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SVBSCBIPTIOX PRICE.
.-. ! Tlie subscri6tion price of
. tk is as follows : .
the Weekj.y
..n-le Copv 1 year, postage paid,
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"" commerce. ' '--::MKJ:
Oce of the moft difficult arid com
plex questions that legislators have
to deal with is the Railroad question.
While there is a great desire, for a
Commission it is not certain that
sac tl'ody could settle the difficul
ties orTbive the problem of freights.
Ia Miu-'iuseui 'and other States
that have tried a Commission there
are tiil complaints and friction jn
ths-macainery. la Europe, where
tha Governments have control, the
results are not unmixed blessings,
indeed, it is claimed that the people
do not fire as well as they do in this
country.. Ve do not know how these
tbins are. and merely note what is
mi to slow that there are two sic es
to the' question. . , ,
But lioft-evc-r desirable a Commis
sion miv be for ibe Stales how can
thfv operate now with the decision
of the United States Supreme Court
.staring them squartly ia the face ij
'.-The question of Federal interven
' tioa i? aiso two-sided. If the Con-
.1 . f 1 . ' . ! 1 1
gress ti; tns uousiuutujuai pue w
commerce oetween
the
States is;
l certain that
law would
sprvs ii.e m
soulit? - Railroad
men siy not. liunuen ranroau nen
are interesied pirtie. They say that
by tae pooling process '5regulariy"
is guaranteed. Tbey say rates are
now uniform, but if the pool is bro
, tea up that competition between
r63as iriii
begin
ar.J
shippers would
suffer. ' '
Baiji-er contra, fchippers say they
are B-iiiisg to take the risk, and they
desire competition. The Philadel
phia Xeics takes this view:
"Thtrefe a'ays a shock when one sjs
tem is furidtny abandoned for another.
Business docs not irntaediately adapt itself
tocLsscei coaijitiorj3. The main serious
Question o be- considered is to deeide
whether or eo the Pederal Government is
ready to establish tariff rates fr transpor
' tatioa cospauies. If it U there will Mtk no
' great h:irra doce in prohibiting pools, and
the putiis will get tae benefit of improved
ratta. The railroad authorities , recognize
this, and so they are evidentlv nrenarin? to
take the iie of "the Democrats against Fed-
.ioier:recce wun rauroada-."
J.
i liie 6ics :a a centa-a.Uzintr nriran
J .7 - 5 o T.
and believesithat Consrress the Go
. "Tercraeit ca do anything.. Its views
as to theClcstitation must always
be taken; cum grano salis. '
The S.nate Las already passed! an
inter-Sta:e commerce bilL It isjnot
in favcr -with Southern Democrats
who
4iofi
tional limita
-.cme iwo weeks aero a
C3
was agievii upon Ly both Iloases,
general features of which are 1
eamraarized: ; . -
"Oa the question of enforcing the act the
coEtniEs ou feature of the Senate bill is ac
cepted by the House conferrees,wliilei the
cenate cenftrrtea accept the system pro
posed in iho Reagan bill under which the
shipper is etitiUfri tn mh- fnr Hamonok
fte Uciteifitate8 courts in his own behalf..
Hub gives the ehipper the option of mating
w71 to me commission or instituting
suita in the Federal courts. Railroads' are
Prohibited frcra charging more for short
uaa for longer dis'nce upon their own
nnes la the same direction, shorter being
w-uueu-WKtia Icneer distance and, tbe
rarcurcsarccs and conditions ;beine the
Z ir' comimsEion ia authorized.
ice application , of a railroad, land
vj" a.a lavtstigaticn cf tbe facts, to re
, Foad8"'rni operation of the gen--wai
rule ia special cases. The Senate icon
3 8 aIee t0 tfae absolute prohibition of
wpri contained iii the Houfse bill. TJiese
ih! ,et.ma'n Matures of difference. I On
we.question of the publicity of) rates the
nprlT8 of two . bills have been
mat 1 68 to "Quire each railroad to
its nl 2 lhe rates between points open
am?!- - , .... F'UP'JOCU
rr" oau proposed in the House tall.
tettr Qiition the commission is required
to til puoucuyot tUrough
w iar as it may be found necessary,
uu" Ecu a bill would work is not
wr-nsto esy. It might, if . rigidly
ii.
o.ce, prcjve .a blessing to the
country. Like all new machinely .it
mst be tried first before a Confident
piiiiou can be given The Ipeo-
Ple sftm- todrnand a law to regu,
'ate traffic between the States,atid
ley win not stop to consider jwell
qaestion but that of
e8V The pooling arraiiffement is not
Popular, whatever may be' said in its
fav6r- There is one feature of! the
ProPosed bill , that will meet Uth
Public favor.. It is the one that pre
tes to deal with short and long
hauls. The Richmond State views
tte whole bill with favor, and saVs of
j UB Particular feature just cited i
1 it riffidlv cnfnrruul
" I &?lth!ilL forced, it
will ,i , " ""a" ue cuiurceu, 11,
wiu do much, towards preventing jlarw
ouippers at a lone distance trnm a Trior tot
Sdj out the smaller shippers at a
aou distance from the same market, i The
Jgffig Virginia, for example? do not
k that the farmers of the West shaU be
thovT Da,Fa aai'8t in their favor, but
incy do ask, and justly ask, that they shall
ocheve in Constitu
;, m WEEKLY oTAR ,
VOL. XVIlt.
OBEENBAl'KS.
Secretary Manning's report is much
discussed. - Whatever its views it is'
conceded that it is exceptionally
able. He is no friend to silver or to
greenbacks As to the latter: there
is as little prospect that his views
wiH be adopted by Congress as his
views concerning silver. The coun
try people like silver and they have
by long use become accustomed to
greenbacks. , The Louisville Courier-Journal
discusses the tariff and
currency questions with distinguish
ed ability. ' Considering the proposi
tion Secretary Manning, to get rid
of greenbacks it opposes it vat much
length and with marked force. It is
ot the opinion jthat. .."no--. Congress-.
lonai majority could be feund which
-would dare so to defy the convio
tions, or if you like, .the prejudices,
of at least IS per cent, of the popu
lation of the country. As to the
greenbacks, the risk of - popular con
demnation would be even greater,
and 'indeed so intense - and fierce
would be the upheaval on this ques
tion-that the country - would be con
vulsed from one end to- the other.'
