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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02
THE LIFE OF RUssIA,s RULER.
A Monarch who Was Noted for His Do
mestfc Purity.

A Monarch Who Was Noted for His Do
nestle Purity.
The dead monarch was the second son of
Gear Alexander H. He was born March 10.
1S45. His mother was the Princess Maria,
daughter of the late Grand Duke of Hesse-
Darmstadt. Being the second son, Alex
ander originally had little prospect of as
cending the throne. His education, there
fore, WINS somewhat neglected, and his life
down to his Goth year was uneventful,
but when Nicolas, the Oldest son, died
April a. 1865, at the age of %, everything
was changed with Alexander.
Nicolas was engaged to be married to
the Princess Dagmar, daughterof the king
of Denmark and sister of the Princess
Alexandra, who married Albert Edward
of England, Victoria's eldest son. Nicolas
was man of kindly disposition, and for
member of the imperial Romanoffs of
Russia possessed of much culture Alex
ander seems to have been a young man of
unusually norose and obstinate DISPOSE.
ton. He was In love with the Princess
Metchereki, who was one of his mothers
maids Of honor. She was beautiful girl.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02

Fut SnIe, Chohp,@
To clubs, red lights and Roman candles
As We don't care to carry them over. Fer
Eusons. No. II East Second street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02
DUBLIo SALE OF COWS

Will sell at public sale near BOOTHS Cor
ner, on Monday. Nov.b. 1894, at ! o'clock y.
M. one carload OF choice Cumberland coui-
~ fresh COWS and springers. that arc extra
good miikerk aand months' credit.
A. c. sharplsrs, Auo. : ozs
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02
WANTED!

NTANTED--A competent white cook with
w reference. Apply at Si5 West street.
ul-9t.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02
ReInelnber

For diamonds. watches and jewelry see
pavidow & Co., the pawnbrokers and
Jewellers, 2l6 Market street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02

At johnson 81 Shaws. No. Q West Fourth
street Finest brands of cigars and
tobacco constantly on hand.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02
DIR. SIMMS'
Vegetable Liver Pills

Elegantly sugpr coated. No taste
10 swallowing Gripeless, and no
sickening. Operate grandly. and yet
you hardly know you take medicine.
The finest Liver, Kidney and Stomach
medicine known. VIII surely cure
Liver complaints, Kidney diseases and
stomach troubles, Dyspepsia. 30.
headache, dizziness. gtddy-head, 80.
Nice In every respect ae a real Liver
medicine and Family protection
against diseases. $50 box, Q in one
for o.. Sold by druxgistz In cities aud
country. Depot 806 King street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02
Musical Instruments at Davldow L cc.s
Keat Nlenta


Free delivery. Satisfaction to all. WIN.
p. Lowell. stalls Q and IL. city marksk
Ielephone AL e
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s FIG S

CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, MEXICO
" Special eemi-monthly Tourist Par
ties over the Southern Pacific Company's
Apply TO L. HAwLEY, A. G. T. M. 3lS
broadway. New York. r j. SMITH. Agt.
aS. Sd St. Philadelphia.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.


NEW York. Nov. 1.-The death OF Russia's
csar was not followed by any hostile demon
stration ON tho stock market, which, when
the announcement was made on the exchange,
was quite strong in tone. Not even the inter-
national specialiss were affected, nor was
there any sign given on the occurrence of an
eyent out of the cofu mon (ilnsin1 hide,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02

Rain tonight and tomorrow; probably
cooler and fair Sunday.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02

&t q n will buy 2-story brick Eouse
HpOoO rooms and bnth. with front
porch and side alley. under drp.ned on East
Aide of Rodney street between I'd and Sd. APP
ply TO VIM. Turner, I'd and Poplar street.
a26-tf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02
THE DEAD RULER.
All Europe Mourns the Loss Of
the Russian Monarch.
PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY
Peasants Mourn with a Deep and
Abiding Sorrow.
THE EMPERoR's DOMESTIC PURITY.

