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1 The Weekly Star? ' ' JPTJBLISHKD AT . XV I L BI I N G T ON, N. C AT IB1B, IN si.oo ADVANCE. SS8S3SSSSS8SS88SS SSS8SS8SSSSS88SS8 HHrlHHH muo 9 8S888S8S8S8888888'. 8888SS88S88888SSS 8S888S88S8SS8S38S tOUOH 1 SSS888888S8888S88 8SS8S8SSS8SS888S SS88888888S883SS8 t : 3 : : i : s : i '"-ssassaas Entered at the Post Office atrwilmington, N. C, aa 8eoond Class Hatter.1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE The subscription price of the Wbexly STAR 13 88 IOllOWS 3 Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, . $1.00 " - " 6 months " .60 " " 3 month! - " " .80 STATISTICS NKCES.B-AN IN TERESTING ILLUSTRATION. There was a movement in the Leg islature to gather the criminal Btatis tics of the State we think. What be came of it we do not remember. The Stab has insisted hat it. is necessary to gather carefully such statistics as well as all others that will enable us to judge accurately of what has been done. Crimes may or may not be on the inorease in North Carolina,, but it cannot be certainly known until the State causes the statistics to be so curately kept and collated. One man assorts this, and another man of equal intelligence asserts the oppo site. There is no way to determine the truth of the -matter except by statistics carefully gathered. We have an opinion based upon almost twenty years of a close examination of Mate newspapers to prepare our daily table of news. For many years before this writer came to Wilming ton he was engaged in this very work. The impression we have is that there are many times more crimes now in proportion to the population than there were in 1857, when we be gan our first direct connection with a newspaper as editor. We may err, but we shall not know it until the an nual statistics have been gathered. 1 he criminal statistics that are known in this country otter some Btrange results. It is said that a majority of them are professing Christians. This is not true, we may believe, generally, but it is said to be true in Pennsylvania. Here are the statistics as published for a peniten tiary in that State: x "Of 862 prisoners received in 1887, 85 were Catholics; 73 Methodists, 26 Presbyte rians. 20 Lutherans, 19 Baptists, 12 Episco palians. 5 United Presbyterians, 4 Cambel- lites, s United Brethren, 1 Hebrew, S of other religious beliefs and only nine were of no religious belief. "Less than 4 per cent, of these felons were infidels or agnostics For 1888 about the same showing is -tfsiade. and the per' centsge of prisoners wfthput religion is not increased. Who was it that said a certain man had stolen the livery of Heaven to serve the devil in? These convicts and thieves and scoundrels are evi dently of that sort. Of 528 prisoners the nationalities are thus given: "Germany furnished 85; England, 24; Ireland, 23; Itaiy, 9; Canada, 5; Scotland, 5; Wales. 4; Sweden, 2, and Hungary, Belgium, Poland. France and Switzerland, 1 each, while 273 were born in rennsyiva nia, 41 in New York and 16 in Ohio." - Now we oome to a point of interest ... one that we have often referred to in . these columns. How many of these had been taught to read and write? All but 46 could read and write. Of the 528 inmates 483 had ' attended publio schools. There were two tramps in the whole. The larger proportion was from the mines.' Only four professional men were among the number. Now such statistics are instructive and interesting. They show that education is no reformer and preventer of crime, and that a religious profession amounts to noth ing unless the soul is regenerated by the power of the Holy Ghost and the believer is made a new creature in Christ Jesus, the Lord and Saviour. The natives are more numerous than the foreigners, but that may be because there are more natives from which to draw. The Atlanta Von8titution says "that education onlv makes the criminals ' all the more dangerous" but it should have added unless it is sanctified educa tion made so by the grace of. Al mighty God working in the souls of men. The Stab through the years has again and again said that it is the merest dream of fanaticism to insist that in the teaching of the three Rs or the largest acquisition of knowledge there is to be found the great moral uprlifter or the" great preventive of lyhig, stealing, nn . cleanness and debauchery and the darker crimes. Keep on your -woollens. Do ' not get in a hurry. The Housewife says: "Cotton is injurious when worn next the skin. The fibre of which it is composed does not absorb the perspiration of the body, which is forced back in a chilly state upon it. To wear linen or cotton is like bathing la cold water and putting one's cioiaea on wunout drying.". more people die of pneumonia in March than any other month, unless it be April. Said a '.leading physi cian to us on Friday, "I always wrap np well in March for it is the most dangerous of the months. " - VOL. XX. FACTS THAT INTEREST. V We beg to call the attention of our readers to a suggestive fact. 'There are fifty cotton mills at Fall River, Mass., - either standing still or with not half enough workingmen to keep them going with profit. The strike of 6,000 weavers because they reas onably ask that the wages of 1884 be restored and it is refused shows that the Nabobs do not mean if they can help it to live and let live. They are abundantanly able to restore the old wages which they out down in 1884, but they refuse to do it The follow ing to the New York World shows what the owners could do if they would. It says: ' - The stocks of the Fall River Mills are at a premium of from 22 to 150 per cent They are paying dividends of from 10 to 22J per cent. Meanwhile the wages of the operatives are but little more for 60 hours' work per week than the English wages are tor oo nours, though each American opera tive,' according to Secretary Blaine's report io 1884. 'works up as much raw material as two British operatives.'