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Sweeping Orders by
the
Commission.
PASSENGER RATES GUT.
Vierstood. th'ere (was tej be ttu (haringr-oai
tfcia matter, -wihereas, ilbere iwas ntone
at all and mly. & f ew imintites d5sc5Us-
6'iOTl.
Jaldw31 -was tntervievred as to tlhts
free pass- ord'er and eaid; "We iwant
to test ,tae matter. The counts vrUl
hav to dedde-tlh'ether are Higlxt or
wiroiigr. 'We don't 'know wihtat particu
lar editor (has sa p'asa ' e!o! aa 4o ibrin&
eoilt for its isire." V -
Governor Russell appoints the . (Pol
lowing, delegates to tne national ptore
Btrlngent Hesulation as to Free at Washington Mardh 2nd:' Walter
Passes-Abbott Stands No Showing Grimes, of Winston; Rawley Jallway,
witn ine other Commissioners He I or fTohn C. Cnlngniam, of
fluTo Professor Withers, "one of the
proantoiter of 'the congress, .wiM atitend.
Mrs. Gaston Broughton, stepanlataier
or Kiev. L. G. 'Brougfhton, died 2iere to
dav She '-w-as afisa Ieidds of Ran
dolpfK chunty. v . ' ' . -
The 'Progressive iFarmer, !the Farm
ers Alliance organ,' tondgtht savs
PRICE 5 CENTS
jies a Statement Regarding His
Position on Reduction of Passenger
Kates Railway Case Heard in fiu---,
: preinepcjart. ! " :;; 1 - 1 :
, ' , j (Special, to The Messenger.)
Tne railway commission today de
J cided to make fhe' rate of passenger
. fare everyWerjahanlCtommiiagion Pear
eon .yesterday said it would : go. He Se thlnigs editorially ferilng to
The Court Meets to Iifvestigate the
r to the Maine and passed
close by the wreck. ' The ergnrSSS
of Sin! ?LVaPa at e time
01 sating the foreign population weiv
; 'Y. asign. . They cited
i j-T-r-" ;
SSSgteT He Desires to Stop, the.
Railway War.
tM:3-
'Abbott
iwajn'td.t)he pte to be 2 and 2 cents.
ibiat nnally Ugreed to Chadrmian: Caild
well's, view fendjintroduced the ! follow
ing, -wOmcn wtas adopted, Oaldwelll and
Pearson' vojfing for V it and
againsit. -j,:. :. -L. -.r-
- "iinat on jand after March 23rd next
fares for th trato3portatfon of pass-en-grers
shall 'be 2 cents, per- male- for
fins class tickets, 'and 2 cent . per mile
for second Ol'ass tickets en the" follow
ing railroadi in (North Carolina, to-, wit:
The Wiamington and ' Weldon, froni
Wllm'ingticn ito Weldon; and tlhat part
of the Wilmilngton and Weldon from
in 'line;
to Vir-
jontentnea to the South Caro
Ithe Peteraburg, from Weldon
ginia line; tliat part of he j Tarboro
MjiwLun irom icocKy Mount to. Tarboro
end; the Ncfolk land JCroMhia: from
Tariboro to 'Virbinia
-.M3 ycTi-v.fisu. xree suver re
publicans, populists and ' democrats:
'!It strikes us as strange that the popu
lists with a baker's dozen f , 'planks Sn
tnelr . Platform, should toe willing to
'give up. all of them excepf ther,le)ast
one. The quesltion- now Is:' "Is the
isiilver plank wide enough?" it seems
to us a question of paramount impor
tance snould be 'made the Issue. 'Are
there not other things, of more impor
tance than free sliver. True, ,at V of
uiirpoTTance tnan! tariff, oVer
Jwhich :twb pM partliea wrangled for'
forty years; tout we wohdierif alliance
men are wiping jo vote .for a-man who
endorses one plank in their platform,
but.iopenly opposes other nine." .:"".,.
