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, -: -,v . . . , , . .- . .- . . .'. - I.' - . ... - , . - . ? . . - -, ' 5 - - - ' - r . ' " - - . v- . , : -- ' - j v. 1 - I 1 - -'..' " 1 ' ' ? . - 4 . ' ' f,.;j ... , - . i . 1 y ;?;.- i : .TJTvf' r- j " ' - VOL. XII. NO. 13 THE PHILIPPINES Peace pommissioner titude of Our NOT TO ANNEX Thb Same Treatment to be Accorded Them as is. Declared for Cuba in the Resolution of Congress-The Condition of Affairs at the Take Temporary Possession of the Territory i Rather Than Leave come the Prey iWilminPtTi Tp1 Tnnrv.U-lTnH. -: ' J - I Ktatps 5?ATiitrr fJpnre'p firav was ea States Senator George Gray was ten iered a complementary dinner in this, city tonight. President McKinley; his cabinet and all members of the peace commission, with the exception of John.Bassett Moore, seat letters of regret. Mr. Moore was the only mem ber I of the commission nrpsPTit TtViAro i - were two hundreds guests in attend- ance. Senator. Gray was the chief speaker of the evening, and responding to the toast v "Our guests of honor," he said: I ''It seems to me very commonplace and cold, in response to this, generous . , , welcome, to say that I tbank you from a full- heart, and vet. what else can I i y - . - - . say. When one words are best and .commonplace phrases take on a new meaning. have .had, as you know, the great lior or of having been, sent by the pres ident of the United States as one of the commissioners to negotiate and con clude a .treaty of peace with Spain, and we - . lately brought home with us such a treaty, which, if ratified, mill restore peace Detween tne two countries and j Knowledge whereof I speak, that he make more ; secure, "the peace of the fully appreciates the duties and respori wotld. " sibilitieg of the situation and that" he ,i "jeW are now in a crisis of our na- Ts committed to no policy, calculated tional history,1 and your hearts and i to discourage, much less strike down, mi4ds, as patriotic citizens of this great j the aspirations of liberty loving people centruy, are full of anxiety as to the ' all over the world. I belong to a differ projper settlement of the momentous ent political party, but I should be -issues which have' resulted from the wa with Spain. 'While our country was at war with Spain we are ready to make, I-hope, every sacrifice to insure the success of our' arms and bring vic tory and honor to the American flag. lAnd when the war was over, I'believe, -. thej patriotic instinct of American cit izenship demanded, as your president : ehiblned . u rKmrua-jtlfa t we won id - pt- - Mbit magnanimity ta a prostrate foe and moderation in. the "hour of victory, as we had forced the war with stead-! fas ;ness and courage. 4 In the . first place, I want to say to you that it was my pleasure as well as what I conceiv ed my duty, to endeavor to cary out thin instruction, so creditable to us as a n ation and so worthy of the high civ ilization of which we profess to be , leaders.' - rlThe acquisition of territory by the United States was not one of the objects of the war, and we solemnly declared In (the resolution of congress that our only object in demanding the relinish ment of the. sovereignty .of Cuba by ", T "? - UWt, UU1U U UUIStMVCB, ' xcjept tha we might pacify it and fit it for self-government by its own peo- "jBut in this, as in all else,! 'man pro , poses and God disposes'; and it is one of the things that make thoughtful men desire to avoid war where lit can be avoided, for no one can tell what its ., consequence may be. I ardently de sired that we might escape the neces sity 'of takina the Philinnira ' fslonila and assuming the .burden Ithat their -taMng will impose upon us and I know "that the president of the United States was equally, anxious tn tho umo end JBup it became apparent that without seening, conditions had been created ng out of these . conditions unques tionably duties had sprung which could 'inotj be avoided or evaded by the United states. , : ' .. ' . "jit was argued that the perform ance of dutv 1R RAID of l TVt.O-a n rvf rvn Ixr i- mY pleasant, but has dangers! attendant upbn it; nevertheless,, a brave man and a brave nation will not shrink from - it on