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A CHANGE.

Southern Is acted on. Chairrnaa C3Swell drew the following order,

"Whereas. St. John, of the S'iltflrAir Line, and President KIlloU. of C2eAtlantic Coast Line, in vursuaaor Tnotice duly erved have apix arvilfore and filed rheir answer ami jHcnJfied willingness to produce all frne en-deadh-

ead

pa?3 over aki lineup lthave asked that su5? production orsueh passei Je postponed untilquestion of power of the board. m-ti-c

Is now pending with another comrasayIs decided in favor of the exetxi otfthis power; Therefore It U

"Ordered ifrat .production of nsclpasse 1n postponed until further wv-ric- e.

by order of thi toard."Crossweil. of the Southern Kxpnfraw .

Company was the next witne. jatwJwas asked as to whether pam li tiGovernor Itull had ben d.adhMJ-e- d.

He replied: "yes. lastyear; ivnoethis year; th.tt two or throe a numthwere sent frm Wilmington to Kak-vct- a

and some from Morehvad City; ttnst.uch courtesy had alwayj Uen Khathe governors, and other state cflkv-rv-.

and th railway commissi. :er tn.but not the present commission, in Tto nobody this year; that t.e govt-r?-d-id

not request deadheading; that 2mswas very modest in his shipment acompared with other governor.

The last matter taken up re-garding the order fixing telep'iume-rate- .

Senator Daniel, wh m-J- tt

Meany, of New Jersey, and Stfxmj.appeared for the RW1 Telephone Oasn-Ia- ny

made one f the cleverest mmQmost jvnverful arguments ever ftwanahere, it was directed at Caldwell. mrQPears.m. ami hi master mind tirtyplayed around his victim. InJwanted to know what he wa i!lincwith; that the last time he npvtrraefore the railway commission it belil

it was a court of Judicature, so iut.r-pretir- .g

the supplemental rvmmUrwmact f 193; but that wince th- - n tin--

court in the cases of H WiLhad held the commission not a Juki- J-

A State Onard Company Make KequIiFJtlon far Overcoats so as to bo Kady toStart for ICuba Reports of Dnlldit g andLota AsocIl!ooa A Salt to Annul m

Marriage lie t ween Parties Cndr A(dNew Style of Preparation for Office Hold-ing

Messenger Bureau,Raleigh, X. C, Feb. 17

Charles J. Parker resigns as secre-tary of the North Carolina Teachers'Assembly and it la thought probablethat "W. T. Whitsett will succeed him.

The damage by the forest fires iseven greater than was expected. Therewere - fires in over a dozen countiesTuesday. So far no loss of life is re-

ported, but there was considerable lossof farm buildings. The towns of Pine-hur- st

and Southern Pines had a nar-row escape.

The state today chartered theDrug Company, of Greens-

boro, capital $10,000.At the adjutant-general- 's office to-

day there was a good deal of laughing.A company commander sent in a requi-sition for overcoats from the arsenalso his company would be ready to moveon Cuba at once. One of the officials re-turned the requisition, with the sugges-tion that only the lightest garnvintscan 'be worn in Cuba and suggestingthat nightshirts be requisitioned for asparticularly suitable.

Last year thirty-fou- r building andloan associations made reports to thestate auditor. So far this year ninehave sent in reports, and the Pruden-tial, of Cabarrus, leads, with loan ag-gregating $65,000.

Yvheeler Martin very promptly ac-cepted the appointment as solicitor of,the Second district.

The damage by Tuesday's storm herewas only about $50, due to the fall ofa chimney, which broke through a roof.

Farmers say rain is needed. Theground is remarkably dry for the sea-son of the vear.

'A suit is brought here to dissolve themarriage of Walter Lee, under17 years of age, of Harnett county, and'Mis3 Denning, under 14 years of age,of E&leigh.

An effort is being made to procurefor the state library every book relat-ing to iXorth Carolina. The presentcollection is far from complete.

Ruff. Henderson, the republican whogot $300 for withdrawing from the can-didacy fr state auditor in favor'of H.W. Ayer, is now preparing himself fora $2,000 government position by sober-ing up. He says he has been indulgingfar too freely in corn whiskey.