Arrivals today are: E. J. 'Hate, JEy
etteville;. W J." Lanub, .Williams ton;
W M. Bbhdi OremvillA' rv' t tt,i,
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No Information to Be GFivei.Out'DurinWt.hfi
m i ts - ' - 4 ti": . I authori
j-riai-uivers at Work mfreckAn! Eye
Witness' Description' dl th'it Explosion--A l- genera
phonzo XII MoVed Just Mfor t JiJ
sion-Another! Warship toffee Sentto J&C
vana-- me Vizcaya's Stay : hi New. York to
ae Bhort-Her Officers Go ilshdre.
. , i M1V U L,U1
Of -War -Al-rVhnne Vn , T .
chored rs St;
PreVkU3 l thelSsasfer!
r? vWW William iJ
f i 'JTe.nt so far to say Sat he
Jaw a boat go near the Maine aenort
time previous to th Vt1
to
authorities ;the PTOer
FERECTOE OP, THE SPANISH.
Holcomb. of Nhw r etii' ri
general manager of a street raii'
the passengers
was outspoken
OVERTURES FOR
PEAGE
Washington, February ' 21.
l ?taPes- -1 went to Havana,"
said Mr, Holcomb. "not n W!:
pathy with the insurgents, but on Wed
nesday when we arrived there fl be
lieve, any of -the 'Americans n lu?Zr
JSl&S02? 't9,?nmit murder. The
devei
were
Today's , ter. mayR more nr-riv it x I aS f the Spanish warshirt wa
cpmehts .in the j Maine -disaster conduct. the court of inquiry. then at half-mast. The vessels bf all
of a negative eh . Ut,. general ee's despatch wa I Ytl S aiities had paid this slisht
to the disanbointrrW !' .J u,vTf,: i J i-l ue aeaa. a nad ! a telegram
ihia ,;rv,-K- ,!-!- ) , r I.. ' . ' ;-na,vana, 'j?eo, bi. - I - : ""reuuee
vx persons wno were look- Assxstan Secretary ato rAr u w"ef. wno is tne son Of ! mv
ington:-'r' i -
ing for some startling! discoverv hv
diver working in the sunken hull i
state oepartment, after learning
txt : xieu-ienant . Commander Sobral
w.as no longer recognized !as an at
tchee of .the Spanish legation, dw.
ed to ignore 'the interview attributed
to him. which it at first was disposed
'to resent. It is now learned that Sec
retary Long late Saturday . evening
called upon Secretary j Day, j of the
state j department, ' and lard -before him
newspaper clippings j containing the
reported intervie Acting Secretary
Jay agreed with .Secretary: ' Long that
there was wnrmf ,L..; " -
II -''""r.wwwKjn.wtp the
and Gastoh, from. Weldon to Rale'isrh: Washington;; Bos-sey Battle. Ror-W "Z' ? 'lled the attention of the
h-vtq. floiw , . '1 th- ... ?- . ' Tf "isa-msn. cnarsre trt
the Sea'boa:
dbn to the
and!!Roanbkelfiionx Wei- I Mount;. Graham!
imiym- nci". ; a-cuo, H.1CW-. xcrn;
lirctTH! d'fnia. an1 ' f v, yr " I lOhfl(rTAs
leigh and Augusta Air Ane from Ra- Harris and D. !M; Tedder, Oharlotte.
leigh tto Gibson ; the (North 'Carolina ' M- V. Richards, land.' and industrial
The
from Gbldslboiro to Charlotte ; the Pied
mont from Greensboro to the j Virginia"
line;' the Northwestern :' North Caro--tina,
from Greensboro tb Winston ; the
Westerni. 'North Caroiina, from Salis
bury to Paintj Rock; the Atlantic, Ten-
.nessee and Ohio, " fromi Charlotte o
agent of the Sfowthern Railway, arriv
ed ftonight, faccompaned hy John P
Caap!beW, and W. S. WalcottI ' .
A. letter toj ithe adiurant general 'to
night froni jurant General . A. D.
