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WILMINGTON, N. C.i WEDNESDAYjU?EBRUAItY 23-i 1898;
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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TO INCREASE THE ARMY.
TWO. MORE ARTILLERY ' REGI-
MEXTS TO BE FORMED.
The Senate Paste the Bill With Only Four
' lie nest Warship Afloat end Name It the
Ceorge Washington The Benae Elec
trified by a Vigorous Attack on the
Proposition to Annex the Hawaiian
.Islands i - ' '; '.-A '. '. i' ,
SENATE. ' ;
Wasth'mgEon, February 22. Ai3 soon
a the reading of the Mstgrtc fareiwe.1
of Washington miai concluded 'by Sena
. tor Lodg-e, ; of "Massachusetts', in the
senate- today, Senator I raw ley, of Oon
nedtiout, ohiaiirman of ithe military af-fajTs-
com nut tee, caflled up, tihe ibill re-
ported from, (his comirdtte'e authorizing
tiheorganizatGion at 'two. additional regi
ments ?f. artiWery. Senator Hawley
in (reporting the bill, said:, : ;
. t -.The. ?peedy 'passage at tbls'-bill, or
. its (equivalent, appears "to he, an atoso
dube neoe&rity. Tie governinen't, after
long j iand toaireful oonaftd'enatioia ' try
those' wihcse offices and studlea quali
fy thm to give the most valujaWe ad
v 'ice, .has etiite'ed j'uponi the execution
.of a systematic antil. elalborate. plan., of
-coast idt'fnsd. The great expend! tura
will lie .wasted treaeuire unless a euf
ttoienii nunuber f artillerymen, care-'
jf uHy fleeted .aiid i thoiroug'hily' drlUed, -
vctstly inatuintemts of defease. With,
'th-e ; aid of th-e acttV'es of tJiie aniationial
tTU'Aird . 'Z tlhrvam nnwi !Vi.av7 jKocn irl;i
J lr - - ' v ISM LTfll 'VA.iiJ
charged thtrefrorn after years of in
Rt'ruction, effective cavalry and in
'fantry oould:!sie' riolleoted in a compara
t'lvely. -short j time,- but in case at war
t hort iKrtnie - would Abe ..gUven .to the
8Tu?n in Charge of t)he great guns 6n t'he
tcuaat.'jwihose costly nvadtipery ire'quires
. on u-h. mechanical skill arid practice. '
. The -bin was passed 52 toi 4. The neg
ative votes weTe oastiby Senators Bate,'
f Tennessee; Clay.jof Georgia; OM1
,'ton, of Texas, and West," of. Missouri.
The rrfeasure proVibes that'the artil
Jcr of tlhe army shsill consist of eeven
it-egriments, : ;t)hu3 inoeasang the total
''number of earlisted mien 4n t'he army !by
i 3,510 'men, to be eroftitioyed exclusively
3n. t'he airtilkrv arm irnf the swnviop
.Senator Morgan; of Alaibama, intro
"tl'uced the-folliowting iresolutions: . , ;
Kesolved. 'Lihat the committee on
Jiaval .-afLUira is instructed to Inquire
and report s 'Whether a man-of-war,
t-ci'iial at least 'to any warship -tn the
world, to ibe namdi the George 'VVasih
v angton, can ; ibe 'built, -airmed and com
missioned within a , period of twelve
-tmontlTs by ithe use of the facilities of
. ,t'he shlpyardrs, , machine shops, mines
: and fore.sta of the . United States,
wherever, t'he same are found and
that, the comrp.'ittee lhave leave 'to re
port atf any time 'by toill or Otherw'ise."
The resohition wa3 adopted without
debate;. ! : (
At 1:40 o'clock p. m., kwi motion of
Senator JAUigon, of Iowa, t!he senate
'went into executi've - seeaton, and : at
4 o'clock, arjounned. . ' '-' ;
. HOUSE OF REFRESENTATiVES. i ,
"Va3hirgton''s tnjrthday -was celebrat-
ed in tshe ihquse after a motion of Mr,
diailey to adjourn had been voted down
with -d yast deal i of ipolitical speech,
making, and it wras also signalized by
the firing of the first gun in opposr.
. itron to Hawaiian annexation,
M f. sjofrns'cjiri, an I Indiana irepuibliican,
! deliv-eredi a speech that 'electr'ifled ."thje
(house 'and gMIenies in denunciation of
.; what tie termed an. attempt to;, .cut ;
t loose from the tTadieional policy Of t!he:
, United States and e titer uspon a sctheme
riOf- coJ'onlzationthat had ' proved'. t'he
vTUin of empires, ar d of nations. The
speed;, coming er Urely uniheraMed,
. iprodutedj a deep im piression. The gen
ral debate on the s indry civil bill was
conclule today ami tomorrow tihe bil'l
; iwtll 'I taken up fo amendment. (Mr.
. Johnsbn IdeliiVered 'l is speech during
tthe dba(e on the s indry civil "bill.
At 9 o'clock, the general debate clos-
-. ied and tii e house adjourned. . , '
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... iA thrill of terror is experienced when.
brassy cough i: of cr6up sounds
through tthe house! fct night. But the
terror soon changes? to relief after One
Minute Cougn Ourej 'has been adminis
tered.! Safe and 'harmless for children.
. 4j.-v j The-Seashore Hotel
. There, wasi a called rneetingr of -the
' Stockholders -of the 'Wriiffhtsville Beach
Hotel; Company yesterday at noon in
Ct Wtlmingtbn. Mr, R. Hicks preside
: ert and Mr. J. 8. Worth, 'secretary and
1 treasurer, was present In that capac-
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Mr. George Campbell; inanag-er of the-
Seashore 'Hotel, made his report of the
business of . the hotel the last season. He
-j stated that the first months of 'the sum
met were more prosperous than the mid-,
summer and later months; -"He said Jhe
accounted for this from the fact that the
hotel was finished and opened so " late
t that most people had previously made
arrangements for spending their summer
lsewhere. He announced that he hoped
To remedy this condition this summer, by
securing guests' from the southwest as
far aSjNew Orleans, as it was expected
: that many people from that - section
: would ibe here and spend the entire sum
mer. Wis report, -however, showed that
jhe hotel had been a financial success,
and had money to Its credit.
-Mr. J. S. Worth .the treasurer j made
his report of the receiptsi and expendi
tures, and showing the amount of money
. on harjd. :" ' r - .:
, - The, reports show that the' company
have declared ai dividend of 10 per cent.;
: 1u t unon motion. . it was decided to i-
jiund he funds; of the company in the
jniproMements outiinea i rue Aiessen-
eteraay. Alanager- uampDeu re
to 'Charlotte yesterday, but wtll
-shortly and will have the plans
ind arrangements made to earry out the
Improvements. 1 ' ';
. 'It was stated a't the meeting, that a
ehftrple -was' being built by Captain Kob-
' ert OUo, to be used for giving the guests
of the hotel the benefit of fishlng;and
,allinj4 this ' summer. ' - .
i lAfte- discussing the future plans of the
rompany, i the. meeting adjourned, t .
-' I i KeltH for Congress .
' Tlie i Messenger's Raleigh hureaii tele
graph last ; night as follows: .
-' ;"A ietterj received today from B. F.
t hi ' of Wilmington, announces, that he
1 'a free; silver candidate for congress
jh tht Sixth district. - Keith sent many
atopies cf his paper here today, prasing
Aovernor JFUissell and' saying: 'Russell's
''..tandrwill put him with the Bryan ban
.itwr lit- hii hand in! J900.'"' " '
Royal makes the food pure, ;
- - wholesome and delicious.
F0Y7DEH
iaDJwteiy Puro
fcin-AL BAKIKG KWTDtn C--; NEW VOWt '
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DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE.
