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The Weekly Star. "TTBUSHKD AT WILMINGTON. N.C., AT YEAR, IN $1.00 A ADVANCE. SSSS8ssSSSSSSSSSS8 ggggggggSSSSSSSSS '888S8SS8SSS888SSS 88S8S3S8SS8SS8SS8 swiotfs 2Sa'SSSS555SSSSP?2 SSSSSiSSSSSSSSSSS S88S88S8888888883 " " sIfel8l888Sl8SSi : 8SSSSSSSSSSS88383 ' . f ' I o a a- - a- 30 Entered at the Post Offloe alCWUminjfton, N. C, as Second Class Matter. 1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Webbx? Star is as follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $ 1.00 " " 6 months " " .60 " " 3 month! .. .80 REntHDF.D AS OttSSRTKRS. It is eiid thai President Harrison is not very amiably disposed now t0 war 1a the German citizens of the G-eit--West because the German deuiz ;ns of Olio and Iowa deserted the g. o. p. and helped the Democrats to capture these Republican strong holds. He thinks they are very good citizens and entitled to a great deal of respect and consideration when -"they vote the Republican ticket. It is said also that ha is disposed to calf, figuratively speaking, the colored brethren because they did uot tumble with as much alacrity as heretofore to the support of the Republican candidates. He seems to be under the impression that the Republican party had a lien' on the German and colored voter, and that the had no right to vote any other than the Republican ticket, or to refuse to vote it. It is doubtless true that a good many German citi zens did bolt Mr. Harrison's party, but we have no evidence that there was any considerable'defection on the p3rt of the colored element. It would not be surprising, however, if there was. The surprising thing would be if there was not. It would 'seem that the. managers of Foraker's campaign were appro- hensive of something of this kind when they, imported John Lingston, of Virginia, and ex-Congressman Lynch, of South Carolina, to Btutnp among the colored citizens bf Ohio and rally them to the Re publican standard. They did their work and got their pay but whether they did muchjin the rallying way or not does not appear in the returns. There was. nothing in the situation there to excite the enthusiasm of the colored voter and no reason why be should fly to the rescue of the Re publican party, but on the contrary there were very good reasons why he should let it very severely alone,if he couldn't work himself up to the notch of voting the Democratic ticket. There are in Ohio about 30,000 colored voters. They hold the balance of power in that State, and by virtue of their votes, which they have been in the habit of casting solidly for the Republican party, that party has been enabled to hold the ascendency in the State. This is a fact bevond dispute, and which r,o one will undertake to deny. And yet when has there been any recognition by the Republican . ' party manipulators of this fact? When in the distribution of places of honor or emolument has one col ored man out of these 30,000 been considered worthy of substantial notice? In the distribution of the spoils of office Ohio always came in for a very liberal share, but the col ' ored sovereign, whose ballot did the work was invariably left out in the cold7 But this is not all. The same game that Billy Mahone undertook to play in Virginia, ignoring the negro, os tecsibly, for the purpose of humbug ging unsophisticated white men and capturing their votes, was played to some extent in Ohio, where, it seems, there is a prejudice against the "man and brother." To offset the assertion j that the President was disposed to re cognize the claims of colored men,and tht he was appointing them to re sponsible and lucrative offices, a Cleveland Republican paper, fearing that this would cost the party votes, took the trouble to investigate the matter and published a list of all the , colored men of the several States ap pointed by Mr. Harrison to offices worth mentioning, and there was not more than a dozer, their total salaries aggregating only 126,000. The ob ject in. publishing this list was to show that while the colored man was welcomed at the ballot box as a Re publican voter, when it came to ' recognition fter the ballots were 'cast he was not considered on the same plane with the white Republican,, and that he must remain subordinate to the white man. - Virtually it was ignoring the negro ' to pander to the prejudice which was ' too strong to go unnoticed- even in that Republican State. ; It was a snub and an insult to every self-respect-. ing negro in the State, and it would be surprising if some of them did not VOL. XXI. see it and assert their self-respect and manhood by resenting it and re fusing to longer support . aw party whioh through one of its influential organs, thus conclusively proved that the party refused to recognize them. But the probabilities are that most of them did'nt see it and voted as usual tor the g. o. p. DEATH UP lHIEF.JTI7ST10B8ia.ITH. A special telegram from Raleigh to the Stab yesterday, announced the death at hirresideuoe in that city at 12 m. of Hon.W.N.H.Smith, Chief Justioe of the Supreme.Court of this State, an announcement which, al though not a surprise, will be re ceived with sorrow throughout the State where be was universally re spected. Be had been in failing health for several years, but was able to perf orm the duties of his offioe un til within the past few weeks, since when disease took each a strong hold that it was evident that theend was near. He was a native of Hertford county, where he was born Septem ber 24, 1812. His father was a physician, a native of Connecticut, his mother a native of Hertford county. He was educated at Yale College, where he graduated in 1834, where he lso read law, entering the prac tice of the profession in Hertford. In 1870 he moved to Norfolk, where he resided for three year, when he took up his residence in Raleigh. In 1848 49 he was elected by the Legislature, Solicitor for the First Judioial District whioh office he held for eight years. He served several terms in the Legislature be tween 1840, when he entered politi cal life, and 1865. In 1857 he was the Whig candidate for Congress, in his district, was