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BID FINA IEK1NG.
Mr. Andrew Cornegie is a Scotch-
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'i j ;i lit living in Pennsylvania, woo una
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i nausea a ionune qt some $t,uuu,-
uooj He ia a maa of ability, a Re
; ibiro3D, a ProteclioDistJ a Monopo
i. st and an author. In "j the North
American Review ho tells how to
1 impose of the surplus revenue. It is
t! pay off the U. S. bonda before
1 tliey are due. Mr. uornegie mua
pihow8 that he is no statesman, ho w
liver successful in piling up wealth
f r his own use through the sweat of
I'f.bers. He ought to know that past
t xperiment in anticipating the ma
.ufity of' bonds was anything else
j'.an a financial success. jTo tax the
i 'ople in excess just to pay off in ad
I luce of maturity a great debt and
'.At, too by paying the heaviest pre
tiutn for the privilege would besim
j. .!y .and ineieu-iably stupid. The fol
f trg from the Boston j-Pof, is in
--Ajc.ive and it mt-etd'lhe case. It
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r ii
'Ti i" fiU?iauilio(r iadeb pJnps8 of tbe
'. Vtrrui-i.t t tis urt)f U $1,041,701 743,
; !iTt-a tfcrre are '23rt 644 00 44 per
. . ';:..n Is pnHilein 1S91, $732 412 100 4
. rrn's pa ab!.- lu 1907. &ari $64'.623.512
:itla r:iitoftl h.Df!s rnitunng in teries
ni 1895 to 18Q9. Tbe sinkinff funds
.-.yi tike cre of 'His debt as it becomes
; iviih e Ao Htu-mpt 'o get-' it out of tbe
bcforw mttunty, s Mr. Caroegie
" isb' , would bave a ?ucCt8 jWilose cxteDt
iv be unders'.oi d fmra tbe txperieuce of
; st ear. when the tfecroUry pf tbe Treas
:'v i.ffared to buy.. a limited atnouat of the
J-ff.r d 4 per cents, the former at 108 and
. s 'r,tttT at 125 There would be this dif
rtnce, however, jnat wild -me uovtrn-
Mt in the maifeet for thje purchase of all
. dutstaLding obiigatinDS the prices would
rtui up far beyand the.'i.iall premium
which reference is mtdrt 'Mr. Carnegie
sows all about this in his own business."
The thing to-be ''done 'is not to
urdvn tbe protA wt-fh i great tax
Tpord.tr to av. cipa'e a public debt,
Ivit to stop cyl'ecting the excess to
eave the met' y not cetfled in the
ifop't's .pock - :s. .That is common-
i(De and ciinm.on-fairDess. it is
a'jfiolutely cinel to pilQ up great
axes on a pet pie because they are
i:re to respond and are long-suffer
a. Until the people unite in put-
ing down dt rQagogued and saying
his waste aod extravagance and
piunaeriDg mufet etop,' no: cure or re
lief will come.
VEST. ' J '
What a happy, pungent, sarcas
tic, piercing speech is that of the in
imitable Senator Vest, of Missouri!
We have not read as clever a piece
of raillery, f ud, wisdom and irony in
aloDgtime. It is worthy of Tom
Corwin and that exhausts praise.
Tbe abter witty, brilliant, classical,
ready Missonrian hit the aimor of his
turaeroua adversaries as they have
not been hit before. He found with
Us spear the weak joints and be ran
it through the whole tribe of as
piring Republican demagogues who
seem to thiuk the chief end of man
is to rob the South and reward fraud
atrd cowardicev The attempt of the
Republican Senators to make capital
by raiding upon the Treasury ought
to recoil upon them with terrible re
sults. The bid for vote9 by robbing
the honest toilers ought to prove a
boomerang of the most splendid and
"inerring performance that will come
back upon their unprotected pates
with a force that fchall knock them
into eternal retirement. All other
raido, all other grabs are in8igni6cant
when compared with this omuiverous
bill that ccneumen like tho locusts
in Egypt and devour. vlery green
and living thiDg. ! j
Mr. -Vest was equal to the impor
tant occasion -and he has done the
country at largo a positive nervice;in
beariinrr kin ridiflnlo tmon the derria.
gogues and in eo thoroughly expba-
ing tLo vicious and inexcusable cbar
Merof the bill. We are glad the
Soiuh has such a man in the Senate.
Say what you will there are men j in
the Senate, and Confederates at that,
who are every way "able to meet in
8rgnment, in oratory, in invective,
,n wit, in the combination of classio
lcniiancn with innisivft dflnnnmatinn .
, ..
M v.t and ablest of the North.
If)g-illp, Edmunds,' Evarls, Sherman
and oibers wiil find a full match' in
v8t, Cok-j, U organ,
Beck, Kenna
. i (ahers from the S6utb. Senator
v i'P -i h speech ehould, be generally
rear. . ; j
Iti
i now feared that
the CrOwn
1 fiuco is Eufftiring from
blood-poi-
onmg and that he is not far from
lbe closing Ecene. -
VOL. XIX.
MH. rl.KVEI.AHD AND VICTORT.
" I Whether it will be Sherman or
Depew or whether Gresham or Haw
ley or some other man may mean a
good deal as to how States will vote.
A man of good obaraoter would get,
for instance, in Connecticut, New
York and New Jersey, a good many
more votes than a man of low morale
and well identified with the worst
machinery of the party would re
cerve. Blaine is by odds' the most
..... j
popular of living Republicans, and
there are a million or more ofi voters
just like Ingalls loth to give him
up. Indeed there are many promi
nent Republicans who have not been
able to get their oonsent to remove
Blaine from the field by accepting
his withdrawal as really final. Sher
man is the most disreputable candi
date named after Blaine, and if
nominated his vulnerable record will
be overhauled as thoroughly as
Blaine's was in 18S4. Sheridan pos
itively declines. He is another
"sorry egg." Foraker aspires but he
will hardly get it. The South would
love to work bard to defeat him for
he is a vicious, mean sort of a dema
gogue who spits his venom at the
South daily. j
; But some Republican is to be nom
inated and the Democrats must unite
and organize for his overthrow.. We
can not doubt now that President
Cleveland is the most available can
didate, and by great odds. He can
get more votes than any man in his
party. He is the man for the hour.
