North Carolina Newspapers

I lie Weekly . Star. orjBLISHED AT ILMISGTON, tV AT . A IBABi IN ADVANCE. 8SSSSSSSSSS8SSSSS SSSSS888SS88S888S ssssgsssssasggggs q)U0H 9 8888888888883888,8 1UOH8 88888888888888383 8S888S83S8S8S8S8S qiaoK I S88SS8S38S888888.8. Z : 8838888838883883 a; "'. Entered at the Post Office atrwilmtagton, N. C, 1 i . as Second Class Hatter. subscription price: - The subscription price of the WraKLT. jjrAB is as follows : -..- - , Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, ; $1.00 "i " 6 months ' " . , i ! .bo " 3 month! " ". ' .80 OF THB CLAWS Of THB OC- ;i topus. The Iron and Steel Association have published statistics that prove so much that the people who are the sufferers should open their" ees. They say the production of pigjron was as follows : United S ates. 1887.. 8,417.1-H t,6S3.$i9 iS35.. 18-8.. i.!2,3& 1H7S.. SSG0.62 lsao.. &t,n . Great Britain. Germany. S,6W,48S 8,88J,80 1.S46.S4S c.s;p.h f.aw.s 8.i0i 267 e.5597 6,566,451 2,241.574 I,926,7i (about) ejC.QOO Do jou see wha this means? It means that the awful tax levid. upon the American people by the Repub lican Tariff has enabled the United States to gain 150 per cent, since 1873, while Great Britain has gained bat 7 per cent., and Germany (oj per cent. The Memphis Appeal says in contemplating these figures ' "' The difference bttwetn 7 ted 150 per c?v.t, stands to the credit of the jobber tar iff which President Cleveland; has asked Congress to modify eo that the poor man may be able to buy his clothes and his blankets, the farmer his implements and the mechanic his tools cheeper. ' I But let us look into this matter farther in the 4ight afforded by the report of theAmerico j Iron and .Steel Association.) If honest men do cot regard i the figures with amaze ment and indignation then they are indeed callous. Mark you. the As- .1 i sociation is so proud of their figures that 400,000 of their reports are dis tributed free over the United States. They are evidently well satisfied wi'.h what they have done and hope to make capital ont of it. j If they can then the people deserve to be op pressed. Now consider: . j The tax on steel rails is $17 a ton. Freight and insurance to Hew York $2.50 a ton. Price of English rails Mi - add freight, &o., $23.50.; This is the price of English rails delivered in New York exclusive of $17 tax. Last year Pennsylvania rails sold at .about 139.50 a ton and sometimes a dollir or two lower. The average for tne year is supposed to nave been 37.00 a ton. , In 1886, the total pro duction was 1,749,888 tons; in 1887, 2,049,638 tons. Here are some) fifty millions, dollars paid in two years above w hat would have been paid if the high tariff bad not been in opera tion. Who paid this great sum? Of course the buyers those who used the rails. Who got this great sum ? The American manufacturer. Bnt for the great tax English rails would have sold for $22.50 a ton in this country. -But. the buyers had to pay $37 a ton upon an average. Who was bene fited ? The American capitalist. His wcrkingmen did not get the ben fit, or any part of it. Who paid the huge excess - the fifty millions extra above the English price? Snrely the men who bought it and used it. So we have a few scores of men making $50,000,000 above the' price of the English production, while tens of thousands engaged in railroading had to pay the huge sum. In fact the whole country was made to suf fer. If railroads cost high to bnild them the rate of charges must be in creased of course, j I. V But you will say, that the steel rail workers were benefited. Repre sentative Springer says in the Forum that three of the largest Bteel rail mills in the United States jon 'Janu ary 1887, reduced the wages of their workmen 10 per cent, while others suspended operations. Th s is in tended as a blind to influence leg islationto make believe that the business is unprofitable. j If with a $17 a ton bounty on each ton they could not prosper, is it not good reason for giving up so unpro ductive (?) a business altogether? Why carry on a business that costs nearly double as much as the product costs in England ? t : Bnt the-manufacturers have made 1 1 and very greatly. Mr. Springer says: "But the manufacturers of steel rails in this country , have, during the j past year reanzea at least f lu.uuu.uuu over ana aoove a fair profit upon the capital invested." Of course they have. But the cor morants want more. They want the earth. Mr. Springer estimates that in 1887 alone,, the increased price on steel rails was $27,731,602. He shows that employes were paid npon an average $1.45 a day in 1880, Mr. Springer says: " '', ': -'; ( "The steel rail bounty was paid upon one OI manufacture only. The bounties 388888388SSSS3383 e . . Is 1 5 3 S 3 x's S S S 3 X S. YOL. XIX. resulting from our protective-tariff system upon all the manufactures of the country during the past year have doubtless exceed ed (500.000.000. The persons who received such princely incomes through the legisla tion of Congress may be confidently relied upon to use their wealth and influence to prevent any legislation that will interfere with their profits, " I; SUPPLBaiENTARY . ; Col. W L. Saunders, the able ex editor who conduots j so well the of fice of Secretary of , State, bas been visiting ! his relative Col. James E. Saunders, of Alabama, and an inter esting letter from him appears in the Raleigh Ihas- Observer, His Ala bama relative bas been writing a book of reminiscences of the men of bis State in the paBt. Our N. C. Colonel writes of it "It astonished main looking over them to see how many of their prominent men were either of North Carolina birth or North Carolina parentage, and I could not help thinking what a people we would have been if the old Bute could only have held her own. As it was, she enriched these Btatea with her beat blood.