beaten by a small majority, but was elected in 1859, and was in Congress when Wr. Lin coln was inaugurated. During the war he was a member of the Con federate Congress, and in 1865 was elected to the House of Commons. In 1878 Gov. Vance appointed him Chief Justice, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Chief Justice Pearson, he - was elected the same year and re elected in 4886. BIINOK MENTION; Reports from Washington say that the President will recommend a "ju dicious revision" of the tariff and that the Republican majority in Con gress will promptly respond and a .bill be passed if the Democrats don't resort to filibustering to prevent its passage. Such a recommendation as this will not take anyone by surprise, for the Republican leaders see even more plainly now the necessity ot yielding to the. demands of the peo ple for tariff reform than they did in the last Congress when they tried to run in the Senate bill in place of the Mills bill, which was a little more re form than they were willing to favor at that time. Since then public senti mens has orystalized so ' rapidly and the demand has come for reform with such emphasis from the' various sec tions of the country, supplemented by the overwhelming defeats at .the last State elections, that they have re oogmzed the necessity of doing some thing, and they Will doubtless try to do it. They are scared. Robert Bonner, of the New York Ledger, has an ambition to own the fastest trotting horses 10, the world, and when a new flyer comes into the field and lowers the record of speed, if for sale he becomes the purchaser regardless of price. His farm can show the greatest, nnmber of the fleetest-footed horses owned by any one man in the world, which he has bought at prices ranging from 19,000 to " $40,000, having invested in all over $500,000. He never permits his horses to go on the course to run for money, and never bets on a race. He buys simply for the gratification of owning the fastest horses. His last purchase a .few days ago was Sunol, a three year old filly belong' ing to Senator Stanford, of Califor nia, which trotted a mile in 2;10, and it is thought will when mature ed, if nothing happens to her, make it in 2:04. The price paid neither he nor Mr Stanford will state, but it ia supposed to be somewhere,, in the neighborhood of $100,000. ' - There are several counties in Vir ginia that Billy Mahone could not Le persuadod to tsko up his reei- dence in without some exraordinary inducement, and Craig, in the south west part of the State is one of them. It is not a very populous county, but it is immensely Demo cratio. Out of a total vote of 685 at the last election Capt. McKinney had a majority of 451, while in some of. the precincts which cast from seventy to eighty votes, Mahone didn't get a solitary one and in eomelothers casting over a hundred votes he didn't get more than one or two.' This is the seotion of the State where he was calculating on playing the white racket and was going to revolutionize things.j 1 HE Brig. Gen. Benet, Chief ot Ord nance, in .his annnal report to the Seoretary of War, devotes consid erable attention to .the subject of smokelesspowder, for military uses. He says it is an American idea, and originated in the United States, and that an application was made to the Ordnance Department more than ten years ago by an American citizen for a trial of powder of this kind. The party making the application met with some encouragement, but for some reason failed to avail himsel f of it. STATE TOPICS. We see'occasionally reference in some of our State.exohangestoa real or supposed prejudice of the oountry people against the towns. It may possibly be that there are instances where auoh prejudice exiBts,but there is no good reason for it. The ooun try people are interested indirectly if not directly in the growth and pros' perity of j the towns which become their markets, almost as much as the citizen of the town. The larger it grows and the more it prospers, the better market it becomes to him, the more he prospers, and the more value it gives to the farm he owns. Land within convenient distance of a large and flourishing town always commands a higher price than land adjacent to a village, tor the reason that the one affords a ready market for what the.farmer has to sell, and the other does not. The town cannot grow and prosper without giving some prosperity to the neighboring oountry. Their interests are to a great extent identical and dependent upon each other. The recent rioh discoveries of gold in Montgomery oounty seem to be creating some exoitement in that county, and in all probability will attract attention outside ' of our borders. Montgomery county has long had the reputation of being very rich in gold deposits, and rich finds have been made before this, although not so rich, if the reports about this be true; but we think it would be safe to say that there is hardly a stream in the county where more or less gold oonld not be wash ed out from tLe sands. And the same is true to a oertain extent of other adjacent counties. If Mont gomery county was in California it would be dag up from one end to the other. It costs, it is said, Uncle Sam from seventy-five to a hundred dollars a month to wind up the clocks in the several Departments in Washington. This looks like a useless waste of caBh where so little value is placed on time and where every fellow has about twice as much as be wants. The only real use for these docks is to quit by, whioh is always promptly done. Some of the towns in Indiana are said to be flooded with counterfeit two dollar bills, so well exeouted that they have been passed off on the banks. This is probably the surplus that the Republican man age) s had left over from the Ohio election. They got discouraged .and quit shoving them when they saw the way the thing was going. Philadelphia is being laughed at and soolded for 'the boorish treat ment to which the South American delegates to the Pan-American Con gress were subjected in being stood npin a row to be gazed at as our riosities. But what can be expected of a town which has