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O. as Second Class Matter. 1 SUBSCRIPTION TRICE. ; The, subscription price of the Webklv Btak is as follows : -Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, fl.00 '- 6 months " " .60 " " 3 monthi " ' .80 A OW4HDL.Y PAHIV. Tbo R?puhlicnf party is on the ragged edge. It never had much principle, and what little it had it has abandoned for expediency. It is a cowardly party,' and when the people crack the whip, its leaders cringe like shipped spaniels and get to their kennel'. When the sentis ment for protection seemed to be in the ascendency, they Btnck the feath ers high in their hats and strutted as the load -mouthed champions of pro tection, but as the tide tamed and the people began to see through the arrant humbuggery of this so-called protection, they began to tack in the feathers, play mum, and fi nally when they found the tariff re form sentiment become so strong as to bo dangerous they hustled to the front and announced themselves tars iff reformers, too.. They are all tar iff reformers now, from the big chief, who distributes the offices in Wash ington to the little puppet that dances when be pulls the wires. They are tariff reformers from fear not from principle. - i So tbey coquetted with the pro hibition movement in States where the prohibition sentiment was pretty strong, opeuly endorsed it when it was strong enough to win' at the bal lot box and were ion com mittal in States whee they were doubtful as to the sit uation, lacking the moral cour age to act honestly in any. Now they are trying to hedge and recover some of the ground they have lost by changing front and proposing a re peal of the prohibitory laws in Iowa and Kansas, to conciliate the anti prohibition vote, which is an impor tant factor in these and other West ern States., Here again they are actuated by expediency, for they have no principle in this either. So with the trusts. Even only as. far back as one year ago who ever heard of a prominent Republican politician declaring against trusts? Who ever heard one of them say that the trusts had not the right to exist and ply their business after their own methods? . What one of them was ever heard to dissent from James G. Blaine's declaration that "trusts were merely private enterprises, with which the public had nothing to do"? Which one of all the leading Republican journals of the country was found to oppose or denounce them ? But since the people have began to, demand that the trust shall be throt tled we find Senator Sherman, Sena tor Allison, and Senator Iogalls all ready to cuff the trust which one short year ago they coddled and sup- ' ported, and even to strangle and bury it. They are not actuated by 'principle either, but merely from fear and truckling expediency, which deserts and denounces to-day the thing which they fondled and nour ished yesterday. So on the pension question. They appealed to the support of the sol diers in the last campaign, as they have done in all their campaigns, on the ground that the Republican par ty was Ihe friend of the soldier, and that they would in the event of the defeat of Mr. Cleveland, who bad dared to veto so many pension bills, be liberal to the soldiers, who had "eaved the Union." Corporal Tan ner canvassed Indiana and "plaster ed it," to use his own expression, "all over with promises of liberal pen sions," and thus, he says, saved that State (with Dudley's blocks of five) to ' Harrison. After the election, when Tanner man unrat ed and carried I ont ' the policy which be said he I would with the full endorsement of Harrison and the leaders of the par ty, and the popular protests began to roll in against Tanner's mode of sho velling out the money in the treasu ry, they bounced him and made him suffer for doing what he promised to ; dowith their full knowledge and consent. They did not bounce: Tairt ner because they disapproved of his aotSjbut because, they feared the peo ple who did disapprove of them. I GftBging, crawfishing, oowardice are ine cnaracieriBuo vi me party now, the sole aim of whose leaders is to keep in power, and who resort to all sorts of dodges and trickery, i vol. xxr. however disreputable, to accomplish that. There is not one candid, hon est, true andjtmanly leader in the whole gang. Their brave leaders are all dead. What are left are aim ply sneaks and time-servers. STATE TOPICS. When "pur'f riends have conluded the grand Centennial celebration, now in progress at Fayetteville, the next in order will be the celebration of the opening np of traffic on the Cape Fear and .Yadkin Valley rail road, between Wilmington and Mount Airy, on the 15th of January next. ' Wilmington should make it a grand demonstration and throw her gates' wide open and invite every body to come in and . help her cele brate. The opening up of traffic on that road will be the .biggest thing in the commercial history of this city in many years. The Henderson Gold Leaf gome while ago published a vigorous edi torial on the subject of gambling concerns at oar agricultural fairs, which meets with the hearty endorse ment of the papersof the State which have given an expression of opinion on the subject. An agricul tural fair is the very last place in the world where gambling schemes should be encouraged or tolerated, if they should be tolerated anywhere. The young people who attend these fairs as a general thing have little experience in matters oi this kind and are easily imposed upon, becom ing ready victims to the sharpers who ran them. Managers of fairs should remember this and should not for the money received for such privileges encourage frauds of any kind n 1 thus become responsible for them. Gamblers, sideshow men and other j proprietors of swindling de vices fhonld not be allowed within rifle-shot of the place where an agri cultural fair is held. NINOit MENTION; It seems that the inventor of the smokeless and