VOL. XI. NO. 2iv
WILMINGTON, N. ! Ci, S UM )AYv jANIlAltY 'W, 1898
PRICE 5 CENTS.
TELEGRAPH SUMMARY,
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THE STATEl.
At Lamm's store, in Wilson -county
a fight occurs . in which one man is
killed and two! injured, one perhaps
fatally.- Three fourth ; class . postr
msateTs are appointed in this state!
Revenue Collector Duncan fails to
get liis i much desired modification of
.11. 1 tl .
lllv civil eervice
regulations. The
board of health
citizens to be:
Of Raleigh5 advises all
vaccinated. A man
falls dead on the
: i . ' - i : . : i ' i i i
streets of Raleigh.
The students
at the agricultural
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college hold a mass meeting to peti
tion for betteri food.- -Butler wanted
Russell to appoint John Graham rail
road commissioner instead of Caldwell.
. ;' ' ' j . 1 ; ' ! DOMESTIC, j -: ' t ' . -
j The senate was not in session yes
terday. -The republican leaders of
the. house i hate decided to bare the
Teller resolution adversely reported
from committee Jon Monday, takenTup
immediately and vdted on before the
day's session i closes.- The Spanish
minister at "WasTiington j. receives a
cablegram from: Havana j purporting
to give a correct account of the death
of General Aranuren, .claiming that
the other side are preparing . to publish
a false account bf the affair. At the
navy department yesterday bids : as to
armor plate "plants were opened; there
were twenty nine bids in all, though
only one was TorJ a complete outfit, i
V;' .:;i 'I V: FdREIGN. " I;'':
The Spanish "battleship Vizcaya
starts tor American ports. -The re
mains of Consul j Ashby, drcrwned at,
Colon, can, notje found.-j- Students
cause a riot j at Madrid,! A son ox
Prince Bismarck fights a! duel and
wounds his opponent-. Indications
point xo an eajiy Beiuemeni ot
to an
i" LLliL': .iiii 1 "a. l it.
present difficulties in the far east, in
west Africa 'and I on . the upper' Nile to
the satisfaction of England. Ger-
many comes round to England on the
Chinese question and .the African
troubles tare atiout . to be settled in
England's favor.- 1The proposition.
ofa Russian loan to China is not seri
ously entertained. -A Carlist news
paper says the; Spanish government is
'seriously alarmed, over ' the Maine
going to Havana; that the admiral of ,
the Spanish navy really reported ta
the minister of marine; that the navy
was in -a deplorable condition, that
these warships: hich were; not. in dock
UUgllL LU UC. -PI I . '
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VACCINATION ADVISED
By the Board of Health of RaleJgh-Bntler
, . - 1 tnmw ..r -RtLn
Disappointed. la Appointment ol Kail-
- road Commissioner ; ' ; '. .
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(Special to T,he Messenger.) '
Raleigh,. t!r, January 29. Raleiglf
health board this j afternoon met an
advised all citizens to submit to vacci
nation, "but no compulsion is to fee
used.
William TO
es
fell dead jon the
street here
wood. i;
today while s unloading
Populist say
there is evidence that
Butler urged the governor to appoint
John GraTram I railway commissioner
instead of X. Caldwell.
The cadets at the ; Agricultural and
Mechanical college i held a
mass-meet-
ing today to ask for better;
fobd in the
mess halts. "The faculty -will' consider
the complaint Monday, i
Clerk FotWne of the United States
(district court lias
gone ! to Henrietta
.upon news of the critical illness of his
.mother..
An express Train Wrecked
'Old Town, Me.,
January. 29. The
St. John Train Nq. 29 Known also as
the Provincial: express,w;as wrecked in
Tine ;vjut-at-uromo tsasm miiis ai
o'clock this afternoon and six cars, in
cluding the smokeii were turned topsy
Purvey into the ditch- One of the pas
- senger-! cars, in which were a large
number, of people was almost entirely
demolisTied. Two persons were killed
and more than a score injured, several
prtibably fatally.
