Newspapers / The Weekly Star (Wilmington, … / Jan. 20, 1888, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
i, The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT : I W ILMINGTON, N.C., :i .AT '! ?1.00 A TEAK, IN ADVANCE. gggg8SSSSS88888 gSS888S8888888888 S R co ta 2 o t- oo oo o b 2 - 10 3 88888888888888888 1 vj.j -iqtnoHS 8888S8S88888888SS qiuoK 8 8S88SS88SSSS8S8SS Vc o j; jo g JJ g K g? S S S 888888SSSS8SSS888 3t39M 8 gffflsIS88S88888 SSS8SS8888888S888 s s t s s (Entered at the Post Offloe atTWllmlngton, N. C, as Second Class Matter J : SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. 1 The subscription price of the Weekxt ; Stau i as follows : Sinnle Copv T year, postage paid, - $1.00 i- J 6 months " " .60 " 3 month " " .30. n ippr. -The Northern Republican papers are in high spirits in their conviction tbat the Democrats have abont aban doned practically all purpose to re-j form the Civil Service after the Radical and British plan. We would really be delighted if we were as-f sured that such was the fact. Bat there are Democrats in the Congress and elsewhere who believe in the great virtne of a reform that confines itself to subaltern'1) and never reaches the high officers, and they will make the very ulife and Success of their party all depend upon the adoption and perpetuity of British life tennre .system that removes the appoint ing power forever from the people, the Jrutf source of all power. The Biltimore American is one of your eircest, consistent Radioal sheets. It never gees any thing wrong in its party aud never finds anything good la . the Democracy. It is an organ and its music is always of the old regulation pattern. y i ' Well, the American is happy. It natters itself that the civil service principles are at a heavy discount with the Democrats in and out of the .Congress The truth is, among gen uine Democrats the imported hum hug, with a Republican stamp upon it, has never been much in favor. The American may be discovering an abandonment that has no existence. It says, and we hope it is correct: "Signs seem to warrant the inference tbat the Democrats have at length con cluded to openly abandon civil service re form. Speaker Carlisle has appointed as chairman of the standing committee on that subject an avowed enemy of reform, and a member of the Civil Service Commission is quoicd as promising in the annual report an expose of the humbuggery of the system. Tbis is more manly than tbe attitude here tofore assumed by tbe administration and will command more respect if it does not increase the supporters of the party. Any thing is preferable to the covert and insidi ous attacks made upon civil service reform while outwardly professing the sincerest aaxiety for its success. "Many believed when Dickens wrote "Martin Chuzzlewft" that he had drawn in -Pecksniff a caricature, but those who have closely followed American politics in re c -Gt years can no longer doubt : the reality of the creation. The skilfully worded panegyrics emanating from the White House have so painfully contracted With the enforcement of civil service principles in many 8tates of the Union that the lead ers hve probably wisely determined not to prolong the wretched sham." . If Civil Service in America, the work - in .the main of Republicans smitten with Anglomania, shall find an eternal quietus at the hands of the Democrats, the Stab will be happy alo. 4 A RADICAL AND CIVIL S Ell VICE. ' l Senator Hale's . assault upon the Administration, and the Democratic paity for its bad Civil Service record attracted unusual attention. It seems tbat this Republican is putting on airs about the violations of the law and the removal of Republicans. The Stab does not concern Itself with the defence of llhe party and the President. It believes the Civil Service theory and law to be unre publican, undemocratic and unamer ican. It is the transfer to our shores of the bureaucratic system of life tenure that pleases monarch" and Jords. The Stab has no favois to show to such a system.! It is a fraud, and it is admitted that now clerks in the Departments may continue in definitely in their places. If it is right tbat a certain set .should hold office from term to term, why not ex tend it? Why not overturn at once the great underlying American idea of frequent electionsthat offi cials are responsible to the people, And let Presidents, Governors j and all hold office for life and upon good behavior? Canyon have too much of a good thing? li But Mr. Uale is not honest in his criticism. He is known to belong to that class of machine politicians who flourished in such a green stale under Grant's . tyranny, and who thought it altogether proper to raise money out of all employes to help corrupt the ballot and carry elec tions for the Republicans.? He is one of that number of tricksters who indorsed Grant in every usurpation, and left co stone, unturned to per petuate tbe curse of Radicalism in the South. When he undertakes to rebuke ther Democracy for j false pledges and bad conduct, it is; only ajiothtr instance of Satan rebuking Kin. - , :. ' '""'.. . i r VOL. XIX; not oare bow much Hale and his crowd criticize the Democracy for fooling with the humbug British system. But no one is stupid enough to believe for a moment that the Re publicans are the least sincere when they pretend to believe in the vir tues of Civil Service. Bob Inger soll denounoes it, and he says if- the Republicans were honest they would denounoe it also. Bob has taken the measure of the life tenure fraud. If the Republicans can only carry tbe elections this year they will chop off the head of every Democrat in office and "don't you forget it." ; MELANGE. Last year a- Northern newspaper man published a serial nov.el in Scribner'a Magazine entitled "Seth's Brother's IVife." We read it with genuine interest and thought it quite clever, about the best Northern story we had read in some years. We praised it as it appeared from month to month. It has been published in book form, and has made a decided impression. It is out of the way and is strong and interesting. Some portions are particularly fresh and dramatic. It is meeting with warm praise j among English critics, and most of the Northern papers and magazines have received it kindly. He gives the best account of news paper life that has appeared in any novel. ' Mrs. ' Green, the j scholarly and faithful wife of that eminent his torian, the late John Richard Green has published a new and revised edition of his masterly work, the "Short'History of the English Peo ple." She has carried out the wishes of her able