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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
DREW RESIGNS AT LAST.
The Receivers Estimate OF the Key.
stone Banks Assets.

The Receivers Estimate of the Key-
stone Banks Assets.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE controller
Of the currency this morning received the
resignation of Bank Examiner Drew, who
examined the Keystone Bank, and has given
instructions that it be accepted to take
effect immediately.
CONTROLLER Lacey said this morning that
the reporU of Robert NJ. Yardley, receiver
Of the Keystone National Bank Of Phiadel-
phia, puts the total assets at Sl,726,511 al,
OF which 1915, Cos OF are estimated "good j
$99G, ,902 4S doubtful" and Sl58,9l2 81
"Torthess" The controller said this
is simply the estimate of the receiver.
and will be susceptible of modification as
the liquidation Of affairs progresses. The
liabilities amounted to $1,735 ,577 25. This
does not include bills amounting to 1925, :
600, alleged to have been issued to John
Bardsley, late city treasurer. The con-
troller has made an assessment of $500, 900,
OF 100 per cent, ,,on the shareholders of the
bank on account of their individual liza.
bility.
BARDsLEY'S DEFALCATIoN.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 11.-Judge
Allison in the common pleas court to-day
read an opinion refusing a writ of seques-
tration asked by the city against John
Barisley. The petition of Mayor Stuart
prayed that writ of seQuestration might
be egranted against the late city treasurer,
with clause Of attachment against a num-
ber of individuals and corporations therein
named founded upon a statement that the
examination of Bardsley's accounts shows
he is defaulter to an amount not less than
Si45,24S so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12

BANGOR, NE, July 1.-THE will of the
late Hon. Hannibal Aamlin has been fled
for probate. The document is short, Is
lacking in ponderous legal phrases, and is
characteristic of MIR. Hamlln. The will
makes no public bequesEs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK.
a Row That Follows Costs an Innc
cent Mans Life.

a ROW That Follows Costs an Tnno-
cent Mans Life.
RALEIGH, N. c.. July ia special to
the Netos and Observer from Liucolnton,
says: "a month ago a respectfully oon-
nected young woman, Miss Maggie Motz,
gave birth to child. At first its paternity
was charged TO Evangelist Fife, but the
woman denied that, and to-day swore
that Robert Michael was the father. Her
brothers Charles, John and Caldwell de-
manded that Michael should marry her. A
row ensued, in which Samuel Motz, a
cousin, was accidentally killed and Charles
Motz and Robert Michael wounded.
Charles, John and Caldwell Motz were
arrested for the killing of Samuel Motz.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
Lottery T.ckets seizad.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE surveyor OF
customs at st. Louis recently seized q mail
package containing lottery tickets, and
asked the treasury department for instruc-
tions. Assistant Secretary Spalding has in
formed him the tickets should be treated as
illegal importation and held subject to for
faitura
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
1ondon's Theatrical Season.

LONDON, July 1.-THE theatrical season
in this city Is fast drawing 70 close, and
nobody seen1s sorry for 1t. There nave not
been many great successes, whlie there nave
been a great many failures.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
storekeepers and GauRers.

WASHINGTON, July 11.-Appointments
as United States storekeepers and gaugers
are announced as follows: William s. Car
penter, at Carpenters, N. C.. Joshua Gall,
at Otto Creek, N. c.; Elijah w. MARROW,
at Sugar Hill, n. @.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
DOUGLASS ROMA TO STAY.

uo Has Brought pack II Reciprocity
Treaty and Is Satisfied.
WASHINGTON, July 1L-The Star this
afternoon says: at is said to be definitely
settled now that Minister Douglass will not
return to Hayti. Having brought back
with him a reciprocity treaty with Hayti.
be is said to be satisfied with his mission
and ready to resign. 1t will probably be q
long while after he retires before another
minister is appointed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
Iowa strikers surrender.

OsKALoosA, IA, July 11.-Tho miners
at Carbonate and Beacon have voted to de-
clare the strike Off and 60 to work on Mon
day. This will settle the strike for the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
Worcester steel Works.