,r BIcKinley'B Birthday;,
Washington,!.) January j 29.-VToday
was tbe anniversary of the presideht's
birthday. He was born in 1843. There
was no special i observation of the day
at the White housei save the presenta- C
tion to the president of a large bunch
of cut liowrexs.
Royal nukes the food pure. ;
whelesomc and delicious
p
Absolutely Pur
ttOVAL BAKINO POWVen w..- NEW YORK.
m
PEHITEHTIARY REFORMS
STJPT. MEWBOORNETS VIETIVS ON
THE MATTER I I
Officers of the Soldiers' Home Reelected.
Special Agent at tli Iatemal Rercnae
Offlce Otbo WIIhob a Candidate for the
Raleigh Postoffice RnsseM's idvico
to the President Amuses Repnblicsns
Rassll's
Soathern
Tlndlctiveness Against
1 ; Messenger Bureau
the
Raleigh, N.LC,, January 29
Your correspondent had a special in
terview today with J. M. ilewboorne,
the new penitentiary superintendent,
regarding the policy . as to conviets,
the state 'farms, etc. . Mewbporne said:
"I think, perhaps, we fcanl carryl out
the law and make the penitentiary
self-sust4ining.j It j-equirels $13(j,)00
to $140,000 a year toloperate the peril-
tenitiary. We
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will malie It if we can.
Maybe we will; do it.
siderable falling off
. There is a con-
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n the .number i of
convictsj A few years aeo it was over
1,400, now it is only; l,068j Convicts
are going on the county gaijgs. As to
the phosphate mine and farm at Castle
Haynes we don't intend tp buy it.
We cant go into the' phosphate busi
ness. It would require a vast deal bf
machinery and cost much for repairs.
It is rather too much of fa. commercial
transaction, vve would have to find
a market for r the 1 phosphate. We
migbt find on'e and we might not. We
would have to put but : drummers in
the field and we have enough business
oh our hands without that, r Of course
if the buyer of the mines wants us to
furnish convicts for digginglphosphate
. tT 1 j j.Ti x . tti ' . j f
wc wuum uu iuau u is xoq riSKy ror
ua lu ny lu uo anymmg ourselves.
We might be legislated out bf it in six
months. 1 1 have been to the Anson
county -farm. That farm ought never
to nave Deen leased at the high figure
of $2,500. a year. It has been magnifi
cently improved. Supervisor Rein
hardt has f done a1 -Wonderful
amount of work there. It is a beauti-
fully located upland farm, with 1,500
.acres ih cultivation. There are 900
acres m timber, which we afe cutting.
As to the farms on the Roanoke river!,
the Halifax farm Is far too dangerous.
Its lease! bias only two year? more to
un and Jtheh itiU4 .M-suirrendered.
The Northampton farm lis far superi
or. Its lease has fur; years to run;
The Caledonia farmsr (really they are
one) are; the ', finest I have ever . seen
V
flow. There is always the element o
-tttL -i , 7
But -about balf of it is subject to over-
risk. We have made a eood lease for
the Tillery farm on the ;Roanokel
.Tillery. furnislies thirty; ploughs, and
half the, fertilizer. hR0 furnishes all
save the labor. We furnish i the con
victs, clothing, feeding and; guarding
them. It is a fair contract. Now as
to the plants. I am determined to
plant enbngb of food crops to supply
all , the peQple and the criminals em
ployed on all the" farms. I We will
make plenty of corn arid wheat jand
oats arid peas and will have also ampl
gardens to yield a great supply of veg
etables. We will have plenty of hogs
and cattle; not too many hogs as I
fear cholera when theyj ar$ in large
droves. But, remember jthatf the firsi
thought will be of ample food crops!
All the women on the farms were
brought to the perilteritiary today,! and
practically all of them will be employ
ed in. the shirt factory there." f
The old officers of the ! Soldier s
Home are all re-elected for the year.
The new superintendent, R. H. Brooks
takes charge Monday. Captain Fuller,
the retiring superintendent, who bj
his fall is disabled for life, gbes to his
Old home at Kittrell Monday. ;,
Wo.lcott Lay, a special agent of the
United States treasury, arrived today
to surpery ise the transfer of j the rev
enue office from T. M. Simmons to E.