He can certainly defeat Blaine, and
we believe, he can" defeat any Re
publican. No fair man will charge
the Stab with gushing or insincerity
when it affirms that circumstances
seem to havo conspired to make Mr.
Cleveland a necessity to the party.
The man and tbe hour have met,
and if Grover Cleveland lives until
June he will be the nominee of tbe
great Democratic party of the Union.
Mr. Cleveland is not as popular as
Other with a strong minority men
who hiv ntver approved of j his
views upon silver, civil service, &c.
But they believe him to be honest
and to be capable. They believe he
holds the coign of vantage and is be
yond doubt the strongest, the most
available man. I
I !
Mr. Cleveland has 6hown by bis
acts that he n not as muoh of a civil
service reformer s his theory would
indicate. Practically be has j not
acted upon the British system of life
tenure for he has bounced some fifty
thousand Republican officials and will
bounce more before the ides of March,
1889, have come. Tho;gu8her8 and
blowers rfor life tenure in Office
under a democratic, : republican
Government profess to be delighted
with the President's civil service
record, and we care not to disturb
the charm. We regret that to day
after, three years, in office
Democratic President there
of a
are
over 50,000 Republicans still suck
ing the public teat at t which they
have been swinging and guzzling
since Buchanan's time in early, 1861,
but the President has shown he
knows how to chop off heads and he
has a teen axe and stalwart arms and
be will continue to chop.' j
The Democrats I will always do
their duty! There are always men
who will twit you for manly j criti
cisma virtue they never exercise
if you support a man whose fj whole
acts you cannot sustain. But such
men are sycophants and panderers.
You mast cry out, "Long live the
Kingthe King can do no wrong."
You will see something of this fillip
ping in the following we lip jfrbm
the moderate Baltimore Sunjl which
aays: " ' '
"It must not be understood that Mr.
Cleveland is really tbe nrst choice of a cer
tain school of politicians who concentrate
political morality and policy in that anci
ent battle cry of ta vietis, and takd as its
modern corallary tbe doctrine that "to tbe
victors belong the spoils." They made re
lentless war upon him for the first year or
two of his administration, and tried very
bard to induce him to forget the pledges of
tbe campaign, and treat them as promises
meant to be broken. This he declined to
do, and tbe fidelity be has shown to the
platform upon which be stood and the in
dividual pledges he himself made have done
as much to win public confidence;! and re
spect s8 tbe policy of his administration
upon important questions. - But it; has not
endeared him tol the politicians of whom
we speak, and they would knife him if
they dared," -; j jj
Those who were frank and manly
enough to criticise the President
when tbey thought be was doing
wrong would prefer to vote for
some conspicuous Democratio leader
who was jot obnoxious J to the
criticisms they j made for j some
man who believed in a jj double
standard and a ''turning the ras
cals out" and j who j selected his
Cabinet differently, hc. p But it
is false and unjust to eay that
t i - i i
they are not sincere in accepting his
candidacy. They have seen him
turning but of office tens of thousands
of Republicans', tbev have seen him
V 'J. T j ' - j- j
with a high set of heroism taking the
lead in the tax reform the great cry
ing issue of the hour; and they have
seen that "a combination of Ifortui
tons circumstances" had crystalized
the public ohoioe upon Cleveland,
and like true DemOorats and patriots
they yield gracefully and
will look shields, will bury
ay, we
onr dis
agreements, will move in solid, pha
lanx" upon the enemy under Cleve.
land's leadership. Cleveland has in
tegrity, has courage of purpose and
conviction, has' capacity and experi
ence now, and is a wiser man by far in
1888, than, be was when he wrote
that precipitate letter to the Einety
members of Congress in 1884, con
cerning silver, j He has shown him
self to have character which few of
the Republican aspirants have. He
has shown himself to be in earnest in
his patriotism and devotion to prin
ciples. The Star thinks a great
deal better of; him in 1888, than
when he began his career as Presi
dent. By his virtues and ability and
deciaiou of character he has made
friend.. The Stab can support bim
with pleasure ainl satisfaction, and
with consistency. It has htroDg
hopes that tbe people will record
tht'ir preferences in November next
by a majority even greater than they
gave Mr. Tilde'n in 1876, wben tbe
Republican leaders concpired to steal
the Presidency If rom him.
The speech"; of Senator Vest w?b
recognized throughout the country
as a splendid success. Tbe Washing
ton .PoaJ truly! says:
j Hi ' ;
'The short epetca made by Mr. Vest In
tbe Senate on . Wednesday during the de
bate on the Depetdent Pension bill is
worthy of studr ,by everyone who admires
a superb combination of truth, eloquence
and courage. It was high time for the
demagogues of tbe Senate to be rebuked,
and the manner in which Mr. Vest admin
istered tbe rebuke was tmioectty calculated
to enbanca its good effects."
' 'I'll !
The speech as telegraphed the
Star was very like the cne reported
in tbe Congressional Record.
Cbarged with Forgery.
J. L. Weigman, foremah of the Mes
senger composing room, was arrested
yesterday morning, on a request from
the Chief of Police of Richmond, Va.,
accompanied by a warrant issued in
that city charging Weigman with for
gery. Weigman was taken to the
City Hall, and was subsequently re
leased on a ; fifty dollar bond, with
Mr. J. A. Bohitz as surety. Lafer In
the day a telegram was received from
tbe Chief of Police of Richmond, to
hold Weigman; that an officer would
be sent for him. Weigman was there
upon rearrested and committed to
the county jail, to await the arrival
of the officer.
Weigman is comparatively a
stranger in Wilmington. Tbe war
rant for his arrest is dated March 1st,
and is issued by W, A. Graves, J. P.,
of Richmond, Va., on complaint and
affidavit of W. H. Mullen, who makes
oath "that the said J. L. Weigman
did unlawfully and feloniously write
and forge a check for fifteen dollars,
purporting to be signed by him, the
said W. H. Mullen.1'
Accompanying the warrant and the
request for f the arrest of Weigman,
was a postal card, to which Chief of
Police Poe, of Richmond, called the
attention of Chief Hal I, This postal
is signed "H. Allen." It is address
ed to the Mayor of Richmond, and
says:
"There seems to be a disposition to
shield'Weigman, although he is un
questionably, notoriously and con
fessedly guilty, and has boasted of it,
saying he deserved credit therefor.