WORCESTER, MASS, July lit is un-
derstood that the creditors OF the Worces-
ter steel works have consented to accept a
compromise, and the works will soon be
running again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
Liquidation In PORTUGAL.

LISBON, July 11.-General liquidation on
the termination of the moratorium granted
to the banks was effected to-day throughout
the country without having any effect on
the markets
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
FLAMES na Haberdashery.

MEMPHIS, TENN. July l1.-Fire. at an
early hour this morning, damaged the gen
tlemen's furnishing stock Of Sample q Hill
to The amount of $4,000. Their insurance
is $4,000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
E,gbteen Farm Houses Destroyed. .

VIENNA, July 1l-During the storm to-
day eighteen farm houses at NewlendDacn
were destroyed by lightning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
FIRES IN MICHIGAN.
Settlers Buroed Out and Everybody
Fighting the Flames.


SAULT STE MARIE, MICH, July IL
The entire wooded portion Of Chippewa
county and Canadian territory north of it
are on fire. The settlers are being burned
out and everybody is fighting the flames.
Detour, Mills, Gates. Raber, Welsburg,
Soammon. Cheve and many other places
are in imminent danger. At Detour people
have their household ELECTS packed ready
to take to Lake Huron by boat. There has
been no rain for over three months and the
country is Ia a similar condition to that dur
ing the dreadful fire Of 1873 when
hundreds Of people pershed all through the
nor b. The sun is obscured, breathing is
difficult, and 80 dense is the cir with smoke
that the st. Mary's river is navlQated with
difficulty, resulting in the grounding Of five
boats.
BLAZE NEAR MARQUETTE.
ST. IGNACE, MICH, July 1l.-One of the
most destructive forest fires which ever
swept through the northern peninsula Is
raging between Marquette and this
city, along the line of the Duluth.
South Shore aud Atlantic railway. For
hundreds Of miles nothing can be seen but
one mass of flame, and the density # the
smoke ia 80 pronounced that the beamiDg
sun appears like golden ball. Railroad
officials have large crowds of men statione
along the track, battling against the fire,
but the flames are quietly gaining head
way. Great damage is also being done
around Escanabia bay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
RICHMoND's CLAIM.
JACKsoN's MONUMENT.
rev. Dr. A. G. hopkins to Conduct th
Unveiling Exercises.

dwelling Exercises.
LEXINGTON, VA, July lit has been
nncially announced that Rev. DR.. A. G.
hopkins of Charleston, W. Va. has &C.
accepted an invitation to conduct the re-
uglous services at the unveiling of the
jackson statue on July u. DR.. Hopkins
was' during the entire war, intimately as
ssoclated with Gen Jackson as chaplain Of
oloneWall brigade. This completes the ar
Iangement for the unveilinR.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
II TOBACCO IN ALABAMA.
The Total Value of the Crop Produced
Only S17,173.

ON4J y 7 . 7 q
WASHINGTON, July 11.-The census Office
tobacco statistics for the state Of Alabama
show that the total number Of planters in
the state during the census year was So;
the total area devoted to tobacco 679 acres,
the total product l6l, $50 pounds and the
value of the crop TO the producers Sl7, 173.
Cleburne with Il, ,563, Cullman 1853 and
DeKalb with Il, 800 pounds were the only
counties producing over O.0OO pounds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
MINING AND sMELTING TRUST,
'orelgners and Standard Oh Company
Msgnates InYolYed.

CHICAGO, July 11.-Final steps were
'a1en To-day in the formation Of a mining
aIu smelling trust, in which foreign capi-
's'!sIs and members Of the Standard Oil
Hua lead trusts are said to be interested.
~ IS proposed to unite ell the lead, silver
i an9 gold-producing mines in the Utah belt
SIS go o6o 10 erect erect smelters. The capital will be
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-12
BARDsLEY's DEFALCATIoN.
MRS. DAVIS STILL IN DOUBT.
She Asks Year In Which to Make Up
Her Mind.