C. Duncan. Lay says the. transfer will
be made by Monday evenlng.he thinksj
but possibly it may take two days
longer. j- :.:. -'-r "' f:; .:;; '.
There are, by reason of ' lack of
means',; only six inmates of the negro
consumptives', sanitarium at Southern
Pines, but there are no less than fifty
one applicants' for admission;- Alfred
Impey, the South 'African prince j who
is now there, has consumption, as aj.
bacteriological: ! examination . clearly
shows. It is incipent. i! He was -perj
fectly;weri when he arrived here last
October, j . . ! ; 'mf- 1 : :
Otho Wilson is the latest candidate
for postmaster at Raleigh. This news
causes quite a laugh here. James - H.
Young, colored, says Senator Pritch-'
ard promised him his endorsement. !
j Republicans her are I laughing at
Governor Russell's message i to the
president through Marshall Mott, that
if Senator iPritchard were not elimina
ted from t republican politics North
Caroliria would .be irreparably lost
The most i influential ; republicans say
that of all republicans in this state
not one has less influence than the
governor; that his party casts him out
and.snurns him. and that Senator
Pritchard has more influence in a min
ute than Russell in a year. f !
Joseph J. Woods is j dropped as su
pervisor of the Castle Haynes farm
and State Senator Cannon, of l Bruns
wick, succeeds ; him. It seems that
the state will occupy, this- farm but a
little , while; longer. I ! S ; !
It is asserted that good progress is
now being ; made in the construction
of the Richmond, Petersburg 1 and
Ridgeway railway, and that by early;
running trains over it as a "sbort cut.'
There are severe attacks upon Judge
Robinson, of the j superior court, for
his slighting, remarks from the bench.
The Durham people are now angry be
cause of his disparaging i remarks
about a preacher' here. I j '
E. C. Duncan has been; to Washing
ton three times, making efforts to se
cure some kind of a modification of
the j civil service rules. ' The I main
pressure is to get the democratic
deputy collectors ousted. The' appli
cants for places call on Duncan to
kick! the democrats out and then rely
upon, the government to back him.
Duncan doesn't want to get in trouble.
; Otho Wilson in his paper' today says
it is the certain expectation of Rus
sell arid Butlejio form a new party.
The state "chapters the Alpha Min
ing . Companyrot Rockford, Surry
county, with 25,000 capital. Three
of the! five stockholders areil'Jbrth Car
olinians, the two others being George
B. McLane of Alexandria, Va., and L.
McLarie, of Stover, Pa. - ! . J .
A Widely known "Edgecombe county
democrat when asked what; was the
attitude of the populists- in that sec
tion replied that those who talk
freely say they are sufficiently amused
with their republican allies. But: the
great masses are silent and these he
thinks may .abstain from voting at all.
, The j eight suits against Vice Presi
dent Andrews, of the Southern, which
were reported i last night as having
been brought by Governor Russell, are
fpf $5,000 each. They are against him
personally, and are for the full penal
ty. It; is well understood! her that the
governor's plan to have Andrews jail
ed , or heavily fined for refusal to an
swer incriminating questions of the
railway commission ihas 'failed. Now
in his: anger the governor bririgs( these
suits in the superior court here. It
sets out that the failure was to jmake
reports;, but really: it is for 'not an
swering the commission's questions.
The aggregate amount sued for is $40,
000. j The governor's entire attack is
directed upon the Southern arid A. B.
Andrews in particular. By day and
by night it seems to , he his one
thought. It was midnight last night
before Chairman Caldwell, of the com
mission returned from the governor's
mansion with the j complaints in the
eight suits, to which he certified.! The
.rush was to get Caldwell to swear, to
them before he left at 2 o'clock this
morning. . "'"! -- if -. H. -.
The new rate on fertilizer freights,
go into effect February 10th. ' j ' j '
THE GRIDIRON CLUB
'
It Gives II ts Thirteenth ; Annual Dinner.
