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arbitration:
Senator Sherman's plan of arbitra
tion between capital and labor is
Kii.irpiy criticised even , by bis own
parly. The amendment he offered
is t-aid to be very loosely worded and
is so far reaching, is so sweeping as
to go back to the beginning of the
.Government and to go forward to
tjie "crack or dooin. . i be New xork
Tii'H's sajs:
'.'Atari fu;m its utter confusion of state
ment. Mr. Sherman is open to the objection
'.'that iis- subject matter is one with, which
Cti. jMjess uld not deal if it were as Dearly
cmiii.-fciefct as to the past, present, and fu
ture hs ir is '(be duty' of his Commission to
become
. Mi
Mr. Reagan of Texas is rights as
we believe, in opposing hi8 deceptive
arbitration scheme as wholly uncon
stitutional. It is. a tub thrown fo the
v. Ua;;, is demagogical in its intent, is
v-ted for in response to unreasoning
clamor, is circulated to foster a delu
sion, and in the end will work posi
tive carm instead or curing a curse
or fairly adjusting difficult, antago-
a . 0 -0
who are pfating about a redress of
linv Iiisi'tck is doing, who asks how
man Democrats will "go on record"
. . .-v n n n 1
against t ul,uuw inn wuo nave wrongs
to be viaTliated. -
If the causes of complaints could
: be remedied or removed the Congress
has no power to act except by usur
paiion and violation. It usurps
power to do whatever it elects, but
it. doth it because it is now a law
unto itself and undr the latter-day
interprttation of orgauie'law. Re-4,
. of Maine, a Strong Government ad
yocats'j. and a Republican with ex
treint; Rt ubilcan ideas, is very mnch
disgust d HiilS "the everlasting put
ting ifp i. f i he Constitution agains)
c-ii'iv ; ii'poj-iiitn which is presented
i! i ur U i:cf," This" fellow has taken
1 '
a mli n.i: ::i!i lo support the COnsti-
tn;i j , 1.4, t. i fore, not to invade,
vi knc ! 4iet-ti4 j it, and yet he fairly
lifiifs il;e i bint- 4jf CoRetitution and
''-nti sts 8gair;si" . being "everlast
r - 1 1 ' r k.m.;. V t li s iinra ia on AY
air ij.fi i urin lit. We are told that
!-u;l KciiLtin Democrats Cur-
tui, W an.tr aiid &pnnger also ex-
l.rftkn! (.iniilnr lifirs TiiS nnnntrv
j j
i govertcd entirely by Congress,
mil not content with this there are
Democrats atd Republicans in the
; Houee who would like to govern it
without the slightest reference to or
consideration for Magna " Chart a.
llns is an aire of progress it is
claimed. It may be an see of dis-
ru
pf.on,
of descent into those re-
gions where liberty disappears ana
chaos reigns. i
The difficulties between laborers
and corporatiors or capitalists ought
to be peaf-4-ably ant? satisfactorily ad
justed, hen men are controlled by
a titn-e f justice and by reason they
'.'-Vill Ik; willing to arbitrate. They
will not need Governmental interfer-
eisce, whether constitutionally oroth
.-rwiie, to petfcuade or command them
lo do right. "If the' men of capital
- and great corporations become oppres
sive refuse to act in a spirit of fair
dealing upon the principle of live
and let live then they ought to be
forced by an overwhelming and irre
sistible public sentiment to Tefer the
matter to crbitratiou. They will do
this iffhty mear. to do j right. On
the other hand, if the working classes
bave gricvsntc-K and there is not the
slightest doubt that they have griev-
: ances that need adjusting they
ought to be willing to also refer the
whole matter to .arbitration. They
will never attain their end? by re
sorting to violence, by killing men or
destroying property. Violence pro
vokes violence that is the law. So
arbitration is a necessity, but it
' h not a "necessity- that the Con-
gress Bhould become the - arbi
4lat0r It is best to leave it to
the parties to the quarrel to select
their own court of arbitration. The
next thing will be that Congress will
be expected, will be asked to provide
work for all men out of employment.
i his is the drift. It is to make the
--onKfeB8 evervthmer to change a
Republic of independent, sovereign
States into a great overshadowing
Power like Germany or Russia, in
'bich the Government is expected to
VOL. XVII.
idle, relieve the poor,
furnish 7 work
teach! school,
for the ' an fortunate.
doctor cattle, own the telegraph, the
railroads, the telephones every--thing,
And all this in the last Bcore
of years of the - enlightened; nine4
teenth century. ' These ; aTe indeed
dangerous, wild, destructive ideas.'
NOT SUSTAINED.;
The Southern condition of Dolitica is a
more or less friend! v contest for the posses
sion of the emoluments of office. - Elimi
nate them and there would te nothing left,
to their -way of thinking. Chkaao Inter-
vcean, xcep. - s
The South; has bad a very painful
and costly ; experience in the last
twenty years with Re; mblicans.
They have drunk thb syormwood and
the gall and they are sick of the
very name of RepubUoan.- It is with
them in their experience synonymous-.
with oppression, with cruel) and men
dacious slanders, with violations' of
lawi with ingenious machinery for
plucking and oppressing, for heavy
and unequal taxation and for a
thousand offences against their name
- ii i
and manhood. The SoUtb simply says
that after being- (plundered and
abused and outraged in its rights for
nearly a quarter of a century by the
Republican party that ii ia utterly
worn out and disgusted jwith that
party and decided lb 1884, for a
change. It ask that the old insatiate
Republican spoilsmen be : driven
away from the swill tubs and gov
ernment corn crib after a feasting of
twenty-five years. It merely asks
that a Democratic Administration
should be surrounded;, by friends and
not, spies, informers and enemies.
Considering that
South fought
the Republican party)
or more than
twenty years, and
often! when the
oddn were immense and
the ! chances
"'lit j 1
of success most remote, it! cannot be
said with truth that the only induce
ment to fight are the If emoluments of
office." But if this was true, the
i i - :i - i
same remark would apply with a two
fold force to the Republican party.
That party has long ago jouthved jts
usefulness or any occasion for being.
