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In 1870 the total wealthjof the
United States was $34,379,640,000,
This, was for each person $899. - In
1870, in England it was $53,430,
080,000 each person $ 1,065 j '
In 1880, the total wealth . in the
U. S. was $46,145,700,000 each
person $923. In England in the
same year it was -$42,379,200,000 3
each person $1,210. England has a
very mnoh smaller population be it
remembered. .
So much for the wealth. Now for
the product of the two rival English
speaking conn tries. The JJ. S. in
1870,. bad $5,098,000,000 annual pro
,: duct. This was per oapita $129.,
" Sand had $4,613,000,000 per
FooA1"" 6 7 and noVlet ps"
see w7" has increased in wealth
and yuspered more and faster. In
18s'bo prodnot of the United
Srs was $6,901,200,000. The pro-
it of England for the same year
is $5,549,000,000. The per capita
the United States was $132; of
England $171. England gams faster
than oar own greatly favored land.
While the United States gained in
ten years bat $24 for each head,
England actually gained , $145 per
capita. - llow is this ? England is
Free Trade practically; the United
States is very -High Tariff average
7.10 per cent, on 4,100 articles.
Mulhall's "History of Prices" is ; a
standard the highest authority.
The richest countries, according to
him, are England, Holland, France,
Denmark, Australia, United States,
S weden, Canada, Belgium and Ger
many and in the order of their
names. England is the richest and
Germany - the poorest. In annual
earnings per capita Australia leads
all countries. England cornel second
and . then the United States. .Mr.
Ashley says' in Fojndar Science,
Monthly, to whom we are) indebted
for the figures given above: , ;
"Mr. Mulhall also compotes that the'
average man in the United States work 113
days to gain his .food for a year; as com
pared with 114 days' work in England; in
England he works 84 days for his clothing,
here he works '49; house-rent and taxes
take 29 and 32 days in England, SO and 83
days in the United States; nnd the English
man consequently has 91 days in the 800
- left for other purposes, including savings,
whereas: the American has but 75. The
banking capital and deposits of England
are $125 per inhabitant: of Australia, $150;
of the United States, $50. The railroads
of the United States carried 270,000,000
passengers in 1882, those of England car'
ried 752,000.000; and the aligns difference
in railway rates is by do means an expla
nation of the difference. The school at
tendance in England has increased from
forty per cent, less per capita than ours in
1880 to, about the same. The post-office
returns show a greater increase in the use
of the malls in England than here. And
that faithful index . of popular condition,
the criminal calendar, shows a 'Steady de
crease f or a long period, until, in 18Q5,
thru was bntone conviction to 3,272 per
sons in England; while America has one
conviction to 930 persons, which has been
about the rate for a considerate time."
This is truly very instructive and
suggestive. How-does England lead?
. She is Free Trade.
TUB GREAT EVANGELIST
We read with genuine pleasure
the account of the Pearson , meeting
at Goldsboro furnished by lev. Dr.
Robey for the Statesville Christian
Advocate It was capitals Our sole
objection was his failure, as we think,
to do full justice to the very marked
gifts of the great evangelist. ' Mr.
Pearson is a mnoh more , intellectual
minister, as we take him, and many
misters we know- think with - uf,
than ' Dr. Robey credits him with
being. If there is any one trait pre
eminent in Mr. Pearflon.it is his great
logical acuteness and severity. The
person who fails to recognize this
eat quality misses the highest in
tellectual j endowment of the very
best preacher we ever heard, or ever
I expect to hear.. We say this quite
deliberately and with all reBpect for
dissenting opinion. fThe -farther we
get from his preaching the higher he
looms above all other men we have
beard as an expounder and preaoher
of the Gospel. The performances of
other men fade and dwindle by re
moteness, but Mr. Pearson positively
grows upon us. He is incomparably
the best, the most - lucid, the
most consistent, the most com
monsense and - the' most ' Biblical
expounder of Gospel truth to, whom
we have listened., His ! sermons are
a blessing to any community, and huy
prayers are sweeter and tenderer and
VOL. XIX. , ' r : - WILMINGTON, K 04 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1888 ! I NO.p
simpler , than "-those of alt men we
.. . . . ...
have heard. Said Rev. Dr. Pritchard
to as after' returning from Europe
and hearing some of the very great
est in England : "I still believe Mr
Pearson to be the greatest preacher I
ever heard.1: So we hold.'. We have
heard such' men as Hezekiah : G.
Leigh,' Tom Lowe, Dr. DeemB, Dr.
Moran, Bishop Pierce, Bishop Dog
gett, Dr. Donb, Phil. .Aroher, Drj.
Barton, Dr. j Young, - Dr. James A.
Doncan, Dr. Reid, Dr. Cornelias
Riddick, Dr. Rossery and ; other fa
mous men of the Methodist Church.
We have heard Bishop AtkinsoD,
Dr. " Hawkp, Dr. Stephen Tyng,
Bishop Ives, ; Dr, -.Balcb, and : other
eminent ministers of the Episcopal
Church. ; j We i have . htiard i Dr.
Vanghan, Dr. Peck, Dr. Smith, 1 Dr.
Wilson and other gifted and able
men of the Presbyterian Church.- We
have heard rrioate,h Fuller,
Ford, Dr. Grave?, Dr, iBroadas,'
Dr. Carrie, Dr. Hague, ; Dr. Rey
nolds, and other preachers of power
of the Baptist Church, and" Bishop
Keane, and Cardinal' Gibbons of the
Roman Catholio Churcb, men of
distinguished gifts as pulpit speak
ers. But to as Mr. Pearson is above
them all. Oar friend at Goldsboro
may think there is no accounting
for taste.. , ' V:
The communication is well done,
for Dr. Robey is one of the beat
North Carolina writers. We make
room for the J. olio wing, which will
not be unacceptable to thousands in
this city, jfle "Bays of the first ser
mon, and the summing up:
"Whatsoever man sowelh that shall he
also reap" was burned into s thousand con
sciences. ' Whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he also reap' filled the-eilent midnight
hours with echoes. "Whatsoever a luau
soweth that shall he also reap" rang and
lingered with strange reverberation in the
ears of men, i women and children, as the
silent hours of night went by. It was what
God had to say to men this and nothing
more. The issue is made. Accept the
burning words hear this trumpet blast
from Zion's wallas coming from God or
give up the Bible. "Thus saith the Lord" is
the key note of the watchman's cry. Bear,
believe and! repeat or die. There is no
other alternative. ' !
