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The Weekly -Star- . PUBLISHED AT rt' i L. .YJ ISO TON; ,M . C., A YEAlt, IN ADViHOE. ra T 1.3 Old sss; 'jSSSSSSSSS8SSS8SS 4U"W M J asssgssssssa'sgg'ggs 88S888SS8SS888SS8 tfiliuoM it di! sir SSSS888SSSSSSSS88 - 82888888882888888 SSS888SS828S8S888 S8SSSSSS83S8SS8.S v - 88888338888883338 a to 09 " 10 00 2 S 2 S ?3 3 S 3? Entered at the Post Office afWHmington, K. a, as Second Clasa Matter. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subseri6tion price of : the Wkeet.y Stab is as, follows : J ""1"' - .C Single. Copy 1 year, postage paid, Vfe$l6ft " o months, 1.00 "- " 3 months " " , .50 BOTH A DIS1INCTION AND.SIF FBRBitfE. Our highly esteemed friend, the editor of the Hickory Press, in com menting upon' the Star and the Blair bill, says this: We hear objection on constitutional grounds. But it is too late now to rati that question. ' Congress settled it in 1836J when by the acquiescence of the strictest constructionists the surplus in the U. S. Treasury was deposited with the States for educational purposes. The bill of Mr. Blair proposes to divide $77,000,000 of the' surplus in the National Treasury among the States on the, basis of illiteracy the an nual appropriations running through a pe riod of eight years. A table has been pre pared by. the Bureau of Education show- ing tbe amount each State would receive as the-result of these annual distribu tions." . With much respect we protest that it is never "too late to raise" a con stltutional objection. - If there hava been departures from and violations of that sacred instrument it is only the more imperative to recur to first principles and retrace our steps. Mr. Webster opened his great speech .in reply to the eloquent and powerful speech, of Mr. .Hayne, of South Carolina,by proposing to examine in to the coarse of the ship and ascertain whether it course was according to the great chart the Constitution. We have not hi4 works at hand, and it 'has been a lonjt?ine since we read the speech, but we think we have given the idea. If tbe Congress has departed from, the good old Consti tutional -ways it is high time surely that it' had turned again in that direction. It is time in 1886, that the demoralization of. tbe" -War and tbe consequent violations of iorganio law were stopped. Our freud says the "Congress Bet tied" the question of Federal appro priations for school" teaching in the State, in 1836, "when ' by the ac quiescence of the strictest construc tionists the surplus in the United States Treasury was deposited with the States for educational pur poses." Does the Blair bill propose really to follow that precedent ?, We think not. We do not understand that; the Blair bill proposes to lend the States certain .. moneys in the Treasury but to give absolutely. We ate conSdent that the legislation ap pealed to by the Press is not a pre cedent for the-course now proposed. We say without hesitancy that, to our understanding, the Blair bill is not Jd accordance with precedent whether it be in 1836, or in any other year. ' " Now what has' been done? Dur ing Jackson's Administration we ap prehend you will find no case paral lel to the dangerous Blair bill, that - according to the ablest Northern and Southern . Constitutional lawyers violates the letter and Bpirit of the ""organic la w of the land. We insist that there is a very wide . difference in the two propositions to raise taxes (as under the Blair bill) andto disburse them for purposes of education in the States, and by Fed eral authority, and that other propo--.- sitionthat of 1,836 to distribute to lend a surplus in the Treasury placed there without design, and that was the proceeds of sales of . the . public lands that belong to the Uni ted States as such. We contend that 'these are very different propositions, and involve two very different prin ciples of Constitutional law. No lawyer of any pretension to ability and learning ever denied that the Congress has a right, under the Constitution, to dispose of the public lands as it pleases. This is one thing, but the principle of the Blair bill is a very different thing, as our intelligent friend will easily see. The Congress has no authority under the Constitu tion 7o tax the people and then use the money thus collected for grand schemes of Paternal school teaching in the States whatever may be the plea. This is so, or such . great au thorities as Black, Curtis, Cooley, Sage, Coke and other statesmen and jurists, never understood the Con stitution. ' ' , ' Judge Cooley is known to lawyers as very high authority. He saystbat the purpose "of taxation! ifl for o&- tairiing revenue.1" He says that all definitions of taxation imply that it is to be imposed only for public pur poses and within the "jurisdiction of the Congress.? ' The ablest lawyers VOL. XVII, deny that the common -schools in the States are within the jurisdiction ot the CongresB. The schools are sure ly withint the jurisdiction of the seve ral States in their sovereign and in dependent capacity.' . To deny this is to deny the very genius ""and theory of our Government. It is to abandon all States rights, and local self-govern ment. ,:'. : There is no authority in the organ io - law for any such assumption of power, isut let us glance at the -precedent relied upon. j President Jackson! recommended the d istributlen of the surplus aris ing from the sales of public lands be longing to the United States. " L: ; The sum depositeaijirih the Slates waB $28,000,000.1 ISaw in this act there . is no ntbority'wb.atever for tax the people and then distribute not lend or deposit,5 but give, the revenue thus derived to ' the States for " school;; purposes. There js .;. a wide difference running throughout the two propositions. We will give to-morrow some opinions from ju rists as to the question at issue, us bur space today is exhausted. We will then see more of the precedent i claimed. INVENTORS IN TELEGBaPHV. Some of our readers will no doubt remember 'that i some three or four years since the Stab had two or three editorials on tbe subject of Morse's claim to be the discoverer of the elec tric telegraph, j We gave a history of the matter, and showed that to Prof. Henry, of the Smithsonian In stitute, much more credit was due i . i, .. . for the discovery