. Why should not the tariff barons live up to their doc trine and give labor a benefit? , Such facts tell plainly how unjust the mill owners are. . Is it not won derful in the light of such instruct ive facts how Protection so egregious- ly fails in proteoting, and what blind ed victims the workingmen are who hurrahed with the Plutocrats and Monopolists? - The necessity for an educational oampaign is apparent, and such tacts and experiences as those at Fall River are powerful in structors. A SLAP AT TBI SOUTH. - It was to have been expected that the assassination of Capt. Dawson would draw ont from the Northern press a general censure of the South. Even a paperof the charaoter of the New York limes does not hesitate to say this: 'Of course, murders may be committed at any time and in any community, but it is their frequency, their unprovoked char acter, and their prevalence among decent and enlightened persons in the bouthern States, not to speak of The family 'feuds which make the social history of that part of the Union at once so picturesque and so horrible, that have in part justified the use of the term temi barbaroui in describing the manners and eustoms of the Southern people." This is a false accusation. There is as much of true refinement and purity of life in the South as in the very foremost circles in the North. Crime is rampant in the South among the negroee, some degraded whites and some . hot-heads, but not more so than in the North. The crimes in the oontn take a different turn perh'aps from those in the North, -but they are not more diabolical or more savage or more numerous. In the North crime assumes the shape of robbing banks and employ ers, alluring women to out of the way places and murdering them; ' bomb-throwing, honse-bnrning, bur glarizing and murdering the inmates for their money, mob violence, de bauchery of many kinds, killing peo ple in brothels and rum mills. These are Borne of the ways in which crime finds expression in theboaBtful North that is prone to thank God that it is not like the South. In this part of the Union there are fewer crimes in proportion to population of a more dastardly and infernal kind, but there are more use of the pistol and more vendettas and more, violence inspired by bad liquor perhaps. But it is certain that the Northern pot cannot call the Southern kettle black. It is a foul stab to say as the Times says, that "the manners and customs of - the Southern people" are half barbarous. There are more men and women in JSew xork or in Chicago to-day to v whom could be applied the offensive terms of the Times than can be found among the whites in any Southern ' State, we have but little doubt. Bad blood is apt to show itself in violence, and it is to be deplored. But that murders prevail more in the South than in the North we believe to be untrue. Eliminate the negro and there is, we have no doubt, many times more crimes in any Northern State ; than among the whites ot any Southern State, numbers considered. The Philadelphia limes is much . more jast when it says: "The murder of Captain Dawson is a bad business, but it is very absurd to speak of it as a characteristically "Southern out rage." Is the .murder of the Chief of Po lice at Renovo to be described as character istic of Pennsylvania?" Wanamaker, the Boodier, goes alow in the matter o f chances in his Department. A dispatch from Wash ington says that he has given notice that no changes will be made exoept for cause. He said to one of the clerks who resigned : - "I don't want that. Go back to your desk and attend to your work. When I get time I will look into your case in its turn. If you have been faithful and efficient, yon won't be disturbed. If you haven't been sou needn't go through the formality of resigning." That will cause many a groan among the hungry fellows. Mrs. Grant has contributed to the Confederate Soldier's Home in the name of her dead husband. Her son Fred wrote:' - v Dkab Sib: General Grant's kindly feelings towards the Bouthern people, iknn.h (Vm vara mim hla enemies, is Mrs. fivunt'a rajuon for sending the .. Inclosed check' ; . - . - : . . . . The subscription was $25. Jix-rreBident Cleveland ' is to visit the South'next week; The New York Times says he will be accompanied by two of his late Cabinet,, MesBrs. Bayard, and t Diokinaon. r They will probably come" this -way, as they are going also to Havana. Minnesota will try 1 Civil Service Reform in - her State affairs: Well; if it is so good, why not? .And then let all officials from President and Governor .down be examined as to qualification. - iJ ; ..' : ., Til Confederate PenMoa Law. The Confederate pension bill,' In all its details, as passed by the Legis lature of North Carolina, provides as iouows: All soldiers who received a wound which renders them incompe tent for manual labor in the ordinary avocations of life, and all other sol diers who are 'other ' otherwise dis abled from performing-manual labor by reason of ' wounds received during the war, shall received one : hundred- dollars; such as lost a leg above the knee'- or. an 'arm above the elbow, seventy-flye1 "dollaraff'sucli i as i lost a' foot or leg' below the knee, or hand or arm below the elbow, or have a leg or an arm rendered utterly useless by reason of a- wound or permanent injury, fifty : dollars; such as lost one eye, ' and to all -' needy widows remaining unmarried, : ' twenty- five dollars ' No officer, soldier, sailor or widow holding a national, state or county office paying as much as three hundred dollars, or. who owns, in their own right property, assessed for valuation to the amount of five hun dred dollars; or, who Is receiving aid from the State under any act provid ing for the relief of soldiers who are blind or maimed, shall be entitled to any of the benefits of the act. For the purpose of raising the funds ne cessary to carry out the provisions of the act a tax of three cents on every $100 valuation of real and ' personal property, and nine cents on each tax able poll is levied. A. Front Street Bow. . Tom .Edens, a young white man from the Sound, and William Simp- son, colored, engaged in a fight yes terday forenoon in a lot in rear of a grocery store opposite Front street market. Edens was arrested by an officer and, locked up at police head quarters, and later in the day a war rant was issued by Justice Millis for the arrest of Simpson and given to Constable Hewlett to serve. The con stable found Simpson near the place where the difficulty occurred earlier in the day, but the negro resisted the officer, and but for the timely arrival of two police officers would probably have made his escape. He was taken by the officers to the City Hall and locked np. Cape Fear and Vaakln Valley. The work of driving piling for the wharves and tracks of this road at Point Peter was commenced Friday. The contract for the. construction of the wharves and warehouses, it is said, calls for the completion of the work by the first day of May. Between fifty and one