noiseless ' powder which has attracted so much atten tion in army circles in Europe and in this country is an American, Captain Led yard Ellsworth, of Hartford, Conn, lie has recently returned from Europe where he says he disposed of the formula for making it to the German Government for 1500,000 in cash and $10,000 in semi-annaal pay ments for ninety-nine years, giving it the exclusive right to all countries except the United States, Mexico and Central America, on which the German Government has a limited option on the same terms. He is a chemist and before the war worked in a gun-powder factory. He served in the army daring the war, and at ks close tamed his at tention to the emokeless and noise less powder, la 1879, ne offered to make tests for this Government, and was encouraged by the Ordnance Department, bat before undertaking the expense of the tests the Govern ment required him to give directions bow to manufacture it, which he declined to do, and the negotiations fell through. He then tamed his at tention to European Governments. His powder is not only noiseless and smokeless but without offensive odor, differing from the German invention of a similar kind, the. odor of which is said to be very offensive, and which is used only for small arms. Discussing the establishment of the Republic in Brazil Castelar, the Spanish liberal leader express s the opinion that Europe will be Republi can from one end to the other inside of fifty years. Fifty years is not a long time in the life of nations and it would be rather a short period within which to look for each a radi cal change in some of them, and the education of people out of methods and customs and habits of centuries, to that degree of popular intelligence and individual manhood which must precede the Republic and with out whioh the Republic would be an impossibity. There is not a country in Europe where the Republican sentiment does not exist to a greater or less ex tent, and the day will come when it will be the dominant sentiment in all. Nor will it be confined to Europe. Electrioity and steam are bringing the nations of the earth closer and closer together every day, and with the light of intelligence manhood is beginning to assert itself the world over, and even the monarchies of the far east hoary with age, are becom ing modernized, not only in their cjiaterial progressiveness, bat in more liberal ideas of government. Even there it may be some day in the fu ture the Republic will sit upon the rains of the monarchy. . The Thomas Iron Company of Bir mingham, Alabama, has made a con tract for the delivery of one thous and tons . of pig iron in Liverpool, whioh the Philadelphia Press, protec tion organ, points to as one of the beneficent effects of protection, whioh prevented the importation of much pig iron of late years, while the, price has beenv steadily deolining. Ttffe Mobile .Krister, commenting on this, pointedly asks if this be so, if we have got to that point vwhen we can ship pig iron to England pro fitably where m the. necessity for oontinamg the duty upon iron unless it be to -enable the iron men of the United States to oombine to keep iron six dollars a ton higher than it should be, and to place in the pockets of the combines millions squeezed - from the buyers of iron through the operations of this unne cessary and therefore an just tariff? It is on the farmers, who when they bay their ootton ties, wagons, plows, hoes, scythes, forks, axes, hammers, nail.o, &o., the tax falls heaviest, and it is they who can least afford it. The argument in favor of protection always has been that it would enable home manufacturer to oompete with the manufacturers of Europe. When this point is reaohed what farther need or excuse can there be for a continuation of such protection? STATE TOPICS. The fine prices which tobacco raised in Nash, Wilson, Edgeoombe and other eastern counties has brought this year should stimulate the culture in these and other eastern counties. The successful culture is no longer an experiment, but a demonstrated fact. We have seen some as fine specimens of bright yel low leaf raised in these counties as were ever grown in any part of the State. We have a sample leaf on oar table now raised by Mr. Jesse Brake, near Rocky Mount, for which he re ceived three dollars a pound. This is a fancy price, of coarse, and the probabilities are that the lot sold was a small one, bat it gives evi dence of the kind of tobacco whioh can be grown in the East, where bat a few years ago not a stalk was grown. We have seen notices of the sales in the counties referred to yielding the farmers from three hun dred to four hundred dollars an acre, which is surely better than raising ootton at any price. Tobacco has come to stay and we are glad of ic. We congratulate the good people of Fayetteville, and not only them but the people of the State, on the grand success of the Centennial cele bration which closed Friday. From beginning to end it was a brilliant andpleasant affair, reflecting credit not only on the patriotic, progressive and hospitable people of that historic city, but did honor to North Caro lina, which in the past , and to-day held and holds such a conspicuous plac.v in the sisterhood of States. May the lustre of her fame grow with each passing year and the memory of the grand achievements of her illustrious sons and brave de fenders be kept green for all time. The Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.) takes occasion to remark that "Phil adelphia capital is still flowing into the South at rate whioh speaks well for the confidence our moneyed men have in the resources of that section and the stability of its society." Ex actly. Stability and Democratic so lidity are marching right along hand in hand, and we are having a good time. We'll wager a handful of goobers that if this Philadelphia capital has any voting to do down this way it will vote for