North Carolina Newspapers

:". (,.: - -.1 - - :' x a - he Weekly UIING TON, N. C, AT OOAIBAB, IK A PVAHCB. t sSsSgSS8SS$SSS8S8 moon n J 8SSgS8SSSS SSS888888888888S8 8888888888888838 - SS8gSSS35S2SS3Pai38 8S888SS8888888388 imuoK t 8S8888S8S82888888 888888888S8SSS888 id -j m j; g g is 3 3 8 8S88e8SSl8888888 gsll8f SS88S88S883 issf:: ti rel at the Post Offloe atTWUmlngton, N. C, 1 1 as Second Class Matter. KVJiSCRIPTION PRICE, rin- subscription price of the WEEEJ.y vh is iis-follows : - ! mrle Cppy i year, postage paia, f l.ou omontns " " .eo 3 month. " "I .30 ! VISION NOT YET1 DESIRABLE. !r. II. C. Pillsbury, of Minnesota, paid to be rich in money and a .ry innaenuai, intelligent ygepupii :n. ue nas ceen epenaiog some hne in tie Eastern States. He was Blaine man in 1884. He found ut few; Republicans who thought Lbat the Maine demagogue could rrv Ifew York. .He has a sharp l)Iitical eye, it seems, and says of e Tariff: I ' I think that it is going to cut both ways xt fill. Eveiy one is glad tbe issue was ;iced by the President, but for different lasoqs Hie Democrats think it will not liKt the party, and will draw largely from n'hrr and the Reniihlir.ana think the i ne. A fair judgment, I think, is that it n!mo9t wreck party lines. .The par ies witl be divided on a new basis and a taniTous1 slice will be cut from each." Will, the changes indicated may 1) re.it good. It has come to pass at in the South tho whites are com- yAliA to. hold together for self-pro- t c'ioa. The Republican party has i i -I 3 r po ar;uea privilege ana ior mean Jpartiean end?, that the southern (whites have been forced to act prom policy all through the pvm. j .iney nave r naa to lg fncre all outside issues in State elections .and stand 'together to save the Commonwealths from thieves, bummers, and ignorance. The re sult of i all this is that in the white man's i party all shades of opinion exist a to national questions of the first importance. Men who hold nothing in common as to great eoon omic and political questional go up to the same conventions, attend tho same ward meetings, vote for the same 'candidates, hurrah: for the leame speakers. This of course is a necessity gro wingout of "the nigger in the wood-pile." Eliminate the negro and there would be two parties instantly formed upon principles and not mere expediency. I It is known that in the; North both in : New England and in the i - : il i Northwest there are a. great many Republicans who are losing their love for a High Triff Ihj the Midi die States, as well as in the sections i i 1 1 1 named, .thousands of Republicans no longer fol ow Protection leaders. Oq the p.her hand, there may be some J Protection Democrats, but in much fewer numbers, jn the North! In the Soiflh there is a different condition of things. There is a con siderable number of so-called Pro tection Democrats. In Virginia and Alabama they are numerous. Vir ginia is for Protection. Nearly all of its prees, we think, is for Protec tion quite as much as the Pennsyl vanian Republican organs are for it. In all of the Southern States there will be found in the Democratio party a good many Protectionists. ! i If the next Presidential election, shall make it possible for ' men to take sides according to principles of national importance and not accord ing to narrow State necessities good will come of it. But at present we can 'liscern no such signs. The Re publican demagogues will continue to use the negro as a' disturbing ele ment; the outrage mills must run or the old rotten party is forever "done for;" the negroes themselves show no signs of disintegration; so it appears to us that the whites, at least injbe South, must hold togeth er if they would notj remand the States into the keeping of the ig'no rant mass of blacks, aided and abet ted by a class of men who are out in the bitter cold and are shivering : for the fires of office. - Tbe alignment of all self respecting, honest men as to principles, is in deed "a consummation most devoutly to be wished." But it does not lyet appear. There are no indications visible to our eye. Jj j We do not think that outside of Virginia, and perhaps Alabama, Ten nessee and Georgia, there is much J rotection sentiment among Demo crats. There are so-called Demo cratic papers like the Atlanta Con stitution that sedulously strive to make it appear otherwise;' The Sa vannah .News opportunely says: j . I "fTbe Protectionists' in tbe South,! with the aid of their organs, are making a good (leal of noise, but they deceive nobody;? It isjinderstood that the number they repre sent is bo small as to be hardly worth no I'cing. If tho understanding were other ZlB0'n h0 EVwJ a Republican politician as air. Frye would not boldly assert in, the senate that the Bouth is now, and has been ""ways, RgRin6t a high protective tariff 4 T VOlJ. XIX. 'Senator Frye might ! have said, with equal truth that the great West is also against a bl- a ProtectiveTariff." i Whalf - er the future may bring forth, thtrru is one clear duty for men wbo nc v call themselves Democrats to do. It is to unite in saving the country from a return to power of the corrupt, mischievous, false Re publican party j that has outlived its 'usefulness and is now kept partially alive by the appeals ef demagogues, the stimulant, of bate and the greed of monopoly. In Mr. Cleveland tbe party! has 'a leader that may be trusted. The Stab at least will not be suspected of j flattery in saying this. The President has broadened by experience, and his Democracy i of a purer, sounder type, now than when he received the suffrages of the party in I&84. J His message to Con gress shows higuapable as a leader, and in it he ga4e to the party at large an issue, j It has been accented in every section and in every State. The New York World says of the Hi' I message and its issue: :': "One hundred and thirty-three Demo cratic members of Congress expressed them selves to the World1! interviewere in favor of tariff reform, and only six against il. ; ; The Democratic State Committee in Pennsylvania the State most interested in some of the chief raw materials of manu facturesindorsed the President's message and urged his renomination . ii "And now the Executive Committee of the Democratic oranization in Massachu setts a State among the foremost in man ufactures aaa adopted, a resolution declar ing that I . ! ! "The Democrats of this Commonwealth are n j unit in their support of President Cleveland and of the pol'.cy recommended by him in his last annual message to Con gress; that they believe it to be the duty of Democrats throughout ' the United 8tbtes to advocate, support and insist upon tbe adoption of the principles