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The getting forth of the citizen's relations to this Governm ent, both State and Federal, was one of the ablest expo sitions of Democratic principles ever made by ; any American statesman. But no part of this great speech was nsieueu ui wuu gieicr attcutiuu ur left a deeper impression than that. in which the tariff question was clearly and frankly presented." At the request of Mr. Beirne, edi tor of the State, Mr. -Tucker: has pre pared an elaborate article jon that subject which appears in the issue of Tuesday last. We shall file; it away for future reference, as the is now so near at hand. election -: Senator Butler, of S. C.L has re turned from his brief European trip. He does not thirak there will be war over Bulgaria. He says all Europe is arming, and . there will jbe a big war not long hence. He says: - "France is the most prospous country in the world, and it is a mistake to suppose thatfchc will be crashed by Germany. But the struggle will not be like that of the last war. It will be much -more terrible: more likejhe Napoleonic wars. Both countries have armies of nearly 400,000 (men, with large reserve forces, all well armed and eqoipped. France wants an alliance with Rasaia, and Germany wants to prevent it." Germany can put twice! 400,000 men in the field within sixty days. As long as Von Moltke lives, and Bismarck to back him, Germany is the greatest war power in. Europe. The Philadelphia News, Rep., de- fends4lrs. Cleveland for her failure to go to Richmond. ! It says: "The story that she had declined be cause Miss Davis was to be present at a re ception the expected to attend was absurd, and reflected no credit either on the au thor's ingenuity or heart. As! has been said, her reasons relate to herself alone, and every sensible woman would have acted precisely as Mrs. Cleveland did under sim ilar circumstances, and every sensible man understanding the matter would have ap proved. What the "circumstances' were it fails to state. . Jlr. Wind is a candidate for Con gress, and now it is announced that Mr. Hurry is. It is an ill Wind that blows nobody any good, and the last man out ought to remember that Augustus Caesar held to the maxim, festina fenle,which means rx ake haste slowly; and that John- C. Calhoun had a borrowed phrase that embodied political tivity." wisdom "masterly, inae- isars. &tewart is receiving more space in the Northern papers than any dozen Southerners woipd receive if they were to all ; perish at once. Having said all they ' could and covered as many columns as was pos eihle with stuff concerning! her, they are now telling by the column the game old story of old marl Stewart's bones, how they were stolen, &c. . . Massachusetts has a poJ iitician of considerable literary abil ty by the just now name, of Lodge. He ; is hief fugleman and in a recent speech oaiu mai. aiiuougn a .1 . 1 .1.1 1 Protectionist he favored "a revision and reform of the Tariff." -He evidently has some political sense. -According to the New York Sun the President's eccentric phrase "in nocuous desuetude" was taken from a novel of Bulwer'n, wherejtbe words occur ia separate sentences. Miss Cievchnd has shown that she is quite capable of manufacturing such pbras.es withonaid from Any one. ,At New Frankfort, Ky., a lad named John Baxton became mad dened with jealousy because Alex. Hoard, another boy, kissed his hand to a school girl, and he broke the Otter's skull -and stamped his face to a jelly. Hoard will die ' but bis sweet-heart sits by his bedside. It is said to be true that some of Michigan's scoundrels are jfiguring as managers of the Republican machine. They are allowed to range outside f the penitentiary and !set' up the Political pins. Very natural. "Birds 01 a feather, &c." V - i voL.xvink The Baltimore Sun has been inter, viewing a member of the Cleveland Cabinet. ( He does not believe in or practice the methods of his chief in the matter of officials.- He is repre sented as saying that he "did not be lieve that any power existed to for bid the officeholders the same privi leges as pertained to other citizens to express and to advocate their politi cal convictions. If any officer of the Government saw proper to address his fellow citizens in public on car rent political issues, he did 'not see that it would be any crime or call for any censure." He did not propose to interfere with those under him. He had ': contributed to the -campaign fund and so had the President. He always expressed his 1 political views when it suited him ',- He is evidently a man of horse-sense and - indepen dence of character. Who is he? WHY A TARIFF FOB BKVBRVE IS rBEFEB!BI.K. ' , Whenlhereare'acommmar-H&ia and trade stagnation there is but one way to remove the effects and that is by , producing more wealth. A crisis occurs when there is a destruc tion of wealth, and of coarse the way out is to prodoce more, wealth. When there is a crisis hours of work are shortened,laborers are discharged, de posits in !j banks are withdrawn and trade is stagnant because everybody economises. When wealth is pro duced the laborers are at work on full time, wealth is deposited in banks, trade brightens and wholesale dealers rejoice. Then the crisis goes and good times appear. - But what . has this to do with the Tariff ? We showed you: re cently "what a Tariff was. It is a tax levied by the Government on im ported goods. 