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WILMINGTON, N. C.
Saturday Morning, Feb. 7, 1891
FIFTY- FIRST CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
The Labor Law Debated in the Senate
and World's Columbian Fair Under
Discussion in the House.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
SENATE.
Washington;' Eeb. 6. The Naval
Appropriation bill was reported with
sundry amendments, and Mr. Hale gave
notice that he would ask the Senate to
take it up to-morrow or at the farthest
on Monday.
Mr. Hawley offered a resolution
(which was agreed to), calling on the
President for correspondence in refer
ence ro the conduct ot the senior naval
officer present at San Jose, Des Uuate
mala nn thp occasion of the arrest anc
killing of Gen. Barrundia;and the action
of the Navy Department.
Mr. Morgan addressed the Senate i
c-mn-irt nf thp hiil reborted from th
i l 1
Relations, to aid
in th. rnnstriiftinn of the Nfcarasua
Maratime Canal. At the conclusion of
Morgan's speech the Senate resumed
r.-niHfrflrion of the House bill provid
ing for the adjustment of account? of
laborers, workmen ana mecnanics, axii-in-r
nnHpr thp PIP ht-Jiour law. and was
addressed by Mr. Morrill in opposition
to it.
The bill was temporarily laid aside
and Mr. Edmunds moved the adoption
r.f in nrrlpr that on and after Monday
next, night session beheld, except on
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TVharp nn the Labor bill then oro-
cteded. participated in by Messrs. Sher
man, Dawes, bpooner, ocKren, oiair
Allison. Teller," Instils, Vest and Rea
rm n .
Mr. Blair proposed that a vote should
be taken on the bill and the amendments
:i :5 o'rlork to-morrow.
Mr. Cockrell objected, saying; that
there should be lull discussion oi a
hi!! that would take thirty millions dol
lars out of the treasury, and which was
a worse oack-pay Ob than that whicn
had retired one Congress. He agreed,
however, that the bill should be voted
.-ri tn-mnrrnw.
That being agreed upon, Mr. Dawes
modified his amendment Dy striKingoui
the appropriation clause, leaving it an
instruction to the accounting officer of
the treasury to read the just claims and
report the result to L-ongress.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr. McKinlev. of Ohio, asked the
unanimous consent for present consid
eration of ihe bill providing that noth
ing m the tariff act shall be held to re
peal or impair the reciprocity treaty
with the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr. Bland thought that the bill should
be considered in Committee of the
Whole, and McKinley moved that the
House go into committee for that pur
pose, but withdrew his motion.
The Speaker laid before the House
the Senate bill amending the land for
feiture act of September 29, 1890.
Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, from
the Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads, reported the Post Office
Appropriation bill. Placed on the cal
endar. The House then went into Commit
tee of the Whole, Mr. Payson, of Illi
nois, m the chair, on the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill. The pending ques
tion was the decision of the Chair upon
the point of order raised by Mr. Dingley,
of Missouri, against Mr. Bland's free
coinage amendment. The chairman
sustained the point of order on the
ground that the amendment is not ger
mane to the paragraph to which it is
offered; and further that it changes the
existing law. Mr. Bland appealed from
the decision; but the Chair was sustained-134
to 127.
When the question was put there
arose immediately great excitement in
the hall, and as Mr, Cannon and Mr.
Bland took their places as tellers, near
ly every member in the House rose and
anxiously watched the count. The fol
lowing Democrats voted in the affirma
tive: Messrs. Andrews, Mutchler,
Vaux, Spinola, Murphy. Wiley and
Chauncy. The following Republicans
voted in the negative: Messrs. Carter,
Townsend. of Colorado. Leird, Bartine,
Turner, of Kansas, Kelley, Laws, Con
nell, Herman, Sweet, and Clark, of
Wyoming. The vote was very close,
and not until the last moment was it
evident which side would tip the scales.
When the Chair announced the vote to
be 134 to 127, the Republican side burst
into applause. So the chairman's deci
sion was sustained.
