DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF SOUTHPORT AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY. ESTABLISHED 1890. SOUTHPORT. N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9. 1894. WHOLE NUMBER 233. i i ' ; :' -: j ' j - i ! i ; THE .WORLD'S NEWS. A CONFESSED SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S DOINGS iairii Opened in ftoath Carolina Vigilant Bh( tk Britannia. Th Alabama Election. WEDNESDAY. ALOUST 1. The Landing yesterday of Madison Brown, colored, for murder was the first in Norfolk, Va. n 50 years Uy an explosion of dynamite it Cicero, outside of Chicago yesterday, three men were killed and two injured i Decoyed from his home by political enemies. Charles G. Gloy stein, of Mica. "Waslr, is believed to have been murdered A crook arrested yesterday at Burling ton, Vt., proves to be the notorious "Mollie Matches" who has a National noto riety as a thief - Having been missing from Tarrytown, N. Y. with a sailboat since Sunday, Thos. Picnett and his son James Martin are thought to have been drowned- FOREIGN. Another naval battle between the Japa nese and Chinese was fought yesterday. After a fierce fight Japan was the victor,""! .sinking one ship and capturing two others THURSDAY. AUGUST 2. The dispensaries in South Carolina were opened yesterday throughout the State. , . Three new torpedo boats will be con structed in the near future with the $ 450, 000 just appropriated by Congress. ' Over half a mile square in the lumber district of Chicago was burned out yester day in less than three hours time causing a loss of over $3,000,000. The "dry" ticket carried Ilynds county, Miss., yesterday leaving only six counties in the State that allow liquor selling liy the prompt passage of the House bill by the Senate extending the life saving service, the Jersey coast stations were manned yesterday. FOREIGN. Japan has formally declared war upon China, and the greatest war the Orient has known for years has begun FRIDAY. AUGUST 3. A strike of the butchers has stopped all packing houses of the South Omaha. Sweeping changes in the Knights of Pythias constitution are proposed by the Committee on Revision Running amuck in Rochester. Ind., a mad dog bit live boys and nine dogs before it was killed Four men were lost by the cutting in t wo of the schooner Gold Tidings by a whaleback below Detroit, Mich., yester day A cablegram was received in Chicago yesterday stating that the Wellman explor ing party's vessel-had been wrecked, but all of, the party were safe at Tromsoe, Norway FOREIGN. The Emperor of China has accepted Japan's challenge for war. Both countries have asked the U. S. government to pro tect their citizens in China and Japan as the case may be SATURDAY. AUGUST 4. Arrested for stealing Southern Express packages, C. V. Trenholm, a Jacksonville Fla-, messenger, confessed his guilt Twelve prominent citizens of Darling ton. S. C. were arrested yesterday, charged with participation in the dispensary riot there last spring ' K. G. Dun & Co's weekly review of trade KATZ NO. 116 THE INTEREST OF THE DECEASED M M. KATZ WILL BE WOUND UP AUGUST lllst. 1894. Our entire stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Mattings, etc., will be sold regardless of value. Prices cut to Cost in every department. All parties indebted to our firm are kindly requested to pay their account. TERMS STRICTLY CASH."""" If you are in the City during this Sale be ure to appear on the scene. ADMINISTRATION SALE. LINEN & HOUSEHOLD GOODS. C0c Fast Turkey Red Damask, ad ministration price 43c 30c t ast Turkey Red Damask, ad ninistration price 19c 60 to 75c Bleached Linen Damasks, administration price 49c $1 Bleached Table Damask, admi nistration price 69c $2.50 Bleached Linen Colored Bor- Jered Lunch Cloth, administration price $1.19 ' $5 to $6 Lunch Sets Cloths, 2 to 3 yards long, and one dozen Napkins, administration price $3.98 a set Napkins, best Belfast Linen, our 2 1 and 4 Napkins, will be sold at $1.25, idrainistration price vt.ia Napkins only $1.49, adminis tration price TOWEL GALE. 100(T Linen Towels. 