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l l W V? N dIHI tVOL. XI. No. 70. WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY? JklARCH 23, 1898. " "' " ' ' ' ' ' "'' ' ' ' ' 't1 i ' i S. 5 I PRICE 5 CENTS. -t- m it :: ": I TELEGRAPH SUMMARY, :'. THE STATE. . Chairman! Caldwell postpones until Aipril 1st the time for reduction of pas- 6enger rates to. become effective!. The suit o annul the Hease of the Noijth Car lina.j railroad to the Southern, li to be withdrawn. Wake Forest base ball team defeats that'of Augusta, Gal The i council of state is giving the Johri Evans lieA & "?orous examination; on bis de pends the fate of the negro. Revenue ca&u,re a 100-lloh blockade dls tiu.ery in VVake county. i ' domestic! r! r The police of Richmond, Va., capture a ma" wanted in several cities for forgery. ., The naval appropriation bill was re 2rd house yesterday; ifej carries Jo.ouo.ouo. The president announces that newill appoint Judson Lyons, colored, i register of the treasury. In Sari Fran- cLco Jim JefTries defeats Peter Jackson lnthe third rounds- The house -military affairs committee - completes considera- , tion of the bill to reorganize the army inl orders a favorable report thereon. .Rear Admiral Sicard Is to be retired on account of 111 (health; bis successor has not yet been decided upon. The bark Helen !W. Almy", San Francisco for Alas- : ka, with crew of thirteen and twenty fleven passengers' Is found capsized; it is thought all on board were drowned. ' : . . ' ' MANCHESTER MILL AT WORK Kmri. Williams and : Oondnrt : Bth New Enterprise A County jofRccr Badly Hart The SanchlflcsUonUtt in. . Session News Note. (Correspdence of The Messenger.) . ; F-etteville, Nr C, March 22. .Messrs. J. R. Williams and Alex. Fair . ley are now at the head of the Manches , ter. cotton mill not yet at , work, but busily puttings in machinery arid getting : ready: for extensive! operations, ijor the present they will j manufacture! only warps i and yarns,! prepared, though, to rturn their attention to woven fabrics whenever the markets offer a show of prom."' They have" the hearty wishes I of ;t he, whole -comrriunity for their "success. Ieputy Sheriff Kinlaw, fwhile In pur suit of. a wrong-doer in-the vicinity of : thes Atlantic Coast Line railroad on Sat i urday. night, fell as he was attempting to , avoid n shifting engine, ' and. broiTe his' Ifg In two places., i - ; , 1 . The iSanctiflcatlbnists, who (have been iholdJng". services in a mammoth tnt-on . vacant lot 'on Hay. street for a week or more, have rented the immense armory -ot the Fayetteville Independent Light In fantry,; and will there conduct their ex ercises ; for a few days. Large numbers of., people from the county attend the meeting day and night, bringing: their dinners with them;;' filling'.' the yards in T&ir of the stores with the stir and bus 41e of their vehicles, and manifesting an absorbing interest Ln the progress of the "rc-vival." .'': ,.- ! ' Mr. Herbert Letterloh, who has recently-been seriously ill, has gone to Balti more for treatment,1 and the news there from is very gratifying, as he Is improv ing rapidTy. 'By the .way, he has made "Donaldson: street Very attractive with his Ji.ew buildings, and the last ! office, f ibuilt .for occupancy by Mr,! O. B. Welgh- man, is a gem. i -i MessTS. IS. W. Strange, Fitzell . Bros, iand other truckers 'have recently ship ped, large quantities of lettuce. Mr. Andrew-Broadfoot has the honor of having jtut the first asparagus on the market. We i are s ail citizens of the United States, owing to Its government our hon est .and unreserved allegiance; but 'It does not become southerners to "gush'r plen-teously-over the prospects of. war when It is1 remembered that 'the commanding officer of the army is General MUeg,. who shackled the limbs' of Jefferson Davis at Fortress 'Monroe. It has 'been, recently phown that this was not because, of or ders from a superior, the secretary i of war ihaving left with- Miles the Question the rigpr of (Mr. Davis' captivity. Were chains necessary to the aged ohief .talin, broken, in health and spirits,! whose followers had furled their flag, grounded it heir"! arms , and fallen away ir(m nis. lde? '--; . :'. - j. Crew aad Fasf sogers Drowned ' Ban ' !Fr aticisco, 'March: 22. tJipon itthe arrival of th Pacific Coast Steamship, ,' 'Company's steamer Sa.nta Rosa; . from Sa'ii Diego today, the news .was receiv ed, of another accMeat, indirectly at tributed to the 'Alaskan gold;; exclte tnemt, wajlchi is. ' 'beiieved . to ' haye cost the- lives of forty passengers- and sail- 1 . J - ,..-,! OrSi ,';;;':".. .' i : - OaiptaiJi lAlexander, of the Santa TBosa, reported that early thlsi morning, while nine miles -off Point IBonSta, Sat the, mcmtlh tf the Golden .Gate, lie . Fighted' a derielict, .bolttom ' upward'a. rr'he tug- Sea 'Witch was 1m mediately dispatched to the point indicated . and foaind the derelict to be the "bark Helen 'A'lm'y;, Captato 'Ho-gan. which saiied 2ience for Copper river points with, twen ty-seven pas'sengers and a crew of it'liir teeit on Sunday last. I. : -. The fbark lay oiipoo her starboard Etfdei with her stern low down fin. the dvater, Jier deck hamper ibadly wrecked and! several pTjanlcs of her imll washed ioose hy the seas which broke "over her. i While ithere were no signs of. boats ' nmonff the wreckage It is not lelleved 1 that-, her passengers and. crew escaped i.iby putttaig off from, the vessel fci tftiem, as there has been. a very heavy sea for I several days past, CParthermore, ho word lhas. ibeen received from, the stir 'vivors,Hf any extet, al,tPVgh the dere j lksl was sighted -within ten inijes1 1 of : f?hore and fully tforty-etght "hours-have ' jvassed since the wreck occurred. 