M.eeHnt of the Stat exeeetlve Commit
: iee Convention Called io- Meet In Ba
v elgh May 26tb Bodorsemcnt of Cbalr
nan Jonek' Address i'.t'-'i i .
, - (Special to : .The. Messenger. )
- Italeign, m C?. February 22.-JThe
democratic state committee met here at
8 j o'clock. Piere vwere present Clement
(Ma nay, cnatrmanT John W, Thompson,
secretary; T. Jarvis, F. Kluttz,
1J R. "Webster, E. J. Hale, R. J. Brey-
ad, W. G. Jjamfb, J.i J. - UaugM-ng-
fhAuae, T. Gr Skinner. ! J W. Grainger.
1 C.;Beddlncflejd L Ht iA.:3Jondon.F:
Sj Sprual'l, J. R. lYoung-, E. A. Wallers,
eimuel'I GattlW, IlerJot I Oarkson,
Walter H. NeaJ. Paul; B. Means,; S. J.
(Efe-mberton, A. D. 'Watts,' H. (B. Varner.
iRL'N. Hackem.: J.. Rj UwweHyn,' and
SJ Gallert. The followinig were iDresent
as proxies:
(R.1 W.
Winstn; Wirt
F. B. Arendell,
Bond, H. G. Connor,
C B. Ayerl W..-A1 vWood. R. B. Pieetdes.
There was ; consMetaole disksussion
as to the time of holdiing the state con
yentkm.: One resolution; offered named
Jane &tih. , "TUvere were -also a lot trf resr '
olutlonsffCTed py Jairvls, wWoli ov-
eieo quute a (Wide range, .jTneser were
rt f erred to special committee to con
st der and report. j . j ,.'t '
The : committee: adjourned' at 12:10
p m., .nothing given iout but the fol
1c wing resolution whfoh was adopted
without a dissenting vote: ' ...
"WTierCas, The democratic organiza
tion of (North Carolina Is a part of t'he
national democratic organization arid.
wmereas, u"hi9 . committee is the
enstodian of ttae J interest !.of said or-
gknization in Xortli, "Carolina
Resolved, That the obminiittee. en-
dorses the patriotic addres of our nat
ional oharrman, Honorable I James IC.
Jones, seeking to unite the silver.
forces iln the impending congressional
contest. . " . ; . : j- ; i'
"Resolved, That the: chairman of oiir
executive committee he requested to
cUl a state convention to meet in Ra
leigh on the .26th day of May, 1898;
wntch early convention has supreme
authority and 'will iane All man ert i
aptnoruy ana win snape. an mattery
or party policy, h
'Resolved', That in
accordance with
tie resolution heretofore adopted all
hite electors1 who intend to vote with
tils in the next! election and who' desire
the re-es tablishmen t
of; Anglo-Saxon
supremecy and 'honest government in.
"Iforth - Carolina are cordially invited
t participate in all of our primarfies
and conventions..'!; ,
Tou need Cod Idveri
Oil. you say but
think you can't! take
It? ;Try "Mor-
rhuvin" a perfected "Wins of Cod JAvy
cf Oil. '. You tcan get jail the virtues of
the oil ' Without the j disagreeable ef
fects. Sold by! J. Ct Shepard. J. H.
ardin and i. L. Fentress.
TWO BURGLARIES.
A Narse Steals Money at the Fxeentlve-
Mansion A Residence Burglarised The
Bnrclar Qaptored-Ho Is a Professional
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From the North
(Special .toi The Messenger.-)
Raleigh JJ. C February 22
.At h pt- !
tlve mansion today a negro girl em-
loyed as a nurse to. fiurdie Anderson, of
ub, who is a. guest! of the ' governor.
t'ole J26.00from Mrs. Anderson. A po-
ceman was telephoned for toy "Mrs. Rus-
ell and he arrested the thief. '
Last night the residence of Fredi
roolcott, in a few' yards of the Capitol
uare, was. entered through a window
hile all the family Were absent and a.
ft ' of valuables taken. The burglar
is. inorning sold some to a jeweler
and was immediately spotted. He -was ar
iested th'is afternoon! just as he -was
itaxting for Charlotte.! A jeweler identl-
ed him and finally he confessed, saying
e stole because he wanted money . It
turns out he was here: two years ago on
bicycle tour from New "York to New
rleans and-'was entertained by Wool-
tt. He hails from New York- The re
ainder of the stolen property was found
him,- : i . : ;t.- -t - ,.. r-
II is found tonight that ithe burglar's
eal name is Rj F. Ardell. or G. R.
oulig, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and that
n the night of the 13tjh Instant, he bur-
larized three houses jat; Petersburg and
esime here the next dayL EHe was prepar
ed to comimit murder jlast j night if. sur
prised. Of this there is perfect proof.
He has an accomplice pot yet captured.
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"In a minute" one dose of Hart s Es
aWnee of G.Inger will jrel!teve any ordi
nary case of Colic, Cramps, or Nausea,
An unexcelled . remedy ; for Diarrhoea,
Cholera Morbus, Summer ; complaints
4-nd 'all mternal pains. Sold by J. C.
$hepard, J. H. Hardin amd II. L. Fen
tress. . " ' : i ,j i ; 1 . ,
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Hancock's Sensational -Charge Against -
: . j - " Rnsselli " i
. (Special to The? Messenger.)
j Raleigh, N. C, ; February j 22. Robert
Hancock read a' veryj sensational state
inerit to the Atlantic and North Carolina
i aiiway directors tonight atj New Bern. '
le jsays ;in it-.that Goyerhbr Russell told
mini -if he would come ; to Raleigh and at-
ack the editor! of The News and- Ob
server he .would be, srestored to favor.
Hancock came and when he was asked
by la person near to khe governor if he
had acted, he said "Xo," and from.-thait
moment was blacklisted.. Hancock fur-
ther: declares that the 5 governor said In
hei presence 'of ; seven directors .that? he
Vas ' innocent of the Charges as made. ,
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Jadge Ewsrt Without Civil Jurisdiction
: " (Special to The Messenger.) ' i
Raleigh, N. Ci-, February 1 22. The su
preme court decides (that i Judge Ewart,
pf the Western criminal covert, has no
Itlvil jurlsdlotion, whatever. Jt holds that
;khe superior court is at -the head, of the
bourt system Ibelow the supreme court
land from, it alone can; appeals come to
ithe supreme court. H i j
! Populists ' today denied that Editor
Ramsey wrote that editorial in The Pro-
gresslve. Farmer attacking silver.
! San Jose scalej was jtoday. discovered at
ilGlbsonville by W. F. Massey.
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President Hancock Depoied by the Dl-
.r. . - rectors ' j- . . . .... ;; -,, ,
1 (Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh.'N.' C.J February 22. The meet
ing of the directors kl the Atlantic and
North Caroi)n3- tallwayi today was quiet,
there being no ; unpleasantness. A reso
iuiion asking for Hancock's f eslgnation
was decared irregujar by Hancock under
the charter.- but the resolution., was
adopted. S. Lt' lMll was notified to act as
president. The board; adjourned to meet
at New-Bern March ' 8th. , j . . J .
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Uelongs to the DenoocraUc Tiee Preslden-
'' tial Candidate ': 'y1' '
The American schooner Talof a, Cap-,
tain Fletcher, was towed , up to theclty
yesterday by the. tug; Alexander . JooesJ
and was taken -up to the Navassa Guano
factory. She brings a jcargo of about
tons of phosphate rock. - - --- -
' Th Talofa Is a four-masted schooner
! of l,06rmK . net burthen, and Is said to
' toe the largest fphooner'hat ever came to
! this port. She bVUngs" in Bath, Me., and
j Is owned by-the Hori"Arthur Sewell, who
i .was the democratic candtdaio , for vice
' JW!3"? JB" tb" t campaign,--
THE MAINE DISASTER.
EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS BY
WRECKING, COMPANIES. '
The Wreck to b Thoroughly Examined
- as Soon as Possible DlTers Now at Work
la the. Teasel The Court of Inquiry.
, Fashing Work at Norfolk Mavy Yard.
Activity Aoione . National. Qnard Men.
Factories are Shipping War jManitipnr,
Spanish Press Gloomy, ' f ' . ;j
Washington, February ' 22. All -fthe,'
government departments were closed in
Washington rtoday, save-; ithe- navy,
where- a fewof the officials 'assembled
to receive any dispatches ,that might
arrive and ita dose the contract, with
the wreckers' for the recovery of the
effects -on the Maine and the vessel
herself, if- that be practiia3ble. Tae
signing of the wrecking contract ivas
the -most important even of the day,
and, this concluded,' .the; officials closed
up shop and went -home S enjoy a
respite from the rush of the past week.
Captain Slgshee -was heard Ifrom fn a
dipa'tch, --yhtcJa Andlcates that cW;-aik
tentlon would ibe given the coal hunkers
by the naval court of Yriqtisf? at Jla
yana. Officials unquestionably . have
been for some time preparing for any
emergency that rnayarise, but appear
ances at'the department "today would
Indicate' that necessary "orders have al
ready been given and that thje situation
was riot one '-calling for immediate "ac
tivity at Washington. The Caitine
and the Cincinnati, in accordance wtth
orders mad known soane.tinia-ago by
the Associat'ed Press, are to move fur
ther north to West. Indian waters, iond
at "Norfolk the monitor Terror"; Was
been ordered to Ibe in readliness and
may be sent to New York liter.;
The senate passed a (bill tb add two
artUlery regiments to the strength of
the, army. This measure1 has (been
urged for many months 'by officials of
the war department w'ho foresaw that
while congress of late years had taken
measures for? the protection ; of our
coasts by considerable'i appropriations '
tor -aetensive; "works and great guns,
it had not provided, the men :npcesaary
to operate these engines of war. Should
the house pass the bill it wjiH enable
department, to carry ou plans :it
.h- n ihni, - ;
" . inviut lain v
passed upon fhe state of the carmy and
uur roruncatijons nave caused increas
ed activity irl military matters and'to
some extent this is responsible for-reports
arriving from various' quarters
of movements at army posts. iA'-re-port.
was circulated. ihat General Miles,
as commander of the army, had , Is
sued additional orders for ttoops , at
all .forts to be on the alert and ready
for Immediate, action. Taut this was
promptly denied by the general's chief
of stafT. Nothing whatever pf a sen
sational character, occurred ' in Wash
ington and on the wherfe the? day was
free of rumors by comparison -with Its
immediate . predecessors for' jthe past
week or more. r. 1 W
irURRTING; UP THE WRECKING
'; - ; COMPANIES.- - j . -.
The. plans : of the wrecking "expedi tion
for the relief of the Maine were
completed today after long conferences
between Secretary Ixmg and' the rep
resentatives of the Merri'tt- and Chap-
V man Company, of New Tork,fandf the
Boston Towboat Company. Th? com-
: ipanies naa expected to oeirm work in
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apavana harbor in about a-yeak, .but
tne la-st iimoment-Secretirjr .Lohg
lnsistea mat r a provision' . shouia be
made for sending forward at once at
least 'one large wrecking boat, . vith
divers andj equipments. This ' was
t agreed to. a-pd a dispatoh wis sent, t
the, captain or tne sea wrecker ,Kight
Arm,- now ; at Key West, .to suspend
.his private work there and proceed at
once to-Hayaria. 1 . If the Right . Arm
"has started iiorth, a torpedo-boat will
he sent afteif her with -orders to pro
ceed to Hvaha. At the same- time ;; a
dispatch -was sent to ' the ' New Y-irk
offices of thej company to send two :of
the 'most experienced divers; -by train
io Key West,; where they will 'go to Ha
vana! and join the :divefs and; wreckers
on the Right: Arm. ' . . ; - fi;
vThe commander of the Right Arm" is
ordered to place himseif, with his div
ers and machine, under, the. j orders j;o f
Captain Sigsbee, who thus will be free
to avail himself of their sejrvices f in
rhe recovery of bodies or anr particu
larly desirable piece- of equipment, or
property - before the regular wrecking
operations begin. These are emergency
steps which precede the main' wreckihg'
expedition, which will be Outfitted at
Boston, Newi York and. Norfolk,; , with
a view to ibeginnirig extensive Opera
tions within a week. 1 j ; '
TEPJMS OF THE CSOttT-RACTJ j
The .terms of the contract as con
cluded and signed today provide -for'
the payment !to the wrecking compan
ies of the sura of $871 per dat, for their
regular plant, and an aditional pay
ment of $500 per day for the fuse of the
Monarch, while the latter 1? actually
employed. An express proyision : j is
made that the government ) may ter
minate the contract at anyf. moment.
It is also provided that the Compensa
tion shall not exceed the sumj of money
($200,000) appropriated by cohgress for-
n i puryiat; iu 1,11-3 jkuivi. iiciviu.i.iw
passed yesterday. Finally, St is pro
vided that if the companies ucceed jin
raising the Maine and towing her !to-
Norfolk thev shall receive a? iboriOs lof
$100,000. ' j ' i
. In view of- the large first $ost of the
about $5,000,000. and the nation-
al desire thkt'she shall 'be fralsed, as.
widenced by the prompt apa unani
mous action'of congress upon the joint
resolution, Secretary iLongj jbelieves
that he is fully justified in niaking the
above terms- with the .wreckers, cnougn
jfX first thought the per dieni compen
sation seems large, rt must 'be borne
in mind, however, he said today, that
this - will corurtitute the -largest wtcj
iner expedition ever equipped in i this
miintrv. (A (clause of- the contract re!
ouires the comoante to proceed With
all dispatch! and - 4n , bupriness-like
manner with the work of thelwreck.n
and, though ithis haste adds p the cost
of- the work,' it is (believed toi be neces
ary, in view of the possibility of ihe
irlv aDoearances of yellow fever Rt
Havana harjbor jvith the approach "of
the rainy season a;t montli
PUAINS OF jTHE WRS3KJ3)a COM-
: ' I , PAINIES:- - .
Caotato Humphreys and IMr. Chap
man, ' representing the two Companies
who will do the work, explained to
the Associated Press the plans - they
will adopt ift raising the Mairiie. In -ad-drtion
to . the emergency wfrk-to be
prosecuted (by the Right Arm the Thain
expedition, will be made up of about
100 men, including six skilled divers,
the wrecking stesmer Underwriter, of
Boston, of 600 horse power, he wreck
ing steamef, John, G. 3om$t ot Norfolk,,
of s-imilar power; the lro Jrgie Lone
Star, of Boston; capable 0 carryrDg
3,000 tons; the floating derrick Mob
arch, capaible of lifting 260 j tons,; the
largest floating derrick in . the country,
and another' derrick, jcapaiblel of .lifting
thirty tons. The forwardirfi' of -: the .
tobats, derrtokjs and- men wilj begin at
oncei i Telegrams were sentj today to
begin the outflttinr, She taking on of
col and assembling ojf me and equip
ment. ,Ti Sboats are ready to ?fart
at any time. Put it wiH take a day bjr
two to get together the excetioffa" fa
ciMties required for ta4si large un4er
taking. The' wrecking companjej -of-flcials
ay it. will be impossible, to ar
serobie this material and get it into
Havana "harbor ready -for-(Ork for a
iweeK. ,'i"ney wui maae evfrr ey-vr
however, to expedite ' the work, fa
Underwriter has a crew of -seventeen
men, including her own- start of div$ys,:
who are veterans in this line of work.
