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f The Weekly Star. . PUBLISHED AT. V I L Jl I N G T O N N; C, AT f'V ':iV 11,00 A VEAB, IN ADVAHCB. 8SSS38S8S8888SSSS 8SSg88g8?ggS S8S8S8888888S88SS 888888888S88SSSSS iqiuojc g l88Sl8l8888888S88 8S8S8SS888S888888 qiuoK X 88888888828888888 SSSSS822S88SS88S' 88888888888888888 nooiat 3sssssstsss I Entered at the Poet Offloe aGWllmlngton, N. C, as oeoona viass ja.ttucr.j SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, The subscription price of the Weexxy Stab, is as follows :- Clnitls Hnrnr 1 veiT TnataM. TMllfl 1.00 "' " 6 months' ..." .60 " " 3 month " " .80 W HI THERE IS A SOLID SOUTH Tho eloquent and jnet sentiments of Governor Gordon, of Georgia, to bo found in tho Stab's dispatches of yesterday will find an eoho in every patriotic and liberty-loving and Con stitutional regarding citizen of our country in whatever section he may live and under what ever ekieB her may have been born. They are sen timent J of an able, brave, Christian Southron who has" illustrated the manhood of the South on the peril ous edge of battle and in the halls of legislation. - That his sentiments will be grate ful to the Blaine, Foraker, Dawes, Hoar, Ingalls, Gen. Sherman stripe 18 not to be thought of. These fel lows of the bader sort would rather retain the supremacy of the Repub lican party with a dispoiled, depopu lated, blasted ' South than to have a florioup. DrosDerous. united, eanal Union of States, with the Democrats in office. But we are glad that Governor Gordon, in bis second in augural, Bpoko in such clear, unmis takable terms. Each Southern State i? the equal under the Constitution of each Northern Stale. Equality of States in a Union of States is tho true doctrino and none other can be allowed. Oar attention was called last Sat urday by a friend to a very silly, ignorant editorial in the New York Herald of Friday. We could not find the paper and heaoo could not comment upon it. We have met with some extracts in an exchange that show that the great newspaper Chameleon of 1861, is still able to make a summersault io the shortest possible time and with an india rubber elasticity that gives no indi cations of decrepitude if it does of senility of sentiment. The Herald made a good, Btrong fight for Tariff Reform and Tax Re duction and supported Mr. Cleveland with vigor and intelligence. He was defeated and presto! change! The Herald flops and begins to prate of a solid South with an old time Radi cal flavor quite unworthy of an in fluential, widely, read Independent newspaper. The Herald says: "That solid South delusion, that holding ,in nn inpitrirfthlo nnlittniu nmhrana the dead and damned Confederacy truly. truly, it i3 a miserable business, and now we see what becomes of it. If our South ern friends those who.have sense enough to remember that some things have hap pened since 1865 would only- set them selves to the abandonment of this forlorn fanaticism it would be a national gain. It is really such politics as we bear about in Bedlam and other stricken resorts ana should be abandoned now and forever." The Herald ought to know better than to indulge in such twaddle as that. If it knows anything it knows that sinoe 1865 the South has been solid through a dire, irreversible, in evitable necessity. How else could the South have acted ? How else oan the South now act? Why should ' the Southern whites break up their organization? The late campaign and the course of the Herald are the best reply. The Herald fought against the Republican party be cause of its grinding War Tax in a time of peace. Must the Southern whites accept that War Tax as a finality ? If so how foolish in the t Herald or how insincere in the Her- alii to oppose that rax. rne soutn ern whites have no good reason to favor a system of taxation that op presses and impoverishes the labor ing classes and the farmers while en riching a few. But the mam reason why the Southern Whites most stand togeth er is the same reason that brought them together soon after the war- as soon as the negroes were olothed with the franchise and became politi cal factors. The Herald knows that the intelligence of a country (or of a city) cannot afford to be controlled -by the ignorance of a country. The Herald knows that capital is sensi tive and cannot be nnder the .power of the irresponsible without a great calamity. The Herald knows that an ignorant, superstitious, immoral claBs are not the fit custodians of the rights, liberties and property of an intelligent, virtuous, Christianized olass. Why, then, should the South ern White Men break up their im- perauvery needed and liborty-pre serving organization tovote for their Radical oppressors and maligneri 7 VOL. XX. and to help perpetuate an economio system that is nnequal, unrighteous, oppressive, unwise, absurd, danger ous, ruinous, and according to a well known decision of the Supreme Court of the United" States, unconstitu tional. : - : ' .' As long as the negro . votes an union of the whites : in the South is an absolute necessity. There is no avoiding it. If the Herald was bet ter informed it would see at once how no Southern State can be hand ed over to the oontrol of the negroes without destruction finally. No nign minaea, cultivated man; jno honest, industrious citizen can afford to live under negro "rule. .Let the Herald find out what ' that means and it will not talk as it does. How much of Northern sentiment the Herald reflects . we are not able to judge at - present. It doubtless voioes the opinion of a large class. That it is unjust and silly, a little re flection will show. Put the South ern States under the control of the negroes and carpet-baggers, aided by a few hungry soallawags small-fry, and race troubles, destruction and poverty will certainly follow. INTERVIEWS AND OPINIONS, The papers are just now engaged in reporting ' the opinions of men as to 'Harrison. Their opinions are worth but little, for Mr. Harrison hardly knows himself what line of policy be will pursue, and how he will treat the -South. He has the natural antipathy to make him hos tile to the- South, but . he may be overruled by politicians who may think it best to pursue a line of con ciliation and justice. The claws