If Mr. Mullen has a clear case against
him for a - penal offence immediate
action should be taken and will be
taken if there is justice in Rich
mond." s
The W. H. Mullen who makes the
charge against Weigman, is said to
be the managing editor and proprie
tor of the Labor-Herald, and Master
Workman of the Knights of Labor
of Riohmond, Va.
Naval Store.
Dealers in naval stores in Savan
nah, Ga., venture the prediction that
there will be a falling off from 15,000
to 20,000 casks of spirits turpentine in
the crop ofi that State the coming
year. The last Legislature of Geor
gia passed a law limiting the season
for cutting boxes. The season" now
begins Dec! 1 and closes March 1. Be
fore the passage of this law box-cutting
began about Oct. 1, and Was car
ried on until the middle of March
The season has now been reduced
from five and one-half months to
three months. This law, the factors
say, has so far been very generally ob
served, and while there may be some
doubts as to its constitutionality, no
disposition has been shown to violate
its provisions. j
The season has not only been short
ened, but the bad weather during the
latter part of last month, has mate
rially operated to lessen the number
of boxes, so that it is the general im
pression of factors and buyers that
the falling off in the number of boxes
this season will be very great. Even
the most conservative say that the
per centage of new boxes will not ex
ceed seventy, while a number put it
as low as 65 and even 60 per cent.
The receipts of spirits turpentine at
Savannah, for this season, are about
170,000 casks.
Tlie State Guard Encampment.
Judging from the views and opin
ions expressed in various newspapers
the selection of Wrightsville for the
annual encampment of the State
Guard appears to general satisfac
tion. The Fayetteville Observer says
"Our soldier boys are well pleased
with the selection, as they lite the
Wilmington soldiers and the Wil
mington t people, vvrightsvuie is a
delightful place to be at in July, and,
as the Cars will be running to the
Banks by that time, it will be easy of
access. I It is a good selection, and it
will be a pleasant and enjoyable oc
easion to all." j
The Eastern Reflector of Greenville
thinks that
"It is an excellent plaee for the en
oamnment and we believe the selec
tion will rive creneral satisfaction
throughout tbe State. The encamp
ment will besla JJr 1ft an
tfcura nma iwf?
WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MAI&H 9, 1888.
Aa to tbe Oaalow. Railroad.
The charter of the company pro
vides that if the result of the election
shall show that the majority of the
qualified voters of the eity favor sub
scription to the capital stock of the
railroad, then the city authorities
shall immediately make such sub
scription to the capital stock of the
railroad, payable in cash or bonds as
niay be agreed; upon; and appoint a
board of trustees consisting of not
less than three resident taxpayers,
who shall issue the ; bonds in such
forms and denominations and run
ning for such length: of time as may
be determinedj upon by the au
thorities of the city, bearing inter
est at the rate of six per cent., pay
able semi-annually, and the said trus
tees shall deliver the bonds so issued,
or pay in cash, j as may be agreed, to
the railroad company.upon receiving
therefor for the. use and benefit of the
city, proper certificates, of stock ia
the railroad oompany to the amount
of the subscription voted. It is pro
vided, however, that the trustees
shall deliver to the railroad com
pany one-fifth j of the amount sub
scribed at as early a date after the
said election as it is practicable to
have the bonds prepared, the balance
by instalments; of one-fifth, as the
work progresses within the county or
township until; the grading is done
and cross-ties procured for the track
in the county, when the amount re
maining shall be paid to the railroad
company, to complete the track com
mencing at Wilmington and placing
thereon one freight and passenger
train combined.
The amended charter strikes out
the provision in the above as to the
delivery of the bonds by trustees, and
inserts a clause' that the railroad cor
poration shall not be compelled to
issue stock to the cityfor more than an
amount equal to the actual cash value
of the bonds at the date of the de
livery of the same to the company.
The conditions upon which the ap
plication is made for a subscription
by the city, are; that for the first forty
miles of the road, beginning at Wil
mington, the company shall receive
$2,500 in cash or bonds for each com
pleted mile, and the city s mil receive
an equal amount of stock the stock
and cash or bonds to be exchanged
mile by mile as the work progresses .i
Fire In HrunswlcU.
Judge Russell's "Winnebow" farm.
on Town Creek in Brunswick county,
was the scene I of a fearful fire last
Thursday evening. The fire broke
out about 8 o'clock in a large barn
which contained OQe thousand bush
els of corn and four hundred bushels
of peanuts. This barn, and another,
containing a large quantity of forage,
and the horse stables, were all con
sumed by the flames in a few min
utes. The horses and mules were all
taken out and none of the live stock
was lost. Through the determined
efforts of the people on the place, and
with the assistance of the neighbors,
the other barns, the ginhouse with
valuable machinery, the grist mill
and engine and all other buildings
were saved. ; The loss is estimated at
$4,000, upon vhich there is no in
surance. It is thought by some that
the fire was caused by an incendiary;
but Mr. Johnson, the superintendent
of the farm, is of the opinion that it
was of accidental origin. A policy of
insurance of some eight hundred dol
lars on one of the barns burned, ex
pired only a few days ago.
Fire on tbe River Front.
The explosion of an oil lamp about
half-post ten oclock last night on the
steamboat Enterprise set the boat on
fire. The flames spread rapidly and
soon enveloped the after part of the
vessel, but the hands 6n the Enter
prise and some fi.at boatmen near by
went to work with buckets and in a
very short time had the fire under
control. The; revenue cutter Colfax,
lying on the other side of Princess
street dock, a short distance from the
Enterprise, got out a line of hose and
assisted in extinguishing the fire. In
the meantime an alarm had been
turned in and fire engines, trucks and
hose reels were soon on the ground.