- Speaking of these North Carolina aettlera in "Alabama, my contra said he must like North Carolina if for no other reason because when a com mission merchant his 'North Carolina cus tomers were the very beat he had, safe, re liable and debt-paying." i , . , , ; v This is interesting. Let. us sup- plement this with three remarks. And First, we heard a leading mer chant in New York say in 1849, that North Carolina merchants ' were the most reliable buyers 1 upon the New York markets, j He j said his house was abont to go to the wall inl 836-7, and would have done so, but for its North Carolina trade. He said if the .North Carolina merchants had been as recreant,, and unreliable at that time as those from other South ern States, his i house would have failed inevitably. . j Second, in a seven months trip in the Sonth some twenty years ago, we found j among the best citizens in many, places were: men from ibis StateV-l . - " '-" 'T'" i Third, a venerable and eminent citizen, of Alabama a bank presi dent and railroad president told ns that he was - born in Tennessee, but had resided in Mobile for forty years. He said "1 give it as my deliberate opinion that the best citizens of Ala bama in all callings of life that I have known, were from North Carolina,'' PLAY?, TBEATBBH AND ATTKN- i" DANCE. ,.. - -: The New York Jftrror a dramatic paper has a; symposium npon the theatre. , Among the contributors is our old friend Rev. Dr. Deems. He of coarse : takes ground aquarely against the modern stage. He could not do otherwise without forgetting his early training and the associa tions of his maturer manhood. He well asks: If every theatre on the planet were cloeed for five years, would the world be worse?" We agree with him heartily in the opinion that Goethe's "Faust" is "a very bad book. Rev. Dr. Buckley, one of the ablest of Northern Meth odists is also opposed ont and out to the theatre. We think he is not so just and discriminating when he puts in his index ! expurgatorius Gold smith's ; charming comedy, "She Stoops to Conquer," about the purest and best comedy ever written. Gold smith's other delightful comedy, "A Good Natured Man," Is a fit com panion piece; not so good perhaps, but still of rare excellence and in terest. ' These cannot hurt any pure mind by reading them. But the stage is not without friends even among the northern clergy. Rev. Dr. . Lyman - Abbott, who is preaching for the time, we believe, in Beecber's pulpit, and is a divine of eminent abilities, is not a decided enemy to. the - theatre. He would have it to so hold the mirror up to nature fas to correctly reflect the vices, as to make tbem "abhorrent, and to so portray virtue as to make it attractive." Rev. G. H. Houghton, of the Epiecopal ohnrcb, and Father Ducey, of the Roman ' Catholio ohurob, write in favor of the drama. Col. Bob Ingetsoll is also among the contributors, and he takes a decided stand with those' who defend the theatre. In the South there is scarce ly any difference of opinion among the clergy of nearly all of the leading denominations as to the evils of the theatre.' Yon will find but few de fenders of the stage in the Sooth among evangelical , ' ' Christians. Rev. Dr. - Kelley, of the Southern Methodist Church, tried his hand at upholding the theatre and at ridiculing a preacher, in his own de nomination for denouncing it, and be got himself in such jvery hot water that he has not yet' been able to ex tricate himself. If we understand the situation, he is still floundering and fluttering. f -.-; . !. Bat it is a f aot that there are thou sands of 4 members of tne various Chnrches who do attend npon i the' atres. . The Richmond Christian Ad vocate, the ablest' of ' alt Southern Methodist papers, had some stinging paragraphs some two or three months ago as to the extraordinary perform ances of some members of its denom ination in that oity, and the last num ber contains this paragraph: .:. ' "There seems to be an epidemic of world' lineta at this time. Booth and Barrett went through the State, and Church members JQLlLd flocked hundreds of miles to the cities where they played.. Methodist stewards and deacons and elders giving money and influence to this school of vice the modren ineairei Is it not time to call a halt all along the lines t Texas Cor: St. Louis Ad vocate. Now we Bee why three Bishops have rushed to Texas." ; C j.-, The Democrats in the Congress, or some of them, ' are responsible, it seems, for the retention of , Republic ban officials nnder a Democratic Ad ministration. !Who they are is' not known to -. ns, bnt Mr. Vilas could not do a better; thing -for the true Democracy than to give the; names of the sly offenders. We olio the following '. from the Riohmond Christian Advocate pf 26th inst: ; "Not lone after, in elancins through thn New York Herald, we saw that when a Democratic member demanded of Mr. Vilas the cause of 1 delay in dismissing , an 'offensive partisan', BeDublican. the Poat- master-General pointed to a file, and said i 'There are as manv recommendations to keep that Republican in, and hat, too. from Democratic members of Congress, .as there are to tnm blm out. WhaXam I to do when Democratic Congressmen backup their party foes that way . It began to look like the Virginian had flowed miahtv close to the corn' in bis statement" '.. It will be noticed that the "West ern men in the. Congress: are among the most : pronounced advocates of Tariff ' reduction. They have had experience and know of the injuries inflicted by the robber scheme by which fifty-eight million people are compelled to work for two millions. Another thing will .be' noticed; the speakers from: the West are not cry- ing ont for free drinks and "free chaws." ; Mr. the Landes, of Illinois, Democratic bill that said of while heartily advocating it, "he re gretted that it touched the whiskey and tobacco taxes, which, instead of being reduced, should be, he thought, increased instead." Outside of two or no three States the Democrats have desire to see the luxuries favored and the necessaries taxed. , Why any one should desire to read a big paper is hard to understand, un less he loves to read of crime and misery. Before ns lies the World of Friday. -Our eye falls upon the sui cide of an old man and his wife by hanging; a man and Woman wedding after knowing each other for an hour; Gen. Merritt's suicide; a jeweller hurls himself from , a- high building; two others commit suicide, the regu lar cow-boy spree of two young men in Memphis, sons of wealthy parents, &c. Is there anything refining, ele vating, improving in such stuff ? Representative Hemphill, of S. C, is j praised ; for bis ..anti-frotection speech. The Washington corres pondent of the Augusta Chronicle, a Protection organ, says: VJudge Culberson, of Texas, listened very attentively to Mr. Hemphill's legal argument, i The judge is counted the best lawyer in the House, and ia chairman of the Judiciary Committee. I heard him congratulate Mr. Hemphill very earnestly on his speech. mi. Uempbill