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.! ... 1 km. i 4' ! '- k'- -Ii a .-: r i AVSlIXGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, fOVKMBEk 4, lfiiCE 5 CEK ts .1 t y 1 w i ! W; -rK A T A T n A TT T Tin cadid.itk fou concui:$S j to t I I f i l I ' I J I I.I I I I i ' . . f : : II k. J : i l .-.I i ft . f " W - I. M m "- . .. ' - 4i . I W - " I . I Holton Breaks Down Completely in His; Hali . ! tax Political Prosecution. 1 ! THE DEFENDANTS The Five Men Charged with Forcing Negro Steptoc Appear Before Justice ilontgomery Steptoe jthe I Only-Witness' for the PnTsecution-j-ne I5reak Down ont ( Cross Examination and defendants on the Stand Charge Uepublicans '(Spatial to Thb Messenger.") ; Raleigh, N. C. November 3. There vas groat interestuin the hearing in the supreme courtt roomt this evening of the chitrge by the negro republican registrar Ii. Ii. Steptoe, of Roseneath precinct, Halifax county, that ex-Coni gressmin "Buck" Kitchin, Claude Liverman, John litehead had gone Kitchln,, Dr. A. Cl Gray and'E. 'T. W to hts houses at v nightj armed, had broken down his door and entered' and made, him resign 'as registrar of elec tion. - J , 1 i The defendants . all , arrived this af- ternoon, -before Judge Montgomery's bench warrant lAvasiserved on them by UlesheJiff.t')ema4ratc!' State Chair man Simmons was-presem. with the ac--used. r i , , i Ff iL liusjfbee ahd W.' A. Dunn ap peared, as OEMnsel far them, while John W.;'Grahain -and Charles A. Cook ap- Xjeared for jRepublicsan State; Chairman Holton. Thq latter1 was also present, tis were all the-fusian officials, save the governor. . Graham conducted the prosecution, Bus-bee' the (i efense.l -With the defendants there came thir teeni i prominent 'democrats of Halifax county. ;As jlhe beiichX warrant; had not been serk'ed, trie defendants, has tenng here l. voluiitarily i to-, present themselves; al new warrant! was hastily prepared and Sheriff Jones -'of his !, ,ti . ' , county served it in ' &r.eptoo was ine soie witness rqr .tne , prosecution. , Counsel for that .side said mother witneses had been subpoe naedj but had! faiLed to appear., Steptoe . - . . -:.- : . I I eaid; he was !ai school teacher. He is " - . .'''' - f. : I - coal -black and i about 45 years old. He said-that last Saturday Claude Kitchin told him that ho was sent by a club of 165 whiteJmen to say that- if, there was any trouble on election day or rif any -houses were buraed the leaders . ia 1 M.i1 .-x .r , , r was - on'', oi tne leaders; s tnat on tne night of that day betweaa 10 and 11- u ciociv peopie. came; to nis mouse ana A.1.VMCU iinxi, m-ii wue. usueu wuu I: I - - was outside and was told nobody to , , . ' . , I , , y -hurt him;, that his wife said he was away ; that he crawled uneer the hOuse through a hole in the floor;, that with ' a beam the'rear d-oor was broken arid men came in; vithj a gun;1 looked for - him, 'found him and; that? the first man he si saw : Lwis' i Captain Buck Kitchin; , that- thev made a light and - were not disguised; that he called on Cantaiin KitcTiin in hrin.' him ; tha- his --wife' screamed and ' one man choked her and said if she Vu Tint! )iiVh i tin -vvftnlrl till ' Kot- Cantaln Kjtchin szifl he had bppjisent by a club, to' have I Steptoe write his j resignation as .registrar: i-that he said - all right: an Jl Claud $ Kitchin told him how to-Mvrice it; -that they swore if j he told what happeiied they would kill him if U took a dozn years to do it; that. Claudi? Kitchinf took his. resigna-: ;tion; j that CVptain jKitchin1 told him ; "if rou don't i sign it rve will kill you. and :if ;you,wr tell 1 will kill ou in .self. defense-"f. He sVore he wtcm5M not "tell. . j , y . - . The cross t.