The Jones has a Mke crew and equip
ment' of divers The crews. are avail
able for jsyecklng work, but, "aside
from them men .there will toe forty ex
perienced j wreckers. -Each 'wrecking
vessel , has a large complement of
pumps, anchors,! Iron masts with toeavy
hoisting gear, , -cables,' etc. Who '-will
command-the expedition has not been
determined ;thn3 far, as the companies
have several'" experienced -wrecking
masters available. The wrecking mas
ter will -be in complete charge, -as the
government will trust entirely, .to - the
experience of " the : wreckerB,. although
a naval officer, will he detailed to - in
spect the work as it proceeds. ' V
The officers of the two wrecking com
panies said tod'ay that after the ex
pedition was assemibled in Havana har
bor a complete Inspection of the work
would be made ' and the exact line of
will 4e s6 ample that all of the divers I
"will be able -toi work at one time on
different ' parts of the wreck. .Most of
the lifting will' he done .by the smaller
derrick, which is of sufficient capacity
for the lighter upper ' wprics of -the
Maine, - but it- will take- the. -monster .
derrick, Monarch, to lift the hugetur
rets of the iMaine and the guns mount
ed within them.-- i . ...- t. . ;'
TO LIFT "iTURRETS ,A.NT" GUiNS TOr
i"-. -GETHBlt V'5 ri'f,
- ' ,'tf ' m r ..i'V . . li, r y , -
. Captain Humphreys stated: that the
purpose was , not : to , separate the b!s
guns from the turret, but to lift thenTt
as a whole.: This will be a tremandous
. undertaking, - sli,the . comlbined weight.
of each turret and -guns is 166' tons.
The (Monarch can lift 260 tonsw so there
is an ample margin of liftlnig power.
The wreckers were loath" to express an
opinion as ;to their ability to. raise; the
hull of 'the ; Maine, j Mr. (Chapman and
Captain Humphreys stated that noth
ing 'but a . close personal inspection
would permit a decision on that point.
They are 'hopeful, however, that, the
ship can be -brought to the surface.
The iron (barge lione Star will be used
to receive the turret guns and wreck
age and as fast as loads are. made up
she will !be towed-to the Norfolk navy?
yard. - : " ' . . r . , -...' ' '
NO CABLEGRAM S. OVER-?NIG,HT. "
The most potent sign that the first
and rexciting, stage of the Maine dis
aster has been ; passed was the fact
that not a single cablegram, was t re
ceived over-night or this morning at
the navy department relating in . any
manner-to that, event. . '
Acting Secretary Day spent some
time at ihls office, but he hadlittle
news to .communSca'te. . He. had Te-
ceived Only one dispatch since yester
day from Consul' General Lee and that
related, to );he .shipment or cuoan to
bacco to the United States, rme. ae
rartment had heard nothing of the
reported reviVat!! of the Weyler .edict
prohibiting; the exportation of tobacco
front Cuba: On the contrary, General
Lee's reports show that the movements
are in regular progress, or at least, had
not been checked; up to the Sth instants
Judge Day had received no news ox
the rumored 'capture of the. Dauntless,
and. in fact, the above telegram was all
that he had had from Havana Jn the
last twenty-four hours.
MOVEMENT OF BOUTTH ATLANTIC
' ' .-SQUADRON. '
The naval officials assert that the re
port to the effect that the movements
of the South Atlantic squadron now
under way are with, a view jto the
early assembling j of the vessels near
Havana is without foundation. "This
movementj they say, is in.-direct accord
with the plan outlined in December
last by Captain Chester, of the Cincin
nati, in command of the squadron, and
approved fbyj the department. This
plan is about as ;follows: ; After the
smaller vessels wi&rei. docked' at (Buenos
Ayres he would assemble the squadron
'and , proceed up; the coast Of South
America for squadron arm, visiting an
the ports -Where American interests ex
ist, going. asif arias Para. Upon the
return of the squadron rrora tne
north he would make a long visit; to
Rio" Janeiro, wnth all the vessels. 'Near
Rio Janeiro is the harbor of Isle de,
Grande, where the? vessels would have
lare-et practice arid other (squadron ex-
ercises. Thi would also give the small
er vessels an opportunity for torpedo
practice. Si '
In further explanation of the move
ment of the two ships of the South At
lantic "squadron, it is said at the navy
department that some time ago word
came that-they were in need of coal,
but that yellow fever prevailed at Para
where they were then and south of
kthem in Brazil. They were authorized
to proceed to' some healthy' port for
their coal,, and this,' it is stated, is how
they came, to go to iBarbadoes.
THE MONITOR TERROR.
In explanation ' of the. order .given
yesterday i to the Norfolk navy-yard of
ficials to have the Terror in condition
for service, Secretary Long said this
order had (been given to replace the
Maine, it being deemed desirable-that
the armored fleet should not, fall below
a certain ! number. .There was very
little work to be done on the Terror,
and forty-height hours should suffice to
finish it. The Terror is our most pow
erful double-turreted monitor and, al
though ' not as ' effective as a - seahdat
as a 'battleship, in the smooth waters
of a harbor she probably would be
able to hold her; own against, almost
any craft. . ; . . - '
. A .(CABLEGRAM, FROM BIG SREE.
The following telegram was receiv
ed "by the navy department this after
noon, from Captain Sigsbee:-
"Send to Forsythe for Sigsbee for a
transverse, sectional, drawing , of the
.'Maine through forward. 10-inch maga
zine and - shell room, showing pocket
coal -bunkers." 'If -; ;
This request was immediately eom
niifwi with. It is s'uooosed that Cap
tain Sigsbee wants there , drawings to
assist in the work of wrecking the
ship, as' they would be of great aid to
the divers. - They will ibe.maeful also
as the. (basis for the testimony now, be
ink taken y the! court of inquiry ?. at
Havana, The fact that- it is dieemed
essential that the drawings shall show
the pocket coal "bunkers, which abutt
on the Tnagazine," Is evidence that Cap
tain Sigsbee has in mind the ' sponta
neous combustion theory, though it
does notifolWw by any means that he
is committeed to it.- . . .
Some of the employees of Ihe navy
department have' been making estimat
es of the amount of money that will be
required to meet the demands of .the
lolnt ireeouition i which Mr. Boutelle
proposes to introduce in the house al
lowing a-year's sea pa.' tp the families
of the dead sailors and money for J.st
iijthing and effects, not to exceed! a
yearns fU J, to the survivors. They fix
the sum .at o exceed 4150,000;- ;
THEiTERROR TO jbtAJL. TppAY.
Norfolk, Va,, February 22. The re
pairs on ifhe niQfiitor Terror were' com-
pleted tonight an4 Jt is understood she
will sail for New York In tfte mornjnif.
Repairs' ron the torpedo iboats Foofe
and Winslow are also practically com
pleted and they are readf to leave the
drydock. The puman ;win maraiy do
ready. to leave theJyard under ten days,
All of her boilers have -been repaired
iut one. - :.' ::''.-;v.-:i
It Is f&l4 f&at the gunboat Machiaa
will be repaifea at this yard, 'and; a
-requisition for more tnen . &ai? peen
made. The number of men at Ithe yartj
will prohably ibe douMed fby (March lstv
: THE COURT OF TNOUIRY. .