than to Morse or any subsequent inventor or discoy erer. We also showed that , the ap plication of electricity to telegraph ing was known to others even before Prof. Henry's disboveries,. although that great man had made important discoveries . of his own in connec tion with the telegraphy not hitherto known. In the -jdiseussion we re f erred to a book of travels in France written just before the awful revolu tion in that country in the last cen tury, by Arthur j Young, (a well known Irish author frequently quoted by Lecky in his great "History of the Eisrbteeoth Century") in which -.. j - he tells of a Frenchman who had line of wire in his house and an elec trie machine by which ha could- i - - electricity from end to end. We allude to this again because we incidentallv referred the other day to the fact that other discoverers were ahead of Mr. Clemmons and Prof. More. We find in the Ra i leigh News- Observer an editorial on the claim of Mr. Clemmons as hav ing been the first) to diseover tele graphy. The article is thorough enough to satisfy jraost persons that Mr. Clemmons has no .showing. It says: "Whv. oless us I 'in 1774 an electric tele graph war established at Geneva by Le ssee.' 'In England, Ronalds had a line of eieht miles on which the wire was sus pended from poles and insulated by silken strings; and in 1798, Salva. in Spain, work ed a line, by, static electricity, twenty-six miles loDg.' 'Soemering, in 1807, invented a telegraph (using the voltaic pile) and con tinued it for several years in Munich.' And indeed, there was no end to electric telegraphs. "f ' - "In 1820 Arago, in France, discovered that a sewing needle surrounded by a coil of wire through which a voltaic current was passed became magnetic, and Sturgeon in 1824 produced the electro magnet, an iron wire, wrapped with copper wire, which became a magnet while the current flowed and lost its magnetism when it ceased. This was at first deemed the end of the difficulty, but it was found that something still was lacking. The elec tro magnet would not act at long distances. In 1826, however, a inan undertook the in vestigation of this branch of science and be overcame all difficulties. He was an Ameri can, and one whose name is justly held in the highest regard. iWe refer to Professor Henry, who afterwards, under great press ure, was induced to abandon his work as a student of science and take charge of the Smithsonian Institute. In 1826 he realized the difficulties in the way of making the tpWmnh work, crabmed with them, dis covered what was necessary, and gave the world the electro-magnetic telegraph." Prof. Morse has been sporting bor rowed plumes for several decades. Henry was long before Morse in the discovery and in no sense was Morse the original inventor. As the News Observer - says, he merely used what Henry bad given the world freely and without price; ten years before. The Stab fully believes in the in tegrity of Attorney General Garland It believes that tbe attack upon him U a fnnl conspiracy, and that he is the same pure and honorable and honest "gentleman he bar been all through a useful! and distinguished life. He ought Ito be firm and to make no concessions to His implaca ble and unprincipled foes. The fol lowing from the Norfolk Landmark, is about right. That paper says .'Mr ftptrim Tlcknor i Curtis, no mean authority, has vindicated him. Friends in .11 of tha counlrv have denied that there was moral wrong or official impro priety in his holding the stock referred to, nd for Mr. Garland to divest himself of this, under the pressure now brought him wnnlri fhe confession of judg ment. He owes it to himself, he owes it to hi. friil. he owes it to his party to stand nn and show a front against"the persecu tion to which he hag been Bubjeea Three of Charles Wesley's great grandsons are clergymen in the Established Church. The Archbishop. of Canterbury is tbe grandson of the eminent Meibodist commentator, Rev. Joseph Benson. ft The Boston Post has bad two edi torials aimed at Agricultural Col- eges and Experiment Stations. - It regards them as lamentable failures, at least in New England. It insists that they have done and are doing nothing that entitle them to the good opinion of jthe publio,because the ben efits arising from them are out of all proportion to the cost of running them. -It says: ' "We . do not need to again go over the ground with respect to Agricultural Col leges. . We can prove by their own reports that their results do not begin to justify the public " outlay, to say nothing of what it costs. .the farmer in other ways to give his son or sons what he supposes is ad-. vanced agricultural training. The experi ment stations- ia this part of the country nave imien as far short or the accompiisn- ment of their declared purposes as the col- leges have." ' - . ' ;v....; v . -, . DOCTOIfc GKISSOffl'S REPORT. Webaf redgivad; the annual, re- tigene Gri8pm, Super intendent of the North Carolina In sane Asylum, at Raleigh. Like - all Of his reports it is accurate, full and instructive. Since the Asylum was opened in 1856, there have been 1,723 patients treated. Of these 469 were discharged as cured and 473 died. There are now under treatment 254 patients. During the past year the per centage of cures upon admissions has been 41 per cent., and of, deaths upon the whole number treated) baa been 7 per cent. ' , There is a steady increase of in sane in the State. A few years ago there were but 900; now there are in the iails, poor houses and private houses in the Eastern Division alone 800. This too in the facof the fact there are two asylums now for the whites that are filled to repletion Dr. GrisBom diecusses the question of.dealing with these unfortunates. He says with characteristic sympathy and benevolence of heart: "The consideration of this problem may be rushed aside for the moment, but it is sure to recur. These unfortunates are here. and to stay. Somebody must feed and clothe and care for them. They cannot be exterminated like wild beasts. I hey can not be left to perish in a Christian land Citizens of North Carolina must bear North Carolina's burden of this weight .upon civilization and progress. Individuals must do it. in the separate cases scattered over onr domain, with irregular and often in judicious ex oenditure of