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V cyott 5 VOL. XII. NO. 47. WILMINGTON N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1899. PRICE 5 GENTS. Site wjw:: &M&zmmkm& 1 1 1 ' '" 1 i , , , i j'i ;j ; : . a la : - r - ..- . r -. i- . ; -., - - .-..i, 'l ... ,. - i PRIVILEGE The House Decides on ing to Railways and Banks. THE TAXES ON DISPENSARIES. . - - . i i i ).; : The House After a Heated Debate Adopts a Schedule ThereforOther .'Revenue Bill Sections AdoptedThe Senate Passes the Bill Amending the Charter of Wilmington-Governor's Ap pointees of State Institutions-. Confirmed More Dispensary Bills Passed The Charter of Seamen's Fund Society Amended. (Special to: The Messenger.) SENATE. Raleirh. N. C, February a. unis were Introduced as follows: To extend the Jurisdiction of justices of the peace. To amend the charter of the Raleigh arid Gaston railway and to allow It to change its name. Mr. Thompson, of Onslow, said he Bills passed as follows: To abolish .j was personally'-opposed to educating the criminal circuit of Madison, Hen- , children upon "blood money." derson,, jHaywood, Buncombe andMc- i MTRay, of Macon, said Mr. Wins Dowell. j To regulate public prinfiiJg. f tonVsubstitute was a strike at dis To amend the charter of Kinston. pensaries. He intimated his belief -that The bill to increase the permanent the liquor men had a cinch on the leg- school fund of the state came up on third reading. It provides tnat ido,ov be held !in trust by the state treasurer for the benefit of the state board of education. Senator Hicks opposed the passage of the billion account of 'the fact that ,J-"ese bonds were part of the sinking! nd ana were intended to pay part of ': the 4 pe cent, bonds falling due in 1910. j be the duty of all managers of dispens-'-. The chair thereupon appointed Sen- j saries- td pay to the county treasurer ators Hjcks, Daniels and Travis as a i for the benefit of the school fund of . committee to examine the bonds and re-. theounty in which such dispensaries port to the senate. blind institutio ' Seven directors of the at Raleigh were elected as foUows:B. ..' F. Montague, I. M. Proctor, d. B. Ed : wards, Iugh ' Mo'rson, W. 'N. Jones, James aL Briggs and C. Nick Allen. The folllowing .bills pased ' final read- ing: To Iconfer upon internal, improve ment board the power to appoint a; " swamp kgent To provide' for a dis- j uensary at Bethel Pitt county. To pre- 1 scribe certain books to be used at the ; universitiy and all state-colljeges of the : ! state. (Providing' that "the Rise and Fall of the Confederacy" by Jefferson ; Davis be used as -a text book.) To estab- ; lish a bureau . of jrinting ' and labor j j statistics1. ; A message from Governor Russell was j read, nominating the following directors j of the state normal college at Greens- : ;.boro andthey were confirmed: Fifth 1 ! district, jS. M. Gattis; Sixth, J. F. Pot- : : ter; Seventh, W. D. Turner; t-ignui. iv. D. Gilmir. . , The governor also nominated for. di rectors of the Eastern hospital at CnirlshnrU: Dr. Elisha Porter, of Pen- der; Dr. W. D. Bulluck, of New Han- tf)ver; Di- J. E. Grimsley, of Greene, for six ybars beginning March '1897, and Albert 4-nierson of Wilson;' Shade I. Woo'ten,. tree, of'. of Lenoir, and W. F. Roun- Craven, for six years begin- ning March 1899. These were con- firmed. . . t The'joi'nt committee on appropriations reported f favorably the bill giying the deaf-mufe school at Morgan ton 140,000 for support -and $7,800 for improve ments; the blind institution and the negro deaf-mute and blind institute at Raleigh !$52,000 for support and $15,000 for improvements. ' . V ' NIGHT SESSION. . The senate passed bills as ' fallows: To establish a dispensary at Lexing ton. . To 'amend the charter of Wilming ton. To! Incorporate the Savings bank at Goldsboro and the Bank of Cumber land at Fayette ville. To amend', the charter jof ElizabethtQwn. To incorpo rate Buie's academy. ' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Bills -yv-ere introduced as follows:.. By Mr. Nichols, of Pitt, to' establish a board .pfc immigration for the state. -(It provides, for three commissioners, the presiderit to be known as. the -state su perintendent of immigration, and is to receive a $1,000 salary, the others ac tual expenses.) By Mr. Noble, to ex tend thj limits of; Trenton. rtills iassed as follows: To amendi the. chapter of the Seamen's Fund So ciety of! Wilmington. To amend the law of ; 1891 regarding the sale of baled cotton, o that it shall not prevent a reductioin or rebate on the price agreed for fraudulent baling or packing, or to prevent indictment for false pretense. Tfie house went into committee of .the whole on the revenue bill. -' - Mr. Winston offered the following as a substitute for part of section 34: "Each dispensary in the stated shall pay annually Into the state treasury the '.following franchise taxes: Each dispensary-, for a town of less than 1,000 peclple, $50; for township