Mr. Dockerv, of Missouri, moved-to
strike out the appropriation of $20,000
for re-coinage and insert the words "and
so much as may be necessary to meet
the expenses of such re-coinage is here
by apporpriated out of the silver profit
fund." Adopted. In advocacy of his
amendment Mr. Dockery said that its
object was to provide for re-coinage of
nineteen million dollars of subsidiary
coin now in the Treasury. About
eighteen million dollars of this consisted
of half-dollar pieces. The amendment
provided a sufficient sum to meet abra
sion or defacement of coin, and permit
ted the Secretary of the Treasury to subJJ
stitute coins in current demand for these
half-dollar coins. Further effect of the
amendment would be to compel the
Secretary to coin at once into standard
silver dollars six millions of trade dol
lars now in the Treasury.
The committee then recurred to the
World's Fair paragraph to which Mr.
Candler, of Massachusetts, proposes
(though it has not yet been formally
offered) the following substitute: "That
the Secretary of the Treasury be in
structed not to approve the payment of
any expense attendant upon the meet
ing of the World's Columbian Commis
sion, or the Board of Lady Managers,
except such meetings as may be called
at the time of the dedication and open
ing of the World's Fair, as provided for
in section 9 of said act; nor to approve
the payment of any expense attendant
upon the meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Worlds Columbian
Commission, as created by articled of
the by-laws of said Commission; nor
upon the meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Board of Lady Man
ffS8' excePl such meetings as may be
held not oftener than once in six months;
nor to approve the payment of any sala-
rf the World's Colum
bianCommission out of any money which
has been or may be available for such pur
pose other than an annual salary not in
excess of $5,000 to the President, $4,000
to the Vice Chairman of the Executive
Committee, and $3,000 to the Secretary;
nor to approve the payment of any sala
ry to any officer of the Board of Lady
Managers out of any money which has
been or may be available for such pur
pose other than an annual salary not in
excess of $5,000 to the President and
$3,000 to the Secretary; nor to approve
the payment of any expenses of the
World's Columbian Commission or of
the Board of Lady Managers other than
those hereinbefore mentioned, which
shall amount to more than $10,000 per
annum.
Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, ques
tioned the efficiency of the Nation
al Commission and the expendi
ture of Government money, and criti
cised the salaries paid to officials. The
total amount of the salary list was $68,
540, and under authority given the
Commission to increase the number of
appointees as the Fair grew salaries
would swell until they swamped the
Government appropriation. Report of
the World's Fair Committee was that
these salaries should be cut down. If
the United States assumed to run the
Commission by paying its own commis
sioners it would be morally bound to
make up any deficiency that might occur.
A former member of the House had
defined "a sinecure," as he expressed it,
as a position where there was nothing
to do, and "a damned sight of pay."
Laughter. He thought that a good
many of the positions on the National
Commission were "a sinecure."
Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, de
fended the action of the Committee on
Appropriations in reporting the para
graphs providing for expenses of the
Commission, The appropriations were
made in conformity with the provisions
of the act for which the gentlemen from
Massachusetts, New York and West
Virginia (Messrs. Candler, Flower and
Wilson) had voted, and against which he
had cast his vote. It was the duty
of Congress to make the Fair a suc
cess, not a failure; and he as
member of ths Committee, on Appro
priations had felt it to be his duty to
concur in the recommendation ot ap
propriations which had been made.
In the course of discussion Mr. Mason
of Illinois referred to the fact that Mr.
Candler's amendment had not been for
mally offered, and gave notice that he
would make a point of order against it
when offered, that it was a violation of
the statutes of the United States.
Messrs. Adams. Taylor and Mason
of Illinois, defended the World's Fair
Commission and deprecated the criti
cisms which had been made upon Chi
cago and every body connected with the
Exposition as being entirely unwar
ranted. Coleman, of Louisiana, said that the
Exposition had done more for the in
dustries of the South than any action
taken by Congress for years past.
Mr. Butterworth had no doubt of this
fact, and he continued at some length
to defend the city of Chicago from the
aspersions cast upon it in the matter of
raising money and laid stress upon the
point that the proposed exposition was
not an enterprise of Chicago nor of Illi
nois, but was of the whole country."
There ought, he . said, to be national
oride in this matter.
