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hltS VOTH ON TUB BLUR BILL
j ANDFCBLin OPINION.
The vote in the Senate on the
Mair bill is most gratifying to us.
Vhen the last test of strength was
made in that body in March, 1886,
the noes numbered bat 11, we think.
Imow they number 29 seven more
than double. This shows what dis
cission will do. Light was needed.
he bill required thorough study and
issection to convince men oi us
aDgerousness. ine tar aniagon-
zed it from the -first, and because of
ts unconstitutionality and other ob
jectionable features. Time has just-
lied the arguments we presented and
confirmed the soundness of the judg
ment we delivered.
It is noticeable that Senator Hale,
i Maine, (Blaine's State) made an
.rgument in opposition. It is .also
noticeable that, all efforts j to modify
i . if .
he bill and to make it less offensive
:jthe States failed. It is farther
lioticeable that Senator Berry, of
Arkansas, stated that he was opposed
;o the bill, but voted for Jit because
:he Legislature of his State had pro-,
r.ounced in its favor. Is this a good
sasou why a man
against his t honest
We Lave not the
should vote
convictions ?
least doubt
; hat other Senators made wry faces
J.
vhea they swallowed the 'monstrous
; iil compounded by the New Harnp-
hire quack. It has become quite the
.yle for Legislatures, with very im-
perfact information often, to go off
half-cocked and instruct: the Con
gress how it ought to vote. Arkan-
sas is a State in question, j j j
l The .North Carolina senators voteq
1 or the bill. In this coatsection let
us mention tbat some of the most
distinguished educators in the coun
try have recently written ! letters in
opposition to it. President Eliot, of
Harvard , University, addressed the
New York Hewing Post a letter in
opposition. He paid: ' I. . .ij
' The policy embodied in the Blair bill
seems to me utterly vicious. It is bad
enough to raise a surplus, but to use a part
of that mischievous surplus in enfeebling
the admirable public sentiment of the South
ia regard to education is far worse. I-
"I can think of no parallel for the unwis
dom of such a policy except that of a father,
newly made rich, who should say to hia vig
orous and altogether promising son of six
teen : 'My dear son, you . need not work
much at present, or exert yourself painfully
to learn anything. I will give you an al
lowance of $10,000 a year for ten years. -After
that you may have to support your
self." '. j jj .
Mr. Edwin P. Seaver, Superinten
dent of Public Instruction in Boston,
writes to the same paper at length.
We quote: . - . j
"Like many others, I at first felt im
pressed by the sentimental view of this
question. To sweep away illiteracy by
magnificent grants of money from an over
flowing national treasury seemed not only
a grand enterprise in itself, but a display of
Datriotic generositvon the part of the
Northern people toward the Southern
which could not fail to be attended with
the happiest results. But this is paternal
?overnment, the objections to which have
been growing clearer and clearer ever
since the days of reconstruction, particu
larly through experience in the Southern
States themselves. The temptation
to spend surplus revenue on objects for
which a tax would never be laid is just the
danger with. which the great surplus reve
nue now threatens the integrity of our
governmental policy. The Blair bill is
nly onem ore illustration of this danger.
"Lastly, I believe the ultimate result of
national aid to education, will be a paraly
sis of local effort." I I
His letter, ia a strong one and we
woald like to publish it all. He says
the chaiage in opinion in 'Massachu
setts against it has been most mark
ed within the last year. The Presi
dent of the University of Wisconsin,
T. C. Chamberlain, objects to it be
cause of its method of apportion
ment. He says:
"If a specific endeavor is to be made by
the general Government to remove illitera
cy by a discriminative appropriation, the
bounty for it amounts to that should be
plactd upon the illiteracy removed, and
not upon the illiteracy permitted to ex
181. A .J.
"It lie principle of apportionment on
the basis of illiteracy is established, there is
a danger, if not certainty, tbat the same
Princinle will determine the aonortionment
of future appropriations which are sure to
uo ouugni. mere wm men oe a speciuu
inducement to use the funds for the educa
tion of the dominant few, and to keep in
pnorance as many as practicable so as to
aure the greater future apportionment.
It will be impossible to tff cctively guard
cKinsi mis by legal provision.
0. II. Cooper,- Superintendent of
Pufific Instruction in Texa9, writes:
"Many leading teachars in this State are
outspoken in opposition to the Blair hill,
while almost all are indifferent to it.
"Apart from the constitutional question,
1 believe that the Blajr bill, if it should be
come a law, would impede the progress of
Popular education in the South.;
l he Southern States are much better able
Q carry on aod develop efficient systems of
Public schools now than they were to in-,
augurate thcra twenty years ago f Why
may we not reasonably expect them to do
.tot , ...
VOL. XIX.
f "I may add that I have no doubt that
the Blair bill, If it should become a law.
would be the beginning of the transition
from State control of public education to
national control. "
ij President Robinson, of Brown
University, Rhode Island, says:
' "Ten years ago I was very strongly in
favor of Federal aid to education In the
Southern States.- But the time for such aid
has passed. My decided conviction now is
that it is not only unnecessary, but would
prove positively mischievous.- It would
work directly to the hindrance of the very
object it aims to promote."
S President Angell, of the University
of Michigan, opposes the bill. And
so also President Gilman, of Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, op
poses it. It is a good thing forWthe
country,: andj, particularly forKihe
South, that action on the bill was de
layed. In one ; more year the ma
jority against it in the Senate would
no doubt be as decided as it is now
for it. It is i very significant that
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, should
oppose the bill chiefly on the ground
that it was a violation of State
Rights. He said that- "the Federal
Government was like an octopus
which not only retained all tbat it
could put its! hands npon, but was
constantly "enlarging its powers and
strangling everything in opposition."
Mr. Plumb is a Republican.
TUB SCHOOLS OP NORTH CARO-
1
CINA AND THE SOUTH .
j We were interested in a communi
cation in the Raleigh Advocate writ
ten from New York by Mr. Joseph.