Ayiing, of- New. ttaropsh'ire, ays : "l
have the pleasure today in sending xby
Btatesvaile; the Atlanta, and Charlotte
Adr-fDine; ?;Cbia
varouna aine and the Charlotte Col- Sy stated the flag- fis returned !W
licatinn A
cnarge, j however. tjrftriW,tW
clared Wmt , . -a
; "vai omcerx Was no
longer, an attachee of the lee-ation- ,,0
gazetted December 24th liastJ Hft f ur
ther explained that it was owing in
iireiy to the morp im
in" ;r; overlooked the send
ing of j the proper notification of thP
idTh Jthe State tmeSt, V is
l.tter of factithere are
-vtu. great delays in the recent
express ma'id. flatr f t-ho .v, r-, of such infnrm0i '
.. 7' v1-" Ki'tQvrr"w,'lv'" vi- -uxmnges among
; ottwe Mepartment.
umbia and Augusta, from Charlotte to miss'ion of Mrs, Persis P. Chase' whose''
South Carolhm ttne,: : ; ; hrolther. Colonel C Cr6ss; coiimand-
- A subsltdtut J Offered -by Afbbbtt that ; er of ithe frit th New Hampshire Volun--the
commission consiider the reduction leers. . . which captured it at Antietam
Cores was voted down "by Pearson and
MThere ft great need of d
to nic tuooies rrom tne wrecfc Two
aiw - (Liipioyeo, -out twelve or fif
teen couldfbevused. One hundred and
forty-thre : bodies have been buried
Very few Iperel found today, but over
S.I "sattxwed to be confined dn the
-erort now in the two Span -'
i5h hospital number eleven. I visited
them yesterday. All will recover ex
cept two, They are comfortable .and
well caredtor. , . ; , x ,
Signed ".Vv1:- "JJESE "
The department " believes ' hh n.
scarcity o t divers commlainpd
General probably has 'been over
come by tft arrivaliof the ache with
a force ofnMvers from -tfh vsiwt-h a
lantlc squron at Tortugas, and with
the necessfry apparatus. : j
Aidispath -of last night from Cap
tain ISIgsbr was as5 follows:1, r
"Navy 0eartment,; Washing'ton: - ,
Nine mjfre bodies -were burled yes
terday onLv two of which were identi-fied-JWilim
'Ln and M. P. Harris."
. Another -Mispatch was as follows:
"I visitef J hospital today. :. The men
were ver3 much pleased to see - me.
KoehJer Holtzer are very low. I
have hop i of Holtzer. ; . Koehler has
a fiffhtinB'i p,hanw nttl'v ' : $Srmr. .vA
. j JtJ j "vmc uvuica
were founi and burled today. Hi No in
vestlgatlcyefr of the zone of the ex
plosion, teed regular wrecking divers
for that. . pee sent to General Blanco
a telerai nrela ttrher - tnT- tr-nt :
in? JSte11 i vessels." -. '.Uvil v-;v o
vivoojnereLix&airjb
found that he was among
keeper. I
the saved.
m e contrast between' the Tearing
of the Spaniards and Cubans is strong
At the funeral o'f the Mia-iTi'e. erorQ
the . Cuban women in the streets j were
almostall dressed in moiurning, While
the Spanish women wore- r.ninr wa
only American flags I saw in the whole
procession' were two small ons i nAnf
three by six. Inches.
Alph'onso XII and was received, no-
litely. The only exDression of rAcnv t i
heard there was from an bfficerr who j ernor wanted the offer accented
Doubts. Though; as to Getting
; sent of H is Railway Commission W
the Terms Removal of Presidci
Hancock Admitted to Be a Policica
j Measure Murderer of Engineer
Bumgardner in Jail Mormons ITaxw
rowiy Escape Mobbing ,
: Messenger Bureauv '
Kaleigh, (N. C., Feb. 21.
It was learned yesterday that tte
railway commissioners (or rather Cald
well and Pearson) would today redoes
passenger rates of fare cnl the leading
roads in the state to 2 cen'fs f or first-
class and 2 - cents for Wond -class; W
reduction of cent per mile. The gov
ernpr did hot desire this action takes.
e wanted the rate .war and the w.
against the lease of the North Carolin
railway stopped, provided the Southern
railway5 takes- the Atlantic! and Nortlt
Carolina railway off the state's hand
at ah annual rental of 2 per ceriL oa
capital stock. This was the rate tba
toouthern offered. Then, too, the gor-
complained that the force of the Maine
explosion, nad broken toilet bottles.
