North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star I'l'Bl.lt-UED AT ' I jj Ci T O X AT A miK,IN AUVANCK. aSls88S8g8S888S8 rSSS8S88888S8S8S 38SS8S8S8SS888888 . i a S' 88SSS3388888S8S88 828888SS88S888888 S88888888S8888888 r. m 1 8888882288888888 888888888888383$- i- to t- oo ai b i g -v o e gs t : c CD st: ssssssss f EnttsreJ at the Post Office atTWTtmlngton. N C 1 ' as Second Class Matterj . T ' S INSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscriGtion price of the Weekly Star is as follows : . ". j j Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, .... $1.60 ft" " 6 months, " i 1 00 I" " 3 months " " V .5Q ( SHERMAN'S BIO STRAW. la 1872, John Sherman in tie Senate referred to "the present highs rates of duties, unexampled in oar counUy, and higher by nearly" 50? per cent, than in 1861, &c." Read tint sgaiu. Higher by half thanj thtyere the first year jof the war. TLtso high rates continue now, on) perhaps a little higher. What is t be done about it? The Democrats ia 1570, in theTTilden platform, de clared that they, must be reduced Again ami again they have eo de clared. Iu the Congress the rea Democrats have ; assayed time atk aain ti carry out the j DmoeraU pledge to. reduce the Tariff burden les-t n ihe revenue, and cut down tbo surplus. , tiaudall and his faction aiiiirg the bliud and bull headei Republican Protectionists hajre thrice prevented this consummation of an important end. -I I Sixteen years ago John Sherman : ,6aw that taxation was too heavy and the surplus was a constant menace. Here is what he said: " . j J "I can see no object in maintaining our rcrenue at its present position; no object in a more rapid payment of the public debt is provided for in tbe sinking fund of Feb' ruary, 1862, or the Funding Bill as we eent it to the House, which will pay off the debt ia twenty-five orthirty years I see no ob ject in accumulating surplus funds, because they are a temptation to extra vagant expen ditures, and many of the items which wilt be on this appropriation bill will be put there because we have a surplus revenue. ' I hat is statesmanlike and honest. But John sings a different "chrjn' now. II goes into Tennessee jand Alabama and be pipes a High Pro tection strain worthy of "Pig-iron" Ktlley, Sam Slick Randall and Demo cratic Iligh Tariff organ's in the South. The same great revenue jia kept up, only " little moreso." jrije same dangerous surplus1 is on hind, only larger and dailyiucreaslng. iBot it is all right. now. John was only talking after thu inanier of Demo crats in 1872. lie no v talks out a he rvalty think, and lid is fur a "feih .rat- i-f-duiiw," for a gre.it surplus, and for tatting the nuecJltis-i rcvequea . . ..'...- 1 . . .in st !i roil Hie a great river in a . frer.h-t. Jnfin is tickling the a van - cioiis Siu;.heroer with a long proieo- tsori straw. John is a humbug TUB THtJJnB-.8IIlYr. A Waco, Texas, dispatch saysf 1 ing Day, of this city, advertised gift wag ons to be distributed among their sub scribers by lot. Each subscriber paying! a year's subscription in advance, being en--titled to a single ticket in the distribution. Under the lottery laws these papers have been indicted " . : j j For thirty years the Northern press,, religious included, has been distributing gifts, prizes, fcc, to its subscribers in the South. Even chro- ...... . , i j mos have constituted a great feature in this business of attracting tr'acje. fow wagons valuable and neces sary may not be distributed by a Southern newspaper npon pain of in dictment. If this coming in . of oid Puritan times upon the South " cn inues we shall have the whole code of Connecticut and Massachusetts Blue Laws enapted, and people Will he compelled to attend church as was the case in former years. This is the last part of the 'boasted jqi ie teenth century. Sumptuary laws ire growing popular. People will sc on he regulated in their homes in what they shall eat,,drink, readj a id, then, in what they shall MUve. There is no danger of interfering with patent medicine advertisements and raffling for the benefit j of religious fairs by direct legisla tion. They are too j important to trade and prosperity for that. . The Legislatures will not presume to lay their strong band on auch important adjuncts and agencies for thrift. This thumb screw business j,' may . breed trouble before .the last tarn is given. ; A GHEAT FnoDVCT. The South yields about 3,250,000 tons of cotton seed. Thus far much of this-some 650,000 tons is tised b7 tho great monopoly, the Colton Pl Trust Company. tTbe price1 is fixed by this monopoly. From $13 per ton of 1885, it has out down j the pficetola, In purchasing 650.000 tons they thus save $4 on eash ton fortune in itself.. Thlsisdone by the arbitrary action of the Company that controls. ! f ! i It U esUmated that $5 a ton was ae on 113 a ton. With : reduc- . XVIIIi tion nf l f!... pivui, is v a ton on 850,000 tons, or $5,850,000. ; If the Company could use it all they would have Borne $lt,6oo,000 ' a year profit on this Southern product.' In: the mean time the planter is the sufferer; and is robbed by monopoly of nearly $3,000,000 upon what is sold by rea son of the arbitrary cutting down of -Prices. -. v? j v;.;:, The cotton seed oil is growing in demand yearly. It is used in lard, oleomargarine, as olive oil, &o. It is thought that the coBBumption ' in 1887 in this way will be more than 700,000 tons. When the new com pany puts its mills in operation there will bo a still greater demand.; The Louisville Courier-Journal says: j . "Cotton oil is on the whole the most use ful and valuable vegetable oil that the world has ever known, and its future is un gue&sably important as a Southern interest. The monopoly is extending its manufac ture and use more rapidly than isolated pri vate enterprise could possibly -do, and the interest already overshadows tbe Southern sugar or iron interests. ) It is doing a pre liminary work which may or may : not be useful.. It is establishing the utilisation of an important Southern product, and ex tending the market for Fit on a great scale, but tbe ultimate utility of the work to the 8outh will depend upon coctingeaciea.' If the latter or planters'a co-operative societies or ordinary competitive manufacturing en terprise shall soon supplant the monopoly, its preliminary work will prove to' have been advantageous, but if a monopoly like this should remain permanently ia control of a great agricultural interest it would be notn oppressive and injurious, and a dis grace to our civilization. TUB KEVBNUB ACT. If the machinery act shall work out as well: as its friends hope it will do good to the State. The Stab through the years has called atten