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BTAB ia as fnll rive Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, . $1.00 60 3 month. 30 RUia AT IB R BOTTOM. - The jate conflicts between the whites and blacks in some localities in the Snathe have given rise to much discussion in . the North and will : doubtless futriish sectional agitators on the other side of the! line with a : pretext for very much, misrepresent tation and dfinnnniatinn nf t.hft Snnt.h. some oi; mem aououess nau ocour rences of this kind with a fiendish delighiTbecause they are base enough to use even such material as they sup ply as political capital and to make the most on&pf it. With tbattslass of f - people the life of one or of a dozen :''."' !.-... I . . 11 I i negroes or pi y nice men weighs as If nothing in the balance against a po-j- litical advantage in the present or in the f uture. Their love of and sym pathy for the negro amounts to the use they can put him to, dead or alive. If a dead Dfgro can be made more ' fierviceable ijn a political way than a live one, they will take the dead one every time, j, ' "' .'. - ;; " I f. -r i ' 1,1 ?J ' i Wfl fin noti moan t.n aarr tliaf. toll f lo Republicans ' of the North are made after this rnibuld, for we would not do? them eo much injustice, but we .do say, and say it unhesitatingly, that there are, men in the leadership of the. Reoublioan party who gloat over every negro that is killed in the South by white men, especially if the killing can by any possible distortion of facts be construed or represented as an attack by the whites upon the blacks". Then it serves a political purpose and becomes at once a part of the politioil magazine of combus tibles for future campaigns, j. j The Jessup affair in Georgia is pretty well understood to be simply a case of too much intimacy between some bad negroes and ; some bad. whiskey, always' a bad combination. During the j Christmas festivities there. is a good deal of liquor drink ing among the colored people, many of them imagining, as too map y white men do, that this is the, way to . celebrats, have a good time and be ' happy. Too much of this makes a great fool of an otherwise sensible white man, and it makes a still great er fool out of - the less brainy, more impulsive colored man. j We will venture the assertion that in nine cases out of ten where trouble comes -and collisions occur between the white and black man in the South j. that liquor is it the bottom of it. i- - If the negro have any ill feeling j towards the white man, if he brood j over any real or . imaginary wrong, and harbor a spirit of resentment 1 or of vengeance, then when the blood is heated and passion inflamed by too much drink the savage element pre ' dominates, and the man becomes a , lawless, riotous defier of the officers j of the law, and looks upon them as 1 oppressors, as enemies, to, be resist- ed, and Bhot down if they undertake I to preserve the law. andenforce it. If the contest were confined to the; : drunken lawjdefierj himself and the ' officers of the law it would be a small i matter and soon settled, bat unfortu nately it sometimes happens that oth--ers, under-the influence of; sjmpa thy or excitement, impulsively side :with, the creator of the trouble, come . to his rescue! and then the fracas be comes general and somebody gets hurt. Of course the sober! sensible 'L: !.... : I.. , . negro neyer geiB mixea up in eiasnes '' - - 1 ' -r. J ..I , . . i I oi ims Kinaj n is toe drinking, ca rousing or senseless sort who do and "who are always the principal figurers in these conflict!. The whole race should not be and is not held respon sible for the acts of a f6wrum crazy lawless black mek and these colli sions when jthey occur, are no more race conflicts in k true sense, than the trouble between t$ie police, officers and the keepers 6f saloonsj in Cincin nati last summer, growing out of the enforcement 61 the Sunday law, could be regarded as a national conflict be cause the majority of the saloon men were Germans. The Germans of Ohio, as a people, had as little sym pathy wit the billy saloon defiers of a State law as jthel sensible colored people of the South have with these liquorcrazed, vicious characters with black fckina who indulge in riotous ness ' and ' in defiance of the law. That's all there is to the conflicts that occurred during the Christmas holi days. They were not raoe conflicts T VOL. XXI. but simply ooiifliota with drunken blaok men who resisted the officers of the law. - RAILROADS IN THE BOOTH. It is a significant fact that ot the 5,000 miles of railroad built in this country last year 2,000 miles were built in the States south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi. If what was built in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas be added it will be found that at leastone half if not over one half was built in the Southern States. There ; is no better evidenoe of the progress of a country, or the oonfi denoe jof .009!,' calculating men in its future than the building of railroads, and there is no other i agen oy which Contributes more to this progress or to the realization of the calculations that may be made on Jits future than the building of railroads. . The pos sibilities of the country invite and encourage the railroad to come and the railroad ;in its turn aids in devel oping and in realizing these possibi lities." , j- ' " " V .-' Another significant sign is that there has been no wildcat specula tion about these railroad enterprises, and not one of them has been built where there , is not a demand for it, and where the business capacity of the country I through which it runs does not warrant the investment of the capital necessary j for the work. While- a number of long lines have been planned,, the companies organ ized j and a I portion j of several of them ! constructed, 1 some of them penetrating j and passing through North Carolina, they have been near ly all short lines, "constructed as branches or connecting links between longer lines, making main lines where there were before but local lines. ! . . -. ': .:.