may bo concealed until the election in 1890 for members of the House of Representatives. The Democratic postmaster of the House is an In- dianian by the name of Dalton. We do not know how much of a Solomon he is and what right he has to speak lor tne .f resident elect, lie gives a warm indorsement. He is reported in the Washington Star, Ind. Rep., as saying: "la six months there will be more com plaining of Mr. Harrison by Republicans than by Democrats. He will Give a Rood. clea'h and able administration. Everything about it will be high-toned and honorable. Democrats and the people generally will have nothing to complain of. It will be a conservative administration, much more liberal than the extremists would desire, and no man or clique of men can run Mr. Harrison, lie will be the rrestdent. May. this prophecy be fulfilled I But Mr. Dalton may be mistaken. He thinks that some of the Repub lican leaders win demand a severe Southern policy but thinks he will treat the South with fairness. Dal ton says: "His appointments in the South will all go to Republicans. He will not appoint a Democrat to any office. He is too much of a partisan for that. But he will appoint no carpet -baggers; none of the rapscallions that have been placed over the Southern people before. Some of the border States are now very close. He will try .to draw them into his party ranks. If he makes a bad appointment it will be because be is de ceived. Mr. Edward McPherson, Republi can office-holder and well known in Washington political circles, also puts'on the prophetic robe and un dertakes to tell in advance what Gen Harrison will do. He believes that the wooiog policy will be adopted. He is reported in the Star. as saying: "He said that Mr. Harrison would give a most conservative and liberal administra tion. His Southern policy would be liberal He would not attempt violently to split as under the solid South. He would break it ud by his liberality. In the first place he would give them good officials, then the Educational bill, and repeal of tobacco tax 1VUU1U UU IUU UU TOlUltA UU C. UtUlf but clean and liberal administration, and he would have nothing but kindness for the South. Mr. McPherson- said further that Mr. Harrison was a civil service reformer, and there would be no criticism of bis policy on that score. Comment first, he wrote and spoke and voted against the Blair bill. If he has Cleveland's honesty, firmness and conscientiousness, ho will never approve of the Blair bill. Comment second, he will give great and un mixed dissatisfaction to the Blaine crowd, who will bo on top, if ho an dertakes to carry on that Civil Ser vice foolishness. What did they elect Harrison for? ' To retain in of fioe or appoint to office Democrats? Not if they know themselves. The cry is ringing now in the Republi 4 KTn.i tlx. ..cinli Ant u pi ill ko ;. tuiu bug iaswia vuv. There is still a third opinion that exists and right at headquarters in Indianapolis. ,: It : is that Southern Democratic Protectionists will be se lected for offioef; Thai will be a smart dodge, but it will alienate the hungry, starving fellows who have been shivering in the cold for four years.' We doubt if the proposed policy would .really, add muoh strength to the Radical party. The White Men will stand shoulder to shoulder and neither Protection blar ney, partisan Boodle nor official Pap will allure many of them from their allegiance to the Democraoy. Their sense of self-respect and knowl edge of the dangers that will follow a disintegration of the White Man's party will cause them to keep in column. '. ; Deserters from the ranks will have to go over bag and bag gage to the negroes, , and the queer tion of office will not break the force j health and ready toj help the Radi of the desertion. - : - r ' I oals. i ' "" ' ' 1- WHAT MAY COIIB OF THE VIC- TORT, When Hayes was pnt in the Presi dential Chair by fraud, he undertook to break up the solid South by brib ing with office. But he ; signally failed." It is announced in some of the public prints that Harrison will essay the same role- and by appoint ing southern Irotectton Democrats give character and prominence to his Administration. We do not believe he can strengthen Republicanism in the South by bribery. He might Btrength his party by a broadly pa triotic, just, beneficent, sympathetic policy.. But ia Harrison op to such. work ? His previous' record does fnot warrant such expectation. t . : Perhaps Harrison . may do better than we anticipate. 3 His ' record is not a good one for amity F and sym pathy. He is - known to have been extremely bitter always towards the South. -. It may. be that coming to be President, he may not dare to con tinue his extreme course. He has good Southern Wood in his veins and be ought not to be forgetful of it. Lincoln was Southern 'born ' and he was never bitter in his dealing with our people, ' When he died, a great blow was visited upon the South. Harrison might do better than is an ticipated, if he did not fall under evil influences. Possibly the Repub lican leaders may conclude that old Tecumseh Sherman's ; proposed sav agery is not the best way to win the South. 'He may try mild persuasives rather than the torch and turpentine plan of campaign, so much favored by the old town, burner and bum mer. ' , : -. . , . A sign of what may possibly come is in the talk of the Cincinnati Commercial- Gazette, a Radical . paper of a very indigo-blue color, and that has always been severe upon the South. Of course its opinions may not be those of Harrison and his tribe. But they are significant and show that a bitter sheet can talk in a more pacific tone when it hopes to gain by !c. It says: "The first work of tho next Congress. the first under the Harrison administration, should be to admit to the Union four new States North and South Dakota, and Washington and Montana. Immediate steps should be taken to perfect the ar rangements. TheBe four States would mean eight new Republican Senators. "And shall we tnen rusn to rorco the States of the solid South into the rude set tlement of the most difficult of all ques tions, that of races commingled on the came soil ? No. Let the Southern States gradually follow the example of old Vir ginia, where manhood suffrage is almost, and soon will be altogether, established be yond question. This is already wonderful progress .!.