stability and solidity. An old maid in Brooklyn has writ ten that she had a dream before the last Presidential election in which she clearly saw Cleveland sold oat and the King's county vote traded away. She is somewhat belated in her announcement. If she does any more dreaming on that line and sees anything of this kind going on hence forth and forever more she will please report it to the National Dems ocratio Committee and have it stop, ped. African explorers seem to be hard to kill. Stanley has been killed at least a dozen times, bat he is now trotting along in good spirts within a hundred miles of the coast, with stacks of elephants' tasks and other truck, while Dr. Peters, who was re ported murdered, is said to have more life in him than a dozen corpses. Is it true that the Philadelphia girls turn their toes in when they walk? One of them is said to have lost for as husband an English lord, who was badly smitten with her un til he taw her walk, and that toe tally wiped oat the hat vestige of admiration from his lordly bosom. Some Republican editors say it was not the tariff, others that it was not the soldiers, others that it was not prohibition tMt did the work for them at the late election. Perhaps in thinking it over they might agree that it was the Democrats that did it. . ' Fonesoa, the President of the Re public of Brazil, is between 62 and 63 years of age and at one time had charge of a school in this country. One of his daughters, who is married to an American, lived for some time in -Atlanta.. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER s California is not anxious to be di viding her olimate with consump tives. Dr. Tyrrell, of the State Board of Health, holds that con sumption is contagious and recom mends the passage of 1 a St Ue law excluding comnmptives who have been going to the Southern counties of that State with a hope of being benefitted. - Ocean steamers now cross the Atlantic in six days, and the locomo tive spins cars over from the Atlan tic to the Pacific in four days and a half. Ain't we getting somewhat fast? Massachusetts will have her jokes. The latest is the talk of 'running strabismus-eyed Ban Butler as pro hibition candidate for Governor. CBN TRNRIA.Ij echoes, Wilmington Eiigbt Infantry Expres sions of Appreciation of tn Gener ous Hospitality of Faretteville and . lia Citizens. A meeting of the Wilmington Light Infantry was held on board the steamer A. P. 'Hurt, November 23d, 1889. Capt. W. R. Kenan was called to the chair and Sergeant D. T Cron ly requested to act as secretary. A committee, consisting of Chaplain Carmichael, Col. J. L. Cant well and Lieut J. C. Morrison, was appointed to draft'a preamble and resolutions expressive of appreciation of the many kindnesses shown while in Fayetteville. They reported the fol lowing which were unanimously adopted: Floating homeward on the bosom of the historic Cape Fear the physi cal tie between Fayetteville and Wil mington fresh from the glowing ex periences of North Carolina's patri otic loyalty to the memory of funda mental compact, and filled to the lip with a grateful sense of the military courtesy of our cherished comrades in arms the Fayetteville Iu iepend ' t Light Infantry and the generous hospitality of the whole of Fayette ville; we, the members of the Wil mington Light Infantry,desire to em body our appreciation of the graceful and chivalric treatment of - our com mand in the following simple resolu tion: Resolved, That we thank the town of Fayetteville, her citizens, her soldiery, and especially her fair women, for the gift at her Centennial Celebration of 1889, of a memory that will stimulate us as soldiers, unite us as citizens and bless us as men. Resolved. That these resolutions be i published in the Wilmington papers and the Raleigh News Observer, and a copy be forwarded to the Fayette ville Light Infantry. Notice to mariners U. S. Engineer Office, WrXMIlTGTOJT, Nov. 23. Editor Morning Star: Lieut. Commander R. D. Hitchcock of the TJ. S. Navy, came up the river day before yesterday with the light house tender Wistaria, inspecting the buoys and river marks. While here, he changed slightly the position of some of the buoys at the Logs and Big Island channel, so as to leave both port and starboard buoys eAeach of the three angles of this channel, Very truly yours, W. H. BlXBT, Captain, Corps of Eng'rs. TJ. S. A. Cotton tor Liverpool. Messrs. Alex. Sprnnt & Son cleared the British steamship Storra Lee yes terday, for Liverpool, with 4,713 bales of cotton, weighing 2,293,974 pounds and valued at $229,400. The British steamship Haygreen, which cleared for Liverpool Friday evening, carried a cargo of 5,3S7 bales of cotton, weighing 2,570,977 pounds and valued at $259,373. Cargo shipped by Messrs. Williams & Murchison, E. Lilly, B. Q. Empie & Co., and C. P. Mebane. agent. Bom Again. The Wilmington Light Infantry reached here yesterday about 1 p. m. on the steamer Hurt from Fayette .ville. They enjoyed their visit very much, notwithstanding the bad weather. i The prize awarded the W. L. I. in the competitive drill was $100. Three companies competed the Wilming ton Light Infantry, the Durham Light Infantry and the Governor's Guards. The latter received the first prize $200. The judges were Capt. Wood, of Gen. Anthony's staff, and Colonel and Major Davis of the Davis Cadets. , - Tne Nrgro Exodus. A correspondent of the Stab writes that as he passed Wilson yesterday, on the Atlantic Coast Line, he was told that the exodus fever had struck the 'negroes of Wilson county and that 1,500 were in the town awaiting transportation to Arkansas. They are in charge of two agents, one a white and the other a colored man. Last week, he says, 500 left Selmaand 300 left Mt. Olive. soma Ptrilmmooi. The Star received last night by mail a persimmon that "takes the cake.' It weighs eight ounces and measures nine inches in circumfer ence. It was grown on Mr. R. G. Nixon's