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NEWS OF THE DM FROM MISSISSIPPI Status of the Congressional Nominations in the Dif ferent Districts. DEMOCRATS IN THE LEAD Proposal To Establish a State National Guard—The Mobbing of Patter son Is Passed Over —Inter- ference "with College Openings. Jackson, Miss., September 19.—(Special.)— All the democratic nominations for con gress have been made in this state. In all the seven districts nominations are equivalent to an election. In four of the districts there are opposing candidates, but there is not the slighest possibility that a thousand voles can be obtained by any of the republican or populist nominees in any di triet. In the lirst district Congressman Allen has be* n renominated for the seventh term by the largest majority he ever received. He is frequently mentioned tor the nail senatorial sueees.tion, and is believed to be m a receptive mood. He has no oppo sition for 1.-election so far, either from populist or republican. in th. second district Hon. 1 homes Splght Is the democratic nominee. So far he is without opposition. in th.- third district Congressman Catch ings is the demo, ratio nominee for the sev enth time. His opponent is a negro repub lican named Jones. In the fourth district Congressman Fox. who Is serving his lirst term. Is the dem ocrat.e nomine. His opponent is a popu list narited Hr* wer. In the fifth district Congressman Wil liams is the democratic nominee for the fourth term. His opponent is a white re publican named Pitts. Mr. Williams Is al so m. ntioned a.- a probable candidate for the Walthall senatorial succession. In the sixth district Congressman. Love, who is .serving ills lirst term, is the demo cr ltlc , online, So far h< his no opponent. in the seventh district Congressman Hen ry who’ is serving bls first term, is the democratic nominee. His opponent is a w hit rei ibllea n of the L> neh fact ion, named Urc-nan. There is also talk, that . mu rep iblicans, headed by the na tional repul.Jean committee men from this state, will nominate a candidate for con gress in the s* ven til district. Th( vo ng trength 1 the populists In Mississippi Is anout IS,O>O and of the re publicans about 10,000; the democratic vote of the st '■■■ is ab >ut 75,000 No joint dis cu“sh>ns have been had between opposing nominees for congress In any district in the state so far. anti it is not lili. lv that tne democratic nominees will dignify tli'-ir al leged opponents by meeting them on she stump. There is more talk of the coming state election next year than there is about the congressional .i.- tlon this fall. Notnina heers In Mis.' Issippi by the democracy means success at the polls, reusequ. ntly th- interest in congressional m tiers diol vv.’.h th.- nominations, and ratio v iters arc now fixed on the campaign for nominations for 1 county < file* rs, which mad* next spring or summer. All ollie, rs in M - i * I'l'l. from governor to beat constable, are in:, le . very tour years, place ; ruc | ay after the first Monday In No- , I ■ ida ture ,v hieh meets ? January.‘l9o". wld el- **t two senators ,,n, t'i till the term ot W althall, held by Sul |v who vv ■ appointed by the gov- , eleel which termof . * . , , ..n.mcn<-ing March 4. 1901 . Me- 'l.aiUii. tile Ut governor, who is inell- . ... ,-r ; ii. c..listif ut lon as h:s own sttc- ■ ,iod to b a candidate for hotti t!■•• •■ senai trial t( rms. The Mobbing of Patterson. As was gem-rally exp." t. 1, the grand , , t v, ..tvillo, Simpson county, 'lid not fuel a : ingle indictment against the ■ > murdered n Patterson th. ■' ' ' 1 and en- ,F I 5 'til-., the life of another inno- s/ a'..tt. ■■ t-ie deed there Was the usual it ■' Hi In ind all sorts . m mt thi grand jury > just The public accentual, d by the fact ,' t., :. • . • : vv gem-rally thought tt, have .-.an.- from another county and it v ■ nerally regarded us a breach of .at i- , 11 e worthy of th, ■ ■ ■ rest reprobati in • i, p t,. -. *.o' id.- of tie-tr ovvti <■ utily tin,l victim. Th,- grand jury Went • I . the usual examinations, but aI - riie-igh a good many nun in and out of the were shrewdly suspected to have been < meerm : untimely taking off of William I’aii- rson, nothing was done. Discussing the Fever. The Brandon Turns thus advises cool ness in time of panic: ns anil yellow fevi r stories have supplanted wai new; and poli ties in Miss.ssippi again, and tile people In some 1,, alities are plowing fear to vv: rp ttic.i judgment. ', . How fev,-r no doubt exists ;n several loealities, but it 1 if such . rnild typ* that it would mit create a passing remark if it could bo , lie i>y sotn, other name ami the vviid >:< rl. s com • ruing it s. i ■!. As w.,s the case last year. : ic quarantine is worse n th, fever Busim vv 11 be paralyzed f. t a tiim and peop!.- I out of their wits. Advi< o is ,esily given and often counts for vary little, but if the people will lie e,-mt jou.s. prudent, watchful and above all. if tiny will ex.-r.-is.- common sense and not go wild over every unfound ed stor.v that is told, they will save them lv- s lots >1 vv - - I no end of exp< . ■ I th. ry condi b, improved, a waieliful eye kept bv the heal'tn au thorities and town .Jlicials, and ten to one matters will str., is lit ,-n th.-mselves out all right with very little io.-s of lit'.'. College Openings Postponed. The Stat.- Agrlettllura! college opening has been postponed by General S. If Lu-- until such time as be may choose to fit f,,r Its ses i-ms to liegin. H. .-.ays: "ProsfieetH have licc-i m-'i t favorable for a very large - hool, ' l - - - - . - one wlio intei i :■ . y to in-.-va-it hi< doing so when we do open, I earne.-tly an peal to e.i.-h old s:mb-nt to return :.nd to bring with him as many new .students as possible." From Cltaneelior Fuitun. of the Si te university. unes tin, statement tba; "on account of the r< -trietion.s upon travel caused by tit, quarantine now existing In tile vicinity of l e- university, it lias been deem d best, after eonr.ultation with th state board of lira.th to announce that the session of IX'.IX-.t9 will open on the ilh of October. IS'.IX. I' is Confidently believed that all ippi eimr.-ions will be all.-iy,-.| by that time. Tim outlook for a prosperous session ha.- n.-v,-i been better than during th, past summer ” To Assist the Board of Health. Tim J.iekson Howard Ass.iciation. le-ent ly .