Mr. Candler then offered his
amend-
ment formally, and against it
J 1 r' ,
Mr. Ma-
Pcnding
son raised nis point oi omcr.
decision, the committee rose
and tne
House took a recess until 8 o'clock, the
evening session to be for the considera
tion of private pension bills.
COTTON.
The New York Futures Market Yesterday.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York. Feb. 6. The Sun's cot
ton circular says:
Futures opened at a decline of 3 points
on near and 1 to 2 points on late months,
closing easy at 5 to 7 points decline
from yesterday's closing prices. Efforts
to promote a steadier cotton market to
check the decline in prices which have
been noted for two or three days past
come upon a run of hard luck to-day.
Liverpool broke down and the interior
movement pointed a large increase over
last year in the plantation movement.
The bulls, therefore, unloaded with con
siderable freedom and prices soon had
dropped 5 to 7 points. Then the pres
sure to sell was much less urgent, but
there was very little demand and values
made no recovery, as is usually the case
in the later dealings after a smart de
cline. The bears again begin to talk in
side figures, yet aside from refraining to
cover, they do not show very strong
faith by their works. Spot cotton was
dull and weak.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Call for a Cauous of Democratic Members
of the House.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington. Feb. 6. A call has
been issued for a caucus to-morrow
evening of the Democratic members of
the House. The request for the caucus
was signed by about twenty Demo
crats, headed by Messrs. Bland and
Enloe. The call does not state the ob
ject for-which the caucus is called, but
it is understood that the silver question
will be 'he principal matter dis
cussed, and that there will be a
general interchange of views as to the
corsue of procedure for the remainder
of the session. Mr. Holman. caucus
chairman, said the Democrats would
rally unitedly against the shipping bill,
that he did not think that the matter
would figure in the caucus and that
there was no disposition on the part of
Mr. Dawes to delay the appropriation
bills.
REV. SAM JONES.
Mayor Ward of Palestine Publishes a
Card.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
St. Louis, Feb. 6. Mayor I. J. Ward,
of Palestine, Texas, to-day, c omes out
with a card, in which he says the trouble
between Rev. Sam Tones and himself
was .on account of personal matters, and
not because the evancelisr
official actions. The Mayorsays : "While
Mr. Jones was here he took it upon
himself to refer in the most insulting
language to roy""private life and habits,
before my wife and children, hence my
attack upon him. As for my official con
duct that is open to the scrutiny of
right-minded men."
THE BUSINESS SITUATION.
Dun's Re vi ew Trade Continues Satisfac
tory With an Encouraging Outlook
By"Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, Feb. 6. Though at a
higher level of prices, business continues
to exceed last year's on the whole, and
is in character more healthy and conser
vative than usual. With less specula
tive excitement, making buyers cau
tious in nearly all lines, so that pur
chases are closely confined to actual de
mand for consumption, the volume of
business transacted is nevertheless much
greater than a year ao in some of the
most important branches, and in scarce
ly any is there material decrease.
The money? markets are everywhere
easy. Confidence is still affected to some
extent by possibilities of monetary legis
lation, but the impression grows stronger
that no important action will occur at
this session of Congress and that an ex
tra session will be avoided.
Reports this week from all parts of
the country indicate a fair volume of
trade for the season, easy money and
collections generally fair, though at a
few Western points and in the grocery
trade at .Philadelphia rather slow.
The South has the embarrassment of
a further decline in the price of cotton,
but receipts are large and general trade
is somewhat better at New Orleans,
though receipts of sugar are light.
Trade is improved at Atlanta; fair in
volume but quite cautious at Memphis,
and dull at present but with bright
prospects at Savannah.
Philadelphia notes a prosperous
spring's business in shoes and leather,
and in dry goods, with the clothing
trade healthier than for years.
Failures for the week number 261;
for the corresponding week of last
year 265,
CHICAGO REVIEW.
Fluctuations in Prices of Grain and
Provisions.
