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VOL. XII. NO. 58. WILMINGTON N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, ltt99. PRICE 5 CENTS.. THE SESSION The Legislature Adjourns to Meet Again in June of Next Year. THE SESSION'S. CLOSING SCENES Little Business Transacted-Some Minor Bills Enacted-The Senate Winds Up With a Jolly Good Time, Then in a Body Goes Oyer to the House A Silver Service Presented to Speaker Connor-The Speaker's tare well Address-He Re fers to the Arduous ahd Unusual Duties Devolved Upon This Legislature. (Special to The Messenger.) SENATE. ' Raleigh, N. C, March 8. The senate met at 10 o'clock. The bill which had passed the house to require self couplers and automate brakes on railroad cars was tabled. The joint resolution to appoint addi tional commissioners to represent the state at the Paris exposition was adopt ed, as was the resolution endorsing the work -of the -Pickford sanitarium at Southern Pines.. The joint resolution to payall 'the clerks and employees $5 for extra work passed. .'. Short speeches of farewell were" made by Senators Travis, Justice and Dan iels. . Senator Fields -said the signs of' the . times are propitious. He had actually seen the president of the senate accept silver- last night. Senator Glenn laughingly called to mind Lieutenant Governor Reynolds' -expressed wish that he should meet the same men here two years from now, and the lieutenant governor said, yes, he was sincere in- what he saidV; thathe believed the democrats would be vic torious in the next election,' and he could not imagine any better set of representatives than the body before him. - The joint resolution to provide $100 to defray the funeral expenses, of a mem ber of the general assembly was unani mously adopted. The senate' then relaxed, and musical exercises were indulged in. Lieutenant Governor Reynolds proved a good cho rus leader and was ably assisted by Senators Glenn,. Wilson, Whitaker, Cocke, Williams and Smith, and by Representatives f Allen, of Wayne, and Stubbs, who had come over from the house. All the senators and persons in the iobbies gathered around the speak er's chair and the galleries rapidly tilled. Once the lieutenant governor was interrupted to ratify some bills, but the singing was resumed and continued over an hour. Ladies were, invited to seats on the floor and joined in sing ing. . The songs ran -all the way from "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" to "Tber'll be a Hot Time in the Old j Town Tonight." Everybody joined in the fun, and contrast between the sen- , ate jollity and the house dullness was r most marked. A: few minutes af ten 2 o'clock (real time) the senate adjourned, not sine die, but to a day certain, in accordance with the joint resolution. Ilb.USE OF REPRESENTATIVES. - The house met at 10 o'clock with a fairly , good attendance. ' The-hands of the clock were turned back haif an hour. Few bills passed, among them the following: To'amend the charter of Lillington. To endorse Pickford santita rium for negro consumptives. To ap point additional eommiskmers to rep resent North Carolina at the Paris ex ' position next " year (at their own ex pense). To allow $300 additional for clerk hirV to the- railway commission. The bill to appropriate- $S40 for ven tilating the halls of the senate and house was tabled. - Mr. McNeill-, of Brunswick, attempt-: ed to rise to a question of personal privilege, and reply tq what he termed an attack on him as '-BenxMlict Arnold" because of his voting against the fran chise amendment and the ejection law, but he was ruled out' of order. Mr. Patterson, of Robeson, was called to the chair; and Mr. Overman, in his happiest style presented Speaker Con nor, oh behalf of the members of the. house, a solid silver tea service. "Tak this home with you," he said, "as a testimonial of your faithful service. You have won the lasting regard and esteem of all the members of this house. You have added another star to your crown." There was great applause frojn "the floor and galleries. ' ' Speaker Connor, in accepting the gift, said this was the proudest moment of his life He expressed pride and pleas ure at having won the re'gard of every member of the. house. He said the house had discharged its onerous du ties and done its monumental work . ably, zealously and well. He was heartily applauded at the conclusion of his remarks, which were made in most feeling style. The bill" passed to amend the law as to stock law fence in No. 8 township, Craven county. A resolution was adopted, giving clerks and employees $5 extra for ijight work.' Another resolution thanked the newspaper correspondents for their ac curate and impartial reports. A very handsome bouquet was sent . Speaker Connor by tfie lady teachers at :Peace Institute. Mr. Abbott offered a resolution, which