1 Accords nig to the tug-boatmen there i was a pretty stiff breeze w'hen the A3 i rfn yj sailed o ur of th e : Gold en Ga te on Bunday last, and iby noon it was (blow ing a gale. There was a heavy sea running- and It is supposed that some ; time during the" n'tght sihte wasi struck ly a squall and turned turtle. An 111 Timed Text A young woman who lives on, Capitol hilj and has a name .which exactly ex - presses' her nature, spent a part of last summer in Atlantic. City. There is ; in Atlantic City an Episcopal church whose noors are never closed, xne pastor is ex ceedintrlv devout and ultra high church, J .nd -he ' reiida nravera every day.: The . IVutshington young woman went into the ehiirch one morning. The rector naa just l)egbn':to read the service and she was the only listener. The rector finished the jtrayers; ana u tnen Deca-me evraenx inauj. he meah't to do his full duty by his con- jprregalton. He was going to preaen a ser mon to the Washington young woman. "Dearly 'beloved.'" he began, gazing .'irrieitlv Into sotice '"I .purpose speaking to yiou jthis morning from the text" and to the; dismay or nis solitary listener ne onfiiniiM "from tne text, -iwun .irnm i tne, for I am a Biniui man.- unics Inter Ocean. I i Japan's Naval Increase Vienna, . March. 21. The newspapers announce tfcat Japan, between 18&5 and 1905L. will : have devoted 19,3,000,000 yen rto the! building of warahipsi. Forty sevenjiave already been ordered, with short terms of delivery, in England, 'France, . Germany and the' United dilates, ':r- ; Royal makes the food pure, , wtolesoine and delicious. PSVQE0 Absolutely Puro ! ftOVAL BAKWQ PQWUtn Cj.- NEW WW. , ' ' . -' : - ' - ' r . i : - - ' "'"'"' i t - -. f - '" ' :- I.. 1 '.- :' ' . i REPORT AS TO MAINE WRECK COMPJjETEP and on its way to ' 1 WASHINGTON CITY . To Be Placed In the President' Hands To morrow Not to be Made Pabllc Before; Next Week The Cabinet Disenues tbe SlSituatlon-rTbe) Administration to Take' . a Firm Stand as to t no Maine and Cnba. QOfflcIal Report of the Casualties of the1 .Disaster.-';:.- 'I :.'.,'", -',;V': 1 -Key West, "Pla., March 22. Lieuten ant Commatider Marix, jtadge-advcteaitel iof the tfaLted States iiiaval court of to-l qtflry Into the loss of the battleship; j Maine, ietft Key West this afternoon, jon his way tA Washington, Iby tihe City itoif Key; Westj (bound for ; Miami, taking jwithifix the: report of the court of Jm-1 jquiry ion Uhe disaster. Commander: j'Marlx ibromgh-t Ithe report ashore from !the Nashville today and Hear tAdimiral i Sicard, with Commander Maiix, Hpent leeveral; hours in dts further revision. - 'All the officers of tihe (Maine now bore, fj ejtcepi j jraymasier-s vierK 'JM.cxjari.ny, have received orders to leave tor their fhonres, there to await Orders, as in tlbe case of theotlheT officers who left Oiere to considered .to he court did not retqiiire last week. This evidence that; the ! corroboration! of technlical evidence as was thought a few days ago. IThe cria- jjorlty of the 'ofllcefs' of the Maine left U'h'is afternoon for (Mianii, and the re- I malnder of themi leave jito-morrow for Tampa. - . "r- " j 'Before leaving Key West, Oomntan der iMarix isa'id noth'inig (could' be given ; out about the work of the court of !n i qUiry or Its flndiinga. Personally, the commander said he was intensely re lieved lait completing his labor's. . The JdeeEsion rekched iby the court is sit'i'll jafj maeter of. - surmise. Perhaps s'lgnliflcanioe may be a1titached and con clus'iorfs drawn (from' a remark by Ad-m-hjait toafdriilasll n!ighit,j when hie said to a correspondent: "The case of the Maine j is most ipeouliar, - peihaps ' the mOst peculiar wh'lch has! ever occurred in thej history toif; th world."1 fiVom the general tone of his remark at m3g"ht Ibe Inferred (that ithe cour't iflnd'iaigs do not deflnitely solve Uhe ijmystery of tihe j explosiion. (This is f urther bom out hy 'the 'admiral's statement 'Uhat even after the "report had ibeen sent to Washing ton the departanent may require furth er investigation. i . . tLieut-enan'ts Jungen anl (Hood, Cadets ( Bronson and (Botyd, Piassed' AJsslsltalnt, Engineer Bowers, Ass'iisttant Enlg'ineer Morrtss and . Carpeiriter I Hilms, of the Maine,1 leift here today the fclty of Key We&t for 'Miami. i Gunher Hale. fof the ilost battleship, will, leave later. There are no commanding officers of the IMaine here. - V f . ' the court of frtqui'ry (The report of' leift here today .lr n the custody of 'Lieu- tenant Commander M arix, j udge ad - vUcate. 5 If the trairi. con n ect tons be made, he will arrive ' ihi 'Wasih'imie-toTi with the documents Thursday ntght. Within the last) tfive If ays a minority sentiment has Ibeen Steadily pro! wing that the court has ben; .unable to de termine definitely-the-icause of the ex- ! plosion. Still; it Is true that a majoriiy hold to the cknivictionl tjiat the report will find, and prove that the Maine Was blown up BntenCionally. The sending1 ot tihe Washingit on, -was an jreiport today to (uiidramatic cli- max to weeks jf waiting-. Uieutenant Camimander. I Marix went aboard the 1 Nashyflie early in the day and brought fere nee with Read Admiral Sicard cer tain alterations, were made and' then j Admiral ISiCard kfflxed his signature of approval. ? After luncheon Uieuitenant I "Commander Marix boarded the eteatm- ! er Ciityj Of Key! West and sailed for Miami at 4:30 o'clock, with the report' safely stewed away in state room "No. 16. iLiieu tenant Commander Marix be fore leaviingj was In a non -committal mood. He cbnJfined himself to saying thiati ihe wa i ! intensely glad to be through-- wth thes very! edious work and once more to be on the way north. Te spite tihe absence from Key West of the d'cJeuments on which the eyes of the world iare fixed, th court of in quiry continues ln existence though in active. Should the navy department re quire further' investigation and express dissatisfaction with tne iwromgs, it 'is probable the i court will jbe dbliged to return to Havana, though the release of all the IMaine officers held here as witnesses tujntil today imialkes It unlikely tlhaf any Qoophole has ibeen left whioh Would Justify ' the department an re quiring the court ; to . perform' f urther work. . - . I , . (THE !ADiTl!XrSTTiA!TION'S FIRJI ' .: ' 'STAlN'D.; ' Washington, IMarch- 22. IThe ca"binet meeting' today lasted something over an hour and was devo'toed exclusively to the Spanish' situation in general, and to the forthcoming report of. the Maine court: of 'inquaryj in particular. The tone of the djiscussion was- very nnrn and. determined that, ithere