-iaminat.on of y Sieptoe - revealed the fact that i wo; weeks ago .he came here to ask thtv governot-;and State Chairman Holton jto Bend ti'oops to Hal ii ix" coring-; that i.e did this af ter a- meeting of negrott,? which had adopted, resolutions. 5tothe time, when i.e He aid that up and tMro other ne- ro committeemen came tere to ask I . for. protections no one had interferrea with him, and it w two mveks before Claude-KitchipihaJfsaid lif there was trouble the leaders svould bt held re-sponsible.-' He did ri'vt see Holton, he - declared, but did, st Augtus M. Moore, who is in charge of republican headquarters during; Chairman '. Hol ton'a. absence, and also talked with other republicans. He was asked if he was' paying' the' lawyers tor the pros ecution and. replied, no; that he was not able to pay thein. and that -HoSton said he would provide counsel." He ame here the second time last Tuee- . 4y and then saw Holton. "' "oteptoe was asked if Claude Kitchin, . Tiaa not told-, hin last' Saturday niorn . ing a ti Steptoe's ; school house that ne . .roes had held t secret meetings - and threaterted to do; injury to white people -and'their. property, ,nd that he said Jie ail not vote iorj the ;. resolutions. !--.::-::-!.x-- ! DISCHARGED. a Rcsi knation a3 Registrar from the Contraqicts Ilimsclf-v-The Positively Denyjthe Hacked. Steptote then brok4 down: in his evi dence. He said his townshipi had a vhitet majority, i He acknowledged that after his first! visit to Raleigh thlr?,? Sll chame rJefhTlShte -"SSl said Captain Kitchin had made him write but-his resignation, and yet two days Ago he said (here that' j Claude Kitch n made him write it. ain Kitchin was- put on the and swore he never saw Steptoe befprej tonight, sojfar as-he knew, and never house spoke to hirn, was -never at his in his life. ! Claude Kitchin $aid he saw Steptoe last Saturday morning, spokei of the; strainjsd relations ;of the race an' Halk fax aijf-4 of the I secret meeting? of neJ and that he CSteptoe) haq attena-) se arid done all he could to arous the negroes! against, thej whites and also, that he knew Steptoe, Dave Smithj and Stuart Hardy, had gone to; Riieih as a committee to Jask for troop4 for Halifax;; that ,in the secret meetings 'resolutions against white. men; and I tfreir property Had been that, the white peqplev -wanted passedj! to .have peace between thej races, and? so had appointed two men, one a preacher, to keep ill whites twenty-five yards from the pcills, ; while negro men voted; that Steptoe admitted , gome very rampant re-soluxions hadbeen passed -j against the white people, and their property, but d?ctaed he voted against them; that Steptoe said he did not iwant to be a pollholder- ora registrar and .inn tended to resign. . Kitchin made no at- tempt to force hini to . resign. He i:Sworei he was -nott at Steptoe's house f Saturf a night nor did he kno of anyorie going there. He tol,d Judge ' bMontffomery he had not conducted him sel'-so as to prevent negroes from vot-t ing Nahd had not: determined! to sup-j press the : negro vote, but. had sought to prevent a race conflict. l ' The other-defendants all swore they had never been to.Steptoe's house. They U-ete all jnScotland Neck Satur day. ' , J'. ' N Hal a dozen witnesses testified to the good characterf of the defendants. The Gather defendants all swore they had never spoken one wpru aDOut election matters to Steptoe As Boon as this evidence was in , Judge Montgomery, said: "The def end- ants re discharged. Steptoe's case hatT collapsed. The re publicans -were Ithoroughly j hacked One of their counsel said as he left the j . - t.. ;.i . , ,t f nnrt lT-vrTT- "tVi o wo a t wo tor honl ciaiidb Kitchen denied absolutely tell-' j . L : - , ing the correspondent of The Wash-; mgton -ost tnat ne nau. oeeu to otep-j - toe's jhouse, but said he told him' he -f had Df en at-Steptoe's school house, the Plac which.hewent Saturday morn- i Jn- ' J : r - - ' .. i -n ;! - The