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The Weekly Star. TTBIJ8HD AT Wl LMINOTON, N. C, AT YEAR, IN tl.OO A ADVANCE. .SS5SoSSSSSSSSSS SSSS8SSS8888S8SSS ggS8SSSS8S888SSis ' SSSSS8888888S8338 SSS88S8SSSS88888S S88S88S88SSS8888& 8S88888888S8S838S I I o C : : 5 - o to p - ao at o -i 25 5c Entered at the Post Office atrwumlngton, N. as Second Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Weexxv Star is as follows : Sitigle Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.00 " " 6 months ' "i .60 " " 3 month! " " .80 ITIIS TAKES GUI I'l TCD8. The negroes of the United States have a a role, and with very few exception?, beeu voting with the Re pubhom prty, partly from a sense ofjs;ra:,itudo from a mistaken belief trfit, thy ar9 indebted to the love whioli the Republican party had for their race for their emancipation. They have been led to believe that this was the issue between the North and the South, and that it was for thin tht tho North made war on the S mth. Believing this the negroes bay not uma'urally shown a dis position to follow a .party to which they think they are indebted for so much. Bat they were never more mi-taken tn their live?, and some of tht-H diyH when the' full history of tbt K"pabliotn party in its relations V the negro, and the part it took in tbf tjr-i.t vr between the S'.atef,',i n'iH!i hy an impartial hand, such of tV-oi a et-k the trath and can and i!l read 'will ee it. I'm- R pi'olein party at its very o gi.'ziM'it'i )!emn!f protected that ii u in. i in it) .hiion party, that it - t ot prt of r.B tnitfj-ioh .or par. y - to mtrft-re with davery in the Stat- whtre it existed, bat simply to pre vein the t-xterisjon of slavery into the territories of the United States wh-re it d'd not exist. They cot -Ctdtd the right of the slave hold-err- to hold undisputed posses ion of their slaves in the States where clavery was recognized and proircifd nuder the laws of the Spates and of the United States, and denied the riffht of anv one to dis- CD turb them in such possession, bat tht y claimed that the people of the ,. United States speaking through their , representatives in the halls of Con gress had the right to declare the territories free and prohibit 'by Con rgressional enactment the carrying of slaves into them. 'r. Here was the issue. Thus far the Republican party went on the slave, ry question and no further. When cnarged through the press and upon the Mump with abolition proclivities and ultimate designs of making war upon slavery in the States, they em pbatically protested against it and dem.unced it as a false accusation of tbeir political enemies. JN one among their number was more careful to keep the line of dis tinction drawn as to the actual posi tion of the Republican party on that question than Mr Lincoln, whom it iiom tiated and elected td the Presix dency in 1860, and whom the negroes worship to-day as the great eman cipator. He never was an aboli tioMst. He never believed in the tquahty of the races, socially, civilly or oiberwife, and no one more siren uouhIv opposed the advances of the abolitiotiifts iban be, and no one ever yielded more reluctantly to the pri-snuri when it fioilly came for enaancipati. n than he. During his whole t rue in offiie, he refused to listen to the appeals of the small but active band of emancipators within his party who ere laboring to shape public sentiment to that .end, and even wben it was proposed to arm the slaves who might oome within jthe federal lines in the march of the armies he opposed that, and so did the Government. In his first inaugural address speaking as President, he assured the people of the North and of the South that it would be no part of the policy of his administration to 'interfere with the ifctablisbed institutions of trie; coutt), ana that tbere was no ground fur secession based on that spprtbenriion. L ho first Congrats which met after Lis: election passed by an almost unanimous vote a resolution stating that lhere was no intention nor, pur pusB to interfere with the institution of slavery within the States,and that the war was being waged for the sole purpose of maintaining the Union of the States. 1 n... :.. u.. t3 ii; . itn; aq i,uo ncuuuuau pariy jjri testing against interfering with sla very, its first presidentelect speak- ing as rresiaeni- aoing the same thing,' and a Republican Congress passing a resolution solemnly pro testing the same. . After his election to the Presides oy, and when the South began to feel r VOL. XXI. alarmed as to future events, Mr. Lin ooln wrote to Alexander H. Stephens, between whom and himself there had been warm friendship, a letter in which he asked, "Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would directly or indirectly interfere with the slaves, or with their masters about their slaves r If they do, I wisn to a-sure you as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears." This was the way Mr. Linooln felt about it and the way he con tinued to feel about it until under pressure of an active few and in the excitement of war he signed, against bis own judgment, convictions and solemn pledges, the emancipation proclamation,not is something which was right, and with the sanction of law, but as a military necessity. So the negroes are indebted for eman cipation not to the loVe of Mr. Lin coln or of he Republican party for them but to military necessity. They owe nothing to the friendship of the Republican party, not even the right of suffrage, for that was not con ferredupon thorn out of considera tion for them, but. to keep, through the votes thus created, the Republi can, party in power. WHI IT IS THE PEOPLE'1 FIGHT. That portion of the American peo ple who earn tbeir living by the la bor of hand or brain, as distinguish ed from those whose income is squeezed out of some one else, have been for some time coming to the conclusion that it is time for them to be looking after themselves, and put ting a stop to the one sided game in legislation wbicn has been squeezing everything out of them and giving them nothing in return. Hence the growing demand for tariff reform, and the sentiment which is taking such a deoided stand on the trust It is the fight of the people, the toiling masses of town and ooun try, shop and farm, against the tew who have been enriched through the instrumentality of discriminating, favoring legislation, by