Some Features Peculiar to This Occasion
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. iWashtngtoii, January 29. Th'e j Grid
iron club gave its tMrteietttW attrnual
dinner toni'g'ht, and . as has toeteri its
custom 'in the past, fuimis'hed one of
th'e mot unique en tertamnients pif the'
season, -i pistinguisJhed 1 'guests were
present from all' parts of the world, as
well as :m"em prominent iin public life
from, every . section cf tbe. United
States. The large banquet hall at the
Arlirigtori "hotel wa's superbly di&cora!t
ed and the :ba'b'le wats a bed; of riclh and
frEfgrarit flowers. :- ' : ': :- -; !
. , The features were -spe'ctacular and
brilliant and of a- kind peculiar to
thtose 'dinners. Th-e initiation of Mr
Ohartes A. Boynton, su'per'in'tendient of
the Southern division of fhe Associated
Press, and iMr. 'AOlWer Miller, of The
Kansas City Star, afforded an ocjcsaSion
for; the publ'ioation of the pension roll.
No -names except tihos'e of guests were
found on this roll and tihey were snlb
ieictekl to comment's of a witty .charac
ter to . fit eac-b person mentHmed. j A
tribe of Indians In ifull f war ! dress,
swooped in and scaflpekl George II. Dan
iels and George W. Boyd, who have
Tseen. active in presemttng fhej anti
scaapinig' bill, before oonlgress. The civil
service; question- was settled in . a
spirited, contest in.wliicii Senator Lodge
and CDresentaJtive GTasvenor wfere
personated by athleftic young1 men, th'e
result bein'g Dhat the reformer gqt the
btest of 'the spoilsman. .
! 'An -eJoqutent tribute was paid to live
deceased membeirs of the club; the
late Moses P. Handy, Pred. (D. Mussey,
Jacofo J. Noah arid Oeorge Y. "Coffin.
' The features and speeches were j in
terspersed with solos and songs jby the
.quartette wSiBch. added to iihe brilliancy
of the occasion. There were .175 j covers
and. among the . guestis were the " fol
lowing: The president of "Hawafi,' Hon.
Sanford B. Dole; the German Anilbiassa
dor, Mr. , Von 'HolTeben ; the French, am
bassador, -M. Camlbon; the Hiawaiian
minister, Mr." Hatch; the Japanese min
ister, CMr. . Toru Hosni ; the iehinese
minister, Mr. Wu' Tihg-Fari-g; the apds
.tolic delegate, Momsignor IMartlwelli;
Mr. Justice Brewer, Sena'toirs Aldrictv
of Rhode Island; Gorrp-an, of 1 Mary-,
iarid; Foraker and Hanna, of, Ohio;
Piatt, ; of Connecticut ; Jones, of Ar
kansas: Shoup," of Idaho; Mitc&ellr of
ywconsin; Warren, otf Wyoming', and
Senator-elect McComas, of -Man-viand;
ex-Senator .Hill, of New TotIc; Speaker
Reed and many other prominent 4nen.
To Change Commander of the Tlzcara
Madrid, January 29. It is announc
ed that the cruiser Vizcaya which the
government has decided to send j to the
United States will; not W commanded
by Captain Concas y Pulan, but by
Captain Eubate. .