a mayor with such a name a9 Fitler, who wouldn't fit the mayoralty of a cross roads village. The man who ttole two hundred and fifty-three sets of false teeth from, the Maryland University, ia now fully equipped to tackle the aged thanksgiving turkey. A Trip to tbe Oeiu. Through the courtesy of the Sea- coast Railroad Company, all the min isters and lay delegates in attendance at the Lutheran Synod were taken on an excursion to the Hammocks yes terday afternoon, and from thence to Ocean View by a train on this road which, . was awaiting them upon their arrival at the Hammocks. The visi tors spent a short time on the beach and then returned to the Hammocks, where they partook of an oyster roast, prepared under the direction of the Committee on En tertainment of St. Paul's congrega tion. The party returned In the evening, arriving in tne city aoout o o'clock. The trip was very much enjoyed, notwithstanding the wind was blowing a gale on the beach and the weather was rather chilly. Exports Foreign. Mr. Jno. W. Bolles cleared the Ger ; man brig Atlantic, for London, Eng., with 2,750 barrels rosin, valued at $2,995. . Messrs. Parsley & Wiggins cleared the British schooner Edwin Janet for Nassau, N. P., with 30,000 shingles, and 82,000 feet of lumber, valued at $634 45. Mr. Edward Kidders' Son cleared the schooner St, Croix, for Port-au-Prince, with 198,011 feet lumber, valued at Messrs. Pater son. Downing A Co. cleared the British barque Celurca, for Antwerp, with 3,363 barrels rosin, valued at $3,598. EEKL Y WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Judication of tbe New Hall, f The new Castle Hall of. Stonewall Lodge No. 1, andClarendon Lodge No. 2, of the Knights of Pythias, was dedioatedllast night with Imposing and interesting oeremonles. '. The Lodges were called to order by the Chaneelolr Commander M.C.S.N0 ble, after which was sung an ode "Remember Now Thy Creator," by the choir. The officers filling the chair vpon the opening of the Lodge were Pas) Chancellor; Commerder G. W Cat lett. Chancellor Commander M. C. S. Noble, Vice Chancellor J G Olden buttle, Prelate J D Bellamy, Jr, Mas ter at-ArmsC H White, Master of Exchequer G M Altaffer, Keeper of Records and Seals L H Vollers, Out side Guard Geo P Warren, Inside Guard HJ Gerken. . '- After the Lodge was called to or- der, the Grand Master at-Arms, Dal las Orrell, announced the presence of the officers of the Grand Lodge, who came in in the following order, 9'hng the chairs vacated by the former occupants:" Grand Past Chancellor John Haar, Grand Chancellor T. D. Meares, Grand Vice Chancellor Sol. C. Weill, Grand Prelate R. B. Clowe, Grand Master-at-Arms J. D. Orrell, Grand Master of Exchequer W. P Oldham, Grand Keeper of Records and Seals J. L. Dudley, and Grand Outer Guard E. Porter. The declaration of principles was read by M. C. 8. Noble, and after the dedication ceremonies by the Grand Officers, the Dedication Ode was sung bv the choir, and the remainder of the dedication ceremonies were com pleted. Thereupon, Rev, W. S. Creasy de llvered a dedicatory address and pre' sented a beautiful gold watch and chain to Knight R. F. Warren, in be half of the Lodges of Wilming ton Stonewall, Germania and Clar endon in appreciation of the knightly courage and daring of their brother Knight. He alluded in graceful terms to the noble senti ments which the Order inspired, and paid a glowing tribute to Captain Eucrene Maffltt. the father of the young lady rescued, showing the great courage and generosity which actuated that Knight in tendering his life-preserver to his superior officer, while buffeting the waves in the Eng lish Channel, when the Confederate cruiser Alabama was sunk. The speaker was frequently ap plauded for his eloquent remarks, and as he presented the watch to Mr. Warren was greeted with loud and continuous rounds of applause. Mr. J. Iredell Meares accepted the token in behalf of Mr. Warren, in a speech which-..showed thought and deliberation, and was eloquent in tone and;graceful in delivery. After these ceremonies GrandjChan cellor T. D. Meares delivered a short speech abounding in wit and humor, and was followed by a most pleasing and humorous reading of "The Dreadful Hu8band."AThe music was one of the most pleasant features of the occasion, under the direction of Mr. N. B. Rankin, the choir being entirely composed of Knights of Pythias. Mr. E. P. Boatwright pre sided at the organ and Messrs. N. Mayer, James D. Smith, Geo. P. Welch, R. H. Grant and N. B. Rankin formed the choir. The pieces selected showed taste and study, and the admirable man ner in which the well .modulated voices were blended was most pleas ing to the large, crowd of ladies and gentlemen assembled. It was a grand occasion in the history of Pythianlsm in' North Carolina, and will long be remembered by all those who participated - in this pleasant affair. , Sodden Daain on Snlpboard. ' John Small wood, third assistant engineer of the British steamship Haygreen, died suddenly in his berth on board that vessel lastWednesday night. The Haygrem is lying at the wharves of the Wilmington Compress Co., and Mr. Smallwood in his usual health came aboard early in the evening and retired to his berth. During the night Borne of his com panions were aroused, and foundihim speechless and struggling. Dr. Schonwald was summoned to attend the man, but death ensued in a very short; time. Yesterday morn ing Coroner Jacobs was notified and viewed the body and; gave a certifi cate for burial, the physician stating that death had resulted from natural causes. Mr. Smallwood was about. 