15 to 18c quali ties, all linen, administration price 10c extra size Damask Towels, ad- 'ninistration price 18c uc lowels, extra size. A l quality, knotted fringe, only $3 per dozen, ad ministration price says that there were 219 failures in the United States during the past week. against 436, last year. j Admiail Meade hoisted his flag on the cruiser New York at the Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday, assuming command of the North Atlantic squadron The $200,000 appropriation for a Gov ernment exhibit at the Cottou States Fair to be held at Atlanta. Ga, next year has been favorably reported to the Senate FOREIGN. Santo Caserio, the assassin of Preside nt Carnot, was sentenced yesterday at Lyons, France, to be guillotined. SUNDAY. AUGUST 5. Fifty -one cases of sunstroke occurred in New York City during the week ending yesterday j Maj. It S. Tucker, one of Kaleigh's most prominent eiftens died in that city yesterday, aged 66 The Associated Banks of New York now hold $69,054,700 in excess of the require ments of the 25 per cent, rule The yacht Vigilant beat the Britannia yesterday for a prize of $500 over the Royal Yacht course of forty -eight miles The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,324,935 bales, of which 1.863. 755 bales are American; against 2,497,585 bales, and 2.501.585 bales respectively last year. Receipts of cotton this week at all interior towns 4,045 bales; receipts from the plantations 858 balest crop iu sight 7,385.480 bales. FOREIGN. The Japanese troops attacked Chinese troops at Yaskum in Corea on the 29th ult. and completely routed them with a large loss ! MONDAY. AUGUST 6. Capt.- A. Freitch left New York yester day alone, in a forty foot boat for Queens town ' The Hon. Austin Blair, an ex-governor, of Michigan, died at Jackson,! Mich., yes terday, aged 76 Prof. A. W. Small of Chicago, predicts that there will be more suffering in that city this winter than last by 100 per cent Illinois troops were ordered ;to La Salle, in that State, to prevent strikers from making trouble for the new workingmen in the coal mines A Polander in Norristowu, Pa., tried to wreck a trolley car yesterday ion account of one of the cars killing his dbg, but was prevented by the moterman and conductor FOREIGN. An unconfirmed dispatch states that the Japanese and Chinese had an engagement off the Korean coast and the Japanese cap tured three Chinese warships "TUESDAY. AUGUST 7 A large fire at St, Paul, Minn, destroyed property yesterday, to the amount of $120,000 j David Gleason died yesterday from in juries received in a came of football at Worcester, Mass, on Friday The returns from the Alabama election gives that State to the Democrats headed by Oates, with a majority of about 20,000 j A bicycle relay race from Washington to Denver, Col., started at noon yesterday and expect to reach Denver at noon on the 14th i A traction engine broke through a bridge near Springfield, yesterday, turn ing a somersault and crushing to death the engineer and fireman FOREIGN. Reports of the cholera in China say that 40,000 people have died so far and the dis ease is eyidemic at Canton & POLVOGT'S MARKET STREET. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. 7c I Indigo Prints, administration price 5c ! ' J0c Ginghams, plaid and fancy, ad ministration price 5c j 25c Colored, Figured and Dotted Swisses, administration price 8c 35 to 40c Jaconets, Persian effects, French and Scotch Ginghams, admi nistration price 19c 40 to 60c Organdies, Swivel Silks, Chambrays and fine Imported Dress Fabrics, administration price 25c WOOL DRESS GOODS. 30c double width Cashmere, admi nistration price 21c 65c black and navy Serge, admistra tion price 49c $1 Black and all colors: of Whipcord Seige, 54-inch, administration price 69c per yard j . SI. 50 54-inch Habit Cloth, adrainis trai ion price $1.19 60c Plaids, wool goods, administra tion price 39c Silk Finished Henrietta, regular price 40c, administration price 29c All wool Henriettas, black and colors FURNITURE GIVEN WASHINGTON NEWS. THE 'SUGAIt SCHEDULE THE FAULT So it i Said, of the Tariff Delav, Nothing Definite Yet. To Store Up lUin for the AVewteru Farmers. Mr. Hlantl Han a Hill. Washington, August G. Several times within the last three or four days it looked as though the key to the tariff deadlock had been found by the conference committee, and for that reason, and in deference to the wishes of President Cleveland, the caucus of the Democrats of the House, which was to h'.ve Ilen Jrold last wuek, was .deferred for a time. Still the key is unfound. As