must come an end to the present state of affairs In "Cuiba,' Secretary Ixng au tlvOrized the statemen't that the under s"tandiag 'before the capinet was that the ropor.t would' reach.' Washington Thursday brj IPiia&y; that it was vry Volum'jraoius? and : that i&a puiMicatJion and transmission to congress would not occur until next Monday .or Tuesday, as the president would'; require that much time to give the (document the mature ; consideration its momentous character required. Other caJbinet offi cers stated that the general plan . In cluded Uhe sending" of a president's mes sage along: with the" report, stating that Spam hsf been- called upon to make suitable) J response -to the case presented by Jhe court of Inquiry. While the j cabinet associates of 'the president miaanltained their usual re serve as to ithe exact character of the deUbera'tlonis, it was conceded that the discussftm proceeded on the jJheory that the coming report would Show that tihe Maine explosion Was not the result of an accident, but was due tb an external cause. This was not ibelcause of any nosltlve '. information,. Wofweyer, as to the flndlhgrs of. the court. There no doubt that substantial: unanimity ex ists oh the part df the president and ail Wis caibinet, (both as to Uhe. Maine ques tion ana the general su'meci vx vuioa. ,Th possibility of a recourse to Sn terveni'ion in case ' Spain declined to make ui'table response to & repre sentations we will (make after recejv ing" the u Jalne report has been fully discussed, although neoessarily It has Iheeii a.n .abstract disoussioni auius car, and no conclusion has. been reached or is possible until the VJcal question as to the court's nd'inigs are before e president and caibUnet. 'At .the same time there is a very evident. intention to consider all eventualities, including the recourse; to intervention, the recog nition of lindiependeniee and other meth ods which appear to suitably meet the requirements, of such' a- condition. It lis beiieved to be the intention or me pres ident,' however, to bring about a very material and satisfactory condition In Cuba by what shall sefem to be the best and most practicable method of "obtaining" this end. It) is the .hope of the administration that pain herself Will so far realize the situation as to see the necessity for such radical ac tion on her part with respect to Cuba as shall commandi the japproibatfom of this country and, thus, at once put an end to all differences. . V ' Outside of the caibinet meeting the day was excep,t?ionaliy quiet. Secre tary lionfe" was able to clear his . desk at 3:30 o'clock for the first time since Che Maine disaster occurred, and. toe ; Heft the department before office ihoiura closed, to enjoy a walk, THE mlBTON HOtAIDS SQUADRON ' tDurtng tihie af ternotoml the ibureau of navigation posted the notice that the (battleship Massachusetts had galled. from Key West fox Hampton Jtoaids, following he Texas, which left yes terday. Atoout the .same time Commo dore Schley, wihb has ibeen suggested as the probalble commander of the "flying squadron," centered at Hampton Roads, called at the department and fiad a onference.wft'h lAssistant Sec retary Ttoosevelt. The cruiser BrooJc lyn' is at (Newport INews and the moni tor Puritan is under orders (Ho proceed there, so that these vessels will be near jthe Hampton i Roads rendezvous, if it Is djeterminedl to establish the squadron there. Orders for this move have not) yet (been made, however, nor has Commodore Schley received any information) ' If torn officials that he would Ibe jplaced in1 command of the squadron. ; . f . - ' . ."' The navy department continues to keep anformed as to the Spanish tor pedo flotilla, now stopping at the Ca naries. It can h& I stated positively that President McKinley has protest ed against the comling of this flotilla is .'unwerran ted'. There has (been no such protest. ' 4 ; .. ; A OOAXJNG eTATTON ESI WEST EN- ':: - T)TtF!3. . ... Serious attention' lis 'being'eriven by tfhe navy department officials to the question of the acquisition of a suit able location 'for (a coaling' BtatliOn somewhere to the West Indies. Steps have been taken already to estaJblish such a -station at Ithe Try .TortaieauB, (but this, i it 4s said, Us-thei-only - deern water harbor available for "Dig war- vessels (between Hampton -Hoods and the Kio GranVie. Beside, It is practi cally unprotected at present and a fleet 'would have to! .be stationed . there to protect the coal stored, which is un satisfactory. There; ar a' number of fine harbors among, the West Indies, said a naval offlteerj today, land one, of these we ought to tiave for a coaling station. Secretary . Uong Is considering the matter and it Is protbable that if the government can make the neces sary arrangements a: station, will be secured. s . ' BOWtDER "BaQpiS' OPENESD: -(At the war deipaTtaient bids' were opened in the ibureau" of ofdnanioe for- supplying 470,000 pounds of brown pris matic powder for the seacoast fortM- ! cation 'guns. There hvere only tJWo bid ders, the CaM'fornlai Powder Cotmipany -J, and the TJupont PoTfder Company. The Tormer concern offered to supply - the powder at the rate Iof 32.175 .cents per pound. Twenty-one) days after receiv ing the contract they will beg'in dellv- ennig the powder at the rate of 25,000 pound's weekly.. The Dupont Company bid at 32.175 icen'ts per poudd for. thatfj to be delivered at the powder arsenal j at Dover, N. J;, arid 34.175 cents per pound forftrhat to Ibe delivered at the Benecia arsenal, California. . TWO (MHIiliTONj CtARTKITXS'ES. In a day Or two the ordnance bureau. will award the contract for supplying the department 2,000,000 smokeless poJwdier rifle ball-cartridges of- .30 cal ibre. Two concerns'submitted ibids for furnishing these cartridges, the Win chester Arms Company ;iand the Unllon 'Metallic Company, (both, ' of Connecti cut. Their 'bids were suhstantiaWv alike and "the contract probaibly will be divMed between, fthe two companies. ume 'war tre,pajrrme,nx nas- recenvea in formation of the arrival at (New York i of the steamer vNorkyn i with 5.700 poiundsr of foreign smokeless powder also ordered. This (powder