.-: Havana, February' .22. Consul-; Gen
eral Lee and fhe meonbers ot the Unit
ed taiei coTirt of ihquiry.ainto the loss
of 'thtoates'prlne ''called i this
morning on' CaptaipV"" 0enerai- 'piaTeo
and Admiral- Mant'e"roIa; en"the
paremohies were ended the, court ret
turned to fhi pntedtaes lighthouse
tender .Mangroye ap4 . resupneaf tf 8W
,sion. (The" court opened "at 10:30 6,'cfock
Opjt a recess it J2;30 o'clock. Lieu'
ien&nt,s! f, -foJWn3 navigator Jan"cf'
ordnance officer ot tsel Mai no, . svif -exg
amlned at the mornmg" session, Th
"t-:- - .1: ' ' ;V-' - t. T . --ft- .. .
.J'" -j-';. -f ? - . ";-- ct 5
court met for the' afternoon' sessiokt
1;30 o'clock and Lieutenant Coram
er RJ "WainwrigkU executive offii
if;..
the "Maine. Iwas called! to the , wlj
stand.- He ihaa kteen ; in '.-. r immeS-ate
A-
charge of the wreck since the' .ettw-.
sion. -t - '.'';- ' ''
;'.ir;;; THE OVERS AT WORK';
Four divers are. at work, two itile
forepart of the ship and the.otheirst
The task is most laborious; and'JKie
men arej naturally extremely ' car&iil,
and ;hey have had to' work in; comitjte
darkhess, and several have j had jj$td
falls. Electric lights, worked from- he
iMangrove, are now- available, C ' ijnd
much good; is expected! 1 fromi ttfjdi.
Nearly all the 'tossible. " salvage fas
now-jbeen made from the cabin af U - ;i jie
efforts to . reach , tne ward "and rctss
rooms are frustrated by someunknt V'n
obstaclej It is expeoted to find ibexes
In those rooms. Two cases of 10j 1ch,
ammunition have "been found, the-;?ie
having exploded, the other full orpjR-
der. j These; were found forward. "'.Jie
"work (of securing the, bodies tinder he
hatch has been most difficult in-.he
dark, but it is hoped that -the elee.-ic
lights will (be of great assastanc'JLme
bodies are irrrucfc. .mutilated and he
are paTtlallyi hurned. '.'' V ! 4'-ti!
-,The officers of the. court, or lnq : j-y
paid! another visit Jo the 'wreck tof iy.
Captain i Sampson,- after the: visitif.of
the memiberst of the court to; thfc m p-
tam general .-and, Admiral Mantgcila
this I morning' siid the receptipftS, Tx-
.tended them 1ad. been polite and
dial.l ; The caotaiffgBeneral ahd adtnlfal
had expressed deep sympathy and fjfie
hope that nothing would interferto
iwevent a thorOuarh investigation. "P-'i ev
offered to give any help in their 'Jr-
er. , Captain . Sampson referred' to f ;fte
visits as "tendipg to promote' abfttjfr
understanding, s. . , . ; : i- .' .;.,,?
Among the salvage were the. , i&jle
war and silvet service belonging' Jo
the iMaine.! : :v; !;.
, 'An additional 10-ihch' casing cha" ge
was' found today exploded., A nuni Jer
of such casings are believed 'to-3e in
side i the :. hull,;iut it is not. Hh-irn
whefher ithey exploded or " hot) J ?yfee
divers havfr recovered, dn addiiotfo
Captain ': Sigsbee's silverware;' as
ready cabled,' some Of his cutleyis
rifle and a huniber 'of his" book4"a: is : .
George; W. Koeler, of Brooklyn d
today at the military hospital; .'All;3
other injured show some improvlettiti
CRITrCISM OF HAVANA PRg '
La VLuchai. in and editorial' tai
comments upon, the "unfairness of!-
united States in making CaRtaln ws
bee the advlsoc nd ass'itanfi bf'he
cduit of inc(uiry."r" "The ;editorlai;is',
evidently 'basdd? on incorrect inforf a"-,
tion from -the United Statesr a4t?!a4'
the rules constituting naval court of
inquiry, j that the captain; commsrij
the J ship, destroyed should have,
thing to do with the , findings-;
court, being in one 'sense- on triaU-pSt-.
self It is made Captain" Sigai's ,
duty to : give ' all the testimony '
the facts 'in his possession. - La.Lusj;ha'
claims also - that the court ' of 'iriqry;1
is npt constituted as It -would ,bby
any other of the great -powers,- butj. In
thisf particular ithe paper . is eVidJty
laboring: under misinformation.:- -SOfi1 ')
Judge Peral, 'mot the .Span'isnTj;
miri-lty Icqurt.. today has bee'n; takgig .
the depositions ,ot the-officers! of; e
Spanish vessels and -the harbor oficijs;
on the subject of the disaster vtot 4e
(Maire. "t 1 ,'.:" " ' "(f'
The military; commander' of Gva-
bocoa has ordered . the suspensSonl -.Sf n
public festivities as a mark of. teyisBt
to the memory of. - the. Maine's i
Thef prohibition, will continue-' foryj(n&e'
days. " "' -r
Gunner Chariest
"3I6rgan,; bf:-gje.
i .t -1. 1 si. -.-unW" ij
Won! to -examining tha ajmrmaltioiKi
the rorepart of the Maine's uU,aAdi;:5Q
ascertaining ' the ' 'condition'- Qt ite
places,, magazines ,and! ; engine. i QSda,
a graduate ot gunnery ana w regTn
ed as entirely competent, as indeed &e
all- ithe divers under 4iis directioh?Jle
is ijtnder- strict orders not to giveiit.
anything on the subject of his invOt
gatons exdept to the officers ofljfelje
court of j inquiry when called 'upoLs
Tfie autonomist 'government, hasat
firnied the-appointment of SenorMt
uel jRalfael Angulo, as delegate; of 3? he
colonial government in Washington o
prepare a commercial treaty, -accor pg
to instructions, which he will, reoe-e
from Senor "Montoro and Senor Ro;i
guez, colonial secretaries of the tJl
ury and of commerce respect ryelyt,! .
.'-. '. .'BODIES RECOVERED ,f-itj
: Tie bodies of twelve of the'; riji.n
havs been" taken out from; under t'te
hat;h heading from the 8uperstructJe
fire room.) (Nine -were recognized id'
all wereJ necessarily dlsmembereitViri;
course of removal. . - !";l5' '
Oh the Mangrove the sessions f je
cOUi't were; held 4n! the captatn's gofefii
aft. The officers were not - iijlil
dress, hut Iln full unifbrm )used evpl
day aboard , ship. ,h The. itrocedls
were veryj quiet, .no one .(but the
nesAes'-and' -he- shortha nd-reportri5ji
Ing admitted. The arrangement is tJ-tt
the stenographer shall write out jds
notes day (by day, and;:the cburt;H
adjurn-;f rom time iff time to glve;Qt
the opportlnity, as. was the case fojsjff.
when the court again visited the wkH
andJ spent some time in aaajtronaifsgir:
spection.j -The pomp and circumstaj as
of Wie tribunal are not as much ai
ordfnary garrison court-martial, ipri itid
sLow, but jt-he high! charactei? "bfts
members and the evident. earnest? ;j3
of their -purpose to "find the trutlrit
posslbif, giye qifniiy. to tne wpi
inquiry. . '- ' "". . -" ;; ..-.- J-.f,
HAVANA BATi ,:,.-, fi0Vp
the last day of the earn Vat;
Thts was
and tonight-the city is gay as tavps
the parado and principal streets afc&n
ceriedj But the display ' rio '
greft as m former years; for;
arefin mourning and others are fiitpr;
or-feel so.) Of merrymakers, how!?.
In carriages "and on foot, frher wfcb
i?ckl ' ';f r
ORDER FOB HOTCHKIgS GgS ;:
New HaveaiCona..- February
American Ordnance w Company of.
Bridgeporc, conn-v nas received. ; -os t-
legraph from its -vice presidentat
wasnington an oraer lor.ioriy r
flriijig v-pounder Hotchkiss guns.K
order is; for quick - delivery, and
forgihgs for them ' have already
er "Jn' r aboat - three , months.?
