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Specimen copies forwarded when desired. 1 ONE MAN POWER, The. more the autocratic action of Speaker Reed in the contest between the majority and the minority in the House of Represehtatives.last week is considered the moreserious and outrageous it becomes. For ja thor ough illustration Of the one-man .power it exceeds anything ever atj. tempted by any other man occupying , the seat he occupies, or by any other officer of the Government in time of ' peace, Andrew Johnson was charged 'while President with an attempt to .- .constitute himself a one-man power1, the representatives of the party to which he belonged and of which Mr,. Reed is now a leading light, brought, ' articles of impeachment against him ; and he escaped by the skin of, his : teeth. , It That Mr. Reed should arrogate to' i himself dictatorial power and assume ; in defence of this procedure to in ' terpret the-onstitution to suit him I self, and differently from any other-! pretation ever before given since its f adoption, in direct contradiction of a J f ormer interpretation by himself in 1 1875, and in defiance of protests and , appeals, proceed to exercise this dic ' tatorial power, is more than a mat ter of mere partisan bearing, more than a matter in which the majority or minority of -that House, or the Republican party, or the Democratic "party is interested, it is something in ''which the whole people of this coun- try, regardless of party, are interest . ed, for it is a fearful and a danger- ous power when one "man can by his - sovereign will say what character of ' legislation shall be enacted and what not, what bill shall pass or not pass, whether a proposed law may .become a law or not, -who; shall occupy seats as representatives and ! who shall not,' for all these and more are the logical sequents of this con spirator's autocratic assumptions.! j. If under the - Constitution" of j these United States he has the right and power to do what he claims, then is he the one-man power in this gov ernment, greater than Congress, greater than the, executive, greater than the judiciary. ! j Why do we say this? Becawsejth man who with iron will can witii abso lute power rule the House of '.Repre sentatives is greater than a king. He absolutely holds the Government in his hands, and can clog its wheels at pleasure or stop them altogether. Nothing like this is probable oi to be feared, it may be said. 1 No, we don't suppose it is. - Un,til the Amer ican people are a great deal mor0 Un manned and degenerate than they have yet become the life of a man' who attempted" that would be a bad but rislr for an insurance company; still it is possible and prudent people guard not only against the probable but the possible disaster. If he! j can interpret one article in the Constitu tion to suit himself he can interpret all, and he can so interpret as to nuU lify all. ' ' j j Congress is the law making power of this Government, the greatest of all because it is supposed t6 speak for the people, to represent the 1 peo ple, to act for the people anrj, as the duly accredited agents of the1! people? people It is the to jass laws governing the as citizens of the Republic. source of power, greater than the executive which only administers the laws it enacts, or the judiciary which only interprets the laws " whtn their meaning may be in doubt. By vir tue of its authority war is declared, armies equipped and supported in the field, navies put upon the high seas, peace declared, and the moneys raised and appropriated by which the Govern mental machinery is kept funning in war and in peace. This is the mighty branch of the Govern ment which Speaker Reed 'jjassumes the power to'control by his ipse dixit, and which he hasj backed by his feM iuw couspiraiors, controuea with ab- solute sway for the past week. " If Mr. Reed's assumption be cor reci mat ne can declare a majority iicu me :tuii can aoes not' I show a majority present, then that clause of the Constitution which says mat a. majority snail constitute, a quorum for the trasaction of pusiness, and that a majority of the shall be, necessary: to carry a : quorum easure. is absurd, for if he can count a qu04 rum when he pleases, regardless of the record, and count those! present and not voting as present in law, as well as in person,' and can Ihus witn a manufactured 'quorum-declare a measure carried by less tharl a majoi rity of a constitutional quorum, he migh't in contingences, if allj the ball ance'of the members saw' fit not to vote, declare a'measure carrfed which receivedronly one vote It e delibe- j 1CUU1MIC 1 requisite wu, . w Iunaers, utterly destroys it, reduces the minor!