1 It . is called a duty, but it is practically a tax and is levied upon goods produced in for eign countries.; The object is to raise funds, .called revenues, for the sns tentation of the Government, to keep it in good running order. A Tariff is a law enacted by the Federal Con gress fixing the duties or taxes on foreign goods. - The sole aim and end under the Constitution of such a law is to raise revenue. The Supreme Court of the United States has de cided that any other kind of law is' unconstitutional "is robbery," for that is the word used by it to des cribe a Tariff for Protection. " Now why is a Tariff for revenue to be preferred ? : Why should a Tariff be for revenue only, and for nothing else? L A Protective Tariff is un constitutional. That is sufficient with all-law-abiding citizens. Such citizens do not favor or require a Tariff: law that infringes or violates organic law the law of the country. j But a Protective Tariff is also un just and J oppressive. Now for an illustration given by the economists: You wish to buy 'a coat. English cloth is excellent. It is better and cheaper than American cloth. If there was no tariff you could, buy at $1 a yard when imported here. American j cloth, of inferior quality, is $1 40 a yard. You would buy, if not restricted, the English cloth at $1. But a tax of 60 cents is placed by law upon it. . That brings it up to $1 60. j You buy four yards of the American at $1 40 because you can not afford to pay $1 60; ; for the English. - You have inferior goods. Now who is the gainer by the operation? ' There ' is, there can be but one answer, the American manufacturer. The Governmenthas failed to get the 60 cents tax, bat the manufacturer has put, 40 cents extra on each yard in his pocket for his in ferior goods. The buyer has lost 40 cents on each yard . Now there are but few manufacturers, but many coat wearers. .The whole cloth-wearing country is made to pay a great tax under a Protective Tariff for the benefit of a few rich, thriving man ufacturers. This is a clear case of wrong, of injustice, of actual hard ship. - - : . v 3. But again, ja Tariff ""reejriets trade. It denies to all men the plain, inalienable right to sell where they can sell higest, and buy where they can buy cheapest. - This is the law that regulates the States. A citizen of North Carolina can sell his goods in Texas or Maine,; in New York or New Orleans. He can buy in Bos ton or San Francisco. -There is no High Tariff; wall hedging in the State. All men in all the States are free to trade with each other. It is found to be excellent. - It does not interfere with fights and liberties of free men in aj free country. ! 4. Bat farther jstilL Exchange is so interfered With by a Tariff that a country is often driven to produce at a great cost that which : it could bet ter obtain from other countries where the production 1 of it - is cheaper. England once t grew vineyards and prodnoed wines, j It found that ow ing to climate France and Spain and Italy ;coald produce wines at much Jess cost. It r wisely abandoned " its wines, produced : something;. else to which soil, climate, Ac, were better 1 iv.- adapted, sold those -products to the wine producing - countries and ob tained silks, wines, &c, in exchange. England is not adapted to silk pro duction. It cannot produce either good or cheap silks, but it does pro duce the best and .cheapest cutlery. It exchanges its products with other countries. Now if England was un wise . -or silly enough to persist in producing wines and silks of inferior quality; at high prices when it 'could make cheap and admirable cutlery and exchange it for .France's wines and.silks both countries would Buffer as is easily seen, England would be compelled to have a Protective law to enable a very few to make wines and a very few to make silks so as to keep out the excellent wines and Bilks of France. This : would lessen England's wealth and England's poor would be taxed for . the gain of the few. ' - ' vf-Q-v-VN i-.-J-:!iy j,. 5.- A Government has no right to tax me or-you for the' benafit of nr neighbor, or for the .benefit of "men we never so much as heard of. 4 It is the business of Government to treat all men alike and when it lays a Protective law it is not only viola ting the rights of the many but it is discriminating for the benefit of the few. This is oppressive and immoral and against the eternal equities.! ' This will do for the present. We invite you to consider the five propo sitions with care. We believe them to be sound. They are the princi ples advocated the world over by at least ninety-five in the one hundred of the ablest men who have devoted their lives to the study of political science. We shall probably refer to one or two more points in a subse quent editorial. .V .;: ' i ; Prof. G. F. Atkinson, of the Uni versity, writes to the Raleigh News Observer giving his explanation of the weeping trees at Charlotte. The reported! phenomena are not uncom mon, he says. He says the weeping is caused! by what is called "transpi ration of; plants." He eajs: "It may be generally known that tbe roots of a plant absorb water from the soil, and that this water, or the greater portion of it, is given off into the air through the leaves, in the form of water vapor, which, of course, is invisible. Bat very few may have an adequate idea of the enormous amount f water which is thus transpired by plants.1? ; The New York World completely eclipsed all rivals in tbe Bartholdi statue business. It raised the money to complete tbe pedestal, and it dis tanced its rivals in giving an illus trated account of the final ceremo nies. - Thorndike Rice, the Republican owner of the Republican North American Review that somebody else edits, is a Republican candidate for Congress. We hope his opponent will mash him fiat. . - Bob Taylor's wife is a cousin of our Zeb Vance. Does that explain Bob's abundant flow of humor? She is said to be a tall, graceful blonde with fine conversational gifts. Raleigh had a big time last week. We are glad to know that the State Fair was so creditable and so largely attended. We hope no Northern bay was used to feed the stock.' r Rev. H. E. Moselev, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Leguin, Texas, eloped with the daughter of Judge Goodrich and married her. ' Russia's agent in Bulgaria assumes a more 'pacific policy, but the war cruisers are still gathering at Varna. Cotton Facts and Figures. ' .Wilmington still leads other sJoulbern ports in prices for the staple. Quotations for middling cotton in this market yester day were 8f cents, in Charleston. 