The services of the Fire Department,
however, were not needed. Some of
the woodwork of the boat was badly
charred, bull the damage will not
amount to much.
Slxlb Congressional District.
The following are the names of the
Democratic Executive Committee for
this Congressional .District: o. i.
Macks of New jHanover, G. M. Mc-
Keithan of Brunswick, N. A. McLean
of Robeson. Walter H. Neal of Rich
mond, Jas. A. Lockhart of Anson,
S. J. Pemberton of Stanly, H. B.
Adams of Union, E. K. P. Osborne of
Mecklenburg, and Dr. R. S. Young of
Cabarrus. Columbus county has no
one on the j committee at present.
The vacancy was caused by the death
of Mr. 8. H JVlcuaniel
Better Still.
Captain Harper, of the tug Alexan
der Jones, which towed the big ship
Etta over the bar at the mouth of the
CaDe Fear river, says that she. went
out drawing nineteen feet three
inches, forward and aft, on a tide of
four feet eight inches. This makes a
better showing for onr river and har
bor imDrovements than even the
most sanguine anticipated.
Fire at mount Olive.
The Methodist parsonage at Mount
Olive was burned about 2 o'clock yes
terday morning. It was occupied by
the Rev. J. P. Abernathv. The fire
rri ciliated in the feed room of the
stable on the premises. Very little of
the furniture in the house was saved.
Mr. Abernathv's wearing apparel as
well as that of his wife was lost.
The records of the bupenor
Court show that New Hanover county
is by no means famous for divorce
cases only twenty having been grant
ed altogether In the last twenty years
Mr. S. Van Amringe. the clerk, spent
two or three hours yesterday in "get-
tin o- the facts" in this matter at tne
rnmt of a. gentleman from Wash
ington, D. C , who is engaged in col
lating statUM on uus mterening
THE Kt.KvTJON.
Subscriptions to Both Railroads Car
ried by Handsome majorities.
The election yesterday on the ques
tion of a subscription of $150,000 by
the city to the Cape Fear & Yadkin
Valley Railroad and $100,000 to the
Wilmington, oislow & East Carolina
Railroad, was carried by the friends
of "subscription" by handsome ma
jorities the inajoritv for the Cape
Fear & Yadkin Valley being 415, and
for the Wilmington, Onslow & East
Carolina Railroad, 348. A detailed
statement of the' vote is as follows:
CAPE FEAR & YADKIN VAIO.EY.
Registered
vote.
For
Sub. Against
First Ward... ,...1058
Second Wards.-.. 840
Third Ward?.... 437
646
234
20
6
19
16
8
69
284
271
495
1930
Fourth Ward.. . 368
Fifth Ward...... 766
Total - - 2969
WILM13TGTOIT & ONBLOW,
Registered
vote.
For
Sub. Against
First Ward 1058 628
27 1
23
83 !
30 S
12 I
Second Ward...... 340 205
Third Ward. ..... 437 263
Fourth Ward. ... 368 245
Fifth Ward...... 766 492
Total..... 2969 1833 125 i
The election, in the case of the
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad,
was held in accordance with the
terms of the agreement made with
the railroad company by the com
missioners appointed by the Board
of Aldermen. The terms of this
agreement are as follows: j
1st. That the said city of Wilming
ton will subscribe $150,000 to the cap
ital stoctc of the cape a ear & ladkin
Valley Railroad Company, to be paid
in such manner and in such instal
ments as is hereinafter provided,
2nd. in exenange tor each amount
paid in instalments as hereinafter
provided, the said railway company
shall turn over to the said city an
equal amount in the certificates of
the capital stock of the said railway
company.
drd. The hrst payment by the city.
on account of the said subscription,
shall be made in cash, or in five per
cent, thirty year coupon bonds,
either, at the option of the said city,
in such sum as shall be requisite to
pay two-thirds of the purchase
money which the said railway com
pany shall be required to pay for
such land as it shall need for termi
nal facilities within the corporate
limits of the said city, and Bhall be
paid so soon as the same is required
tor such purchase. i
4th. Whenever the I said railway
company shall have completed nve
miles ot road, beginning at Wilming
ton, the said city shall pay over j to
the said railway company the sum of
iti i r fn .1 i i i .1 1 11
3iu,wu ou tsaiu suuscnptiuu auu cuaii
continue to pay in like instalments
as each consecutive section of five
miles of said road is built, until its
completion, when the balance, if any,
of the entire subscription of $150,000
shall be paid. !
oth. The character of the hrst pay
ment, as provided for in section third
as above, shall determine the char
acter or all future payments, wnetner
in cash or bonds, as aforesaid.
btn. All bonds as aforesaid tendered
by the said city shall be received at
their par value. j . j
th. The said railway company shall
have a depot within the corporate
l.mits or tne SfUu city.
btn. The certificates ot the Chief
Engineer of the railway company of
the completion of any section as here
inbefore provided, shall be evidence
upon which the said cash or bonds
shall be paid.
9tb. The wort of construction shall
commence within four months after
the ratification of the subscription,
in accordance with the Act of Assem
bly, and shall continue without1 in
terruption until its completion, with
in a reasonable time.
10th. It is understood and agreed
by and between the said parties, that
the title to the real estate to be pur
chased for terminal facilities within
the corporate limits of said city as
aforesaid shall be made to such per
son as the said parties shall select for
that purpose, and it shall be provided
in the deed of conveyance that the
said real estate shall be held as secu
rity for the benefit of said city, for
the faithful and complete perform
ance of this agreement by and on the
part of said railway company,! and
until the said agreement is so per
formed.
In the case of the Wilmington &
Onslow Rilroad Company, the elec
tion was held upon application of the
Company and petition of one-fifth of
the qualified voters of the city.
Foreign Exports In February.
The following is a statement of the
amount and value of exports from
this port to foreign countries during
the month of February just closed:
Germany Rosin, " 16,043 barrels,
valued at $18,171; spirits turpentine,
21,841 gallons, valued at $8,237. i
England Cotton, 7,409 bales, weigh
ing 3,513,664 pounds and valued at
$358,150; rosin, 19,280 barrels, valued
at $19,715; tar 2,976 barrels, valued at
$4,020: spirits turpentine. 36,503 gal
lons, valued at $14,564. j
Russia on the Baltic Rosin, 3,517
barrels, valued at $4,245. j
Porto Rico Lumber, 593,000 feet,
valued at $9,379: shingles 15,000, val
ued at $61.