-harter, !. no-: for action in tile ofli.a of the s. • a arv. and after a brie: (-ons -r- • no, ns to the outlook, appointed Hie fol- tn ex ecut: \ committee: .la ir.es I*. S’, wart, J 1.. Povvi-r. Bishop Galloway. C. (timmings arid 'i. J. Waite, '.hiionei Stewart and Bisitop Galloway are to con tr with the state b ~.i I of health, t'-nd- Ing the services of the assoei.-nion. Th • ~ . tion -■'■ iil told its meet Ings in the rear of the First National bank. The Proposed National Guard. Adjutant General H.-nry’s plan for the reorganization of the (national guard will not be put into operation until the final mustering out of at least one of the Missis sippi regiments now in service. The reason of this is the fact that the adjutant gem era! contemplates using the body of the returned volunteers as a nucleus or the formation of the new national guard. Since the old National Guard has been away serving in the regular army, several companies have be. n reorganized over the state which have applied for admission to tile national guard. Companies have been formed at Brookhaven, Wesson, New Al bany, Vaiden, Hazlehurst and a few other towns. in his letter of resignation Adjutant Gen eral Hamilton recommended that the rent ganization of the guard lie proceeded with ut once, using these home companies as a nucleus. General Hamilton's idea, however, is different. He remembers the difficulties that had to be contended against when the lirst call to arms was made for volunteers in til.- war against Spain. For this reason lie is desirous that the state guard be com posed of men with as much military ex perience as possible. The old national guard forces were not drilled to any great extent and the lack of state appropriation prevented their having any experience In regimental -and battalion drills. An Outlaw at Large. Word comes from Yazoo City that the negro outlaw Grandison has again been seen near his old haunts where lie commit ted the double murder more than two months ago. A negro woman stat’d that she saw' Grandison going across -a field en Mr. Johnson's plantation. He had a breemi loading shotgun on his shoulder. The county authorities are trying to pick up and follow the clew. Guy Jack’s Case. The case of Guy Jack, which was to have come up at this term of the Kemper county circuit court, has been postponed until the ensuing term on account of the Illness of one of the defendant's attorneys. ALABAMA POLITICS. Entire Congressional Delegation "Will Be Democratic. Montgomery, Ala., September ’".-(Spe cial.)—There appears to be very little doubt but that Alabama will elect a democrat in each of her nine congressional districts next No vern her. The situation in tlhe state Is this: First District—Hon. G. W. Taylor, of Demopolis, has l>een renominated to con gress by the democrats, but his nomina tion is being challenged by Ihls opponent. Hon. Hannls Taylor, of Mobile, and the state executive committee will have to pass oil the question. The opposition In the first will not make any nominations. Second Dlstriet—Hon. Jesse F. Stallings, of Butler, lias been renominated by the democrats of the second, and 1. N. (.art' r, a m-gro, will run Independently against him. Third District—Hon. Henry D. Clayton, of Eufaula, has been nominated by tho democrats In the third and will be elected without opposition. Fourth District lion. G. A. Bobbins, of Selma, lias received tho democratic nomi nation' in the fourth, and Is opposed by Hon. W. F. Aldrich, who has the re publican and the populist Indorsement. This appears to be tlhe only doubtful dis trict. Fifth District—Hon. Willis Brewer, of Lowndes, has been renominated by tho democrats of the fifth and Hon. A. J. Millstead. of Macon, will likely be nominat ed by the republicans. Sixtlh District Hon. John H. Bankhead, of l-’.-i.v et to. lias been nominated by accla mation by tile democrats of the sixth, and he will lie opposed by two republicans, a n.-gro named Turner and Hon. Daniel Cooprr, <»f Kayctte. Seventh District--1 lon. John D. Burnett, of Btowah, is tiie democratic nominee with a. republican opponent named Lothrop and a populist, (>. D. Street. Howard, a populist now represents this district, but (’.done! Burnett, it is believed, will win easily. Eighth District General Jos.-pli Wheeler has been renominated by the democrats and indorsed by the voters of all other pa rt.ies. Ninth District Hon. Oscar I nd- rwood, of Birmingham, ha.- been renominated by Hie democrats and will likely have no op ponent. Stallings’s Negro Opponent. Hon. Jesse I-'. Stallings will have oppo sition for congress after all, but It will come from 1. N. Carter, a Greenville negro. In an address he says: "At. tho urgent solicitation of my friends fr-mi all over this district and from other parts of Alabama, 1 have decided to enter tile race for eongr.-ss, subject to the action of . the republican convention. As to my republicanism no question can be raised. I believe tlm republican party advocates the principles better suited to the proper d,- v.-bqiment of the welfare and b- st inteie.sts of the people of Uiis district, and I have always been true to qs principle.-;. If nomi nal-4 and elected. I shall serve the people oj the district faithfully, and do all in my power top th.- advancement of their inter ' sts. 1 shall be true to tlie trust in every Sense of the Word. I shall endeavor to dis cus.-, before Hie people the questions involv ed in .ills campaign. ’ Hannis Taylor Is Out. Montgomery, Ala.. September 2f. -(Spe cial. 1 -11011. G. W. Taylor, of M treng-o, >.:is declared to be the democr.-ith: nominee for congress jn the first district by the state executive committee at r.:30 o’elo-k this morning, after an all night session. Tho > ommittee. after listening to ti-ie tremen dous volume o f evidence, and thoroughly diseiifsing it all, gave Choctaw’ county to H.di'bs Taylor, and solved the Washing ton county contest by calling it a tie. In asmuch as tile whole vol. o f Washing ton w-is necessary to nominate I lannis Taylor, his opi-onent was declared to have been dulj’ nominated. In Its resolution tile executive committee sayis: "In reaching this coneelusion she com mittee is not unmindful of tie- fact that certain irregularities occurred in the con vention In \\ asihington eountv whi.