North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXVL NO. 1. RALEIGH, & C; WEDNESDAY; EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1896. $3.00 PER TEAIi." AT THE FAIR. A Beautiful Day and a Large Attendance - J' - Today. . . ' This was an Ideal autumn day and the crowd at the State-fair was a big one and a happy one. There ore V many visitors in the city and Ral eigh generally turned out today to see the fair and bask in the sun shine of a benutiful Indian summer day. t . - " "t The marshals and military formed - in front of the Yarboro at 11 o'clock and proceeded to the fair grounds headed by the band. The grounds were crowded early in the day and -there was a good attendance thrdugh . out the day. It is the universal ter- ' diet that the exhibit is far above the average in extent in variety and in genera excellence. The big crowd 4t tbe week Is expected for toraor m j rqw, J, j v ". J, x ' The races yestordaywere interiV s sely interesting ,and all the . boys , , called it good sport There proba bly never was such a large number of high class horsesbroughttogether in this State, Excellent programes ,-"- are arranged for the entire week. r ' ; " Tillie Furgeson, won the 2.29 class ' ' (trotting) yesterday, the first 'event ' ,'" , on the program, in a Close contest -' ' with Kitty Hawks-'T '' - ' - ' - Second race :Pufse-tl00,f gentle ,' man driver to road wagon ; for horses ' , ' - which have not been professionally -J trained since January J. v' - . Miss Meadows, black mare, owned -' - by T. T. Pace, Raleigh, 2, 1, V'7"-- -Faank Middleton,- chestnut' geld . 'ing, owned by S. S Batchelor, Ral- eigh; distanced In first heat. ,! ; ":' '.T-.. Mambrino Girl, bay mare, pwned by R. E. Crawford JSaleigh; won first heat and distanced in second. ' '' v " .'Sister Mills, chestnut mare, own " "l ed by J. SchwarU, Raleigh, 8. 22. : ' i Melville' Chiefs Jr.,'. bay stallion, .'v "owned by Jack Caldwell, Charlotte : . - distanced in first heat, r-; ," , ' This race started off at rapid pace and the first heat was hotly eontest , r ed by Miss Meadows and Mambrino -Girl.- -"-." - ' - t Mr. race 'carried his fleet bay mare under the wlreajrlnner In the next two heats, distancing atl' the contestants In the last one. Miss Meadows made a wonderful record,- il, cofisldering the fact that she was ci rawing a ronci wugou oi ouv ur more pounds. t ,.--T,! 7 . Unlucky ronthe mile dash. J "3 The races-were most successfully conducted yesterday.' There 'was x not a blunder or an unpleasant lnci V dent. , , - . .The officers this year are: XW.JL Carter, of Richmond Times, starter; - W. P. Batchelor, of Raleigh, and Mr. ' Levi, of Louisville, -time-keepers, . .nd T.' H. Murray and W ,' 0. Mo : ' Mackln', judges..: Mr.. Will Green is Secretary.- " . 'J -r ':. ' The first race this afternoon is the three minute trot; best three fn five; " purse 1100. -. ' " t - r. . -- The second race is for three year .. old ; trotters';- North. Carolina and Virginia bred Animals;, one mile - heats; best three in five, purse $100. ' Third -race Running; ; 3-4 mile - dash; for two year'olds; purse $100. V- Mr. E. V.' Denton's,: My Vlck, Is entered in this race-' ' s Fourth race--Running 1 o-8 mile , . heats; best two in three; purse $7$. : . Senator Murphy ,v a Vack gelding owned by Mr. James Boylan, is en ; " tered In the fourth. ' . s t j , f -' . Populesa Chat.. The Caucasian has an editorial in this week's issue, which is entitled, "Here is the Story." . It takes the course of the democratic party since the great silver convention and puts ; forth its own facts to prove that the party Is done for. ' In oonctud' ing it says: ' - "The Democrats. "set out? to de stroy the Peoples party and wipe it from the face of the earth., But the P. P. would not wipe out. " ', They called Populists blather. -kites, tricksters, unprincipled poli ticians, goldbugs and anarchists, and then made a ! proposition "to ' fuse" with all , these varieties of Populists. ..