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PBCTED ,
"Qaessing mong the politicuna Is
cow the order of the day. Every
other man who figures in politics is
telling what he don't know of HarrU
eonts plans and purposes:" We have
bat little doubt that the President
elect will bond not a strictly Republi
can Government. Tfiat is to say,
that he will reward his friends, "tarn
- the rascals out," observe -the Civil
Service law when he is compelled to
do so, stand by the leaders, who pn
him in office, nse whatever means be
can to disintegrate the Sooth, and
"leave undone nothing that will seoor
hisown renomination in 1892.' t'hat
he will molest the South at first we
do not anticipate. The President of
the United States is cot an autocrat
and he is not all-powerful. With a
close majority io both Houses be
must walk close to the Constitution
or he will find himself io trouble and
. handicapped at every turn.
The evils that at first will befall
the South w'tll be mainly these, wt
J.hink. Ue will turn out the postr
, masters as fat as he can and be
will appoint to the postal service
and custom house his party friends.
. lie will probably also under pres
sure put negroes in ffioe, and pro
bably io places they should cot fill.
This will be perhaps the extent of
his. mischief in the beginning of bii
Administration. As he gets firmer
seated and can see whether he is
strengthening or weakening he will
beg iu to shape his course. In his
letter to the Augusta Chronicle he
says his plans are subject to modi
fication. The Richmond State aoks
if this means that be distrusts the
South? .
The Stab is pleased to see that
those who profess to know him per
sonally and others who have ex
amined bis political record, say that
he is not bitteily hostile to the
South as he has been often, rapresent
ed to be.' We confess that all the
ifQprer-sioDB we had received of him,
in so far as the South was concern
ed, were unfavorable. He has been
represented as a cold, selfish, aristocratic,-
narrow, harsh, malignant
hater. If he is better and other than
that the country will be the more
fortunate. No charge of personal
dishonor was made against him. He
was regarded as honest as to money,
and a man of decided convictions
when not a candidate. The stress of
his candidacy caused him to weaken
or change about in opinion, showing
that he lacked the conecientiousnesw,
boldness, aggressivenexx, force and
intensity of conviction of his lllastri
ous opponent.
Gen. Harrison has no power to mo
lest the South under the C ntiiu
tion, except by bad appointments.
In that way he can very much affo
the South. Hn is out above the or
ganiclaw, aiie will find if be is uu
wise and imprudent enough to. at
tempt its violation. He cannot have
a separate, a d s ibct Soui hern poll :
' cy, save as indicated. His party and
personal friends ' prophesy that he
will apply the same principles to the
South as to the North.
All this is very good so far. " The
Stab has not thought that the South
would be molested in its political
rights and privileges before 1890, or
when the Cist Congress began legis
lation looking to its successor and
providing ways and means by which
-the 62nd Congress j was to be cap
tured for the Republicans. If the
' extreme men do not give the country
trouble and worry the .South, then we,
shall be gladly disappointed in our
expectations. As Harrison's term
approaches its. end and a suocessor is
. to be appointed you will see the real
manner of man he is -by what prin
ciples he is governed, and you will
see how much real good will .the Re
publicans in Congress have for the
South. ,
The Stab will ' treat Gen. Harri
son fairly as' it did President Ar
thur. Our files will show that we
- 'i . ..-
often commended his oourse in cer
tain matters and recognized the fact
most willingly that be , gaye the
country the; very best Administra
tion since Buchanan's. When Har
rison pursuesa wise.' broad, states
manlike policy the Stab, not being
VOi,. XX.
an organ, will not' hesitate to com
mend him. Per contra, . when he
plays the part of a mere partisan, or
enacts the roll of a- sectional hater,
or attetnps to personate a Cataline
Or a " Blaine and either injure bis
oountry or; misuse and abuse and
persecute the South the Stab will "go
f or 4 him, and will apply the can
tery needed. We might even be
tempted to borrowvQuayV wmailed
hand" and give the Indianian a few
ronnds a la Sullivan! '
. The IodianapolM correspondent of
the New Tork Times, of the date of
19tb inst., has a good deal to say of
General Harrison and bis policy. He
says there are many guesses at the
Harrison poliey,' and a belief that he
"will recognize the liberal and pro
gressive men in his appointments."
What is said is interesting and if
adopted will show sagaoity even if
s'fails. It is to recruit for the R-,
publican party in the South,' among
the young men. - The system of
bribery with office is to be applied tq
men who were not identified with
the war and are supposed to be in
. fferent to any traditions or preju
dices growing out of the war. . In
this Harrison will fail to some ex
tent. , The young men in the South
are mainly the sons of men who were
at the front where brave .men bled
and died, and they are rightly proud
of the record made. He is very ig
noble, unworthy Southern youth or
man of thirty-five who does not feel
a flush of pride when he recalls the
splendid gallantry of the men of the
South and the noble -and beautiful
devotion of the women of the S uth
in the, days of fiery trial and grand
endetvor.
When Mr. Harrison shall find here
and there a young man to take office
it will be among those of weak char
aoters and eay principles. So long
as the race problem in the South is
unsolved n6 man inhe South oan
take sides against his race and kin
without losing oaste, losing some
thing of self-respeot and being re
garded as plastio and purchasable.
Bat let us copy from the corres
pondent of the limes. He says:
"la the matter of appointments to office
in the Bomb, Gen. Harrison will probably
look for guidance to the experience of his
Republican predecessors in office, all of
whom had to deal with the same problem
ot fludiog fit representatives of ibe Ifedrral
power and dignity and competent executors
of the Federal law outside of the ranks of
the most intelligent, richest, most influen
zal, and socially dominant classes. Oca
Harrison will not itnitae (Jeo Grant by e
ducing prominent ex-Oonfederates fmm.
their fealty to the Democratic party b
appointments too fflce; cor Mr. Hayeo
by attempting to raise the ghost of
the old Wnig party. The element he will
seek to recognize and foster in the 8outn is
inai made up of the younger, more pro
gresslve, liberal, enterprising men of both
parties, who have risen to prominence since
ths war and are free from the narrow pre
judices and radical bitteroeess It engen
dered; who are identified with the material
growth of the country and interested in its
industrial development Bo far as the party
Question is concur ned it is believed to be
Geo. Harrison's judgmeot that President
Arthur dealt with the problem or appoint
ments to office in the South more saga
ciously and successfully than any other Re
publican President Arthur, in theory at
least, made fltne-s the first and Republican
tarn the second qualification to office in the
south Ue appointed good Republicans
where be could find them, and sood Demo
crats where he couldn't. The conditions
of the problems bow existing make it great
deal simpler for Gen. Harrison thau it Was
for Mr. Arthur. The Democrats are now id
office, and the civil service law, which it is
believed be means faithfully to obey- in let
ter and In spirit, is in full force,"
, The correspondent says there wilt
"be no revival of negro, or carpet bag
rule," and he thinks "bat few negroes
will be appointed to local office."