8i, Mo bile 8. New Orleans 8 9 -16, Savannah 8J. The receipts so far this season show an increase over last year of 6,410 bales, and for the past week, as compared " with the corresponding week last year, show an in crease of 8,298 bales. , The foreign exports of cotton from Wil mington for the present month of October are 28,230 bales, valued at $1,244,754 the largest probably for one month ever re ported. ;. Schr. Hattie Paige, Tryon," from Wil mingtoni N. C, for New Bedford, seven days out and loaded with cuano, encoun tered a heavy N. E. gale in the Gulf, which started the vessel leaking. The schooner -put in at Beaufort, N. C, on the 26th inst. The Captain is used up, all the crew are sick with malarial fever, and" it was with great difficulty that the vessel arrived in port. A survey was held and she was or deied to discharge cargo and abandon the voyage. She is leaking fourteen inches in twenty minutes. The crew will be sent to the hospital. Information Wanted.. ; Mr. John C. Einker, residing at No. 906 East Main street Richmond, Va., - wishes to ascertain the whereabouts of his brother. ' H. H. Kinker; who left home about thirty years ago, and is believed to be living in some portion of North Carolina. Mr. Kin, ker is anxious ' to "communicate with his brother, and will be thankful if the press of the State .would give publicity to- the matter. m m ' - Naval Stores for Earope. v t Mes3Tg.'DeRosset & Co. cleared the Ger man barque Lucie Rodmann yesterday, for Rostock, Germany, with a cargo of 3,850 barrels of rosin, weighing 1.811,760 pounds and valued at $4,060. - ; i ; t Messrs. S; P.- Shbtter & Co.- cleared the Norwegiau barque Agatha, for Hamburg, with 8,218 barrels of rosin, weighing 1,058, 180 pounds, valued at $3,103. Weekjly i . . - - it. . r . t i"' - wilmington; n.: c, Friday, Novembers Innest la tbe Drowning case - of . Xarry Nixon. . T-- An inquest was held yesterday by Coro ner Jacobs to ascertain the facts in connec tion with the drowning of Larry Nixon, (colored) on Thursday night of last week, some of the friends of the deceased having circulated reports that he had been pushed or knocked overboard into the river from the fiat boat on which took refuge to avoid being arrested by the police. The inquest was held in the Court House. : Policemen Terry and Howell . testified thai a crowd of negroes on . Water street were acting in a disorderly manner and re sisted Policeman Terry when he attempted to arrest Nixon. The latter, when he got away from the officer Jumped on tbe fiat and ran to the farther end of the boat, where it was thought - he had concealed himself, but it" was subsequently, found that be bad fallen overboard.- Jack Nixon and Lewis Simmons, color ed, who were with Larry Nixon, testified that the deceased broke away from Officer Terry and ran, and when the policeman pursued him. Nixon jumped on the flat,' The jury rendered a verdict that the de ceased came . to his' death by .drowning Whys tryinktoc avoid l&rrestr 'Miif: Got Avar Acaln. . Anthony Howe, Jr., (colored), whose ar rest in Boston, Miss., was mentioned in the Stab a few days ago, made his escape from the officer sent to bring him back to this city, j No particulars of the escape were given beyond the statement that Howe had been brought from Boston to New York- by boat, and soon after his arrival there managed to get away from the officer who bad htm in custody. -1; i Howe, it will be remembered, was con victed of perjury at the last term of the Criminal Court for New Hanover county, but escaped before he was sentenced. - De tectives were put upon his track and he was arrssted iu Boston, Mass., and last week an officer was sent from this city to Boston to bring Howe back to receive sen tence, j ' " ' ' Forelgu Exports Yesterday. - Messrs. Alex." Sprunt & Son cleared tae British steamer Jesmond for Liverpool with a cargo of 4,050 bales of cotton, weighing 1.885. 085 pounds and valued at $168,000. Messrs. Paterson Downing & Co. clear ed the British barque Ella Moore, tot Bow ling, Eng , with 800 casks spirits turpen tine measuring 14,673 gallons, and 3,208 barrels of rosin, weighing 1,069,220 pounds. Value of cargo $3,523. Messrs. Wm. Walter & Finko cleared the German barque Laura Maria for Wol gast, Germany, with 288,177 feet of cypress limber and lumber, valued at $3,788. Messrs. J. H. Cbadbourn & Co. cleared the schooner Nellie Shaw, for Port-au-Prince, Hayli, with 157,793 feet of lumber and 10,000 shingles, valued at $2,339.40. Total valuation of exports $183,649.75. Found Floating in tbe River. The dead body of a white man was dis covered late yesterday evening in the river, floating down with the tide past Market street dock. Two men procured a boat, rowed out to the corpse and towed It into Aon street dock, where it was fastened to the wharf. The coroner was notified but it was then after dark and too late to make an investigation, which will ba conducted this morning. The body was nearly nude. It is supposed to bo that of the sailor, Jas. McMaa-n, who jumped overboard from the British tteamship Harrogate a few days aeo and was drowned. Tbe Mate Fair. A correspondent of the Stab gives a few items of interest about the State air at Raleigh: "The total number of exhibits is 1,406. classified' as fodows: Field and cot ton crops, 313; horses, 80; cattle, 99; sheep and swine, 41 ; poultry, 134; orchard pro ducts and floriculture, 56; pantry supplies, 140; manufactures. 56; mercantile displays, 9; ladies' work, 380; fine arts, paintings, etc., 73; agricultural implements and ma chinery, 26. s "Pieaty of side-shows. No drunkenness or gambling. Weather pleasant. " Fell In a Well. An old man named Samuel Atkiuson, a patient at the City Hospital, fe'l headfore most into a well on the premises last Wed nesday cigtt Dr. Lane heard the old man's cries and groans shortly after the accident happened, however, and soon had him taken out. It was found that Atkin son had sustained no severe injuries; a sprained ankle, and a cut on his head and on one leg being the extent of the damage. The well is twenty five feet deep, and contained about three feet of water. . Charged wltb a Deadly Assault. Wm. Myers, colored, was arrested yes terday and gave bond, for his appearance to-day irr Justice Millis court o answer to a charge of forcible trespass and assault with a deadly weapon on Fanny Mallett, colored.: Myers, it is alleged, went to the woman's hquse, in the neighborhood of tbe cotton factory, Wednesday night, and was refused admittance, . when he broke the door into splinters, and after be bad ef fected an entrance struck at ber with an axe. last as she was escaping from the house. - Coroner's Inquest.. Coroner