-n the committee i.innoi approve or In.lnis.-, but tin -- irrogularities do not affect tbe final r. suit. Tin- (-ommittee is funner in seri ous doubt as to Hie regularity of the dis trict convention in said district in adopt ing th.- report of the iTodi-ntials . ommittee, but as it appears from all the ev~ience that a eh ar majority <jt tin.- lawfully elected del egates were for Hon. G. W. Taylor, such irr< gularlty. if it’ exists, oug it not, and does not defeat tile nomination there in ide.” Hannis Taylor and his friends accept the decision gracefu.ly. Alabama Soldiers Furlouged. Montgomery. .Ala., Septemln-r 23.—(Spe cial.) ('amp .Herbert w--ars a lonesome as p-'i-t liiilr. 'I .a furloUb led men -about per i- nt of th. ri-giin.-iit—have fold' d tlu ir tents and gone to their homes. The i omposite c->mpany of HXi, which is made up from debi-is from each of the twelve companies, is in command of Captain Vaid en. of tile Marengo i-ompany, who is the commander of i-.u- camp. If the rain which sl.-irti-d today continues for some days, the camp will I" i-xe. . dingly uncomfortable, as th. soil .(;•)•■(’•• is of muddy eonstitueucy. The First Alabama was furloughed at Bir in ugliam yesterday. Mobile Is Clean and Healthy. Montgomery. Ala.. S nt.-mber 23. (Spe ■ ■.il.) stat. Health (Illa r Saunders lias just returned from Mobia-. He reports that city to be in an unusually healthy eondi tieii and absi-tu' -ly free ..i all suspi-ion of yellow fever. The mortality fur the past month lias i>’en conside -My blow the average for 'his time of year, and llie sani tary condition is b.-ttir tn. n for many year.- past. Dr. Saunders believes there will hl- na yellow lever in Alabama this lull. Biimingham Wants Permanent Camp. Montgomery. Ala.. September 2.1. —(Spe- I il.) A I tirndngli I"1 special say As a result of a meeting of the Birmingham Cenimi-rci.il Club today, a citizens' <-om miiteo was appointed to go to Huntsville Friday to m.-et Secretary Alger to en deavor to Induce him to visit Birmingham to inspect (his city's .advanta res as a point for a i> rmanent military camp. It 1.-iiig understood that the government is thinking of In -. ing an .id'iitlun.-il camp in this state. Birnui-.giiam will make a strong i ffort to obtain the proposed .-amp. Colonel Crutcher Dead. Montgomery. Ala.. September 23.—(Spe cial.)—An Athens. Ala., special says: Lime stone Is called upon again to mourn the THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1898. loss of one of her best and ablest citizens, Hon W. R. Crutcher, a leading planter and a man who h-as many times been the representative of the people in state af fairs. Colonel Crutcher died at bls country home, thirteen miles east ol Athens, last night, after a brief illness of brain fever, lie was counted, and worthily so, ono of tho most prominent citizens of Limestone county, lie leaves a large family of grown children. MRS. SEARCY DISAPPEARS. Well-Known Lady of Eufaula Is Being Searched For. Eufaula, Ala., September 23.—(Special.)— Mrs. Searcey, wife of Aiderman J. B. Searcey, of this city, mysteriously disap peared from her home during last night and up to this hour all efforts to find her have proved fruitless. Mrs. Searcey has been in wretched health for months and her husband has been ad ministering medicine anti attending her wants at night during her Illness. Last night be aroused her at 2 o’clock to give her a dose of medicine as usual, when to his utter astonishment she refused to accept it, avowing that it would kill her, and could not be persuaded to do so. She was not further molested and soon fell to sleep, when Mr. Searcey retired for the night. i pon waking this morning at B o'clock he discovered that his wife had disappeared. Ho immediately began search, and after looking over the house and premises thor oughly and not finding her. made the facts known and a vigorous search all over the elt>- was begun at once and has re sulted so far as above stated. The supposition is that sb*-* became sud denly demented and has either wandered to the river or some very secluded spot in the suburbs of the city. WOODFORD'S RESIGNATION. MINISTER TO SPAIN THROWS UP HIS COMMISSION. Was Possible for the General To Hava Returned to Madrid as United States Representative. Washington, September 23.—Following the custom in the case of a minister who has been obliged to leave his post by the ’break ing out of hostilities, Stewart L. Woodford has filed his resignation as 'minister to Spain. It Is believed that It will be slx months before the United States has occa sion to send a minister to .Madrid again, and If Mr. Woodford's resignation remains so long unacted upon his status will b" merely nominal, for under the law his salary ceased after the expiration of sixty days from tho date he left his post, with the addition of a sufficient period of time, to enable him to return to the I nlted It might have been possible for General Woodford to have returned to Madrid In tho capacity Id- United States minister but thlts only would have -been the ease it tho Spanish government seen II: to make a ic nuest to that effect, otherwise, it Is cus tomary for political reasons to minister to avoid the reviva ol >1 ' feel ings and t<> restore harmonic reljttons be tween the two governments lately at war Should th- United Stat.s government, In disregard of this eonve-ntional usage, |wr slst in returning General Woodford to Mid rid it would find itself obliged tu reolu. Sc nor Bernabe, late Spanish m nister to Washington, whose course In es.abl ebing a system of espionage In Canada during tae war reiidet'-'l hi' ll in some degree unpopu lar in the Unit'd States. WHISKY CONSTABLES SHOT AT. Led Into an Ambush by Carolina Moonshiners. Greenville, S. C.. S. .a.-mb'-r 21 - (Special ) Five dispensary constables were sho at from ambush last night just after h<. I'.o rnd-.I s.-v.ii "r eight lums'-s n a disreputable section known a IP Cr. ek ju.- t outside the city limns, beyond the Southern railway station- < hi ‘ ‘ P.q .Hie.r, faded to <ind i xe. tit some beer. 1 ’ that in a .’.’rtain Cripple Urc k house v. s a big lot of whisky, and tins is no *■ , i -. ,i„-„v as similar llevd to have been a <n.o>, statements had been made before bj tne ■‘’‘Acting on'thls Information, the cons 1 made the raid, whi- h was praetteally fruit less When on their way to town t e iurtv was fired on by some one about w-I'ltv steps behind them who stood in he eovi r"t a i'"' 1 '’orii'r. Ihe ,'n busher '-mpti'-d his Pistol ami r otb' .il x- f . r.