He says Southern youog men and the
Northern immigrants who have
come into the Sjuth since the era of
the carpet baggers will be relied
upon for appointees. We can see,
f Harrison is correotly represented,
that bis plan is what ws stated in
Northern papers days ago -to at
tempt to break up the solid South by
the persuasives ot office rather than
by the force of intimidation and re
pression, and to this end he will ap
point to omce young, progressive
Democrats w no are frotectionwt
Tnere now. The correspondent says:
"The emigrants who have followed them
tho capitalists, , manufacturers, miners,
busing as . meo. .who have identified
themselves with the count. y, its progress
and prosperity stand in -the most direct
line of favor and recognition.! rom the new
.Administration. :Tbey and -those of the
younger class of native Southerners who
nave caught their spirit and share then
sentiments and aspirations, the men ot the
new Houtn as a whole, native and import
i u, will be the hope and reliance of Gen."
Harrison's Administration.' - -
'There is lets definiteness in the local
forecast of Gen. Harrison's policy in, rela
tion to Republican legislation affecting the
South, but it is not believed lhat it wiii be
violeotor aggressive. ftHiS : speeches upon
this sut-1tct have - beeo;-ftf ally suanntd
without finding in then: judicious generali
zations any warrant for the expectation that
he will favor or urge upon Congress what
is called a vigorous Southern policy. He is
known to feel stronslv upon the iueouality
of actual representation in the Electoral
College and House of Representatives grow-
out out of the suppression of suffrage in the
Suuth, and upon the practical nullification
of the Federal laws for the collection of re
venue in many Southern communities; but
be is understood to believe that the perma
nent and effective remedy , for those evils
lies in the gradual growth of a more whole
some popular sentiment inspiring a great
er respect for nublio law and private rights.
rather, than in the attempt to enforce dis
tasteful Federal laws in the face of hostile
courts, luries, and public opinion. It is
known -that Gen.; Harrison will rely very
hopef ally noon the development of the in
dustrial spirit in the South to foster and
diffuse this more wholesome public senti
ment; that he has faith in the power of the
Increased mental energy and greater per
sonal independence that characterize indus
trial societv to Dut an end to the evils grow
ing out of the subjection of ' an ignorant
majority to the arrogant minority in a
primitively organized agricultural commu
nity,-. .. - ; - .. ' -- . ; .
'Read that .: carefully What is
meent by "ignorant majority" and
"arrogant minority.?. It meaos tie
nsgro element in contradistinction to
the educated and intelligent white
element. He expects to break np
the fiptid 8outh by bribing "with
office, seems to be about the "size of
it." - He thinks it a '. tremendous
wrong that the "ignorant majority'.
should, not rule the ".arrogant . mir:
nority" -the men of ed uoati6o, yir
tae,": intelligence and property lio
South. Carolina,- Mississippi, Louisi-
ana, &o; ' He expects to bring ' the
"ignorant majority'' to the top by
giving offioe to Northern" men eeu
tied in the South and to young Pro
tecuon Demporats who are willinglb
aid in "putting an end to the evils
growing out of the subjeotion -of ' an
ignorant majority the negroes apd
their allies to the educated, taxr
paying, true men of the White' Race
in the Soutb. Is this ..the . feast pa
whlcb the South is to ha invited T If
not this, then we fail- to natch the
real meaning of the last paragraphs
quoted. -; ---r:- ' ' ". 1
Mr Robert A Hamiltib.' one of Peters"
urg's most honored ouixen. died suddenly
Tuesday night, at the residence of nis son,
Alexander Hamilton E-q ; nn Union .treet,
in that city Norfolk: Virginian '" .
Be was a native of Granville count
ty, N. C, and married the second
daughter of the late : Hon. A. W,
Venable." He was the son of the late
Patrick Hamilton, the wealthiest man
who ever lived in Granville. He
gave anuually an enteriainmant last
ing for six days, to which three bun .
drd young : ladies and gentlemeu
were acked from the border counties
io! North Carolina and Virginia.
Such was the extent of bis buildings
and the number of bis man servants
and maid : servants that he could
easily entertain a large cumber of
people with their horses, driver",
maid, &u. . His home was a mil
and half or so from the old historic
village of Willtamctboro, one of tb.
three "post towns" of the Revolu
tion. We suppose Mr. Robert Ham '
ilton was som 73 vear of age.
Geo. Soho(ild, ai liie ued of the
army, and a Democrat, in bisanoo l
report, favors the adding of .000
men to the army. He says the pre
sent force, 20,000, is not enough to
do the work. He says that the
"praotioe with heavy seacoaat gun
has demonstrated the fact that such
an addition is indispensable, in spiu
of ibe zeal and tffioienoy of the offi
cers and , men . already detailed for
that service."
The negroes elected to Edgecombe
cannot give the required bonds. They
cannot serve unless white Democrats
go on their bonds. Will they be so
un wise as to do this ?
Tb Pmi.r Ceany KSvoiiaf affair..
- Mr. J Bledsoe, of Sampson county,
who was wounded in tbe encounter
with the negro desperado John
Brooks, in Pender county, as stated
in tbe account of the affair published
In tbe 8tab of yesterday, and who was
brought to tbi city for treatment at
the City Hospital, was reported last
night to be resting quietly and suf
fering no pain. He Is receiving every
care and attention at ' the hands
of Dr. Lane, the surgeon in charge.