that account. On the other harid, if American sentime.it did not v v. wiuivg UVt Vlllj UU J usury the return' of these yslands tor opam. no more could it justif.v leaving theta. derelict in the eastern ocean, the prey of the first occupant of European rapacity. The powers of Europe would acquiesce in pur taking themj buic they -.woiild not have stood by and! see them in their helpless, condition of anarvOhy and, disorder, without seizing the op portunity to aggrandize themselves, jond so it was thought best by the pres -Ideht and his advisors to take the ces- -wy ' or tneir sovereignty from Spain .nd. -hold it in trust to be administered jXn r jonformity with those high ideals aandj liberty traditions : which animate taisdj glorify the history of our country Duy cannot honorably- be avoided be cause it jciay bring pain or danger' nor vcan J responsibility always be evaded be XJxU$e of lift burdens. I .''That I sought in Paris by all hon- orati.e means xo escape-this responsi bility ,5oes not matter now. It came to a poit.t at last ,that we eif her leave the islands to Spain, take thenf as me did or break off neeotiati home without S treaty of peace. In the , - UUU V!, iasi Gray Speaks of the At Government! THESE ISLANDS .Government Forcced by the Conclusion of the War to it to Spain or to Be- of Ot her Nations. . r,n j otauc ui auuve war wuum nave ! been xesumed. We would havft 'no rAS- sion of the sovereignty! of the Philip- pmes and none of Porto Rico and no relinquishment of the ' sovereignty of Cuba. - . . "It is true that in the protocol of Au &usjb 12th Spain had definitely promis ed that she would cede Porto Rico and relinquish Cuba, but without I a treaty w. v fc v- i or peace that promises would nnt ha performed. What would then have Deen me exigency of the situation? Undoubtedly, we would have been com pelled to go on and seize, with the strong hand and by j military . power, both the Philippine archipelago and xne greater and lesser Antilles, taking by ruthless conquest what it was far better that me should take by the vol- I ouuuiu Lcitvt; uy Lilt; V . untary cession of a treatv of hn I "Biit now that we h a vp th TT M ' - uues ne saia. no confidence in the Alger re- feels deeply short ! not folI5w that we are committed to lief commission, which was now con or, , a. colonial policy or to a violation of ducting an investigation, of the war. , . j those great .principles of liberty and self-government which must always remain American ideals, if our free in stitutions are to endure. ; "No country, and this country" least of all, can afford j to trample on its ideals. I have no fear; that it will do so. Without assuming! for a moment j 7 -uu.iujjj ivi a uiuuiuil ! any right to sneak for the hrPsiriAnf J think I can assure you, with some' false to my sense of justice and tn that pride which I feel . as an American if I did not declare my confidence in the patriotism nd purity of purpose of William McKinley. He is no usurper of power, no stranger to American in stitutions, but one of the American peo ple called to his hie4i ffin lw .suffrages.- and it wnnid v.o. cfronnn iw 1A ucmtMWJi snare to tne fullest xtent in the loVe or our constitution and the princinles that imriori;a U What less than this can 'be truthfully Sain rr on 'A rvk i la I -amcuLau p.i tJHiuenx f It Will be the beginning of. the end of our great career as a nation. But the so lution of the problems which confront us is not with the president, i j f "When the treaty) is ratified no policy can be adopted without the sanction of congress. And the whole American people -will determine, through j their representatives, what relations we shall Busiam to tne Philirminfts -GV.on iiwiu xne sovereignty in trust for their people, as we will do in Cuba,! or shall we with their consent establish a pro tectorate over them or govern them as we will the island of Porto Rico; All these important questions will properly come up for determination after the ratification of the treaty, j I will not eh--tertam the f ear that the Americaii pec pie will not stand by the principles of the" constitution and the. declaration that they will not curb the ambition of territorial aggrandizment - and exhiibt