is for test- tog (purposes at 4'hej Bandy Hook prov- ing grounds. NO OvTSmTpRES ,TO SPAIN. Pending a decision on the govern ment's final policy, fno overtures or. in timations have ibeen conveyed to the Spanish government, and ithere is no ollici'al knowledge as to J-how Spain would regard a. recognition of Cuban independence, or jinteiention.; The' Spanish' minister, Sienor Polo, request ed today.that'a statement toe made that reportstiititirtlbU'ting tpi hilmexipressionsijon thei sulbjectptC independence were unwar ranted and. untrue. Senor Polo says he has not discussed this or any other of the .pending questions. i THJEJKEIA'PJ&AKIG'E AD.KENTUCKY Presldeht Orcu'tti of . the Newport Ne,wa S'hipibu'ilding! Company talked with 'Secretary Long today "bh. ithe plans for the launching of the new fbattle- ghlpsKearsairge andKen'tucky ait New port 'News next Thursday. Owing to the condition-of affairs' here, Mr. Ixmg is nttt likely t a'ttiand the launching, as Thiuirsday is the day on which the report of; the court of inquiry may be received. SFor ithe same reason many of the naval chiefs who had hoped to see these Sine1 shhps glide Into the waiter will .be unable" to attend, the Jaunchiing.; A distinguished party Is to leave here; tomorrow night, however, i, including members of the senate and house committees (and such naval offi cials as are not pressed by the presenit emergency ctmditions. 'Mr. Orcptt stau ed that the iKearsarge would leave the ways at 10 ' O'clock a rm. .Thursday morning and the Kehtucky ; one hour later. Mrs. Herbert. Wttnslow, wife of iLieutenant Commander Wunslow, and iJMiss Chris tine QBradley.daufebfteil of (Gov ernor Bradley, the two -lafges wmpwiii christen the Kearsarge anil Kentucky, respectively, will reach Netvport News jtonniorrow. Oovernpr Isradley and a party of 300 itentuckians win arove at the same 'time too' do fit ting honor 4 the sthip which j bears tn name "Ojr their state. After j the launching an 'hour will be giveii to .inspecting .the ' shipyard', including the work on the wg battleship Illinois, and later, a col koit ion '.will . (be served. Mr. Orcuitt Speakslln the highest terms of the new Sbattleships and says that on a plnah khey could ibe made ready ior service within eighif. monitihs and possitoly less. iNWX)TIATIO'NIS OR PURCHiA-SJNG ' .:- ' j , WAIRSHIPB. The negoitlataons lor -tne purchase of ihips abroad is going steadily forward, yut there was a regretabie dassappoint tnent in this toonnedion today. The tuthorlties had been exceedingly anx ous to get the (big 'tiorpedo cruiser Tupy iillt'for Bra?l. She. Is one Of the moat formidable."" orpedi craft afloat, her s ize .placing her th cruiser class tvhile her torpedo armament gives her the effectiveness of torpedo, (boat and, Iruiser combined. It was-learned pos tively, today (however, that the Brazil ian governmenit wiould nkt part witlh hite Tupy, aind this jcloses the efforts for of itisibest ships "under negotia tiona, ' ; -I- ' . j " ' ' ' ' In a small measure this was off set toy the success of the bavy department In securing a trim!-' j little narrow -(built launch, iwhftch, though very .-small,'. Will eerye as a harlbor torpedio boati She is ox tine same ciass m. vum-i. tt tuvi dto Ibuilt for the Brailianavy. . " J NEWS FROM OUR WA'BBHIPS. The navy department was noltifled to ay of the arrivals of the cruiser Cln-. cinnp-tl and the gunboats5 Casting and Wilmington af Pojft Annio, Jamgcia. ; This is aJbou't the isame diisiance front': the south shores of Culba as Key W est .14 from the nortJh ishore. KThe guhhoaJt Marietta announced her arrival at 'Pan-, ama. The !Martle1iead has gone -'from Port Tamna "ito Iry T&rtugaa, . ' ' JL SECIRET MISSION TO KEY WEST, j Captain fBarker,! nayal aide to the secretary of the na"vyrreturne)d to 'Ws desk at the navy deifertment : today aifter a few days absence. He went to Key West on a secret mission, thex ajdt nature of which has not. (been dis closed. Inasmuch ias he ; conferred at length with (Rear Admiral Sicard, com manding the Nortlh Atlantic 60juadnon and with. Captain j S"ampson, president of the navy eourt-; of inquiry Investi gating the cause .of the Majine disaster, tfiere appears to Ibe good reason for the Inference thait (this (business realted "to that affair and &ts possiible conse qkiences.' -: :S.'. ' ;i-?: ;r: -.a j One of the imost utaye tjinaffches of the navy department Just now is ha.t engaged in the enlistment of recruits' for various" i positions to Uhe service, i Yesterday notSce was given hy adver- '-' . - . i : -N be opened at a num'ber of cStes, mostly 'on the coast. Today In response to representations thaJt have come to hand, fha enlistaient :. ibureau II gave notice thax a (board of officers would Ibe detailed to, visit various cities in the vicinity of the greai lakes w!here; it is said, Ithere ,are a number fcof persons who would Ibe! willing to enter the ser vice. Many of them are Scandinavians1 who have Ibeen at sea. in thefir native country. f - -. . ' ! j GENERlACLi GRAH3AM"S TOUR. . 'Atlanta, ' g4, March : 22J neral Graham, comamnder of the departiment of the gulf, will leave tomorrow morn ing for a -tour of Inspections He 'Will be accompanied Iby tleutteniants Barney and IRetoer. The officers iflrst to Charleston and then to Savannah, St. Augustme, Key West,: Molbile, pensa cola, New Orleans and XMveston, an the order named. The works at Gal veston, nearing completfon, (have not toeen approved (but will prOtoalbly be turned over 'to the government during or shortly aifter (General Graham's visit. Lieutenant Reber, chdelf of signal ser- v5ce for the department will examine into the teregraph facilities i at 'each point visited. ; Chief Clerk Bass of the; adjutant arrived today, and at generals officel once 'took up nis work to the 'Austell buildings There arrived also nve other clerks and tihe en'tlire office force of the signal corps, j. '-'.'J -"f '1i .. 