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The Weekly Star I L CMSHED AT i i a t o n;! ar. t I i I. . AT ' 10 A lliAH, IN ADVANOB. 3s33SSSSS$S$SSS3 -'A T-l SSSSSS8838SSSSS88 , Wt V T d gSS8S8S88S8888888 SgaSgggSSSg'SSgSSg siljUOA ! .V4uiv S 8SS8SS8S888888888 gsssSoSs: moK i S8S888888S8888888 1 S8S8S8S.S888SSSS" 883S8SS88S88.8S838 T-VZ 55SS8 fmtero ' at tne i-osx ymce bl;vy ummgion, w. c, as Second Class MatterU j STBSCRirTIOX PRICE, The subscriBtlon price of Star is as follows : the Wkbzj.t 1 :: I : Sinslc Copy 1 year, postage ' 6 months, " ' " 3 months " 60 1.00 .50 AN ELASTIC LAlI The verr first important action of the Railroad Commission is to sus pend temporarily the law reducing rates on a large number if railways because it would very materially in jure item if allowed to go into ope ration. This is the beginning of tbe enforcement of a law tbat is sweep- 1U& -r . -w indicatioKe, as far as we bave noticed, of a purr ose on the part of Railroad bosses to tamper with or evade' the Jaw. But it mu8t.be adrnittedl.tbat the1 law as to locg and fchort hauls proaiM-H to belvery disturbing, if not iijurious to business. Such is the vie w - taken by business men in two of the largest- Georgia towns; and such is the view of associations ana men of reflection in evey part of the country. , Tbe Commission has taken tbe po sition that it has power to Easpend the operation of the law, at least for. a while. Whether they have cmnifio power and can set aside the law at dis cretion or no is to eay the least doubt ful au ad ebatable. It has very great power no doubt. It has power to au thorize a less charge for a" longer than a shorter distance when it may deem, advisable. It is to be hoped that the law can be enforced under the discretion of the Commission without interfering with the develop ment of Southern Industrie?, or seri ously retarding railroad construction. The lowest poible rates of traffic and 'travel f-boa.'-J 5 i loot ained, but not by so i i'l-pltva li e roads as to impair tleir u'.-iuju.-. and safety, TfreNew Y"ik JVwest says of tbe law: .:- ' , i g 1 "But e at; 1 1 l-;-in! 1 bl ai liberal in- tcrpnta'.ion of me law. which probably the Coir.musiou will be impelled to make, will noMperale tcriousiy to tbe dkac vantage of tbt 8' Utbor of its railroads. Thelprovi- Bioi s i.t ibe l&w were puipoHrlylmsde elas tic tj qualifiing (biases which will make it jtTVble to &dat.t its administration to tbe in.! t:tce tif ligiiimtte laihcad titfflc. It v s. certain)) not intended to hamper and ea.Larn.'S the (treat interett of transporta tion or c?iick tbe normal and healthy de velopment of industry and trtde. In the first phci; it is distioctly declared in tbe first m ct ion of tbe law that none of its pro visious shall apply to tbe 'transportation of pajfctuc r s or property, or to the receiving, dellVTii!. (storage, or handling of property wb ill. Aiihin one Suie, and not shipped to ot fr,i.o 4 foreign country from or.io any State or 1 triitory. A very larK; propor be in no lion ti t refore of local trsmc way (.fleeted." It i well ' enough to ill emind the reader i of one feature bf the law that affecting short and This has no application to ong hauls. 11 freights, as gome think, but' only o such as croes State lines. The es says as to this: "Even then it does not affect the rates to be charged, "but -only the 'aggregate com- . peosatipn' for tbe entire distance. ' for the transportation of Mike kind jot property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions.' This phrase, "under sub stantially similar circumstances and condi tions,' 'gives elasticity to this whole section relating to the long and short haul. The circumstances and conditions of the through business of tbe Southern . railroads are not only substantially, hut wholly, dissimilar to those of their local traffic. The same 1 considerations do not enter! into the case at all, and we do not see tbat the restrictions need affect in any way the charges for transportation-which is in a proper sense local, except that in reference1 to' that also, when it ia inter-State in its character, the charges cannot be higher jfor shorter than for longer distances on the; same line. The two kinds of traffic will stand apart, and their schedules of rates may be indepenJ dent of each other without violation of tbe law.; i ; . .1,1 auis is important, x correct, as we iake it to be, it removes au i grounds of fear lest the enforcement of the law should become oppressive n. the one band or 'destructive on .thejotber. The law, asiuegested by ..the 'Times,' is very elastic, quite of jthe lndiarnbber kindl and may be jstretched almost indefinitely. The j wording of the flaw, jasj commented upon in the above quotation, is such as to give all the relief necessary when ever water transportation shall 80 interfere with railroads as to make it impossible for the law to apply to freights without so affectirig the said 'oa-da as to cause, loss. In other words, whenever by reason of water competition the compensation of rail toads for traffic is inadequate then ine Commission can remedy the mat ier under the law tbat provides for substantial dissimilarity. The "con ditions," are to be similar as also the circumstances." It j is to be hoped inat the law will work the best re wUb for the country and, we may 3V particularly for the South. Abe Southern Press Association raeets in Richmond. Va1., on the 18th May next. 1 ; I- i- d .. : S : - I T I " s j s s I s s vol. xvni. -A- Locking the stable- door; after the 1 hoeM ejolen is not jpaf itoner uon, tntit is quite like tome folks-1 lrm Mto the fast destruction of the walnut nd other ; r Ttluible treea in the' Northern nd Middle Btatesj andi w wiainiy.qTae early demand for the same woods in Hhle Sohv Tha1 STA Arged nponi tbe people owning d'ok alnnt tree pot to sell. They are need :br f thVmannfiiMnrnra nf furniture and bouse '"builders. Door f nd f'itoiRiiei,- bed- sieaas, mantets, e., are made of this beautif ul Woid.vs Tb .reenlt is that the North la neing;i4iripp the manui actnrera are seeking the South r their . uppliei; T The result is fhak-" ' lands" 'and tree te bepghfau. tow WBkkw T Florida and Mississippi ate said to be well supplied with walnut trees. In these States there are hundreds of portable saw mills now j slaying the most valuable trees, some of which are of mammoth size. . I . f Worth Carolina ' has already dis posed of a great deal possibly the most of its walnut lumber. We find in the Kansas City Commercial the following relative to Southern timbered lands. . It says: i ' ''The timbered lands of the South are fast falling into the hands of wealthy syn dicates of both native and foreign capital ists. About tbe middle of last month a Dutch syndicate of bankers in Amsterdam, Holland, acquired