to the world an exanrnle nf justice and self restraint that will bb l us. in moral strength more luau d" tne islands lor thie seas." Horrible, amnv ia i Burns and stin . rikc muJ. j ' Pile's, , . , occo. niese are w T V;.reiifved and quickly;! cured by De Witt's Wtoh ttoi -or,. I ware . of worthless imitations. R. R iseiiamy. THE ALBANY 1 AlJji CH JS1J - - : - ' - if . ;i Tbe Sister Ship of the Cruiser New Orleans Now Afloat ! New Castle, Eng., January U The United States xriuser Albany was sucl u-iuiiy launched this afternoon in tne presence of United j States attachee, Lieutenant Col well and other Americans. :! f; - j 5 nava onany The Albany as j chistened' by Mrsl vuiwen, Arterwardl Sir-Endrew Nobl Vice chairman ,of Sir W, G. Armktrnni & Co., limited, proposed success to thi vessel and- on so doing regretted the aosence of the United States charcra1 . ' . - v liuwcvcr telegraphed 'wishiner th AihaU u a.u.n.iiis. r-i en rv ivh ta v t cessful career as sistership of the New vneiU1Sl wmcn Mr White added, has gave great satisfaction-, to her officers Vessel Capsized ajid Crew Dro wnedfl Tacoma, WashM j January l4j The British ship Andelina; which arrived lat night in ballast; caps.izred ;apd sank in. twenty-two fathoms of Jswajerj early this morning. Captain G.i "Vy. plating and a ew of eighteen ; men re lost: x ne Andelina , was j 2,400 I tons, four "olcy uars irom ' AnnaYvilis iove ocotia, and camA fn-m Qi,o.i,iiv whMt Tha i ; uuauguiy j ,loi WILMINGTON, N. Q., SUNDAY, JANUARY Senator Hoar's Resolution to That : Effect Resolution for Consrresslonal Investigation of tne Conduct of the j War Both Houses Adjourn in He ! spect to IWemory ef Late Representa tive JDingley - j: .:. ;' .' SENATE. " ". Washington, January 14. A resolu tion of more than ordinary significance ana importance was introduced in the .senate today by - Senator Una r nt Massachusetts. It ' 9 "Resolved. That the m nt Philippine islands of right ought to be free and; independent; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the Spanish crown, and that all Political connection between them and Spain is and ought , to be totally dissolved, and that they have, therefore, full -powe? to do 11 acts and things which inde pendent states may of right do; that it is their right to institute a neiw gov ernment for themselves, laying its r - x r lounoation; on such, principles dnd or- ganizing us powers in such "form as I to them shall sepm mrvct livivi to ef- lect their- safety and happin that with these rights the peoplS of the a an1 unnea; atates do not propose to- inter fere?." -I-: : ' ' , . . r . i "I should like to have in adopted im mediately," said Senator Hoar, f "I object," said Senator Davis, of Minnesota, chairman of the foreign re lations! committee, and the resolution went over. ' . . j The resolution of Senator Allen for the appointment of a committee1 of five senators to investigate the conduct of the late war was laid before the seri ate and .Senator Allen took, the floor in advocacy of it. - i " I Senator Allen saidlhe had no desire to embarrass the president, but so many complaints had been made by the press -and individuals of the con duct ofthe war that he thought it tune for a rigid and impartial investi gation of the war to be made. He' had. " - VI iuc w cLi . He was satisfied that nn .n,i - " u mi ui yjf. practical results would accrue from max dnvesaigation. He i criticised ; the attuning oi troops DS tf f!hifVnmQiirn V" -"cjr wClc iai;eu uy sicKness anri . rue ii uu lis of the west-were sent to Chickamauga for the benefit of transportation com panies. He declared that there' had bf efLsross irresularities in the handling of , the commissary and other supplies He said it had been charged that the supplies were in many cases unfit for use. i He was satisfied the charges were true. If the troops had been furnished: embalmed beef," the people and the world had a right to know it. He re peated that he had. no confidence in the report that the investigation commis sion would make. . i i ueaiw. .tie intimatwi tnaf It. -r-. . .. - V Interrupting Senator Allen, "iuuiici, m Wisconsin, . criticised him for Tils 9nitinat;nn . . !li.J, . - "vyauuu vi air.i unrair ana