husband. Macmillan has sold 126,000 copies of this unique and admirable work. Other pub lishers have sold edition after edition. We suppose that in the United States more than 100,000 copies have been sold. His larger history in four volumes, is a noble work, but his "Short History" is of unequalled ex cellence. To write in one solid octavo volume tbe history of a great people extending through more than a thousand years, and to do it with such artistic skill and interest is to show marked genius. f From a recent article on Macaulay and Croker in one of the Euglish Reviews, we learn an interesting fact. ' The writer says that Croker "invented the name of Conservative for one party" (the Tory) and that Lord Macaulay "did more than any one else to affix the name of Liberal on the other" party, the Whig. John Wilson Croker was a very able man much abler than one would be led to suppose from reading Macau lay's brilliant, clashing, one-sided, review of Croker's Edition of Bos well's Life of Johnson. Croker was a consummate writer, and we won der that a good edition of bis essays, &c. is not made accessible to Ameri can readers. He was a close friend of Sir Walter Scott, was one of the most conspicuous Tory politicians of his time, and was in intimate association with many of the leading men of the first half of this century. Senator Ransom grow eloquent in a one minute speech in the Senate and will probably carry his point. He wanted $500,000 for a lighthouse on utamona onoais, ntteen miles from Hatteras. Here is his speech: ' 'I will not ' detain tbe Senate now with an argument in favor of the bill. I will simply say, sit, that in all human history there will be few better or more famous days than the one on which the dark terrors of Hatteras will be overcome by the illu minations or human science. On all the wide seas there is not a mariner who will not hail and bless that light. It will guide and save their ships in the perilous life upon the fearful coast when all the lights of tbe heavens ere obscured. The time will come, sir, when the originators of this work and the Congress that accomplishes it will receive the gratitude of mankind." Mr. Daniel R. Goodloe, a native North Carolinian of ability and an old journalist, living in Washington, writes to the Raleigh Chronicle, rak ing down Speaker Carlisle for his heaping honors on some States and neglecting North Carolina. ' He says, in conclusion: : j "Mr. Carlisle is a gentleman of a high or der of talents.as well as of character; and he has the reputation of being sagacious and far-seeing; but it would seem, that from his location in tbe valley of the Mississippi, he is unable to discern objects on the Atlantic slope, over and beyond the tops of the Alle ghanies, where they tower highest above the clouds."; s ! The home and library of Senator Ingalls has been destroyed by fire. He lives at Atchison, Kansas. His loss is estimated at $20,000. j We re gret his loss. If his bile had been burned : instead the country would have been benefited. Col. FIou' Residence Darned. A correspondent, writing to the Stab from Warsaw, says that Wood Lawn, the elegant country residence of Col. A- M. Paison, three miles from Warsaw, was destroyed by fire about 4.80 m. yesterday. The origin of the fire1 is not known, but it was sup posed) to have been the work of an incendiary. ! Most of the furniture was saved, but CoL Faison lost his pocket-book, containing a small amount of money and notes valued at between two and three thousand dollars. The entire loss is estimated at $10,000. There is - no insurance HE CHARGED WITH ARSON. XV m. Brown Beld for Trial rorr Set Clnc Fire to taU Wlfe'a Boom. Wm. Brown, colored, who is charged with setting fire to his wife's dwelling house, on the northeast corner of Red Cross and Sixth streets, in December last, was arrested at an early hour yes terday morning, and in the afternoon was brought before Mayor Fowler for examination. The investigation of the case was conducted by Col. Moore, So licitor of the Criminal Court. Frances Brown, the wife of the pri soner, testified that she knew nothing of the attempt to burn her house ex cept what her husband told her. Two holes were burned in the floor of the kitchen, and oil had been poured on the floor. The fire was on Monday be fore Christmas. She was sick in bed tip-stairs at- the time. She did not hear of the attempt to burn the house until Tuesday evening,, when Kate Capps, F a colored woman, told her of it. She had a talk with her husband the - next morn ing about the - matter. .He said thf t the house was old and was heavily, insured and that abetter house could be -built for half the money; that Geo. Price said that was the way he made money.) Brown I did not tell you that. Witness continuing, said that she told her husband that she wouldn't do anything like that for a million of dollars. She owned the house and . it was insured in her name; did not know how much insur ance' she had on it; had been married to prisoner three years; he worked on the railroad some and occasionally at other places. Katie - Capps, colored, said she lived on Bladen and Sixth streets; went to Brown's house Tuesday morn ing and met Henrietta Moore, the cook,who told that she was glad to see her; that Brown was going to set fire to the house that night. She (Capps) to(ld Brown's wife, who ap peared greatly excited. She heard Brown saly a day or two afterwards that if he set fire to the house he didn't know anything about it. John Thomas, a colored youth who lives in the house, testified that when he came Jiome that Monday night he smelt something burning, and called to Brown, down-stairs, who replied, "Oh nothing; something caught fire but I put it out." The next day he (Thomas) saw the burned places and the oil ?n the floor. Milly Jenkins, colored, testified that she was employed by Brown's wife as cook, a few days before the occur rence mentioned. - The next morning Tuesday-rshe met Brown, who said, "Cook, I am going to burn this house dawn, and I thought I would tell you so that you could get out." Witness told Mr. Walter Yopp, who has a shop in the building, and asked him if she should tell Brown's wife. Mr. Yopp told her that as she was almost a stranger in the house she would not be believed and she had better get Brown to repeat what he had said before a witness. Soon after Hen rietta Moore, a colored woman who had been employed as a cook and wasdischarged a short time be fore by Brown's wife, called, and in her presence Brown repeated what he had previously said that he was go ing to set fire to the