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6 THE WIJMTNGTOK MESSEHGEB, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1801. OFF FOR THE PACIFIC. THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY NOW WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. YESTERDAY IN NEW ORLEANS. The Southern University, a Colored In stitution, First VIsted, Where the Fresldeut Makes an Address Cere mony In Supreme Court Room of the Old Spanish Bulldlnsr A Sail Along the River Front The Start for the Pacific Coast. New Orleans. May 2. President Mc- Kinley. accompanied by Governor Heard and Mayon Capedeville and es corted by a mounted detachment of police and the Louisiana cavalry troop, left the St. Charles hotel at 9:20 after breakfasting in his apartments with Mrs. McKlnley, and proceeded to the Southern university, a colored institu tion. He was enthusiastically received by the faculty and students. Brief ad dresses were made by two pupils of the school. The president made a felici tous response urging industry, practi cal education and character. Five thousand negroes attended the recen tion. among them the leading local members of tne race. From the southern university the president was driven to the historic Cabindo facing Jackson square, where a multitude of people had gathered It was within the Cabindo in the row now occupied by the state supreme court that the transfer wa.s made of the Louisiana territory by France to Governor Claiborne, the American com missioner of President Jackson. The president was received by Gov ernor Heard, the state officials and the members of the supreme court prompt ly at noon, and was escorted to a seat on the right of Chief Justice Nichols. President A. O. Fortier, of the Louis iana Historical Association, was recog nized by the chief justice and delivered an address on the historical associa tions of the Cabindo. The president made a brief reply and an official rec ord was made on the minutes of the visit of Mr. McKlnley to the court. Afterward the president spoke brief ly from the balcony to an immense assemblage in the streets. President McKlnley and his cabinet made their way with difficulty through the acres of people surrounding the Cabindo. on their way back to their hotel. They drove through throngs of cheering people and the president's face was wreathed in smiles as he acknowl edged the unceasing demonstrations In his honor. After lunch and a short rest the party, including many of the la dies, was driven to the head of Canal street where they boarded the big river steamer. City of St. Louis. On its run up and down the river as far as the scene of the battle of New Orleans, the president's boat was accompanied by a score of gaily decorated tugs and other craft whose steam whistles found little rest. The levee on either side was lined with people. At 6 o'clock the presidential specia resumed its long journey to the Pa cific, coast.. Houston, Texas, will be reached tomorrow morning. BRYAN ON McLAURIN. letter's "Political Flop" a Forerun ner of Chancres In the South. Lincoln. Neb., May 2. In a state ment made today. William J. Bryan takes Senator McLaurin, of South Car olina, to task for what he declares Is his political flop. At the same time Mr. Bryan admits that Senator Mc Laurin's action marks the beginning of a movement in the south which will have an influence upon the politics of the nation. He says: "It is not likely that Mr. McLaurin will be the leader of the movement, because he is handicapped by the fact that he is using his official position to misrepresent the views and interests of his constitutents. but some leader will arise to give direction and force to the aristocracy and plutocratic element for which Mr. McLaurin speaks. There is such an element in every communitv and now that the race question no long ed unifies the white people of the south ern states, it will doubtless manifest Itself. "Senator Tillman has already taken up the gage of battle thrown down by . Senator McLaurin and will doubtless be able to marshal a considerable ma jority in that state, but the same in fluences are at work in other states, where there is greater danger of their successs. "The democratic sentiment is strong enough to resist and overcome the Mc Laurin movement, but those who be lieve that the man is more important than the dollar will have to bestir them selves DROWNS HIS FOUR CHILDREN. The Horrible Crime of a St. Paul Man. Suicide Follows. St. Paul, Minn., May 2. A partial confirmation of the police suspicion that - William Rosinfield drowned his four children and himself one week ago In the Mississippi river was obtained today when the body of the 9-year-old Rosenfleld boy was taken from the river near Fort Snelllng. Rosenfleld is alleged to have abduct ed the children, who were in the cus tody of their mother at Minneapolis, secured a rig and drove with them to the river where all are supposed to have been drowned. The father is sup posed to have committed suicide also by throwing