-, . Not one of these works was begun until ' the ground bad been tho roughly examined, the resources of the country oarefullycaloulated, and its ability measured to supply busi ness enough j for the road to justify the investment of money in it, so that the building of such roads is prpof of the confidence of the in vestors in the productiveness of the country tributary to them. We don't know, because we have not the statistios'at hand,' how North Carolina will compare with other States in -the . cumber of miles of road constructed, but the amount of work done and the, numbed of lines '1 - 1 : H.r v constructed or in process of cojstruo tion give evidence that our peo pie are fully awake on that subject, and gives promise too of still great er progress in this: and the com ing years. We can call to mind about fourteen roads upon wbioh work is now in progress or which have " been ; completed within the past year. Fourteen ! roads as, developers of different portions of the State means something and points to a progress in the future with which the progress in the past will bear no comparison. Every year will add largely to the railroad mile age of this State, for there is more of a disposition among our - people now to contribute to such enterprises than there ever was before, and more dis position among communities, as com munities, to offer them encourage ment in the way of city, county and township subscriptions than there ever .; was before. It is easier to set a $50,000 subscription voted by a township for. such pur pose now than it would have been to get $5,000 voted ten years ago. This fact of itself is going to contribute very largely; to the continued con struction of railroads in this State. We look for very j active work in this line from now on, and we look for more than this, see North ' Carolina iWe expect to some day, and that not a very remote one either, one of the greatest, if not the great est railroad State in the South, in the number of her roads, if not in the amount of mileage.' j (Her geographi cal . position and shape, a "narrow strip of land," as she ha'a been some times called, gives j her advantages that few States enjoy, and makes her a highway for roads seeking ; the Southwest or the Southeast seaboard from the Northeast or the North- 1 j ' west, especially from the latter, which is seeking outlets to the sea in this direction, Railroad building has not yet fairly begun in North Carolina. The business failures of last year were more numerous than in any of the four preceding years, aggregat ing in amount of liabilities $140,359,- 490, assets $70,599,769. This is the giltedge prosperity which the Repub lican Statesmen told the country was to follow the election of, a Republi can President. Prof. Wright, a temperance lec turer, says the Union League Club of New York is simply ' a high-toned gin mill, and some of the papers say Wright is right . I Mr. Gann, at Mayfield, G&, Wednesday . accidentally shot last and killed a companion. Gunns and. pis tols are both dangerous when they . v ' HELP J!1B CA8SH78W ' , - , ' JuBt at this time, in! viewjof the demand for tariff reform in the coun try, a 'demand whioh is becoming more andi more imperative and uni versal every day, it j would be amus ing to note the proceedings in the Ways and MeansCommittee whioh is Bittingin Washington for the pur pose of eliciting information on j the tariff question as a; guideto a read justment of the present "schedule, if the' proceedings were not such an absolute ' sham as to be absolutely1 disgusting. -The men who go before that committee to give a disinterest' ed opinion on the 'adjustment of ta riff rates are nearly all manufaotu rers engaged in theproteoted indus tries, mine owners engaged in min ing ores, which are: protected, sheep raisers, engaged in growing wool whioh is protected, or men who are engaged in the production or 1 manipulation 1 of something ! else which is protected ,1 and every . moth ers son of them has gone there to plead, for the maintenance of the law that protects Aim at the expense of J everybody else. They appear there as supplicants for Tthe poor, week infant industries that still wail for protection and nourishment j with government pap to save them jfrom starving and from perishing from the face of the earth. The j cry is indi vidually, collectively and in chorus 'hfiln nn Cassins or we sink." BO down to the bottom, like McGinty and stay down. ' I "" One of the amusing features of this loud wail is that while they plead for protection some of them plead quite as vigorously for free rawj ma terial. The iron ; and steel manu facturers say that if they could get certain kinds of ore j whichj they need and which they must import be" cause they cannot be readily got in the quantities needed in this country, they could defy the competition of the world in the manufacture of steel. Wool mat u factor es say if they could get free raw wool, they could lift the' scalp from John Ball or any other wool manufacturing nation. iGlascri manufacturers say that if they 'could get sodium and lead, two of the cost liest articles they use in j their busi ness, free of duty, they oould defy all the glass makers in Christendom, or heathendom, and ship glass right in to the glass-making countries at a handsome profit. It i But while they all want fre4 raw materials they want the protective tariff kept up on; their wares, so that they may still charge thetariff prices while gettiog'.the advantage of the difference' in the price of the taxed and untaxed raw material. Here is cheek so monumental in its proportions as to be absolutely ad mirable, r - ' 1 The iron minerwhose ores are pro tected protests; against free ore; the lead miner protests .against free lead the sodium maker protests against. free sodium; the wool grower, pro tests against free wool, but they are more consistent in their prot ests and in their demand for j protection than are those'manuf actursrs wbode mand free raw(material, while insist ing upon keeping up the protection on the artioles made out of this free raw material. ' The miner, sodium manufacturer and wool grower have as much claim for' and right to pro tection on their ores, sodium and product of his shops or mills. I But what is protection after all but a ; selfish 1 erab same in whioh every man tries to get all he can at the expense of everyone else, and in which he seeks his own prosperity to the detriment ot some one1 else, not satisfied with! the legitimate pro fits in their business which people en gaged in the unprotected industries which employ many times the capi tal and labor that the proteoted in dustries do, must be. ! They insist that the Government must be come an accomplice and a partner with them, in the game of extortion practiced upon the people, and