7@V ~-N'1AI . 7 Nt4A ID " 4lINU 70 44bhb Q Op
Her Mind.
NEW York, July 1l.-Mrs. jefferson
Davis, who has been spending several weeks
at the New York hotel, left this morning
without making decision as to the disposi-
ton Of the remains of her late husband. 1t
isreported that she has asked for year in
which to give an answer to the Richmond
and Jackson, Miss, delegation who have
waited on her.
RICHMoND's CLAIM.
!. RICHMOND, VA, July 11.-A special to
the Dispatch from New York embodies a
letter from Mrs. Jefferson Davis, in which
she decides upon Richmond as the final
resting place or the remains of her illus
trlOus husband
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07
The Fifty.frst CONGRESS- snsncnd.

The Fifty-hrst Congress Suspend
ed lts labor at noon on Wedncs-
day, and now with its nnenviah'e
record is numbered amnng the
things that were. "Unwept, I'M
honored and Unsung" it retires
from power, to he remembered by
the people for the tyranny. fraud.
oppression and corruption. practic
Ell by the members Of the domi-
nan. party-to the end that no
similar body shall he allowed TO
convene again in the Nations
Capitol, to bring such lasting dis
grace upon the American name.
The Democratic members Of Con
gresS, who have resisted so man.
fully every encrcachment attempt
ed by that Congress upon the liber-
lies of tie American people and
defeated some of IT'S most per-
mcicus measures, very properly
refused to stultify themselves. by
voting for a resolution offered at
the close of Congress, thanking
Boss Reed "for the able. impartial
and dignified manner, IN which he
had presided"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

Col. Thomas Whitehead, Com
missioner of Agriculture, thinks
The only persons in Virginia who
are DESTROYS Of seeing q third par
~ movement organized are the at
torneys for railroads and other
persons directly interested in such
corporations, and perhaps a few
wild men among the Alliance
members.
The reason, in his opinion, why
the railroad people wonld rejoice
to see an attempt made to organ
ize a third party Is because they
know that it is the purpose of the
Alliance to cause new regulations
to he made concerning railroad
traffic and they realize that if the
Alliance. which is a secret organi
cation, goesinto politics on its own
hook it will tumble to pieces as
soon as such q thing is attempted.
He is firmly convinced that it is
through the Democratic party hat
the farmers must hope for relief.
They can gain nothing by an in
dependent movement. 1t is in the
Democratic primaries and conven-
items thatthe work should be done.
State.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

Senator George Hearst, Of Gall
FORMS. died IN Wa shingron, last
Saturday night. lie was born in
Missouri, and worked on his faith
cr's farm until 1850, when he went
10 California, where commencing
as miner, he eventually amassed
a great fortune, estimated at the
tine of his death at S20,000000.
His political life hegar in 1865,
when he was elected to the Legis-
latnre and subsequently, he was ap.
rointed United States Senator.
and reelected in 1887 by the Leg
iSlature. In politics being a Dem
ocrate, his death is a loss to his
party, inasmnch as he will be sue
ceetled by Republican and after
tho 4tli of March, therefore, the
Republican majority in the Senate
will be increased from 6 to 8.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

Tie charitable organizations.
BROWN as the Kings Daughters
are likely to dis.band in the South,
II the opinions expressed in Wash
ington a few days ago hy Mrs.
Isabella Charles Davis, q promi-
r,nt representative Of the Nation
al circle, are to prevail. She stat
Cd that a circle Of tie organization
had adopted black baby and
among other extravagant views
advanced the following: "There is
no color line. no condition line, no
age line in the order of the Kings
Daughters. We came to break
down the color line and other
lines"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07
SATURDAY. MARCH Z, ISL
Entered at the posto;lice at Accomar
G. Il.,Va.. rs secnnd-clasS matter.

John Wesley. tho @raat ihenlo
ni.o ard founder nf Me:hotsiSm.
died On March .. 1871. and on
Snnda, ard Mo".tav. there was -
general celebration nf his centcn
ary tx N;c;huuliSts tilrnngfnu' tbs
works. No mnvencn; look ing t.
that end was orcnniz'Hl, except ~
l.o,;drr. here. = statue was cree
ID in his ho,oI III Ike presence at
81 large cG,r,.rlrSc OF the naol,:e a:
tie headquarters Of the Wesley
anS-alu! nol.o WAS necessary any
where. The mission Of the man
and the practical results which
have followed it. had only to be
recalled. to elicit the tributes
every where uttered by MethodiSts
IN homer to his memory. No one
in the modern history of religious
thonght and practice is entitled 70
higher degree of veneration and
gratitude, and it is not surprising
that he is regarded by his denomi
nation. rs worthy Of a place sin
The same constellation as Moses.
Elijah. Paul and Luther" He
needed no monument to perpetnate
his memory. The denomination
which he created, having expand
ed in number. since his death in
1901. from 1875, 600 to not less than
$4,000. 900. insnres for him place
in tie affections of the people of
the world, more enduring than all
the monuments of brass and stone
cr, cted by he human race.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