in any nty, $200; for towrn or over x,uuu anu xceeding 3,000, $200; for, town not COl not L b.ooo. JOO: for town or city txceedinj -for each dispensary1 for over o.uuq and that it shall 'be -'the county; $D00; g-ers or officers of dis- iliiiir nil TY1QT1 .VL. to remit such tax pensanessin the sU , firgt day of . to state treasurer on January Lf each year. . to. place all duty of the state treasurer under this act to the credit oft. manent school fund of the state, be disbursed. by the state board of edu cation ini a manner provided "by law. Mr. MaUney offered an amendment to provide that half of. the liquor li cense tax; shall go to the public Schools of the -.county-; and the other half to the state public school fund. Mr. itolman said Mr. Winston's amendment discriminated against dis pensaries.' - - There "Was a heated discussion, in which ilessrs. Leatherwood, Winston, Williams! of Iredell, Alexander, Bous 'hall, Robinson and others took part. Mr. Boushall said he did not take sides; that the! point was whether dispensa ries, which were grafted privileges, j should .riot pay privilege taxes. ' Mr. Leatherwood wanted to know i -why alii privilege taxes on barrooms - could not be paid into the state treas ury ' for I the general school .fund. He said there' was a. wide difference bfr ; tween the state license of a dispensary, as an exclusive right to a county, and - the licensing of barrooms by county au . ; thorities. - - - ; Mr. Council insisted that a part of the tax! on barrooms should always be given to the state for the general TAXES the "Sections Apply school furid; but a dispensary was an exclusive right, a franchise, a monop oly. ..... Mr. kbbinson said the supreme court had decided that a dispensary was not a monopoly; but . merely o police reg- ulation. Islature. He wanted to know why the county should pay a tax for the priv ilege of regulating its own evils. Mr. Boushall denied that he was act ing under the influence of barkeepers, but thought nvhen the state granted a franchise It should tax that franchise. Mr. Craige offered an amendment to Mr. "Wilson's amendment: "And it shall re located all taxes herein imposed on such dispensaries.'.' This, Mr. Wins ton accepted. ; . . . Mr. Winston's substitute, as amended by Mr. Craige,- was adopted by an overwhelming vote. Mr. Mauney's amendment was lost. - Mr. Council offerel "an amendment to altar the word "may" in section 34, to "shall," so as to require county com- missioners to granx licenses, saying "may" was ambiguous and gave coun ty commissioners too great power. Mr. Carroll took strong ground against Mr. Council's amendment. Mr. Council . said commissioners would- have power-to investigate' the propriety of--granting license, with the word "shall." - Mr. Council's amendment was lost, only half a dozen votes being cast for it. The result, was greeted by-loud ap plause on: the floor and gallery, having started in the. latter among the ladies. ..Section 4, regarding tax on bank stock was passed over .Tuesday. It was again up," and Mr. Williams of fered a substitute, prepared for the committee by Mr.' Willard. It was adopted. -Its text is as follows: "The taxes imposed for state, coun ty and school purposes upon any bank or banking association (Whether state or national) in this state, and upon' shares of stock owned by residents, shall be paid by the cashier of such bank or -banking association directly to the state treasurer within thirty days after July 1st of each' year, and upon failure to pay the state treasurer, as aforesaid, he shall institute an ac tion against'ithe bank or banking asso ciation to enforce the same in the county of Wake or the county in which the bank or banking- association is lo cated. When remitting said taxes to go to the state treasurer, the cashier of any . bank or banking association shall state the residence of each stock holder living 'in North Carolina, and upon receipt by the state treasurer of said taxes, he shall remit to the treas urer of the county in which said stockholders reside the amount so col lected for county purposes. - ,Should the residence of any stockholder be un- known he vshall remit the amount of the county and school taxes to the treasurer of the county where the bank or banking association is located. The board of commissioners of the coun ty in which said banks or ba'nking asso ciations are located shall assess the value of shares of stock in any such banks or banking associations, taking into consideration the actual market value, and the book, value of such shares; Provided, that in determining the value of such shares for taxation there shall be deducted the amount of real property on which the bank has paid the taxes." - . There was debate on section 35, tax ing lawyers nd physicians and den tists $5. It was adopted. Section"' 36, imposing a , graduated franchise tax on capital stock, of rail ways was adopted. The tax on undertakers was reduced from $25 to $10. Section 60, imposing, a new graduated tax on gross earnings of railways was adopted. The tax on telegraph, tele phone and express companies is fixed at 2 per cent, on gross receipts in the state. .. i . . . Auctioneers pay $15 taxes, bioycle agents $10; rent collectors $15; butchers $7.50; wood and coal dealers $20; cot ton compresses, which" press not less than 100,000 bales $100; cotton factories in cities of over 1.2,000 $15; marriage li censes are $1 each. - .