There can be no mistaking the indif
ference of ; the Snaniiards
over the loss of the warship and those
on poara. un Thursday, while driving
iu ine ; cemetery with two American
friends, I was-assailed with jeers and
some, one threw a large stone at our
carriage." ..-T- j-" - ,: ' I ' . .
F.W3obbett, of this city Who was
with Mr. Holcomb in the carriage, ad
deds y "That's perfectly .true. In fact:
one lor two children yelled after us
that they had blown uo the lAmerf.-TwV
ana tnat tney were gladiof it. I did
not hear-a single expression of regret
for ithe terrible loss of life from any
Spaniard during the time I was in.Ha
yana.' r-.-.-.-j , j-;,. f. ;-j ,- .
AN I "ErrE-WITOTESS OT1 j THE EX
Frank Weinhelmer;' of this citv; fen
eye-witness of the explosion and a fel
lowpassenger of Mr : HoJ corrib, told the
be-
r . ivery Obvious1 reasons i:- rsaWi I zone of -ft exDos'ion" 4m rht HCT4J"nwtorr
t -Havana is making strehu- CaPaln Sjabee means ithat part of the f Tuesday evening ,1 strolled dkwn
'SSf-A? r to hasten 'the recovery of Maln4 foxj4ard of, the mainmast that I to the river front for a .breath of fresh
"fsiPlro'baWyineairly 10d in num- sufferfKl Erectly . The reference to I A number of persons fwere wallc-
imprisoned in ; the wreck of Leea del tch to . Blanco touches the
.. .Caldwell.- "'':J;: ' i ' i I ' I '
It la stated tlhait th&; Wiilways will
carry the matter into, the cJourts and
that an injunction -will be mTmediately
obtained. United States District At
torney (Bernard so. s-a'M at the railway
- commissiton office this afternoon.- ' j
Another racwcal measure was the foil
Hawing resolution by Chairman Cald
well for which he and Pearsoh voted:
Whereas, Section 4, chapter! 320, acts
. of the genera . assembly, session 1891,
known as the Railroad ! Commlissslon
ict, makes it uhlawf ul for-any cbimmion
camier wi'thin the
or 'indirectly, Ipy?
j-Ltf, urawracK or otner device to
charge,- demand, collector I receive
f rtom any person or persons a greater
or less compeisatlon for any service
rendered or;ti ibe rendered fin the
transporta'tion oif passengers than It
charges, demaii'ds collects or receaves
from any persons, and :
w nereas, section 25, i of . saM
Ralilway Commissioner Abbott this
evening filed ) a statement wjth . the
clerk of the railway, eoanmlssioh,, re
garding his vote today: on passenger
rate queston. He says he is; not, one of
these who bepeve railways the natural
enemies of the people, iand .that, the
ralilway iwmmiission; . to.wlhicih certain
power are delegated, necessarily as
sumes responsibiJlty of deaaing i iutly
and fairly with railways; ' that over
00 petitions have been Sled since the
"Organization of the commission Stmt
not one has
fares; that no
cut: -oxaine. it was a Imhwia
captahi's desire that probabiyied honl
sal-General Ijee to notify the state de
tmfnt of heed of more -drreS. This
had the desired effect, for the 'navy de
partment; took aoriMi 1. '
formal no itjeations .to . the Spanish au-
LiiorLics tere . or the comingi! of the
American Wrecking vessels to , Havana.
A PHOTQ,$RiAPH OF THE
The Incasing mail at the!
partment s-oday brought af
WREICK.
navy . de-
Admirai iFHri tJ iJ f. t;""y 'urougnt a inmost in-
West h.i aftamr' "r1"- , jMwrinunon to tne hews
iijni j 1 1 yt i rm -rid - mm -
-five divers to, Captain Rie-ahi i.
ed f if that- was snfflfP!Ti rrw-
chief of the navigation bureau,- Cap?