His wound is regarded as a very seri
ous one, but everybody hopes that
tbe plucky man may recover. ; The
shot fired by Brooks was. from a 83
calibre p stol, all the chambers being
loaded. It struck Bledsoe . between
the ninth and tenth ribs on the right
side. Yesterday the ear eons probed
tbe wound but were unable to Hod
the ball. Tbe pistol nsed by Bledsoe
was a 88 calibre - five shooter; the
ball, he says, struck Brooks in the
center of the forehead. . and . not : in
the left eye, as stated in the account
pub isbed In tbe Star The state
ment, otherwise, was correct in every
particular. It was given to the re
porter by old man Thomas, who ac
companied the party and was in the
house with Bledsoe when the shoot
ing took place.
crooks, the negro desperado, bad a
wife and children living In Sampson
When. bi body was searched, two
dead snakes, each about eight inches
in length and perfectly preserved.
were found in one of his pockets, to
gether with a buneb of what ap
peared to be a woman's hair, scorched
and blackened by fire. It is supposed
these ' were . his 4nnn1nrA-nhH.rm-n
but it ; did not render tbe fellow
proof against the shot fired by the
constable.
Barglara In Blatf.a
An attempt was made on the night
of the 18th last., by unknown parties.'
to break Into the store of llrf G. W.
Bsg&ter sdarDawsbn's7LandinK, on
the Cape Pear river. Mr.' Register
was absent from home at the time,1
being in attendance at tbe Fair in
Fayetteville. Mrs Register-bis wife
in tbe residence very near the store
neara me ourgiars, and was prepar-
ihk o give . taem a warm recep
tion witn a loaded gun she had at
band, - when she accidentally over-
iurucu ia cumr, wuiou nniorcunateiy
alarmed the , robbers and they fled
Deiore sne could get a shot at them.
Sowibara Vctais. ,-.f-
Tbe following are the latest quota
tions of Southern vegetables in New
York: Choice snap beans, green, are
selling to-day from 1 25 to$l 50 per
crate, and wax : $1 60 to 1 75. - Cu
cumbers VS .. to $3 60 per crate. lEgg
plant $3 50 to $3 for half barrel crates
Peas $2 to $3 50 a crate.
The arrival of oranees continues
liberal and prices rule low on account
of a larare part of the fruit heinz of
inferior quality..' Prices range to-day
for blights from-13 to 3 50 "per box
uu russets w ov.
WILMINGTON; N C.V FRlD A YN UYEMBEH SO,
TttAQf Dr i Pt Iiitt. I .
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Ngro Dapra4w Kill. 4 and a ra
: - at JBadijrWownwew. w
Information: was" brought to ' this
city yesterday; of a f Aral .encounter
last Thursday' evening between Mr.
J .Bledsoe, a 7 constable of "Dismal
township, Sampson county, and ane
gro ' desperado ' named John ' Brooks,
in which the latter 'was .killed and
Mr; Bledsoe was seriously ' wounded
The scene of 'the tragedy ' was at' Mr.
Thomas "HufbamV place 'on Black
river ' in : Pender coanty abbut' nine
tnlles from Point Caswell.' The eon-
stable had two warrants for the ar
rest of Brooks,' who wag charged with
breaking' into the - house of Jerry
Sessomn; colored, ' of Dismal town
sh ip, Sampson Voonnty,'and. ' forcibly
carrying off SessomV wife,' a" light
mulatto ' Woman and 'her' four cbil-
dred; and with shooting etL 'Se880ui,8
eldest" daughter," a"' grown "Woman,
who tried to protect her mother from
the ravisber;-' Brooks carried the
woman ' and .ber child tea -to Mr.
Huf ham's! place; where he7 was em- !
ploTed as" A wood-chopper. Sesf
Bom's, wife said she ba to go with
him or die. Her. husband was absent
from- borne at the time. j
Mr, Bledsoe was: accompanied by a
cumber pfe determined men Mr. C.
Dr Bliztard and Mr. J. W. , West of
Pender, Stephen . .Tboma-, the father
of Sessom'ft wife, Daniel Moore and
Isaiah Emanuel, eoloretLof Sampson.
'- The party reached Mr. Huf barn's
place, about 7 o'clock Th ursday. even
ing, and. found Brooks In the kit cben.
seated infront of .the fire. Mr. Bledsoe
entered tbe . door, followed . by Mr
West and Stephen Thomas, and . eov
eriog Brooks with his - pistol, com
manded him to -surrender. ; Brooks,
without moving, in a very quiet man
ner said TDou't shoot." The consta
ble, still covering him with his pistol,"
ordered him to cross his ha da, and
Brooks, arising from his seat as if to
obey ths command, quickly drew a
pi tol and fired . Instantaneously,
almost, Mr. Bledsoe pulled the
trigger of his pistol, and both
men fell to the noor; ' the negro
shot through the brain the ball en
ter ing just below his lei t eye and Mr.
Bledsoe with a bullet in the right
side. , ' . ... ' .
Tbe wo nded . constable was taken
to Point Caswell and attended by Dr.
Jordan of that place. It was thought
that , the ball had , struck a
rib and glanced; - but the
injury, was deemed a serious
one, and under the advice of the
doctor, Mr. Bledsoe was sent to this
city for treatment, arriving last night
on the steamer Enterprise, accompa
nied by. several of his friends, and
being immediately taken to the
hospital. "
An inquest was held yesterday over
tbe body
of the negro, desperado,
after which his body was burled near
the cene j of tbe tragedy Brooks
was known as a "bad man." . He
moved to Dismal township, in Samp
son, some twelve years ago bailing
from Edgecombe. He is charged
witn many crimes, and would ntver
submit to arrest. Four years ago,
with an old army musket, he - "stood
onr' a deputy sheriff and seven men
who were seeking to arrest
him on I a civil . process, and
some time afterwards he ran off with
a young white woman whose : hus
band was1 a section master on the
Cape Fear & Tad kin Valley railroad.
and after living with her about twelve
months near' Bennettsviile, S. C," re
turned to; Sampson county. He Is
charged also ' with shooting and
b wounding a colored woman named
8ilva Darden, several y are ago On
the Big Cobarrie, and less
than - " two months ago with
committing a rape" o Adaline
Emanuel, a colored girL iu Dismal
'township. ;' ' vj
: Mr. Bledsoe, the wounded consta
ble is a married an, with six child
ren. ' He is noted for courage and de
termination, and on this account was
selected as the man of all others who
would capture tbe negro desperado
lead or alive. : . ' ,
loaportaMi I ttmg- of dm- .
Beginning December 8, a very im
portant change of schedule goes into
effect on the Carolina Central . Rail
road. The principal changes are as
follows: -,:-L"
; The day train No. l)will leave Wil
mingtou at 2:10 p. m., Hamlet at 6:55
p. m., and arrive at Charlotte at 9:50
"p.m. ..v .. . . , .