s iui . legislature ought partial report , from the. commission r. to reduce salaries, and fees. He savs suggested- that he ; might f better , he believes th if lourse will be SLn wait until the report was Dresentpd Hp . i n win oe taKen. fore he attacked it. T' The legislature is being flooded with : At. this point a message was receiv- F6"; for the creation of the coun ed from the , house, announcing the yW' Scotlandf out of the! lower end? adoption of resolutions on- the death a! "tfle' less than half) of RiVh,! UiTresemaiv? Oingley. ; d , Fitting rPnWiHi. - mrr TJ22iJ"wKtsia Deen urged to tairft thi ana -senator Haic, of Maine then ' t- Ppe ra 9r"e U1e a strong delivered a brief eulogy on the dis- , entiment against the creation of any unguished statesman, moving that the new counties. ! f - -I ; RPnfl'ta' A-lvii.n . I ! . fj- i-'j, ,, . .' -- ; : ! " .: . v't senate' adjourn. mt . Te senate then t l t.. I adjourned. r " , " ' : HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. and universal sorrow In the death of i Representative Nelson Dinclev of I Maine. As Sneaker Rtwl . chamber a hush fell upon the members as they arose and with ! bowed heads listened to . the eloquent tribute from the chaplain, Rev. Dr. Couden. A Mr- Bdutelle, the senior member of the Maine delegation, was then recog nized tor a brief and feeling announce ment of the demise of his colleague. Mr; Boutelle then offered a resolu tion i providing that the funeral ser vices be held in the hall of the house of representatives at noon Monday and that) a committee, of nine members of the house be appointed to attend the funeral at Lewiston, Me. - The" speaker announced the 'commit tee under the resolutions and at 12:20 o clock p. m., as a further mark of respect, the house adjourned' until Monday, when the funeral services will occur.- - I - ! f - v,x v-v L11C La Grippe, is again epidemic Every precaution should be -taken to avoid it. Its specific cure is One Minute Cough Cure. A. J. Sheperd, Publisher Agri cultural Journal and Advertispr ttit- iii, iavxu den, rMo., says: "Nothing will be disan- Pointed in using. One Minute7 CTeh r T n.!.. 5.. lu.1 u'u&n for La Grinne." Plonsant tn " tut -tv. Jaeiiamy. j Alliance Bewcen Russia and Afghan . I. . : tan f ...' iTondon, .January 14. The Paris .cor respondent of The Morking Post says: "According to news from St. j Peters burg, from a source usually trustwor thy; a treaty of alliance between Rus sia jand Afghanistan was signed on January 3rd, despite the strenuous op position of Great Britain, whose rep resentatives, it is alleged, offered the ameer money and troops witlr a view of inducing him to enter" upon1 hostili ties against Russia. i Accordiner to the same source of in ameer, a few days be- nrrwlamaHnti nr.r.11niM formation, the iore, issued, a tne Afghans of the czar's friendly dis- '""u aim oi me Denents likely to result from Russia' building the Kushk railway. .' : . Coughing injures and inflames sore lungs. One Minute Cough Cure loosens the cold, allavs i?nue'hiTif' ' arri quickly. The best cough cure for- chil dren. Derfentlv h qrmloo T r ' t-,i - lamy. ....... ... No Error In tlie W. a. K. Moore JTIrlal New York. Jan nsftrv li -.Tnoto Nash, in the supreme court today denied the application f for a certificate of rea sonable doubt, pending an appeal to the 'appellate cpurt, an the case of W. A. E. Moore, who was convicted of robbery, extortion , and assault on Mlartin Ma- hon.- Justice Nash finds that rm -Airnr u.- uoncc iva,&u anas tnat .no error The Bill Requiring Them to BeconY State Corporations The Question W Division of School Funds Govern Russell To 5o Longer lire In Wil mmgton :." jv; ' i . if? ; Messenger Bureau' f . i i Raleigh, N. C, I January 14. I Representatiye Locke- Craige has in troduced in the house a 'bill which re quires corporations desiring to do bua' i 1 . j . J ' I '"RJ? a license te,; -". nrst ,t was ?i,000, but to! day- he decided to make the figure ?500 The bill is intended to apply to railwa? and Insurance Companies and appears" in a way to be a result of caucus actioni Your correspondent today i had a talR with Mr. Craig jabout this bill and ask ed himi its. purpose. He said: "It purpose is to prevent the removal to federal "courts of cases by or against foreign corporations. The fees fixed by the bill is $500,; to be paid as a license fee by such corporations and is require ed by the bill to be paid only once, not' annually." . ! . r - , ,:.