2-B3avana, Maron 22. The ru-morsr-thiat General Pando has been recalled and is awaited, herb with, 6,000 men aa: pro nounced to ibe without foundation. Gen erals Pando and SaJlcedo, it Us given out, are continuing their operations in the province pf Puerto Principe. The Span'ishj cruiser lAlfonso XII en tered the newt floating dock today, in order, to have her ibottotm cleaned.!! La ter 'in the day the dock rose without mishap. "All the machinery Is working nicely and !hei" crew are (busy cleaning the bottom of the vessel, but thej dock will not be accepted untfl more j fully tested "by a heavier sh'ip. j J ; v DIVERS' WOTtK ON THE WRECK. The wrecking -contract ' divers jhave been (busy on (the Maine today, raising two 6-tach gubs from the after oaibttn with great difficulty,, and getting; am munition from the magazine aft. in doing th'is thej divers are compelled tb go down through he turret aftfjin a narrow chute land then along' the; deck to the imagazine opening. They ; j . are ; liable to, ibe jahi!med and great care is taken. It may ibe necessary to cut a .hole throulgih the decks direct into the magazine. Moreover, tne cnivers are soimiwhat nervous about handling ex- plosives. I OFFICttAiL IilST OP CA'SUAITTES. ' Chaplain! Chldwick has completed his mortuary jrepbrt, 'which Shows that 257 men and two officers perished in the catastrophe, six succumtbed tb their in juries in- the Ban Am'bro hospital, here, one died oni j 'the (Spanish! transport ColOn, 171 bodies have ibeen recovered from the wreck, of which, sixty-one have been idertti'fled, '160 have .been tburied in Colon cemetery and eleven at Key West. .. This Is the official report, made pUbHic, after careful correction, for the' nrsi time. It is probaible 1 that many more I'dentl'ficatlonsi will : (be es taiblihed when the enlistment records are compared with the notes in Chap lain Chidwlck's possessilon of marks on the corpses. ' ; ' " ' The death Of Henry Williams, ;one of the diving force of the 'American; tug (Chief, oif he; Merritt Wredkinig Com pany, occurred at 8 o'clock last even ing, due, according to 'the .American physlcjan who attended' him, to chronic hemorrhage (of the stomach. It" was not unexpecfed. Mr .Williams was Hi be fore he left1 jthe 'United Stated.' The body will belsent to Key West. ! !. (The central relief station, in tMs city, is feeding 12,000 persons daily. ! It will Ibe formally opened tomorrow, although partially In (use already. The system is admirable and food, is plentiful. There are 1,085 tons of supplies now on hand or afloat. 'Advices from the coun try districts jare satisfactory and show the same condition, as have (been re cently described. . :!- iLa Diseuseloni today ' . criticised the editorial of CLa Lucha, referring con-' temptiously to the charitable work of Americans dn the island, and says that the editorial jwas inspired by 'hatred of the Cuban 'people, fronn whom iLa LuCha has derived a large part of its income. Th$ eidtor of Lai Uucha ! says Ija Xiscuscion "know that there are 300,000 Victims bf starvation, and; would not care if there were as many dead. He is ignorant Of the great Charities maintained (by he United States, ana also of the gifts of supplies , ironj ipne :United States- to other countries (than Cuba in -time of need." I jl - La Lftidha and iLa riscuscion are po litical opponents and their editors are personal enemies. , j i i 1 I Up 'to the hour of closing the oaibie tonight the lofflceTS of the Maine in Hyana nad not received orders to go north. (All hut (Lieutenant Commander WainwTight imay be ordered away at any time. He 'has heeii placed omciai- dy In charge of the wrecking in'progress under the contract. XJaptain iigstee and the otJher officers were i supposed to remain bnl While the court of i In quiry was in session here and they are confident they will toe ordered away Ibefprej April ast,.,as, after that date, j quarantane. laws against yellCfW fever wjill 'be enforced more rigidly than ever, ! on, aceounit oif he dutbreak last year in "New! Orleans and elsewhere In the United States. Captain Slgsbee is not very well. He is anxious to ) go n'orth, 'but; of course, says nothing on the suJbject, jfbeing wlW'ing to wait pa tiently for orders.. . ' " j i 1 - j ; -THE PR'HSaptRNT COGN'iSTJLTS SEINlA " v. ; " -,' ' TOR GORMAN. , . i f j Washington, March' 22. Senators Al lison and Gorman a'w the president today 'by appolntmenlt. The president desired to consult them regarding the present Cuban situation, as 'he; has Ibeera consuilting . others. Little could be learned concerning the najture ctf the conference 'but it is known (that the president desires the views of leading men of 'both parties at this time on the situation, which is knideqred very critical. : ; : r I I Havana, via Key West, Fla., March 22. 'It. is known 'positively j that! the negotiations: between General -.Parade's delegates, (Ramirez and Chsaryez, land j General CaMxto "Garcia: and otner proni- autonomists made what are said to )e final offers I of practical Independence, have proved an absolute failure. No particulars Shave yet ibeen received at the palace "here as to (the place or ) bhe particulars (of ' the meeting, 'but that the negotiations (have failed -Is : shown py the resijmptlon pf hostilities-, i- Madrid, (March 22.: The papers here puibllsh fullj reports of the movements of the. United States warships and of the defensive preparations' being made by the govejrnmnt of the United States. It is reported that the Spanish war ship selected 'to convoy " the I torpedo flotilla has Nafled 'fro'm "Carthagena for theX?anary islands. It appers that the delay in tlie voyage of thej torpedo boats Is due to the fact that the Ariete, pne of Ihe Spanish torpedo Iboats, sus tained some" slight damage while on her way from Cadiz to the Canaries.: : The Spanish newspaper advocate further strengthening of the1 naval squadron in Cuba, so as not to be caught at disadvantage In case of war, Senor Mai-et, the minister for the col onies; told! th newspaper men- who waited on him today that the report of the Spanish court of inquiry would hot (be known as Soon as (had 'been expecft ed. He said he (believed the iAmrican report would not be as faconaVJe . as Spain desired, ' V: ' ; '! I - 1 Count Ie Villa Gonsalo, (Spanish am bassador to Tlussialfl has1 resikned '. I The Spaniish government has "received a dispatch from its raiixister at Wash