was adopted, appropriating $100 for ex penses -of the funeral of any member of the legislature Who dies from sickness now suffered, anil that this amount be payable to Rex hospital, Raleigh. This ,' was intended to cover the case of Rep resentative Trotman, of Gates, who is dying at that hospital, of pneumonia The speaker appointed the following twelve commissioners to" renrpsent -North Carolina at the Paris exposi "tion: . John S. Cunningham, John C. Drewry, Joseph A. Holmes, T. K. Bru ner, Charles E. Johnson, J. L., Currie, W. B. Council, Clayton Giles, Julian S Carr, Nathan O'Berry, J. D. Murphy and James A. Bryan; alternates H. C Wall, John Wrood, Fred. A. Olds, Fred Phillips, W. R. Odell, R. H. Hanes, D. Y. Cooper, Ashley Home, Charles W, Worth, J. s. Westbrook, M. C. Toms and Hugh Chatburn. At 11:10 o'clock, actual time, and 11:45 o'clock by the much-harassed clock, the pendulum, of the latter was stopped. Reading Clerk Wilson, in behalf of the ENDED house employees, presented . a cane to Representative Boushall. . At 1:45 o'clock the senate and a great number of ladies came over in a body, headed by Lieutenant Governor Rey nolds and filled all the seats. The speaker, in a speech which brimmed over with wit, welcomed them and ex pended the freedom of the house. Speeches were made by Senator Glenn and othrs. , , At 2 o'clock, the speaker made a fare well address,, referring to the great things expected of this legislature and what had been accomplished, saying it had fully met all expectations. ' At 2:07 o'clock, actual time, the itouse adjourned until Tuesday after the sec ond Mojiday in June, 1900. Speaker Connor in closing the house's session today siid in part: . "This general assembly met sixty four days ago, charged by the people of the state with a commission, the terms and meaning of which were clear and unmistakable. Political conditions which have existed among us had ter minated in what might not inaptly .be termet political revolution in the state. The election last November was the emphatic expression of the fixed deter mination of the people of North Caroli na that the peace and. -welfare of the state for the future demanded heroic treatment ; . on the suffrage question. dUvery member of the majority of this general assembly entered upon the du ties of the session" with recognition of this fact and determination to perform this duty. There were, of course, dif ferences of opinion in regard to the wisest and best manner of dealing with this question. ' These .-differences have been discussed fully, and mutual con cessions have been made, and, after long and laborious efforts, the intensi ty of which will never be known save by those who engaged in them, a com mon position was reached, resulting in a proposed amendment to the consti tution. That it is not. perfect none know better or appreciate more fully than ourselves; that it is the best pos sible outcome of the situation we be lieve to be true. We also believe it 5a a basis upon which we may be able to build a safe, stable and intelligent sys tem of suffrage in this state. We sub mit it to the people for their ratifica tion. ' Many other important and perplex- ng questions commanded our atten tion. Care for state institutions, edu cational, charitable and penal, has re ceived our best attention and we feel sure that those selected for their con trol arid management measure up to the highest standard of competency and -fidelity. No man has been elected by this" general assembly to' any position of honor or trust for which the people of the jstate or of the democratic party will find occasion for apology. The much vexed question of providing by law for separate cars for the races was much more complex and difficult to deal with -than the average citizen thought. We trust the 'people will accept the re sult arrived at as a basis for something more satisfactory after two years ex-" perience. "For the first time in our history the houses' of the general assembly in joint session have been called upon to exer cise judicial functions in. hearing evi dence and passing upon the removal of public officers (the Wilson cases). The terms of law under wETch we proceeded were far. from clear, and the procedure new and untried. That members were discharging judicial duties involving determinations of law and fact was Con ceded by all. That in discharge of these du ties each member acted in the capacity of judge and juror and was re quired upon his oath and hfs "honor to return a true verdict and judgment is equally clear. Whatever the .citizens of the state may think of th result ar rived at, it is clear that the principle. usually tand properly controlling repre sentatives of the people, making it their, duty to give expression to the will of their constituency, could not control in. this matter; that the" imposition