hundred hands are now at 'work on the bridge across the Cape Fear river at Fay- etteville, and everything is progres sing finely. Mr. 8. J. Walton, the contractor, has commenced the work of building trestles along the line be tween Fayette ville and Wilmington. State Tracam' Association. A circular from Col. W. L. Faison, corresponding secretary, announces that the State Truckers' Association will meet at Clinton, Thursday and Friday. April 4th and 5th. Delegates from local associations and others in terested in .trucking who will attend, are requested to notify the secretary as soon as possible, so that accommo dations may be provided for all. The Atlantic Coast Line has agreed to pass all persons attending the Con vention at half rates- Devotion or Slater a ton Crazy Brotber A correspondent of the Stab writing from Bladen county, says: There lives Jn the upper edge of Bladen county, in a very poor desert ed section, a small family that de serve the sympathy of all good peo pie two sisters and one elder broth er. All are getting along in years; the brother whose head is blossoming for the grave, is a raving maniac, lie has been growing gradually worse for over fifteen years, until several years ago. when it became necessary to con fine him. and in a close, small room on one side of the house.- At rimes he becomes bo desperate as to beat his head against the walls until the blood flows freely, and beat his breast and his own person areadmiiy ne tears his clothts from his body and raves thus until he becomes exhaust ed. - His sisters, with the patience of martyrs, watch him, wait on him and care for him as only an affectionate sister - can, and this they have done for these years, with only a small monthly installment from the county of $5 or $6 that will barely pay for the meat and bread he eats. They put his meals through the barred win dow in a tin or something ne cannot destroy, for he breaks all the crocke ry he gets holds of, and they dare not approach mm unless they are pro tected by a strong man. When they do have assistance, which you. must know is quite often, they must go sonie distance and pay a man out of their small earnings on a poor, worn out place left them by their pious old father, who has gone to his rest not many years since, with their : aged mother. ; The family it seems to me are wor thy of respect for their honesty and industry, ana the insane man, witn all the family, were once pious mem bers of the Baptist Church in good standing. - And why the good . people of the neighborhood will pass along from dav to aay ana year alter year, witn- out making an effort to relieve these feeble women of their burden is strange; for they stand in danger at all times of being murdered, if he should escape from his den in the time . of one of his ravings. And why the authorities of the good old coun ty of Bladen will allow him to remain in that hethanish condition, when there is an asylum kept up bv the tax navers of the State where he should be sent and kept and cared for, in a manner becoming civilized people, is a mystery to tne writer. -Will not something be done? " ' WILMINGTON,' N. C., JB,RIDitMRfeBr 22,:i889. GOJ'JKRydR.JrOWJbE. ; Tbe Governor an Party's . VlaU.-t WrlcbtsTllle A Banq.aet.at tne Ortoa The weather was most disagreeable yesterday and the, rain poured down incessantly, but nevertheless a good sized crowd aocoinpanied.the Govern-? or and party to Wrightsville. The . Governor .i and , party,, . after reaching , Wrightsville, y were taken in carriages to. the two sites offered for the encampment grounds, but no decision was made by the Governor. A plat of both places will he carefully prepared, which will "take, about a months1, time, : and then . Governor TTowle will decide , whleh to accept. Both plaees are the . property of Messrs. H. M. Bowden and Win. Lar kins, one being about three-eighths of a mile and the other, about three fourths of a mile from the depot Each eontain,sixty acres and both are most admirably adapted for an en campment. -.-..;;-;..'' "-" . ' " Owing to the inclement .weather there were very few ..ladies present; but those who did go enjoyed theda most thoroughly. -..- r' .The; ladies who , accompanied the party were Misses Helen Fowle, Annie Satterwhaite, 'Agnes Daniel, Annie Meares and Miss Vernon.- - After looking at the sites all were conveyed to the Hammocks, and in a short time afterwards lunch was an nounced. There, . everything that could tempt the palate was spread most artistically, mine host Bryan excelling himself . , CoL W. C. Jones presided, and be fore taking his seat proposed a toast to the Governor and State Encamp ment, in a few : well chosen words which were loudly applauded. Gov. Fowle responded to this toast, and In the course of his brief remarks stated that it was settled definitely that the encampment would be at Wrights ville, though the exact spot had not yet been decided upon. CoL T. W. Strange then introduced Major Chas. M. Stedman, saying that he would present a deed granting sufficient ground on . Wrightsville Sound for the permanent encamp ment. " Major Stedman arose and present ed the deed to Governor Fowle', say ing : , Governor Fowlk: Bv thereanest and in accordance with the wishes of the citizens of Wilmington, I present to you a deed for the site of the per manent encampment oi tne estate Guard. I should utterly fail to reflect their views, did I not express to you the appreciation of the people of the lower Cape Fear section of your eon duct in connection with the selection of this site. They thank you cordi ally for the earnest support you have given to the State Guard. They are ratinea that as governor oi our tate you have fully realized the necessity for its organization and have appreciated its wants. They are rejoiced that youhave seconded the wishes of the "Guard and made it possible for them to annually come to us by the sea side. . For verily it may be said that the people of Wilmington and our State Guard have a mutual love, each for the other. We know that they are glad to be with us, and as suredly nowhere else will they find a more cordial or sincere weloome. Toa have most generously aided them and by your personal and offi cial influence made their continued organization a certainty. Aside from ?.ny Decent -wnicn may occur - to our city, aside from any prominence the location of this site may give to Wrightsville Sound, it would have afforded the people of Wilmincton the a&me heartfelt pleas ure to have greeted the gallant ooys each summer. Every breeze from the ocean, which kisses our shore, shall bear upon its breath the sentiments of our hearts a glad weloome to them all. To you, Sir, whose duty it will be as Commander-in-Chief to visit the Encampment, will always be ren dered an honest and loyal friendship. And this site will remain a testimo nial of your good will to our people, which shall not be forgotten by them or their children. . For years to oome. I trust, they shall visit the., spot you have chosen, that they may- extend their hospitality and congratulations to a Guard whose efficiency, morality and manhood will be typical of the honor and fair name ot North Caro lina, whether amid the. 