house again, After Brown had left the room she (Milly) told Henrietta that she was going to tell Brown's wife. Henrietta advised her not to do it; saying that the woman was too mean to her hus band anyway. Witness said that she told Frances Brown, and that night the latter quarrelled with her hus band about it; told him she had a good mind to break the lamp over his head. After breakfast the next mqrning, however, Brown's wife can tioned witness to say nothing about the fire to any one. " Henrietta Moore, colored, testified that when she called at the house Tuesday morning she saw the hole burned in the floor, and asked the cook about it; the latter told her that Brown had set the house on fire and intended to set it on fire again. Brown soon came in and repeated his threat to burn the honse,in the presence of witness. "Solicitor Moore said that it was un necessary to take the testimony of other witnesses for the State, the evi dence was sufficient to justify holding the prisoner for the crime of arson Brown was unattended by counsel or witnesses. He was asked if he had anything to say, and in reply said he knew nothing of what the witnesses had testified to. He left Wilmington because the cook told him that he was to be arrested for setting fire to the house. He went to Burgaw, and thence to Weldon and Garysbmrg. While" away he heard that there was a warrant out for his arrest for taking a watch. The watch was his; it was given to him by his wife, and he had his name engraved on it. ; He admitted that he took the watch out of his wife's trunk, and said in expla nation that whenever she got mad with him she would take the watch from him and put it in her trunk. He denied that he was in Garysburg when officer Turlinerton "went on to arrest him. JHe said that he return- went home 'and kissed his wife; was sitting down eating his supper when tne omcers came in and arrested mm. This ended the hearing, and the Mayor ordered that the prisoner be committed to jail on the charge of arson. Railroad to tbe Sound. The construction of a railroad to Wrightsville Sound seems' now to be assured. During the past 'week gen tlemen interested in the matter have been quietly at work, and have, we learn, suceeeded in securing subscrip tions sufficient to . justify the asser tion. No outside parties are inter ested in the project. It is emphati cally a Wilmington enterprise, and will be owned and controlled by our own people. Very little more of the stock remains to be taken, and this the projectors are confident they wiu De able to secure in a lew days. when work on the road will be com menced and .pushed rapidly to com WEEKLY (STAR WILMINGTON, N..C, PRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1888. An Earthquake. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt in this city about ten minutes be fore ten o'clock yesterday morning.- The movement was apparently from west to east, and its duration about two seconds. While it was sufficient to cause timbers in buildings to creak and chandeliers to sway in some in stances, many persons did not notice it, or if they dld,ascribed its effects to other and less alarming causes. At Tdeston school some of the children were very much alarinecL Many of them ran out of the building, and a few Were so badly frightened that they did not stop running until'they reached their homes. In a few mo ments, however, the alarm subsided and the children returned to their class rooms. The shock was more severe at other places, and caused great alarm in Augusta, Savannah, Charleston and Columbia. A special dispatch to the Stab from Charlotte says : .. . "Two slieht shocks of earthaa&J were felt here this morning the fiifst at 9.54 o'clock, the second eignt sec onds later. Signal officer Barry says tbe vibration was from north to south. The shock was greater in the western portion of the city. A mirror was shaken off a mantel at Mr. P. E. Linnell's house. No other damage is reported. People are excited, how ever, fearing another I88u disaster." Prisoners Sentenced. The following named prisoners, sentenced at the recent term of the Criminal Court, were sent to the House of Correction yesterday: Wm. Walsh, for . three months; Sallie Moore, three 'months; Georgiana Hewes, six months; Harry Jansen, three years; Larry Williams, two years; Victoria Bryant, six months; Sarah Fair, twelve months. The following will go to the State penitentiary- John Baker, (white) eight years; Jno. Brown, four years; Charles Bailey, two years; Gid Ed wards, five years; Ella Martin, three years; James Ingram, tnree years; Willis Willson, twelve months. James Ingram was convicted of forgery; all the rest of larceny. Serloualr lojurcd. A middle-aged man, apparently a farmer, and whose name is supposed to be L. Fining, from papers found on his person, was seriously, if not fa tally injured at Wadesboro Wednes day night, in attempting to leave the train on the Carolina Central rail road after it was in motion. As the train was pulling out from the depot, the man jumped and in falling struck the depot platform. His right; leg was broken, and it is supposed he suf fered severe internal injuries, as when found he was bleeding protnsely from the. mouth and was unable to speak. Conductor Welch stopped the train and had the man removed to the depot and left in charge of the agent, who at once summoned a phy sician to attend him. Fining got on the train at Charlotte. j Railroad DUaater Near Hickory. ; The accident on the Chester & Lenoir narrow gauge railroad, men tioned in the Star yesterday, was a serious one. A passenger train of three cars went through a trestle one mile north of Hickory. The coaches took fire and were consumed. Nearly every one on board the train was in jured. Rev. Mr. Beall, of Lenoir, is reported to have been mortally wounded. Tbe Seismic Disturbance No earthquake' shocks were felt here yesterday, nor were any report ed from any quarter. As bearing upon the subject of the recent distur bance, the following dispatch from the Rochester (N. Y.) Observatory, is in teresting: "Since noon of Monday, January 9th j the magnetic needle has been much disturbed at intervals. There was a. marked disturbance Wednes dav evening about 8:39 o'clock. Du ring the iorenoon oi inursoay mere was rapid motion, and between 11 and 12 there were indications of a se vere magnetic storm. The mption of a heavy needle a loot long was a de cree and three-auarters. This ex treme agitation followed the earth- nuake at Columbia. S. C H. C. Maine, of this cityreports the appearance of an extended group or sun spots on monaay ana x uesaay by the sun's rotation. It is the group which first, armeared in tne same way December. 