tain Dickins, at once took the sensible
course of directing the .admiral to put
itf 5 communication with Cap
am Sigsibee !and;leam-his -needs fat
first hand. The business of the havy
aepartment is getting banki ni a
une , aay jtthe shape, of. an excellent
Photograph of - the wreck of ; the, Maine
as.it nowi-Sfes in Havana. WrhAr rrhHc
was forwaXied to the secretary of the
navy by' - untenant Hood, -lately at
tached to.te Maine, It is a view from
the port ie and in general features
res.embles last newspaper! cuts of
ZT -rw rZ Tv "CT-iTr.-" j jju.ng .took xn to
the White?ious'e and gave it to w
is getting back to ta
asked for . reduction) of JJ-" conditions, as is evidenced hy the president, ho was much -interested in
o political party b'as a dt to the detail shown on theflXto-
.icvKu Ltitjgrapn ser-
iekate! either directly 'p!lank in its platform demanding lower vice'wrhich ws eskblihed wtth Ke
any special irate, re- ' if 8 that railway coinnilsionflis West and hereafter the office at that
1 : r.-m.nlri'n.. rus J -.-is u... ': 1 V.." .- -.'i ' i DlaCC Will OlrjCft 'Qit 1A -w1l 4ij. . . , .
graph.
act
enumerates the exceptions alone per
mit td, and
"Whereas, Absolute
demand of . the ! law :
Resolved, That -said act
and, prohibits fpee passes or free nrile
age transportations to all editors, staff
correspondents and employeesi of the
newspapers of ;he stalte; that! said "act
applies with let.ual force to free pass
or free mileag transportaitaon to at
'torneys wlthhxj (the state notj actually
' employed by the common carrier for a
certain and definite sum and not the
actual and bona fide employees of the
eame."
equality is the
condemns
MadRae
AJOtt ;dtr not vote and eaid he
un-
Rpyal makes the food pare, - A
I ; wholesome and delicious.' I
. m - ,ii pase
9 I llbo
' B V BrKBBIVT- ail
8 Pi : .
.1 fuM IK?
SS2 s I liAjv
. U l-MKS 1 - II
I Absolutely Pure I I I
. .. II
AL BAUWQ P0WUct' NEW YORK. - ; I
making this tnvesitigation upon its own
volition. Evidence all. in: --shows . ; that
local passenger traffic ds not even prof
itable at present rates, 'and unless it is
shown that the railways are making
unreasonable ixroht on passenger : traffic
in the state-theomnussion has neither
legal nor moral 3right toi reduce 'those
rates. He contends, (further,', that the
greatest good to the greatest numlber
will, be ; secured, not by reduction; in
passenger, but in freight rates and he
concludes by saying that the passenger
mre iwuciion now made Will : so de-
ease railway revenues as tb" make Tt
absolutely impossible to makW anv
reigmt rate redfuctfcn. ',,:.'
This afternoon ex -Judge
seJ. for Railway Commissioners
aid wen and Pearson, received a tele-
'am from W. H. Day at Washington
ay3ng the United States
had heard the ra'ilwayf comm'is-
uon case iby brief and . .without oral
t and has taken -;the papers
mor 'itusseU and Pearson declar-,
they .were elated at this news. Cald-
ren and Pearson feared a division of
e case. . .
By Assodrated Press
Washington, (February 2lL-ln fh
orth Carolina railroad . onfm-mivr.
which came uo '5ti !hii samr-am
urt.of the United States' todav a m.
on to dismliss was sirhm,itii ivv4, t .
ladRae. W. H. 3ay and A. C. Averv
to .affirm itnr vt r r.
las' 'N Hill. .A. aiMiWn rtVvU o.
ent for contenmt iajnvi i .
urrs an error to offio. .k.
ed by Mr. Burton and Mr.i Hili and
ed 'by Messrs. MadRae. iAv a-nri
place will close at 10 o'clock bit -ni
as formerly. Commander Forsythe
the commandant at Key West ' has
also asked " permission ; of the depart
rnent to stop, his daily bulletins and
this has been, granted, with an under
standing that he will report any deaths
that, may occur among the sufferers in
luv aospicai tnere. Today he rwrti
4J HAVAIN'A.
The navv lepartmen t has not yet de
ing iODwit tne pier near .the cusfcam
house. Out in the harbor 1 could see
the ' dim outlines! of the Maine,1 land
close by the Spanish warship. I was
about 300 yards from the Matne.j The
first intimation I- had of ah explosion
was a crunching ; sound. Then there
came a ' terrible i roar. Immense pieces
of debris flew sky ward from the Maine.