himself over the bridge. . Their disappearance one week ago last night was an unsolved mystery until - watchman found the body of a boy floating in the Mississippi. Rosenfleld had for : some time been separated from his wife, who has been living in Minneapolis, while he lived in St. Paul. A week ago he hired a car riage and got his children from the relative who was keeping them. He tried to prevail on his wife to accom pany them, but she refused. The next morning the horse was found near the Marshall avenue bridge, all trace of 'the occupants of the carriage having disappeared until today. Germany to Increase Steel Duties. London, May 2. Lord Cranborne, the foreign under secretary, replying in the 'house, of commons to Sir Charles How ard Vincent, conservative, said rumors had, reached . the government from va rious " sources of the intention of the German jgovernment to increase the duties on steel and various other goods. THE COAL TAX DEBATE. This Part of the Budjret Discussed In House of Commons.. London. M37 2. There was large attendance in the house of commons today in anticipation of the discussion of the new export tax on coal. The government Issued an urgent "whip" to the unionist members, who are largely pledged to vote against the tax. The government took strong precau tions to secure a majority. The full house and galleries had to wait until nearly 6 o'clock for the be ginning of the debate. Sir William Vernon Harcourt (liberal) led with a severe, almost violent arraignment of the government. He said the tax would throw the coal trade Into chaos and confusion. It recklessly disregarded existing contracts and was a most un businesslike way of dealing with a great trade. It was an extraordinary and vexatious piece of bungling. It was nonsense to say. the foreigner would pay the tax because he could not do without coal. The government of Italy had answered that plea by taking coal from America instead of this country. The trade of France was equally divided between this coun try .Germany and Belgium. The chancellor of the exchequer. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Interrupting, said: "We are beating the others." "Then go on beating them." said Sir William Vernon-Harcourt; "why throw a shilling into the scale against this country?" The chancellor of the exchequer ad mitted that the tax, like every tax, was an obstruction to trade. The real ques tion was, could the export trade In coal bear the tax? It could. English coal was of so good a quality, there was much of it, and it could not be got in any other country. Thus to a large extent It was free from competition." The chancellor submitted masses of statistics which he summarized as showing that 225,000.000 tons were min ed in 1900, which, after deducting 18, 000,000 in wages more than In 1897, left the coal owners a net profit of 29,000. 000 on a capital of 110,000.000. He had some difficulty in keeping his patience when deputations talked to him about the unprofitable condition of trade. He had not proposed the tax for merely one year, and It would be on those who were able to bear it. As to the competition of the United States Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said: "Last year the price of our coal at the port of export was very much higher than the price of coal in the United States, but in spite of that our export of coal was 38,000,000 tons." CAROLINA UNIVERSITY WINS The First Game of Ball In the Series With Maryland. (Special to The Messenger.) Chapel Hill, N. C. May 2. Carolina won the first game from the Univer sity of Maryland today in base ball by the score of 19 to 7. The game was not as loose as the score indicates, but many brilliant plays were made. The whole Carolina team played in fine form,, and Cunningham proved an enigma to the visitors. Cook and Carr fielded well. The visitors were out classed in today's game, but they are confident of winning tomorrow. Summary Hits, Carolina, 14; Mary land, 4; errors. Carolina 5; Maryland, 10; stolen bases, Carolina 5; Maryland, 4; struck out, by Cunningham, 6; by Drewry, 1. Batteries Carolina, Cunningham and Graves; Maryland, Drewry and Say lor. CARDINAL MARTINELLI Takes the Oath and Subscribes to the Confession of Faith. Washington, May 2. Cardinal Mar tinelli took the oath of his new vof flee and subscribed to the profession of faith at the papal delegation today. The oath was administered by Monsig nor Conaty. of the Catholic university and witnessed by Monsignor Mapchet- ti, the papal ablegate. The ceremony was private, and was extremely simple. Among the provisions of the oath are pledges on the part of the cardinal that he will not resign his office, that he will not canvass for any one in the elec tion of a new pope and that he will maintain the right of the sovereign pontiff to exercise temporal power. The profession of faith embodies the Ath anasian and Nicene creeds. It contains the usual profession of acceptance of the tenets of the Roman Catholic church, the seven sacraments, an