j from the' Land and Mortgage Company; (limited) nearly nine hundred square miles of heavily Umbered landa in West Florida. This is tbe largest single transaction in Florida since the great Disston sale in 18814" VANCE AnO GLBVELAND. - , "We must confess that we believe if Sen ator Vance uttered such sentiments to a re porter of the Globe-Democrat, he represented more the views of political wire-pullers and disgruntled offlce-ceekers than those ot tbe people Senator Vance is a great man ; the public follow where be leads, but be will find in this section a 'great many Cleveland men. Jf ayeaevUle Utoerver. I We copy this not for controversy, but, for the; purpose of letting' our readers Bee that there are "a great many Cleveland men" in the Fayette- ville- section, and to express a view of our own. We bave never ' heard "wire-pullers or j disgruntled office' seekers" say very . much about-Air. Cleveland. The people we know best and with whom we talk most are not of either of the classes thus referred ! to. They are quiet, intelligent citi zens .who are not politicians, have not sought 'office, and have no com plaint to make of Mr. Cleveland on the score of disappointment. They are men or sense, of character, and are Democrats. They are disappoint ed in the President as a Democratic official, and that is the! whole of it, Tbey bave seen him favoring princn pies thatwere dear to Wall Street they bave- seen him advocating measures that L President Arthur advocated; they have seen bim appointing Republicans to high and acrative positions; they have seen him retain Republicans in office; thev havei seen him favoring one small eectien in his many appoint ments to the exclusion . of the great sections; they have seen him self-re- iant to the exclusion of all advice, and pertinacious, determined and self willed to an extent that was neither reasonable' nor wise, j j It is these things that have made people the thinking, honest, independent people dissatisfied, and not the poli ticians and office-seekers merely. j There are many good qualities in the President. His ability has no doubt been exaggerated but be is noj without ability. His honesty is ac cepted as true and sound. He bas tried no doubt to economize and to e just. Bat his great fault is that he has tried to be independent of and above his party. No man can pros! per in this country as President with out a party to sustain him. Tyler tried that and was shipwrecked. Mr. Cleve land is a New York Democrat, what ever that may; mean;! He is not a Democrat of the kind that will unite, solidify strengthen; the grand old party that nominated him unless he obanges. He has two years, lacking a month, in whioh to work. . If - wise he mav do much to i remove obiec- tionp, conciliate and harmonize. ; If . i tbe Democratic party . is to win j in 1888, it will only be by thorough harmony, by resolved and united will, and by indefatigable labor. The Stab desires to see it triumph. To that end it would rejoice in seeing the President moving in perfect jac oord with his' party and strengten ing its stakes by every act on his part. The Stab is not hostile to the President. It is disappointed but iiot an enemy. It would be glad to see him as wise, great, thorough in his Democracy as some of his friends believe him to be. It would rejoice to see him from this time out apply ing a rigid rule to all Republican officials not affected by the Civil Ser viceregulations, and chopping off their offioial heads with sanguinary .aAtorm;nftt.imi and zeal. Tbat is honest That is right. ' 1 We Relieve that Senator Vance is richt. 1 We believe that he voiped the feelines of nine out of ten of the well informed Demoorats of the State who in no way are connected ft with office with office-holders, office- jBodper$at even if raistikeV in" 'this, he- renresenU 1 a Verfl array of .Toners' who do3t tbeUeye Vn dlvidinfpbpnors and ;orffice8 ana ., moiamen,ts with itepubuoans, or iiit attempting'; to curry oi s Dem ooiraiiow&idnunlstration with Bepnb lioan agebts who .had grown ' sleek' and -impudent 'upon ; a quarter of a, century of official pap. fJT Gov. ' Vance and ten8,of thousands of North Car, olin a Democrats ' believe . in turning Ollt Radii hfiAkna nrirl nntt.!nepin snnnrl r,v. ; r- -& - 1 hone8t,K6anable Demoorats. 1 : : ' --Mr. George Win Curtis, the real ,autbor. of tbe Civil Service law, and pronounced Republican of tbe old Warpers Weekly stripe,which he has edited for aqaarter;of a century, in !h1s'ree-bTiDhcatt5ritates tbat ua I xo date President Cleveland has President turned out but a paltry, beggarly 6 -per cent, of the Republicans be found in office when he came into power himself. If true, Curtis and the Republicans generally have great cause to rejoice and be : grateful to Mr. Cleveland. .'But did tbe Demo crats of North Carolina expect that when tbey tugged and sweated and voted in 1884? We trow not. That staunch, old-time Democratic paper, the Charlotte Democrat, edi ted by the veteran Yates, in its si- sue of Friday says: "Yes. if the successful party is not to nave the advantages and emoluments of jthe Government, what is the use er hur rahing against any particular individual or individuals, if he or they are honest and capable, and, if tbere is no vital principle dividing the two parties. If the Re publicans ever come into power you may depend upon it they wiil not regard nor re spect any sort of Civil 8ervice Rules, no matter how much they are now respected by Mr. Cleveland a administration. I Finally, it looks as if Mr. Cleve land will be tbe Democratic candi date asain in 1888. The Stab will give bim earnest support if nominat ed, because it prefers bim to aBy Re publican. He respects all the sec tions. He is not an enemy to the South. He has never been engaged in slandering or persecuting its peo nle. He has kept his hands clean - He has been free from sectionalism. He does not favor the great, oppres sive, monstrous War Tariff., He has advocated a reduction of the surplus and of taxes. He bas vetoed many very objectionable and dangerous and infamous pension bills. He is not opposed to State Rights if be does not always maintain them in bis acts. He is not a Centralizing ad vocate or agent. He is free from great political vices, and is not a demagogue. He 19 to be preferred by all Democrats to Blaine, Sherman, Harrison and foraker, who have hated, abused, persecuted and lied upon the Southern people. - He is to be preferred to men like Hawley and Evarts and Edmunds. He is to be preferred to any living Republican, because all Republicans are unsound on great Constitutional questions, favor Hamiltomanism, and for tbe most part arc for Wall Street, Mo nopoly and Plutocracy. Whether Mr. Cleveland can - be elected will depend upon New York first. But it