Some of them must have been thrown
at Jeast 300 feet, jit looked as though
the whole inside of the' ship had been
blown out. Many persons on ; the pier
were nearly thrown from their feet by
the. force of the explosion. The air he-, i
came stifling with smoke. jThe crowd
on ; the pier rushed -back toward j the
city. ; The Wreck humed for1 about two
hours and by its flaring light we could
aee the work of rescue in the bay) ibut
were; nuable to render any assistanbe."
cause it embraced the payment .by th
Sou thern of all the expenses 1 of the
governor's war against the (North Car
bjina railway, lease to . the Southetav
amounting tosome" $12,00j) qr 1SJDG9l
Th'e governor at' last sees1, what tha
public has seen all the while, that ha;
cuts no figure in the -No-th Carolhm.
lease fight. It we -expec ed the gor ;
irnbr would .be very angry when he
found the, very cornmissiohers he ere -aited
were intent on reducing rates and .'
spoiling his . plans. Chabrman Cald-.
well, of the commission. "Was invited to
meet vwith the council of - state tate .
Saturday afternoon when 'the matter'
of leasing the Atlantic and North Car--olina
.' '; rail way . was - considered. ' tThe
governor was anxious to know what
Caldwell and Pearson proposed to dou
It is the Argument of the latter that ,
they had aid they , would reduce rates ,
and-must, do tt; Now the question, arises '
Jttni"ractionsi nralMyjall-Jth(& , gar-' :
ernor s prospects; v; Thejr - wiwh,
course, to show, their mdependence "int -the
public is asking "How will thia--J
'set on the governor's imind?" The
commissioners argue, further, that they -have
nothing in the world to do with-
.railway 'leases. v
:It was officially givien out Saturday '
thatno one would until next Septem- ,
her -be elected as presideht of the At- 1
Jantic and North Carolina railway tot
fill the vacancy caused ty Hancock,
y- t Is asserted today positively
that if the governor had mado. tk
announcement when the .directors aC '
the road met here d3 omn
iortty of the directors wxjM have re-'
tamed Hancock, as several f 4w
wanted to be president. :V i
I As to the resignation of I E. H. Mead '
a director of the Atlantic audi '
North Carolina railway, it was-tendered
because Governor Russell propose!
to look at the Hancock matter from a.
purely political standpoint and Mead
iMr.Weinheimer said henli&a.rd -ant'n
TO SEND'A'Nyvrw.PR : wa pWTt 7 auiuiuuwiare snorxiy arter the ex i vws, as-a aemocrat, could not afford
D NOTHER WARSHIP TO plosion that if. the Americanos' sent: : j lake the repTiblikn viwGoru-
yi 'vusseii, as your, correspondent has
another warship it also would be blown
termined fiMtely which of our war-
Ships shallfepiace 'the Main V 1 TiXZZXY1
vana harbor, although it habeen de- he was seed InTfroht tT't
oTC" Sr " a matier i oil policy I wnen tne explosion occurred
It i was
stated, wanted to oust Hancock on the
ground that it was good politics ondc
would sound well on the . hustings.
fGovernor Russell, it is, said, cursed:'..
Hancock for employing F M. Simmon;
nu . a. AVCOCK as fllttomvja TTvn '
tf. the 'gomery. much louder onei We thoueht ! the I so. Been employtas deSocrata
x i5 tJtnange or omcial condolenc I " r TJ " cst- tt"u 'ne -tw asn- I iir. iNaugnton.
still continues.
Today Secretary Long sent
'Some said I. the
had
p AycocK as attorney . to : the
railway case. - The governor aid fHr
i H I ticinatine-' itl, . J 'IT. "i. aJia wnue.. case now Ha
a. tPiP- i t iirauvues, x-iipu vui ;nat icnorFOi uasLie I was douxics tvnci .wkniYi
gram' as follows to Captain Eulate: ttlt ,f U terminate some ; time this was blown up. . i ; V i . , - f . I leading democratic politicians m
Cruiser Vizcaya, Tompkinsvllle. N.Y1 z
I have the honor to laknnwrT.d-a
- a lare cab stand.
sel selected jfor the trip 7 I emanute after the explosion was
Steps ha-l t- been .taken hv I thi I heV the cabmen; cracked their whips
jOrl ..t r " r&&n oy the navy I and wpnt Ttw r.Tr. w akiki
n? rect or. your telegram of con- 'L"i'2t,D tne.navy
enlisted brifh of th.