It has fairly battened, upon official
garbage since 1861. ( X is a little bit
"cheeky" in the light if jits own his
tory to accuse the opp asiion of lov
ing "spoils." .'Iji'.-lH .""'! '"-. '!
The Democratic party lives because
it has principles, j : It would have died
long ago if it had been dependent
for vitality Ithd vigor upon . "emolur
ments of office," for it had none from
1861 to 1 88, . and it hac not much4
hsS"
now. lo-aay ot
115,000
office
holders more than 105000 are Re
1
publican. : II I i .
.We note that Arbor Day is being
observed in many States in the North.
Pennsylvania has j just j observed it.
It is the day for planting trees,
shrubs, &c. It is the 4jlay all the peo
ple devote to beautifying their homes,
their villages and towns, and in
planting trees wher
none grow.
The suicidal policy
pf the past-
sweeping away th
forests has
brought sterility, I sickness, poverty,
droughts, where there were once fer
tility, health, thrift, abundant rain
fall. North Carolina after awhile
will have an Arbor Day too. Did
you ever go into . a New England
village? If the Southerii people could
all travel in New England for one
week, the appearance of .Southern
towns and villages and the homes of
the people generally would put on a
very different look henceforth.
The btar has expressed itB views
relative to bogus butter and other
frauds upon the people. It has urged
npon the States the duty and 'necessi
ty of protecting the fpeople against
food adulteration.. We note that the
House has a sub-committee on Agri
culture composed of Hatch, of Mis
souri, Green, of North Carolina, and
White, of Minnesota. This sub-com
mittee is to draft a mil to regulate
the sale of oleomargarine. It is said
that the whole committee discussed
the measure and j there was a general
expression in favor of
taxing and la-
belling all imitation butters.
Logan has forj once in his Senato
rial life got on the right track. His
is
speech in favor, or jOp
ten Executive
Sessions will meet the approval of
the country at large, bo wever much it
may be disagreeable to the Senatorial
bulldozers and party whips. Let the
doors be thrown open' and let in the
light of day upon the proceedings o
the most august body in the land
The people have a I right to know
what Senators do when in session.
. Up to date the record of the New
York City aldermen
for 1884, sums
up thus: Out on bail 15; fled 3; dead
2; turned informer; 1; at large
These 22
are 1 the; men who voted
franchise-t-that" is voted
awav the
for the ; Broadway
. i
Railroad grant
and for "money,
Whether the re
turns are all in" or not -we are unable
to say. viv i
J. R. R. writes from Washington
to the Augusta Chronicle as follows
" r "Gladstone's speech is! a prominent topic.
What a miraculous old; man! Was there
nnhla effort, in any public assembly.
than that oration, which displays thesu
bliment morals as well as the most majestic
1HE
LITER A R V GOSSIP.
i . Miss -Mnrfjee, " ! the. ' Tennessee
woman of genius, receives $250, for
any single story she may write. Her
serial stories bring her $3,000 from
the magazine" that publishes. ; She
retains the - copyright, we - believe.
Howells, James and Cable get a
higher price for their wares $5,000.
But there is not proper discrimina
tion and reward. There is more ge
nius in her best productions than in
anything James ever wrote. Her
best workmanship is quite equal to
Cable's best we think. . If Miss Mur
free will begin to abuse the South
to burlesque her own people and to
sell out to her enemis, she will per
haps command -a, higher price still.
If she would remove North and flau
ter the prejudices of her new neigh
bors and fail ' not to speak contemp
tuously of her old neighbors and
friends in Southland, and, like Cable,
declare that she was never at home
before, and never before spoke the
language of the world, she will put
ducats in her pocket and be lionized
from Cape Cod to Chicago.
Mr. Aldrich, editor of the Atlantic
Monthly, commands a high price for
his stories. . His short stories readily
bring him $1,000. Mr. Stockton
commands $500. Banner, Brander
Matthews and other story writers get
from $100 to $150, for each produc
tion. .
How tastes differ as to the value
of works ! Aldrich gets $1,000 for a
very neat, artistic story, while Miss
Murff ee receives $250, for. a more
original if less artistic production.
There is a story in "The Tennessee
Mountains'' that we would rather
have written than the disappointing!
but remarkably clever story by Al
drich entitled "Two Bites at a Cher
ry." But the . tastes of the New!
England people say otherwise, we
suppose, so Aldrich commands his
$1,000. while the Southern woman;
but one-fourth as "much. She is
however, much read in the North.
If tastes vary, how does, the judg
ment vary. also. Let us illustrate.
Marion Crawford, an American who
Ives in Rome, Italy, the son, we be
ieve, of the former sculptor of that
name,
has written
a bait dozen or
more novels witnin
two or three
s" be made a
years, m "Mr. xsai
decided hit. It was greatly praised
in England and had a big run therp
and in the United States.,. His "Dt.
Claudius", was even .thought by riany
still better, while "A Roman Singer?
had thousands of eager readers
who praised its rich flavor, its
exquisite characterization and its
originality. This writer gives no
opinion of these works for he his
not read a story of Mr. Crawford's.
But it is certain that in the novels
named the American was successful
and gained fame and money. He has
written several other stories, for he
is very prolific like most novelists
are. George Eliot was the exception.
She gave only beaten oil. She wrote
with great and conscientious care and
her works are immortal.
Now as to the variations and op
positions of critical judgment, j Mr.
Crawford's last story is called 'A
Tale of a Lonely Parish," The critic
for the New York Star says it jis jan
improvement upon his recent novels
like "An American Politician" and
"Zoroaster," but is by no means up
to his best and earlier stories. In
contrast the critic for the Philadel
phia American thinks his last pis
best. The New York Tribune says:
Mr. Crawford is cettiog his pace. He
has exhausted the extravagances of his Mr.
Isaacs period and overcome the uncertain
ties which bad troubled some of his liter
efforts. His new book is a capital piece of
work."
rer contra, the New York Mail
and Express says: - " j
"If Mr. Crawford had begun his literary
career with A Tale of a Lonely Parish,! in
stead of bis first book, 'Mr. Isaacs,' it is more
than probable that his career would have
come to a sudden ending. We advise him
to betake himself straightway back tJTptre
region of romanticism." ; :
"You parys your money and jrou
takes your choice." When, doc -ors
differ after this kind where is the
remedy? We suspect that the (d iffi
culty lies in the want of culture. A
writer may be clever, even, admira
ble, and yet his taste may be poor.