"Day returns, and with it the same trum
,pet blast In the same key. Night comes
again and the multitude comes with it.
Every available inch is occupied. The
same blast in the same key. Thus saith the
Lord. No going behind that record. Think
what you please. Reject the message if you
will, but reject and die. "He that be
lieveth not shall be damned.
"What of the character of his woikt
"It is searching and thqrough. There is
nothing superficial about it. . There is no
show, no trick, no blubber and foam. The
sword wielded is cold, keen steel, and it is
wielded, not in a fencing match for pas
time, but in battle. He strikes to kill. He
means to show the sinner his sins In all
their blackness, and to take away from him
every false hope, that he may lean alone on
Christ. In one word, he is a grand gospel
preacher whose influence for good it is im
possible to estimate, and whose final harvest
will garner in heaven countless thousands
of souls." i -
THE 1HIPOBTAHT QUESTION FOR
j LABOBBBS.
If the Monopolists told the truth
when - they said they wanted high
protection 1 for their productions in
order to pay their workmen high
wages, then,1 when goods 'advanced
the -wages would advance in propor
tion. But this does not happen.
The steel - men make their tens of
millions by .increase of price,, and
the wages remain the same. The
manufacturers generally may get
larger, returns for their goods and
wares, but the workmgmen. they em
ploy do not share in the j increase.
This is known to be the troth, and
the marvellous thing - is j tbat any
workingman can be bamboozled by
the Protection chaff. ; " j -
A correspondent of the N. Y.
Times has been showing up this mat
ter of wages and profits. The - men
who do the work do not receive the
r - . t
benefit from the increase of profit.
Mark that. The limes says edito
rially of its correspondent's pertinent
letter: , , j
, "He pointed out that the duty on crock
ery, after having been fixed at 25 per cent,
by the Morrill tariff, was raised, to 85 per
cent, in 1862, to 40 per cent, in 1864, and
to 55 per cent, in 1883, although the Tariff
Commission of 1882 had recommended a
general reduction of 20 per cent. ; He sug
gested that It would be interesting to know
.whether the wages of workmen In the New
Jersey potteries had been- raised with each
addition to the tariff duty, and how much
higher those wages were after the last ado
vanoe, in 1883, than they were before. Such
suggestions deserve the attention of work
ingmen, who are now told that any reduc
tion of the tariff must be followed by a re
duction of their wages. The argument is
that their employers will not be able to
make so large a profit, and tberefofe must
pay them less for their work." ,
. While Carnegie rolls about in his
coach-and-four and .draws his $5,000'
a day in clear profits from his mining
investments bis workmen are half
starving and be has to employ Pink-
erton's detectives to police j his im
ported "pauper, labor" from' the na
tive .workingmen who are starving. .
: Tlje Times says the copper; mining,
sugar trusts, fco., might be; in this
matter of wages and profits. . The
Lake Superior mines make a divi
dend of 120 per cent. In less than
twenty years a capital of $2,500,000
has paid the investors $30,000,000 in
dividends. The Times asks: - -
"While it was making these great profits
did it raise the .wages j of its workmen in
proportion t". 4 -y, 4 . 'A, , I
" It says that the Sugar Trust will
make additional some $20,000,000 ,
or more by their conspiracy. It asks:
"Have they made any corresponding ad
dition to the wages, of their workmen ?
The closing of several factories by the
Trust has deprived many men of employ
ment. Have the wages of those who are
employed been raised? The Linseed Oil
Trust nas neen enaniea py tne taria to ad
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vance the price of its product more than 40
per cent. Have the wages of men in ; its
mills gone up at the same time and at the
same rate? The lumber ring of the Pacific
coast has robbed consumers of large sums
as the result of combination under the
shelter of the tariff, as the Tribune admit,
and its profits have therefore been very
largely increased, j Has it in like degree
raised the wages of its employes? No, On
the contrary, it ' has sought to use the
cheapest imported labor wherever it was
possible to displace' home labor by ft, thus,
reducing wages while its members wera be
coming millionaires.'' . , j ;- '
- We f hope laboring men every
where will carefully look: into this
very important matter. . The rich
capitalist sajB . he must have high
tax to enable him to pay high wages.
Does he pay high wages? Does he
pay in any proportion to his actual
gains?-. Not a bit of it. ' . -!
DOlKttRS'8 MaBEIBUOTBi
FOB
,; t DERIOCRATS. . .
We publish below '.'. a etter from
one of the leading . oitizens of John
ston county It gives a brief acooont
of Dockery at Smithfield "and his in
famous declaration. ' ; Here is . the
.letter. ' Let ; White Men . read and
ponder. If such talk does' not stir
them, then they are callous and even
dead to their own best interests. r
- - Smithfield, N. CX; Nov. 2, 1888.
Editob Wilmington Star: Col. O. H.
Dockery, Radical candidate for Governor
of North Carolina, spoke here in the Court
House last nisht to four hundred negroes
and fourteen white men. Ten of the white
men were candidates for office.' - Mr. E. W.
Pou, Democratic candidate for Elector for
this District, asked for a division of time,
but Dockery refused. - The Democrats held
a meeting at the Market House and speeches
were made by E. J. Holt, R. D. Lunceford
and L. R. Waddell.
At the conclusion of Mr. Waddell's
speech E. W. Pou, who had been in the
Court House listening to Dockery'a speech
and taking notes, came-on the platform
and went for Dockery with a perfect ven
geance. Amongst other things said by
Dockery wan this: That the Bepublican
party were determined to have a change in
the tytstem of County Government, and
THEY WOULD HAVE IT IP THEY
HAD TO HAVE BLOODSHED -TO
GET IT. , . , : -
1 The beat ' Democratic campaign docu
ment that has been sent out is the Infamous
circular sent oat by J. B. Eaves, Chairman
of the Republican Executive Committee, to
the registrars and inspectors of election. I
think it will increase our majority in this
county at. least 500. You may put John
ston down as good for 800 or 1,000 ma
jority for the Democratic ticket. M.
j The man.who uttered such a dev
ilish sentiment must indeed have a
very black heart. To compass his
vile ends and succeed in bis cunning
ambition he wo old precipitate a
bloody conflict, and fill the. State
with lamentation and woe and rain.