13th and in. oince jan- uarv 9th there have been very rapid and extreme fluctuations of baromet ric pressure, Cape Fear and i Yadkin Valley Kail- road. 1 The commissioners appointed by the Board of Aldermen to arrange terms with the Cape Fear & Yadkin VaUey Railroad Company ; upon which the latter will agree to extend the road to this city, were in confer ence yesterday afternoon for several hours with a committee representing the Board of Directors of the railroad company. An hour after the conclu sion of the conference, the gentle men representing the railroad took their departure for home, by train on the Carolina Central which left here at 6.40 o'clock. No information was furnished to the public as to what transpired in the conference. It is understood, however, that an agreement was reached upon terms which were per fectly satisfactory to all concerned, and which it is expected will prove acceptable to the city authorities and meet the approval of the public. It was agreed that the subscription of $150,000 by the city shall be paid to the company in money; the city to market its bonds for the amount at such rate of interest as may be agreed ttpon by the Board of Aldermen and Board of Audit and ; Finance; and it was further agreed, that the construe tion of the road is to begin at Wil mington, The commission will make its re port to the Board of Aldermen at a meeting to be held next Monday . night. ': All right, . Senator Voorhees, You can now be forgiven that semi-protec tion speech in Atlanta several years ago. , JXttleRock Gazette, Dem. ! I , THE MASONS. I' : -. . Froceedlnca of tne Crand Lodge or 4 North Carolina. Raleigh News and Observer, j t The Grand Lodge resumed its sessions Wednesday morning, being called from refreshment to labor at 10 0 clock, tne Grand Master presiding. The spacious Masonic Hall was well filled with delegates and attendants, composing one of the finest and most Intelligent looking body of men ever Been in this city. , j- The reception of reports was be gun: 1 Grand Treasurer William E. An derson's . report gave a detailed ac count of the receipts and expendi tures of the Grand Lodge. The ex cellence of this report shows the wis dom of the Grand Lodge in its selec tion of a Treasurer. . Alpheus W. Wood, Senior Grand Deacon, appeared and occupied his seat. ' The following appointments were made upon committees: W, P. Williams in place of H. W. Reinhart on committee No. 1, on sus pensions, and expulsions. E. F. Lamb in place of W. B. Boyd on committee No. 2, on suspensions and expulsions. ..A H. A Williams presented a me- 'aonal from Oxford Lodge. No. 396. in the town of Oxford, praying for a change of place for holding the an nual communications of the Grand Lodge from Raleigh to Oxford. On motion the matter was referred to a committee with instructions to report at the next annual communication upon the advisability of a change. The following committees were ap pointed:. Un the Orpnan Asylum JS. o. Martin, D. A Culbreth, A. B. Daugh- trey, (J. r. Hid wards and JN. is. Henry. Un Fraternal Dead w. Camp bell, W. P. Williams and A. H. Stubbs. The remainder of the morning ses sion and the whole of the afternoon session were taken up with ;the re ports of the various committees. At the evening session tne follow ing officers were elected f or . the en suing year: M. w., Charles a. KODinson, Wil mington, Grand Master; R. W., samuel .-Bmith, Winston, jn. u., Deputy Grand Master; R. W., Heze- kiah A. Gudger, Senior Grand War den; R. W., John W. Cotten, Tar boro, Junior Grand Warden; William Jfl. Anderson, Grand Treasurer; Donald W. Bain, Grand Secretary. Thomas A. Green was re-elected a director of the Oxford Orphan Asylum lor a period or. nve years. Eleven o'clock Tuesday morning was setapart for the installation of Grand Officers and Geo. w. isiount, tr. ii. M., was invited to perform the ser vices. - The following representatives of sister Grand Lodges were accorded a fraternal welcome: Alabama, Don ald W. Bain; Arkansas, F.H. Busbee, Canada, George W. Blount; District of Columbia, Charles H. Robinson; Georgia, Donald W. Bain; Iowa, C. H. Robinson; Kansas, E. S. Martin; Maryland, H. Cowan; Minnesota, Eu gene Grissom; Nova Scotia, Thomas S. Kenan; Ohio, AM. Noble; Oregon, John W. Cotten; Vermont, Samuel Northrop; Virginia, Wm. I Ander son. After exemplification of the work in the Master's degree by W. P. Wil liams, Bernice SValker, Dudley Peed, W. P. Oldham and A. J. Blair, the Grand Lodge was called off until Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Tne lirand Lioage assemmea 'i. rjjars day at 10 o'clock a. m. After the reading of the minutes, Eugene Gris som. xr. D. is. M., introduced a resoiu tion extending fraternal greetings to the venerable Past Grand Master Ai fred Martin, of Wilmington, who has labored so zealously for the cause of Masonry in .North Carolina, and ex tending their sympathy to him in his personal afflictions. An amendment to tne uoae, intro duced by the Grand Secretary, strik ing out tuat section oi tne law requir ing secretaries to return to eacn an nual communication , tne dates oi the charters of the lodges, was adopted. The report on the Oxford Orphan Asvlua. which was adopted, recom mended an appropriation of $2,000 for the ensuing Masonic year. (This amount is nearly two-thirds of the annual revenues of the Grand Lodge, and is given in addition to the annual contributions oi tne suDoruinate lodges to this noble charity.) The committee on Jurisprudence made a recommendation in regard to a change of the Code in reference to the re-installment of members ex cluded for non-payment of, dues as follows: "No member of a lodge shall be ex cluded from membership for non-payment of dues until he shall have been notified by a legal Masonic summons to appear and show cause lor such de linquency. 'A failure to respond to said notin cation shall subject the offender to the pains and penalties prescribed for a violation or. a legal masonic sum' mons. "Your committee recommend to the lodges that members who have here tofore been excluded for non-pa v- ment of dues may be re-instated to membership upon the payment of such terms as the lodge may deter mine." ! 