Though Stern and UnreIenting in His
Treatment Of Political Prisoners He Was
Most Gentle and Loyable In His Family
Relations, and Was an Especial Favor
lite with the Children-A Giant In Stat
ure and Strength and Always q Hard
worker-Great Indignation Against DR..
ZacIarin.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2.-The angel of
death, in the shadow of whose pinions tho
autoorat Of all the Russians has been lying
for many days, yesterday beckoned, and
the soul of the man who had had in his
hands the lives and destinies Of millions
upon millions of men, was borne away.
Calmly and peacefully as sleeping babe,
he who by his slightest word could have
plunged Europe into war, the horrors of
which would defy description, fell into the
dreamless sleep which he feared not. He,
the head Of a church whose members
number over 100000 persons, took its
last rites few hours before death claimed
him from all his greatness.
At 2:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
summons came, and few hours later the
thunderous booming Of cannon at Liva-
dia and st. Petersburg announced that
the czar was dead, and that he who had
been the Grand Duke Nicholas reigned in
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02

Jubilee singers and plantation melodies
at Hanover Church. Sixth and King. FRI
DAY evening, Nov. 2.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02

CAND-Building aud Furnaces.
y JOHN NJ. SOLOMON.
Office No. West Third street
Phones ZIG and 20s.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02

GhERlFF+S SALE-By virtue OF q wrfG
be exposed to public sale. at the Coure
House on Market street. between Tenth,
and Eleventh streets in the city of vii
mington. New Castle county. Della
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-02

VNTANTEn-t anyasser and collector for
NM lnsl rance 20. Also travelling pub
lishinR no as; collector. Experienced c ty
e.nyaSsers. Iar;a iote.Lan, NIL supt. 1T The
FAC .ange, entrance l l. I'd street. go
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
THE CLOSING QUOTATIONS. OF
MONEY!
Offerings and Sales at the Richmord To-
bsceo Exchange-Internal Revenue
Coilections-Foreigp Advic.

NEW YORK. May 5.-The quietude
AT the Stock Exchange was disturbed
gust previous TO the close OF business by
a sudden drop In American Sugar TO
1904. AT the opening the stock sold
at lOSk0l09lh. All sorts of rumors were
ut aficat TO account for the break. Some
had it that the trust will not get what
II has been looking for in the shape or
duties from the Senate, but this was not
generally credited. The opinion In the
best informed quarters IS that the bull
clique hau too much company. and to-
day adopted heroic methods TO reduce
its figures. This theory is partly cor
roborated by the fact that the stock.
after the sudden slump, recovered QUICK
ly to 1UGk, and closed at that inquire
bid. against 1OJb yesterday. The other
Industrias weakened with Sugar. Chi
cago Gas reacting ~ to O.. Whisky ~
10 233<, Lead / 70 4Ok, and Lead pre-
ferred u to So. The Railway list ex-
hibited strength at one time and rose
y 70 Y per cent. In the early trading.
When Sugar broke, however. the improve
ment noted was lost. and the market left
off very irregular, although the net
changes were merely fractional either
way. Sugar, however, lost rs per cent.
for the day, and was traded in 10 the eX-
tent OF $3.50 shares. This is heavy
total for a short session. Yesterday the
dealings in the stock amounted to 5i.AOO
shares.
Money on call nominally per cent. (;
prime mercantile paper, phQ4 per cent.
Sterling exchange firm, with actual busl-
ness in brokers' bills at 4S7Ag4ST12 for
sixty days and 4Sss.d4S9 for demand;
posted rates. 4SSllG4sO; commercial bills,
4S6lzQ4S7 Bar silver. G39s. Government
bonds steady. State bonds steady. kail-
road bonds weak. Silver at the board
was neglected. Railway and miscelld-
neous bonds were weak The sales OF
listed stocks to-day aggregated 1856
shares, and of unlisted 66Jll shares.
Treasury Balances-Coin, s99s6s, 900;
currency s51 oS2 OOO
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
Mayor Rovster Renominoied.

OXFORD, y. c.. May 5.-Special.-f'h
Democratic Convention 80 nominate
candidate for Mayor and Town Com
missioners met at the Opera House last
night Prof. J. G. Horner presided as
chairman The meeting was character
lied by harmony and good feeling.
Mayor y. s. Register was renominated
for Mayor and majority OF the old
Board OF Commissioners were also re-
nominated.
The Confederate veterans OF Granville
county viii take steps to be present mt
the laying OF the cornerstone OF the
monument TO be erected By the State and
her citizens 20 the memory of the Con-
federate dead on May 22d. at Raleigh.
At meeting here last evening. at
which Capt. John a. Williams presided
as chairman, some preliminary steps were
taken to make some arrangements for a
reunion Of the Confederate soldiers Of
Granville at oxford at an early day and
the Granville Grays, OF which William
Lands is captain, viii also be requested
to go along as escort TO the Granville
veterans on the occasion indicated.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