S. Taylor, a member of Dr. Deenis's
churoh. He is evidently a man of
ability and good intentions. He dis
cusses education in the South and re
fers to North Carolina to "point a
moral," if not "to adorn a tale."
He says that North Carolina
i i
stands at the foot of the class of
States and Territories in education
with the single exception of New
Mexico. He says 28 per cent, of the
whites cannot write their names.
This is bad. He says tbat New York
State has but 6 per cent, and the
whole United States but 9 per cent.
of illiteracy.
New York expended
17.43 per capita and North Carolina
but 85 cents. The actual attendance
in North Carolina is 36 per cent.,
while in New York it is 77 per cent.
Hes3ys: j j
"The. State not only leads in illiteracy
among adults, but lags far behind in the
provisions for the education of the rising
generation. It promises, therefore, to
maintain for at least another generation a
very low position in general, intelligence."
This is a very unfavorable show
ing so far as writing names goes.
But we wish just here to say,! and
With all due emphasis, tbat we be
lieve i I !'
1. That qnme among the literates
of New York is greater than among
the whites in North Carolina; and
2. That the standard of. Christian
piety and holiness is higher in the
South than in any part of thejNorth.
This is the impression made upon
men oi intelligence anu ooservatiou
who hive seen more or less of both
section-. We i nave no doubt that
i ' i
the white people of North Carolina
are much better citizens as a whole
than are the! whites of any of the
great Northern States. Bat this is
not stated as a reply to Mr. Taylor's
figures. There is a notion in the
North as old as Horace Mann that
education of the mind is a regenera
tor and uplifter of the race, and that
if you train the intellect and fill it
with earthly knowledge yon have
done the very greatest thing for
the race which it is possi
ble to do. The penitentiaries and
houses of correction in the great
North are filled with accomplished
villains and; men and wonien who
can read and write. Education is a
very good thing, but it never made
a people great in the highest j great
ness. Read Curtius and Gibbon and
Rawlinsoh and see how it was with
the greatest nations of antiquity.
We have not the slightest doubt
that in poor, derided, ignorant North
Carolina in this very year of Our
Lord, there are more really religious
whites than there are in New York
according to ; population. We sus
pect there are twice as many!
We have not questioned the ac
curacy of Mr. Taylor's figures. We
propose now to furnish some figures
drawn from the report of the Com
missioner of Education for 1884-85.
It is the Fifteenth Annual Report,
and gives a detailed view up to 30th
June, 1885,1 ifor one year! The
school population io the 38 States
and 10 Territories is 17,169,-
391. The actual average attend
ance was 6,520,300 or but little
more than one-third. The ! attend
ance ip North Carolina was 36 per
cent according to Mr. Taylor and
L that is better than for the whole
country. The average attendance is
62 days in North Carolina!
North Carolina reports for 1885 an
increase of 14,723 in the sohool popu
lation, of 13,850 in the enrolment,
and of 12,583 in average attendance.
The school accommodation ; was en
larged by the addition of j 214 school
houses, the school term extended 4
days, and the value of sohool pro
perty advanced from $483,092 to
$565,960. This showing would be
even more favorable were the etatis-
HE
tics of the graded schools of several
towns and cities' not omitted.
We find that good progress is re
ported in all of the Southern States,
with perhaps one or two exceptions.
In Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana the reports
are very encouraging. The enrol--ment
of pupils in the South is less
than in the North, but that is to be
expected. In the 1 South there is
more poverty, increased very greatly
by the conduct bf the North, and the
negro element is a great drawback.
We find that in Ohio but 71 per
cent, of the school population is en
rolled; in Illinois 68 per cent.; in
Michigan 69 per cent.; Wisconsin 59
per cent.; Nebraska 69 percent.;
Missouri 67 pcr-cent. These States
have not been ; robbed (Missouri ex
cepted) of their real basis of credit
and been stripped and peeled by the
calamities of ar. f They have not
been forced to! provide for the edu
cation of millions of slaves suddenly
made citizens and electors by the un
wisdom and arbitrary act of the con
queror. ' J . j ;
In the South the expenditure for
the year under consideration amount
ed to the sum of $17,227,373 a most
encouraging exhibit. there
is a
considerable
increase
for
the year.
the South
this is of
But the
The terms aro shorter in
than in the
course to
North, but
be expected.
terms are increasing. In North Car
olina, for th'ej year indicated, there
was an increase of 4 days. It is
more iiow. The South is doing well.
If the Paternal Government will
keep its hands off, the day is not re
mote when education in the South
will be all that can be reasonably de
manded. The Blair bill would set
back the South in the end. The
workings of the bill would be disas
trous to the public school system and
make the Federal school teaching
system perpetual. This would break
up inevitably the Stale system and
free people, j
If by auy chance North Carolina
should refuse to accept or fail to se
cure the anuual appropriation under
i
the Blair bill, it will not be released
from responsibility, for it will inevi
tably have to , pay its ah are of the
tax that will be distributed between
the successful States. The power to
i '
decide lies with the Secretary of the
Treasury,
next time
If it should be Blaine
and not Cleveland, then a
it
Radical Secretary will have the pow
er to do a j great deal with North
Carolina and its part of the appro
priation. Here is the increase of the
taxes that must be levied under the
Blair bill
for North Carolina in or
der to get the part of the funds that
under the bill will come to it:
rj.
Second jea
211.434
684.754
435.446
288.078
136,770
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Total..
.$1,654,482
Can this
be raised ?
The Stab has strong friends. They
stand by us, uphold us, appreciate us,
are even more than kind. We have
before us a private letter, written by
a clergyman who was educated at
the University of Virginia to a friend
in this city. We are allowed to copy
the following:
"Please say to the editor of the Stab
that I certainly do enjoy his brave and
manly utterances for the cause of truth and
true Democracy. I trust that the Stab
may long send out its brilliant rays.