By Telegraph to the Morning Stai
Chicago, Feb. 6. Mild weather and
heavy receipts in the Northwest caused
a weak feeling in the wheat pit at the
opening. The first sales ot May were
at 99c. and soon 98c was the market
price; and about c was as much re
action as the covering of some shorts
could produce. After a long period of
inactivity there was some brisk trading
and a break to 98c. Bulls who were
waiting for such as this, seized the op
portunity simultaneously with the
shorts, and the combined buying of the
two interests caused a quick advance to
99ic with a reaction to9898.c be
fore the close.
Prospect of nearly double the number
of cars on Saturday which figured on
to-day's corn inspection sheet caused
much weaker feeling to prevail, and the
price of wheat breaking about the same
time. May corn sold off from 5Z tj
The reaction which followed Ieit
the price at 53c.
Hutchinson supported the oats mar
ket and to do so had to buy fully a mil
lion bushels.
In provisions an increase ot about
o.OOO hogs over estimates made yester
day caused the opening to be rather
soft, and at a sharp decline from prices
of the preceding afternoon. Opening
prices proved to be the highest of the
day, and after an inactive session, with
out any recuperative energy appearing
to relieve the monotonous decline.
prices were at their lowest at adjourn
ment.
HOMICIDE.
A Negro Killed by a Policeman While
Resisting Arrest.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 6. Officer
Hutchins of the Portsmouth force tried
to arrest a negro man to-night for
beating a woman and while serving
the warrant the man tried to take
the officer's club away. Hutchins drew
a pistol and shot, striking the negro un
der the left shoulder. The man died in
a short while.
CHILIAN REVOLUTION.
Insurgents Threatening to Bombard Iqui-
que.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Paris. Feb. 6. A dispatch received
here from Chrli, by way of Lima, Peru,
states that the fort of Iquique when the
dispatch was sent, was momentarily ex
pecting to be bombarded by the Chilian
insurgents.
tLECTRIC SPARKS.
A steamer loaded with dynamite was
sunk in a collision in the river Mersey
yesterday.
The Pullman car shops at St. Luis,
Mo., were burned Thursday night. Loss
$250,000, partly insured.
Fire in Church & Co.'s soda factory,
Brooklyn, ri. Y ., caused a loss of $200,
000. Insurance, $135,000.
The over-due steamer Denmark, from
London, arrived in New York yesterday
uninjured. She encountered severe
storms and was 18 days out.
Jay Gould and party arrived in Chat
tanooga yesterday and were entertained
by citizens. The party will spend to
day at Atlanta.
The bolt and nut works of J. H. Stern
berg & Son, Reading, Pa., were burned
last night. The loss is estimated at
$275,000; partially insured. The plant
was one of the largest of its kind in this
country.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS IN THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.
A Number of Important Measures Acted
Upon In the Senate Discussion . in the
House on Bill to Prohibit -the Sale of
Deadly Weapons.
Special Star Report.
' SENATE.
Raleigh, Feb. 6.
The Senate was called to order by
Lieut. Gov. Holt, and opened with
prayer by Rev. Div J. Curtis of this
city. The reading of Thursday's journal
was dispensed with.
Petititions were presented, by Bel
lamy, White, Speight, Reed, Gilman and
Russell.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Green, of Harnett, for the benefit
of Fayetteville Light Infantry.
By McLarty, to amend chap. 110,
Private Laws 1889, incorporating the
town of Waxhan, Union county.
By Bishop, to amend chap, 2, Laws
1889, for the relief of Northampton
countv.
Bv McLean, to prevent the Hse of
McLean, to
screens in bar-rooms.
Bv Parker, to amend sec. 709 of The
Code in relation to Pasquotank county,
By Culbreth, to empower the com
missioners of Columbus county to com
promise and settle with their late
sheriff.
By Parker, to authorize Commission
ers of Pasqnotank county to issue bonds
and levy a special tax
By Galloway, for relief of Luby Har
per. late sheriff of Greene county,
By Speight, to incorporate the West
Tarboro Land and Improvement Co.
By Kiner, to amend chap. 484, Laws
1889, to supplement the school fund
By Reid, to amend the charter of
Marion, McDowell county.
By Aycock, to incorporate Pikeville,
Wayne countv; also, to prohibit the
obstruction of the passage of fish in Lit
tle river.
By Bishop, to amend chap. 33, The
Code.
SPECIAL ORDER.