-il fire m tDe d.i*-' u<»n ui t he' hous." as sonu- iunoei-nt parties might Imve bi-'.-n’lut. but tiny mad.- a rush lor the si»ot, no <>ne. 1 .*• 5 •*' _• «•' . ‘ rather well known whit'- man, but i'-l -. , ' hi; narm Being thoroughly arous ed, th.- oltie. rs will make If .’'LL apprehend the guilty man. B' l passid among the enrstabb-s uncomlort ably close, but did no damage. TOLD TRUTH ABOUT SAMPSON. Chaplain Mclntyre Has Stirrel Up a Naval Hornets’ Nest. Denver ('ol September 21.-(’haplaln -L p Uelnt’vre. of the battleship Or eon, has 1,,'.-n stricken with nervous prostration, ami the physician who is attending him says tl> it he’ may be confined to his bed lor some time. H Is probable tliat the court martial which has been ordered to e<mv-ne !') Den v, r next week for the trial of Chaplain M.-Intvro on tile eciarge of having unfairly erltieised the action of Admiral Sampsmi and Captain Evans in the Santiago naval b-.tt’e will bo oblige.) to postpone proc 1- ings for several weeks on account of the chaplain’s illness. Mr. Mclntyre says he has not been of ficially notified of Hie nature of the charges against him or of the date of his trial, and this lias seemed to worry him consid erably. He is staying at tiio house of At torney' Thomas J. Dunn, a friend, in tills city. The Facts Given Out. 'Washington, September 21.—Tho attention of Judge Advocate General Lemly being directed til tile complaint of Chaplain Mc- Intyre that h" had not been informed of the charges upon which lie is to be tried by court martial at Denver on the 2titli instant, tiiie otlicer very' promptly furnished the papers in the case for publication. The chaplain is to be tried upon three charges, all -growing out of a lecture delivered by him In th.- Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. Denver, (’ol.. on August Bth last referring to the battle of July 3d. Tin- first charge is "scandalous conduct t< nding !•> the destruction of good morals.” Tiler., are three speeitieations under this eliarg'’, in brief that ho referred to Admi ral Sampson as reporting himself within four miles of the Colon when sin- struck h. r . .dors in order to get his share of prize money. Second, ho charged that on the ch.-iso after title Colon the Oregon met th low.-i going to Hie rear, and that “Fighting Hoti” took the lowa to th.- rear and kept her there during the I.attic. Third, that . astern mad.- ships failed to come up to expectations because tile builders received their orders through political pull and "did no: care emw inueli they cheated tile gov ernmen t.” The second charge is “conduct to the preiudiee of good order and diseiplini-." It recites the three speeitieations of the first eharge with an additional one based on tli<- chaplain's "public and contemptu ous” reference t" Captain Evins as “Fight ing Boh.” The third eliarste is “conduct unbecoming an ofiieer ot' tlie navy” and r -.-ites tin. same specifications. Lady on a School Board. Se’.ma. Ala . September 23.- (Special.)— Mrs. Kate K. Jarvis lias b.-en appointed a member of tiie board of education of Dallas .■ounty. th.- first Instance of the kind in tins section. Sho is an experienced teacher and newspaper writer of some note. She will enter upon her new duties at once. the CfINDIDIITES ARE ARE NAMED Progress of the Political Cam paign in North Carolina—The Democratic Outlook. HOW THE DISTRICTS STAND The Situation Now Seems To Be Quite Favorable —Movements of Prom inent People in the State. Raleigh, N. C., September 24.—(Special.)— Nearly ail the congressional nominations have been made and the campaign of the candidates is in very active progress. in the first district the nominees are John 11. Small, democrat; Harry Skinner, populist-republican. Skinner was renom inated by the populists and indorsed by the republicans. There is a small populist cabal against him. In the second district the republicans re nominated George H. White, the only ne gro congressman. The populists nominated James E. Loyd, with the avowed purpose of forcing the democrats to vote for him to defeat White. The democratic commit tee made no nomination. It is waiting to see if I-oyd makes a declaration for white supremacy. If he does, democrats will support him. it will require the full dem ocratic-populist vote to defeat M bite. 1 lie populist state chairman says Loyd will certainly remain in the field. In Hie third district Charles R. Thomas is the democratic nominee. John E. Fow ler is renominated by tin- populists. The republicans retuse to indorse him and make the claim tliat it is their right to make the nomination in this district and for the populists to support the republi can nominee. The populist stale chairman says that Fowler will continue in the field. Tlie republicans call a • onvent.ion fur Sep tember 2lfih and say that at lids time they will nominate either S. H. Buchanan or A. 11. Slocumb. In the fourth district the democrats have made no nomination as yet, but tin- choice will probably be Ed Chambers Smith. If he is not the nominee it will be either James It. Young or .Mark S. Spruill. '1 lie populists have nominat'd J. J. Jenkins, and on tlie 29th instant the republicans will, in convention, indorse him. Jn tlie fifth district tlie democrats have renominat'-d Wld mi . Kitebin. Ihe re publicans have nominated Spencer 15. Ad ams, having an agreement with the pop ulists tliat tlie latter will indorse him. The republi.-ans admit tliat they really dictated tlie nomination of Jenkins and the pop ulists dictated taut of Adams. There is a republican cabal against Adams, composed ot tlie friends of ex-Congressman Thomas Settle, who declare tliat tlie latter was the real choice es tlie republicans. in the sixtli district the republicans nominated Oliver 11. Dockery, who two years ago was d'-feated by Daniel L. Rus sell for tlie republican nomination for gov ernor. The populists indorsed Dockery, claiming they did it because lie wa.s a free silver man. Tlie democratic nominee Is John D. Bellamy In tlie seventh district Theodore F. Kluttz is the d> mocra -..