following Halifax men came here 1 toclar with Pefedants Kitchins and omers: t. i -. uray, -j. - lioweis, I'nman. to. u.,iorns, j. f. r utrei, Whitman. W. F. Currfe, T-L. , Emr1 F-' P- Shield? and Dr. W.' CX Mc m ! UOnalU Ti10 result of the trial- has literajlyl knocked the republi PpH Put out of tin blican headquarters e box. Charles A I CoQk f admission that it was water fiaul covers ine wnoie matter, Person, of .Wilson county, is at tne neaa or. -tne ueiegauonf wmcu is here jvrtlii a -story jatout dynmiting. a house at Wilson. jDr. Person was in the lower house of jthe last legislature and' t lis yearwas dismissed! from one of th; penitentiary farms on account -of rellktions writh female convicte. -. Latr to bed and early to pares! a man for feisi home in rise, pre the skies. Bu t early to i bed and , a Li ttle Early Jliserj the pill that makes life longer and t3etter atd wiser. R. R. liellamy. Sold! r i ii art! I he: the Jail at Augusta pgubia, vxa., xoytmoer o.ii ue u- rusta jail tonight. :is - under guard to t prevejnt a repetition of last a by attack by lynchers who .wanted to f . t ... .. .. -. , -,- f. wreak their venbalnce on Will . Rob- . "tnsoia for attempt to, outrage Miss I i .-- ! v i 'Wa3ker, loofe, . . i- ..! t WI prna,te m . company c, . : . j s .i f Secos here Ion furlough awaitin muster out; is noft .as badly wounded as first thought. It is believed noAV that he has' a faijr chance fpr Recovery. Soldierfe howeVer, express indignation at his injtir and i .to prevent .any movement on their part. Cfolonel Drown, of the SeCorld Georgli:vi! wired Captains Renkl and Fry to call fin all arms; and am- I. 1 . . -. . .. 3 a 1 munition, w men w.df, uuu, uuu d.&ndiu was rilaced over it to see that the men would not get the sa.-ne again m thejr, possessions, ; y y w j - : . . !.-',:... i .. I . I ;,. 1 t .... .:'- - - - y-yrW,":'-''- " -I XV. V,. Fountain Announce IIlme!f an Independent Candidate In the Second : District (Special, to The Messenger.) Tarboro, N, C, November 3. W. E, Fountain issues the following card: 'To the Voters of the Second Congress I I , , , l nert uy auiiouuce ujvsseii a tduui- j . a t r 1 ! . a. t a. ' 1 ' L I ! course, is taken ty me in conseuqence pf the failure of Mr. J. B. Uoyd, pres- cnt populist candidatev to meet the , , , . M . . . over-shadowing issue of white uprem- . . acy.. It was expected of Mr. Lloyd, that he would stand with his race on -. this -"vital ' issue and allow the unifica- tion of the white, voters to accomplish ' it - . - , I TT ,T the defeat of George IL WTiite, the re- I publican negro candidate., Realizing j that he had disappointed the expecta- I tion of the democrats and populists ! alike, in this matter, and appreciating ; 1h( fflOt thnt-4hit!rnT1flifl!rV POIllfl OTllV t to bring .aboat the elevation of e. M, Uoyd p.aced ,n my hands I nis resignation ana requested me to ' call a meeting of the committee to actj upon it. For reasons best known to mvelf ATr ' T.lnvH nrevented action bV ' the committee and thereby obstructed j what the democrats and populists alike were endeavoring to accomplish the nomination of a man who could unify ' the white vote nf the district This 1 action ion bis part can only aid White and make the populists of the district responsible for it. Will you do this? For one; I will not. By this conduct Mr. Lloyd has released us from anyob ligation to vote for him. I am assur ed that ;I will have the? hearty support of the jdemocratsof the district and I, therefore, . call upon every populist of Anglo i Saxon . blood to stand by . me in this fight against the; attempt- to have a negro represent the good white peo- ple of this district in congress. ' ! - "AV. E. FOUNTAIN." ? When you ask for DeWitfs Witch Hazel i Salye don't accept a counter feit or imitation. There are more cases of Piles being1 