Bryan s bill providing lor the more
equitable apportionment of the public
school funds among the school children
of the State, was on its third readfng.
Bryan made , a strong appeal for the
passage of his bill, believing it was a
constitutional requirement which former
Legislatures had overlooked. He be
lieved under the oath taken by mem
bers the requirements of the consti
tution demanded this legislation.
(Jn motion ot McLean, the bill was
laid upon the table.
B.I1 to incorporate the Wichovia Loan
and Trust Company, Amended by the
Corporation Committee,and as amended
the bill passed its third reading
Bill incorporating the town of Ruffin,
Rockingham county, passed its second
reading.
On motion of McLean, bill in relation
to apportionment of school fund was
taken from the table, and on motion of
Avery, referred to Judiciary Committee
Bill to perpetuate the records of Su
perior Courts; tabled.
Bill to incorporate Mt. Aurora Female
Seminary; passed second and third
readings.
Bill to incorporate the Wilmington &
Southern Railway Co.; passed second
reading.
Bill to pay C. M. Busbee for profes
sional services; passed second and third
readings.
Bill to incorporate Leaksville Collegi
ate Institute; passed second and third
readings.
Bill to amend the charter of the
Southern Mining, Melting and Manufac
turing Company; passed second and
third readings.
Bill to drain Lion Swamp, in Pender
county; passed second and third read
ings.
Gregsby, from the Committee on En
rolled bills, reported sundry bills pro
perly enrolled, which were ratified by
the President of the Senate.
ihe Kauroad commission bill was
made the special order for 12 o'clock m
to-morrow.
Bill to empower the Commissioners of
New Hanover county to issue bonds to
build a Court House, passed second
reading.
Bill to incorporate Parkersburg,
Sampson county, passed second read
ing.
Bill to amend sec. 5, chap. 400, Laws
1887, in relation to a Normal School for
the Croatan Indians, passed second and
third readings.
Bill to authorize the Commissioners of
Stanley county to issue bonds to build a
new court house, passed second read
ing,
Bill to require banks, banking institu
tions ana . Dangers to maice stated re
ports to the State Treasurer,
The bill passed the second and third
readings. Also the following bills: To
authorize Craven countv to lew a
special tax; to change the name of
'poorhouse" in all the counties in the
State to "Home for the aged and infirm";
to incorporate the bociety for the pre
vention ot Cruelty to Animals and Chil
dren; to comprom ise, commute and set
tle the State debt; to reauire sheeD
raisers to mark their sheep; to incorpo
rate Dukes bank; to amend the charter
of Greensboro. - ,
Bills passed second and third read
ing: lo amend the charter of Suothern
Pines; to amend the stock law of Rich
mond county, (adds Bladen county); to
authorize tsurke county to issue bonds:
to authorize Haywood county to levy a
peciai tax.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House came to order at 10
o'clock Mr. Speaker Douehton in the
chair, and after prayer by Rev. Mr
Mcllwame, of Gastonia, the lournal oi
yesterday was on motion dispensed
with and the following petitions were
introduced and referred:
PETITIONS.
Walston, ior the appointment of cer
tain justices of the peace for Camden
county.
Hickman, for repeal of the merchants'
purchase tax.
Lowe, by request, for prohibition in
Durham county.
Anderson, for incorporation of cer
tain churches in Henderson county.
latorn, by request, tor prohibition in
certain townships in Bladen county.
JNewsomthat oam. late be appointed
justice ol the peace.
-Kobeson, that Yancey countv mav
levy a special tax.
Lineback, for the appointment of H.
B. Holden justice for Forsyth county.
i atom, to prohibit tne sale of liauor
near a church in Bladen county.
Long of Columbus, for prohibition
near the town of Hub.
Bryan of Wilkes, against the forma
tion of a new county.
Francks, from merchants of Onslow
county, ic regard to the purchase tax.
Vestal, request from citizens of Surry,
protesting against the formation of a
new county.
Bryan of Wilkes, from citizens of
Wilkes for the formation of a new town
ship. BILLS INTRODUCED.
Bills were then introducedand re
ferred, as follows:
Hileman, to establish graded schools
in Concord.