Ood bless the toiling and faithful editor
who suffers no enemy to Christianity or
country to pass bis bands unscathed.
was astonished, on reading Cleveland's
message to see, how he almost perfectly
coincided with what the Star had so often
said before."
The Star has no better and firmer
friends than among the educated
clergy, whereof it is glad.
Thirty years ago we tried in a two
or three column article to do justice
to a small volnmn of poems by Theo.
H. Hill, of Raleigh. Sinoe then
other poems have followed. He has
published . three editions, ' each en
larged. Of the third, the Home
Journal,-ot New York, the late N.
P. Willis's old paper, which we read
so carefully for thirteen years, be
ginning in 1846, .says:
"Theopbilua H. Hill holds a place of
honor among the poets of the South. His
volume l of poems, 'The Paesion Flower,'
has been well received by the public, and
his more recent contributions to the press
show no decline ia inspiration, while they
evince progress in the graceful mastery of
poetic forms. The religious sentiment that
pervades bis "Fassion Flower,' embodied
in the peculiarly sweet and melodious verse
of the poet, endears the volume especially
to tne lovers or devotional lyrics.
Chairman Mills says a tax reform
bill will' be submitted by the Ways
and Means Committee to a Demo
cratic caucus of both Houses. Tbat
is right; ; The country expects and
demands reform. Some Republican
Senators are professing to favor it.
"The Blair bill proposes to distribute
among the people of the respective States,
according to illiteracy, about seventy mil
lion dollars per year for the next eight
years." Augusta vnrvMcu.
It proposes to distribute $77,000,
000 in eight years and nol,'$70,000,-
000 each year for eight years.
Florida is happy. President Cleve
land and his very handsome wife are
to visit the land without flowers.
TrTF"y"-
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WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24,
COAL IN BLADEN, i I
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iBvestlcailoa or a mining Expert at
Owen Hill Indications of InanaenM
Dcpoilli ol a Hlsb find.
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From reliable information recently
received from Bladen county, there
is a well-founded belief that immense
deposits of coal underly a large por
tion of territory in that county on the
west side of and contiguous to the
Cape Fear river. Some months ago the
Stab published accounts of the find
ing of lignite and bituminous coal on
the lands of Mrs. Ellen P. Guion, at
Owen Hill, about ten miles above
Elizabethtowo, on the river.. The inv
dicatiozls then were so abundant and
promising,, that it was deemed of im
portance to have a thorough exami
nation made by an expert; to ascer
tain, if possible, if a "working seam"
of coal could be found. The services
of Mr. Mathew Gilmour, a well known
mining expert, were engaged, and the
result of This 1 investigations , which
were made last week on Mrs. Guion's
plantation, are of a most gratifying
nature. i !
A correspondent, giving an account
of Mr. Gilmour's work,, says: "The
first day of his arrival he spent
in looking at the lignite beds and in
specting the ravines and hillsides.
The following ? morning he had 1 a
detail of men engaged in sinking a
temporary shaft very near the river's
edge. After ! going down nine feet
they struck a'coal measure, but were
obliged to giv up digging on j ac-.
count of the water flowing into; the
pit. The miners' compass used show-:
ed a slight dip to the southwest. The
quality of the eoal taken out Mr.
Giimour pronounced of a very high
grade giving a black ashe in burn
ing and being similar in quality to
the best Scottish coal. Mr. Giimour
was very much impressed with the in
dications, and says that he has never
found finer anywhere.' The measures
are the same as at Egypt in Chatham
county, only finer. He gave it as his
opinion that there would hardly be a
basin found, the coal bed stretching
out in almost level masses. Mr. Gii
mour was more and more impressed
with the measures lying so perfectly
flat, and said that search only re
vealed more favorable indications of
vast amountsof coal lying through
out this country."
Mr. Giimour, is a graduate of the
Glasgow Mining School and has been
engaged in mining operations in that
country and America for a number of
years. He has been employed for
some years past at the Cumberland
Mines in Tennessee, and at the Egypt
Mines in this State. Acting under his
advice two borings will be made, one
as near the river as possible, and the
second in a straight line from the first,
at the foot of the hills, for the pur
pose of fully developing the hidden
treasures which it is confidently ex
pected will be found.
Tbe School Fan.1.
The following is the apportionment
of the school fund for New Hanover
for the year 1888, as made by the
Board of Education. The rate is one
dollar and thirty cents for each child
of school : age--between six and
twenty-one years in the county:
District No. ,1 White children
1,125, amount $1,462.50; colored chil
dren 1,753, amount $2,278 90.
District No. 2 Whites 1,051, amount
$1,366.30; colored 1,649, amount $2,-
143.70.
District No. 3 White children 61,
amount $79.30. There are no colored
children in the Third District, which
is composed of parts of Federal and
Masbnboro townships.
District Naj 4 White children 104,
amount $133.90; colored 109, amount
$141 'to. . r ; . .
District NoL 5-White children 75,
amount $97.50; colored 135, amount
$175.50.
District No. 6 White children 36,
amount $46.80; colored 199, amount
$258.70.
District No: 7 White children 61,
amount $79.30; colored 69, : amount
$89.70. j
District No. 8 White children 81,
amount $40.30 colored 92, ; amount
$119.60. j i f
District No. 9 White children 27,
amount $35.10; colored 40, amount $52.