It is well known that Lord Macaulay
fairly devoured the most trashy of
all trashy , novels. As' we said once
before in these columns taste is that
indefinable something that may be
developed and improved by culture
but cannot be implanted by any art.
ALA WTER'S DISCUSSION.
We begin the publication to-day
of some extracts from the eminent
New Orleans Barrister, Mr. I. C.
Centz. It may be that there! are
North Carolina editors who never
heard of him as there are some who
evidently never heard of Mr. George
Ticknor Curtis. And yet these' gen
tlemen are eminent for .legal ability
and learning, and both are authors
of distinction, and both have paade
the Constitution a special study.
One paper was pleased to accuse the
Stab of pronouncing .Mr. Curtis
great Constitutional lawyer merely
because he opposed the Grab .bill.
This was giving 'us credit for a can
dor and intelligence that were quite
i SI . V 11 A
WILMINGTON, 1ST. Ci; FRIDAY, APRIL 23,' 1886, ;
exceptional., . It is a -mistake . to
r . .: . i ' . . - . 11' c
measure! the intormation4 or lnteiii-
........... . , :i- -flr t. - :'.t; -.:. i. .
gence of other people, .by your.Town
measure-. Well informed gentlemen
in the North know thai-Mr. Curtis is
eminonti As a lawyer he . was es
pecially praised by : that great jurist
and Constitutional expounder, Judge
Jerry Black, as may be seen by con
sulting his. works; As to "Mr, Centz
he ranks high among lawyers in. the
South, is regarded bypeoplo of in
telligence as exceptionably able and
thorough as a Constitutional inter.
preter, and has written a volume on
the Constitution that able men have
pronounced markedly strong and
clear, r His review of the Blair' 'bitl
is too long for our columns, but, we .
will give'- enough f.his artiete-iw
show how he handles the advocates
of the bill an the Senate.
Oar first instalment should be pon
dered. It ought to make conscien
tious members of the House think
long before they vote to violate or
ganic law, for, as the great Webster
said, "The Constitution, to preserve
itself, lays its hand on individual duty
and conscience." Other selections
will follow.; The argument is not
popular, but is intended for men who
reflect and who can understand
thought and analysis.
We learn that .Rev. : John R,
Brooks' chances for the Methodist
Bishoprick are steadily improving,
and are ahead of any other of his
brethren iu the Conference He is.a
man of ability, of piety, of simplici
ty, of highest personal worth. But
North Carolina will hardly be hon
ored. ;.' '.."'' ' S
The New Jail.
The Board of County Commissioners
have made a contract with Mr. John D.
Fred, of Macon, Ga., for a complete set of
specifications and plans for a jiew jail
building. The contract recites that the
jail is to be built of brick, wood, iron and
steel, and such other material for finishing
as is commonly used in such buildings, and
of the best material for quality and dura
bility; the jail residence to, contain four
rooms, with closets, etc. ; the intermediate
department to contain one office and four
iron cells; the main cell house to contain
six steel or steel-clad cells, with all modern
appliances or devices used in the best
known jails for security from escape or at
tacks on the jailor or keeper, aod with all
the sanitary arrangements necessary. There
is to be an apartment for the private execu
tion of criminals. Provision is to be made
for lighting the building, also. ; Damp
proof walls for the foundation are to be
provided, and floors .under the cell house
that will bejjroof agato&J. fire rxid wi'3'as-
tain the weight ot the cells without o.mger
to the buildine or its walls, t
At a former meeting of the Board the
following was adopted and ordered to be
spread upon the minutes:
"Several petitions signed by a large num
ber of citizens, praying that the public jail
shall not be rebuilt upon the eld site, but
that a new site be selected and purchased
therefor, were presented to the Board of
Commissioners. The isoard, having care
fully and respectfully considered the whole
subject, with a detire if possible to comply
with the wishes of so respectable a portion
of the community, &re yet compelled by a
sense of the public necessity and of their
duty to the county, to- decline acceding to
the prayer rf the petitioners. It is therefore
ordered that a jail after the most improved
modern plan oe bunt upon me old site
School Exercise.
A handsome gold medal was awaided as
a prize for punctuality during the session,
at the closing exercises of the public school
in Masonboro township, known as the
Fourth School District. . The . medal was
presented by Miss B. Mcl. Mayes, the prin
cipal, aDd so close' waB the competition
that it was necessary to decide bv lot
whether Miss Walton, Master Amos Wal
ton or Miss Rosa Montford should bear oil
the honor. Mies Montford was the fortu
nate recipient. The recitations and decla
mations by the scholars are represented to
have been of a very high character, evi
dencing' great painstaking on the part of
the teacher, and the people of that school
district are certainly fortunate in having in
their midst a lady of such high culture and
ability as MUs Mayes. Among those pres
ent at the cxercists of the school were a
number of lady visitors from Wilmington
and Mr. Walker Meares, county superin
tendent of public instruction.
A Danseroni Experiment.
It was found necessary to use dynamite
yesterday morning by the workmen en
gaged in removing a large iron fly-wheel
embedded in the debris of the burned saw
mill at the foot of Walnut street, formerly
operated by Mr. J, W. Taylor. A small
charge was used that had no effect but
when' a second and larger cartridge was
used an explosion followed that scattered
fragments of iron in all directions. One
piece went through the roof pf the railroad
warehouse on the wharf, land another large
piece fell on Walnut street near the 'Metho
dist parsonage, within a few feet of a col
ored man who was passing at the time, and
who picked it up and carried it to the City
Hall. The Chief of Police immediately
warned the workmen again&t a repetition
of the dangerous experiment. The piece of
iron was almost square in shape and weighed
nearly nine pounds.
Cotton Receipts.
The receipts of cotton at this port yester
day were 55 j bales ; for the week just
closed 984 bales, against 138 bales the cor
responding date last year. The receipts
for the crop year from Sept 1st, 1885, to
April 17th, 1886 are 97,9731 bales, against
93,511 bales to the same period last year
an increase of 4,462 bales. The exports
for the crop' year are 94,106 bales, against
92,664 bales at the same date last year.