-Strup, to prohibit sale of liquor in
Gaston county.
Pickett, to empower County Com
missioners of Anson to issue bonds to
build court house and jail.
Robeson, to authorize Commissioners
of Yancey countv to levy special tax.
Gilmer, to provide forthe study of the
effect of alcoholic and narcotic stimu
lants in the public schools.
Hancill, to repeal charter of Mar
garettesville. Dixon, to enable the Commissioners
of Cleveland to build a jail.
Reed, to amend charter of the, Atlan
ta, Asheville & Baltimore railroad.
Reed, to incorporate Hazell, in Bun
combe county.
Reed, to incorporate N. C. Electric
Power Co.
Tatom, to prohibit the sale and manu
tacture of liquor in Elizabeth township,
in Bladen county. Also, to prohibit the
sale of liquor within two miles of Mt.
Pleasant Church.
i Coffield, to define the fees of justices
of the peace and constables under the
chapter of The Code entitled, Landlord
and Tenant.
Sutton, to incorporate Hope Mills,
Cumberland connty.
Sutton, to establish a department for
the criminal insane.
Sutton, to define justifiable homi
cide. McGill, to exempt Cumberland Mills
from the provisions of chap. 27, Laws
1887.
Scott, to allow the- County Commis
sioners of Alamance to sell poor house
property.
Henry, to pay Prof. Patrick for past
services at the University.
Calloway, to amend chap. 45, Laws
1885.
Calloway, to allow Commissioners of
Chowan to levy a special tax.-
Hall, to prohibit sale of liquor near a
church in Halifax county.
Woolen, to prohibit the sale of liquor
near Bethany Chuich in Randolph co.
Zachary, to change the line between
the counties of Jackson and Transylva
nia. Denny, to prohibit the sale of liquor
near Mountain View Church.
Denny, to amend chap. 138, Laws
1889.
Denny, to amend the charter of the
Granite Land and Improvement Co.
Murdock. for relief of David Fox and
F. W. Brooklin, two Confederate sol
diers. Scott, to satisfy a claim against the
trustees of the University.
Skinner, to provide for the drainage
of streams in Pitt county.
CALENDAR.
The calendar was taken up and bills
disposed of as follows:
Bill in relation to- the Norfolk &
Southern Railroad; passed second and
third readings.
Bill to amend chapter 71, Laws 1887;
tabled.
Bill to amend chapter 181, Laws 1887;
passed second and third readings,
Bill to incorporate the Baptist State
University; passed second and third
readings.
Bill to establish free-ferries across the
Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers at Wil
mington; passed second readings.
Bill to apply taxes in Pender from the
W. O. & E. C. R. R. to the payment of
the subscription of Topsail township to
the Wilmington, Onslow & East Caro
lina Railroad.
Bill to repeal chapter 31, Laws 1889;
passed second and third readings.
Bill to amend chap. 222, Laws 1889,
in relation to vicious contracts; failed.
Bill to amend The Code and to re
quire clerks of courts to make annual
reports; referred to Judiciary.
BUI to amend acts of 1885, amenda
tory of The Code, fixing the bonds of
county officers; passed second and third
readings.
Bill for the protection of jurors and
witnesses; passed second and third read
ings.
Resolution in relation to reports of
State officers; tabled.
Bill for the relief of L. Dillehunt,
sheriff of Jones county, and to appoint
a tax collector; passed second and third
readings.
tJill in relation to lawiul lences in
Pamlico county; passed second and third
readings.
Bill to prohibit the sale of deadly
weapons.
Perry, Pickett and Alston advocated
the bill. Sutton moved to strike out
"pistols." Skinner opposed the bill; said
he was opposed to all of this class leg
islation; it would accomplish nothing,
and that it would be better to call a halt
in this matter. Ray favored the bill.
McGill moved to amend by making the
law "applicable to minors only." Gill
favored the bill. Morton opposed the
bill, said it was class legislation;
legislation. That the constitution guar
anteed to the citizen the right to have
arms and that this carried witEPit the
right in his opinion to dispose of them.