He is imitating Gen, Sherman in his
incendiary talk. Sherman is a cruel,
revengeful, base, barbaric creature
living out of his time and in a civili
zation with which he has but little in
common. What shall be said of the
fellow Dockery? He has had a col
legiate education; has had some as
sociation with gentlemen now and
then; is connected with reputable peo
ple, and has had money enough to
live in some style. He knows better
than rave like a wild Comanche or
carry on like a Texas Cowboy. When
he stands up to harangue four or five
hundred negroes and to put the devil
into their receptive minds that
blood is the right appeal to secure
political ends and the sure way to ob
tain revenge, he; is sowing the Dra
gon's teeth and as sure as might and
right sometimes prevail armed men
will spring up a9 the result of such a
cultivation.
Dockery ought to be ashamed of
himself, Go home, bad,' depraved
man, and repent of your damning
sins. Hide your diminished head
from the face, of the White Race.
Live the remainder of your life in the
utmost seclusion. Cover your head
with ashes and cry unclean, unclean.
Tour cause is beyond all hope. when
you can forget decenoy, patriotism,
manly honor, race and home and talk
of internecine war and the killing of
the whites. Shame upon you.
j A prominent Johnston county De
mocrat, in a private letter, says: '
"v"I enjoy your editorials They always
stick to the Constitution on sound Demo
cratic doctrine."
He is an old Democrat,' and knows
what genuine Democraoy is. Thanks!
The Stab is Jeffersonian, Jacksonian,
Calhounisb, State Rights, strict con
struction", but that does not'pass for
"sound Democracy" now-a-days alto
gether. Blair bills, wild appropria
tions for all sorts of schemes, free '
whiskey, free smokes, violation of
the Constitution afld clamor for an
appropriation are more apt to be pop
ular and to pass for true Democracy
than the opposite of all these. -
The lecture at the lecture room of
Grace Church on Friday night by
President Crowell, of Trinity Col-
lege, on Education, was. plain, prao i
tical and thoughtful, and left with
those who heard him much to reflect
upon. Such lectures are well calcu
lated to do", good. The endowment
of the College has reached $40,000.
The Methodists of North Carolina
are; abundantly able to make it
$140,000 and they ought to do it and
in the next two years. .
i ;" ' "
We are sorry to see unfavorable criticisms
on Sam Jones In the New Bern Journal
and the Wilmington Stab. Had the edit
ors of these papers been in Durham last
week and heard him and seen the good
work he has accomplished, they would
have nothing but words of praise for him.
Do not condemn a man.brothers.bef ore you
hear him. Durham Plant. - ? s
s Sam Jones is a cracker bat he will
be profane and coarse. We based our
temarks upon what the Durham pa
pers printed as his utterances.-
memorial ExerclMa.
:" Grace Church last night was crowd
ed With people to hear the memorial
address by Rev. J; H Cordon, of Wil
son, Grand Master of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of North Caro
IbmV -T - - ' f '. -
- The members of Cape Fear Lodge
No. 2 and Orion Lodge . No. 67 metj at
the lodge rooms at '7.15 o'clock : aind
escorted; ReV;. ' Mr. 1 Cordon" to ! the
church. : TChe following were the offi
cers selected for the occasion: Rt
Jones, P VG; J D Bellamy, Jr, NJG;
Jno Ii Dudley, B Qh, J M .McGowan
R S; H O CraigF S; Jno Maunder,
T; O M Harris, N; E B Clowe, Con
ductor; Rev. F "W H Peschau, Chap
lain; N Jacobi, B S to N G; Osear
PearsaH, L S to" NG;PF Piatt. R S to
V G; G H Ward, L S to V G;3M
Williams, RS S; S A Craig, LSS;J E
Williams, I J; Jos L Pinner,1 O G;
Wm M Hays, Conductor. J J.
- At the church : the officers o'oefd
the rostrum, while tie memlbtta fiHec
the pews in the centre of the build-,
ing.- The choir consisted of Profes
sor Cameron Certain, organist, Mrs.
L. B. Pennington, Mrs. Frank Muse,
Mr. G. M. Altaffer, Mr. John E. Grant,
Mr. J. W. Fleet, and Mr. W. W.
Hodges.. -; - '': ."";
After music by the choir and
prayer by the Rev. Mr. Pesehau,
the memorial day proclamation of
Grand Sire John H. White was read
by Secretary James M. McGowan.
The choir then rendered a fine musi
cal selection, and the address of
Grand Master Cordon followed. ' By
many of those who' heard him it is
said to be the. finest address of the
kind ever delivered in this city. His
illustrations of Odd Fellowship were
particularly interesting to his hearers.
The address was about an hour and a
half in length and was exceedingly
entertaining throughout. - j
- After the address, Rev. Mr. Cordon
with the committee of arrangements,
in carriages,, went from the church to
The Orton, where he was entertained
until the hour for his ,depar.ture at 12
o'clock, t-;- - ,.:vV- ' '. , i . '
' It was the intention of the commit
tee to entertain ' Mrj Cordon at the
Hammocks to-day, put his pastoral
engagements preyented his accept"
ance of the proffered: hospitality. :
The Wcldon Fair. I . '''
A correspondent , writes the Stab
thaTt Thursday was the "big day" at
the Weldon Fair. A large crowd
was in attendance, variously estima
ted at from 2,500 to 3,000 people. The
management we well pie ased with
their undertaking, tjie net receipts
showing a great success. The weath
er was open, being; very pleasant.
making the racing fine both trotting:
and running. The Scotland Neck.
Cavalry was on han
going through
their novel exercisei
Irilling as cav-
airy and infantry an
as skirmishers
This feature was ne
to a portion of
the crowd. Capt. S.