- nominee. The populists nominated Morri-on 11. Caldwell and tlie republicans indorsed him. In tin- eighth district tlie republicans re nominated Romulus Z. Linney. Th. agree ment with tne populists is that they shall indorse Linney. There is a powerful com bination of reput'li' .1 ns against Linney and over half of tiio d, ;• gates to tlie conven tion at which in was nominated bolted his nomination and a month later held a convention which nominated J. '>. Wileox. The latter lias within tlie past fortnight died. John M. Brown, an ex-congres.-man, announces himself as an Independent re publican candidate. The bolters met again in convention on the li'lth instant and will Indorse Brown, it is nderstood. Tin- dem ocratic convention tie ets September 27th and will nominate either ex-Congressman W H. Bower or li. L. Green. In the ninth district tlie democrats have nominated ex-Congr. s:-man William 'l'. Crawford. The rep . ili.-.ins have renom inated Richmond i’< irson. Tlie populists have made no nomination. They are but a handful in tliat d triet and they claim that their vote is not necessary to elect I’earson. It should be born.- in mind that in no district are tlie populists united solidly, 'i'll.- arrangements for their vote are, -is a rule, made by tie i">pulist maehine. Only In the second .-ind third districts are the populist nomino s d. tasteful to tlie repub licans, tin- reason I. ing tli.it both Lloyd and Fowler are friends of Senator Butler, who is so e<q-'l: :iy hated l,y till North Carolina republii nis -ive Governor Bus sed. '1 fieri' are p'lpniisls who say openly Dial the populist vot" will be divided be tween Lloyd and White, the negro repub lican, but others deny this and say they will get the solid V"'. of th* r party. Their slate chairman to in - the lat er assertion. 'I lie election of Kit.-hin, Bellamy, Kluttz and tiie democratic .eimiriee in tlie eighth district .appears to be .'-‘ire. The Crop Situation. The crop and w cither bulletin for the week ending last night is very favorable. It says conditions wer,. exe. llent for ma turing crops and io. farm work. The de ficiency of temp, ratio,, tor tile week av eraged less than oin- legree Dry wo.itli.'r and abundant scnsaine jirevaib-d, these b ing exactly what tlie crops needed. Corn, excepting a few counties, is turning out well. Much is cut and gathered early to s.'-tve it from the weevil. 'I ,ie deficiency in fodder will good lij the very large and excellent yield of meadow and peavine Jiay. Con.dit.ions or., extrirnely favorable for maturing cotton. Picking is now the principal work, and so rapid is the opening that there is a great demand for pickers. lae crop is reported as short, as compared with want was expected, it is claimed that the August or top crop is small, and tliat bolls av gen- rally small. Tobacco cutting and curing are practically completed, and grading and marketing are proceeding tepidly. Peanuts and rice are yielding w.,-11. I'.irmers art busy lii'iiig'hing foi winter wheat, and have in > ie good prgn-e.- Earlv -own oats look well. Major E M. Hay.s, Sev. nl a . av.ilt .v. Unit..! States arm.' who was for two yearn <>n duty at military headqiiarters. is now here on his wav t.> Arizona to join his t glnii nt. w 1 '' i' will rendvzyoi’s at Hunt- v;ile. and be in General Wheeler s cavalry division. Senator Butler arrived here yesterday, and at once went to Governor BussoH's office, where tii.-re was a confi rence. Poisoning the Dogs. Many valuable bird dogs in this • Ity h iv.. wit'hin t "■ past thirty davs |. ■. n pois oned In tin- Cap 'I square, ind suspicion i; one., felj upon Bev. J. L. Burns, tlie keeper of the capitol. Eviden.-e cam.- ye-- terday that lie had ordered his night Watchman to imy tin- pois-m and that, not daring to buy it here, in.- had procured it Fav.-t tevitl'-. St’it lor damages insti tuted at one ago nst Burns. Tills will bad to a suit for cruel;y to animals. Burns is heartily hated by everybody her... and Ids conviction will give special pleasure. It seems tliat the fusionists. In addition to t'lielr Other shortcomings, have de seended to the legel of dog poisoners JoQin S. Koonce, ot 'I renton, was today appointed chief clerk to the secretary of stalo vice Mr. A. I>. K. Wallace, who was dismissed for drunkenness Th" Second regiment left for home today on furlough. All ordnance property w;-.s turned over yesterday and stored :n a warehouse. The tents stand, and are oc cupied i'V quite a large number ot tlie m* n -is guard, and also by those who pre fer to remain here during tlhe term of fur lough. More remain t >;.n it. was expeeted would fail to go hottie. Not a few of t.i< app»* »r in some way to think that there may be some change by which the regiment may continue in service. There are even hints that upon t'he resignation of certain officers the regiment may be re- tained. but this appears very absurd. In deed It Is quite sure tliat by t'he end of October the regiment will be mustered out. At least sixty applicants for attorney’s license will be before the supreme court 1 next Monday. I Steps are being taken to make the ex hibits at the Winston tobacco fair the most complete and meritorious yet shown t'here. Tlie fair will Induce now features, among them a live-stock exnibit. The Tobacco Sales. Mr. J. IL W. Bonltz has returned from Goldsboro, where he attended 'he prize tobacco sales on Thursday. There are three tobacco warehouses in Goldsboro, and they are packed with to bacco. They have sales from once to twice ' daily, and whole troops of farmers and buyers are In attendance. At the sale at I | tlie Farmers’ warehouse, Mr. Bonitz sold I a. half dozen o r more lots of bright leaf to bacco tliat brought from s»> to JE2 a hundred pounds. He brought back with trim some 1 of tlie samples and kindly presented The Messenger with some of th' best quality. It is quite pretty, and was raised on Mr. Bonitz's farm near Dudley, in Wayne county. Mr Bonltz fells us tlhat there was a tre mendous crowd in Goldsboro on Thursday, and that $1(1.000 were paid out for tobacco and $3,000 for cotton. Tobacco lias got to be a big thing in Wayne county, and Gol<lt>b».ro is becoming an Important to bacco city. MAY KEEP COLUMBUS’S REMAINS United States Considers a Monument a Permanent Fixture. Washington, September 24.