ington, Senor Polo "y Bernalbe, saying that the report of the United States naval court appointed to Inquire Into the loss of the (battleship Maine Wolds L that the explosion was of: externa " - '' ' ' TH ttlB EXTENDED For Mkklng cttT the Reduction in FiiMBger Bat4. v-lTbe Salt : to Ann ml the Iaaeof.the J)?jth CaroUM. Railway to 'be Wltltdrawy- - (Special jbThe Messenger.) . I RaleTglh, (Ni'i March, 22. The clerk of itihe rallwuyeom!mission; today re ceived a telegrw firoW Ohaarmom Cald well extend!in,gttntil April 1st the (time for the order "tducing ijassenger fares to 2 and "oeJts -per mile, to go Into effect. I It is shifted in ithe telegram, that the delay, is tgglve the railways more time to .perfect peals from (the order. But for - this iifcjfjegram the netw rate would have be Affective tomorrow ' 'Railway ' Conj3issionier Pearson ar rived this, afteijpjoon. He ..expected ito find CaldTein: lie3ier The latter had tel egraphed . hd creas advi ito (be here yesterday, Ibut Pearson could not come.' The jrlfway asked' Cbmmds s loner : fAb!bwt telegrapb Caldwell and ask fqpension of . time until Malteh :?&th'f?tiie new passenger rate to toecewne ' elfetlye, to order that the railways migktt perfect . appeals and eybondss - Indwell telegraphed, as-' senttlng arid nWkfng Late April 1st. iTf o bonds ore Hied; Pearson tto- nlght met .Mtcpe, of the Seaboard Air Line, jby appnient. burner and W. H. Pay,r of -Vhlfetajboair Air HJine, were ailso'priese$,'.J . - Revenues. 6cfs captured a 100 gal lon UlMf d&lllry dn itMa county to- i::'ivV.' -v 1 1 Your correSpfederit Is informed on high iaulthorirphat (the suit "brought by Governor RteeH to annul the lease of the Norh gjcoilna, railway to tth'e Southern h)Cpffefco on end, saitisfac- tory arrangemsi?5iaving (been effect ed orretmn,Jiaiao&l will no't press; the TOa-titorunySJUrther. the adJustmeh't being ' satisfatftt ito air parties in in terest..;! Whooplng.oiw &h is ithe most distress 1 ing malady; rb3.t its duration can be out short byf '(& use of One Minute Cough. Cure,i f tch lis , also the best known remedy S an croun and all l ung wuh vt vuvuuu; .uyutMcg. aw a. atTiicuiu jt S3 THE JO EVANS CASE. The Council ot E4 blTlas; It a Thorough i Spectp$The -Messenger.) J. -'!Rilfig4, '(tj-r:0!afc3x 22. The council of state yester y considered the John Evans case ;fo.even hours, your cojr resporideit s?cu; some interesting facts about) Its sessi.JA state official says the situation jlsteMcate; that there afe a great! many itions and letters arid that nearly li f'dr Evans, but that oiie letter? makes .kf Mwi statement which is f , ; '' t I .. '- - r . ) not revealed" no?-'f hue which is extreme ly unfavorable. Evans ; Chief Clerk eimsj of the: pidttbr's pffice, left for Laurinburg atrc'clock this morning, "tf the request ' of Sje., council of state(fto consult with ft'b7People connected .witlh the statements ir&de in this letter that if the statementi this letter are7 proved to be facts Eval i will be hanged, but If not .proved, iieiSands a chance of se curing commffi$i to - life Unprisonmenjt. It' is said, ' ii-r,- that the governor is not retryirijSiii case, ' but is merely sifting ithe TfyMTce; that there is ito question $f- ;Jtjbbnesty and sinceritjy of the 3uryvajnfef the fact that It was one of he bepju"rles ever known n Richmond coui4$ JHhat the only, question is as to theteracy of the eviden4e and whether, a Sthirig was overlooked ; that at the tri""? Jit" was not absolutely developed thatpape was committed, though an assa- was shown and that there . was als-G$$ome .' doubt' as to the alibi. '. i-i"" ' ' '. .1 :'- -r "'" ! We ore arixIoFsi to dO' a liCGe good ln this world ajdfan think , of no pkjajs anter of bieltt .way to do St than by reconimeinirWane Minute Cotfgh, Cure as a prevehitijMiof pneumonlia, con CHimipitloty,'': dqtp;jot3ier-. serious ; lung troulbles L thaC fellow' neglected colds. R. R. Belkunjriggf : Sapi-em Goart Dleltlon . - i (Special tLi'.The Messenger;) Raleigh, N. CMarch 23. The supreme court files theflowing opinions: Chard vs. Warren, iffDare, upn motion to retax -costs; court rules that all costs are to "taxed against the de fendant appella;State .vs. Barnes, from Nash, affirmed ;V"?ms vs. Lumber Com pan, from Pit t affirmed; Ice Company vs. Raihtoad vCapany, from Wake, new tri; Wprth, trer, vs. Wright, from Ouilfordj jfeverl fe" State vs, "Perry, from Beaufort, affiled! MeGowan vs. Me- Gowan. homes,1ftd ica'se from Pitt,, e- ror; Marshburnj-j. Lashley, from Wake, error; jGiKch vjauseft, from Oranvlll, aff lrmed Mpssfet. Railroad, from ATa tmanice -: keyersMitcie3l' vs. Mitchel, from Gunforg,w trial; Herring vs. XXixoni f rom , pne, error; "Worth Co.' vs. Wharton, f9?; New' Hanover, affirm ed V Pertfflze vs. Marshburn, from Duplin, finned; Garrell vs. Al paugh, from frsythe, petition to rehear-jdi,smisseCi,State vs. .Newberry, from Pender rjvfcUrlal; Hicks vs. Royal, from ew Ha er dismissed for'insujt flicient printing Cilliam vs. Brown, from Duplto, affirmpullen ys. Wilmingtpn, affirmed; ,Kerr4; Wadley," f roni Samp son,! motion ,tptoCket and dismiss dt- fendanf i app-jBlowed Cox vs. Dunn, f romf Lenoir, i j(f trmed ; Kerr ' vs. Hicks) from 8apiPondmlssed on- the gri'ai .thafcs thepp-lis; penia;ture; Sewing (Machine Ccttnep$ vs. Thomas,' from .Moore,:- dismist m for fairuxe. o, print record, . Rear Adoair ft glcard to he Believed : Key West,trch. 22,-It la reported that Rear Ad'ral Sicard has Ibeen (be fore the boaEpj! , retirement orr (the cruiser NewJ iik iand will pnobabiy b& iiiet'0d4'.oothmd on account' of .physical dlsal&iity. - . . ': , j Thei Marlblehead has arrivect from Port Tampa iA-f& the Tortugas, after supplying --t&ei. I ; . . . I ving tlieiftJassaichusetts with ana- munitknit. , - WcusftticiaJ'' 22 ln- view of tihe -poss'iibile Strement of Rear; Ad mdral Sica, accounlt of ill health there lis jconslpJble epeteulaltion as to his piioble ucessor. There Is an aJbundance of ;e611erit material for tie selection; of aj;w commander of the Norths Jltolanj!. Sncludiiig Rear AdniiraiKince, ; ccnniiand!ant of the (New" Yornavy yard, and Coan-modiore'-J.