- ty to f for the practical nonentity j (save i purpose of making up me nctitious quorum ) makes the pat iomie,! and the House of Represenjjativesit; a House of Representatives jin the; sense its founders intended itto be but a. monstrous legislative despo tism. .' : ' ; That's what it was all; last week, while the autocratic Reed and his fellow conspirators were playing their desperate game for power; that's what it is now, and that's what it will continue to be.whijle one man with the party whip sits supreme and rules the House at his will. If the people do hot rebuke this they will be holding their liberty very cheap. RISING IN PHILADELPHIA. A lie uvtrui. a itjuutn.ii '"i'v-, I "1 JI7... n Uimiih!i'in nnrur published in Philadelphia, in refuta tion, as it claims, of the assertions bf Senators Morgan and BuitleV that the negro is "incapable of improvement and can never become a valuable cit izen." remarks that there might be cited "numerous hundreds of ex amples" in that city to the' contra ry. The News puts up a figure of straw to knock it down. Senator Morgan and Senator Butler never have asserted that the negro is "m capable of improvement.", j They have simply asserted 'what Mr. In galls and other Republicans assert, and what the Republican party as serts in practice, that the negro is not Qualified to hold the reins of government, and to cope with the white : man I in ! . the march of progress. If j : there be so many caoable colored men in the city of Philadelphia as the News jwould have us believe, why are not some of them placed in responsible represen tative or other positions by the domi nant Republicans of that city with whom they so solidly and steadfastly act? Thus recognizing bility and worthiness to why ignore them? Is theiri capa- hold office lit because their skins are top dark to stand the test and meet the requirements for a nomination? ! It , must be that for conceding capability andj worthiness no other reason can De given. . . . . t As proof that they are coming, however, it quotes from a paper pub lished bv a colored man an iarticle headed "Tell 'em we ' are rising which runs thus: " - "Tell 'em we, are Rising." Though the columns of this paper have never swerved from, the advocacy of Republi can principles, we have been a chronic protestant against the reluctance of the local leaders to recognize the political work of colored men. We must now acknowledge that in the next political year we may expect better: representa tion. 1 ne local government wii De in fluenced to some extent by colored men. : Con K. Hubert goes to common Council from the Fifth ward. Mr. Hu bert has been an aggressive worker in; his ward. He has spent money and time in past contests leading forlorn hopes and demonstrating the negro's ability to stick, btephen a, 0-ipson; is remem bered by our readers, and j particularly by those in the Seventh ward, from his Legislative fight. He will go to Coun cils from the Seventh ward as a fit re presentative of the intelligence and ability of the rising colored youth. jj Mr. Perry, the able colored gen tleman who I so exultingly exclaims and proclaims "Tell 'era !we are ris ing" starts out by telling his ioyaf white brethren in the good Republi can city of Brotherly ; Love, that although a true dyed in the wool ; Republican from waybaek, he has been , a j "chronic .; j protes tant against the : reluctance! of the local bodies to recognize the oolilti- cal work of colored" men." An,d all this protesting against the failurejto recognize them was in the good city of Philadelphia, where, the News in forms us, there are "hundreds" of ca pable, good colored citizens, r Why is this thus? Why this lgnoringf of which don't capable men by a party believe in drawing the color line? (This is a puzzle, harder to solve than ine race prooiem. : ne only way we can account for it t qo he ground ithat there must be! some sneaking irace prejudice among the good Re publicans of that city,' which is a rather hard thing jtoj think about them. But if any Of this sneaking pee prejudice does unhappily exist in that presumably colorless burg it is vanishing, vanishing slowly, it is true, but, nevertheless vanishing slow but sure. The toad is not ! re markable for speed. He moves father with deliberation and caution, Ihinks before he hops land then does jt methodically. When he jumps he jumps with a vief to lan4insf on jthe jearth, and not to staying up in the ir, and consequently he comes