Ticonderoga, "In the name of the J great Jehovah and the continental con .: gress." Mr. Hitchcock's father, Henry Hitchcock, was born in Burlington, fVt., from which place, he went to Alabama to practice law, in which he was eminently successful, being at the time of his death, in 1839,; the chief justice of the supreme court of that state. Mr. Ethan Allan Hitchcock was born in Mobil e Ala,, in September, 1835, where he remained until 1S40, vwhen he removed with his - family to Tennessee. ' After taking an academic course in New Haven, Conn., h came to St. Louis in 1851, and engaged in business j up to I860, when at the urgent request of relatives in China, he left for that county to accept the em ployment in the old fiifai of Olphant & Co. Mr, Hitchcock remained in China far twelve years. Returning to St. Louis in 1874. Mr, Hitchcock has since been active ly engaged in business as president of several largetTOanufa,turing arid railway corporations which positions he has re signed in order to accefot this appointment aoroacu C9 fioyal makes the f oodtpure. wholesome aoA delicious. Absolutely Puro ftOVW. BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW VORK. At IP RUSSIA AND GERMANY COMBINED "TO OPPOSE ENGLAND IN EVERY MOVEMENT. , ; The Besnlt of the Emperor's Visit to St. Petersburg Sadden Change In Tone of Russians- Press Subscriptions for1 the Storm Sufferers In .Germany Bismarck's Disapproval of the -BuBsianGerman Alli ance To Oppose the- Dingley Bill by Ar bitration. ; ' . :." K I t "I 1 " I peror and empress of Germany: to Russia and the reception accorded them there is regarded in this country with divided feel- j irigSi Many people blame the emperor for humbling himself unnecessarily before the czar, think his majesty has again ex-! ceeded his proper limits and say that the czar showed much less expressment than his guest : in j, the shower of German de- corations and favors bestowed upon the j Russian court ana ctner omciais. Jtnn ally, they also consider it extravagant that there are now a dozen Russians who are chiefs of Prussian regiments. On the ' other hand, the results 6f hej emperor's visit to St. ; Petersburg, so far as possible, j are what the, emperor wished,, especially j (as "regards Great Britain, that country will find, upon '; Henceforth! all important occasions, Russia and Germany in her way. A general . understanding to that effect has been definitely reached, not only j between the" two rulers, but between Count MuraviefO, the Russian minister for ! foreign affairs and Prince Mohenlohe, the German imperial chancellor and Baron von Buelow. ! . : It is a curious fact that the toneof the entire Russian press changed during Em peror Wililam's stay at St. Petersburg and became frankly Angloj-phoebe. The 'j newspapers of .Russia, which, have hither- ' to been constantly hostile to Germany, like The Novo Vreraya.and; The Wyedo-j most!,' now welcome Emperor William as . a' new ally. ' I P Princess Frederick Leopold, of Prussia, ' who was nearly .drowned while skating 1, last winter, was nearly killed early this week in the vicinity of Potsdam.' While out "riding, she slipped off her , saddle and was dragged some distance j .along the j road. She was eventually rescued by an : aide de camp and by her husband. Princess, Gisela, of Bavaria,! heiress to the throne of. Bavaria, has taken to bicycling ; in public. All the Bavarian princess and dukes, are keen bicyclists. -Subscriptions for the relief of the vie-. . . L IS . A. l . n ums or ine recent liiunuitLiun in uei many are pouring in and all the cities of the empire are granting sums of ( money for the sufferers. The donation of munici pality of Berlin has been j increased to 1 0(10 000 marks: Breslau has eiven 100.000 . f ftKir-o- nn V( -na rra T?ar 1 feldi 15,000 marks, etc., etc. The newspa per? are collecting money everywhere. The1 Vossische Zeitung collected 63,000 maf ks within a Week and dispatched the money toi the sufferers. The provincial chambers are also making appropriations, but the government will not pall a special ; session of either the reicnstag or tne diet,' in order to appropriate money for the relief work Acting upon Vtfi advice of Baron Thielmann, i the former German ambassa dor at Washington who has just been appointed privy councillor and, the repre sentative of the imperial chancellor in all the financial