- Al jjowell, recen)tly in com rn,aaid -of - thifil "European, - squadron. Other; officesrspfl' slightly lower rank who fflrmentlnfd as likely of, selec tion to .he cotaSnand of the horne tlonifcre' idbioSK: W, S.,i9oh!iey, now on duty in thifctty aj president of the light toouse pAvrd, nd; C5apaJSn W. T. Sampson, conrnandlng the Iowa. -In view of (the idwnjetances of the case, it la more thaai likely that Ithe matter will (be setitlJe;lmimaedlately upon thi3 receipt off t&ereprt of ithe board. Of survey, .wmcn.rprojaaiDiy nrai . 'oe eup- mtttea -perore tKr W tne- wee. THE FERTILIZER, TAX CASE NOT YET DECIDED BY FEDERAL SUPREME COURT. Boston Base Ball Team Xoeated at Greens boro Popnlist laying Plans for a Trade Hints of a Fight Against CVT. Bailey's wiuiuiaiivij -rjswi; jnaaes - a ueoa Thins of the Judgeship Passenger Rate Redaction Oftse Probably to he Reopened Another Division of KaTal Reserves i Messenger Bureau " .:' - Raleigh, N. C, March 22. Last night 3. C. L.- Harrlss, one of the attorneys tfor the state board of agri' culture,. requested a newspaper man here to telegraph j to Washington and : ask whether the upreme court had decided the case involving the state's'Tight to Impose a tonifage tax on fertilizer. The reply -was thai the case had been decide ed and "in fajor, of the state. It is an important decision, as out of the tax the expenses, of the inspection of fertilizer, salaries of all officers, the maintenance of the .-r state fmuseuin and purchase of specimens are, paid and the agricultural and mechanical college is aided to the ex tent of something like $10,000 a, year. The fight against the! tax on fertilizer began years ago and was originated and kept up by one lawyer andone manufactur ing Arm. So f Ar'as known no other firms object to Uhe fax. , A telegram past night stated that the case had not been decided. - Boston- Nse ball club has arrived at Greensboro where It will practice and get in shape ior 'the season. ,,lLdlt'or Ayef says 'he has heard of no kicking against the date, April 5th, set ter the meeting of the state committee of the populist oartv. Rut 4t as of the eleven, pioptilist committee who ask ea mat one caii be made that' the meet ing be held nM later than April 1st. It is the desire .itj get ari early convention, so as to be in fa. position to "trade."" Some of the local republicans appear to be gredtly: worried because C. T. Bailey is to get thej Raleigh postofllce. Bailey always advised his friends to bet on him as a winner. Senator Pritchard had lone ago promised him. the place. One repub lican hinted tMay that an eflort might be made to prfevent his confirmation. ! The funeral of ; Mrs. James 'Dinwiddie Was held here, this afternoon,: from the Presbyterian Qhurch. ' t ISome gentlepien who were, speaking mo i.. msiii ttwui. xne aecision 'or . the iTJnited Statesjsupreme court in favor of jOaldwell and Pearson, Governor Russell's (appointees sailway commissioners, icharacterlzed it j I a "state's right's de cision." J. W. iWV&on, who is thus ousted ias chairman, has many warm friends iwho regret to fsee' him thus knocked out, but his f ellowJsuff erer, Otho Wilsonf ap pears to get lio sympthy, i Thus far sixteen fedeyal prisoners have (arrived at th(e penitentiary here: One Ifrom Alabama, eight from Virginia and The Apex umber Company h) this county has sustained $1,500 loss by fire. A resident- here says that the drought is illustrated by the fact - that a well which for ninety years has never failed, Is now useless. , It is learned from persons near to Chairman Caldwell,, of the railway com mission, that fie is not satisfied with hia ruling against) the exceptions of the rail ways to the j passenger rate reduction, and that it Is tquite probable that he will Soon call a ipeeting . of , the commission Ito take action' on that- matter. There jwas a rumor hat; such a meeting might, In fact, be hdild Thursday of this week. Chairman Caldwell .left for home at 4 O'clock this morning. The populists who Were here at ithe, time the decision was made last welk are sadd to have exert led an undue pressure upon Caldwell to make him .carry1 out Senator Butler's views. . -. ; ' -.' I At military headquarters it Is learned that there ls t ,be another division of jthe naval reserves, or more properly ha--val militia, al Washington, making six divisions in afi. Washington is an- excel lent point forja division. .'. - j The Augusta (Ga.) base ball ' team ar rived here this morning and' played the Wake Forest! college team at the latter place this' afternoon. The shipments of fertilizers are- very heavy. All thje-signs point to a big crop of cotton 'beiag planted. -' f In the ' future permits for the' con-, Struction of . all buildings in this city are to be Tequired- t ' . j Arrangements are in progress for a tel ephone line ifrom here to Goldsboro as Well as one ito Henderson, j The second appeal of Vice President St. John from th order of the railway com mission reducing passenger rates is is sued - in pamphlet form. It is character ized as the ablest of all the documents along tnat line; j Hartls 'Bmulsion ' ,x coa Liver . Oil Witlh Oreosott and the HypophospSiites, it faithfully Sused, Is & specific in the treajtanent weak lungs. Consump tion, Bronchtttas, etc. Iieadling physi cians recomnend ft.. ISold by J.' C. Bhepard, J. H. Hardin; and H. L. Fen tress. ' .'- i - ..':' i The Arniy Reorganization BUI , !Washingto,- March, 2?.- The tmilitairy laffaSrs oomnyttSe "of the house today (completed cfnslderatjon of the army eorganlztlob IbiU and ordered a fav fairalble ireport)upon it, 'As agreed upon, only a few nanges were made. lAn ad jaiit'ional section wasr added as a precau tion, providing that nortihing in the act ishould Ibe construed as an authoriza jtlon to increase the; enlis'ted (force of he army i time oif peace,. 