American rlwe'tinifli -pt&iJ'
say that -tney 'do noi
nifi :ance to the order.
WAR MUNITIONS FOR THE NA!
Cleveland, O.. February' 22. Wor'
tfce "big government contract isC.; jf&w
undef 'rapld keaJway at the Otis Siel
WoHcs." ( FJve1 eorrrtous gttn erii:! .
are oeing ponstructea uiere. uneyje
for 13-inch guns, to ibe. used on 13&jjd
States Ibattlesh'ips. ' A similar cafre
was completed me r'F? "9?&
shipped east, here It met ntlie appf-Vj
al ij)f the fiaval department' : f'
4 (New, York. February 25, The Spt
of (the - expected projectiles Xrbu&t&itfc
Carpenter jSteeL Works arrived .at .i.e
Brooklyn navy- yard today- TJvire
were about 2,000 of them for the lt
andj 10-inch guns of the cru-isers;?'Rnd
battleships;.-' A' numher -pt , torjjvdo
heads front New England manufac1t
ers lare expected hy tomorrow. .- 4 ;il;S,
"The collection of am-nuhitiqnj'fitjid:
an loruinanee ; omoer," qoea -not. srrn
thki "we -ecpeetH imThedJat 'war.'Tre
supplies- were 'ordered . isome mtajjrfts
ago when) some ' representatives iSJd
in cdngress that we had -' hot e r
powder or shot enough to last .the vy
a' day; Powder has been 'afri Yinf Pm..
pi-9) just euc weeks.- or1 roJMs
aret expecte4. tind; wheH fhey get
we shall have1 ammunition enovui ci fit
hand fto.lasV d tiring1 six , months - -kfef
AMONG STATE TROf?JfS.
- Nip vark. jH, J.. .Ferbruarx , -fct
mander Irving, of the division pirns
eas, Jeiy d"ess5 lnvaV reserves, fe-
grapned to the navy, departments ("ii
Washington: ..today offering his .com-:
hfand for immediate service should it
he required. There -are several hun
dred men in the division. '
Philadelphia,' February! 22. Major
General! Snowden, comnaander of ;f the
national s guard of (Pennsylvania, I has
issued general order to every officer
in the (state, to reitult .his command
up to the full quota s required by ilaav.
The . officers were instructed to have
their men ready to march,' fully armed
.and equipped, at twenty-four hours'
notice. i The national guard of Pennsyl
vania comprises nearly 9,000 men. '.
GLOOMY VTEW OF FADRID PRESS.
Madrid, FebruAry
22. A gloomy) tone
pervades jpolitieal
circles on the- re
ports of a split in -tihfe Cuban jninistry.
The autonomlsits,. Sehor Gi'berga ard
Senor Amblard," are, fit is believed, se
cretly treating .witji the separatlonls'ts
in the I direction of (independence for
7uba. Senor Govin, ithe Cuban secre
tary of the' interior is accused of
treason by The ImbirCial, which pud
lishes a fac simile rof a letter from
Senor Covin to a friend, . in which tne
-formeri.says: - A f I . i.
. "How would you JlMnk that iSagasta,
a man inferior to Canovas and liberal
only in name, has jlnspired my atti
tude and not -tmy; ideks and sentiments
as a Cuban? MoKiipley, as; well- as
Cuba, j will determihfe whether I am a
Spaniard. Long liVej our country and
liberty!" : " . " ' H I .'
; El , Pais says:; j "Spain should treat
.with, the rebels direct rather , than tol
erate the traitor Goyln."
El Correo (Espanollasks: "How (will
Senor (Moret, the patron of Govin, and
Senor
Sagasta, the ' patron of both
and Govin; stand now ' that Go-
Moret
Vin is
a traitor to his country? Who
1
ever supports a traitor
is likewise a
traitor!" - . . - f
The official press On the other hand
cdunsdls prudence and confidence n
the patriotism Of tliel Cubans. 1
- A squadron of tbrpedo boats i has
left Cadiz for Havajnja. harbor.
PROVfsiONS FORVrCTIMS OF THE
! - 'j--';. ;,v MAIIE.' '-'---"
Washington; February 22.-Legi3lar
tive provision for tha relief of the vic
tims of-' the Maine Edisaster occupied
the-house committee, on naval aftaiTS
all day, a general measure being agreed,
on late this afternoon5 similar to the re
lief mea'sure that followed -the Samoan
disaster in 1889. The resolution : will
be finally passed on at a special neet
kig of! the committee tomorrow .morn
ing -and will be' Immediately reported
'bytChairman - Boutelle'' and its pasage
by the "house expedited. j' ' '
, Anyjlosses s tallied toy the survivors
will bi made good ibfthe extent Of not
exceeding twelve - months' pay and
provision is to be raaue for bringing
the remains back to- this country at
the discretion of the inaval authorities.
- -.-';-. , i
Whooping cough is the most distress
ing malady: but its;'duratton can'she
cut short "by the' use of One Minute
Cougn Cure, which ia also the "best
known remedy for croup and a11 lung
and bronchial troubjles. R- R. Bellamy.
i Sapreme Cocirt Decisions
, (Special to JTel 'Messenger.) ' 'I
Raleigh,, N. C." February 22. The su
pfeme court today fijed the first opinions
at this term a follows : Cowan vs. j Phil
lips,, from Beaufort ioiurity, modified and
afflnmed;-Tate vs. Commissioners, j from
Haywood, actlofl f dlplni.ssed; State vs..
Ray, from BuneoDfbe,f appeal dismissed;
Rhynfe va, Lipscomb, from Buncombe,
-judgment quashed and cause remanded
to "Buncombe superior! court;. Wilson vs.
Bank, , from Pitt. ! a'fntmed ; Evans y s,
CuHens, from Hertiotd, altirmed; San-
j oeriirt vs. oanaerjuij -iruu . vauwi -xi-
derlin vs. Sanderlin; -Jrom Camden, af-
ton, reversed; Timbrj Co vs. ' Rountfee,
from Chowan, new trigi;- Vick vs. Baker,
from Northampton; f ejrror;'- ; Staten jvs.
.Wimberly. from i Edgecombe, affirmed;
"Manni-ng.va.- Railrba, ifrom Bertie, 'afflmJ
ed;' Brlrton Vs.' Ruffjnj from Bertie; new'
trlal; .Bryd; vs; (Bazerfiore, from Bertie,
affirmed; Parker'vsJ Harden, from Ber-
'tle, appeal dismissed; Vhi'taker vs. Dun-.
na, rrom ftaura. appeal oismissea. -.
. Children and adults tortured by
burns, scalds, -injuries; eczema or, skin
diseases - may secure - ftjstant relief by
using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It
is-the great Pile! remedy. Robt. R.
Bellamy. - : i ! "-
A fashionable Wedding at Goldsboro
(Special to Tlie Messenger.) !, ,;
Goldsboro, N. CI., February 22,-rThe
marriage - of ;Mr. Aljofph ; Oettinger, of
New York, and (Miss ldna. Weil, daiight
er 5 of Mr. and Mrst Sol. Weil, Of this
city, took place th; s j afternoon af 4:30
o'clock at the synagogue. Elaborate jprep
aratlons have 'bpenpiajle fqr the celebra
tion of this happy vent 'both at the
home of the bride ard - at the Hotel ;Keni'
non, where the wedding' dinner was jserv-"
ed from' 6 to 8 o'clock; this, evening; and
a reception held af uerwardsr The joyous
event has 'brought- many ' visitors to' our
city. An orchestra; frpm 'Norfolk furni'sh'r
ed the music. There was a galaxy of
rich bridal presents, jaggregating many
thousands of dollars. .. j . i -
What pleasure is. there in life with a
headache, constipation and billious
hess? Thousands experience them who
could become perfectly healthy by
using DeWitt's Little;-, arly, Risers, thet
-famous little pills., j R.. B. Bellamy.