enunciated there in as tbe greit mue upon which the Dem ocratic party with its candidates in the ap proaching Presidential election can achieve an overwhelming victory at tbe polls. ! j "Thus goes forward the Democratic union upon principle the only unity tbtt holds the promise and potency of success ; "The superfluous war taxes upon tbe ne' cessities of the people must go." In the national c&mpwgn the Dem ocrats of the whole Union can unite upon the platform of the President and accept his leadership. We be lieve that an open,: manly, vigorous fight under his leadership will win.' In the 'State campaign all Dem ocrats must agree to act from ex pediency that the Radicals who plucked and blasted may not be per mitted to regain j their baleful and blighting ascendancy. The Stab will warmly and earnestly combiue with the white men of North Caro lina in keeping the State under the control of its capable, honorable, educated people in preventing it f i : i i. 1 rom receiving any detriment at the hands of the black party, that des troyed the schools, retarded all pros perity, pile$ up debts to the skies. blasted the credit of the State, and wasiea sou aespouea as win. In the national' campaign the Stab will heartily support the nominees of the Convention and do all it oan to preserve the country. f rom the dangers and oppressions of Republican mis rule! . ! i I I Savannah is in bad luck. It failed It i i noi recognize Booth and it also "bust ed" on Louts James. The Baltimore American say s p ; . " f'Whereuoon they rapturously received the first man appealing on the stage sup posed to be that actor. They hit it wrong again, and wnen J ames really appeared he was not recognized, I Great actors perform ing at Savannah may be labelled hereafter." A curious case has come np in Tennessee. The pastor of Spruce Street Method istj Church, Nashville, was indicted hfor disturbing public worship. ' He got in trouble with his people, and when the Presiding El der came "gave him fits." Th e pas tor's name is John A. Edmundson. i Rev. nr. Pfirion. j The following letter has been hand ed in for publication : ! Statesvillk. N. C, Feb. 2nd, '88. I Rbv. T.H. Pbitchard Dear Broth er i Yours of 31st nit. to hand. ' I re joice to hear j of the contemplated preparation in Wilmington, and trnst all Christians in that city may be thoroughly aroused to ther responsi bility and "high calling in Christ Jesus," so that the Gospel may be carried sayingly to every home, and every soul be brought under its influ ence. Am glad to know yon are go ing to begin prayer meetings in the extremes of the city. j As to the time of my coming, the 18th of March, (3rd Sunday), is the earliest date I can assign. That will allow me a rest ! between New Bern and Wilmington. I rejoice with you in the souls brought to Christ in Pav etteville. Surely the Lord is greatly blessing this State. i We have a hall seating 3,000, which is now filled nightly. Great interest has been manifested from the begin ning. Some twenty confessions re ceived after meeting about j fifteen last night. I I i May the Lord guide and bless you. Yours in Christ, I R. G. Pearson. ,M i A Canning Factory. The Star,1 editorially and other wise, has repeatedly suggested and urged the importance of establishing a canning factory in Wilmington. Charlotte has 1 gotten ahead of ns in this matter, but that "makes no never mind." Wilmington is finely located, and within two years we ought to be shipping hundreds of thousands of cases oi vegecaDies ana oysters, wno will put tbe ball in motion? A large capital can be raised on the install ment plan, not only for this, but for other manufacturing enterprises. Fire at Wllllameton. The dwelling house of Mr. S. H. Newbury, at Williamston, N, C, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 2nd inst. Mr. Newbury had $850 In surance on the dwelling and furni ture in. the Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Co., represented by Messrs. Smith & Boatwright. E .! BY-GONE DATS. Reveries of a Former Wllnalnztonlan In bla Far-ofT Home In tbe Wrrt Tne City Fifty. Five Years ago. ; I sit alone in my room. The clock has just recorded twelve midnight. Time has doled out another year, leaving for our legacy, with which to begin the new year, its hopes and fears, it joys and Borrows, its smiles and tears, its i friends and foes, its gains and losses, and Its memory of the past. Looking npon the dying embers on the hearth, as they melt into ashes, I seem to see many faces of the dead past of fifty-five years ago. I ask myself where are they now those friends of my childhood those mates of my boyhood ? Do any sur vive T Whpt fate befell those who sleep the last . sleep that knows no waking; where their last resting place ? In the old cemetery, in the centre of the city, near the quaintly built old St James' church, or in some distant land amid strangers ? Did they die young, before the temp-' ter came, or when the grey of years had crowned a well spent life; or did they live to bow their heads in shame and sorrow ere the Grim Reaper gath ered them in ? j My heart beats quick er, as one by one that noble throng, the old companions of my childhood, the dear friends of my boyhood, pass before mo in review Junius and George Davis; Dick and William Pitts; (John and William Reston; George and Tom Evans; John and Fred Lord; Alvin, Jim and Tal oot Burr; John, Edward and Eli Hall; Edward and Robert i Savage; Lewis Pearce; John Owen; Tom, Gaston, and John Meares; Nat Quince; the Langdons, Hills,: Wrights, Greens, Cowans, Dudleys one dear as my own life John' A. Lilllngton, and a host of Others? ! At the signal by our old preceptors the bat, top and mar bles are laid away. I see them rush, pell-mell, up the old academy out side steps, and take their respective places in the school rooms. Does the old academy yet stand as of sixty years ago, on the crest of the hill alone, with its wide sandy surround ings, a monument to the memory of those whose voices echoed through its halls from the school days of Wil mington's minute men, who won the first victory of the revolution under General Lillington at Moore's Creek, on the 27th day of February, 1776, or has the spoiler of all that is old and venerable human progress order ing the march of improvement, swept it into oblivion? ; Does the noble old China tree j yet ! stand on tbe slope of the! academy hill, with its wide-speading branches, giving shelter under its grateful shade to sire and son. Whig and Tory, citizen and soldier, for more than a century? Or has the destroyer laid his axe to its roots? The boys of fifty years ago venerated it for its kindly shade dur ing