this is simply'what the Government does when it levies tribute on the public which iB unnecessary and which it gives as a bonus to men who are sim- ply able to taka care -of 1 , 1. themselves rithont such bonus. They are no longer "infants" needing protection, they ara stalwart grabbers, demand ing plunder. Tbe.tariff system they are crying oat for is ; nothing' more nor less tnan organized robbery un der forms of law. If the Radioal papers in the North gave the negroes of the South half as much good as they do bad advice, there would be , less occasion for the race trouble homilies wbioh they grow pathetio or ; savage over from time to time. But then what would some of . the editors do for somebody to maul at long range? : A recent writer says "butter was unknown to the : ancients," and so was oleomargerine, and they didn't know what it was to plank down thirty-five cents a pound 'for it either. They escaped that by going to their i father before the ! butter oow was discovered. EEELY WILMINGTON, N. G., FRIDAY, JANUARY ftli The Stephen1 Girard estate, in Philadelphia, held in trust, accord 1 Ing to the last report of the trustees, is worth J $11,626,673, the reoeipts from - whioh last year . amounted to 1,179,071. Of this amount $514, 061 was I expended in supporting Girard College. - T- Stanley says that $17,000,000 will build 800 miles of railroad in Central Afrioa whioh would open to com-: meroe four great river basins with' an area of 2,370,000 square ' miles and. population of 80.000.000. These 80,000,000. basins are rioh in mineral resources. The bottle makers of .this country want a' higher protective duty on effort to bottles. This looks like an bottle the tariff question. There is said to be a coldness be tween John Sherman and the PreBi' dent. There is always a ooldness in the vicinity 'of John Sherman. 4 The CapeSFcar 4c YadKln Valley. Some of the officers of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Vattey railroad Capt. W. Fry, general superintendent, Maj . R. W. Bldgood, . auditor, Capt. W. E. Kyle, generalifreight and pas senger agent, Mr. J. C. Murohison. master of transportation,' ani Mr. T. James, freight agent went from this city on a,trip;oyer,the completed portion of the road yesterday, i accompanied by ,K several invited I guests. I The train went 'up the road to . a point eleven miles beyond j Parkersburg, and return- j ed to the city last evening. The completed Portion of the ! road was found in excellent condition, and all the party were much pleased with the trip. Sixty-two miles of the iron has been laid and it is expected the road will be completed ;to the bridge over the Cape Fear jriver; at Fayette -ville by the 28th of this month; the bridge itself will be finished by 9 15th inst. It is not intended to open the ; road to traffic until the connection at F&yette ville, is made. When this is done, the Gape Fear & Yadkin Valley willjiave 337 miles of road, extending from Wilmington to the western part of the Btate, running through sixteen counties, and open ing to the business enterprise of Wil mington sixty-one new points along the line of this road. The main line of road extending from j Wilming ton to Mount Airy is 248 miles in length, with a branch road at Fay etteville, 57 miles, to Bennettsville, S. C, through - the riohest cotton growing section in the South, another branch from the main line at Factory Junction, 20 miles in length, to Bam- eeur, in Randolph county, and a third branch, from Stokesdale on the main line, in Stokes county, to Madi son, in Rockingham, 12 miles. All these branches penetrate populous sections of the State, rich In agricul tural products and 'manufactures which will be poured into the lap of Wilmington if invited .and encour aged by our people, j 4 j Fir.t Presbyterian Cbnrcn. I At the annual congregational meet ing of the First Presbyterian Church,' held Friday night, reports were re ceived from all the agencies of the church, of which the following epi tome has been furnished the Star for publication, viz: ' j The Sunday School reports an aver age attendance of 28 teachers and 151 scholars, and 1 collections amounting to $169.83. The Sunday School of the Front Street Mission reports an average at tendance of 14 teachers and 68 scholars, with collections amounting to $47.34. j j The Young .Ladles' Missionary So ciety supported 'industrial schools, taught chiefly by their own members. at a cost of S1U4.&U, and contributed $158 to church improvement. ! The "loune ttleaners" contributed $225 to church improvement and in creased their missionary fund by $47. 'JLne "lose 5 ana" (boys): contrib uted $40 to foreign missions and $60 to church improvement. I J The Edgar Woods Society supports Br. Edgar Woods in China and his medical work at a cost of $900 a year. The Ladies' Foreign Missionary Society has begun the support of a lady in China at an annual cost of $400. - ! The .Ladies' Aid society visits and helps the poor, giving them work, and assisting them in sickness, and aids in the distribution of the poor fund of the church. The church supports Rev. W. MoC. Miller as Evangelist of the Front Street Mission; the total cost of the work being $1,143.50. His labors have been abundant and abundantly blessed. j ' There have been during the year 38 additions 1 to the membership of the church, and the present member ship is 361. f . ! ! . The contributions for all benevo lent objects (including $6,546.50 to' wards the YJ M. C. A. building), have been $12,660.44; to the support of the church $5,014.07, and to church! im provement $8,904.25, making a' total of $21,578.77.1 Of this amount $966.87 was raised at the Praise Service on the last night of the year as a thank offering for the blessing of the year, thereby closing the year without debt, ; '" m m ! ' ' J ' Tna Lata nn. C. O. lksnnedj.