'tumult of After the applause which greeted Maj. Stedman's remarks had subsided Governor Fowle accepted the deed in behalf of the State end in a short ex temporaneous speech epofee jnoBt elo quently and feelingly. . He alluded to the State Guard in termsVbioh&red every soldier's heart andiistrlbate to Wilmington and the hospitality of lts citizens was most unique. -and touch ing. " . .tklfT.i r ' A toast was also given.; to the United States, which waa responded to by Capt. W. H. Bixby of the IT. S. Army, in terms moBt appropriate, and gratifying. - . ; - . - Capt Benehan Cameron then arose, and said that in behalf of the State Guard, he proposed a toast to Col.T.'W . Strange and Col. W. C. Jones, for the material aid which they had given in having Wrightsville selected as the place. . ' " The thanks of all are due to Mr, E. S. Latimer, president of the Seacoast road, and also to Mr. Jas. Chad- bourn, general manager, for the courtesies extended to every one. There was nothing left undone by the officials of the road to make everything pass off pleasantly.. Last night a banquet was given the Governor and party at the Orton. A goodly number of guests were pres ent. The menu was gotten np in the best of style of the Orton, embracing all the substantiate c ahd delicacies of the season. Col. A. M. Waddell pre sided, and toasts were given and re sponded to as follows; . "Our Governor.". - Besponded to by His Excellency, Gov. Fowle, in his usual felicitous and happy style-. I ;The State Guard." Responded to by Gen. Glenn, who reflected credit upon himself for the admirable man ner in which he presented the claims of this organization upon the State. : "The Encampment," was respond' ed to by CoL T, W. Strange most elo quently. : - -V . The Ladies," was the . next itoast, and CoL Cunningham responded to this most happily. - - . 1 , ' Wilmington r Light;; Infantry" brougWGapfc Jno'.' H. l)aniel to- his feet, aniJ triff speech, in -' acknowledg mentfof th! honor to1 the corps, wai heartily applauded:- ' :' 'i Govi, Fowls proposed -that the en tertainment - should ' be - concluded with a toast to Hoh? A. M.' WaddefLi which, was given with hearty zest and was responded to by the'Oolonel in n"eatan .graceful 'speech1 com pli- nfentafrydto: the distinguished- guests Thusej&ded an entertainment which Will. long ; be ? remembered. Though! the'raihNf as pouring in torrents out-? -sld alf 'i was; mirth - and " joy within"And -the sweet music, lovely womenjanoT beautifully -. decorated dirJngirdomV all contributed much: to ttte pleasure of the guests, who: spent &-moet 'delightful evening In a! mostpfesiant'mafiher. r ' - To-nlghtf the Cape Fear Club will give a reception: t6 the Governor at their 1 club - house, and no doubt a Uuprowd WllFbe' present; - A Dcatb otsBlr. fieo. lt. Frencb, 8r. . ivbiis50orge Br French,1 altera brief Illness; at his residence in this city; passed away from earth abouf 6 o'clock yesterday morning, agef87 years, one month and nine Wen flays.?: His death was' quiet and peacefuL .HiB devoted wife, two of his sons, Mr. W.' A- French and Mr. Geo; B French; with their wives; two of his daughters, Mrs. Fixon, of Bal 'timore; Md.-,'and Krs. Jones, of Hen der8onville, $.. G. his sops-in-law, Rev. G. S. Jones 4 and Capt. M. C. Toms, of Henderiohville; three grand- ions, CbasENixon, Chas. F. Toms and W.A.F.rench, Jr.,' and one grand daughter, Miss Edelweiss French, were with hinfin his last hours, c Mri French was born at Fall River, Mass., January 24th, 1802, and came South in 1819, engaging in - business in Darien, Ga., for a time, but re moved to - Wilmington- in 1822, and had been a merchantT In this city for sixty-seven years.- . He . joined the Baptist Church in 1827, i and was a leading ' spirit in building the First Church of Wilmington.and is entitled to a large measure of credit in the erection of the present beautiful house of worship of that church. He was a successful business man, and the house which he, founded stands to-day a c monument to his business ability and integrity -For the past twenty years he , had not been actively engaged in business, but in his retirement from mercan tile pursuits, he was still prominent in all- laudable measures promotive of the welfare of the community, and .was everready to extend a .helping hand to all, and to assist the poor and needy. In the death of Mr. French, Wil mington ' loses its oldest merchant He had been a director and President of 'the old Bank "X Wilmington; di rector of the Bank of Wilmington; was President of the Seaman's Friend Society, a member of the Board of Directors of the Oakdale Cemetery Company, a trustee and liberal sup porter of Wake Forest College, a Vice President of the American Sunday School Union, and one of the deacons of the First Baptist church of this city. In his last moments he alluded to a recent pledge made to Wake Forest College, requesting payment to be made, and also spoke of his purpose to aid a new church in this city. . The funeral services will take place to-morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock. from the First Baptist Church. The Interment will be at Oakdale Ceme- Have.! Stores Reeelvte. Receipts of naval stores for the crop year to March 15th, as compared with receipts for the same time last year-are as follows: ;' Spirits turpen tine,-62,118 casks; last year, 69,833. Rosin, 263,744 barrels; last year, 335,- 00V-Tar, 58-.074- barrels; - last year,.. 