place on Topsail Sound, and is of the Japanese variety. Under the new schedule on the Carolina Central . railroad, which went into effect last Monday, pas senger trains leave Wilmington at 8.00 p. m. and 7.00 p. m. daily, except Sunday. The through local freight with passenger train attached, leaves at 4.00 a. m. daily, except Sunday. Receipts of ootton at this port for .the week ended November 82, are 8,995 bales; the corresponding week last year, 11,422. Receipts for the crop year, to November 22, are 80,017 bales, against 87,595 to same date .last year. Decrease, 7,578 bales. Mr. J. A. Martindale, living about five miles from town on the Bound, yesterday .brought a hog to market that weighed 440 pounds. TEL E VES TENS lA.li. Visitors Pourtnc In Xbs Wilmington Contingent Main PrsTcnts tne Pa rade Addresses of Senator Bansom ' and Others-A. Letter from Bon. Jefferson Davis,' etc. ' Special Star Telegram. ' FATBTTBVtLLB, N. C, November 21. The 20,000 Fay ettevUle Centennial popula tion awoke this, morning saluted by a drenching rain, but it had no effect appar- j ently in checking tbe influx of visitors. By the trains they poured in from the South, North and West, " and by steamer, until Hay and Person streets from the railway depot to Liberty PoinU afforded barely standing room. The Wilmington contingent was warmly welcomed, and the Wilmington Light In fantry a magnificent corps were greeted with cheer after cheer. The impassable streets prevented the grand parade, which will take place to morrow at 10 a. m. Splendid floats, with thirteen beautiful young ladies, will consti tute the feature oFtbe pageant. At 2 p. m. the rain ceased and tbe ex ercises commenced at the grand stand on Market Square. Chief Marshal Carr inau gurating the exercises in a graceful speech, with' a beautiful tribute to Fayetteville; the incomparable bcqnet of the Upper Cape Fear. He was followed by the: Mayor of the city, N. W. Ray, Esq.. in an eloquent greeting. He also introduced the Govern or of the State, who presented flags to the State Guard companies present. . Governor Fowle then introduced Senator Ransom. His was the master speech the great effort of a brilliant life and held tbousands enthralled" for two and a half j hours. It will appear in. full in' the Cen tennial edition of the Fayetteville Observer. ' Col . Wharton J. Green read .a letter from President Harrison, a patriotic letter from ex-President Cleveland, and a letter from Hon. Jefferson Davis, of which the fol lowing is a synopsis: The venerable leader had hoped tothe fast to be here. He had long desired to visit the "Old North State," especially on an occasion on which the people would trace- with pride the "River of their years to its source in the Colony of Altemarle. All along that river stand monuments of fidelity to the inalienable rights of the people. She deserves special veneration as the first of the' colonies to de clare for State independence and the right of the people to govern themselves. The broad foundation, of the claim are events pre ceding and suceeding Mecklenburg. In defiance of the opposition of the Governor, the Convention at Hillsboro not only de clared independence, but went to work to provide means for maintaining indepen dence by organizing troops, supplying money, &c., and in the midst of a diversity of opinion in the Continental Congress, empowered delegates to concur with the other colonies in delaring indepen dence the first distinct utterance, the writer believed, for separation from Great Britain. In tbe articles of confederation, North Carolina, true to her creed, insisted upon the right of the people to withdraw from the Union if they chose, and her risht to subscribe or not to the compact; ehe refused to put in jeopardy by undue haste the priceless jewel she had won by war. Nay, rather, as each State ratified she unflinchingly confronted the alterna tive of desolation, but confiding in the amendments especially the ninth and tenth acceded to tbe new Union. Of her it may be said, as of Walter Scott as a boy, she "was always first in a row and last out of it." In the war of 1812 she was heroic and uoselflbh, and in every other great trial. In many yerrs of military or civil service, he had known and tested the honor, devotion and courage or North Carolinians; and greatest of all, in the late war between the States. He closed with an eloquent and loving tribute. At the closing of Senator Ransom's speech there was cheer upon cheer for Sen ator Vance, who responded in matchless style. He speaks to-moirow. The grand display of fire works takes place one hour hence, if tbe weather per mils. At noon to-day Marshal H.A. Latham, of Pitt county, in behalf of all the marshals of the Centennial, made a handsome testi monial to Chief Marshal Carr in a graceful speech, which the latter accepted as grace fully. Tbe grand ball last night was a brilliant affair. The toilets were splendid. The ball was presided over by Governo. Fowle. Judge MacRae, Mrs Judge MacRae, Mrs. F. R. Rose; chaperones, Mrs. A. H. Slocomb, Mrs. G D. Miller, Mrs. Alex. Campbell, Mrs McKimmon (Raleigh), Mrs. Dr. W. C. McDuffle, Mrs J, M. Walker. Br ABSoolated Press. Faibttevtllb, Nov. 21. Fayetteville the metropolis of the Cape Fear section of North Carolina, was flooded to its utmost capacity to-day. This was the great day of tbe Centennial of the Ratification of the Constitution of the United States by North Carolina. It is estimated that 30,000 per sons were present. Senator Ransom delivered an address on North Carolina's position in ratifying the Constitution. The town is alive with mili tary visitors. A display of fire-works took place to night at the fair grounds. FAVBTTBVH.US, Nov. 22. Fine weather irradiated the closing ceremonies of the Centennial with magnificence and eclat. The crowd was smaller than yesterday, but was still between ten and twelve thou sand. At 10 a. m. the different