tribute forced out of the many. It is not surprising that there should be an uprising of the people, the working people, who earn their bread by their daily labor, against this species of legislation and its out growths. The surprising thing is that the uprising was so long com- lner. isut it takes time to uneducate people out of errors into which they have been educated, and sometimes the convincing arguments of experi ence must be brought to bear as has been the case in this country, where for years thousands upon thousands of deluded toilers have been march ing np to the; ballot-box and sup. porting with their ballots the very systems against which they are now so vigorously and effectively pro testing. It is not surprising that the toiling masses should oe demanding a change in this grinding system of favoritism, demanding the throttling of the trust, for it is upon them the burden weighs heaviest, the tribute most crushing. It is upon the consumer the burden of taxation tails whether it be im posed by the ' Government, in the interest of a monopoly or by a trust ir epired by instatiate greed, it is a tax alii the same, and it crushes all the same. The poorer the man is, however light the burden, the hard er is to bear. The rich or even the moderately well off people might regard the tariff duties upon the ar ticles which they buy, or the enhan ed price upon them imposed by trunts an insignificant matter, be cuse being in comfortable circum fiances they oao easily afford to pay without suffering or embarasment,but to the man who by the daily labor of his bands earns the bread and clothes that he and his wife and children eat or wear, it is a different and a very serious matter. The government, io the interest of favored manufacturers, puts a tariff duty on woollen goods, on cotton goods, on sugar, on salt, on table ware, tin ware, kitchen utensils, on ne.rlv everything, in tact, wmon enters into the domestic economy The rich man or the man in comfort able circumstances does not feel it, but the wage-earner, who out of his small daily wages must house, feed, clothe and keep warm his household does feel it, and despite his efforts, while- he has toiled like a galley slave, lived soberly, stinted himself, and economized as well as he knew how, he finds himself at the end of the year no better off, if as well off, than he was at the beginning, a large portion of his hard earnings having gone to swell the profits and the bank accounts of the favored few for wLom the tariff tribute was levied upon him. This is the experience, the bitter experience, of the thousands of toil ers in this country to-day, whether they earn their living by the labor of the hand in the shop or on the farm. They are simply the "hewers of wood and drawers of water," who toil and 1 HE sweat to produoe and make for the benefit of the elects who "toil not, neither do they spin," but are arrayed io fine clothes, live like lords and ride in fine vehicles behind fat, sleek horses, driven. by coachmen better dressed, better paid, better housed and better fed than ninety nine out of a hundred of the honest, hard working toilers of this great demo cratic country, who have made it the mighty, rich and great Repnblio which it is. It is time that the bur dens should be lifted from the shoul ders of the toilers, and that this odious, onerous, discriminating legis lation against them in favor of the rich should cei'Be. STATE TUP1CS. The Asheville Democrat heartily endorses the suggestion made and several times repeated in the Stab, that we should have a State exposi tion of the mineral and other natu ral resources of North Carolina, and also agrees with us in the advisabili ty of a geological survey of the State. Both of thseare important matters, and if carried out would result in adding much value to pro perty in our mineral bearing dis tricts, and also be the means of lead ing to the investment of much mo ney in our mineral properties. The developments of every day give ad ditional reasons for the establishment of a geological survey. The Asheville Citizen is doing a good work 'for the mountain coun try bf the clever descriptive articles and others exhibiting the attractions resources, progress and poesi ilities of the western portion of the State. The people of the country doubtless appreciate the clever and valuable work thus down, for they are the gainers by it. That the work is val uable cannot'be doubted for sufficient evidence is fnrnishedby the new en terprise which are carried out, and the rapid growth of the mountain city, Io this good work the Citizen ha the hearty co-operation of the Journal and Democrat. An old fellow in Iiidianapoli, Ind., went rummaging . around in the garret, stepped on the ceiling and went through astraddle of a joist. His wife was underneath, thought a burglar was coming down, grabbed the old man by the heels and hollowed for dear life until the neighbors came to the rescue, and the situation was discovered. The old lady never expected to see her husband come down by that near out. Tom Reed, of Maine, proved too much of a hustler for the other Re publican candidates for Speaker of the House. His pole knocked the caucus persimmon yesterday, which means, of course, that he is to be Speaker. Tom is said to enjoy a joke immensely, and he doubtless enjoys this joke on the other boys, which tbev don't relish half as much as he does. He is about as good as any in the bunch. Mrs. Mary lhurman Coles, a daughter of Hon. Allen G. Thar- man, has recently been divoroed from her husband, Lieut. Coles, of the United States navy, on the ground of desertion. He didn't de Bert the navy, but deserted her, and she alleges not only failed to pro vide for her, but drew on her allow ance from her father for his spend. log money. He is a nice ornament for the navy. The Cincinnati Commercial Ga zette, Murat Halstead a paper, re- maiks that the Ohio Legislature is up for sale to the highest bidder, for a seat in the U. S. Senate. This does not come with a good grace from a man who was a candidate for the Senate, but whose hopes were blight' ed by the election of a Democratic Legislature. Murat should have let somebody else say that. Richard Wagner is said to have succeeded in furnishing the German vocabulary with a new phrase "Die Goetterdaemmmerung," which means the deepest kind of silence. If a fellow wentVBhoutmg for that