5T.678ri Crude' turpentine, - 20,215 bar-; rets; last yeaTr23,582. - C:-JZ eomparativestatemeni otitocks at, this port" is ias- -foltowafx Spirits turpentines 940 casks; last yearl,085. Rosin; 94,96 barrels; last year, 60,896. Tar, ' 4,64r- barrels.; last-- year, 9,341. taude,4ja barrels; last year. 461. afee-Fear and Vadkln Valley. kA' dispatch' to the Stab , from Greensboro says that at a meeting of the directors of the cape U'ear & xaa bin Valley Railroad, and the North State Improvement companies, held in that placed yesterday, resolutions expressive of sense of loss in the death of .Eugene - Morehead were adopted. Mr. Geo. W.'Williams - was elected a director in place of Mr. Morehead. There were present at the nneeting, Messrs. K M Murohison, Geo WWiUiams, Jno ' D Williams, J A Gray, J Turner Morehead, W A Lash, E J Lilly, J T Stokes, W A Moore, R T Gray. D WO Benbow. Mr. Jno M Rose and R Gray were secretaries. Snndav Senool Contention.' - The following have been assigned subjects on the programme arranged for the State Sunday School Conven tion, which meets In Charlotte April 2d, 8d and 4th:. Rev. A G McManna way, Col E J Parrish, Mr Wm Rey nolds. Rev J Y Fair. Rev Dr J B Shearer, Rev J C Stowell, Mr H N Snow, Rev W C Norman, MrR B Rep pard, Rev J F CrowelL Mr N B Broughton and Rev Dr TH Prit- chard. Cotton Receipts. The cotton movement at this port shows receipts for the week ended yesterday. 850' bales: the same week last vear 199 bales: Receipts for the crop year to March 15th, are 147,398 bales: to same date last year 165,662; showing a decrease of 18.264 bales. The stock at this port is 4,444 bales; at same date last year 5,464. -Col. Canadaye Illneae. - - The Washington Star (says: "CoL Canaday, . sergeant-at-arms of the Senate. haS had a narrow escape from an attack of pnetunoniaY and is yet nonfinftd to hi mrrm-- Wi 1th a badly ulcerated sore throat,' thff result oi exposure to the inclement weathCTpf ' - WA.8H1NWIOJN. OnlyiVxeentlvo Baelnceo rceneidered iln the Senate Nomination for Flrat Aasieiani roeimaster General. Washisqton.' March 14 No buainees was done in the Senate to-day excent the consideration of executive business. Du ring a .recess a caucus of the Republi can Senators was held in relation to the question of considering legislation at this session. It was agreed that the Senate AhonhLadjourn from , to day until Monday. Among tne nominations sent to tne Se nate to-day by the President was the fol- iowina: James S. Olarkson,- of Iowa, to be jrim Assistant postmaster Ueneral. vice A. E. 8tevenson, resigned. White the Senate was sitting with closed doors Mr. Gibson's resolution was taken up, providing for the appointment of a select committee of seven Senators on the rela tions of the United States with the govern-; ments of Mexico and Central America, and Mr. - "iiDson SDOKe in - cuoDort - of iL Tha - resolution was opposed by Messrs. : Morrill, Piatt and Hoar, and favored by. Messrs. Reagan and Call- The latter also advocated, indirectly.- his - own ' resolution. proposing a like select committee for Cuba and the West India islands. Annexation or acquisition of the island ef Cuba was, be aia, present to tne miad or a large portion of the people of the United State. He had recently had various letters on that subject. showing' that . public attention was biros directed- to it. It it was important to aecer UiaJthe 'commeictal relations, present or prospective, between Canada and the United States, it certainly was. equally important to ascertain ihem in regard .to Cuba and Mexico. - . - : - Mr. Hale objected to further considera tion oi tne suoieci, tne senate being' m ex ecutive session, and the Senate at 12:50 took a recess - till 8 p. m,, and at 80 adjourned till Monday. - V7ASHmGT0ir. March 14. The following additional nominations were sent to tbe Se nate to-day: John A. Kasson, of Iowa, William Walter Phelps, of New Jersey. and George H. Bates, of Delaware, to be Commissioners to represent the . United States at the conference to be held In Berlin concerning affairs in the Bamoan Islands: Elbert D. Weed, of Montana,. Attorney for the Territory of Montana; Lewis Woifley, of Tucson, Arizona, Governor of Arizona. lne senate to-day confirmed the nomi nation of Clarkson to be First Assistant Postmaster General. SOUTH CAROLINA. Tbe Inqaeet in the Dawson murder - Case. Chakleston. March 14. The inauest in Capt. Dawson's case began and con cluded this morning: Solicitor Jervey of the juaicui mrcuit assisting at tne examina tion. The proceedings, notwithstanding the drenching rain, attracted a great crowd or spectators, jrour witnesses were ex amined Policeman Gordon, to whom Dr. McDow. the prisoner, surrendered, testi fied to that fact, and related the conversa tion with the prisoner en route to the station house. The only material statement is that the prisoner admitted killing Capt. Dawson. G. W. Harper, a colored hack man, testified that he was on the opposite side of the street when Dawson entered McDow'a office; that afier the shooting he heard - the words, "You said you would take-my life; now I have taken yours. Harper testifies that a colored woman, a vendor of peanuts, was peeping through a window, and that McDow's cook, Emma Drayton, came to the gate ana oraerea ner away. Moses Johnson, McDow s coachman. testified and denied all knowledge of the killing. He heard a shot in the Doctor's office and was ordered by Dr. McDow's wife to investigate the cause, but swore he 'did not go. -JSmma Drayton, the cook, also denied any knowledge of tbe affair, except as to hearing the pistol shot. She denied a Treat deal of Moses Johnson's testimony. also ine testimony ot policeman Gordon and ihe hack ariver. Harper. A woman named Jane Ultcneu was ar rested on suspicion of being the peanut vendor seen at MoDow's office window. She denied having been there. She was not identified by Harper. ' Tbe testimony develoDed nothing new. and Dr. McDow having declined to make a statement before the jury, tbe verdict was as follows: "That the deceased, Capt. F. W. Dawson, came to his death from a gunshot wound inflicted by a gun in the hands of Dr. T. B. McDow, and that Moses Johnson, colored, was anccessory before tne ract." 1 V1RMNIA. . Recro Ravleher Taaen froi and Hans T masked men. Jail BAirmoRK. Md. March 13. A Tasley (Va.) special says: The negro, Magruder Fletcher, who criminally . assaulted Mrs. Obadiah Cready several days ago, was lynched about 8 o'clock a. m. to-day : by a party ot about eeventy-nve men. ine jailor, Samuel Metson, was aroused about l o clock ny a party ox masaea men wno demanded the keys of the jail. Metson re fused to give them up. and was told that if he did not his house would be burned. but he still refused Deputy sheriff Ben ja- mm Tuletson, who bad