money, time and human life." If all the wretched victims of ma nia or the life-long melancholiacs who have cried for relief from the poor-houses and jails in our midst, could be heard in t heir wails of anguish, whose heart would not respond, and whose hand would not be quick to help ? But apart from the higher and holier motives of action, the enormous want of economy by the present method of siTDDort. aoDeals to anv statesman with an There is eomething touching, even eloquent always in Dr. Grissom's ap peals for the sadly smitten of God. The Raleigh Asylum is greatly cramped for Ifunds as was expected. The appropriations were on too cur tailed a scale for a broad philan thropv. The $7,000 debt will be continued. If tbe markets had not been so favorable this year there would have been 'fa positive increase of debt." When the markets rise there must be an increase of cost, and consequently an increase of debt. The charitable institutions ought to be amply provided for so as loin- sure comfort to the patients and the best results that science and skill can give. . - -' A WAIL FROM CONNECTICUT. - In 1849, the best crop of to bacco raised in Granville county fetched $6 per hundred average in the Clarksville, Va., market. It was much talked of. We remember well the sale; and B. F. Crews was the farmer who made the sale. Now if the best farmer in that county cannot average $60 per hundred; pounds for his entire crop he will be dissatisfied. In fact, a crop year would enable the best half dozen or dozen farmers to average probably $80 per hundred. In the Oxford market in 1885, all grades of tobacco nearly averaged $20 per hundred. Some of this .in 1849 or 1850, would not have fetched more than $1.50 per hundred, if so much. We make this statement for a pur pose. xoDacco was never so remu nerative to the farmer or manufactu rer as it has been during the last fifteen years. Farmers have rapidly grown .rich. They are receiving prices ior tneir weea sucn as meir fathers never dreamed of. If farm- ers are not satisfied with the great profits arising from the production of a needless luxury then tbey are greedy indeed, and any clamor from them is not entitled to be heard. - The Connecticut tobacco raisere are not satisfied. Like tbe daughters of the horse-leech they are crying for the blood of the consumers. They have the "cheek" to ask a Democrat ic House, pledged solemnly to a re duction of Tariff taxation, to make the tax on foreign tobacco still high er, that the raisers, of tbe weed in Connecticut may be protected. Here it is again. Bleed tne remainder oi the whole country that a few thous and tobacco 1 growers, in one little State may make money thereby. Rob the many to enrich the few. Now let us see if the Democrats in the House will 'protect"; after this fashion. - Tobacco men do not need protection. J Pennsylvania had some good Gen erals in the war McClellan, Meade, Hancock and Reynolds. : YV EEKI i X 'v T. f ' " i j- .WILMINGTON, N, C, FRIDAY,M ARCH 5, 1886J - A DIFFERENCE. ,, The Star' will find it a Wd matter to drown the almost united voice of an in telligent public or change their opinions upon tois suoject py raising tne larm uug bear of which the great majority know but little and care less than they know. Asne boro Courier? , ' . The' Courier favors the abolition of the tax on whiskey, beer, tobacco, cigars, snuff, Ac: The Stab does not to favor. The Courier, calls a Higb War Tariff that taxes window gla8e, and crockery, and trace chains, and knifes and forks, and cotton ties, and medicine, and blankets, and shoes, and bats a "Tariff bug-bear" that is a small matter that is only made a big matter by a diseased imagination. The Stab regards .the High War Tariff as an unmitigated and very real evil, and that it ought to be cut down to a Constitutional basis ; to one of rev e n UB onfy. Th e Stab be lieves in the principle that unneces- sary and injurious luxuries like whis key, brandy, beer, tobacco, ;&c.r should be highly taxed, 'whilst but little if any tax should be. placed upon the commodities of life those essentials that enter into every household. If the Courier opposes the Stab in this position then we are quite willing to abide the issue in the form of reason and justice We call the special attention of the friends of the South to the very ex traordinary occurrence in the Senate on Friday on the Blair bill. If that does not open the eyes of intelligent men who are favoring the dangerous bill, then tbey must indeed be sealed against all light. Mr. Allison proposed to amend the bill so as to distribute the fund in propor tion to the illiteracy of the two races where there are "separate schools, Blair objected and so did Riddleber ger of Virginia. Allison insisted that, as there were! more colored illiterates the negroe should have more money. Why not if the pur pose be as pretended "to cure illite racy" in the South ? "Miller, of New York, thought that rather than dis tribute between the races on a basis of illiteracy that it would be better to abandon the bill altogether as in it "he saw the beginning of race dis tinction that would result in race ha tred and a war of races." That is to say a bill that pretends to be intended for the "cure of illiteracy" will bring about race troubles in the South even a .war if ..you distribute the fund won a b&sTofiUiTerdcvl'WilaX a huge fraud tbe Paternal Pedagogy bill is! t 1 One of the ablest and best equip ped of the Irish members of Parlia- ment is the historian and novelist, Justin McCarthy. No one who knows can doubt his affection and loyalty for his home, for his people; Ireland and the Irish. He does not favor the independence of Ireland of its total separation from Great Britain. He says that Irishmen would lose all of their share in tbe great Empire to the formation of which they have contributed so much of valor and en durance and means. The partner ship, he says, must be on fair terms. Here is what he writes to the New York Independent; "Give Ireland the right to manage her own affairs within the line of the sea-foam that washes her shores; give her the right to do for herself what every State in the American Union has a right to do for it self, what every one of the English Colonies in Canada and Australia' can do; give us this much, and we are willing