- I Rev. Sidi H. Browne, editor of the Christian Neighbor, of Columbia, S.C., was pastor of one of the Methodist churches in this city in the year 1849. At the death of the lamented Mrs. C. G.Kennedy a friend dropped him a postal card informing him of the fact, whereupon the last issue'of his paper contained the following: j j ! It was our privilege to become ac quainted witn sister Kennedy in iwv. and during that year to often meet with her in worship and at the par sona&re. the home of the nreachers, Rev. William Crook and family with ourself. the junior preacher, as a boarder. See her when one might, Christianity. Methodism. Missions, the Church, the Poor, were ever para mount with that zealous ; disciple of Christ, wno now rests from her labors, Fatal Boiler Bxttlosion. ' A special to the Stab from Green ville, N. C., says a boiler explosion at Qninerly's: Mills, Bell's Ferry, Friday afternoon,1 killed Dick Butts and seriously wounded ,f our others. The explosion was heard by, people eight miles away. JPENNtSYLVABIA. J Fall are of an Iron Bfannraeinrtnt; Firm-Striae of Iron Wortters Fatal Gas Explosion. ' ! " ; By TelesraDh to the Mornlmt Star. BellSpont. January 2 The'laree iron firm of Curtiu & Co, near luere, made an assignment to-day in favor of ex-Governor A. Q. Cartin and Constans Curtin. Their liabilities are about two hundred thousand dollars. . ;..'.. . Shamokht. January 2. J. Lansrdon & Co., proprietors of tbe Pink Ash vein at Neilson Shaft, offered to start work this morning at a reduction of 15 per cent . but the miners, numbering four hundred, re- jeciea ine oner and went on a strike. , j Mount Cabmsl. January 2 Congress man Scott's Pennsylvania colliery suspend ed operations to-day, throwingjone thou sand minen oat of employment.' . 1. riTTSauKG. January 'i.aj an explosion of natural km at Economy, Pa., this morn ing, George Klrschbaum, aged 40, was al most instantly BilJea. and Jonn isecker se riously injured. There was a shortage of gas in the little village yesterday and short ly before daylight this morning Kirschbaum and Becker, both! members ,of the Eoooo mite Society, started out to ascertain tbe cause of the small supply. They carried a lantern, and no sooner 1 nad tney entered the gas regulator building than was there & terrific explosion.! The building was totally wrecked and Kirschbaum so badly burned that he died in a few moments. Becker sustained serious! burns, bnt will recover. The flames ignited a tank 'of oil near by, which was destroyed. PuHxsiATOWHT. Pa.. January 2. The. Buffalo, Rochester and PittsUurg Company, whose employes to the number of 1,500 men and boys are now on strike, were not successful int heir effort tor eject tbe miner from their bouses to-day.' dberiff Buttes of this county refused to act as promptly in the matter as tbe company desired. To-day was set by tbe company as the time for executing tbe writs of ejectment, which Ihave already been issued, but tbe sheriff has until the February Court to make return of his writs, and he can serve them any 1$me within the intervening period that may suit him. Superintendent Haskell declares that he will open, the mines Monday at any cost. He" says if he gives in to the miners this time the ' company might as well close its works, j as the men would be more insolent than ever, and arrogate to themselves entire control of the works. 4 j Tbe company is put to an expense of about $700 a day in maintaining its guard of 140 Pinkerton men, and the officials say tbey will break the strike if it costs the company a million of dollar?. Tbe attempt to put in new men next Monday will be resisted and bloodshed may result, as tbe Hungarians are desperate. , I; HEAVY SAIN STORM. "Casualties from Electric Light Wires in sc. Louis. 1 Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. St. Louis. Jan. 2. The heavy rain storm of yesterday and last night sadly de moralized all kinds 01 electric wires in mis city, and it was not until after midnight last night that they were brought into proper working order. 1 he telephone was especially ex&speratiogU being almost im possible to get communication over it, : anu several serious accidents were occasioned by electric light wires. About eight o'ciock in ine evening an electric light wire fell to tbe ground at ;tbe corner of Seventh and Morgan streets." A few moments later Mr, and Mrs. Smith and their little dog,! passed the corner. Tbe dbg touched the wire and was a corpse in a jiffy, Mrs. Smith ran to the dog, and not seeing the wire steppea on 11 ana was thrown some distance and fell unconscious. Ber husband sprang to pick her up and re ceived a severe shock, but was not rendered Insensible. Mrs. Smith was lestored to consciousness by a physiciap, but had a narrow escape from death. A. crowd col lected, and George Keeves. coming in con tact with the wire, was knocked insensible. A fireman named Hogan rushed to tbe res cue and was very severely shocked, Reeves was fo badly hurt that be was tent to the city bospual. ; A horse was killed by stepping on a fallenwere onithe corner of Vandeventer and Finney Avenues. and several other miner accidents occurred in different parts of the city. . ' . , MONTANA. T C. Fonir, Republican, Sleeted V. 8. Senator. Chicago, January 2,--Tbe Helena (Mon tana) Herald. Rep., telegraphs as follows: At the joint session of the Legislature to day the result of the first ballot was as fol lows: Power ltt, Mantel 11. uercnneia s, Rickart 7, Thompson 1. Second ballot Power 35. Mantel 3 Tbe President then announced the election of Hon. T. C. Power as U S. Senator. 'Mr. Power is a wealthy merchant, and was late a candidate for Governor, on the Republican ticket and was defeated by Toole. Helena. January 2. About two hours after T. C Power was selected by the Re publican joint convention for second Senator. Judge Hunt, of the District Court, gave his decision in the case of Represen tative Roberts, of Silver Bow county, who bad applied for a writ to compel tbe State Auditor ty pay him his salary and mileage as a member of the Legislature. It was thought the Court in its decision would decide tbe validity of the rival bouses, but instead the decision, was to the tff )ct that if Roberts was a member of the Legisla ture he was entitled to his per, diem and mileage. Tbe question of the legality of the two houses is still undecided. Tbe Democrats again met in joint convention to-day and took one ballot, but there being no quorum tbe body adjourned. ( MEXICO. jy'j' - ColUpss of a BnlldiDS in nblcb 10,000 Persons Were Crowded Hundreds Injured bnt no one: Killed. ! City of Mexico. Jan. 2. -Telegrams from Villa Lordo give tbe particulars of . .... . . 1 1 . 