'Your committee further recom mend that Masons of defunct lodges who were excluded for non-payment of dues maybe admitted to member ship, upon petition and ballot, as other cases of petition for member ship accompanied by a certificate of the Grand Secretary." The recommendations of the com mittee were adopted. . The new omcers-eiect were install ed bv P. G. M.. Geo. W. Blount. un motion oi wrignt w. uampDeii, the Grand Secretary was instructed to have eleven hundred copies of the uniform code of by-laws and amend ments to the general code printed in pamphlet form and distributed to the various subordinate lodges. The Grand Master made the foliow- iner annointments: Wright G. Camp bell, Concord, Grand Chaplain; Al pheus w. Wood, jNew jierne,T3enior Grand Deacon; Samuel Northrop, TIT; 1 - ; J TniA fl-mn-nA n..AMIi Y Hilling UU 11, UIUUV1 .Lscmwu, Francis M. Move. Moveton. urana Marshal; Albert B. Daughtrey, Sea board, Grand Sword Bearer; Charles i Gilbert. Delcester. tfrand Jf ur- sniTriinf . Pnhni4. TT - "RlMMllair 'Rfl.laiO'Vl- Grand Tiler; Ara O. Edson, Tulls, and John W. Thompson, Raleigh, Grand Stewards. On motion of Samuel H. Smith, D G. M.. the thanks of the Grand Lodge were extended, as a body, to the vari ous railroads and tne noteis oi j&a- leierh for courtesies shown. Thanks were extended to Grand Master C. H. Robinson for the very able manner in which he presided over the deliberations of the Grand TjOdsre. The Grand Lndire having concluded its labors at 12 o'clock, at the sound of the gavel, its deliberations were brought to a close. , INDIANA. ' DeatruetTra Fire in Indianapolis. T tttit a 1? a ttiTiTs. Jph. 14. A fire which broke ont here last night burned ont the following firms: JL. Jt. p.rwiTi itr. nv- rirv coods: treoree w. Rftont. A: f!n . wholesale CTOcers; Tan ner & Hnllivan. suDDlies: C. B Con- tiar'a Rnna nvArn.lla: MoK.ee & Bran- hama. boots and shoest Pearsoa & WitsfiiL on p fins ware. The loss Is WASHINOIOVi A Bleetlnx of House Committee on Klce lions Tboebe's Ground for Confeat ftbovrn to be Worthless Committee Decide to Report a Resolution De claring- Mr. Carlisle Entitled to bis Seat. B Telegraph to the Horulfu btir Washington. Jan. 14 Everv memWr of the House Committee on Elections was in attendance to is morning to resume con sideration nf the Thoebe-Carl'sle contested election cs-3 1. V Uallam, of Covine- ton, Ky., appeared in be naif of ctpeaker Carlisle, while Mr. Sypher appeared for the contestant. The Chairman announced tbat the nre- senta ion of affidavits in behalf of the con teatee was in crder. i Mr. Hallam said he tcok the position that sufficient cause had not been shown for a reopening of tbe cae ; Tbe action of counsel on the other side, in presenting affl a&viia at tne la-i session, seemed to show that they concurred in tbat belief. Among the things stated by tbe contcstee in his affidavit, was one to the effect that John A. Goodson, chief of police of Covington, and orotner in law oi air. Carlisle, had sta ted, one or two days after 1 the elec tion, that the Speaker hai beeu defeated. and that Charles Easton, of Covington, j Ky.. would so testify. In answer to that! counsel read affidavits by both Goodson , and EiMon, positively denying the state-! ment Goodson further denies emnhatW cally the assertion made by counsel for the contestant, that some relative of Carlisle's had approached Ww.il, formerly Thoeb-'s counsel, for the purpose of influencing him He states tbat be is tbe only relative of Car; lisle livine near Covington, and he declares that neither he nor any other person, so far as be is concerned, ever iu any manner ap proached or attempted to approach Wood or any otber person in Carlisle's behalf. 86 far as the amant Knew such a thing was never thought of The affiant further says that be met Eiston on the morning after tbe election, and Easton asked him the re sult. He replied tbat be did not know, is returns were not in. Easton then said that it would be a damned outrage if Carlisle were defeated by such an ignorant man. Auoluer affidavit by Horace Cameron, re porter of the Cincinnati Evening Telegrain, was lead, in which Cameron recites the sub stance of a conversation with tbe Speaker the d-ty after the eke ion, in which the Speaker said tbat be did not know whether or not he had beeu defeated, bat if ho had been he would feel a sense of pets nal re lief, such as be had not experienced in ten years. Tne amant lurtner says that be bad several conversations witn Thoebe, but had never told him tbat Car lisle admitted that he was defeated. JUn the contrary be bad tol 1 him that ! he (Thoebe), was defeated lie had never nt an item to his paper declaring tbat Carlisle admitted bis defeat, but he could no; prove this by forwarding files of the paper! as tbey bad not been preserved. This affida vit was corroborated by affidavits made by John C. Benton, attorney, of Cincinnati, and Henry C. Hallom, clerk of the County Court. To meet the statements made j by Thoebe touching the meeting of Carlisle's friends on election day, counsel produced au affidavit, signed bj Judge Geo O Pernios, W. W. Clery. commonwealth i attorpey, and a nmber of other gentlemen, who declare tbat no meeting of the kind descrjbsd could have been held without their know ledge, and that tbey know of no such con fereoca or meeting. Oae of the signejs of tbe affl lavit. Geo C. Davis, was, said j Mr. Hallam, the gentleman who t ecu pied the room in the Federal building, whert the conference was alleged to have ta ken place Jno. L Fuiber, i de puty postmaster, in . his affidavit says tbat tbe postoffiee occupies the whole lower floor of the Federal building; and tbat to his knowledge no meeting, eucu as described, had been held, nor could any such have beeu held without his knowl edge. Similar .affidavits were made by G. H. Davidson and J. C lunnell. occupying the remaining floors of the building, j Mr. Hallam called attention to the 1 act that P. Casey, janitor of tbe Federal build ing, the only person who was particularly named as navmg Deen preseui at ma con ference, and as navmg admitted tbat Car lisle bad been defeated, but that U had been fixed up, makes an affidavit declaring that he had never attended such a meeting and knew nothing of it. I In answer to the statements lmpucniuc the correctness of the poll-books of Yerona nrecinct. Boone county, counsel produced and read affidavits by 41. T. Garnet who has the custody of the poll-books; G.t Win ston and William Piper, Republicans, de clarinu that the books appeared to be cor rect in every particular and the signatures 1 n the handwriting oi tbe election omcers.. J. A. Callahan, who was sheriff of the pre cinct, in his affidavit declares that all of the votes were correctly returned and that he witnessed personally tbe signature of tbe judge to the books; the Casey affidavit de claring mat tne statement was not true in whole or