This change in the command of the
Vizcaya is believed to be due to the
feeling produced by an address - de
livered i in 1896 before the Madrid
Geographical Society by Captain Con
cas y Pulan, , who commanded the ca
ravel Santa Maria, sent over by Spain
to the Columbian exposition, ' giving
his impression of the United States in
such a manner as to call forth from
Hannis Taylor, then the United j States
minister to Spain, a curt note to the
Spanish government demanding an
explanation, e
THE im GETS BIS SfjREjll
ENGLAND VICTORIOUS
liV HER
FOREIGN NEGOMATIf SS
tmr mm ;-: : m. "
To Secure all Her Demands In I he East
West At t tea- and Vppe'r NIle-4Jermaoy
Comes Aronnd to Her Side aui.lCagsia
and Frane Became X.ss Ob.tlne-Pnsh-
' lng Forward to thelXpper Nile Deplor
able Cotxlttlon of thepanlsh N.ry ,
. , . i;.; k- ' . ;-; t , i l, -London,
January j29. After, 'an un-
usually prolonged period of,jxtreme
tension, j all indicaions pobv t to an
early iinprovemerititn; if norU com
plete solution, of the various I nterna
tional political problems agita) hg the
nerves obpreat Britain. Thef foreign
arid colonial officesisare begisUing to
see day jlight through L the irkness
which has! long been enveloping the
far east;jfvVest Africi, jthe uppr Nile
and Indja and , unless1 signs kil and
informatiori from th;e jbest -fc formed
circles is faulty,, thenarquis 0 Salis
bury, aridrjMr. j6s.fGhamberli n, sec
retary of mtate for:flip colon! swill
divide bpnbrs and C?reat Brjin will
secure abo3it all she7asks. S? far as
China i4 c&cerned, Shis viewn con
nection jwi(h the speefl of Mr; purzon,
the parltanentary "liecretarylfor the
foreign 'office, at Boitbn ; on fviiesday,
and the Reported iijteceptan-'of the
British !oa, is, generally regrded , as
correct. r. Curzoa forest jidowed
the probable success of; the losji- nego
tiations,! the achiement c : Great
Britain's purpose in peeping tj& ports
free to tbewhole wbbf and tU main
tenance P;f treaty rights - fhereby
"speeches of influericf are tendered
impossible 'I H '
The Riiiisian , proposal of ah (oanrto
China on ifthe same! ,terms ij Great
Britain was nbt take Seriously It is
understood ithat she lfl4 not th?y money
herself without drawing upon ter war
reserve furids. If.' '
5 Paris iraily;- sholgrig less fnclina
tion to burn its -fingers in a ,v ame in
which, evfenS if successlfril.Russii would
be the only gainer, vp.iie Gens jtny ap-
pears loiaaie come tmpieieiy arounu
to the Brith side; ljhrought jut, the
situation hss never been so a, jirming
as - sensationalists : aitmpted l a paint
it. - Henee, the Czarfi! jpeacef assur
ances and f Lord 'George; Hamilton's
tateni0nt;ri hiaspjh i ?n. juesday
that relations ithllussia .ere, en
tirely ,saUsiactbry I not rirprise
America. i ?, ' P; .--If "A .
, Turning ,,tp West.f rica, an of
ficial di 't the j colonial Ice in
forms tljf - Associated J Pri;s that
,the i impossibility - Sj Isecurpg wit-1
nesses ;tro'm :;;-thp; west p coast
earlier is , the reason,; for tae f elay in
the Paris - negotiation! L ThusJar, all
the British demandghave be5i con
ceded noNminally anatiProvisBally' "
pending the result bthe conrition.
ButMr. Chamberlairifis perfeiy sat
isfied that iithe Britis;i claims j fre up
held and that the French will je con
fined i westward Of a! j line pro longed
from the- present Lagos-Bt homey
frontier to "the Niger and aVng the
bank:1 of' the Nigerto -Say. pin the
meantime, he does nbi propose! Jo risk
being caugnt napping by a Jjbssible
adverse decision of the convenj Ion,, so
he is pushing trbopsJncL supf ies to
the front tas! rapidly as possibly
v rri regard; to the uier ;Nilehe in
teresting nws which Mr. furzon
dropped Tuesday to.tfte effect riat the'
ratification of Uhe ) lreaty t etween
Great Britain and Ring Men ,iik, of
Abyssinia jhave beenj exchan d and
that the government popes shttly to
accredit k' direct reprientatiye fat the
Abyssinian!" court, hafegiven th ? great
est satisfaction as elping V)-splTe
Young Henry
CaVendish.ia
; A iaturkt relative bf the
Duke of 'Deypnshiresprepa5ng to
start again for equatorial Afia, ac-r
companiedf by Lieutenant Andrews,
eight -British oflfeerslprid. -Mr.:- 'ijjodson,
who -was the 'companion of M-3 Don
aldson Siriith, the Amirican explorer.