Jacobs will bold an inquest this morning to enquire into the circumstances attending the drowning of the colored man Larry Nixon, who fell into the river last Friday night and whose body was recover, ed the following Tuesday. The investiga tion has been delavei. owiog to the fact that most of the witnesses reside in Bruns wick county, and . had to be summoned throueh the Sheriff of that county.. The inquest will be held at the Court House, Beware tbe Bear. A colored man reports that he encounter ed a large black bear, about dusk Thurs day evening, near the -second toll-house on .the turnpike.road to the Bound. The bear came out into the road just ahead of the man, who suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something in town and came back for it in the biggest sort of a hurry. The Fox Club might find some good sport out in tnat direction tnese nne mornings. . , The Washington, D. G, and Richmond, Va. , and Wilmington, N. C Railway Postofflce, have been consolidated, makine one line to be known as the Wash ineton. D. C and Wilmington. N. C, Railway Postofflce. Agents on the route.; who have heretofore been running iron this city to Richmond, will hereafter run right through to Washington, u. u. TRE ST-ATB FAIR. Visiting Editors from tbe. Nortb-Con- Ventlon of tbe Sortbern-Born Uesi demts Banquet Speeches, dee. Ralkigh. N. C.i Oct. 28. For twodavs a large partv of Northern editors have been., visiting Raleigh : and - the State Fair now ia progress. A convention of Northern-born residents of the State is also ia progress, and is largely attended by men from all , parts of the State who havj set tled here since the war. The object is to make known to the poople'of tbe North the desirability of North Carolina as a place of residence, and to present its resources and attractions, many visitors from tbe North Are also here, to witness the proceedings of the convention and see the State for them selves. Geo. Z. French, , of Wilmington, N. C .is President of the convention. Yesterday the visiting editors were taken temporal of interest in and near the city by the Citizens' Reception Committee. Last niebt a banquet was eiven them at the Yarborough House, covers being laid for 120 persons, speeches were made by Gov Scales, Congressman Cox. and other promi nent men. ! . To-day the editors I were taken to the State Fair, where they heard an address by Maj. M. P. Pegram, of the Baltimore Man ufacturer's Record, and David Judd, of the American Agriculturalist. ;- The attendance at -the ifair to-day was exceedingly laree. The State Department of Agriculture makes a special exhioit of i&erud( q products, second -only to.inose made at NewOrleansAQd Bostoq. : : t - ''f. JSEW YORK. Fantral of tbe Widow of tbe Great Dry Coods Millionaire, A. T. Stewart. - Nxw Yobk. October 28 The funeral of Mrs. Cornelia M. Stewart, widow of the late dry goods millionaire A T. Stewart, took place to-day - from her . mansion on Fifth Avenue. " No one was admitted to the residence except relatives and friends of the deceased The body was placed in a velvet covered csket with Bilver trim- mings, and rested on a floral catafalque in the centre of th West parlor. The floral designs were numerous, the most of which were made of srailax, ivy and roses. i nth Avenue and 84th street, in ' the immediate vicinity of the mansion, was crowded with people and a squad "of police kept the street clear in front of the entrance at 34th street. Bishop Littlejohn and Rev. Ar- thur Brooks officiated and read a portion of the burial services from the Ritual of the Episcopal Church f At 2 p. m. the casket was torne down the steps on the shoulders of four undertakers' assistants and placed in the hearse. The funeral cortege took 34th street ferry At Hunters Point a spe cial train took the remains and - friends to Garden City, ' where the obsequies were, held in the Cathedral. About sixty people attended services at tbe bouse and about forty went to Garden City . " OHIO. Railroad collision near Zanesville One Man Seriously Injared. IBv Telegrapn to tne Morning t Chicago. Oct. 30.' A special from Zanes ville, Ohio, saya . Bv a collision of the Baltimore & Ohio Westbound fast freight, and an East bound; freight at Black Hand yesterday afternoon, twoenginesand twenty-seven cars with their contents were total ly destroyed. " A tramp was seriously in jured, and the track blockaded till late last night. The loss la the railroad is about $100,000. A misunderstanding of orders caused tbe collision. MO NAN A Heavy Snow Morm Malls Delayed . and Fall Work Interrupted. . s ; iBr Telegraph to the Horning star. Chicago, Oct. 80 A . special to the limes from Fort Keogh, Montana, says: "A -report from southwestern Montana says a heavy snow storm has visited that section. Stage coaches are delayed. Sev eral cowboys who were out on a round-up were lost in the storm Tuesday nigbt and were obliged to camp under the sage brush without food, blankets or fire. The storm is the heaviest of the seasou, and will cause considerable delay in tbe " fall range of work." - j ' ' MARIl B DISASTER An Old Dominion Steamer Ran Into and Disabled. Fobt Mohbob, Va., October 80. The steamer Wyanoke, of the. Old Dominion Line, was run into la?t night by a coal barge and disabled. She is anchored at Sewell's Point. SAM JTONESS WORK IS CA N : ABA, . Tobouto, Ontabio, Oct 27. Sam Jones, the Georgia revivalist, finish ed a three weeks' revival here to day, in which he was assisted by Sam Small, also of Georgia. While Jones during his stay has been the most popular man in Toronto among a very large number of bis admirers in no other city has he met with such severe criticism. Clergymen, mostly of the Church of England, and prom inent citizens have attacked him in the- newspapers most violently, charging him . with being blasphe mous,' and by his peculiar conduct in the meetings creating more infidels than Christians. He was alo se verely censured for his habit of smoking. He received many valua ble gifts on bidding farewell to the citizens here to-day, the duty on which, it is claimed, should he take them to his home, will cost him an amount nearly equal to his share of the $2,500 paid to the revivalists and their, singers for'their three