23 years of agea sober, steady young man and. addicted to no Ibad habits. His father and mother reside at his home in England. Yesterday afternoon the funeral of the unfortunate.tyoung man took place from the'; Seaman's Bethel. It was attended bya nnmber of officers and seamen from vessels in port, Mr. Jas: Sprunt,;.the British Consul, and others. During the day flags on shipping in port and at the British Consulate were displayed at half-mast. Flftn Street M. B. Cbareb Corner 8ton The ceremony of. laying the corner stone of Fifth Street M. E. Church was performed yesterday afternoon by Revs. Messrs. Beaman, Creasy, Rlcaud, Sawyer and Pool. The regu lar form prescribed in the Discipline of the Church was followed, the proceedings . being opened with singing by a select choir, followed by prayer by Rev. Mr. Rlcaud, the laying on of hands on the stone and an address by Rev. Dr. Solomon Pool. The members of the congregation of the church were present, with a large number of other spectators. The ceremonies through out were impressive and solemn. The building is rapidly advancing towards completion, the walls are up and the roof is going on. - It is prob able that it will be finished in two or three months. . FA.TJBTTBV11j1jJB!. :-' The TownJWlld Over.tlio Coming Cen .- tcnnlal IT. s. Maria Band will f tnrelr Attend Arrival of Flag and National Decorations. - Special Star Telegram. Fatbttevtlus, N. 0., Nov. 14 The town ofFayetteville gave ;three rousing cheers, this afternoon when the telegram from Washington waareceived, announc ing that the United States Marine Band would surely attend the Centennial text week. All the preliminary arrangements have beenmade and; the band :ill leave Washington city Tuesday morning, Nov. 19th, at 11 o'clock.vin Pullman palace cars, arriving at Greensboro at 10 .o'clock the same night, when ;'a speciaL engine will bring themMown over the C. F. & Y. V., arriving in Favetteviile for breakfast Wed nesday morning, Nov. 20th. ' The United States flags and national dec orations from Washington city arrived toa night over the Coast Line in a special car. billed to the Centennial Association, and the town is alive with the wildest enthusi asm over the fine prospects for the grands eat celebraUotftbe State has ever witnessed. Parties have thus already begun to arrive for the occasion from various places, and not from only this, but from other States. Three professional decorators are on the grounds, from New York and Louis ville respectively, and the flags and national colors are already floating amid the autumn breezes. Every arrangement has-been made for the comfortable quartering of fifly thousand people, and Fayelteville will feed and shelter.everybody who comes, be the number great or .small, and a j hearty wel com is extended all. A letter was received to-day from Gover nor Fitzhugb Lee, saying he expected to be with ue, while Zeb Vance says be is com ing and will bring the entire West with him. CHIEF JUSTICE SMITH. His Deatn lnBalelgn Wsstcrdav After a Brief Illness. Special to the Morning Star. Raleigh, '.N. C, Nov. 14 William N. H. Smith, Chief -Justice ..of tLe Supreme Court, died at his ".residence in this city to day after brief illness. He was appoint ed Chief Justice by Governor Vance in 1878, to all thei vacancy caused by the death of Chief Justice : Pearson, and was re-elected in 1886. He was an old-line Whig, and served in Congress before the war. He was also leading counsel for Governor Holden during his impeachment trial. The remains of the Chief Jus lice will lie in state to-morrow morning, and will be buried at 3 o'clock in the after noon from the First Presbyterian church, of which he was an Elder. MOB TAN A. SIxlRIen KUlsd ky a Powder Explo slon. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. St. Paul, Minn.. November 14. A special from Butte, Montana, says: A bad accident occur rea on me construction oi the branch of the Northern Pacific, fifteen miles west of here, in Jefferson county, on Tuesday night. Men were at work in a cut blasting rock. The blast of giant pow der was fired but failed to have the desired effect. Thereupon, it being close to quit ting time, and the men being anxious to complete the blast before they quit, poured a quantity of black powder into the drill boie. Some sparks from the giant powder blast must have remained in the hole, for instantly an explosion followed, before the men could retire to a place of safety. Six men were killed, and two others had their eyes hlown out. SOUTH DAKOTA Trouble at Pierre Between tbe Settlers and Squaw-msn. St. Paul, November 14. A Pioneer Press special, from Pierre, 8. D., says: The Fort Pierre Herald, which is printed in a reservation town across the river from this place, contains a startling but earnest appeal for help. It says "we are in a de nlorable condition." and goes on to state that a company of soldiers, with bayonets in hand, together with a number of squaw-men and a band of red-skins are on the ground. Trouble has been expected at the fort for, some weeks, owing to con flicting claims of intending settlers and tbe squaw-men for lands, and tbe people of Pierre are now awaiting with intense ex citement and anxiety news from the other side. A big storm ia now raging on the river, aad as there are no telegraph or tele phone connections across the river, the ex act state of affairs cannot be ascertained. LOUISIANA. A Noted Desperado Killed bv a Posse. New Oblbans, Nov. 14. George Horns by, a noted criminal and the terror of Grand Lake Swamp, was shot and killed on Little Bayou Pigeon.Tuesday, by a sher iff's posse from Iberia Parish, holding a re quisition for him from the Governor of Texas for crimes committed in that State. Hornsby was proceeding up the Bayou in a small canoe, when one of the posse on the bank called to him to surrender. Horns by seized bis gun and fired, but missed his man. The posse then fired on him with fa tal effect a' ai THE COTTON CROP. New Orleans Exchange Statement. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Nbw Oblbans, November 16. The New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement, issued to-day, makes the net overland movement of cotton across the Ohio, Mississippi and Potomac rivers, to North ern American and Canadian mills, for the week ending November 15, inclusive, 53, 648 bales, against 61,718 last year, and the total since September 1, 241,726, against 804.749. Total American mill takings, North and South, for tbe first eleven weeks of the season are 623,031, against 85,573: of Which by Northern mills. 