- V "., '- ''. And when the Populists could not id would not "fuse" with them, y sent up a yell that the Popu I Lad Droven ' treacherous to '!vi r and traitors to principle ! Oh, ; and little fishes I A Popu- l j t ;.tor to principle because he t fuse with a Democrat ! ! Ha! , ! vah ! ! Uumph ! ! Phew ! ! ! k. Mank, stunk ! I Scat!" . ' All for Mckinley. rapli to the Press-Visitor. -Yuhk, N. Y., Oct. 21. In- vi loped the fact today that i i r n the Kew York Cotton , v. ;-.b r 'v one exepp- i r ; 1 ; 1 1 e ( iii:OV. The ORDER BY JUDdE CLAKK Registrars Must Use "Watts' Duplicate Copy, ROQERS UNDER BOND Mayor Rosa Blnda Uii Ovar to Conrt - In SAO Bond. Britt la to be Mado y , . Defendant o . Naw Evidence.. George Rogers, the former repub1- Ucan registrar in the second division of the 2d ward was arraingedin the Mayor's court this morning on the charge of misplacing the- registra tion book. -Mayor Russ corfBidered the evidence sufficient to boid Rogers and he was bound over to the nexf term of .Criminal Court in the sum of fifty dollars to await trial, t aIhe darkey will likely give bail. 4 1 1 .. The next move in the case, which has developed state interest will be the. arrest of Mr". G. W. Britt.- It is very likely that the will be made a defendant iif the natter. He will probably have to explain to the court sufficient' and good reason for per mitting the book , to get out of his possession.", ', , No - additional light was thrown upon the case thisTnorning at the hearing in the Mayor's court, which. consumed all of two hours' . Tbgde- fendent Rogers had no counsel, but the prosecution was represented by mr. xnos. uevereux wno appearea at the instance of. the Republican State Executive Committee. vv lt The "witnesses in the case" were T. Watts, Grw. Britt, -D, H. Young, W. J. -Ed wards Sherman Jones and Chas.-Young, " " The facts as to Rogers' coming in possession or the book, its, subse quent loss as-claimed, by Rogers and the detection of the disappearance of the1 book by ; Mr. Watts were all re--cited,- n ; '' - - Rogers had several witnesses to testify that he left the y book: en his shelf, as he first claimed and further that he left the -shop to" secure some change and his return the book was gone. Rogers said thai he was away about, ten minutes and thatChas. Young and a man named T witty re mained in' ihe shop. Young, took the stand "and denied that he re mained there. ' 7 ' , . . . Britt s testimony ; wasxdntradict- ed by Mr. Watts and Rogers. The witness1 became unduly excited on the stand and he did not appear to know what he was talking about.' ..'' Rogers- in his testimony, recited the fact of the disappearance of the book, which he claims was stolen. He told of bis substitution of a du plicate copy and Mr. Watts' detec. tion . of it. ' But all of - l&is is fesh with the public. " , . -'-'i Tho fact that a young Democrat had, while on his way bome,stopped in front of Roger's shop and asked him ! some question, about' . politios was attempted to be used, as evi dence.. The witness, Sherman Jones, heard 'all the con versationjand as hen stated, it had no bearing at all upon the case. Xhe . conversation was entirely jocular and ! related, to the election of Governor.' Rogers after wards' made, the statement that be had never had a talk with any one Democrat,Populist or Republican at any time relative to the loss of the registration book until the discovery byMr. Watts, . - 1 ' ' Under the provisions ol the elec tion law the registrars and. others, upon petition of Mrj J. N, Holding chairman of the Democratic county executive committee, were ordered to show cause before J udge Clark of the Supreme Court, why the dupli cate registration book should not be declared 'x the legal'; registration There was a hearing of the matter before Judge Clark at the Supremf Court ' building this morning and the following order wasissued::; 7. North Cakou'na, WAki! Countv.' In the matter of the Registration of - the second division of the Second Ward of the city of Raleigh: - It appearing to . my satisfaction that the registration .book of the second division of the second ward of the city ofRaieigh.N. C, has been lost, misplaced or destroyed,"and it further appearing to my satisfaction that J.' T. Watts, one of the regis trars, in the presence and w ith the assistance of the other registrars kept a duplicate of said book which was checked and compared from time to time' with the registration , book excepting as to the registration on the 17th ' day of October 1SPG, ;and then on said 17th, day; of October, 1896,. the-' names registered-were copied Id said book which is designated .as exhibit a, and it futher appearing to my satis faction that,thc said duplicate con taining acorrect list of the registra tion in said 2nd division, 'all the registrars of said 2nd division hav ing been, cited before . me together with the clerk of the Superior court of Wake county to show .cause why said duplicate book 'should -not be taken-and Used as the registration Lpook of said 2nd division, and all of said- persons consenting thereto after a full examination of said ;du' plicate ,booi it is-now ordered that said duplicate, book 'be taken ' and used as the" registration book of said 2nd division and the registrars use the same-in the election .to be held on the 3rd pf .November, 1896. "V- . . - ,Wa1teb Clark, ' x . Justice Supreme Court. ; Oct 211896, i ; - t THE COLORED FAIR, Program for tho- Exhibition to Ocour l-" NovmbrlQthtQlth. ' The colored State-fair will be hold in Raleigh,November 10th to 14th. - Wednesdayj November Uth, will" banown as Farmers' day. A big procession' of country teams will be a feature In uiuruhingtothegrounds Addresses will be made by Rev. W, A. Allen and H. R. Good son. Thursday 'will be'educational day. On that day Shaw. University, St Augustine's School, Johnson High Schqpl, and all the graded and pri vate schools will turn outt and be addressed by. Rt Rev. J" W. Hoodv D.'D., LL. D and others, . The ba.nd, firemen, foot ball, bi cycle and choir contests will be held the same day. The stock holders of the cotton factory, Hon. W. C- Coleman, man ager, will meet during the fair. The annual meeting of the N. P. A., will also convene and arrange to establish headquarters in Raleigh.' ST. MARY'S SCHOOL. An. Attractive Exhibit of, thta Inst tutlon at the Fair. ' i One of the most., interesting and complete exhibite at the fair is that of St., Mary's Bchool. .Hfier space given to this-exhibit, 'just opposite the main entrance ; to' the first floor of Floral Hall, has :been prettily de; corated with blue, the school color, and the- display of drawings, paint ings, science charts' entomological collections etc.y make this a delight' ful spot to , every one intreested in thorough and attractive school work. The art exhibit is; unusual and shows the good results of a carefully graded course. . There are drawings from casts, work in charcoal and in pencil; , charming pen ' and ink sketches;' one hour time sketches, also exquisite work in water color and in oil. Perhaps the mest unique features are the pen and ink sketch es, and the original applied designs for wall paper, table linen and screens." , ' The work in science is very thor ough; books are shown containing work and drawings done by the pu pils in Physiology.'Botany and Nat ural History collections of butter flies, moths, bees and beetles are on exhibition, also some . large colored charts, illustrating parts of Insects and Bowers' that are fised in class; ; A parCof the scientific apparatus of the Bchool, the : telescope, air pump manikin, overy,: microscope is also shown, and onThursday from 1:39 p' m', the br'ge compound mi croscope, valued at 11,000, and one of the finest instruments used in any school, will be exhibited to those. in. terested in - scientific .in ve"stigations by Miss Slater, who has charge of the Scientific Department. She will have various slides showing the low est forma of plant and animal life. A' full set of models to aid in teadiing mathamatics is another- in teresting feature ; as also the eharts used - to