weeks' work in Toronto. - Negro Labor ;in Alabama and Wbtte Labor In Pennsylvania. - N. O. Times-Democrat. - The rougher class of la bor, in which the negroes "are princi pally employed, is paid higher wa es in Alabama than in, Pennsylvania, the negro faring decidedly better than the. Hungarians. The skilled labor gets decidedly more in the Ala bama blast, furnaces than those of Pennsylvania, and the difference in wages in all - the various industries connected with the manufacture of. iron was only 5 cents in 1880 a dif ference which has been more than overcome since. - ' If comparison is made 'between the mining districts of the twq States the showing is still more , favorable to Alabama. Jefferson county, in which Birmingham is situated, pays average wages of $321 per annum ; Calhoun, containing Anniston, $328, whereas the anthracite counties of the Eastern State pay an average of only $280. ' 1 . , . Mr. Blaine will have to try some other attack on the Soatb. -- Oxford .Torchlight: 109 pounds of tobacco for $86 per hundred.: sold by Crews, Cooper &, Crews, and' the Centre Brick Warehouse last Friday.' A corps of engineers in charge of Mr." Wilson, spent last Thursday nigbt in town. ' They . are surveying a proposed railroad: from Reidsville to Henderson, to pass within three miles of Oxford. T Mr. J. B. Booth's mare,' Lynk, name in first in a 2.40 race at the Lynchburg Fair winning a purse of $400. Star i886: JV'BIK YORK.' ' r '' - - - , Scenes Incident to tbe Inauguration ot tbe Bartboldi Statue Tbe City Elaborately Decked in Flags, Stream ers and BuntlngTbousauds or Peo ple Fill tbe Streets Tbe Weatber . Unpromising for tbe Festivities. New Yobk. Oct. 28 The rain siorm which prevailed alt day-yesterday ceased during the night, hut the weather this morning is very unpromising ror the fes tivities which me to attend the inaugura tion of the Bartholdi statue A slight fog hangs over the ciy and obscures in a meas ure the elaborate decorations of the build ings with which the city has been beauti fied. French and American flies are fly ing from house tops and Windows in every direction.'and a general holiday appearance is presented by the moving bodies of sol diers, militia and civic organizations and by the collection on the sidtwalks of great crowds of people. ' 1 1 r . The decorations of the City Hall are very elaborate. : Long streamers and flag) have been.hung from the Federal building op posite, along the main Street, through which the procession will march. - A magnificent arch of evergreens, flag and mottoes is erected in! front of! the World building, which ia tastefully' decorated with flags and bunting The French flag flits from the flagstaff of the Tribuns builrting. and the Bun, Times, and Mait and Express news paper offices are all similarly decorated. : ; In lower Broadway, and Wall streets many of the fronts of large buildings are almost bidden by flags, I , . . Busineis ia almost entirely suspended. The public schools are closed.: and all New York is taking part j in tbe: celebration. Visitors from all rections cf . the country htve been coming into; the city for two days past, and this morning: thousands more Were added to the great throng, the pros pects of unpleasant weather ia no way de terring them. i I . - ILLINOIS, h Labor Difficulties at tbe Chicago atocbv Vardi. " I ' Chicago, October 28 During the re cent labor difficulties at tbe stock yards, the men employed by John Craig & Co. kept their work. Their system was ten hours pay for eight ( hours' i work. For several days after the resumption of the ten hour system by other packers tbe men worked, and there waa no move made by the firm to adopt j the general sja'-etn. Yesterday, however.' the firm; notified tbe men that it was intended to go back to the ten-hour system, and the men at once quit work and were paid off. Good feeling prevailed het ween employers and employed, and the matter will probably be settled soon. MISSOURI. ! Tbe Adams Exprens Car ' Robberj Tb Amount stolen Swelled to $81, OOO. : : . iv Telegraph to the Horning Star.) : St Louis, Oct. 29. D. S Frotheripg ham, the Adams Express messenger, whose car was robbed last Monday uight, is still in this city and has not yet been arrested, though he is accompanied wherever he goes by a detective. He was in close com munication with officers' of the company this morning, and it was given out that he was assisting them in obtaining a clue to the identity of the robber. It is -believed, however, he is being carefully examined by detectives, and tbe stories told by htm at different times compared with a view to finding inconsistencies add obtaining evi dence that he was an accessory to the rob bery. Suspicion is expressed that several employes of the express; and of railroad companies carefully planned the robbery. with the knowledge of Frotberingbam, and. divided tne money between them r it was stated at first the amount Stolen was slightly in excess of $50,000, but! claims have al ready been presented jto the company which swell the amount to $81,000. A majority of these claims have been settled and as soon as the others are presented they will be paid. j .'- NOR TIl'cARO L I NA . A $50,000 Fire at Franitllnton North, ern Editors Visit Darbam and Hen derson. I ' - Raleigh. Oct. 29. Eatly thia morning fire broke out at F:aoklinton, on the Ra leigh & Gastoo Railroad, 28 miles north of this city and burned seventeen stores ; nearly all of wood. The loss is j estimated to be $40,000; insurance very small. This morning visiting editors from the North who have been here all the week, were divided into' two parties, one of which went in a special train to Henderson and the other to Durham.'. The business enter prises of both places were shewn and the visitors banquet led. To-night the party of editors left for Charlotte. Raleigh, Oct. 29. Later reports as to the nreat-Franklinton,'N. C.Uoday. put the Joss at) about $50,000 witb only $3,500 in surance The work of rebuilding will be gin to morrow. 