Danish West Indies Lumber 101,
000 feet, valued at $1,454. j
French West Indies Lumber 101,-
000 feet, valued at $1,810; shingles,
541,000, .valued at 3,112.
British West Indies Lumber, 80,-
000 feet, valued at $1,114; laths, 6,000,
valued at $9.00; shingles. 380,000, val
ued at $2,394. f
Hayti Flour, 62barrels valued at
$345; brick, 15,000, $165; candles', value
$100; nails, value $220; iron; bolts
value $85; kerosene oil, value $28
vegetable oil. value $194; spirits tur
pentine 150 gallons, value $75; lumber
303,000 feet, value $4,165; shingles,
53,000, value $254; furniture $156,
Total value of exports for the month
as above, $431,706.
Receipts of cotton . the past
month aggregate 6,306 bales, against
3,690 the same month last year; in
crease 2,616 bales. Receipts for the
crop year to March 1st are! 164,693
bales, against 130.153 to the same time
last year; an increase of 34,540 bales.
The stock at this port is 7,186 bales.
against 3.940 at the same time last
year. " m m m '
'I Schooner M. C. MoseUy
oleared yesterday for Port-au-Prince,
Hayti, with 202,000 feet of lumber and
7.850 shingles, valued at
$M0.09,
arjo by S. Slider's Sen.
WASHINGTON. j
Southern Passenger Agents Associa
tion Rednetton in Revenue by tbe
New Tariff Blli-Tbe Internal Re
venae Question. j
tBy Teleirrmph to the Moraine S'ar. j
WASHTHGTON. March 1. The Southern
Passenger. Agents' Association met- aeain
to-day in secret session The nrincinal
subject of discussion was whether tbe con
stitution or agreement upon which the
Association was organized, provides for
differential passenger rates Nearly the
whole afternoon was consumed in discus
sion, and upon failure to agree, a sub-committee
wat appointed, to further consider
the question and report at a future meet
ing. The following were appointed aa
such committee: Peyton Randolph, Gen
eral Manager Richmond & Danville; M. H.
smith, Vice President Louisville & Nash
ville; Charles 6. Edy,-Vice President Nor
folk & Western ; EL Walters, Vice Presi
dent and General Manager Atlantic Coast
Line, and J. W. Thomas, President Nash
ville. Chattanooga &St. Louis R It. The
meeting then adjourned sine die . j
Washington. March l The latest es
timates made by the Committee on Wajs
and Means of tbe probable reductions in
revenue that would be effected by the pas
sage of to-day's tariff bill, are as follows: j
Chemicals, f 730. 000: china and glass.
$100,000; cottons. $277,000: provisions,
$500,000, approximated; woollen goods.
$12,300,000; sundries, $1,000,000; paper.
$2,500: suear, $1,000,000; hemp, flax and
ute, $1,800,000; metals. $1,500,000; ap
proximate, free list. $22,250,000. This
would make tbe total reduction about $53,
000,000 i
Chairman Mills said to-day that the in
ternal revenue changes had been purposely
excluded from tbe bill. The Democratic
members were still considering that subject
and it was nol possible to say at this time
whether their deliberations would result in
the presentation of another bill, dealing
specifically with internal revnue or in tbo
inclusion of some provisions bearing upon
that system in the present bill at some fu
ture At age. I
Washington, March 2 Tbe Senate
Committee on Education and Labor to-day
ordered favorable reports on the bill ex
tending the provisions of the eight-hour
Uw to letter carriers, and on that making
au appropriation for the World's Exposi
tion for colored peoplo at Birmingham,
Ala. Tbe amount appropriated by the last
named bill is reduced from six to four hun
dred thousand dollars, for the reason that
tbe Birmingham authorities have tendered
the grounds and buildings free. t
Washincton, March 3 Upon the re
commendation of the sub-committee,
which bad been cbarged with the examin
ation of tbe legal points involved in the
Worthinglon-Post contested election casfe.
the House Committee on Elections to-day
unanimously decided to report in favor of
tbe claims of Mr. Post, Republican, tbe
sitting member from the 10th Illinois dis-,
trict . i j
Washington, March 3 Aa Interna-!
tional Council of Women will meet in this
city March 25'h, for an eight dajs' con-
vention. During the convention the
Ntlional Women's Suffrage Association
will publish a sixtcen-paire daily paper;
edited by Mrs. Clara B Colby. The
Council is not confined to wt man's
suffrage alone, but will be comro ed of
delegates from organizations of all de
scriptiOQS that are composed exclusively of
women.
t be Crown Prince Every Hope of bis
Recovery Abandoaed-affaire in Ire
land. I
(Copyright by the N. T. Associated Press )!
Berlin, March 3 The Imperial family
has ceased to hope for the recovery of the
Cron Prince. . The first results of tbe mi
croscopic examination by Professor Waldi-
mcyer. as communicated to the Emperor,
are unfavorable, disclosing trace of cancer
is the pus. arising from nccrosiri of the cat'
lilage of tbe larynx. Tbo full official re
port, of Prof. Waldmeyer will be delayed
until ijt. recKieingnausen maaes an anaiy
sis. Dr. zaemesen win prooaoiy also De
requested to examine the pus. Apart from
the results of tbe examinations Court die.
patches confirm the progress of the symp
toms tending toward a fatal issue. The oe
casional appearance of improvement is fol
lowed bv a renewal of tbe gravest indica
tions Thus, on Thursday, the . Crown
Prince seemed stronger and in brighter
spirits, but ; during the following night
he was worse. Newspaper reports
from San I Remo conflict. While
tbe National Zeitung says the patient is
sleeping well, that bis spirits and appettte
are better, and that he holds himself erect,
the Borsen Courier and Nord Deutsche
Zeitung on tbe same day report that he had
a bad night The decrease m bis strength
has caused a saddening chance in his
aspect, and has transformed him from a ro
bust into an aged and debilitated man, who
is obviousiv suffering. The conflict of re
ports does not weaken the fact, based upon
absolute information, that in the highest
official Quarter e -'ery hopa has been aban
doned of h' . recovery. No immediate crisis
is expected, but it is recognized that a sud
den change for the worse may occur at any
moment, involving his death if tbe disease
should be permitted to run Its full course.