—Notice has been taken of the expressed pur pose of the Spanish captain genet al to remove from the island the remains of Christopher Columbus with part ot i the surmounting monument. If a monument is not a permanent fixture, then it is hard to decide what is and it is possible that attention will be called to the infraction of the terms of the protocol, although this must be dene with haste in order to succeed in Its object, ns the removal is said to be fixed for next Tuesday. Will Lower the Remains Monday. Havana, September 24. -At S o'clock next Monday morning the captain general'* bodyguard will form in the I’lnza < tisto. whence, headed by a banTl, they will pro ceed to the cathedral to render ml itary honors during th. lowering of the r-m Uns of Columbus from th- monument where they now rest ami the preparation for transportation to Spain- BRONZE BUST OF COLUMBUS. Washington. September 24.—The most beautiful of all of tin souvenirs "f the great naval battle of July 3d. off Santiago, reached the navy department today from Captain Converse, commanding tlie Mont j gomery, at Guantanamo. I It is a bronze bust of Christopher Colum bus taken from the cruiser Cristobal Colon, which lies b-low tlie surface ol tlie ocean twenty tnil-s off Santiago. The navy department has offer' d to place it In charge of tlie Smithsonian museum until some per manent disposition can be made of it. LOOKING FOR WINTER QUARTERS Troops Will Be Camped Near Southern Resorts. Washington, September 24.—The subject of winter camps for the troops that are not used tn the occupation of Cuba is being consl.ier-d by the war department. Officers of tile army have been investigating vari ous sites which can be used, a'lid though nothing lias be. n definitely <l. termijie<l, it is probable that southern camps will be chosen. S'.lie suggestion has been made that the mountain resorts might lie utilized, but the si lection of such places is not conn mylaicd by the war department. It was said today that examinations were being made with m. I v . to the select ion of camp- ti> ;>opu ar winter r—sorts :n the * aiolin . -, AI i bama. Georgia and !• lorida It is not tlie intention of the d- partment to have any Very large camps al any of tin-,, places. If they are found satisfac l(,..y it is probable that flier.- will be a movement of troops to the south in about a month, which would proinbly mean the abandonment of Camp Meade i-n I’ctinsyi vania. HOW ADMIRAL DEWEY GOT COAL. Sailing Vessels Were Sent East Before the War Began. Washington. September 24.—Contain Bradford, chief of tho naval equipment bureau, is s tiling up tin heavy coal bills incurred during the war and lias now adjust,-i most of them. Some realization of the forethought and discretion exhibited b.y tlie equipment bu reau may be had from a s'.atement of th fact teat weeks b.-foi.- the declaration war it had a number of sailing ships qui'-l 1V creeping toward Asia laden with coal and with nothing to indicate that they we:-., carrying it to Dewey or to render them liible to seizure or det'-.T.ion by the eiiemv or some severe n-iftral power. _ Immediately upon tlie declaration of war a number of steam -rs were hurried along witii mure -oil. and in -onsequ'.in-'- 1 (.mud himself in possession ol tm less Ji. n pi t<)US Ol thv AlU'Tl<''Ul ( O.AI o fight bls battles witii. EXPRESS TRAIN IS HELD UP. Robbers Blow a Car Up with Dyna mite. Kansas City, Mo- September 23. The Colorado and Coffcyvill-- express train "U the Missouri Pacific railroad, which left Kansas City at 9:L'> o'clock tonight, was held up bv robbers near Leeds, a suburban station about six miles out from the union The locomotive and baggage car were de tached from the train and taken down the tr-, -k toward Dodson after which tlie rob l. rs shattered the Pacific Express Compa r.v’s ear with dynamite. 'At rnidnignt it is not known what the robbers secured. Officials of the exptess company state that th*' safe contained lit tle treasure, as tlie messenger carried noth ing d-stined for points beyond Coffeyville, Kas. POSTPONE DEPARTURE. I President Will Not Leave Washing ton Until Later. ■Washington September 21- The president has .held, d to postpone his departure for th. « st urtll the week in Oetob. r. giving hlms-lf only time to reach Omaha bv :.ie 12th. This is a change from th. original programme, which contemplated an , arlii-r start and a visit t v oth* r places 1.. arriving at Omaha. He has re.-eis. ,1 ■ invit (lions to many other points while on ' his tour but so far has definitely decided ■ onlv to go to Omaha on tlie 12th and '<> I Chieaga on til.. 17th. He « -s today invited 1.. St Paul and Minneapolis, but d.-ferr-d a definite answer. The invitation in Inis I ...a*.- came from Governor M. rriam an.l <,f --| ti. ~1 b*H.-s of Hm twin cities. it s now expected that Mr. Hay will be Install..l as secretary ..( stat.' I,.fore the pr. *i.l. al's depicture for tlie west, and I it is hop* .1 to h:.v. tlie war department ■ inw-tlpation well under way before the , pr-sldcnt gets away. Barroom Tragedy in Savannah. 1 Savannah. Ga., September 21.—(Special.)— ' John L. Archer, a prominent young Sa vann.ih real estate ag.-nt, shot,' and It is i thought, fatally wounded Mehrt Sullivan. an Irishman and harktepir at about C> | o’clo-k. ■ Sullivan and Archer had been quarreling i previously, tlhe dispute between t'hem be- I ing of a political nature. Sullivan, who 1 was a bark, per at the South End hotel I at Tyl.-e, lias been doing nothing since the I elos.- of the season on the island, and was - drinking heavily today. According to the last authenticated reports lie accused 1 A relit er of being a member of t'he American j Protective Association, which the latter ' denied. Wreath on LaFayette's Tomb. Paris, September 21.—Ferdinand W. Peck, the United States commissioner to the Paris exposition of 1900, accompanied by ills staff, deposited a gold wreath on the tomb of LaFayetVe today, it was in scribed "A tribute to tlie memory of Gen eral LaFayette from the United States ex position commission.” ARRIVAL OF COLONEL HAY. Says There Is No Alliance Between This Country and England. New York. September 21.