In Consul Schoennof's last report
to the Stale Department there is in
formation as to the cost of labor in
Europe! and the United States. He
says be lias made a careful survey by
vi3iting factories. He thinks in silk
and shoe manufactories that Ameri
can labor receives much higher wages
but turns ou a great deal more of
work. He sums up bis observations
as follows:
"First There can be no doubt as to the
superiority of our labor, greater efficiency
and productiveness, even where not aided
by machinery. Second. Nor can there be
much doubt that our manufacturers are
quicker to adopt and change machinery
whenever the expected results promise ad
equate returns. Third. Our work people
take more quickly - to machinery, and do
not make the factious and obstinate oppo
sition witn.wnicn new inventions meet up
to the present even in England. Europe,
with the advantage of an abundance of
skilled hand-workers, of a hereditary of
adaptation for neatness and detail, has the
additional aid of government and private
enterprise in art schools, art museums,
sample -rooms and museums of collections
of all imaginable representations of tbe pro
ductions of various countries and ages."
Poets are "born, not made. W e
did not read M1&3 Cleveland's longH
string of verses io Lippineott for
January! Life is too ; short. From
what we had seen, of her stilted prose
and a few lines of rhyme we did not
crave a larger infliction of her metri
cal common-place. But ehe got $500
for the rhymes, and that is more
than a North Carolina editor .can
make in half a year. The Boston
Post, noticing the current number
of Lippineott says:
"The poetry of tbe" number is weak, yet
those who .admire Miss Cleveland s work
will no perceive that her poem, The Di
lemma df the Nineteenth Century,' carries,
with hatting feet, a very slender intellectual
weight. But a certain moral enthusiasm
which possesses MUs Cleveland makes one
slow to condemn utterly anything she
writes" '"" ' ' : ;
New York State expended for the
school year ending 20th -of August,
1886, $13,284,986 There are 22,240
teachers in the public schools. But
education is .not, appreciated as it
should be. There are 1,735,073 chil
dren of school age, but of this great
army but 1,027,767 attended school.
So New York, in spite xf its liber
ality in providing school facilities,
has 700,000 children who- fail to take
advantage of the opportunities of
fered. North Carolina is doing as
well as that, although it has poorer
school houses, and shorter Bchool
terms.
The President shows his ..tenacity
of will in- again sending in the name
of the negro Matthews as -Recorder
of Deeds for the District of Colum
bia after his rejection. ' He is from
Albany, New York. It is well known
that the white Democrats of the
District are very much opposed to
Matthews. But their wishes are dis
regarded. We hope Matthews will
be rejected again. -
There are tens of- millions of dol
lars of personal property in JSew
York city .belonging to rich people
that evade taxation. The World
has found $81,000,000 of property
not paying taxjes, - that could bring
annually $2,000,000 unto the city-
treasury. If in the South property
paid the taxes due thre wcmld be no
lack of a sufficientchool fund.
A newspaper man has been diag
nosing the Washington disease that
nrpvails amonsr officials. It is called
r r . ,. i -
"swelled head." We have seen
Representative with-very much of a
"awaliod li( ail" ' after a nisht of
carousal when he was induced to , re
tire to "his little bed" with bodts on
ready for the next day's bout. '
The Philadelphia Record sends us
its Almanao for 1887 It contains 96
pages, has a picture of s the Record
building, seven stories high, with
tower, is illustrated, and is filled
with well selected and useful infor
mation. - ,- : .""-"-'
Mn Dillon asked for a stay of the
proceedings against him but it was
refused. ' ' -
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CONCERNING LOTTERIES.
sThe scholarly gentleman i who
Xl8 for the Danbury Reporter
Mr. vW.rSharswood, discusses briefly
the question of advertising lotteries
in secular papers. He shows a "true
apprehension of, the question,,' in re
plying to the Greensboro Workman,
in saying:
.The secular paper, alluded to by the
Workman, has published the Louisiana
Lottery in the ordinary way as any other
advertisement, we presume, without en
dorsiog or recommending the scheme. It
u left to the private conscience of its read
ers whether they invest in the scheme or
not." ,
.. There are papers that are horrified
at such a course, but they are not too
moral to print circus and theatrical
advertisements. We are not certain
but 'our friend of the Workman is
guilty just here. There are religious'
papers that print tbe most monstrous
ites m the shape of jewelry and pat
Vnt medicine advertisements but havel
only sharp reproof for secular papers
that print notices of lottery drawings
that are paid for just as the lies re
ferred to and : the circus announce
ments are paid for. The Workman
is kind enough to pardon the Stab's
iniquities, provided:
: "If it can inaugurate in the religious
papers a war of extermination on raffles and
other questionable expedients for replenishing
the treasury of the Lord(T) If churches
would refuse to accept such money they
would teach a- profitable lesson and clean
their skirts of an amount of very 'filthy
lucre.'" :
That is good. The Stab and the
Workman and the ' Reporter must
all "pull together" in trying to save
tbe churches from raising money by
lotteries and other forms of "gam
bling." . But we fear the efforts
will all be in vain for some
church people are '"mightily sot
in their ways," and the habit
of gambling is hard to give up. We
will do our best in this direction and
promise- to capture all the gambling
notices we see in our exchanges
among Church people. To help on
tbe good cause we again copy what
the Oxford Torchlight said:
The ladies of the Methodist church will
raffle off a beautiful silk crazy quilt Christ
mas. There are fifty chances at a dollar a
chance."
We would like to know, just for
the fun of the - thing, bow many
church members in Nortb Carolina
have bought lottery tickets in 1886.
We would not be surprised if at
least five thousand had done so. Can
a secular paper be censured for pub
lishing an announcement that is so
very popular among professing Chris'
tians. tL " . ..-..i-.,f- .
HOW IT GRINDS.
The Tariff is a great institution
for the monopolists. It is a veritable
"mill of the gods" that grinds the
people surely and very fine. We are
reminded of this every day. Mr. W.