back o earth accordm? to calculation That's the reason why he mov.es with; such deliberation, and goes plow. He does not travel1 at the rate of 1,000 miles a day,, butt give nm time, point him j in the right irection and he will get around the orld, although not as fast as Nellie Ely or Miss Bisland did, if you give him time Pnono-h and deep water- don t come in the way. j : So after J ever so much chronic protesting, twenty-three years after enfranchisement, in a Republican fcity which claims a population of about 800,000, where stacks of speeches have been ; delivered asserting and maintaining ;the j political equality of colored men with all the other men on the face of the earth, where there are, according to the News, "numerous" capable colored men, they are "rising," going up with a mighty boost and bound, their polit ical work has been recognized, their j "sticking" capacity- discoveredand the grand result achieved over which the colored brother exultinrrlv ex- C aims. " I I Vm W ara.r etniv I These colored Republican workers actually to go into the town'council. They are the "rising" statesmen of the wards in which they live and one ft V nm L . I a ored Urother tells us, has "spe money and time in past " contests" spenf in leading forlorn hopes," which factj in this instance seems somewhat'to have offset his colored'skin. The man who "spends his money in lead ing forlorn hopes" has presumably a good claim on the Republican party for " ward - recognition, especially if there happen to 1 be a jgood , many negtoes in that ward. j J ; -The colored editor quoted by the News tells us further as an evidence that they are "rising," that two col ored men have been put on "city committees." that is party commit tees, and remarks that "these selec tions will do much to prevent the threatened growth of a colored Dem ocratic vote in this city, which shows the milk in the cocoanut, and explains at once this sudden recogni-J tion after twenty-three years of freez ing out, of a few. colored! men. It was to "check the threatened growth of a colored Democratic vote in this city." This accounts for the "rising.' The white. Republican bosses were getting scared and decided that they had better throw out a tub, though a small one, to the colored whale, which was threatening to flap ita tail around in the political waters and stir things up some. Veriiy they are "rising,", and there is hope that within the next thousand years, at this rate, the colored brother will be fully re cognized as a component pa.rt of the Republican party, j The President; has recognized the claims of the colored people by ap pointing .Blanche K. Bruce recorder of deeds for the; District of Colum bia, to succeed j l rotter, ; black, re signed at the request of the Presi- dent, As Blanche is not only Blanche T T i in name but pretty .blanch of skin, being nearly white, this is not so much a "recognition of the negro after aU. It is a sort of J a compro mise on the color line. The protectionists have driven American ships from the; high seas, and now they are running to Con gress with hat in hand begging for bonuses to build up more ships to take, the place of those they have de stroyed. What cheek; ; - ALLEGED ROBBERY. Henry Stone of New York Loses $550 Which He Claims Was Stolen. Mr. Henry Stone, of New York, made complaint yesterday before Justice R. H. Bunting that he had been robbed Monday night last of $550; two hundred dollars being in two checks for 100 each on banks in New York city, and the remainder consisting of seven bank bills of 50 each. A warrant Was issued for the arrest, of a man named Gray, a stranger who had been in the city several aays, ana search warrants were also issued, and the rooms occupied by two white women, named Sadi Hamil ton and Lilly Johnson, living on South Fourth street, were searched, but the missing money, was not found, Stone alleged ihat he! had the money on his person, and was in company with Gray and the women named at a dance in a house on South Fourth street; Monday night, and upon returning; to his lodg ings at Mr. Koch's restaurant, corner of Second and Princess streets, discovered mat ne naa Deen robbed.: A witness named Barney Snaa testified that Gray made a proposition to him a week ago to rob Stone; bu there was no other evi dence against the accused; ths women testifying j that Gray did not put his hands on Stone at any time during the evening.