recess. Does the spring at toe foot of the old Academy hill still pour out its cool refreshing draught to the thirsty passer by, as in days of yore? (Many was the time the writer, in pas sing, stooped to drink of its crystal water.) Or has the sand swallowed it out of sight for ever? The sons of the dear old city of Wil mington, wherever their lot, either by chance or choice was cast amid the golden hills of California, the ever glades of Florida, the prairies of the great West, or amid the frigid regions of the North, look back to the days of their boyhood in the city on the sandy hills of old Cape Fear, as the most joyous period of their lives. i j i j j Old Memories. The writer of the above, Mr. J. W. Bocage, of Pine Bluff, Ark., says in a note to the I editor of the Star, the day after it was penned, "1 was stricken with muscular rheumatism, or I would have mailed it on the fint of January," Tbe William ana Rlenard. Capt. Patrick and family and two of the crew of the schooner William and Richard, which was lost in a voy age from this port to the West In dies, arrived in New York from Liv erpool last j Wednesday, and from thence Capt.- Patrick proceeded to Boston. In giving an account of the loss of his vessel, he says: I The William and Kichard was wrecked on Thursday after Christmas day, about 65 miles off Frying-pan Lightship. The weather was very heavy and the vessel sprung aleak and filled rapidly. When the schoon er's deck was almost flush with the water. Captain Patrick took his eld est daughter, a girl of 16 years, from the cabin. ) which was half full! of wa'er. and ' lashed her to the main' mast. Shortly after the mainmast was carried away and with it his daugnter. une oi tne sailors, a coi ored man named Frank Davis, leap ed into the sea to the rescue. The spar turned in the water, so that the young woman was on the upward side. Davis leaped so close to tne spar that . he was able to swing one arm around it. With his free hand he cut the lashing and one1 of the men flung him a rope with which he was drawn back to the schooner with his precious charge. The water was frightfully cold, and both the young girl and her rescuer suffered terribly from their cold plunge. Shortly after this exciting episode the Timour hove in sight and rescued! all hands from the rapidly sinking ves eel. i j ! I . The colored man Frank Davis, who so gallantly rescued Captain Patrick's daughter, was steward of the vessel. His home is at Southport. In a letter to his mother, written from Liver pool, January 19th, he makes no men tion of the incident, saying simply that they were on the wreck three days and suffered terribly, especially the captain's wife and daughters. They were , without water and fared badly. He said that if Captain Pat rick got another ship he would re main with him; but if not, he would return home to Soutnport, ' ! The passengers of the steamer City of Augusta, which arrived at New York from Savannah Thursday evening, report having seen a steam er run aground on Hatteras shoals, some twelve, miles below the cape. The wind was blowing half a gale from the north, and waves were seen to dash over the vessel's .bow, while spray flew as high as the yards. At half past 12 she was seen to strike and gradually veer around until her head pointed due east, in which posi tion she remained motionless until lost to sight, i Captain Catherine, of the vuy oi Auausta. when question ed by his passengers as to whether any help could be rendered, said: "She is at least four miles inside the shoals, and no boat of any size could reach her. She will have to stay there until a heavy gale breaks 'her TT ! 111 T- XI up. xi cr crew nui etwtuy reacu bun shore." A haze nune about the hori zon, and it is doubtful if she could be easily seen from the life saving sta tions on shore. She is apparently an English tramp, brig rigged, about fifteen hundred tons burden and was burning soft coal. Schooner Roger Moore cleared yesterday for St. Pierre, Martinique, with 101.000 feet of lumber, and 541,000 shingles, valued at $4,923. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, If aval Stores Pronetlon. The Naval - Stores Manufacturers' Protective Association, of : Georgia, have issued another circular in which they say that "the indications are that very nearly, if not fully, as many new boxes will be but1 this winter as were cut last winter. The explanation for this may be found, partly in the abundance of labor in the turpentine districts, and the unusually fine wea ther which has prevailed since the h ox-cutting season commenced. But chiefly do we attribute it to the well known delusion of naval stores pro ducers, viz: That owing to low prices and the great depression in the indus try very few j boxes will be cut or worked the coming j season, conse quently now is the time for a sharp producer to enlarge his business and profit by $he inactivity of his fellow- producers. The trouble is, however, that about nine out of ten of Irs neighbors are figuring on the same thing themselves, and over-produc tion is tne natural result every year. ' Rev. .fllr. Pearson j The Charlotte j CJironicWs State ville correspondent, in speaking of the meetings now being held in that place by Rev. Mr. Pearson, says that at the Sunday service fifteen hundred persons congregated to hear the great preacher. He appointed S o'clock as the hour for commencing at night, and 11 o'clock in the day. In making these announcements he said: When I say 11 o'clock I. don't mean somewhere between 11 and 12 o'clock, but 11 precisely. Now lam going to run these meetings on time. Railroads run on time and your banks open on time. If you are late at the depot the chances are that you get left, ana you nave no rignt to come here after services have com menced and disturb the worship of God. . Here he suggested that every man would set his watch with his. He said he did not believe in church bells and that they could not be relied on, as the sexton very frequently might be drunk . or asleep, or his little crazy watch had the wrong time anyway. He thought that if all the money now invested in bells was used for mission ary purposes, the heathen would be converted in a few yeftrs. His sermon was one oi rare clear ness, power and logic, nis su eject was, "le snail reap as ye nave sown; ye shall sow in the wind and reap the whirlwind." He (supports every proposition with apt illustration from the Word." TH.K TIMBElk TRADE. To the Editor of the Star: Some time ago I gave your paper the quantity of timber that had been sold here during 187, and claimed that the same quantity 25,600,000 feet would be needed here during 1888. This I still