527,814, against 709,103. Amount of American crop -now insight, 8,036,441 bales against 2,706 388. Northern mills are behind in their takings for eleven weeks 181,289 bales, while the movement for foreign account is on a liberal scale. Total foreign exports show an excess to date over the total to tne close of the corresponding week of 48,094. Theeport'shows that the amount of the crop marketed passed the 3,000,000 mark yesterday, the excess ovsr laet yew cow be ing 830,093;bales. Stocks at seaports and leading interior towns have increased 82,638 bales during the past week, and are now 883,977 bales, against 915,959 at the close of the cor responding week last year. DIPHTHERIA. Terrible Ravages of tbe' Disease In an . Indiana Town. Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star. Elkhabt, Lmy Nov.' 16. Diphtheria has become so prevalent here that au on thn schools have been closed. S evera riaatha have occurred. Mr. and Mrs. E.N. Bollock have lost within a few days all of their children, four in number, and four other members or tne iamuy nave tne same disease in a bad form.- The authorities are taking strong measures to stamp it out. J. E. Goldsmith, candy "manufacturer, Atlanta, Ga, has failed. His assets ana liabilities are placed at one hundred thou sand dollars each. TAR 1889. Bills of Telegraph Companies Against ins GovernmentPresident Harrisan Gone a Canning. By Telegraph to the Morning 8 tar. Washington, November 14 First Comptroller Matthews decides that bills of telegraph companies againist the depart ments of the government for the current fiscal year, must be settled at the rates pre scribed in Postmaster General Wana- maker'e order of October 80, against which the Western Union's protest ot yesterday was directed. . The President left the city last night by way of the Baltimore & Potomac railroad, for a few days' sport in duck shooting. It ia not known exactly where he has gone, but it is supposed that he went to one of the famous duck hunting grounds in Maryland, in the vicinity of Chesapeake Bay. Private Secretary Halford said to day that he could not tell where the Presi dent was, because he did not know. The President wanted a few days' uninterrupt ed recreation, and the only way he could nave it was cy Keeping ma movements secret. During the last . campaign, said Mr. Halford. it was announced that Gen, Harrison was going off on a shooting trip, and the consequence was that about 10,000 other sportsmen selected the same time and place for their own sport. Ex-Senator Sewell and Mr. Knight are with the Presi dent, and the party expect to return to Washington Saturday. FARMERS? CONGRESS. Tne Tariff Protection and Otner Sub jects Discussed By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Montgomkby, Nov. 14. The second day's session of the Farmers' Coagress was well attended. The former report as to all the States being represented was a mistake. Delegates did not arrive from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississip pi and Arkansas, and several Northern and Western States are unrepresented. At the morning session Judge Lawrence, of Ohio, President of the Wool Growers' Association, from the majority of the Corns mittee on Resolutions, reported a resolution on the attitude of the farmer with regard to protection, and demanding that in case of a continuance of the protective policy all farm products shail he as fully protected a any article of manufacture. Mr. Wilhite, of Missouri, offered a mi nority report pledging farmers of the U. S. to a reduction of the tariff and to a change of duties on necessaries of life to luxuries, as far as possible. Both reports were i laid over and will come up for action later. judge Lawrence offered resolutions to the effect that the Government does not need the revenue raised by the tax on spirits, and that the question be delegated to the States ; also favoring repeal of the tax on tobacco. Both resolutions were reported adversely on by the committee. Hon. L. L. Coffin, ot Iowa, delivered an address on railroads and their relations to the farmer. The speaker was sharply criticized by a number of delegates as be ing too much in sympathy with railroads and corporations. Judge Lawrence read a paper on wool growing and mutton producing, pointing out the great benefit which would arise to the whole people from increased sheep raising, and urging protection for this in terest. Judge Lawrence's address was followed by some adverse discussion. One delegate cited an instance of an investment of $1,017 in sheep which paid a profit of one per cent, in one year, which he said, set this industry beyond the need of a protec tive tariff. At the afternoon session a paper was read by John A. Scott, of Illinois, entitled, "A Word of Encouragement to Our Far mer Boys." Another paper was read on "Possibilities of Agriculture in Alabama," by J. W. Newman, Professor of Agricul ture in Alabama Agricultural and Mechan ical College. Many speeches were delivered by dele gratea from the North and West, all ad vocating wool protection. There is a prospect Jof a regular tariff debate to-morrow on the minority and majority reports of the committee on Resolutions. Hon. James A. McKenzie. of Ky., will probably reply to Judge Lawrence. The voting is by Congressional represen tation, and delegates from Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Indiana are practically solid for Judge Lawrence's report. Ex Congressman Weller, of Iowa, is opposed to it. The Lumber Association of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama and Georgia met here to-day with a large attendance. No defi nite action has yet been taken. Montgomkby, Ala, November 15 The National Farmers' Congress adjourned to-day, and the delegates left on a special train this evening for New Orleans. The day was devoted almost entirely to con sideration' of resolutions, the election of officers, etc The new officers are: President, R. F. Kolb, Alabama; Vice President. A. W. Smith, Kansas; Secretary, B. F. Clayton. Iowa: Treasur er. Wm. Lawrence, Ohio. . Vice-presidents were also elected from each State. The Congreea decided to hold its next meeting in Iowa, the place to be hereafter designated. The petition of