cured by thiff, than all others combined. Pi'. R, Bellamy. . - "EUKOPEAX WAKCLOUD ISnsIand IXuyln Coal In tills Country Activity Anion? Her Warships in Eastern "Waters Xo Kepair Cruisers at Philadelphia i ' Philadelphia, November 3. A morn ing, paper- publishes the following: The probably of a war between Eng land and France received fresh, impe tus here " yesterday by the -action of England, who purchased a large amount of coal for immediate delivery at- her west India naval stations In response to hurried cablegrams from London, shipbrokers engaged in the West India trade, spent the greater part of yesterday searching for ton nage suitable to transport the- coal from Philadelphia and Newport News to points where it will ;be most con I y emeu u iui uugiiou trail, iiil , wen I bunkers. Sailing vessels from 1,500 to venient for" English craft to fill vtheir 2,000 tons carrying capacity are parti cally in derhand. y It was reported yesterday . that two British warships had . been ordered here to undergo slight repairs, which under ordinary circumstances : would have been made either at Halifax- or the Bermuda islands. v ; ACTIVITY .IN BRITISH NAVY. Hong Kong, November 3. Extraor- dinary activity has prevailed in naval and military circles here during the past, few dajss, but no .information on the subject is attainable. . It is, report ed that the British gunboats have been ordered to rendezvous here.. At the navyNrard , here the ordnance depart men ishiost active and is engaged in mounting iege guns. ' - Mary Ann Riiilor at ITIount OUve : (Correspondence ofxThe Messenger.) ; -. ; ' Mount Olive, N. C.,'xiovember 3. ' "Mary Ann" Butler arrived here this morning on the 11:40 o'clock train i and was met. by a Email crowd of Reps and i Pops and was escorted to E. J. Mof ton" z Sons hall, Where he spoke on (the ov.tside of the hall in a' A-acant lot to a gathering of about 150 people, of wnicn aoout seventy-nve .were t'ops and ain ut fifty Tieps and abotft twen ty-five lemocrats. He spoke for over three ho urs, - but the longer he snoke ;the small er grew his crowd, as his talk iWda Cllim. .VT-' iiianv. c. 1 ui mail oii.iv. i en joy such speeches as he makes ' There were several Rep-Pop andi- I H rS ll rPS 'I L X.KJ XlCTcll JLiLirI. UUL liC did .'all the Yalkins ik3 slandering:, as j he wa3J more . fit, for it than: most anv j sn a aIoa Rnt tT killing time 'when h( 1 v"" " . ty. The neonle in; Wayne; can see the body here wants white government and pure democracjy Avhich every ' white man in1 Xorth Carolina should want, anfl we're c-ninfr tn Ave it ai siire as the Sth'day of November comes next, Tuesday ' ' - ; " ' - y Overcome evil with gcod. Overcome vnnr rnnrta on'? SrlAa mr 't"h Ono f -n V..,; tVV: J v.:,V" rrxr . hMn,wH. pneumonia, grippe and all t.hroat acfl , lung; diseases. R.-. Bellamy. ; - i - ... 4- i .-,: . . V r'"-- I:- v y, -u..y , . .v - - pritCi KKGIST?lATIO HOOK JL Anmbrr if "Same f mproper?j-j on i Book or iU'kc Prerlntt Anolhtr l-.Crjr ol iWraorratic Outrage -IITJ ! WUIte Kes1lrallon In HaleisU j MespnErpr Rnre-in - RaOigh, N. C.L November. 3 The secretary of state has began distribution ,pf the 122d volume of, N. C. supreme t'ourt reports 5t Ex -Congressman "Buck" i Kitchin uuijcu i:ir,viu. mis mvi u lug, n-f tvia.- jBwer the charge' brought against jaim . T,4i 1 . Halifax.- Captain Kitchin says he ras i- c.' , . , 4. . 