tion to the inequalities of taxation in North Carolina npon the eame things and the difficulty, of securing taxes upon property. - The Stab has urged often that if the people would do their duty in giving in their property at a fair valuation jand holding back no part, that there would be no trou ble in raising all the revenue that is needed, j We have gone so far as to say that with that course there could be raised $1,000,000 or more for tbe common schools. jWe may add, that if expenditures were kept at the pre sent rate that taxation could be re duced to 15 or less. j ' , - During the Legislature of 1885, we had a good deal to say relative to the plan'of assessing and collecting taxes. We have seen no reason to alter our views as then presented. The taxable property of the' State is not all given in. ! ! ' The new machinery act aims to correct the failure jcomplained of and is much more stringent in the re quirements than any previous reve nue law. Jit will not reach the case of a failure to give in full returns. But it reaches the bondholders.! The Raleigh j correspondent of the Nor folk Ledger thni states the main curative feature of the uew law: j - " s ' "In spite of eery eff jrt to the contrary, it has beeu i found that many persona seek waya to evado the la governing 6uch re turns and io an evasive manner or in some cases by fraud, fail to render a true sched ule of their tffecu. This has notably been the case ai j rc-gKrd3 nptes, bonds, &c. In order to furce a proper rendition of this class of property to the listing officers, it has bee a enacted- that any persos holding such notes, bonds, &c, and failing to give them in for taxation,! shall be barred from collecting tbem by legal process, and auch refusal to give in the same, if proven by the debtor, shall remove all liability on the part of the said debtor, either for principal or interest." j ' ' i" - : ... We copy an intervie w of Senator Vance, the man that North Caro linians trust aboye all men. ' Tbe Stab does not pretend to know every man's, opinion in E' prth Carolina, in cluding j office-holders. But it . has some knowledge of public sentiment within a i certain area. It does not hesitate to say that the able and true Senator not only expresses our opin ion, but he voices! public Democratic sentiment, as far j as we know it in North Carolina. Doubtless Mr. Cleve land ' has . many warm admirers in North Carolina, for there are Demo crats and Democrats. But so far as we know nine outj of ten will indorse what Senator Vance . says. If there is any one of many ' notable gifts Vance has that stands' above the others it is sound, plain, common sense horse-sense if yon please. Col. Ai M. Waddell j delivered the literary address on the occasion of L the Forty-ninth Commencement of Richmond Medical College on Thurs day night. - We expected a fine suc cess and one was scored. . The Whig says: : ":-' "j..; "Dr. Cullen introduced to the audience the orator of the occasion, Hon. A. M. Waddell, of Wilmington, N. G. This gen tleman presents a fine appearance, has a good voice, and is a ready, fluent and elo quent speaker. Ho ingeniously combined humor with beautiful illustrations in-hia address, giving practical advice and citing interesting facu throughout bis whole dis course. He held his audience under his influence during tbe entire time he was on the stage, and either bad them In a roaring laugh or following him through paths of instruction aad interest. " ; Tbe Stale says it was "eloquent, very . instructive and highly enter taining." Ex Speaker Carlisle has expressed himself as to Sherman's Nashville gush. Be is reported in the N. T. WorU M tayiog: - I j "Tea. eertalnly-eomethlaf nulte pecu liar. Why. be took down the bloody shirt and placed the Republican, party right about on the aueetioa of the rfeht of later ference by the Kational Governmcni Elate esairs.- A STATVKOF 8IDRBV JOHNSTON. w In 4 few days next week at New Orleans the statue of General Albert Sidney JohnBton will be un veiled. It is time that this; memo rial of a great s soldier and patriot should be complete and uncovered to the public view. He was confessed ly a man of high military genius,and if his life bad not jbeen out short at Shiloh bis fame would have been un clouded,; and . Grant and Sherman would have never been heard of again. ( When Johnston . fell his troops were . splendidly victorious, and if he bad lived Grant and his army would, have been, bagged be yond the shadow of a shade of doubt. But Johnston was not only a soldier of rcsouroe and brilliancy, but ho was an admirable man in every re lation. LikejLhe'l great; men of. the South in war, be was a man of stain less escutcheon, aad was as pure, no ble, incorruptible and -elevated in sentiment and life as he was prompt in conception and. bold in execution. Let a monument worthy of his geni-: us and fame be erected to bis name, for he richly merits' this delayed hon- or rom his admiring countrymen. Robert E. Lee has been honored with one exquisite monument at Lex mgton, and is to have a grander one at Richmond. Jackson is to have One also. I Now comes tbe unveilins of the monument to Sidney John ston. Let all the greatest heroes be thus honored, for while deserving to be embalmed in the memories of the whole - Southern people they merit the sculptor's jlastio art. Stuart and A. P. Hill ought to be honored with monuments by Virginia. North Carolina sbonld erect a splendid monument to her forty thousand sol diers who died in the war, and around this monument should - be grouped statues of her fallen Generals Pen der. Pettigrew, Daniel, Ramseur, Branch, Gordon, Anderson. Our good friend of the Greenville JBeflector asks: ; " What authority has the Stab for spell ing traveler with two l'st" " The authority jof every standard work published in England, inoluding the James Translation of the Bible, the Prayer Book; every English dic tionary, and . Worcester's great American Dictionary. : Webster in spelling is like John Sherman in politics a humbug. Texas is building a State House to cost $5,000,000. Its furniture is to cost $100,000. It is imitating the extravagance 'of New York State. Perhaps it is preparing to secede and is building a "national capitol." Rev. Dr. Ray Palmer, the poet, is dead in New York. He was an em inent Congregationalist and wrote the well known hymn, "My Faith Looks up to Thee." . President Cleveland is said to be good as a boxer. " He is a heavy weight.! Where 1 the Republican who can knock him out of time? High' license has passed both Houses of the New York Legisla ture. : ' ' --'rr-'.