Mr. Cavendish will take with m 400
armed meri and a nuiriber of rriid fire
guriasv AsCnis objectisis the pnetion
bf the Wfiite Nile anHithe ; Sobt river
at SbbaCiie ;purpos j of thevv ptpedi
tibn it will readily pe seen, rto cut
off the French from r'ching $v,shoda,
which is only a shorlfdistanc- north
of Sobat. r , ! - .
The news from Chflstiania I Fri
day last, that the committee at 3binted
to draw iup proposals
for thbetter
regulations between
-Norwarvj - and
Sweden has .been unable to reach an
agreement, ' indicates Jhat the pension
between Sweden andforway, is fast
approaching the snapprig poini-
The Cofrero, organ. bf the Q jtrlists.
discussing the I visit bf "f the United
States battleship Mainfe-to Havgfia, ex
presses the. belief thlt che Spanish
public is Justifiably alarmed, dding:
"As a factjit is the, goyernme; itself
which is seriously atlr-med, bough
every effort is made'to,idisguis) it, in
spite, of the official statement; ?f Ad
miral Cervaras, ; the!admirapf the
fleet, on Tuesday last,Mp.t a conference'
nith the minister of marine, w; fen he
asserted thkt the redent evcj Sitions
had demonstrated th perfectj: condi
tion of the V Spanish flfleet). Ajlmiral
Cervaras lXInl reality ?i reportef that
there was nt a sbip ready for i fjrvice;
that the vessels net actually i dry
dock ought to be thcrei that njny of
the; boilers : were defective, tha ' t some
ships were? f not - yet farmed aii'fr that
most of the .vessels rfequire c Inning.
'- -y. .4.' -; ' . ; i hm ,.-.;
States it is not surpiislng that such
neglect and helplessness create alarm'
Accoring to the same paper, great,
importance is attached to the confer-
ence between MFatenotre, the Fi-ench
minister to Spain, and Senor Gu'Jon,
the Spanish minister for foreign af-.
fairs, who it is said, discussed the ac
tion of the United States, "as it is well
known that there is great alarm in
France at the. course of events. The
fact that M. Patenotre is intimately
conversant with United States affairs
lends f -'additional -importance to the
matter.". . - -: V -.
A. FATAL AFFRAY
A Fight at a Store In Wilson County R --
suits In . one Person "n1n(f Kilted ;an
two Injured, one Perhaps Fatally
(Special to The Messenger.) .;
Wilson, N. C, January 28. A hor
rible affray took place Friday night at
about 7:30 o'ciock at Lamm's store,
abouti six miles j from . Wilson. T. R.
Lamm and Pearson Eatman got into
a difficulty over a settlement, and
soon fighting took 'places. Lamm was
shot with a pistol by Eatman in the
right side and may die. lEatrnan was
killed! by either T. R. Lamm or his
son Chas. Lamm being fearfully beat
en onUhe face and his head, was split
open, i his brains running ou on i the
ground. Stephen Eatmari, j a young
son of Pearson, was horribly beaten
with a stick on the face and head, but
... v . .... . i -i r
will probably recover. Feeling in the
neighborhood seems to be
Eatmans.'. -
with the
i
TO RUSH THR RESOLUTION
!
headers of the House Decide to Take ap,
Discuss and Vote on the Teller! Resoju
. tion atTouiorrows Session of That Body
f Washington .January 29,U-The de-
termination was reached by leaders -
in the house of representatives that
the Teller resolution for the payment
of bonds' in silver, passed by. ttfe sen
ate last night, should be disposed of
by the house on Monday, in order that
the attitude of ' that branch I of con
gress ; might : be placed before the
country immediately. This conclusion
was reached after numerousJ confer
ferene'es between Speaker Reed, Chair
man Dingley; of the ways and means
committee Messrs. Dalzell j and Hen
derson, of the rules committee and
other iinfluential members of the
house, s v - ' ' : ;'
- Late in the, day the resolution which
had come over from the senate was
referred by the speaker to the Ways
and Means committe and Chairman
Dirigley at 'once gave notice of a
special meeting of the .committee at
10:30 o'clock ! Monday iriorning. ; At
the; same time ne notified democratic
members of the committee what his
general purpose was, substantially as
follows: I !-' jv'
The bill will be considered by the
committee on Monday and tSo. adverse
report made on it. No amendment or
change in the phraseology will be
made, put the adverse report will be
on the resolution as it stands. This
will be submitted to the house! when it
convenes on Monday, and plans made
to : dispose of the matter before .the
day's session closes. As to the pro-,
cedure; on the floor, Mr. Dingley made
no prediction, beyond , saying that it
was: proposed to dispose of the subject
on jMonday. This wlir doubtless re
quire a' special rule as to the debate.