, Day train (No. 2) will leave Char
lotte at e a. m., Hamlet at :10 a. m.,
and arrive at .Wilmington at 1:40 p
m. These trains will make close con
nection at Hamlet between Charlotte
and Portsmouth and the North, mak
ing , the run . between : Charlotte and
Portsmouth in Tless . than thirteen
hours. . .. : :iy
.There' will be a slight change in
the schedule, of the . nigbt trains,
leaving Wilmington,, twenty-, minutee
laterj'! at 7 j PV a , and - arriving here
twenty-five v . minutes - 'earlier, at
,BJ5a.imy.i4;:..isi;;';; -.i --.-''..;,.
, ; A passenger train will be put on
the Western Division, leaving Char
lotte at 4:15 p. m., and arriving at
Rutherfordton at fi-20 p. m. Leave
Rutherfordton at 8 a. m., and arrive
at Charlotte at 12H)5 p. in. ''
The new schedule will be a very
"tough" one for 'the Wilmington
daily newspapers, 1 but the railroad
people believe it will be a real bene
fit to - the trade of this city,; And in
support of their " position instance
that fact that merchants and others
who live on the line of the Carolina
Central can leave any point this side
of Charlotte in the forenoon arrive
here at 1:40 p. m ,' spend about five
hours in the transaction f business.
and return oh the train leaving here
at n. m.'v i'- i-t - -v
jaThe trouble with the newspapers I
inac ine . oay irain leaves nere ww
late for" a 'morning edition and too-
soon' - for '' an eveniag - edition. Bat-
"what ean't be-eured must be n-
dnred." and thnv will f aaH . nn th
hope tfiatthrjfilt'hAvi Annrlr4iag'
yttmm raaru
The JnryJa the ease of R B. Shep
herd, colored, - oharged,: with.-the
larceny of a bag of corn, the property
Of Mr. W.V P. Otdhanv aft r beiae
looked, np all night, failed to afrree
upon a verdict, and. , were discharged
yesterday moruing.;',, f:
Member,, . Han bins, the ; colored
woman tried for, receiving stolen
goods, was - f eund guilty. , but the1
judgment of the Court was: not prb-
nonncedY -lt'"-T:': '-' "; ?
Tbe case of W, a. Nash and others.
colored meR and. boys, indicted.
fpr
assault - and -"battery on S.. H. ,
occupied the attention of the Court
all dayj 'the trikl attracting a great
many spectators. An aeoount of the
assault, which occurred last summer
at the Seaside base ball grounds,. wAs
published ; )n( the STAB, at the time.
Terry, who taj keeper of (the county
house of correction tfandfeoor house,
was endeayodug tcpilestani escaped
convict namd Pati. yWalaer. when
he was attacKed by ainuiuber of ofe-
gro boys, v forced tc. relinquish his
prisoner, an Jonly : escaping from the
moo by nardngnticg, in woicn ne
was pretty roughly. handled. An in
dictment was found attaint . the' par
ties at the September term . of tbe
Court but tbe case was continued un
til tbe present term. ,-
Two days were consumed in select
ing a jury, which was finally coin
pieted last Wednesday as follows D.
A. Smith. R. Oreenberir, J. A.? Evr-
itt. J. Forest IL H. VonKampen. H
Wentzensen.et Hutaf. W.T. Spooner,
whites, aud Ji Wv Moody and Louis
Davis, colored. Messrs.' Jobal:D.
BellauiV. Jr.. andSoL C Weill were
counsel for the defendants, and Soli
citor Moore for the State was assisted
by Mr. Marsdsn Bellamy.
The Court ordered a verdict of not
guilty to be eutered as to nine of the
defendants, On tbe ground that Terry
had no authority to make the arrest
of Teter-' Walker,' to prevent which
these defendants were alleged 1 to
have inte fared. ' The ease as to
the other defendants five in number
including flash and the Hawkins,
after argument by counsel aud the
charge by the Judge, was given to the
jury about 8 p.m., and in ten min
utes thereafter a verdict of cot guilty
was returned and tbe defendants were
discharged.
'-rMttal,
Mr. J. R. Kenly, Superintendent of
Transportation of the Atlantic Coast
Line, at the recent meeting of dlreo-
tore held m this city, was eiecieu
also, to tbs - position of Assistant
General Manager. Mr. Kenly Is
known among railroad men as a most
efficient officer, of large, experience.
and with a thorough knowledge of
all the details pertaining to the
business. This additional appoint
ment shows - that the Atlantic . Coast
Line Droperlv appreciates tbe ser
vices of its employes.
Abb lmpnr.
ir. T. M. Emerson, General Pas-
sencrer Acrent of tbe Atlantic Coast
Line has received a letter from Mr.
C. P. Atmore.general passenger agent
of the Lou'sville and Nashville Rail
road, under date of November 17tb,
in which he says:
"I understand that there is a young
mn.ii In vour Dart of tbe country call
ing himself C. P. Atmore, Jr.. and re
presenting mat ne is my son, ana in
this way obtaining money under false
pretenoes. i nave a son oy ma name,
bat he is now at home and has been
for two years I wish you would cau
tion the nublio through the press
against this impostor "
TharklS.. V
The disabled British steamship
Parklands. CaDt. Howie, which has
been lying at Southport since Satur
day last, is expected to come tip to
tbe citv to-day for repairs, which will
be made, as heretofore stated,atSkiu-
ner's shinvard. A new shaft 10 re
place tbe broken one,. has been ship
ped by the owners of tbe vessel from
Liverpool, and is expected to reach
here in the course of ten days or a
fortnight.
The weekly statement of the move
ment of cotton at this port, bulle
tined at the Produce Exchange yes
terday, shows receipts for. the past
week of 11,423 bales, .against receipts
the corresponding week last year of
8,073 bales. " Tbe total receipts from
September 1st to November 23d, are
87,695, agaiust 118,839 bales to the
Maine date last season a decrease' of
30,744 bales. .
The stock at this port Is 21,838
hulps as asainst 20.128 at same time
last year. " ' , "
(1 , F. aad . V
Col. Tbos. J Jones, who is connect
ed with the work of construction on
the Cape Fear - and Yadkin . Valley
Railroad, between Wilmington and
Fayetteville, reports the work of gra-
ding and getting out cross-ties pro
greanlog satisfactorily, Tr ek laying
will begin next 1 May, and before the
expiration of the year 1889 CoL Jones
says, trains will be .running over the
line between Wilmington and Mt.