Tbe Crown Prince may be able to return to
Berlin in May and pass his last days there.
The question of the period of his return will
be the only subject having the remotest po
litical bearing that will be discussed during
Prince William a presence at San Kemo,
and tbe decision arrived at will depend upon
the personal inclination of the Crown Prince
and Princess, comoinea witn toe aavice or
his physicians. Since his family have; re
cognized that a fatal issue is most probable,
the Crown Prince himseir has expressed an
urgent desire to return to Berlin as soon as
possible, lie has stated his intention to
the Emperor, who, coinciding with the
Crown Prince, has relinquished his pro
posed journey to San Remo. - j ;
Tbe respites from suffering the Crown
Prince obtains encourage confidence
that be will be enabled to return to Ber
lin. If he is fated to die suddenly at San
Remo. he has everything ready. He has
written his will and prepared a political tes
tament for his successor. Prince William's
presence at the villa has cheered his mother
and Princesses, comments adverse to
Prince William continue to be heard in
Berlin society. Significance ia attached to
tbe fact tbat none of the family met him at
San Remo station, where he arrived from
Genoa in company with Prince Henry; his
brother, and Prof. Bergmann. He was re
ceived by the Prefect, the Mayor and the
German Consul. This arrangement ! was
due to the Crown Prince, who; sent
instructions to Prince William at
Carlsruhte that Prince Henry, jwith
Bereman.i would meet him. the Obvi
ous obiect being to enable him to gain full
knowledge of the condition of his father
before seeing his mother and sisters, j The
Crown Princess with the Princesses await
ed within the villa. It is understood tbat
be received tbe warmest welcome, and that
man v tears were sbed during the interview,
Twentv minutes after his arrival the Crown
Princess alone accompanied him to meet
his father. During yesterday and to-day
Prince William baa been with the Crown
Prince on the balcony, and there was
every appearance of cordiality between
the father and son. Reports of cool
ness in their relations are chiefly
traceable! to - French sources. The
French papers vie with each other in ma
licious inventions. -During the journey
from Carlsruhe Prince William obtained a
number of French papers and was excited
to anser bv tbr stories in them oi nis sei
fish intentions toward the Crown Prince,
and his callous disregard of bis father's
sufferings. 1 i
Throughout Germany public interest in
the news from San Remo grows in lnten
sitv. The neonle of Berlin await dis
patches with the same , eagerness and agita
tion as would be snown u a campaign in
volving the fate of the nation, were in
nrocreaa. Extra editions are rushed out
and papers are excitedly read and discussed
py groups on tne streets. p
Dulbin, March 8. The Etpreu affirms
that there are internal dissensions in the
Paraelliterraaks waieh will preeuee rup
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ture that will shake tbe foundations of the
National League, i American inspiration, it
says. 19 causing a number of leagues to loin
the Gfflitc association which opposes Par-
nell s policy. i i
VlKGlnlA.
A Fatal Affray at Culpeper.
By Telegraph to the Monun (tar.
Alexandhia. March 1. A snecial from
Culpeper C. H., says: A difficulty occur
red at Culpeper this morning between Ed
win liar Dour and Jfillis Williams, in which
the latter was shot and killed and tbe
former slightly wounded. Barbour is a
son of Hon. James Barbour, and one of
the editors of the Advance, and Williams a
son of G. W. Williams, editor of the
Exponent There hid been some bad feel
ing existing between the two men for some
time past, growing out of an article pub
fished in the Advance. Williams took
Offence at the article and demanded the
bame of tbe author, whereupon Birbour
Msumed all responsibility. This morning
about nine o'clock the two men met on the
street, and after a quarrel drew their revol
vers and began shooting. Barbour shot
Williams three times, killing him almost
Instantly, and was shot once by Williams,
eceivmg a very slight wound.
BV SIN E8&moUT LOOK.
Stun dc Co.'s Review of Trade for tbe
Past week.
Bv Telegraph to the Mom ins Star.
New York. Mareh 2. R. O Dun Jk
lOo.'s review of trade for the week is as fol
lows: . H . ;
The actual business is Batisfar.tnrv fnr
'the season, but the prospects 'are confused
and uncertain in some directions pro
mising, but in other branches of large im
portance decidedly clouded. The passage
by the House of, the bill authorizing bond
purchases was designed to remove the
monetary uncertainties and influence which
affects all trade ; and industry. Whether
the Senate will pass the bill in its present
form is not yet certain, and Secretary Fair
child's report makes it Questionable
whether tbe measure if passed, would
prove an adequate reliance for tbe preven
tion oi tne treasury aosorption or tbe
money. But many think it will give full
relief, and that impression gave hopeful
ness to the stoCK market for one uay.
Lower prices immediately followed, how
ever, and the average decline for tbe week
has been about $1 per share. The Western
railroad wars and strikes continue to dis
turb business. While the earnings . of the
railroads continue to show that a large
quantity of freight for the season is in mo
tion -the rates are dropping and the ex
penses on many lines are increasing. The
Pennsylvania advances wages on western
lines 10 per cent. An important cause of
uncertainty in many branches of trade is
the movement! to change the tariff.
Whether the I proposed changes are
deemed desirable or not. those who
thins: them probable are for that
reason moved to defer business
operations. Tbe bill submitted Thurs
day would affect so many industries
and branches of trade that individual opin
ions, favorable! or unfavorable to it, must
considerably influence transactions while
it remains pending. It comes at a time
when, for other teasons, there Is hesitation
n most of the branches chiefly concerned.
and increases! that hesitition. It is the
character of many trades at present that
purchases and.operatiens are for'one rea
son or another limited to present neces
sities, j j ' ' I
In the boot and shoe trade, which is
otherwise exceptionally satisfactory, there
are some such indications as to women's
and children's goods. In cottons recent
signs of rallying may be attributed to un
usually large ; dealings in the past in sugar
and numerous other trades. Operations
of trusts or combinations cause uncertainty.