- "The Democratic party has done the devilment inr the aohih. That party and out. the section-will be released from the bondage of sectional party ism, and will Drosoer beyond the dreams of the old school of Southern politicians, and have an honorable and Influential share in the splendors and the renown of the mighty republic- It thinks the victory of this month is the downfall of Democraoy. But how very foolish. The Democratio party is as old as free institutions, and it will live when the Republi can party is dead and buried, and when its weary ghost shall wander through the dismal halls of tha limbo to which - corrupt, useless, wicked parties are consigned. We copy this because it is a straw upon the Radical stream. ; It betrays the usual blindness and ignorance that seems to be the inevitable concomi tants of the Republican, press. The comments upon the utterances of the Cincinnati sheet, only a part of which we have oopied, made by the New Orleans Picaytine fire timely and judicious. That paper says: "The Republicans', in the' flush of vic tory, feci that they can afford to be gener ous while ignoring justice. This is some thing ir this Kindly disposition be not here after forgotten when Congress comes to the serious work of solidifying and fortifying Republican supremacy, in an Impregnable position. Bat that is not the flret thin? to be done. The South UteM horn ofiU po litical power. If this can be assnred by the creation of a feW Republican States, well and good. If, however, it be thought-necessary not merely to out vote the South, but permanently to disable itt people by pla cing their public elections under. Federal supervision vested with power to superintend, determine and declare in all matters of de tail in their elections, then the consequen ces will be direful indeed and would result in placing every Southern seat in Congress at the dictation of Federal control. These are possibilities that must be con sidered, because a bill to compass just such results has been actually introduced into the Senate by Mr. Chandler of New Hamp shire - : What the Stab said immediately after the defeat' will probably turn out to be true. ' The .South will. not be dealt with severely at first. But when an eleotion ' ocours then look; out..:JThe next HouSe'to! bVeleoted the, 52 rid Congress will be highly important. , The Republicans - most have a majority ' in order to fix the South in - the Presidential election. If they succeed r there will never be again a fair and honest eleotion held in the South. Mr. Alfred Rowland is reelected to Congress by between 4,500 and 5,000 majority. - Mr.: Henderson has between 2,500 and 3,000, and Mr. Skinner between 800 and 1,000. Frank Hurd was not a candidate for Congress, but his . district has gone Democratio by 1,600 majority Mormon's district went Democratio also.- These gentlemen were defeat ed two years ago. ';; ' : s v ' - Mr. Sam Randall Js in improved Weekly WILMINGTON, ; 0., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, Every true North Carolinian mast t ............ ,. . .. '( sympathize with Durham in . its re- cent businees oalamity. It was a big failure and some friends . of this; writer were among the sufferers -we are' sorry to know! Mr. Blackwell has been a very true and useful friend to Durham, where he made his fortune and where he has lost it. We . can only hope : for the best for him and the other unfortu nate business men, and wish them a ..... . - - . successful deliveranoe , and bolter fortune next lime. Durham , is wonderfully pluoky, as - its rapid growth and remarkable business en terprises conclusively establish. It will soon recover from the blow and go ahead with undiminished vigor and pnsh. , President Cleveland has been talking, and in his accustomed open decided . way. He has backbon which.oan not be said of time-servers, trimmers, and thejil,.tpldyonfo'i He is reported in the N. Y. Herald as saying: ; J ; "I am told without the tariff issue in the last campaignwe would have carried the . country. That may be true, but the time had come when the issue between the two parties had to be made, and the Democrats made It. I don't regret it. It is better to be defeated battling for an honest princi ple than to win by a cowardly subterfuge. Some of my friends say we ought to have gone before the country on the clean ad ministration we have given the people. I differ from them. We needed a clean cut, well-defined issue. We were defeated, it is true, but the principles of tariff reform will surely win In tho end.'.' . . That is the tune to sing. The carpet Monopolists are con spiring to put up prices, - The -National Association has decided to in crease prices all over the United States. I" . " A Sontbern Winter Bcaort.' Mr. W. A. Bryan, proprietor of The Orton, has issued a heat and attrac tive "folder" for circulation at the North,setting forth the attractions of Wilmington as a Southern Winter Resort. It contains a handsome lith ograph of the ' elegant new hotel which has accommodations for three hundred guests, and presents the pe culiar features and advantages of this city as a stopping and staying place for Northern tourists who seek health and comfort in the South. The hotel is perfect in all Its appoint ments, is heated by steam, and boasts the best cuisine between New York and New Orleans. The advantages offered are the superb climate of Wilmington, proximity to the Gulf Stream tempering the bleak winds of the North and giving warmth and sunshine. Snow is a novelty; ice 18 seldom seen, and statistics show that this is the healthiest seaport on the Atlantic coast. T"Ar picture or tins liiniealea-c -4b Orton Plantation is also given, and of this it is said: It was once the Capital of the Colony of the Carolinas; the residence of the royal Governors; the home of cultured men. Here are the ruins of old St. Phillips Church, built under royal auspices and of material imported from! England. It was one of the eight Episcopal churches in America presented with a communion service by George III. The plan tation is connected with and owned by the