of such duties upon the legislature is un wise and contrary to fundamental prin ciples of our form of government. which provides for separation of the legislative, executive' and judicial func tions, is admitted and we have removed the provisions therefor from our statute books. .Dealing with the finances of the state, we have endeavored to be con servative and economical. That there is among our people an industrial awak ening is shown hf the large number of charters for'such" enterprises we have been called upon ,;to enact into law. It is matter well worth careful considera tion 'whether there should not be im provement in the general law proyid ing for incorporation of private com panies and associations, thereby saving much time which should be devoted to the consideration of public measures. The large number of charters for cities and towns sent to us from different sections of the state show healthy in terest among the people in regard to the problem, of municipal government "I have seen nothing said or done which did not proceed from an honest desire to advance the best interests of the- state. "We c.ommit our work to the fair and just corisidera'tion of the constituency who confided to us their highest and test political interests. Without re gard to party or political differences. we. separate with naught but kindly senument. The attendance has been unusually good. A number of the mem- Ders nave been detained by sickness One lies at death's door. "For the last time in the 'Nintnth century the general assembly of North Carolina has met and is now ready to adjourn. For reasons deemed wise to us, we nave, as tne constitution pro vides we may do, determined to ad joura to a day certain. In . accord ance therefore-with -the Joint reso lutlon of the two houses, I hereby declare this house adjourned to- the second Tuesday In June, 1900." OUR TROOPS IN CUBA All tlie Volunteers to be Withdrawn Before tne Rainy Season Sets In Fif teen Thousand Regulars to Remain k (Washington, D. C, . March 8. Or ders were issued at the war department today-for the Twelfth New York vol unteer infantry, now" at Matanzas, Cuba, to take passage on the transport Berlin for New York city, where it will be mustered out. This is the begin ning of a general movement for the muster out of. all volunteer troops stationed in .Cuba. vThe fact that the rainy season is not far off is a potent reason for. the early recall of the volun teer troops there. The homeward movement will have to be gradual, ber cause of limited transportation facil ities now at the disposal of the . war department.1 There, are now about 25.00Q volun teers in Cuba, and their withdrawal will leave about 15,000 regular troops there for the enforcement of the policy of administration for the establish ment of a stable government in the island. The volunteer troops how on garrison duty in Cuba and under muster-out orders include the following organizations: Second Illinois, One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana, Fourth Illinois, One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana, Ninth Illinois, Forty-ninth Iowa, Third Kentucky, Thiry-first Michigan, Second Louisiana, Sixth Missouri, Eighth Massachusetts, Twelfth New York, First North Caro lina, Third Nebraska, Second South Carolina, Fourth Tennessee, Fourth Virginia, First Texas, ; Second and Third United States volunteer . engi neers, the Second and Fifth United States volunteer infantry, and the Second and Third,1 Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth ocmpanies of the , signal corps. As yet no orders have been is sued for the muster-out of the regi ments, with the exception of the Twelfth New York; but it is expected that the formal orders will .be issued in j the case of all the organizations named within the next few! days. Un der the present plans of the department it is expected that all of the volunteer troops : will be withdrawn from Cuba before the first of May, and so escape fever which makes that country yery undesirable place of residence during the summer months. The officials of the administration express satisfaction at the present political status of affairs in Cuba are confident of a continuance of the prevailing peace and, good order. The troops are to be withdrawn on the theory that there is no longer need of their services in that country and that the questions of government will work out themselves without the presence of a large military force. Consequent ly there is no present purpose of re placing the volunteers with regular ops and such a course of action will be taken only in case at 'becomes nec essary lor the action oi the adminis trative policy. - For frost bites, burns, indolent sores, eczema;- skin diseases, and especially Piles, DeWitt's Witch Hazel. Salve stands first and best. Look 'out for