WASHINGTON. D. O., Feb. Is
The Census Office today complet
ed the population of Virginia by
races. The total number OF whites
are given at 04,6S0, All increase
Of 127.S3S over the census of 1880.
The negro population is 640,S57,
an increase Of only 9,24G dnring
the decade. The Chinese number
80; increase. Al. Indians are $40;
increase, 105; and the japanese
10
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

Georgla's pension laws went in
to effect March l, anu from that
date the widow Of each Confeder-
ate soldier will get an annuity of
500. Alabama has also at last
recognized their claims. but their
share Will scarcely be halfso large.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

Mr.. Beverly, of Fan1uier, VICE
president of the State Alliance.
now speaking through Tidewater.
says the alliance is rapidly increas-
ing in membership in Virginia,
having gained about 10000 mem
bers in the past three mouths, and
that the last quarterly report show
ed an alliance in every county in
the State except Northumberland
and lancaster.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

A supposed disappearance of
S677,0O0 of Delaware Slate Securi
ties was discovered at Dover,
Monday. The Legislature direct
ed that legal action he taken
against lie bond Of eX Treasurer
Herbert.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

The mandates Of the United
States Supreme Court in the cases
of George S. Key, Henry Jones
and Edward Smith, all colored.
convinced of having committed
murder on NavasSa Island, have
been received iu Baltimore. The
three men were resentcnced to be-
hanged.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07
All kind of watch, clock & ieweiry
repairs, and engraving done
at the shortest notice.
ACCOMAC sTEAal FIGURING
MILLS,
TemperancevilIe, va.
Flour, Meal, Bran. Shorts, ilominy
and Mill Feed, Corn and Oats,
and Chops for sale a5
far prices.

The public Will please take no
tice that the mill property desig
mated above, which formerly be-
longed to MI. II. tI. Dennis, is now
owned by the undersigned who
VIII continue to do business at the
old stann, and will endeavor to
give entire satisfaction to all who
NAV favor him with their custom.
Thanks for former patronage. Flu.
ture iavorS solicited.
Respectfully, &C.,
JOSEPH a. JONES.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

Grore" INreehnr@rr. who WIS
arrts:el IT Hampton last week
charged with the murder ut Grace
Jones. his stcpdanghter. has been
released. The special jury which
investigated the case found no
evidence to indict him.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

The farmers of Norfolk county
and the counties on the Carolina
sounds are holding their corn for
higher prices. The peanut-raisers
are also holding their stock from
the market on account Of the pre-.
vailing low prices for all grades.
The enormous yield of nuts, how
ever, will keep down prices for a
long time this season. as there is
little prospect of exhausting tile
stock now stored before the new
crop.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

The growth of the Farmers
Alliance in Virginia is most flat.
tering and encouraging. There
are at-rresent one thousand two
hundred and eighty-five local bod
les and over forty thousand MEM
beers.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

RICHMOND. VA, March "a
special to the Dispatch states that
in the terrible gale which swept
the lower James river ThurSday
night, last. twenty-four oyStermen.
mostly colored men. were drowned
at points Just above and below
the month Of the Warwick river.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

The following are the Virginia
items in the sundry civil arpro
nriation bill as passed the Senate:
For the purchase of Il site and the
commencement Of a postotfice and
court-hnuse at Norfolk, $4,000;
for the purchase Of q site and con-
struction Of a binding for the
pos'ofiice at Roanoke, 975, 600; for
The purchase Of Iand at Hog Island
light station, s100; for establishing
range and harhnr lights at and
near the entrance Of Cape Charles
harbor, $1,000; for the purchase of
land for the site Of light house de.
pot at Portsmouth, $4,000; to an
tlorlze the Secretary OF War to
purchase any additional land re-
guired for he enlargement Of the
National Cemetery at Hampton
$1,000 in addition to the $4,000
heretofore appropriated. For the
support of the National Home for
disabled soldiers at Hampton,
$ll1,2I0.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07
VIRGINIA NE $.

