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I1: l:-:k .-.-': I ,; : " ' v meruit "'". ir. . i i e 4 PUBLISHED AT . WILMINGTON, N. C. I AT $1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. i gggg8SSSS888ij:.. ' i S8S5S8sSSs88J,5' 5? r """ j i888S8S?'g3.aji8.f?'r. 8SgS8oSgS?8S83fe,'r; ... 88Sg888SSa8s4s8!'SS5'. : stMt.. K w in r- j g gj g - ;v , -. .J Y . j y rflfio'tiM sc. v'-l..-. ' SS?858S88SS54s-5 ? .".H'K t I J w v i 3" i ?j ta- Vj' . '- - 1 " 1' ' Entered at the Post Office at Wilmington Second Class Matter. J N. G. as SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the' W eekly Star is as ummvs : i Single Copy 1 year, postage paid . ' . : " : 0 months " " ...... ' " " 3 months ' " ...".41-00 80 IS IT 'TO BE PERPETUAL ? We have had over a" quarter of a century of the- protective. tariff poli cy in continuous operation, 'with .a few slight 'modifications, arid yet j the demand js as loud amongst thd pro tected, classes .for -protection rtow as if Was whenthat policy was adopted. The first protective tariff act that was passedin the early da3s of the Re public, was passed for the purpose of encouraging the establishnient! of manufacturing industries because there wepe then but very; few,-and there was but little capital in, the country to be'so invested. and hence it was thought good policy .some inducement to 'men to fo offer 3 ' !' . engage in industrial enterpises. But this was simply to aid "infant" industries There was no advocate of this policy who, would advocate nor was ir contemplated by any one that ever this protective nernetual. policy should become ,j It has been the policy of the.G iOV- eminent most of the time since its foundation to so shape its tariff! pol icy as to give the, manufacturers pf this country the benefit of incidental protection, when-they did not have protection direct. But,: thisv dental protection, of which f he mci- .- i 3em- ocratic part' is' an advocate now, was of sash a character as riot to become a burden upon the people manufacturers of the country The were content with this kind of protection until, the Republican party came into power and took a new? departure, adopting tjie policy of protection for protection's sake, with revenue as incidental'.,. But even then it whs defended on the ground of- ne cessity, to build up' home manufactories- and enable them to compete witn European competitors. ) . t was nevr intended that this policy was to become perpetual. It wasjsimply to East until , the manufacturer! could stand oh his own feet without Gov- ' eminent props. - .', j The protection now granted to the infant" Industries is nearly hve.times as'gfeat as the protection accorded to the "infant" industries in the younger days of the "Republic, and yet they seem to be even more in need of it, if" i hey-, are to be believed, than the infants of the preceding .generations were. - '' : '.'"-' "... " .. :' If it be so that they do now, near ly thirty years after the adoptionof this high 'protective .tariff 'policy, still need protection, it .might with reason be aslced if the time will ever come when this tariff can be reduced without starving them. If L at the end qf nearly tHirty years they are still j dependent upon1 protection for existence, demanding, as much' or more protection than they have ever had, is it 'not a.confession that pro tection, is a failure as. a means of building up and putting them on a ! self-sustaining basis? If thirty jears of such-protection as they have had has not made them strong enough to stand alone, will they ever be strong ! enough to stand alone, or must pro- I tection bedome perpetual to j keep life in them? . ', f, . ' ' ; - ' V i If the : present i policy . of taxing raw material be persisted in, it .must. because if the manufacturer be com pelled to purchase his raw materia! the tariff .duties' added, he carinojt afford to. manufacture goods and compete w.ith the foreign, manufac turer who -buys his j raw. material without any. tariff tax, or if ;Jie be compelled to buy the raw'material at honie' and pay the- home producer " the enhanced rprice which the tariff duty enables the home producer to charge. Relieve the manufacturer from this disadvantage and that puts him in a position where . he canj com ; pete with the manufacturers of j other countries and build: up a market .in the world abroad tyithoutj.be ing dependent upon jthej; homfj. mar ket, his bus.iness will grow 'and ' his ; profits on the increased business ' would more than compensate him for the lofes of protection of! which he would riot then bej in need and which he might willingly forego, j Free raw material, is the first step to the reduction oif the, tarff to a reasonable basis, and to putting the manufacturer ion a j'solid fftodingj iri' dependent of la hfe-h nrotertivei ta riff. California is 'going for the trusts. She has just instituted proceedings to forfeit the charter of the Ameri can ;Sugar Refining Company for joining the sugar trust. T VOL. XXI. . THE STAB'S NEW DEESS. - ; ' - - f .- " i. In accordance with promise. The Star appears this morning in a com plete ;new outfit, j an evidence not only of the good will, but of the sub stantial support' it has. received from the many patrons -who have so stead fastly stood by it n the past, through sunshine and storm, and, we are hip py to 'say, stand by it stillj. . J The' Star has! never been given to self-laudation, preferring to stand upon jits merits and be judged by its works, feeling that the public had intelligence arid discriminating judg jment enough to decid.e 'whether it Iwas worthy of their support and en dorsement. ' If ' this decision has been in the affirmative, it . -is bedaus? of the fact that -its guiding inspiration has been devotion tb those'. Democratic principles, the per petuation of which it deemed knd deems essential! to the preservation of the liberty and of the prosperity of the 'peop.le,, whose cause it jhas eifer a7dvocatedj and to its earnest efforts for the ! upbuilding of Jour grand old State, and of this beautiful,' queenly city,! with whose progress and development it ; has been" so closely fdentified since its foundation twenty-two yea'rs ago, the only daily paper in the State which has Isur- vived the mutations of fortune' been published so ' long, under and the same name and same jirinagement. This fact attests the steadfastness of its: friends. .'