claim. But to the point. I noticed in your issue of Satur day that a. Mr. Downing had in formed you tnat about thirty rafts had come to this market during tbe week, and tnat people found trouble in disposing of them as the market was over-stocked. Now let us see if this is so. Firs', there has been brought to this market since the 80th of January over seventy-five rafts of timber. Out of tnat number sixty-nve rafts have been sold and sold at fair prices. So you see this only leaves ten rafts on this over burdened market td be disposed of. In the future! if Mr. D. wants to speak of an over-stocked market, let him go to some one and get the fig ures right before giving his opinion to a newspaper; for he is certainly far from being right when he claims this as an over-stocked timber market. H. McL. Green. . Foreign Exports Yesterday. Messrs. Paterson, I Downing & . Co. cleared the German baroue Louise Wichards for London, Eng., with 3, 516 barrels of rosin valued at $5,322. . Messrs. JasJ H. Chadbourn & Co. cleared the schooner Emma Crosby, for Aux Cayes, Hayti, with 148,357 feet of lumber and 28,350 shingles, valued at $1,883. 76J besides a lot of merchandise shipped by Lyons & Co., of New York and consisting of 21,510 feet white pine lumber, 50 bbls. flour, 50 quarter bbls. flour, 48 kegs nails, 154 kegs paint, 15 cases turpentine, 20 cases paint oil, 10 crates tallow can dies. 18 boxes furniture, valued at $1,525. !' Also, by Messrs. Chadbourn, the schooner Wide Awake for St. Croix, W. I., with 101,150 feet of lumber, valued at $1,453.75. Sl I Tbe Timber TradeJ There havej been large receipts at this market recently of timber, and raftsmen now in jthe city say that they find the market overstocked and difficulty experienced in making sales on satisfactory I terms. Mr. J. W. Downing, of Bladen county, who was xi -x xLji :iU in ine cny , yesteruay wini uuuer, says that at least thirty rafts have ar rived here within the past few days from ud the Cane Fear river, and more are on the way. A mistake, j The report telegraphed that the German barque Bertha, from this port for Liverpool, had been lost at sea, is probably a mistake. Mr. M. S. Wil lard, agent of the insurance under writers here, telegraphed, yesterday for information and was advised that the vessel lost was the' Norwegian barque Bertha, Capt. Alma. The lat ter vessel cleared from Bull River, S, C, Dec. 8th, for the United Kingdom, according to the N. Y. Maratime Reg ister. The telegram was "muddled" in substituting Wilmington, N. C or Bull Run, S. C. Dividend Deelared. At a meeting of the Directors of the Bank of New Hanover, held yeste: day, a semi-annual dividend of four per cent, j was declared, payable on the 9th mst. The annual meeting of stockhold ers will be held at the banking house in this city on the 9th inst., at noon. i ' 1 Anotber Hotel- There seems to be no doubt that another hotel will be opened here in a short time. Messrs. W. E. Springer & Co. have had several applications . J ji recently, ior ma jrurceii duuuiu. They could have rented it long ago, but they are determined to let no one have it who is not thoroughly com petent to conduct a first-clais house. Prevention of crnslty to Animals. Pursuant to announcement a meet ing was held last night at the City Hall, for the purpose of organizing a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Annimals. - It was announced that the meeting would be ' held in the -Mayor's room, but so many-persons were present that it was 'found that' the room was ; not large enough . to! hold the crowd, which necessitated the meeting being held in' the court! room. There were between seventy five and a hundred persons ; present and great interest was ihanifested by1; all in the proceedings. 7'--jf V ' I The meeting was called to order by Col. E. D. : Hall, who was invited td the chair . on : motion of Mr. J. H iJaniei. bit: u. M: i Robinson was made secretary. IX Mayor Fowler moved that the chair appoint a committee of three' to recommend officers for the Society. The chair appointed Mayor Fowler, Mr. Jos. McLaurin and j Mr. J. H, Daniel as the committee, i Remarks were made by the chairr man and by Mr: F. A. Lord; the latter speaking of efforts made I by citizens in years past to "prevent cruelty to animals. The Mayor read the report of the committee, recommending the fol lowing officers: President J. H. Watters. First Vice President Rev. J. Car michaeL Second Vice President Fred Rhewl Third Vice President Rev. D. HL Tuttle. , Fourth Vice President A. S. Heide. Secretary and Treasurer G. H. Green. L I Mr. Watters wished to withdraw his name and nominated Mayor Fowler for President. Mayor Fowler dej clined, whereupon the officers recom mended by the committee were unan imously elected. j Mr. G. H. Green moved that a com mittee of six be appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws, to re port at a meeting to be held two weeks hence. The motion was adopted and the following were appointed: Messrs. John H. Daniel John J. Fowler, T. J. South- erland, F. A. Lord, J. H. Boatwright, Dr. E. A. Anderson. On motion the chairman was added to tbe commit tee." . I Mr. John McLaurin suggested that the secretary correspond with the New Orleans society, instead of the society at New York, to get viewf upon the subject. I The laws of this State relating to cruelty to animals were read by the Mayor, and it was suggested by Rev. Mr. Tuttle that the newspapers of the city be requested to publish these laws. There being no other business the meeting adjourned. Civil Service Bxamlnatlons- Mr. E. B. Niver, Civil Service Com missioner, yesterday examined seven applicants for positions in what is known as the "classified departmental service" of the government. Only three of the applicants one "whie male and two colored males belong in Wilmington. The others, includ ing a young lady, were from differ ent parts of the State, and came here on notification to meet the Commis sioner, a our oi tne seven were pre sent for a "general examination," three for a "limited examination1," and one for a special examination an book-keeping. j ; i : The applicants for the general ex amination were allowed seven hours in which to write out answers to the questions propounded, which em braced (1st) exercises in dictation. copying and spelling; (2d) exercises in elementary arithmetic; (3d) problems in interest and discount and elements of book-keeping; (4th) corrections of false syntax, and 1 writing a let ter as a test of English com position; (5th) questions in geogra phy, history and concerning the! gov ernment of the United States. The applicant in this class whose average standing