L. Scott, of Pennsylrania, has told
his own experience in purchasing just
one article under the present War
Tariff. He thus very cleary , states
bow the steel rail mills combined and
how they fleeced the purchasers.
Read carefully what he says and
then thank
a Republican Congress
and Mr. Randall for such a
nice in
strument of extortion and oppres
sion. Mr. Scott says:
'Eighteen months ago I had occasion to
buy 10,000 tons of steel rails. I went to a
rolling mill in Pennsylvania and brought
them for $35.50 per ton. The parties who
sold them to me were perfectly satisfied
with the price. At that time there was bo
combination between the steel mills of this
country; About six months afterward the
seven or eight steel rail mills of the country
combined and agreed to divide among
themselves the amount of rails that the
country would require, and gradually the
price of steel rails went up until it reached
$33 per ton, whicn is tne price louoy.
From $25.60 to $33 is an increase of $7.50.
Now the advance in the cost of producing
a ton of steel rails does not exceed 10 per
cent, over and above what 1 paid at toe
time, or 2 50 oer ton. That would leave
In round numbers an advance in steel rails
of $5 a ton without any necessity ior u.
There are seven or eight steel rail mills, and
they produce about 1,500.000 tons of steel
rails a year, and this additional profit of $5
per ton amounts to tne sum oi i,w,uw
to be divided between thess seven or eight
mills " j -.
To our bucolic mind there is no
greater economic mystery , than the
advocacy of such a War Tariff by
Southern men. - It is a monstrosity.
Some of the extreme papers have
caught at the conspiracy bill before
the South Cfrolina Legislat ure to
make unfavorable comments and to
discern imagined dangers. The bill
is intended to cure an evil that exists
and that is growing; & Evil disposed
persons and outsiders are "tampering
with tbe farm hands and sowing
trouble. The Boston Post seems to
have divined the true intent of the
bill, and says with fairness:
"The bill aims directly to prevent strikes
and hnvcotts. and there, it stops. It pro
vides that it shall be deemed a conspiracy
and a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or
imprisonment, or both,- for any persons in
an Wminization to interfere in any way
with tR nerf ormanca of a contract between
an amnlover and workmam. The facts that
tha workine people in South Carolina are
mnativ tnnrpA and that thev are agricultU'
Tists rather than mechanics, do not affect
the principle which this bill esUblishes,nor
Am thn nmnrt that the Knishts of Labor
are ex'tending their organization in that
section render it objectionapie. . .
- Secretary Lamar is level-headed if
he is "one of them literary fellows."
He confesses that he knows "nothing
of practical affairs,", and says he
must have nnder him men who are
practical. ; That is all right, but it is
an exoellent reason for extending the
marvellous blessings and sweet grace
nt nivil ' nervicA examinations. . Do
you see ? - -
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31.
.wowing good can come out of
Nazareth. ; ;This has been said and
repeated for eighteen hundred. yeaw.
What is foreign is better than what
is made at home. Northern apples
and pears. and cabbages are more
toothsome than tlrose grown in the
Old North State. The opinions of
newspapers abroad are worth more
than those of native growth. Wis
dom only flourishes in the great cities.
An editorial in a big Northere daily
written by a man who probably holds
views precisely opposite to those he
presents is read by Southern editors
with admiration and copied in fifty
papers, when better written editorials
are to be found in scores of Southern
papers and by men who are honest in
their convictions. -In tho North
journalists . have no scruples what
ever. It ia a common tbiner for Rev
Pablican8.t Democratic' papew.
or vice versa. We do not see a
Northern Democratic paper that is
always Democratic. The Philadel
phia Record is nearer. Democratic
than any other. It is a gold-bug pa
per, however.
Tbe Stab wishes a- Merry Christ
mas to all of its readers. May the
dear little children have delightful
visits from good, considerate Santa
Claup, and may the poor have full
larders and a plenty, of - fuel! - May
the young enjoy the holiday season
rationally and in moderation, and
may. the aged be contented and hope
ful in the prospect of a brighter life
beyond, when the blaster shall glad
den their hearts with the' sweet invi
tation Enter ye into in the joy of
your Lord ! .'":..;
. It was Representative Taylor, of
Tennessee, whs made a mouth assault
upon the venerable and able Judge
Kelley "Pig Iron." Is he any kin
to Bob? He ought to have more de
cency and veneration.
MURDERED.
Tbe Dead Body or KUa Lizzie B. Tur
lington Found In tbe Wood Be
tween. Blorrlavllla and Cary Tbe
Remains to be Brought to Wil
mington Tble Horning.
After week of terrible suspecsa and
uncertainty regarding the fate of the un
fortunate young lady Miss Lizzie B. Tur
lington, there cao.no longer be any doubt
that she was foully and cruelly murdered
by her betrothed, Walter L. Bingham.
Two telegrams were received in this city
yesterday afternoon, from Cary, a station
on the Raleigh and Augusta Railroad, eight
miles from Raleigh, stating that her dead
body had been found. The first dispatch
stated that an old colored man named
Frank Marsh found the body in the wocda
about a mile west of Cuy, on the left-band
side of the road leading to Durham.
It was lying face upward. From appear
ances she bad received heavy blows on the,
head. The dispatch added that an exami .
nation of tbe body would not be made un
til the coroner had summoned a jury of
citizens to hold the inquest. This telegram
was received about four o'clock in the af
ternoon. Shortly afterwards the informa
tion conveyed in this dispatch was con
firmed by on3 from Mr. W. B.Turlington
to his wife, Which stated that bis sister had
been shot through tbe head, and had re
ceived other injuries.
Cary, near which place the body was
found, is about eight miles west of Raleigh
and some six miles east of Morrisville. A
correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch,
writing on Wednesday, from Raleigh, said
that "a man named Yarnum says he saw
Bingham and 'Miss Turlington in a buggy
Friday at 11.30 a. m., two . miles this side
of Morrisville. He knew they were deaf
mutes from their use of their fingers. They
appeared in good humor. In 400 yards of
Morrisville they:.were seen at 12 o'clock.