been aroused: by. tbecommotion, came to tne scene and told tbe lallor he had better nana over tne Keys. which he did. The lynchers went- to tbe cell and the negro was then hurried off and nuns to a limb of a pine tree on tne ease of the road, about one 'and a" half miles from .here. He was cut down at about 9 o'clock by magistrate Higgins and a coro ner's inoueat was held. A verdict was tendered that Fletcher came to his death by being strangled and shot by persons un known to the 1nrv. Fletcher was a stout man oi about w years of age and was very black." The public approves the lynching. " Mrs. Mo Cready's husband came home yesterday. The lady is in a very, precarious condition, and is almost crazed. It is reported here that srjeat Indignation is f elt aealnst G Jeff. Adair, who shot r. B. Smith, in Northampton county, and that a lynching is feared. Adair refuses to talk. It is thought that he will be re moved from Eastville to Accomac Court House, and that he will be tried in Acco mac County Court. SAMOA. Tbe Late Reports Relative -to tne. Slnklnc of tbs Nipsle Entirely wltli bnt 'Foundation Aggressive Policy of tbs Germans Entirely Given np. Auckland. March 14. Advices jast re ceived from Samoa show that there was no basis for tbe sensational rumor of the sink ing of the U. 8. man-of-war Nipsic by the German corvette Olga. Far from this, the German officials in the Island have entirely given up their aggressive policy.' The pro clamation of martial law has been publio- Iv withdrawn, and : the Germans have abandoned all claim ' to the right- of searching ; incoming -vessels for contraband of war. Both of these steps have met with the hearty approval of foreign residents at Apia, ana nave naa a nuietine effect. - - unusual tranquility prevails luruugaoui . . .it,. ' , a, . 1 . the island. Mataafa, however, has a force of troops estimated to be six thousand strong.2 Tamasss' army consists of about seven hundred men. The men-of-war. both German ana American, still remain at Apia, ready for any emergency that may arise, i r cottonstatement. ' Total Re Receipts of cotton at All Forts mires Sept. 1st, 18S8. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. N-'ToBk,"Marchi5.--The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all the norts since. Bentember l. 1883: uaiveston. An . am 1 1 XT . jrv1- 1 ROT(MO k.ln. Mobile,' 215,610 bales; Savannah, 480,546 bales:-Charleston. BBS. wo oaies; wu- iningtoni1 151,708 hales; -Norfolk, 451,281 hales r Baltimore: 79.858 bales r new, xork. 146.484 bales -Boston.' 71,880 baletNewpott Newsi-8,080ialesr; Pbiladelpbial.aTS baJesfWes "Point, m'balesrBfdns- wick, W.oiy bale, aoiai OiWi,ouo Dues. NO.20 BAMOAN ADVICES. German '. Declaration of a State of War a Dead letter No Collision Between Opposing fartlesAli:over tnres from German Representatives Rejected by tbe Natives I Br .Telegraph to the Homing Star. (Copyright.) Apia. Samoa. March 2nd. 1889, per steamship Zsalandia, at San Francisco, March' 16 During the . past month German authorities, both con sular and naval, have maintained a state of inactivity. Ttiis condition of affairs dates back of the arrival of the steamer Wainui with dispatches for the German consul on January 22rd, and is no doubt the result of orders tnen received. Tne declaration of a state of war in the Samoan islands seems to have - become a dead letter. while the military occupation of Apia, which : the declaration of mar tial law would seem to have implied, has no existence, save tbe maintenance of a strong guard at the German Consulate, and which is still kept at the American and isngusn uonsuiates. mere bas been no official retraction of these declaialions nor of the numerous proclamations with which the town was flooded, and consequently no settlement of the matter at issue. The German Consul has made repeated overtures to 'Mataafa looking . towards adjustment . of the . quarrel and the conclusion of terms of peace, but the terms proposed 'always embodied strong German interest in the future administration of affairs, to which Mataafa declares he will, under no circumstances. consent to. Negotiations have therefore been of no value, and German officials oc cupy the unenviable position of men who nave, deeply compromised themselves without seeing their way clear to a retreat consistent with the preservation of their dignity. . Mataafa, in tbe midst of bis warriors. rests secure in his entrenched camp, and awaits the . arrival -of Admiral Eimberlv. having full faith in the support of the Uni ted States. His picket lines extend down the coast for a distance of Ave miles, close espionage being maintained on the road leading from Apia to Lauly and Lutumui. Tamasesss. witb bis forces now reduced by deserters to about 600 warriors, still oc cupiesa large fort at Lutumui- A grett number of his former adherents have joined tne stanaara or mataafa, or, grown weary oi war. nave returneo-to tneir own districts, There has been no collision between the opposing forces for a long time. On Feb ruary btn a small detached part of Malle- toa's men, which was reconnoitering in the vicinity of the fort, fell in with a foraging party or tne enemy ana succeeded in kill ing one of Tamaseses' greatest leaders and staunchest supporters, Sala Futi, ruler of Matuatua, in cava. On February 8d. H. M. B. Calliope. Capt. Kane, arrived from New Zealand, to re lieve the Royal, and the latter sailed for Auckland on the 4th. This change has been the source of untold satisfaction to English residents in Samoa, as well as to tneir consul representative. Tbe censures showered upon Capt. Hand, of the Royal. by tne colonial press simply voices the in dignant reeling of nls countrymen in Sa' moa, wnose interests ne looked after in a dilatory and lukewarm manner, and whose property be announced himself without authority to protect. There can be no doubt, It is thought, that the cordial feelings ana unity oi purpose wnicn cnar- acterized the relations between his prede cessor, (Jommander fell of tne Wizard ana her Majesty's Consul, had no existence in the case of Captain Hand. Early in the month Captain Fritz made known the fact that the Consular Courts American and English were considered by him as open for tne bearing or causes, despite bis pro clamation of martial law. reserving to him self, however, tne administration of -the po lice under regulations of January 18tn,. 