B. F. Park, for years well known inthe1 planing mill business here, isdangerously sick at his home in Ra-leigh, i ' , .

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Con federate VeteransThe confederate veterans comprising

the 'North Carolina Division of theUnited Confederate Veterans, at theirmeeting in Nashville, Tenn., duringthe last re-uni- on, decided 'to hold a re-

union in the city of Charlotte on Fri-day, May 20, 1898.

(Major-Gener- al W. L. DeRosset, com-manding, through his adjutant-gener- al

and chief of staff, 'Colonel Junius Da-vis, has issued orders in which he says:

"As this will really be the first re-union held by the division, the com-manding general earnestly trusts thatevery camp in the division will thereibe represented, by at least three dele-gates, and may he not hope that everycomrade belonging to the commandwill be present if possible. He also ex-tends a cordial invitation to everyworthy confederate, whether a mem-ber of the United Confederate Veteransor not. The chief quartermaster, Col-onel WV J. Woodward, of Wilmington,is hereby charged with the duty of ar-ranging transportation, and with theassistance of the brigade quartermas-ters, will disseminate all informationobtainable as to rates from the severalpoints in the state."'

Mecklenburg Camp, at Charlotte, arepreparing to give the veterans a grandtime. Committees have been appointedand all arrangements are being perfect-ed. The leading hotels will charge usu-

al rates, $2.00, $2.50 arid $3.00 per day,while other hotels will charge $1.00 perday. Arrangements will be made with'boarding houses for reasonable ratesfor those who prefer to pay, but sleep-ing accommodations and board will befurnished to all those" who will acceptof the entertainment of the good peo-ple of Charlotte. Comfortable cotsand good substantial food in abundancewill be secured at as low a rate aspossible.

The railroads have been asked tomake concessions to the veterans, andit is hoped low rates from all pointswill prevail.

Didn't KecognizrltSmith "Brown is getting to be quite

absent-minde- d of late, isn't he?"Jones "Why, I haven't noticed it."Smith "Wrell, he is. The other day

he happened to look in a mirror athome and he asked his wife what shewas doing with that fellow's picture inthe house."

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Hundreds of Mile of Timber Lands Sweptby the Besom of Destruction The Con-flagration the IVorst In Fifty Years Lossof Life and PropertyFrom all sides come reports of the de-

structive forest fires that have been rag-ing in several counties around Wilming-ton. In some localities the besom of de-

struction spread Tor twenty-fiv- e or thir-ty miles. Since Tuesday the wTiole heav-ens have been full of smoke and eventhe streets of Wilmington by clay andnight "have been full of smoke, althoughthe fires were many miles from 'here.The smoke was plainly emelled in thecity ami some times the smoke in theskies was so dense that it shut out thesun.

LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.A correspondent of The Messenger

writes as follows from Bladenboro, Bla-

den county, undtr date of February 15th:"A severe forest fire which originated

in Robeson county, .has been doing con-

siderable damage to the people in gen-

eral in Bladen county. The wind wasblowing a gale land the fire did not haltat large swamps. It just swept rightthrough the Big Swamp and was on thepeople here before they hardly knew it.It swept things clean as it went, burningfences, faouses. etc.

"M. T). L. Singletary sent "his youngestson, Cortez. about 13 years old, to notify

(his neighbors that the fire was uponthem and to look out. While young Sin-gleta- ry

was making his way back to hisfather's the fire drove faim Into a bay,and 'he was "burned to death. He left hisfather about 7 o'clock p. m. on the loth'and was found about 9 o'clock on the16th.

