The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-18
A STRANGE CASE.
Wife of . Former North CaroIinian tu .
Canadian Insane ADMINISTRATIONS
Executive Mansion Gronnds-J. J. Mott
Talks as To Uniting of the Free silver
Elements
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. c., March Is.


writes Attorney General walser a
TRANCE letter. He says he was born
in North Carolina and hat his wife
is in Canada in an insane asylum
He begs the attorney general 70 write
the governor genera! Of Canada. ask
ing why Mrs. Dunn is so kept there,
when she is not insane.
The military authorities OF the state
today began the equipment Of the sig
mai corps Of the state guard. 1t is al
Concord.
All the published statements about
company commanders having been
sent orders in cipher o. in any shape
TO be i~nreadiness." are declared at
headquarters 10 be totally untrue.
Chairman Dockery did not submit
the report for 1897 10 the penitentiary
board today. He said: 1t will not
go in until tomorrow, If then. / Will
see if / am ready 10 make il. l think
il Will show a profit. / have no idea
how much. l have not struck a BAL
ance at all for the six farms and the
two convict railway camps and the
central prison
George Rountree and Frank Mcneil,
Esqrs., of Wilmington. are in the city.
Morrison H. Caldwell, the new di-
rector Of the ~penitentiary, a arrived
from Concord. He was appointed by
the governor yesterday and is a popu-
list, OF course.
The state today chartered the Gay
Lumber Company, of Kinston, capital
$50, 900. stockholders j. w. Lynch, j. l..
Gay and j. F. Hostetter. Of Suffolk,
Va.
One of the questions which is now
agitating the railway commission is
the recent United States supreme court
decision known as the maximum rate
case. The question is whether 1t does
not practically do away with a COM
mission.
The survey of the extension Of the
Aberdeen and Asheboro railway from
Troy to Mt. Gilead began today.
The partridge shooting season ended
yesterday. A fair supply of birds IS
left.
AT the executive mansion grounds
today William Bottomley. George Van
derbilt's head gardener, began the ar
rangement of the plants and shrubs
composing Vanderbilt's gift to the
state.
1t is unquestienable that heavy pres
sure is being brought to bear on the
railway commissioners, or rather on
the two new ones, to Undue them 10
rescind the new order reducing passen-
ger rates. The railways made such a
SliON lllS ytSLcIudy dSdIIlSN IN lNoaS-
ton as to afford no reason for not re-
vOking the order.
| Senator Daniel, of Virginia, and
Judge Armfield, of Greenville, were in
vited to deliver the addresses at AShe-
Vile May 10Th at the unwilling of the
to Senator Vance. Arm
field declines.
A republican says: DR.. j. j.. Mott
was here to represent Butler, and was
trying to get the railway commission
ers to stand to their order reducing
passenger rates. Mott and Butler look
only at the political end of this bust
ness. Governor Russell looks at that
end and the business end too, rhe lat
ter being the lease of the Atlantic and
North Carolina railway, which the
| governor 50 earnestly desires. Mott
saw the governor, but got little COM
fort from him. He also saw Treasurer
Worth. The latter is dead set on the
lease. Mott has some influence with
Russell, but none at all with Worth"
DR.. Motifs declarations as to Govern
or RusseIl's part in North Carolina poll
1tics are no doubt inspired.
Your correspondent had a special in
terview with DR.. j. j. Mott, the former
national chairman of the free silver
party. DR.. Mott says:
Bryan represents the true silver sen
tlment IN the country, and is the
! recognized leader of the silver forces.
The silver democrats have CONTROL OF
their organization and Jones is the of
fetal head of it. Butler is a true Sill
Verite and is the head of the populis |
party, which is a silver party. Towne
is at the head of the silver republican
! organization. These three men, in
their official capacity, have recommend
ed an alliance and have issued ad-
dresses accordingly. If silver men OBJ
serve the recommendation and stand
by it., this triple alliance Will carry tn,
country. Here in North Carolina. the
democratic party seems inclined to pre-
| serve an ~ostensible unity independent
! of the silver question and his alliance.
L have seen a good many ~poDulistS in
western North Carolina since these
addresses Of the silver leaders Were
issued. and l have not met a man Of
them who is not heartily in favor OF
their object and enthusiastic over
them. II is the same case with many
republicans, since, the republican parry
by its vote on the Teller resolution. and
he speeches OF the president and sec
rotary Of the treasury in New York
and Philadelphia, has gone over to the
gold standard. If the silver democrats
in their state convention in Nav can
control the action of the convention
and endorse this. triple alliance. the
| b'pUAASND wiz &C Oiilp@lle % D0TSOa
the same cOurSe-tt is inevitable. Ther,
are individuals who may kick, but /.
VIII not amount 10 anything. Five cent
I cotton at the time the farmer has n
sell, and poverty Will settle that mat
ter. II the silver democrats cannot
come up 10 this measure Of loyalty "a
the common people, in view Of the pain
chance these three silver leaders hava
AFFORDED 70 relieve the common peopla
and the country they VIII be greatly
u blame. II they should do il. then
the silver republicans in this state VIII
Immediately organize under Chairman
TOWne and Governor Russell. and this
triple alliance will send nine silver men
10 congress. II the democrats stand
in the way of such an arrangement
then the 10000 majority Of the last
two elections will again assert it's DOW
er. The republicans viii IMMEDIATE
resort 10 a fusion in the counties upon
terms 10 suit the popu,ists. and these
terms viii be that the republicans
shall send delegates 10 their state con
venuon endorsing the reduction # rail