District No. 10 White children 30,
amount .$39; colored 153,; amount
$198.90. -
District No. 11 White children 65,
amount $S450; colored 183, amount
$237.90. ! , ;
Total number of white children
2,665; total amount for whites $3,-
464.50. Total number of colored chil
dren 4,382; total amount for colored
children $5,696.60. Total number of
children of both races 7,047. Total
amount apportioned for both races
$9,161.10, -
Remarkable Preservation of Dead
- Bodies, l
A correspondent of the Star, at
Rocky Mount, referring to the
removal of the remains of ' per
sons interred in the Methodist
Church, yard to the new cemetery at
that place, makes the following: re
markable statement : "Upon exam
ination of some of the bodies they
were found to be in a very natural
condition, and easily recognized by
their friends, looking almost as na
tural as when first placed away. The
body of Dr. R. C. Tillery, one of our
most prominent citizens, having
been buried three years, was upon
examination found to be looking as
natural as when buried. The mous
tache had grown an inch or more and
was much blacker, and the chin whis
kers were from eight to ten inches
longer. The body seemed to be in a
perfect state of preservation, as were
the remains of some ladies who were
removed " i
r Receipts of spirits turpentine
for the crop year, up to : yesterday,
67,427 casks; for the same time last
year, 61,317; an increase of 7,110 casks.
Receipts of rosin. 311.629 barrels,'
against 288,754 to same date last year;
increase, b,yo oarreia. ;
W A 3L
"Oo Advle.. c
1 The Hickory Clipper, alluding to
the practice common in ' many com
munities of persons sending Nort
for articles that they might as weL
buy at home, well says: "The trut
is, if we are going to have a town
we must encourage and support eac
other.
" o must give io uome ioiJt!
. L -
imoney around among ourselve.oci5-i
t n i it iL. , - .1
inmji; ouu v j tu J4.eeu ib ii me i a, un-r I
try to keep :
;iy as long as possible. We can't all
afford to go North to buy goods, or
learn to be expert buyers, no more
than we .all can be learned
in tne - law. or in ohvsic. or
in the mechanical arts, or any other
business, hence the importance of
our supporting such of our brethren
of the family as make any of these
professions their business. If you
are dependent upon this community
is : ... r
lur living you owe ic io ine com
munity, to patronize the business
men iWe as well as the doctors, law
yers, 'mechanics. &c. It is a erreat
mistake in the first place to think
you are getting the goods cheaper
North than you dariat home, for the
values are pretty wVll fixed, and if a
. .. - W I
man tens you ne can sell you goods
for less than their value you may rest
assured it is not true, but even if jit
were true; it is not the way to build
up and improve our section. Let us
all pull together in whatever sphere
or business ye may be in if we would
prosper as a town and, section.",
)
Runaways
Two boys, giving their names as
Neil C. Nicholson and Gus ZerviCe,
are just at present guests Of the city.
They hail from South Manchester,
near Hartfoid, Conn., and came here
from Charleston, S. C, walking al
most the entire distance. After their
arrival here they communicated with
tneir friends, ana a telegram was re
ceived by Co!. Hall, Chief of Police,
from Geo. F. Bill, Captain of Police
of Hartford, Conn., directing that ihe
two lads be sent to New Yorkjby
steamer and mat money to pay their
expenses would be forwarded by tel
egraph. The boys admit that they
left home without the consent of
their parents and went toCharleston
by steamer from New York. They
will probably have to remain, here
until next week, as the only steamer
now in port, the Equator, is not pre
pared to take passengers.
Another Missing Man.
Mayor Fowler has received a letter
from Mrs. S. A. Magee, London, Eng.,
asking for information of her hus
band, James Magee, a tailor. When
last heard from, she says, four years
ago, lie was in business in tins city ac
No. 5 Market street.
Fire at Rocky Point.
A special to the Star, received, yes
terday, says: "Dr. E. Porter's gin-
house caught on fire at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, and was burning very rap
idly for avails'; bit we arev glad to
say that the loss is not very great,
owing to the faithful work of the
Doctor's many friends, who at , the
risk of their lives climbed to the top
of the high building, without the aid
of a ladder and extinguished the
flame's. Dr. Porter was absent (in
Wilmington) and could not thank the
parties for their kindness, but they
may rest assured that it will be high
ly appreciated and lonar remem
bered."
The Seacoast ttaiirosd.
The engineers of the Seacoast rail
road have about completed their
surveys for the road. The line as lo
cated starts at the Atlantic Coast
Line depot on Front street and runs
a half mile up their track, thence it
turns into Brunswick street and fol
lows that street, through. Fanning
an extension of Brunswick and turn
ing into Dickinson it strikes McRae
street; leaving the latter the line runs
m a a . J a
aiong xenn street to near aim,
where it strikes out for the sound
The line is nearly straight to the
sound with the exception of a few
necessary curves. It turns for the
hammocks back of Capt. Manning's
place; striking the southwestern
point of the creek between Capt.
Manning's and .Summer Rest it makes
a straight line to the hammocks,
through which it runs and comes out
on the side next to the banks.' From
the hammocks a draw-bridge will be
built to the banks. The line, i in all,
from the Coast Line depot j to the
banks, is nine miles long. The work
is being pushed through, the streets,
and material for the trestle is going
to the sound.
Cotton Movement.
. The tabulated statement posted at
the Produce Exchange shows that
the total receipts of cotton at this
port for the crop year up to yester
day are 163,610 bales, against receipts
of 128,059 bales to Ihe same date last
year: an increase of 34,651 bales. Re
ceipts for the week are 2,060 bales,
aerainst857 the corresponding week
last year. I
The stock at this port s 10,981
against 3,326 bales at the same time
last year. The total exports sinoe
Sept. 1st. are 153.284 bales, of which
115,796 are to foreign ports, j
The C. C. H. It. Shops.
It is rumored that the Carolina
Central Railroad Company; contem
plate removing: their shops from
T,n.nrinbnrc to R&leieh. but we hone
the rumor is entirely without founda
tion in fact, as it would prove a seri
ous blow to Laurinburer and Rich
mond county as well. Rockingham
Spirit. ij
Officials of the company here know
nothing of the rumored removal.
FriendB of young Matthews, of
Reidsville, N. C, who has been in
jail for some time past on the charge
of forgery, were here yesterday en
deavoring to secure bis release. It
was reported that the necessary ar
rangements had been made and that
Matthews would j accompany his
friends to Reidsville to-day. His
bond was fixed at $8W.
cur patronage. We must Dass t'don,. uhu nominations were made public to-
Stair:.