occupies a place among the ablest younger members, and ne always gets tne attention or tne House whenever he speaks. Really, he is tbe only man I who received the eltghtest attention to-day. The other speeches were delivered to an empty bouse. Tbe lew that were present paid no attention." Queen Victoria Beems to be quite happy over her reception at Berlin. She was warmly greeted by people and royalty, j A speoial to the World from Berlin says: ' "The whole route to the station was lined with crowds of people, who heartily salut ed the Queen Before leaving the Castle the Queen bade the Emperor an affection ate farewell. The Emperor expressed t hope to see her again in bettei times. Tbe Queen repeatedly expressed her gratifica tion at tbe rnendiy welcome given ber by the people of Berlin. " The venerable Rev. Dr. Thomas f Armitage, one of the most- eminent of American! Baptist ministers, and pastor of forty years of Fifth Ave nue Baptist Church, .has resigned, bnt his congregation will keep him as honorary pastor. ; He has just sailed for England. We! believe he is Eng lish or Scotch. , . v. The : Indiana Democracy believe in Tariff Reform,' Grover Cleveland and Gov. Gray.! The latter they propose to present as their candidate for the ! Vice ' Presidency on the Cleveland Reform ' tioket. This looks harmonious and lovely. . " I Gov. Isaac P. Gray, of Indiana, seems to be 1 the coming man for the seoond place on the Cleveland ticket. His home is at Union City, and he is worth some $50,009. In 1881 he had a feud with Jo McDonald, and this accounts for Jo's receBt talk.' ' Mrs. Blaine ; writes- on. 12th April to her son Walker, of his father, that he is in the very best of health; nd "that there was not the slightest symptom of any ailment about him Stop lying abont Jingo Jeems, ye papers." -'- ' T-'-j ': Tbe Southern States are now solidly Democratic. Perhaps none of them will be lost, with the exception of Louisiana. Xf. x. wn, wuer organ. , ; What nonsense!- Louisiana has just gone Democratic by 75,000 ma jority; J- l ',- ry r'i I iiiame , is reporiea not to be so strong among Ne w York I State Re publicans as he was before he wrote his letter of deolination. ' V ; The sdmewhat . notorious so-called "miBd-reader," W. L Bishop, is now in a lunatic asylum. The spirit man, Foster, died insane. : The Grocer's Circular prints iherfol- lowing in regard to the nse of canned goods, . which ..caniiot be too 'widely known or carefully remembered. f- It They are not nut ud in vessels from vmca mey are to do eaten wnen eon-r venient to consumers, but are; only packed In tins in order to presetvet them.: No canned eoods are enaran- teed to keep fresh and remain sound for any number of days after being: openea. wnen onened ths contents of?the tin should -be "immediately J turned out and 'eaten as soon aspos- I - Ti 4-1 . J . A 1 1 . .i.H f cover It no and keen it In a oool olaee alwavs." however, torn ont of the 1 original tin. The Manor around lob VWOA UU sters, salmon and all vegetables, ex cepting tomatoes, it is desirable to strain oft and throw- away. Lobsters and prawns are improved bv being purneo. mio a seive ana rinsea witn Clear, cold water. , Never, on any ac- count, add vinegar, sauce or any Klna of condiment to tinned foods while they are in the tins, and never leave such mixtures to remain an hour or two. if from foreetfulness it is done. . All tinned goods are nntUD as freea as it is possible to i be. but. unless corned or salted, will not keep tarn- ea out as iresniy cooseq goods will, and certainly not lonerer. as" manv tnougntiessiy suppose or expect tney wui. sardines, it preserved m good oil, and if of good quality will be an exception. As long as the oil Is good the fish can be kept in the tins, but seven days is long i enough to trust these before ' eating. Consumers should not buy larger packages of canned goods, than tney can always consume quioKiy. 11 tney snouid. most of the fish and meats can be potted after recooking, sauces and seasoning being , used. If the nose and eyes are properly nsed it ia as im possible to partake of an unsound tin of canned food of any kind as to partake of bad meat, fish or vegeta- oies irom a snop. An Artealaa Well. Mr. James "Walker, the builder and contractor, who is putting up a hand some residence for himself at the old Canaday place out on Market street- has had an artesian well bored, with re suits that were rather remarkable. The ! workmen, after boring thirty ieet tnrongn sand and clay, structr. a bed of rook, four feet' in thickness. Drilling through this rock they came at once to water which rose to the height of seventeen: feet in the well and seems to be inexhaustible. Pumps were put in and an effort was made to free the well from water, but after long and vigorous pumping it was fonnd. impossible to lower the water an inch. Th Celebration at GalMord Ooa r ' Bouse, j The people of Greensboro, and of the county of ; Guilford, N. C, have arranged for a celebration in com memoration of the battle of Guilford Court House, to take place on the battle ground, May 5, 1888, the anni versary of the organization of the Guilford Battle Ground Company. There will be - suitable ceremonies, civic and military displays, including an oration by the Hon. D. Schenck, also a poem, and speeches by distin guished men from all - parte of -the Union. Handsome invitations have been sent out by the committee : of arrangements and a great success is expected of the celebration. Barn Burned. I. Mr. John F. McNair, of the firm of McNair & Pearsall, received informa tion that the barn and stables at his place at Laurel Hill, Richmond coun ty, were burned yesterday morning about one o'clock. I A valuable horse and buggy, with forage, grain, etc were also j consumed by tne names. The loss is estimated at about eight hundred dollars, with insurance for five hundred dollars. It is supposed that the fire was caused by a negro incendiary, who a few hours before the fire was discovered attempted to break into Mr. McNalr's store, but was driven off before he succeeded in getting into the building. The same negro was seen at the time of the fire, and several shots were fired at him, but he again escaped, dropping his hat in his flight. Mr. McNair left last night for Laurel Hill, j - I nwiir Bor. James Brown, a barefooted white boy, in knee breeches, who says that he is twelve years; old, was arrested yesterday