affairs of the empire, the I German government is entering into nego- tiations with the governments of other j countries injured by the new United . States tariff, especially Prance, Great! Britain and Belgium, for the purpose Of j effecting . an agreement ! to submission of all disputed demand the points to ' a 1 court of arbitration. In Germany's case, the disDuted noints are mainly the al leged violation of ; existing i treaties and '" the paying back to the united states treasury of the export premiums paid by Germany, j . i From Duke John! Albrecht burer. who has just visited of Mecklen- ) Prince Bis- marckj the correspondent of the Associ ated Press learns that the; prince disap proves of Emperor William' s . visit - to the czar and its accompanying features, as the Russian calculated to raise hopes in mind which Germany, later, may be un- i able . to fulfill, especially in! the matter of .further Afeiatic conquests J ! Relative to the state of ! affairs in South Africa and the. role planned by the British Secretary of state: for the colonies, ; Mr Joseph Chamberlain, in recent events, Prince Bis marck sharply condemns the latter and fears continued British duplicity. T A long distance cavalry ride, under con ditions similar to those which wmld pre vail in actual war time, was started from Stargard, in the Dantzie district, forty three officers of the Seventeenth army corps, taking part in it. The prize is a golden sword; presented by Emperor Wil liam and the distance to be covered is 108 kilometres in a bee line. The main roads are air blocked by patrols so the Competitors must, reach the goals as best they can and by circuitous routes, t In Wurtemberg, Lieutenant Rabe, of the One Hundred and Twentyrsecond regi ment of infantry; whose inhuman treat ment drove a recruit,, named Bauer to commit suicide, has been dismissed from the army and sentenced to four months; confinement in jail... The United States ambassador, Mr. An drew D. White, will take a trip to Leipsic exposition during the course of next week. From Leipsic Mr. White will go to Dres den. Mr. Goldschmidt, the new United States consul general, arrived? here on Wednesday and the office of the consul ate general was turned over to him on Thursday, A complimentary subscrip tion 'dinner will be given to Mr. Charles de Kay,- the retiring consul general, on August 27th, by the American residents of the city, - The Hon. Car J Schurz is waters at Wiesbaden. drinking ' the Comparative Statement of . our Foreign I . '. " ' - Trade . 'r j Washington, August 14. The monthly comparative statement of the imports and exports of the United States for July, is sued by the bureau of statistics, shows that the exports of domestic; merchandise during the month amounted to $70,232,637, a gain as compared with July) 1896, of nearly 55,000,000. For the seven months, the increase, as compared with "the same period last year, was over $49,700,000. The imports of merchandise during July ag gregated $53,688,489, a gain of about $1,500, 000. Over 50 per centt was free of duty. During the seven months, the increase on dutiable merchandise was $19,100,875, and $65629,918 was duty free. The gold ex ports for July amounted to! $5,460,119 and the imports $592,147. . 1? or the seven months there was a decrease in gold exportations of $24,381,569 and a decrease of $22,263,530 in the gold Importations. The silver exports for July amounted to $4,704,974 and the im ports to $3Lfll2,391. For the seven months there was a decrease of $3,065,110 in the exports and a decrease of --$1,350,636 in the imports.; J i Burning; itching skin diseases in stantly relieved by De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, unequalled for.' cuts, bruises; burns. It heals Without leav ing a scar. H. B. BeUamy. TRE LEASE DENOUNCED. Action of the Farmers' Alliance on the Lease of the North Carolina Railroad. - (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, August . 