fast as one obstacle is removed a new one presents itself. After , much consultation a sugar schedule was drawn that was accep table alike to the House, to President Cleveland and to the "conservative" Senators, and as the sugar schedule had been the principle obstacle to an agreement the contest was thought to be about over. Not so, however for before the conferees had fully decided upon that schedule they were in formed that Senators Caffery and Blanchard of Lousiana, and Allen, of Nebr., and Kyle, of S. Dak., de manded an amendment providing for the payment of the sugar bounty Tor the remainder of this year, and that failing to get it they would cast their votes against the bill, which added to the vote of Senator Hill would mean defeat. This continuation of the sugar bounty was refused by both House and Senate while the bill was under consideration, and the demand for it at this time has for the lime abso lutely blocked agreement. While the House committee on Commerce has taken no formal action on the subject, opinions expressed by its members indicate that a bill along the line of that introduced by Repre sentative Brickner, of Wis., provi ding that all interstate railroads shall own or control by lease all sleeping cars run over their lines, will sooner or later be favorably reported to the House. If such a bill be reported an attempt will be made to add an amendment regulating sleeping car charges. - People smile every time the reports of the Senate sugar scandal investi gating committee are mentioned. The whitewash was put on too thick, and as a consequence it is already peeling off in spots, leaving the dirt under neath in full view. One gentleman a member of the House expressd the opinion held by many when he said : "While the reports are all right as far as they go, like the investigation, they do not go far enough, particularly in their dealing with politically contri butions by the sugar jtrust and with speculating in sugar stock by Senators. Besides that defiency there is running all through the reports a-Senator-can-do no-wrong tone that I do not fancy, and which should alone be sufficient GREAT MISTHAT1 Si READ THE goc quality, administrate nnce 35c 40-inch all wool Henriettas, in colors and Diact, oc to yuc qualities, anmi- nistration price bc ... Hop Sacking, patterns in two toned colorings, regular price s6, adminis - tration price J.as $1.25 54-inch Broadcloths, adminis tration 98c neviois, nuV on ma ami i Weaves, regular price GOc per yard, administration price 39c BATH TOWELS. Rough Turkish Towels, bleached and unbleached, worth 75c. adminis tartion price 50c Extra size Bleached Towels, worth 50c, administration price o.c Bleached Towels, worth '2:e. admi nistration price 12c 30c. LACES 10c. Point Venise Insertions, f to 2 inches wide: ail Silk Black Chantilly, 2 to 4 inches; White Oriental Net! Top, 3 to 5 inches; White Point dTaris ! 91 inhoa wirl- Pnint d'Irelande Net I Tod. 4 inches wide hundreds of dif - ferent patterns. AJVAY WHEN CUSTOMERS HAVE BOUGHT TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS to shake the confidence of the public in them." A bill has been introduced iu the Senate by Mr. reffel and in the House by Representative Baker, of Kans., authorizing the Secretary of Agricul ture to establish reservoirs for the storage of rain water in the semi and states west of the 96 meridian, and appropriating $500,000 therefor. Nobody takes Representative Bland's resolution instructing the committee on Ways and Means to report a bill for an income tax that will produce a revenue of 100,000,000 a year and a bill putting all sorts of sugar on the free list, seriously, although It may' play an important part in the legis lation of the session. While Mr. Bland's object in ,uitrodcing the resolution was probably merely to give the Senators who had been pre venting an agreement on the tariff bill a hint of what the House can do if no agreement is reached, there is . no doubt of his intention to push the resolution should the conference committee fail to reach an agreement on the tariff bill or should an agreement be reached by the com mittee and not be accepted by the Senate. Bills on the line suggested could probably get nearly a two-thirds vote in the House, but their getting through the Senate would be doubtful, as no one can tell