. '. Virginia Bankers Association j ;
Richmoiid,. Va., February The Vir
ginia, Bankers' Association rriet here to
day and ; elected officers with Wllljain
Hill! of Richmond, bresidgot. The assa
ciation almost unanimously adopted the
Indianapolis monetary; plan, there being
only two votes in the negative.; - .; i
A Shattered Ne
FINALLY HEAT TRgyg
Resteted to Health "by Br, M'lcs' fiervine.
ME. EDWAED HAEDY, the jolly man--:
aser of Sheppatd Co's. great store at
; BraceriUe, IU., nirltes t "I had never
been sick a day in j llfo mjAII InIES0. .I.
got so bad with nervous "prostration that T
had to giro up and cdmmence to doctor. I
' tried our local physicians and one In Jdlit
f'bnt none gave me any relief an(J J Vought
.Iwas going g g,; : ttuaine aespondent
ana su.Hfed untold aeony, , I coujd not eat,
sleep nor rest, and. It! eeed asif I could
,not exist. At the end f six months J was
reduced to bat a shadow; of myself, and at
last my heart- became; affected and r4i3
truly ndserable, I took sis or eish pottles
t ?rtKUes-V lrine,w'rlt gave-P me relief
trom ae fetarx, ana at last a cure, the great-
uimig oi my me.
.' Dr. Miles Eemedi3
are sold hf aU 2Trugt
gists nndeje poslti.xe
guarantee; first bottle";
benefits i&&w tiiz '
funded.' . Book 09 dis
eases 0.1 tne heart aac?
nerves free. Addewia,- 1 J".
T I M,i . m x
".DB. MILES MEDiQ
Elkhart, Ind. ,
RDSSELL" ANGRY
AT COMMISSLONERS' REDUCTION
OF PASSENGER .RATES. .
Bastell's Railway Attorneys Eager- for the
Compromise WItU the 8oather-Ieels-;
Ira of Federal -Court Uim Cut
Anxleasly AwaltedT-Order of.tbo Cinetn
: natl How 81 ate Troops Would Be Mo
. blllzed la Case of Hostilities
!, , k( - i. Messenger Bureau,
; v ;,:':, .Raleigh. N. C. Feb. 22.
i . The only observance of the holiday
here , ivas the raising of the national
and state flags orf the capitol and the
closing of the banks and nome of the
public offices. The state ollicfals don't
appear to. know exactly how to Tceep
a holiday, and some were at i work in
every, office. . The fla on the govern-
Jment (building remains, at half-mast.'
i One of the railway! - commissioners
says- he thinks the" governor is angry
.because of the reduction of passenger
'fares in the face of his expressed wish
that itve not done.., But one of the
governor's ' la wyers. "said" this 'mbrhlng :
,'It is not true tliat the ' governor is
angry.' That matter'of the lease of the
Atlantic .and .North 'idaroiiria'' railway
to the Southern is going through," ",'
The state 'auditor says that" ail jthe
newspapers are off as to the matter
lof what 'the council 'of state did re
garding the1 albove lease.-- But" from,
another isource, at is, learned that... the
governor says the action of the rail-
ticm master, which is, of 'course, :
rut at tne tjoutnern ..railway which
gets, the full benefit of ; the cut, i not
at all -agreeable to him, , as it breaks
,up his plans;' One of .the" queer as t
ithmgs is to see ' the eagerness with
which some of the. governor's. lawyers-
who, had, oeen after the Southern so
J ,ho,tf now want the compromise carried
through. ' " -: - -- -.'.
RJ O. Burton, of counsel for - J.- W.
and -Oth'o - Wilson, was asked , . today
jsvhat the United States supreme court
Jnig'ht- do in the railwky commission
ease. . "He' said the prayer pf ' the Wil
sons' was for contempt, so far as Cald
' well-and. Pearson .are . concerned, . and
"Restoration ,; to- office, of the Wilsons.
He added: ' "Wait a couple of "'weeks
ind You will hear something drop,- It
s quite plain that the Wilsons are in
ne-; spirits,, while, Caldwell and- Pear
son are worried. Nine repuibilcahs out
of ten say they; want the governor to
kvse' in this railway- eommtos-ionj -nght.
,' -The tak yesterday where republicans
gathered ,.was that . "in flnancrali mat
ter the governor is a; Bu'tier imah' and
,iWlV 'follow '' the senator wherever- he
may go." '' s - -v . -" -.-.-'-
'Rail way. iCommlssioner. , Abbott says
he is told the railways will get out an
injunction at once to prevent "the 2
'and' 2 cent - per -mile rate - from- going
into effect March 23rd, as ordered yes
terday by the commission;- He under
'stflnds that the roads will. mot obey
"the order. -He does not know whether
'the -newspapers -will make- a - test case
or not &s to the. order of the-commission
' forbidding thcissae of free-passes.'
' To some persons the new- commis
sioners have stated 'that this last; or-,
fler is aimed principally at the-country
weeklies. - ' ' - -' .
f The North Carolina Order of --the Cin-
cirihati" met. in 'annual session at the
stdtef library ' this morn-ing. Wilson G;
Lamb,1 of " Williamston,' presiding. Ma
jor ;DaveS 1s secretary.- Eleven heredi
tary' members were admitted and a seal
aha'ulpTom&' -adopted;' fashioned after
the original of 1784. The new members
re,i rRqwiand, 'Alston,: who represents
Captain. Samuel Ashe'; Bertram ' DaVis,'
representing '"Captain -James rReed; ; J.
A. H-adley, representing -Captain Joshua
Hatdley;.-Jno. . "B- ..Lord, representing
Lieutenant, : William Lord; R R. Little,
representing Captain (William' Little-;
M. D. Little, representing Lieutenant
Colonel Archibald -'Little;. Jos.- McLean
representing. . Surgeon? JWilliamj . Mc
Lean; William Polk, reprgaetHing . Mar
jor Vil j'iam ' f'oik j B. D. Waddell, rep
ireiieTiting General Francis Nash; tB, F.
Carter, representing Captain 'Benjamin
Carter: .W, Dv earing, representing
Lieutenant Thomas Pasteur. The next
meeting will be held July 4th, elther.at
Guilford -battle ground or at (Benehan
Cameron's 'country . seat, Fartntosh.
Membera of , the .society say that the
bill appropriating $10,000 for the monu
ments to Generals . (Nash and Davie
will soon become law. 5 .
Four convicts from . Edgecomhe ar-.
rived at the penitentiary today-v ,
; Sam Daniel, a egro who was one of
foyr wq. several years ago committed
burglary at the home of Sol. Gill, -in
thisjcountyi and who, escaped from a
state arm about. a year ago, has sur
rendered and is in the penitentiary. Jq
expects to -get his thirty year aennce.
commuted ep,' yefaw.; : V '-"
1 Tfh'e ecfetarit . of the board of agrt
cultiresays the sales. Of fertilizer tags
so far this season ape about 15 per
cent: less than to t nis' date' last year.
-; There 1s quite, an- expression of sur
prise at 'the official -declaration of the
organ 01 the State (Farmers Alliance
that, free silver isone of the least im-i
p;rtant of the planks, m the platform.
'Inquiry was made as-to--the Pla t
be. followed in this state prodd. iiyi
president ,mak- -tj eal "or. troops, say
S.Ottd. ." Y.h qtwte guard,' now of "tour
f eirnehts of ' eight-' compantea eaeh.
would tie mobiljze a.n ordered to In
crease, its strength to -the, .war, footing
of twelve eonipanjea -to each regiment
each; of 100 men, making in all 4,800.