.....' "'-.j;- -,. . ''. . ' . " Our aim has been to be honest in our dealings with the public and in the treatment of those j questions of policy or of State in which the people-are interested, to be a truthful, faithful, vigilant chronicler of pass ing events of the day, at homej and abroad, and an uncompromising, manly defender of the right as we understand it. j : " i If by so doing we have wor the good will and . liberal support of the generous and . intelligent thousands to whom for these many years the Star has made its daily and weekly visits, it hopes by pursuing the same course to retain their good will and support in the future. ! ;j , - jlf in the past the Star has j been a good paper, our endeavor shall be to make it a. better paper in tha future, and still ask j support ( only upon its merits. As it looks, to the past pleasantly it looks to the future confident of that generous apprecia tion and support which it has ever received, which it has labored to de 'serve, and for which jit thanks most sincerely its many good, true and trusty friends, one and all, who have a' just and a recognized claim on our remembrance and gratitude. ! STATE TOPICS. It seems that the matter of the final disposition, of! the Geronimo band of Indians, the location of ivhom in Swain County, thisilState, vas talked about some time iago, is lbt yet settled. We learn from the jAshevillet Democrat that Geri. Geo, Crook, of the United States army, accompanied by Senator. Vance soent some time in swam j county recently for the purpose of ascertaining the.. feasibility of purchasing lands in that icounty upon , winch to locate the Apaches.j While the people there are as a general thing j opposed to the locaotion there, there are others who are. not, for - it is i said j:hat these jo Apaches instead of being the festive scalp lifters they have been repre sented to be, are really industrious and! fond of work. : . Some time ago the people of Norr rhampton county held 'a meeting to consider the condition of the people who were in distress from failure of crops and needed aid, passed a reso lution requesting the Governor to call an extra session of the Legisla ture with a view to taking some State action to aff ord the desired relief. The Governor summoned the council of State to consider this petition, when the following resolution,1 as( we learn from the Raleigh News & Observer, was passed:. . ,1 I ' "Resolved, That while our profoundest sympathies go out ' towards the people of Northampton, Halifax and- other counties in the. State in which great distress prevails on account of loss of crops, &c, yet after full consideration of the emergency and of the best means of meeting the same, it is the sense of the Council of State that the General As sembly should not be called in speciaU session, but that the emergency snouia be met by other means arid methods." , Sam Jones who Is now preaching in New Orleans is scaring some of the denizens of that burg out of their wits with horrid predictions of some terrible calamity which is to fall upon that town during 1890. Perhaps he things that this is the best way to reach the dormant consciences of people whose Sunday devotions con sist Jn cock-fighting, horse-racing, etc. " ' i ."' ' The negroes of j Spartanburg coun ty, South Carolina, drew . the color line a few nights ago by taking out a colored jnan who had married a white woman, and. lashing him till his bact looked like a chunk of raw beef, . A few comments by Fred Douglass, and the anti-color orators and writers on the other side of the line would not be out of order, i TO Virginia's brilliant orator Senator Daniel, was unable to deliver his ora tion last week on Jefferson Davis, because, he writes he has ost his voice. The loss of such : a 'voice" would be a calamity not I only to Mr. Daniel hut to this countrv. of whichj he is onei of the grandest of orators. .1; A few days ago thirteen yearj old boy attemDted suicide ini Kansas !l City, M(J., but San" Fran!cisc". come? to the front with one still younger, a' boy of eleven years, who sent a buU let through hisj brain dreaded to return home out the night before. i because he afjtef staying The Solar eclipse at Hayti, no th :5Xd of December, was a success The social eclipse of Minister Doug lass, from the wav he writes, seems to be a success too. Fred is himself too dark to be white, and j has too much white wite to Pe dant: enougn for the bon ton "Haytians. EARTH TO EARTH. Funeral Services of the Late JV IiOrd. The obsequies! of the late . Mr. F.jj. Lord were conducted yesnerday. At 10 o'clock in the forenoon the remains were conveyed to St. James' Church, where the impressive funeral exercises of the Episcopal Church were held, the rectr, Rev. Robert Strange, officiating. Aside from the family and immediate relatives of the deceased there waspin ? attendance a large !gathering of our citizens who had known and esteemed him ' in life and who were .sincere mourners- at- his death. ' , . ':' ''J " - ! :': : The services at the church being con cluded, the remains, followed by a large. procession of sorrowing conveyed to the peaceful relativest were shades. dale Cemeteryi Where the last rights w. . were observed.! j . The pall-bearers were Hon George Davis, Col. I. G. Burr, Col. T. C. Mc- Ilhenny, Col. A, L. DeRosset, Capt. C. D. Myers, Capt! A. L. DeRosset and Messrs. W. Morrss and Wm. Watters. KNIGHTS. OF PYTHIAS. Organisation of a Lodge of the Order at j, " Lumberton. )' ' ' By invitation, the Rey. W. S. Creasy, prand Lecturer of the Knights of Pythias, delivered an address.of marked ' i : ! . i li- rYj i eloquence, 10 ine