Orton Hotel, and is only ac cessible to guests of the Orton or parties having the permission of Col. K: M. Murehison of- New York.: Sportsmen can find ; no better field than ' is here afforded? with its nine thousand acres of picturesqueness, a lake six miles in length, constitutes a preserve absolutely unsurpassed any where in the United States, where excellent fishing can be had the en tire year. Deer are very abundant and duck shooting is, at times, un surpassed and . snipe shooting in Season. A pack of hounds will always be at the command of the guests of the Orton Hotel for the- fashionable pleasure of fox hunting, either at the plantation or the Hotel. The publication sets forth other ad vantages and inducements, which al together cannot fail to arrest atten tion, and we trust will attract many' visitors to Wilmington this season. Roeky Bio nnt Fair. ; The closing day of .the Rocky Mount Fair a correspondent of the Star writes was attended by, nearly 3,000 people. The most, attractive feature was the -ladies1 tournament. -Four la dies entered the lists to contest for the' prizes "Clio,'? of Orange? "Bry an," of Nash; "Fields," of Edgecombe, and "Nevel," of Halifax. The fair contestants had nine tilts each, and at the close "Clio1! was declared the winner, and was r awarded the first prize, $50. : The second prize, $40 was awarded to the representative of Nash; the third, $30, to the represen tative of : Halifaxtand the--. -fourth, $304to Edgecombe. : After the tilting,' Nash, Halifax and Edgecombe ran half : mile race, - which . was won by Edgecombe, i The j ladies showed much skill and xtde fearlessly and well.. - .; -- .- ' '. : : ' . The Fair is pronounced the best yet by those who have attended all the fairs in the State as having the best exhibits and more of. them, and the largest crowd. Financially, it was a grand success. The gate receipts were $6,000; expenses and premiums paid $1,000; leaving a net gain of $5,000 to the association. . ; Steamsblp lnlDl stress. ' The Signal "Service observer at Sotithport reported yesterday evening that the British steamship ParJdands In distress was towed into the harbor at Southport at 5.30 p. xn. by the Brit ish steamship' FerrHands. The Cap tain of the Parklands reports his ves sel bound from Philadelphia to Sa- Yannan, ana tnat her shaft was Dro- ken at 7 a. m. on. , the, 16th inst- east of Frying-pan shoals. The Ferruands was bound: to this port "from" Hartle KoV which -paee -she left October BnaincM Failures in Dorhim, ' ; , v " All sorts of - rumors were current in the city yesterday in regard to the failure of several prominent business houses in the town of Durham: One report was that ' twenty' failures had occurred and that the liabilities rag-; negated ' five millions; .'This'- state- ment, however, turned out to be mere rumor and 7: was not confirmed by a dispatch received at ''the STAB.office through the Associated Press,; which stated that ''Blackwell'! bank at Dur ham,' which has ' been' in financial straits for some time, has closed Ita doors. . A number of business houses of the town are involved' in:4 the dis aster and made assignments to-dAy.V A special dispatch; to the Star re ceived later in the day, from Raleigh says: "The following assignments in Durham are .thus far -announced: W. T. Blackwell (the Durham Bank), E. J. Eal W. T. Ellis, Muse & 6n & StoneJ. W.Black- ixet bank in Durham is jbh the banks of Raleigh, affected . It is expected 11 - Will xutseb iitxum.- yVVereat excitement here, as theaSTTwr r No cause for tJ jT known, but itlg'-w tSlack- well has for some time been carrying $200,000 of re-discounted paper." ; , Later dispatches . estimate the lia bilities at $733,000, Iwith assets con siderably in excess of this amount, , Messrs. Muse & Shaw, and Mr. W. P. ", Ellis, three of ithe sufferers, - are Wilmihgtonians who have been in business in Durham for a few years past, and who will . have the sgmpa thy of many friends ere ; in their misfortune. ; s' A i A j ; Our Press dispatches - printed else where, give all the particulars attain able. , . ' ,. V ,TI Reekf Rio nut Fair. . . A correspondent of the Star writes that the Fair at Rocky Mount : was the grandest success financially that the Fair Association ever had. Fri dayjast was the most eventful day, with the largest crowd present that ever attended. The exhibits this, year were excellent, and every department was full. Agricultural products were largely represented and by very fine specimens, particularly of corn, peas, oats, potatoes, etc. A fine exhibit of celery was made by Mr. T. H. Griffin. . Among, the dairy products, butter made by Mrs. Dr. W..H." Whitehead and by Mrs. Ed. Gorham were "con sidered excellent. J, ' . A cotton seed crusher, made by W. B. Taylor, of the Rocky Mount Iron Works, attracted , a great deal of at tention ' ' ' - - 5 , Capt. Powell, with his . fine com pany the Edgecombe Guards was in attendance. The fine appearance of the company elicited many com pliments from the large crowd. A New H.Ivr Steamboat. P. D. Robbins, of Hallsville, Du plin county, an Industrious colored man of that locality, Is here with a new steamer which is to ply between this city and points on the North East river. The boat was built by him self. He sawed the boards at a mill which he owns and put the boat to gether. He was twelve months in completing it, as he : worked on it only at odd times. The boat is 70 feet 10 inches long and 14 feet beam. Her speed is calculated at about seven miles an hour and she will draw but two feet when loaded. She is to be inspected here and will then be put regularly on the river. Turner's V. C Almanac for 1889. JWe are indebted to the pnblisher Jas. H. Enniss, Raleigh for a copy of Turner's N. C. Almanac for the year 1889. It has been published 52 years, and so correct have been its calcula tions, that it has been styled "The Best Almanac in the South."