1 PENNSYLVANIA. Double Tragedy at a .Colliery Near Klngstonj By Telegraph to the Mornln Star. ' WiLKBSBABBE, October 30. A double tragedy occurred this af .ernoon a tbe Ben nett slope of W. G. Payne & Co 's colliery, near Kingston. William Moses, one of the oldest mining engineers in Luzerne county, was on duty at this colliery.! He was given a signal to hoist the cage from the bottom of the shaft, which was 300 feet deep. He supposed every thing was clear below, and started his engine. Just as John Brodda, footman, was running the car upon the cage, the sudden hoisting threw Brodda off and.in falling he was caught between the cage and frame work on the side of the shaft, and was instantly killed. As soon as engineer Moses was informed of what had happened, he walked to his room near by. took a revolver from his coat pocket and placing it to his forehead fired, killing himself. j . WASHINGTON. Tbe Public Debt Reduced $12,000 : OOO During . etober Government Receipts and Expenditures Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, October 80. It is estima ted at the Treasury Department that the re duction of the public debt during October amounts to $12,000,000 I The Government receipts during the first four months of the present fiscal year, end ing to day, were $127,844,377, being $14, 168,891 in excess of receipts during the corresponding period 01 last year. - The expenditures during the same period Of 1886 were $82,254,035, being S11.U18.451 less than the expenditures during the same period of last year. Washikgtos. Oct. 30. Attorney Gene ral Garland bas given an opinion to tne Secretary of the Treasury that National Banks must deposit interest-bearing bonds to secure their circulation, ana that called three per cent, bonds cannot be used as the basis of circulation. t - S ! : Two jockeys, P. Lynch and W. Meany, who roue, respectively. Disturbance ana RuBhbrook in the , steeple-chase at yester day s races, were suspended : on the race track, upon complaints 'of the owners of the horses, for holding their horses and throwing the race. The suspension was confirmed and ' made permanent at a meeting of the Club last evening. ,The owners presented evidence that these two jockeys had telegraphed to people at a dis tance, advising them to bet on the. other horses. - - 1 SOUTH CAROLINA. ' Cool Weather and Heavy; Frost No Shakes at Charleston. '- By Telegraph to the Morning Star. -' ' CnABLESTON, Oct '"' 30. All j is quiet in Charleston. The weather is cool. Heavy frosts are reported from the country dis tricts. . Rain is badly needed. Business is active; to-day s exports of cotton amount to over twelve thousand bales. no. 1 - MASS A Cli USKTTS The Cunard Steamer Pavoula Ashore Near Doxbnry Great Anxiety in Boston for tbe Kafely or th. People -on Board. . By Telegraph to the Homing fctar. ; Boston. Oct 29 The steamer Pavonia. of tbe Cunard line, got ashore nrar Dux- bury in a thick fog last night on a high pine ledge three miles north or Guuic t Point. She lies in a v.-ry dangeroua por tion. -The Pavonia sailed from Liverp 1 for Boston October 19th. 8hc is a barkeu-tine-ngged screw -sieamtr, of 8.490 tons burthen.' Guinet Point, near to which tbe Pavonia went ashore, is at the north side of the entrance to Plymouth Uarbor, Mass. The Pavonia bas on board 60 cabin. 42 in termediate and 300 steerage passengers. No further particulars will be likely to come this afternoon. The -fog outside is very dense and the weather thick. The dispatch announcing the disaster was re ceived about noon from Capt.'WaoUen.lea. master or tbe favonia, btaling tbat bis ves sel was ashore, three miles northeast by north of Garnet light, which is northeast from : . Plymouth and east of Dux -bury. The coast map shows that this calculation would place his ship di rectly - upon a high ledge .-which is considered a very dangerous point. A telegram from Capt. Wolfecden also stated that the ship was all tight, and asked that help be sent to her. The lug Pearson was at once dispatched to the scene. Toe Bos ton tow boat company : has since sent two tugs to assist the Pearsoo. - - j There is a great deal of anxiety in the city about the missing steamer. Ii is teen by the position of the vessel as given in the Captain s dispatch , that she was a long distance out of her course, which is ex plained by the fact tbat thick, weather has prevailed for three dajs, and cotistouemly no observation could have been taken du ring that period. It is supposed tbat the Captain., as soon as he' found it impes liblu to get the vessel off went ashore in a small boat to the nearest point, and telegraphed the situation. AH reports from that sec tion indicate a verv !heavv fcurf last nieht and this morning. At about 8 o'clock, when tbe steamer grounded, the landing of boats must have been attended with immi nent danger. - j ' ' Boston. Oct 29 Even The . Pavonia has been floated and ia now reported off Boston light She will arrive up at 6 a m. WASHINGTON, j Secretary ' manning Assumes Control of the Treasury Department Call for Bonds. - By Telegraph tb the Mon.lne Star.l Washington. October 29 Secretary Manning assumed actual control of the Treasury Depaitment to-day, for the first time since he was taken aick, and signed all the L. ail requiring the signature of the Secretary. He did not. however, write his signature on - Treasury letters, etc . but used a stamp containing a fac simile of his signature The Attorney General gave an opinion that there is no legal objection to the use of such stamp. B.cretary Manning tbta alternoon lsjucd a call for $10,000 doltnra of tbrte per cent. bonds. I be call will mature December 1st. Parties holding bonds called by this cirrcular c-in obtain immediate payment wun interest to date -l presentation by requesting the same iu a letter forwarding the bonds for redemption. - VENTRAL AMEKtVJ. Attempt to Poison tbe President o Guatemala Tbe Cnllly Parties Ar rested and Pat to Death Aetivlty In Railroad Building. Chicago, October 39 A special to the Times, from New Orleans, says a steamer which arrived last evening from Puerto Cortese. Guatemala, brings news of an in teresting character from tbat on n try. Tbe greatest excitement was caused in the ton of Guatemala on the 10th instant, !y the exposure of an attempt to poieon the Presi dent by two brothers, druggists ia tbe city. Thev nwnsred k nniann nnd ir-ivi it In & servant xsf the -presWent,- wi Ha two- ttiou ! sand dollars as a bribe to administer