citizens oi uirauenun Thurs&ay night, and imjmediately after wards a Lodge of the Order was organ ized, consisting of some of the foremost business men. of that' towh. IThe Grand Chancellor, Thos. D. Meares, Esq., went tip from this city, and was accompanied by G. K. of R, and S. Dudley and other prominent Pytkians. jAn extra train from , Laurinbur'g brought down a dele gation Vbf zfcalo us Knights from that place and from Maxton. The Fayette ville Ldge was also represented in the ceremonies. ! - ' The new lodge is composed of go ahead men andiwill be poon in the'front rank. I It was instituted ' as Lumbertou Lodge No." 35, with the following offi cers: j S. P. C. M. C. C J. H. M. Culbelh. Morrison. V. C D. W Millsaps. M. McDiarmid. Prelate W. K. ofR. & S N A:- Brown. M. o F. O.iT. Williams. M. of Ex. C. L. Jones. M. at A C. B. Skipper. I. G. James Jones, Jr. i O. G. F. I. Bond. 4 . . ' ." We note the name of Brother Mc Diarntid of the RobeSonian among the officers in the list. Brother McD. we congratulate you on snccessfiilly the'goat." ' j ' 'riding ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Opening for Traffic of One of its most Im- , rportant Branches, The Norfolk correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch, writing under date of January 6, has this to say of the Norfolk and Carolina Railroad "The first train-load of freight and passengers through to Tarboro, N. C, went out this morning over the Norfolk and Car olina railroad transferring at the Roanoke rivr. The bridge oyer the Roanpke is nearly completed, and is a splendid piece , of road work. It will cost" $100,000, . and"T is approac lied , on both sides of the river by 6,800 feet of trestle. The abutments and piers are of native granite. It is a drawbridge, and swings 'up and down the stream, allow ing boats to pass on jeach side. In building the bridge! over six months was lost last year on account of freshets and ainy weather. ')- j ' Naval Stores Movement.) .. I Receiptsjof naval stores at this port for the crop year fromj April 1st to Jan uary 10fh as compared with receipts for same time last ye'ar are : .Spirits tur pentine, 59,407 casks; last year, .57,000. Rosin, 195,833 'barrels; last yearj 180,343. Tar, 48.23Q barrels; last "year, 42,769. Crude turpentine, 16,619 barrels; last year, 18,516. .!'' .' ( - -' -" I The stocks at this port January 10th, as compared with stocks at correspond ing date last year, are : Spirits' turpen tine, 6,727 casks; last jrear, 1,479. Ros in, 54,924 barrels; last year, 95,574. Tar, 6,352 barrels; last year, 3,054. Crude turpentine, l,327barrels; last year, 614. Cotton Beceipts. ';... - Receipts of cotton at this port for the week ended yesterday, are 1,391 bales; against receipts the corresponding week; last year of 3,117 bales. Receipts for the crop year to January 10, are 115,291 bales; aganst 133,782 to same date last yeara decrease of ,18,491 bales. . The stock at this port is 9,479" bales; kgainst 9,601 'at ame date last se'ason. - --. ' " " Rosin for Europe. ' j The German barque Constantin von Reineck was cleared yesterday by Messrs. Williams &' Murchison, for London.with 2,696 barrels of rosiri, valued al $3,500. -. Mr. John ,W. Bolles ; cleared! the Nor wegian barque Adjuior, for Libau, Rus sia, with 2,256 barrels of rosin,! valued at $3,006.33. I Weekly WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUAJIY 17, TURPENTINE. A Scarcity of Axes "With "Which to Cut oxes for the New Crop. - ' Reports from'Georgia are that turpen tine farmers are in a bad fix.' on account of the shortage in the axe 'supply. They have brought thousands Of negroes from North Carolina and South! Carolina, as they do every year, to cut boxes on the me trees. , Now they cannot get! axes enough for all the neerroes. and : hun dreds of them are idle. ' j A dispatch from Savannah in relation to the matter says: L j " ,"The flood which swept Johnstown away last summer destroyed the great axe factory of this country! Since then the stock in the! United States has run down. Importers have evidently not brought any from Europe. I A month or two ago the factors here Jbegan to dis- eoven that thenfe might be trouble jn get ting" all the axes needed, ahd telegrams vere sent in hot haste to Charleston,: Wilmingtorl ahd other cities in the' South. The first to order, picked up a few dozen here! and there. During the last' two -'weeks ; there has been a great scramble for axes. One Savan uah hardware rjaan wired a firm iri New York to buy up all the axes he (could, get, and .the brpker could not s rape to gether more than five dozen axes in the metropolis. -Baltimore had a! small stock, and a hardware firm received thirty-seven: dozenj by a steamer ,f rorh there last week. One firm of factors modest ly asked for half of the consignment, and considered themselves fortunate when they gotten' dozen. ; The factors say that there are hundreds of hands in the country who are idle for want of axes. Some firms have .been fortunate enough to get jjust enough for their cusr tomers to squeeze through. . Z " "This shortage in axes and- the large number- of farms r which have beeri worked out and laid by will keep the crop down,, and it may not go . much over this year's. A large seetiorj of new country is being opened up, however, along the. new railroad lines, iuid the new crop of virgin rosin will surely be large, but the" larhest factors on the Bay say that their) farmers will j make just about the same size crop they made this season. - j " DEATH OF MR. F. J. LORD. I Brief Sketch of One of "Wilmington's Old I est and Most Respected Citizens. - In the death of Mr. F-' J. Lord, which was announced very briefly, this city has lost onejjof he- oldest 'and best-known citizens. The: deceased "was a native of Wilmington, having been born here Jan uary 1, 1823, and was consequently 67 years of age at the time of his death. He "has always lived in this icity, and was a descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent families in" the