'Another jamenkimenlt provides that "alfc the ' end jof any war in which the United S ta'tes Jnay become Involved" the .army shall jbe reduced itjb a peace (basis . toy the transfer or asorp'tion thTough promo tion of the supernunTerary omcers and, Itbe honoraibfe discharge or transfer of supernumerary enjlsted men.' . j - Cnairman Hull,' of the military af fairs commttee, ; will secure action Upon the. bi 1 at the earliest possible (moment. It may require & special rule to get the (bill (before fthe house. A Shattered Nervous System. FINALtfy HEART TROUBLE. - Restored to health by Dr. Mn Nervir.e. R. iEEWARD HAEDY, the Jolly man ager pi bheppara Uo s. great store at Bracevllle, 111., writes: "I had never been sick a day ln my life until in 1890, I got so bad with nervous prostration that I had to give up and commence to doctor. I tried our local physicians and one in Jollet, but none gave me any relief and I thought I was going? to die. I became, despondent and suffered untold agony. I could not eat, sleep nor 'rest, and It seemed as if I could not exist.' &.t the end of six months I was reduced tb but a shadow of myself, and at last my, heart became affected and I was truly miserable, I took six or eight bottles of Dr. Miles' Nervine, It gave me relief from the start,, and at last a cure, the great est blessing p my life." Dr. Miles'; Remedies are sold by all drug gists under a positive guarantee, first' bottle benefits or iaoney re funded. Book on dis eases of the heart and ir.estore Health V nerves free.? Address, -L. DE. MILE3" MEDICAL OOjJart lad, Jin AIR To the ladies of Wilmington from Mrs. Taylor in New York, say3 that the general Sprmg Openings in MiUinery wiU take place this week, and that she must wait for these Openings in order to bring the Latest Styles in Millinery, whioh.will be; exhibited immedi ately after her i eturn. ;j j : . .gS . The date of .the Opening: will be announced in this paper. I I V 11 MARKETSTREET. mar 22. ' 3SE.l HE3L. &1&JEZJE&J&T, 107 Frirxoess' Streetv Sfatemenr oi miani National Ml TniS CG03E OP BUSINES S FEB. P0KT TO COMPTROLLER, !. RESOURCES. IiOans ........ .....$572,903 10 Overdrafts j 21 86 TJ. S. 4 oer cenL bonds (at nar an ( rt Bankine- House-and Fixtures 1 in'mft nn Due from other banks.. 209,167 71;, uasa on hand 67,274 B5 276.442 31 Total .......... . ... JS99.367 27 Total Deposits. . .... .......... .. . j . , .'....$607,000 Surplnsand Net Profits................ 54,800 uiu8 jrayaoie ana tte-mscounts...... riivirlAnrla Pnirl- R Iiast Installment of Capital Paid in J. W. NORWOOD, Pres. II." WALTERS, yJ Pres. " '.! " . Results I if You Deposit in . . THE WILMINGTON SAYINGS AND TRUST COMPANY n ...... $2 ...... $3 ...... $4 $3 ...... $10 ; $15... t... $1 ..J... $2 $3 ...... $4 ...... $5 ...... $10...... $15..... a week for 5 year's for 10 years CSTEP BY STEP YOU GRAND -OF- - BY - JOHNSON THURSDAY NIGHT, LURCH ! 24TH . ,jft.t' S O'clock, i F. -Ml. No. llljMarket Street. 'Pile O, "W. DPQTJ-yoCBrT Oo: Our This Reason's Silks anfl Is now complete," and -we again come 'be fore the ptrblic witn the request for an early visit of inspection. It's an ac knowledged fact t"hat we. offer; superior goods and out prices are invariably the lowest. .Those ladies living out; of town wno are preveniea iram camngnm son should communicate with our Malt Order Department, and we will mall sam ples immediately upon receipt of appli cation. . ; At 50c, the largest assortment of Fancy Worsted Suitings, regularly sold at 65c and 75c. . . v "; , At 33c, Novelty Suitings, regularly soldi at &oc. - -.- .. , . i, . . ; - - ; At " 35c, -Covert Cloth, ; regularly sold at 50c. f- At 59c, Black Fig Brilliantine, regularly 75c value. - . ' At 50c, a 50-irich Navy Serge, regularly 75c value. j The Smile of ' V i OVIE2IICOAT IS WHIAT EVERY MANj TS TllNlCTNia OF NOW,' UN iLESS HE HAS ' AUREASDY PROVUD BD 0HIMSE!L!P WITH ONE, IP . YOU wiAiTi Qffi;iI TO 310 jPiaiiiiJeyriiY BATISItACTORY -TN CUT, FTP AND MATERilAILr, "WIEJ "WTLIlJ GUlAIRAN TEB THAT WE ClAJN" PtLElAEE THE most ! FAOTmiOiis. our new; stock; of suittngs, trouser- KNC OViERCOATIlNOS ARE HANDSOME AND UP-TO-DATE ' OU iSITOCK OF MEN'S" iFDJRNISiH ING ARE - SWELL. TAKE A G-IiANCE AT OUR HAIiF HOSE IN WINDOW.; - .K-lii,' -mar 20 18TH, 1898, CONDENSED YE0M 6E- ' . " 4 Capital LIABILITIES. r i.. ...... ........ ...ji23,ooo oo .1.-. Surplus ,....',' ... Undivided ,prbflts Circulation ...L. Total deposits ... $60,000 00 .1S.912 11 75,912 11 36,000 00 ... 662,455 15 Total T.....7.99,367 27 $050,000 4 $062,000 i ; G4.SOO jJl c-i 75,000 None. one. ' . Nrne. . -runi, Con t iu Annnm October, 1802 GEO. SLOAN, Cashier you Will have .. .A..- 2S6 ..... .....$ 572 $ 858 ...v $1144 ..- ....$1430 ...$2860 $4290 .. $ 637 ....$1274 ......$1911 i.. $3185 ...........,...,.........$6370 ...... ...,.$9555 .4 GO A LONG WAY. OPENING MlLLIBJERY & FORE, mar 20 Assortment of At 75C. all Shades Of Silk Finish Won. rietta. i j . ; . At $850, si. ibeautiful line- of Imported Pattern Suits. ' ZJjlnch Blk. gatin Ducliesae special for $1.25 a. yard. za-iiicu tmk.-t laaiuli jLuciiestit;, aac. 27-inch Jap. Silk, all shades, 65c. 1 Full assortment1 of Armoure, Faille, Taffetti -Silks, Chiffon and Liberty Silk in. all shades,; 75c and 85c. -:. (New Shades of Silk Velvet, good qual ify. $1.00. I . - . . - - Our -est Imported French' Organdies, 30 centi. I .'.-'- . ' At lad we are sho-wirig a "beautiful line of Domestic Organdies. SECOND t FLOOR Carpets, Trunks, Window Shades, (Mattings. Uadies' Shirt Waists and Parasols on display. -I - Agents for standard Patterns and YT.' B. jCorsets. ' .mar 20 Satisfaction 98 EEJT ON JTHIS GBNTUErVTAiN' S face will Ibe; nothing in comparison to fhat .which rill flit .across your counte nanoe ivrhen "you toeihold'yourselX array ed to otie of our toandsomely made and perfect En g" fitting suits, which we are .. making! to order thfe season at prices wirldh -will astoniisli you. Our stock of C3ay Serges,! Diagonals, Cheviots, Wor steds, I Mixed Oshners, etc.; axe things! of ibeauty," while the etyles Bhowii iin Pants Patterns ' will le ito you "aijoy forever." : It -wlllnot. a waste of time to give ois a call nor will we "measure arms" witlh you on "prices." mhe fact Is we fcave thevgoods and you want thorn you give the order; wedo the Test "muff ced." ... ' - nonson. & co "mar 32. , w,.:i. , . - i ' i !-.-. ( --IK ;'i;H'1.k-': ! .- : . p,.-''.J.'v;.'.:.-; V'VV tv : -r- ., ;; jr.- :-.- -1 :- k 9
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 23, 1898, edition 1
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