and taken to police head quarters.' The boy was in company with negro tramps, who came hence from the South. He says that his father, Paul Brown, lives at Augusta, Ga., and that he left home because his step-mother beat him. . He said also, that he came to Wilmington to get work in the cotton factory; but when the police overhauled him he was trying to get away from the city with the negro tramps. Mayor Fowler ordered the boy to be detained until he could communicate with kthe au thorities in Augusta, Ga. Vostal ( nance. Train No. 15 on the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, which leaves Wilmington at 2.40 p. m. dally, will hereafter take ont the postal car. and distribute the local mail between this city and Florence, S. C, which has heretofore gone out on the 8.05 p. m. train. This change is made in accordance - with recom mendations made by the special agent of the Fostoffice Department,1 who visited this city some time ago, for the purpose of investlgating.com- uuunis as to lDemoieat mau bcjtvxuc. Colnmbae for Stedman. ' 1 The Democratic Convention of Co lumbus "county met yesterday at Whiteville, and instructed the dele gates to the State Convention to vote for Major Stedman for Governor. As our neighbor of the Review saya'thia makes that gentleman's owr section srettv solid for him. New Hanover Brunswick, Pender and Columbus have successively endorsed him and other neighboring counties will fall into line in a few days. : u The Norwegian bark Christine, bound for Wilmington, N. C, in bal last, - was blown I ashore on Tybee beach Thursday morning. : The Uni ted States lighthouse-supply steamer jfem was ancnored near by, ana sne went to the ; assistance of the - bark; and shooeeded in pulling her off with' out any material damage. - r-7T ... eU of n'oid oitlsea. I Our community was greatlv shocked yesterday afternoon. Mt the ajationnoe- mentof the silddeii death of Mr. Ja cob Loeb, an old and highly respected citizen. He Was apparently In hfs usual good health land engaged at the time; : between 11 and 12 o'elock,"in the duties of his profession teaching when sud denly he complained of a violent pain in the region of his heart. Medical as sistance was summoned bnt it proved unavailing, and he expired about half past 1 o'clock." "' 1 , . r ' .. - : ffno7n' orn uBKBlexa,r- manyi out on accottnt-cf his eonnec- tldn with political troubles was com pelled to leave his native country.and came to the United States. Nearly if not quite forty years ago he made his home in Wilmington, where he has re sided since, making many friends by his upright character and genial dis position. He was for-years an active partner of the commission house of Anderson &Lbeb and was regarded as a very eonreot and reliable" man - of business. He- was 'an educated gen tleman, well versed in the' classics. and in ancient and modern history.' He was '. singularly retiring sin his disposition and : had but few inti mates, but those: he cherished with warm affection and would make any sacrifice for their pleasure or conven ience, for no man could have been more loyal to his friends than he. He was an honorable, upright gentle man, , and numbered among J his friends very many of our oldest and most . esteemed citizens, who will mourn his sudden and unexpected death-. .-: ,' . L- ..'? I i Mr. Loeb was , the efficient French Vice Consul at this port, and had held.the position for many years, to the entire satisfaction of his govern ment. He,was about- sixty-eight years of age. , He leaves . a widow and one son, Mr. Harry Leob, now a resident of Georgia. Caviare A new Industry. Messrs. W. E. Davis & Son i have commenced a new enterprise which promises to develop into a large and important industry. It is the manu facture of caviare from the roe of the sturgeon. '-They made their first ship ment a day or two ago, and have or ders ahead for all they can manufac ture." They have " in ' their employ a German expert who has been engaged in this business for nearly thirty years, and besides running some fifteen or twenty seines of their own, have con tracted with other ; fishermen for all the sturgeon they can supply The season for sturgeon has just opened, beginning about the close of the shad fishing, and this new business will give the fishermen employment all through the summer. Heretof ore the catch of sturgeon has been limited to the demand of the home market, with the exception of shipments made to Northern markets early in the season,. - hefors- the run i ol this fish began in Northern rivers. Caviare is the salted roe of the stur geon or, other nsh. it is esteemed a great delicacy in Europe, and a great deal of it is consumed in this country. In its preparation a specially pre pared salt is used which is imported from Germany. ' . Canatnc Company. I The Cooperative Industrial Can ning Company was organized last night, at a meeting held at Mr. E. F. Johnson's office on North Water street. A committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions, consisting of Messrs. G. S,- Willis, Jno. R. Mar shall, E. F. Johnson, Wm. Struthers, E. G. Polley, A. S. Winstead and J. M. McGowan. The Company pro pose to issue stock of the value of fifty dollars per share, payable in in stallments of 25 cents per week. A Providential Escape. . A gentleman of this city received a letter yesterday from Rev. F. A. Bishop, of Beaufort, N. C, the fol lowing extract from . which will be of interest to the many friends here of Mr. Bishop : ! "I have recently had the clearest. manifestation of our Father's watch ful care over ns that I have ever ex perienced. "Last Thursday night the lightning struck our house, tore half of the chimney down, filled our room with dirt, bricks, dust, fire and sulphur, split the mantel, hurled the clock, pictures, &c, to the floor, tore off and scattered the panel work over the mantel, tore off two ' curtains, set one on fire and oroxe more or . less giass from every window in the room. My wife was sleeping witnln eignt ieet oi the fireplace, but only a few chips and pieces of plaster - were allowed to fall npon ner. l naa not gone to Dea, and could hardly realize as I rushed from my study and saw the destruc tion, that she had' escaped without a scratch. Only the hand of our God could stay the destructive power that was moving all around . her. After it was over we talked about our Father's care and rejoiced that in deed 'He crowned us with loving kindness and ; tender : mercies.' Oh, what a sermon He preached to us, 'Watch ye therefore, for ye know not wnen your juord snail come.