They drove through Morrisville. Of this
there is indisputable evidence. There is
indisputable evidence that Bingham was
seen alone two hours later at the outskirts
of Morrisville driving in a buggy. He had .
therefore, turned out . of the main road to
tbe right or left, made a circuit, and driven
back again . Tracks made by his buggy
were followed for ; a , milo and a half
by your correspondent, who also dis
covered tracks : of a man and wo
man in a pine thicket, near a point
where there are many gullies. ' The places
where the tracks were seen was in soft
ground. They were evidently made before
the rain of Saturday, and just before it. In
one place two tracks were side by side
three feet apart one made by a man's
right shoe, the other by a lady's shoe.' The
impression made on looking at the tracks
was that the lady had been pulied or forced
along. A two hours' search of the loc-dity
proved fruitless, but your correspondent
told Miss Turlington's brothers of the sup
posed discovery,' and they at once returned
with a large crowd to search the locality
again." - :' . ', ' ' -? . '
'-. Nothing has been heard of Bingham, be
yond the statement that the ticket agent of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Jersey uity,
reports that at 8 o'clock Monday morning a
deaf mute, whose appearance agreed with
the description subsequently given of Bmg
ham. had nurchased a ticket for Council
Bluffs, Iowa.
Late last night thefollowing press dis-
Datch was received: -
! IKsxmsH,' N. a, Dec. 24. The body of
Miss Turlington, the deaf mute young lady
who sudden lv disappeared from this city
with W. L. Bingham, and who was from
tha flrat annnnaed to have been murdered,
was found to-day in the woods eight miles
tmm TUlAtoh and one mile from Cary,- a
villain nn thn North Carolina, and Raleigh
& Augusta Railroads. She had been shot
through the head and ; her throat had been
cut. , '' ' ':- ';':
THK BODT TO BE BROUGHT TO WILMINGTON,
Mr. W. B. Turlington telegraphed to his
wife last night that the body would be
brought to Wilmington by-train on the
Carolina. Central Railroad, which arrives
here at 8.45 o'clock this morning. .
The funeral is announced to take place
this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the First
, Baptist church. -
Sadden Deatn.
; Deputy Sheriff Chas. H. Strode,(colored).
died suddenly yesterday 'morning about
eleven o'clock, at.hls home on Eighth be
tween Hanover;and.Brun8wick streets.' Dr
Bhober (colored) who had been summoned
to attend Strode during the earlymorning
hours, thought that hef had symptoms of
heart disease; but as there were rumors that
Strode had been drinking with some com
panions the night before, coroner T C.
Jliller was called upon to bold anfitquest.
A Jury was summoned, but on account of
the absence of Dr. Bhober, who bad gone
to visit a patient across the river, the in
quest was postponed until to-day at 10
a, m. : .;- - ... '.
Deputy sheriff Strode was about 85 or
40 years of age. He had been an officer of
the county for about twelve years, and was
considered the most efficient - of sheriff
Manning's deputies. -
BUum Turlington Still RUsalng.
Latest advices from Morrisville, N. C,
tbe place in the neighborhood of which it
l ig supposed WaltetBiogbaui. murdered
! Miss Turlington, are1oThe tffect that seve
ral hundred men were still searching the
woods for her body. Several postal cards
were received by the young lady's .family
yesterday from her brothers engaged in the
search, mailed at Morrisville and dated
December 22d. Oa one of these it was
stated that men were engaged in drawing
off the water from an old unused well in the
viciuity of Morrisville. They had worked
alt night and the. water was nearly all out,
and if any discovery was made the family
here would have been notified .
Foreign Export Testerdaf.
Messrs Alex 8prunt & Son cleared the
German brig Clara, Yoss, for Fleetwood,
Eng., with a cargo of 2,700 barrels rosin,
weighing 857,860 pounds, and 550 casks
spirits turpentine measuring 27,818 gal
lons. Yalue of cargo $11,900
Messrs. S. & W. H. Northrop cleared the
schooner Anita, for Port du Pix, Hayti,
with 2,689 pieces of. timber, 4,000 bundles
shingles and 187,840 feet of lumber, valued
at $3,991.59.
Messrs Crouly & Morris - cleared the
British schoontr Mabel .Darling, for Nas
sau, N. P . with 31,477 feet of lumber and
132.500 shingles; valued at $1,167 96. ; '
The Attempt to Break Jail at Colds-
' bore.'-'--"'''
. Mr.. J. F. Dobson, jailor at Goldsboro,
writes to the Stab to correct a recently
published statement of tbe escape of two
prisoners from Wayne county jail. Both
men, he says, were confined for offences
committed in Wayne county, and he adds:
"Prisoner Jones, from your county, un
der sentence of death, did not attempt to
make his escape. On the contrary he kept
quietly ia his cell.
"Prisoner Laspyer, also from your coun
ty, made a desperate attempt to escape;
making an assault on me with a billet of
wood. Through the timely assistance of
one Jerry Deans, confined for a slight
offence, I was saved from a brutal assault.'
Tbe Carolina Central. .
TVople along the line of the Carolina
f Je o Railroad seem to be greatly pleased!
tvita the through day trains recently placed
on that road. . Although it has been only
four days since lhe new arrangement went
into operation, there has been a remarkable
increase IS lhe travel all along the route be
tween this city and .Chamnton. Corres
pondents of the Stab writing from Fay
ette ville express much gratification, at the
increased facilities for communication be
tween that place and Wilmington by the
new schedule on theC. C. R. R. .
Cbleben Thieves.
Mr. L. C. Williams, living on tha Green
ville Sound road, about three miles from
town, reports that he shot a chicken thief
Thursday night, while the fellow was en
gaged in plundering Mr. Williams' hen
house. When he ws fired upon the man
dropped an overcoat and ran. It is thought
that the thief was hit and badly hurt, as he
was tracked by blood marks yesterday
morning from Mr. Williams' place to the
Mineral Spring, about a mile from tbecitf
The gun fired at the thief was loaded with
swan shot. - -.- -'
Alderman J. D. McEachcrn living at
No. 714 Castle street, was despoiled of
nearly all his poultry Thursday night by
some foul thief, who yet had the generosity
to leave one turkey for Mr. McEachern's
Christmas' dinner. The thief got away
scatheless, with four turkeys and a number
of chickens. ' )
A Wilmington Boy and George Francis
Train.