Cape Fear ection a family . distin guished alike: for its wealth, intelligence, virtue and sterling integrity. Educated at the.Universiiy of North Carolina, he graduated while yet in his teens, and while quite young married a daughter of Mr, Robert W. Brown. His wife died in 1865. He leaves seven ' living children two sons and fiye daugh ters. Mr. Lord was - largely en gaged m mercantile . pursuits in his early manhood,! but relinquished the business jin a few years! J Later and prior to the war he was largely engaged in rice cultuye, but the cessation of hos tilities left him, as it did thousands of others throughout the South, despoiled of much of his property. He was stricken with paralysis about eight years ago, which, assuming a progressive form, re sulted in hisj death as announced. Previous to his decease Mr. Lord had been Spanish Vice-Consul at this port for Snany-years. " J In all the affairs of life the deceased was a man: of unblemishedl and unim peachable integrity. While kindly in his disposition !and ever considerate of the feelings or misfortunes of others, he ab horred intensely any act or word that evidenced the least shadow- of fraud or duplicity. He was ever j frank, out spoken, and the personification of sin cerity in conversation, and; he had no excuse or; compromise for a: meaij or ig noble" action- Although he left no large property, he left a name for hon esty, uprightness and sterling integrity, which is a richer and more to be coveted heritage than all tne honors that untold wealth can bestow. "Peace to his ashes." " . j , A WHITE EXODUS. Discouraged Farmers Seeking Fresh Fields 1 The harvests- in the country for the ast few years have been so poor and un- renumerative.. that many of the .farmers have become completely f discouraged and aresCeking homes in new places and employments which j they hope will pay them better. In Sampson Duplin and Pender counties many1 of the farmers have not made expenses for several years, and they; are leaving Jtheir old homesteads and migrating .to the larger towns and cities and even to other States with the hope of bettering their condition. This exodus of whites from the; counties We have named has been going -on to a limited extent for jtwo . orj three years, but this year it bids fair to assume much larger proportions Jthan in any previous season . Ripe Strawberries. Ripe, strawberries of ithis ' season's growth1 were left at the Star office yesterday. The came from the farm of Mr. W, S. Warroclc, about five miles from the city", and werd perfectly ripe, sweet and well flavored. 1 ! Some, of the truck growers in this sec-! tion say that if the: presentwarm weather continues they wi 1 have strawberries to ship ift eight or ten days, j j 7 The champion deer slayers are Messrs. Reid Williams, of this city, arid Arthur- Williams', Jr., of Fayetteville! The two young ramrods were at Orton Plantation a few days since and had a fine day's sport, jReid killing- two deer i and Arthur one; The boys now go loaded for bear, and Willi shoot nothing ' smaller than a wild turkey. . ' ! j" - Farmers state that the weather is yet too-wartn for them to venture to kill their hogs, j Small hogs, weigh ing less than 200 pounds, might possi bly be thoroughly cured in such weather as we have had during the last two days, but larger, ones would run a good deal of risk even with the very best of care. SEEKING PROTECTION. FARMERS AND MANUFACTURERS BE FORE THE WAYS jAND MEANS ! , COMMITTEE ! Bean-Growers and Button-Makers, Oil Growers and Others, "Want a Duty;' i Put Upon Their Product. - i'- : ' ' - - ." . i . Washington, Jan. 5. The Ways and Means .Committee this morning listened again td the needs of farmers" in ay of protection. Growers of beans in central New York asked for a duty of fifty cents per bushel. Orte bean growei- as willing to protect sugar or rice or any industry in this countay, and in return wanted protection for beans. The duty should be made specific, f Arguments were made in favor of in creasing the dnty on reed and cane for chair bottoms, and against such increse. Arguments were also ; presented on both sides of the question of increasing pr abolishing the duty on wood pulp for paper stock. j ! Strong' delegations representing the New England Shoe and Leather inter ests argued against increased duty upon wool de gras or -wool grease used in dressing leather. ' They had heard that that the New Haven 6. men were seek ing to havfe the duty on - this article raised in order that their produce might take its plaee. : . . , ' The manufacturers of pota6 starch wanted the duty on dextrine fixed at three cents a pound.' 1 Several manufacturers of the cheaper grades of buttons asked for increased duty on products which eompete with theus. 5 ' Some Naw' England cutlery men 'wanted the duty on razors ' increased. Speetaele and eyeglass makers, also from New' England, wanted the com mittee to admit optical and lens glass free of duty, as well as articles used irt polishing lenses, the latter not being protected at all inj this eountry. They also . asked to have the duty ;on lenses increasad, to drive out "cheap; German lenses, which were only ground on one j side and '"were destructive of eye-sight. On spectacle and eye-glass the makers would like a duty of 50 cents a dozen and 35 per cent, ad valorem. The present duty was 45 pereent. ad valorertK and the change would prevent undervaluation as well as afford some protection against the prison labor of the old world. Witness pro duced samples and said that a medium quality of spectacle made by himself was sold for $1.55 a dozen. Mr. Flower You don't mean to tell me.that anybody can L make spectacles cheaper than that? - 1 ; 1 Witness-1-Yes sir. Here is a German copy of that sample that sells at from 60 to 80 cents a dozen after paying, it is al leged, 45 per cent. duty. Fork manufacturers asked to have the duties on their ware readjusted and in creased to save their business from ex tinction by English and. Belgian compe tition. ; :' Later intelligence gives the casualties at the Brooklyn Church disaster to-day as follows: Killed David Purdy, aged 16 years; Mamie Purdy, aged 15 years. Injured Mrs. Purdyi Mrs. Sarah De Mott, Miss Carrie Purdy, aged 19 years, and Richard Pool, aged 7 years. Washington, January 10.