- -A Larceny Case. " I . . " - z. W., H. Scott, , the colored : man charged with stealing a pocket-book containing one hundred dollars from j the mate of the schooner Delhi, was j arraigned before the j Mayor yester day, ! Scott was attended by his coun sel, M. Bellamy, Esq.,' and ' Mr. Jno. D. Bellamy appeared, for the com plainant. After aa investigation of the 'ease, ' the Mayor decided that Scott should be held for the action of the grand jury at the next term of the Criminal Court, and Scott gave bail in the sum of fifty dollars for his ap pearance. . : Later in the day Scott was rearrested, and his bond increased to two hundred dollars, and failing to give tbe required security, he was committed: to the custody of the sherr iff. . : ., .-. . ';: .' ' ' V.-.r.X Naval Storaii. ' : . -' ' ; ': - -- The xiavnl BtoreS movement at this port 'shows light receipts since the beginning of the ' crop year April 1st. The stocks Reported yesterday were as follows: Spirits turpentine, 777 Casks; rosin; 59,793 barrels; tar, 10,838 barreOs; crude, turpentine, 899 barrels.:-- . i A to ? Internal Kevenao BeeelptaPoblle -1 X.HdfRemTai of DietrtetSOfflelaU. rBz Telegraph to the Vonlng Star 1 ' . Washihstoh. April 26. Collections of internal revenue for first nine months of the fiscal year ended June 80, 1888. aggregated $93,533,958, being an increase of $5,853,753 over tbe collections during the correspond ing period Dt the last fiscal year. " Tbe re ceipts were as follows; On spirit, $50,140, 549 increase, $3,446,408; on tobacco, $22, 51339 increase, $1,107,808; on fermented liquor, $18,499.908 increase. $1,317,150; on oleomargarine, $568,975 increase, $8, 729; on bankand bankers, $354 decrease, $3,265; on miaceilaaeoua obj eets, $186,821--decrease, $65,577. ? The receipts for March last were $658,846 less than those for March, 1887, the decrease- baing principally on spirits and tobacco. - . - i Tbe House Committee on Public Lands has instructed Reprtsentative Stockbridge. of Mississippi to report favorably to the House and try to secure early considera tion for tbe Seaate bill- withdrawing the right to make ..privilege cash entries of lands in Alabama, Mississippi and Arkan sas during the remainder , of the present Congress. . The committee was informed that large amounts of mineral and timber Jands in these States are being ; bought up at private sate or through -cash entries by Chicago and Cincinnati syndicates, with, a view to the probable passage of the pend ing bill, which provides, among , other things for the withdrawal -of such ' lands from sale by oash entries and for its i dis posal under the general homestead laws. Tbe District Commissioners to-day re moved Tax Collector John P. Cook and District Auditor Isaac 8. Tichnor. ifi. G. Davis, formerly a dry goods merchant of Washington, was a pool n ted to succeed Cook and J. T. Petty, also of Washington, to succeed Tichnor. Petty has been book keeper in the Auditor's office many years. Cook is a colored man, very . popular, and has held the office since 1876. The reason given for these changes is "administrative expediency," and the retiring officials are complimented in notices of remaval. , ' Wabhtrgton, April 27. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day accepted offers of $90,000. 4fs registered at $107f; $3,000 re gistered 4's at $1251, and $1500 ditto at S125. All except f3,ouoreglstered fours were received after the regular opening of bids. A Statement prepared at the Treasury De pertinent, showing the saving to tbe gov ernment from purchases of United States bonds under the circular of April 17, 1888, to and including to-day, is as follows: To tal offers, four and halfs, $5,908,400; four's $3,692,650 Total accepted: four and halfs,l$2 490.000,at a 'cost of $2,676,862 50; fours, $1,285,650; at a. cost of $1,614,928 25 Saving in interest on four and halfs, $205,312 50; on fours. $660,672 25. Washington, April 28. Offers for the sale of bonds to the government, received by Secretary Fairchild to-day, were as follows: Coupon four per cents $121,000 at $1.26i; $30,000 at $1 26; registered four oer cents $200,000 at $1,261; $700,- 000 at $1281, $600 at $126; coupon four and a half per cents $340,000 at $1,071; registered four and ahalf per cents $160, 000 at $1,071; $10,000 at $1.07; $2,500 at $1,071, and $100,000 at fl.U7f. .Total, $1.934,100. , FOREIGN Emperor William slowly Improving Decree from the Pope condemning , tne Plan of Campaign In Ireland. . Br Cable to the Morning Star. I Bsbuk,' f April 27. A bulletin issued this morning says the Emperor had a good sleep last night, and feels much stronger this morning. He was feverish last even ing, but early" this morning the fever had disaoneared. His general condition is slowly improving. London, April 27. The statement that the Pope has issued a decree condemning tbe plan of campaign' la Ireland is con firmed. His Holiness says he does so be cause he is convinced that the plan of cam paign is illegal He is also convinced that the Land Courts will . reduce all unfair rents. Another circumstance . that influ ences him, he says, is the fact that -.funds are extorted from contributors to the plan. The Pope condemns boycotting as a prac tice contrary to justice and charity. He makes no mention of the National League. The Dublin Freeman's Journal urges the people to exercise calmness and patience,1 and to receive the Papal decree with pro found respect and loyalty to Rome. It de clares that boycotting is rare. Pabis, April 27. Notice has beengiven: in the Chamber of Deputies of the pro-i posed introduction of a resolution, signed; by one hundred and twelve members, repre-, sentiag the necessity of ..amending the; present system of international law, and ex-j pressing a particular wish for an under-; standing between France and the United States, with a view to obtaining a definite acceptance of the principle of. arbitration among civilized nations. j .. Berlin, April 28. The end of the week sees an unhoped for change I in the Emperor's condition, and the feel? ing of relief and joy at the good news can be plainly read in the faces of the daily visitors to the Schloss. There is every reason to believe that no fur ther complications will set in, at least for some weeks, now