—Th- White Star liner Teutonic arrived today from Liverpool, having on board many notables, [ including tlie new secretary of stale. Colo nel John Hay, formerly ambassador to tlie court of St. James. "Is there any formal understanding be tween Hi- United States and Great Brit ain?” Colonel Hay was asked by an As sociated Press reporter. “Not that I know of.” ho answered; "but the relations existing between the two countries are comfortable and satis'ac tory. There is no alliance, and 1 don t think anything of the kind is contemplated. The attitude of England during Hie Mar wa.s absolutely correct, and strictly neu tral. Still, at the same time, England showed a great deal of friendship for the United States. The feeling of tlie people of England was strongly in favor u this country.” "What do you think of the czar’s‘dis armament scheme?” "I am satisfied tliat tho proposition is a sincere one. All civilized peoples want peace, and if the czar accomplishes what ho has set out to do, bis name as tiie greatest peacemaker will go down in his tory. Again, 1 say, 1 believe the scheme was suggested in good faith.’" Colonel Hay will remain in this city for a day or two. ..ind then he will go to to assume his place in tlie cabinet. j MEXICAN VETERANS IN SESSION. I I National Association Elects -Officers and Place of Meeting. Louisville, Ky., September 22.—Tlie Na tional Mexican Vcteruns’ Association today elected General E. H. Hobson, of Green ville, Mlllenburg county, Kentucky, presi dent; A. L. Ogg, of Indiana, vic*- president; Wilbur R. Smith, Ix-xington, Ky., secre tary and treasurer; Al*-xandcr Williamson, Lexington, Ky., corresponding sc*-rotary. The following state vice presklents worn chosen: P. T. Briggs, of Illinois; Sam McFaddin, of Indiana; James Givens, of Kentucky; it. G. Wood, of Tennessee; N, H. Garr, of Oklahoma, A. N. Davis, of Pennsyl- Indianapolls was selected as the next place of meeting. Tonight tho veterans wore tendered a banquet at Fountain Ferry park by tlie Commercial Club of the city. FLORIDA'S POLITICAL STATUS. The Two Democratic Nominees for Con gress Will Be Elected. Jacksonville. Fla., Septemb ■(■ 2.7. —(Spe- cial.) -The political pot is boiling In th; state, but so far it seems all one way. Tie' democrats who have been split by internal dissensions for many years are now united and but one democratic ticket. Is in th" field and from present Indications it w.ll have a walkover In tho two congressional districts. The state ticket will bp olected without trouble. In the first district Rob Davis, of Palat ka, the present incumbent, blds fair to be returned with even a large majority than his last one, as his course has pleased the public. His republican opponent Is H. L. Anderson, of C'cala, but the republican strength is slight and the republicans are 'llvf'led. the Lee and Wainpboldt factions, of Duval county, producing much feeling and dissensions in their ranks. In th'- second distr et Hon. S. M Spark man, of Tampa, will b,- re-elected without trouble. His republican opponent is E. R Gunby. He is a hard fighter, but he hasn't the strength in his party to place him in congress in that district. The democratic committees In 'h< first <lis'ri' are now out among tin- districts an.l doing good work. None of the democratic leaders think tliat the result will be e'.ose. CHARLESTON'S COTTON MELL. | How tlie Experiment with Negro La bor Is Holding Out. | Charleston S Septembt j clal.) President O. Wl' , of tlie Charliston t->ti mill, 'b'clined today to deny or confirm the report th it the dlr' C tors of the mill had about (leei.led to do away with negro labor. A clipping fron Ta. Southern ind Western Text eeisior. which stated that negro labor in the mill was ■ abolish* 1, was shewn Mr. Witte. He said he knew nothing ot such a move ami added tliat tn* labor question was still under consideration by the directors. The Charleston mill has been working negroes for about a year. Th*- mill was not prosperous tir-Jer the wait., rcyim and Mr. *>. 11. Sampsun, of 80. t.ui. m . I ■ i earnest effort to have negroes pat m. T): ; was finally don*-. There came mar I. t.g bloody riots when the white peopb w. re tunic*! down for the blacks and on --. -il occasions attempts were made by th ■ ex opera: Ives to mob the negroes For . ny while police guards hao tn be sti:io ■ i about tlie mill at the close of the. day’s work to prev* nt bloodshed, thougn :. .w there is no trouble and the negro laborers are moving along quietly with their work. The employment of tlie negro operatives has greatly decreased the weekly pay rods of the company, as the hands are wiling to work for less money' than was form, rly paid the wtiit. s. A few Whit ■ people re slid employed as overseers tind tlie 1 k , but. til*- negroes are handling the ma chinery. The mill officials are rather rela-. at about .... ssin Th tend that they have had so mu about it tli.it they are tired talking. From other sour." s. however, it is said that t'i" plan is working satisfactorily and that the directors ar»> very much pleased, * pe ... ■ with the fact that less money lias to lie paid out to til.- operatives from week - week, (file apparent trouble Is that ae negroes ate not steady < none It tor mill em ployment. They drift about and live on nothing, while the white p. "pie ail '. ! .families dependent on the mill wages fi.r * bread. This made th* men and women re liable and faithful operatives, though that is not exactly the case with the blacks. Efforts are made to till the factory witii i better class of colored people and when tills Is done there will be still less cau o for dissatisfaction. GOLD HUNTERS RETURN WEARY. Vancouver. B. <’• September 2.7 -Brind • ley Mills and I’. G. Grant, two members "f a Montr.-al Klondike syndicate, arriv.-d Imre today after spending f.mr months in trying to got through to tho gol-1 country over the Ashcroft trail. At Mud rlv mot ST Arthur Curtis, in English baron, and his party. Sir Arthur mystoriomslv dis appeared h*-r*. and was never seen bv a white man again. Mr Mills is confident tae Indians not only know all about the noblemans de.-ch. lint where th. l*el v I-. They want sl.t'(b reward for bringing it out of tin- woods. The unfortunat ■ noble man. Mr. Mills believes, met with foul play. Mills and his party were left four days without food lA' miles from Telegraph Creek. On one occasion t!"\ took t'i, ad vice of a treacherous Indian guide, and went fifty miles out of their w iv. Tfi.