As little James Tbeus Munds, a 5-year-
old North Carolina boy, was passing
through Madison square a day or two since.
he was shown Ueorge JTrancis Train occu -
pying his accustomed seat in the park. Tbe
Culm waiaea up to mm anu was suuu aif
ting in his lap talking as conndenuauy as
though they were old friends. Tram called
up a lively littie girl and, placing her hand
iu the boy s made quite a uowery speecn
about the North and 8outh shaking hands,
all of which sentiment drew a crowd around
the children in a few minutes. Train then
took from his pocket an envelope upon
which he wrote the following, "This auto
graph will sell for $10 in ten years." and
siening his name in full, Georgu Francis
Train, he banded it to tbe little Southern
bov. whi doubtless, tbe -longer he hav it
the more he will appreciate it New York
World
A anlekTrlp.
The British steamship rElstow, Captain
Robertson, now in this port, left Wilming
ton on the 25th of October last for Liver
pool, ' where she discharged her cargo of
cotton, proceeded to Bilboa; Spain, and
loaded with a cargo of , two thousand tons
of iron ore which was landed in Baltimore,
From the latter place the Eltiow arrived at
Wilmington on the: 22nd inst., making the
trip in fifty-eight days. . The vessel was
four days in dry. dock ia Liverpool, and
detained five days in Baltimore, owing to a
snow blockade on the railway, no cars be
ing obtainable to receive cargo. ,
Cotton movements.
.-The receipts of cotton at this port for the
week ended December 24th, as compiled at
the Produce Exchange,' are 6.340 bales,
against 2,292 for, the corresponding week
last year; an increase of 4,048 bales.
For the crop year, from September 1st to
December 25th, 1886, the receipts are 112,-
439 bales, against 76,664 bales . for the cor
responding period last year; an increase of
85,775 bales. -
The stock, ashore and afloat, is 20,251
bales: the same date last year, 11.693 bales,
N. Green wald & Co., clothiers, Danville,
Va.. made an assignment yesterday, 'hit
bllities $13.000. ' The head of the firm is a
clothing merchant in- Richmond
1886.
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WASHINGTON.
The Capitol Building Deserted-rxee--
ntlve Department Closed for .he
,' Holidays-Joan 8. SIosbi's Claim for
Fees Disallowed-A Safe Robbery at
Albangb's Theatre.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star". .
Washington, December 83. The capi
tal building wa almost deserted to-day.
Two or three Senators and half a dozen
Representatives drooped in to attend to per
sonal correspondence, and.- ibe . sub-committee
of ; the - House committee on Naval
Affairs spent an hour or two in hearing
several officers of the Navy Dpaitnient in
expUnation of ! eaiimatta for the mainten-4.
ance of ., that department during the next
fiscal year. -With these exceptions, the
halls of the houses were abandoned to pages
and employees engaged in cleaning up and
distributing documents.
. The Appropriation committee of the
House will not meet during the holiday
week, as it has already reported an appro
priation bill that has cot jet been acted
upon by the House. ' S .; . . -.-
The President has directed that all the
executive departments be closed at noon
on the day before Christmas, and on New
Year's day.
First ComptrollerCJurham ; has disal
lowed the claims of John 8 Mosby for
$503 collected as fees while U. 8. Consul
at HongKong. : , - a ii
When the ticket agent"- of ; Albaugh's
Theatie opened his office about 9 o'clock
this morning, be found the safe blown
open, a part of its contents strewn around
the floor, and $470 in money and about $50
worth of jewelry missing. Dynamite, it is
thought, was used to force open the safe, r
CONN ECTICUT. ;
murder and Suicide at Newtown
Caused by Jeaiooey. '
Bridgepobt. Dec. 23 A cold Blooded
murder was perpetrated last night near
Newtown; Wm.-. Warner, a young man
who has a reputation as a hard case, has of
late been quite intimate with Mrs Mary
Lytch, a young married woman who for
merly resided here with her husband A
few weeks ago Mrs. Lynch left her home
and went to her mother's, near Newtown.
List evening Warner called to see her, and
as near as cn be learned, they quarrelled,
and during the quarrel Warner drew a pis
tol ana snot Mrs Livnch through the
heart. The woman fell face downward to
the floor deid. Warner asked her mother
if she thought Mary was dead, aud at tbe
same instant sent another bullet through
her back, between the shoulders The
murderer then left'! the house, A large
numberctff officers and volunteer searchers
started immediately on a hunt for Warner,
but he evaded them, and returned to tho
house about 8 o clock this miming and
shot himself. His body was found lying
across that of his victim. He left a n te in
which be gave the cause of the murd r as
ealousy. - , ; .
FOREiGA.
Lord Randolph Churchill Resigns
from tbe British Cabinet England
Preparing tor an European War
Complaints of tbe'Pope of Rome. '
London. Dec. 23. The resignation of
Lord Randolph Churchill from the Cabinet
has caused a sensation The desire to in
crease the expenses of tbe Admiralty and
War offices, to which Liord Randolph was
opposed, indicates, it is believed, that the
Government are oi opinion that an Euro
pean war is imminent, and that extra naval
and military preparations on the part of
England are required to make her influence
felt on the continent.
Dublin, Dec. -23. The resignation of
Lord Randolph Churchill from the Cabi
net was proclaimed through the streUs of
Dublin this morning by a bell-man. The
populace - showed - enthusiasm over the
news. .'-;'.--
Romb, Dec. 23 The Pope, receiving
Christmas congratulations from the College
of Cardinals, spoke at some length of the
position of tbe Church in Italy. lie pro
tested, against the anticlerical movement
which is being carried on in the country
and said that tbe Holy See was cow de
spoiled of the 1 st remnants of its parti-mony.-
The only liberty . left to him. was
that held by Roman Pontiffs-in tbe earliest
ages. The Italian T Government, be de-r
clared, had assisted the laity in unduly iL-
terfenng with the i administration or the
Church; had expelled religious bodies, and
had tolerated an organized hostility against
the Vatican. As the head of the Church
he must continue to protest against the po
sition in which he is placed.