out line of the doctrine of the church with regard to original sin and justification and regarding the primacy and infalll blllty of the pope. Both documents were in Latin and they will be pre served among the church archives. A. T. Patrick and Others Arraigned New York, April 2. Albert T. Pat rick, David L. Short and Morris Meyer, who have been indicted on eleven counts for forgery of the will of the late milllonarie, William M. Rice, were arraigned before Recorder Goff In 'the court of general sessions today. Pat rick was also arraigned on the charge of murder In the first degree for caus ing the death of Rice. Counsel for the defendants made an application for an inspection of the minutes of the grand jury. This was denied. Counsel then said he desired time in which to pre pare a demurrer to the indictment for murder, and Recorder Goff adjourned the proceedings until tomorrow. No plea was entered. Three Dead Negroes Found. Selma. Ala-, May 2. Three negroes were found dead this morning near the cabin in which Deputy Sheriff Edwards was killed Sunday night, ten miles south of Selma. Ed. Dawson a nephew of Henry Dawson, in whose house Edwards was killed, was found dead in the public road, vehicles having to drive out of the road to pass. The other two were shot in the cabin. They are supposed to have been Implicated in the murder of Edwards. The negroes are terror ized and are fleeing to the city. Russia's Heavy Loans. Berlin. May 2. The Vissische Zct tung prints a special dispatch from St. Petersburg, announcing that Rus sia has virtually arranged with France for loans amounting to 500,000,000 franc3 and that another Russian loan is being negotiated with English and American bankers in London. The dispatch fur ther says that the czar is planning for a trip abroad next August and that he will visit Copenhagen, Darmstadt i and Vienna. , . ", " GOLDS BORO GOSSIP. First Shipment ol GardenFeas Berries and Vezetables Forwarded to North ern Markets-Death of James H. Rob insonThe Sewing Plant an Assured Fact. (Correspondence of the Messenger.) Goldfboro, N. C, May 2. The first shipment of garden peas for this season went from here this evening. They were shipped by T. N. Waters & Bro., and were three baskets. Several tell me they will make shipments on Saturday. The Atlantic Coast Line express pass ed through at 12:40 o'clock this after non with SOO crates of berries and 253 packages of vegetables. With this seasonable weather the shipments of berries will increase from now on. The pea and bean crops In and around Goldsboro are looking beautifully now. The growing demands upon the Acme Machine Works forces them to run overtime. Last night the workmen quit off at 8 o'clock, and tonight they work till 10 o'clock. Mr. James H. Robinson died suddenly but not altogether unexpectedly last night at the home of his mother, in John street. Mr. Robinson was 44 years of age. He was a brother of Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson and Joseph E. Rob inson, of this city, and Dr. George Rob inson, of Smithfield. His funeral was from St. Marie's Catholic church at 5 o'clock this afternoon, attended by a large number of friends of the family; the services being conducted by Fath er Irwin, of Raleigh. Interment fol lowing in beautiful Willow Dale ceme eery. Helen, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Creech, is quite sick with fever. H. B. Parker, Jr., is reported much improved and it is thought he will be able to leave his sick chamber shortly. Mrs. Sarah B. VanNess . of East Lex ington, Mass.. after a pleasant visit to her relations. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Giddens has returned to her home. Mrs. VanNess is regent of the Daugh ters of the Revolution at Lexington. J. M. Faulkner, of Pikeville township, died in the S3rd year of his age last night. About ten days ago he sus tained a fall, breaking his thigh and hip-bone. The quarterly conference of St. John'a church was held last night and acom- i mittee appointed and empowered to dispose of the present home of the pas tor and erect on the premises a more suitable parsonage. The East Goldsboro Land and Im provement Company sustained a slight loss by fire yesterday some 400 cords of wood being destroyed. This pro perty is being very much improved, and 500 shade trees put out which are growing nicely. The sewing plant re ferred to recently as a possibility, is now an assured fact. Mr. John Slaugh ter, of the East Goldsboro Land and Improvement Company, has just re turned from an extended visit to simi lar plants, and I am told ground will be broken right away and the erection of the building begun at once. The capital stock will be about $20,000, the capacity 56 machines. The company will manufacture overalls, shirts, sun bonnets, etc. The park Avenue section is to have two new residences at an early day. Rev. Charles A. Jenkens returned from New Bern today. His recent bil ious attack left him so weak he was compelled to close the meeting at New Bern