Hart, Jr., was
also on hand from
Rocky Mount,
with his infantry
dompany, being'
one among the youngest' companies
of the State Guard, land was highly
complimented for their proficiency
in drilling. It bidi fair, with the
progress it is making! f being second
to none of the State Guard. -
Considering the. crowd, everything
passed off very pleasantly and quietly.
Only two accidents occurred a negro
man had his right hand mashed at
the wrist, and on the S. &R. R. Road,
between Weldon arid Garysburg,
man was killed by the train. . '
Yi BI. O. A. i ' : , -
The central looatio a of the newT.
M. C. A. rooms will greatly aid th
association in becoming the commu
nity affair that it is intended to be.
No more convenient place can be
found In town for a business man to
make an appointment to meet a bus
iness friend. With the convenience
of a quiet room, with writing material1
at hand, our business men will no
doubt soon learn to snake use of the
rooms freely. I
Harbor Blanera Report.
Capt.' Price, harbor master, reports
the following arrivals at this port for
the month of October:
' AMERICAN.
Steamers....
Brigs.....'...
Schooners . i
Total... i
Steamers. . . :
Barques... ..
Brigs........
' Total.;..!,
10 7,665
1 188
9 2,424
tons.
....... 20 10,277
FOBBI03T..
...... 8
8
1-
9,052
3,648
307
41
.17
13,007
Pilots report soundings: -
Bald Head Bar. . . .t. - .13 feet 6 inches
Western Bar (not used).. ....... .11 feet
Railroad matter.
A recent gathering of railroad offi
cials in Columbia, the Augusta
Chronicled says, is said to have no
other object in view but a consolida
tion of lines in op1 position to the
Terminal system, in which proposed
consolidation Augusta is one of the
poin ts with which connection is to
be provided. The gathering was
p r incipally of officials of the Charles
ton, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad
and of the Robinson Seaboard Air
Line, known as the Georgia, Caro
ina and Northern. The former, from
Ashland, Ky., to Charleston, has 200
miles of road completed, the. larger
portion of which is in operation.
The Robinson property is projected
and being constructed from Monroe,
N. C, to Atlanta, Ga., and is now in
operation from Monroe to Chester, S.
C, almost paralleling the Richmond
and Danville through North Carolina '
and South Carolina. Nothing defi
nite is known of the conference, but
it is reported tha b the officials are to
confer with the ! cities Interested in
order to secure the ' financial aid to
hurry the completion of the compet
ing line. ; -'-j-y;. -4
. The Register of. Deeds issued
five , marriage licenses during : the
week; two of which were for white
and. three for colored couples. !. -
BOAJtD OF AJLDERMEN.
Special SlMtUic Tlte iBHarkat-Hona
" , j - Ordlnaaec. '
. A special' meeting of the Board of
Aldermen Was held yesterday after
noon,pursuant to notice given at the
last meeting. : . . . . '
. Mayor. Fowler, presided, and Alder
men PearsaH, Fishblate, . King, Ddd
ley, Sampson" arid. Walker were prem
Alderman. Pearsall,. ' from, the Coin"
mittee on! Markets, presented an ordi
nance , prepared ' by . City Attorney
Cutlar.' ,He stated that it was simply
a compilation of all the market ordi
nances of the city.; . ;,u .
Mr. Cutlar explained that the or
dinance did -not i contain anything
new nor - waa'anything - omitted, with
but one 'exception that hucksters
are placed on the same , footing aa
farmers and fishermenallowing
them to- sell from carts anywhere ;in
the city aitarv d-o'clock. : in the morn
ing.. . The ., ordinance was . read "at
length by. Mr. Outlar. I
In the short discussion that ensued
Alderman Pearsall said that he . de
sired to call, attention to a circular
signed by many -of -: the . huck
sters. . and 'i country : people.' , So
far as the .hueksters were concerned
they had no ground for . complaint;
They, had been informed that .the
clause in the; market ordinance re
lating to hucksters had long been; a
dead letter . and would not be . en
forced. - v ' ; . T .' ' ':
The Mayor; said that the circular
alluded to was purely ; a political
document, and-that the person who
was circulating it said that it was
done for the purpose of injuring the
Democratic party. .. . ..
Alderman Fishblate said that the
part of the ordinance relating to
hucksters, it was well understood,
would not -be- enforced. He did not
see how they ; could make a political
matter out of . the. adoption of the
ordinance, isvery uepubucan mem
ber of the. Board voted for its adop
tion, and the only opposition to; it
was-by a Democratic member of the
Board. -- ' .rk ,! - "
Alderman'; Pudley ' aiked informa
tion as to the clause in the ordinance
prohibiting, the -transfer of produce
from one cart to another."i9 I
The City Attorney : explained that
this clause was intended to apply
only to the butchers who had. put up
"market houses on wheels" in front
of the market, into which they trans
ferred meats brought in carts- from
their slaughter houses. It was not
intended to and did not affect fisher
men and dealers in other produce.
Alderman Fishblate moved, the
adoption of the ordinance as sub
mitted, and Aldermen King second
ing the motion it was put to a vote
and earried, unanimously.
.. On motion of Alderman Fishblate,
itsras ordered that five hundred cop
ies of the ordinance be published for
distribution. . -
: A petition for a fire hydrant at
Eighth and Wooster streets was re
ferred to committee.
, A petition for the improvement of
Dawson street was also referred to
committee, and there being no other
business -the Board adjourned.
Tb Fire X.aat NlgliC.
- Fire broke out last night in a two
story frame house on an alley on
Brunswick t between Second and
Third streets. The house was burned
down, and adjoining property at one
time was in great danger. The
prompt, action of the firemen, how
ever, prevented the flames spreading
; The house was occupied by colored
people and owned by a colored
woman living in the neighborhood;
whether there was any insurance on
the property destroyed could not be
ascertained.
The "Atlantic" hose had arrived on
the ground and attached to the
hydrant at the corner of. Fourth and
Brunswick streets and the firemen
were playing through their engine on
the fire when it was discovered that
the hose had been cut by some
malicious person.
The matter will be thoroughly in
vestigated, -and if the scoundrel who
cut the hose is caught the severest
penalty of the law will be meted out
to him. Mayor Fowler, when apprised
of the outrage, immediately offered a
reward of $25 for information that
will lead to the arrest of the guilty
party.: : . ' '
Police Record.