divisions of the grand pageant formed on Hay, Gillespie and Person streets, converging at the Mar ket Dlace the State Guard and Davis UCadets, the Masonic, Odd. Fellows and other civic organizations. The column marched up Hay street, returning past the grand stand, headed by Gen. Anthony and other distinguished officers and a brilliant staff. Thirteensuperbly decorated floats. canopied, upon each of which stood a beau tiful girl in elegant costume, formed part of the pageant. The designs were con ceived and carried out by Dr. J.'A. Hodges, of this city. Visitors from New York Washington and other large cities declare they have seen nothing more superb on any historic occasion. The following represented the Centennial ''States: Miss Bert Mc Duffle, Delaware; Miss Hattie Sutton. Pennsylvania; Miss Janie Wil liams, Connecticut; Miss. Jennie Rose, Massachusetts; Miss Bert Watson, New Jersey; Miss Rath Smith, Virginia; Miss Mamie Moore, New Hampshire; Miss 29; 1889. Laura Thompson, New York; Miss Laura Glover, Maryland; Miss Pinkie Pemberton, South Carolina; Miss Anna H Green, Georgia; Miss Maggie Pemberton, North Carolina; and on.the.same float, Miss Alice Hawley, as the Goddess of Liberty; Miss Laura Pemberton, Rhode Island. Every youngjady ;a fair flower of this historic town. The whole route was blocked with a"; vast concourse. Ladies thronged the balconies, flags waved, and the long line of military made a scene of unsur passed grandeur. Gov. Vance's address on the Fair grounds; was one of wisdom, worthy of the great statesman, eloquent and inimitable. His every minute here has been an ovation. Hon. Wharton J. Green's address to the farmers was one of tbe masterly efforts of his public career, and has increased his already great influence. In the competitive drill the Governor's Guards won. the. first and the Wilmington Light Infantry the second prize, but the contest was.very close, and your boys were cheered to the echo. They have a town full of friends here and many admirers among the fair Bex. The Marine Band gave an open air con cert this afternoon, led by Prof. Sousa. They not only charmed by their music but have added to the grand .success by doing everything possible to enhance the enter tainment. The spacious campus at the fair grounds is now full of frames for the fireworks, and crowds are flocking there. After this the celebration will close with the Centen nial german. President L Wat sod, of the Cumberland Fair: has ground for oride in the exhi bition. Tbe racing was good, but tbe track heavy. - President A. B. Williams, of the Cen ten nial Association, has the honor, by this great occasion, of having placed a bright page in North Carolina's history. Among the distinguished gueBts to-day were Gen. Robert Ranaom and ex-Lieut." Gov. Stedman. Tbe good order was re markable, and no serious accident oc cursed. Fayetteville gives due thanks to Chief Marshal Carr and assistants. Lateb. The fireworks surpassed all ex pectations. T'hey were witnessed by over ten thousand persons. Besides a profusion of bombs, rockets, etc., the splendid cen tral pieces were "Fayetteville Centennial," a Volcano in eruption. Jumbo, ''Fayette ville Observer," See-saw, and Niagara a gorgeous apotheosis. The vast crowd was enthusiastic and merry. Fayetteville bows the Centennial out to-night happy. A SEDUCER'S EATE. A. Woman Shoots and Kills a New TorK merchant in the Public Streets FIt Deadly Bullets Put into his Body Tne Woman Langns Deris ively at her Winning Victim. Nbw Yoak, November 22. Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning Stephen L Peltus, secretary and treasurer, of the Brooklyn Union Elevated road, and a member of the firm of Pollard. Peltus & Co , of 54 Broad street, this city, was shot dead in front of No. 10 Fulton street, by Miss Hannah Sonthworth, who refused to give her ad dress to the police when arrested,' &Just before 10 o'clock, while Fulton street was crowded with people who had juBt landed from the Brooklyn ferry boat, a young woman, wearing a seal skin sacque trimmed with long, black far, was seen hurrying along behind a well-dressed man wearing a Derby hat. When in front of No. 10, she pulled a large Smith & Wes son 28scalibre revolver from beneath her dress, and fired fiv&ehots in quick succes sion at the man in front of btr. Although he fell at the first shot in fact, the woman continued firing until every chamber of the revolver was emptied. As the victim writhed and tossed in agony on the side walk, the woman looking calm and self possessed, actually smiled with apparent satisfaction. In a short time a great crowd bad gath ered, attracted to the spot by the repeated pistol firing. An officer also made a rush for the place; his first impulse was to take the smoking pistol from the woman's hands. When she saw the officer coming, raising herself to her full height and assu ming a somewhat dramatic position, she hissed out between her teeth, pointing at the now cold, lifeless body on the sidewalk the while, "Tnat man betrayed me and I have shot him; he has, ruined me and my family." Officer Goodman did not stop to parley. The crowd was becoming greater and greater every moment. Taking the woman by the arm the officer led her to a side street. This was accomplished with some difficulty, as the throng kept closing in on the officer and his prisoner. Finally they reached the Old Slip stationhouse, where the woman gave her name as Hannah South worth, that she was thirty years of age, but she persisted in refusing to give her re sidence. .To the sergeant at the deek Miss Southworth repeated the statement that the dead man had betrayed her and ruined her and her family. Then the woman was locked up. During this trying ordeal Miss South worth never winced, but on tbe contrary she appeared to become, if possible, more calm and dignified. While this was going on the dead body of the murdered man still lay where it