- There Was strong objection to sec tion 71, which provides for indictment and prosecution of delinquent tax payers. Mr. Carroll said this gave power to imprison for debt. Mr. '-Allen, of Wayne, offered an amendment to. strike out schedule A. taxes, this covering poll and "property taxes. This- was satisfactory to Mr. CarrolL and was adopted. ; ; Another amendment adopted provides that the sheriff can report 'delinquents to superior as well as criminal courts. Mr. Julian made a motion to recon sider the vote on the graduated tax on railway gross savings. "He offered an amendment to strike out all sections which imposed the tax. He said It was doubted. - j Mr. Petree took that view, ; '.Mr. Willard 'defended the fax. fie said it was not .doubted, and was con- stitutlonal Mr, Petree asked Mr. Willard what the tax would raise and Mr. Willard replied "$60,000 or $70,000." Mr. Allen said it is held that fran chise is' property and is taxable Just as a road ted, . Mr. Thompson, of Onslow,; said he wanted -these great corporations to bear their equal share of the! burdens. Mr. Connor asked whether :the rail way conimission would not take con sideration of this tax in making its assessments He said the valuation would, therefore, be reduced. , Mr. Willard said probably j . the ob jection to this tax is that it is a per centage taxi Instead of a lump sum. Mr. Craige took ground against this tax on railways, saying he - would not vote for it;! that it "was in violation of the principles of government; ithat : it was an indirect, way of making the peo ple who ride pay tax; that toilevy this' tax simplyj because railways have the money and could pay the (tax was wrong. -. ; . -I ' Mr. Canhon said he regretted to dif fer with the committee, but: he was sure the legislature was about to in sert a most dangerous principle. He said this tax is not violative of the let iter of the jconstitution, but it violates its' spirit. i ; j At 2:30 o'clock the committee rose and the house" adjourned. i j -NIGHT SESSION, j The hoU8e tonight pasfeed j on third reading thei following bills: To encour age education among the ' niasses by providing that the state treasurer shall duplicate subscriptions to public schools in amounts of not less than $15 nor more thah $25. To give Macon county a dispensary. To incorporate the town of Oriental. To allow Tarboro to is-' sue waterworks, electric light iand sew erage bond3. To incorporate the. Pres byterian Female college at Charlotte. To incorporate Goldsboro. To jin corpo rate Wallace. I vMessrs.. Brown of Stanley, Moore and Julian were appbinted as the house branch of .the committee to investi gate the agricultural department, the state treasury and the charitable in stitutions of the state. .. TO SELL THE A. & N. C. KAILHOAD A Bill lo be Introduced In tlieHonae Providing Tlierelorj (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, jiN. C, February 2j3. A bill will le introduced in the house tomor row, providing that,, upon payment to the state treasurer within -ninety days after the ratification of the act of $300, 000 the treasurer is authorized to sell to W- J. Edwards, of Sanford and oth ers associated with him, all the shares held by the state in the Atlantic and North Carolina railway; . that before delivery !of the shares Edwards shall contract with the state to hjtonstruct and complete, within four yesars from ratification of the act, a line -of stand ard guaged railroad" at least 100 miles in length, connecting with the Atlantic and North Carolina railway jand run ning . westwardly through th counties of Wayne Johnston, Harnet, 4 Moore and Montgomery, and then in direc tions of .Cpncord, Salisbury 'or Char lotte; thatj on execution of the con tfact Edwards shall deposit iwith the treasurer securities amounting to $100, 000 for the performance of" the con tract, the condition bekig that if the road is completed in four years then the security is surrendered to jEdwards, otherwise he forfeits the amount to the state. ' Hi TIIE ( II AltLOTTE DISPEJVSA It Y 1'be SenaitA Committee Oec-Ides to Ite . port the Bill Unfavorably ; (Special to The Messenger.) Raleig, ;N. C, February '23.