kind of silence in Boston he would ran the ritk of being locked np for cus sing. It is reported that Gladstone ls.to be offered a peerage. This would be a descent, not an ascent. The "Grand Old Man" has no use tor anything as small as a peerage. He is the great peerless now. Making him a peer would not make him greater. A report oomes from La Crosse Wis., that an old man was lynched by members of his family because he was so cross that living with him was unpleasant. This was an effective way to cure crossness but xx, was rather rough on the old man. Senators Manderson and Farwell have both declared against civil ser vice, Manderson has teen mad ever Binoe he had to refund that re-rated pile, and Farwell ever sinoe the hieves got away with that grip-sack filled with applioationa for office. w EEK L Y WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, Fatal AeettfenU - Maurlee Howard, a sixteen-year old colored boy, son of Dah Howard, ex jailor of New Hanover eounty, was accidentally shot and killed last Thursday afternoon, at a shooting match near Green's mill-pond, just beypnd the city limits. The gun, a breech-loader, from which the fatal shot was fired, was in the hands of Mr. Wm. Rivenbark, who had just put in a cartridge and was arranging the chamber preparatory to firing at the target, when the piece was acci dentally discharged, the shot striking young Howard in tne neao ac me lower part of his left ear and killing him instantly. Mr .Alderman at once went to the City Hall and reported the unfortunate occurrence . to the Chief of Police, and the body of the colored boy was removed his father's home on Sixth near Mulberry streets- "Yesterday morning an inqust was held by uoroner jacoos at the " City -Hall. . Four wit nesses were examined H. H. Gels chen, A. D. Murray, Dawson Quince and Henry Lane. They were all standing within a few feet of the par ties when the accident occurred. Mr. Gieschen testified that Mr. Rivenbark was loading his; gan; had pat in a cartridge, and was bringing, the parts of the gun together; the plunger did not work smoothly--the gun being a new one and pressed too hard against the' cartridge, ' causing it to explode. It was altogether an accident. The testimony of the other witnesses was to the same effect, and the jury rendered a verdict in ac cordance with the facts, that de ceased came to his death by the ac cidental discbarge of a shot-gun in the hands of Mr. Wm. Rivenbark. The funeral of the boy took place yesterday afternoon from St. Stephen's A. M. Jbj. Church, and was attended by a large number of color ed people. Mr. Rivenbark was present, accompanied by several of his friends. The members of the jury were Elijah Lane, foreman, I. H. Weill, F. P. Williston, L. P. Thomas, Jno. H. Brown and Jno. H. Turner. la Dl.trea. The sohooner ,H. 8. Wiruhip. from Charleston, S. C , to Alexandria, Va., with a cargo of phosphate rock, was towed into this port yesterday by the tug Alexander Jones. The schooner sprang aleai at sea soon after leav ing Charleston, and the crew had to wort night and day to keep the vessel afloat. When' she reached Wilmingtonyesterdaythe men were so nearly exhausted that the harbor boat Marie was signalled to render assistance. The Marie ranged along side the schooner, and with the aid of her powerful steam pumps kept the vessel afloat. The Winship Is con signed to Messrs. Geo. Harries, Sons & Co. She will have to dischaige her cargo for repairs. Guanine Accident William Westermann, the sixteen year old son of Mr. H. Westermann, was shot with his own gan Thursday last on Wrightsville Sound. He was getting into a boat from the railroad trestle near the Hammocks and the gun striking against some of the tim bers was discharged, the load of bird shot lacerating his right arm from the elbow to the wrist. His companions took him back to Wrightsville, where he was placed in a vehicle and brought to the city. The wound is a serious one, but fortunately no bones were broken. The Cotton Seed OU Work The cotton seed oil mill just beyond the city limits, near Hilton, is ready for business and will begin operations next Tuesday er Wednesday. The machinery was all in place and the workmen were giving the finishing touches to it yesterday. The mill is one of the best in the country. It is equipped with machinery of the most kind, has its own electric light plant and every safe -guard to prevent loss or injury to property. Fire hydrants with hose attached are placed at con venient points within the grounds and watchmen are employed who guard the place day and night. Good Work. 1 The steamer Guy Colin, Capt. Leach, was: cleared yesterday by Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Son with the large cargo of 7,625 bales of co; ton, weighing 3.705,623 pounds, and valued at $370,664. being 2 533 pounds to the ton register; and beating the cargo of the! Lochmore fifty pounds to the ton register. The work was done by the Champion Press. The Guy Colin took 6 450 bales from Charleston. S. C, and 6,350 bales from Galveston. This speaks well for Wilmington and the Cham pion Compress. New Bnaincac fcmerpiLe. The Gleaves Hardware Company has been organized and will shortly begin business in this city, with Mr. Berry Gleaves as president and Col. P. W. Kerchner secretary and trea surer. The company will occupy the Hey er building on North Water street, and propose to do a wholesale bus! ness entirely. Mr. Gleaves, the pre, sident, has gone North to purchase goods for the trade. Rev. W. M. Kennedy. Rev. W. M. Kennedy returned to the city last evening from Riley's Creek, where he has been holding a meeting of much interest. Mr. Ken nedy has been pastor of that church for thirty-four years, and the mutual feeling between pastor and people is pleasant indeed. The pastor was en tertained by Mr. Micks, of Warsaw, a part of the time. Quite a number of persons professed conversion. Foreign Exports Yesterday. Mr. John W. Bolles cleared the Nor wegian barque Runer for Bowling, Scotland, with 4.307 barrels rosin, val ued at $4,830. Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. cleared the Norwegian barque Buner for Hull, Eng., with 150 casks spirits turpentine and 3,030 , barrels rosin, valued at $6,560. tsUU'lU VAJtOLtlHA.. Gov. Blcnardson's Annual ncsaaae and Recommendations to toe Legis lature. ' Columbia. Nov. 27 Gov. Richardson submitted bis annual message to the L?gis lature to-day. - Concerning the settlement of the State debt (known as the "Brown consols," amounting to about $600,000. bearirie 6 ner cent, interest, payable semi-annually, and ... - T . tnAn x . i a maturing juiy, lovt ) me uavetnor sug gests that the Legislature pass an act au thorizing tbe issue of bonds and etocas, in- lercn&Dgeaoie one for the other, as is the case with the Brown consols, bearing four per cent, per annum, payable semi-an nually m such amount as can be exchanged for Brown console, said bonds and stock to be issued during the year 1890. and to ma ture in fifty years As an inducement to the holders of the Brown consols to ex change them for four per cent, bonds, the governor suegeBta that the Treasurer bs authorized to pay the difference in in terest from the date of execution up to tbe date of tbe ' maturity of . the Brown consols, which is July 1873. in Ci8b, and if new bonds cannot he ex changed at par. then to authorize them to be exchanged at a lesi sum, but in no case less than 97 per 100 The. difference be tween the sum for which the new bonds are sold and the par value should also be paid in cash from the fund appropriated for the purpose, as it would make tbe new bonds and stock more desirable as an in vestment, if prompt and certain payment of interest was assured. Tbe Governor reccommends that in ad - dition to the guarantee now by the State to secure payments of principal and interest of tbe crown consols, that the phosphate royalty received by the State, be pledged to and set apart for that purpose. This royalty yieided to tbe State last year $313 000, a sum nearly equal to the whole amount of annual interest of the proposed new issue of securities. The supply of phosphates is practically inexhaustible and the demand for it in a crude state, as well as for the manufactured ' products by the agricultural industry of the world, is grow ing daily. In regard to the popular agitation now in progress for separate accommodations for whites and blacks on railroad trains, tbe Governor says: "It is a matter of general information that in response to au urgent public de mand, several of the railroads entering Co -lumbia provided separate but equal ac commodations for passengers of tbe two races during the recent State Fair, and that tbe experiment proved notably suc cessful, causing no friction or complaint, but. conducing instead in an eminent degree to the pleasure and comfort of excursion ists. There is no reason why this tempo rary regulation should not be made perma nent, to the joint advantage of railroads and the travelling public. The intermix ture of passengers of both races in the same railroad coaches or compartments, is fre quently , attended by unpleasant inci dents which could be prevented by the provision of separate accommoda tions, and to this accommodations being made tonal in character there could be no objection by thoughtful persons of either race 'I cons der it my duty to present these considerations to the General Assembly for such action as may be deemed advisable and proper, and to urge that as a preliminary step to "be settlement of this pressing ques tion, the general statutes be carefully amended in order that common carriers may he relieved of the disabilities under which they have been placed by those who no longer represent the State, and that the reform wbich is demanded by public senti ment may not be further impeded.' The law which the Governor desires to have amended is the civil rights law, enact ed by tbe Republicans previous to 1876, and which declares that any corporation making discrimination in the matter of ac commodations, etc., on account of race or color, shall forfeit its chatter. Under tbe head of "Militia ths Gover nor makes the following recommendations: '1 would earnestly bung to sour attention the propriety of collecting for preservation the battered battle-flags of companies, bat talions and regiments of the Bute . 1 bese signs represent tbe honor and valor of our people, ana the State should take care that they are reverently preserved as honorable memorials of tbe gallant and self-sacritJc-iug dovotlon of her sons. Let her request the veterans of the Confederate Army and Navy to send the batlle-tcarred nags to tbe Inspector General's department, to be carefully preseived in the Capitol in ap propriate cases, wnerc they will bear silent testimony to the heroism with wbich the sons of South Carolina'1 vindicated her ho nor and the self-sacrifice with which they laid down their lives in her defence. I re commend a special appropriation to carry out this suggestion and secure the safety and preservation of tbe nags." MARIS JS DISASTER. An Unknown Steamer Wrecked Near Lout Brancn Fonr Iiivea Lost. New York, Nov. 27. The following dispatch was received here from Sandy Hook at 8:47 p. m. "The Xue Having Station at Long Branch reports that a steamer came ashore near the West End Hotel, Long Branch, at 6 p. m Eleven drowned.four saved, Tha vessel has gone to piecas. Sahdt Hook. Nov. 27, 10 80 p. m.. The vessel wrecked at Long Branch proves not to be a steamer, as previously reported. It is a German barque, loaded with empty oil barrels and rags. Eleven of the crew were drowned, and four were saved. The name of the barque has not yet been as certained. ROBBING THtS MAILS. A Tennessee Postmaster Arrested ror RlfllDC Letters. Chattahogga, Nov. 27 Granville, K. Young, asbiBtant postmaster at Rugby, Tenn., was arrested yesterday by tr. u. in spector Laird and brought to this city for trial on the charge or rining letters passing through bis office. A short time ago two through registered letteis, addressed to Louisville and fenyck, Hy., were round, on arrival at their destination, to have been nfled of their contents, amounting to $165. The matter was reported, and Young's ar rest followed. He waived examination. was bound over to the Federal Curt, and. in default of $3,000 bail, is now in jail here. postal Thieves, Two Colored Clerks In tbe Cnarlotta Office 4 augnt Robbing tbe malls. Chaklotte. Nov. 27. John William Brown and William S. Henderson, two col ored clerks in the postofflce here, were ar rested to-dav bv nostomce inspectors Brown for rifling registered letters, and Henderson for rifling ordinary letters, Tbere have been numerous complaints oi rntriRtered letters beinz rifled while in tran sit in North