- Exports In tbe ITXontli ormTareb. The total valuation of foreign exports from this port for the month of March amounteato $ 165.145. As taken from the books of the Custom House the statement is as follows. Germany 12,632, bbls rosin, valued at $13,000; '101,818 gals, spirits turpentine, valued at $38,116; samples fertilizers, val- rued at $6. . , England 8,150 bbls rosin, valued at $6,880; 1,650 bbls tor, valued at $2,145; 24,575 gals, spirits turpentine, valued at $9,1C0. . ' Scotland 8,675 bbls rosin, ' valued at $10,086. ; .. '( .; Holland 4,211 bbls rosin, valued at $4, 323. :.f -V ' :: Russia 1,367 bales cotton, 636.495 lbs, valued at $18,875; 8,272 bbls rosin, valued at$3,870.'.,; ' ;'.':.. :7'::',':-:::' San Domingo Cypress timber, valued at $5,760. v. . ;.;:.- . Porto Rico 787,000 feet of lumber, vaN ued at $12,129; 216,000 shingles, valued at Cotton .Bloyeinent. 'A The cotton movement at this port shows receipts for- the crop year up to the 1st of April, of 182,334 bales, againft receipts Of 95,888 hales for the corresponding period last year; an increase of 36,448 bales. Receipts for the month of March are 2,181 bales, against 4,775 bales the same month last year. The stock at this port ia 2.259 bales, against 4,893 bales at the same date last year. .. ; ' .- - . - Naval Store movement for tbe Crop 1 Tear. . . The total receipts of naval stores at this port, for the crop year ended Aprd 1st, are considerably in excess of the receipts for. tbe year ended April 1st, 1886, save in the one article of crude turpentine. The in crease in spirits .turpentine ia 4,101 casks; in rosin 67,875 barrels: and in tar 6.557 bar rels. In erode turpentine, the decrease Is 8,058 barrels. A comparative statement, compiled from tbe records of; the Produce Exchange, is as follows: tot ai Bxcrnrs. . i ' ' 1887. 1888. 60.738 289.164 67,048 83,858 68,880 824,943 69,193 83,290 781 75,e;7 8.CCS (37 Spirits turpentine..1.... 64,839 Rosin, 846,639 Tar.. 73,600 Crude turpentine....... 24,802 "".'.! : - TOTAL XXrOBTS. Spirits turpentine..... 64,830 Rosin. 819,064 Tar...... 67,821 Crude turpentine. 23,817 ! STOCK OH HAX9 Aran. t. Fplrits turpcstlae. . . . . . 1.199 Jiosia.... 1C3.7.J Tar 11,877 Crude turpentlae....... 1.133 WIMnNGTON, N. C, Xht PrM Pih Hiii Go. r The Inter-Sutte; Commerce law which goes icto effect to-day prohibits the issuance Of free passes - Railwaypresidenls.general offlcers and emloyeacan be granted free rides over their own road, and the priucipal offl cers of Toads can exchange passes, rrbeir wlves-and children, though, will have o pay full fare tickets over their husbands and fathers'" lines. Temperance lecturers and tract distributors iwere left oat of jtbe chosen few. Marshals. deputy marshals, sheriffs, judges, Jlawjera and the Scores of others who. hold annuals are all .right for the remaining nine months of the year, so far as their annuals are concerned, but the trip passes will lie shut down.".' V ; t ? , All of the following will have to pay full fare t Theatrical companies', base ball play ers." bicyclists, "theatrical advancements,' students., laborers, .lumbermen, Indians, United States officers and soldiers, of their families; inmates of national homes of dis abled volunteer soldiers, city police mem bers bf the: press (as courtesies), . hotel em plojea. f relgh t shippers.chArity cpaes.dumb or bliad.peoplo and temperance workers. The Inter-State bill prohibits tbe pooling of passenger earnings and the charging or accepting h greater or less compensation than the rates as established and published. It onlv in ferenlially permits gi ving reduced rates to ministers of religion, but clearly forbids reduced rate3 or free Irdosportation to any other cladi. ; W Congressmen. Reagan and Cullom, who are considered authorities oo the' bill, say that it does not prohibit the railroads gtrin passes to any one for use between poiats in a single; Stafe j Others tbiuk differently, and the railroad ofBcials. determined to be on the eafe "si Je, will not issue any more free pastes, eo they say, until the Commis sioners make some ruling on the point ' "Criminal court. Coutinuation of the trial of ll P. Mor gan, charged with suins; fire in bis store house in this city in Februa-y. 1886, occu pied the lime of the Criminal Court jester-, day.- Arguments t-f ciunsel for the pris oner and of the Solicitor for the "State were finished by 'one o'clock. IThe Judge's charge followed, and tbe easel wss iven to the jury, ' which found a verdic" of guilty , after an absence from tbe court too'oi of about two ; hours. When the verdict was announced the prisoner was visibly effect ed and the deadly pallor of his face was painful to witness when the Court sent enced him lo fifteen years in the State Pen herniary, j The prisoner's counsel made motions for a 'new tr'al and an arrest of judgment, arguments upon which will be heard by the Court to-day. . The following prisoners convicted at tbe term were; sentenced: '? - Monroe . Hawkins, larceny. Ten years in the Penitentiary. - ." , v.-. ; Samuel Carver; illegal voting. Six months in the county jail with authority to the sheriff to farm the prisoner out. Peter Doyle; larceny. Twelve months in the Penitentiary.- . ' . Norman Lindsay and -James Williams; affray., Fifteen days each in county House of Correction. John O Nixon, who had beeu in jail since the last term of Court for a larceny committed about ten yeais ago, was dis charged ij " j Mary Wadiins; larceuy. As she bad been in jail two mouths and the Solicitor thought sbewU not of sou dJ mind, she was order, d to be'Uiscbarged. - The Court took a receta at 4 p' m until 10 a. m. to-day. Criminal Court. - Tbetr'al ofjfj. P. Morgan, charged with setting fire io ids stores-bouse io this city on tho 16;h of February of last ear, was taken up in the Criininl Court yestenia. ; Solici tor Moore appearing for tho Stattj, 'and Meafrs. uL Bellamy and J. I Macks and TIiob. W. Strange as counsei for Morgan. The evidence for the State was the same as at the trial of Morgan for arson tbe day be fore. Tbe defence had about fifteen wit nesses,1 whose testimony went mainly to show thai bad; feeling existed between the accused and Moses, tbe chief witness for the State, sal that the. accusations of the latter were prompted by malice. The Court took a recess at half-past seven o'clockjia the evening until this morning at 9 o'clock, when the argamcnta of counsel will begin. The case will probably be given to the jury at one o'clock, p. m. ''f 'i . m m Snddstt Death of an Estimable Lady. Mrs. Fennel), wife of Mr. Owen Fennel), died suddenly iu this city yesterday morn ing, from heart disease. She was seated ai the breakfast table in conversation with her husband; when taken with the fatal illness, and her death occurred a few min utes thereafter. The sudden, amotion is a terrible blow to the family an i friends of Mr. Fennell, who have the deepest sym pathy of the community. ! : Mrs. Fennell was the daughter of Mr. John R. Beaman, of Sampson county. She was a lady of rare accomplishments, gentle and charitable, and a devoted Christian . , lnDlstreas. ir. The schooner Wytr O. Sargent, Ca'pt. Geo. E. Hinds, bound from Laguna, Mex ico, to New York, .with a cargo of mahog any and cedar, put in at this port yesterday in distress. - Capt. Hinds reports that he had been forty-two days on the voyage; ex perlencing very stormy weather and en countering gales from the 10th to the 15th Inst.,. in which the vessel sprung aleak, the rudder-head was carried away, the fore mast spring,' and sails blown away. A sur vey will be held on the schooner to-day. j JoneatoHanc .. .