is 65 per cent, is eligible to appointment to a position in the erovernment service at a salary of S1.200 and if he lives long enough and does not grow too old in the mean time he may get it, for no appoint ments are made if the applicant is over 45 years of ageJ II To the "limited" class five hours was allotted. The questions were exercises in dictation, copying and spelling and in elementary arithme tic, and test in English composition. This class is eligible to positions worth from $900 to $1,000. All the applicants finished their tasks in the time allotted. . The ex amination was conducted by the Commissioner without assistance, the classes beiner small, and last night Mr Niver took his departure for Charleston, S. C, after forwarding all the papers submitted by the ap plicants to the Department ati Wash ington, i Tbe Cape Fear & xadttin Valley. The Fayette ville Observer, in speak ing of the immense business of the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad, says that the traffic is so heavy that the I freight trains to Bennettsville, S. C.L are no longer counted on for passenger ac commodation. . The movement of fer tilizers surpasses that at any other season. Last Saturday, the Observer says, there were three freight trains at Fayetteville at one time, and the Monday freight train South consisted of thirty-two loaded cars. Ordination of Deacons. Messrs. Manning, Rogers and Han cock were set apart as Deacons of the Olive Branch Baptist church, Green ville Sound, yesterday afternoon. The presbytery consisted of, Rev. Dr, T. H. Pritchard, Rev. D. C. Kelly, the pastor of the church, and Deacon Geo. R. French, Sr. The sermon was preached by Dr. Pritchard, and brief addresses were made on the duties of the office by Messrs. Kelly and French. ' TAR 1888. trASHijvcun. --; Reports ot Progress or Work ou Gov ernment Vtsaels at ramp's Sblp ; Vard-Speaker Carlisle. - By Telecrspti lo Ute Morning Star. Washington, Pub 3 Charles Cramp, of Philadelphia, m at the Navy Depart ment to-day and oeven.1 hours in consu.ta tion with Chief NaVhlCousuuctorWileou.in regard to the work. on tbe naval vessels building at his yard Subsequently, in conversation wi h n Associated Press re porter, be said lb-; vessels were bei.-g con structed us rapidly as possible, and that gangs of rut-n were ! at work on them night and da. He admitted that the work was somewhat in arrears, but said it was prin cipally cue to the action os th Navy Dt pirtmeut in changing the steel tests after the txtcuiion of coutracls The chances were tfuod ones, he s-tid. and would inure to the advantage of tbe Government in se- -curioi; a better quality of utel tor the ves- eeio, nu. ait the sam, the matter had taken time to settle, and iad requited la del&js for which he thought the contractor should not he held altogether respoubihie. While bis turn had u ji asked to have ex tended limb for the Otnpletion ot tbe vest seis, they would submit a statement of these and other facts to the Department, to be considered when the qu&siions ot penal ties ana payments are taken up. alt. Cramp said tbe gunboat Yorktourn will be launched during tne present month, and will be ready for a trial of her engines hy the first of April i The dynamite cruiser is also nearing completion, and will be ready for trial a few days later than tbe gunboat. W ark on the cruiser isallimore is progress ing satisfactorily, and she will be ready for trial about July 1st. The cruisers Newark and Philadelphia have been laid down, and the material for their construction is arriv ing fst t couirb io guarautte uninterrupted woik tor some time to come. Washington, Feb. 2 Speaker Carlisle was at the capitol to-day, but will not re sume his official duties until to-morrow. He is looking well, but has not yet com pletely recovered bis strength The duty or appointing a select commit tee to investigate the ReadiDg strike has been transferred to Speaker Carlisle, and be is giving earnest attention to the mat ter, it being his desire, as be shy, to make sure o'. a selection oi hve fair-minded, competent members of tbe House. Washington. Feb. 8 The United States Treasurer this afterooou issued a circular to tho Nittioaal lianas and others, saying that he was prepared to issue one and two dollar silver ceriiucates in redemption of mutilated U. a notes and National Bank notes. This will be good news to banners and merchants generally, who have been complaining for some lime of tbe scarcity of notes of small denominations. Washington Feb 3 Th?: PrfsUieutj has approved and promulgated a revieion of tbe Civil' Service rulea, which makes several important changes in the system of' appointments upon tests of titoe-s applied; to applicants for places in the departmeutsj at Washington, and in tbe c'asmed cus-i toms offices and post offices The Com-j mission has also revised the Civil Service regulations to conform to the new rules These revisions have been under cousiiiera-j tion by tbe Commission during the greater part of tbe year, and both nave received careful consideration by President Cleve-j land. Ha read them at length : several times,and made changes and modifications both of matter and phraseology. Not one of tb3 old rules of the revulftiinos r mains id its original form. A few of tbe oiiit salient features of ih new rules miy b- s.'ated as follows: They are divided into four parts: eenf eral rules, departmental rule, i customs rules and postal rules. Tne general rules are nine in number, and sre applicable, ex cept in one or two particulars, to ail parts of tbe service uot yet ciassined under tne law or rules. By these rules it is made an offense punishable by dismissal in an officer of the Executive Civil Service: Is, lo use bis official authority or influence for the; Durpose of interfering with an ejection or controlling the result thereof ; or, 2d, to dis miss or cause to be dismisssd, or to use in fluence of any kind to procure the dismissal of any person from any place in said ett- vice because sucn person nas rerueei to re coerced in his political action, or h is re fused to contribute money fr any political purpose, or to render political service. And it is especially provided that any offi cer, clerk, or other employe wno snail wh late section 11 of tho Civil Service act, which prohibits any such officer, clerk. ior other employe from receiving or being jii any manuer concerned in soliciting or re ceiving any assessment, subscription lo: contribution, foi anv political purppsi whatever, from any officer, clerk, or other employe of any department, branch or bju-l reau or tne pumic service, or i rom any person receiving any salary or com pen 6a