and return home. Mrs. J. J. Barker and children have returned from a delightful visit to Sal isbury. Mrs. J. M. Benson left today for Rocky Mount on a vist to her sister, Mrs. Knight. The store of Mike Mansour was again entered last night and robbed. F. K. Thompson, of Raleigh, has just closed a contract for $15,000 improve ment to the Wilson county court house. The illustrated lecture given by Mr. Frank A. Cattern, under the auspices of the Chautauqua Bureau Extension, was witnessed by an elite audience at the opera house last night. The lec ture of Mr. Cattern was a literary gem in thought and presentation and was illustrated very pretty and inspiring. Views presented were life-like and embraced Chautauqua and lake build ings, Pan-American exposition and foreign views. Of the recitations of Mrs. Cattern our people are loud in their praise. The Atlantic Coast Line special berry express came through on schedule time today, having on board 800 crates of strawberries and 176 packages of vegetables picked up between Wil mington and Goldsboro. A good rain would be very helpful just now, but the color of the berries going forward is good. George Murphy, whose farm is just beyond the city limits, has a 20-acre field planted in cotton that he has booked for a 40-bale crop. It begins to look as if Goldsboro would send to New Bern "A Scrap of Paper" full of interest and laughter. Tie time of arrival there is said to be Wednesday evening of next week. This Is a splendid attraction and our New Bern friends will receive it with pleasure. There was a shooting scrape in the quiet little village of Eureka the other evening.in (which two or more were en gaged at close Quarters. Ten shots were fired and no one touched. It all grew out of an attempt at arrest. The names of the participants are, by re quest, withheld. A survey is being made for a rail road from Jacksonville to Angler, to connect with the Cape Fear and Northern at that point. The line is to cross the Atlantic Coast Line at or near Bowden's a few miles south of Faison, touching Lillington, probably, en route. I am unable to ascertain who is behind this movement but It is hint ed to be a Norfolk and Western effort. Mrs. Bowles, of Statesville nee Miss Mable Grant, and Mrs. Gary, of Worchester, nee Miss Emma Grant, are on a visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Grant, in this city. The steamer "Goldsboro" left for New Bern this morning with a cargo of general merchandise. The Golds boro Navigation Company is highly pleased with the success of the Golds boro. Trips -are being regularly made with paying cargoes. W. P. McLIster and wife are visiting at Concord. There will be a called meeting of the board of directors of the Eastern hos pital held on the 7th instant to con sider the question of borrowing money to meet the . expenses of construction of the additional building to be erected, ground for which is being broken, In view of the fact that the appropria tion will not be available until this year's taxes are collected and put in the hands of the state treasurer. Ar rangements for the necessary funds are all completed, subject to the action of the board at this call meeting. The election for municipal officers and board of public works will take place. on Monday next. The registra tion books for this election will close Saturday. t j -."--.; . JACKSONVILLE IN ASHES THOUSANDS HADE HOMELESS." The Two Leading Hotels, Catholic Ch arch, Telegraph Office and News paper Building, Along with Stores cand Handsomest Residence, Mwpt Away Fire Raslme for Hoars, Before a Fierce Gale-Other Cities Sending Fire Enclnes. Atlanta, Ga.. May 3. A fire which started in Jacksonville, Fla.. this af ternoon at the corner of Lee and Mon roe streets Is still raging and is beyond control. The St. James hoted has been completely destroyed. The Windsor hotel, one of the largest In the city, is burning and cannot be saved. The Catholic church in the Immediate vi cinity is also on fire. The fire covers an area of over twenty-five block. Ten blocks in what is known as the tur pentine district is completely devastat ed. This is the district ajong the St. Johns river. Jacksonville, Fla., May 3. The St. James and Windsor hotels have been destroyed. Sparks have fired houses at distances of a quarter of a mile. The course of the fire is generally easterly, but it is er'v two blocks from Bay street, the business section. A block of perhaps twenty acres of res idences is already swept clean, the residences being chiefly of wood, shin gle roofs, worth an average of $3,000 each. Dynamite Is being used by the fire department, they not being able to cope with the conflagration. The Du val and government buildings are threatened. It is impossible to esti mate the extent of the loss. Some of the handsomest residences In the city are burned including those of Senator Taliaferro and T. V. Porter. Atlanta, Ga., May 3. The officials of the Western Union Telegraph Compa ny were advised tonight that almost the entire