-y describe their experience as terrible T . declare emphatically that the route is .. fraud .ind that hundreds of fellows are actually in danger of stnrv.it.on on it . now. Ambassador Fava in Rome. YYasliin ;t»n. September 23. \nib.issador Fava, of Italy, is taking a long vacation at Rome and is not expected back to his post here before next December. The presence of tlie ambassador at Rome also will give opportunity for a personal con ference on the Cerruti case, which, accord ing to late advices, lias led to a severan*-*' of diplomatic relations between Italy and Colombia. AGUINALDO WANTS FOB m Filipinos Congress Is Now Considering a Tax Levy On Islanders. IDEA IS BITTERLY OPPOSED The Insurgent Leader Declares That the Priests Are Working Up Strife and Doing All They Can To Cause Dis content. Manila, September 2.7. Tho Filipino con gress is engaged In tlie conskleratlon of the question of raising funds to defray the heavy expenses of the maintenance of the army pending a decision by the Baris con feri nci'. || th. rto the army of the Ffilplnos has been chiefly support. 1 by public sub scription, but now the native government contemplates the Imposition "f various taxes. The Inhabitants of the northern jirovlnchowever, i s,"- ! ;llv of I’ampang and Ilocos, fiatly r fu. " to pay land or poll taxes liecausc t was the popular im pression that th" revolutionists would abol ish t i xation entirely. The natives of I’ampang and Dangaslnan, the two rl< nest agricultural provinces of the island and those of Hoe >s ar.J Zam liiles. who ir - tho sturdiest mountaineers, distrust it-' T.'gtil.-; and Insist upon the es tablishment of an Amerlean protectorate. Yestcr<l:iy tlie .assembly debated tho ques tion of a land tax. A m ij-iri v of tlie mem bers were opposed to the tn-'lntern no. of a burden unequally d! '.rihuted and undulv favoring the Tag.als nd demon*! that a fit before the matter was decided. The state ment was no- forlhe miing an*l tho ques tion was s’le’.ved. Attulni'hlo realizes the diffiettlty of rocon olling she (‘ontli'-t tig lat' rests, but hopes that the nations will allow the Filipinos a. fair eh in." t" show that they are capa ble of ui'lf-gov’. rnment. Aguln.-ildo ,!-.0. ".o A o-.ated Press to inform tlie world that, “there Is conclu sive evidence that mane Spaniards and priests are intriguing with a faction of the • . . . > ■ ' ■ ' Americans will be Ive th ■ whole ■ p I tion to be irreconcilable." Ho asserts that the intriguers pay mon ey an I provide uniform; to pi rt ons who inipersonate rebel ollleers and enter the town and he a.-.-uscs Eugene Blan.-o of be tli<* * Tiict" <)’ tTiosP i 8. In (he course of an interview with the Vssocl.iti-d l’rc;s correspondent, Aguinal *lo said that the i .lip nos lie*-; cumpiises | e ght st'-amers, *viil.-ii aie now ell g-Ig l din | conveying troops tor a grand c.unpa.gn against the Spat c ' ■ in tne souui- I , ; .-i ni.ls. 1 tic;- \*ss is an prae.lc.Uiy Thie Spanish gunboat El Cano, he .ays, I r . u . , J ~-.1 Masbalu and caught and i sunk tne Fu ■■ ' L ’ !h P Burisan. ■ wn;<- I was lying at .it" .'“ r tie-.e. H,. admit:- d the " tunof me tnu I Abbey, forrnerij the l'a.-ig. but < *•- ~ii ~|.i*d rides ami animu ‘ ; \ L h be admitted ’ bt . max*tn« und a- p I ‘'The'YmT.T States steamer Hugh Mc- Cuilo th ■■ mmri 1 l■" Abo . ixtj * soum of Man.ia. H m bei.eved mat u A1 ,.,.-y has ximded I. 1 : • ■ kitchener reaches fashoda. Ficnch Were Informed They Would Have To Leave tne lovvn. , i vpiian t xpc<L- conunanchng tne . lion, has return ■! to Obidurimm, :i.tA ..-mo.islied posis a' Famod.i and on the b':*b:.t riwr. 1 lie troops .lid no fighting ;• ' ,; ,»•v i - t -.< ’ I 111. I’ 011 ttlU W , except with cv U'-'L \i. a ■ > 1111 south, wii.eli W.i;* ..pull'd. No Fighting Occurred. London, *jv-i ' 11 '”‘‘ y , ‘ " (■■',. ,> *m r -.mijndelil, le,. grapdiillg today (Mo;: my), says. •G.n'r.u e.um..-." -‘ f"’ ;lt Fa-mm.*. I"- ’ ‘ ,’ 1 ’ “ d l(lll a,, hau "Xpr. .- lilsti 11**1011:' Ilia, l.iu ■■■ \'" ' ■' : 1 ' ; . d < :UIM. A»*.lj«'. -‘‘ i* <>t. *i * * . i i i.int. li*. ><» ligniin--; occ.u'r. u. xU.ijor .vlarc ' ■■-•' ■a' ■ ■ ■ 1 tna: tae British insist'-I imoti iin-.r em.ms, : ' ' .■' - ' 1 ml Kit'-li'-ner a long official dispatch to l.oml'in, hoist"*! the union jack and the Egyptiati ensign and left i a danese battalions and tin (’.-im ron High landers to protect th.- Briash dag. Colo nel J'.ack u on commands ill" i a.-;-;- n.” Khalifa’s Army Defeated. cd r*-mnar;: of l.e- I. i.il:. ’ army wa.s de feated and its last 'o:>..!iold, G*d.ir|f, captured S'-ptemb'-r 2_d, at'er three hours' liard figli'.:ng, wlien an Egyptian force numbering 1.;■(>", nt; nr command of Col": I .'-! Parsons, routed l’.'" 1 dervi. hcs. of wh -m ..t>> were killed. Three Egyptian "fii.-i t s w, re wounded and thirty-seven Egyp . . dlers killed ami lifty-nim w und< d. MAY LAND CARGO FREE OF DUTY Spanish Authorities Will Allow the Comal To Unload at Matanims. Washington, Sep-.emia-r j... A stat -ni' nt was ,ssue<l by til* war d -partnient tonight tliat th'' Cuban eumniissi-.m had effected . n arrang'-ment wliii the Sp.ur.-h authorities whereby the s ■ am--r Comal, carrying a cargo of supplies tor the suffering people of Cuba, would be permitted to land her cargo at M Lanzas free of duty. This is tiie text of the war department's siato- " L'lie Comal has been ordered to s.i.l for M itanzas, where a. r stores will be dis tributed under tm- direction of a commis sion to lie agreed upon by the commisstoiis on I'V.ieuation.” This Indi' ites the idjustment of a ques tion tliat promised for several days to be come serious. '1 In Spanis!i authorities, slid malntaini'iig Spain's right of sovereignty over the island of Cuba, refused to permit tlie Comal to land at Havana without the imposition upon her cargo of duties amounting to ('lO.OOti. Mails to Cuba. Washington, S -P'.einbcr ;. 'l’lie j-ostof- I;. e deparim*nt a . - in ormation 'hat tlie Cuban South C" i Steamship Cuinpany lias res" I weekly trips from Santiago to P.at.ibitio, tcm-iiing at M.'inzani.lo, Santa < 'ruz, J ; tio. Tunas, Tr nid id amt (.'ienfuegos. Ma.! Horn ail points in Cuba should therefore lie seat via Tampa. Fin., and Havana. Cuba, with the exception of that I’m' the 1' iited St ites army and navy al Santiago and vicinity, which should be. sent to Washington, where it is made up and dispatched once a week to Santiago direct. 5