the National Floral Cons gress, held at Athens, Ala., relative to the selection ot anational flower, was presented. A resolution to remove the tax on to bacco came up on an adverse report of the committee, and the report of the committee was concurred in. The resolution declaring that the gov eminent does not need the money raised by internal revenue taxation, and that this Congress favors the repeal of the internal revenue laws, and that tbe taxes raised from whiskey and tobacco be relegated to the different States, to relieve them of local taxation, was taken up, and the adverse re port was concurred in. A resolution that the Grange, Alliance and all agricultural organizations should combine to secure legislation deemed ne cessary for the benefit of these organiza tions, was adopted. A resolution favoring government aid to steamship lines to build up trade between this country and Central and South Amer ica, came up and an adverse report was adopted. A resolution favoring unlimited coinage of silver metal with an adverse report, waa indefinitely postponed. Among the tariff resolutions adopted was one which recites: We demand of our Senators and representatives in Congress from our respective States, that they shall use their best efforts to reducethe tariff to a strictly revenue basis, and that when prac ticable it sb all be removed from the neces saries of life and placed upon luxuries." ALABAMA. Large Reduction In Estimates of tbe Cotton Crop. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Montgomkby, Nov. 16. The . State de partment of Agriculture has completed its November report, based on reports from all sections of the State." The re port is full cf interest; particularly aa it shows that but 86 per cent, of tha crop has been made in the State, the average being reduced by almost total fail ure of the crop in some of the cotton pro ducing counties of North Alabama. The corn crop is . above a full one, the report showing an average of 105. EX-PRESIDENT DAVIS Quite Slctt at New Orleans. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Nbw Oblbans, Nov. 16. Hon. Jeffer son Davis arrived hereto-day on the steam-, er Leathers.. He remained in his stateroom, where he was visited by his physician, ut. Chaille, and one or two intimate personal friends. After making a careful examina tion of his patient, Dr. Chaille stated that Mr. Davis has been quite sick at Brierfield with a severe cold, but that he was much improved and there was no cause for alarm. This afternoon Mr. Davis was removed to the residence of his life long personal friend, J. U. Payne, where he will remain for some days. V ..V3 NO. 2 THE SOUTH. New Enterprises Orgaolsad Daring tbe Pest Weeb Many millions In vssted. i By Telegraph to the Morning star. Baltimore, November 15. The past week has been one of activity in the or ganization ot enterpiises in tbe South. Florence. Ala., has led with investments by Philadelphia and New England capi talist, including a $500,000 cotton mill; a furnace to coat $200,000, to be built by Philadelphia parties, and to be known as the "Philadelphia Furnace," and a $300,000 Loan and Banking Com pany; while $1,000,000 in cash has been invested in stock and land of two local Improvement companies in Florence by these Northern capitalists. In Florida a contract has been made for constructing a three-hundred mile canal, to furnish a wa terway nearly the entire length of the State. At Bessemer, Ala , two new furnaces, to coat $4 000,000, are to be built. At Brier field, Ala., iron works are to be reorgan ized with $500,000 of honds and $700 000 of preferred stock. At Rome, Ga. , a $125,- 000 furnace is to be built A steel plate mill is to be built in West Virginia, a $200,- 000 clothing factory in Baltimore, and ex tensive fertilizer works at Norfolk, Va. IOWA. Tbs Election of Lieutenant Governor -s Still In Doubt. By Telegraph to the Morning Star, Dubuque, November 14 Returns of the late election, as received by various papera in tbe State of the official count of the vote in Iowa, in several counties vary considerably. On tbe Lieutenant Gover norship at the State capital, the Leader, Democratic, has figures showing that Pay ner. Republican, baa about 275 plurality over Boston, Democrat. The News, Dem ocratic, figures at about tbe same, while tbe Beaister. Republican, claims over 2.000 for Payner. A special to tbe Herald here fays that owing to evident errors in telegraphing returns, it will take tbe official canvass oy the Executive Board of the State to decide who is elected Lieutenant Governor. Boise, for Governor, has 7.660 plurality. The rest of the State ticket is Republican. The Senate has six Republican majority by Re publican claim. The Democrats claim two of them as Independents, and there ia no telling how they will vote. . The House is a tie. A NEW ML DORADO. Confirmation of Reports or Won derf ul Gold Dlscoveiles In Montgomery . county, N. r. By Telegraph to the Morning Star, Raleigh. N. C , Nov. 15 The Cqro- una Watchman, published at Salisbury, has sent a mining expert to Montgomery countv to investigate rumors of an impnr tant gold find there, and he reports that all statements about fabulous wealth having been discovered there are true. The find is said to be the richest ever discovered in the State. Three parallel veins were found about half an inch in thickness and only few feet apart. The ore pans out a large percent, of pure gold. The Watehmm's representative ascertained that a buthel of solid gold had alrevdy been taken out of tbe deposit. The place is owned by tbree Sanders brothers Two of them have been living in Texas, but have started for Salia bury in response to a telegram. Great ex citement is reported in the neighborhood and people are leaving their work to search for gold. It ia stated that one man io two hours' work got out 2,000 pennyweights of pure gold, and was then compelled by the owners to leave off work. BRAZIL. A Republic Proclaimed with Frovl vlelonal President Imperial minis try Under Arrest Protection or Im perial Family Guaranteed By Cable to the Morning ttar London, November 16, Bat, little furs ther