Such legislation was undemocratic and
he opposed the passage of the bill
Bryan of Wukes favored the passage of
the bill. Zacharv opposed the bill. He
spoke in behalf of the boys of North
Carolina. He said that the bovs of
North Carolina had been unjustly as
sailed; that ever since the Battle of
King's Mountain the boys had re
sponded to the call of the State.
button s amendment to strike out
"Pistol" was lost. McGill's amendment
to make it 'only applicable to minors,"
was lost.
Williams offered amendment that the
bill shall not apply to Iredell motion
to table by Adams bill tabled.
Bill to amend sec. 1246 of The Code
relative to the registration of deeds;pro-
viding for cases where the clerk or his
wife are interested; passed second third
readings.
Morton, Jby unanimous consent intro
duced a bill to incorporate the New
River Oyster Company.
Bill in relation to the working of pub
lic roads in Buncombe county was pass
ed and ordered to Lhe Calendar.
Bill to create a new township in
Richmond county passed second and
third reading.
Bill to amend the charter of the town
of Weldon passed third reading.
Bill to define and prescribe when
leases of tupentine trees or orchards
shall expire in the absence of special
contracts. Morton moved to amend by
striking out December 81 and inserting
March lst Cufrie moved to strike out
and make March 10th the date.
McGill opposed the bill unless the
time was extended to March 10th. He
said that it was impossible to get out
the turpentine in cold weather. (The
bill makes leases expire December 31st.)
The bill was passed as amended.
Bills passed third reading! To allow
the Juice of fruit and wine to be sold in
Granville county; to include Buncombe
county in the stock law; to prevent
gambling at agricultural fairs; for relief
ot sheriffs, tax collectors anJ their rep
sentatives. Pending discussion of the
bill to exempt ministers of the gospel
from road duty the House adjourned.
COMPARATIVE STATEM ENT
Of Stocks, Receipts and Exports of Cotton
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, Jan. 30. The following
is the comparative cotton statement for
the. week ending this date:
1891 1890
Net receipts at all
United States ports
during the week... 160,293 139,665
Total receipts to this
date. : , 5,415,113 5,086,041
Exports for the week 174,928 110,931
Total exports to this
date 3,874,746 3,696,375
Stock in all United
States ports 850,329 066,813
Stock at all interior
towns.... 223,545
Stock in Liverpool.. 990,000
American afloat for
Great Britain 285.000
The plant and cars of the Danville,
Va., Electric Street Car Company were
burned yesterday and the city is with
out street car service. The loss is be
tween $15,000 and $20,000.
Four more , ballots were cast for
United States Senator in the Illinois
General Assembly yesterday without
any change in the result. After the
sixty-second ballot the Republicans and
F. M. B. A. members forced an ad
journment, Democrats voting solidly
against it.
Ah avalanche in Switzerland over
whelmed twenty-two wood-cutters on
the mountain side, and all were killed.
The Postal Telegraph bill was killed
in Committee of the House yesterday,
by a vote of six to four, to lay it on the
table.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson,
ville, T D Love & Co.
Fayette-
Schr Meyer W, Spear, 185 tons,
Hinckley, Boston, Geo. Harriss, Son
&Co.
Schr Roger Moore, 318 tons, Haskell,
Ponce, P. R., Jas. T. Riley & Co.
Schr Frank S. Hall, 173 tons, Harri
son, New York, George Harriss, Son
&Co.
CLEARED.
Steamship Pawnee,
Tribou, New
York, H G Smallbones.
Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson,
ville, T D Love & Co.
Fayette-
Schr Thomas N. Stone, Nemcomb,
Kingston, Jamaica, George Harriss,
Son & Co., cargo by Jas. H. Chadbourn
&Co.
EXPORTS.
FOREIGN.
Kingston Schr Thomas N.Stone
277,273 feet lumber, 10,000 laths.
DOMESTIC.
New York Steamship Pawnee -82
pkgs mdse, 47 bbls clams, 105 do rice,
75 do pitch, 106 do gum thus, 295 do
rosin, 747 do tarr 763 casks spirits, 63
cedar logs, 435,000 shingles, 17,500 feet
lumber; 1,052 bales cotton.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
List of Vessels In tne Port of Wilming
ton, N. C. Feb. 5, 1891.