illustrate the history- of musical' notation: 'the sheets Used in teaching perspective, and the programs of -the various musical re- pitals given . by the pupils of the school.' " ''"" ","".". ' f 1 An examination of the papers of the classes in mathematics science literature, history languages, et&y and of the papers, relief, maps,- and modeling done bj the preparatory department, will show how thorough and how advanced, is the work of every department al St. Mary's. The etching and wond-carying done, by Miss Cheshire a former pupil of the school areunequalled in beauty of design and finished exe cution, and evince artistic talent of jaliigh order. MAY. NOT GKT JT. PoaalblUty That th Sotftherm Majr Loaa "t't . -"';'-' ' tha Seaboard. I ," ' The Washington! Star ot yester day says: "It is currently repoiite cere among holders of,- southern railway . securities : that 'while the friends eft the ""Southern, Messrs. Ryan, Thomas and Gill, have secured the absolute control of the. Seaboard company's stock,' event;, may occur within the next few- dayspossibly within the next few hours; which may change the whole situation and convert the Seaboard from ft friend of the Southern into a bitter, enemy ind cause the outbreak 6f another rate war. . .-Sf.;r;:;s?ii Mr. Ryan has been 1n Baltimore since last Friday night, and has held numerous conferences witbj Presi dent R. 'Curzon Hoffman, Souring which, it is understood, all the de- ttuhTconcerning "the transfer of the Seaboard stock eriTcoinpleted .U7Z. jLost-iiignt ne suaaeniy rttfurnea to New York to- attend tonorae inv portant business, which prevented his longer remaining in Baltimore, and he said that the business con sisted of a consideration of a propo sition from the: representatives of the Louisville and Nashville road to transfer the Seaboard stock to the Louisville and Nashville company at a very handsome advance, on . the price which theypaid for it. y Whether ov hot there js any basis for this rumor it is; a fact that the report hascreatedmuchalarmamong the friends of the Southern,who are opposed to a renewal of hostilities between the two railway conpauies, which were fighting so bitterly for many weeks up to a short time ago; and if the Louisville and Nashville road should secure control, oL the Seaboard AirJjine, together with the other properties reoently acquired by Messrs. Ryan and Thomas, it would ' create competition -i to the Southern with which that exercised by the Seaboard is not a circum stance. . ; The Louisville and Nashville and the. Southern afce already fighting each Other, although there has been no rate war, and it is said that the two companies are on the verge of cperifighting for the possession of toe uentral railroad of Georgia, which is operated vfadeta'jmnt lease by the two roads, but from which the Louisville and Nashville Is try big to oust the Southern. :. (Jen. John Gill, the Baltimore member of the Ryan-Gill syndicate,, was asked whether it was true that 1 the syndicate had secured the actual control ofyie Seaboard Air . Line, arid , also whether there was any basis for the rumor that the Louis ville and Nashville was tryingtobuy the road from-the syndicate. itf Geni Gill replied: "I-didnotsee Mr. Ryan during his stay in Baltimore, and he had to gb back to New York last nlght-to attend to some matters which'bquld not be' longer delayed. I do . not know whether the money to secure the Seaboard has been paid or not, but I think that if The Star will not publish anything about the Seaboard for two or three days I can-then give it some very interesting infor mation'," "and by that time Messrs. Ryan and Thomas will be ready to fully outline their plans for the future management of the Seaboard. President Hoffman when inter viewed said that the stockholders could -turn out their president at any time.-, ' - , Wataoa rignr4 a Winner by 10,000, : The WilmingtonStar has prepared a table which gives the .election to Cy Watson. by 10,000 plurality. These are the Star's figures: . . Watson (demofcrat) '. 