1 m 1. .1 IJUB iau 01 luc piBKtt mail luasuijr, nunc a bull fight! was in progress. About 10,000 persons were crowded in the building: When tbe sscond bull was being killed, nearly every person present rose and stood applauding and stamping theirfeet, when suddenly one side of tbe plaza commenced to give way. A rush followed, and the ex tra movement of thousands of ' spectators helped to bring about the fall cf the struc ture. It bulged out rapidly and then col lapsed, precipitating the unlucky inmates to the ground, the distance of the fall ranging , from ten ' to twenty - feet. Many Were' buried beneath the debris. Among them were many ladies of the best families of the town, numerous ngnts oc curred among the men land many were stripped of every stitch 'of clothing. The crowd, on the opposite side of the building, which numbered several thousand, became panic stricken and fell and trampled on hue another in their attempt to reach the out side of tbe plaza. The bull fighters were also seized with fears and made their exits with the bull closely following. The num ber of wounded will reach into hundreds, but while the injuries of a great many are serious and painful, it is not thought that any will prove fatal. 1 ; .f BALTIMORE. Many Persons Afflicted wltb tbe In fluenza Kpldemle. Baltdiobb, January 3. The streets are filled with coughing, sneezing humanity. Quinine is in enormous demand.; Anu pyrine, too, is much called for, but whis' key is the favorite remedy. Doctors are all busy. Stores are almost depleted of their employes, offices of their j cieras. Many of tbe employes of the custom house and postofflce are still suffering from the grip,, although but few are absent. Tbe disease made an attack on Collector Groome to-dav. Fortv-nine of the police force have it. f - j Pol. John C Boone, grandson of the pioneer, Daniel Boone, is living, friendless and needy, near Sulphur Springs, Ark. ji-v-:.'-X:J.'"!-s. 1 '"-v- -: '"'"j i-l 11 R'- U ." -:". Eft,-.-;-" Star, A ,r.ti ! ' - 1 -.'r - . .T.:" - I" '-' NO4 DELAWARE. Jadt-mett Against; tbs "outbern Rail road Association for Ovsr Two mil' lion Dollars. j Wilmington. Jan. 2. In the Superior Court this afternoon the jury in the case of juizaoew ts. mcuomo vs. the southern Railroad Association, rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the f nil amount claimed $2.204,100. being tbe heaviest ever given in a Delaware court The plain tiff is the widow ef the late Col. Henry McComb. who was a heavy stockholder in the Mississippi Central railroad, which was -absorbed by the Southern Railroad Asso ciation, and the verdict is for nine hundred Mississippi Central coupon bonds, of $1,000 each, bearing interest at 7 per cent, from date of issue, December 15. 1873. ' The verdict does little more than establish the validity of the plaintiff 's compromise. The assets will fall far below satisfying, tbe judgment. Argument was begun in the U. S. Cir cuit Court here to-day in an allied caae,en- titied "ine nogers .Locomotive and Ma chine Works of j New Jersey, to use of Elizabeth B. McComb, vs. the Southern Railroad - Association of Tennessee and Mississippi." i 2L,l,lJOl. A Strange Polsoninc Case Deaib 01 Two of tbe Victims. Joliet. Jan. 2 John Dall. a German farmer, lived at Moksnor-thia county, his household being composed of his mother. aged 70 years, himself, and, a' hired man and a servant maid." On New Year's day their coffee at dinner was so bitter that no body could drink it; a second pot was pre pared, and of this they all drank, although it was bad. Soon after dinner all became sick and went to bed, but the hired man and the girl drank milk, which acted as an emetic, Mrs . Datl died that evening and John Dall died last evening. The hired man and girl are all right. The nature of tbe poison could tot be determined. John Sboper, a former etsploye of Dall, and a rival suitor for the hand of the. servant maid, was at once suspected as the guilty person. When the sheriff arrested him at Makena this morning he tried to commit suicide with a razor. OHIO. members of tbe State Legislators As sembling at Columbus Tbe Senato rial Situation. Columbus, January 8 There is no ma terial change in the Senatorial situation to day, but a great amount of work is being done, and tbe crowds are increasing in size. Tbe feature of the forenoon is the with drawal of all the candidates for Speaker with the exception of Hysell. This has given increased life to the Brice boom for the 8enate. Hysell is recognized as the Speakership candidate of the Brice element in the Senatorial contest, although Brice and his managers claim they have uothinsr to do with it, and have been steering clear of the Speakership fight. -John A. McMahon, who is considered the third most prominent candidate, arrived at noon, accompanied by quite a large fol lowing, j The most important rumor, which is as yet confined to select circles, is that the Democratic members of the Legislature, since coming to the city, have held a con ference and concluded to seat Marquis lor Lieutenant Governor, over Lampson, with a whirl and without delay, and then bring out 'Governor uampDeil as thechiei oppo nent to Brice for; the 8 an ate. This ieport 1 1 a isg&o cuuuiuisuyu. ; HOLLY SPRINGS OUTRAGE Ksv. T. tn. Joiner's Appllentlon for Redress to tbs Brltlab minister at Waantngton. j Br Telegraph to the Morning Star Washington, January 4. Sir Julian Pauncef orte. British Minister, has received petitions from Rev. T. M. Joiner, of Holly Bpnngs, 14. U.J for redress for injuries received by himself and wire at tbe hands, of a mob at Holly Springs last month J He statesthat he! is a British subject; that he and his wife were giving religious andj other instruction to the negroes at tioiiy springs, which fact, he says, so incensed some of his neighbors that they broke into his house and assanlted and maltreated himself and wife!. The crowd was mask4 ed, and many of their number wese armed with guns . and; pistols. tie says he had previously been warned to leave the place, but had refused to do so. When tha mnh unnnarnH at. tha limiaA their dial charged a volley bf bullets into the room where be and his wife were sitting, wound ing him in the left arm above the elbow and also in the left band. Mrs. Joiner re ceived three flesh I wounds in the scalp, and was knocked down by one of the men with his fist. Joiner says he appealed for re dress first to the local authorities and next to the State authorities, hut received no sat isfaction, He then came to Washington with his wife to lay the . matter before tbe British Minister, j Tbe latter is now inves tigating the case andexpecta to bring it to the attention of the. Secretary of State as soon as he has received the proper evi dence. j I Joiner has been preaching in North Car olina since loou. DIANA. Tbe Strike of Employes on tbeJUackev