will depend to a great extent upon his own course from this time out, and the action of the 50th Congress. . United the Democracy of the country may triumph. Discor dant, dissatisfied, disintegrated de feat awaits it. So we read the signs of the times. We are entitled to an opinion as a pnblio journalist and we bave frankly given it. A great meeting was held at Mon treal, Canada, to protest against Tory ooercion ot. Ireland. i ne tsoutn should hold meetings, especially as Matthew Arnold says the Southern States do not sympathize with tbe Irish and do not favor Home Rule. Why, dear Mr. Arnold, the South is the native home of local self govern ment or home rule, for they are the same. The great apostle of this pre cious muniment of freedom lived and died in the South " Jefferson; And in the South lived Andrew Jackson, Calhoun. Bledsoe and the safe and true expounders of the Constitution. . We have mentioned in the Stab bow Greensboro resolved by vote to appropriate $100,000 in building up the town. The Patriot gives astrik ing result as follows: - j j "The election here on the 28th has let' its "foot prints upon the sands of time. As a result a gentleman from Norfolk after ascertaining the result writes us mat ne contemplates coming here with. $50,000 capital to engage in business." . it correots us as to the population. It savs there are six -or seven tbous and inhabitants. . . "A quarter of a century ago lust twen-tv-five veara atro to-dav Beauregard with drew his shattered army from the awful field of Shiloh." New York World. A quarter of, a century ago U, S, Grant, with his shattered and demo ralized remnant of an army was driven by Sidney Johnson under the shelter of the gunboats and but for his untimely death they would have been - bagged, 'and Grant and Sber man would have disappeared from history. - " J - - r -; ' 1 ' -;: -Jy: i Representative. Springer; thinks Mr. i Cleveland will be the man in 1888.' He thinks tbe people are pining to have him renominated. WILMINGTON, N; C, FRtDAY, APRIL 15, 1887: Th SeeoB Ketlment N C 8. G. , Some of the companies of the Second Regiment have a busy time before them for the rest of this : month and the greater part of May. j.r -1.$ It Is understood that the Wilmington Light Infantry, will hold a meeting this week to consider the Invitation extended by the Sampson Guards to attend tbe railroad celebration at Clinton on the 27lh inst.- It is believed that a majority of the members of the company are iu favor of accepting the invitation. The encampment of the regiment in this city is the next event tbat . will com mand , attention. It' wiil be held on 'the 20th to tbe 23d of May. and to perfect the arrangements necessary to make the af fair what it ought to and doubtless will be, jthe gentlemen who have it in hand will have . a greit deal to do and no time to spare.' The visiting companies will be the : Fay elUviile Independent Llibt Infantry.the .Uaxton Guardi, the, Sampson Guards and Following the encampment is the Nation al Drill at Washington, D. C, to be held on the 23d to the 30th of May. . At least two companies of tbe regiment will take part in this the Fayetteville Light Infant ry and Maxton Guards and will probably take their departure for Washington from this city on the 22d. Upheaval itftta Carolina Coast. A correspondent at Alligator, N. C, writes to tbe New York Herald as fol lows: "Since the earthquake of August at Charleston, S C. the tides have ruled in Tyrrell and: Dare counties at leas; eight inches lower than ever before. Our oldest people say that the water in tbe Alligator river and its tributaries has been tower than they ever saw it before the August earth quake. Please explain Here in Wilmington it bas been noticed by persons familiar with the jCape Fear 'that tbe tides have ruled lower than before the August earthquake As an iustance it is asserted (hat timber oeub on the west side of the river are now dry where they were formerly covered by the tide- Tbe tierald in reply to the above tavs: "This statement may uot bo perfectly exact, but them is reason to believe it is substantially so. The tidal wave from the ocean ia of course as high now as it was before tbe earthquake. Bat the explana tion of the low tides is the elevation of tbe bed of the river and the adjacent coast by the seismic forces. Ourinir tbe present century lone tracts' of - coast in Chile and New Zealand bave been raise i by earth' quake action. Sir Bartle Frere records the fact that for three days after tbe earthquake of 1818 in the Delta or the inaus an tne canals drawn from the Fullalee river ceased to ruu, indicating a general upheaval of tbe lower part of the canal. There is evidence also of some water courses permanently ceasing to flow from th,e same cause. It is more likely, however, tbat if the Uarolina coast bas been raised a few inches by the earthquake of 1886. it will gradually sink to us former level, Colorrd Troops aad tbe National Drill. Mrj T C, De Leon, managing Secretary of the National Drill, writes from Washing' ton, :D. C.. to Col. W. C. Jones, com- manding Second Regiment N. C S. O. that To companies from Montgomery, Ala.J have withdrawn tbeir entries on ac count of tbe colored companies being per mitted to enter. Three other companies, including Cant. Engelhard s of your btate, have uiked lull particulars. I have replied that the colored troops which bave entered. and may come, are two companies of tbe Virginia Slate Guard, and one company from the District f Columbia. 'Should any colored troops Whatever be in the encampment, tb-y will bo drilled seoaiBieiv. camp! separately, and wul not do guard duty with ibe whites, ice in tention of the committee is to avoid in every way any approach to social cquali y 10 the matter, which is simolv a military one. "The troops from North uarolina win oi course be quartered together. -f The Signal Service reports the schoon er Nellie roller. Capt. Wahab, of and for Wafchinclon. N.IC. I from New York, de stroyed by fire near Cape Utnry last Wed- Eescav.t The fire statttd among tbe cargo in tlbe bold and the captain, finding that he could not extinguish it. ran . the vessel ashore. 