Liverpool, Dec. 24. The largest and
most disastrous fire in Liverpool since the
year 1847 occurred this morning, when the
extensive general retail stores of John
Lewis & Co., on the Brunswick road, were
totally destroyed. The stores contained an
enormous Christmas stock, all of which
was consumed, as was also the attractive
menagerie connected with the establish
ment. The total loss is placed at $2,000.
000. - . :. v"-
Paris, Dec. 24 The French press have
been warned against publishing military
news which would be of use abroad.
Lisbon, Dec. 24. Later, intelligence con
cerning the collision between the iJntish
ironclad Sultan and the steamer Viae de
Victoria, shows that most of the crew and
passengers of the latter were drowned. It
is also learned that both vessels were at an
chor at the time af the collision. The Sul
tan dragged her anchors and drifted against
the Ville de victoria.
Liverpool, Dec.1 24. Monday, as .well
as to-mortow, will be a holiday here.
Lisbon. Dec. 24 The British iron-clad,
Sultan, ran into and sunk tbe French
WBteamer Ville de Victoria, while the latter
was lying at anchor in the Tagus. The
Ville de Victoria had - two hundred and
fifty persons on board, several of whom
were . drowned.- The Sultan is an iron
steamship, armor-plated, and is of 920 tons
burthen. .. -
London, Dec. 24. It is stated that the
Russisn reserves have been called out
Masked movements of troops have been
noticed in Besarabia.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Railroad Cat Works at . middletown
Destroyed by Fire Loss, SI 50,000.
By Telegraph to tbe If orning Star.
Harrisburg. December 24. The car
works of Schall & King, at Middletown,
were almost wholly destroyed by fire this
morning, causing a loss of $150,000. The
fire originated in the boiler; room at 2.80
o'clock, and despite the efforts of the fire
men. six substantial brick buildings, in
cluding the carpenter and construction ma
chine.' pattern and blacksmith shops, and
the planing mill, were destroyed rne
foundry and office and a few sheds were
saved. Over $35,000 worth of seasoned
lumber and finished Iron was consumed;
An order from the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for two hundred cars was about
completed, ana another oraer ior ina same
number had been - received. Nine -cars
were burned. - Mr.' King Carried insurance
on the tools of his workmen for two years,
but owing to his inability to get an item
ized statement of each man's possessions,
the insurance company declined to further
assume the risk. It is likely that the works
will at once be rebuilt. - About 155 men
are thrown out of employment An insu
raaceof $40,000 was carried, part of which
was on the saved buildings.
ASHEVILIjE.
Snlelda of a Xenag nan In the Swan
- .-- 5 anoa ' Hotel - :
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.-...
' AsWiEVTLT.ii. N. C - December 24. This
evening, at 6.30 o'clock, Edward S. Ashton
shot himself through the head in the office
room of the Swanaaoa HoteL Shortly pre
vious to the deed he had called for a room
In the hotel, to which he was assigned ; hut
he soon returned to the office, called for a
sheet of paper, wrote a note to his father,
walked to the middle of the room, drew a
pistol, fired into his right temple, and, fell
dead, tie was zo years oiu.
NO. 9
'NEW TORK.
Strike of Brooklyn Mreet Car
Men-
- - Legat'DecIslons. .- ' .
'iBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.t
New York. Dec - 23. Eleven of the
branches of the Brooklyn City Railroad
tied up this morning at 4 o'clock, and the
men went on a strike: - The cause of the
strike is that the Company refused to agree
to the demands of the men as set forth in
an agreement submitted for signature to the
company by a committee of the men.; .
The cause oi tbe trcuble was that the
Company would sot recognize the Knights
of Labor or the Empire Protective Associ -ation
in its negotiation i with its men. The
Knights claim that the men were forced to
work sixteen hoars and over, and some for
as low as twenty nine cent?. .-This, Presi
dent Lewis Bays, is an outrageous untruth..
Though the Knights violated the agreement
oi last spring, tne company has main
tained good faith with its men, and not a
man on the straighNrun or tripper worked
more than twelve hours per day. Regular
men were also not paid less than $2 DO a
day. and trippers $1 50. ' . i -
About o cioca twenty-nve or the old
drivers and conductors returned to work
without solicitation f roar the Company.
They were at once assumed to cars, and bv
Q o'clock about a dozen cars were running
oa the various lines. - Soon after a score of
new men were hired and sent out to the
stables. . All of the stables of the Company
were put under police protection -about 5
o'clock . No policemen were put on any of
the care save those running out to East
New York, and then oniy from Bedford
Avenue on. in JSast JNew York a car was
attacked by five cf tbe strikers, who un
hooked tho team, but were prevented from
doing further damage by their prompt ar
rest by the police East New- York is the
only place that President Lewis expects
any trouble, and extra precautions are, be
ing taken there. : V
Brooklyn. Dec 23 None thought there
was likely to be a serious struggle on the
lines of the Brooklyn Railroad until tbe po.
lice were called on to protect a car w hich
the Company desired to start out from tbe
depot at Greenwood. - Capt. Boe and sev
eral offices went to the scene and mounting
the platforms, tbe car was started. It got
only a block on its journey, when the
moo took the -horses from tho car
and ran it back, into the depot. The
police were unable to resist the men.
A : car at Halsey street and Tomp
kins Avenus was overturned and the
driver and conductor assaulted by tbe mob.
lhe police attempted to interfere, but were
overpowered, and reserves were called upon
to aid them. A car was hoisted from the
track at Fulton and New York avenues.and
the police were called upon here also. The
driver and conductor, who were "scabs,".'
were assaulted. Obstructions have been
placed upon the tracks, and it looks as
though there would be even more serious
trouble if the company persists in their at
tempt 10 run tneir car?.
New York, Dec. 23. Tbe strike of cm -
pioyes of the Brooklyn City. Street Car
Company ended to-night. The Company
refuse to give any information as to the
terms of settlement, but it is thought they
have acceded, to the demands of the men.