-j-This af ternoon the advocates of the dispen sary, at JJfrarlotte arrived .here in spe cial cars jtb attend the hearing before the senate committee on the house bill to establish a dispensary. The senate chamber was packed, and the delega tion, 200 strong, each wearing a blue badge, filled the floor and lobbies. In terest was ; intense and : there were waves of japplause during the; speeches. The latter consumed over three hours. At their conclusion, Senator. Osborne called! on.1: the senators to starid by him and defeat! the bill. He spoke only a J minute and his 'appeal was ianswered immediately, the committee ; deciding by a vote' of ; 4 ,to 3 to report the bill un favorably1. Mi? ; j Not one, child dies where ten former ly died from croup. People have lam ed the value of One Minute Cough Cure and use it i for severe lung and throat troubles. !It immediately stops coughing.- It never fails. R. R. Bellamy. CORNISH AGAIN TESTIFIES He Denounces Ttollueaiiar as tbe .flan Who Sent Him the Poison Which Killed IHr. Adams ; t' 1 New York, February 23, parr Cor nish on tihe witness stand at the. Ad ams inquest today accused Roland B. Molineux of having- sent him the poi soned bromo seltzer. Ever' .sjince Cor nish first testified in the case he ha4 been asking to be recalled,) claiming that when on the stand at the opening of the inquest he had hot. finished giv ing testimony, and since then many statements ,. have been -made 1 by other . witnesses which seemingly contradict ed what lie had ;SWorn to. ! i i The court room was crowded, but Cornish's 'Statements- did; not create much of a sensation. His story was that he thought Molineux had seiit him the poison because he was the 'only man who had shown great enmity toward him; that he had lied about him and persecuted him; that he had jlied about otners in tne ciud; mat inerp was en mity between Barnett and i Molineux, and that i Molineux had started stories about memhers of the Knickerbocker Club. Witness stated that j Molineux, being in ; a rival club, was jjealou him. Hei declared that the cordner must search the athletic clubs of New York city for the murderer of Mrs. Adams, He suspected Molinehx of hav ing sent Kutnow powders to Barnett He testified that Mrs.Molineux's state ment that she had never been in Bar nett s alone was false. He knew of a person who had sees Mrs. i Molineux and Barnett drinking',wine in the lat ter's room whenno other person was present. Witness stated that Molineux was his bitter enemy and the only man he knew : of who could haver a motive for wishing to taKe nis iiie.i CornisH ;was very earnest in testi fying and contradicted much that he said when he was first examihed by the eorpner. fHe was asked several times to give the names of men who had told the' stories that he repeated about Molineux- He said he could not re member them All, but that jhe had no doubt these men would come forward and substantiate his story as soon as they heard he had told. it. He talked rapidly and at : times the Jury, could hardly follow him. ' The other testimqny given today was without special tfew features. Before . the fliscovery of One Minute Cough Cure ministers were : greatly disturbed by,, coughing congregations. f No excuse for It now. B. B. Bellamy. II W ill II To the Tune of a Half Million Dollars. MR. BOUTELU IWRAIHY At Hb Scheme for Warship Armor Plates Being So Denounced by a Brother Republican House Knoeki Off One Hundred Dollars a Ton From - JTIr. Boutelle's Proposed Flsures The V House Restores the Grades of Admiral ; and Vice Admiral SENATE Washington, February 23. During the enitre session today, until 6 o'clock the senate had under consideration the river and harbor bill. Oood progress Vas made, eighty-nine tagea having been disposed of, with the exception of one amendment. I " " I Shortly after the opening of the ses sion, - Senator Faulkner, pi West Vir ginia, presented the protest of : John T. McGraw . against the seating of N. B. Scott, elected a senator from West Vir ginia: . It was ordered to - lie on the table. . I A feport from the committee on mil it&cy affairs, permitting Volunteer reg iments to retain their colort, and to de posit them in the state j Capitols was passed. - j j At 5:45 p. m. the river and harbor bill " was . laid aside, eighty-nine pages having been completed. After a brief executivq session, the reading; of the Alaska Code' bill was resumed in open session, ah agreement being reached that no other business should be 'transacted tonight. upon- completing the feading of the bill, the senate at 7:35 ofclbck. p." -m.. adjourned. ! . j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Immediately after the reading of the journal in the house todajk Mr. Crump- paciver, republican, 01 inaiana, caiiep: Up the contested election case of Brown vs. Swanson from the Fifth Virginia district. Against this Mri Miers, dem ocrat, of Indiana, raised the question of consideration. . Mr. Crulmpacker at-, tempted to call- up the same case sev eral weeks . ago, but thej house, by a vote of 113 to 79 decided not to consider it. The house, today declined to con sider the case 99 to 132. j : . The committee on naval 'affairs, which had the right of way with; the naval ap propriation bill, agreed to! yield an hour to the committee on District of Colum bia to dispose of important