1 The crew were all landed safely. Thfe vessel and cargo are a total lws. A Brltlsb Captain's Experience Willi Eartnqaakes. fpt. Robertson, ' of the British steam ship ElttotD, (well known in Wilmington), gaVe his experience in the Riviera earth quakes j to a reporter at Baltimore, where his vessel has recently arrived from. Genoa: f'At 5 30 I observed a commotion in the waters of the barbor, and looking toward the city I saw her church spires oscillate and tbe trembling roots' of her tallest build ings. The Elstow for a moment shivered and shook like a leaf in tbe wind, and then rocked heavily from side to side. Vessels all about me were1 s.milarly affected, ana the waters of the harbor were agitated as if some great hand were stirring their depths below. ' - : i : ' ' . "On shore the sigkt was awful. Tbous ands of persons were shouting at the top of their voices and em Gracing eacn otner in sad and final farewells. Thousands were oa their knees and sending up to heaven! their prayers and supplications. Mothers clasped j their children in their arms, and in; a spirit of trepidation, lees powerful than the fears they felt ashore, walked out from the beach into the sea. Men sprang boldly into the water and swam toward tbe anchored vessels, but when they noticed the mysterious action of the sea turned about and rapidly made for land. I Finally the crowd massed near the water line and, like dumb creatures, pa tiently awaited their fate. Later on, da ring that day, the people of Genoa became more assured, but it was several daya be fore tbey entered their humble homes, or would trust themselves within the confin ing limits of a house. The JZlstow was also in the harbor of Wilmington, N. C du ring the severe earthquakes that devastated the citv of Charleston, but I witnessed no such scenes as 1 have lust described. I was in Wilmington ashore and felt the earth quaking and heard it rumbling, but save the fright of a few colored people, the general demeanor of the people ddring those times was calm. The waters or tne harbor hero.' as at Genoa, were excited du ring the shocks,; and my men aboard ship Were conscious i tf Jie visitation of . the phenomenon 1 i Cotton movement. The cotton movement at this port the past week was small, the receipts being only 309 bales, against 1,103 bales the cor responding week last year. Receipts for the crop year up to yester day were 132,64 bales, against 93,889 bales "for the same time last year an increase of $5,754 bales. H ' v ; The stock at this port is 2,262 bales; against 8,430 bales the same time last year. A small dwelling house on Ma-: sonboro Sound was destroyed by fire last Friday evening. The fire was accidental. The occupants of the house a family of -colored neoDla saved nothing of their effects. ! INfJgp-STATB COMMERCE. plnloBBQOBg Railroad Blest to Aeuoa ihe Loss and 8ort Baal ClMaty'-MV--' Pfim.AtncunTA Anril 7 nAnarl fml: ion among rauroan otnetaia in this city la that the action of the Inter-Stata . Com- : merce Commission in the long and short' nam question,; concerning southern rail- roadt, wul crush the entire measure. .They argue that this is the most vital feature of tbe entire act. and tbat the stand taken by tbe Commission, even though it be of a temporary nature, is the eateriog wedge mat wui split the whole log. '.'There is not a raw read of any conseauence in the entire country," sua a prominent railroad executive officer to-dsv. "that will not- make the same claim ss that contended for by Southern tints, and tbe justice of their . claim rannot fail to be recognized. Here. in almost tbe first act of the Commission. they array agalnt them every railroad tbat nas (iKtcuy or remotely a water route as . competitor; ana further than this, tbey have" taken such a position as will unsettle the commercial affairs of the country for three months or more." WashCsotolSv Aoril 7 The Inter-State XJoniaiiWioBf upon econd petition of the Houinern uauway and steamship Associa tion, setting forth certain competitive points ' that had been Inadvertantly omit' ed in their nrst petition, have to-day ordered tbat tbe following points, to wit: Petersburg, Rich mond and West Point, Va ; Raleigh, Char lotte and Fayetteville, N 0. ; Jacksonville, JTla ; Florence, S C.; Tarboro, Goldsboro and New Bern. N. C : Kooxville, Tenn ; Columbus, Miss ; Williamston, N. C; Charlottesville, Va.. and Georgetown, S-C , be inserted in tbe order promulgated yes- terday as points from and to which longer rates may be charged tban from and to lo cal and intermediate points WA 8H1XGTOX. -J Clerk to 'tbe Inter-State Commerce commission Great Britain's Threat to Seise Hajrtlen Possessions WASimsoTON, April 8 The Inter-State Commerce Commission has appointed E. L. Pugb, of Alabama, to a clerkship under that commission. Mr. Pugh is a son of Senator Pugh This is the first appoint ment made by the Commission. I Although corregDondence hah not tt begun betweeu the Department of State and tbe government of Great Britain in re gard to the reported threat of tbat govern ment to seize I ortugas islands from Hay tt, in default of payment of debt, yet au in vestigation is leing made and all of the data relating to the subiect in tbe posses sion or tbe department is being collected. Tbe English claim appears to be very in tricate in its nature. Correspondence bad in Mr. Frelingbuysen's administration shows that the claim is an individual one. based upon a number of cessions,, sub- cessions and contracts regarding the privi lege to cut mahogany that wss not cut, or at least cot in sufficient quantity. Tbe amount of the claim in Secretary Freling- huyeen'a administration wss placed at $900,000. V ! Wa93iigtos, April 0. The President to-day appointed Marshall Parks to be Su pervising Inspector of steam vessels for tbe Third District, with headquarters at Nor folk, in place of James Curran, of Mary land, who was twice nominated to that of fice and who failed ot confirmation each time Parks is a resident of Norfolk, and a pronounced Democrat. He was not an applicant fur the position; bat his appoint ment was strongly urged by many influen tial Uemocrais . I : AGRICULTURAL REPORT. condition of Winter Grain and Farm Animals. Washington, April 0 The report of the Department of Agriculture for April relates to4.be condition-of winter grain and the comparative healthfulness of farm ani mals. . . Returns show that the condition of the soil at tbe tim of seeding wheat was some what unfavorable in lbs States of the At lantic and Gulf coasts, owing to drought during the late summer and autumn most severe in a portion of Pennsylvania., in Maryland and Virginia, and in parts of TexHS. The same unfavorable conditions prevailed, in Western Missouri and in Kan sas. Coutio'itd dry weather made plowing difficult, seeding late, and in localities where it was unbroken when the winter set in, germination is slow and: the fall growth small In the ret wheat States of tbe central West from Tennessee to Missouri tbe seed belt io tbe greater part of the area was in favorable condition, and with local exceptions, the' plant made good growth be fore going into winter quartets. On tbe Pacific slope the early seeding time was dry, but the rains came later, and the whole breadth was put in fair condition though somewhat after the usual date. Tbe covering of snow during tbe early portion of tbe winter was better than usual over a large part of the wheat area, but there are from many sections complaints of scarcity of protection during the very trying wea ther since February 15th. The month of Match was the most severe for a series of years, tbe temperature being below the average over the whole wheat area east ot the Mississippi river, and alternate freezing and thawing wrought serious damage to the bare fields, especially in bottom and poorly drained lands. Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio suffered severely from this in clemency. The general average of condi tion is 88 the same as in 1881, and higher than at tbe same date in 1884 and 1885, when it was 80 and 76 respectively. Tbe April condition of last year was 92. 5, which was still further improved by favorable weather during the month. The averages for the principal States are: New York 97, Pennsylvania 70, Maryland 83, Virginia 79, Texas 79, Tennessee vi, Kentucky va, Ohio 79, Michigan 92, Indiana 90, Illinois 92. Missouri 95, Kansas 83, California 92, Oregon 98. The damage from the Hessian fly is comparatively unnoticed; its presence is mentioned in from one to four counties in New York, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio. Pennsylvania and Michigan. . Rye has withstood tbe unfavorable me teorological condition better than wheat, tbe average condition being 92-4galnst t at the same date a year ago. Returns of the condition of farm ani mals show a loss of swine amounting to 13.4 per cent., or over five and a half mil lions, and indicates the continued wide spread prevalence of hog cholera. The losses of sheep amount to seven per cent.; ot cattle, four and three-tenths per cent. The losses of cattle are heaviest in tbe South, and on ranges of the far West from five to nine per cent., while in sections where shelter is provided and better care taken, it amounts to only two and a half to three per cent The lossage of horses as Usual ia very small, amounting for the ybole country to less than seven-tenths of one per cent. - : . i , MARINE DISASTER. Wrecks with Loss of Life on tbe Pa- elfle Coast. Poet Towhsbhd. April 7. -The barque SI Dorado, Capt. Humphreys, coal laden. from this port for Ban Francisco, rounaea off Cape Flattery on April 1st during a heavy gale. The schooner iranny uutano. which has Just arrived, rescued two of her crew and also recovered the bodies of two others which .she brought here. The schooner found the men lashed to the roof of the EiDorado's after-house. Capt. Hum phreys was killed by a heavy sea washing him against, the house just neiore ine barque went down. All hands on board the barque except the two saved were no doubt lost. The schooner 'Champion, be longing to the Neah Bay Indians, has been wrecked east of JNetnot, ana one oi tne crew drowned. The barque St. Vincent is reported to have foundered outside ot the entrance to the straits of Fuca. -' . Asheville A dvance: Dr. W. A. Nelson, pastor of the First Baptist Church of this city; has. we learn, accepted an in vitation te deliver the Raccelaureate ser mon before the senior class of young ladies in tbe Newman College, at Mossy Creek, Tenn., May 29th. , l V INTERNATIONAL. ' P'"' ' '. i' ' 1 ';?"- j',.' f i'vi ''.'il'. i '.'--y CaklaeritleetlBK-Th Canadian Flan ! erlea Dlspnte Great Britain's Ds ; nsaneV on Haytl-Alaska Seal Plsb- arles. .,?.,:, "...vry-ji .;L. I .Wabhihqton. April 7. The Cabinet met at 11 o'clock to-day, ia accordance wiib the plan for the summer months, and remained la session over tbree hour Tb rotating was devoted almost entirely 'u the con sideration of iaternatiunal iq'tiesiione : l he most important relating to tbe Canadian fisheries, tbe policy of Great Bcitainn ra gard to lh island (if - Hayti knd tt attal fisheries of Alaska. ,.! ,J-.-v-.- 1 ; In regard to the fiaberits quest i ,t,. H is understood information -baa ooeo received to tbe effect that England suauins the poai tlon taken by the Canadian authorities and is in nowise disposed to make tbe conces sions requested by ibis government This question was cousidereti by j tb Unbinet with a view to the advisability of suitable action by tbe President under tbe provisions of the retaliatory act. -Hi j i . The alleged demand of Great Britain for possession of the Tortugas Islands or pay ment by tbe Uaytien Government of $1, 000,000 in settlement of old; claims, s was considered at some Ungth. Stales have great inures's ia Tbe United Haytv merciat and otherwise, and are deeply con cerned in lis welfare and prosperity. Cor-" respondence will be opened, with England on this subject. - .1 Ji ! The Alaska seal fisheries j were discussed with a view to their belter protection from foreign interference.. It is represented tbat the interests are now threatened by wanton and wholesale slaughter of seals iin open ocean. It seema that during tho day the female sea'u leave their young on the snores of the islands in charge of the males, while they go miles away in search Of food with which they return at night. Recently a practice has sprung up of catching the fe male seals while tbey are in search of food. rneir young perisn as a matter or course, and the perpetuation of the animals is en dangered. ., The difficulty of controlling this matter arises fn-m the alleged want of jurisdiction of our government over these waters beyond the three miles limit. The question will be again considered at a fu ture meeting. " j, j . ij ; ILLINOIS, I An Kleetlon Klot at Lllenrord-frtrl-klns arpentera anst their Demands. Chicago. April 7 An Inter- Ocean spe cial from Li ten ford, Ills., siys: A politi cal riot occurred htre last nishl over tbe city election of Tuesday. ) The two fac tions for alderman of the First Ward be came involved and 'a fight ensued which lasted nearly two hours. The police force were helpless and could do nothing with the mob Many men were badly beaten and bruised It is feared morel trouble will result., j i I- Chicaoo, April 7. The striking carpen ters met at noon and by a unanimous vote rejected the proposition made b the bosses. and reaffirmed the demand for; thirty-five cents an hour pay and full recognition of the Carpenter's Council as 4 body of organ ized labor. The proposition: of tbe employ ers was to concede eignt nours ano maae thirty cents an hour the minimum pay, with grades ibove, but not to recognize anUhicg by the individual riebts of the men. All of tbe union carpenters in Hyde Park, to the number of two hundred, struck at noon to day for thirty-five cents an hour, j A short time ago tbe rate was raised from: twenty seven to thirty-one cents an hour, and they agreed to work at tbat rate for one year, They struck to-day out of sympathy for tbe carpenters in unicago.j RHODE I SLA -D Election for State Ofleera-Democrats Generally 8neeessrnl Defeat j of Wo man Suffrage Amendment. : ' Provider C"E,' April - 7. The vole for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, at tbe election held yesterday, was as follows Homey. Dem , 17.285; Darling; Rep., 15,' 915: Kimbers. Prohibition. 