A basis for such a rule was presented
today by Mr. Dalzell, a member of the
rules committee, in the form bf a res
olution providing that the 'subject be
considered immediately after the re
port of the ways and means, coinmit
.tee. i The committee will probably be
ready to report by 12 o'clock, so that
under the Dalzell resolution the debate
would (begin shortly afternoon; It is
probable that before the house assem-
bles the Dalzell resolution will be so
shaped, as to fix the hours
and set3t time for a vote, i
of debate
A Mother and. Daughter Murdered
Burlington, Iowa, January 29.The
I dead bodies of Mrs. Fanny. Rathburn
and j her 12-year-old daughter, Mary,
were found this afternoon in. pools of
blood at their; lonely home west of this
cityJ The woman had been struck in
the head with an axe, which was found
leaning . against a nearby well Her
head was split open. The body of the
child; was found in a bedroom off ; the
kitchen with the throat cut from ear
to ear. .Evidences of a terrible strug
gle were present on . all sides. Eyi
dentlyrtiie young girl had been as
saultedfby the murderer, who then; cut
her throat. The girl's hand showing
cuts! where ; she had attempted to de
fend hercelf. I The body of the woman
was found to be badly eaten by rate.
Several arrests have beenmade and
the police are' actively engaged In
running down . clues. It Is believed
the crime was committed Sunday
night.; The woman was aj widow of
good repute though quite poor, and no
motive bat: the outrage of the daught
er, can be supposed. The officers : re
fuse; to give the names of the persons'
under arrest -.; I I
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"In a miriute" one dose of Hart's Es
sence of Gmsrer will relieve any ordi
nary case of Oplic, CJraimps, or Nausea.
An nnexcefned' remedy lor (iJiarrhoea,;
CholeTa Morbusj Smmfler Icomplatnts
and all Internal pains. Bold hy J. C.
Shepard, J. HA Hardin and H. L. Fen
POLITICAL DEBATES
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CONTINUED ON APPROPRl A7 XOI5H
; BILLS IN THE HOUSE
Question as to Whether ProftprTHy
'Has Arrived the Subject of fltost et lh
lttDlscnsslbn of Yrsterday Tie Dbft Ae- .
i,rimonlons at Times-A ResolutloarleXavw--
Viderf 950,000 for Properly t ittlng t7jUM
V While House for Senator HaAina-atsw Al
"Ken Enlivens the Debate
Washington, ' January 29. Them,
lems to be no, prospect of an abate
ment of the political debates, whiciz -
Bas been. In progresaln the house drsrv -ins
the consideration of the appropzi
fttion bills. Again today almost tbfr
liritire session was consumed in tie
iscussion -of political topics. Tbe
dntroverted question as to whether:
prosperity has arrived attracted --the:.
4'aost attention arid interest, and tea-'
imony pro and; con was offered
throughout the day. At ,times con
siderable
acrimony was displayetL;
n
ut as a rule the debate was gootl.
matured, botn sides seeming to recogH
iiize that it a struggle fto score politi
cal advantage. Only a few pages of
the district appropriation bill were
disposed .of. The ' clerk of the sen
ate transmitted tho Teller resolution;,
,w,hich ; passed the j senate last nigfit. .