matters. At 1:45 o'clock,, p. m., the house went into committee of the whole and re sumed consideration Of the naval ap propriation Dili, the pending question being on the point of I order raised against . the amendment offered by Mr. Linderwpod, democrat; of Alabama, to appropriate ?4,000,000 for the construc tion of :&n armor plate plant .at such place as a board of naval j affairs might select. ' -': - . j- Mr. Boutelle continued his defense of the recommendation of the committee to increase the maximum- price of ar mor to $545. Tests had demonstrated. he said, that the Krupp armor of 25 per cent, less weight thah Harveyized armor, had equal resisting power. Mr. bnerman, republican, of New York, who was in the chair, sustained the . point of order against the Under- Wood amendment. The question then recurred upon Mr. Boutelle's amendment fixing the price resisting power; Mr. Boutelle contend ed tha;t; the cost of Kxupi armor for like protection would be slightly less than that of Harveyized iarmor at $400 per ton.- I Mr, Hopkins, republican, of Illinois, moved to amend the Bobtelle amend ment so as to fix the price of armor plate $445 per ton. ' The royalty on Krupp armor, he said, was $45 per ton and he had searched in vain . for evidence to fehow that the manufacture of Krupp armor was more expensive than Harveyized . armor. There .was1 no recommendation save from a subordinate official of the navy department. , ; "That, is not true." interrupted Mr. Boutelle, flourishing aloft a handful of documents. VI have here! the evidence which the house refuses to hear." . Mr. Hopkins declared ithat he had been informed upon reputable authority that the proposition in the bill was an attempt to "bunco" the government. I This statement aroused the indigna tion of . Mr. Boutelle andi Mr. Dalzell.. republican, of Pennsylvania, "(jive; the name of youlr authority." said Mr. Dalzell.1 "He won't," shouted Mr. Boutelle. "I challenge him to name a single man who ever made such ; a state ment," said Mr. Dalzell. ; "The gentleman would not permit the member from Maine ! to black his boots, retorted Mr. Hopkins turning indignantly upon his antagonist. : At this point the gavel took Mr. Hop kins off the floor and Mr.! Rixey, dem ocrat, of Virginia, a member of the naval committee, in a ! five minute speech opposed the committee's prop osition which he said would increase the cost of armor for a single ship $449,000. Mr. Burke, democrat, of Texas, said ft was humilitating to hear a member of the naval committee admit that the government was absolutely at the mer cy of the armor plate manufacturers. . Mr. Walker, republican! of Massa chusetts, offered an amendment to Mr. Hopkins' amendment, providing that the government should ' not pay more for armor plate than anyj foreign gov ernment paid adopted. The Hopkins amendment to the amendment was carried 102 to 78, and as amended (fixing the ptice of armor at ?445) the amendment without division. i - was ' adopted 1 Mr. Boutelle gave native that he would demand a separate vbte in the huose. j . t j Mr. Moody, republican, jof Massachu setts, then created something of a fu rore by offering at the ejnd of the bill a copy of the senate bill; to create the rank of admiral of thej navy. Up rorious applause greeted the reading of the amendment. The naval committee had amended this bill sO as to create the rank of vice admiral as well as admiral. " j Mr. Boutelle at first reserved a point of order against the amendment, but turning suddenly upon Mr. Moody, de clared he would withdraw the point in deference to what appeared to be the general demand of the i house, if the amendment could be voted upon with out debate. "We will vote without a word," said Mr. Moody. "Vote," "Vote," went Up in chorus from all sides of the house. The question on the amendment was put and it was carried w;ith a rousing cneer. i When the nays "were called for "there was the silence of the grave. The bill was then reported to the house. Separate votes were demanded by Mr. Boutelle upon the naval acade my and armor plate amendments, both of which were carried, the f ormer 89 to 70 the latter 130 to 58. .Mr. Boutelle then moved to recom mit the bill, with the instructions to restore the price of plate armor to $545 per ton as originally, recommended by the committee. The motion was voted down 79 to 155. The bill was then passed. , The senate amendments to the mill tary academy hill were adopted. This bill now goes to the president. - The senate bill to permit volunteer regiments of the Spanish war, to- retain their coMirs was passed. J- r At &:30 o'clock, p. to., the house ad Joufned. Attacks Ajkde All Along Our?! Lines. m A VIGOROUS ASShULT 1 HIT Repulsed With Infantry and Artillery. The Monadn?cl Throws Ten-Inch Shells Among; Enemy Some Sharp EBgagemenU-luch Property Burn- ed More Incendiarism Threatened Iast Night IiPhlllpplnos Allowed on the Streets ter 7 O'clock Manila, Febry 23.,5:05 p. ; m With daylight tJwEs