Airy When tbe connection is com
pleted there will no doubt be a grand
celebration of the event in Winning'
ton in which thousands of North Car-
ollptans will participate.
Naval Store B. eel pis. -
The receipts of naval stores at this
port for the crop year from AprU
1st to Nov. ,23d compared with re
ceipts for the same time last year, are
as follows: Spirits turpentine, 49,712
casks, against 55,418 last year. Rosin.
.130,092 barrels; last year 217,183." ' Tar,
1,890 barrels; last .year; 83,114V Crude
turpentine, 15,580 barrels; last year,
18,703. p,?w.. i-w
Aceiaont at tk .Wl.aiiactoa Cos
. vrrea. - '. .-if i-,si -5,'r f: j .
Work at the Wilmington Compress,
we regret to bear, will be delayed five
or six days on account Of the break
ing of a link in an endless chain part
of the machinery - of j the press; ' Just
at this time the delay is annoying, as
ail the presses are being worked to
tneutou capacity. -
1888.
A flvlaw4 fraraa-r Kiii.mib
Hie j DowrwarTb h.h
f Htm Wifa Shot
rpecial to th.Moroiog S ar 1
rHBXBT a. O Nov 83 The most
horrible and cold blooded murder in the
annals of Cleveland , county was commit
id last nujht. Shortly after dark James
Pnilbrook, a thrifty and industrious farmer,
sixty years old, who lives four miles west
of Shelby, was called to the beck door of
bis house by a ana whJ said he had. a note
from ; a friend, and toot down ia ja
most cold blooded . way, one ball enteriBK
his right : nostril - aaii the other the roof f
the mouth. " Philbrook's wife, ; who had
followed htm to the " d jot, wai compelled
to surrender all taa money she had a ten
io)lar bL'l aod atwut thtae dollars iu sii-
.ver. ibe murderer then cursed hvt and
aid she had more, as her husband hid just
kold seven, bales of cotton-. She offered
aim-tier keys and tjld tlm he eouid search i
the house, and that she, would strike s
lubt, the wind Cuming from the open
door having extinguished the lamp. As
ehe struck a match the burglar put his pis-'
to! to her face aud snot her under her left'
e. the ftall r S2iag- dowa wd He then
made his escape.' -r- n-; - ;' P
Mrs Pmlbrook was uu o-ci )da for:
a u bait an hour wbea with great effirt
be made her way. to th - hoata of Harr
L ivelace. hit ,. broiber-in-U w, about fifty
ards away The latter heard thebot.
rat thought Phitbrook was unloading lum
ber. He At once summoned assistance,
ut the . ma aerer naa mae his escape,
eavmg ao track behind him. Mrs. Pailr
rook could not identify the mm. but says
-te .thinks he is either a white man or a
ongot mulatto.. Ue was evidently ac
quainted 'with the premises ' Pnilbrook
od wife lived alone, their children having
m rrit-d, or being at sch oI.
on tin tiemrick with a posse is in
search of the murderer, but has no cer
aia clue. The people of Shelby are
greatly excite t oer the tragedy, and if the
man is caugh'. to-night be will be lynched.
The mur-ierer wan aloof.
A- W FutiK.
SwiaSicr al a Twaii-lr
Veara aprlaai-ai-Otaiaa fr
Uo -a far fcaropifk Elrciral Vtm
ii CnMra.
New Tube, N v. iJ8 F rein bankers
ho nave ordered icolu fur -bipment Ui
Europe state that owing to ihe de mand in
London for gold bars for shipment to Rus
ia and south Amtrica, bankers on tbe
other side ae paying a good fraction over
the n mioal pric. Kubn. Loeo & Co.
aave just ordered 618,000 sold rar from
he aav cm e for abipment to JSurope
The total koM taken for shipment so far
this week IS ft 564 000. I
Niv Tom. November 23 James E.
BeUe I, real estate clerk 1 tbe la fl m ot
sbipmtn. Barlow, Larocqie & Choate,
ho swindled Die employers and their
clients out of $264 tOlLof which he pent
part ia tbe policy bhop 6f Emerson diOoss,
was to-day sentenceo. on his plea luiuy.
to Stale prison lor 2S years and 4 months
Philip J Ga, one of tbe policy dealera
'bi Kot MiO two out or Bedell, pleaded
.u ltv to fel n aud was naed S'.OOO.
ALBANT. Nov. 5HJ lhe el-C oral vote
in New York State as canvassed by tbe
State B rd of Caavatsrs to-day is as fol
lows, tbe highest and lowest number of
votes received by any elector, being jrja
K publican Highest . coo 897. lowest
648 759.
D ocratic Highest 635.985, lowest
635.800.
rr .uibitlonist Highest 80,231. lowest
80 228
rtucialisi Highest 3.068 owest 2 022
Dim Labor Highest o26 lowest 687.
Da. ted Lab r Eloiora-at-lriie Redoaih
3,008, VViider a 47
SOL W AKULifiA.
Tba OSeial Oreiarrw.
IB "wonraiw (u cae Morauu star. .
COLtJXBtA Nov 23 The State Board
if Canvasaers ba at last concluded tbe t an-
vaes of all the State and Federal returns. and
bas declared the result, which is 'he elec
ion of the entiie D m crafc E- cural
ick'-l by ih- following' voie. leveland
05.825; Hnrri-on 18 740. Democrat c ma-
mV 68.085 Ttie total vote is 11 932 less
han lour n-ars ago. I he Uemocra. ic ma
j trity is 4.004 greater. Demcratic Con-
rsmeo are eiiCuio tne seven oiruich oi
tn S ate, tbe con u si in he 7h (the b'acs
diairict) having been decbied by the 8tae
board in favor of (Jul wm Kiiiott, tht
nmient inumhent . wbo is re- lected by a
vote t 8,868, ti 7,0i 8 for Mil'er.hU Colored
competitor. . a .. .
OrsKcrati Claim inliii BUetton to
aairrn ftf i -swal StaJ.rliy.
- ratgrapbt he rnuig tar.
San Fbahcisco, Not 28 Iiiep c
ed ihat au i.fB :ii canvnB. of the vote in
mis citv will t c -mbl ted this afternoon
r&e tola' vote a oiunted c far In the Drib
Ooogressutual disirict, of wuch this city
'..rmi a pnrt, biv- fht-ipn. tt-publicau t r
Congress. 230 majority over i'lunie. Demo
crat Oul two more Assembly dis'ncii
are to be counted. , The Democrats claim
these districts by 260 o 800 plurality
J MOCitAllv HALJLT.