CTnvmfKw iv ! or- the loss of moftt. f ' . w out- an 'bodies of
sympathy.
IA similar response was also made to
a telegram from Vice Admiral j Spawn,
at Vienna, j expressive of sympathy for
the disaster of the Maine. :(-, '
Inquiry at leading embassies and le
gations today; fails to - confirm rumors
Maine. Th legal quota 3 now about
.300 short. vlln arranremie.nt hd.
made for tCs' hnmediate enlistment of
wut uia.jiuniDer.' of mep.p;'Tele
gTaphic orders have been siit
recruiUng oncers in. charge of -the re
mrantry rusned through! ! the streets.
There was no sleep in Havana that
night.. The Spanish officials , were
quick to express their sympathy and
acted very well as a whole, but I think
tneir expressions of regret lacked Ithe
7;i .:i.-:"?i sh! a w lWr-l Ponxaneity.ana warmth which would
SrrItfiS.4 ? ?matlc 3TPS Dhia and iffinwi. JZ3l ave cbeen characteristic; of an
crisis : in; Spanish affairs is near '"at I Sn f iKT immcdiately. ;; There
hand and- that several of I the foreign I BO,f tBcu"y whatever, in secur-
representatives have , notified their
goverhments that war is inevitable.
The rumbrs mentioned the French and
and the British embassies as having
aavisea. tneir governments to this ef
fect; but it can be stated1 positively
that no such reports have been'! made
from these quarters.
NOTHING TEDINTTE FOR SBVER-
i j'v 'Y ..'.") :: : A- 'AL DATS. j' j
Several reports came by teleeraDh
to the state department ffoni Havana.
All of the naval telegrams,: however,
bore date; of yesterday, while thai from
General Iee to the state department
prooaDiy j was 4 sent late last j night,
inougn marKed, as received jthis morn
ing -men, ina smuch as there are' annii.
cations on fl?e far, in excess of the re
quirements jf the navy for some time
to come, untesd congress! srhali im
mediately comply with the recommen
dation of e department for an in
crease of moo men in the i enlisted
strength of-the navy, Numerous let
ters and telegrams have been j received
at the department from indivfduaJs de
siring to the navy, asking to be
enlisted htf Mediately . A toleeTtain wa
reueiveu tn, morning from an organi
can city had4 s-uch a disaster occurred
under similar carcumStances." p
William Li. Carbin, he! passenger
who professed to have important in
formation about -the explosion; refuses
maK any- further statement ..than
he made at quarantine. The other pas
sengers on the Serguranca did iot take
Mr. Carbin as seriously as he took 'him
sel'f. ;j . ..;.. ', ;L:-,..,; ; ..-',:,. ; i ,-;
MESTTTNG OF THE COURT OF IN-
ti
possession or secrete of his administrk
tion. . ......
The North Carolina Society of (he
Order of ,The Cincinnati meets here to
morrow. Major Charles 'I Diavia,
S.j A., of Asheville, is here to attend it.
. No' more cigars are allowed to lie
sold in this city on .Sundays, not even
in. hotels. ;- -f , ,
- Osborne Lambert, the! 19-yearyoli -white
youth, who murdered Engineer-
4u j m. ; thsumgardnef, of: the Southern
railway h in Henderson county last No '
vember. Is at last ini - Jail, v For him
oyer t800 reward was offered. . He aaj
he has not since the crime 'been nrarch
than three miles from? his home. Ukr
mother and friends had aided him
bide. ;- r- ,: ; . . ,.
CMormons in Cabarras county are re
ported to have narrowly escaped toeing:
mobbed last Saturday. ' :. . .