-C6pies of the.draft of the new code of House rules, prepared by the Republican mem bers of the Committee on Rules, were to-day furnished to Messrs. Carlisle, and Randall, and a full committee meeting has been called for to-morrow for con sderation of the code. The resignation of Trotter, eolored. Recorder of Deeds for the District, has been received at the White House, upon request made by the President. It is supposed a new appointment will be made shortly. An inquiry made by Senator Ingalls hrs developed the fact that the office has paid $40,000 in fees .during Trotter's incumbency of two years and, months." A bill is pending in Con gress to make the position a salaried one. ' " '"'. " At a meeting of the Democratic cau cus this evening the usual resolution was adopted for the naming of the cam paign committea, namely, that each State and Territory having Democratic Representatives should select one to represent it on the committee. TARIFF QUESTION. A Representative of the Farmers BePore the "Ways and Means Committee. . . " By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, January 11. The Ways and Means Committee continued its tariff hearings to-day. ' j Alexander D. Wedderburn, of Alexan dria, Na., appeared as the representative of the Legislative Committee of the! Na tional Grange and Farmers of the Vir ginia State Grange, to demand the equal protection of farmers with steel, iron and wool manufacturers. Witness yesterday had asked to have briar-root placed On the free list,, because It was produced here, only by a few negroes ,in North Carolina. This was not a proper plea, for these poor -wards of the nation should be protected in their labor as well as the pipe-maker. The present grat surplus, collected from the farmer for the benefit of the manufacturer.shonld be equitably divided by a serfes of boun ties upon agricultural procrVcti. ! i Mr. Breckinridge ThereHi no help for the farmer except By paymg him a bounty or by reducing the taxes upon that which he consumes, is there? i ' Witness None that I can see. To Mr. Bayne he said, that in his opinion protection protected manufac-. turers and enabled them to form conM binations and trusts to take money out of the farmers' pockets. But the Grange recognized that the country had de4 clared for protection, and he was not here to advocate free trade- He wanted equal legislation, and protection of the farmers by means of bounties. He did not think that" the present system of taxation protected laborers to the value of a row of pins. , i Cornelius Morrison, of New York, representing importers of brewers' rice, protested against any increase of present duties. He said that one of the large Western brewers would consume the en tire product of the South. 1 Wm. M. Vinseyof Missouri, appeared in behalf of producers of the South of barytes used, in the manufacture of paint, asking that the duty be increased lo meet large importations from Germa ny, whence barytes . comes as ballast. The industry had been broken down by the tariff of 1883, and could be revived only by the restoration of the old rates. W. H. , Dlnbee, of -Lynchburg, Va., producer of barytes, said that the ma terial was hauled one thousand miles from the Hartz Mountains and delivered on board of vessels at German seaports at $2.85 a ton.while he (witness), paying his negro miners $4 a week, and hauling it half a mile,, could tot produce barytes at less than $3 a ton. A Connecticut firm was importing and grinding this German product and underselling wit ness. He .denied that barytes was an adulterent in paints, and asserted that its admixture benefited lead paints. : nn t ' i - 1890. APPALLING DISASTER ! The "Walls of a Brooklyn Church Blown Down by High "Winds A Small Build ing Crushed and all of its Sleeping In mates Father Killed or Seriously Injured. i New York, January 9. An appalling disaster occurred in Brooklyn this morn inh. (The heavy winds of last night shook the new Presbyterian Church, at 296 Thro&p avenue", to its foundation, and at 4.30 this morning one of the walls fell with a crash on a! three-story frame building adjoining, and brought with it death and destruction. The ruined building was tenanted by the Mott and Purdy families. They numbered nine persons. I Five of them are reported dead,! and two were carried out of the ruins so seriously Injured that their death is only a question of a few hours, i The following is a list of those report ed dead: , David Purdy, aged 14; Caro line Purdy, aged 16; May Purdy, aged tH; Mrs. Caroline Mott, aged 75; Sarah Mott; aged 45. The Injured are: Emma J. Purdy, aged 40; Robert Poole, aged 63.. ! The tenants in thej little frame house adjoining, were alarmed last night by the manner in which the church walls shook.and rattled, arid it was with fear and trembling that they retired. Twice during the night some of the inmates were aroused by the j roaring wind, but every one was in bed and asleep when the disaster oecurred. This morning the heavy brick wall of the church fell sud denly with a' crash and a heap, that broke, through the cockle-shell struct ure adjoining like a battering ram. The dwelling seemed to j part in twain and instantly the shrieks! and groans of the injured startled the residents for blocks about. . ' " r The noise of the falling wall attracted the attention of a policeman, and he sent in a fire alarm and summoned the reserve from the poliee statiomiearby. A great crowd gathered, gazing blank ly at the ruined .dwelling and shattered church. The house had been torn in such a manner that the bed-room was exposed, and in the bed, within plain view of those in the street, lay the dead body of Mrs.' Mary Purdy, borne; down beneath the mass of debris. This