BECK Died, at the residence OF her
brotber-in-;aw, c. L. Butler, Miss SUSIE
T. BECK. daughter Of Leonard Beck
i'm the twenty-fourth year OF her age.
Funeral at No. jl3 north Twenty-ninth
street at 40 o'clock. Friends ana ac-
uuaintances invited 10 attend.
Philadelphia and New YORK papers
piesse copy.
KNOWLES. Died az his residence, No.
q east Canal street Saturday. May 3,
1894 at 1910 o'clock. JOHN H..
KNOWLES, in the seventy-nlnth year OF
Funeral TOMORROW Ofonday) AZ
TERNOON from Centenary Methodist
Episcopal church at 4 o'clock.
GREGORY.-Died. May 5, 1894. at the
Gobraith, Spartansburg, 5. G., Miss LET
TIE a. GREGORY.
The funeral will take place on the
arrival OF the 100 7. ~. Richmond and
Danvile train TO-DAY. Friends will
please assemble at the depot.
NAPIER Died. at her residence. S0i
west Clay street, Friday. May 18th, az II
o'clock A. NJ. Mrs. MARY f.. NAPIER,
wife Of the late Edward 5. Napier, in the
ufty-eighth year Of her age.
BIZZELL-Dled. Friday, at $40 A. NJ,
of typhoid fever, LOGAN II. BIzHELL.
WESLEY.-Died, May 4th. at $3.50 A. NJ,
al No. 7G east Franklin street. HARRIET
G. WESLEY. wife Of Norman Wesley, in
the thirty-seventh year Of her age.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

barn and contents These fires are
supposed TO be OF incendiary origin.
g X BAH has been placed on trial
before a Justice at Smithfield, charged
with numerically whipping his wife.
ball Is white man. and his wife is well
connected.
captain Joseph Bioodgood had one Of
ms legs broken, In Craven county, while
assisting In getting a raft from the river.
The bones were set by physicians, and
the man Is doing we'll
The work Of the coming session Of the
Teachers Assembly at Morehead will be
more interesting and instructive to teach
ers than ever before. The subjects to be
discussed are new and timely. and the
very largest experiences OF the most
popular and successful teachers will be
given.
Mr.. Joseph Taylor. who lives near New
Berne. killed a wild turkey a few days
ago which had beard twelve inches long.
After next week the Coast Line trains
will take dinner at Rocky Mount Instead
Of at this place.
Much-needed rains fell here to-day in
copious showers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
BURST HIS HEAD OPEN.
uonprnIs ACCIDENT 10 4 CHILD
IN a MILL.
Man Beats a Horse with an Axe--co ming
Municipal Eiec'ions--North State
News Ina General.

WINSTON. n. c.. May Especial
,-,'. .hpd Of Simeon Grace was accident
-Y, KILLED a, Holton's Mil. near iadklns-
..,r, The child was upstairs in the MIL
49,. ubue there his clothing caught on
evolving shaft, drawing him to IT
"a throwing him against the ceiling
.,,runs one OF the plsnks with his head
,.-.,.ne his head. ana scattering MS
,-s.1s over the floor.
lanes Kurfee. living three miles from
,,..tsy,llc. had four cows killed by light
..,g during a thunder storm Wednesday
.,..-,oon The COWS were standing under
.--e noplar tree which was struck by
..l,lt which killed them.
MAJ rHs TEAM WITH Az AXE.
v IL Blaylock. teamster for NJ A.
,..,,r Of Davie county Is IN the
s.r sang Tor thirty days In lreaeh
..,.. FOR cruelty 20 animals. he went
...,.ue and got drunk. The horses
s.. o., driving got STUCK ID creek ana
,r.v could not pull out he beat
t-..-ei one Of them with an axe
h .,. down. and then he stabbed
-..t.r .u The leg with his Knife. The
ou probably die.
r...rh Yazbek who looks after
.... catholics IN the United
-. T., paving his priestiy visit
a.. SYRIAN colony at Winston.
..r hold service tomorrow morning
1le ~. po~.n catholic church, and adj
ITO immunity about the Holy
y t.s native country.
-oi, City Pleasure Club issued
........r-s to-day for its ninth annual
, ,.,.raoa raasay eyenins' May as''
MANY r,>r.pAyss Yon MAYOR.
-...-.. municipal election takes place
... There are five candidates for
',t....r shipped TWO hundred thousand
-r. If manufactured tobacco this
-. Nearly all the factories are at
votk l.,
,e-..- with North Csrolina's new SEN
Gar Jarvis ~, thinks the country and
,s,oie are suffering OF account OF Con
ce,s not passing the tariff bill lie Will
-, make speech on the bill unless the
sratc continues dillydallying.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND. va. Nav 3. !