-.-"' John Jones, the colored man convicted of burglary J at tbe November term of tbe Criminal Court and sentenced to be hanged, but whose counsel appealed the case to the Supreme Court, will in all human proba blllty pay tbe penalty of bis crime oa the allows, the Supreme Court having decided la bis case that there was no error. But the certified opinion of the Court has not ret been sent down to the lower court, aad as he will have to be re-sentenced la opea court, Jones' lease of ' life will at all events be prolonged until after the May term of ids unmiaai uoun. i wm m Naval teres ler Messrs. WlUlains liarcblsoB cleared the Norwegian barque Candaet yesterday, for Loadoa, with 8,873 barrels of rosia, valued at $3,871 ilessrs. Alex. Bpruat A Sea cleared tbe Genua barque AJUtrom, with $.823 bar rels of tar, valued at $3,403, aad 259 bar rels of rosla, valued at i FRIDAY; APRIL 8, 1887. . V nrx tt- w vr ... n of tbe .'strike or Workmen Em ployed In tbe Equitable BnUdlnc A Plrm Qefranded by nn Employe of - f 7C,00Q-Attempt to Work tbe Saw 4nt swindle. : j . . . r '. ':' New Yobk,1 March' .31. The strike which began yesterday etnong woikmen employed "in rebuilding ;i the Equitable building on llroadway, was concluded this morning. Men complained of the pres ence in the building; of a number of n6n- union electric fitters employed by the illu minating company, and the latter were withdrawn by their employers on represen tations of tbe building contractor. . One1 of the strikers Was arrested previously for ob structing a footway and refusing to :move onw;;,:;...--,,.; - New York, March 81. Two men were seen engaged in a rough-and-tumble fight this afternoon in Great Jones street Tory were arrested and taken to Jefferson Mar ket Police Court, It turned out that the row began over an attempt to woik the saw-dust swindle-upon a gentleman named Jacob ll. Clair, of Pocahontas, Va Ciuir admitted that h bad received circulars de scribing '-green goods," and came on to investigate.. He arrived a couple of days ago and put up at rNd. 814 Broadway,, where he met the other man who gave; bis name as Charles Gordon. ' By app intment the two met this morning in a First avenue saloon and $1,000 worth of "green goods" were counted out for which Clair was to pay $300 to a man whj would return with him to his room The goods were placedin a satchel, and on the way the satctiel was changed, i Clair saw it, and a fight ensued Clair claims to belong to the Eureka Dtf tective Agency of Virginia, and said he was sent on to investigate, to protect farmers in that Bection. Clair waa discharged with a lecture and Gordon was sent up for &x months. ' - .. . . . . . . , ' New - York. " March 81 Ed ward M Newman, m tbe employ of Michael Levin eon, wholesale oiothier at 585 Broadway., Was arrested this afternoon, charged with defrauding the firm of over $75,000, by means of falsa entries and misusing checks of the firm. Newman was taken to; the Tombs. " ' v ; 1 New York. April 2 W. A. Clarke, a postoffico clerk, arreeud: for stealing $10. 000 in a registered package from Portland, Oregon, to this city, confessed to-day that be bad stolen a package cnnlaiciDg $10,000 in currency sent to Charleston, 8 C.i in December, 1881. The money was sent by tbe t'ark National Bank of this city to the First National Bank of Charleston. Clarke also admitted that he was interested in a gambling bouse in this city. Clarke was admitted to bail Ibis afternoon. A certified check for $25,000. signed by the American Loan and Trust Company, on the Park National Bank, was given as security. 1 Buffalo, April 2. Workmen removing the ruins of the Richmond Hotel to-day. found the charred remains of a woman probably one of three servant girla ' who perished in the fire; and also those of one man : both were unrecognizable. j MARINE DISASTER A Sealing Steamer Wit b a Crew or 260 Men Xioet. St. Johns, N. F., March 31. A report has reached here of the total loss of the sealing steamer Eagle, with a crew of 250 men, on the shoals near Funk Island, off Bonavieta Bay. No particulars of the dis aster are jet at hand. Debris, consisting of deck-ladders, forecastle, deck and cook ing gear; with the steamer's name on it, have been found cn the ice. The supposi tion is that the steamer's boiler exploded Bt Jonas, March 81 .The reported loss of tbe steamer Eagle ia confirmed by the discovery of wreckage on Bonavista Bay. , The crew numbered 250 men, and there is no evidence that any one waa saved. I Tbe steamer was lost on the shoals near Funk island, off Bonavista Bay. Most of tbe lost seaman lived in and about St. Johns, and the excitement and grief here are intense. Wcmtn and children are weeping at jhome or clamoring at the telegraph and newspa per offices for further information, j The" Eiglu wss a large sealing steamer, com manded by Ok p tain Jock man. and owned by M-fssra. Uja-ling Bros Tbe captain is one,nf he brbt and most successful com manders sailing out of New Foundland ports, but it is said tbe. steamer's boilers were ia tucii a bad condition that she should never have sailed. Thia wss w his percd about s wo after she sailed for tbe fisheries, and the report, that wreck pieces indicate a boiler expinsiou ia taken as evi dence tuat all oa board are lo.