1888.
WABUINGION
Nominations and Confirmations
Letter from tbe Secretary of the Navy
The Fisheries Treaty Some of Its
Provisions. j . I - ' j ,
. By Telecraph to tbe Morning Star.
KsHHtGTON. Feb. 16. The President
to-dyj nominated Charles 8. Carey, of New
York, to be Solicitor of the Treasury.
. A liirirA nnmlwr nf mnflpmtinno . r
,.-T ...
V AmD em uommoaore Brame, to
" A-dmiral, and ten non-commission-
t.T
oi ulcers in the regular army to be second
Jietvfcnantar - !
to Secretary of the Navv has written a.
lettor to 8enator Rosco. of Florida, on the
subject of legislation by Congress for the
education of children of persons who are
located on the Naval reservation " near the
Pensacola Navy Yard, In which ha says
"the children referred to iousht to be
taught, tbat is clear; but the general gov
ernment would seem to have no special
duty towards them They are on co?ern-
ment i-nd by generous sufferance, doing
noiniuror tbe government land subser
ving no public interests by being there. I
do not see how, constitutionally, people of
the country could be taxed to maintain ed
ucation for squatters on its land, who are
not there by virtue of any employment nor
any law, and pay no rem." j
Washington: February 16 The fish
eries treaty, which was sgned last evening.
was me suoject or roucn speculation and
discussion at the Capitol lo-dav. While
declining to give any specific I information
as to its provisions, Secretary! Bayard to
night said to an Associated Press renorter
that for many years the great contention
among American nsnermen bad been for a
fair and just construction of the treaty of
1818, and that the present treaty had been
framed by the American negotiators with a
view to meet Uw reeds and necessities of
our fishermen, and he believed that if the
treaty is ralided the end will be attained.
J) rom a trust worthy source it is learned 1
tbat to our fishermen are secured all the
commercial privileges for which they have :
neen contending, witn tbe exception of the
right to purchase bait in Canadian waters,!
which is expressly withheld. Tneir rieht!
to enter Canadian ports for fuel, water and;
repairs is conceded Certain bay which
are specified are to remain under tbe ex-j
elusive jurisdiction of Canada There iaj
notbtng in tne provisions of tbe treaty,;
rt ia said, which necessitates the;
removal of duty on Canadian fish or any!
way changes our tariff system. In its im
portant features tbe treaty, it, is stated, is
favorable to tbe United States, and whil
new ans valuable privileges hare been a
quirea, tnu bas been done without an
costly sacrifice on our part.
secretary Bayard stated to night lhat tb
published reports purporting to give essen
tia! features of tbe treatv were unautho
rized and wholly wrong. j f
The American negotiators j left for tbtir
homes to-day. Sir Charles! Tupper and
Mr. Chamberlain will remain in Wash
ington a few days longer. The latter ex
pec's to sail for England in about a week.
Washington, Feb. 17) The House
E'ections Committee having disposed of the
Mcuutfle vs. Davidson (Alabama) contest
in favor of Davidson the sitting member
will meet next Tuesday to decide upon
the further order of business. Party lines
were drawn in the Alabama contest, arid
a minority report will accompany tbe pre
sentation of tbe views of . the ni-tiority of
the House. j I
The sub committee of the House Post-
office Committee to-day reported adversely
on tbe bill to prohibit circulation through
tbe mails of newspapers containing lottery
advertisements. Two Democrats of the
sub committee voted against the till, while
tbe Kepublican member voted tcr it. Tne
fall committee will probably vote on tbe
bill to-morrow.
Tbe House Committee on Commerce has
decided to teport favorably to tbe House
the bill providing for the establishment' of
a permanent quarantine station oil Cape
Charles. Virginia, with an amendment re-
l-ducftirthe'aniptopnatton from $100 000 to
175,000-. .t-s.. - L
The but to exempt America coastwise
sailing ' vessels, piloted by their licensed
masters or by a United Slates pilot, from
obligation to pay State pilots for services
which are not actually rendered, was We-
rfeated by the House Committee on Mer
chant Marine to day . Tbe committor St S3
given considerable attention to tbe uower
and heard many pcrsone who wera inter
ested, and the division was necessary to
determine the committee's: feeling- Per
sistent efforts have been made for twefty-
three jeara past to secure the passage of
such a bill, and last year tliey had sqf far
succeeded as to secure favorable report of
the measure from the committee.. .Mr.
Hatch will present the report to the House.
The Presidential party will start for
Florida about 12 o'clock Tuesday Thev
will go on a special train of one cur and a
baggage car. The party will consist of the
President and Mrs Cleveland, Secretary
and Sirs Whitney, and Col. and Mrs j La
ment In consideration of the wishes of
the President there will be no committee or
any one elte on this train. They will make
no stop until they reach savannah, at; 7 s'J
on Wednesday morning. They will devote
an boar driving about that; city, ana win
then proceed to Jacksonville. Fla., arriving
at 1.30. They will visit the Exposition and
hold a reception in the evening. At 10
o'clock Thursday they will start for St.
Augustine, and will leave there for home
Friday morning. Senators, Representa
tives and others going to Jacksonville; un
der tbe same invitation, will go on the re
gular train that starts an hour earlier than
that which carries the President. !