The announcement! was greeted wltli
a f terrible outburst' of applause from :
J the democratic side;,of the house. .No -
motion was made at the time and tfae
resolution remained 1 bn the table.
i Mr. King, democratic NUtah raised
a laugh by offering $50,Q00 for '
Improvement of the White house "Un
make it a suitable abode for Haez.
ark A. Hanna. The. amendment was
ruled out on a point; of ordeF. J, '"
"Mr. Simpson, populist, bf Kansxs
Jiommented upon President McKinley
declaration at the manuf acturersT daa--
per in New York, declaring that Uie
attempt to make fir the obligaUons
Of the United Stafis j payable in tftse
dearest money in the world was "areas .
coat anarchy." 'f ;; v- " '
Mr. Tongue, republican, of Oregon
in a .spirited reply, denounced the
populists and the democrats for.hefnc
responsible, through the passage at
the; Wilson Tariff bill for the depres
sion and poverty of the farming class-
- : The discussion became very ani
mated when the topic of prosperity
wi, reached. Mr. Richardson, denao
crat, r of. Tennessee,; precipitated x3C
and, Messrs. Grosverior, republican, est"
Ohio,. Cochran, democrat, of Missouri
Hopkins, republican of Illinois; Ifa- -hany,
republican, ofr New York; and .
Fitzgerald, democrat, of rMassacIm
setts took part. The latter agin .
brbught . up the . New England cotton
sftfikes which have played a considV- .
erable part in the debate on pTeousf
days,, . ;; -: '. . ;,-
Mr. Hepburn, '. republican, of Iowa,
created j; some enthusiasm on the rc-'
publican side when' he read the Thsa.
trade review as an answer to the
democratic critics of the effects riT
the , Dingley law. Members of t&c ;j
hoijse,- said he, no matter what tbtsar
politics, have no right, in attemptisss.
to score' a little cheap political capi- -tal,"
to become ther libellers and slan '
derers ot their country.'
jMr. Allen, . democrat, j of Mlssissfppa, .
enlivened the proceedings with one
ol ' his witty speeches. He said lie:
;Mas tired of - having
every day and
Mr. Dingley get:
explain why Idav
f ill had not met the expectations cflT
t je country. It was
very absurd,' Ice
atfd, but It was with
the same serionas
s lemn mien with which the Jewish
cothiey explained to ; him how fee -tf
is able to sell goods below cost. llr
11an cofl Via Vn
"-" emu uc: uau uuv luci- a uubiutxffi .
nian in Tupelo, Miss., or elsewhere
who bbre testimony to any hpprecUr- ,
bie improvement in business. In the
course j of some, remarks In a more '.
s'frious Vein Mr. Allen aroused the - ,
democrats to applaus by quoting Uae
fllowing . from a speech delivered ljr.
" president McKinley in the house in
B90, .when the McKinley. bill was
wider consideration! "When ; mcr- -candise.
is the cheapest the men are
tie poorest and the most distressins
4)cperiences in the f history of
oiuntry yea, in all human f history -
l:jive been when everything was tbe
i iWest ( and cheaDest. ' measured lrv
&)ld, for everything was highest xu&
d1 rarest measured by labor." .
r. ;Tvaiiter, repuuiicau, oi taslssx .
Oj,jusetts,
who followed, denounccdl
2. Fitzgerald's statement that Bos-
Ui was not prosperous. He. quoted U -ojd
proverb 'ii U an ill bird that fonts; ,
iC& Owri nest." r
IMr. Fitzgerald asked him to yield to
a question. , ; ; '
, ; ffThe gentleman's statcri'cnt? arc so -reckless,"
retorted Mr. Walker. "Ihzz
I decline to yield to or recognize him.1';"
After some further remarks on doUa-.
sides the house at 3 o'clock p. m. ad
journed. '--;.'"
Citll Service Becnlatlons Hold
il (Special to The .Messenger.) .' . '
Raleigh, N. C, January 29. Reve ,
nu Cblector Duncan returned froza
Tushirigton at noon. When askeS
if 3ie nad succeeded in getting; tbtet.
cMl ; service regulations modified j h j
replied: "Not a bit as yet."
Washington. January 29. Fourtft cas
piptmasters lsave been appointed as
lows for North. Oarolina: Polkton, EUjaftk J
W-Flake; McParlan, ,Mrs. 7 Emma Jl
"SVWltamton, J. M. Sitterson.
3kJ
kutumn.the Seaboard Air - Line
will be
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