1888. Tnis. by acknowledging tne ability of these courts to perform their civil func tions undisturbed, virtually abro gates the, necessity for tbe estab lishment of martial law, and - gives a rataer farcical aspect to ; that arbitrary act on the part of the German commander. Anotner fact proving that Germany re cognizes its original stand to be unstable, is found in the re-issue of the . Samoan Times English newspaper which was suspended by the German consul as a dan gerous organ. The revival of the suppressed paper bas called for no comment from Dr. Knappie, German consul, who evinced a far clearer frame of mtnd tban that gib played in his dictatorial actions of three weeks ago. On February 5th the steamer Lie beck left this port for Sydney, . carrying with her Brandiese, ex-German artillery efflcer and Premier of JLamaaeae, who bas for a long time been the bone of contention in Samoa, and wbo nas done mucn to precipitate tne present-crisis, it - was rumored tbat be had been ordered home to explain his con duct in the Samoan affair to the govern ment at Berlin. un ireorurary lain tne uerman man-oi war JSber. which: bad been sent to Auck land ostensibly to communicate with Ber lin, returned to tnis port. Her arrival and the dispatches which she undoubtedly brought (tbe tenor of which is "unknown) have in no- wise changed the condition, of ffar8. WheUier the Gernitfn government will endeavor to maintain the-pvsruon ta ken'' by . its officials- 'here, or whether that government has issued instructions to concur m -' such -ultimate settlement as Admiral Kimbetly rmay propose, is a mat ter of conjecture. It is known that . the United states Bteamera Trenton sod Van dalia had been ordered to Samoa and had sailed in obedience to instructions. The Vandalia arrived on tbe evening of Febru ary 23rd. The arrival of the flag-ship Trenton was anxiously awaited, as it was hoped that Admiral Kimberly a instruc tions will empower him to speedily termi nateithe uncertainty as to the outcome of the present struggle. Mataafa is nrm in bis belief oi ultimately receiving the support of tha United States Government, and baa reiterated his determi nation to do nothing until the Admiral's arrival at Samoa, fully appreciating the fact that in treating with Germany he nuut be seconded by a patron, whose power can compel proper recognition of right and justice. Tamaseses' forces, weakened by de sertion, sink into a seconaary factor ana indeed have - almost entirely disappeared from tbe scene. JFATAIj wreck. W . K. V. . .... Virginia Beaeb Alt of ber crew Drowned. By Telegzach to the Morning Star. Nobfolk. March 15. Capt. Benj. H. Knight, of Baltimore, second mate of the James Richards, of Philadelphia, and Peter Flovd. John Smith. Ned Forbes and Chas. Hobbs, sailors of the brig Agnes, of Bos ton, which was wrecked near Virginia Beach yesterday afternoon, were drowned last night and this morning. During the nisht three of the men were washed over board and lost. -When day broke this morning the Life -Saving crew saw the three remaining men lashed in tbe rigging. At 8 O'clock the vessel, bunt, -the mast fell, and the men were Isst. - iNo bodies have yet come ashore. vk- V" The wind Is stUl blowing over forty miles an hour along t he coast. . . ' 'SSI SS Bill - ALABAMA. Snlelds of W. W. Tbomu, at Hlr mlngbai BiaMXRaHAK,March 15. W. W. Thomas committed suicide here this morning by shooting himself. He bas a wife and children in Goldsboro, N. O. Letters in bis pockets show that he bad married Miss Tilbert here. Remorse and general diesis pation led to the suicide. ; Greensboro . North State: In the Superior Court at Graham last week Albert L. Rippy was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged on the 80th of April. The prisoner, shot and killed his father, Abel Rippy. near McOray's store, in Alamance county- last December. Rippy was at the time about 85 years old and his father about 65. The murder was cool and deliberate. Spirits Turpentine. : Asheyille Citizen: A collision of freight trains occured on the Western North " Carolina railroad early yesterday morning near the big tunnel on that road. En gineer Cashing, of train No. 20, . was slightly wounded, and; four cars on each -train besides the engine -were very badly wrecked..: Kit Foster, colored, charged ' with the: murder of Albert Simpson, also colered, has .been , discharged by Justice Summey, who, after a careful and pains taking examination of the case,' found no t evidence of Foster's guilt In anyparUtu lar of the allegations contained a the. warrant. ...... Charlotte - News: Mrs. Robert Wall, whose residence was recently invad ed by burglars, as mentioned in the News at tne time, nas been raided again. The second visit from the burglars resulted in a : big haul of blotbing, They got nearly everything she had. Mrs. Walt is the wife of Engineer Wall, who- was killed in the ! Air Line collision near Oder's Staudn.--- . A Charlotte man who came io. from Mt, -' Holly to-day says that yesterday afternoon v a negro man arrived in that town and re-j." ported, tbat ba bad been met by highway men and robbed of 4,. Officers took; the case in hand at once, and f ound'that in stead of being robbed by highwaymen tbe negro had simply lost his money gambling with a white man. The result was that the negro and the white man were both arrested, . and are now in Gaston county jail. The Marion sSugle. savs: ' The town of Marion, the' county-teat of Mc Dowell" county,' is situated on gently roiling ground, at an elevation or 1.600 feet above the sea. twelve miles from the eastern base -of the Blue mountains at the intersection of thelWestern North Carolina Railroad (a division or the Richmond & Danville sys tem) with the O. C. C. roadw Ths topogram t -phy affords perfect drainage, to the town. It is near the centre of a creecent-ihaped yalley opening to the east .This valley is called Pleasant Gardens,-or the Yalley of western north Carolina, The atmosphere . is very light and elastic free from malaria or other contamination, the wind from the colder points or tbe compass are broken up oy the high surrounding mountains. Hero are combined the most powerful influences that antagonize the development and pro gress of consumption. The climatic,, at mospheric and topographical conditions are most iavoraoie to those thus afflicted, .. Henderson Gold Leaf: The Vance county bill to allow us to elect a member of the Legislature independent of Warren passed the Senate before the ad journment of .that body. It had passed tbe House some weeks ago. Mrs. Ida