Railroad System. I , By Telegraph to the Morning 8ta. Evanstille, January 4 Last night! it was learned through a reliable source that the switchmen, brakemen and conductors on the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville and Air Line roads part of the Mackey system were ordered out, and these two roads are idle so far as freight traffic is concerned. There is also a well defined rumor that the strike will extend to the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan a recent purchase of Mackey's and that should an attempt be made to run freight trains by other than tbe present force, the men on connecting lines will re fuse to handle the freight. j Tebre Hautb, January 4. This Is the sixth day of the strike of all the employes on the Mackey system here, except the en gineers ana nremen, causing a complete tie-up.' The strikers claim that eight men, most of them conductors', have ' been relieved by Master - of Transportation Hurdg&ecauee of their connection with tbe recent strike, and the demand was, the immediate suspension of Hurd and re-; instatement of the discharged min. Presi dent Mackey refuses to suspend Hurd, ' but offers to take up the cases of the discharged men, whom he claims were removed for cause, chiefly drunkenness, and personally investigate them, and it the men have been harshly dealt with to reinstate them. Tbe strikers have possession of the com pany's property and prevented the trains from being run on the first day of the strike by pulling the link and pins, and ordering ths engineer and fireman out of their cab. Since that time no attempt has been made to get out the trains, although the company has imported men from St. Louis to take the striker's places This morning one of the new men was clubbed and violence is feared if tbe company attempts to get out trains. Tbe company charges the Mayor with failure to furnish oolicemen to clear the property of trespassers, and claims that the trains would be handled if this was done. A large number of factories are un able to run because of the singe. j MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Tbe Knlffen Murder at Trenton, N. J. Trenton, N.f J., January 4. There is still no solution Of the Knlffen murder mys tery. The police take the ground that little credit is to.be given to the burglary theory, and nothing sufficient is voiced as yet to Justify official action. A youth named ewis Seely, who was up with a sick horse in a stable in rear 01 tne juunen residence. Thursday night.! is reported as saying that be heard no noise of any kind during the nieht. Dr. Kniffen this morning refused to see reporters. I Miss Puree 11 could not be seen either. She is said to have recovered almost entirely from her prostration. An autopsy will be made upon Mrs. Kniffen by the county pnysician. . WASHINGTON. Congressman Kelly, of Pa.. Dying Wltb : J, 1 Cancer. . : Washington. Jan. 3 The Star this evening publishes the following: (The father of the House of Representa tives, the champion of protection, the veteran legislator William W. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, has probably been on the floor of the House for the last. time. On the day when the Fifty-First Congress as sembled. Judge Kelly was in his place, and since that time he has probably been at the Capitol two or three times. His enfeebled condition was the subject of much com ment, but only a few knew the natura of the judge's ailment; It is now fully . de veloped and its activity is most virulent. Just below the rear; of Judge Kelly's jaw is a cancer, and it is spreading rapidly- into the throat. So quickly has it worked that the affected man can speak only in a whis per, and then not without pain. ' The swal lowing of nourishment is a matter of Considerable difficulty, and locomotion can Only be indulged in to a very small extent. Several of Judge Kelly's relative have been here during the last few days, and his daughter, Mrs. Hosmer, wanted to take him home with her, but bis condition yes terday was such that removal was regarded as impossible by the physicians, so the (Judge is still in his roomsat , the Riggs House." ' - 'I . J 1 Washington. Januarys Judge Kelley is slightly improved to night. 1 The mem bers of his family who are here, were not summoned to Washington on account of he Judge s illness, but came to spend tbe oiiaavs with him. While it is true that he Judge has a throat trouble of a cancer- ur nature, it is not a new development, as Ir. Kellev submitted to a franrirail nnerntinn for .the removal of this growth in 1883, There has been, however, renewal ot the trouble quite, recehtly, but this was not the cause of his present prostration. About a week ago the : Judge contracted a heavy. cold which developed into - a very severe case i of intestinal ' catarrh, accompanied ' by ! copious and obstinate diarrhoea, which i has resulted in great weakness and a general breaking down of the system. The, Judge is exceeding ly anxious to go to the House of Rep resentatives next week, but his friends are of the opinion to-night that he will never take his seatj there again. Collections ot imternal revenue for tbe first five months of the present fiscal year were $50,178,962. or $585,227 more-than collections during ! the corresponding pe riod last year, Receipts from spit its were $32,627,344. and increase of $8$3,321.777. From tobacco, $18,989,911, ah increase cf $1,024,094. From fermented liquors. $81.- 246,998; an increase of $781,405. From oleomargarine, $289,468, a decrease of $24- 184. From banks and bankers, 870 a "de crease of $5,647. From miscellaneous, $22, 171 : a decrease of S12.418. Receipts for November. 