that the dangers of the crisis are over. The original disease, however, is insidious in pro gress, and the final result is only post poned. - i ' I The North German Gazette, which usually takes a pessimist view of the Emperor's case, says: "At any rate the local disease is unusually slow in progress. Even now one can speak neither of a very material 1 ex tension of the malady nor of its so much dreaded spreading to other and especially vital organs." This' ex tract rather reflects the reaction that has taken place in the German press since the admitted success of Dr. Mackenzie's treatment, and the -now almost equally admitted fact that the recent crisis was mainly due to Dr. Bergman's futile attempt to insert a new Camilla, ur. Bergman recently said to Dr.' Mackenzie: "It matters little what the feelings of German people maybe, but I have my repu tation to preserve, and I will ! sign nothing that is contrary to the truth." The fact that Dr. Bergman signed the recent bulletins is therefore of excep tional importance. Dr. O'Neaf, the physician attending the Emperor, ex pressed his views as follows: "Con sidering the gravity of the Emperor's maladv. his condition is as good as could be hoped, but afresh crisis may come at any moment. . N evertheless, apart from accidents, new develop ments are not expected for. a month or six weeks. The strong constitu tion of the Emperor may carry him over this, but it Is useless to deceive ourselves and hope too much." I - The Emperor was much encouraged yesterday by reading the . report Of a Hungarian schoolmaster who sub mitted to tracheotomy in 1881 and is still in fair health. As a. further sign that the present danger is past, M. Herbette, French Minister, who has delayed his departure a fortnight, in consequence of tbe crisis, has ar ranged to return to Paris Tuesday. It is reported also that the Grand Duchess of Baden talks of leaving Charlottenburg after her drive to Ber lin Wednesday, i . , Queen Victoria was so pleased with the hearty reception accorded her by the people that she immediately tele graphed to Lord Salisbury a detailed account of the warm welcome Bhe re ceived. She was all the more pleased because it had been suggested .to her not to come to Berlin, as it was! feared she would not be cordially welcomed by the people. Nothing, however, could induce her to forego her visit to the Emperor's sick bed. i : " Rome. April 28. It is stated here that the action of the Congregation of the Holy See, regarding the plan of - campaign in Ireland was taken spontaneously and without previous T . NO. 26 suggestion from England.'! The Pope approved the action without entering into a pending political question be tween England and Ireland. . i' j ." . ; Paris. April 28. The Panama, lot tery loan bill has passed the-. Cham ber of Deputies by a vote of 31 to 132. VIRGIXIA. Crops Damaged by Frost Tbe Loss to Tracker Estimated at Nearly Sl,- .000,000. .: ; - ? i ' : 5;' -V - f , CBv Teletr!na to tae Korainx Star.' " Staunton. Anril 26 Heavv frosts dur ing the week have killed the -pear, i plum and damson crops, and greatly damaged the peach crop. Forward wheat . on - the river bottom is seriously injured. . : ! Nobfolk, April 28. There was. a heavy frosts in this section last night, and the damage to farm truck ia said to-be from oneand a half to two million dollars. TThese figures were given, however, by some of the truckers who were completely discour aged by the damage to their fields. , The most careful estimate puts the damage at from half to three quarters of a million dol lars. The wind was from the South, and farms situated on the water, so as to get salt air, experienced small damage, but in the back country of Norfolk, Princess Anne and Nansemond counties, potato vines were cat down to the hills, beets, beans, encumbers, watermelons, tomatoes and cymblings were entirely destroyed, and peas and strawberries put back a week or ten days. " Seed ' stores here were' entirely exhausted of Btock for replanting to-day. -i -m m m ' 7 THE PRESBYTERIAN 8. Judgment of tbe Presbytery of Iionla i vine Relative to tbe Union of the : Northern and Southern. Chnrebca. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' LotrisviLLK, Kt., April 27. The Pres bytery of Louisville has adopted the following concerning the union of the Northern and Southern churches: i In reference to the question of union between the Presbyterian Church in the United 8tates of America, and the Presby terian Church in the United States, com monly designated as the Northern and Southern Presbyterian Churches,; the Presbytery of Louisville, now in session, expresses the following judgment, viz: Until our! Northern brethren can see their way clear to adopt the policy of organizing the colored people of the Northern States into separate Churches, Presbyteries and Synods of their own; and until there shall be a clearer and i fuller understanding brought to bear upon the minds j of many of our people in reference to their interpretation and application of those points of our common ecclesiastical law that now deal with secular and political questions, we judge that the quiet, peace Bnd prosperity of both churches will be best secured by ceasing to agitate or prosecute the question of organic union, at least for the present. We have reached this judgment from the opinions expressed among ourselves, as well as from opinions and judgments that come to us through various sources from different parts of our Southern Church. Whatever, therefore, may be the individual views, feelings and desires-of some of the members of this Presbytery in regard to the great question of organic 1 union, yet for the sake of harmony and to await the unfoldings of God's providence in the future, we do all now join in the above expressed judgment; and while expressing ourselves thus we i at the same time, affirm that we cherish toward our Northern bre thren tbe most kind and fraternal feelings; we admire their learning and ability; ac knowledge their piety, zeal and enterprise in preaching and extending the spread and triumphs of tbe Gospel; commend their in terest in and their labors for the intellectual and spiritual advancement of the Southern colored people; believe they are of like faith and oider with ourselves, and do therefore most heartily rejoice in their growing power and prosperity. Their standardr"df doctrine and Church .order are out stan dards, whatever