1.858. j The last of tbe returns wtre not in until after daylight Ibis morning. The results of tbe contest may be summarized as fol lows: if John W. Davis. Dem., is elected Gov ernor by 973 maiority Tbere is no election for Lieutenant Gov ernor or "Secretary of State. Zieba O. Slocum, Dem-. is elected At torney General by 2,518 majority; and J. G. Perry, Dem , General Treasurer, by 2,609 maiority. The majority against the woman suffrage amendment is 15.123. I In this city tbe eutiie Democratic As sembiy ticket is elected. I The Senate stands: Republicans 19. Dem ocrats 12. and there was no election in five Cises. The Housa will comprise 27 Re publicans and 33 Democrats, with twelve districts yet to be heard from. son. j. a. BLAINE I! li" His Condition While at Port Gibson Later Reports Represent bis Symp- toms as Quite Favorable Physician not Alarmed. and His 8t. Louis, April 9. A special to the GlobeDemocrat from Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, says: Mr. Blaine was suffering j from a severe cold Sunday evening last when he arrived at Gibson 8tation. A go vernment ambulance met the party at tbe Station, but only tbe Kdies of the party could be taken to tho post. Next morning an ambulance returned for Mr. Blaine. He was able to sit up in the conveyance, but looked pale and thin. On reaching the post he went to the .residence of Col. Coppinger, and has not been out of tbe house since. : Dr. Charles P. Berne, post surgeon, referred all questions to Col. Cop pinger That gentleman bad little to say.j as he did not wish to : create unnecessary alarm. He said: "Mr. Blaine is suffering "from a heavy cold, accompanied by remit tent fever, and was quite I sick, but to-night has a favorable pulse." Col. Cpp-j pinger repeated that Mr. Blaine was quite sick. ; The whole party expects to leave for the North in the morning. A train will be at Gibson Btation for them in the morn ing at 6 o'clock. The ladies detailed to sit up with Mr. Blaine last night report him quite sick, but could not say whether his symptoms were alarming or not. Chicago, April 9. A dispatch was re ceived by Mr. Blame's sons, last night, to the effect that his symptoms were still quite favorable, and that neither pneumo nia nor typhoid had developed. Mr. Blaine baa some fever but his physician is not alarmed. It is believed that Mr. Blaine will be in Chicago some time next week. ' THE B. OARAIL.no AD. Ro Deal or movement to Divert Con : trolof the Road to Any Syndicate. Baltimore, April 9. There is a grow Ing conviction here that there has been no dell, nor will tbere be any serious move ment to divert the control of the jj. u Railroad to any syndicate. The general belief is that President Garrett hBS pur chased all the stock offered and has now, with two or three holders of considerable stock, entire controLi So general is this belief that tbe matter is no more a is cussed. Garrett has received a letter from a gentleman in London expressing re gret that any movement for the transfer of the road has been made, as tbe B. & O. has always been oneot the few roads that was not subiect to stock lobbing operations. With regard to meant to build the road from Philadelphia to New York, the letter says, if the road is in want of money for that purpose, the entire amount required can be raised in London in an hour. , - Goldsboro Argus: The death of Mr. J. EL Peikins, of Fremont-which we have already noticed, wss occasioned by suicide. Mental trouble prompted ine oeea, At the monthly target contest of the Rifles Lt T. EL Bain won the prize badge of the company f of the current month, and Mr. K. L. Burkhead won the badge oi the Eastern Uarolina fair ana stock assocuv tion, that is contested for every three months. m i NO: 24 FISHERIES DISPUTK nam Fishermen (seating tkat tbs President Close C. 8. Ports to Ca nadian!- Fish Prodaets-RIr. Cleve land's Reply-',;,;: ,. V;T Washington. Anrll 8 The Presiicnt having received a communication from the American Fisheries Union of Massachusetts calling attention to the fisheries dispute and suggesting that the retaliatory act passed by the late Congress would, in their opin ion, be sufficiently executed if proposed re taliation was confined to the closing of Uni ted States markets to Canadian fis) pro ducts, has made the following answer: i Executive Mansion. Washington ' April 1887. To George Steele. Esq President American Fishery Union, and others; Glou cester, mass. : Gentlemen I have received your letter addressed to me, and have given run consiaeration to the expression or the views and wishes therein contained, in le lation to the existing' differences between the governments of Great Britun and the United b tales, growing out of the refusal to award our citizens engaged in flshli g en terprises tne privileges to which, they are entitled, ! either under treaty stipula tions or guarantees of-rntemalional comity and neighborly concession. I sinc relv trust thatthe apprehension y6u exprm-of unjust ana uninenaiy treatment of Ameri can fishermen lawfully found in Canadian waters will not be realized. But if such ud- prehension proven to be well founded I ear nestly nope that noraultor inconsiderate action of any of out citizens will ia ibe bast weaken the just position of our goverment, or deprive us of the universal sympathy and support to which we should be entitled The action of this Administration since June, 1885. when the fishery articles of tbe treaty of 1871 were terminated, under notification which had two years before been given by our goverment, has been fully disclosed; by the correspondence between representatives and the appropriate reply of the respective governments, with which I am apprised by your letter you are entirely laminar. : An examination of this correspondence I bas doubtless satisfied you that in no case have the rights or privileges of American fisher men been overlooked or neglected ; but that, on the contrary, they bave been sedulously insisted Upon and cared for by every means within the control of the executive branch of the government. Tbe act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1887, authorizing a course of retaliation through executive ac tion, in tbe event of a continuance on tbe part of the British American authorities of unfriendly conduct and treaty violations affecting American fishermen, has devolved upon tbe President of tbe United States ex ceedingly grave and solemn responsibili ties, comprehending highly important con cdnsequences to our national character and dignity ana involving the extremely valua ble commercial