-t. ILLIJVHiS. Carter Harrison Aceepte tbe Demo. cratle Nomination Tor Mayor of cbl . eago coanty Fratida. - f Chicago, March 81. Carter Harrison to-day again accepted the Democratic nom ination for Mayor. The party is full of divisions and there is a faction at each street corner. Charlie Eern, chairman of the Cook County Club, aod bis followers are said to bs waiting for Harrison to take the nomination and then knife him. I The fovernmcnt building crowd is divided, 'he poatofflce people are against Harrison, because W. C. Goudy and White, custom house people, are supporting Harrison be cause the postofflce crowd are against him. It remains to be seen whether all the ele ments can be harmonized in view of Har rison being the only available candidate. CrncAQO, March 31. This afternoon the special, grand jury came into the Criminal Court, where Judge Anthony was sitting, and returned three batches of indictments against persons implicated in county frauds, there being a total of 23 presentments. Who the indictments are against is purely a matter of speculation just now, capias in none of the cases having yet been issued. It is now announced that the report that Carter Harrison bad agreed to run for Mayor is untrue. Harrison himself repudiates it. He says he is out of politics and intends to stay our. RHODE ISLAND. Uetall Llqaor Dealers Fleet ne from Prorldenee to Avoid Arrest. By Telegraph to the If ornmff Star.' Providence, April 3 A sensation was created in the Court of Common Pleas this morning by the Sudden arraignment of re tail liquor dealers, who were brought be fore the bar on a writ of capias to be sen tenced. When the cases of these men came up before the court at last term they pleaded nolo cotendere by direction of their counsel, the understanding being that they were not to continue in business and that they would be liable at any moment to be called in and sentenced. The term came to an end and none of them were disturbed, although there was ample time for them to have been sentenced, cone to jail and served their time before the present term began. James Lo vello and Schemminger of this city were first called to the bar. . Assistant Attorney General Angell moved for sentence, whereupon John M. Bremen, their counsel, entered aa objection, claim ing that tho authorities had acted arbitrarily and unjustly and la a way calculated to dis franchise his client and to prevent their voting at the coming election. .Further than this the State intended, without giv ing warnlog to the men, to prevent them from making any badness arrangements or providing for their families. Hs boldly charged that the bringing la of men oa ca piases was wholly a political movement, and did not originate with the chief of po lice e? Providence. Any amount of bail was Offered but the prosecution demanded sentence and tbe two men wen sentenced to thirty days la Jail and to pay $100 fins aad costs. Others will follow this afternoon, aad men for whom capiases have been issued are reported to be fleeing from the city right aad left ' REPAIRED. '!, ' : ae el tho coamnasrcUl Cable sttndy fee Oaetaeee j f Teinmph to the Korniag its Nrw Teas, April i. The Commercial Cable Co. have repaired one of its cables aad Is bow accepting butlaess for ill poiats. Tbe" Intr-Stiev Commerce ommia' V lon-Trce.snry Appointments-rhe r; oatmnater at Charleston, 8. . .' Washihotok.. March ; h 81 Mesarsi Copley,,;. Morrison; Schounmaker and Walker, of the Inter- State Commerce Com mission, visited tbe Interior JXipartment this afternoon and tnok the oath of offlca. Mr; .Bragg, who did not reach Wa-tiiogton until this, afternoon, appeared later ao;l was sworn in. , .;, . ; f - The Oomptrolier of tho Currt-jncv t-day authonzsd the First Nationil Bitk of Gadsden, Ala., capiUl $50,000, to b-giu busine s. ; c. -. .-, j ';- j . It is authoritatively aanouoced that the following appointments will be made to morrow i Secretary of the Treasury-- CharleaS. FairrhilH nf V.xVmb. Afi. --- ... m. v n a aeoie tant Secretary -of the Treasury Isaac QL The President appointed t"day A. H. Poet master t aiowry, or South Carolina. Charleston, S deceased. : O.,. vice Beujimin Huger, - Washingtom. April I The President to-day signed the commissions of Charles J. Fairchildas Secretary of! the Treasury, and Isaac H. Maynard as Aeistant Secre tary of the Treasury. Mr. Fairchild at once eutered upoa the discharge of his new duties. He wa sworn in at 11 o'clock by a notary public employed in the Secretary's office, nnd took possession of the offices aod desk formerly occupied aod used by ex Secretary Manning The officers and many of the clerks of the Department waited on him early and extended their congratulation?.- The crowd became so gr. at that he was compelled to abandon: for a time all idea or attending to current! work claiming hid at'ontion. Be causal a temporary halt by announcing ihit he would receive bis official friends informally in the afternoon after be had dispose i of bis mail. He received a, profusion of flowers and congratulatory letters aod telegrams from all parts of the country. A maj irity of the telegrams were from bankers and business men. .: .. -. - , . :.- . Judge May Laid will uot qualify, as As sistant Secretary before Monday as he de sired to dispose of some business now pend ing in the Second Comptroller's office. Ioac ceptlng his new office he will suffer a l-ws of five hundred dollars a year in salary. He makes the change at the personal solici tation of the President and Secretary Fair child, with the latter of whom be enioys the closest personal relations. Washington. April 1 -The President today appouinted Martin Y. Montgomery, of Michigan to be. Associate Justice of the Supremn Court of the District of Columbia, to succeed -Justice Maearthur. retired Montgomery is a resident of Locsicg, and entered political life. in 1870 beioi elected to the SCate Leg-stature asa Djaijrat He was a delegate to tha 8t Louis National Convention in 1876. and hii eppomtmetit as Commissioner of Patents was one of tbe first bf .lmporiance made by President uieveiaoa. THE B. & o" ROAD frominent Officials Slip loto Alaba ma on a Frospeetloa; To or Tbelr Visit Accepted as a Promise or a . Great Sebeme. j -. j j Chicago, April 1 A Time special from Birmingham, Ala . says Mr. T. Harrison Garrett, brother of President Garrett, of the Bal imore & Ohio Railroadslipped in here by tbe Georgia Pacific Railroad, via Atlani a. Wednesday night, with friends, and went oa the Queen $ Crescent to 8priDgviIle, about thirty miles above here, where they spent the "day looking at iron ore properties. The news from there is that they will not come bank until ibis after noon. This visit is accepted as a promise of a great scheme. It is confidently thought that the Baltimore & Ohio ia to be extended from Clifton Forge, Va , bv way of Ashe ville. N. C, to Dalton, Ga , thence to Car tersville. and through to Springville. scoop ing a little of tbe East & West Alabama, running this way from Cartersville. The others in the psrty are C Kidgeiy Goodman, of Baltimore; J M Green, J. J. K Garnelt. Clavius Phillips, J,L Ham mond, C. C Hard wick, of Savannah; and Chief Eogineer John Postel. of the East & West road Mes3rs. Green and Garrett are aiTtctors ot the tieorsia Central Railroad PBXSSftYANIA