in part, and tbat be aid not Know of any attempt to count out Carlisle, nor did he believe that any such conference, as was alleged, bad been held. Mr. Hallam said that an obscure charge had been made by one Charles Maunder. that on the night after tbe election Carlisle had been seen figuring about New nort. in the vicinity of tbe ballot boxes, engaged in conversation with Hatch. In reply to this charge he read the affidavit of M. Yv. uueen. that on tne nignx or me election he, his brother and Carlisle had at tended a social gathering at the house or A. S. Barry, and had remained there from 7 o'clock until 3 o'clock, andj they had then gone home to bis bro ther's house, where Carlisle was residing On the night of the election Carlisle bad gone home at 8 o'clock, and gone immedi ately to Dea. mis amaavit is corroooraieu bv affidavit from Henry E. Queen touch ing Svoher's statement thatR. W. Nelson had declined to participate in the meeting of Carlisle's friend, and had taken jhis hat and left the meeting when its object was explained to him. I Mr. uallam next turnea nis attention to the affidavit of Jno. J. Pierce, of Cincin nati, to the effect that, with the exception of one precinct, all of the returns of Carroll county appear to be in the same handwriting. To meet; this be nroduced tbe affidavit of R. F. Harrison, countv clerk, who is custodian of the poll- books, exhibits them to the committee ana affirms the correctness oi the vote. Mr. Hallam declared that an examination of the Daners. which could be made by the committee itself, would satisfy j them that the signatures to the returns were, not m one nana writing. . ji. -vance,i regis ter and. cashier of tbe bank and a Republican in politics, 1 makes affidavit that he had examined the returns, . and declares that the names of the voters in the books appear to hive been made bv the clerks of tbe various precincts who sign the returns A. T. Lech; Knight of Labor of Carrolton. declares that he was present in Thoebe's interest when the vote of Carroll county was counted and that he louna ine returns m ub ibit uu. ucjuuu auestion as to correctness. J. 14 Lewis, Republican and ex-postmaster of j Carrol ton. affirms tbe correctness or entries in tne noil book. Alter Bill me amaavus nau , oeen reau . ... 5 J .. . . : a: 1 and counsel on both sides heard, the com mittee went into secret session. The secret session lasted about forty minutes, and while it was in progress the counsel and other interested persons waited in the balls. The first motion put was one to postpone further consideration of the case, which was reiected bv a strict party vote 9 to 6. Then a motion was made to reopen the case. Mr. Powell (Rep.), asked to be ex cused from voting, ana Mr. cooper (.tiep.;, vntert with the Democrats, so the motion was lost. Another motion was j made to declare Thoebe entitled to his seat, and on this vote four Republican members' were excusedfrom voting, the remainder voting with the Democrats against the proposi tion. Then came the final vote oh the mo tion affirming Mr. Carlisle's right to his seat. All of the Democrats voted in favor of this nronosition. and with -them stood Messrs. Cooner. Powell,1 and Johnson of Ind. makinc the affirmative j vote 12. Messrs. Lyman. Honk and Lodge. Repub licans, were excused, so there was no nega tive vote. NO. 11 The position taken by the Republicans who abstained from voting is, that while they are not convinced that Carlisle ia not entitled to his seat. It is proper for the committee to refer the case and afford an Opportunity for the production of any new evidence that might threw light upon the contest.- Under instructions of the com mittee chairman Crisp will report to tbe House a resolution declaring Carlisle en titled to his seat. " THE WAR CLOUD. iA Seml-Omclal Statement from St. Petersburg Tbe Feellnc of Disquiet Increased Rapid Movement of Hue. slan Troops to tbe Frontier Wan like Feellns In Austria. (Copyright by the N. Y. Associated Pre.a ) - Bbblin, Jan. 14. A semi-official state ment is issued from St. Petersburg to night, with reference to the failure of the Czar to make a speech at his New Ytar's reception. The assertion is made tbat tbe Czar has not been in the habit of making a political statement on that occasion. Tbis is only partly true; both the late and the present Czar have been wont to make a short address of semi-conversational char acter, j Yesterday evening the Czar pointedly refrained from conversing with Gen Von Scheveinitz, German Ambassador, and Count Von Walkenstein Frostbere. Aus trian representative. At one period of the reception Russian Generals and Minis ters giouped themselves around tbe Cztr, expecting an important utterance. After whispering a I few minutes with SI. De Greis, he turned to the others and formally offered the congratulations of the seaton ; then he singled out three of his Ministers for a private talk. The incident is con sidered an intimation that the war party triumphs. Among the lists of honors con ferred the Pan-Blavists alone were favored. The list of decorations leaves tbe im pression in Berlin and Vienna official cir cles that the Czar is hopelessly under com mand of theaggressives. ' 1 he Moscow (jfazette , to nieht savs that on the nineteenth day after tbe Epiphany (KusBian style; tbe Czar will preside at a grand military fete, when he will declare his policy. The Czar's action in choosing a military fete as the occasion on which to make this declaration has increased the feeling of disquiet. In tbe meantime fron tier movements continue to be accelerated Division after division of cavalry pours westward Into Volhynia: trains loaded with artillery and munitions occupy the rail roads, and ordinary traffic is suspended. At Kieff, Odessa and elsewhere, authorities are buying up provisions and fornge. and along the line, of the.Vietula between Decc- oun ana uomorava. hosts of laborers are engaged in constructing redoubts. j The Warsaw police have issued ordcis that all Austnans who have not permits to reside in roland must quit Kussian tern tory to-day . . All Polish officers are being removed from tbe frontier regiments and sent to take commands in the interior. On the German and Austrian sides the movements are kept a profound secret, but it is impossible to conceal the fact that there is an active passage of troops from Posen to tbe SUesian frontier. The first clear ex positions of the situation of affairs is hoped for from HerrTiza, Hungarian Prime Min ister, in his reply to the interpellation of tlerr Helfy. The temper of tbe muiority of members of tbe Hungarian Parliament is ardently warlike. Unlees Premier Tis za's explanation shows that the forces on the frontier of Galicia are ample to repel any invasion, Deputy Prsczel threatens to move a vote of censure. WASHINGION. j Work of the Committee on Gleetlons. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, Jan. 13 The House Committee on Elections has disposed of the application of A. E. Redstone, to be ad mitted as a party to tbe contest in the Fifth California District. Redstone was a can didate of the United Labor party, and tbe returns show that he received , 470 votes. He alleges that all of the 32.000 voles cast for ielton and ouluvan were fraudulent, and tbat he is therefore entitled to tbe seat now occupied by Felton. As he served no notice of the contest and filed bo. evidence, the Committee on Elections! has decided that there is not sufficient foundation to warrant a contest, and will so report to the House. I The Committee tbis morning set the fol lowing dates for the consideration of tbe other contested election cases: Lowry vs. White, Indiana, January 17th; McDuffln vs. Davidson, Alabama, January 21st: Worthington vs Post, Illinois, January 27th. i EARTH Q UAKE. Slight at Ralelsh People IFrlgbtened at Savannab Accompanied by Loud Detonations at Columbia. iBy Telegraph to the Stornln; S ar, Raleigh, N. C , Jan. 12. A slight shock of earthquake was felt here at 9. 55 this morning. Advices from Charlotte report a shock there and the people greatly excited, fear ing a repetition of the disaster or 1S38. There was also a strong shock felt at Shel by and other points. Chaklkston, 8. C, Jan. 12 The earth quake shock this morning was generally felt throughout the coast country and as far west as Augusta, jno damage bss been reported at any place. Savannah, Ga Jan. 12. A distinct earthquake shock felt here at 9 32 this morning. Houses were shaken and many people were frightened, but no damage was done. The duration of the shock was about five seconds. It seemingly passed from west to east. . Columbia, S. C, Jan. 12. A sharp earthquake shock, the first in many months, startled me citizens or uoiumoia at v oo this mot nine. Buildings were severely shaken and doors, windows, crockery and class ware rattled in a lively manner. Peo ple sleeping were rudely awakened, and many rushed into the streets. The direc tion of the wave seemed to be from north to south. The vibrations continued about ten seconds and were accompanied by loud detonations. Charleston, January 12. Dispatches to-night show that the earthquake shock this morning was felt at Georgetown, con way, Beaufort and Newberry. VIRGINIA. Tbe Rldenonr Murder Trial at Win cbester. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Winchester. Jan. 14. This was the twelfth day of the Ridenour murder trial The prosecution closed yesterday. The defence placed E. B. Hay, professional ex pert from Washington, on the stand to day. tie testinea that tne signature oi t. a. Ridenour on the note found near the body of Andrew Bray, the murdered man, and the endorsement thereon of Horndorff, were not written by the same person. Tbe note was given by Ridenour to Bray for horse. Tbe theory is that the endorsement on the note was forced by Ridenour, Horn dorff. being dead at tbe time me boay was found; tbat Bray was pressing for pay ment of the note. The force of Hay's evi dence was broken in a great degree by the Commonwealth proving on cross-examination that Hay testified for pecuniary con sideration. Also, that the Virginia court of Appeals had thrown out his evidence as an expert, m a case from uiarse county, several vears auo. i! Argument will begin on Wednesday, and the Jury will get the case on inursoay. Charlotte Mornet: Did you ever notice the difference in tbe appear ance of a business bouse tbat advertises liberally and one that does not advertise at all ? I Miss Etta Smith, a pupil at the Female College, died at 11 :20 to-day of nneumoma. 1 he deceased lady was daughter of W. A. Smith. Esq.. of Wades boro, and was au only child. Tbe young lady was a communicant of the JSpiscopai church. Spirits Turpentine. Wadesboro Intelligencer: Work : on the silk factory is rapidly progressing.' The building will be ready lo receive the machinery in a very short time, and opera- - tions will begin at an early day. Cou- siderable improvements are being niadtt in .', tne neibodist Church, in this place, reu deed necessary by tbe increasing anditrres which there congregate to bear the g; l -preached. i 1 arboro Southerner: Tbe pan try attached to the residence , of A Q lucks, Jiisq , living in Mas h rouutv. hbout four miles from Baitlcboro and Wbitakers, ' had been burglarized on several occasions. Last Monday night Mr. Ricks was abt-eni in Baltimore; Chai. Exum and Mr. Mnoitt ' were standing guard. At 10 o'clock tbey were rewarded by capturing a negro who' , bad affected an entrance, sho. ting another 1 who had run off, and piecing both ia jail. Charlotte Chronicle: some ad ditlonal particulars were received yesterday of the recent accident on tbe Chester & Le noir Railroad. There were seven passen gers, Conductor Wad dell and all tbe ttr.iu bands in the cars that went down. Tbe engineer and fireman stood to ttinr engine, which landed bottom side ud. The engi neer was able to crawl out, but the fireman had to be pried cut of tbe debris. Rev. Dr. lieu, oi Lienoir, was the only one fatuity hurt, his skull being badly crushed J. E. Wilhelm, of Atlanta, was seriously hurt, i having his arm badly cut, and several cId wounds. J. E. Coffey, colored, bed Ms jaw broken. All the parties cn tbe train were nruisea more or let s. The cars us rut -diately took fire and the whole train wa consumed in a very short time. . Tho gin house and its contents belonging to R. J . Reinhardt, at Iron Station, on the Cwo Hna Central road, was burnt d Wednesday night. It was the best equipped ginmog outfit in that section and tbe loss will not fall short of $1,500, exclusive of 500 pounds of cotton seed and about $300 worth o' lint cotton belonging to R. S. Reinhardt. Asheville Citizen: Mr. J. M. Qudtfcr, Jr., of ' Madison, informs us that he sold at the Farmers' Warehouse, Mon day, the crop of tobacco of Mr. B T. Treadaway, of Madison, produced on three acres measured, for $900 00, some of it reaching as high as 76 cents per pound. Wont good tobacco pay 1 Up to the present time there has been no sleighing nor skating. The deepest snow fill tbe last day of October, and tbe intsnsest cold was on the 20th day of November. The winter has been generally mild with a few short, sharp periods