to live in friendly partnership with you." Proposed Extension of Water Street. ' A proposition to extend Water street to The railroad as suggested by the Star meets with favor, and action in the matter will probably be taken by the Board of Aldermen: It is understood that property owners will donate the roadway forty feet wide the city to pave the new thor oughfare and Nutt street to remain as it is. There will then be a block or blocks, one hundred feet deep, hetweebNutt and Water streets, from Mulberry to the railroad. . If the plan is carried outas outlined, it is suggested that the railroad company lay a track down tbe east side of Water street to Mulberry, to warehouses that may be erect ed on the street, i Merchants of Richmond, Vs., and other cities, it is said, enjoy this advantage, and are thus enabled to handle merchandize much more economically, sav ing dray age or equivalent . charge, which, in these days of active competition, is the only profit on certain classes of goods. - Rosin Shipments. Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. yester day, cleared the Norwegian barque Liber nia, for Britol, England, with 4.280 barrels of rosin, valued at $4,230; and the Norwe gian barque Vingolf for Riga, Russia, with 3.800 barrels of rosin, valued at $3,382. Messrs.- 8. P. Bhotter & Co.. cleared the Norwegian' barque Qmta Helens for Bristol, Eneland. with 3,830 barrels of rosin, valued at$3l725. Messrs. Robinson & King cleared the German barque Parana, for Riga, Russia, with 8,425 barrels rosin, valued j at $3,508.66. Messrs. DeRosset & Co. cleared the Ger man barque Flid, for Hamburg, with 8,160 barrels of rosin, valued at $3,050. Total 18,495 barrels of rosin, valued at $17,895.66. Generous Contributions. Mrs. Henry Mackay, a guest at the Orton, received yesterday a check from Messrs. Joseph Wild & Co., of New York, for $100, and from her husband, Mr. Henry Mackay, of New York, a check for $35, both to be applied for the relief of the suf ferers by Sunday's fire. The" checks were handed to Mr. W. A. Bryan, proprietor of the Orton. bv whom thev were turned over, together with the Orton House fund, to the I Ladies' Benevolent society, to oe aisposea I of as they may see at, - -1. Cornell to be Visible. . Prof. Lewis Boss, of the Dudley Obser vatory at Albany, N. T., has , made the discovery that the comet seen at Paris on the first of December is slowly increasing in brightness. The increase will continue slow until April 1, when it will begin to be much mere rapid.'and by the middle of the month will become visible to the naked eye. Two-weeks later it will reach its maximum of brightness, when " its appearance will.be much like that of 1882. and be -visible all night. It will also, as that of 2881,' be seen m the western sky .' ' When nearest Jthe larth it will only be 12,000,000 miles dis tant. It will retain its brightness until May 15, when it will gradually fade from the vision to appear later to the people south of the equator. The Barnard comet is also . discovered Jo be 'increasing in brightness, but will not become visible to the naked eye In August It will also dis appear, from telescopic view, to reappear with tbe Paris comet eouth of the equator. Tjitker comet has a previous recorded ap pearance. - :';- . Messrs. Prye & Dingley, the most ac tive advocates for a change of the pilotage system by the present Co ogress, are from Maine, a State which has an exten sive export coastwise trade. One of Mr. Dingley's bills provides that on and after the first of next July no sailing vessel of the United States engaged in the coastwise trade shall be obliged to take any pilot into or out of any port of the United States, or be compelled to pay any charges or fees to any pilot for pilotage services tendered un der the- pilotage laws of any State, unless such services are accepted. Store Offers of Accommodation to tne Congregation of Front Street SI. E. cnureb. :' Rev. Dr. Yates requests us to say that since the meeting of the Official Board of Pront Street M. E. Church on Tuesday night, other offers of accommodation from sister churches and private individuals have come At a meeting of the officers of the First Baptist Church, held on Thursday night (the regular time of meeting), kindly feelings of sympathy and help were ex pressed and courteously tendered through Dr. Pritchard.v Also, from the colored brethren of St Stephen's A. M. E. Church an offer of accommodation came. Also, an offer of Brooklyn Hall, was tendered by Col. F. W. Foster. On behalf of the Ofilcial Board of Front Street Church, heartfelt thanks are hereby tendered to all those who expressed their sympathy and brotherly good will. A CARD. Front Street Methodist Cburcb, through ito Official Board at a meeting held on February 25th. appointed the undersigned a committee to prepare a communication to the public. The destruction of the church building by the terrible fire of the 2lst of February is already known. The Board of Trustees will have.-after some debts are paid, about $3,400. Our own membership will do its full duty, but not having much financial ability we shall fall far short of. erecli&c such a house of worship as the community and tbe large congregation of Front Street Church require unless a generous public comes to our relief. We are not embraced in that large class of sufferers in tbe burnt district, which from the standpoint of a common humanity would attract aid irom abroad and at home and which our com munity provided for without foreign help. But we are in that class who can appeal for aid from all who value the religion of our common Lord, and appreciate the civ ilizing influence of the Gospel. Through the kindly feeling of our lsrael itish friends, we nre now worshipping in their building, the Temple of Israel. We propose to go to work lmmeaiateiy, ana u funds can be obtained we shall occupy our own house of worship within twelve monih8. Any help which a generous public may offer will be thankfully received, and duly Acknowledged bv the committee. . We especially ask the favor and aid of the ladies, who are ever foremost in good works. C. L. Gkafflin, Wm. M. Poissos, W. W. Hcdges, I , Committee. Wilmington Steam Fire Engine Com pany No. 1. " The active members of this company made a voluntary contribution to the fund for the relief of tbe fire sufferers, the re ceipt of which was fittingly acknowledged by the Distribution Committee, as follows: Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 24th. 1888. Mr. Donald McRae, Chairman JJutrum- tion Committee Dear Sib: Enclosed please find the sum of twenty-eight dollars, amount sub scribed by the actie members of tbe Wil mington 8. F. E- Co. No.