- A very important feature of this Almanac is its annual State Record, or brief his tory of, the most important events that have happened in the State dur ing the year past, making it especial ly valuable for referenoe. Twelftn Senatorial Slatrlet. The Returning Board for the Twelfth North Carolina Senatorial district, consisting of Sheriff Mann ing, of New Hanover, and Sheriff Johnson, of Pender, Friday canvassed the returns with the following result: Thomas W. Strange, Democrat, re ceived 1,791 votes in New Hanover county, and 62G in Pender, making a total of 2,417. Frederick B. Rice, Re publican, received 2,245 votes in New Hanover, and 790 in Pender, making a total of 3,035. Alfred Lloyd, Rep., got 434 votes, in ; this county. Rice's plurality is 618 ' ' - - - 1 ; -. ' The Stab extends oongratula tions to Col. John A. Nicholson on his election to the . office of -Register. Deeds j of Rlchmetiir county. ; The "Oid Nick'was once travelling agent rand oarrespondent of the Star, and is kindly remembered in this connec tion by all the members of the Star family. He will make an admirable officer.' "T' ' m ' - ' . Cotton' Receipts of cotton at the port for the : week ending r yesterday were 8,749 bales against 10,007 for the cor responding week last year. Receipts since September 1st, 76,173 bales, against 110,266 last year a decrease of 34,093 baleB. , The stock at. this port is 18,285 bales; last year at same time, 22,172. j a One of our citizens who is post ied in,"' regard to , the matter, having read, an item headed "An Ancient Dame,'' printed in the Star a few days ago, says that Rer- J - Cv, An drews, afterwards Bishop 'Andrews, was not castor of ; the' Front street Methodist ;Church: in, ,18I5t;tutv was pastor in the years 1817-1818.: a. ;.c r aii , ' -i " . MeBBrs.v Alex- Sprnnt & ,' Son cleared the; British : steamship : fjw Zands "yesterday; tot ';ijiverpol j with cargo of 5,100 bales of ootton, valued at $337,375. Star 1888. THB DUH MAM FAILURE. Several f lUtT Larseat Baelnesa -laoiianmenta Involved LUblllllea Katlaaateo: at $733,000. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star, 'w "-. RaiiKioh, N." C, Nov. 15. The Bank of Durham made an ssiigatnent last night, but it was not mails public till this fore noon. Ssveral of tha largest business es tablishments in Durham are involved. The list of f ailcras ia as follows : Ban k of Dur hama State bank owned by W. T. Black well liabilities estimated at $400,000, with estimated assets of . upwards $800,000. E. J. Parish, Warehouseman and manufac turer of smoking tobacco; liabilities $190. 000 r estimated assets $300,000. J.. W, Blackwell, coal dealer, contractor, etc ; liabilities $110,000. W. F. Ellis, dry goods dealer. Muse & Shaw, dry goods dealers, $10,000. Bobbins & Stone,l dry goods, $8.000. sM -' X- : - -,- - - It is believed that ia every instance the assets will : mora4 than cover the liabili ties p ' : ..- r ': , .i . The immediate ciuse of tho assignment of the bank is the fact that the institution had a heavy line of discounts at the North which it could - not get renewed. It is stated that Blackwell will be able to pay all his creditors in f ulL . The doors of the bank remained closed this morning, notice being posted stating that all creditors would be paid dollar for dollar., There has been no run on the other Dur ham banks, ail of which assure'the public that,they are ready to meet all demands. '. J.'S. Carr is believed to have been affect-. ahhjjyife atyabtteasi! menu. j - ;; r-., Raleigh is not affected ia the least, and not a single individual here will suffer. The assignment of. the bank was the ause of the other assignments, all of which were made almost simultaneously. It is not supposed that the crash will prove par ticularly disastrous to Durham. aB it is be lieved all the bouses involved will be able to pay all their liabilities and leave a sur plus remaining, and will resume business at an early day. WASHINGTON, ntaa Endleott married to Mr. cbam berlaln The House Committee on Appropriations A .Democratic ma jority Claimed for the next dense. Bv Telegraph to the Hornnur Star. Washington, ' November 15. Quietly and simply, in the presence of the bride's relatives and personal friends, a few of the members of Washington's official society. and of several hundred of the eeneral nub- lie Hon. Joseph Chamberlain and Miss Mary Endicott were married at two o'clock this afternoon in, St. John's Episcopal Church, j . Washington, November 15. Represen tative Thompson, secretary of the Demo cratic Congressional uommittee, told a Star reporter - this afternoon that thought the Democrats would cetfe laly have a majority of one or three in the dp- House. They had, according to his in formation,! elected Fisher in Michigan, Simmons in North Carolina, and not less than three members' in West Virginia. He thought also '.that a Democrat had been elected in Taulbee's. district in Kentucky by an increased majority. A meeting of the House Committee on Appropriations has been called for Wed nesday next. It is the purpose of the com mittee to have some of the appropriation bills ready soon after Congress msets. Clerks of the House and Senate commit tee are at work preparing a rough outline of several of the bills. BALD K.SOBBERS. Knnoted Lynching of Witnesses Who Testified Acalnst the Gang. Br Telegraph to the Horning Star, St. Louis, Nov. 15. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Springfield, Mo., says: A rumor reached this city this morning from Christian county, the home of the famous Bald Enobber king, Dave Walker, to the effect that five of the witnesses who testified against him in bis trial for mur der, hare been lynched by ex-Bald Knob bers. It is said the friends of Walker waited until the Supreme Court had passed unon his case, and when it was announced that the ex-chief of the Bald Knob regu lators must hang, they wreaked vengeance on five leading witnesses who brought him within the shadow of the gallows. VIRGINIA, Cleveland's majority Death ol a : Richmond Banner. Richmond, Va., Nov. 15. Official re turns from the State, with the exception of four counties, which will not affect the general result, give Cleveland a majority of 1,586. Tnomas Branch, a well-known banker, died to-day in the 86th year of his age. He was a Union man before the war, was a member of the secession' convention, and spoke and voted against the ordinance, but afterwards signed it. : LOUISIANA. A Negro Ravlsner Iiynened. New Orleans, November 15. A special to the Times-Democrat from Donaldson