14. The fol lowing resolutions were unanimously and by a rising vote adopted by the State Farmers' Alliance at Hillsboro yesterday: . -Whereas, The State Alliance did be fore its consummation most earnestly protest against the lease of the North Carolina railroad to the Southern Rail way Company for ninety-nine years, and . Whereas, The preservation of our liberties demands the recognition of the sovereignty of the states of this repub lic or the part of the federal judiciary, therefore be it Resolved, That we protest against in terference in state affairs on the part of. the federal judiciary. Resolved, That we consider the at tempted enjoining of the governor of North Carolina from : the perforance of "his official duty as a high handed outrage and subversion ' of liberty. Resolved, That th'e thanks ot this, body are hereby tendered to Governor Russell for the noble stand he has taken on .the side of the people in their contest with corporate power and cor ruption. . Official Returns of Taxable Values (Special to The Messenger.) . Raleigh, N. C, August 14. Official re-turx-is of taxable values" from seventy counties so far received show increase of $1,124,345 over last year. ' Rockingham leads in the increase with SoiOOO," Car barus showing $460,000, Rowan $346,000, Gaston $315,000, while as to decrease Per son shows $290,000, Madison $196,000, Gran ville $193,000. . . It seems from statement today by state superintendent of public instruction that only twelve townships voted for school tax. . ; . '' . Butler Makes a Deal (Special tp The Messenger.) Raleigh N. C, August 14. Rumor is current here that Senator Butler has made a deal Jby which Moye, of Pitt, is to be the pofilist nomiijee for congress in the First district. - Bicycle Races f New: York, August 14. At the na tional circuit meet at Waverly, N. J., this afternoon, thirty-five men started in' the five mile handicap for profes sionals. Mertens, Butler, Starbuck and Gardiner were the scratch men' and none of them moved into the' front bunch until three miles had beenov ered. Nat Butler won from Becker, of Minneapolis, who was on the 100 yard mark by half a wheel. Gardiner finish-' ed in third place, half a wheel behind the second man: .with Oldfild twn lengths away, fourth. The one mile open for professionals was won by E. C. Bald, who made one of his wonderful finishes, beating Mer tens by a wheel, the same distance sep arating Gardiner and Cooper, who fin ished third and fourth respectively. Half mile, handicap professional. Final heat won by C. S. Wells, San Francisco (50 yards); C. R. Newton, Stafford Spring, Conn., (20 yards), sec ond; W. Coleman, Cambridge, Mass., (20 yards), third; E. C. Bald, Buffalo, (scratch), fourth. Time 58 4-5 seconds. One-third mile, . amateur national championship, won -by E. W. Peabody, Chicago. Time 421-5. : . One mile open, professional, won by E. C. Bald, Buffalo; A. C. Mertens, Minneapolis, second; Arthur Gardiner, Chicago, third; Tom Cooper, Detroit, fourth. Time 2:08 4-5. Five mile handicap, prof essional, won by Nat Butler, Cambri'dgeport, Mass., (scratch); W. E.' Becker, Minneapolis (100 yards), second; Arthur Gardiner, Chicago, (scratch), third; B. Oldfield, Toledo (150 yards), fourth. Time 11:311-5.' The Relief Fund for Americans in Cuba Washington, August 14.Consul General Lee in a report to the state department says that the $10,000 placed to the credit of the relief fund on May 22nd last, -was equivalent to 10,975 Spanish dollars. ' This fund which he says was expended with the greatest care and economy, is nearly exhausted. With it about 1,400 . destitute Americans have been fed daily and pro vided with necessary medicine. It cost 9 cents in United States money for each person per day, or even less, for transpor tation is taken from their relief fund. One hundred and eleven persons have had transportation provided for them to vari ous points in the United States. About 95 per cent, of the 1,400 destitute persons are naturalized American citizens, but who have resided In Cuba for a long time, and whose business is there. Many of them, the report , says, do -not speak English- A large number have never been in the United States, being the wives and children of naturalized citizens. . The Momo a Winner Montreal, Que., August 14. The American Challenger yacht Momo today beat the royal St. Lawrence yacht club's Glencairn in the race' for the Seawanhaka Corinthian challenge tro phy. The Canadian, boat was a slight favorite. The day was very clear, with only a light, ( fitful breeze. To the surprise of the experts the American boat ' increased her lead throughout, having drawn ahead r half a mile at the end of the first six miles The Momo crossed the -winning line in the lead at 2:23. The Glencairn cross ed