of cold. Quite" an interesting service of religion is in pro gress at the First Baptist church sermons every night. Negroes in North Caro lina bold about four million dollars worth of property, real and personal. At a meeting of the Quattely Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, ytsr terday afternoon, Mr. F. R. Shepherd was granted license to enter the ministrv He leaves in a few days for Emory and Henry College. Our community was Bhcck ed, and we believe sincerely regretted the announcement yesterday that Turner, the -proprietor of Turner's Cafe, had suddenly vacated the city, leaving his restaurant and a number of friends "to mourn bis loss " Raleigh News- Observer: There are on exhibition in the State museum snme samples of canned fruits from the canning establishment of A. J. Hart & Son, Flat Rock, N. C, and tbey are as fine as any manufactured. There are now fif teen canning establishments in the State, every one of which is successful. The mayor collected $500 for the treasury from ono party who violated city ordinances yesterday. We are requested to say tbat at tbe service of Davie Street Presby terian church last Sabbath evening thirteen were added to the membership. The Sab bath Bchool has increased from forty-five, with which it was organized last October to 155. The Presbyterian work, among the colored people of the city looks very hope ful for the future. Washington City dots: Senator Vest followed in a telling and vigorous speech in opposition to the Blair bill. The Democratic side of tbe (Senate listened attentively to the Missouri Benator, who is regarded as one of the ablest lawyers and best talkers in the Sen ate. lien, w . H. cox arrived here Saturday from New York. He was hor rified to hear that his name had been men tioned in connection with the civil service commission. He thinks .be knows when he has got enough of a thing. Cspt. . Harry Skinner was here last week, lie is very close to Minister Jarvis, and ia ro- . ported to have said that bis candidacy for the Senate is by no means certain. Many of his best friends have advised against it, in view of the certainty of Senator Ran som's re-election. ; Charlotte Chronicle: At Gas- toma, last Tuesday, one of the boldest cases of horse stealing on record was per petrated. Mr. W. It. Holland was stand ing by the roadside, holding his horse, when a fellow named Knoaes came along, jeifeed the bridle reins from Mr. Holland s hands, mounted the animal and galloped away. He was out of sight before Mr. Holland had recovered from his astonishment. The thief was captured yesterday and the horse was returned to Mr. Holland. -The gin house of Mr. F. F. Stearns, located one mile from Pioneer Mills in Cabarrus coun ty, was destroyed by fire on tbe evening of the 7th inst. The building caught fire from a spark from the engine. Together with thehouse and machinery, eight bales of seed cotton were totally burned, and fif teen bales that were standing in tbe yard were partially burned. Tbe loss is $1,500 upon which mere was no insurance. . A serious affray occurred yesterday after noon at the Charlotte Cotton Mills between two operatives, Baxter Bird and John Per dy. In the altercation Perdy was stabbed in the back with a knife in the hands of Bird.. The wound was just under the left shoulder blade, and was three inches deep. Dr. Bobbert Gibbon was called to attend the patient and dressed his wound. Dr. -Gibbon says that the stab is a very serious one, but the chances are that Perdy will recover. Bird made his escape. The cause of the trouble could not be learned last night. Kaleigh Jyews-Ubserver: xea- terday Mr. Rufus Powell, formerly a dep uty sheriff, living a few miles in the coun try, met with a very painful though not se rious accident. Mr. Powell was very badly crushed and bruised by the fall and weight of the horse. His head was terribly cut and one of his hands badly sprained. He was insensible for some time and it was at first thought that his injuries would prove fatal. un Wednesday evening last, Chief of Police Heartt, of this city, re ceived a telegram from Norfolk, . asking him to intercept aud arrest May Perry White, a young white woman about 19 years of age. The telegram stated that the young woman bad obtained a gold watch and chain under false pretence in Norfolk, and very soon afterwards had left tbat city in company with a man by the Norfolk & Western train. Hon. John S Hen derson, of Salisbury, writing to Secretary Bruner, of the State Agricultural Depart ment, says: "I am assured that the funds for the Experimental station win be amply provided for in the Urgent Deficiency bill. This deficiency will be hurried through Congress in a few days." Officers and Executive Committee of the State Fair for 1888: President. W.G. Upchurch, Raleigh. Vice Presidents, permanent Hon. K. P. Battle, LL. D . Hon. R. H. Smith, Captain John 8. Dancy, Colonel Thomas M. Holt. State at large Captain S. B. Alexander. Cipt. B. M. Collins, Gov. A. M. Scales. A. T. Mial. G. W. Sanderlin and H. E Fries; Judicial Dis tricts 1st District. W. S. Carter, Esq.; 2nd, Dr. W. R. Capehart; 3rd, Col. Jor dan F. Jones; 4th, Daniel Btewart, Esq.; 5th, J. Van Lindley, Esq ; 6th, G. Z. French, Esq.; 7th, W. T. Jones, Esq.; 8th, Shakespeare Harris, Esq. ; 9th, R. L. Fox, Esq.; 10th, Maj. J. W. Wilson; 11th, J. G. Hall. Esq. ; 12lh, Wm Beale, Esq. ; E. G. - Harrell, secretary, Raleigb. Asheville, N. C, Jan. 11. Asbiious and most unfortunate cutting affair took place here yesterday, the criminal and his victim being 18-year-old lads. A difficulty occurred between Charlie Fletcher and Charlie Nowell, in which the latter re ceived a severe stab through the right arm, injuring a main artery, and causing a pain ful, if not dangerous wound. The Fletch er boy was arrested and committed to jail to await results. Upwards of four hundred children were; enrolled in tbe white graded school of Asheville yesterday. The number, it is thought, will reach seven hundred. It is reported that Mr. A. Garrett, of this city, has given Rev. IRC Pearson, the evangelist, a residence lot, in the vicinity of Mr. Garrett's new hotel in South Asheville, or Victoria; tbat Mr. P. will at once build a home' for himself and family and make Asheville bis headquar ters in the future; and that be will spend -part of the coming summer here. V ii ) t I i I. I. m i' ... , ! So far as we are concerned, we do from $750,000 to $1,000,000. upon the: property destroyed. , pletion. :
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 20, 1888, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75