intercourse between British possessions in North America and the peo pie of the United States. -I (I understand tbe main purpose of your letter is to Buggest that, in case recourse to retaliatory measures authorized by this act should be invited by the unjust treatment of our fishermen in future, the object of such retaliation might be fully accom plished by "prohibiting Canadian caught fish from entry into ports cf the United States." The existing controversy is one in which two nations are tbe parlies con -cerned. The retaliation contemplated by tbe act of Congress is to be enforced, not to protect solely "any particular I interest, however meritorious or valuable, but to maintain the national honor and thus pro tect all our people. In this view, ! violation of American fishery righta and uo just or unfriendly acts toward a portion of our citizens engaged in this business, is tut the occasion for action, and constitutes a na tional affront which gives birth to or may justify retaliation. This measure once re sorted to, its effectiveness and value may well depend upon the thoroughness and ex tent of its application ; and in the perform ance of international duties, the enforce ment of international rights and tbe protec tion Of our citizens, - this government and the people cf tbe United States must act as a unit all intent upon attaining the best results of retaliation upon the basis of tbe maintenance of national honor and duty. A nation seekingjbytny means to maintain its honor and dignity and integrity is engaged in protecting the rights of its people; and if in such efforts particular interests are injured and special advantages forfeited, ibee things should be patriotically borne for the public Rood. An immense volume of population, manu factures, and agricultural productions and marine tonnage and railways' to which these bave given activity, are largely the result of intercourse between the United States and British America, and the natural growth of , full half a century of good neighborhood and friendly communication, form an aggregate of material wealth and incidental relations of the mo6t impressive magnitude. I fully apprecitte these things, and am not unmindful of the great number : of our people who are concerned in such i vast and diversified interests. In the performance of the serious duty which Congress has imposed upon me, and In tbe exercise upon just occasion of tbe power conferred under the act referred to. I shall deem myself bound to inflict no un necessary damage or. injury upon any of our people; but I shall nevertheless, be unflinchingly guided by a sense of wbat the self respect and dignity of tbe nation de mands, in tne maintenance of these and of the support of the honor of the government. beneath which every citizen may repose in safety, no sacrifice of personal or private interests shall be considered as against the general welfare. I . Yours, very truly, I Gbover Cleveland CANADA. Tbe First Gun Fired at an American FlshlnelVessel. St. Johns. N. B . April 7. News has reached here tbat tbe fishery cruiser Vigi lant, when sailing out of Beaver Harbor a few days ago, sighted aa American fishing vessel within the three miles limit, and evi dently after bait. The vigilant gave chase and gained on the "Yankee," who refused to heave to, when a blank shot was fired. The chase was continued, but the Ameri can vessel soon gained the line and was safe. This is the first gun fired this season by a Canadian cruiser.. ILLINOIS. A REan Killed by n Vicious Stallion. By Telegraph to the Horning Star.. Rockfobd. April 9th. John Hogan yes terday was exhibiting a ' stallion al West- field Corners. While so doing the horse knocked him down and placed its knee upon him. Another man who was present stabbed the stallion in tbe neck with a knife. As the horse arose from Hogan's body it grabbed the prostrate man by the nape ot the neck and shook him so that be died in eight minutes. GEORGIA. '' Savannah's New Line of Railway to -I Birmingham. By Telegraph to the Morning Star, f .. Savakhah, April 9. Douglas Green, of N.- Y., has been elected president of the Savannah, Dublin & Western Railroad, succeeding A. B. Linderman, of Philadel phia, resigned. This brings tbe whole proposed new line from Savannah to Birmingham via Macon and La Grange eight hundred miles under one manage ment. ALL RIGHT. The Steamer Earfef Reported Lost with Three Hundred Persona en . Boaad, Safe and Sonnd. j - . By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star. . -" Halifax. N. F., April 9. Advices from St. Johns, N. F., state that a schooner which arrived there this morning reports that tbe sealing steamer Eagle, which was reported lost, with three hundred persone oo board, was taking seals in White Bay oq March 24. ..." ' - ; 1 . ! Bishop Lyman - confirmed three candidates at Wilson. - , ? i. Spirits Turpentine.! . , i i t- Henderson Gold Leaf: The congregation of the Presbyterian Church a few days ago did a very graceful thing in presenting to their organut. Miss Willie Smoot. a handsome gold wath as a rtarkof esteem and appreciation- of hergeneroui services rendered in that capacity. I .'. Floating item: Al theteorio stone, weighing fifteen pounds, fell in a " few feet of the residence of W. H. P. Jen kins, near Franklinlon, on last Friday Just before its fall tbere was an exceedingly bright flash and an explosion.! which was heard for tweuty miles in all directions.! . Wadesboro Intelligencer'. Tho lands are in better condition upon jibe whole than they were ever known to be at . this season ot the year. . Tbere are a few peaches left. Not all were killed: by the late cold. . Two gentlemen from the North were in Wadesboroi a few days -ago, having io view the establishment of a silk factory here. Tarboro. Southerner; The snow of Friday and the nigbt following was not as heavy as many supposed,1 being only about three and a third inches, t A. gun without lock, stock or barrel, accord ing to the old adage, is unsafe, but a cat rlfla in the hands of a small boy is danger -ous to life or limb according as it is loaded with powder or fulminate of mercury. For tunately for Watts Marlia and; Wm. How ard, jr., two youngsters about! 