in adyance whether Senators would vote in accordance with their personal convictions or the orders of their party leaders. Among the numerous fights between the House and Senate that over the hill providing for the printing, bind ing and distribution of public docu ments is deserving of special mention because of the principal involved. This bill was passed by the House early in the session and it was recently passed by the Senate with numerous amendments, among them two giving the joint committee on Printing of the Senate and House control of the appointment of the Chief Clerk of the G. r. (")., the foreman of printing, the foreman of binding and of the super intendent of documents, a new position created by the bill. Representative Richardson, of Tenn., chairman of the House committee on Printing, tried to get the House to concur in those amendments, and thereby got himself into hot water and met defeat by a vote of 113 to G7. The bill is now in the hands of a conference committee. If the Senate amendments became a law the joint committee on Printing would thereby acquire absolute control of the patronage of the Government Printing office. It would be a direct slap in the face of the Public Printer, and incidentally a blow at the Secre tary of the Interior and the President. Senator Gorman, chairman ot the Senate Printing committee, is credited with being the father of the Senate amendments. Civil engineer A. J. Menecale, of the navy has been detached from duty at Norfolk and placed iu charge of the new naval station at Puget Sound. Some trouble has occured there in building the new dry dock foundations they having been reported insecure. FOLLOWING ENORMOUS VALUES, ; P0TIERES, LACE CURTAINS, 85 Totieres, per pair, administration rifie 50 r- - - , fe6 Potieres. ner Dair. administration ! -Q I per pair, administration ;r Potiei Potiere ; price $5. j 1.25 Nottingham Lace taped all around, 3i vards long, new designs, ; administratlon price S9c ; $2 xottingham Lace taped all around 3i yards long, new designs, administration price 81.25 83 Nottingham Lace taped all around. 3i yards long, new designs, ; administration pi ice 81. 9S INDIA LINENS. India Linen?, administration 10c price iC 15c India price 10c ISc India Linens, administration Linens, administration Linens, administration price 12c 25c India price 15c 1 French Nainsooks. Organdies, etc., j j at actual cost WAli IN THE-EAST." :o.- ( HINESE IX THE U. S. A HE ASKED TO KKTUKX. .laoaii'K Minister fctoned. Torpcdum IJ-luc Laid OuUide th l'ort of Tleu Tin Chinese Transports Venture Forth No More. A Polite Apology. London, Aug. Q.-t-A dispatch to the Central News from Tien Tsiu says: Li Hung Chang continues to direct the war preparations of the Chinese. To day he reviewed the newly arrived troops. The absence of his yellow jacket was the subject of much remark. While the Japanese minister, ac companied by his suit and the Japa nese consul, were leaving Taku on August 3, they were attacked by a crowd of Chinese soldiers, who seized their baggage and threatened them with personal violence, but the viceroy, Li Hung Chang, quickly sent a force of troops to the scene and suppressed the riot He also sent a message to the Japanese minister expressing re gret for the treatment to which, the minister ias subjected at Taku, and promising that the offending Chinese soldiers would be punished. The soldiers in question abused and de rided the minister, and threw mud and stones at Iihu. A telephone line has been establish ed between Taku and Tien Tsin. The commander at Taku has prepared to block the Pier-Hoo on short notice. The laying of torpedoes continues. All competent men in the training schools have been called for service on various warships. The Shanghai correspondent of the Central News telegraphs as follows: Yesterday's report that there ; had been an engagement off the Korean coast, in which three Chinese war ships had been captured by the Japa nese, is not confirmed here. The Chi nese northern fleet remains at Weihai Wei, and no Chinese transports have recently ventured to sea.! The Russian troops north of the T rumen River have been re-enforced. Several Japanese transports escorted by war ships have been sighted in the Yellow Sea. It is presumed that they are bound to Chemulpo. j Letters from Han-Kow, where there' are