ville says:1 On Tuesday afternoon on a plantation near this town a negro seized an eleven-year-old child of respectable parents, who at the time was playing with her younger sisters. Flourishing a knife he took her into a cane-field. The screams of the younger children brought a number of plantation hand's to the spot and the wretch was caught in the act of outraging the child. He was taken to jail, but so great was the indignation that about two hundred persons attacked" and overpower ed the jailer at night and took the prisoner out and hanged him. FIELD SPORTS. Tne Eastern Clu at mch Point- -Tne First Day's Record. High Point, N. C, Nov. 15. The Eastern Field Trial Club, opened ; to-day.. The attendance was good and entries of dogs large. The Member Stake opened to day. The forenoon was rainy, the after noon foggy and misty, and the fields were wet and muddy, sires were scarce ana hard to find. Gobang beat Noble Count; Prince Helen beat Buckalew; Gloster beat Anolite: Roval Monarch beat Dan Noble: Brandon beat Count Belton; Nat Goodwin beat Ruby BacEalew, ; ,- r GEORG1A. A member of tbe Legislature HI or dered by nls Friend and Boom mate.' ".' I " '" . Br Telegraph to the Morning 8tar. Atlanta, November' 15. James Hunt, member of the Legislature from Catoosa county, was killed this afternoon by H. B. Moore,, railway mail agent . The two men were fast friends and room-mates, Moore being also being from Catoosa. While in their room they began wrestling and sparring. Hunt seems to have hurt Moore, who drew a pocket-knife and stabbed bis opponent In the stomach. Hunt died in twenty minutes. He was a young man, just elected to the Legislature, which is now in session. , ; KENTUCKY. . Election Returns Largest vote Ever - cast In tne Stats, . - By Telegrayh to the Horning Star. ' . LOTJisvELLK, November , 16. Returns from all but three small counties in this State give Cleveland 181,894, Harrison 153,732. Cleveland's plurality 27,662. The remaininfir counties will make the Demo cratic plurality about 28.000. The total vote is the largest ever cast ia Kentucky. Charleston World: The forty- three pound turkey gobble exhibited by the "Old Homestead Stock Farm," of Tolsnot, has attracted much, attention at the- South Carolina State Fair in Columbia. TA few years ago there was a North Carolina tur key sold in Wilmington that weighed forty- eight pounds ureasea. me r-urceu mmw got it. DTAB. I i ' NQ.I3 THE NEXT IIOUSF. Speculations and Claims aa to VP hies Party Will Have a majority. I By Telegraph to the Ifornmg Star. .' : ' Wabhihgton. Nov. 16 Gen. John IL Clark,' Jr., Clerk of the House, believes one hundred and sixty Democratio Repre sentative : have been elected and that six districts are in doubt. This calculation is based upon the assumntion that Wilson: Democrat, is elected in West Vireinia. The doubtful,- Oen. Clark estimates, are the First- California, .Tenth Kentucky, Second North Carolina,, and First. Third, and Fourth districts of West Virginia. These districts, be sets down as doubtful, because, they are claimed by both parties on small majorities so small that the official count must be awaited to determine the re sult. In the case of JBacon, Democrat, of New Yorkt who Is 'reported defeated by eighty majority, Clark expects that a con test will ensue. Of one thing he is confi dent, and that is that the msjoriiv in the next House will not be over five either way. ;. , ..- : . ; , ; Relative to the functions of the Clerk in the organization of the new House and the power he is supposed to be able to exercise in seating or unseating members. Gen. Clark says that hi? duties are fixed by statute and are purely ministerial. If a member elect presents a proper certificate of election, his name will be placed on the roil, and not otherwise. There cannot be duplicate cer tificates, because there are nt piesent no dual State Governments, as there have been ia times past in the South. -t.? General '.Ciftrku'sftid thst tmm"' tha peareu luai tne itepuDUcana naa . elected a majority of one in the next House, and this was because up to the present time but one certificate had been presented to him, namely, that of Herman, of Oregon. Cer tkficatesare usually a long time coming in, as they are not issued until some time af ter the official returns are made public In the case of Missouri this does not take place until January, and in many other States the date is equally remote from election day. The reduction of claims of both parties to very narrow majorities of from three to five or six suggests interesting possibilities when it is remembered that no less than six persons who were elected to the Forty ninth Congress died either before they had been sworn in, or after they had been sworn in or after they bad taken their seats, and that there is strong probability there will be some deaths among the 325 mem bers of mature years during the long period thirteen months intervening between the election day and the assemblage of the next Congress Senator Quay, chairman of the Republi can National Committee, said .to an Abbo ciated Press renetter this afternoon, that the Republicans would certainly have con trol of the next House by a majority of five, and that tneir majority might be nine. There were some doubtful districts, the re suit in which, he said, would determine whether their majority would be higher or lower than the figures given, Senator Quay declined for tho present to give any particulars upon which his figures were based, or to state what dis tricts were still regarded as doubtful. AN OMAHA Til AG ED F. A Prominent Business man Shot and Killed by a Discarded mistress. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Omaha Neb., Nov. 17 H. W. King, Jr., of the firm of Browning, King & Co.; was shot dead by his former wife this morn ing. The honse with which he is connect ed here is a branch of the Chicago firm of Henry W. King & Co. . Omaha, Neb., Nov. 17. Harry W. King was the victim of a terrible tragedy enacted in this city at 8 o'clock this morn ing. A few weeks ago Browning, King & Co , the well-known clothiers of Chi cago and elsewhere, opened a clothing house in this city. Harry W. King, son of "one of the proprietors, has been boarding at the Paxton Hotel witha wo man ostensibly his wife. At 7:80 this morning a fair-haired, lady like woman arrived from Chieago and reg istered as Mrs. H. W. King, Jr., and pro eeeded to the victim's room. Calling him to tho door, some conversation ensued, she upbraiding'hlm, while he urged her to go away and leave him. She finally said with tears in her eyes: "Harry will you take me to breakfast? I mean you no harm." He repulsed her roughly, and started for the elevator. She followed, and overtaking him, drew a revolver and shot him in the mouth. He staggered away, she followed and fired three more shots, when he fell over the stairs leading to the rotunda, dying immediately. She rushed after him with the smoking revolver in her hand, and kneeling on his sde, she sobbed: "I've murdered my husband." : Judge Brewer, of the United States Dis trict Court, and many guests were eye wit nesses of the tragedy. Chicago, Nov. 17. The woman who shot Harry Kin?, in Omaha, is known as Mrs. Wm. Beechler. King has lived with her several years, the couple passing under the name of Beechler, although his identity was perfectly well known to the servants in their house, No. 208 Cass street. They have a four-year old son, who is a beautiful boy, Mrs. Beechlei's name was Lizzie Le gard. Her home was in Cleveland. King has been absent from her six. weeks. Mrs. Beechler learned that King had recently married Miss Duffy, of St. Louis, and was living with her at the Paxton House, in Omaha. She left home at noon yesterday, and the tragedy reported in the Omaha-dis patches resulted. King is described by his associates as a very fast man. He has been married and divorced from still another woman, who has not appeared in the events of to-day. ' WASHINGTON. Anna! Report of tbe Naval Con-' . struetor. Z By Telegraph to the Homing Star. Washington, Nov. 16. In tbe annual report of the chief naval constructor, Wil son, the present strength of the navy and condition of vessels is stated as follows: Five double turreted monitors awaiting: completion; two belted cruisers, preparing for the ways; thirteen single turreted moni tors in ordinary; twentyathree anamored steel and iron vessels, four of which are in commission, eleven building, two re pairing, five on station, and one in oadi- nary : twenty-eimjwoaetL8ieanOe?seis, nearlyliilon station or undergoing repairs; and geleven iron Sand wood steam tug boats. Gainesvillb, Fla., Nov, 16. Surgeon Martin reports one new case of yellow f e ver colored. - . MARYLAND ELECTION. A Close Contest in tbe Firth Dlstilct. Baltdiobb. Nov. 19. Official returns from every precinct in the Fifth Congres sional district with tbe exception of those from the fifth and ninth districts of Charles county have beep filed with the Secretary of State at Annapolis. They give Campton 181 plurality. The missing returns are ex pected to add 153 to Mudd's, rep., vote, wmcn win reauce uampion s pjunuuy io 28. Republicans claim that errors in Col vert will wipe out this plurality entirely. At any rate, alleged intimidation of colored voters in Anne Arundel county will be made the basis of a contest in the next House, r . - ' RICHMOND TERMINAL. A Tennessee Court Decides in Favor oflthe s Company. By Telegraph to the Horn Ins Star. Knoxtclm, ., Tbnn., November 17. Chancellor Gibson, to-day, in the case of the bill filed by the minority stockholders of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad, refused to grant an injunction re straining the Company from holding its annual meeting on November 21st. The Chancellor has not rendered a decision on I the bill filed by the minority stockholders. praying an injunction against the lease oi the East Tennesses Railroad to the Rich mond Terminal. . The decision to-day was considered favorable to the Terminal people. Spirits Terpentine. 'S0 Mvh-Observer ; Mr. -Z. T. TerrelL a pronfinent busin?ss man of i Louisburr, a meiaber of the firm of Eser-' ton. Terrell & Ford, died at hie home near - ' town this morning at 8.88 He was about . -41 years of age. , ; ; , Weldon JVeioa: if the infa- " mous circulars sent by Eaves rccrntlv to Democratic Judges of Election "hail 'iho same effect all over the State that thoy had in Northampton county they gained for Fowle at least 5,000 votes Lanrinburg Exchange: - C l . Dockery, you ought to be convinced tht tho people of North Carolina den't ntver want your services. Try Harrison for a job. Mr. Robtrt . Monroe, the old. t and only living Eon of Rev John Monro, died at his father's residence near Spring " " Hill church last Friday morning. He was' never married, and . was about 44 years old., ... Durham Plant: Messrs. V. Bal lard and W. S. Halliburton trustees, an nounce in this issue of The Plant thr.t the depositors of the Bank of Durham are am ply secured and will not lose a dollar by the assignment of Col. W. T. Black well. President of the Bank. The affairs of the . Bank will be closed up as speedily as pos sible, when depositors can secure their money. -'. '--- " New Bern Journal :. Die d, &t , New Bern. North Carolina, Sunday nwo vt. mg, November 4tb, "1888. at 4:80or v Mrs. Mary Jeannette Street, widow of 1 lato Samuel R Slreel, so long-proprietor of -the.Gaston House of that oify, la hor 67ih -year. , Preceded - ty her grsvo by , husband fifteen months aovactf by tb, eldest son, William J. Streer, ojuIu un months, the hand of bereavment h h bten laid heavily upon this devoted family. Henderson Gold LeafiA train of some twenty-five mule carts'' came in -from the Durham & Henderson Railroad .last week. - The work of grading haa been finished and there was no - longer need of. the teams that have been used in carting off the dirt from the cuts Bnd fining up tho embankments. - The at ention of Dem ocrats ia called to the notice of OoV Wm.. fi-Sr3rwiaiJ3hairmi of the Demo cratic County Executive Sm"unttcBricalr- ing for a meeting of tho Democrats in the court bouse at 13 o'clock Wedotsiiay, No vember 21st, for the purpose of lakiog steps toward a more perfect and complete organ-. ization of the party in this county. : Fayetteville Observer : Died near Fayetteville on Friday last in the 64th year of her age. Miss Mary Weldon Hall, after a long and painful illness. Thus