fearful spectacle seemed .to -stun those who witnessed it; and for a few moments nothing was done to render assistance to those within! Then the police and firemen arrived and started into the rescue. They first found Mrsj Emma PurdyIying beneath a mass of timbers and bricks, so seriously in iured that she could not speak or move, even when they had carried her out of the charnel house into the street. Robert Poole was the-next one found alive; he also, was so seriously injured that no hope is entertained of his recovery. As far as known at this writing none of the inmates in the house escaped death or injury. ! ' The crowd about the scene numbers several thousand,!) and the search for bodies is being hurried on. Miss Mary PUrdy's body, crushed and mangled in a fearful way was brought out and laid on the sidewalk under the blankets in which she slept last night. She was a beautiful young woman. ! NOMINATIONS Confirmed by the Senate in Executive Ses--' i , jj sion. ' 1 Washington,! Jan. 9. The Senate has confirmed the nominations of J. R. G. Petkins, of Louisiana, as Minister to the Argentine Republie; ClarkE. Carr, of Illinois, Minister and Consul General to Denmark; Wm. W. Bates, of New York, Commissioner of Navigation; Daniel V. Hall, of Pennsylvania, j Com missioner of Customs; John F. Horr, Collector of Customs at Key West, Fla.; Postmasters North Carolina G. E. Buckmari, Washington; W. A. Albright, Durham; J.1. Joyce, Reidsville; J. M. Sikes, Oxford; I. K. , Smith, Goldsboro; D. F. Wemyss, Fayetteville; W. E Clark, New Berne; .South Carolina V. P. Clayton, Columbia. REV. MR. JOYNER. The Englishman Who "Was Mobbedat Hol- ly Springs. Washington! Jan.9. Sir Julian Pun cefort.British Minister, was in conference with Secretary Blaine in the State De partment for some time this afternoon, and it is understood that one of the's'ub iects considered was the case of Rev. Mr. Joyner, the English elergyman.who says he suffered personal violence at the hands of a mobj at Holly Springs, N. C. because he insisted on giving religious instruction to colored people. The case will probably be referred to the Attorney-General for investigation. JUDGE KELLEY DEAD. The Oldest Member of the House of Rep resentatives. Washington, January 9. Judge Wil liam D. Kelley, of" Pennsylvania, died at 6.20 this evening. He was the oldest member of the House of Representa tives in years! and continuous service, having been elected to fifteen successive Congresses. Recently a cancer on the jaw, whieh he had had removed several years ago, reappeared, and probably shortened his; life, but the immediate cause of his death was intestinal fcatarrh of receunt origin. ' . " ,! OHIO DEMOCRATS. Calvin S. Briee Nominated for United States Senator. ' Columbus, O. Jan. 9. The Demo cratic caucus for the purpose of selecting a candidate ; to be voted for United States Senitor to succeed Payne, met to-night arid nominated Calvin S. Brice on the second ballot, giving him 52 votes out of 73 present. j The Republican strength in the Le gislature is 71, and the Democratic 77 one having died since the election, and another is reported dying to-night.) There were four absentees from the cau cus. - ' H OHIO. Address to the Legislature Relative to the Choice of Senator. .j Columbus! January 9. The Senato rial candidates were all present at the Jackson banquet last night, but the work :at headquarters proceeded. Among the developments of last night is an address prepared by Judge Blandin.of Cleveland, and addressed to the members of the' Lehislature, calling upon them not to elect a man to the Senate who is identi fied with corporations. The appeal is signed by Allen W. Thurman, H. J, Booth, Irvine Dungan. and E. Blandin. The address was late in its. preparation, SUMMER "WINTER. Fruit Trees and Flowers Blooming in Vir1 ' '. ginia. ' ' ; : j By Telegraph to the Morning Star, ; 'j Lexington, Va., Jan, 11, Summer temperature for the month has' put the cherry, peach and apple trees in full bloom. The mountains are full of wild flowers in full bloom, and lillies, roses and other flower's are blooming. The temperature ; to-day is in the seventies NO. 10 j HORRIBLE DEATHS. Tne Bridge Caisson. Aooident at Louisville Terrible Struggles of the Hl-FatedMen to Fjsoape. j j; j LoujsviLLE. Ky. Jan. 10. At 12.30 o'clock this morning the bodies of three of the infortunate victims of the caisson accident were recovered by the work men. The positions , in which they were found showed that a desperate struggle had taken place at the narrow door of escape. One negro had 6uc ceedeqJn pulling his body through the apertujre, but death had overtaken him justwhen life was promised. Another negro had crawled partly through; his handsi were fastened by death in the clothirig of the negro in front of him, showing that he had died in a desperate endeavour to escape first. Between the two negroes was the body of a white man; Jt appeared from his position that he was trying to push f back some one who was clinging to his legs. The sand accunjulatine at the dobr by the sudden sinking of the caisson had wedged in the bddv of the white I man in snrh a manner that it could tint hp rpmnveH Further investigation shows that two mure men lost their lives, Hamil- ton Morris and Lewis Cox, making a total of sixteen. 