4 . . jnever at Ststoe s house and that the tenlire charg ma(ie by steptoe against him , and ofer democrats", , including Claude Khghin, , l3r..iLiverjnan and P5' l Tnf case will be heard at chamber-? this afternoon. A nnm- ber of prom,nent lawyers volunteered their servic to Captain Kitchin.! - ; A delegation of fusionists from Wli-' son arrived fcpday, loaded with another IXL governor, aha the republican and dod- l?ict Stnto tliolrmnn iTh a. house wai .dynamited . night belore -L-.f ??.V- - democrats &L it?" was' asked Populist Secretary A?er, who replied "because of course, nobody else wionld have done T 1 it." iU DUCU lUSlon evidence, and tUS- j The fusiog registrars' of election' at ..the outside Ifotst -i precinct of Raleigh Itownship wre--. before j Judge .Walter Park of thf suprenjie court -todayj to 0.1 jthe. registration book to be revised arid purged of tMe names of a number of persons, sOLe dead; and 'some irteli igible Theytf'ere . present- with Jthe book., and with Loge : Harris, ; their1 cunsel.i Hejasked until tomorrow! af ternoon "arid said he would 1 give ;the democrats tiday a- list of the names which it waagreed should be dropped. It is said SC'.are dead, and hat in' all 125 are in dtSpute. Harris said a num ber would le agreed on as proper to be dropped. i . -1 . Major Ch;-les L. Davis, Tenth 'in fantry XJ- S3A., is designated as chief mustering officer for this 'state. He is on duty as feting adjutant general, f The electrjc cars will npt run at -night for: aout;a fortpight, r in order that new machinery may be installed at the powerhouse. . i . i . ' j, No less t an 750 more whites than riegrqes areegistered .in this- town ship, j The ijrnocratic ticket will get a boom here.-, Republicans who hav never befor voted it will do so this time. 7 '' 1 A water guge 'was yesterday placed inj;he Roantke river at! Weldon. There is, "also one ft Clarksville. y r The employes of the agricultural jde- partment apj)ear to all! be .in the field electioneering." Today i only a yoiing .lady stenographer was present for duty. A fotmer employe of, ! this de partment sas that the general public has no sort if . idea how little work it is now doinf To use his words "it is doing nothii-g-' -' I - ' " . " Governor Russell has1 returned here. He says -pcr3itively the . republicans will not putp any ticket in New Hanover.-' ; ; ; : Populist tate Chairman Thompson went to RoXhoro todayt He is in the field a good deal, and! the fusionists count him gne of their star speakers. ' Neither he jor. Ttepublican . Chairman Holton seen to; be injood spirits. William, p. Allen, of Goldsboro- is here and sa the democrats will elect a. senator ft... the district composed of Wayne, Duplin and Pender, He thinks Pender -will; go ifor fusion by 50 to 75 majority. - j ; . Governor Mussel T special eounsel, John ?W. Griham, T. M. ' Argo and C. iA. Cook wety again in conference today ! John Dy lardy, of Boston; is ap pointed byrudge Purnell permanent receiver ofythe Durham Waterworks Company. Yj. ' ' , All the aJns which were in use by the - Second '.regiment were yesterday shipped to? Fort Monroe. Most; of them are 1 very bad condition. The condemned &ents werej al? sold. ' One p.an bough, I? 115 for $100." The. "axes and picks were hough : by a railway builder. M : : . 1 : '.;( '';; ' . ; ;T : : The supervisor of education of Mit chell countlhas sent in his report! for ii .' .i .-. i i . J mis year i.f tne state superintendent of public infraction. All the reports are now Injj for, the first time. , Quartermi-ster , Sergeant John ; X. Harrell of fie First regiment is dan- : tAJi .it,.-..,.: a-, rihiPunn, Harf-fett countyt r senator Tollman spoke - at Sanford i today.-CThe Je ' was a great procession TnV laHfiroro iikKi- ir, , parade. A cough y not like a. fever. It does not have tQ.'srun a certain course. Cure jt quickly .? and .effectually twith One Minute .Coiijh Cure, the best remedy for all ageri and ; for , the m'ost severe cases. We ijecommerid i it because1 "tt's good. R." R.Bellamy. j '! i - ' ' '' ' ' ; ; !.'-' 11 ' .;;,'!' . I Wreck 4f an I nknoirn Veiiel ! i "v ' -fc-: ..... n - rw ' " . : i :r-trv. .j, ui t-i iuvernuer .j.