dishonest people who try to. imitate and counterfeit it. It's their endorse ment of a good article, i Worthless goods are not imitated. Get DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. R. R. Bellamy. A BKITISIlfell ON TUG WAR A Lecture on the SpauimU-Amcrican War byi a British Vice Admiral London, March 8. Vice Admiral Philip Howard Colomb, retired, lec tured this afternoon on the lessons of the Spanish-American war, before the members of the United Service Insti tutions. f After dealing with the impossibility of secrecy in warfare hereafter, owing to ttfe vigilance of the press, and the necessity for protecting cables in shal low" water, he said he thought that if Spain had showed real comprehension of strategy, the United States would not. have been so successful. The sure way for "the; United States would have been for her to send a sufficient force to the coast of Spain to balance the forces known to have been in Spanish ports, and to send a squadron to the Cape Verde islands the moment it was known a Spanish flotilla was assem bling there. The lesson to be deduced was, accord ing to the-lecturer, that the American strategy was hazardous, in so far as it departed from the sterotyped rules of naval warfare. Admiral .Cervera's ships were lost sight of, causing anx iety on the American, coast, and oblig ing the Americans. to keep considera ble squadrons wholly in a defensive at titude .instead of maintaining com mand of tlje sea. It was clear, he added, that if there had been coal sup plies at Santiago' de Cuba and if Ad miral Cervera's squadron had been rea sonably efficient instead of a "misera ble abortion', all . it could have pur posed to effect by entering Santiago might have been effected without any interference upon the part of the United States navy. From the actions between the Span ish forts and American ships, the speaker deduced the idea that very in efficient batteries were able to keep ships at a distance. Regarding the purely tactical ques tions involved, the admiral said it was plain Admiral Dewrey took full advant age of the superiority of his guns and gunners and placed himself in so dis tant a position that neither the Span ish ships nor the Spanish batteries were able to adequately reply to his fire. "The whole thing," continued the lec turer " was terribly business-like on the American side, with a pathetic, pa rade of quixotic gallantry on the other.".. " In conclusion, Admiral Colomb com mented upon the fact that all orders to the American ships were sent from Washington, which he considered was a momentous change in naval warfare A JTIajor oi Voluntfeeif Convicted ot Forgery Santiago, Cuba, March S. Major Ed ward Wilson, of- the Third immune regiment, tried by court-martial on the charge of forgery, falsifying records and conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman, has been convicted and. sen tenced to dismissal from the service. forfeiture of pay and allowances, and confinement for one year at hard labor in the penitentiary. General Leonard Wood, military governor, taking into consideration Wilson's previous good character and the reduction from an honorable position to the status of a military convict, considers that clem ency may be shown him without de tracting from the force of the example to others, and directs that the sentence be remitted so far: as confinement at hard labor is concerned. As the season of the year when pneumonia, la grippe, sore throat courhs. cold, catarrh, bronchitis and lung . troubles are - to be guarded airainst. nothing "as a fine .substitue, will "answer the purpose," or is "just as erood" as One Minute Cough Cure. That is the one infallible remedy for all lunsr. throat or bronchial -troubles, Insist vigorously upon having it if "something else" is offered you. iK. R. Bellamy. - . 1 Described at Length General Ludlow. by HIS APPtAL FOH HELP For the Cuban Charities The Pitiable Condition of Many of the Citizens. Ladles of the United States Asked to Render Assistance to the Inmates 1 the Widows' Home Rations Still Issued Arduomi Duties of the Ameri can Officials ' V (New York, March 8. Brigadier Gen eral William I Ludlow, - Governor of Havana, has written a lengthy letter to the Evening Post, describing minutely the conditions in the Cuban Capital, and appealing for assistance for Cuban charities. Cteneral Ludlow refers to the local administration of Havana as a "serious and laborious task." Touch ing especially; upon the matter of keep ing Havana clean, , General Ludlow writes that cleaning and sanitation ar carried on "under every difficulty of a century old accumulation of evils, de ficiency of material and a paucity and uncertainly as t6 funds, which for the present are derived from weekly and monthly requisitions on the variable custom hous6 collections, thus multi plying the uncertainties and vexations of the task." !'