Carolina since October 1st, and UDon investigation tbe trouble was located at the Charlotte office. The inspectors have been watching Brown and tlender son for the last three nights, and say thfiv saw them both in the act of robbing the mails. A preliminary bearing was held before tne unitea Btaiee ucmuiwsiouer, and the parlies were held to await the ac tion of the grand jury oi the united oiaies court. The accused are wen Known ne groes, Brown being secretary of the coun ty Republican committee. They were ap- nointed clerks tn the nostomce June 1st, One of the letters opened by Henderson was addressed to John wanamaker, rails delphia. .. Hillsboro Observer-. The col ored people in the neighborhood of tbe depot were very much excited last Sunday nioht over the suicide of John Moore, a colored boy, aged about 15 yearss Sunday he complained of being unwell. He gave his hat to a colored man and told him to take it, as he would have no further use for it, as he intended to kill himself that night. About 8 o'clock he went out into me yara, and nlaced a seven-shooter pistol against his left breast and pulled the trigger. The ball lodged in the region of tbe heart, and the hoy feu dead. TAR 1889. THJS A.I-JVA PIKE. Loss Estimated at $5,000,000-KI:nl Tnonsand Working Faople Tnrown - Oat of Employment. Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star. Boston, Nov. 27 Mr.. John C Pake has made a careful personal examination of the burned district in Lynn, and finds the losses of the companies of which he is U. 8. Manager to be Imperial Fire Insur ance Company, of London, $30,000 to $35,000; Citv of London Fire Insurance Company, $35,000 to $10,000. Prominent manufacturers are now of opinion that the total loss will reach nearly $5,000,000. The number of build ings burned were 296. of which 46 were brick blocks, 108 wooden buildings used for business purposes, and 143 dwellings occupied by 164 families. The number of laboring people thrown out of work is es timated at 8.000. Lynn, Mass.. Nov. 27. Revised figures of the buildings destroyed so far as known are: 43 brick buildings, 112 wooden stores and factories, and 143 dwelling houses; 162 families are homeless, and 87 shoe manu facturing establishments are wiped out. The city to-day is well patrolled by mili tia, six companies, 250 men in all, being on duty. Men are stationed at the entrances of the ruined streets, barring all approach to tbe burned district. Guards are stationed at stores that are but partially cleaned out. to prevent thieves from taking what is left. No one is permitted to pass tbe guards with out a permit from the city clerk. Through associated charities many families were f ur nished lodging last night in rooms hired at lodging and dwelling houses, and rations of hot soup, crackers andj bread are being served to all in need of food. Ab soon as some plan for assistance can be devised the work of providing for the destitute families will progress rapidly. As yet no fatalities have been reported, wbich is a pleasing feature of the terrible conflagration. At 2 o'clock this morning the' Are appa ratus from Boston and otber places out of town limbered up and took their departure. Every train brings hundreds of visitors to view the ruins. Nearly all the leading business men are waiting for the bricks to cool, and specifications for new buildingi are, at this writing, in order. On the site of many of the principal bu siness offices may be found small wooden structures with their signs out The Lynn Daily Item was tbe first to erect its little seven by nine office on the site of its former office, with tbe sign, . "Daily Item Office. All Ready for Business," At 12.20 o'clock p. m Mayor Newhall called to order a meeting in the room of the Mayor of those citizeDS desirous of aiding tbe sufferers. Tbere were present between fifty and sixty of Lynn's most prominent men. Telegrams offering assistance in cash or anything else, were received from the mayors of Boston, Lawrence. Havrehill and Brockton, and a number of neighboring towns. A commit tee was appointed to go over tbe ground and make a report of tbe probable loss, the number of people deprived of employment, and the length of time that would elapse bef ore they could again get to work. Manufacturers who have been burned out will scatter to surrounding towns and will be some time in finding shops, so that the demand for stock and machinery will be gradual. As the shoe trade manufac turers were making many spring goods, but were shipping from day to day, not a very large stock of manufactured shoes was burned. F. W. Breed, who lost the largest of his three factories says: "Most of the manufacturers.will rebuild here, and before many months we shall see the city as pros perous as before the fire. Boston, Nov. 27 The Lynn Are ap parently caused but little stir among tbe shoe and leatner men at tbe .Boston .Ex change to-day, though it was a fruitful theme for conversation. The general im pression seemed to be that tbe Are would cause little disturbance in the boot and shoe or leather market. A meeting of citizens was held this af ternoon, Mayor Hart presiding, to take ac tion for the relief of sufferers by the Lynn tire. A relief committee, consisting of a number of prominent citizens, was appoint ed and $5,050 was subscribed on the 6pot. THE HAS Tl AGO. Arrival of tbe Burned steamer's Crew and Passengers at New York A Graphic Aecount of tbe Burning of tbe Vessel. By Telegraph to the Homing Star. New Yokk, November 27. The fifty- nine persons rescued from the steamer San tiago were landed at the Barge Office dock to- day. In addition to the captain and crew of fifty-four there were four passengers. Hiving seen that his crew had been pro vided for, Capt. Potter went to the office of the agents of tbe lost vessel, Sanderson S Son, and made the following statement: 'We sailed from New York on tbe 17th inst.; two days later. November 19;b, 283 miles outside of Sandy Hook, a fresh south east gale came up. The barometer was falling At 4.20 o'clock p. m. one of the crew discovered smoke curling up from between the seams and butts of the poop deck, near the mizzen mast. Smoke was also 6een to issue a few minutes later from under the tarpaulines, over Nos. 7 and 8 hatches, where cotton was stored. We at once set to work to discover tbe exact locality of the fire. Removing the hatch covers smoke poured