-ine Daara jty an uiiKiwwn vessel ana ner cargo reported ' by?, their agent at 1 Beaufort, to hi', ashore atCap IDkout ; vht 'since October 16ti. The bottom , is about 160 i 163 feet kng" and yelJov,- ' metaiea. a ? tne upper .works ar- Sone., She 1 aded with .lumber; of various dimensions, most of it marked with t&e letfer 4S" on ;the end. The ! letter is abot ; t .J2H'I to Z tihehesi lorg fend appears to hnve been cut by pome iooi inetr'm th r-.,,, The lumher Relieved tA he FinHdV. nr Georgia pine It is also to what has Income, of th -;" : : a :. . C$ ' :., ! - , j . V:-"' ;;'M ' - i 3L tiuestiohS as thb vessel crew AFTERSErlM YEARS Ex-Bank President Mars Returns to" the Scene of His Disgra&jland Ruin. ; WRECKER cEf' KETONE BANK r Suddenly Apc-ars in Pbiladclphia and rkndcrs to His Bondiucn. n.;: ;,'-:y :. - V ::'M,' ,;- .' . ; '- i;t-i-v--'':'l-:-'--- -i.. -"X y For Over Seven Years a Wander and J'tiRitive from Justice. . , He Travels Over tlies hole orl, ekinj; a livelihood . . at Any Kind '-of:Lahor--Tventiiilus;iiid Dollars Spent in a Vain Search f iIim- -Cause iof .His i! Philadeli-hla. November. Si-jvGidou M'argh. the. fugitive presidenjt f the now dt-f unct Keystone Nation bnk, returned to the city today afl(.4$.dni ab sence "oC'sevvn years and a hlUf an-1 surrendered himsel f to llondsfnan II. Wanamaker.1 Late this afternoon Mr. anart.uk.'r accompanied' Marsh to the 'office of 'United Stated district Attorney Beck and the Jatterlt onf; turned 'the fugitive bank p-resifru over to thn- custody of the Unitjjd States marshal who placed him ijniail to "await a heading tarrrorrow-nralag.,: I 'The closiJig of the doors of Jthe Key is tone Natiuniii bank on 'March -0, lS'jl, jcaused a profound . sensationj i A run had been made on the . baifk a few months prioFito-that date, butjVhe crisis was tided over- and the: pubheihvas tak- ien by surprise wnen me iajure oe carrie known. Subsequent lvestiga ition showed , that - the bank hfid been 'practically -looted and .that tlftere was little left(for depositors, and ofher ci-ed-itois. City Treasurer John j.liardslvy hxid hianed to the bank .sevf-rMl hun dred thousand dollars of the City funds and on these loans he- had be,en draw ing; interest' for his own individual profit. Bardsley was arrestedyand his trial resulted in a sentence f- fifteen years' , imprisonment in . - the eastern penitentiary, several years of pwhich he served. . lie ras finally granteitl! a par don by the state board-.of pardons. 1 i President Marsh and Cashier Charles Lawrence- were placed under "arrest on May 4,, IS91-. ; Both secured (t0;ndsmen and weres released. Marsh induced W. ill. Wanamaker, brother of $ ex-Fost-m aster General . John AVanam:fter, to enter bail for him, which he did in the amount of $20,000. On May'j21st, the dav set'for a final hearintr Iawrence appeared but Marsh hadd. jThe bail furnished for his appearance Hvas for- feitediand the 'entire amount;, of $20,- -000 was paid to the clerk of trelUnited States district court, by Wm. Ij Wana maker. i Sincethat date, it isiaid Mr. Wanamaker' has spent $20,000 nore to apprehend Marsh and ,bringjf him to trial. Lawrence was convicjted and sentenced - to t seven years', imprison ment,"' which he served less the, commu tation for good behavior. .... vr ..Marsh managed to elude the Officers of the law .who, seacrhed the enttjne coun try for him. Detectives- werl4 even sent to points in South -Ameficivhence there had come, reports thatjl lie had been' seen. Even- after the tjUnited States authorities had abandoned their search it w.ag kept up ' by MarshJs bondsman.. Not until yesterdal did his, bondsman get an inkling of hfiV.where abouts. Then a telegram ;W. II. Wanamaker's office stated .-'tht-jj! Marsh was at the Hotel Waldorf iistoria. Xew York city,, and would sirender to 'him. in Philadelphia :todi' Mr.. Wanamaker, who was in Boston, 4 was immediately advised rand hfft- that city for, .Newi York at once. !;'u j t It is understood that the finr-itive and his bondsman met - in New York . last night' and an .agreement there reachedi for Marsh to come tos.Philadel phia today: and surrender toil the au thorities. 