140,000 Russell (republican). . . , . , , 130,000 Guthrie (pupulist) . . -f 80,000 300,000 10,000 Watson's plurality . : m:hsonau,? Miss MoAden, of McAdenvllle, is visiting Mrs. McAden, on Blount st Miss Mary Saunders, of Richmond, is visiting Miss Miniiie Tucker, on Hillsboro street. s ii 3 Mr. and Mrs. O, H Foster give a lunch tonight after the theatre. ; " Miss Holt, of Graham, Is in thecity for a few weeks visiting Miss Mary Miller, on Person street ; .: ' ' The State fair never had abetter all-around chief marshal than Mr, K. P. McKissick. He wins many compliments oh all sides and is fully sustaining his wide reputation as a thorouchlv eenial gentleman who has the innate sense of courtesy gallantry and hospitality and knows how to dispense it , Minoc Matters Manipulated " for the Many. AROUND THE CITY. Pot-Poorri tha ICawa Pisturcd on Pa par Pointa and Paopla Pertinently Pleked and Pithily Pnt in , h Print. Sheriff King, of Wilmington, brought one convict to the Pen yesterday.,;.--. ,;.-v 7( One of the attractions at the Fair grounds tomorrow 'will be sham battle by tne military at J2 o'clock, - All the banks in the city will be closed tomorrow. The town will be practically deserted andverybody will take in the Fair. See 'Messrs ueuer ttros offer of fair week specials elsewhere. They are verr attractive and at lowest figures, The Peace Institute faculty will give a conoert on Friday night with a nominal charge of twenty-fi ve cents. The proceeds are to be devoted to the library fund. The street committee at a meeting yesterday afternoon decided to sus pend all work on the street tomor row in order togive all the employees an. opportunity to attend the Fair. The Southern vestibule brought a tremendous crowd to the city this morning. The Seaboard special brought probably the largest crowd from a distance. The train was well filled. ' J. F. Coley was bound over to the next term of court by Mayor Russ this morning on the charge of carry ing concealed weapons. Britt Cham blee was sent to the roads for thirty days. A concert will be given by the pupils of the Institution for the Blind for tho' benefit of the King's Daughter's Circle of said Institu tion, Wednesday evening, Oct. 21st, at 8 o'clock in Institution Chapel, Please bring your free w illofferings. Senator H. W,, Blair, of the State of New. Hampshire, will speak to night at the Academy of Music. Sen ator Blair arrived in the oity this morning. . The New Hampshire Sen ator is a foremost national character. Col. B. Cameron has succeeded in getting the best curiosity for J: T. Wyatt's department at the fair. It is the hat and gown worn by the Rev. Geo. Patterson in the Confed erate army when he was chaplain of the 3rd N. C. Regiment. J. T. Wyatt has his cabinet of curios from Salis bury and there are many ancient things too numerous to mention. There is a newspaper in Mr. Wyatt's department published in 1800. Also a gourd 150 years old. Mr. Holton Incorrectly Quoted. Chairman A. E. Hoi ton returned from New York this morning. He brought back with" him an electro plate upon which the Republican State and National ticket will be printed. Mr. Holton took occasion to cor rect a typographical error in Mr. Creeman's letter to the New York World, which made him say that there was an "enormous registration of unqualified negro voters." Mr. Holton said-that be noticed the sentence had been singl ed -out by' some' papers in the state and he desired to make a correction What MrV Holton did say was that there was an enormous registration of heretofore , 'suppressed negro voters. ' Upon seeing that he was raisquot ed in the World he sent the follow ing telegram to that paper and Is ex pecting a-reply v r 77: To TBI WorldNbw Yob&e Mr. Creelman in bis letter from Raleigh, reports me as saying that a large unquauaeu vote is wuuk registered.' ! said that a large here tofore "suppressed" vote was being registered. He could not have un derstood, that : illegal ; votes were being registered as the press of this State is