only eighty Europeans, say that great anxiety prevails among the i i. foreigners lest anarchy break out among the natives in the event of a disaster to the Chinese forces. All of the male citizens have enrolled as soldiers. Uneasiness is felt in Chin Kiang, Hu Hu, Te Yang, and other places. Two fast vessels left England Satur-I day flying the Spanish flag. Another will follow in a few days. The three vessels are partly fitted out as cruisers, and will be transferred on the high sea to the Japanese government. Their equipment will be completed in Japan. All munitions of war now loading for both China and Japan clear under Spanish and Portuguese flags. Edward Gourley, Liberal for Sun derland, questioned the government in the House of Commons to-day as Til j l j j $1 GLORIA UMBRELLAS 79c. j Note Included in this Great Ad-j ! ministration Sale is a special lot of 81 & I Satina Umbrellas, in 2G and 28 inch. j assorted natural wood handles. Y e i offer the entire lot at one price, 79c 1 2G-inch English Helvetia Umbrellas i regular price 82.50, administration ! price $1.39 . j line English Guaranteed Silk Lm brellas, silk case and tassel to match, paragon frame, polished I hardwood bandies, their price $4 to $5, adminis tration price $1.97 MATTINGS. At the Importers Cost 15c Fancy Mattings, administration price ioc j 25c Fancy Matting, administration price 16c 40c Fancy Mattings, administration price 25c 35c Cocoa Mattings, administration price 25c 0c Oilcloths, administration price 75c Oilcloths, administration price 49c to the intention of the Japanese gov ernment regarding the Chinese treaty ports. Sir Edward Grey, under sec retary of the foreign office, said in his reply that Japan had promised not to at'ack, and China thereupon had pledged herself not to obstruct the approaches to that port, in response to another question Sir Edward said he did not know at present whether or not coal would j be contraband of i -war. I Axdekkx, Ind.jAug. C All the Chinamen in this city, it is said, have received official letters urging them to return to China to enlist in the national army. One has responded, andrtheothe four say that they will as soon as they can dispose of their property, ihe letters indicate that the Chinese anticipate a long war and a fight to the finish. The local Chi nese think the letters have been sent all over the United States. Nkw York, Aug. C The Direct Cable Company issued the following notice to-day: "The Great Northern Company notiTy us that Siberian lines, between liertensk1 and Stretensk are interrupted. Messages for China are not accepted, and at Japan at sender's risk. The Eastern Company's route is available" j RUSSIA wjix swoop nowx. Russia; is .planning a coup e'etat. It will take place, if the plans do not fail in Korea.be one of the last events of the present war between China and Japan. It will consist in Rus sia occupying one the desirable ports of Korea and establishing sovereignty over it. Information to that effect has been received by onepf the lega tions here. It is pronounced of a most authentic character, and leaves no doubt m the minds of the recipients of it absolute trustworthiness. The reason for Russia's intentions is her desire for a southern port which shall be open to her commerce throughout the year. The j only port Russia now has on her eastern1 shore is closed dur ing a pa-t of the year by the rigors of winter. j The plan is not of recent birth. Ac . i i i cording to this information, Russia conceived the idea of seizing some port in Korea over a year ago. To make her attempt successful an op portunity like the present was neces sary. Waiting for chance to present such an opportunity would involve the loss of too much time. An oppor. tunity must, therefore, be made. If the Russian ambassadors to Japan, who, by the way, is considered the ablest diplomat in the service of the Czar, would divulge his secret opera tions of the past year, the incubation which hatched this war would be found to have been assisted quite as much (if not more) by the warmth of the Russian bear as by the heat of the dispute between China and Japan This information is believed to be in the possession of the State depart ment here also, ! but the officials are dumb on the subject. Great Britan may chafe, but she has too much to attend to at present to protest, much less to attempt to check Russia carrying out her coup. rTAT7 R, POT VnCT'Q a v n x iu vx a vy j-j t ! NO. lib MARKET ADMINISTRATION SALE. WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT 12c Checked Nainsooks, adminis- Stration price 9ic i i I 15c Checked Nainsooks, adminis tratlon price Izc j j 20c Checked Nainsooks, adminis i tration price 15c 20c Dimities in Stripes and Checks, administration price 15c ; 25c Dimities in Stripes and Checks, administration pneej 18c 1 35c Dimities in Stripes and Checks, administration price 22c DOMESTICS. SHIRTINGS. 