1"HE QALllOWS. J. c. Parrish -Hanged for a Criminal As- sault.! "-" Raleigh, January 10. To-day at 12 o'clock J. C. Parish paid the penalty of his crime of which he jiad been convict ed at the end of a hangman's rope. The prisoner deported himself with astonish ing coolness and composure till the last. He was baptized this 'jriorning with the rites of the Catholic Church by Rev. Father Charles, pastor! of the Catholic Churfch of this city. He died maintain iijg hjis innocence.! j i , i F'ajrish was convicted last January of a criminal assault on t his 13-year old daughter. His case was appealed, but the judgment was sustained. He was 42 years old, and had a wife and several childjren. Parrish said nothing on the fallows. He died by Strangulation after angang eleven minutes. LA GRIPPE. Its Deadly "Work in Boston Unprecedent ed jDeath Rate The : Mortality in Jfew YotkCity. . j 1 ' ! j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Boston, Jan. 11. the Boston Board pf Health ha received lip to noon to day k-eports of 436 deaths, the largest nurnber ever recorded in seven jdays, Diseases of the respiratory organs have beeri terribly effective1. No less than 113 deaths; are from! pneumonia," 82 from consuiripton, 32 from bronchitis and 14 fronii influenza. The death rate for the week reaches thej unprecedented total of 53.61. '--.'" , ... : New York, Jan. ll. The records of the Board of Health for the twenty four hours ending; at noon to-day showed 176 deaths. This shows a fall ing of of 36 during the preceding twenty-four hours! There was but on? case of i afluenza proper, land that was a man 73 "ears of age. j ! The death record! for the last week was 1,424, against '1,202 the previous week. . - ; ; J tfhysicians now believe that the cli max has been reached, and that. the death rate will be materially lessened.- lhere were ayo policemen on the sick list) to-day. j ' j- , THE MONTANA MUDDLE. The Governor Refuses Certificates to the . Men Elected to the Senate by the Repub , licans. ' J . " J By Telegraph to jthe MorningStar. Chicago, January 11. A Special dis patch from Hden&, Montana, to ' the Infer-Ocean, says: .jifesterday. afternoon Mfessrs. Sandeifs and Powers, who were elected United j States Senators by the Republican House j and Senate, made formal application to Gov. Toole for cer tificates of electioij. The request was denied on the groupd that their election was liregal, and alsb because of the fact that Gov. Toole had already given certi ficates of election to Messrs. Clarke and Maginnis, elected j by j the Democrats. The Legislative deadlock continues in full force, and the Republicans have de cided to break it s far as the Senate is concerned by unsejating Mr. McNama'ra, Democrat, who is inelligible because of his being a Federal official. This will give the Republicans full and free con trol of the Senate.) ' - BUS1N ESSAI t-U RES. Collapse of the Bank of South Dakota. By Telegraph ito the Morning Star. Madison, Januaty 11, The Bank of South Dakota, has assigned to M. ,W. paly.. The assets are claimed, t be $150,000; liabilities unknown." The as signee is engaged in looking over the books, which are in bad shape. Learn ing how the concern does stand. The as signment of the bank -forced the La Belle' Ranche Horse Importing Co. to as sign yesterday! as the- ranche and bank were closely conneeted. George L. Wright, late secretary and treasurer, is assignee. The ranche's assets are about $150,000, mostly in land and horses; lia bilities about $60,000. ! ' ANO TH ER LYNCHING. A Negro Burglar Shot to Death in Barn- ! well, S. O. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charleston, S. C, January 11. A colored man charged with burglary was taken from a deputy sheriff near Rob- bins, in Barnwell county, on Tuesday night, while on- the way to jail, and tied to a tree bv the roadside and shot to death. The1 shooting was done byjabody oi masKea; men, supposed to be white. An effort has been made to conceal the murder; and as the scene of the lynching is remote from news centres, it is almost impossible to get complete in formation.! Columbia, S. C, Tariuarv 11. Wm. Blocke, a colored youth, who had iust completer! a term in the penitentiary for stealing doming, ana naa returned to his home in Barnwell county, was yes terday tieatoa tree by a white man named Divid; Ready, and shot to death. Before committing the brutal ' deed Ready knelt down and prayed for his victim. Several white men stood bv and witnessed the murder without pro test. JNcj arrests nave been made. A JERRIBLE MISTAKE, A Family Poisoned with Strychnine Taken in Mistake for Quinine. '. BV Telegraph to the Morning; Slar. Dearborn, Mich., January II; A terrible mistake was made in the family of Merrill Griffin here last night. The fanjilv all ..had the influenza and took strychnine instead of quinine. Griffin,, his wife, a daughter aged thirteen, artd a son aged nine, were the victims. The daughter died at 2 o'clock this morning and there is no hope for Griffin. Mrs Griffin and son have a bare chance to pull through.; . - SPIRITS TURPENTINE. , .r Tarboro Southerners i Four coaches of negro emigrants will leave here to-morrow for the Brazos Valley f Texas. The number will t be 200 or more. 1 ? -r-Laurinburg Exchange : The Board of Education made only a partial apportionment' of the school fund last Monday. To 46 school districts, con taining 1,941 children, were given each ; $32 50 on a basis of 65 children in each, , and 50 cents per capita to the remainder 6,594 children in the county. Be it said to the credit of the citizens of wes tern Robeson and eastern Richmond counties,' that a large attendance met those earnest workers for the old Con federate soldier at Spring Hill last Fri day night, and turned $200 into the gen eral fund for the Confederate Veterans. Monroe Register: La gnppe has struck Monroe, several Cases have been reported by our physicians. Mr. John Bass, who lived on Richardson creek, about seven rniles from Monroe, . died last Tuesday night, after a, long ill ness, aged sixty :three years. . The ' Methodists, Presbyterians and Baptists of the town are observing the week of prayer, bervices-f were begun by Kev. C. W. Robinson, ; in the Methodist church, Sunday night, -i - We hear of a good deal of damage being done to small grain by the Hessian fly; and it is said that the chinch bugs are putting in their appearance in some localities. - Wilson Mirror: It is with1 gen uine sorrow that we record the untimely death of Garry Fulghum, which occurred at his home in this place! on last Thurs day evening. Mr. Fulghum was an hon orable,' upright, excellent citizen, and was highly esteemed by our whole com munity. There was a stabbing affair in Wilson on the day after Christmas. The man who used the knife and did the cutting, was arrested and brought before Justice Mercer who took final jurisdic tion in the matter and ' discharged the man upon the payment of cost. We did not know before that a magistrate could take final jurisdiction in a case where a deadly weapon had been used; but then we live to learn. " f j 1 Charlotte Chronicle : George Todd, a young man of Paw Creek, is in his 24th year,, weighs 165 pounds, and has never tasted flesh of any kind in! his life, ' The Graded Sehool open ed -after the holidays with twenty-five.