klCHMOND, VA, May ., 1874.
No offerings OF tobaccos at auction on
Change to-day, Offerings at auction on
Change for the week ending to-day, "A
packages Of sun-cured tobaccos: highest
price for the week. SIG.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day:
Wrappers. 8 hogsheads; filters. u. To-
tai, 80 hogsheads.
Private sales reported to the secretary
Of the Richmond tobacco Trade for the
week ending to-day Wrappers. 49, hogs
heads; filters, 90; cutters, 93; smokers.
IA; scrap (brighU. SO; scrap dark. II I;
leaf dark. 1871; burleys, 81; Tugs dark,
-. Total, T6S hogsheads.
The tobacco inspector reports to-day:
Reinspections-Brigh 10 hogsheads and
tierces.
Inspections and reinspections for the
week ending to-day: Inspections-Bright,
% hcgsheads and ! fierce; dark, III
hogsheads and 30 tierces. Reinspec-
tions-Bright, 2i3 hogsheads and tierces;
dark. 100 hogsheads and tierce.
Total sampling for the week ending
to-day. 536 hogsheads and 81 tierces.
Myers, Planters, Davenports 5. Seabrook' s
Allegheny, Old Dominion, Shelburnes,
and Shockoe tobacco warehouses report
to-day: Receipts, packages; deliveries.
co packages.
The same tobacco warehouses with
Vaughan's. Jones', Farmers, Meals. and
Virginia added, report for The week end
ing to-day: Receipts, 1872 packages; de-
iiveries $50 packages.
Excess of deliveries over receipts for
the week enG-ng to-day, 343 packages
United States internal revenue colIec-
tons for the city Of Richmond, Va, to-
day: Cigars and cigarettes, S955.SO; plug
tobaccos. s1,624.77. Total, S2.5S0.51.
And for the week ending to-day: Cigars
and cigarettes, S7.2S36J; plug tobaccos.
Sf421675. Total, s21, 5000.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
nurham', Coming municipal Election.

DURHAM n. c.. May 5.-Special.-The
city election occurs next Monday, and
the town Is all agog with political talk.
Two tickets are in the field and the fight
will be close. Both sides have thorough
~ canvassed the place,
Great interest is felt here In the con-
troversy between the two Lynchburg
papers, the News and the Earth. Fair
brother. the editor Of the Earth, was for
several years editor Of the Durham Globe.
The town has been sowed over with both
papers to-day
Main-Street church tomorrow celebrates
the eighth anniversary Of its formation
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

opposed to he OF legendary 0rigin-The
Coming Teacher Assefnbly.

"ALDON, n. c., May 5--Speciai.-
1,.,eiai destructive fires have occurred In
ts''oinbe county. Mr. Louis Lyon lost
a ~'' stables barns and contents. He sue
80. IN getting his horses out. He lost
-. 80 hundred barrels OF corn. fodder and
turance.
me OF the tenements on Mr. John Wig
Plantation mas also been destroyed
~ IRE. The tenants lost everything they
'aIs' Daniel. Of the same county, lost
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, May 5.-Cotton steady
middling gulf, IA; middllng uplands "a;
sales. pa bales. Futures closed steady
sales, n, 500 bales; May, 6,9296.3f; June
hos; July, 7.O3; August, 70s; September
no; October, III.
re,rrted to-day and so far this week
from; ali ports were 4.ss6 bales; experts
- a,reat britain. 1881 bales; Continent.
4 KS bales; stocks. 52s,62s bales:
NEW ORLEANS, May h-totton fu-
lures steady; sales, $1,000 bales; May.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
Wylne Again Convicted.