. . " The destitute he says, are found in greater numbers in Havana than, the other provinces. ; . "In this department" writes the gov ernor, "which includes the city of Havana and its suburban region west, south and east between the rivers Al mendares and Colimar the destitute drawing rations approximate 20,000 iwho must for the present be fed or permitted to starve. Employment of the able bodied men on street cleaning, collection of garbage, repairs to streets and road cleaning, disinfection of large buildings and military struc tures and the like work, have consti and-Nuted aa immense assistance in this respect by enabling the 2,000 or1 3,000 employees to feed themselves and those immediately-dependent upon them, but there is still a very large residuum for whom at present, occupation : can not be furnished. It is one of the dis tressing features that a general pro portion of the destitute are women and children, whose men have died or been killed in the waste !of war, while 20,000 or 30,000 are aggregated as an army practically Wle and dependent upon the country for their maintenance . instead of being at work earning their living and supporting their families, j It is almost impossible, in the average case of the women, to find anything for them to do, ; and this helpless j class make special appeal to sympathy..' The charitable institutions of Hava na, General Ludlow declares to be quite inadequate to meet the emergency. He cites as- an instance, the casa de las vidas" (home of the widows) a struc ture in the capital occupied by the widows of Spanish onicers. OI this institution General Ludlow says: "On assuming direction of affairs it was found that the pensions of ithese women had not been paid for over a year and that, they had been, left behind when the Spanish forces abandoned the island, absolutely' without the i means of obtaining food. There are at pres ent in the home a total of over 200 of all ages 70 women, 90 girls, and 50 boys who are almost all entirely des titute, and, from a prolonged course of semi-starvation and) ithe abseuce of medical or other supplies, are deplora bly reduced and have much sickness among them. It can be imagined how this aggregation of a quiet, gentle, suffering, and almost silent class ap peals to , the sympathies.- Many of them are well born accomplished and educated, totally unable to- do anything for themselves, and with the ignorance of children as to means of support. They profess themselves, and in many cases doubtless with sincerity, willing to do work, even the roughest; but, without any qualifications; they would be practically useless to an employee. They could ; teach,, perhaps, but the schools are not open to them. They are alien to the community in -which they are compelled to live, with com paratively few friends, and those few unable to aid them. To meet the needs of these women General Ludlow suggests "that an as sociation of women in the United States might take account of the matter and perfect arrangements by which the in stitutions should be otherwise main tained than as a- temporary military exigency. The governor concludes by: saying that Mrs. Ludlow, who has taken a strong interest in the matter, would be very glad to receive any communica tions on the subject or such contribu tions of food, clothing for money as might be forwarded. I . -i "Give me a liver regulator and I can regulate the world," said a genius. The druggist handed him a bittle of De Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous little Pills. R. R. Bellamy. j Another Negro Iteginient Disbanded Macon, Ga., March- 8. The, .Tenth immunes colored; were mustered out here today, the work of paying them off beginning about 9 o'clock. The colonel of the regiment held authority over the men by holding their dis charges" until the men were aboard the trains, in this way avoiding trouble in the city or, at camp. The mustering out of this regiment leaves no troops in Macon except those of the hospital corps and they will go to Augusta on the 15th. General McKee and his staff will be honorably discharged from the army on the 15th, and Macon will be without any troops at all until the re turn of Ray's immunes about the 25th instant. Dynamiters at Work in France ; Toulon, March 8. It turns out that the twelve dynamite cartridges found : befhind the Toulon arsenal yesterday are of foreign manufacture.' M. Lock roy, minister of marine, in an inter view regarding th explosion of the naval powder magazine at La Goubra, between La Seine and Toulon, early Sunday morning, intimates that the experts now have very -little doubt that it was due to foul play. He thinks it was possibly caused - by some clock work arrangement, providedr (with, a detonator, hidden in a powder keg. - HE n By Thi6 Legislature in