The coal business, since the strikes began to
collapse, has been marked bv only hand
to mouth dealing, in doubt as to tbe future
output. Prices of wool aru steady with
Ohio at 323, and buyers have been
operating with aema freed r, but fry ad-
vanee has been resisted, ami the effects of
the proposal to change duties are not jet
seep. A large failure in lumber and salt
interests in Michigan, following tbe re
markable shrinkage in the demand for iron
ore. indicates that the nrosnect m that re
gion is not wholly unclouded. Elsewhere
the iron trade is hesitating, with somewhat
lower prices at Pittsburg, while the
Youngstown works resolve to close unless
better rail rates enable them to meet
Southern competition. In tbe East tbe
supply increases, while orders halt. No
iinfavorable indications appear in tbe re
ports of trade or of collections in any part
of the country. Money is everywhere
comparatively easy. Tbe Southern trade
is clearly improving, and there are signs of
renewed real I estate activity at some
Western points. I
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during tbe last week, number
for the United Stales 202, Canada 42,
Total 244, against 270 last week. Casual
ties reported in I Canada are still unusually
large in number.
GEORGIA.
mormon Elders Create Excitement In
Athens Tbe Railroad Commission
iBv TolegraDh to taa ISoralner ss-
Atlanta, March 2. An Athens. special
says that the city was mach aroused this
afternoon when it was publicly made
known that Mormon elders had suddenly
appeared in Athens,- and were getting
ready to issue cheap excursion tickets to
Utah. The matter will be immediately in
vestigated. I In tbe meantime the elders
will probably disappear. It is thought
tbat several converts have been made
recently, j
Atlanta, March 2. The Georgia Rail
road Commission is in session here to-day.
It has issued an order for a meeting on the
13th of March, to take into consideration
tbe propriety of readjusting and equalizing
passenger fares. This order created a good
deal ot; discussion amon th? rai!rond offl.
cers, and ia taken to mean that rales will
be reduced from 3 to 2 cents per mile.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
. Sebeme to Defraud Lire Insnrance
Companies tbat Came to Grief. :
By.Teleeraph to the Morning Star.
Charleston, March 3. In January last
Joseph B. Dudley, colored, is alleged to
have died, i He was insured in the United
States Mutual Accident Association and in
tbe Traders and Travellers' Company, both
of New York; each company having issued
a policy on bis life for five thousand dol
lars. A suspicion of foul play arose, and '
the companies sent a Pinkerlon detective
here. The investigation, which baa been
in progress for about a week, resulted to
day in the voluntary confession from two
colored men, that no such person as Dud-
lev ever lived, and that the corpse alleged
to be bis was obtained in the colored grave
yard, and! was represented to be the body
of the fictitious Dudley. The entire trans
action was a conspiracy to secure insurance
money. Dudley's alleged wife has made
her escape,
PENNSYLVANIA.
Steel Ball OUlla to Deeide the Output.
Pittsburo. March 3. Representatives
of all of tbe steel rail mills in the country
are holding a secret meeting here to decide
what proportion of the output shall be al
lotted to each of the twelve mills. It is es
timated that tbe production of steel rails
for 1888 will be fully fifty per cent, less
than last year, and in order to avoid an en'
tire demoralization of trade, manufacturers
are making , an arrangement to act in har.
mony during the coming year. I It is ex-!
pected that operations will be resumed in
the course of a few weeks, i he confe
rence is being watched with great interest
by employes of tbe iagar rnompson and
Homestead Rail Mills in this city, and also!
by the i coke operators. The former are
anxious to resume work and the coke men
are waiting for orders. ! I
Fire at Milwaukee yesterday destroyed!
several manufacturing establishments. The;
lota is ever $200,000, with small insurance ;
Spirits Terpentine
: Qoldsbor Arhus: Yesterday -was
again excurftionJUy to Goldeboro and
in consequence quite a number of people -from
neighboring railroad stations were in '
the city principally merchants, who had
come to purchase of our wholesale mer
chants lines of goods needed in their trade.
i New "Bern Journal' Captain
Alonzo Lewis, of Core Sound, arrived yes
terday and reports that he found tbe body .
of Jones Spencer. who fell from tbe schoon
er Sarah Midyette several weeks ago in
Broad creek and was drowned, near Rac
coon Island, and buried the body on the
Island Feb. 29th. ,
FayetteyiUe.j963crtJcr: The C.
F. & YJ V. have iust finished painting 406 "
signal posts for crossings, &c. Two
parties were committed to jail last week for
lorging orders on the arm or Messrs. A. 13.
Williams & Co. - Priscilla Sikes. a
young white woman, subject to tuts, who
lives in lower Campbellton, fell into the
Are on Tuesday, and was s badly burned
that she died tbe same night.
Shelby Aurora: Our promising
young lawyer. K. L. Rvburn. makes a
good superintendent of tbe Presbyterian
Sunday School. For many months
we have heard much talk about the tin bo
nanza at King's Mountain, but not much
work has ever been done towards its devel
opment j Prof. Furman, a scientific gentle
man and mineral expert of national reputa
tion has been prospecting for several weeks
and he, with a company of abundant capi
tal, thinks the "outlook encouraging and
will soon open and develop the tin with
machinery and a large force of hands.
Charlotte Chronicle: Rev. J. L.
Williamson, the new pastor of Sugar Creek
Church, near this city, arrived at the par
sonage yesterday, and has formally entered
upon the duties of his new charge. Tbe
Poplar Tent pulpit, which he vacated, baa
not yet been filled. Below are the
comparative shipments of cotton during the
month of February, 1S87, and February, ,
1888, by the wholesale merchant. S. Witt-
kowsky: Cases and bales shipped during
February, 1887, 560; cases ana bales ship
ped during February. 1888, 1,002. Mr.W.
knows the value of advertising in widely
circulated papers. Stab.
Oxford Torchlight : There was
a large break tobacco at the Centre Ware
house yesterday, and prices were as high, if
not higher than they have been this season .