13 j ears old had one of these weapons loaded with ful- " minato of mercury, wheu it Was accident ally "discharged. The ball struck young Howard in the forehead just over the eye, going through the skin ouly and doing but little damage but causing great fright; " lj Asheville Citizen: Vjve artel get- ting some good reports from j various sec tions as. to tbe prospect for peaches. Some taylhere'aro enough on the trees to Insure good fruit. While excavating yester day in the middle of Pattoh aveuuo for the escape pipe of the fountain, the work men, whn several feet below the surface, struck a pavement with regular cut curb ing and with cobble-stone pavement. Al derman Alonzo Rankin and jothers of our oldett citizens say that not within their re collection has any work of tbat kind been done here, and the fact that the pavement . should be exactly in the middio of the street enhances the mystcy. j It must havo been done when Asheville was inhabited by a different race from tbat which exists tn-rlav. . I j Charlotte Chronicle : ' Little Johnnie Cannon, a six year old son of Mr. David F. Cannon, of Concord, died in that place yesterday morning, from thu effects of eating some poisonous substance the character of which is not known, j v Mr. H. MerBhon, President of tho Bar k of Hickory, died suddenly at tbat place last Wednesday. He was stricken with an at tack of apoplexy which proved fatal within half an hour. Mr. Mere h on was a native of Michigan. It is now a settled fact that tbe Young Men's Christian Associa- ' tion of Charlotte is to have aj commodious and a comfortable home of its own. iThe -building site has been purchased, 1 and nearly enough money remains on band to erect the building. Only $2,400 is yet lacking, but this deficiency will be made up easily by our citizens. I I 1 j Raleigh Chronicle' Bishop Galloway will dedicate the two new Meth odist churches in Durham Sunday, April 24th. On the Vedneeday following tbe Durham Plant will publish a full account of the proceedings, together with engrav ings of Trinity, Main Street, and Oarr churches, and portraits of Bishop Gallo way, Presiding Elder Black, ' and the pas tors of the three churches. Revs. Creasy, Gregson and Hall. ' At jthe University Friday night tbe Debaters and Declaimers. medal were awarded, in tbe Phi Society. The judges were: Col. W. H- S. Burgwyn, of Henderson; C. B. Aycock, Esq., of Goldsboro; and Prof. Geo. T.I Winston, of the University. The Debater's medal was won by Mr. St. Clair Hester, of Kittrells, N. C, and tbe Declaimer's by Mr. S. H. Blount, of Washington. N. C j j Asheville Advance: Trj on, it is j said, has not suffered from frost. The peach trees in that mysterious belt still de- sport tbeir petals of pink, and jack frost bas not crossed the mystic boundary be yond. Reports heretofore published : in- regard to the damage to the tobacco ! plants is confirmed by later reports from . the country, We understand ! tbat w or It on the new street railway is to be bo- gun rh the next few days, and will be rap idly pushed to completion. In at tempting to arrest George Rutherford, col- ' bred, said to be a very desperate character, : the officers met with resistance, as the offen der swore he would not be arrested. ! Tho Officers, proceeding with tbeir duty, at tempted to take bold of bim. whereupon the negro drew a knife and struck at officer Bmith. who, to protect himself, found It necessary to shoot him, tbe ball taking effect in tbe arm just above the elbow. He then submitted, and was taken to the lock up, where Dr. Burroughs dressed his arm. Raleigh News Observer: There was a fracas in tbe postofflce yesterday be tween Gen. John C. Gorman and Mr, O. S. Lambeth. Mr. Fl Streuby, of tbe American Oil Trust Company, baa been in the city for two days past in consultation with the local directors of the cotton seed oil mills, which were burned here last week, and it has been decided to rebuild the mills . as Boon as circumstances will permit. Gbeenbboro, N C, April jj. Tbe trustees ot Trinity College, in session to-day .elected Prof. John F. Crgwell, of Fredericksburg, Pa., president; Prof. Jos. L. Armstrong, of Baltimore, to the chair of German , and '. French, and Rev. John F, Heitman to the chair of Greek and Metaphysics.! Prof. Crowell graduated at Yale College with first honors, and is at present president of a college in Pennsylvania. Prof. 'Armstrong is a graduate of Randolph Macon", after wards took a two yearsj course at Johns Hopkins and later attended Leipsic, Ger many. Prof. Heitman is at present chair man of the faculty of Trinity College. The trustees formulated a plan! of endowment, and one gentleman, a member of the board, Presented the board with a donation of 10,000 to start the endowment. "A special to the Richmond Dis patch from Raleigh says; Your coorres pondent was told to-day of a very peculiar . occurrence- at a town on tne itaieign as Gaston railway very near this city, A young lady of that place ! not long ago in serted an advertisement In a newspaper "for a husband," or rather, looking to mat rimony. It was answered by a man up North. The two were) engaged by letter. The young lady perhapa thought it a good Joke up to this point, but tbere was a rabid change from jest to earnest when a letter came from tbe man, saying that on a cer tain day he would be at the girl's home and would claim her as bis bride. The news actually made the girl jsick, and she took to her bed. On the day mentioned the man appeared at the town, and was a very un prepossessing fellow. He made fiome In quiries about the girl and her family, and found she was pretty and well to do. He ; went to the house but could not see tbe girl. He demanded admission and claimed her as his affianced, but was not allowed to enter the house. Chapter 8 in this story, which is all fact, is that: the lover has sued the maiden for breach of promise, and dam ages. The lady has quite a number of ac quaintances in all this section. I Clinton Caucasian: The dwel ling, kitchen and smoke house of Mr. Jes se A. Watkins were burned last Sunday. The family were away from home, except Mrs. Watkins, when the fire broke out, We learn that it is difficult to buy corn for bread and feeding purposes in Clin ton. The distilleries have almost a monop oly of the market. Over. $400 saved by tne nrst rreigni train mat came to iiin ton; the difference between railroad freight and wagon hauling from Warsaw. A Iprivate t letter from Prof. J. D. Ezzel announces j tbe death of his wife at tbe home of her mother at Trinity College on 8rd inst. ! This news will carry sadness to the hearts of many friends in Sampson county. One merchant in Fayette ville sent sixty-four chattel mortgages on Sampson county property to Clinton for registration at onetime last week. They represented an aggregate lien on mules, crops, and erindle tailed steers of $2,400. - Senator C. P. Lockey, of New Han over, s a man of about thirty years of age. He has ability but not much culture. He was one of tbe best parliamentarians in tbe Senate. A Republican of the most pro nounced type, and having fully as much self 'confidence as one man Is entitled to. ba was prominent ia all discussions of party question i. Il seemed to be bis special de sire to fle understood as the next friend and guardian of tbe laboring people and their ' interests, both real and imaginary.