information has been received here concerning Rio Janeiro. A dispatch re ceived this morning states that tbe Minister of Marine was not killed, as reported y ester day, but that he waa shot and seriously wounded by rebel' soldiers. Another dis patch says that the question as to the na ture of the future government will be sub mitted to plebiscite. The following telegram from John Mat thews & Co, Rio Janeiro, has -teen re ceived by L. ,W. Minford & Co., New York: "Revolution in Brazil; the army and navy are combined." Mr. Ellis, of Rio Janeiro, who is now in New York, received from his firm a dis patch stating that the Republic had been proclaimed. The annual importation: of Brazilian coN fee into the United States amounts to $60, 000.000, rubber $16,000,000, sugar $60, 000,000, and hides $30,000,000. Half of the coffee consummed in the United States comes from Brazil, thirteen-sixteenths of the rubber, one-tenth of the sugar, and a small per centage of the hides. FOREIGN. Tbe European sltnatloa. Blemarek's Diplomacy Again Triumphs in Seenr- . ing Permanent Accord Between Aus tria and Russia. ' Copyrighted, 1889, by the Associated Press. Beblin, Nov. 16 Developments of Prince Bismarck's diplomacy promise to result in permanent accord between Austria and Kussia.. Bismarck's scheme restores Russia's dominance in Bulgaria. Prussia in return recognizing as definite Austria's possession of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since this proposal was communicated to Premier Crispi the latter has intimated to Prince Bismarck that the sanction of Italy might depend upon the cession of Trentino by Austria. When Count Kalnoky left Fredrichsrube nothing was settled. ' The Austrian Minister held that the sacrifice of Trentino was impossible. He consid ered the possession of Bosnia as already definite, as it could only be abandoned after a crushing defeat. The Innsbruck inter view brought the negotiatious to a climhX, Emperor Francis Joseph consented to leave Prince Ferdinand to his fate, . and said he would not oppose the Russian candidate, provided he was elected under the condi tions of the Berlin treaty. He practically accorded tbe Czar a free hand in Bulgaria, short of occupation. He declined to consider the question of Trentino. Count Herbert Bismarck went to Potsdam to- night to learn the details of the interview from the Emperor. - The Porte, la ready aa soon as it learna that Austria and Russia have accepted Count Bismarck's mediation, to send a cir cular letter to tbe signatory powers denoun cing the illegality of the present govern ment of Bulgaria. Bignor Crispi, Italian Prime Minister, ia expected here next week. The press de-i mand Trentino aa the price of Italy'a adhe sion. A singular expression of discontent ap pears in tbe Pesther Lloyd, the recognized organ of both the Vienna Foreign Office and the Hungarian Ministry. This jour nal calls the pending arrangement au en forced, rotton. compromise, wmcn n says may prove worse than an enforced- war. The article concludes with the hope that the German policy will not turn ont a Machiavilllan policy, and that the ieeue of the Imperial meeting at Innsbruck will simply give renewed sanction to the status ouo. Divergence between the Berlin and Vi enna policies haa recently become marked. The Hu sariaa agent at Vienna naa oeen semi-officiallv recognized. The Lauder bank haa negotiated a now Bulgarian loan. and tha Austrian Consul at Sofia ia the confidant and adviser of Prince Ferdinand. The German Consul on the other hand did not even salute Ferdinand on meeting him in the street, and completely ignorea him aa the head of the government. The explo sion of the Pesther Lloyd probably re lieves Austrian official feeling. without having significance. President Harrison returned from his duck shooting excursion yesterday after noon. pints Turpentine. harlotte i News: Jim Camp- lored, was last night committed to Esquire D G Maxwell, charged irgery. - He presented an order on Mr. E. Andrews & Co. for $10 15, on which he had forged the name of P. F. Freeland. He could not give a bond of $100 and went to jail. For the past ten days the deaths among Charlotte's colored ' people has averaged two ia day, making a total of twenty. 'mere were tnree ouriais yester day and two to-day. - There ' have oeen twenty deaths among the negroes to tbree among the whites. The doctors say that tbe negroes are careless about their mode of living, pay no attention to sanitation, and are grossly neglectful of the ordinary rules of health. Raleigh uVeics and 06server: Dr. G. A. Foote. 'of Warrenton, has re ceived a letter from tne department at Washington asking him to write up the medical and surgical history of the Con federate States Navy. The process which will have to be carried out in order that the sentence Of Cross and White may go into effect will be as follows: The Su preme Court of the United States will make a certificate of the result of the case to the State Supreme Court, and the latter will in turn certify it down to the Superior Court of Wake county. A capias will then be issued for Cross and White and they will be taken in custody to eerve out their term. They are still under bond. Oxford Ledger', The organiza tion of the Oxford branch of the Southern Building and Loan Association was effect- Monday night. - Ke v. Mr. Pearson was presented with $1,000 at the end of his la bors in Henderson last week. He raised $810 for the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation and the expense of fixing up the Ta bernacle. Oxford can boast ot possessing, the youngest tobacco buyer in the State.' Master W. J. Skinner has been engaged in tobacco business about two years and ia looked ppon as an excellent judge of the weed. He is bright and quick, and bids on a pile of tobacco with aa much ease as an old veteran in the cause, Young Skinner ia now fifteen years old. . . Kinston Free. Press'. The negro policeman named Sam Loftin, shot by Abram Stocks, at Shine, Greene county, is not- dead aa reported, but ia alive and may recover. Stocks baa not been heard from yet. Mr. J. W. Creech, of In stitute, made an assignment Monday to Mr. J. W. Granger. I Liabilities about $15,000; assets about $8,000, and -preferred credits about the same as assets. Messrs. Hellen & Rountree, of Bell's Ferry, made an assignment last week, The assignees think all liabilities will be paid in full by January lat, and business resumed The assets are .