tion from moneys derived from tbe TreaSu ry of tbe United States; or who shall vio late section 12. which provides that ni person who shall, in any room ot building occupied by an officer or employe of jthe government, or in any navy yard, fort, arse nal, solicit in any manner whatever or receive any contribution of money or other thing of value for any political purpesa whatever; or who shall violate section 13, which pror vides that no officer or employe of the United States, mentioned in tbe Civil Ser vice act. shall discharge or promote, or in any manner change theofflicial rank of any officer or employe, or promise or threaten to do so. for giving or refusing ; or with holding or neglecting to make any contri bution of money or other valuable thing for any political purpose, or who shall vio late section 14, which provides that no officer,- clerk or other person in the. service of the United States shall, directly or indirect ly, hand over to any other officer, clerk or person in said service, or to any Senator pr member or tne noure ot representatives. or Territorial delegate, any money or cither valuable thing, on account ot or to be ap- pose whatever, shall be dismissed from ser vice, it is also Droviuea inai no quesnon in any examination shall be so framed as to elicit political or religious opinion or amu ation of competitors for place, and that if anv appointing or nominating officer shall make inquiry concerning, or in any omer way attempt to ascertain the politics or re litnon or any person wno nas passed an examination, or who shall discriminate in favor ofjor against such person, shall be dismissed from omce. By the general rules several noncom petitive examinations are provided foi- and compulsory examinations for promotion are directed. The compulsory examina' tion provision, as suggested by the -Com mission, was amended by the President, wbo added the following words: j"But persons rn the classified service, who were honorably discharged from the military or naval service oi toe united states, ana widows and orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors, shall be exempt from such examinations." I I Another important feature of the general rules gives authority to an appointing or nominating ofocer, to wnom tne commis sioners may send the names of persons de clared by them to be eligible ' to a Certain olace. to object in writing to all or any one of the persons thus certified.' if such persons or any of them are not capable of performing the duties of tbe vacant place, and the com missioners are directed to make certifica tion of other names if the objections are asnertained to be rood and well founded Tbe general rules also provide that sol diers and sailors, wbo have been honorably discharsred because of sickness or wounds. shall be certified for appointment in prefe rence to other persons of higher grade in the examination, and that in making any reduction of force in any branch of tbe classified service honorably discharged sol diers and sailors, and also widows and orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors. shall be retained in preference to others, Wicrn-rrnvrrnv. Feb. 8. The Secretary of the- Navy to-day made several changes in th nomnnsitloB of the Naval Advisory Board, which is charged with superintend ing the construcuon ei navai ; vessels ouiu . . . . , n . at tne snip yaraoi jouu noacn, nameiy, the Chicago. Boston. Atlanta ana uoipnin Commodore D. o. Harmony was detailed to duty as President of tha Board, in addi NO. 14 tion to his present duties as Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. Capt H. B. Robeson was ordered as a member of the .Board -in place of Commander A. 8. Crowninshield, who will retain command of the fchoolehip 8t. Mary's. Capt Rote son will be detached from his present du ties at the New York Navy Yard on tbe 29th inst. The Presidency of the Board has been vacant for some time. This action of the Secretary is regarded as show ing a desire on bis li part to close up all work in cannection with the Roach cruisers. . i 5 Orders have been issued by the Secretary Of the Navy for the United State? steam ship Dolphin, now of the North Atlanta station, to proceed to Valparaiso and report to Rear Admiral Kimberly, for duty on the raciuc station. She recently saned from New York for a cruise in the West Indies, and was then expected to return to tbe United States, but the scarcity of vessels on the Pacific station caused a change in uia pians. ne ieit cieniuegos, uuoa. to day on her trip around South America, and. will make only a few stops. 1 A diagram of the injured portion of the bottom of the United States steamship At lanta, has been recaived at the Navy DeJ panmeni. u snows mat the principal injury was sustained on the starboard side at about the turn ofjthe bilge, although the plates along the starboard strokes were also indented . i Washington, Feb. 4. The statement prepared by the Naval Advisory Board in regard to the cruisers Chicago, Atlanta and .Boston, show that the Atlanta was com pleted- at a cost of $3,000 less than the es timates, and the Boston $3,000 less.. The Chicago can be completed at an expense of f vo.uuu. or f 0,000 less than tbe cost origi nally estimated. GEORGIA Lowering Passencer Rates on Itall- : roads. Atlanta, Feb 2. At the annual meet ; ing of the Atlantic & Western Railroad lessees to-day, J. E. Brown was re-eleeted president Joseph M. Brown, general pas senger agent of the road, urged upon the lessees the importance of lowering passen ger rates. Rates on all Georgia ioi1a for merly were five cents per mile. Through the action of the Railroad Commiss-inn the rate was reduced to three cents; now, at the instance of Joseph M. Brown. U.a les sees of the Western & Atlantic have inaug urated rates still lower, which rai'r, f.d men say will force other roads to do likewise. The new rates arc, for 50 miles and under. 2 cents per mile; for 50 to 100 miles, 2J cents, and for all distances over .100 miles, Ztcentsper mile., ice new rates wil! go Into effect March 1st. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION Significance ot tbe Publication or tbe Anstro-Geiman Treaty Knsslan As surances or peace must De Given or Tbere will be an Early War. (Copyright by. the N. T. Associated Press.) Berlin. Feb. 4. "While the semi-official press affect to regard tbe publication of tbe Aostro-German treaty as having pacific intent, official and diplomatic circles know that its real aim is lo force the (Jzr to an nounce war or to compel him to submit to terms for permanent peace dictated by the allies. The substance of tbe treaty has long been known to both the Russian end the French governments. At the time of its inception at the conference (.ewt-en Bis marck and Count Aritirassy, at (iisi-ia in August, 1879. confidential disclosures stating the character of the compact were made by Bismarck to the Czar as an in ducement to break off negotiations for a Russo-French alliance. The day after the treaty was signed Pnnce Bismarck made personal communication of tbe fact to both the French and Russian ambassadors, withholding only the exact terms of the tieaty. Its publication reveals nothing to any European government Btfore dis closing it to the paople the step was anx iously and repeatedly discussed by Bis marck, Count Halnoby and lien Von Tirza The Austrian Ministerial Council, the Em peror presiding, consented to the publica tion of. the treaty only last week, upon tbe urgent representation of Bismarck that tbe time was opportune, its appearance at the present juncture recalls tbe utterance of Bismarck when he was reproached in tbe Reichstag for refusing to ; sub mit to that body certain diplomatic correspondence, ' wnca a government de termines to publish important documents. ne said, "matters Bhouid nave gone so iar that nothing but war is likely to be the out come ot the situation." By the light of this memorable statement, the immense signm cance or the publication of tbe treaty at the present crisis will be seen. It is the step which precedes an ultimatum If Rus sia continues to push lorwara masses or troops, menacing strategic points on the frontiers, and if pending negotiations lor an on 3nsi ve ana defensive alliance witn France should succeed, the central powers will not wait the convenience of the French and Prussian governments to declare war. The crisis, thorefore. means a climax. BumarckJ in hla speech in the Reichstag on Monday, may place a peaceful in terpretation; upon me motives oi ine publication of Ithe treaty but notb ing he can say is expected to I lessen the strain of the situation The Czar must give! practical assurance of peace or abide by an eariy war. and judg ing by all that is known of his character and the ministerial influences now domi nating him. the Czar will not yield. Count Schouvalofx, Russian Ambassador to Germany, is in St. Petersburg, attend ing the annual court. He will return to Berlin to-morrow, and will see Bismarck before the meet ine of the Reichstag on Monday. The debate on the Military bill will be brief unless the progressist and so cialistic malcontents insist upon talking All the great parities have agreed to maik their sense cf the situation by disposing of the measure without delay. The report ot Bismarck's conference with leaders of the government groups was not accurate, but the Chancellor jhas seen tbum parately during the week, and given ihem convin clng information of tbe necessity that no Parliamentary check be placed upon tbe passage of the measure. THE TURPENTINE TRADE. Tbe Standard Oil Company Bays Out . Its Iiast Competitor In tbe West. St. Louts. Feb. 4. The entire plant of Wm. Washburn & Sons, of this city, deal era in naval stores, including a large oil warehouse and the entire interest of the Iron Mountain Warehouse and Tank Com pany, was sold yesterday to Waters, Pierce & Co., which is a local orancn oi tne Standard Oil Company. Washburn & Sons ran a tank line into Alabama and Missis sippi, and practically controlled the tur pentine product of these States. Tbe price paid for this plant is not known, but it is supposed to be pretty large, as it disposes of the last competitor of the Standard Oil Company, gives them control of all the tankage in this city, and leaves them with out any formidable competitor in the tur pentine trade in the South. GEORGIA. a Horrible Tragedy In Baker County. I By Telegraph to the Morning star. . New Yoke, Feb. 4. A Macon, Ga., special says: in Baker county a young man went to the bouse of Amos Grant, a colored farmer. Finding all quiet and the bouse closed, be looked aroutad for the eause, and found the body of Grant hang ing from a rope thrown over a projecting joist in rear of tbe bouse. Inside he found Grant's wife's body, in bed. and ber head crushed into a jelly as if by a club. On the floor was the body of tbe wife's sister, .Further over was the body of Grant's 15-year old son. Tbe theory Is that as Grant was a hard task-master, his wife was about to leave him, and that Grant, fren zied by the thought of ber departure, took a clubland brained them all while they slept, and then committed suicide. Compositors, employed on tbe Philadel phia Item, about thirty-five in all, struck because tbe proprietor refused to make tbe establishment a Union office. Spirits Tumeirrme. --Raleigh Visitor: iV ebarJbo of schedule went into effect yestcrtfavoii ibo ltaleigh as i Augusta Air Line fUllioad. Tbe passenger train from Hamlet, which formerly ainved here at 7:85 a, m , will hereafter : arrive nt 9 a. m I, will I ve UamletatSa m instead of 2. s 1, fore. Tbe local freight No. 8 wiii 1, ave i Raleigh at 9 a in instead ot 8:10 a m and! will arrive at Hamlet at 6-25 o. rn . mvtead Of 6:15 as heretofore. I Washington Proanss: On Sat-! urday af ternoon as Mr R W Walle r and his sonj Eugene, were toing from tr.tn lo their home, they encountered three nrfiroea between whom . and Eugene s -mt i pute arose. I Finally r-neof -tbe neirrovs. v W. Howard, got out of his cart and approached the Walkers with !a brick in each hand- When near enough. I, Howard threw a brirlt at Eugenie which missed him. He threw the other! missile at the ld roan W-ilkerJ striking him on the forehead and km Aing mm senseless, anu prooikDiv ltnici'K: a ra tal wound.! The cegio fled and bus ntAet been apprehended, jj i - Raleigh Chronicle: At a aieeU ing of the Trustees f Pcxoo Institute held last week Mr. w. Si! Primrose w elcted. President; W C. Stronacb. Secre ar.v and Treasurer, and Geo li Allen, of New Bern, Vice President Tbe school is in a flourish ing condition. The stockholders wilt cet a 21 percent, semi-annual dividend. There I are three propositions now hefore the Board of Aldermen for liehtini: tbe city, also another petition to lay us mains m tbe City by Julius Lewis and his asso ciates. I From present indications Raleigh will have plenty of light and nt low prices. I urn on the lights It-ileicb s cot ton receipts this year aie obc thousand-' bales in excess of last vear. The receipts are 28,047 balee- Wadesboro Intelligencer: As we predicted sornei two weeks acr, Mr. Finneyj who fell from tbe midnight train on the Carolina Central, aiout tbe 11th of January, just as the train was leiivine the Wniip.nKnrn dsnnt. ur.H cntinnl eirinii. '- bodily! injuries, clafms