Washington. Feb. 19. C. C. McCain,
auditor of the Inter-State Commerce Com
mission, has issued the following circular
to railroads located wholly in one State or
territory: 1
'Roads located wholly in i one
State or territory, which interchange
freight or passenger traffic with connec
tions to or from points outside of j such
State or territory, on through tickets or
bills of lading, should file tariffs covering
such traffic with the Commission. If such
through rates are made by addition of local
rates to rates of connecting roadsj such
local tariffs should be filed with the Com
mission, together with a statement that
through I inter-State rates " are made by
adding such local rates to the rates bf the
carrier, (naming it), with whichfcoDoection
is made. If joint rates are made on any
)8sis other than by tbe addition of local
rates io lurouKu laieuoi uuuucuuuk mi-
.A. . . 1 . . 1
riers, tarma snowing sucu raies snouia De
filed with the Commission covering all
inter-State business transacted I there
under " ! i
ALABAMA. j
A Fine Piece of Forgery Discovered in
montgomery. j
Montoomsbt. Feb. 16. A very fine
piece of forgery, apparently done in Hart-
lord. Conn., was ueveiopeu nere lo-aay.
It was a certified check for $1,500,; drawn
on Messrs. Josiah Morris & Co., prominent
bankers here, by John M. MUner. lit was
endorsed by Milner to Gallup & Metzger,
and by them presumaoiy ueposuea wun
the City Bank of Hartford: for collection.
Payment was refused here. The losers,
probably being in Hartford, werellhe in
dorsee. The cleverness of the (forgery
consists in the way it is certified, which is
done with a rubber stamp, with the word
certified very large, followed by the signa
ture of tbe mythical teller in rea ins. me
whole is backed with a metal perforating
stamp, with the name of Morris ! a uo.,
local bankers, made in it like a seal. Mor
ris & Co. use no such stamp. The: curious
circumstance is that in the last two weeks
two other forgeries of checks onj another
banking firm, formerly In existence here,
J. R. Adams & Co., have! come to light.
They were gotten up precisely in the same
style, with a metal stamp, but were signed
uy Xt. XV XcrrtUl. luo uuiviaw ucio uc-
lieve that the forgeries are the work of the
same man. j (
The Boston and Sandwich Glass Com
pany, of Massachusetts, has closed every
department of its factory, owing to a
disagreement between employes and manu
facturers.
NO. 16
IMTER' STATE COM MEM C JE. :
Decision Io tbe Case or a Colored Man
Agaleat tne! Georgia Railroads
Washington. February 16. The Inter-
State Commerce I Commission rendered a
decision to-day in the case of William H.
Heard vs the Georgia Railroad Company.
The Commission holds that the petitioner,
a colored passenger on the defendant's road,
between Atlanta, Ga., and Charleston, 8.
C, who had paid; first-class fare, waB sub.
jjected to undue' and unreasonable preju
dice and disadvantage, in violation of the
third section of the act to regutato com
jmerce, in being compelled to travel in a
car of inferior accommodations, of which
jonly one half was assigned to colored pas
sengers, the other , half being used as a
I smoking car for both white and eolored
passengers; and that it is the duty of a car
; rier, under the law, to furnish to passengers
; paying the same fare, equal accommoda
tions and protection, without disciimina
tion on account of color. But if the sepa
ration of white and colored Dassenzers ib
expedient, for adequate reasons, such tep-
oiBuuu is uoi uniawiui, ii tne accommoaa
tions and comforts for colored nassentrers
fare in all respects equal to those for white
passengers paying the same rare.
The opinion is by Commissioner Pchoon
maker. ; -
Another Opinion Adverse to tne Kali
road Companies. j
Washington, j Feb. 17. The Inter-State
Commerce Commission to-day rendered an
opinion in the lease of Heck & Peters vs
the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Railroad Co., the Knox vi lie & Ohio Rail
road Company, the Richmond & Danville
Railroad Company, Richmond & West
Point Terminal and Warehouse Company,
and the Coal Creek & New River Railroad
Company-, f
In this case it appears that tbe railroad
company chartered by the State of Tennes
see owns a short road wholly in tbat Srate,
but never owned any rolling stock nor op
erated its road, j The road was used and
operated as a means of conducting inter.
State traffic in coal by companies owning
connecting inter-State roads. The Com
mission holds that the short road is ons of
the .facilities and instrumentalities of
interstate commerce, and as such
ia subject to the provisions of
the act to regulate commerce. Ia re
spect to such traffic, the opinion holds that
the duties of such road to tbe public are
the same without respect to owrerebip.
corporate control, authority or o.eans of
its construction. As one of the instru-'
mentalities of shipment or carriage, it
must be accessible, it says, to all inter
State shippers on equal and reasonable
terms.. The public cannot be deprived of
this right by separate or joint action of the
defendants. The traffic in question is
held to be inter-State traffic. The com
panies conducting it use ibis short road as
a facility to such traffic. They cannot be
permitted to use it for the purposes of
discrimination between mine owners on its
line. i
The claim for pecuniary damn;, e. tie opin
ion says, presents a case of common law,
in which tbe defendants are entikd to a
jury trial. j j
The opinion is by Commissioner Mor
rison, j
1
THE EUROPEAN OUTLOOK,
Russia's Demands Aggravate ' tne
Situation Tbe Allies Prepared
Tnree Armies to Take tne Field An
Italian Fleet Ready for Offensive
Operations, i
(Copyright by the N. Y. Associated Press )
Beblin, Feb. 18. Bismarck has re
ceived from ; Count Schouvalcff, Russian
Ambassador here, a definite declaration of
the Czar's demands with reference to Bul
garia. No secret is made of the exact
character of proposals, nor of the official
opinion that they will be summarily re
jected. The Czar ask3 substantial recogni
tion of the right of Russia to control Bul
garia and RoumUia. Prince Ferdinand
and the Sobranje are to be wiped out, and
the Russian Commissioner with a Turkish
f litli in illi i ;rr iikhmJ.! UvWfiTO"'"""'r
and army and control electionsipr the npp.
Sobranje. Russiafurther claims the right to
occupy the! Principality until the Czar
deems it proper to withdraw his troops.