Volume of Business. UNDOING FUSION WOKK Of Two Legislatures Part of Their Heavy Work Attitude of Republi cans and Populists Toward the Fran chise Amendment A Decision Soon j to be Blade In W. H. Day's Case. Ewart Again Appointed Judge The Farmers Behind in Their Work Messenger Bureau, v - Raleigh, N. C, March 8. The. legislature broke all records as to volume of business. The democratic members "say: "We had to undo tlie leg islation of the fusionists since 1893 ancfl then to do new work besides." But the graf volume of work contains much which need never have come before the legislature. There are perhaps 500 charT trs and private acts. Yesterday an ef fort to haye these left out of the printed volumes signally failed. It was learned at the office of the secretary of state today that the total number of acts rat ified approximates 1,300. The republicans and populists who directly after the last election talked so earnestly in favor of an abridgement of negro suffrage, are now being ridiculed 1 and who hold Senator Prithard's view. ' But it is known that the mass of the ! populists will support the constitutional amendment.. Many republicans say : now they will vote for it. They may change -their minds, but say they will not. " .. ; v i It is expected that by next week or the -week following the supreme court will decide as to Wi II. Day's title to the office of superintendent of the peniten tiary. Claude Dockery, the chairman ot the fusion board of directors, is "here. He speaks of there being two boards. The fusion officials, save the guards, are yet on duty, pending a decision in the Day case. One of those thus hold ing.; on is Thomas Russell, warden, brother of the governor. The legisla ture has passed a bill, by the terms of which even though Day wins his case he .cannot get a cent of the money ap propriated at this session. A telegram from H. G. Ewart to a staie senaior nere says ttwart is re- ; niffnt but half a dozen rreonlp will appointed judge of the Western district. Uis"i .out nan a aozen p-eopie will 0 One of the best informed county ! laid up for several months. Jnspec superintendents of public instruction in ; tor Hakins, Policeman Poe and A. J. the state writes your correspondent re- ; Lodford are severely wounded, but SMMI!!; l'"" ! their injuries will not prove fatal. muen macninery, ana how to work it will puzzle the wisest heads in the county, and even then it will never be carried out. It is to be regretted that some one did not suggest simplicity to our law makers. ' Today the body of Mrs. Anna M. Clark, taken to her old home in -Halifax j shooting was done by a soldier who county for burial. : escaped from the train at Athens, Though the farmers have done no i Tenn. ! - . work since January 1st, they say they Louisville, Ky March -8. The can "catch up" if the weather now ) Eighth United States Immunes present fhTn eezS j tery, appearance when it reach, thaws and snows have meilowed it. ed Louisville today. They reported The peach crop is declared by experts ! aQ encounter in the depot at Nashville to be at least half killed killed in the bud. . ; new appointees IN OFFICE . 4V t Cherry Takes the Oath as Keeper of the Capitol J. II. Young Enters 'ion the Duties ot Insurance Commissioner (Special to the Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, March 8. A "justice last night administered the bath of office to C. C. Cherry, keeper of the capitol. Today Cherry gave bond and again took the oath. j J. R. Young today itook the oath of office as insurance commissioner be- i . . fore Judge Brown and entered upon his duties. He appoints as clerk Wil liam. W. Willsdn, of Raleigh, who was reading clerk of the lower house. Stockholders of the Raleigh and Gas ton and the Raleigh and Augusta rail roads met here tciday. A quorum not being present, they adjourned to meet April 6th. John Skelton Williams could not come here today but will be . here April 6th. - ! Representative Gaston Powell and Robert Jones were arraigned before Mayor Powell, today on a charge of as sault, Jones submitted. Not a wit ness for the state was examined He was fined $5. - ": , University Defeats Horner School (Special to the Messenger.) Chapel Hill, N. C, March 8. The university won the first game of the season today f rom Horner in a very unequal contest by the score of 24 to 2. The battery of Carolina was Harbins, Battle and Graves; Horner, tanier and Oldham. Thej next game is Saturday against William Bingham school. More mills Advance Wages Whitinsville, Mass. March 8. -The Whitinsville cotton mill and the cot ton mills at Linwood and Saunders ville have announced an advance in wages, to take .place April 3rd." About 1,000 operatives are affected. Zanesville, Ohio, March 8. Notice has been posted at the Ohio Iron Com pany plant announcing that all wages will be increased 