damaees at the fiar.da of the railroad authorities auo asks that he receive the sum of $10,000. Noth ing else was to have been expected. Who soever gets hurt on a railroad experts the railroad to pay for it, regardless of tbe cir cumstances. In tbe present instance it is to be doubted whether or not the railroad should pay for the; accident which befell Mr. Finney. From all that we have been able toi learn he hed no business trying to get off ithe train at this place. - Stae Corbesi'ondencb: Liles- ville is1 looking up. We have several more stores now than we had last ear. Depot street assumes quite a city-like appearance. Every house on il is filled with goods. Messrs. I Lilly & Williams. T. A. Home. Liles and Ingram. E D Simons. C. L. Frederick, C. J. Dry, and W. T. Knatts. all good business men, are ever glad to see their friends in this part of the town On Rockingham street Messrs: R. L. Henry. J. L. Matherson and tbe old firm ot J. A. Liles & Son, do all they can to please their customers. Since the cotton season opened we have had as good a market as any other in Anson. We have had a good trade all the winter from Richmond. Stanly and Montgomery counties, and our energetic business men intend lo make as good a market here for all the necessities of life as any other in this section of the ecu u try. Nearly all our farmers made larger crops last year than in 1886, and iu marj res pects are better prepared to commence an other year's work than they have been for several season. We hope for a large crop this year and believe tbat we will have it. Wadsboro Intelligencer: Let's have a baby show, say the first fair day in Mayi We'll go $5 towards providing a pre mium !for the ugliest baby p resent. The Ladies of the Baptist r id Society, from tbe entertainment given last Wednes day afternoon and night, iu which oysters stewed and oysters fried figured as impor tant factors, realized about $65. Johnse Edwards, Jr , son of Old Johnse, was arraigned before Squire Horton Mon day; charged with committing a deadly as sault on his brotber-in-law, John Burns. When Johnse saw Burns coming be sallied forth to meet him, as David sallied forth to meet Goliah. but instead of three smooth stones from tbe brook, he was armed with a' coupling-pin, which he burled at Burns, striking that individual in the forehead, cutting a gash three inches long and felling him to the earth. Johnse then rushed upon bis fallen adversary with au open knife, and would no doubt have killed bim bad not the old woman, who sent for Burns to protect ber, gone to the rescue of Burns. As it was, three fingers of one hand were nearly severed and Burns escaped with his life. j t Raleigh JSlews- Observer: Sixty- three' arrests were made by the city police force during the month of January. Twenty farmers' eub-alliances have .been organized in the State within the last week. The total number is now 830. Gray Pool, the deaf and dumb man whose head was so badly burned on Sunday night last. died at the Leonard Medical Hospital late Tuesday night, j Rev. Dr. Young J. Allen, of China, who has been a missiona ry in China since 1808 nearly thirty yearn will deliver un address in Raleigh on Tuesday, February 4th, 1888, at 7.20 p. m. - The City mortuary report shows thai there were twenty-eight interments in Jan uary twelve white, and sixteen colored. -After due consultation, the book sellers of the State have decided to hold their convention at Greensboro on Febru ary 16th. Governor Scales yesterday received a very handsome flag from Phila delphia, which I will be known as tbe "headquarters flag or the N U. B. W. -in tne supreme uouri department, one new applicant for license to practice law was registered. Mr. R. H. Bradley, marshal of the Court, yesterday began the removal of the Supreme Court Library to the new building. The spring term of the Couft begins next Monday . Charlotte Chronicle: This writer, after a week's entertainment with the mumps, (we always use plain language) is again on deck, it is rather inconvenient to get up these cald frosty mornings and find the mumps occupying tbe family chair and no hog jowl on the lot. The - Married Men's Banquet, or tbe Betted id's Frolic, is to be given at the Central Hotel to-night. Five Confederate soldiers i wore drowned,!! shortly after Lee's' sur render, in the Catawba river, above -the i bridge at Mt. Holly. They were making ; their way home, The Federals had burned the bridge, and they all got into a small boat. The boat sunk about arty yards from the bank and they were all drowned. Parties living near secured the bodies and buried them in one grave. It is a shame that a monument should not be ' erected to their memory. One of our subscribers in noticing the fact that a cann ing factory will shortly be in operation in Charlotte, tells us that it is bound to be a success, as the example of all other fac tories of its kind in this State will show. He mentions, as an instance, the successful career of the Hanes Canning Company, which was established at Lexington in 1887, and which has already built up a j successful trade- ; Raleigh News-Observer: It is reported that Mr. Odell, of Concord, and Mr. J. S. Carr, of Durham., wiil build a large cotton factory on Haw river, in' Chatham county. Mr. Robert Brooks, residing in Hickory Mountain township. Chatham county, was found lying in a shallow creek, a short time since, in an in sensible and dying condition. It is not yet known bow he came to be there. He was taken out, but died before he could be carried to his home. There was error in stating a day or two since that an opera was to be given for the benefit of tbe Eden ton Street Church organ fund It is learn ed that the entertainment will be a cantata by some of the children of the church, as sisted by some few friends of other denom inations. By order of the Governor. Gen. Johnstone Jones, Adjutant General of North Carolina, yesterday issued an official call to the colonels of tbe four regi ments in this State, ordering them to meet in conference in this city on Saturday, Feb. 4th, for tbe purpose of considering matters connected with the State Guard. Among the questions which will be considered are: the adoption and procuring of a general uniform for tbe guard ; the time and place for holding an encampment during the coming summer, &c. The Col onels commanding are, Jno. W. Cottcn. 1st regiment, Tarboro; W. O. Jones. 2nd regiment, Wilmington ; J. D. Glenn, 3rd re giment, Greensboro; J T. Anthony. 4th regiment, Charlotte. The Slate Guard now consists of twentyrseven companies, enlist ing twelve hundred' men; including one cavalry company and two colored compa nies. : 1 L