Smoot, wife of Mr. Arthur Smoot, of Hen derson, died at her borne In this place Tuesday night. Mrs. Smoot was a native of Lynchburg, Va, and less than a year ' ago came to Henderson with her husband to live. The meetings are still going on at the Methodist Protestant church. The services are well attended and interest is growing. - President Crowell tells us of a plan which the Methodists have . in view of establishing preparatory schools for boys and young men at different points in the State, and he thinks Henderson a good place for one of them. President Crowell had a Bhort conference Monday morning with a number of representative gentlemen and business men of the town, and his pro position seemed to meet with much favor. A committee was appointed for the pur pose of looking further into the matter. Raleigh News-Observer : The appeal of J. C. Parrish, the man now in ail ' here under sentence to be banged ch 29th, has not yet been re" ached in the Supreme Court. The case has . been placed at the end of the docket, and the ex- ecutlon will not take place till the appeal is deemed. ine railroad omciais inrorm us that for some days past the negro exo dus movement has not been bo heavy. The uicnmona as uanvuie ana tne uoast lane have both withdrawn the special rates and colored emigrants now have to pay full rates. Agents on the' Seaboard Air Line have been instructed to sell round trip tickets to persons? who wish to attend the North Carolina State Convention of the Young Men's Christian' Association to be held in 'Wilmington, N. C, at rates as shown below. Tickets are to be sold from from March 10th to 23d inst, inclusive, good to return until March 26th,' 1889. The following are the rates from points below: iiaieigni f7 uu; sanrora, f7 hu; unar lotte, $7 80; Lincolnton, $9 20; Shelby, tlOrRutberfordton, flO 80. ' "ili'Raleigti 'News- Observer Re- jllable-information .was received yesterday that a tobacco warehouse will shortly be established in this city under the auspices of the Far men' Alliance ot this and a num ber of the adjoining tobacco counties. It was learned yesterday that the dwelling occupied by Mr. Andy Browning, about a mile and a hair from Hilisbero, was acci dentally destroyed by fire Sunday. Nearly all of the contents were saved. Many of the negroes are in debt to - the farmers, who have supplied them. We have heart of one case where the planter told the agent that he'should not move the negroes from his plantation because they were in -his debt six hundred dollars. It is said tbat the agent telegraphed to his employers in " . regard to it, and.they directed him to pay the six hundred dollars and get the negroes. From tbe systematic and thorough canvass . these people aie said to be making we. judge that the movement is apt to prove an extensive one, and as more hands are needV ft ed In the fall to pick' out the .eottpw ctopfji than to plant it, we suppose ft will beuon- ; tinned all the summer, sad fall. Rocky Mount eorrespoadefice Ot thelStht vNear here,-Jn -Edgecombe county, on ; Friday..- - ? : nigbv the stables of Mr. M. Killebrew were -burned together with several hundred dol lars' worth of corn and fodder and" a valu- - able horse. No insurance. - Fire supposed . -to be of incendiary origin." - Wilson Mirror: Mr. Bronson, , the scholarly and profound theologian, dee k livered a very thoughtful and edifying lec ture on "Modern Women," in the Episco f : pal Church on Sunday night.) - Golden . Walston killed his big hog. and it pulled down the scales at 499. Will Bryan; . . . . T 1 . T, oi wreene cuuuiy, bod oi jur. xwuerii dij an, made with one mule twenty-one bales , of cotton, thirty barrels of corn and ten thousand pounds or oats. Mr. Bryan, the father, raised on another portion of the same farm thirty-one bales of cotton On 85 acres of land. This is what we call capital farming We sympathize'most deep ly with Mr, John Kersey in the death of his wife Iberia, daughter of L. D. Arquer, which occurred in Petersburg on Wednes day. The remains were brought toWil son and laid to rest in our own sweet.beau, tlful Maplewood. The funeral was con ducted by the Rev. Mr. Tuttle, of whose church she was a member. The exo dus of negroes from this county, hasB8t- sumed gigantic proportions ana masy far mere in sections from, which they migrated are left without tenants. . A -gentleman from Spring Hill township, in this county, informs us that twelve families left his !m- : mediate'sectionlFriday morning. -' Another gentleman informs us twenty-seven families left the Old Fields tne same aay. ana that about seven hundred have left the county ' within the past ten days. All bound for the bleak and cold northwest. - v . Weldon News: Ward, the ne gro burglar, war not hung on the 8th, for the reason that the opinion of the Supreme Court was not handed down in tune. The Governor will fix the day for his execution. Mrs. Sarah . Branch, sister of our townsman, J. L. Bass, Esq., died at the residence of. her son-in-law, 'Mr. -James Batchelor, near Halifax; ,Jb ridayjnight last. after a prolonged illness, aged 73 years. Sho was consistent member of the M. JS, Church. ' Mr. B. A. Pope, of this place, brought suit to the present term of the Superior Court for $2,000 damages against the Wilmington & Weldon Rail road uompany ror Keeping up ine pona just south of the town, alleging tbat it produces malaria and causes sickness. The bill to change the charter of the town of Enfield dfd not become a law, we are informed by Mayor Emry. Briga dier General W..H. Anthony will in May begin an official tour of inspection of the , State Guard during which he will examine all the commissioned officers on tactics and regulations. -Messrs. Dunn & Britf.v engineers, went down Thursday to lay off ' townB at Hobgooas, uoopers ana uonoho. on the railroad between Scotland Neck and - its junction with the Willitmston and Tar- . bororoaa. me piansana ' maps or -tnese towns have already been made and lets will be laid off according to them. Warehouses , will soon be built at these places. ' Mr. Gilbert Leggett, who lives about four miles below Scotland Neck, bad tbe misfortune to lose his dwelling, kitchen snd the entire contents by fire on Sunday afternoon last. :.sv v' :;.'V Vj.;"vj( ,',: -S! J- '-ifr .. . m m nr. , if Ml J ' " - . : s - - -.., X) ;! : -. U ':i-,;-:5ilf . i ....... " .- ''iV'iAlt?
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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