New York. Dec. 23. Judge Peckham,
of the Supreme Court, this morning de
cided that the action of the Legislature last
winter, repealing the charter of the Broad
way Street Rail way Co. of New York, is
constitutional. Judge Peckham also holds
that mortgages are liens on property.
VIRGINIA.
Two magistrates
Compel a Coung
man Against her
Girl to marry
Will. :
By Telegraph 0 the Moraine Star. 5 ,
Lynchburg, December 23. The follow
ing particulars of the most extraordinary
oCCdTrBncehave just bero-receivedr j A
young girl named Taylor, ; fifteen years of
age, living near Grayson Sulphur Springs,
Grayson county; was engaged to marry an
Englishman named Rudd, stopping at the
springs. The time was fixed for tbe mar
riage and all preparations made, when the
girl changed her mind, and refused to
marry him. Tbe Englishman applied to
8quires Alley and Frost for a warrant to
arrest the girl. .They issued it, and the girl
was brought before them to answer the
charges preCerred. Whatever they were,
she refused te comply, but the justices in
sisted that she must keep her promise or go
to prison.- The frightened girl finally con'
sented and the ceremony was quickly per
formed. There is no doubt whatever of
the correctness of the above statement and
intense excitement exists in the neighbor
hood since the facts leaked out.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Wreck on tbe Asheville and Spartan-
bars Road Twelve Passengers In
jured. :
IS Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Asheville, Dec. 23. Yesterday morn
ing the south bound ptssenger train on the
Asheville & Spartanburg Railroad was
thrown from the track by the spreading of
the rails near Fletchers, twelve miles south
of Asheville. The engine and tender kept-i
the track, while the m6il, baggage and pas
senger coaches were thrown off. One of
the passenger coaches turned completely
over, injuring ten or twelve passengers ;
two very seriously. : One ladv, name un
known, is thought to be fatally hurt. Tbe
injured were attended to by physicians and
persons in the vicinity.
FLORIDA.
Strike of Stevedores and Baymen
at
i . : Pensaeola.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star..
.NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24. A tpscial re
ceived by the Times-Democrat, last night,.
from Jfensacota, Jna., says the strike of
stevedores and baymen azairist thn two coo
tractors has assumed larger proportions than
were at first anticipated. The grievances
of the men are in the modes adopted by the
contractors m loading vessels. Ail 01 tne
contractors except the two above mentioned
have consented to load vessels in accordance
with the requirements of the Laboring
Men's Association, hence a strike was Jast
Moaday inaugurated against the two dis
senting contractors. This failing to biing
them to terms the Stevedore s Benevolent
Association and Biymen's Benevolent As
sociation, composed of seven or eight hun
dred laborers, white and black, in joint tes
sion, decided to stop all work until tbe
difficulties were adjusted, consequently
there will be a general strike to-morrow.
SUFFOCATED
By Coal Gai-One Dead and tbe Other
not Expeeted to Recover.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
New York. Dec 24. Captain Peter E.
Lefevre. Superintendent of the Savannah
line of steamers at pier 85. was found dead
in his bed this morning at his residence at
New Rochelle. suffocated by coal gas. Mrs.
Lefevre was also found unconscious, and is
not expected to recover. The couple re
tired at abootlO o'clock last night and the
weather being .warm, the doors of the
heater were left open and gas escaped into
tbe room. , - .
RALEIGH, N.
;. . .MM .
A Colored Boy
Accidentally Shot and
- Killed -.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Raleigh. N..C. Dec. 24. An eight-
year old son of Steve Nichols, colored,' was
snot nere this morning ana instantly xuieo
The boy '8 mother . took her husband's re
volver out of ' a drawer to show it to a
young colored man - named Wm. . Hart
Hart in looking at it. and thinking it un
loaded, accidentally discharged it, the ball
entering the forehead of the boy.' who was
standing in front of him looking on. Hart
was arrested, to await an examination..
J. R. Blackburn, a prominent merchant
of Albemarle, Va., was shot and killed last
night at his store near Greenwood, Va., by
a. W. Davis, rne aimcuiiy resuiieu irom
playing crack a-Ioo. "
' Concord Register : :. There was
seven additions to tbe membership of the
Presbyterian church - at - their communion
last Sunday..' ' . ,.; -
, Concord has organized a mer-.
chants and dealei s Protective Union. Peo-
pie who from. any cause refuse to pay their
debts will be published. - - - ;
Winston Daily:. There is about
200 convicts now workiug on the C. F. &
Y. V. Railroad'ia about six miles of - Wal
nut Cove. In fact it is completed to that .
point. - : ; -. ' -, , , -
Daring Rev. Dr. Carroll's pas
torafe of 23 months at Asheville there were
added to the Baptist Church 166 members
An able, faithful, true . man every way, w&
hope he will find a suitable field inhis na
tive North Carolina; . We dislike to see our
strong and well furnished men leaving the
01a. state. - , T.t -..
High Point Miterpriae:o)m
Farlow & Co. boughRjjhd .shipped 1,200
rabbits last week. :T'hafieMrrtifi -
(.celling remarkably high" "here considering :" V
the low prices offered on most mSaers.
One lot sold at. Groome's WareMfte rasi"
Saturday for $46 per hundredVAnotSer
man got an average of 20 cents per pound "
for his entire load. . . ' -
Luiaberton Robesonian: Mr. G.
W. Williams of Wilmington has recently
added to his proverbial liberality by contri
buting $100 to the Presbyterian church ;
now being erected in this town". Mrs.
Catharine Currie. 1 wife ;of Mr. Edward
Currie. died at tbe residence of her hus
band at 'Shoe Heel on the 16th inst of -'
dropsy of the heart; - ;-;.. . .
- Asheville Citizen: A fieht oc
curred Sunday afternoon pear, the Banner
Warehouse, between Wm.f Town6end snd
- Pike, a workman in Graham's shoe -"
factory, in which, the latter was stabbad ee- v
vorely7; inthff slower -part of the abdomen,
ear- iheT right groin. The wound ia so
ssHgH a,,thnt It vv ilirequira some days to de-
lermiQQ wnemer or porTgi-wi.i prove Tatat.-
New Bern Journal: Dr J. L.