"The farmers are left in a bad condi-tion now, wit'hout fences around theirfarms. Among the losers are H. Ed-wards, J. N. Kelly, D. L. Singletary,near Bladenboro, and J. H. Thompson,Frank Averitt and Joe Thompson, nearAbbottsburg."WORST CONFLAGRATION IN FIFTY

YEARS.Mr. J. M. Turner, of Asliton, Pender

county, was in the city yesterday. Hesays the forest fires have swept over avery large area between Rocky Point andBurgaw. The flames swept through theforests, reaching the tops of tall trees,and fences, timber and turpentine landshave been damaged to an extent almostincalculable. 31r. Turner says the firehas been the worst in fifty years. Thepine straw in the forests has been burnedand the strawberry growers will be putto a severe test to get something withwhic'h to cover their strawberry plants.As is well known, the farmers have made.use of pine straw to protect their berriesfrom the frosts.DESTRUCTION IN ROBESON COUNTY

Mr. J. M. Pope, of Red Springs, writesMr. R. W. Hicks that on Tuesday forestfires swept a large area in that part ofRobeson county. He says under date ofFebruary 16th:

"We are congratulating ourselves t'hismorning that we are not all burned out.I have none of the particulars as towhere the fire started, but beyond FloralCollege, a the trestle on the railroad wasburned there, the fire taking everythingin its path. Considerable fencing andsome fodder is reported 'burned, and fora while we thought every house in townwould burn. The fire was taken by thewind and carried four or five Tiundredyards. The mills shut down, the mer-chants closed 'the stores, the doctors andprea'chers left their peaces and everybodyfought bravely. We stood guard all nightand if the fire kept going as rapidly asit vasi when it passed here, it is down atyour place by this morning. I have neverseen anything like it."THE FIRE RAGED AROUND SCOTTS

HILL.Captain G. W. Huggings received a let-

ter yesterday informing him that the for-

ests around Scotts Hill 'have been on firefor three days. Large timber tracts havebeen 'burned and turpentine farms havebeen greatly damaged and in many in-

stances destroyed. Fencing throughouta large section of the country has beenburned. The fence between the planta-tions of Captain Iluggins and Mrs. L.Toilers was destroyed and also a largeamount of fencing on Mr. R. K. Bryan'splace. The loss of fencing alone is esti- -

mated at $150 ris'ht at Scotts Hill. Thedamage further up the country cannotbe estimated. The fire came from thedirection of Rocky Point, where therehas been destructive fires raging for thepast three days.

MILES OF COUNTRY BURNED.Mr. Simon Smith, of Parkersburg, was

here on business yesterday. He bringsnews t'hat since Tuesday the forests forten or twelve miles around Parkersburg,Sampson county, have been devoured byflames. There has been great destructionof turpentine farms and valuable timber,and several farm houses have been de-

stroyed. One farmer lost a large numberof fattening hogs that he had in a pen.The fire swept down on him at dead ofnight, and there was hardly time forthe family to escape. The damage is es-

timated at not less than $50,000.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES ALONG THERAILROADS.

The Fayetteville Observer of February16th says:

Forest fires enveloped both the Wil-mington and Bennettsville branches ofthe Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail-road for miles yesterday.

On the Bennettsville branch the Lum-ber river bridge was discovered in flameswhen the afternoon train, going south,approached it.

Captain J. M. Walker and his crew,after a desperate fight for several hours,succeeded in saving the bridge, but sixtyfeet of the trestle was burned. The trainhad to remain there all night (the pas-sengers walking to Maxton, a distanceof three miles) and return to Fayette-ville this morning. The connection wasmade by the freight from Bennettes-vill- e.

The track is now clear.The freight train. Captain Gregerson.

frcm Wilmington, due here at 11 o'clocklast night, nud a terrible experience. Be-tween Parkersburg and Garland the trainran a distance of two miles, surroundedby flames, from a forest fire. Severalpanes of glass in the passenger coachwere cracked by the heat, and one of thebox cars caugiu on fire.

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True, dangers lurk in thepathway of the Expectant Motherand should be avoided.

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HANCOCK BOUNCED.

The Governor Remove Him as a Directorof the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail-way

(Special to The Messenger.)Raleigh, N. C, February 17. Gov-ern- or

Russell today sent the followingto Robert Hancock.

"'You are hereby notified that at ameeting- - of the board of internal im-provements, consisting of the Gover-nor, C. 'A. Cook and J. C. L. Harriss,this day you were removed as a mem-ber of the board of directors on thepart of the state in and for the At-lantic and North Carolina RailroadCompany. This order to take effect onand after the 22nd day of February1898."