STEVENSVILLE, May Especial
THURSDAY was our court-day and William
Wynne was again convicted Of burning
the barn and stable Of Mr.. J. T. Bland,
of Shackelfords. Va, and sent 70 the
penitentiary for three years.
At the last term OF the court the same
verdict was set aside because the porter
handed water 10 the jurors while. they
were in session. Wynne's counsel are
applying for another trial.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
CrnNYn JcMels.

Interest attaches 10 the crown jewels
of the different countries. me crown
Jewels of England are valued at eight
million. FIVE hundred thousand dollars
one diadem, in the midst OF when Is
get the Kohinoor, is valued at three nun
dred and twenty thousand dollars. An
other. in which diamonds ana emeralus
are blended and I'm the center OF when
is the large Kandavassy is valued at
xix hundred thousand dollars. The Kan
davassv. Il is claimed, was once the eye
Of a ona-eyed Indian deity. The crown Il
ENGLAND proper is valued at six hundred
and seventy thousand dollars.
The crown jewels Of France were
once OF immense value, but they have
been greatly scattered. After the IAN
Of the second empire the government DIS
posed Of the larger part of the collee-
ton. some Of the most valuable stones
finding their way to this country, ana
the Jewels Of Eugene sold in London III
one hundred lots, brought two huhdred
and fifty thousand dollars, one diamond
ring realizing two thousand dollars.
Russia has a superb collection, in which
is tho Orlof. The Austrian crown jewels
are numerous. one Of the NEST highly
prizcd being the famous Austrian yellow
1a9l-2 carats. The Sultan has also a
large and varied assortment of jewels.
But all the collections are surpassed
bv that of the Shah Of PEI STA, which is
aid 10 range in value from forty to
nifty millions sterling Spain has stu
costly collection. although Isabella, it
will be remembered, took with her and
sold In Paris Jewelry amounting in value
TO two millions sterling.
Space must be provided here for ref
erence to the 1ewelry of the Vatican.
Not 10 dwell on articles of inferior in
terest, there is the tiara given by Ma
poleon l. 1t is doubted by some whether
this tiara be still intact. 1t had for its
apex an emerald worth sixteen thou
sand francs Isabella, Of Spain, made
gift OF another tiara in 1855, worth fifty
thousand dollars. Pic Mono had previ-
ously complained Of the weight Of his
predecessors crown, and had one made
to suit himself-Once A Week.
'"The Horse World Of London" is new
hook on an odd subject by Mr.. w. j.
Gordon. 1t tells all about horse life in
the British metropolis and very curious
reading II is. too. one curious circum-
stance IS noted by the author-that the
Derby has been won only once by mare
vet an the hard work of the London
omnibus company is done by mares.
rs this so in other thinss?' asks Book
News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
RAITIMOEE

BALTIMORE. MD, May 5.-Flour duh
and unchanged.
Wheat duh and easy; No. . red spot
and May. GO%dG024c.; June. 6iisd6ihc.;
July. 6llad61%c.: August. 6lAa62c,;
steamer No. red, 575saj72ic.; milling
wheat by sample. 8lG6ll2c
Corn firm; mixed spot 45i4c. bid; May
4la44l4c.; July, 44&c. bid; steamer mixed,
44c. asked; southern corn by sample,
46d47c.
oats higher: No. white. western, 4Sc.
bid No. mixed, western, 4Uc. bid.
Rye quiet and firm; No. ,, j1n5Sc.
Hay steady; good TO choice timothy,
S14Ood15OO.
Grain freights very dull and unchanged.
Eggs dull al l0c.
Coffee dull; No. 7. Sl7O0.
Sugar quiet: graduated. St2t
Bonds-Virginia rs. new, 1lk; Virginia
Century. "a: Northern Central. 6Isi bid;
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern nrsts,
105i5Gl01; Consolidated Gas bonds. llju
1871; do stocks, 6j3,G
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND. VA, May q 1884.

Sales-Wheat, I46 bushels.
Observation-Disclosures ngoerry 62c. TO
80c. TO 63c.: No. 2 red. &c.
cora-White. Virginia (bag lots). 4sc.;
No. white, 47lAc.; No. mixed, ACC.
oats-No. 2 mixed. 3olsc. TO 4oc.: No.
3 mixed, Sic. TO 3sc'
Rye, b3c. TO 55c.