The Consolidated Time Con
vention of railroads North and South met
in Cincinnati on the 14th inst., and chose
George Parker President, and R. R. Brid
gets Vice President May 2nd was chosen
as the time for the summer schedule to go
into effect It was resolved to make no
changes in the existing schedule of through
trains.
3KLY
WASHINGTON.
i
A Congressional Committee to lnveatl-
sate the Labor Troubles la the XV tut
Favorable Report on the "BUI to
"Ameliorate the Haribnen of lnter
nal Revenue Liws. ' : : ' ' A. j .
w ashtngtok. April is. The bneaker
to-day appointed the following committee
to investigate the causes and extent of the
labor troubles in the West: Curtin of Pa.,
Crain of Tex., Outhewt of Ohio, Steward
of Vt , Parker of N. Y.. and Buchanan of
H. J. ' - j .--
The House Committee on the Judiciary
today instructed Representative Bennett to
report favorably the bill to ameliorate the
harshness of the internal revenue , laws.
The bill abolishes minimum punishments
tor violations oi the internal revenue Jaws.
and provides that no warrant in any case
under these laws shall be issued except
upon ine amdavit of an officer of the Inter
nal Revenue service, and an affidavit set
ting forth that the facts are within the per
sonal Knowledge of the affiant. ,t . i
Washington,. April 16. The' confirma
tion is announced of nine additional Inter
nal revenue collectorsatl ia the Wert and
North. , Also, of Cols.. Potter and Ruger.
to be Brigadier ttenerals; Jfi. A. jMcWhor-
ter, - collector of customs at . 8t. Mary's.
Ga. , . and . a large number of ' postmasters
and minor civil and military officials.
The f resident has appointed 15. Prentiss
Bailey, of TJtica; Thomas W. White, Nof
Hernando, Miss , and li. U. Kinne, of To
ledo. Ia ., . commissioners to examine and
report" upon the fortv miles
road constructed , by the j
of rail-
Northern
Pacific Railroad Co. in Yokahama valley.
on the Cascade branch of said Company's
road 1 a Washington Territory. Mr. iSailev
is a prominent Democratic editor. He has
also appointed Frederic R. Couttert of New
York city; Franklin McVeigh of Chicago;
.Edward jr. Alexander of Augusta, Ua.f:
Marcus A. Hanna of Cleveland, (Ohio, and
James W, Savage of Omaha, Neb., gov
ernment directors of the Union Pacific
Railway Company.
Washington, April 16. Mr, George of
Mississippi takes the place on -the Senate
.Judiciary Committee vacated by Mr. Jack
son. - I: I
Speaker Carlisle has added Representative
Brumms of Missouri as a member of the
Committee to Investigate the Labor Trou--
bles in me west. j
Washington, April 16. The Blair Edk
i 1
ucational bill came up before two commit
tees of the House to-day and gave rise to a
lively debate in both. In the Committee on
Education the bill camo up as a special or
der, but a motion to further postpone its
.consideration was carried by a vote of 8 to
4. which is regarded as a final. indication of
the disposition of the Committee toward the
measure, bun, as one oi tne advocates of
the measure raised the point that the Com
mittee was not treating the minority with
courtesy in thus summarily disposing of the
bill, the members reconsidered the vote and
took up the first section, pending the Con
sideration of which the hour of twelve was
reached and the Committee adjourned, leav
ing the bill unfinished business to be taken
up at next Friday 8 meeting.
Washington, April 17. It is expected
that another bond call for $10,000,000 three
per cent, bonds will be issued next week. !
Air. rrennoim, tne newiy appointed
Comptroller of the Currency, has arrived
in Washington and will formally assume
the duties of his new office Monday
next, ' 1
The TJ. S. Consul General at Rome has
telegraphed the Secretary of Slate that
there were sixteen deaths from cholera at
Brindisi from April 8th to the 16th mst.
Washington, April 17. All of the mem
bers of the select, committee on labor
troubles except Stewart of Vermont, who
is on leave of absence, were present at this
afternoon s meetina. The committee rer
solved to subpoena Gould, Hopkins, Powf
derly and McDowell. The committee is
anxious to secure ail or tne correspandence
passing between these gentlemen ia relaf
tion to the western strikers I and will begin
its investigation here Tuesday, with the
examination of Powderly and McDowell;
who will be followed Wednesday and
Thursdav bv Gould and i Hopkins. On
Sunday next the committee will start lor
St. Louis, and after taking ! such testimony
at that point as may be deemed material, it
is probable that the members will divide
into two sub-committees one proceeding
to Atchison, Kansas, and the other to Fort
Worth. Texas, to collect information rela?
tive to the strike at those places and along
the lines of route. The committee is dis
pose d to report at an early day, but ia de -
termined to make the investigation tho
rough and impartial .
TEXJLS.
Strikers Sentenced in the V. S. Courte
for Offence Asalnst the Texas Pa
cific Railroad.
By Telegraph to the Horning St&r.l
Galveston. April 17th. A special to
the News from Dallas says U. S. Judge
Pardee, in the trial of contempt cases yes
terday passed sentence on tne following
persons who have been convicted of offences
against the Texas Pacific Railway Company:
Charles Wilson, charged with displacing a
switch for the purpose of derailing an en-
trine at Denton, fllarcb 27tn, sentenced to
five months imprisonment in the county
jail; C. Bishop, for taking possession or the
switch at Fort Worth, April 2nd, found
guilty and remanded for sentence; Robert
Irwin and William Anderson, tor tne same
offence, discharged; Samuel Berry, intimij
dating laborers, discharged on his own re
cognizance; F. P. Lane, taking possession
of a switch and preventing its use, admit
ted to bail in $1,000, and the case continued:
Richard Gordon, striking a switch engine
with a stone at night, three months in jau;
Charles Barlow, intimidating laborers by
striking a negro on the head, held for sen-
tence; James rtewgaie, mumiuauug la
borers in Polo Pinto county, case contin
ued to the next term of Court; Timothy
Hiztrins. found guilty Tnuraday of intimi
dating by using abusive language, held for
sentence.