Judge T. C. Fuller, of j the V Unfee&
States court of land : claims, retumedt
. ; QUTRY. ' A-i, .if.; ;
Havana; , February 1. The United
States lighthouse tender Mangrove ar-
zation in Droit offering the immediate I Tf raJving on
services offO.OOO citizens ot tnat.crty lA .?fl;comiK.0OTit
in vase fxr nieu. . , 'I'atrfofcic offers: also
haye been received from other places.
wuuui.iiweri unawiey,-- or. the bureau
Daaebters of the Revolution
ashington. Fehruarv 2L rrht-
ntinental congress of the National So
?ty of -the Iauffhtr of :Amb.i.n
evolution began here todavi at th I this belief is that the oneration of thw
frand jpera house. Mrs. Adial E. Ste- J divers upon the Wreck of. the Maine are
ensontfte preeldent general, presided, -being confined I at present to the re-
n-iuRicit. vvae suasion was ttus offer- I covery of the bodies of thp. oHii
ig and manimous adoption of a reso- pntane-ld in tJzLZl a Zf
itirtn. nf .-ftnrirT&. V I entangieoi in the wreck, and the re-
the officer and' men of the Maine de- - oarverJ of valuables, neither of which
rjrne arDernoon- an evenjpg sessions we j I orancn or xne work, namely; the in-
wuiuiiTvrianx, ; , .. j yes ligation 01 the cause of the
-a vwwa. fu bUA auvi xa I t--1 ii . '
ing. i None of J these messages, throw I VA vpwV. navy department, has
any light upon the cause of the Maine j 4 tri following comprehensive
disaster, and in fact, the officer in th I statement in. regard to the survivors
navy department have about resigned I ti1 YflfP-Maine, to which Is ad
themselves to the fbelief that nothina-1 a Us.t 91 the men- recoveredf from
definite on this point can be known for
several days to come. -Their reason for
. . - . ' - . : -
ure wreoK -wno sunsequentlyaied in
nosprtais, If. shows nineteen uninjured.
fifty-two wounded and I four died in
hospital in Havana. - : -
signotcaW movbJof shanish
New YorT j February, 21. The) Ward
Xiine s$eamiK I Sefguranca arrived at
quarantine ?.3day from . Tamrrfco and
Havana. TiieSerguranca reached Ha
vana at 10 a chKikr on the morning after
of inquiry appointed by Read Admiral
Sicard , t'o inquire into the loss of the
battleship .Maine. The commander; of
the Fern sent a boat at 10 o'clock a.
m., for Captain Peral, and his secre
tary, ; lieutenant Salas, of . the. Span
ish siavy, who. are to take part In the
Spanish investigations In the disaster.
4 The 'board met- on the Mangrove I at
10 o'clock this morning, with Captain?
Sampson and Chad wick and Lieutenant
Commahders Potter andJMarix pres
ent. Captain Sampson, presided and
Lieu tenant Commander iMarix, recent-
iy executive otneer of theMaine, acted
as recorder. :AA':'f A -! A j ,
' t Capain . Sigsbee, the conrnsahder 'A 'of
the .Maine, was the first witness called.
, (Continue on Foxrrth Page.) L
here today from Santa! f "Fe,.
Mexico. ,-..; ; I . J : '
- J. B. Barnes, the white man. of Wil
son, charged wi th rape, who is in Jatt
here for safe keeping. Is called hy the
sherifl the "iStar boarder," as he UtexUX
ly wants everything. (He is to the cor
ridor with W. S. (Browning, who - lr
the measles. Barnes yesterday swart
if he was not let. out of this corridor
he; would break out of Jail- He wtos a.'
once put in close confinement. 7 - "
Senator (Butler was here yesterday-'
for, a few-hours, on his way to Waaih- v
ington from Minneapolis, He came ts.
see something about his newspaper.
' Raleigh Ss designated as! the ofiSdt'
residence of XJlaude Bernard, cleric- cT" '
the United States district! court. Z
The XTharlotte Mechanics' BufldSarf
and Loan Association made report tee
the state auditor today, showing tZSXm-L
501 ! assets,with only $200 "borrowed torao
ey. It pays $100 state tax; and is the?'
largest in the state. - j
The cotton mills here are now nm .
n ing seven and a half . days a weelc'
with orders for all products.' . .
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