at 2:27. The elapse in the' time of the winning boat was 2 hours 48 minutes. The Momo sailed a beautiful race throughout and her showing was a great surprise even to. her friends. It is now conceded that the American challenger is likely tobe a sure, win ner of the series and will take the cup hack to the Seawanhaka-Corinthian' club which she represents. -AMERICAN INVENTORS GO TO ENGLAND FOR ENCOUR. AGEMENT IN THEIR WORK A New Device in Telegraphing The Brit- J ll p.i.i. 4. - -rV posl of Inventors for experiment Great Decrease. In Exports to America From , Engl and The Spectator Wanin o Americans It Predicts War With ng ; land. London, August 14. The postoffice officials here are deeply interested in the experiments, in 'telegraphy made by. Professor Crehore, of" Dartmouth college, and Lieutenant Squier, of the military school at Fortress Monroe, w,h,p claim that their device enables; messages to be transmitted with ex traordinary rapidity. The inventors said : to a representative . Of the Associated I Press: "The experiments over short circuits in the United States have been entirely satisfactory; but we were;un abie ; to secure facilities for long dis tance operations and so we came to England and asked the help of the gov ernments We explained our scheme to Superintendent Pree'ce. of the tele-' graph department, and his -interest was immediately aroused. He prompt ly placed the government plant at our disposal and. directed his subordinates to give us every possible aid in the trials over the London and Birming ham, lines." It. is understood .that the tests, made have been entirely satisfactory. -The inventors, however, are reticent. They desire to avoid publicity until the prac ticability of their scheme has been ful ly demonstrated.. They, seem to fear possble rivalry. It is claimed that theiy device will transmit enough mat ter in an Tiour, over a single wire, to fill a page of a newspaper. . An official of the British postoffice said to a representative of the Asso ciated Press: "There is no doubt the Americans have a most valuable idea, which may result in greatly cheapening telegraphing. We are not yet quite sat isfied; of its practicability; but the ex- periments of next weejc will settle the uncertain points. I am surprised that more assistance is not given to inven tors in" the United States; .but, Eng land seems more friendly to American inventors than their own home' . Messrs". Crehore and Squier are.think ingL of going to France and Germany to show their invention to' the jtele graph officials of .the governments of those countries.:' ' r Consul General Osborne says that the invoices of exports filed in his office since the new United States tariff be came a law-have decreased 50 per cent. Only in the case of diamonds and other jewels has there been an increase. A large business has developed in jew elry which, heretofore has mostly been smuggled into the .United States via Canada. - Mr. Osborne thinks the deal ers concluded that it is more profitable to pay the, lower, Dingley, . rates than" toancUr thejejQss-and risks of smug-glffr-THe-1 consul general hears that a leading tin plate manufacturer is going to transfer his business to the United States, on account of the tariff and that some woolen manufacturers are going to do the same,; and for the same cause. , The Spectator during the course of a long and temperate article in regard to the provocation and unfriendly tone of American politicians of both parties tow-ards. England, says: "We are obliged to write as we never dreamed of being forced to write about a coun try only less dear to us than our own. But we should fail in our, public duty if we did not point out in the strong est manner tne grave risks which are likely to ensue from this attitude. Un less the United States assumes a very, different tone, the gravest crisis is cer-" tain to ensue. Public opinion in Eng land has greatly changed during the last few months and evn if Lord Sal isbury is anxious to politely ignore such indiscretions as Secretary Sherman's the people would not permit it, and, hereafter, American demands, if urg- Led in unfriendly language, will be re sisted unanimously by the nation, no matter what the risks may be. If America does not keep a better watch over her politicians they will hurry her into a conflict with this country where of no one is able to