( Star Correspondence. J
On Thursday night, .Nov. 22d, old
South. Washington's patriot istn .mani
fested It sHf witn a grana ue moo ratio
rally . ' After a large crowd of :. good
old veteraus and youuir patriots bad
assembled a torch light -procession
paraded the streets, - serenaded -tbe
resideucesand made woods and.val
Iavh rioir with ecttoes of huzzas for
Gov. Fo w UTTb e dre works y&stSSHf I
arid i beautiful. In the; rauRswere
borne aloft banners. with ADpronriate
emblems sketched by an artist of
marked genius, and we are 'proud to
Hay tnat t nis artist was a young iaay
of South Washington. On tbe can-
vass ould be distinetfy discerned a
pictdref poor old JJoclrery' who'eir
piredpoliiioally on . the 6th tf Nov.
There, he- - was ia - tbe arms of .those
who could not help him. - Our hon
ored, respected and grand old hero,;
B.Ci Jobnsoa,-waB there, justlwhere
he (pught to have been, and cheered
the crowd with a good -61d fashioned
Speecn, ae. was louoweu hiiu u
aoDirODriate1 sbeechfroo Hti T. ' J.
Lee. whose enthusiasm in the cause
is a most prominent feature, and
then tbe house was brought down by
that talented yonngr lawyer, Mr. Hen
ry Shaw. He .told U- exaotly, as he
held aloft -the . banner of Dockery's
bnriaL how auletlv he went down.
"unbondredV unwept, and unsung.",
- After the address an elegant oyster
supper was served by the ladies in
Mr. Rivarj bark's dininir room. When
that was finished, mniio and dancing.
followed until a late hour. Tne oc
casion was a ' deliehtful one, and
nroved altogether a grand success.
The Wilmington Messenger please
copy. ;?,':;v';.i; ,
' The U ' S.' ateamer Bostoo. Which was
sent to Hay u, when that goveromentseintd
tbe American steamer : Uaytien rvpuonc.
arrived at New York Quarantine yesterday.
It is renorted that the .steamer returned on
account of yellow fever breaking out among
tascrew.
NO. A
. WA StiiAGt uA. .
Aa AtUaaat fc Wa Io Pravrat
tkaEI-eoaral Vataal Virginia B -iag
caal tar tk Uaaaaeraue OaaAA.t.s.
. . TwMwraoti tu the Horaliui bhu
VTasHinot S. N-v 23 Aa a result of
he Cjut-oeuee kete n Uen. Mnhioe and
Senator Q iay . rvcently held in his cit. it
is aooouttucd that proceedings will be re-
ua in the VKgiaia- State Oourts and the
Dulled States Dw net Court for Virginia.
attacking the right ot Dtmocrailc elector
of that State to cast their votes for PresU
dent in tbe Electoral College The certifi
cates of electors will not be opened until
after the meeting ot tbe State Board f
Canvassers in Richmond next Monday, and
vne contemoiaiea Droceeoing will be Int-n
immediately taHituted " It will bo on the
aaturs Of a petition of writ of evo wuranto
to compel the electors receiving certificates
to shoW by what right they assume to
serve as such One of the petiti .nera will
be Mr. Lamb, of Norfolk; tbe other, pro
bably. the ttdpublicaa candidate for elec
tor from., the , Rrehmood . district. It
is said by 'Republican attorneys io tne case
that the petition for tbe writ will be backed
up Ly- such a sbowiog of fraud in tbe
count of J)alloU cast on the 6ib instant,
as will satisfy any one that the Republican
candidates, for electors received at the
' polls a plurality; i
laasmuca as ,onl? a very short time will
intervene between the beginning of tbe
proceedings and the meeting of the E ec
Ural College, and as the electors holding
certicates Ctnnot be prevented from ex
ercising the functions ot their office by inr-
Junciion, it ia at ore uan probfle that
tiieveia d will rtoeive tha vote o' the Old
.Dominion for President. . Boih Qiayand
u.none deny any u site lor mute party ad
vantage. Dm say that ltis of prime impor
tance to develop antLtfive election frauds
to we ooum. wnn avw, in Case oi fans
ure in these efforts inTUw courts, to arous-
tug Congress to the necessiiy oi enacting
laws to secure a true count or votes cam tor
Presidential electors and members ot Con
great.' .; o
One of tbe attorneys In the case said this
evening: "We are without explicit Federal
or St te statutes empowering and regulat
ing our course, suit we bave strong hope
of discovering an efficient remedy some
where. Fraud vitiates whatever it touches.
and if shown muit always end in tbeover
throw of the wrong-doers.'1 Continuing;
he said: "There was but one case in the
Federal courts bearing even remotely on
any of the points raised by the proceedings
4 his, it appears, is the caseoi the Kiectoral
Board ot South Carolina in 1870. in the
Tildeu-Hayes controversy of that year. The
Slate Board - of Canvassers there met In
the time and way provided for by the State
law, and alter canvassing tbe votes and
certifying thn results were served with no
tice of motions before the Supreme Court
of that State, having for their object the
reopening of the proceedings of the board
under direction or iik .upreuje State tnbu
nal. Tbe board of casva-sets denying tbe
ulbority of tbe Slate c ml. weie Onallv
t ip-la ned ion conu-mpt and nned.io a
heavy sum of money
Judge Bond promp lv asunaed a c
tion by issuioii a wm oi naoeat corpus un
der which he released the prisouem. tie
held that the State board of cmvassew, in
canvassing votes for Presidential elecors.
rere acting primarily m pursuance or ttie
Constitution ef tbe United States, and
eouid not be restratned in ihetr duties by
writs of prohtbittoo, mandamox. Sc.. isau
ing from Slate courts
In the proceeding determined on. sbe la-
oarger and Wilson, of this citv. and Gtn.
igar Allen, of Richmond, are the leading
counsel.
Washington. Nov. 23. A disagreeable
piece of news comes across the water to tbe
effect that the stern of lb E glish gunboat
Scout" bas sunk considerably and that
the rear frames show signs of weakness.