-. , . . Your . cqrrespondeut . then asked : "How do you .propose to prevent such? removal of caues?" j h i H Craig: replied: "This bill 'domesti cates' the foreign corporations and thus prevents the removal of causes to fed eral .courts whiep .the amount involved is $2,000 or more, as now provided by United States jstatutes.' .' . : J The object of -this bill is to force the taking out. of Korth Carolina charters x up iact is it is aimed more particular ly at. railways j Craig was asked 'if he uia not tnmK if," would, immensely in-l crease "overhead" insurance and said he; supposed it would J ' H aAu'dri tht of course them j would be no way of eauuing companies which had no as sets in. North Carolina but which did ousiness nere.: p f . ,. i .Representative-: Ra v. of Macon nonrJ ed!the negroes in the house that no bill xuuum ue passed giving all the white I SChOOl taxes . trt Whito ' onhAAlt. uuuoi Taxes jo white schools. Mr Moraiif. who ir rrnm the; Ahav lin j irict, gives the same assurance. Mr. juiian, who tl introduced th wn to do tiiis, saysf if: the proposition : was submitted to the.people in the shape of a j constitutional! amendment it would AnftIfied D majority of at least 75,000. Another member tells me that many thousands of people in the coun try are tired of the negro schools and do hot care whether the negroes have any education or not. I I ; Representative Ransom, of Meckleii- oaja, iiuati tne sentiment among i v , TF state is over wndlrmn crlw Vik il. i,.J. .. - . couiiy. It is the fourth tin,, i.xTV; 1UUUU '.""e a legls- S been hre-aA tn oij- v,j Jtl expiration of his; vu.e -pernor Russell will not VS to4tne wltoington democrats. , . , nere is a cjamor for the discharge at once of all (thp fnaimi S - -w W4 VUAUlUyCa 111 , the penitentiary,- Superintendent Day says this a hard : thing., to do, as three months pay is'due them and they have no money with'.which to pay their ex penses home ;Ie wants the legislature ttrpass at on& the bill paying those past due salars and says all the fus lonists will then be discharged' and tneir places, filled by democrats. ,rThe wnit "state convict Willard Moore, who ini this county murdered Shaw a guard; twill be put on trial for ihis life next Thursday: -i Mr. S. a. Fakler, Editbr of the MI- SSni ustler. with his wife and children, suffered terribly from X,a P 0ne Minut Cough Cure Waa the on remedy that helped them. It ..acted quickly. Thousands of others use this remedy as 4 specific for IGripM COUNT SrERHAZEY ' M- Sends to tne Court of Cassation a Synopsis of Ills Testimony in the Dreyfus Matter ; Paris) J anuary 14 Maj or Count Es terhazey has sent to M. Mazeou, presi dent of the court 'of cassation, a syn opsis of the evidence of 1 which he would have given at the Dreyfus re vision inquiry if a safe conduct had been granted him. He admits his reV lations during 1894-'95, at the1 request of - Colonel Sandherr, chief of the in formation bureau, with a foreign, agent, by. which the count claims he supplied the colonel with Important information "enabling him to combat the intrigues ,of an individual well known, but whose posihon made it un- safe to act openly against him." n.sternazey adds that he. was warned a month ahead of Matthew Drewfus intention and' denounced It at the in stigation of Colonel Picquart.- Subse quently to this he had the closest re lations with his superiors and acted throughout on. their instructions until January 7, 1898, when; he .claims, the war ministry suddenly assumed a hos tile attitude toward him. ' ' Fresh proceedings, the count asserts, were instituted at the instigation of his cousin, with the view of getting him out of the way and preventing him from testifying; before the court of cassation. " '1 conclusion,'. Esterhazey says: "Atone, exiled, abandoned by. those who shoulvi have defended me, I have re sisted Jhe most tempting' offers and have refused ; to say or write a word against my chiefs. I hope the pain, will be spared nie of having to appeal to. the- tribunal of public opinion from the decision ot the court of cassa- tion-" , .i LiiliSlSi22a 15, 1899. THE LEGISLATURE Claims tor Equipping Investigated ' i-l J '''' 'I i ' W 1 Mktter Relating to New Hanover Cjounty Governinent-HoUse i-ayetteville-The Experts tentiary Books-ThWr - ! The Finances Badly IMPORTANT iLlitlNTRODUCED tutiotfHeavilyJin Debt. (Special to The Messenger.)