$10,000, consisting of stock -$3,000. new accounts $7,000. Liabilities about $4,000. - We are sorry to learn that quite a number ot white people irom Lenoir, Jones and Greene counties expect -to leave for Kansas, Texas and Mississippi about the 25th of this month. We are told that about 50 will leave from Lenoir, 80 or 40 from Greene and about the same num ber from Jones county. . . Raleigh News and Observer: The argument in Pate va. tViver waa con' eluded in the Supreme Courfn Tuesday. MiNairvs. Pope, from Robet on, argued plaintiff and Wm. Black for - defendant. McKiunon vs. Morrison, from Robeson, argued by Wm i Black for plaintiff and Thoa. A. McNeill for defendant. All the papers in the Boyle case have been pre pared and will go up to the Supreme Court as soon as they are copied by tbe clerk of the court. It waa rumored here yea- terday that a negro named John Bumbass hod thot a mule belonging to Mr. John Bird, of Chatham county, and tbat upon being arrested be had been taken fiom the sheriff and lynched. In answer to a dis patch last night a special to tbe JXewt ana Observer stated that the negro was rescued from the sheriff On Sunday night 12 miles , from Pittsboro by a party of negroes in dis- guise. I - Carthage Blade: Messrs. Jack son Bros., of Prosperity, made an assign ment last week to Col, J. R. Lane for tbe benefit of their creditors Liabilities $8 500; assets estimated to be about $25,000, Bad collections was the cause of it. Car thage ia slowly but surely growing. A number of carpenters have haa work here all the year erecting new stores and dwel lings, and others are to De Duut. mere have been built and are in course of con struction during 1889 ten dwellings, and stores. School teaching -seems to be a dangerous calling in these parts. A young man who teaches a few miles north '. of here waa waylaid on the roadside while returning from school one afternoon last week, by an irate rather, ana severely Deat- en. The trouDie grew out or tne teacner flogging one of the belligerent parents boy a . The teacher has taken out a warrant for tbe offender, and the case will probably: come up before 'Squire M. M. Frye one day thia week. . . Statesville Landmark : Mr. J. W. Cohen, of Barringer township, made one hundred gallons of sorghum from the cane grown on leas than half an acre of land. iThe left hand of Mr. J. R. Abernethy, ot Cool Spring township, was torn to pieces yesterday in a cotton gin. Three or four years ago the follow block of an old cotton press fell on him and nearly killed him, and last year br the year before two of the fingers of hia right hand were torn off in a cotton gin. Mars shall Knox, aged about 22 years, son of W. L. Knox, of Cool Spring township, and his three younger brothers, were ut squirrel hunting yesterday. Hot far from the residence ot w. w. iurner, liisq ,-in Chambersburg township, the young man's gun was discharged while be was capping it and the charge struck his brother Wil lard, aged about sixteen, full In the breast, killing him instantly. He spoke only once and his involuntary slayer was so much frightened that he did not know what the . unfortunate youth said. .. Greenville Reflector: Last Wed nesday, about four. miles from here, a col- aniH man nampH Clpnran Ttnrnna vhft hAfl drank too much, began disputing with a son of Mr. B F. Manning and used very . abusive language to him. A brother-in-law of young Manning, named Jesse Baker, interferred and ordered the negro x . . . m not to curse manning any more, i no negro replied that h e would curse him (Baker) too, when tbe latter took -a cart round from Manning's band, struck ths negro a heavy: blow on the head which knocked him ! senseles". Next morning the negro 'died from the effects of the wound. Coroner H. B. Harris waa noti fied and went out to hold an inquest, the jury rendering: a verdict that tbe man George BarneB came to his death by a blow from a stick in the bands oi Jesse tsaaer. The wound was examined by Dr. F. W. Brown, assisted by Dr. W. E. Warren, who pronounced it a terrific blow. The skull waa cracked nearly around the head. Baker fled Wedneaday night, upon learn ing the blow: would probably prove fatal and has. not been arrested Mr. E. S. Dixon, a merchant at Black Jack, this county, made an assignment yesterday. Mt- James Galloway Is assig- nee. About ninety colored peopie ieit this section Saturday for Mississippi. The farmers now very generally report short crops. The harvest is showing the yield to be much smaller than was ex pected. . . Raleigl News and Observer: The ladies yesterday paid to Mr. Bryan, treasurer of St. John's Hospital, $274.35 as the result of the flower show. Thirty convicts were sent down to Halifax county yesterday morning to work on tbe penitentiary farms just being opened up tnere, New reached here yesterday of a supposed incendiary fire night before last about nine miles northwest of this city. The cotton gin of Mr. James Lynn, to gether all the fixtures and two bales of cot ton, were totally consumed. The loss is estimated at six cr eight hundred dollars. Tbe Are ia believed to have bean incendi ary. The following cases from the seventeenth district were argued in the Su preme Court oh Thursday: State vs. Har man, from Cumberland; argued by John Devereux andl F. P. Jones for the State, and G. M. Rose and J. D. Sbaw (by brief) for defendant! Carver va. Brady, from Cumberland; argued by T. H. Sutton and N. W. Ra? (by brief) for plaintiff, and John W. Hinsdale for defendant Guano Co. va. Malloylfrom Richmond ; argued by Burwell and Walker (by brief ), and bol. C. Weill and 8hw ond Neal for defend ant. Gore vs., Lewie, irom voiumoue; argued by Sol. C. Weill ior piainwn, mu D.J. Lewis and W. F. French for the defendant. 1
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