MISSOURI.
Strikers Indicted for Interfering with
the missonrl Pacific Railroad.
IBy Telegraph to the Moraine Star.
St. Lotus, April 17. McGary, Burdett
and Chase, three strikers, who were tried a
few davs age for interfering with the Mis
souri Pacinc Kaitroad and obstructing
trains and acquitted, were indicted to-day
for the same offence. Martin irons, u.
Coughlin and George Jackson, for whose
arrest bench warrants were isssued yester
day, voluntarily appeared before the Crim
inal Court this morning and gave bonds in
$300 each. ,. -: . . .
" Minnesota:
The Killed and Wounded by the Ue-
cent Cyclone.
IBy Telegraph to the Morning SUr.l .
St. Path., April 17. The Evening Dia-
vatcn has iust received a special from at.
Cloud which gives an accurate account oi
the killed and injured by the cyclone, as
follows: St. Cloud killed 21, mimed 80;
Sauk Rapids killed 37, injured 100; Rice's
Station killed 12, injured 21; adjacent
country killed 3, injured 12. Total killed
73. iniured 213. The death of Jfidwm u,
ftuloert to-day, makes the total numoer oi
dead 74. . ' , : '
THE CYCLONE.
Additions to the Death List of the
ninnmittii Storm. - I
' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.)
St. Clottd. April 17. An unknown wo
man and infant were found in the ruins last
night, making the total number of dead 69,
according to tne lowest estimate.
NORTH CAROLINA,
The
Democratic State Convention to
- meet Anznst 25th.
Ralkigh, April 15. The "Democratic
State Executive Committee met to-day and
called the State Convention to meet at Ra
leigh August 25th. - - -
Star
TJs.BXCIBi.lS CYCLOMS. !
Three Towns in 'Allnnesota Nearlr
Destroyed by a Rain : and Wind
Storm-Large Numbers - of .People
Killed and Several Hundred Wonnd-ed-BuIldlnga
of all Kinds Swept
Entirely Away-Great N ambers of
People - Left In Utter Destitution, i
ete , etc.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - 1
St. Pacx. Minn.. April 15 At hu:
hour last night Governor Hubbard received ;
a message from State Senator Buckinan. at :
Sauk Rapids, stating that the town waa in ;
ruins, and asking all aid , possible. ' The !
Governor sent messages at once t the i
mayors of all the cities and big towns in
we state, asaing mat steps be taken at!
once to secure money and thincs needed.
and forward them as speedily as possible lo !
Senator Buckman, for the destitute. It ia '.
learned that among the injured is ex-Sena- '
tor E G. Hulbert, formerly of Bingham
ton, N. Y., but at present- Northwestern
Agent of the New. York Mutual. Life In
surance . Company,- with headquarters in
St. Paul. . He is not expected to li.ve. Re
vised estimates of the killed and wounded
a?e St Cloud, 13 killed. 40 injured; Sauk
Rapids. 30 killed;' tOt injured Rice's Sta
tion, 22 killed; number of injured yet un
known. f " "f. .
St. Cloud, Minn., April 15: A few
minutes after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the skies became overcast with a dark cloud,
and a great black mass rose over the hills
southwest of the city, and coming with ter-
iDie velocity toward tne western outskirts
in a direct line for the Manitoba freight
yards. The clouds hung low, and rolled
over and over like smoke over a battle
field, and were accompanied by a loud
roaring and cracking tound that resembles
a conflagration in its fury. , The cloud was
funnel shaped, and the point dragged along
the ground like the tail of a huge aerkl
beast, lashing everything that came in its
path into atoms. The citizens had hardly
time to flee to their cellars and seek other
points of refuge before the whirlwind was
on them and the air filled with flying
boards, shingles, bricks and other debris,
that were strewn over the country and piled
in promiscuous heaps. It came from the
southeast, and moved in a northeasterly di
rection until it reached the river, when its
course was diverted and it followed the
river bank until it reached Sauk Rapids,
where it diverged to the left, passing di
rectly through the centre of that town
The utmost excitement prevailed. : Wo
men and children fled from their houses and
rushed aimlessly about in the midst of the
dark cloud of dust and the avalanche of
boards and bricks. Men lost their presence
of mind and stood in Silence and inactivity
in the presence of the wind demon. It was
hardly noticed before it was on the city in
all of its fury, and tne people were not
warned of their danger before it was upon
them, and they fell like grain stalks before
the reaper's eickle. -!
The portion of St. Cloud struck by the
cyclone was the southwestern, and was the
residence portion, occupied by the laboring
class of people, the majority of them being
foreigners, employed on tne railroads. Their
dwellings were light built houses and be
came an easy prey to the monster that had
so viciously pounced upon them. They
were like cockle-shells in the grasp of the
whirlwind and were picked up and tossed
in the air and rent into a thousand pieces.
The earth was ploughed up in the line of
the cyclone, and the path over which it
passed, to the width of nearly a quarter of
a mile, looks as though it had been up
heaved by a terrible volcanic eruption. ; ft
had hardly begun its terrible work before it
was finished, and the scene that greeted the
eyes of those who had escaped its fury was
one that caused the stoutest heart to shud
der. The cries and shrieks of the wounded
rent the air. and the ground was strewn
with the bodies of the dead. Among them
were stalwart men, weak women and weaker
children. " 1
The citizens, almost to a man, rushed to
the demolished district, and, summoning
physicians, began their work of rescuing
those wno were still living from beneath
the piles of ditt and fallen buildings. Brain
erd was promptly telegraphed to for medi
cal help, and she immediately responded by
sending a dozen physicians and surgeons by
a special train, but it was late in the even
ing when they arrived on tne scene. L
Paul and Minneapolis were also appealed
to, and a special car was sent out with
twenty three surgeons and physicians for
the scene of the disaster.