?-1 ! . . SENATE. ; Rklfeigh, N. C.,- January 14.UTheleh- atejnlet at 10 o'clock..' i: Ai- ijesolution was introduced j: Ithat there f should be an irivestie-atiriTiTa .tn. the 25,000 claimed to be due liy ! the sta el for equipment and musterjiig in of n h i ris it t n o t nTnA rvi ii . iA'Ai:Mn reglnlents last year. It was referred to the finance committer. I i A bill was! in trrflnrCLfl hir Cannf'l''ii;n r'f saiumg leuues in JDrunsvVICK county. . - ! .;. ; J ; . S The following bills passed 'fina.-yfad- ingj; To provide permanent sysfem of government for Craven 1 county. To provide for filling of vacancies : & of -fic ip Craven. To regulate bonds of ofqeers of Craven. To increase the nu Tiber' of commissioners in Craven. To re-unite the Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina railroad. ' To amend' the ehrtr of , St. Mary's school. 10 1 re peal public printing laws enac by .th last legislature: ' The) senate finance committed: re pojteel favorably; the house I bill to re peal i; the act of 1897, establishing a board of equalization. ttei. pUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. i the house mpt at.in nvin.b- . . v-wyn., :jS-.H.- .7- announcement was madef' that The the governor would send in, Inotpater iu'j.n)nexc xuesaay, nis reasons 1$$ e- moving Jlailw'ay ,CommissionersCth6 Wilson and James W. - Wilson, 0i t a r - - . i . , , . , '-a ,t ?as further announced i the governor had informed the snecial I j . - - vyumuuee . -mat ne would, if it ; were desired, furnish the names of th per sons who gave him information, on whichl he made the rmvvfli fi i -a 1 1- - . i - . r .mn- . 'Bills were, introduced as fnllnWc nv Mr, Willard, to revise the jury lists of New jlanovcr county; " and f jid. amend the charter of. the Wilmington ; Gas Light iComnanv. bv flllrtTiririo- if solidate with the Electric Company or Cimrland, j to change the : timef of meetings of county commissioners ; jto fiijstj Tuesday in each month and "to pijevnt exhorbitant charges' byimer charfts on chattel mortgages or ;! other securities. By Mr. Moore, to amend trie pjode and make bastardy prpced ings Iquasi-eivil actions. ' Byj'Mxcljohn td amend the act pf 1895 regarding fihlhr in streams An - Sampson inty. Tbje resolution reducing- pay o vari ous Jepployes- 20 Tper cent., in alerd aBcetvith the agreement made yj the democratic ; caucus last week : was ppjted; The reduction is based on the pay)f 1897., It does, not 'effect the. 'pay of clerks; which was cut to l,i 6r to l4boers, who get $2 per ubgej who get $1 per day. day, i or to 11 Ft,--, . Bijls passed ; repealing the act fas , to cpbei. county, and to amend he charter of ayetteviiie. The latter bill changes the poll tax from $1.80 to $3, this being djori by the committee "on cities and tpwnsj to preserve the .eonstitutjjbnal Equation, and gives power to charge a privilege tax; makes the aldermen sole 'judges of the fitness of applicafis! for . liquor; license and provides that : not less than $500 shall be charged for- such license, in event that sale of liquor in .Cumberland county shall be authorized hereafter, and limits the powers of the board) of audit and finance., Mrl Rob- anson, ! of Cumberland, made ari t able explanation of the bill; j Raleigh, Nrj.-, January 14. Twilight Experts G. Rosenthal, Geo. W. Th"omp son;and Claude Barbee gave tQEeni ientiary Superintendent Day thi re port on, the penitentiary books anil ac counts. They say they have made; the most critical examination possibfeland ind' the method ; of book-keeping and ecord -making in vogue- now and here :ofore so crude and incomplete that a perfectly accurate balance sheet is impossible, until such time as alj cred i tors of the penitentiary have filed du ly approved, accounts. There seems to jhavebeen no such thing as individual Makes the food more deliciotl and wholesome - : BOYAfc EAKIWQ POWDER i?RICE 5 CENTS the Volunteers to be by a i Committee. '".