The records at police headquarters
show the arrest of 101 persons during
the month of October whites 30and
colored 71. The court fines collected
daring the same time amount! to
$122.35 and the pound fees $11.40.
There were four alarms of fire during
the month and sixteen places, of
business ' were found open by the
police." m'm
Cotton Morement. .
- Receipts at: this port during the
month of October 47,952 bales, against
43,910 the same month, last season, an
increase Of 4,042 bales. Receipts from
Sept. 1st to Nov. 1st were 56,768 bales,
against. 82,501 . to the same date last
year,: showing - a decrease of 25,733
bales.:' . The stock at this port is
18,116 bales I -
Xlavai stores. .
The monthly statement posted at
the Produce Exchange Bhows receipts
of naval stores' at this port from April
1st to No,v. 1st as follows: Spirits tur
pentine 45,920 casks, against 50,456 for
camel time last year. Rosin, .119,330
barrels, against 187,815 last year . Tar,
28,694 barrels, against 39,831 last year.
Crude turpentine, 14,205 barrels,
against 17,275 last year. '
. j . ; TENNESSEE,'
An BartbqnaLKe SnocK as Blempbla
. Br Telecraph to toe Xornlsx Star. .. ..
.Memphis. Nov. 3. Quite a perceptible
LearXhquake shock was felt here this morn
fing at 8.50 o'clock. People -asleep iu up
per Atones oi DuuamgB ana resiaeaces,
were) considerably alarmed. Its duration;
was only a few eeconds. -;
-THANX.8GirilfG
Tbe .Preeldent'a . Proclamation Ap.
pointing; Tharedar, the 29 tb Inst, i
Br TeleKraph ta ths Komlng Star. - I
A Proclamation by the . President of the
United States: . j
Constant thanksgiving and gratitude are
due from the American people to Almighty
God for His goodness and mercy, which
have followed them since the day He made
them a nation and vouchsafed to them a
free government. With loving kindness
He . has i constantly led us in the way of
properity and greatness He has not visited
with swift punishment our. shortcomings,
but with gracious care He has warned us
of our dependence upon His forbearance,
and has taught us that obedience to Hia
holy law is the price of a cootinuanca'of His
precious guts, in acknowledgment of : all
that God has done for: uiaa nation, and
to the end that on an appointed day the
united prayers and praise of a grateful
country may reach the throne of grace,
I, Grover Cleveland. V President of the
United States, ' -do ; hereby designate
and Bet apart ' Thursday, the twenty-
Dint n a ay or xiovemoer, instant, as
a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer toi be
kept throughout tbe land. On that day let
ail our people suspend tnetr ordinary work
and occupations, and in their accustomed
places of worship, with prayer and songs of
praise, render thanks to God for all tils
mercies, for the abundant harvests which
have rewarded the toil of the husbandman
during the year that has passed, and for the
rich rewards that have followed the labors
of out people in their shops and marts of
trade and traffic Let us give thanks for
peaee and social order and contentment
within our Doraers, ana. ior our aavance-
ment in all that adds to national greatness.
And mindful of the afflictive dispensation
with which a portion of our land has been
visited, let u", while we humble ourselves'
before the power or, uou acknowledge uis
mercy , in , setting bounds to the deadly
marchof pestilence, and let our hearts be
chastened by .sympathy with our fellow
countrymen who have suffered and who
mourn. J i . :
And. as we return thanks for all the
blessings which we have received from the
hands of our Heavenly, Father, let us not
forget that he has enloined upon us charity.
and on this day of thanksgiving let us gen
erously remember the poor and needy, so
that our tribute or praise ana gratunae
may be acceptable in the sight of the Lord.
Done at the City of Washington on the
first day of November eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight, and in.tno year of inde
pendence of the United States the one hun
dred and thirteenth.; I
In witness whereof I have hereunto signed
. my name, and caused the seal of the Uni
ted States to be affixed.
Grovkb Clbvelakd. '
By the President: - -:
T. F. Batabd, Sec. of State. .
Washxngtoh, Nov. 2. The steel cruiser
Boston arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, laat
night I Accordingly Commodore Harmo
ny, acting-Secretary of Navy, "decided to
revoke the orders -sending the Kearsage,
now lying in the dock at Portsmouth, N.
H.. to protect American Interests in gayti,
and to order the Boston there in her steads
Orders were therefore sent to her comman
der to proceed to Port-au-Prince without
delay, I and to do all in his power to pre
serve the safety of American residents there
in case of trouble arising out of that gov
ernment's recent action in seizing the
steamer Haytien Republic. The run f ran
Kingston to Port-au-Prince will take about
twelve hours, whereas it would be at leas t
a month before the Kearsaga could reach
the latter port.
Aetiog Postmaster General Knott to-day
issued the following order:
"In answer to numerous communications
addressed to the Postoffice Department,
inquir nr whether electiog day, Novem-
-i-ber 6th, will be observed as a - hoUday
in the various postoffices tbrougbout the
United States, as provided by the laws of
the several States, the following general or
der has been promulgated : I
"That while election day cannot be ob
served as a holiday in the Postoffices
throughout the United States, as such ob
servance would interfere too seriously with
the postal service and public, convenience,
all Postmasters are instructed however to
so arrange the public business of their re
spective offices on that day as to give full
opportunity to employes of their offices to
exercise their right of suffrage as Ameri
can citizens." :
WAsmHGTON, Nov. 8. About one hun-j
dred and fifty visiting delegates to the an
nual meeting of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, lately in session at Rich
mond, called upon i the President today.;
They were introduced by delegate A. J.
Chevere, in a few remarks, concluding
with the expression of the hope that Presi
dent Cleveland .would be in the White
House next November. -The President re
sponded briefly, expressing his gratification
at meeting a body of men about whom be
had heard so much, but he refrained from
replying to the last remark.