-l, toward the relief of the sufferers by the recent fire. Thos. Mbabbs, fresiaent, E. G. Pabmblee, Foreman, W. C. Cbaft, Secretary. Committee. Tho. 1)1 Meares, Esq , President and Chairman of Uommittee wummgwn a. F. E. Co. No. 1. Deak Sib: We have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt, through your Committee, " of twenty eight doriars as a contribution from active members of your oreanization,for the relier or the sunerers by the recent fire. -In tendering our acknowledgment we beg leave to dd our high appreciation of the lioeraiuy ana or me gaiiant uu yiiu ble services of youf Company in fighting the devouring flames. Trusting that the day is far 'distant when we shall be called " . t J 1 upon again to pass tnrougn sucn an utueui, Verv truiv vours. Donald McRae, Chairman Distribution Com. Stevedores Badly In a red. James Brown, and Haywood Turner, colored men employed in stowing the cargo of the steamship Regulator, were badly injured yesterday by accidentally falling from the upper ' deck of the vessel to the lower hold, a distance of about thirty feet. Turner struck his head in falling and re ceived very serious injuries, which, it is feared, will prove fatal. Brown had an arm broken and was bruised and cut on the head, but the injuries he' received are not considered dangerous. Both of the in jured men were attended by Dr. Bellamy and afterward taken to their homes. Turner lives on Market street between Tenth and Eleventh, with his family, consisting of wife and four children. Brown is a young man without family. ' Another colored stevedore, John Long, was fatally injured on the steamship Bene- I factor a week ago by a hatch falling and striking him on the head, while be was working in the" lower hold of the vessel. He died yesterday, from the Injury he re ceived, at his home on Third street between Dawson and Wooster. The Register of ' Leeds issued marriage licenses for six . couples the past week four for whites and two for blacks. WASHINGTONi Cabinet Meetlne Postmasters Ifoml- . .. . nated. r By Telegraph to the Morning Star I Washington. Feb. 2$ The Cabinet meeting to-day was attended by all the members except Secretary Whitney The question of making some reparation to the Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyom ing, for losses sustained by: tbem in tbe riots there last fall, was again. considered and it is probable that the matter will be brought to the attention of Congress with recommendation that the sufferers be re compensed for their losses. - The President to day nominated to be postmasters Edward H. Lucas. Florence, 8 i C: Edward P. King. Hawkinsville, Ga.. and Mary Houston Gillespie, Aber deen, Mi88. , , ; : x . . ; Washington. Feb. 27 It is estimated that there has been a decrease of $2,500, 000 in the public debt during the month of February. : Pension payments during the same month amounted to about $11,000, 000. : Examinations in the Goode investigation to aay tas'e i aoout one hour ana a hair. The charges against Goode were not made: known to witnesses, bwttbe-frwjtrtrieB- made of them related to the appointment, of; Peters to be receiver of the Exchange National Bank, and so far as their replies went they were emphatically in vindica tion of Mr. Goode, who is said to have been charged with receiving a fee for his services in securing the appointment. Wit nesses said the - appointment was made in compliance with the wishes of business men of Norfolk. They bad a hundred thousand dollars in the institution, and wished to have a man appointed as receiver in whose ability and integrity they had confidence. - Washington. Ftbruary ' 27. A street car of tbe Metropolitan line was run into by an engine at the crossing of Virginia Auenue and the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad. Tbe guard gates were open and the street car ran in front of an approaching train. The driver of the ctr accuses tbe gate watchman of not being tt his post and the watchman accuses the driver of disre garding the warning and trying to whip through. One young lady named Wright was badly hurt and several other passengers were shaken up. but no seriously. The en gineer had brought his train to nearly a full stop when be saw the car cross his path, or the res gits would have been more serious. The street car was nearly de molished. ) Washington. Feb. 1. Senators Hoar and Jackson, of the sub-committee on the Judiciary, appointed to investigate the charges against Solicitor General Goode, are in session this morning in tbe room of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. Tbe following named gentle men from Norfolk are here under sub poena: C. W. Granby, commission mer chant; W. H White and Judge T. S. Gar nett. lawyers; W H. Peters, bank receiver; and Charles Sharp. They are all promi nent citizens of Norfolk, and are under stood to be personal friends cf Mr. Goode., The investigation is to be a secret on. The witnesses are closeted in an adjoining com mittee room, and ara brought in one at a time before the sub-committee. FOREIGN. Beatification of a Priest who Wrought miracles. By Cable to the Morning Star. . Rome, Feb. 25 The Pope has promul gated a decree beatifying Father Hof bauer. a priest who died in Vienna in 1820, at tbe age of seventy years - This action has long been urged by the Austrian Emperor on the ground that Father Hofbauer wrought many miracles. BALTIMORE. Fearful Bain Storm and Hurricane Considerable Damage to Property. Baltimore, Feb. 26. After a fearful rain storm last night, Baltimore and vicini ty were visited by a hurricane more severe than for several years. In the western sec tion of the city houses were unroofed, and in several instances not only was the tin blown from tbe roofs but the sheathing was torn off and hurled entirely across the streets. The damage will be considerable. To-day the winds are still very higb, with frequent gusts of snow. A WIND STORM Of Most Disastrous Character North and West of Washington Houses Vnroofed and Chimneys Blown Down. . Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. Harbisburg, PA.,February 26. A wind storm of most disastrous character has pre vailed in this neighborhood for the past twenty-four hours, and still continues. Houses have been unroofed and chimneys blown down. This afternoon two of the large stand-pipes of the Lochiel Iron Works were toppled over, one of which crashed into tbe works. Fortunately no person was injured. The damage throughout the country and in the city will be considerable. Staunton, Va , Feb. 26. A violent storm passed over this section last nigbt, felling timber and unroofing houses. A high cold wind has been blowing all day. Philadelphia, Feb. 26. The wind played havoc with house-tops all over the city to-day. Shingles were blown in the air and tin roofs were, torn from their fast enings and hurled to the ground. A three story house in Juniper street, opposite the public buildings, was unroofed and the mass of tin was suspended -above the yard in rear. The spire of Arch Street Metho- diet Church swayed ominously this morn ing, and those who passed that way gave the building a wide berth, but it still re mains in position. The velocity of the wind to-day reached 45 miles an hour. PENNSYLVANIAT The Trouble with the Coke Drawers ' at Pittsburg By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l , Pittsburg, Feb. 26. Thecoke drawers at the Morgan foundry and White and Summit works, who struck yesterday for an advance of five cents per. ton for draw ing small ovens, returned to work this morning, the operators having conceded the increase. Several works are still idle because of local grievances, but as steps are being taken to settle matters at present in dispute, a general resumption is expect ed in a few days. The operators have de cided to release, all Hungarians now under arrest for riot except the ring leaders. ILLINOIS. manifestations of Violence by Strikers " In the Mccormick Reaper Works. By Cable to the Morning Star, Chicago. Feb. 25. Three of the owners and managers of the McCormick Reaper Works gave ah interview to two delegates from the strikers yesterday. It is said the delegates conceded that the trouble of ar ranging a settlement had arisen from the interference of outsiders. The strikers, to the number of about one thousand, ap peared in the vicinity of the works this morning and for the first time made a dis play , of violence. The foreman of the works, named Ward," was stopped while driving to the works, and during a talk re volvers were drawn, "but no shots were fired. He was afterwards permitted to go to the works. Meantime, another -squad, of idle men - had stopped the engineer, and still another the steam and gas-fitter who were on their way to the works, where they have been kept busy since the place closed, keeping the machinery in order. After a short parley the engineer was al lowed to proceed, but the other man went home. Police : officer Rowan, who had been ssnt out to the works with a good many other policemen in citizen's clothes, to mix with the crowd and keep order, was accosted by a workman, who demanded to know what he was doing t Some words passed and the workman, whose name is Ernest, stoneman, was arrested and locked up. More police were Bent to the scene, but the crowd in a measure dispersed.. NO. 19 Socialistic Hungarians aasluel'ron- ble la the Coke ICvglons. . COnnelsville. Feb 25 Tbe Silis tic Hungarians caused more trouble in the coke regions this- morning A crowd of them assembled at Broad ford and marched to Summit, on , the Mt. Plewant branch. forcing1; every coke drawer from work along their, route. They were nearly 11 armed and fired numerous shots in order to intimidate the workers. At Summit and other works the coke drawers fled. through fear .of . violence from tbe mob. and in Some cases left their scrapers in hot ovens tj melt, fearing that if they contin ued to work that the "Tipple" and other buildings would be destroyed. " The strik ers demand an advance often cents per oven instead of the ten per cent, recently granted A .beiseming the men requested Superintendent Taggart to discharge a man who bad worked during a strike.' This was refused and the men s'rack this morning. GERONIMO. The Dad Indian has a Talk with Gen. . Croon Ha Bar a to Surrender snd ' Leaves for his' Camp Ills Future j movements Unknown. ' : (By Telefrrapb to tbe M orninRtHtar San Francisco, Feb. 25. Af special to the Examiner, from El Paso, Texas, says: Word has just been received here of a meetingl between Gen, '.,- Crook and Ge ronimo.i at Long's Ranch," seventy eight miles southwest of Deming. on Monday. The report states that the-chief and five bucks held a consultation and asked per mission Ito return peaceably to the' rreserva tion. Gen. Crook refused the request, de manding their unconditional surrender. Geronimo refused to give himself up, and after a consultation left for his camp, keep ing a white fli flying for ten miles or more. Chief Nona and the others are still held as hostages. Geronimo is reported to have with him ninety bucks, besides women and children. No attempt was made to follow him. and what his; movements will be are not known. ' j NEW JERSEY. Sale of iLorlllard's Bsc Horses Hls'h Prices for Tnorougn-Brede. . By; Telegraph to the Mornlne Star. ' Moont Hoi.lv, February 27. The entire stable of race horses belonging to Pierre Lorillard was sold at the Rancocas stock farm, at Jobstown, to-day, in the presence of a large crowd of horsemen, who came from all; parts of the country. The bidding was lively throughout; the heaviest pur chasers being Dwyer Brothers, of Brooklyn, and Charles Reed, of Gallatin, Tenn. The largest price received for any one animal was $20,000 paid by Dwyer Brothers for the three-year-old bay filly Dewdrop. The five-year-old bay horse Pontiac was bid off by the Dwyers at $17,500, and the same purchasers secured Pontico for $8,000 and the three year old chestnut colt Winfred for $13,000.! The three-year-old chestnut colt Cyclopsj was bought by Charles Reed for $10,500j Twenty-seven thoroughbreds were sold, tbe proceeds aggregating $149,- ouu. 1 he sale was considered by all pre sent the most successful not thorough breds that