business section of Jackson ville and a large portion of the resi dences section had been destroyed by fire which broke out shortly after noon today in the factory of the Cleveland Fibre Company. At 8:30 tonight the fire is still burning, and, although aid is being hurried to the Florida city from many adpoining places, it is fear ed it will not arrive before the fire has burned itself out. It is impossible to give a reasonable estimate of the loss. It is said that five negroes were burned to death. No other casualties have been reported. The fire is supposed, from advices received here, to have practically wiped out twenty block. A gale which blew all day put the flames from the start entirely beyond the power of the fire department and the city was left at the mercy of the flames. The St. James and the Windsor hotels were destroyed. The St. James was the principal hotel of the city. It was a brick structure five stories high, modern in all its aDDointments. It ; faced the St. James park and was just I across the street from the Windsor. It was the highest priced hotel In Jack sonville and was the winter home of many millionaires. The Windsor is a block nearer Bay street, three blocks from the center of the town. It is a modern frame build ing four stories high and covering one of the largest blocks in the city. The Times Union and Citizen, which is regarded as the geographical center of Jacksonville, is one block from the federal building. The Western Union building is one black down Bay street from the Times Union building. . The telegraph company is sending all its business on a train which left Atlanta at 10:45 o'clock tonight. This train also carried a corps of linemen and operators and a car load of. wire and other telegraph supplies. New York, and other eastern cities are sending all their telegrams to Sa vannah, and a train which leaves Sa vannah at 3 o'clock tomorrow morn ing will carry the messages to Jack sonville. Washington, May 3. At 7:50 o'clock p. m. the operators in the Western Union office at Jacksonville were com pelled to abandon the office. Savannah, May 3. Two fire engines, wjO crews, left this city at 6 o'clock p. m. on a special train for Jacksonville in response to urgent telegrams for help. Brunswick, Ga., May 3. Mayor Em manuel received a telegram this after noon from Jacksonville, stating that the city was burning up and asking for help. One thousand feet of hose and three firemen were promptly sent by a special train which left this city, running at sixity miles an hour for jacKsonvixie. Savannah, Ga., May 3. The Jackson ville fire was gotten under control at 10:15 o'clock p. m. Three hotels, the theatre and about six block were burn ed. The Western Union has just gotten one wire into Jacksonville. The ' long distance telphone wires are all j burned. Jacksonville, Fla., May 4. Jackson j ville today experienced the most dis- astrous fire of her existence. I The entire length of Beaver street i from Davis street to the creek on j Liberty street has been totally de- stroyed. This Is fourteen solid blocks i of residences. For the same distance ! Ashley and Church streets have both ; been completely blotted out. When , the fire reached Bridge street on its eastward course it enveloped in flames 1 . . , , . a inree diocks uuvai, jaonrue unu me north side of Adams, burning up that i entire section of the city and running i fourteen blocks to the Duval street ' brodge. j How much further in that direction j the city is burned, it is impossible to j learn the street being impassable, but it is feared that St. Luke's hospital ! was burned, a report reaching the city j that the Presbyterian church in East I Jacksonville is ablaze. j If this is correct the fire must have extended five blocks further east. The conflagragtion has burned over as far as Is definitely known a distance of two and a half miles long, by a half mile rwide. When the fire reached Julia street, it was a roarng furnace without any prospect of being put under control. The local military companies were t called out to keep back the crowds and j tne nre department began to use dyna mite to blow up the hoases a block from the fire and thus prevent the fire ' from spreading. So fierce was the blaze, however, and so strong had be ' come the wind that millions of sparks ; and flying burning shingles spread over five or six blocks, setting fire to the ! roofs of the houses In advance of the j department. Soon Senator Taliaferro's residence, ' then the adjoining houses i on the block were ablaze and In spite t vf all ttfnrts tn nra Vi TVInrlerwT- anil the St. James hotels both houses were quickly enveloped In names. For about an hour the guests In the Windsor had been 'busily packing their - trunks and then went away loaded with trunks (Continued on Fifth Page.) '"1 f 1 1 1 ! n Tj Argeiable Preparationlcr As 1 Promotes DigestionJCheerful ness and RestContains neither Opiumjforphine nor0acraL KOT "NAiic otic . 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