PENNSYLVANIA.
mrr,m Accident Tlie Boiler ot
Threanina fBaenlno Explodes wltn
Deadly 1TC. f T'
By Telegrapk to the Morning Star - -;;
RxASiNO, November 2. A terrible ac
cident, resulting in the killing of five men
and the injuring of maay others took place
this forenoon on the farm, ot Jonah Spayd,
in Bern township, -this, oeunty, where a
steam threshing machine was in operation.
Tho tmiler exploded with fearful force;
carrying destruction on every -band. The
killed are William Rever. a boy aged six-r
teen; Joseph Mackmer, aged fourteen, the
only support of his widowe&jsiater; -laaso
Marberger, aged sixteen; Joseph Spayd;
oomI I about thirtv-lwo. and irvmg
Duntieoerger, agea nineteen. .akj.
I . . 5 ?
meo were engaged in; oparaMnK:
boiler turst, and were standing but a fewj
fpet fffi the latter, ana wnen ut imum
had eleated away- a terrible scene was pre
sented. The bodies of all five were lying
some distance- away, having been hurled
t firtvr feet The terribly mu
tilated body of Hackmer was hurled clear
through the wearaeroa" "r"v
The buUding" was completely wrecked.
Four or five or-her persona receivou mujuhw
of a serious character.
PENlTSTJb VAX I A.
Terrific Bxplo Iron JH1U.
PiTT6BTrEQ,Nov. 1. Shortly before noon
to-day an explosion ' ot meiai occurreu
at the Sable Iron Works of gag
vniin . vm-vman - George Smith, agea
29 yeara. and serious! Kiein. aged
50 years, ms son. sge W,"Z
John Zut, aged 27 yet J$te
is so badly injured th
..ni.mni..ui n ths furnace depart-:
ment, and were engage J pounng molten;
dentally upset and tte . toto
nnrtfim or water, a lerr
j j u.li .v. . cenncM Rnri a,001!
tionofthemlll, and scatt' $ing e metAi
over the men. George 8m. no"1"'
burned about the head and uu
arm was torn from his b y.; ie Qieu
almost instaotTy. The othi v were
frightfully burned, but all w. ill recover
r.. T7-i: v .. --r. neat con-
rtitfnn Th damnM to the m'ill Will not
exceed $10,000.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Enforcing tbe i License
Sax .
in
1 . . .Charleston.
Sv Telegraph to the Homing;
Ceubl&ston, November 1. Last April
a number of citizens refused to pay muni
cipal license tax on the ground that it was
a double tax and unconstituBjoaaL The
city court txied sixty or seventy cases and
condemned the defendants to pay a fine
or in default to imprisonment An appeal
was taken to the Supreme Court which
affirmed the constitutionality of the license
law. v: To-day twelve executions were
issued by the city sheriff and- the- fine
served,- Defendants .refused to pay the
fine and were committed to jail.
nux's Bar i jew.
Tbe Voiam of Baalneaa Larger tbaa
- Vnnanal and Trade SaUafactory Ev
erywhere, . .. ;..v - v. -:;- .i : . '
By .Telegraph tj the Horning Btar. ; ; .
vNbw Yobjc, November 2. The inter
ruption of trade by political excitement has
increased, as is natural, and yet the volume
of business continues larger than usual.and
probably larger than in any previous year
at this season. The single fact that bank
exchanges outside of New York, in tbe last
week but one of the Presidential campaign,
exceeded those of last year by 10$ per cent.,
the clearings of last year having been ex
ceptionally large, proves that the volume of
legitimate business is unprecedented,, for
only a part of the increase can be attributed
to excess of speculative operations. Indeed,
the speculative markets appear to have been
more affected by political interest than the
other departments of - business, and in
stock sales here have been only about 1,
100; 000 shares for the week ; in wheat about
86.400.000 bushels; in cotton about 850.000
Daies, na la ail or tbe other mar
kets business ' is rather smaller' than
UBual.' -Reports from interior points Indi
cate a marked improvement in the volume
of trade at Nashville. Memphis and Detroit,
and satisfactory business at nearly all other
cities; but at Philadelphia, Pittsburg and
Kansas City, the prevailing quiet is attri
buted to political excitement ; Money mar
kets appear well supplied at nearly every,
reporting point, with the usual rates main
tained ; bat a shade of stringency is noted
at St Paul and an active demand at Kan
sas Cltv, with some doubt about business
prospects in Western Kansas, which leads
to caution in dealings with that section;
otherwise reports of the condition of trade
are better than usual, and improvement in
collections is noticed at Southwest and
Northwest centres. . -'
Exports incraase a little, exceeding those
of last year for the past four weeks about
8 per cent., while imports fall below last
year's about 7 per cent., with wheat, corn,
coffee, . lard and petroleum a little lower
than a week ago. The general average of
prices nevertheless remains substantially
unchanged, quotations Of articles not the
object of speculation being on the whole
a little high
Basiness failures occurring throughout
the country during the last week number
for the United 8tatea 243. Canada 32.
Total 275, agtinst 254 last week.
MASSACHUSETTS,
A ssoeton Ileal Estate Agent raiealng
. wltb a Large Amount ofV Money
Failure of a Bank President.
IBy Telegraph to the ICornuH Star.l
Boston, November - 2 Herbert L
Critchett. aged 83, of the firm of Daniels
& Critchett, real estate agents and
auctioneers, has disappeared, leaving a
large deficit in his accounts with the firm,
amounting, it is said, to $25,000. Critchett
had full charge of the books of tbe firm
and supervised its financial affairs. Mr.
Daniels, senior member of the firm, is una
ble to tell the condition of affairs st present,
but thinks his personal loss will be
$10,000. The firm collected rents of be
tween .300 and 400 houses, and Critchett is
known to .be eome2, 00O8hort on. these
rents. Experts are at work on the booksr-
W. L. Forbes, president of the National
Bank of Redemption, has made an assign
ment for tbe benefit of his creditors. ATbe
amount of his liabilities is not known.
Forbes has been dealing heavily in real
estate of late, but was not engaged in any
other business. He resigned his position
as president of " the bank at noon to-day.
The bank is in no way involved,
TRAIN BOBBERY.
Forty Tboosand Dollar Taken from
an Express messenger.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.:
Nkw Oslbaks, November 8. The U. S.