The governor wrote the following tothe directors of the Atlantic and NorthCarolina Railway:

'"Robert Hancock has this day beenremoved by this board from his officeof director of Che Atlantic and NorthCarolina Railroad on the part of thestate, this removal to take effect m the22nd day of February 1898, this beingthe day on which your board of direc-tors is to meet. This action is takenby the board of internal improvementsunder authority upon thfn conferredby section 3 of amendments to thecharter of the Atlantic and NorthCarolin'a Railroad Company. It wouldseem that the removal- - of Hancock asdirector will operate as removal fromhis office as president of your company.But If you concur in the action of theboard of interal improvements, it mayIbe well for you to pass an order ofyour board dismissing him as presi-dent by virtue or powers granted toyour .board by section 4 of 2nd articleof by-la- ws of your company.

These letters are signed by Gover-nor Russell as president and J. E.'Alexander as secretary of the board ofinternal improvements.

Hancock told the governor todaythat if the board of directors of the At-lantic and North Carolina railwayasked him to resign, he would fight;whereupon the 'governor told him hewould remove him at once. Hancockthen walked out of the executive of-fice.

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The Fusionists "WisMinneapolis. Minn., February 17. The

populist convention here has come to --anend with the victory for the fusion force.The state convention was set for June15th and the middle-of-the-roade- rs who,desiring an April convention, found it-

self so much in the minority that it madeno struggle. It will make an effort tocontrol the convention.

Senator BuUer in his speech at themass meeting took a shot fit the admin-istration. Some one called out "Howabout the Maine?" lie replied, pointingtiis finger solemnly at the interrupter:"I don't know how about it. but if wehad a truly American administration Iknow that we would know about itsoon."

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Fla8 Ht Half Mast on Account of theTragedy at Havana

The frightful catastrophe that occurredto the United States batttleship Maineand the awful loss of life by the explo-sion in the harbor at Havana Tuesdaynight, created a profund impression inWilmington. Since the occurrence TheMessenger has been daily and nightlybeseiged for news.

The flags on the postoffiee, the customhouse, the United States revenue cutterLot CM. Morrill, and the court house areat half mast. Telegrams were receivedhere from "Washington ordering the flagsto be placed at half mast on the postof-fic- e,

the custom house and the cutter.

Called to the Pastorate of St. Paal'a Eph-.cop- itl

CharchRev. Thomas C. Wetmore, of Asheville,

has been called to the pastorate of St.Paul's Episcopal church, this city, andnow has the matter under consideration.

The young divine is one of ability andspnt quite a while in this city about tendays ago. He conducted services severaltimes at St. Paul's church, and it wasafter hearing him preach that the vesiryof the church offered him the pastorate.

Rev. Mr. Vetmore married a niece ofthe late Bishop Lyman.

The NoalU Carolina SocietyThe committee of arrangements, Messrs

W. R. Cox, Sterling Ruffin and J. B.Lloyd, have The Messenger's thanks foran Invitation to a reception to be giventhis evening by the North Carolina Soci-ety at Confederate Veterans hall, cor-ner of Eleventh and B streets, N. W.,Washington, D. C.

The officers "of the North Carolina Soci-ety are as follows:

President Dr. W. C Murphy.First Vice President-n- J. B. Lloyd.Second Vice President J. S. Tomlinson.Secretary F. M. Little.Treasurer David Anderson. ... ..

GOES INTO MATTKit OP PASSiSAND FREIGHT HATES.