morning the enemy cpymmenced .woying tactics at vari-j ous j parts or tnemerican nne,apparent ly for the purppjp of iwitlidrawlng at tention ifrom afcilfs inside the city. An tttempt wainadej to rush through our extreme lefil;near Caloocan, but it was promptly effected by a hot and" effective muskell and artillery fire. In the meantiti some bodies of reb els, j evidently slme of those engaged last night in ti cowardly worM, at Tondo, spread osijbetween the city and the outposts. Jaery. available man was sent to drithem away, with the result that ther ..was desultory firing all the morningil ; From 8 to 1080 o'clock a. ' m. the United States double turreted monitor Monadnock, joifd in the engagement, hurling 10-inchpiells over the Amer ican lines into lidies of the enemy as indicated by thrsignal corps. So far our caialties are one man1 killed and ten jfc&en wounded. At 11 o'clock iihere were sharp en gagements at tlei Chinese cemetery andj at San Pedjjtoj Macati, almost sim ultaneously, bullthe artillery fire from both positions Sp(ve the enemy back. From the high ftlpwers of the city fires canf be seen bulling at a dozen differ ent points outsjlel. Some of these are probably due itjo the Monadnock's shells., ' .- I J I It is currentlpieported that the na tives have threned to burn Esco late and the walied city tonight. Scores of rebcJs have been arrested in the Tondo diEpict. A band of sixty rebels, having uyo carloads of arms and accoutrements, was captured in a house. BusineaWiis temporarily . sus- j pended. ; '- 5i35 p. m. Mkter General Otis today issued a gener8brder,directing all the inhabitans of, linila until otherwise ordered, to cone themselves to their homes after 7 blplock in the evening, when the streetsWill be cleared by the police. The genial also warns incen diaries and suspects that they will be severely dealt wfn if discovered in any locality. . ; . ; .;. ; !,' -. Extraordinary; psrecaiitions have been taken for the wjpprefesi'on of further trouble, which threatened to take place in the citj-ppnight;' but it is gen erally . believed gat list night's expe rience will effeci?e'ly quell the disturb ing! element. .:'''; -'- Fire has beenjurnihg all day in the Tondo district jkjbd has been clearing the residents or of many houses in the outskirts film wtiich the enemy previously' firedj pm. the Americans. A cloud of smokeiaxdVered over the City today, conveyirlBi the j impression to people about tlfJbay ;and in the out side districts tbp the whole city is 'burning. m i ..-- The rebels, beween the city and the outposts are beifg smoked out' this af ternoon and drfwsh toward the beach. Sharpshooterslat various parts of the line are very apftoying, but otherwise there has beengo further excitement since tbe f rustriion; of the morning's attack. '"lii!- . 1 Lieutnant Eug&e S. French, of Com pany L, First Montana vohinteers, and Private Oscar FMton, of Company C, South Dakota iKMunteers, were killed and two other ikjiotahs were wounded. Parrs Februaasy 23. Agents in this j city in. iue tuiiiyiuus uave leceiveu news frpm Uoijoj! saying that the out break there of-ftpe was not the work ; i A ik i.,'-. i v. . : j ' of the natives, pat was started by the American shelllslj! fWhen the attack commenced thijPhlippinos add, the foreign fesident'were endeavoring to persuade General' Lopez, the Philippino commander, to submit, as Iloilo was not fortified anffwaa therefore not m a position to rist the American at tack. -The who,' commercial quarter of Iloilo, it appears, was destrbyed, with lour-nfthsr the rest of the town, i jpfj ; ! Finally, the P&Uippinos say, the for eign residents fejbsequently met, pro tested against fe bombardment ana resolved to put jjfl claims for damages. ! - T- . f For frost bite; burns, indolent sores, eczema, skin diseases, and especially Piles, De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve stands first a3. bestj. Look out for dishonest peop3 who try to imitate and '-counterfeitot. It's their endorse ment of , a )od article. Worthless goods are not jjjnitated. Get DeWitt's yvitcn juazei bjve. t. ti. Bellamy. Four Peroi Burned to Death ' "Hartford Otlf Ind.l February 23. Four persons Wtre killed and two were injured today k$ a fire and explosion Which destroy the tlck building on the pifblic equate of this city. The exnlosio3 s annarentlv 1 torp tho upper floor ofhe DiSfc building loose and it fell. A tmiber pying apartments in pinioned down So the burned to deatSi. Of persons occu the block -were deTjris SOTS four A search of he ruins is now being made and it lsared that other bodies will be found. rS I The damage ?Tf as practically confined to the Dick buying. C'lirollna Ceatil Stoek on Exchange New York, FSruary 23. The follow ing securities Jre approved " for lift ing by the govlning committee of -the stock exchange?;-' - . Georgia and Ipabama Railroad Com pany, $2,922,000, first mortgage consol idated 5 per cit. fifty year gold cOu-r pon bonds of 15. ' j Carolina Cental Railroad Company, $2,847,000 first Consolidated mortgage gold 4 per cenffijifty lyear guaranteed coupon bonds HTl949. i Melt fes the food more WOYAl SAWWQ II iv V ... KILLED ON THE BAUBO AD A Deaf Jtlute Run Over by a Train Re publican Objection to the New Elec tloh Law illicit Dlstllllns on the In .crease; .. ' . - -,. ; :- i Messenger, Bureau, Raleighi N. C. February. 