Express messenger pn the train ot the New
Orleans & Northeastern Railway, which
arrived here this morning at 7 o'clock, was
robbed at 6 a.m. between Lacey and Derby
stations Jlfty miles from this city. Express
officials decline to state the amount of the
robbery, but it is understood the loss is be
tween $40,000 and $50,000.
Between the stations above named the
robber entered the express car, where Henry
McElroy, baggage master, was sitting on a
chest near tbe middle of the car, and ex
press messenger Charles Louvey was atone
end, checking off freight The robber came
first to the baggage master, presented a pis
tol and required McElroy to hold up his
hands. Quickly i throwing a sack over
McElroy'a head, the robber gave his atten
tion to tho messenger, who was required at
the point of a pistol to open the .safe.
A sack was then placed by him over
the head of the messenger, while the
robber proceeded with the work of secur
ing the money, both McElroy and Louvey
being required under threat to hold up their
hands. After securing tbe contents of the
safe the robber pulled the bell-rope the
train then being near Nicholson station,
forty-five miles from this city. :When the
train stopped ho left the train unobserved.
The conductor did not know why the train
stopped, and on starting forward to ascer
tain, found the rear end of the coach next
to the baggage car locked, and the key left
in the door on the outside. When tbe ex
press car was finally reached, both McElroy
and Louvey were found standing with their
hands up and sacks over their heads. They
were under the Impression that the robber
was still ptesent Only one robber was seen
by Louvey,
COTTON STATEMENT,
Total ' Net Receipts of Cotton at All
Portslnee Sept. 1st, 1888.
By Telecraph to the Horning Star.
Nkw Yobk. Nov. 2. The following
are the total net receipts of cotton at all the
ports since September 1, 1888: Galveston,
5kh ms bales: New Orleans. 890.516 bales;
Mobile. 61,6161 bales; Savannah, 328,024 i
hales; Charleston, 156,891 bales; Wil
Kton, 59.448 bales; Norfolk, 157 220
lles; Baltimore, 8,291 bales; New York,
3.1S6 bales; Boston, 5,041 bales: Newport
News, iliCSJ bales; Philadelphia, 8,576
bales; West Point 89,656 bales; Bruns
wiokw -50,486 .bales; Port Royal, 2.710
bales; PensacoU, bales. Total,
1,860,575 bales..
luiiiriu Batwiea Detectives anaaue
. Batfleld-meOoy dang.
nvTAiAmnhto the Morning Star.
Tirnvember' 2. Kentucky
detectives and the West iTirginla'contingent
nf th Hatfield-McCoy gang collided "last
Monday, and the result was that.the detec- ;
tivea arrested Ellison Mounts and a man
named Chambers. The latter was shot la
the hand and escaped, but not until he shot;
one of the detectives in the arm. Mounts
was clubbed and frightfully beaten before '
he was subdued. He was taken to Pike
iiiA...ir.. and lodged in iail. The detec
tive who wassbot is named J. W. Napier.
COLOBABO.
Horrible
Deatb of
JHnrderer at
i- Denver. : ' - '
Dxnvbb, Col. Nov. 1. On Monday
James Lougonotti. a bar-tender for the
West Side saloon, had some words with A.
Case over the price of drinks. Case was
ordered -out of the saloon, and as he was
passing out of the door Lougonotti' shot
him dead. The murderer was arrested and
lodged in jail. Since hU incarceration he
has been suffering with nervous prostra
tion, and this morning was taken with con
vulsions and died in terrible agony, imag
ining that the murdered man was torturing
turn.
VIRGINIA,
A Fifty
Xbonsand Dollar Fire at
- Iynebbart -
Lthchbubg, Nov. 1. A fire this morn
destroyed ' Moorman's tobacco ware
wia e. the Dental chewing-gum factory,
ans sash, blind and door estabnsh
Senfiuid Ainslie,& Bro.'s carriage works,
SSt Jossof over $50,000. ; Insurance
Siooty The burned buildings are on the
let Main street
upper en)
westTvibginia.
. .Spirits Turpentine i
: Oxford Orphan's Friend: We
received $20 from Wilmington Lodge laat
week for the benefit of the Asylum. The '
Lodge that, gets ahead of Wilmington
Lodge has to get up early and stay up late
- Winston Daily Mrsl Martin
Peoples, of East Salem, was badly burned
this morning. She was ironing and fell
with her head in the flre-jflace Macros the
hot irons. The side of her facets baaed,
one ear is gone and her neck and shoulders
are badly burned. Ii ta feared that ber in
juries may prove, fatal. .
Raleigb News -Observer: Tt e
Oak City Manufacturing Company btvo
just placed in their factory a machice for
cutting pants which is a mechanical mar
vel. ' - A colored man named Grttn
Womble, who was at work yesterday at
Edenton Street Church', died very sud
denly. Intelligence reached hire yes
terday of a sad occurrence in St. Mat
thew's township. Miss Lida Bolton. n
aged and highly esteemed lady of ht
township, accidentally fell in the fire, tod
before assistance arrived her cloth tug
caught and she was buraed to death.
Henderson Gold Leaf : Simmons-will
get a good many colored vctt s at
Henderson. We hear of numbers of the
most intelligent colored men who will tup -port
him. As the new crop tchacco
comes in tho reports of the inferior quiliiy
are confirmed to a great extent Compara
tively little strictly fine tobacco will come
out of the present crop. Mr. Richard
Mars ton, proprietor of the Wilmington
mineral spring, located near town, baa. re
cently had another analysis made of the
water, and he is seeking to bring it ioio
greater public favor, Tho analysis allows
that the water is highly minenifu log
strongly impregnated with Iron, lime. inu
ncsia, potash, silica, alum, etc , amounting
to 26.10 to the Imperial gallon.
The North Carolina . Presby
terian Synod has closed its business work.
All reports were made and ehowed tbat the
Church in North Carolina is ju a Biate i f
growth. There are ia the 8j nod 1V2 or
dained ministers, of whom 90 are in active
work There are 251 churches and 22,553
members Tho average salary paid minis
ters in the whole Synod ia about $800.
During the last year about $441,500 was
raised for benevolent purposes, ' about
$9,000 more than during tbe j ear previous.