NiccAson, of Richland a, is in the city. He ;
brings incnews or the deatn tf Mr.fraok. ,t
Thompson, which occdrred suddenly at his :. .
home near Bichlands yesterday morning. -Mr.
Thompson was one of the most suc
cessful farmers in Onslow county.. He re
presented the county once or twice in the
General-Assembly, and was about sixty
six years old. v - 4
Atlanta Sunny South: General
Hoke, now at the head of the oewGeorcia.
Carolina and Northern road, was a Major
General at twenty seven years of age. At
the close of the War he wanted to go to
New York and start life anew. Be had no . -
suit but bis old gray uniform. He had this
dyed .by an old servant, while his mother
covered tbe buttons with pieces of an old
bombazine dress.
- Greenville Reflector: Mr. R. J.
W. Carson, of Bethel township, tells us of
several robberies recently committed in his
neighborhood. - We had a pleasant
call yesterday from Mr. W. B. Jordan, re
presenting tbe Wilmington Star. He is
representing one of the best journals in the
South, and his face beamed as brightly as
the paper he takes with him.
- Launnburg Exchange'. The
survey of the extension of the Wilson Short
Cut from Fayetteville to Marion, b. C,
crosses this road at or hear Moss 'Neck. 'A .
knife to tbe throat of Lumber-ton's busi
ness interests. . Mr. W. F. Gibson, .
near Gibson Station, killed two hogs last
week, one two years old that weighed 515
pounds, and the other one year old that
weighed S50 pounds. ,
Charlotte Democrat'. The Sec- -
ond Presbyterian church of this city will .
build a chapel near Dates' factory for the
benefit of those persons who do not like to
go into the elegantly fitted up churches in
Charlotte. Our good friend CoL-L.
C.Jones, superintendent of the -Carolina
Central Railroad, was in the city this week
on his way to inspect the work on the
Western Division. Col. Jones is not only
a No. 1 railroad man, but he is a clever,
affable gentleman, and always has a pleas
ant word for his employes es well as for
his friends. -: - -
Statesville Landmark:- Scott,
the eleven-year-old son of Mr. 8. CLenlz,
who lives three miles east of. town, was the
victim last evening of a singular accident..
He - was drawing a-.bucket of - water, and . .
had juet landed the bucket and turned
around when a shot gun fell or was knocked
from its rack Over the door of the dwelling
house facing the well. The gun was dis
charged as it fell, and the load passed un- v
der and through the lower part of the door
frame The boy at the well, about forty
feet off, was exactly in its range, and one '
shot entered the bridge of his nose, another
the left eye and two penetrated his side.
Greensboro Workman : Mr. ;
Calvin J. Bruton, of Onville, Montgomery .
county, was in the-store of J. W. Scott &
Co., here yesterday, buying a stock ot goods
for his store, got through his trading and
started home, via Pleasant Garden. At
Pleasant Garden, in this county, last night,
he dropped dead. A colored brake
man named McRae, whose home was at
Company Shops, was killed at Haw River
yesterday morning, while coupling cars be
tween the bridge and the depot. J.t is sup
posed to have been by getting his foot
fastened in a frog. ' The cars ran over him.
Hia hfe was insured for $1,000.
Charlotte Observer : One of
the incidents of tbe recent term of the
Federal court, in this city, that seemed to
have escaped general notice, was the fact
that one of the grand jurors went insane
last Monday, and had to be sent to his
home. ' The name of the unfortunate juror
was Smith, and he lives in Rutherford
county. Col. John C. Tipton, of tbe
Liincolnton tress, was m the city yesterday,
and we were pleased to " meet him. Col.
Tipton says that the revenue business is not
a very pleasant thing, but that Ma j. Dowd's
administration is giving tne people iar
more satisfaction than they have known
under any former "boss."
Raleigh News-Observer: The
legislative committee consisting of Messrs.
Womsck. of Chatham, and Woodard. of .
Wilson, Democrats, and Mr. Bulla, of Da-'
vidson, Republican,, appointed to examine
the books of the State Treasurer, completed
their task yesterday and they are unani
mous in praise of the order, system and ef-
ficiency of every sort displayed in the trea
sury accounts. . Mr. Sam Miller's fine .
black setter dog "Alto," was killed yester
day under peculiar circumstances. The
dog was out hunting near the railroad, and ,
in crossing it came to a stand on tne iraca -
just as the train was approaching. He held
the stand steadily despite tne cans maue w
him, and the train ran over and killed
him. .
1 Charlotte Chronicle: A. colored
man by the name of Stewart was killed
near Fort Mills yesterday. He was a rail
road hand and was working on a b rid go at
the time of his death. In carrying . some
heavy weight his foot slipped and he fell a 1
distance of some fifty feet, striking an ob
struction and then falling into the water.
When his body was recovered he was
found to be dead. Some of the colored
emigrants who left this city for Arkansas
and higher wages have returned. - One of
them says that out- of two 'hundred only
about fifty are now alive. He says the
wages were good enough, but the low
swamps and musquito marshes gave them
the fever and they died off rapidly. All the
remainder will return to their old homes in
North Carolina when able. In tbe
death of Jesse H. Lindsay, which occurred
yesterday, Greensboro has lost a good citi
zen. He was President of tbe Greensboro
Bank, and a gentleman held in high esteem
in that community.
Lexington Dispatch: Mr. Fil
more Underwood takes the. cake as the ...
champion rabbit hunter. He killed sixty--
one in one day during the snow.
The Piedmont. Reduction Company are
clearing and r grading 'the route for their
tramway from Thomasville to the Silver .
Valley mine. The material for the cars ;
has arrived, and the engine will be here in
a few days. A week or two ago, Mr.
Chas. VL Griffith had a two year old York
shire boar in a yard with some other hogs
and a vicious cow. One day the cow
amused herself by stirring uo the hogs and
chasing them about tbe lot. After a while
she tackled the boar, and that porker
showed fight She raised him on her horns
and tossed him into a mud puddle; but he
was game and came back at her . He
made several passes at her with his teeth,
and finally succeeded in catching her by
the back of the head, and biting through
her skull. 'The cow died abpnt an hour
later.
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