Tbe impossible nature of these demands
aggravates the j situation. It is reported
that Bismarck has advised Count -Schouva-loff
to urge the Russian Government to re
frain from: officially presenting them to
Austria, on the ground that they would
certainly meet with peremptory rejection
without discussion. Count Kalnoky, in
conversation at a parliamentary reception
last Wednesday, compared tbe position of
European statesmen towards peace to that
of doctors watching at the bedside of a dy
ing man. f Our duty," he said, ' 'is to em
ploy every meana in our power to prolong
its days, and even although wc are certain
that our efforts will be futile, we must en
deavor to i postpone the moment when it
will breathe its last."
These words are a faithful reflection of
the official conviction in Berlin. The mil
itary preparations of Austria and Germany
now approach! the condition of readiness.
These governments can abide by events,
accepting Russia's signal for war, or await
ing an opportune moment for attack. As
an adjunct to the treaty of alliance, a plan
has been agreed upon for the cooptration
of allied forces. When the campaign
opens there will be three armies in the
field; one, consisting of the first or Prus
sian corps, the fourth or West Prussian
corps, the fifth or Posen corps, and the
sixth or Silesian corps, will be under com
mand of Prince William; the second army,
led by the King of Saxony, will consist of
the Saxon contingent and Austrian troops
stationed in Gaheia and Bohemia; tbe third
army, under Archduke Albreeht, of Aus
tria, will be composed of the bulk of tbe
Hungarian and Austrian troops, and will
form the Southern corps.
If France enters tbe field this plan will
be modified, but the German and Italian
armies mobilized are relied upon to dispose
of the French.
The acceleration of Italiah navy prepara
tions is due to urgent representations from
Berlin, oignor Cnspi, Italian Prime Mm
ister, has responded to Bismarck with the
assurance that an Italian fleet will soon be
ready for offensive operations. Details
supplied to the War Office confirm reports
of intense activity in Italian arsenals. Ger
man officers who were sent to assist in pre-;
narations report favorably on tbe concen
tration of Italian naval forces at three cen
tres Messina, Toronto, Maddalona. On
the island of Maddalona. which is off the
northeast coast of Sardinia, a new arsenal
has been established. The heaviest Erupp
guns are being mounted at these points.
Extensive works are being constructed at
Maddalona, which is designed to be the ren
dezvous of tbe fleet operating against the
coast of France.
ILLINOIS.
Captni-e or tbe murderers or million
aire Snell, of Cnlcago.
Chicago. Feb. 18. The man who as
sisted the murderer of millionaire Snell, by
standing watch outside while the residence
was being robbed, is behind prison bars,
The arrest was made to-day, and the police
have already secured a full confession from
the prisoner. 1
' It confirms beyond a doubt the statement
that the murderer is young wm. a.
Tascott, son of Col. J. a. Tascott, a
wealthy manufacturer. He and Tascott
went to tbe bouse together. Tascott
went inside, leaving his comrade on tbe
sidewalk. After the murder was commit
ted Tascott hurried out. grasped his com
panion by the arm, and together they went
to Tascott's lodcines. on West Madison
street, where they remained several hours.
Tascott told all. and the other was so hot
rifled and so afraid that ho would be
charged with tbe murder itself that he re
trained from giving information to the
police. He ! made a sworn statement to
dav. and satisfied the police ; that he was
telling the trujh. The police
reveal the name of the prisoner.
refused
to
The grain warehouse of JJ S. Smith
&
Co.. in Chicago, was partially burned short-
j : L m i i :i, t l
IV aiier miuniKU. iuu iubs wm uo ms-
tween $75,000 and $100,000.
Turpentine.
oro Observer: Col. James
H. IWfflndied at his home at Demonolis. .
Ala., last week. Col. Ruffln was a brother
of the late Chief Justice Ruffln, and uncle
of Judge Thomas Ruffln. : He was about
90 years of age at the time of his death.
j Durham Plant . - Black well's
Durham Co-operative Tobacco company
since 1883, ha produced more than 17.000,
000 pounds of smoking tobacco, paid $1,
500,000 internal revenue tax and consumed
about 25,000,000 pounds of leaf tobneco,
Clinton Caucasian: Mr. Neil
Watson, a promiueot citizen of McDaniel's
township, died Monday night after an ill
ness of about a week. His disea o was
pneumonia. - There was a novel elec
tion in town Tuesday. Last fall a petition
signed by many citizens was presented to
the Mayor and Board of Commissioners
praying for the passage of an ordioanco '
prohibiting hogs from runnjog at large on
the streets. . After a free vote and a fair
count the result was a tie 43 for tbe hog
and 43 against him.
Wadesboro Intelligencer : Be
tween five hundred and one thousand na
tives of Anson county have left here since
the war and are now living in other States.
Why T j ! Because there is a sort of idea
among people who are not in prosperous
circumstances that they would do better
somewhere else. Tuesday last, the
seven months' old baby of Captain J. M.
Pay lor, section master on the C.C., Ictatcd
at Wadesboro, met with a most shocking
accident. The poor baby had been tied in
a chair, by her mother, who was just pre
paring to get dinner. Scarcely had Mrs.
Pay lor left the room when the child gave a
lungej upsetting the chair, and falling
headforemost into the fire. .
Charlotte Chronicle: The'de- -maud
for the savings bank continues to in
crease. Our people really need it, and they
want t. Solicitor Wilson and Judge
Meares made a big gap in tbe docket of tbe
Criminal Court yesterday. Charlotte
is, and should be, a happy city. Her debts
have all be paid off and there is now a sur
plus of $15,000 in the city treasury.
Bishop W. W. Duncan ia in the citv. the
guest of Mr. John W Wadsworth
Charlotte has the largest hall of an y city in
tbe State for the State Democratic Conven
tion to meet in ; it bas larger hotel accom
modations than any city in the State; it has
more railways converging to it than any
city in the State; it ia the place where the
poorer delegates of the West want the Con
vention of the Democratic party to meet so
they Can attend. Col McRae, for it is
iu this style he was most generally ad
dressed and widely known, was a mau of
rare mental force and exceptional culture.