differences of views may obtain between them and us in reference to the exact interpretation of a few of the points contained in them. Hencs their success everywhere is, in part at least, our success. We are one in a true Scriptural sense, even in the absence, of a visible or accomplished organic union. - SOUTH CAROLINA' A Wlfe-RInrderer Banged at Ander eon Execution of Jack Pratber at Orangeburg. Columbia, April 27. -Jasper N. Davis was executed at Anderson at 12:50 p. m. to-day for the murder of his wife in Sep-, tember, 1885. When asked if he had any thing to say he replied: "You see what I have come to, Take warning." His neck was not broken, and death was caused by strangulation. The execution was private. Davis' wife left him on ac count of his ill treatment, and because she refused to return to him, he concealed himself near the roadside, and-as she passed by shot her dead. , Columbia. April 27. Jack Prather, col ored, was banged at Orangeburg to-day at 12.25 p. m., for the murder of Andrew Jackson, also colored. He protested his innocence and said he was going to heaven. He died without a struggle. Prather shot and killed Jackson in July, 1885, because he had testified against him in a case in which both were tried for stealing cotton GEN, JOS. E. JOHNSTON. Unusual Honor Conferred on Him by the ar. D. Baker Pott. G. A R. of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pa ; April 25 The announcement is made here this morning that Gen. Joseph E Johnston, the highest in rank of tbe living officers of the Con federate Army, was on Thursday night last unanimously elected an honorary member of the E. D Baker post No. 8, G.iA R of this city Tiie election was brought about upon the receipt of a letter reading: "For the purpose of enabling me to participate in the noble work of charity performed by the comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, I hereby make ap plication for contributing membership in your Post. Inclosed please find the sum of $10 for one year's dues."- The petition was unaccompanied by any other communica tion, and when presented to the members of the Post for their consideration, it went through with a rush, amid the cheers of two hundred veterans present. General Johnston is the only ex-Confederate soldier who has ever been received in the rank of the Grand Army Post. FATAL, EXPLOSION. A Servant Girl and a l.iuie Child :' - Rurned to Death, Topbxa, Kan., April 28. An explosion occurred in a dwelling house . on West street, between 18th and ltth, yesterday afternoon, caused by pouring oil from a five-gallon can, nearly full, into a tank of a gasoline stove. The building took- fire and was destroyed, resulting in the death of a domestic named Annie Evans, aged 22 years, an English girl who had been in this country only a short time, andlber charge, Mary McLaughlin, six years old, daughter of James McLaughlin and wife, who occu pied the house. Tbe ooaies wnen recover ed were a fieshless charred mass. The po sition in which they lay indicated that the servant had desperately tried to save the little one. Mrs. McLaughlin, tne motner of the little one, was also badly burned, and lies in a critical condition. Bhe ran out or the house enveloped in flames, . when, tbe explosion happened. She attempted to re turn to the house to rescue her child but fell exhausted to the ground, e ;f . .. . . - I A large number of members of . Congress and newspaper correspondents left Wash ington this morning, for Philadelphia to attend the launching of the "Yorktown," the dynamite cruiser, and . in consequence the Capitol was almost deserted. Only two Senators made then- appearance in the Senate Chamber,, and only twenty-five members were present in the House when it was called to order. ; Spirits Tiirpentine. 7 - Fayetteville Journal: Quite a large audience greeted Prof. Geo.- T. Win- ston at Williams Hall last evening. - Per haps no audience that ever gathered in this Hall were more delightfully . entertained, than that of last sight Capt. Cbas. - Humphreys, engineer in charge of the river . improvements above Wilmington, has had . his entire force for about two months, at work above Fayetteville digging out rock : to use in the construction of new jetties, -and in the improvement of old ones. . ' C - Greensboro Workman: J udge Schenck,' who was recently invited bv the ! Ladies' Memorial Association to co-operate :rJ with them in the completion of the Con- ' federate Monument in Greene Hill Cemc- ; tery, has ordered from Messrs. Bakeell & ". Mulfins, Salem, Ohio, a statue of a Confed erate soldier life sizar-cast ia eopper. f ? . which will be placed on a die. to be erected , on the present base. Tbe figure of tbe ' ' soldier will be an exact counterpart of the one on the Confederate monument at WQ-: -mihgton, N. C, from the photograph of . -which it will be modelled. The cost of the figure will be $350, delivered at Greens- j " boro. , Vi -,;v ; , ... y.-- i Charlotte Chronicle : The Char- t lotte Evangelical Alliance which ' was ' organized Tuesday afternoon by the city pastors and supervisors, met last night. . Short and appropriate addresses were made. -by Revs. J. Y. Fair, C. E. Todd. T. 8. .Brown, F. D. Swindell and A. G Mc Manaway. Steps were taken towards carrying out the plan of the Alliance in the : appointment of visitors, and districting the city that work at visitation should begin. : The people of Mecklenburg will this ! . year be called upon to vote for candidates for a new office, that of .tax collector. ; It will require tour million, five hundred ; -; thousand brick to complete the building ' work now in hand by the contractors in ' Charlotte."' -.--W-i'-- ,4' Seaboard Reflector .! Judge i; : Graves ! informed O'Hara that his remarks were irrelevent and not sustained by the ; evidence, and very mildly requested him to desist, but the dusky gentleman from Ber- .; , muda seemed to think that His Honor was jesting,1 or that he (the ex-congressman), - was a man of too much importance to obey -a gentle mandate from a Superior Court Judge, and instead of obeying the mild in- -junction waxed warmer in his attempted ridicule, whereupon the venerable Judge arose from his seat, and in tones that could ' not be misconstrued informed Mr. O'Hara that his mandates should be respected and obeyed even by bo important a personage as the honorable ex-congressman from Ber muda.; . .'