construing. This vote waa suppressed under the old law by registrars having discretion to re quire the ejector to prove by others than himself his, ager occupation, place of birth and residence,' from where removed to the satisfaction of the democratic registrar which was impossible if the elector waft a' re publican. This vote is being regis tered.'" A K Holkw, , . : . . Char. Rep. Com, RATE NOT REDUCED. The Hallway Commission Think Present Passenger Rates Cheap Enough. The Railway Commission decided today to dismiss the action providing for a reduction of passenger rates in this State i per cent. An order was issued to this effect and the matter comes to an end. S5r "TJr i ' ' i Commissioner Beddingfield was not here and has not passed on the case. The decision was rendered by Maj. 'Wilson and Otho Wilson, both agreeing that the present rate is sufficiently small. Maj. Wilson stated toa Press-Visitor reporter that the passenger rae in this State was cheaper than in any other State in the union, all roads taken together. The rate on the roads between Washington and Baltimore-are $2.85,; he said,! while in this State they are tS.79.-7' T 7. It will be remembered that the matter of reduction was argued some weeks ago by leading railway offi cials and attorneys. Will Rlda Down the Steps. ' Mr Will Wynne, who isthechamp ion of all bicycle riders up to date, will do one of his favorite tricks Friday at the Fair. Mr Wynne will ride down the long teps at the grand stand on his wheel at 2 o'clock Fri day . He is the only man who made the descent of the schute at Atlanta during the exposition which gave him a world wide reputation and his ride down the grand stand steps Friday will be almost as thrilling. Every body should see it. At Metropolitan Opera House Tonight, The Robinson Opera Company will present Andrew 's Comic Opera La. Massotte tonight. This is the fun niest opera and gives the two Come dians i McMartin and McCarthy great opportunities, which they will make the most of. Besides being funny it abounds in. bright spark ling music. Miss Ruth Alvers will introduce her famous butterfly dance. Sharp Decline in Wheat. New Ylrk, Oct. 21. A violeutre- oction of two and five-eighths cents decline '.was. a feature in the New York wheat market this morning. Trading was general, including lib eral liquidations. Others were sell ing for home and foreign account but not a largo volume. TODAY'S MARKETS. Niw York, Oct. 21. Cotton quotations furnished by G. , Leach, Broker, 311 Wilmington E street, Raleigh, N. C. By Private Wire. MONTHS OPEN-HIGH-LOW- CLOS- January, 7 94 7 95 7 91 7 92 February, 7 96 7 99 7 98 7 98 March, 8 02 8 03 8 02 8 03- April, May, 8 12 8 14 8-09 8 11- June, July, August, Sept'mb'r, October, 7 69 7 69 7 58 7 58 Novemb'r, 7 61 7 63 7 60 7 61 Deoember, 7 84 7 84 7 78 7 81- New York Stock Market. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange today: Sugar 1094 American Tobacco 701 Burlington and Quincy 721 Chicago Gaa 641 Des. and Ctt. Feed General Electric 271 LouiavUle and Nashville 44 Manhattan 9U Rock Island 63f Southern Preferred 25 St. Paul 71 Tennessee Coal and Iron 231 Western Union 84i Chicago Grain and Provision Market. The following were the closingquo tations on the Chicago Grain and Pro vision market today: Wheat December, 15; May, 80. Cora December, 241; May , 271.' Oata December 181; May 211. Pork December, ; January, 7.85. Lard December, 420; January 4. 40. , Clear Rib Sldea-December,3.65; Jan nary S.85. '- .' ' Urerpoot Cotton Market. October. W- October-November.... 4.12. November-Deoember.....y. ... 4.00. December-January .. ....... 4.071. January-February v.'.,,...... 4-07 February-Marah ;, . , .. .,-.. -V r March-April. .'si. . 4.07. 7 April-May . ..... ..-..'. . . 