10 per cent, oh April 1st The increase affects about 200 men. The plant was idle for five years, but resumed work about a . year ago and has all it can do. Death From Drinklns Wood Alcohol Marlboro, Mass., March 8. The ex amination made of the stomachs of the four members of the Underwood fami ly, who were found dead in a tenement house In the rear of the Frye shoe fac tory here on Monday evening, Febru ary 13th, shows that the cause of death in every case was the drinking of wood alcohol. The persons who were found dead in the house were Edward Underwood, his two daughters, Olive, aged 21, and Frances,-aged 12, and John Clifford, 2-year-old son of Olive Underwood. Makes the food more' HOY At eIWO DONALDSON'S LAST DIVE His Fatal Lean From the Top of ftladi son Square Garden Bis Death a Question of Only a Few Hours New York, March 8. Thomas, Don aldson, of Bath Bach, Long Island, known the world over as a champion high diver, dived from the roof of Mad ison Square garden, a distance of eighty-five feet, this levening, with proba- bly fatal results. Donaldson travelled for some years"with Barnum & Bailey and has been the star attraction at the Sportsmen's show now running In the garden- He has been making two dives daily. The tank- is less than eight feet deep, and on two or three former oc casions Donaldson did not have the distance expected and came out of the water with hemorrhages from the eara and. nose. Harry Cornish, has charge of the water sports and it was he who this afternoon gave Donaldson the signal to dive. Three thousand persons wer,e pres ent and saw the famous diver lean from the platform, and, falling slowly forward, make the plunge. He shot straight downward, but is was plain before- he had got half the distance that he had lost control of his body. He struck the water head first, and failed to come up. Small circles of blood came bubbling up from! the bottom, and Harry Reeder, the amateur champion swimmer and an attachee of the gar den, plunged into the water. The man dived several times, and finally brought uonaiason to the surface. He was ap parently dead, with blood flowing from his mouth, nostrils and ears and wound on the head. Donaldson was carried to one of the dressing rooms and attend ed by several physicians. He was then removed to the New York hospital. He has a fractured skull, with compres sion of the brain, and the left side of his face, is crushed in. The surgeons at lne fospiiai say tnat nis death is a Witnesses of the accident say that as Donaldson left the platform the colors which were wrapped about him became loose. His attention was di verted, and he did not have his wits about him when he struck the water. He weighed more than 200 pounds and struck with terrific force. Donaldson was 45 years old. Just before making this dive he said he intended to chal lenge Kearney T. Speedy, the cham pion jumper of the world. Before the discovery of One Minute Cough . Cure, ministers were greatly disturbed by coughing congregations. No, excuse for it now. R. Bj Bellamy. Htotous Negro Soldiers Chattanooga, Tenn., March 8. No one will die as a result of the rioting which, the men of the Eighth immune, ' colored regiment, engaged in here last inree solaiiers were shot in the dis turbance, but their names could not be learned. In addition to these in jured here, three soldiers were shot on a Southern railway train between Chattanooga and Knoxville. The ; and about fifty of them bear marks of ; the affair. Onicers say the trouble was '. unprovoked. Captain Jacob, of this 'city, says that proceedings will be in- i stituted in the United States court j against the city of Nashville. . iNashville, Tenn., March 8. About I 500 men of the Eighth immunes, mus- tered out in Chattanooga, reached here just before midnight last night. Fifty police and detectives were at the sta tion to preserve order. The sergeant who had shot two people at Chattanoo ga was searched for, but not found. The police used their clubs effectively in forcing the negroes to give up their pistols and remain in the carst but there was no firing. The police were refused admitance in one car by armed negroes - at the door. pThey forced: their way in, demanded all weapons in this car and there was much clubbing, some negroes being badly beaten. Atlanta.Ga., March 8. The Tenth im munes colored, Colonel Jones, who were mustered out at Macon today be gan to show their ill temper as soon as the train bearing the negroes home began to move out of Macon. Produc ing revolvers and other arms which they in some way managed to smug gle with them they began firing from the windows. Bullets flew in ' every direction as the train sped' on and passers-by were compelled to seek shelter. One person was shot in Ma con, Will Goodyear, a 16-year old white boy whose arm was badly fractured by a ball. As