out in volumes. The ship's fire hose was set to work, and for hours water was sent down upon the smouldering cotton. We discovered that the fire extended from one side to the other of the steamship. There seemed to be no let up to the quantity of smoke coming up from tbe hatch, despite the volume of water we poured down, and finally I or dered the deck planking torn away. There were some seen through the smoke, and to lessen tbe draft put the steamer before the wind. At 5 80 p. m. tbe vessel came to a standstill, her steering gear having been burned away. The flames now shot out from aft the engine room. At a quar ter before 7 o'clock that evening the fire had eaten into the beams of tbe deck, and the deck fell in. : I then saw there was no hope of saving tbe vessel, and ordered the lire boats swung. Dark ness had come on by this time and a high sea was running. The ' ship listed. We manned the boats with difficulty, and I di rected the men in control of each to re main by the vessel until day broke. As the last man was leaving the burning steam ship the mainmast went by tbe board, ow ing to the severity of the gale and high sea. I saw it was dangerous to remain by the vessel and subsequently countermanded the previous order, and we pulled away from tbe vessel to avoid foundering. During our preparations to embark, 189 head of cattle on the steamer were cut loose, and before we got away from the vessel many of the poor beasts had jumped overboard to avoid the Aames. Their bellowings and moans were heartrending. The rematnder of the Captain's state ment relates to the rescue of the ship wrecked people, by the A. J. Fuller. Throughout the excitement on the Santia go tbe woman passenger, Mrs unignr, be haved heroically. HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS. iriucb Anxiety Felt for bis Physical Condition TJnable to Take Nourish ment. New Orleans, Nov. 80. Hon. Jeffer. son Davis' medical adviser, Dr. C. J. Bick ham. last night reported that Mr. Davis' condition had improved over that of Thurs day, but the anxiety on behalf of the dis tinguished patient is not by any means re moved. Any danger that may be appre hended arises not so much from the com plaint he is suffering under, as from his inability to receive nourishment. A life spent in brushing clothes, and washing crockery, and sweeping floors a life which the proud of the earth would have treated as the dust under their feet a life spent at tbe clerk's desk, a life spent in tbe narrow shop, a life spent in the laborer's hut, may yet be a life so ennobled by God's loving mercy that for the sake of it a king might gladly yield his crown. Canon Farrar, 7T I NO. 4 GREAT FARE IN BOSTON. Over Two Acres of ".Territory But ntd Loss Estimated at $10,000,000. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Boston, Nov. 28 The first fire alarm rung in to-day was immediately followed by the first general alarm in Boston since 1872. To-day's onfiagration raged for six hours, and burned over two acres of terri tory covered by magnificent structures, and the loss is now estimated at $10 000.000. The fire was discovered by a letter carrier, who noticed flames bursting from the top of the Brown building, in which it origina ted. This letter carrier notified the near est police officer, who rang in the hrst alarm. As soon as Chief Webster, of the Protective Department arrived, it became apparent that a long, hard fight was before the department, and a general alarm was sent out, and this was soon followed by calls upon all the neighboring cities and towns for assistance. The flames were soon pouring from all of the windows and -the roof of tbe Brown building, and at 8 45 they had spread to the Shoe and Leather Exchange building, another large granite structure adjoining Brown, Durrell & Co,, on Bedford street. From both buildings flames swept in great masses across Bedford. street to the opposite corner, thence across King-Ssar street along Bedford to Chaun cey street, where it was stopped in the store of Farley, Harvey & Co., the upper stories of which were burned. Three stores along Chauncey street towards Summer were burned. On the south side of Bedford street tbe flames jumped across Kingston street from a hot blaze from Brown, Durrell & Co. to a big sand-stone building, owned by F L. Ames, and occu pied by Taylor Brothers, and this was consumed. Tbe great granite building known as the Neerus Block, at the corner of Chauncey street, was the next victim for the flames, and the entire block clear around the Rowe Place .to Kingston street was consumed. Crossing Chauncey street, the fire soon had a good head of all the stores which are enclosed in Exeter Place, a small street running from Harrison Avenue to Chauncey street. Here the firemen got control. At Rowe Place the fire was partially checked from going to ward E;sex street, but quickly moved toward the opposite side to the im mense Allen & Lariabee buildings, occupying tbe square between Bedford street and Harrison avenue extension, and Execter Place at which point their further progress was checked. ' " The following is a complete lfct of the shoe and leather Arms burned out; those not otherwise designated, carrying only samples: C E. Aldrtch & Co.,Farmington; N. H Appleton Shoa Company, Marlboro; W . F. Barrett & Co , Randolpn ; Alpheua Batts, East Wej mouth ; W. C. Bricn, shoe company: carried a stock of goods in store; Bunton & Co., Capeland & Hartwell, Brockton; John S. Fogge & Co , Brockton, South Weymouth, Mass., Concord stock- and Farmington, N H , carried of shoes in store; Frank S. Gae, Haverhill; J. W, Hart & Company, Weymouth; L. P. Hawlin &' Company, Portland; Howard & Foster, Brockton: W. Iveson & Co.; I. N Keith & Co.. Elm wood: S. Keith & Co., jobbers; Lvnn Boot and 8 ipper Co.; H. I. Marshall, Brockton; Adolpb Meyer & Co., carried stock in store; George H. Nichols, Haverhill; J A. Parker & Co., Marlboro; B. J. Patton, Lynn; Perkins & Joyce, Brockton; Joshua H. Putnam, Beverly; Rogers & Webber, Lynn; Riyce & Qoff. carried stock of rubber goods and slippers; Slim-son-Stevenson Shoe Manufacturing Co.; W' R Tenny, jobbers; L W. Tyler, Manufacturing agent; WVker & Brown; Worcester; Wooceocket Rub ber Co. . carried stock of rubber goods; Myron Woodbury, Beveriy. boot and ehce findings, Brockton L?sl Co ; Herbert & Rtpp Co.: National Thread C .; O. O. Patton & Co.; Brockton