1 - !, , Marsh, in talking to friends l$vfio call ed upon him in the. United Stts mar shal's office jliefore he was- .(en Co prison, said that' in th more PfMin sev en years 6f his absence he roam ed almost o'er the whole w'd and worked for k living at -anytlrjihg ';he could ger-to do. When he lefTjhe littd :41.3S5, .which;- he had ..collec'tfU from two friends, .who owed that arriount to him., He went by a c'ircuitou route to Brazil and -afterward traveled 1 from place to: place. He returned o Amer : ica and leventuajiy located in thV state f of Washington, wnere. 'he said.i'he had i rned money at any kind of! labor h i f-imlil fret ' fie c;i til h nftf-n furiff-if fn j h" f ,yt f,hil" - Vn L-nVde i - -r - -i.- r sr -. terred through a desire to pnect his children' from, seandal.- He' felfcthaj: to return would revive -a 'State affairs that would be a scandal to hi'.if amily. Mrs. Marsh, by 4 the way, . obtned a' divorce fromrfce fugitive abot a -year ago on ; the ground of deserpon, she making, affidavit that she had Received no word frohi her thusband "rsice the da of his absence. . , The news bf March'gy ret.urtjwhen Jt became fjenrally known j latfr in'- the daj- became ' almost the: sole topic jf conversation on he streets; S(t jthe ho tels! and clubk and in fact in 11' circles. Not the least interesting part j af the discussion,' was the reference ito; the . ef fect' tht the sudden appearariceV of .the bank president' would have ori politieal circles. The name of the fugitive was- frequently mentioned in the utterances of-speakers at political rsass Meetings in the- jttent . furiously. excitiPrj,4? cam paign and Marsh has particularly been the subject of heated 'contronjy. be tween United States Senator JPenrose and John Wanamaker, 4 fi ii if In a speech a few weeks ago Sena- tor Penrose intimated that jhn Wan- l 1 n,u :'ll..Uli:;l-v,. I. . a.U!Uhtr; 1 orior . 10, iiitr idiiui di tut Keystone .hank, had ' knowldgeof f, over-issue of the bank's stoifk and-? ;' knowledge of a demand by, president' ilMarsh on City Treasurer liaraiey ror !an. additional deposit of my s funds. '-He Perire oflirf it was to th Inter- U-st of Wanamaker. that Marsh? should i !not . came oacK xo; jrnnautrif nna . x.ur f seaator 'said Jhe had been in oommun .-ZM Uctunr - ii icatKnvfjth Marsh and that the lnt- , ter. v.yt soon come back and if H aU he kni,?bout the looting f the bank. On jf;'tober 14th, a few night aftr tHe ' -Sh of "Senator Penrose, ac cusinryanamaker of .hav'injc lnfid , know " of the Keystone bank nt falrs, t latter delivered a fsph At the Mil jmy of Music. He dtnk-d ihs -tmth;y Senator Penrose's Matements ' and f'Hd upon htm hasten tho returt-A-Zi Marsh. .If. the senator In any way i fty do to. -In the cours of.. hid PXeecl- ";$ safd: " 'The,.y4i nothing that will please tne ?a mtit-f is Mr. Marh-s return, and I welcp? r fthe opening ;nra in of ever 1 books paper of the bank to public gazei;; fiti as I did years apt. If my ; foes' lit' bring this man. - doubtless4 morfijyk4jed against: than sdnnlfc-c. Into 4 .courtp4 he will-tell the truth I will use Vjntmost endeavor in secnjrJoj? -all ?fS?nlency . tosslble. In ; his "sen- tenceTd after hy has finished it I will - aid hFs;J a'ti re-f stnlilishlncr lilmlf nn1 . . i. j.': -4 .... c . . ; . larrnjjpjJf ine.t puonsn tnis to the woriu hopite will see it. v.hereT he is, and le Id to i.t that l have friends who wiltp-in the hands of Quay, . Pen? ros- jAndrews hatever money la needt.tjj pay expenses of Marsh?a retutr, iy thi"- seem to know where he j.'Aj.'Ane of them claims to - have beenjli recent correspondence with him.!1 ; , ; - Wl