..: - Monroe Enquirer-Express: A large amount of machinery is being put in . ' at the Bam Christian gold mine, and work -will be begun on an extensive scalo. Water ' will be conveyed from the Pee Dee river, - The chinch bugs have begun work but are not doing much damage as yet. The G., 0. & N. Railroad bridge over the Catawba river is to cost $40.000. Jas. A. Lockhart, Esq., will deliver the ad dress at the commencement of Norwood High School, May 25th. Rev. C. W. Robinson will be installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church at this place to-mor row night. Rev. W. R. Atkinson will pre- , . side, preach and propound tbe constitu tional i questions.- Rev. J. L. Williamson will charge the pastor and Rev. W. R. Ar- : rowood will charge the people. Wilson Advance: Bishop Ly- man preached at the Episcopal Church last . . ' Friday night a sermon that was pronounced by those who heard it, as strong and prac tical. The Bolemn and impressive rite of -confirmation was administered to six per sons at tbe close of the sermon. Broth er Blount was unable to be present at the ; Athletic games at Davis School, La Grange, last week, and the address was delivered by Mr. Council Woo ten, of that place. The people of "our sister town, Toisnot, have exhibited a wonderful amount of en terprise from the time the depot was moved from old Joyner's and the town started. Mr. D. A. Batts informed us yesterday that ' " about $25,000 had already been subscribed . for building a cotton factory. - Raleigh dot: I Yesterday White was seen on the Btreet shaking hands. I Weldon News: It becomes our . : painful duty to chronicle the death of Ber nard T. Simmons, which occurred at the " residence of his brother-in-law, Capt. H.J. Carraway, at Halifax, on Saturday last, after an illness of some months of that ter- ' : ; rible and fatal disease, consumption, in the 27th year of his age. Mr. Jeff Biggs, son of our countyman, E. O. Biggs, of . Spring Hill, died at Norfolk last week, and was taken home for burial on Friday. . On the night of the 16th inst, Mr. W. T. , Marrow, formerly of this place, was severe-' ly wounded in Birmingham, Ala., where he , has been living for the past two years, and where for some time past he has been on the police force. The commencement : -exercises of Littleton Female College will take place on the 80th of May. Dr. B. F. Nixon, of Oxford, will preach tbe annual commencement sermon, and the literary . address before the' Eunomian Society will be delivered by George P. Hart, of Rocky Mount On Friday last the locomo tive and seven flats of the Coast Line local freight tram ran into Rowanty creek on the Petersburg road. The bridge was up for -repairs, and the train being on the down ' -grade could not be stopped in time to pre- . vent the disaster. No one was hurt Engi neer Jimmy O'Brien jumped from the cab ' ( as he saw the bridge giving away, and thu saved his life probably. Pittsboro Record: The TJnivei sity of North Carolina has lust cause to be proud of its two literary societies the Dia lectio and the Philanthropic and the friends of literary culture should be grati-" V , fled at the high standard now maintained , by those venerable societies, r A cor respondent of the News- Observer says that " petroleum has been discovered on tbe plan- ; tation of Mr. W. D. Harrington, near Deep River, in Moore county. . We hope this may prove true. Mrs. Ann DaviB died, at her residence in Camden, 8. 0., on the '' 17th inst, in the 81st year of her age. She was the widow of the late Bishop Thomas F. Davis, and a sister of Mr. James Moore , ' of this place, and was a refined, gentle and . ' cultured Christian, whose rare loveliness of character had endeared her to all who knew -hen Our former countyman, Mr. S. 8. Carter, who is now agent of the 0. C. B. R. at Clarkton, has cause to be proud of a ' ' gold-headed cane recently presented to him. At the breaking out of the war Mr. Carter . was one of the first volunteers in Chatham . , and went off to the war as a member of Co. G. 26 ih regiment, but afterwards joined a r cavalry company. In a skirmish in the : eastern part of this State he captured the sword of a Federal captain, and about three years ago he advertised for the ownerjn some Northern papers, and sometime after- ; wards a son of the Federal captain sent for . the sword, and in appreciation of Mr. Car-, . " ter's kindness presented him with a gold-' headed cane. . - . . . ::, ;- i-i Raleigh News-Observer : We , . learn that Major John Gatling is lying" critically ill at bis old home in Gates conn -ty. CM. Busbee, Esq., went to Dur ham yesterday, where he delivered the an ' nual address before the lodge of Odd Fel- :- : lows of that city last evening Argu- ,V ment in the case of Gray Washington vs. ' . "' the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad was con- tinued yesterday morning in Wake Supe- ; . ', rior Comt and yesterday the jury brought ' ; in a verdict of $1,500 damages in favor of . the plaintiff. Mr.- J. L. Stone gave " bond to-day for his appearance at the next . civil term of Mecklenburg Superior Court .- There was some delay in getting up the ' bond owing to the sickness, of Mr. Stone ,. and of his father, who lives at Wake Forest ;. . It was learned from parties here from Louisburg yesterday that Mr.. A.W.Pearce, " . clerk of Franklin court, who was recently -indicted for embezzlement and whose trial - ; came up this week at Louisburg, resigned " his position as clerk of the court, where upon the charges against him were with- ' drawn. Habbbllsvillb, N. C, April 25. A terrible fire occurred in the ", -. town of HarreUsvllle. in Hertford county,- on Sunday last the 22nd inst The Are ;.: broke out about one o'clock a m. Losses: . ". Jj O. Askew, store and stock, $2,500. Tbe . postoffice was kept in said store and was all lost W. A. Hollomon, stock of merchan- disc, $1,000; W. D. Scull's stock of mer- chandise. $1,250; J. J. Scull's estate, store, dwelling and all out-houses except gin house, $5,000; C. L Sharp's estate, two stores, $1,500; G. W- Baker, two stores, v; , $1,200: Williams Bros., one store (small), $500; T. D. Gatling, stock of merchandise, . $500; Baker & Cullens, btock of merchan- '; diss, $1,500: E. D. Scull, two stores and one stock of merchandiser $3,000. There -. were only three stores left D. L. Jerni- ' gan's, one of Williams Bros', and of John . O. Askew's. Wilt '4, -A r I - 1, . '.1. -1 m it -t ' i- it