fell, riddled with bullets. Willing hands, however, as soon as they recovered from the first shock, carried the body into a tea store at No. 10. An ambu lance from Chamber street hospital was summoned, but before it arrived Mr. Pel tus bad breathed his last A few minutes later officers from the Old Slip station ar rived, and the remains were placed upon a stretcher and brought to the sta tion house. When searched several letters were found in the pockets ad dressed to Stephen L. Peltus, 54 Broad st. An examination of the body shows that all five of the bullets bad taken effect. Three bullets had lodged in his back, one in his neck aud one in his right side. Either one of the bullets would have caused death. Hannah Southworth, who committed the murder, is the woman who attacked Pel tus in front of the Elevated Railway office at 95 Clinton street, Brooklyn, about a year ago. She was arrested at the time and taken before the late Judge Walsh, who placed her under bonds to keep the peace. FEARFUL. STORM At Newbern Factory Blown Down- One man Killed and Others Injured, Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 21. A special to the News and Observer from New Bern, N. C. says: At 1 o'clock today a fear ful storm struck New Bern, coming from the southwest. The plate and palp factory of 8. H. Gray, in which there were sixty hands, was levelled to the ground. One employe was instantly killed, another mor tally wounded, and eight others were in jured. The factory was valued at $60,000. The damage to the house and stock is estima ted at $8,000; to the machinery not yet known. The wind blew a perfect barris cane, unroofing houses, blowing down chimneys, trees and fences. The damage to the town, while not definitely known, is very considerable. William Winter, the dramatio critic who has just returned from England, where he has seen a gieat deal of Miss An derson, says she is in "splendid health and radiant good spirits.'1. NO. 3 W A SB. 1 A hH'OA Braail's Hew; Uovernment Appoint meat Alleged Violations or lbs Allan Contract Law by cotton Boy era. By Tele&raph to the Morning Star. Washxroton, Nov. 22. Dr, Valente, Minister from Brazil, called at the Stato Department today and informed the Secre tary tnat ms latest advices from Brazil were to the effect that peace and tr&noailnv reigned, and that the new government was receiving tbe support of the people. Dr. Valente also received this . morning au thority from the Provisional Government to instruct the representatives of Bcezil to the International American Congress to continue to act foi their country in the ses sions of Congress. It is supposed that similar instructions have been sent to dele gates in the International Marine Confer ence. The President to-dav annotated Jnhn H Devaux, of Georgia, to be colltctor of customs for the district of Brunswick, Ga. The United States District Attorney at Norfolk. Va, was to-day instructed to bring suits against certain English cotton brokers for violation of the alien contract labor law, provided he is satisfied suits can be maintained. These suits are to deter mine the legality of tbe practice of certain English cotton brokers of employing in the States, particularly Virginia, clerks or graders whose business it is to .classify cot ton for the English market. These men are specially trained for this business, and are sent to this country from England. Washington. Nov. 23 The Secretarv of State has referred to the Secretary of the treasury a letter aaaressed Oy L. L. Wright, presinent of the Liverpool Cotton Association, to the U. 8. Consul at Liver pool, in regard to the .alleged violation of the alien . contract labor law by Town send, Wooley & Co., of England, in' sending an agent and grader to .Norfolk, va., to buy cotton for them. Mr. Wright requests to be informed if the Treasury Department really regards this practice aaa violation of the law, and if so that the prescribed penalty be remitted in the case of those men sent here from England before it was known that, their coming was prohibited. The case referred to by Wright is one of those recently referred to the U. 8. Dis trict Attorney at Norfolk, with instructions to sue for the recovery of the penally of $1,000, prescribed for violations of the labor law, provided he is satisfied that such ac tion can be sustained. AUSTRALIA. Movement for Consolldal ng all of th continent into Ons Powerful and ilndenrndent State. 1 Br Telegraph to tbe Horning Star. Chicago. November 21. Albert Boul ton, of Albuny, Australia, is in the ci'y. To a reporter he said: "The project of consolidating the Australian Continent into one powerful State is slowly but surely gaining ground. A definite plan for the founding of the new nation will be for warded to the Colonial Office, for tbe en dorsement of the Crown. Before long, and without the slightest commotun in England or Australia, the mother country will see this great group of her colonies pass into a new nation of United States of Australia.- Like your country Australia will be practically free from invasion. Her people have already shown a detira to be supreme in the Pacific, . which cannot be gratified unless her government possesses the means of ruling the dependencies not admitted to political equality. New Guinea alone is a kingdom in the area, and right fully belongs to Australia. As an inde pendent Republic Australia will be a mighty maritime power, "she is to settle and govern the only valuable possession which Europe has left for the next con quering power." GROTER CLL.VELa.ND. A Letter to the Jaeksonlan Demoeraia of New Jersey. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Rahwat, N. J., November 21 The Jacksonian Legion, a Democratic club of this city, at its meeting last week elected ex-President Cleveland an honorary mem ber of the organization. At to-night's meeting tbe following acknowledgment from Mr. Cleveland was read : New York, Nov. 20. To John J. Healy, Secretary: Dear 8ir I desire to express my appreciation of the action of tbe Jack sonian Legion in electing me an honorary member of that organization, I like tbe declared purposes of the Legion Tariff Reform, Equal Taxation and Ballot Re form. I hope all of these will be constantly pressed with the zeal and sincerity which so aptly characterize New Jersey Dem ocracy. Yours, very truly, Gbovbb Clkvland. MICHIGAN. Moshebtillb, Nov 21. A ghastly af fair occuried here last night. During tbe absence of her husband, Mrs. Nathan Strong filled two tumblers with a solution of Paris green, and handing one to her daughter Maud, a handsome girl of eigh teen, and taking the : other herself, she drank her own dose, and forced tbe girl at the muzzle of a revolver, to swallow the fatal draught. On her husband's return she told him what she had done A doc tor was summoned, but his efforts were of no avail. Mrs. Strange died at midnight in horrible agony, and Maud an hour later. Maud insisted to the last that her mother forced her to drink the poison, and ' said she did not want to die. She begged pit eously of ber friends and the doctor to save her life. The 8t ranges were much respect ed. The insanity wbicb led to tbe awful act has been clearly marked for about two weeks. SOUTH CAROLINA. Two Convictions for Murder In dge fited Connty. Charleston, Nov. 22. William Car penter and Whitfield Murrell were con victed at Edgefield, 8. C., yesterday, of the murder ot Preston Yonce, in June lat. The murder was most brutal and unpro voked. The jury deliberated two hours and returned a verdict of guilty, with re commendation to mercy. A motion made in arrest of judgment was refused by tbe judge, and the prisoners were sentenc ed to be hanged on tbe 8d of next January. These are tbe first white murderers ' con victed in Edgefield county for forty years. 18LANI7F CUBA, Bnmora of a ' Revolution Afloat in London and Paris. By Cable to tbe Morning star. London, November 22 Persistent ru mors are afloat In London to-day to tbe eaect tnat there is a revolution in progress in the island of Cuba. Dispatches from Paris report that the same rumors are cur rent there, and are exciting attention . So far it has been impossitle to trace the ru mors to any definite source, and the as sumption is that they hav3 sprung up tnrougn tne oenei mat tne neacerui revolu tion in Brazil would be likely to exert a powerful influence with the discontented Republican element in Cuba. The fact that there is a strict censorship of news dis patches at Havana, makes it possible for a revolutionary movement to get under way in the Island before any definite intel ligence can reach the outside world. While the rumors are not credited, the news agen cies are receiving many inquiries in regard to them, and are making vigorous efforts to run them down, or to get direct intelli gence from Havana as to the actual condi tion of affairs throughout the iBland. New York, Nov. 22. The Associated Pre&9 had dispatches from Havana last nieht. These gave no hint of any political aimcuiuea. a cuspatcn of inquiry nas been cabled to the correspondenvat Havana, but U mere is an insurrection tbe censorship will probably forbid any news to be cabled. Quarrels would never last long if the" trouble was only on. one side.. Rochefoucauld, ' as a bean gourd, h In G waltney 's town ship, Alexander county, 200 or 800 yards from the Iredell line, George Daniels, aged w jrara, ibbi i xriuay, me mitt lnst., shot and probably fatally wounded his son Dock, aged about 21. . . Raleigh News and Observer: Mr. R. H. Salsbury, one ot the oldest mer chants in Martin coun'y, has made at as signment to Mr. Wj T. Grimes. Liabiltiea $30,000; assets $12 600. Tbe cause of the assignment is not known yet. Through the kindness of Col. John Neathery, the State Library been the recipient of large and handsome steel engravings of tbe Hon. Jefferson Davis, Gen. Robert E.Lee and Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson. The Librarian has long desired these portraits and will now have them framed and added to the colle tion of portraits in tbe Library rooms. ..Charlotte Chronicle: Joe H. Young, who myBtenouBly disappeared from home on the morning ot tbe 4th instant, returned to Charlotte last night. It will be remembered that on the morning of Mon day, tbe 6th instant, Mr. Young, who was ticket seller at the Air Line depot, took the train and went to Atlanta without letting any one know of his departure. Investi gation soon proved bis accounts with the railroad were correct, and that he left con siderable money in a building and loan as sociation. His friends were natuall alarm ed at his disappearance, and were' entirely mystified. Within the past few days com munication has been established between Mr. Young and friends, which resulted in his returnrhome last night. .. Mount Olive Telegram: Many of our white farmers are leaving for Ar kansas, thinking tbey can better their con dition. The short crops has caused this dissatisfaction. Tbe exodus move ment is at fever heat ar this place. A few negroes left lust week, and there was an other exodus train appointed for this week, so the negroes began. to "bunch their rags," and by Tuesday morning about two hundred were packed up and ready to move, when lo, a telegram was received stating that no train would be furnished them until next week, on account of the Centennial at Fayetteville. Some of the wnite peopie have become dissatisfied with this "poor country" and are tryrng to get to a "better land. Several families have been trying to get off this, week " . . Concord Times: The barn of Mrs. G O. Blume was burned early Mon day night. The origin of the fire is un known, the blaze being first seen flashing from the grass in the lot. John Fink, son of Reuben Fink, of No. 8, accidentally shot himself last Saturday while out hunt ing. He had stopped and had bis gun resting