Bteaolotlooa ofSympatby ettb Ireiaud Adopted In tbe LeKlslatore. Harribboro, March 31. In tbe House this morning the following preamble and resolution were adopted: j i j Whereas, the British House of Com mons has under consideration and Is pre-: paring to put Into effect the so-called coer4 cion bill, whoso provisiots and Intent are to stamp out constitutional liberty in Ireland and to abolish freedom of tbe press, the rights of fiee speech and suppression of trial by jury for political reasons onlyt therefore,- ) .il-f "Besowed, That tbe House of Represent atives hereby enter iu protest against the enforcement of such heartless coercion mean sures upon people struggling under the gall ing yoke of feudal aristocracy and honora bly seeking .higher political autonomy,, and that we extend to Gladstone and i Parneil and their supporters, as well as to bleeding ana aown-iroaaen Ireland, tbe sympathy of the free and prosperous millions of this uommonweaiui." j - t CALIFORNIA. ! A mrasnlfleent Hotel Bnrned at Mont erey l,oaa 4Ter f3500O0. ; ! ), IBy Telegraph to the Moralnic Star.) ! i Mohtebbt. April ; 2. The Hotel Del Monte was discovered on fire shortly before midnight. -Everything was done to save it, but without success, j The magnificent hotel and contents are a total wreck. No lives were lost. There were nearly three hundred guests in the hotel, mostly eastern people. The fire was t discovered quick enough to give all an opportunity to es cape, but most of the (guests lost their trunks and clothing. Those who were not overcome by fright saved their jewels and money. They were all' huddled together on the grounds where they had to shiver all night, many of them having on nothing more than their night clothes. Heat from the flames of the burning building kept tbem warm for a time, j but as the flames died out many ladies suffered severely from cold. All who could, sought refuge in local hotels, and arrangements have been made by the railroad companies to take them to San Francisco aa early as possible. Tbe hotel belonged to the Southern Paci fic Railway Company, and was considered the handsomest watering place hotel in America. It cost $350,000 and ' was not insured. !- .- . Alabama; Tbroo Iffcro Companies Entered for , tbo National Drill at Wasblncton . White Companies Tbreaten to 'With straw. : - j j . ji. MosTGOicxaY, April 2. The news pub lished here that three negro companies have entered for tbt National Drill at Washington creates a great deal of talk. Montgomery had entered two companies the Greys aud the True Blues and both will unanimously withdraw. Officers and men are all of one way of thinking. Mem bers of the companies here say every South ern company will withdraw without doubt at least all they have met and whose sea timents they know. A movement is already oa foot to have' aa inter-8tate drill at Montgomery. The Greys sad Blues will take official action to BlgDt. SI. E. CHURVD. SOUTH. Tbo Cfeareb Kxtoaatem Board la at Beaiseaeery. i ,. ,1 ;. -y lalegnmh to the Xoratat Star. MoarooMaav. April 1 The Church Exteasioa Board el the 1L S. Church, "onto, Is la sesioa la this city. Ckhoo McTyeire, of . KashvUle, is presiding. A number of dlttieguished Uethodiat minie ters from dlZernt Hon thorn Stataa an m seat.. - - - . v: . .f - - ' i : i NO. 23 :. NBW ORLEANS, d : Cotton Factors Comblntd Aaalost tbe Demands of tbelr Employes-t bo Be ll eolations Adopted ,": ;:-V'-a:' i.:-ft ', fl New Orleans, April 1. At a meeting of the cotton factors acd cotton buyers of New Orleans to-day, President Walmstry in the chair,' the following joiat resolutloDs were adopted: ' - r Whebbas, The experience of six years has demonstrated that business can no long er be properly conducted as tha Colton La bor Unions of this city are now organized. As our business is constantly interrupted and is liable to interruption at any time,' We having practically no control over our employes, and as pur business is now vir tually suspended in consequecce of the con troversy which we did not originate and in which we have no part, be it therefore, ; . Rttolved, By the cotton f actors and buy era of New Orleans, that we pledge our selves to discharge weijtbeM, classers and others employed by us unless they shall at once resign from all organizations that may in any ways impede the commerce oMhe City of New Organs. - ; The following resolution was then adopt ed with but two dissenting votes: : - ; EesolMd That the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, in general meeting assembled, indorses and approves tbe action - of the cotton factors and buyers, as embodWd in the general resolution herewith preseorcd. INTER-STATE COMMISSION Informal meettan to Give a Heart a a; to ; a committee from tbo Atlanta Cbam i ber or Commerce Presentation of f tbe Effects of the New uw on tbo i Business of tbeCoantry. ; Washington, April 2. The Inter-Siate Commission began active work at 11 o'clock this morning.- At that time ex Gov. Rufus B. Bullock, Dr. R. D. Spauld ing and Mri J, F. Woodson, the commit tee appointed by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,; "to co-operate with the South ern Railway and Steamship Association ia seeking such liberal interpretation or modi fication of the operation of the Ioter-State Com'merca Act as may be deemed neces sary for tbe protection of the manufac turing and Commercial interest or this and other Southern societies." were granted a hearing. Gov. Bullock, . speaking for his associates and himself, thanked the com missioners for the opportunity afforded, and read tbe following paper: "To the Hon. Inter-State Commerce Com- mitsionert: "Gentlemen We. tbe undersliined committee, appointed by the Atlanta Cham ber of Commerce for that purpose, re spectfully I represent to your honorable body that the territory covered by the South ern Railway and Steamship Association is comparatively sparsely populated,! and that : the trade centres or distribu tive cities within that territory are widely separated, and therefore that a rule which would apply to lines in more popui lous sections of the country would be dis-j astrous to ! us. The rates of freights now4 of force by said association, which is ia the territory south of the Potomac and Ohio, and east of the Mississippi rivers, are the result of ten years of experiment, modified by orders of Railroad Commissioners in se-t veral Btates, and by appeals from commert Cial bodies like our own, representing the interests of shippers. .1 "Your petitioners further represent the rates ot force, as embodied in the tariff of the Southern Railway and Steamship As sociation, are acceptable to our shippers generally, and under them trade baa been