After dark the scene was ghastly. Rain
poured down in torrents, and hundreds of
men wandered over the grounds, many
carrying lanterns, searching for bodies
among the ruins. The hotel lobbies were
filled with excited citizens, many of whom
yet suspected that some portion of their
families or their mends nad fallen victims
to the terrible disaster. Women, seeming
ly unconscious of the rain that was falling,
were in the streets and, ignoring the gut
ters and turbid streams, glided about sob
bing and moaning m their fright
Sauk Rapids, Minn., April 15. A
cyclone struck this city shortly after 4
o clock yesterday afternoon, and lu just
six minutes , the best portion of the town
was in ruins. Not a single business house
is left standing on Main street Many resi
dences . were demolished. The winds
came from the southwest and swept
everything before it for the width
of about four blocks. The storm
cloud was aa black as night, with a bright
clear sky on either side. The court-house
is now a heap of ruins, and several of the
county . oScers were killed. The Union
school house, the Presbyterian and Congre
gational churches, the postofflce, flour mill
and large machine shops wererau converted
into kindling wood in less time than it
takes to tell it. What was the centre of
the town is now covered : with all sorts of
debris, timber, doors, household furniture,
etc. Only the City Hotel remains intact.
The Northern Pacific depot was literally
blown away, and a large number of freight
cars were overturned upon tne tracE. At
the present time twenty two dead bodies
have been recovered from tne rums, ana a
large number of people are injured. The
bodies were laid out in the nearest houses
left standing, and several half demolished
buildings are mado to answer the purpose
of a morgue. The spectacle ia a sad one,
the living being not only deprived of their
friends, but of all their earthly possessions
at the same time.
The total loss to property ia not less than
three hundred thousand dollars, without a
dollar of cyclone insurance. The living
are caring for the wounded as well as pos
sible, and physicians from St. Paul, Minne
apolis and JUrainerd are in attendance.
St. Paul, Minn , April 15. Reports of
the cyclone at St Cloud,-Sauk Rapids,
Rye Station and other points in the vicinity
last night and early this morning, were not
exaggerated. At 3 o'clock this morning in
the places named mere were tony-nine
dead, nearly two hundred injured, with
many still missing, whose bodies will prob
ably be recovered to-night. Just enougn
houses are left in Sauk Rapids to form a
fringe around the village limits. The
debris is not piled in heaps, but ia scattered
far and and wider A sign, "Saute uaptda,
on the Manatoba depot and a basket full
of books were found in Rye Station, fifteen
miles distant This shows the terrible
power of the storm.
No reports have yet been received from
the outlying districts, where it is believed
great destruction of property and loss of
life have been wrought - v -
The storm extended fiom Jamestown,
Dakota, through Minnesota and into Wis
consin, though its most disastrous effects
are to be found in the three places first
named. : " .
MINNESOTA. '
Further Particulars of the Destruction
by the Terrible Cyclone at St. Clond.
(By Telegraph to the Morning Star.)
St. Cloud, April 15. On the arrival of
the train, yesterday with surgeons work
was at once begun to relieve the wounded.
Eighteen dead were taken to the Little
Giant Engine house and stretched out on
the floor, while the wounded were sent to
St Benedict Catholic Hospital, where they
were promptly cared for by a corps of physi
cians and nurses, among whom were
INU.! 25 1
numerous lady residents who had volun
teered their set vices. There were 64
wounded in the hospital last night, besides
a large number that were taken to private
residence. - To day there are shout 43. two
having died aod the others having been re
moved . . ; -.:-,-;f j !
Scarcely a vestige of any of the' wrecked
structures remained intact. The ground Is
covered with all kinds: of Umbers, pro
miscuously tangled togtther; If is estimated
that four hundred structures were blown
down; all of , frame ,3 tindr. not" costly;
The Manitoba depot was unroofed and
wrecked, thus almost entirely cutting off
telegraphic 1 communication. , The; only
building of any const quence aside from the
depot injured,- was a brewery, and this was
badly warped and twisted. The smsl I resi
dences were mostly occupied by foreigners,
whose names - it has been impossible to
secure with any degree of accuracy, j ?
I The ; money loss is disproportionately
small. It is estimated that sixty thousand
dollars will replace the buildings de
stroyed. , 't . '- j
i The force of the storm was such as to
wrench off the door of & -safe- in the post-
Qffice and carry it dome distance from the
building , A.church bell, weighing 1 1.000
pouoCs, ws found among debris four bun
dred feeUaway from any building. : The
remains of the dead are almost unrecog
nizable, being completely crushed and
blackened. rThere are a remarkable num
ber injured about the hips and spine, and
many of the survivors will be disabled for
life. The delegation of doctors from St.
Paul and Minneapolis worked all night,
under the disadvantage of having no
splints r drugs, as the drug stores were
completely demolished. Splinta were made
from the shingles w ith which the ground was
strewn in the irack of the storm for miles.
One: fortunate thing was the fact that
school had been dismissed, as the fatality
among children would have been appalling.
The school house was razed to the very
lounuauon. -
FOR El a Jg.
The Text of Gladstone's measures for
Ireland.. -
; t iBv Cable to the MornlneKt&r.i j
London, April 15. The House of Com
mons having voted permission to Mr. Glad
stone to introduce his bill for the better
government of Ireland, the official text of
the measure is to-day made public. It de
bars the proposed Irish Perliament from
legislating concerning ihe status, dignity,
or succession of the Crown ; from passing
laws affecting peace or war, army or navy,
militia or volunteers, or the defence of the
realm; and from taking any action concern
ing the foreign or colonial relations of the
empire. Among other subjects placed be
yond the power of the Irish Government to
deal with are dignities, titles and honors;
prizes and booties of war; offences against
the law of nations; treason and aliens;
navigation, copyright, patents, mails, tele
graphs, coinage, weights and measures.
The bill further prohibits Ireland from
doing anything to establish or to ; en
dow any religion or to disturb or
confer any privileges on account of re
ligious belief, and aiso forbids it to impose
customs or excise duties. The Queen is
given the same prerogative to summon,
prorogue and dissolve the Irisn legislature
as she has with respect to the Imperial par
liament To her Majesty, also, is rtjserved
power to erect fcrts, arsenals, magazines
and dockyards. The Irish legislature is
permitted to impose taxes to be paid into
the consolidated fund to defray the ex
penses of public service' in Ireland, subject
to the provisions of the Irish land purchase
bill, but is not to either raise or appropriate
revenues without the Queen's recommenda
tion, made through the Lord Lieutenant
Church property in Ireland is to belong to
the Irish people, subject to existing
charges. The executive government of
Ireland is vtsted by the Queen In the Lord
Lieutenant, who will govern, with the aid
of such officers and councils as the Queen
may appoint and will give or withhold the
Queen's assent to such bills as the Irish
legislature may pass.