This sian of struc ural weakness acquires
lmpor1! cerrom tne fact that tbe new gun
boats X rg town, JUioningtoa and others.
recently buui for our navy, are patterned
closely upon the English model, which
now sbows-signs-of tail ure
soB.ru
4 KUL.INA
Official Caaat
f tha Vote
for Presl.
, . scat,
B Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Raxhoo. November 23. The Board
of State Canvassers bas completed tbe
count of ' the vote for Presidential electors
of Norib Carolina, as follow: Cleveland.
147 t.. uarrison, 134,784. Cleveland's
majority 13 118
The canvast of tbe vote for Congressmen
and State i-fBcera will be nude uuder the
law on tbe 29 b Iot -
AN IOtPOKTA S I' DKCIStOS
la tba ewpraasa Court wr Arkanaaa
Caae.ralmg Iaaaraae Pone ea
Cotiaa
By Tela raph io the Mrnlog Star.
LtTTLB Rot Vi., Nv 84. The
o-iaeof tne Dj ai Qaorn 0 maay of.
Little Rocs agaiaat tbe London, Liver
pool and Globe andtweaty-aeVKa other in
surance c-imoaniM wa-t-decided in the U S
O urt, tovoiviu the sta'ui o' con on poli
cies. Litlgauoa itrew out of 'h - r- fusat of
the insurance comoanies to p.y iosurance
On cotton destroyed b tbe burning of be
cotton compr.ss building in November
1887 8ome 4 000 bdes of cry ton were
burned, upon which policies bad bten taken
out by the Compress c mpany to protect
the interests or railroads who bad issued,
bills of lading for tne shipment of cotton1
aa well as to injure themselves against loss
There was a clause in the policies making
them void in case marine Insurance was
taken out on the ootton. Marine insurance
was taken out by tbe consignors, but not
by tbe Comoros company, and tbe insur
ant companies would not recognize tbe
policies a a remit. clatuio that they were
void. The m un sued for wa one hun
dred and. forty -tw thousand dollars
Tbe Jury rendered a verdict for that
amount in favor of the Compress Com
pany.
JRtCBMnND I H M 1 1 A L,
lajaaetloa Agaiaat ta- A.aa- ar tba
Bl T.aaMM HaoraaS.
By Telegraph to tba Morning -tar
PhiladblPBXa Ntv 24 A ' pnvnte
telegrvm itcctvec in -hit ci-y a s Cbai eel-.
1 r Oibou. ot theC an er C -urt at Knot1
v lit-, to d.y gr.n ed u lrfuoc-4ion egaii st
tceaem-ft O"'' Fon. ss - ro-i ny the
Richmond St Dauville Ktllr "d. deciding
that the two lines were C m eutive abd
that tbe charter of tbe Eaat Tcunessae .ave
no authority to lease .
Tbe motion for a r ceier wa denied,;
upon condition that tbe E-st Tennessee
Co , in good faith, reassume control of its
property ; but ir tots was n a none, or iu
complainants could show that here was
any collusion, whenever ; the sme was
brought to his ' attention the Chancellor
would appoint a receiver.- " -
CONTENTION LABOR.'
Raw EichtHewr nav-mt Prpar
la tor Graad n. la 1890.
: i By Vetegraoh to tha- Morning star.
Cnoao i November 24 A local paper
says: "the new etgnt nour movement
anv ng the worklngmen or Socialistic pro-
oeosuy has already negun, ano meetings
are being held in various places throoitb-
out tbe citv for tbe purpose or electing
delegates to a Convention of Lab-ir, to be
held at St. Louis next uecemoer, . at mat
Convention the eight-hour movement will
be talked up, and the advisability consid
ered of organising a mammoth strike, to
go into effect ia June. 1890. The men in
terested ia the., movement have issued a
printed list of questions, which they bave
sent to all organizations favorable to their
Cause.' The object of the questions is to
obtain information concerning the number
of member in tbe different s cieties. their
financial standing, and their general aridity
to stand up under a strike, should one be
ordered- ' ' ' : ' .'
"l Tarboro " Hovtherner'. Captain
Tom Entry has a colt whose ruaning qual
ities equai those of its owner for the Legis
lature.
rThere is prospect now of the re- .
Co very of Cant. Will Dodson. who was so -"
badly hurt on the 0-F. & T.V Railroad
about two weeks sgo. . -
; Asheville : Citizen : - The- Caro
lina. Kjtoxvllle and Western railroad truck
bas been graded to "within sine mi .e-of ,
Brevard, and tbe iron laid aa far as Mart- V
etta in South Carolina. QancrtHV t f
wagons loaded with tobacco are now citn- v
ing to this market daily. rj s ; -V ,
Wilson Advance : . Rev! A! r." -
Phillips,' of Fajeiteville, is asslsticg tee
pafclor of the Presbyterian Church in a ,r -seneB
of protracted services Do to . Caio
considerable interest has been robDifts-t-d -
Mr Phillips is a bright, clear. McUd.
earnest and interesting preacher.
Hiokory Carolinian: When '.
Rm Linney went over all his fi lends
thought him guilty of spasmodic and reck- '
less political suicide: but eunoose he suc
ceeds Hamoneaas Dnited States Diir ct
Attorney, what shall we tbinkt Was it
luck or ' foresight? f Perhaps It was i-uess
and sale Sta&I
Greensboro Workman'; On
Tuesday a new ' Presbyterian Church-was
organized Ave and a half miles northeast or
Greensboro by a commission of Orange
Preabyterv. consisting of Rev. D J.
Craig, of Reidsvilie. and C. Miller, ct Guil
ford, and Messrs W. 8. Moore and J n
Wharton, of Greensboro. The church wss
organized with sixteen members and named
Midway. -
Nashville Argonaut: Thomis
Oliver was arrested yesterday, charged with
passing counterfeit, money, and taken to
Tarboro. Mr. Fielding Knoit, one of
the wealthiest and-most successful tobacco
growers of Granville county, bas within,
the past few days purchased a farm near
Hiliiardston, In this county, for tbe pur
pose of growing fine yellow tobicco, and
we bave ao doubt he will make it a aolen-
did success. -There is no doubt that Naeh
is the) best tobacco county in Nottb Csr.
t i- Qoldsboro Argus . The assign
ment of Mr. LEdwarda, in this city Wed
nesday evening, for the benefit of crcdiiors, '
was very mucn ot a surprise to loose who
learned of it yesterday. We btar his,
liabilities estimated all the wav from 20. '
000 to 140,000 Dr D. Cogdell is the as-'
sigfiee The Pair and Festival for
r the benefit of the Catholic Church building
fund of this city that opened in the spkcious
dining room of the Arlington Hotel Wed
nesday night is prognsiing under most
favorable auspices, and is enjoying an un
precedented run oi patronage.