There are 51 vacant churches in tbe Synod,
of which tbe greater number are in Con
cord Presbytery. Fourteen churches have
been built duting the year. There are 58
manses valued at over $112,008.
Greensboro Patriot: Dookery
stood oh the depot platform a few mo
ments, shaking hands with bystanding
menus, ana 101 tne avenger was .ng&r.
"Big Injun" Kitchin loomed like a retnbu
tiye shadow in his rear, and the expression
on the grim faoe and the tense attitude of
the tall form, all said plainly : "There's my
meat!'' As Col. Dockery bowed his
adieux, and disappeared into ono of the
passenger - coaches, Buck, the gallant
"Brave," in war-paint and fluttering
feathers, strode on through the car-door;
and, in a graceful wave of his long,
sweeping coat tails, a mysterious oblong
parcel protruded. As "Buck" ia, like
Caesar's wife, "above suspicion as to a
portable remedy for snake-bite, tbe admir
ing and .awe-struck beholders concluded
that the bundle contained the tomakawk.
Durham Plant: About seventy
persons gave their names for membership
in Trinity Methodist Church. At the
First Baptist Church last night forty-nine
members were received for baptism, and to
be restored and thirty-four at the Presbyte
rian Church. Dr. Taylor, President
qf Wake Forest College was present and
; spoke at the First Baptist Church, last
. a . . c r. r . . " : - r i
it trying to raise souuou additional en-- -A
dowment. He said he came to Durham
first because. she had push and vim and
could do well whatever she wanted to do.
We hope the Baptists of the place will raise
at least $3,000 of the amount wanted.
They have 203 boys at college now and are - k " '
bound to enlarge their capacities for teach-
ing. i God bless and prosper Wake Forest 1 f
College. . ,: '
Durham Recorder: Sam Jones
has been worth millions of dollars to Dur
ham. No city has ever experienced such
wonderful changes. It is simply unprece- ,
dented. Thousands of people from
the surrounding towns and counties visited
Durham to hear Rev. Sam Jones.
Capt. E. J.Parrish, proprietor of the Z.I.
Lyon & Co. tobacco works, gave the use of
his sales warehouse for Rev. Sam Jones's
meetings.. From unofficial figures we
have at hand the total number who have
given their names for church- membership
Is about 288, divided as follows r Baptist
churches 73, Methodist 160. Presbyterian
85, and Episcopal about 20. Mr. Jones
and Prof. Excell left on the evening train
yesterday. A large concourse of people
were at the depot to see them off. Most all
of the 'choir were there, and as the train
came in it sang "At the Cross," and in a
few moments Mr. Jones was on his way to
Trinity College. . -
Wilson Advance: Gen. L. Q.
Estes, of Enfield, was in town last Tues
day and it is believed that he was here dis
pensing Radical boodle. Stanton, Sharp
and others of the gang were in town in close
confab all day. Jvor tne last two weeas i
our Baptist brethren have been having a 1
revival in their church. Rev. Thos. Need- ,
ham, of Richmond, has beea preaching for
them. He is an evangelist of wonderful :
power. Over twenty souls havo professed ,
their belief in Christ's power to save and
his willingness to pardon their sins.
W. H. Blount, Esq., and the inimitable
Dossey Battle are both invited to deliver
addresses at the Rocky Mount fair, which
will be held November 14th. 15th and 16th.
Judge Graves gives pretty general sat
isfaction to the members of the bar and the .
people generally. Edgecombe and 1
Halifax counties are sending many negroes .
to Wilson, hoping thereby to turn this
county over to the set of disreputable men
who seek to deBtroy the best Interests of -Wilson
county. - .'
Raleigb News-Observer: Mrs.:
Pattie Andrews, wife of Mr. E. M. Au
drews, died last evening at 8 o'clock. She
was a daughter ot Captain Parker, of
Albermarle, in Stanly county, and was an
exemplary member of Tryou Street M. E.
Church. Colonel and Mrs. Thomas
M. Holt returned home yesterday after
noon, arter a stay qi several weeas wun
Mr. A. W. Haywood, of this town, during -which
time the state of Col. Holt's health
has greatly improved, we are happy
to note. With the assistance of crutches
he is now able to move about with com
parative ease. I A bad shooting affair
occurred on Bob Kennedy's place, in thir -county,
last Friday night which resulted
in a colored girl, losing one of her legs.
Her name is Addie Monteith, and she is
fourteen years old. She was playing with
her young brother, who was armed with a
toy in the shape of a shotgun. The gun
was accidentally discharged, and the load
of shot tore through the girl's left leg,
some of the shot passing through and
wnnndinir the right leg. The injury to
the left leg was of such a character that
amnntation was necessary, and on Satur
day the leg was cut off. The revival
which has been going on at Central Church,
in this city; for something over two
months, is being attended . with renewed
interest. : ' . ..- j -
1 Raleigb Recorder: The trustees
ot Wake Forest College will hold a special
session In Greensboro during the session of
the Convention. Mr. Gerald Mc
Carthy has been appointed botanist to the
State Experiment Station. The station will
now -conduct a series of experiments to
show- the purity of grass .seeds and the
percentage of germination. The State
Fair made money this year. The debt of
the State Agricultural Society is $26,000,
covered by mortgage bonds at 8 per cent
Major C. Dowd is still engaged in set
tling up the affairs of the broken State
National Bank. He hopes to declare an
other dividend of 20 oer cent, about Jan. 1st J
The Raleigh Bicycle Club, which has
twelve members, has received new uniforms
and will soon give a parade.- There .
are - now over . 400 studentayat the Shaw
University -(colored). Anotner DuiiaingvjP
n ho mnfttrncted there. - Samuel C.t
White, ex-cashier of the State National I
Bank, remains in iail. He now falls abort
a ano nf mntrinff nn the tlO.OOO ball bond."
A magnificent $3,000 pipe organ is be
inonlaced in Edenton ; Sueet Methodist
Church. An-annex has been built in
which to place it The monument to
n.. to a Rhntwnll will nrobablv be put
up in Oakwood cemetery by the lOth of
November, it is oi granite wu
size, though not lofty. It will stand about
ten feet high. . 1 '-' - r
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