--new scholars.'making a total of 766 pu- 5 pils. Capt. S. B. Alexander told a Chronicle reporter that a fly or bug, that is very damaging to winter wheat and oats, is very thick in "his oats. He heard that in Steele Creek the flyihas already done mueh damage to the wheat, and oats.. A 'Chronicle reporter, has learned that there are a number of eases of La Grippe in Bay Hill township, but most of them are slight and have been j attended with no serious results. There ' are some new cases in Charlotte, some : of the last eases being more severe than ' the first cases. ' ' . f Charlotte "News: Mr. Kelly, the convict guard, was not hurt so bad as Was reported to us yesterday. True he hasn't as many toes as he had before the gun went off, but his foot will still do him good service. ' Another big train load-i of colored people passed through Charlotte on.the Richmond & Danville road to-day f or the West. There were five cars constituting the train, and all were packed. . The darkies came from the eastern counties of the Slate. A pretty big commotion was created on East Trade street this afternoon, by a fistic encounter between Dr. D. O'Donoghue and Dr. E. C. Rh gister. : Some blood was drawn. ' The; affair crew out of a misunderstanding over patients. Dr. O'Donoghue accused Dr. Register of -answering a note ad dressed to him (O'Donoghue). Dr. Re- gister exhibits the note which he says caused the fight, and it is addressed td "Dr. E; C- Register." In the course of; the fight, Dr. Q'Domoghue stumbled oq the curbing and received a fall, which resulted in a scalp wound. Raleigh News-Observer: There are numerous cases of "la grippe" in the cit. It is reported that Peg Leg Williams is operating east of here and that he. has twenty-two car loads of emij grants ready to start south in a day or ' two.. - The Goveroir has ordered a special Jterm of court iri Orange cOuntj, to begin March 10th, for the trial of civil cases. ! Hon. R. F. Armfield will preside!. I A telegram from Wash ington says: Dr. Eugene Grissom has been here several days. For years it has been his ambition to have charge of St. Elizabeth's, the National Insane Asylum near this city. The post is a lucrative and responsible one. J. C. Parrish, the condemned man now in j Wake county) jail under sentence Of ! death for an assault on his own daugh ter, will be hanged to-morrow according to the sentence of the law. Gov. Fowle after mature deliberation" yesterday an nounced his decision not to interfere with the law in the case. The- execu tion will therefore take place in the jail j yard to-morrow. ! v Charlotte News: A large partyy of white ' emigrants from Beaver Dam, Monroe and Ames', arrived in ' the city last;night on the Carolina Central pas senger train. There were 75 white peo ple in the party, and they were bound, for Arkansas. This is the second party of white people to! emigrate from Union county within a few weeks past. Several emigrant agents have been try ing to get'up an emigration fever in and around Charlotte! but the thermome ter hasn't begun to move up yet. The darkies around ; Charlotte love this country too well, j Mr. D. G Steb- ! bins, United States Deputy Marshal, . ! left this morning for Greensboro, and from that place he leaves this evening for Columbus, Ohio, with Brown and Anderson, the Charlotte postoffie rob bers, in charge, Mr. Boyce Kelly, one of the guards! employed for the con victs on the Lawyer's road, had one of m , his feet shot off this afternoon. He was standing with the muzzle of a double barrelled shot-gun resting on his foot when the weapori was accidentally dis charged, whooting away the whole front part of his foot." Raleigh Newsdr Observer: Sher- ; iffs arenow coming iivlively and settling; their cpunty taxes with the State Treas urer. The location committeei of the Baptist Female University will meet, in Durham next Tuesday week, and see the grounds the: cftizens .offer them there. - And on Wednesday, the day fol lowing, the committee will probably vis it Greensboro. -Col. L. L. Polk; President of the" National Farmers' Union of America, left yesterday for Washington to establish, his office there and to enter fully upon the discharge of his duties. He was accompanied by Mr.- D. H. Rittenhouse, as his private secre tary. : Yesterday morning- the exe cutive committee of the State Farmers Alliance elected Mr. E. C. Beddingfield to succeed Col. L. L. Polk, resigned, as State Secretary, with office in this city, j Mr. Beddingfield isja resident of Wake, county; and is a member of the General Assembly. He is 27 years of age. v The Governor yesterday issued commis- j sions to Robert i S. Young, captain of -' Company G., Fourth Regiment," Con-' cord; John F. Reid, first lieutenant; W. S. Bingham, secOnd lieutenant; Wm. H, tohnson, captain Company F., Second tegiment, Clinton; A. H. Herring, sec-' ortd lieutenant. ! " On last Friday -night the store of, Miss Julia Woodardl on the corner of f Hargett and Wilming ton streets was entered by a negro who . carried off a turn of clothing, shoes, etc. Sergeant Lewellyn worked up1 the case: and on Tuesday had Henry Rogers in limbo for the1, robbery. The case .wa? immediately reported to the grand jury a true bil was brought in, Rogers wa tried, comrictedl and sentenced to thre years in the pen, and it was all dom quick enough to make his head swim. 7 i '
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