STEAMSHIPS.
Mounts Bay (Br), 1,380 tons, Spray.
Alex Sprunt & Son.
BARQUES
Souvenir (Nor), 590 tons, Liinoe, Heide
&Co.
Niobe (Nor), 458 tons, Olsen, Heide &
Co.
Ariadne (Nor), 480 tons. Hansen, Heide
& Co.
Spes (Nor), 427 tons, Gundersen, Heide
&Co.
Bertha (Ger), 593 tons, Fretwurst, E
Peschau & Westermann.
Louis (Gr), 608 tons, Wagner, E Peschau
& Westermann.
Belgium (Br). 670 tons. Geo. Harriss,
Son & Co.
Guiding Star (Br), 349 tons, Williams &
Murchison.
H Walter (Ger), 394 tons, Moller. E Pe
schau & Westermann.
SCHOONERS.
George Byrde, 212 tons, Geo Harriss,
Son & Co.
Kocheko, 353 tons, Moorehead, Navassa
Guano Co.
Maggie Todd, 250 tons. Cogswell. Geo
Harriss, Son & Co.
Brothers (Br), tons, Gibson, Cronly&
Morris.
Thomas N Stone, 375 tons. Freeman.
Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
Harbeson Hickman, 419 tons, Powell,
Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
Jas R Talbot, 300 tons, Pascal, Geo Har
riss, Son & Co.
M C Moselv. 189 tons. Torrev. J- T. "Ri
ley & Co.
Kate E Gifford, 379 tons. Wricht. Go
-Harriss, Son & Co.
Annie Lord, 272 tons, Kendal, Geo Har
riss, bon & Co.
Gen. Adelbert Ames, 452 tons, Jameson,
Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
Catawamteak, 141 tons, Rowe, Geo Har
riss, bon & Co.
C C Lister, 267 tons, Robinson, Geo Har
riss, Son & Co.
John W Hall. Tr. 183 tons. Fleming.
Geo -Harriss, Son & Co.
Sarah Potter, 342 ton, Farnham, George
Harriss, Son & Co.
"Edward P Avery, 547 tons, Hawley, Geo
narriss, son x Co.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
When Bby waa sick, wo gave her Oastoria.
When she vu Child, the cried for Cajtorlav
When she became Miss, she clung to Cstoria,
When she had Children, sha garethem Castoria.
We E. Springers Co.,
GENEBAIi AGENTS
FOR-
BAKER GUNS,
Hazard's Powder,
FAIRBANKS' SCALES,
IRON-AGE
Cultivators and Harrows.
PURCELL BUILDING,
14 North Front St., Wilmington, N. C.
dec 28 tf
McMillan Bros.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
TURPENTINE -STILLS
Fayetteyille N. C, and Sayannh, Gal
;WE KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
STILLS, CAPS, ARMS AND WORMS.
FROM 10 TO 85 BBL. CAPACITY.
Bottoms of All Sizes.
We beg to remind our friends that we are prepared
to fill all ORDERS FOR STILLS, and Still repair
without any delay.
We Excbanie New Stills for Old Ones
and pay the highest cash price for old Stills and
Copper in any shape. Give us a call.
McMillan bros.,
FAYETTEVILLE. N. C.
nov 20 tf
wed sat
ID O'Connor
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
Wilmington, North Carolina.
REAL ESTATE BOUGHT and SOLD
Loans Negotiated on City Property.
Stores, Dwellings, Offices and Halls
Rent.
Rents collected. Taxes and Insurance
promptly attended to. '
Houses and Lots for sale on the monthly instalmen
plan. Cash advanced on city property.
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TRY WHITE DOYE
AND-
Royal Bumper!
ENQUIRE OF
HALL & PEARSALL.
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for
At the Unlucky Corner !
QRANULATED SUGAR 7c V lb., 15 tts for $1.
WHITE EXTRA C SUGAR 6Jc V 16 tts
for $1.00.
GOLDEN C SUGAR 6c 9 ft., 17 fts for 100.
EGGS, 18c dozen.
Five hundred good fat CHICKENS.
8. W. SANDERS fc CO.
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