VIRGINIA.
Formal Transfer of the Vlrelnla mid
land Railroad to the Richmond Sc.
Danville R. K," Company.
Washington, April 16. At Alexandria,
Va., today the property of the Virginia
Midland Railroad Co. was formally trans
ferred to the Richmond & Danville Rail
road Company under a lease of ninety-nine
years, by Col. John Mc Avery, Vice Presi
dent in charge of the Virginia Midland, to
Col A. B. Buford, President of the Rich
mond & Danviile Railroad Company, in
the presence of E. B. Thomas, general
manager, Maj. Peyton Randolph, Col.'
Andrews, superintendent of the Midland
Road, and others. Printed notices of the
lease and transfer were issued to all officers
and employes of: the Virginia Midland
Road and its connecting lines. The officers
of the Richmond & Danville Road formally
took possession under the lease.
It is stated that the road is leased for its
fixed charges and net earnings that is, the
Richmond & Danville Company guarantee
to pay 5 per cent, per annum on the Mid
land mortgages, amounting to $12,500,000,
and give the net earnings over operating
expenses to the Virginia Midland stock
holders. . Col. McAvery says the lease is
very favorably considered by parties inter-,
ested in the Midland Company, as it will
enable that company to have its road put
in first class condition to meet its growing
business and to erect proper, stations and
give people along its line ' the facilities
which they have not heretofore enjoyed.
LABOR TROUBLES
Outrages by the Strikers in East Su
Louis The Strike Situation in Bal
timore Strikes and Rnmors 5 or
HStr ikes In Chicago. -
i St. Louis, April 16. Late last night the
sentinels patrolling the railroad yards in
East St Louis were startled by hearing
several shots fired, it is supposed at them
from the direction of several houses near
the junction of the Cairo Shoit Line and
Pittsburg Railroads. . This sort of attack
upon the guards has become so frequent
that although no one has been injured, Gen.
Reece, commanding the military forces. has
issued an order that hereafter if shots are
fired from any building, the guards shall
surround such houses, raid them and arrest
all guilty or suspicious persons found in the
buildings.
! Two deputy sheriffs while guarding the
Vandalia Road yards last night, were ap
proached by a number of men supposed to
be strikers, who engaged them in conversa
tion, during the progress of which they
attacked the deputies, beating them badly v
U pon the approach oi several sentinels
who were on guard in the adjacent yards
and who were attracted by the cries of the
deputies, the assailants fled, leaving their
victims unconscious.
' I Baltimore. April 16. No change in the
situation: on the four lines of street railway
from yesterday. Both sides are determined.
No trouble, so far,
Chicago, April 16, Switchmen on the
Baltimore & Ohio Road, in South Chicago,
wenfout this afternoon, owing to the re
fusal of local officials to accede to their de
mands for the discharge of non-union men.
It is rumored that the Lake Shore switch
men wili go out to-morrow. Thus far this
road has had no difficulty in moving trains.
GEORGIA.
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Augusta Presbytery Refuses to Pre
fer7 Charges Against the Reverend
Dr. Waodrow for Mi Theories on
Evolution. - v .
Augusta. April 17. Augusta Presby
tery, in session at Waynesboro, by a vote
of eigkt to seven, refused to prefer charges
against Rev. Dr. Woodrow, of Columbia
Theological Seminary, for his theories on
Evolution, which it is charged are not in
accordance with- the interpretation of the
Scriptures by the Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Dr. Adams notified the Presbytery
that he would table the charges against Dr.
Woodrow now., but would become prose
cutor before the Presbytery which meets
at Bethany Church in Taliaferro county
next August- ; ,
; State -. Gleanings.
r Wilson 'Mirror; The wind
blew down Mr. John J. Sharp's gin house '
on Tuesday night and killed five oxen, j
Greenville Standard A ; All the
last week of Greene Court waa; consumed
in trying a $25,000,lander suit j; The case
has caused a great sensation in that county.
We learned that the jury's verdict waa fiie "
fect;rdict for the, defendant; j
Rebecca Shields was b-jried at Trinity
church ; Saturday ? morning, y She was: a ;
8 weet amiable lady, highly cultured apd, -:
accomplished. : - - A gentleman whoso' j
veracity we can vouch for, told: us that he
had seen a farm so rich that negro childrtu
were not allowed to cross it Their parents
fearing : that - they - could hot jwalk fast '
enough to keep their j toes from taking
root -i5 ,:.,t? ;
Rocky Mount; Clipper: Paul
Morgan, colored, who is from Halifax, was
arrested in Nash county last Monday and
brought to Rocky ; Mount where s he was '
identified as the man who (some two weeks
ago, on the railroad from this place (o
Battleboro), Struck another colored ma:i -with
an axe and then robbed him of $31. a
valise, etc. He has also offered for sale: a
mule which ' is supposed to have been
stolen. . Morgan was carried before Just ce'
Tillery and Bent on to Edgecombe jail, j :
Weldon News : On 'Tuesday,
night the people of Tillery station, on the
Scotland Neck branch road, were startled
at the announcement that Mr. Jesse Whit
aker, one of the citizens of that place, bad
committed suicide.-. Twenty -one head ;
of cattle were found drownedin one pile on .
the plantation at H. J. Poncr.- Eo . sfiir 1
Hhe - waters -pf the late freshet subsided.