has been held in this country for years. NEW YORK. A Fire; In Brooklyn Loss SIOO.OOO Earthquake Shock at Saratoga. By Telegraph to the Morning Star 1 New York, Feb. 27. The burning of a small stable in Brooklyn to-day started an extensive conflagration. The wind blew a gale and burning embers were scattered far and wide; igniting the stables acd sheds of the Cypress Hills Railroad Company." The depot sheds and stables were burned, also forty cars, seven motors and a quantity of harness. Tbe company estimate their Iocs at over! $100,000. Insurance indifferent companies, but not for full amount. The horses of the company had to be turned loose and driven out. and they were scat tered all; over the city. . - Saratoga, Feb. 27 A slight shock of earthquake was felt here at 3 40 o'clock this morning! CHARLOTTE, N. C. I ' : Wm. Gilford, a Clerk, Commits . Sul- I clde. . . '; Charlotte, Feb. 27. William Gilford, aged 26 years, clerk in tbe establishment of A. K. S W. a. Wisbet, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself m the head with a pistol. He left a note thank ing bis employers for their kind treatment, and stating that if tome money which had been promised him had been paid, he would not have committed the deed. It is believed that he was suffering from mental aberration, as there was nothing wrong with bis business affairs. MARYLAND. A JLarceFlre in Baltimore l.oss'SlOO,- OOO. Baltimore, Feb. 26 A five-story iron front block, comprising Nos 19, 21 and 23 South Howard street, was partially destroyed by fire to night. Nos. 21 and 23 were occupied by Charles Weiller & Sons, manufacturers of clothing, who lose about $50,000, and No. 19 was occupied by G. 8. Howser, I wholesale dealer in hats. His loss is estimated at about $30,000, and the building, owned by Johnston Bros., was damaged to the extent of $15,000. Build ings and j stock are covered by insurance, mostly in out of town companies. Ei IPS AND FLASHES "It took a solid column of agate in tbe Liverpool Post to enumerate the sev eral hundred wedding presents sent to Miss Mary Gladstone." Rather too much agate. Where were the diamonds and. amethysts? Boston Post. Jim-jam hose are the latest style. They are embroidered with bugs, beetles, horse shoes, horses' heads, flowers, snakes crawling around the front, lizards and frogs just peeping over tbe tops of the boots, etc; Boston Post. - Only four of the nineteen edi tors representing the Texas press at Cincin nati ever tasted intoxicating liquors. It is feared our stay-at home Texas brethren are being subjected to "taxation without repre sentation." PhU. News. Base-ball players will hear with mingled scorn and regret of the fall of one of the prosession. Norman Baker has abandoned the artistic inside and outside curve, and has condescended to appear as Pish Tush in an opera company. mm mare American. - .- Mr. Moody tells of an old wo man who during the late war started out with a poker when she heard the enemy were approaching, and when asked what she could do with a poker in driving back armed soldiers, replied: "lean show them which side-1 am on." Some people are not as fond as that of showing their colors. They wait until they see which ' is the stronger Side. Richmond Religious Herald. "After Brother Lafferty's much boasting as to how Richmond would enter tain it, the first cry for relief hi entertaining the General Conference comes from the Richmond Advocate." Raleigh Advocate. The Richmond Christian Advocate never had a line, "boasting as to how Richmond would entertain it" This Advocate never criticized the "entertainment" of the Gene ral Conference in any city, it was only tne cramped place of meeting that was animad verted upon. This Advocate has never ut tered a crv "crv for relief for Richmond- only suggesting a plan more convenient for the body at future meetings. : Richmond's turn will not come again for fifty years; hence there could be no "cry for relief" for her. It is now in order for Brother Keid to come forward to the mourner's bench, and ask the prayers of the Church. Let. his knees have plenty of straw under them. That kind "goeth not out but by fasting and prayer." Richmond Advocate. ' Spirits Tiiypentiiie. y ;' ; Wilson Advance :. Tbe Kinston Itemizer has suspended. This baa been and is still .to be,' from air indications a bad year on newspapers that have not become -thoroughly and permanently established,' Wadesboro ? : Intelligencer;' On - ' Wednesday afternoon, the house of Henry Studevant, colored, who lives about two miles from town, was destroyed . by fire. - t together with its contents. A small child which was in the house at the time, nar rowly escaped. The family were absent. ' Oxford Torchlight: ; At an ear-, ly hour yesterday morning,- Monday the 22nd insw Mre Fanny Cozart departed" . -this life at tbe residence of her husband, Mr. B.: H. CozarU Tbe tobacco break of last Tuesday was the largest of this sea son so large that all brought to town could not be sold that day. More than $16,000 were paid out. . - 4 Rockingham Rocket; Rev. J. -u. rage nas in me past two weeks re ceived into the Methodist,church. of which, be ia the preacher in charge, ten new mem bers four by profession and six by certificate.- Mr. G. W. Ormsby died at Roberdel Mill on last ' Friday night, 19th, - -from the remote effects of frost-bitten feet, which misfortune he suffered during the war. - ; Goldsboro Argus: What came near being a serious accident occurred on Monday night last. Charlie Becton, a lad who resides with bis father, an estimable colored citizen, endeavored to fill a lighted kerosene lamp. The result was: oU can' bursted; lamp exploded; floor on fire; Charlie on fire 1 1 The close proximity of his parents and a good well saved Charlie Irom a horrible death and the city irom a . conflagration. As it was, 'the boy was badly burned about his arms, and presum- ' ably about his i lower limbs, as his pants were burnt nearly off of him,-and his hair is pretty well singed. Clinton Caucasians Mr. Ste-, phen Pipkin, a worthy citizen of Clinton, was severely burned about the head and face last Sunday night. He ifell into the ' fire during an attack of epilepsy. R. G. Brooks of : Piney Grove township re cently killed a wild turkey gobler whose beard measured fourteen inches, Mr. B. thinks the