the train passed the various stations on the road the rioting was renewed shots being fired from the train at the people standing on the platforms to see the train go by. Not one child dies where ten former ly died from croup. People have lam ed the value of One Minute Cough Cur ana use it for severe lung and throai troubles. It immediately stops cough- ling, it never rails. K. K. Bellamy. it Sailors Perish in Rescuing Others ju Newport News, Va., March 8. Intel ; ligence of the sinking of the tug Jamea : Bowen, with twelve persona on board and the loss of the second mate of the German steamship Albano on Tuesday afternoon while heroically leading a life crew to the rescue of the crewxrf the mud barge Admiral, was brought by Captain Koch, of the Albano, which entered the capes this morning. The Bowen having the barge in tow, was caught m a gale and sprung- aleak, outside of the capes. The Albano sighted the barge in distress- and af ter a hard battle with the waves, suc ceeded in taking off the captain and crew of the sinking barge. The second mate was washed overboard while making the rescue. f Newport News, Va., March 8. Among those on board the tug Bowen was the superintendent of the Ameri can Towing Company. The captain of the Admiral, who went to Norfolk to night to report the loss of his vessel to his company's office, warmly praises the crew of the Albano for the pluck they displayed in their work of fescue. A .Nebraska ei)ator4iecteL Lincoln, Neb., March 8. In joint ses sion today M. L. Hay ward was elected United States senator, to succeed W. V. Allen. He received 74 votes, the solid republican membership, with the ex ception of one absent on account of sickness. Allen received 58, the full fusion strength. f A 'V 'PURE v delicious and wholesome POWDER CO., VOBH- ..JOHNSON'S .. GlosingOut Will Be Continued. The Greatest Opportunity Ever Offered Buy ers in tlie City to Secure Splendid . 1 - Bargains. Entire Stock at Cost. NO. qil MARKET STKEET. TO SEA-SIDE RESORTERS ! ' ... i . ; WE HAVE SOME Fire Damaged furniture THAT WILLSDIT SEASIDE COTTAGERS. For Instanced Cane Seat Chairs from Oak Sideboards lor . Oak Bedroom Suits , Oak Beds . . . , . Woven "&ire Springs from COHE EARLY ! THE SNEED CO. SPRING HAS COME AGAIH ! WE ARE OPENING DAILY OUR NEW SPRING GOODS Spring Patterns of Waist Silks at 75c perv yard (no two alike. -Evening " Shades Taffetta Silks, at 48c per yard. Zephyr Ginghams at 10c per yard. French Percales at 10c per yard. New Spring Styles Wool Dress Goods at 25c per yard. Silkaline Draperies at 7c per yard. Curtain Swinser at 10c per yard. Infant's Soft Sole Shoes at 25c. Best 50c Corset-In the city. Our buyer, Mr. Rehder, who will be in the Northern Markets for several' weeks, will be pleased to fill any orders for his customers. J. H. REHDER & CO 617' and 619' North Fourth Street. P. S. CAR FARE REFUNDED T WORTH OR MORE. Our Buyers . . . BEING IN THE NORTHERN MARKETS PURCHASING THE LAT EST PRODUCTIONS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER 1899, WE ARE FORCED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE FIRST ARRIVALS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO REACH US IN A FEW DATS. IT WILL THEREFORE BE TO TOUR ADVANTAGE TO CALL DURING THIS WEEK AND NOTE THE , . General Reductions' in all Departments. IN OUR CARPET DEPARTMENT. t - - IN OUR DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT, . ' IN OUR DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT, , - - IN OUR LINEN DEPARTMENT, IN OUR CLOAK AND SUIT DEPARTMENT . AND SO ON UP STAIRS AND DOT STAIRS. COME AND HELP US MAKE ROOM. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVEdT AT - THE C. W. POLVOGT CO. No, 9 North Front Street. DRY GOODS AND CARPETS. DidYouEverWear A HANDSOMK Scotch Suit? or a Banockbum ? or a French Crepe ? If not; leave an order -with- us and eet a No. 1 article. We are Looking for a Fresh, Newly made Stock of NECKWEAR Next Week. NEGLIGEE SHIRTS At Popular Prices Now in Stock. .."A Large and Fine Stock of . HALF-HOSIERY Greatly Reduced In Price When Qual ity ;is Concidered. GOLF SUITS AND HOSIERY 'i Now-on the Way. MUNSON & CO. Sale 50 c up. $7.00. 11.00. .2.00. 1.00 upV TERMS CASH! O ANY ONE PURCHASING $2.00 A POPULAR GROCERY that deals In nothing but high grade food supplies is always kept busy fill-y ing and delivering orders, but we al ways send your orders promptly and fill them with satisfaction. Lent in- , creases the demand for cereals, canned ' fruits and fish, and delicacies of all . ! kinds, but we . have provided every thing that heart could wish for variety . durlngthe fasting season. Fresh eggs at 20 cents per dozen. '. . THE KING GROCERY CO. . " JPC I KING, Manager, Phone 887. Fourth Street' Bridjre. )
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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