1889, were $1,045,861 greater than for November 1888 TIR.GINIA. Norfolk and. Wasblngton Steamboat Company A NLot In Hollywood Cemetery Proffered for tbe Remains of Hon. Jefferson Davis. Richmond, January 3. The Governor of West Virginia visited the Legislature to-day, was introduced, and acknowledged the courtesy in a few remarks. . In the Senate 1 to-dav a bill was intro duced to incorporate tbe Noifolk & Washington Steamboat Company. It is proposed to run a line of steamers between Norfolk. Portsmouth, Washington and intermediate points. It is said that C. P. Huntington is Identified with the com pany. Four large steamers, are to be built for the new line, j Richmond. Jan. 3 The executive com mittee of the ! Hollywood Cemetery Com pany have written through Mayor Ellyson to Mrs. Jefferson Davis, tendering her the choice of any! unoccupied section in Holly- ood for the remains of her illustrious huss band. This is the cemetery in which tbe remains of Joseph Davis, eon of Mr. Davis, are interred. I II also contains an immense rough granite Bhaft reared to tbe memory of Confederate soldiers buried therein . THE FAR WEST. Intense Cold! Weatbsr and Heavy Snows Central Pacific Railroad Blockaded Fatsl and " Destructive sow Bllde Considerable Suffering Reported.! By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Sacramento, Cal , Jan. 4. Telegraphic reports to the office of the Southern Pscifia Company state that the fall of snow on tbe Sierra Nevada j Mountains, on the line of the Central Pacific Railroad.is unprecedent ed. At Summit there is sixteen feet on a level, and twelve feet at Emigrant Gap. With huge rotary plows tbe road has been in general successfully kept open for travel this winter. Eastern trains are now due for the past i two days, but it is thought they will reach here to-morrow. SrjCBBA City, Col. Jan. 4 A fatal and destructive snow slide occurred here yes terday by which j six women and a boy were killed. Two other people' may die, and several houses and Catholic churches were wrecked. Tbe slide" commenced at Sierra Butler's flume, and swept with terrinic .force! down the valley.carry every thing in its path; before it. Stout trees were snapped off at the ground like pine sticks. Several people had narrow escapes from death, as the slide came without the slightest warning. It is believed that a Chinaman .and little girl are still bu ried in the mass of snow and debris. Fears are entertained that another slide may oc cur at any moment, and the people are in, a great state of anxiety. As soon as possible after the slide yesterday a number of men began the work of digging out the unfortunates who had been caught in-it, and In a few hours had taken out the bodies of Mrs. Rich, her two daughters and a son; Mibs Ryan, of Downeviile, and Mrs. J.i T. Mooney, with her daughter, Miss Ethel Langston. The two last named were still breathing when removed from the snow, but efforts at resuscitation proved unavailing. Search for tbe others is still going on, and it is feared that more than now known have been swept out of existence in the avalanche. . Helena, Mont., Jan. 4 Thursday night was the coldest of the season in Mon tana so far, the thermometer registering 85 degrees ! below at some points. There is but little snow, reported in eastern and central Montana, but there is some delay to traffic! in the western part of the State. Considerable suffering is already reported on some of the ranges, though confined to limited areas. - Seattle, Washington, Jan. 4. The overland trains ' are all delayed in eastern Washington by snow storms. The weather Is the coldest known here for years. Deadwood, S. D., Jan. 4 The ther mometer registered 28 degrees below zero to-day, the coldest of the winter. Business is practically suspended owing to the intensity 01, the cold. ! I NEW JERSEY. Two Ladles j Cblorolormsd by Bar ' j i" ' h Blars. Tbenton, January 8. The dead body ofMrs. Kniffln. wife of a dentist, Arthur S. Kniffln, was - found on the floor of her bed-room, at .her residence No. 206 Read street, this morning, and near by lay the unconscious form of Miss Pur cell, who had I been visiting tbe family. Both had been; chloroformed. Dr. Kniffln was away from home, and the two ladies had occu pied tbe same bed last night. After several hours' labor Miss Purcell was re vivedJ All she knew was that Bbe was awakened by i burglars and Mrs. Kniffln screaming during tbe night. She scream ed and felt her face covered by a strong hand. I Before she became unconscious she caw Mrs. Kniffln struggling in the hands of another burglar. - John Hughes, travelling for Nanneberg. Kraua, Laner & Co., of New York died in Atlanta, Ga-, last night, from the effects of ether given to enable him to undergo a sur gical operation Spirits Turpentine. ...... . . I 1 ! . . . Goldshoro Argus'. The truck ' farmers of; the vicinity are holding pre liminary discussions preparatory to begin ning work: The planting time draweth nigb, and there is much hustling needs to be dons before the props can be put in the ground, j . . i 1 .. Charlotte - News'. Information was sent to Coroner Cathey this morning, that Simon: Wallace, ; colored, was found dead in bed at home on Mr. John R. Mor ris' plantation three miles east of Charlotte. He died of heart disease. - Mr. L. P. Howie, who left Charlotte two years ago to make his home in Texas, was shot dead at Snipe Springs, in that Btate last night Mr.1 James Howie, his brother, this morning re ceived a telegram to that effect The tele-, gram was sent by the unfortunate young man's wife, and gave no particulars. It merely stated that Mr. Howie had been shot and instantly killed. Mr. Howie was about 21 years of age. He left Charlotte two years ago and made his home at Snipe Springs, Texas. He married a young lady there, who, with a , young child sur vive him. I. . j j i . Raleigh News and Observer'. Another colored postmaster has been ap- pointed. Tom Burwell takes charge of the poetofflee at Kittrell. Tbe Governor has authorised an exchange of coOrts by which Judge Bynum will bold Caldwell, Ashe. Watauga, .Mitchell, Yancey. Mc Dowell and the second term of Ashe, and Judge Brown will hold Bladen, Columbus, Brunswick, Anson, Cumberland, Robeson and Richmotid . Tbe scaffold for tbe execution of J. C. . Parish is being built. Work waa begun on it' yesterday. The hanging will take place in the b pace be tween the jail and the engine house. The pjace will be enclosed by a high fence and tbe scaffold will be built inBide of it Tbe date of the execution 1b January 10. Adjutant General James D.. Glenn was here yes'erday for the! purpose of placing his annual official report, which he has just completed, in tbe bands of tbe printer. . The report will make an excellent showing. There are now 1,505 men in tbe State Guard, and General Glenn says they are . not merely counted on paper but they show up in ranks. j , ' ..Raleigh Call ; There are four thousand public school teachers in North Carolina. 