Shoe Manufactur ing tools; Blakely burnishing machine ;Geo H. Clark; Duprey & Qtiage; Sboe Finding Machine Company; Wheeler & Cummicge, Woodward & Wright. Boston, Nov. 29. Two more firemen, Miehael Milman, driver, and John Brooks, pipeman of hose, are reported missing this morning and are supposed to be in the ruins of the Brown and Durrell building. Boston, Nov. 29. At the banks there is very little apprehension of any serious results from the fire, as foreign companies which lose beavtly are prompt payers. In deed, it is thought the immediate result will be favorable to the money ma: kef. As one banker said: "Burning up of stocks and merchandise is in effect a ;sale of them to insurance companies for cash, and will result in a short time in throwing a great deal of cash into our banks. Most of tbe insurance losses are made by Er.g',ish Companies, as in the case of the Lvnn Sre. and as the companies have no bal ances here much new money must come from abroad. The assessed value of destroyed build ings is $796,000. The individul losses as a rule are men abundantly able to stand it. Tbe electric clock in Cortlev & Co.'s banking house stopped at 6.85 p. m. Wed nesday. Tbe janitor and janitress, who were in the building at the time, saw the clock . burn out. The appearance of the phenomena was as a ball of fire. This would seem to indicate that the fire started in the Jordan, Marsh & Co. building Wed nesday, and smouldered all night. Insurance companies are likely to profit by the fire in the long run, as the demon stration that so-called fire-proof buildings are not Ore-proof is, likely to result in pro perly being Insured more nearly up to its full value Tbe aggregate losses of ins surance companies as reported by tbe agencies is $3,543,220. The following are among tne neaviest losers of insurance companies: Liverpool, London and Globe, England, $137,000; Royal, England, $184,000; Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia, $99,350. The wholesale warehouse business of Boston is with a single exception wiped out, but the firms will resume business as Boon as suitable quarters are secured. ATLANTA. A Promised Sensation Relative Baptist Faator. By Telegraph to the Homing Star. to a Atlanta, Ga., November 28. A sensa tion is promised in an investigation into the recoid of W. R. Dale, paBtor of the Seventh Baptist Church, of this city Official steps have not yet been taken, but several of Dale's brother preachers are quietly looking into the case. A well known printer, named John George, and a oooK-Keeper named John M. tsbeiiy, both respectable men, positively identify .Dale as J. U. tL Nutall, a printer and silversmith. wno formerly lived at Charlotte and Dal Iae, N. C, and who was charged by the papers with having deserted his family to elope with a young girl named Katie Rol linsor Rawlins. Dale vigorously denies the charge, and T. J. Fetzer, a prominent merchant, who knew Nut&ll, says be does not think Dale is the same man, FEARFUL EXPLOSIONS. Mtro-Glyeerlne at Oil City and Battery of Boilers at Hazieton Several Persons Killed. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. On, City, Pa., November SO. Five tons of mtro-glycerine, in process of being un loaded from a boat into a magazine, ex ploded to-day and killed three boys, who approached tne Doat in the absence of tbe workmen. Tbe boat was moored near aa ice house, a building 800 feet square, which was reduced to Kindling wood. . windows in the postofflce and depot, two miles away, were shattered by tbe shock. The bodies of two of the boys have been found. Hazlbton, Pa, , Nov. SO. This morn ing three boilers of a nest of twenty-one exploded with terrinc force at ureases No. 4, at Jeacsville. Fireman George Peacock, aged 2d was burned to a crisp. The build ing is a total wreck, catching fire after the explosion, and was extinguished with great difficulty. One of tbe boilers was blown 200 yards, grazing the corners of a house in its flight, the inmates of which were in bed. The cause of tbe explosion is un known, there being no one around the building at the time but the fireman. Spirits Turpentine. Wilson Advance'. Several hun ed negroes left Wilson Monday for Mis sissippi. We regret to learn that F. H. Cutcbin & Bro., of Whitakers, have as signed to W. T. Bras well. ! 5 .. Mount Olive Telegram'. The white people who intended exodustlng last week became disgusted and gave up the idea of going. They have settled down and decided to remain in the "Old North State." .. Raleigh News tznd Observer'. A petition for the pardon of Samuel C. White is being circulated. It was reported yesterday that several hundred signatures had been secured. Gov. Fowle has refused to interfere in behalf of Matthew Banks, who is to be hanged in Pasquo tank on the 29th inst. for a criminal assault upon a white lady. Charles Fossett, colored, has been arrested and jailed for burglarizing the house of J. N Roachel on Sunday night. It is learned here that vK n . ... i. -. . r . . i i . iuo Biumauu 01 iuurtun, too man wno IS supposed to have been poisoned at Wades- analysis. It was first sent to tbe State chem ist here and was returned under the recent act relieving the State chemist of the work of analyzing stomachs supposed to contain poison. . . Monroe Register; A drove of Tennessee hogs was brought to this town a ' few days ago, and some of our citizens have provided themselves with pork. Tbe people are about through sowing wheat and oats. A large prop has been sown and a good stand obtained. Six children were brought to the county poor house last Monday. Their parents had deserted them. Tbe oldest is about eight years of rge, and the youngest is not able to walk. They do not even know their sir-name. The oldest boy says he thinkB it ia Shine. A burglary was committed in Monroe Tues day night. The drug store of Messrs. Mc Larty & HelmB was broken into and soma articles of small value were stolen, includ ing some knives and razors. An entrance was effected by breaking one of the plate- glass doors and crawling through. .Charlotte Chronicle: A stock company with a capital of $500,000 has re cently teen organized to mioe and work inra ore at auu near n.iog a jriountam, in this State. The company have bought and leased together 30.000 acres of land around King's Mountain ; and it will soon erect a furnace there. There are several millions aires in the