rarsh was' asked today what indin$4 f lim. to return, she ans-f"ered: VMr. i ijamaker's speech at thel 'Acad emyyJirplusic, I read itiJn the r news papfa;.o5'es. It: certainly; did cause me to -CO '-',,hack." . "i X The ureri Iteport for tli" Lat Waington, Nov. 3. The treasurer of thj'nited States, Hon. Kills H. Robert 'has submitted to the pecri .9? L'tary. tjAhe treasury the annual4 report on th&jtansactions and condition t of 5atv a - i j the tury for the, past fiscal year. rrmt Jt if A - - ' '. m - .:- The ftrj-prdlnary revenues of the ov ernmt:jvere $405,321.3.13, an inc4cea4M of ;'$5i j.'620,over those of ithe pr4-- ' vyi ;!? '- '. ; - ! vious'-HBja!r, while the net ordinary ex-! pendif-feH were $443,36!J,5S2;- an in- - . - - : ; 1 4f: r.l-AA o - I 77 r.Q.i io 3; The resulting de- ficierif $3.047,247 exceeds that of the piT'dinff year;by $19,034,753. Up ;the close of the fiscal year, the? incre the expenditures on ac count...' the war with Spain was $43, 041,735 i.the war department and $24.-262.43J-th navy dpartnunt. Fr' four 45"fth.s July, August, "September and i..'iOlM-r 19 th expenditures' of the ,Ci-i$ department were $107.'C20,3C8, beinglCl 3,131 greater t'han for the sarrte.fVf'hths in 1S97. , For the ' same mont?-- 'Xfrls year the navy department experi.lvli$27,4."'J,577, -which wasf $H5, 014.92K? re than it sp-nt in the like perioYi ISSk. Up to October, 31st thq" warx -til Spam added to the disburse rnenti i thesf se two departments the sura E1G4,932,22S." . 5 . Cod d&tlon prevents the body- from riddl?7 ,'Uself of waste matter. De Witt'i Itle Early Ri?ers will remove the t'lle and cure1 Sick Headache, Billifl5fpsr Inacti49 Ilver and clar the dYplexion. Small, sugar, coai-fl, don't---' i-j?e or cause nausea. R. R. Tlel- lamyfti;:;.,;U;(..,;: V.y;;,-;.;!; ' Fir!.; yir for TIIHtary ) iipittlou of ' ' C uba : -.' i I -iMi- - " ; " ; '- Wa?vfgton, November 3. Secretary Algerliy issued tbe.firgt order look- intg tpHv military occupation of Cuba by tYy.. ignited States, troops! 1 The tip der w '.Issued only after very careful consirytion of ,.the- report of .the mtfr--' itary? ' lers now in Cuba and of the -IIeckvjrjard and other exert commls- sione--- ?vhich have"! been in : the field. ' ThC ; looks, to 'the occupation of j two i4; f?s to b-gln with: namely, Neu- J itA$U Peurto Princije, but the oc-i-upan artvill be extended as rapidly sT th ..ash' evacuation 'procecdfr. The order, greets the movement tobgin at oticewti, according to the calculations of m; department, it wiU, scarcely be ' J r'. 1 " T. a. 4 . m, . . ,ik' i' i'tisu -uo mane -tne prsi janoing be ie first '14 IHeadq fore t$'V-mber 22nd uartera of the 1 K tl corps which have been creaf-t for t! ,1 4hjrposexof beginning the occ'u-pationiii.H- te4 a.t Neuvitas under the comnri5of General- IL L. CarTienter. -."v";i .... . : : -i- To S4 -Vretkage on Spaiitkli Sankeu kj AVarkhlp Wv-. i 6 gton, November "i.--Sere LonvyiI this afternoon that the -gov- .ernnr5j..j4; would, take, no further steps to ra-i-uhe rest of the Spanish war fhipfttroyeJ by . Admiral Schley's fleet - ihe coast of Santiago, but that. the A'jtrtment would receive proposi tions: -Ttthat' end fronr any private firm itf cared to undertake the workf ,He .a'"-i that thi3. determination was base4 -;-?jon the report of the board of constl: 5on which recently had a con sultafii on the subject with Naval 'C6nsj; m ior Hobson. It is understood' that are two companies willing to urKrCike the work at their own risk, ;.-Ja Swedish .company and tho! other 4j f Jnnpany on the , Pacific coast. ; 3 1 j 1 i - 1 1 mm . 1 i 91 '. i ., -' , " ' y ' I". 1 arv- ' I ;- -: iM.l '.- :: " -- - ft:- M !.;. :V-v;:-r,;:::! 'mii!f: i r - k ir fx - "
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 4, 1898, edition 1
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