In some styles of epeech-making he was
faciU princeps among all his contempora
ries. in wielding tbe keen blade or irony
and satire, and the pungent lightning flashes
of wit and repartee, he was unequalled in
bis day.
- -Kaleigh News-Observer: Chas
Dickens is to appear in Raleigh in the near
future, his manager writes us. Died at ,
her residence on East Lenoir street, at one
o'clock yesterday, afternoon, after a brief
illness of paralysis, Mrs. Caroline W. Pep
per, widow of the late W. R Pepper; age d
sixty -seven years. Dr. Battle. State
Chemist, yesterday received for analysis
the stomach of Andrew Beam, who died
two years ago at Shelby, and concerning
whose death foul play was suspected
Commissioner of Agriculture, John Rt Vin
son, will start to-day on the first of a se
ries of tours in the State for tho purpose of
organizing Farmers' Institutes and estab
lishing experiment farms. On this trip he
will visit the following counties : Camden,
Pasquotank, Chowan, Washinston, Tyrrell,
Perquimans, Bertie, Gates and Hertford.
-John Nichols is not a candidate for
Governor. He denies tbe soft impeach
ment most emphatically. His ambition is
to Come back to Congress from tue Metro
politan district. Wiluamston, N. C,
Feb. 15. J. 8. Tripp, of Robersonville,
Nj C, made an assignment last night Lia
bilities about two thousand doila rs.
LiNCOLNTON, K C, Feb. 15 T4e Sheriff .
of Catawba county passed through this
place to-day, having in charge Dan Brink
ley and Jno. Lowrance, accused of robbery
in Catawba county. The Sheriff arrested
them in Charlotte on the Augusta train go
ing South. The charge against them is
that on Sunday night. February 12th inst.,
they entered the house of Daniel Smith, an
aged citizen of Catawba county , and. by
drawing their pistols upon him, forced him
to give them his money.
J Raleigh News-Observer'. Col.
Polk informs ua tbat tbete are now 899
Farmers' Alliances in the Stale, L? -which.
'number 158 have been organized since .
January 1st. The town of Lenoir,
N. C, is making great efforts to start sev
eral manufacturing enterprises. We
regret to learn tbat Mrs. Mildred V. Lsft-
wick, who is eighty-four years of age, the
mother of Mrs. A. M. McPheeters, fell in
the yard on yesterday, spraining her ankle
ana otherwise injuring nerseir. ine
Board of Trustees of the University of
North Carolina met in this city yesterday,
Governor Scales chairman ex officio, pre
siding. Professor Holmes was authorized
to purchase a powerful compound micro
scope for the use of the University.
The question of the manner of election of
commencement officers was taken up and
discussed. It was the opinion of the fac
ulty and students of the University that the
present plan was very unsatisfactory.
After consideration tbe Board ordered that
'after the next commencement, the faculty
appoint the representative speakers of the
societies, and that the executive committee
of the Board of Trustees appoint the mar
shals. A proposition to establish a nor
mal college and practice fchool at t;hapol
Hill, separate and diBtinctfrom the Univer
sity, at which females should be admitted,
was laid on the table by a large majority.
A resolution was passed allowing teachers
who attend the special course at the spring
term, to do So at a charge of $3 00 per
month, or $5.00 for three months.
At Best & Ludlow's saw mill, Loris. SC.,
Mr. Weeks, about 45 years of age, employ
ed by the above firm, while attempting to
pass under tbe mm was caught oy tne ceil
ing and thrown against the machinery and
istantly killed.
Charlotte Chronicle: There is
considerable activity in the mining circles
of this section at present. Messrs. Hoke
and Burton have sold a gold mine in Ltn
coin county to Northern capitalists. The
English capitalists who purchased the Sam
Christian mine, in Montgomery county,
are preparing to work it npon a large scale.
They have invested $800,000 (?) in mining
machinery ana mtena to worg tee mine in
the right way. And now King's
Mountain is to have a cotton factory. A
meeting of the stockholders was held at
the town Academy last Wednesday, and
the following officers were elected: - Presi
dent, W. A. Mauny; directors, W. O.
Wier, Jacob 8. Mauny, J. W. Garrett, F.
Dillon, J. W. Wier, Albert Torrence: sec
retary and treasurer, J. H. Long. It was
decided to build tbe factory on tbe Gaston
side of the town. The sum of $33,000 has
been subscribed. It is understood
that the car record office of tbe Richmond
& Danville Company is to be removed from
Charlotte to Washington City, where the
.general headquarters of the company are
now located, on March 1st. There
was a country dance at Mr. Skip McDan
iels, about three miles from Mt. Holly, last
Wednesday night, which had a bad ending,
one of tbe participants. Mr. Barry But
ler, being shot in the breast. There was
a large crowd at the dance, and as the
hours grew late, some of the men
began to feel the effects of the bitters and
their behavior became boisterous In the
tow which subsequently followed. Amos
Kizier drew a pistol and shot Butler. Tbe
ball, which was fired from a 88-calibre pis
tol, was extracted by Dr. T. C. McBrayer,
who says that Butler will recover. A
large and enthusiastic meeting was held at
the Chamber of Commerce, in this. city
last night and to those who were present it
seemed evident that a very energetic and
determined effort is being made for tbe con
struction of the proposed road from Char
lotte via Durham to Weldon. There were
present about 100 of the leading men' of
Charlotte, in addition to delegates from
Montgomery and Stanly counties. The re
sult of the discussion was the adoption of
the following resolution which was intro
duced by Dr. McAden: Betolved, That
the committee on railroads, of the Chamber
of Commerce, be instructed to issue a clr
cular letter to the citizens of Mecklenburg,
Cabarrus, Stanly, Montgomery, Moore.
Chatham, Durham. Wake, Randolph, War
ren, Franklin, Halifax and Northampton,
asking them to have delegates appointed to
represent these respective counties in a rail
road meeting, to be held in the city of Char
lotte, on the 15th of March, 1888.
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