on a log, when it slipped and fired. He was shot in the leg and side, and 12 shot were picked from him. His wounds are not dangerous. In the year 1792. through the influence of Stephen Cabarrus, for whom our county is named, Cabarrus county was formed. In 1793 the town of Concord was laid off and incorporated; in that year Jacob Houee was born: Th date of bis birth is January 6, 1793 On Wed nesday, November 19, he breathed bis last. at the ripe old age Of 96 years, 10 months and 13 days. In tbe war of 1812 Jacob House was a faithful and obedient soldier. .. Elizabeth Citj Economist: We were shown a gun on Friday by Rooks Turner which was a curious relic. It was thrown on shore in a storm and was cov ered with barnacles.jshells and other marine substances and is supposed to have been one of old Teacbe s (Blsck Beard) guns and if the supposition bo correct must have been in the water more than a buudred years. We are informed by Mr. Ad j let that tbe building committee of the new Baptist church made their first pay ment of $200 to the Contractor on Tuesday. Tbe structure presents an imposing appear ance and will be an ornament to upper Main street. A- company of Northern capitalists from Buflilo, N. Y. , are about to purchase a large tody of land near May ock station, in Currituck county, amount ing to some 20,000 acres to settle up with small farmers and manufacturers. On Thursday last Mr. Charles Weeks of New begun, this county, had his arm caught in his cotton gin and badly lacerated while, ginning cotton. His arm was broken above tbe wrist and his hand badly lorn and broken. J . . Raleigh News and Observer: Twenty five trustees of the proposed Female College w;re appointed by the Baptist Convention at Henderson, as fol lows: Rev W R Gwaltnev, Greensboro; Rev R R Overby, Belcross; Rev T. H Pritchard, D D, Wilmington; Rev J D Hufham, D D, Scotland Neck; Rev R T Yann, Bdenton; N B Broughton, Raleigh; Rev R H Marsh, DID, Oxford; Rev A G McManaway, Charlotte; Rev H W Battle, New Berne; Col L L Polk, Raleigh; Rev J W Carter, u u, Kaleigh; Kev a Cade, Louisburg ; Dr C A Rominger, Reidsville; Moravian Falls; W C Rev G W Greene, Petty, Manly; EK Proctor. Jr. Lumber ton; J M Curan, Oxford ; J H Liassiter, Henderson ; W G Upchurcb, Raleigh; W T Faircloth, Gtoldsboro; Dr R P Thomas; Bethlehem; D F King, Leaks ville; Rev Dr Chas E Taylor, Wake Forest; Rev J L White, Durham. The trustees will hold their first meeting in Raleigh, February lltb, to consider of fers for the location of the institution. In the case of the State against J. C Par risb. tbe Supreme Court has affirmed the judgment ot the Superior Court Parrish -was sentenced to be banged in March last on being convicted of making a criminal assault on his daugher At the expiration of thirty days, as provided by law, the Gov ernor will set the day of the execution of Parrish. J Raleigh News and Observer i The last will and testament of tbe late Chief Justice W. N. H. Smith has been propounded and admitted for probate in the ofB.ce of Judge G. D. Upcburcb. The estate is said to be worth $150,000. Mr. Charles E. Ctkbs came up on yester day morning's train from Gatesville, with the intention of surrendering himself to the sheriff of Wake county, to commence his . sentence, being under, the imprecision that the decision of the jSupreme Court of the United States wouldbe certified down im mediately. W R. Henry, Esq , of counsel for Cross and White, stopped bim at Hen derson, and sent him back home. Mr, Henry thinks that under tbe rules the man date of the Supreme Court of the United Slates will probably not issne until some time in January. Ha has other points in , the case which wlllTje-resented to the ' Supreme Court at the 'proper time. The following cases were disposed of in the Supreme Coiirt Wednesday: Morris vs. Tomlinson, from Iredell; argued by D. M. Furches and T 0 Bailey for plaintiff, and Armfibld and Turner and W. M Rob bins for the defebdant. Woodruff vs.' Bowles, from Iredell; argued by A E. Holton for plaintiff, and D, M. Furchea and W. M. Bobbins for defendant. Opin ions in the following cases were handed down yesterday: Puffer vs. Baker, from Edgecombe; opinion by Smith, C. J : no error; Russell vs. Kjoonce, from New Han over; opinion by Smith, C. J ; no error. . . Scotland Nck Democrat: The walls of the cotton factory are finished and the floor is being laid The roof will be put on at once and the building will be ready for the machinery by the first of January. Last week John Jew, a colored man, was tried in Halifax court for breaking into J, Dj Hill's restaurant, was convicted and sent tp tbe penitentiary for ten ) ear. Also Hardy Paull another col ored man from this place wjas, sent to the penitentiary for a term of years for steal ing meat. Numbers of inquiries have been made about tbe gold find in tbe Ar tesian well here, W make this statement to quiet any anticipated disappointment on tbe part of those who had hoped to get a lot in the beautiful town of Scotland Neck : While there is gold genuine too under ground here, we do not expect that the streets will be ruined or buildings torn down right away in order to complete the find It is probable, however, that the matter will be investigated, and search may be made near by. We do not know what future devel opments may be, 4 Stonewall Jackson who killed Warren Tillery about a i year ago, was last week Convicted of murder in Halifax court, and sentenced to be banged on December 16th, There were extenuat ing circumstances about tbe murder, as Tillery had beaten Jackeon's wife just be fore the murder; so there was a strong pe tition signed and sent to tbe Governor ask ing a commutation of the sentence to a term in the penitentiary. I It was signed by all the jury in the case,! by the members of the bar and other citizens. It is thought that the sentence will be commuted. V
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