Narn i,.k cnunty Is t" have 2
Sl2,h00 Courthouse and Jail erect
al 1T Newport News.
Over 500 eco worth of rc:,' cs
tate changed h:ndS in Salem, lsoa.
mol county. last week.
Rirhmond's new city hall has 81
FAR cost S79l,HaH. ana i, VII re-
onile at least SlOo,0G0 more Il
complete t.
A fire IT Lexington, Monday
badly damaged the house at omr
time c.rnp;e'l rs Il residence h,
Gen. Strnewall Jackson.
The Richmond BAR Association
has unanimously irdnrSed .In.'g
lln,sfnrl l.. lewis, ct tho Nire'nla
Court Of Appeals, for y United
States ir'lgeship.
Tie Nolfoll; and Western Raj
road Company proposes t" ;'xl@nd
$50 GOO in the errcti;n of n uni"i
passenger Statinn ahd other im-
nrovr,rcnts ut Norfolk.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

James Randolph, the negro
coachman whose marriage with
pretty Miss Fila Tice. an intelll.
gent young white girl Of Williams
Eort, New York, that caused such
a sensation there, is well known in
Richmond. Randolph was pupil
of the Richmond Cclored Normal
School and was for time eDgag-
cd as a servant in a billiard room.
+. A. Randolph, one of the halt
dozen negro lawyers Of Richmond,
is his brother.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

Gen. Fitzlugh Lee, eX Governor
of Virginia, Col. Robert Cattell,
Messrs. NJ. M. Martin and T.. G.
Shields, If Virginia, were the
guests Of Governor Russell, Of
Massachusetts, at dinner at the
algonquin Club, Boston, Friday
evening, Of last week.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-03-07

The report of the Auditor OF
Public Accounts, recently publish
ed, shows that the criminal evpen-
SEES of the State eontinue 70 ahSorh
a very large portion Of the pnbllc
revenue, the sum paid ont during
the past year on that account
amounting to upwards of two hun
dred and sixty thousand dollars.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-10-21
AFFAIRS or CONSEQUENCE.
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
Mrs. Parnel is in precarious condi.
ton.
The French will occupy Touat, the
oasis i'll the Sahara desert, to prevent the
forces of the sultan of Morocco occupy
ingit
Sir Henry Parkes, premier of New
South Wales, has resigned as a result of
the defeat OF the government on the
eight-hour bill, to which he was opposed.
1t is scmi-oflicially announced in Lon
don that an understanding is in state Of
discussion between representatives of
England and China which will pledge the
two countries to mutual assistance
against Russian aggression in Central
Asia
Lcnius +. Worcester, of Carrolton, Ill.,,
died suddenly of heart disease in White
hall yesterday, aged so years.
Sunal beat the worlds record on the
Stockton, Cal, track yesterday, trotting
the mile in 20Sli, beating Maud SIS rec
ord one-half second
Mrs. Ann A. Dodge, an inmate of the
poor-house OF Butte, Mont, and eighty
years of age has received notice that she
is the heir to an estate worth SIS, 100000
in England.
During the coming winter and spring
some 5000, 1000 bushels of wheat, it /.
estimated, will have to be imported
every week by Europe to meet impera
tive requirements,
1t is rumorcd in official circles tha
several prominent government Officials
have been marked for removal after th
November elections. The list include
the commissioners of pensions and In
dian affairs, the comptroller of the treas
ury and the commissioner Of interna
revenue.
, Mr.. Manlev, of Augusta, Me-, who
supposed to be in Mr.. Blaine sconfdenc,
says the Maine delegation to the nf
tional convention will not present Nj
Blaine's name. but that il his name
!. presented by some other delegation an
he is nominated, he will not decline.