company. Wm. Wharton, Jr., is President. The directors are Thomas White. A. P. White. E. M. White and James M. Cole. The last named is a North Carolinian who begin life without future . or favor and who has gradually worked himself into prominence and worthy suc cess. A car load of white emigrants. bound for Arkansas, passed through tbe city last night. There were about forty, tbe majority of them being from Union county. . New Berne Journal: Mr. J. M. Patrick, a very social and cultured gentle man from Lenoir institute. Lenoir county. is in the city for a week or two visiting relatives. Mr. Patrick brought with him an ear of corn, the variety of which is des tined to become extensively used. He also has a sample of the corn ground into what appears to be a medium quality of flour. Wben kneaded, it has all . the adheaivenea of wheaten flour, and when baked it can . scarcaly be betected from the best biscuit. Mr. Patrick does not claim that it equals the finest flour, but says that it is a good substitute for the average flour used and that in swamp lands this corn is very pro lific He thinks it should be introduced especially in the counties of Pamlico, Beau fort and My do wbere wheat does not thrive on account of the rust. . Charlotte News: Mr. Arohibald Brady, postmaster at Charlotte, has ap pointed Mr. Willis Pecram to a position in tbo office here. Passengers who came in on the trains to-day report that between Salisbury and China Grove the ground iB slightly covered with snow. There was a lively fall of snow yesterday at Rutherfordton, and the mountains are white; The Thanksgiving contribu tion by the Tryon street Baptist Church to tbe orphanage at Thomasville amounted to about $30, The two Presbyterian Churches raised f 128 for the Presbyterian Home in Charlotte. r The case of Rev. A. G. Gaunt, with whose name some very un pleasant rumors have been circulated, as mentioned in the JXews a few days ago, is to be investigated by a committee at the Conference in Greensboro this week. Mr. Gaunt maintains stoutly that he is alto gether innocent of the charges and claims that it is the work of malicious enemies. His church board has declared him inno cent. .Raleigh Call : This morning J. P. Davis, charged with the murder of Mr. John Horton in Chatham county last week, was brought here by Deputy Sheriff Taylor, and put in jail for safe keeping, -Five more recruits to tbe penitentiary this morning three from Rowan county and two from Halifax. This morning tbe Oak City Blues, the colored military organization of this city was ordered to dis band for failure to comply with the require ments of the State Guard law. It is said that the exodus depleted tbe membership of the company to such an extent that a sufficient number could not be gotten together for inspection. This morning the State Auditor s offlce was very busily engaged in signing and sealing about four thousand pension warrants Tor the disabled confed erate soldiers and widows of deceased sol diers of the State. All the warrants will be pnt in the postofflce on Saturday. This year each pensioner gets $7 65. Last year the amount for each was $8.25. The de crease is owing to the increased number of pensioners during the post year. , . Raleigh Visitor: Mr. Beverly D. Smith, who formerly resided and was well known here, but who now resides in Columbia, S. C, was arrested in that city yesterday by detectives, and placed in prison. He is charged with having com mitted a murder in the State of Indiana in January last. At that time Mr. Smith was woraing at nis trade the jewelry business in tbe store at tbe corner of Wilmington ana aargeti streets. Bicce , writing tbe above we learn that Mr. Smith was arrest ed last Saturday night and released yester day on telegram sent by Mr, W. T. Wood ward, of this city. Quite a large num ber of emigrants paesed through the citv on Saturday night last from the eastern part of the State, bound for Mississippi. An other large crowd will leave this city and vicinity to-morrow night for the same State. Logan, eldest son of Mr. J. C. L. Harris, has been appointed as page in the United States Senate at a salary of $75 per month. Tbe many friends here and elsewhere will regret to hear of the death of Mrs. Dr. J. B. Bobbitt. She passed quietly away at the residence of her husband, corner of Hargett and Dawson streets, at 8 80 o'clock last Dight,fafter a long and lingering illness. She was aged about 51 years, and leaves a devoted hus band and three affectionate sons to mourn her death, ... Statesville Landmark: Dr. L. Harrill, who returned lat week from a trip to Wilkes, reports the opening of a telegraph office at Elkin, The road from Winston toward Wilkesuorois finished to Ararat river, 17 miles east of Elkin, and graded 8 miles west of Elkin. Ac cording to the best of our information the cotton crop of this county is at least two thirds short of a fair average crop. This failure of the crop is making business dull in town and causing scarcity of money among the farmers, with the prospect of still greater stringency next spring. The latest information from Dock Daniels, the young man who was shot by his father, George Daniels, in Gwaltney township. Alexander couoty, on the 16th, is to the ef fect that be is improving and is now ex pected to get welL It is being said that the revenue agents have the ear of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and that they have In some matters balked the col lector of this district. It is reported that the Commissioner bas turned down Mr H. S. HarkinB, ex-mayor of Asheville and one of Collector Eaves' general deputies, and that he did so at the instance of the agents. The statement of a few weeks ago that a deposit, believed to be anthracite coal, bad been found near Trap Hill, Wilkes county, appears to have been ill-founded. It attracted considerable attention through out the State antl it is a matter of regret that the first impression is not verified. The deposit is said to resemble coal quite close ly, but its behavior under fire show it to be something else entirely. It is now thought to be oxide of manganese, as it is remema bared that specimens of a similar find in the same vicinity were sent some years ago to prof. Kerr and were by him pronounced, manganese.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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