An average of $35 64 was made for every
thing on the floor. Messrs. A. S.
Wright & Co., have arrived in Oxford with
about I 60 mules and 50 negroes to work
their contract on'the Oxford & Durham
railroad. Their contract is the middle sec
tion between Tar River and the Neuse.
We learn from an exchange tbat the
climate of the far West does not suit Mr.
Jas. W. Reid, and tbat he is debating the
question of returning to North Carolina.
Charlotte Citizen: Tbe snow in
Madison Monday morning was deeper than
here, being about three inches deep at Mar
shall and much deeper back in the moun
tains. On Monday morning the mercury
through the country was nearly at zero, and
in some places below. Rev. A. Bright,
prominent and zealous minister of tbe
Baptist Church, has been conducting, for
several weeks past, a series of meetings at
Little Pine, Caney Fork and Laurel Fork
Churches, in Madison county. He reports
great interest At each of these churches.
There were about eighty-five professions of
religion, and sixty-three have united them
selves with the church.
Rockingham Rocket : On Fri
day night last Sheriff Smith Carried eight
prisoners to the State penitentiary, viz: Ar
nold Smith, three years; .Sam McRae, one
year; Reddlck Davis, one year; Jerry Dea
ton, two years; Ed. Evans, two .years; Dan
Hennigan, two years; Arch Monroe, two
yeare; Jim Stubbs, two years. All are col
ored" and all were convicted of latceny at
the recent term of the Superior Court for
this county. At .the term of the Supe
rior! Court a test case was-tried to deter
mine whether or not tbe town had the right
to make its citizens pay poll and property
tax and also work the streets. The Court
decided that the town did not have such
right,; and that the streets must be worked
by taxation. The town carried the cate on.
appeal to the Supreme Court which, we
have I no doubt, will sustain the lower
Court.
Raleigh News-Observer: The
Counsel of State has assigned apartments
in the new public building to the Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, the clerk of
the Supreme Court and the State Attorney
General. . A difficulty occurred in this
city last night, in which Mr. G. H. Glass
received a blow upon the head, inflicted by
a cane in the hands of another gentleman,
causing a painful though, it was thought,
not a dangerous wound. In considera
tion of recent information received by the
Governor with regard to the case of James
Thomas, who has been convicted of mur
der and sentenced to be hanged at Hender
sonville March 6th, a respite has been
granted till March 16th, in order that the
case may be investigated. Mr. Thos.
B. Womack, of Chatham, is preparing a
North Carolina digest of cited cases with a
view to its publication. A work of this
kind is much needed by the legal profes
sion. Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. Will
Cruse had a very painful experience at the
street car stables yesterday with a cat. The
can was on the same order as the family
horse. It was about 6 years old and had
been raised, by Mr. Cruse. Early yesterday
morning a dog passed by tbe car stables
and the hitherto docile cat flew at him and,
after a brief struggle, sent him howling
away. Mr. Cruse picked up tbe cat and
began stroking its back, when suddenly the
cat flew into his face and fastened its teeth
in his chin. The grip was a savage one,
the teeth of the cat lacerating the chin ot
Mr. Cruse in a most painful manner, and it
was with the greatest difficulty that he was
released. One man choked the cat, while
another pried open its mouth with an iron
spike, befqre the animal could be made to
release its grasp. Butler's madstone was
secured and applied to the wound.to which
it adhered 1 for five minutes. Mr. Cruse
suffered intense pain from his wound. Tbe
upper and nether teeth of the cat met
through the flesh-
Raleigh News Observer : A
gentlemanj who was in this city from Wake
Forest yesterday was heard to speak in the
most flattering terms of the address of Mr.
John S. Long, of New Bern, before the
students and faculty of Wake Forest Col
lege. W. H. Smith, sheriff of Vance
county, brought seven convicts to the
penitentiary yesterday. It was learn
ed here yesterday tbat Rev. Mr. Thomas,
a Methodist minister at Cary, bad the mis
fortune to get his leg broken in attempting
to jump but of a buggy while his horse
was running away. It is stated that this is
the second time Mr. Thomas has had the
same leg broken. - The Governor yes
terday commuted the death sentence of
Alien McCarter, who wbs convicted in
1887 at the May term of Iredell Superior
Court of arson and sentenced to be banged
March 13th to imprisonment for life in the
penitentiary. ; Tbe commutation was
granted upon the recommendation of the
solicitor who prosecuted the trial and a
number of citizens who heard the trial and
know the circumstances connected with the
case. - ' j '
Charlotte Chronicle: The many
friends of Rev. R. B. Anderson, D. D.; of
Morganton, will hear with sadness of hia
serious illness in Columbia, 8. C. An
interesting case was called for trial before
JUage UoyKin, in me superior v;oun yes- ,
terday, beidg a suit for $10,000 brought
' against Mr. A. B. Bailes, by MissM. E.
BowdenJ The plaintiff is represented by
Jones & Tillett and G. F. Bason, and the
defendant bv Flemming, Cansler & Wins
low, C. E. Grier and Burwell & Walker.
Miss Bowden sues Mr. Bailes for making
remarks about ber very damaging 10 ber
character. Dr. D. O. Atkinson, of
Chester, S. O, passed through tbe city last
night with his bride, Miss Little, whose
supposed marriage with a young man by
the name of Mintz, a few days previous to
her marriage with Mr. Atkinson, has crea
ted so much talk. Dr. Atkinson has been
in Gaffney's investigating the matter, and
says tbat he is fully convinced of tbe
truthfulness of his wife's statement. r
From Major H. Cabaniss, of Shelby, who
was in the city yesterday, we learn of the
accidental death of bis nephew, Mr. Joseph
Cabaniss, which occurred at a point on the
Ellis ferry road, six miles west of Shelby,
last Tuesday. The young was driving a
wagon loaded with lumber, when the team
became frightened and ran off. Mr. Caba
niss was thrown to the ground and the,
wheels of the heavily loaded wagon passed :
ouer hid body, producing wounds tbat
proved fatal. The deceased was 24 years
of Bge, and was married last December. J
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