23. The new election law, now before the legislature, provides, as was the case up" to 1893, for challenging of votes on the day of election, that is at the polls. The opponents of this plan,) Vho of course are republicans, claim that it will be usedto block voting, f The state grants charters ta the Kapp-Miller flouring mill company of Forsyth county, capital $25,000, and the Union Furniture Company of .Durham, with 520,000 .capital. The development of the furniture manufacturing inter est in this state during the past tw,o or three ; years is very remarkable. Rufus Pool, a deaf-mute white man, was killed yesterday by a Seaboard Air Line train near Ridgeway. i On his person-was found $400. His home was in 'this j county and his- body, was brought here. His skull was torn open. The funeral of Rev. Dr. ! Bennett Smedes i will be held here tomorrow morning1 from Christ church. His age was 62 years. He leaves three daugh ters and three sisters. . i Joseph G. Brown, president I of th Citizens. 'National bank, of this city, and a member of the American Bank ers' Association executive council, was today notified that the council will meet at New York March 15th to ar range for the coming convention. Today i. a young moonshiner was brought here and jailed. He was mar ried last: week and his bride came with him.- There is considerable moonshlning in this section, it increases steadily. . Farmers say that owng to the ex treme badness of the weather they have been able to do no farm work. For' more tjian forty days the ground has been: either wet or frozen. "Give me a liver regulator and I can regulatethe world," said a genius. The druggist' handed him a bottle of De Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous little' Pills R. R. Bellamy. ENGLAND'S WAV She Forces the Sultan of Oman to Can - eel Ills Lease of a Ceaillns Station to France "' j Bombay, " February 23.- Important details regarding the action of the I M British authorities at Muscat, the cap ital of the sultanate of Oman, have just become public. It appears that the news of! the lease, by " the sultan of Oman of a coaling station to France on the coast of Oman leaked out while the British political agent at Muscat, Ma jor Eagan, was absent. He promptly returned to his post, but the . sultan refused to furnish him with any Infor mation. .The. commander of the gun boat Sphinx thereupon dispatched a lieutenant and armed party to the Ban dar Jiosioh; but the sultan, hoping to receive aid f rbm the French, contin ued to be recalcitrant. The arrival of the second class cruiser Eclipse, flag ship of the East Indies station, with Rear Admiral Drummond, threw the sultan's subjects into a panic, though the sultan himself remained obdurate. During the morning of February 16th Admiral Drummond sent word ashore that unless the sultan attended a dur bar on board the Eclipse at; 2 o'clock that afternoon he would bombard the forts at :v2:20 o'clock p. m. Notice of the admiral's intention was sent to the foreign consuls and, the town -was speedily! in confusion; i ; iThe" advisors 'of the sultan entreated him t.o submit and the Eclipse took up a position broadside to the town, while the other British ships cleared for ac tion. The sultan thereupon posted a notification at the customs house and on the gates of the town, that the agreement with the French was can celed; - . '';... At.noon the siiltaU. sent his brother on btard the Eclipse, but the British admiral refused to receive him as a substitute. Just before -2 o'clock the sultan of Oman-i -almost unattended, arrived, on board" the flagship and re mained there for three hours, while the 'whole population lined the beach and anxiously awaited the outcome. The sultan, It appears, completely acquiesced to the British demands and handed Over to Admiral Drummond the treaty -with France. On the fol lowing day the admiral went to the palace, where a great durbar was held and the isultan publicly repudiated his agreement with France. New L'uiou Depot $cieme lor lilch- j mono. Richmond, Va., February 23. The Richmond, Petersburg and ;l Carolina railroad j people today closed some 1200,000 'of the options they had on property; for right of way and depot site in jthis city. Mr. Dewitt Smith, president of the company, left for New York tonight. He said today tnat as soon as the Richmond franchise was secured Work on the road would be commenced at these points and: it would be completed in seven months. As before stated, there i3 talk of the Chesapeake and Ohio uniting with the Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina in Utiilding viaducts and. a depot, and it is now said that the Norfolk and Wes tern may also come into the Union depot scheme, running into Richmond' over the. tracks- of the new road: Tlie Boom In American ' t obacco Stock New York, February 23. American tobacco! showed pronounced strength on the stock exchange today and ran up 11 points oyer Tuesday's closing, on the announcement toy a financial news bureau hat they had information Irom an undoubted jauthority that a deal be tween the American Tobacco Company and the Union Tobacco Company and Liggett and Myers was practically con summated last) week. : ' The details ivere refused for the pres ent, bui agreeinent, so the bureau un derstands, was equivalent to! an actual consolidation of all the interests named and meant that the monopoly of the tobacco! business had passed into the hands of the American Tobacco Company.-.- ; -j. ' i " i; 1 -t- ' As the season, of the year when pneumonia, la grippe, ' sore throat, coughs,! cold, catarrh, bronchitia and lung, troubles "are to, be guarded against; nothing "is a fine substitute," will "answer the purpose," or. is "just as good" as One Minute Cough Cure. That is1 the one infallible remedy for all lung, tbroat or bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously upon ihaving it if "something else" is offered you. R. R. Bellamy. . . t i delicious and wholesome POWDCR CO., KEW YOWL Notwithstanding the recent advance in the price of BUTTER and LkRI)Te are still selling the. Very best Butter at 25c per lb. and the bet Pure Leaf Lard at 7c rrvr a t- t tti tto nv ta mi m a -. . . . . . . TEE TO SAVE ANYBODY 'AT LEAS wj. mwj.n Ifcl llfj 11' J. XXiL, THE KI ; B; pF. KING-, Manager. - -PHONE 387. ; j;t ' -V :A ; ; ; ' FOURTH STREET BRIDGE. HANDSdVIE NECKWEAR AN iEGANT STOCK OF English Sitliigs and Trouserings. OUSISUAL DISPLAY OF Spring Underweiar,- Collars, Cuffs, Umbrellas, AND A FULL LINE OF m t 1; i I J 1 TODAY MU When the Cold and Damp Penetrate 5 Slociim's ; f Assignment Stock MUST BE SOXD WITHIN THIRTY DAYS REG-ARDLESS OF COST. 10,000 Pairs Ginrsl Ladies', Misses' and Childrens' Fine and CheapShoes, All New and Fresh. . Having purchased 'from th? assignee the above large and elegant assortment of Shoes at a great sacrifice, I will seHsame in lots to suit at Wholesale or Reta.il, Regardless of the original cos,t, for CASH ONLY. Must be disposed of inside of the next thirty! days: : . Open on and after Thursday mor ning at 10 o'clock v FRAICkIhaFFNER, Manager, 120 MARKET -STREET, . - SLOCUM'S OLD STAND f eb 9 lm '' -.'?. - - . THE C. W. POLVOGT CO. .' No,l9.North Front Street. Spring . Goods Arriving New ' -Upholsteries. The Siovel and de eifable styles of draprlesj plushes, portiersi ' curtains and covers . for Spring, bouse beau tifying are filing in daily. -J.; They were BJectd with taste afid kaowledge.and will strongly ap peal to lovers of tKft Ijome-beauti-fu nThe "know Jiow" of our artist is Sat your' service also. I 200 pieces of Hew- MattW? to" select from Ribbons! Ribbons If- All the narrow for tritnmrig in Black and White Satin. JVe'nave the largest stockin the city to select fr6m". SatiriJ Moire, Taffetta for ties' and sashes. - : ; i THE O. W. POLVOGT CO. Sple agents for tbe W. B. Corsets and the Standard Paper Patterns. THE- Dissolution . - -! . $r--n . . jdHNON &!:FORE, 1 1 lCarlszet Street ; COMMENCES 5 MONDAY, the 20th inst THE ENTIRE. STOCK, WITHOUT RE SERVE, WILL BE SOLD AT . ' ; . COST EOR CASH; T 10c ON EVERY DOLLAR THEY X VV XXili 11VAL V V X i. XI U O. - COME AND LOOK. ON & CO. LOOK TO YOUR HEALTH! J FOOTWEAR IS VERY IMPORTANT! FOR fiENTS We have elegant v goods in great; variety of style. FOR LADIES Lovely Shoes In new , styles of, toe in" everyv width and V beautiful fitting. - J FOR BOYS The most stylish line in the city both in Black and Tan. FOR MiSSrS AND CHILDREN The best makes-of School or Dress , Shoes. - . ALL AT LOW PRICES. Will ke your feet dry and warm and preserve -your health. Call and inspect stock at . - - ' Geo. R: French & Sons,.; , . - . lOSKonh Fr Dt Street. New Silks. Plain Taffetta In all new sfiades, suita ble for "Waists, Shirts and lining at 60c a yard. Extra heavy quality in two toned effect, beautiful, at 85c. Heavy Corded Bengalene SUks ' in all new shades at J1.25 value, but we bought to sell at $1.00.- Fifty pieces new silk Vel vet and in all new shades, at 11.00. Blk." Taffetta, 50, 85c J1.00 and $1.35. Full stock of Black Satins, Peau de Sole, , Faille and Gro Grain Silks. - - i- Linen News. Always interesting news to the patrons of this linen stock. Interesting, because it tells of substantial linens at sub stantial savings. Several under-priced" items for this week. Turkey Red Damask 18c. Turkey Red Warrented 50c; 72-inch Bleached Damask 75c. Ex-. tra heavy Damask 50c. - Write for. Samples of New v ' Spring Goods. ' : Sale f 1
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 24, 1899, edition 1
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