it, but the servant proved honest, jand handed over to his master both the -money and poison. Tbe druggists were both arrested and put to death. . Railroad building is active throughout Guatemala and other Central American republics " AHKANSAS. . murder and Attempted Lynching In HXarlon County. By Telegraph to tbe Jtornlng btar. St. Louts, Oct. 30. A special from Har rison, Ark., says: Details have just reached this place of the cold-blooded murder at his home in Marion county, on the 22J inst.. of Jam s Hamilton, late Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, in the office of Henry M. Cooper, at Little Rotk. About- two years ago Hamilton, while acting as Depu ty Collector of Internal Revenue, made a raid in Johnson county on a number of il liicit distilleries, among whom was a man named Mulligan, capturing one of the dis tilleries and managing to get here with the crooked property. Mulligan was one of those who managed to escape, and nothing more was heard of him until a short time ago, when he came to the bouse of Hamil ton, who was residing on a farm in Marion county, and applied ror work on the farm, giving his name as Page. Hamilton em ployed him and he worked until last Friday night without attracting any particular at tention. On that night he left Hamilton's and went to the house of a neighbor, about half a mile distant to spend tbe night Af ter the family had retired for tbe night. Page, or Mulligan, left the house and going back to Hamilton's crept into the latter's bed-room and as he lay- asleep placed a pistol to his -head, brew out his brains and fled. Mrs. Hamilton gave an alarm, and there being some men about the place, the neighbors were soon aroused and in pursuit of the murderer. A party of citizens caught him a short distance from the house, and tying a rope around bis neck, made him confess his crime. Just as they were in tbe act of lynching him. another party of citizens came up and the lynchers, supposing them to be officers, left their man and scattered. . Mulligan, taking advantage of the excitement, escaped but was recap tured next day and taken to Yellville, where is now iu jail. Hamilton had twice been elected Sheriff and twice Circuit Clerk of Searcy county. :. He was for four years Deputy Collector of Ioternal Revenue, and was a candidate for sheriff at the recent election THE EXPRESS R OBBER Y. AtlLeast $100,000 Alleged to have been Taken A Probability of Catch lag the Bobber. I By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar.l St. Louis. Oct. 20. As days pass the amount stolen from Adams Express Com pany a car on the ot. Ixmls ban Francis co Road last - Monday night, grows with alarming rapidity. At first it was said to be $50,000, then $70,000, then $80,000. and today rrom racta gleaned from different shippers of money by the Adama Company Monday, the amount is estimated to be at least $100,000 and may aggregate $120,000. Manager Wier was seen early yesterday evening, and he said to a reporter tbat the best detective' mat could be fouud was working up the ease, but: that there were so many cluea as to who perpetrated the robbery that it was difficult to select from among them. Threads of evidence were numerous, but they, were gradually being woven together and they expected to hear from their agents ia a day or two. Later in the evening Mr. Wier received advices wnicn caused bis hasty departure from the city. Where be went no one on the out side knows, and the Company's officials re fused, to say. Mr. Damsel, manager of the St. Louis office, said that Important news had called him away, and that thev had at last struck the right clue. They are sure of their man. and he would soon be arrested. As to the robber's whereabouts or identity, nothing could be learned. Spirits Turpentine. Winston Daily: Mr. W. P. Dalton has nearly finished taking the census of Winston. The nnmilntion will snnrnx- imate 6.500. t..:..: - Tarboro . Southerner: A care ful estimate shows that there 13 annually hundred beeves. ; Nearly one half of which are sold in - the Tarboro market. The qaalily of the beef is steadily improving. -: uurnam Jtecoraer: 1 be colored people of Wake have issued a circular signed by about fifty of the leading colored . men ia that county, denouncing Mr. Cbas. D. Upchurch. the Republican candidate for -Clerk. Tbev accuse him of being untrue t. kl. . 1J a : ... -. uib iicuKcs ouu upiui iucuj as a 1001 lO work himoptf Intn nffirn I A BmrMAiv . reporter spent several hours at the Fair yesterday. The crowd in attendance was ' not large in fact smaller I than we have ever seen there on : Wednesday. . The ra cing, owing to a heavy track, was not verv good. . - , Charlotte Chronicle:- W 'e learn that Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, late . of this city, will go with her son-inlaw, Mr. Christian, and Mrs. Christian, her daugh ter, to reside in San Diego, Cal. A good crowd greeted, the Hon: R. T. Ben nett at the court, house last night. His speech was full of sound Democratic doc trine, and those who heard him last night were highly pleased . i- The speech of Maj. Stedman in the court house Wednes day night evidently caused great consterna tion in the ranks of the independents. The three Charlotte papers praise' Maj. Stedman's recent speech at thatlown. The Chronicle , 6&ja: "It was one tbat fired Democratic hearts with en thusiasm, and' those who heard him. say it is tne Dest speecn itnat uaa been made in Charlotte during the campaign.'' The Observer praises it. and the Democrat says: "Lteut. Gov. Stedman addressed a large audience at the court house on last Wed nesday night. His sound and comprehen sive arguments on the issues of the present campaign were ( incontrovertible. Maj. Stedman is a fine speaker. 1 His good ad vice to the party 1 should foe heeded, and every Democrat do his duty on Tuesday next." ' j ' .j V- . New Bern Journal: Died, in Onslow county, on the 18th inst., of o'ropsy of the heart, at the home' of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Freeman, Mrs. Mag gie Fulcher, beloved wife of Lee W. Ful cher, of Carteret: county. 