Witness Summoned by Mr. Abbott I)!r-charg- ed

Answers r President Elliottand Vlee President St. John astoTrPasses Oocstion of Kates on Cora endFertilizers-Deadhe- ad Express for fiov-erno- rs

Senator Danil Ileforo the Coin,mlssl on the Telephone Itts Case

(Special to The Messenger.)Raleigh. N. C. February IT. The

event today was the meeting of therailway commission. There was anotable gathering of railway men andattorneys Andrews. Turk, Finley.Culp. Munson. Charles Price. FairfaxHarrison. W. A. Henderson and Bus-be- e,

of the Southern; St. John, McBee,Glover and Watts, of the Seaboard AirLine; Elliott and Emerson, of the At-

lantic Coast Line; Hancock am! Dill,of the Atlantic and North Carolina:Mingea, of the Norfolk and Western;F. D. Jones and Guthrie, of the Char-lotte and Durham; Fry and Kyle, ofthe Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley;General Counsel Flemming "Dubignonand Superintendent Crosswell. of theSouthern Express Company, and Sen-ator J. W. Daniel, of the Bell Tele-phone Company. Among th? otherwitnesses were J. W. Wilson and J. P.'Massenburg. of Henderson.

The first thing done was the adoptionof the following resolution offered byPearson:

"That Charles St. John. J. 'M. Jam!,son. W. H. Day. S. L. Dill, C. Alkn.William Moncure, II. S. Leard. J. P.Massenburg and John T. Patrick arehereby discharged from attendance onthis commission, as there is nothingunder investigation t require their at-tendance."

These were witnesses subpoenaed byCommissioner Abbott, but the latterin a few minutes put Caldwell andPearson on record by offering a reso-lution that instanter summons be is-

sued for all the above as witnesses.Pearson anl Caldwell voted this down.Abbott said he wanted to see whethera commissioner had authority to sum-mons witnesses. Caldwell said yes, un-der certain circumstances, but that itrequired commissioners to examine thewitnesses.

It was tfie comment that A1bott hadscored a point. Railroad people say so.Republicans are saying the commis-sion's decision will 'be used in the com-ing campaign.

Caldwell stated that the witness hadnot been summoned by resolution. Ab-bott asked if other witnesses had notbeen summoned without resolution andthe chairman admitted that they had,'but said it was done 'by consent: thatthe witnesses Abbott had brought herehad not been subpoenaed by consentof a majority of the commission. Ab-bott said he knew he was at the mercyof the majority, but he defied them;that he had these witnesses here toinvestigate, a matter which had cometbefore the commission in regard toone railroad, and he wanted to treatall alike and see if 'other roads had'been doing the same thing.

The resolution adopted by Pearsonand Caldwell prevented 'W. H. Dayfrom testifying. He had been speciallysummoned to state whether he issuedSeaboard passes in the governor's of-fice during the last session of the legis-lature, as has been charged.

The next matter taken up was ferti-lizer freight tariff rates in car loadlots. Emerson, Gulp, Glover and Guth-rie contended there was no state sche-dule in operation for fertilizers fromwhich to make reduction of 16 1- -3 percent. C. E. Bordon, for the NavassaGuano Company, asked that the samerate be made in this state as in SouthCarolina, it being still lower than theordered rate would le.

The commission appointed Emerson,Glover, Culp and 'Borden a committeeto examine and report to the commis-sion tomorrow a recommendation for astate rate from which a 16 1- -3 per cent,reduction can be made. Emerson askedBorden if it would be satisfactory tomake 30,000 pounds a minimum carload.

The reduced rate ordered on corn wasdiscussed. Glover said it in some casewas a reduction of 33 per cent.

Vice President St. John was called onto give evidence as to passes JudgeWatts read an answer from him say-ing last year he had issued 75,000. Pres-ident Elliott also filed "his answer. Bothanswers asked that the matter of therailroad production of passes be heldup until the test case against the

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jrives a delightful finish to the day. JCcOv-In-gIs more agreeable than music wbtaSt

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srhlch are the finc-s- t home lnstnvieriflIn this country. Everyone who Ixai ftai5hased a Piano from us Is highly pexm&:with the result. It's quite ImpossIW lm-a- n

Inferior piano to masquerade as swamav-thi- ng

better. It has neither quality, twaor durablltly. The Stleff Piano seOs. cuXs own merits.

Standard Organs. 'Tuning and repairing.Accorammodatinff Terms.

CIIAltLES M. STIEFJBALTTMOP E 9 N. Liberty St.

WASHINGTON-S-21 Eleventh St,f OR FOLK. VA. 416 Main Ht.CHARLOTTE, N. C aj N. Tryon

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