4.071. , ; Mr J, P Leach and Dr Root, of Littleton, are'in the city, V ' - Mr L A Carr, of Durham, was la the city tolay. : - I - ; - BROWN-SATTERFXELD. Both Cases up in tba Supreme Court Yea-' . ' - tcrday Brown Csse Anrnred. ' v. t 1ff-"Tfnr' 111111111111 llasnlll The Supreme Court took- up ap- " ... ' peals from the fourth ' district yes-1 . ;,; terday. There are several. Wake v? ' county cases to be argued before the :' .VV ' court. The local .bar was well rep-" . :' resented. - '-,' ''., The Brown and Satterfield cases, '-, probobly the most interesting cases - - ! A that will come before the court at .' this session, were taken up. ;- The Satterfield case was continued . until the next termof court. ..- , The Brown ease was argued by ' " ' $ t Attorney General Osborne for the r T ,1 state, and by Maj. B. S. Royster of 'i.-i' Oxford and Messrs, Edwards and . - Batchelor for the defense. v It ffill be rememberedr that M - '" B rowff enrolling clerk of the House, i ' .''., was sentenced in Wake superior - ' court to six months imprisonment v t, " and fined $250, being found guilty , ' , U of the charge of having the assign- V ( ment act fraudulently passed. " ' . Satterfield was fined $250 on the ' j " same charge. Appeals were taken in both cases. ' Mr. Saterfield is now the repub lican candidate for thelegislature in Person county and is posing in the martyr act. It is not likely that decisions will be filed until after the election. Spoils and Not Principles. It may be said of all the parties in North Carolina that, so far as their leaders are concerned, they are out for spoils and' not for principles. But the Democratic party of that State comes in for the largest portion of approbrium. It has adjectlv con ceded to Populism everything that Populism demanded the office of Lieutenant-Governor. United States Senator and four of the State's nine congressmen for what? that certain office-holders might retain their places. Fortunately for the Demo cracy of the Old North State these humiliating concessions were scorn fully rejected by the Populists. It now becomes the turn of the genuine Democrats of the State, the non-officeholding portion of the party, and it will be small wonder if their anger at being placed in such a galling position will find vent in giv ing the State to the Republicans. "Democracy and Populism ca be made to fuse, the Chicago inci dent to the contrary notwithstand ing. Portsmouth Star. No Election to the Bishopric. Forty bishops, representing the the House of Bishops of the Pro testant Episcopal ch'urch of the United States, have been in session at the Church Missions House, in New York city. The object of the meeting was to elect two bishops to preside over two mis sionary jurisdictions at Duluth, Minn., and Asbeville, N. C. It was decided not to elect at this session a bishop for the Asheville jurisdiction and will remain without an incumbent until the next annual meeting of the House of Bishops . It was generally understood that Rev. Dr. I. McK Pittinger, of the church of the Good Shephord, would have been chosen to the Bishopric had there been on election. Pair Thursday. The storm has moved further northwest into Canada, causing light showers at a few stations in the Lake region and on the north Atlantio coast. . The high area from the northwest has moved south weast to the central Mississippi' and Ohio valley. The cold wave accompanying it has moderated, but a fall of over 10 de grees occurred during the past twenty -four hours at Cincinnati and St. Louis, while a considerable rise occurred at points in North Caro lina and northward and in the north west. Killing frost is reported from St. Louis this morning. The weather is generally cloudy in the east Lake region, over the north Atlantic coast and over the lower Mississippi valley, bnt else where clear. j; -77 V Meeting of Stockholders of sonthcra B. N " The third annual meeting of the Southern Railway stockholders was held In Richmond yesterday, Alt at the common and preferred stock was represented. The report of the president for the year wat alsJ sub mitted and the acts of the company approved by the stockholders. 7. The old boar J of directors were re-elected for another year. ', ! i 7'7'77t0777'--' A Vft . .. v. .? . -t'.'.A " ; --v. " ''!: s-.;. i v ' ' - t