see the end." Abu Hamid, the post, on the Nile just captured by the Anglo-Egyptian forces is a most important, strategic point, giving Sir Herbert Kitchener, the Brit ish commander, command of both ends of the railway which, starting from Wady Haifa, below1 the first cataract, is being pushed rapidly to its terminus at Abu Hamid, above the difficult fourth cataract- ;Bunboats are now building in England for transportation in sections to Abu Hamid, whence there is open water to Khartoum. These gunboats are powerful. They draw only two feet of water, steam fourteen knots ah hour and are armed with fifteen pounders and Maxim rapid fire guns. It is announced that the f?noIe flotilla will be ready to move 4outh ' from Abu Hamid early in 1898. It is positive, however, that Berber, the next important point on the Nile, may be seized - before long, without waiting for the naval reinforcements. The : Turkish newspapers, evidently inspired from the palace, are printing lurid pictures of the disaffection in In dia, said to be caused by British out rages and, in short there is a regular propaganda upon the part of Turkey to create troubles for Great .Britain in Mohammedan circles, as an offset to London's abetting the Armenian agita tion. ; The officials of the' Indian office ad mit that Afghan officials have been concerned in the recent risings in In dia and strong reniforcements of Brit ish troops which are now being pushed to the front show that the authorities are fully alive to the dangers -existing. It is strongly hinted that the long threatened Russian? intrigue has mate rialized, but, circumstances hardly warrant -this assumption. -?- ' ; Death of a Congressman North . Adams, Mass., August 14. Congressman Ashley B. -Wright drop ped dead at his home here tonight. BASE BALL. Boston and Cincinnati Defeated Baltl more Takes the Third Game From Phila delphia St. L,oais Defeats Cleveland. ' Washington 7, Brooklyn .4.' Washington August 14. The Brook lyiis could not-hit Mercer, while Iunn was an easy proposition for he Sena tors, who won but in the fifth inning by a batting rally when they made four for eight bases, The game was well played and interesting. Attendance 900. The score: - B.ILK Washington .1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 7 12 2 Brooklyn ...1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 . 11 4 Batteries: Mercer and Farrell; Dunn and Smith. Umpire Emslie. Time 1:45. Cleveland 5, St. Louis 10. ' Cleveland, August 14. Brown was very wild ahd was replaced by Young in the third . to save the game, but without aVail. The Browns batted Young for five earned runs in the fourth. The score: ? It. II. E. Cleveland ...0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 10 1 St. Louis ....0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 010 14 1 Batteries: Brown, Young and Zim mer; Coleman, Donohue and Douglass. Umpire Hurst. , Time 2:15. Attendance 1,200. '' . . " Pittsburg 6, Louisville 3. Pittsburg, August 14. The. game was won in the eighth inning by the good batting of the home team. The feature was Donovan's fielding. Attendance 2,200. The score: ' R. II. E. Pittsburg ...1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 13 3 Louisville.... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0. 0 3 9 3 Batteries: Killen and Sugden; Hill and Wilson. Umpire McDonald. Time 2:20. - : Cincinnati 9, Chicago 10. . v Cincinnati, August .14! It took ten innings to decide the game between the Reds andi the Colts today.' The visitors tied the score in the ninth and won out in the tenth. This was McPhee day at the league park. It was the oc casion of presenting to the great sec ond baseman the testimonial to . which the citizens of Cincinnati generally con tributed. The ' check amounted to $1,789.50. Attendance 7,000. The. score: ' R BT E Cincinnati .3 3 0 0 2 -l 0 0 0 0 9 13 4 Chicago',... 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 110 14 4 Batteries: Ehret, Dammann and Peitz; Thornton, and Donohue. Umpire O'Day. Time 2:00. New York 6, Boston 4. . New York, August 14, Rusie held the leaders down to one run up to the eighth inning, when four hits, assisted by errors, gave them two runs. At tendance 16,000. The score: R. H. E. New York ..0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 6 10 4 Boston ......0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 7 3 Batteries: Rusie and Warner; Lewis and Bergen, Umpires Lynch and Car penter. Time 1:57. Philadelphia 10, Baltimore 11. Philadelhpia, August 14. Baltimore made it three straight this afternoon, but only after one of the "most excit ing contests seen on. the local grounds this season. The Champions wpn out in. the tenth on two singles and a sacri fice. Attendance 4,118. The score; , Philadelphia .000006004 0 10u14 3 Baltimore ..,.320100202 1 11 . 