1 The deposits in the savings bank now amount' to over $90,000. There were 420 marriage licenses Issued by the Register of Deeds of Wake couniy for the year 1889. During tbe month end- ing to-day tbere were 27 deaths in this city. ' One of these was a suicide and one was at the insane asylum. It was learned at 1 the Central depot, this afternoon that "Peg fjeg" Williams is down the road, preparing to take eleven car loads of exodusters to Mississippi; Five families of Dur ham negroes have gone to Oklahoma. They went cross country ana camped out nights, having provided themselves with tents. At the poor house there are now 64 in- . mates. Two of these are bed-ridden, 17 are lunatics (some bad casta) and two are ex Confederate soldiers, i In the work. bouse there are 62 people. The farmers in tbe eastern counties are put to good deal of trouble on account of the negro exodus, be cause they do not know how much labor . ' they can count on. Thus a farmer does not know whether to pitch a one-horse, two horse or three-horee crop. Fayette ville Observer: ' During tbe year 1889 only two failures were re corded In the town of Fayetteville, with a population of from six to! eight thousand pecple. - The number of . marriage li censes issued by the Register of Deeds 'for Cumberland county during the year 1889 . from January to January aggregate 190; -94 whites and 96 blacks. - We are deep ly pained to learn that the venerated A. A. McKethan, who has been long confined to bis house with feeble health, broke his leg above the knee last night while attempting to move from the bed to the bureau. Mr. Jno. Culbreth died at his residence in this city last night, after a long, period of illness, aged 73 years. The deceased was for many years actively identified with tbe business interests of Fayetteville. and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. We greatly Regret to learn of the serious misfortune of our friend, Mr. J. P. Rob ertson, living on the east side of Cape Fear river, un iriuay morning last his resi dence was destroyed by fire, the flames spreadingwVth such rapidity that hot only the building but an the furniture, and even the clothing and other personal effects of the members of the family, were con sumed, i i .. Raleigh News and Observer: The situation in Halifax county is said to be unchanged. There is still much suffer ing ,in that section from the stringency of ine times. ine pnysicians say there are one or two well defined cases of influenza here. They are sporadic, how ever, are there is no cause to fear and epi demic. - -Charles' Watson, (colored) a fireman on the Atlantic Coast Line, fell dead suddenly at the turn-table ot the road at Weldon, Tuesday. ! He helped tOj turn his engine around and in a few ; moments thereafter was found dead . The ,re- . port of Dr. James McKee. Superintendent of Health, for the month of December, 1889 shows the following: j White males 4, white females 5; total whites 9. Colored males 4. colored females 8; total colored 12. Total deaths in the city during the month 21. Maj. John C.I Winder General Manager of the Seaboard Air Line, an nounces the appointment of Mr,- W. T. Tucker as traveling auditor and paymaster of the Raleigh and Gaston, Raleigh and Augusta ; Air Line and Carolina Central railroads and their branches, with offices in Raleigh, N. O , to take effecs . January 1st, I860.; Mr. Tucker has for a number of years been the paymaster of the Raleigh and Gaston and Raleigh & Augusta rail roads. ' .. Raleigh Call: During the past five months tbere have been over 35 seizures ot illicit distilleries in this district. - Mr, Christopher O. Barbee, father of Messrs. Edward B. Barbee, of this city, and Claude B. Barbee, of Richmond, who had been in very delicate health for some time and was stricken with paralysis yesterday, died to day at 2;46. He was nearly 70 years old. Some shares of stock ; in the savings bank sold a few days ago for $111. There 1b a gentleman here who beats the i records on health. He is 56 years old, served in the war with the Raleigh Rifles, Co. K. 14th N. O. T. was twice badly wounded, walked from Ap- pomattox after the surrender.never was sick in his life. never took a doseof medicine, and never had the headache. He enjoys good health now. Hereafter all births in the city must be registered. For some time tbe registration of deaths has been required. The new law also requires the registration of physicians and midwives. Physicians failing to register on or before to-day will have to . pass an examination before the State board of medical examiners. The committee on taxation of railways whjch claimed im munity from taxes has adjourned until April 15., It was decided to issue subpoenas for the presidents of the W. & W. and R. & G. rail- -ways, to appear then with their books and papers. The committee intends to make a full investigation and will require tbe roads to show cause why they should not be taxed. Tbere are other roads which claim exemp tion, but the two named will first be taken in band. ' The attorney general will co-operate with the committee. - j - . . Maxton Union: We regret to learn that some of our citizens have been compelled to thtow away all of their joint meat, as the weather has been so warm that they could not cure it. Mr. John Wilkes left yesterday for Georgia with a number of turpentine bands, and we learn that a number left Rowland also. If this thing keeps up labor will be in demand., here. It looks ! as if the turpentine business is taking a new impetus, for we never heard tbe like of new firms opening up and such a demand for timber. We learn that Messrs. McMillan & Guerrant, near Rod Springs, lost eight head of horses and mules on Christmas night Supposed to be the work of an! incendiary, but there is no clue to the perpetrator of tbe deed. Mr. M. D. Bethune, who has recently , bought tbe Edinboro farm, was in town on Friday and told us he was investing largely in Robeson county soil, and expects not far in the future to reside within hercborders. He paid $7,100 for the above mentioned property, Baid to be the prettiest farm in the county. : Mr. Duncan McNair, two miles from Maxton, had his horse and bus; gy and harness stolen Christmas Eve. Mr. Frank Henderson and Mr. Bryant got on the track of the horse and buggy in Cotton ' Valley Friday morning and that night found them at Alex. Pate's, near Donoho, S. C. The horse and buggy were in the possession of Sam Pate, a white man who claims to be a machinist Messrs. Henderson and Bryant, together with Murdock Smith and D. W. Bain, brought the property to Max ton Baturday night, i Pate made his escape. gbts, 1 V are least suspected
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