1 . We have had the pleasure of examining some of the final proof sheets: of this book .'of New Bern), written by our fellow-townsman, Kev. L. C. Yass. and now passing through -the press. In examining these . sheets we find the book will be of far more interest to all classes in New Bern and elsewhere than we at first anticipated. The informa tion it contains or tbe early history of this section of North Carolina is worth several times the price of the book; Rockingham Rocket: The Dem ocratic candidates are making a vigorout canvass of the county, and it is as gratify ing as it is encouraging to note that, at eve ry precinct, even larger crowds turn out to greet them than did during the heated cam paign of two years ago. Capt. M. D. Menem, tbe Democratic candidate for tbe House of Representatives, made a SDlendid impression by his little talk here Saturday. . -wnoarethe republican nominees for Supreme and Superior Court Judges? We have asked and been asked the question time and again,, but nobody seems to know. Even the members of our har don't know - them, personally or by reputation. f our persons wno bad recently joined the -Baptist Church were immersed in the Pee Dee pond last Sunday afternoon. Rev. N. B. Cobb performing the baptismal service. ' Chadbourn Times: Sheriff Toon. did a good thing the other night when he met some fellows at the depot who were ' n. nW!nn . V . j . 1 I . I- . uio&iug mcn iu viouigm nnuuub pay ing their tax for this year. He made them "anti" before thev could deoart.L -On. last Friday evening, when conductor Har der on train jho. 43. or one of his brake- men called out "WhitevOle" a young man got up hurriedly with hat in hand and has tily went to tbe platform, tbe tram in rapid motion as it was a distance from the depot, and the conductor called to him that the train would stop at the depot, but he went right on and jumped from the train. The train stopped in a moment, but before any one could get to him he was dead. It was . j .. . , . . .. ... tearneu mat ne got on at tms station, Chadbourn, and had a ticket for White ville. His home is near Bladcnboro, N.C , on the C. C. R. R., and he came over here to get work. Charlotte Chronicle: A high ly esteemed and much beloved citizens of SaliabuTy.Rev.- Mr.-Clatki -J the Episco pal Church, died very suddenly in that place on Monday morning about 9 o'clock. He dropped dead. Mr. Clark was about 80 years of age. and has spent along life in faithful works. r The air was full of farewells about the Air-Line depot last night colored people bidding eoodbve to home, kindred and friends. . A large num ber of these people, old men, women and children, numbering between sixty and a hundred, took their departure on the north bound train on their way to Liberia. I More victims. Stab 1 The Inde pendent hybrid ticket in this county is not supported by all of the Republicans not by a large number. This cropped out at a speaking in Sharon township. The oazaar oy tne ladies oi tne liutneran church congregation opened last night. Raleigh News- Observer: - It is funny to see .how Loge Harris rings the changes in The Signal against the stock- law, wnen ne lobbied tor a stock law for Wake himself. The first negro man John Nichols put at the delivery window, in conformity with the requirements of Tourgee, was one named Hamlin, who lived a life of shame with a degraded white woman. Kev. G. W. Sanderlm made a very neat speech at the fair grounds yes terday. The Raleigh & Gaston train last evening brought a large party of news paper men irom tne Aorta, as well as many visitors from beyond Mason & Dixon's line. They were met by the committee of ar rangements and taken to the Tarboro. The permaneat officers are: President, Geo. Z. French, New Hanover; Yiee Presidents, D. L. Sayler. Anson; L. G. Estes. Halifax; J. Howard Brown, Wilson: L. A. Dodd, Wayne; Dr, G. H. Saddleson, Moore; Wm. E. Ashley, Wake; T. B, Elridge, David son; P. J. Sinclair. McDowell; J. H. Lid dell, Mecklenburg; H. C. Hunt, Bun combe. Secretaries, O. T. C. Deake, Bun combe; B. A. Goodridge, Moore; P. C. Bhipp, Pasquotank ;Curtia Goodyear, War ren ; A- Fisher, Martin; H. G. Coyte. Wake; William Burns, Alamance; JohnJ, . Gilbert, Iredell; C. W Edgecomb, Gran ville; C. F. Griffin, Mitchell. Gbees- ville, N. C, Oct. 26. Greenville, Major Latham's home, gave Capt. Coke a recep tion hut night. Capt, Coke's three speeches in Pitt have caused a revolution of public sentiment in favor of Latham. Raleigh News-Observer: Wil mington loses in the death of Capt. W. A. Cumming, a good citizen, a son who did her honor always and everywhere, and one of the most lovable of all men. The following named gentlemen have passed a successful examination and were granted certificates as licentiates in pharmacy: Dudley D. Johnson, Concord; Robert S. Mebane, Greensboro; Francis E. Duffy, Robert B. Nixon, New Bern. At a meeting of the Democratic State Central Executive Committee, held yesterday, Robert W. Winston, E9q., of Granville, was elected a member, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Capt. 8. A. Ashe. There were two races. The first, trotting,-mile heats, best three in five, was won by Jack Frost, in three consecu tive heats; Bay Frank second. The running race, mile and repeat, , was by . Euhne; Miss Grace was second. There is less farm machinery and ag ricultural implements than ever before seen at a fair. - Formerly there used to be quantities of these, but in late years the quantity has regularly diminished. - We had tbe .pleasure yesterday of seeing among us Hon. Robert R. Bridgers, whose successful career amply illustrates tbat North Carolinians do not need to leave their birthright at home to attain distinc tion and give assurance of their capacity, industry and wisdom. One of the most thorough railway managers at tbe South, CoL Bridgers is no less a true and devoted North Carolinian. A a meeting of ther Agricultural Society was held in the ball of the House of Representatives last evening, Maj. R. 8. Tucker presiding, in the ab sence of Mr. W. G. Upchurch. The meet ing was addressed by Mr. W. Best, of Wash' ington; Rev. G. W. Sanderlin, Dr. Pbil ; lips, of Chapel Hill; Hon T. L. Clingman. , Prof. Holmes, of Chapel Hill; Mai. R 8. Tucker, Dr. C. D. Smith.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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