20 4 Batteries: Orth and McFarland; Hof fer and Clark. Umpire. Kelly.' Time 2:20. . '- A Mighty Stir Over" Supposed Filibuster- Jacksonville, Fla., August 14. Gov ernment officials seem ta have an ap prehension that a filibustering expedi tion is about to leave from some port in Florida but so far there -have been no movements to .warrant this suspi cion. The steamer Dauntless remains tied up at her wharf in this city and the mouth of the river is guarded by the .gunboat Wilmington. Commander Todd is ordered not to let the Daunt less leave here unless he is lositive that she has nothing aboard; and, he will carry out these instructions even if it shall become necessary to use force, which if is not likely will be the case. The , revenue cutter Boutwell left here today for Fernandina, where the Morrill is now stationed and that place is watched. A large consign ment of arms, came through Fernan dina this week, arriving at Brunswick from New York on one of the Mallory line steamers and . consigned to a Jacksonvyie 'firm. The government is probably aware of this and this is what has given rise to the suspicions. Spanish Consul Carrio, of Fernandina, visited the MOrrill at that place this afternoon accompanied by the collector pf customs, -and when he left the cutte the Spanish flag was run up and a sa lute of five guns was fired something unheard of before in this section. John B. Gentry and Robert J. on the Track Gioversville, N. Y., August 14. Pas time park was in almost perfect con-1 dition for. the trial of speed of Robert J and John R.' Gentry today, in which the latter established a new record for. the state. Both horses were paced by running mates. Robert J was first to appear. He made an excellent start, but at the half mile his boot became disarranged and the horse broke. Not withstanding this he made a fast mile, the time by quarters being 32, 1:04; 1:39; 2:11. .. - ' When John R. Gentry appeared h got the word at the secpnd attempt. He gave a beautiful exhibition, burn ing, the track without; a break and fin ishing in 2 : 064, thus lowering the state record on a half mile track. The time by quarters was 33; 1:03; 1:35; 2:06. ' : - , A Summer Comfort Linene-Reversible 'Collars and Cuffs are money, labor and care savers. They cost , less than the common, kinds do away with the laundry bill and beget your . confidence because , they never wilt. See adv. - Another Company Chartered ... . Our Raleigh correspondent telegraph ed as follows last night: , W , "The Secretary of. State grants a thirty -year charter to Wilmington livery ' stable, " composed of Frank Wright and others. ESCAPE 'OF COHYICTS. v - - - - '- f! PIVE GET AWAY BY GROSS LESSNESS OP A GUARD. Snr prising that More do not Ewape-The Wreck on the Carolina Central Heavy Shipment of Grapes Home Mills Ca- 'Burning all our Wheat Confession of tl&A Bostian Bridge Train Wrecker W ea ' derful Fruitage of Cotton Plants. . Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel, , Raleigh, N. C;, August 14. Five negro convicts, guarded by. a negro, ' escaped from the penitentiary Thursday 'night, by cutting through, tlie .bars of a window in the hospitaL wsn& letting themselves down by a thirty foot chain and then getting over tfc stockade" by means of a ladder. .They are John Halliburton, life prisonesr; John Johnson, ten years; John Iticli ardson, one year; Yathe Sjmmon, oxss year; Rufus Gibson, seven-years. Tfxts morning Halliburton and Johnson vsrere recaptured in Durham county by tveo young white men and returned to Uie peniteh-tiary. The guard vho let these men escape was dismissed. They got away either if by the grossest kind of negligence; cvr by- criminal carelessness. A female his pital attendant 'saw them walking across the grounds about 11 o'cloclc r. m. Thewonder is that under the pres ent manapmsnt convicts do not gr-at away by scores,. The authorities of tlae prison will have trouble