Henderson News; From an ex
change we learn that in the Rncky Mount
female tournament the flret prize of (50
was awarded to Mrs. Willis: second. 840.
to Miss Bryant; third, $30, to Miss Neville;
fourth, f 20. to Miss Fields. Mr.
Grey Armstrong, of Rocky Mount. Nash
county, .sold some very fine tobacco in Ox
ford last week at high prices. We wish we
had the exact figures. The same week his
soo. J. D - Armstrong, sold 1,700 pounds
in Henderson sor $488. This goes tp prove
what we bave maintained tbe past three
yeais--tbat there is so better bright bbac
co land in the world than can be found in
Nash and Edgecombe.
New Bern . Journal : Mr.
G. L. Hardison yesterday shipped by
Vesper of tbe E G D. line to New York.'
and Philadelphia seventeen boxes of green
peas grown on bis farm near the city, in
the open air and without special care. Can
tbe mildness of a Florida climate excel
this? r We think not. Euthteen pri
soners in Craven county jail. Fourteen of
these are waiting trial at the coming term
of tbe Superior Court, which opens next
Tuesday, The steel rails are being
distributed along tbe line of tbe A & N.
O RR. between this city and Morehead
City, . Good prices were obtained for
the garden peas recently Bbipped by Gra
ham Richardson, E q.
Charlotte Chronicle: The col
ored woman wbo pulled ber husband's
coat-tail off Wednesday because he would
not share the spoils of his cotton sales, and
finally com prom isedjra a pair of $2 shoes
and a strong clgarr was fined $3 50 by "
Mayor McDowell yesterday in spite of her
set-off claim that she had a right to treat
ber husband as she bad. Tbe West
ern Baptist Missionary Dnion, colored, is
in session in tbe First Baptist Church in
this city. Ministers are arriving on every
train. The Dnion represents ten Associa
tions, 200 churches, 700 ministers and 20.-
000 members. t Yesterday's Lancaster,
So.. Ledger takes np tbe idea of building
a road from Charlotte to Camden via Lan
caster in a manner that indicates sincerity
of purpose and substantial aid for the pros
pect.
Raleigh News Observer: Mr.
H A Latham, editor and owner of tbe
Washington Qatette. is a candidate for the
position of Reading Clerk of the House of
Representatives, ne is a talented . and
worthy young man and has done good
work for tbe Democraiio party with bis
pen and otherwise. Yesterday Wash
Beasley, colored, one of the men who were,
brought here by Deputy Marshal John R.
Dpcburcb. was arraigned before D- 8.
Commissioner Shaffer. Beasley is from
Walnut Cove, in Granville county, and was
charged with raising a disturbance at tbe
polls on election day. Beasley bad a diffi
culty with the registrar wbo challenged his
vote on the ground that be bad sworn to a
lie. and some hot words were passed but no
blows were struck. After heario'g the evi
dence the Commissioner dismissed the mai.
Lieut. G-overnor eltct. Tbos M Holt,
arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and
is stopping with bis son-in-law, A W.
Haywood, Esq We are glad to be able to
announce that the Colonel still continues to
improve in health Slowly but surely. .
The work of destr uction of the elm trees
along Fayetteville street to make room for
tbe pavtment goes for w aid. Rocky
Mount, Nov. 21 George C. Hannah.
&q , a prominent commission merchant of
Wilson, and a genial, high-toned gentle
man, died at that place last ' nigbt sf-er a
abort illness, aged 83 years. Raleigh
will soon be exhibiting two curiosities to
the world which will beat the record. Mr.
R. L. Htflin bas had tbe two little dwarfs,
Mary and James Lanier, familiarly known
here, bound to bim for several years, and
Is about starting out on a tour of exhibition
with tbem. In point of diminutiveness
they beat Tom Thumb. Major Atom and
company away out of sight. Mary ia six
teen years old and weighs only 82 pounds,
and James is 18 years old and weighs 86
pounds
Asheville Citizen : Now is the
time for capitalists to seek and buy and de
velop tbe large tracts of timber lands in
Western North Carolina; the copper, iron,
marble, gold ahd other deposits; the agri
cultural, stock raising and fruit raising op
portunities; the msnufacturing inducements
of our section No such invit ng field for
-lafiorand capital exists elsewhere in the.
South to day. The earnings of tbe
Asber e fc Spartanburg road for Septem
b r. 1888. were $11,418.16 as against $9.
638 78 for September. 1887. an increase of
$3,175 44. or S3 81 per cent. Our Western '
North Carolina roads are improving steadi
ly and most encouragingly. . What
becomes of tbe Durham collapse ? Impri
mis, It looks serious and ss sffc cling tne
whole tobacco interest of North Carolina.
In truth, it leads to but little, outside of
tbe interests in which Blackwell was con
cerned He bad a large interest in the
country atound bim. He bad lent bis credit
to a thousand men. These men are good.
He will come out right. The Circuit
Court met yesterday morning. Judges Bond
and Dick on tbe bench, and after
hearing a few ' motions, continued all -tbe
cases on tbe docket,' and adjourned.
Neither Mr. Johnston nor tbe Demo
cratic party bave cause to be mortified over
the race just concluded for Congress in this
disirict He received this year 15.404 votes,
over 5,000 mora than was ever before re
ceived by a Democrat in this district, and
2,430 more than he received four year ago.
Mr B wart's vote increased from 1884 Jto
1888 over 4,400, which is, as yet. inexpli
cable. " W bile tbe Democratic vote shows
regular and reasonable Increase in every
county, the Republican increase in several
of tbe counties is ; phenomenal. Bun
combe's Radical increase in fonr years is
800 to 400' Democratic, - Cherokee's 800 to
175. Haywood 800 to 100. Madison 400 to
170, Mitchell 400 to 120, Rutherford 400 to
800. Swain 800 o 75. This relative In
crease is, we say, inexplicable, and invites
investigation. ' Mr JohnstoerTeoeivid 140
more votes than Gon Fowle. and 210 more
votes than President Cleveland, while Mr. ,
Harrison receives 224 more than Ewart.
and his majority over Mr Cleveland is 849
to Mr. Ewart's ever Johnston of 445. .
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