established, contracts for purchase and sale ot commodities been entered into, and a sudden change would prove seriously hurl ful to the parties in interest. -We are informed by railway, manager ment that under the fear of the penalties provided by the Inter-State Commerce law; their roads will be compelled to largely in crease their rates on the 5th inst. This will destroy tbe whole system of rates upon which our Southern manufacturing indus tries have' bsea 'founded, and disorganize And nAr&lvXA fhn trft pptltro. nnnn anA luiwugu wmou wnuiesaie acaiers uavd cs tablished their extended business. honorable body to pass aa order, on er bet fore the 5th day of April, instant, la the effect that the schedule ol rates in the terri tory south of the Polemic and Ohio aud east of the Mississippi river.', so far as these rates relate to Inter-State commerce, be dt clared of force until J the further oider of your honorable Commission, and that a reasonable lime will be given for a further hearing and revision before any changes are put in force. - j "We submit herewith a schedule of ratts of the Southern Railway & Steamship As sociation, to which we have referred. We also invite your attention to tbe sccomh panying comparative statement, which we have, prepared, of the present rales, by which is shown the great increase which will occur in the rates to principal points, if We therefore reft n-.'rtf nil v net tinn i,m me railways put ia force rates they no understand.the new law will require.' xne snowing maae oy toe comparative statement submitted may be judged by tho fact that tbe rates from New York to At lanta, Montgomery, Selma, Rome, Dalton and Chattanooga will be increased from 114 to 141; to Macon from 109 to 185; to. Au gusta from 96 to 121 ; from Cincinnati to Atlanta from 107 to 126; to Macon and Au gusta from 107 to 146. I . The chairman of the Commission, Judge Cooley. remarked interrogatively, that he understood the application to be in part at least in support of the application which had been made by the railroad companies for permission to charge lees for long than for short hauls. L Gov. Bullock responded affirmatively. " At present, queried the chairman, the railroads are charging less for longer than for shorter distances? I Gov. Bullock said this was the case where it was necessary to meet the circum stances of water transportation. J- The chairman asked the opinion of the committee with reppect to the authority jof the Commission to make the order asked of them. . : ':) Gov. Bullock replied that as they read tho provisions of the fourth section, they understood that the Commission had autho rity. The railroads, he added, had in formed them that unless 1 they made their rates at once, they would be liable to penal ties under the law. Contracts had been made by merchants for delivery three months hence, based upon the rates Which prevailed at the time. Now, to suddenly raise these rates would prove disastrous. A brief colloquy, during which, in reply to queries by Col. Walker and Mr. Morri son, the position of the committee in re spect to some details was elaborated, ended the hearing. .'.':. ..,,. . . . . , j .. The whole proceeding was informal, the hearing being granted at this time as a favor to the gentlemen who had come from a dis tance to present their case. No formal con sideration oi mis question or any other will oe unaenaxen Deiore the oth lost., ion which date the law gees into effect. - TENNESSEE Railroad and Iadastrlal Enterprise ot .j'!.--' KaezvlUo. Kjtoxvillh, March 81. A Land and Improvement Company was organized here to-day with a paid-up capital of $1,100,000. It will build up manufactures and develop East Tennessee mineral lands. A citizens' meeting was held last night, which resolved to raise $300,000 by private subscription to aid any new railroad that will enter' Knox ville. To-day $200,000 of that amount was subscribed by Kaoxville capitalist!; the remainder will be raised this week. The object Is to secure the building of a aew line from Eooxville to the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. The city of Knoxville will next month vote oa the proposition to take $300,000 of stock la tbe aew railroad. The Baltimore Iron Manufacturing Com pany, with $100,000 capital, to-day decided to remove tbelr plant to Knoxville.' A company has been organized, and tbe stock paid op, le build at Keoxville tbe Urgest marble mill la tbe world. j If you prefer tbo amusement ef tbe world to the eommaatoa of saints during the eominc winter, your, religion win u nmj iroM-Diucn. Durham Recorder: Mr. Vm.! jCopley was stricken , with paralysis one month .ago, from the effects of which be cted last night. ,- ; - r ? . . i. Posting item: Miss Whitesides. praiy oi ie. joined the Salva tion Army recently at Raleigh and discov ered that under her contract absolute obe- ; dience to any orders of her superiors was required. Miss Whitesidcs refused to marry r one of the Salvationists and she was then told that she would be arrested for viola tion of tbe contract She appaaled . to the police for protection.' ' - .. . - ; . " Concord Times: Rev. C. AL Payne received.28 members Into the Pres byterian Church last Sunday. ."Six were by 1 ceruacaie. - A.00UI .sis.uuu Has been ' subscribed for" the purpose of building a 1 cotton factory at'Mooresrille. There - are 83 persons in tho Rowan county poor ' house 17 whites and 16 blacks. . AI- : though reports from the farmers seemed o j indicate that tbey would use but little com mercial fertilizers this years the facts seem to be just the reverse. j . j Salisbury Watchmanv One of ! Salisbury's best mechanics and most ener- I getic workingmen, Mr. Stephen8human. accidentally got his left hand caught in tho machinery at Meroney & Bros, machine shop, on last Friday, and it was so badly 1 cut and mangled as to necessitate removing i all except the little finger. The mor- ; tality of Salisbury, within tbe last five years has been as small, or less, than any other town in tbe State according to population, t Publish the figures. Star. . - j j Asbeville Citizen-. The follow- ing are tbe names of six young Indian men r who recently left the Cherokee Nation; in j Western North Carolina, for Taleqoah, ' Indian Territory: Owel Going 8nake, ! Standing Deer, Drag Back Water, Jim ! Johnson and Dave Axe. Tbey were ac companied by Mr. N. T Olive. We regret to learn that tho saw and grist mill of our friend Abner Rhodes, situated near New Found, in this county, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. It is a total loss. Mr ' J. L Brown lost over $200 worth of lum ber.! Mr. Rbodes'sloss will reach $1,500, and had no insurance. j ', : -r Graham Gleaner: A