-'I : - .t ani liington-.ChangW in Craven Masses Ul Amending Charter of Reports on Condition of Peni- Unsatisfactory Condition. Manaed-The Insti. ledgei balances kept, between the insti ttiliand its creditors, the only irieth o.ad.jtpted being the system of month-'. 1. caculatIons and issuance of ach- ers for such accounts as may hr.ve been Rendered and approved. The ex- ' PfQf-jp&ye taken .cognizance only oi theseduly aproYe4 Hotc or course it: is , impossible tq ascertain' or eve.r es- .liM,'tfie amount of debts that i-ay. oe a,u m the shape of "open ac : 4sst noted and amounting to f 'fffh1 e s nape of P.en- abcounc.d' Jae bsfidry persons. Much: of ".th'V will nevefbe collected. They find ac CW known as . the '."suspense ac co:untf carried heretofore, . it seems, as an a$et. The apparent balance due Js .P4.--which.' .is valueless and rep resets nothing, and in theic opinion, should have been charged ta account of: profit and loss, years ago. ' Tttei total liabilities" are $110481; of whic $39,000 in in unpaid vouchers ahd 9$M$nt-du onfarms. Warden T ' tells me there are consid- erable sums due fm artino byjtH -supervisors, no body knows '"hovv muehlif- ; . - ;: ;;- rintendent Day tonight is-UOT order? to J R. Tillerv SultIf isrs T. E. McCaskey and W R ' DiW at the two "Caledonia" farms immediately. Mclver Is .put in charge of bah farms. Day says" that Dixon .anfll jMqCaskey are not able to handle crops - ' ! . , .. .Govfrrior Russell was expected to at tend tie. caucus of the republican legis lature) tonight, but did not. , Sft!ant Reynolds.- I chairman of thejeludus, gave out a statement, de- caUju'to meet and give him a hearing xveynQ:)is says the caucus Invito t, goror: it was coniectiir-hat ; ror; desiredto talk to. the caucus Muutn,s action in removing the two Wllf6m as ! railway domic - - ......wwiViltJl O say if the ernvprnni ' done 4 - approve What he has ESSMANDINGLEYDEAD d Last Nlsrli i ;-Si ' :Hf- Ik n nn i - . - Pte . . . ji- . . msuuavuAU' ahington, January 13. Hon. Nel sof Ingley, of Maine,. leader of the rexufcjican side on the floor of the hos. pf representatives and repre senti thesecond congressional dis tTHtfM Maine in that bod v. h tonig, at 10:30 o'clock; of heart fail- rtn $Tltl5S fron extreme weakness due .ttj double pneumonia; He was un- ?gUS durI osrS the dly? ai dejthcame quietly without conscious" 1grained- There were pres- Emitlmers' Dinley. Miss pS211Sle5r: Messrs. E. N., and A. -L'jp&ley, sons of the deceased Mr' fWliLT; f ?rc imimaie inend of the?f3lly; Dr. Deale, one of the phyi fwiani who has been'attending him d;J?Jhin a ew hourB before his dehghe: family firmly believed, as ihr3-vf ! throu&bout his. illness, that flP1 would recover-While the Pfe 4ays. have given great hope l3rier7' the Prffress of the disease ma11 : patient dangerously helrtP ' seriously affected his- . LIiast night and again this morn- 11 tlT 1ingley had & bai sinking spjllffrom which he slightly rallied. Threpere further evidences of heart .faitUr as the day progressed, and the strongest stimulants were administer ed,! bttt without .effect. He failed per ceptibly during the afternoon and as night :ame hope was abandoned. MrsDingley is very much prostja frp husband's death, and is now; ""sesjMiefCare of a Physician. Hepiesentative Dingley's illriesd datedack to December 29th, when he complained that he was not well. The physician diagnosed his case as one of erriDeif and iciutioned the patient to keep to hisrifn. The following Saturdayr1 pneumonia developed In the left lung. complfcated with great tregularity of sl the heart. Skillful igoed Results and on Thursday there t Was signs that the luner was hnninei-! tn nrvv i - 't rv . v.ji . auc xicjki. uay, aowever, xne diseasti took an alnrmlnc turn onri Vi two sofas in MJchieran, weri telPtrrrnh-1 ior. , cV.&KF YOBH. ii VV LUU I i. i . I. . y f . . ? i ' i. -i i - P f 1 f -i v i . . ; ; , . - - . - . . r - - its v -.
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 15, 1899, edition 1
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