Only three or four of them were Mr; Pope'a
the others belonging to his neighbors. --
We regret to say that cur townsmau
Judge" G. G. Lynch, who was stricken
down on the 15th of last September with
spinal disease, and has been confined to his
bed ever since, is still helpless and unal.lo
to walk. ; '. - j
Dr. Pritchard in Chicago Stan
dard: The Baptist school known as Shaw
University, is by long odds, the largest and
handsomest school for colored people in
this State, and I am not sure bnt that it has
the most valuable property of any school in -the
South under the auspices of the Home
Mission Board of New York. In the
depths of its poverty this college (Wake
Forest) always gave free tuition to all stu-
dents of the ministry, and as soon as it was -worth
$100,000 it offered free tuition to the
sons of ministers of all denominations. We
have now forty-two students for the minis- -try
at Wake Forest twenty-eight of whont
are aided by our Board of Education, and
ten are at the Louisville Theological Semi
nary, vj
. Raleigh Hecorder: The annual .
meeting of the Baptist Orphanage will be
held on Wednesday 28th of July. Rev. I.
L. Carroll, of Asheville, will preach the
sermon and Rev. Dr. T. H. Pritchard. of
Wilmington, will deliver the address.
Dr. Skinner has been pastor of the First '
Church, in all, for eighteen years. He has .
resigned. President Taylor has or-'f i
dered of Dingee & Conard, of West Grove. -Penn..
one thousand shrubs, vines, etc., for
the campus. The order includes five hun
dred rosea. A portion of the order has -been
received and set out. Ten bushels of
grass seed have been sown. Wake Forest
Student for April, Some months ago Presi
dent Taylor had three hundred and six
young trees and shrubs set out in the cam
pus In a year or two Wake Forest Col
lege campus will be one of the most beauti
f ul spots in North Carolina. :
Charlotte Observer; Mr. James .
Frazier has purchased a portion of the .
Irwin farm, across the creek, at $100 per
acre. Some party in Charlotte mourns
the loss of $3,000 worth of diamonds, which
were stolen on the 5th inst from the South- .
era Express Co. A northern-bound
freight train on the Richmond & Danville
Railroad met with an accident at Conrad's
siding, by which one box car and the con- -ductor's
cab were - wrecked. The cars
jumped the track as the train was switching
pff from the main line. . An old resi
dent informs us that to day thirty-seven
ypxs ago this section waa visited oy a
heavy snow storm. It was on Sunday, April
15th, 1849. Thelemperature fell below the
freezing point, and there was a general de
struction of everything green . Ashe--
vtllk, N. C April 14. To-day at Bal
sam, on the Western North Carolina Rail
road, Capt Eli Fry, conductor on the pas- .
seneer train, had his arm crushed by the
wheel of his car. . He is said to have been
trying to stop his train, which was moving
slowly on a down grade, and approaching a
high trestle out of repair, and under which
a number of men were working. - Captain
Fry, by bis heroic conduct, saved his train,
and the lives of the labors, but lost his arm
! Asheville -l(fance; A fatal
affray occurred in Jackson county, a short
distance from the town of Webster, last
Saturday night in which Annis Sutton '
was Bhot and killed by John . Messer.
Messer fled and at last accounts had not
been captured. Every effort will be made
to overtake him. The Baptist con
gregation at Borea, are beginning to build
a large new church. Reports from
various sections of the county come in cor
roborative of the statement heretofore
made in this paper, that the prospects of
the fruit crop of this section have been al
most entirely destroyed. Sunday
night two colored men, Arthur Poor and
Robert Walker engaged in a fight on Main
street. Walker received a very severe cut
on the arm with a knife, the wound being
several inches in length. - On" last
Friday evening five persons attempted to
cross the Tuckasegee river, near the town
of Whittier, in a small boat. , By bad man
agement the boat : was capsized, and three
of the persons were thrown into the water. ,
None of them could swim, and a man
named Wikle was drowned. The others
narrowly escaped, being almost dead when
rescued. ' i
Charlotte Observer: Tom Heilig,
the negro who was shot in a row among
railroad hands at Black's station, and who
came to this city a few days ago for treat
ment, died yesterday morning. Sen
ator Ransom is detained at home by his own
illness and that of his wife. Mr. W.
H. Higgins, a capitalist from Sunbury.Pa,,
arrived here yesterday, and during the day
he made the acquaintance of several of our
prominent citizens, with whom he discussed
the object of his visit MrrEUggins is
here to secure a location for aNcolony of
farmers from Pennsylvania, and tbcolo
nists represented by him are all provided
with money enough to buy land, stock and
farming implements. Mr. Skinner is
steadily working up the coast interests. He
has had two measures to pass the House
establishing a lighthouse and a life-saving
station, and has had the promise of a fa
vorable recommendation from the engineer
corps for a lighthouse at Hatteras. This
will probably become, a law next session.
Mr. Tobias Lyerly, a farmer living on
the Gold Hill road, about six miles from
Salisbury, lost his barn, residence, out
houses and stock by fire last Monday
morning before daylight . It was the work,
of an incendiary. Yesterday a message was
sent to Mr. George Murr, at Concord, to
repair to the scene with his blood hounds.
and he left at once, but what the result was
we have been unable to learn.
Wadesboro Intelligencer; With
in the past week or ten days Dr. W. H.
Battle, of Lilesville, has had nineteen sheep,
out of a flock of twenty, shot down in the
pasture, twelve of which have died, and
seven more being so seriously wounded .
that they cannot live. . The sheep were
shot with a pistol. A few days ago
Mr. W. P. Crump, of Stanly county, who
keeps the ferry on Rocky river, at Crump's "
Mills, missed being shot dead by one
of his neighbors, by a, hair's breadth.
He was : turkey hunting, as was his
neighbor, Mr. John . Smith. Both were
yelping for the game, and each thought the
other a turkey.. Mr. Crump was stooping
close to the ground, peering throngh the
bushes, trying to get a glimpse at what he'
conceived to be the advancing bird, and.
Mr. Smith was similarly engaged. - As Mr
Crump was moving his head first " to one
side and then to the other Mr. Smith espied
his black hat all that he saw, little think
ing that Bill Ctump was hiding behind that
hat Mr. Smith, who is one of the beet
rifle shots in this part of . the State, raised
his gun, took a deliberate aim and banged
away. The ball grazed the hat leaving a
track to show where it had traveled. Be
fore reaching the hat the ball struck a twig;
on a tree, about two feet in front of Mr.
Crump and cut it in twain. This, it is be
lieved, caused the ball to turn from ita
original line, thus saving Mr. Crump's life.' -
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