young raau named Haywood Payne, aged abobt 19 years, son of Saban i'ayne, was drowned near Cedar Cliff about the middle of Tues day afternoon. He and his brother George t wsre in a boat looking after some nets,! and the boat sprung aleak and sunk. George swam ashore and took off his clothes and swam back to his brother, reaching him just as he was going down his last time. Being benumbed by cold he could render no assistance. The unfortunate young man" was agood swimmer but at the critical mo- ' ment his skill availed him naught. The body was not recovered Tuesday. Oxford Torchlight: A valuable horse belonging to the Orphan Asylum was stolen from his stable last Friday night. - News has been received here ot the death of MrLuciU8 O. Bobbitt, which sad event occurred at South Pueblo, Colorado, March 10th. The deceased was a native' of Granville, and lef there three yeatsageto seek his fortune in tbe far west. - The blue uniform which the Granville . Gray were forced by State to adopt at their organization a couple bf years ago. has al ways been distasteful to the members of tbe company and their friends. . Now .they are able to make the, change and will do so at once. , . ' j - ' . Wilson Advance: Q. W. Blount, Esq., has been elected to , represent, the Wilson Young Mens' Christaln Associa- tion at the State Convention, which will be held at Raleigh on the 1st of - April. - ' Miss Annie-Warren, daughter of Mr. H. M. Warren, wo regret to learn, fell out of : the door at Mr. Jno. Barne's house, about a mile and a half from town, last Sunday, and was seriously injured. Tourgee, we see from an exchange, contemplates .re turning to North Carolina. The people of North Carolina will remember him as tho carpet-bagger, who, not satlsfleld with living off the good peoplo of the Slate for years, slandered and traduced their reputa tion by tbe publication of bis villainous book, "A Fool's Errand." ' Goldsboro Argus: In the Golds boro water works case tbe Supreme .Court has affirmed the judgment of the court be low, which was in favorj of the city's is. suing bonds for the construction of the works, which it was authorised to do by a vote of the citizens. The lectures of Rev. J. J. Lafferty delivered in this city Monday night and last night were exceed ingly relished by all whose good fortune? it was to have attended them. Full of good sense, teeming with , valuable iof or-, mation and sparkling with wit, combusll ble and original, his lectures merit tbo pre cedence of those of Talmage or any other lecturer of our knowledge. The early fruit crop in this section is probably killed, and the truck crops bave been greatly set back and cut short. Fayettevitie Observer: The Rev. F. W. Eason administered tbejordinance of baptism again last Sunday. We regret to learn that the services were very much disturbed even interrupted by the disor derly conduct of a few persons .whose be havior was disgraceful. This is a burn ing shame; a blot on our community. : We unintentionally omitted to state last week that Rt. Rev. Alfred A. Watson. ' Bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina, ad ministered the rite of confirmation to seven persons at St. John's Church on Sun day morning, March 20th. Mr. Wal ter Watson is now employing about forty hands ia his machine shops. What a bless ing such an establishment is to a; place. Forty hands is equal to feeding two hun dred persons. - Tho O. F. & Y V. R. R. will shortly build a new passenger depot in place of tbe old one; this is good news to all. - - Tarboro Southerner : - Bishop Lyman will visit the Episcopal churches here next Wednesday and Thursday. On the latter day Rev. J. W. Perry, pastor 'of the colored church, will be ordained to tbe Priesthood. - - A private letter from Ra leigh says, that Jin the coming municipal election no less than five tickets will be in tbe field, viz.: Democratic, - Republican, Knights of Labor, Prohibition, and Ami-' Prohibition. Monday evening tbe lightening struck tbe gin house of Mr. B. C. Cloman and set it on fire. It was ex tinguished.' Edgecombe county should have a life insurance company of its own. Last week an aged negro woman liv ing on the farm of Mr. A. J. Gotten waa burned to death. She was sitting by tbe fire when her clothes caught. Her hus band attempted to put out tbe flames, but was unable to do so until she was burned so that . she died. The house was also burned. . . - , i.. -. , ' Rockingham Rocket: In tbo' course of a little walk last Sunday after- -noon we passed through the littlo village of Haslingden, just beyond Pee Dee factory, and were somewhat surprised to learn that every one of the twelve or fifteen houses comprising the village are owned by ope-, ratives in the mill. Each bouse has its little garden and truck patch, and many of, them an 'orchard. Tbe houses are- neat, substantial two-and three-room cottages.' A postofflcc inspector who came around here last week caused some change to be made at the postofflce. He caused the latticed door to be removed and a solid one put in its place, and directed that no one should be allowed to go behind, the boxes except the postmaster and bis assis tants. We hear the rumor that As- bury Chavis, the negro who several years ago so brutally murdered old Jerry Everett in the Boney Cole lane, is now in jail at Smith ville. N.C., for a murder recently committed In Brunswick county. j - Charlotte Chronicle: At a point j between Blackttock'a and. Wood ward, on ! the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Road yesterday afternoon, a" rail waa placed across the track for the evident purpose or wrecking a train. In conversation with Mr. H. O. Eccles, the real estate bro ker, a Chronicle representative learned that there is more activity in that line at present man naa oeen Known in unanotte for years past City property is in . great demand 1 and is bringing good prices. At Da- f vidsoe College yesterday, a difficulty oc- : A a rt m w. . curreu oevweeu i-ror. joingnam ana a stu dent a freshman named J. D. Cochrane la which blows were passed, but no harm was done. It seems that the student had j Insulted the Professor, aod the Professor j demanded an apology, stating that tbe matter would not be brought before tbe faculty. Cochrane refused to give answer I until yesterday 12 o'clock. At that hour be told Professor Bingham that he would ! not apologize. A personal encounter fol- lowed aad several blows were passed be-1 fore the combatants were parted by the by-' slanders. .'it :-(! .- je-r- till . . : !-. '-'Vi'', vir I; Vtr mi ... s -r. tis . y;H.V-.' h i. c ...... ,1 y-Hs v-' - 'iJx ; : r.i-v ' , i'-. A. ''1"'J'', t iv-'t'V-' mm i-1 '. '-..vjik; if - .-''.v.te 1 . t'J 1:.-