This! tncresase' would ibe madeby call
ing to the colors men: who had served
ln..theguard,,for. tb.e(pastsix.or eshA
years. Then all necessary ,wo,uAdi
tne'-urriforTOiife'i ' fqtuipipJJnaf o tttM
dfll?e.l tnew. " Here Raleigh, the jor
ernor! ' guard- - ha arranged - to make
its strength 150. The . naval reserves
would, be Increased to 500 and trans
f erred to the- navy depaTtment . and
mustered into the United States ser
vlce.j TUe. zzd ; force -would " be , mus-I
itTed Into the -United State service
by the war denarlR-eat. The secttoa
of artillery ai Charlotte would be tnadft
a full battery, with a strength of abont
200, "thus making 5,000 of the Jand; Joree,;
1 besides the 500 of; he lavat force. The
organization is complete "in all particu
lars, and there would he ho hitch or
dday; ' - - '
: His attorney today told Barnes, the
"Wilson -man" in jail here for rape, that
the supreme court' will give,'" him
new;. trial. ': ; ' " '.'' -t
- Senator . Butler says he will .do hts
'best , to defeat I, 0, Bwart for the
tnlted. States judeshlp, and declares
that Bwart is unflt;for -office. -
Louteburg has suffered $22,000 loss by
a'nre: ' -'.--" - v--;- -.-i.-'-v-
a!barras county wilf not sue the, su
perintendent f the penitentiary in orv
der to setjure convicts for public road
w-3rk; a her has c'ompronW the
'ter ;by agreeing fiiPnish twetity-nve
in the toex fiUr- 4ays- ' ;
-Th amall-pox. scare now appears tq
ave entirely ended In. this state.
feeorge Parker, whose wife .was tak
en from him toy her mother, in Greejus
boro,: a few hours after laearriaae,
has secured a habeas oorpus. writ . to
get possession her.' '"'Her mother
claim tfe.firi ia not held in restraint,
e' Boblnson :. wlllj hear 1,he TOetv
"Why allow youral se aiowly- toy
itured aVAV-M of dflsease CfatUa
aa Feyer win undermine, tan eveaS
uaviy break down the. Wrongest consti
tution. . , 'FirtvOttr . .. fSweeV ,C5!1
Tonk -ft Iwn -a nvar than
jujinina, and; beh matoi m Iron'
Wid ILder positive guarantee to cur ci.
tmoney refurided;' Accept rro substitute.
The ''just as good" kind don't e?ct
cures. Sold', by X C. Shepardj, 4. H.
. Hardin' and H. L. Fentrssa- , , . .', -
Beginning Monday, 21st tost,
. . stoCt
' Heihsberger Store
This Stock consists of Miscellaneous Books, Fancy Goods, Toys, Sheet Music,
i ' Mnslcallnstramerits, Etc., Etc,.. . j
Also, one 30 foot Walnut Waa Case,' with plate glass doors, , -.
Eleven Volumes "Wilmingtoo Journal.' 186J3 to '73. j
O- "Tir. Y A.TiE3 cfb CO.
V WILM INGTON. N; C.
J. W.' NORWOOD,
P. L.
x ' President
Vice
V - - 1 ,
Atlantic National Bank,
: : WILMINGTON, N. C. I
CAPITAL $125,000. SURPM
1 - i Average Deposits $7o6,6(lo. ' H J y;.-;- -:
oSTATB AND niTDEBOSITORY;
'"We desire new accounts, both large and aaialf, endeavoring at all times
to please our customers, We3'extend every kccoinmodation consistent with,
pood bufiinftm . jSafptv npnncit jmo for rent at a nominal crice. -" ' ' -
J50. S AEMSTE05G, PEESTDENT
Wilmington; N. c.
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" ' THIS OSAlNK HAS BEEN ' ff BUS fNESS THREE AND A HALF TEAR3
AND' liAS PAirit OUT J12.000 IN DOCVIDENPS WITH ?19,(X)0 TO SURPLUS!
AND-PROFITS.'", ' ''" "' "' 'V'i1'.X;v'!t '" ! "'- '! ' ' - "
.. . . ..WiD . OFFER TOU OUR SBRVICEk. lWILL PLEASE YOU. J.IONET3
LOANED; ON -CHOICE s SECURITY AT. 6 PER CENT, .
tV. OPEN- YOUR: ACCOUNT WITH US. j SATISFACTION GUARANTEED :
'-' ""-'-".. -u -, ;.:., voir tCOTORSiSD f C.'.;' l
. JNO. a ARMSTRONO, . GBOi R." FRKNOR - 'f a w. "YATES, !
.GABEIEO HOLMES, . WDLLlAM Ci LDKK i ; J. O. L. GIESCHKN,
HUGH MACRAE, . V CliAS. Ef BORDEX, ; ,.; WM. E WORTH
JAMES H. CHADBOURN. JB... , " 1 ''' ' ! "' WILLIAM' GILCH HIST ' 1
BISGOUN'T WEEKlf
Tlie CC W. POLVOGT Co,
Beginning Monday, Feb. Slst to March 1st,
offer their entire Stock at ,!
per ;Oent; Discount
ON ALL CASH PURCHASES W MAKE? ,TH3S OFFER ;IN ORDER TO
MAKE ROOM FOR OUR SPRING STOCK, -WHICH 19 " BEGINNING TO
ARRrvE.- " " " "- . t I ' ' -'".,'') ' . : ' . ;'
; , DRESS GOODS, CARPETS, MAT TINGS, TRUNKS, RUGS, LACE CUR-.
TATNS, WINDOW SHADES, LACES, EMBROIDERIES GLOVES . AND
CORSETS .ARE V-LL INCLUDED UN THI DISCOUNT, S.LE.' -""' , "
i liLAiNKETS, COMFORTERS; LADIES AND MISSES WRAPS WILL'
tWl -rfN M WWPrCTTl UAH iC-TDTrwnT tr vworn f ' i'
M-TM , :-A. LV01
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am
m 1 on aen 1 nem T
, ;V.li i.,..:- . . . . '-'" ''.:. -.- 1. 1 ,;; : ...,. .u.,.i ;
ijl If not you had better come down. They !
! ; won t last long at tlie prices offered; -i
- Corsets, Muslin and Merino Underwear, j
mmm, ' ciodks onu caoes, M k Bros Goods-:
1 All sold for the next two weeks AT, COST, but
I ; i or C ASH ONLY at ,
: I...
US MARKET STREET.
LMHS AMD OTDTE GOODS.
THIS WEEK AT
JOHNSON
i You will find a most Elegant Assortment of NeV
Goods at very close prices.. J ' . : '--j i
I We have little competition in these
Stock surpasses any ever
New. Things in Embroideries.
Laces in Endles1 Variety
Ask to see the REDFERN CORSET.
eXOli33.SCli!rlrore
r .., J is.-;!
. No. 11 Market Street.! '. .
PLDldBERS
'
HAVE- YOU lEVERISTOPFED TO
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THINK HOW MANY -HOtTRS ARE
..I-;-, - -: m-r: 1 .-.' '-: H'vvv-: -WASTED.
ON THE STREET,?
You Pay1 by
i - - '-
TRY US IHD SEE
I 4 .44-,
i 1 -t -
Owee If . toye S Co,
we will sell off the balance of . '
mine j. - 1
-at Auotion Prices."
GORE, ,
LEE H- BATTLE
President
Cashier.
- "i ' F E. H4WES, jCSfflEB
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& FORE'S,
lines, asour
shown in this city,
OH BIGYCLES-
11 .:. I - ,
the
Hour.
THE DIFFERENCE.
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