bird was ten years old. Raihoadvote in the township: "For sub scription" 849, "Against subscription" 169; necessary to carry "For subscription" 333. In the town, "For subscription" 84, "Against subscription" 1. Fayetteville Observer-Gazette: We learn that the congregation of St. John's Episcopal Church have decided to purchase a new organ, and have authorized a committee to take the necessary steps to procure a good instrument. Mr. J. A. Worth recently carried Capt. J. K. Kyle with him on a visit to his river plan tation, and the latter gentleman assures ns that he saw enough, heard enough and ex perienced enough on his trip to fill a vol ume. Here is one thing be beheld in the . Lyon swamp: a cypress stump (not a tree, for it had been burned considerably) 60 feet high and 45 feet in circumference at the base 1 Asheyille Citizen; A handsome memorial window has recently been placed in Trinity Church to the late Dr. J. Ged dings Hardy,' as a tribute of grateful affec tion from friends who hold him in loving remembrance. We regret to learn that Mrs. Gen. Vance's condition is assuming a serious aspect, and her husband and friends - are much alarmed. The Charlotte Observer informs us the new consolidated engines on the Richmond. & Danville road, each draw fifty box cars loaded, and on a tight pull can move along with sixty loaded cars. The new box cars, too, it must be re membered, are a great .deal larger than the old ones. . fj Charlotte Democrat: Members of Congress who favor the measure known as the Blair Educational bill will not here after speak much about State's rights. A "protection" Democrat is better than a squandering Democrat. Judge Clark, holding Superior Court at Greensboro, or dered the indictment of the commissioners of Guilford county for neglecting or refus- - ing to publish annually an itemited state ment of the receipts and disbursements of the county. : That's right en force the law against them. We are told that the - farmers in this section do not intend to use as much commercial fertilizers this year as they have done heretofore, Farmers are now suffering from the "demoralization of labor" (which means no disposition to work on the farm), and many are the com plaints made by farm owners. Raleigh News-Observer: Gov ernor Scales has pardoned Jackson Ed wards, a white man in jail at Goldsboro. He "was under sentence of a year's im prisonment ! and has served six months. His health broke completely down, being shattered by his confinement, the physicians testify. -. Upon recommendation of Judge Clark and Solicitor Galloway he has been pardoned. J Ha Is now seriously sick. Yesterday deputy United States marshal Temple arrested Henry Hartsfield. a young white man, living near Tipper's X Roads, this county. He is charged with counter feiting silver and circulating it. He was brought here and lodged in jail. It was -said yesterday that one of Hartsfield's rela tives is now in the Albany penitentiary for the same offence as is alleged against this young member of the family. Battleboro Headlight: As soon as the Blair bill passes, we would suggest that our Senators offer a bill to appoint in spectors to the national public schools with salaries, &c The Judge rides on the railroad train, ' Of course he does not pay, He'll pot refuse a yearly free pass, . Because he ain't built that way. We learn that last week a former con vict, and an escaped prisoner from some jail, who claims . the cognomen of Ben Pittman, and who has formerly passed as . Alex. Davis, broke Into a store in Enfield, occupied by Mr. Wm. Wells, collected -what goods he desired, saturated the side of the store in kerosene, and then built s fire in the oil tank, melting off the spout; it was however, seen in time by parties passing by and put out. Raleigh .Recorder: Dr. T. H. Pritchardhas appointments to lecture at Wake Forest College and Oxford Female Seminary. ! Rev. C. A. Jenkins, of New Bern, has accepted a position in the Faculty of Oxford Female Seminary. He will begin his work there in August. Dr. J. B. Taylor, pastor at Lexington, and so kindly remembered in North Carolina, has been elected to take temporary charge of the! chair of Ethics in Washington and Lee University, j - The meeting at Fayette ville Street 1 Church has resulted so far in over seventy conversions. Thirty have united with that church and several have loined the i other churches. Rev. F. M. Jordan is preaching for them. Wo . rejoice to learn that the meetings in War renton, conducted by Rev. Thomas Need ham, ' have ' resulted in a gracious revival and that the church has been greatly blessed and strengthened. A class of forty-five at Wake Forest College has just begun the study of elocution under Prof. W. H. Saunders, who for two years was professor of elocution at Washington and Lee University. - i - - Raleigh News- Observer: Rev. Dr. T. E. Stunner continues quite sick. . Yesterday thirty convicts were sent np to the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad. Dr. Eugene -Grissom is at Washington, attending a meeting of .the Supreme Council of Masons of the South ern jurisdiction. When the paragraph in yesterday's issue was penned, relating to this matter, in which it was stated that the execution against James H. Miller, for the fine of ' $2,000 imposed on him at the last term of Wake Superion court had been ordered bv Judee Connor to be withdrawn. the reporter had not learned that an appeal had been taken from this order. - Solicitor Galloway asked and was granted an appeal to the Supreme Court. At the late term of , the Superior court of Sampson county a negro woman named Amy Boyette was convicted of murdering her infant child. She was sentenced by the late Judge McKoy to be hanged Mach 15th. There was a strong petition for a commu tation of her sentence to a term of impris onment. Gov. Scales has acted on this and has commuted her' sentence to imprison ment, at hard labor, in the penitentiary for twenty years. : i "Dolicocephalic" is the- latest word, it means ''long beaded." "Dolicocephalic" business men advertise liberally in the newspapers. - Memberrof. Congress that attack the Administration and bright young men who slander their mother States are anything but "dolicoce phalic', ., , J V .
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