has passed away one whose life has been a joy and comfort to those around her. We regret to learn that Gen. A. G. Brady, while directing his workmen on the roof of his dwelling on Friday last, unfortunately slipped and fell, fracturing his collar bone and two of his ribs. He is doing as well as could be expected. The 26th annual fair 0 the Cumberland Agricultural Socie ty opened yesterday. Farmer's Hall, which should be the main department in the die- play of crops and vegetables, is not as nro-" ' line in fine articles as formerly. We are sorry to see Mr. Grady retire from the Journal. He has made it a factor of no small importance in tbe recent campaign. To its new editor, Mr. Gardner, we extend our best wishes. New Bern Journal'. The M. E. Church of this city is being put in condi- ftiion for the holding of the Annual Confer ence, which convenes on Wednesday, Nov. 28th. The boarding houses are all preparing to accommodate to their fullest capacity and every effort will be pnt forth to entertain tbe Conference in a becoming manner, Einston dots: The defeat of Col. N. B. Whitfield for the State Sen ate is deeply regretted. The majority against him is only fourteen votes. More than twice this number of Democratic votes were thrown away on Che Prohibition can didate and the fence law candidate, Capt. J, M. White has begun work on his factory to he located oh the river bank near Parrott'a bridge. He will manufac ture the various hard woods to be found in our forests into articles of usefulness. The Superior Court is in cession this week, Judge Boykin presiding. Judge Boykin is a most excellent Judge; fair and impar tial, patient but firm, quick without being hasty, he dispatches business to the gen eral satisfaction of suitors and attorneys. Solicitor Allen is one of the most conscien tious and energetic officers in the State. He seeks to vindicate the law. Washington Gazette: A highly respected citizen, formerly of the North, who had been accustomed to vote the Na tional Republican ticket, when he saw the color of things, deposited a straight Demo cratic ballot. An altercation occurred between Mr. J. G- Chauncey and John Baynor, colored, arising from Mr. Chaun cey 's effort to quiet the boisterous conduct of the negroes. The sheriff placed him in the lock-up, which seemed to infuriate the blacks, and a riot seemed imminent. Clubs and pistols were seen on every hand, and hundreds of angry men, black and white, congregated in front of the town hall and court house. Later the negro was released - by the mayor, on the promise that he would go home and behave himself. The following morning a boisterous crowd of negro women were seen congregated on Thirdweet, and the sheriff and police went at once to that locality and found that they were threatening one Peter Ruffln, colored, who had voted tho P.ohibltion ticket. A number of ne gro men had assembled and. a ne gro named Moses Carr, was extremely bois terous and urging tbe colored people to in cendiary action. The sheriff and tows, sergeant attempted to arrest him and he re sisted, when he was struck by Policeman Hatton. He then submitted, but urged hla color to resent the action of the authorities, telling them to "get wild," &c. He was placed In jail, but instantly a desperate mob assembled in front of the Couit House and jail, and threatB were made that he would be taken out, that the town would be burnt &c. The sheriff and other good citizens tried to quell the tumult, but in vain. Tne military was then ordered out. A small ' squad arrived early and formed in front of the town hall and came to an aim before . the excited crowd quieted at all. In a few minutes the remainder of the company came down Second street, wheeled and charged bayonets down Market, dispersing the most of the crowd, the remainder leav ing in a few minutes. Hundreds of tho citizens were fully armed, and it is said the colored people were armed also. If the first shot had been fired, the carnage would have been terrible. Wadesboro Messenger :' R. E. . Little, Esq., who will represent the 27th Senatorial district, composed of the coun ties of Anson and Union, in the next Gen eral Assembly, will be the best elected Sen ator in that body. His majority in Anson is 1 853, and he beats his opponent in Union 1,259, making bis majority 2,618. Last Saturday morning a young colored man whose name we could not learn, was tao1TgbT'o1CWBr'WUh-a4 hand, which had been caught by the!5W-v of Capt. A. L. Leggett's gin . Scarcely had Dr. Frontis finished dress ng this man s wounds when a messenger arrived for him, stating that Amos McLendon, a well known colored man. had also been wounded by the same gtn. Upon examining McLendon's wounds. Dr. Frontis found that his right hand would have io be amputated, which he did the next morning with the assist ance of Dr. Ingram. The wounded men are doing as well as could be expected. The residence of Mr. Thomas Trull, who lives on the plantation of Mr. Maske, in Lanesboro township, was burned up last Thursday night, together with house hold and kitchen furniture and about a bale of cotton. In the same township last Monday morning the dwelling of Mr. Lawton Allen was bnrned. Last Thursday night while the Demo crats of Ansonville were celebrating the victory of their party in the county and State, some fiend applied the torch to the house of Mr. B. M. Eason, which was oc cupied by Mr. C. A. Smith and his mother. There was no one in the building when the nre was discovered, and before assistance could be procured the fire had gained such headway that nothing was saved but , one feather bed, and a quilt or two. Incen diary. In the hurry of going to press last week particulars of the burning of the residence of Frank Reid, col.; who lives about one mile from Wadesboro, were un intentionally omitted. The facts as we gather them are v as follows : On Wednes day night after the election Frank and his family woke up about half past ten o'clock to find that their bouse was on fire, and that the roof was falling in. Nothing was saved, but we are glad to learn that the baildinc was insured with Mr. W. A. Rose for $500. He was a Democrat. Incendiary work. I- 57 1
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