after Septero ber 1st, when the last of theveterKti employes leaves. They do not rise to the . height of the situation. They ilo not appreeiateHhe danger that menaces every hour.' : . Yesterday afternoon. a througii freight train, southbound, on the Sea board Air Line, was derailed near Rockingham and Willis Taylor, colored, a brakeman, was killed. Six cars .Were -utterly wrecked. Early this morning a wrecking train Of five cars left, here for the fscene. Near Osgood, the caboose left the track and went down an em bankment. Conductor Davi9 was fn the caboose and was so badly brised fee ha'd to .return here. Whiting Bros., grape growers' here, have shipped 1,000 crates entirely r Delaware grapes, and H. Bilyeu has shipped 500 of .the same grape. .They are now making unfermented grap juice by a new process. . ' Joseph G. Brqwn, president of the Citizens- National bank, of Raleigli. left for Detroit today to attend the, an nual meeting of the American Bankers' Association. i ' Judge Purnell, who has been at Ashe ville for nearly two months, returned here today. ' Senator Butler announces that dur ing the r remainder of the year he wf33 personally edit his paper - here. There is a notably large increase in -the number of roller flouring mills in this state. These are using every bushel of wheat grown in the state. In the matter of the finding of a troe bill fvjainst the two white convicts virtw confers they caused the' Bostian tridee wreck in 1891, no less than five wit nesses were examined, two of them from Kinston, N. C. The convicts' to?af; two of; their fellow convicts, whose -terms had nearly expired, so thty could get the money they had takerar from persons on the wrecked train and' . had hidden. - , The Governor's i.Guard goes to Ooearr View tomorrow, remaining until Tues day. It will not, owing to its late sal experience, take Tart in the sham bat " tie there. To more cases ofoutrage by negroes are reported today, both of . negro children less, than 12 years old. One case is near Henderson ville, the other -near Durham. Preparations for -the state fair here in October are very active. All indica tions are that it will be a notably gootl ; one from an agricultural point of view. This is a wonderfully prosperous year - and the people are in the humor for such (things as fairs and other gath--erings. United States deputy marshals of the class known as office deputies are with . in the class protected from removal trjr the civil service law ' Judge Jackson irt; West Virginia holds' that an injunction will , lie to prevent their removal. The Cumnock coal mines during- July j sold 2,000 tons of coal, most of ft to the ! Seaboard Air Line. This month T it: will sell more.. Ed. I H. Lee, a large . cotton dealer was asked today his opinion of the' cotton crop. He says he never saw a finer one;, that the plants will actually have j to shed one-half the fruit now or them in order that the remainder may mature; that it can shed two-thirds? and yet be a big crop. He says that a little later therej will be a cry that cot ton is shedding, but that no one need' fear.' -. . The funeral . of ex-Chief of Police Charles D. Ileartt was held this morn ; ing. The Odd Fellows were in charge. r Your correspondent desires to make special, acknowledgment of the many 7 courtesies shown him by Private Sec retary Alexander while making the ex tracts from the Vance letter books. These extract have been- received witlx marked favor all over the State. . Governor Russell! left this, morning? for Wrightsville, to remain until Morj day. j He tells me he will not be able- w to go to Ocean View and Old Point. J A Binger on the Track ringerwas run at Newport today msH all bets are held back pending invest gation by the judges. The horse 3 . Waban, a. chestnut colt, 4 years cS. by Sir Joseph-Hulda, and waa entensa In the name of Spragg & Lydy. Walaaca. won the second race under a pull, begl-, Ing the heavily backed favorite . "Wiry . ota and (several others. A horse oZ tfa same name has started several times a ; the locdl tracks, but whether . tlxEs fe the same apimal or not Is what Use judges are going to find out before bets-; are paid. Waban opened at 10 to 1 and: was backed down to 9 to 2 at post time. He was ridden by James, one of the- I best. boys at the track. W i.l i i ! -:r a-. 4 f IV: J ( t! -1' i i 'it "Sri & i'i . r- If : 3 it