25c Sheetings, administration price 21c i 30c Sheetings, administration price 24c Shirting, administration price 3c. 4-4 Shirting, without dressing, ad ministration price Gc Shirting Prints, administration price 5c I Checked Homespun, administration price 3c Heavy Brown Homespun, adminis administration price 3c WORTH FOR CASH. STATE NEWS. : -:o: OXFORD TO HAVE A NEW HANK. l'npullst Csnventlen. Thn Bltlk Hnaltry Mill. Mr Gold Fnn4 in XeekUn bare. Money In Sheep Raising. L In Washington, D. C The j Populist Convention was held in Raleigh on Aug. 1st, and was well attended. It is claimed to have been the largest ever held in this state. The tomato crop is now coming on. There will soon be a good quantity of them in and round town ready for the canning factory. -Henderson Oold Leaf. : v ' It is now definitely settled that Oxford will have another back, and will open up about Sept. 1st. Quite a number of our busmes meo will be interested in it. Oxford Ledger. The Raleigh hosiery yarn mill is paying a 3 per cent semi annual divi dend. Three thousand dollars worth of new machinery has just been placed in this mill. Raleigh. News Observer. Chronicle. . .. The superintendent of the Rowan chain gang was in Statesville last week looking for a peg-leg' negro who had escaped from the gang, If a man with only one good leg can get away it would seem that those with two would stand a good showing States ville Landmark. Some of our farmers are finding out that there is more money in sheep than in cotton and tobacco. To raise them cost so little that it can scarcely be counted and one hundred per cent, a year on the investment is a very moderate calculation of the profit realized. The legistature should long since I have enacted a law to suppress mangy curs, but until they do, a shot gun will render materal assistance in the matter. Warrenton Record. Things hav been quiet in the direc tion of Surf ace Hill for somo months, but the monotonous music of the picks was broken Monday by joyous excla mations occasioned by a new find. A new pocket of ore was opened, which is erne of Ihe richest yet found. A bucket full of the ore was taken out, and then the pocket 'closed. One hundred dollars worth of gold was found easily in the bucket4 The pocket is to be opened up and worked later. In the meantime Pat Mungo's face is wreathed in smiles, and he begins to feel like the Midas of fiction. Char- ' lotte Observer. Evangelist J. W. Lee, of this State, who created somewhat of a sensation at the last session of the Western North Carolina Conference, which was held in this city, is now in Wash ington City, preaching to crowded houses. Mr. Lee made quite a repu tation during the Moody meeting there, by taking charge of the over flow meetings and preaching to them. Since then be has preached in Balti more, where he had great success. He has just closed a great meeting at Loveland, Va. In this meeting ne made a big stir. All of the barrooms were closed and the barkeepers Joined . the church. Charlotte News. i iu STREET. GENTS' FUBNISHIHGS. 75c Gents' Night Gowns, adminis tration price 59c Gents' Unlaundried Shirts, quality, administration price 39c Gents' Unlaundried Shirts, quality, administration price 49c 50d 75d Gents' Unlaundried Shirts, $1 qua lity, administration price. 79c j Gents' Unlaundried Shirts, quality, administration price 87c New Lot of Neckwear at Cost. i 50 and GOc Gents' Balbriggan Un derwear, administration price 39c $1 Gents' Balbnggan Underwear J Silk finished, administration price only 69c each . - 25 to 50c Silk Windsor Ties. Gentri Four-in Hands, Bows and in fact Tied of every deacription, administration price 9.1c SPREADS. Our $1.25 line, administration pried 89c : Our $1.75 line, administration pried $1.25. s i