- The magistrate,! after hearing the evidence, dismissed th? case. and required the prosecutor to pay the cost', FEBRUARY WEATHER Forecasts aa Published by the TJ. S. Bydrogranhig Bureau. vbtormy weather will prevail off the Atlantic coast of North America and Europe, especially off the American coast along the course jbf Stream, land over the Atlantic to the northward of about 35" Nrth" latitude Along the Irnnatjantjc routes fresh to Strong gales, prJncipalJy from the wpft; ward, will be encountered about once a week. Northers will occur less frequent. iy m tne.uuu or Mexico, but will be of greater violence than earlier in j the season. IThe NE. Trades will begin to extena lurther north. Icebergs and held ice i will be encountered off New foundland and over the Grand Banks. poasibjy ag far squjb. a the 42d parallel, between longitudes and W, Little fog will be met r with on the Grand Banks.' i RAILROAD NOTES, j Gffjclal were busy yesterday ftt the C. F. & y. V. sheds receiving freight for shipment to stations along the , line of that road,' " r " -"ll :H ' I Railroad.men connected with the A. C. L. report that the passenger travel is atout as usual at this season of the year, while the freight traffic la j rather above the average, f I . J With the W. O. & E. C. railroad completed and in operation, we shall have Business facilities fof each cardinal point of the compass North, South. East and West. " ' . . . A- ; I It is expected among railroad peo ple that before the present j year has passed away, through connection by rail will pe made with the! West, via the Cape Fear & ' Yadkin Valley railroad. There remains now onlv about 30 milp of road to be built to make the connec tion complete, and surveyors have al-" reagy aetermined on tne line. It will take but a short time to finish the con nection when wdfk is once fairly begun. V The Pulpit and the Stage, Rev. IF. MJ Shrout. Pastor kjnitPH Brethren Church, Blue Mound, Kan., says: "1 feel it my duty w tell what wonders Dr. King's New! Discovery has done for me. i Mv Luners were badlv diseased, and my parishioners thought i wuiu ; live oniy a lew weeKg. 1 1 took five bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery and am I sound and well, gaining 20 lbs. in weight." . I ! i 1 Arthur Love, Manager! Love s Funny Folks Combination, writes: 1 '.'After ; a thorough trial and convincing evidpnr I am confident Dr. Kiric's New nie covery for ConsumDtion. beats 'em all and cures when evervthinc i else fails. The greatest kindness I can do my many, thousand friends is to urcre them to trv it t?rge trial bottles at Robert R. Bellamy's Wholesale and Retail Drug Store. -B Dix.ca uw.. uiiu 91.UV. 7 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Proceedings of Segnlar Meeting of the Board-Jurors for March Term of the ' Criminal Court. ' . i The Board of Commissioners of New Hanover county met yesterday m regu lar session. All the members were pre-; sent, and Mr. H. A. Bigg. Chairman, presided. . ' ''. .' - , The County Treasurer si bmitted his report, showing a balance on hand to the credit of the general iund amounting to $21,088.64, and a balance to the credit of the educational fund amounting to $4, 023.10. y. "v. The Register jof Deeds submitted a report of marriage licenses fees received duringthe month, amounting to $15.20, and exhibited the! Treasurer's receipt for: the same. ' i On motion, the petition of B. F. Tur lington asking the remission of tax on two dogs, listed through misunderstand-! ing, was laid on-the table. ' s Reports were received from the follow ing magistrates: J. D. H. Klander. John L. Cantwell. T. B. Harriss, W. M. Har-i riss. ! . j . ! The following j were drawn as jurorsf for the March term of the Criminal Court, viz; Amos Perry, S. H. Mintzj F, W. Ortmann, I J. . Strauss, Aaron1 Greenwald, J." W. Dicksey, Sr., John I D, Southerland,! T.. B. Harriss, John T. Piatt, William i J. Smith, III W, Malloy, Ward W. King, F. A; McMillan, j. D. Mallard, C. C. Covingi ton, Louis L. bhendan, W, B, Bcrryi W. G. Fowler, C. B. Mallot. Jno. H; Thees, Coleman Twining, W, H. Pickett; Wra; Herring, Gi R. Smith, G. W. Fred-j erick, D. D. George, Jas. D. Smith, Josi J. Atwood, M. G. Chadwick, Jas. Wi Hodees. J. G. Crai?. T. H. Kino-. I; D Sellers, Jas. Bland, V H. Turlington; Geo. R. French. i A NEW WATER FILTER. New Water Filter on Trial Here for which Encouraging Heaults are Promised. Mr. W. W. Whidit, of Newburgh, NL Y., is in the city with a filter that he has invented, which, if it will accomplish all that he claims, fgr it, will be of incalculab le value to the people of the South!, and especially to those who suffer lot the want of pure water. It is a ''Com- bined Charcoal and Re-carbonizing Fil- ter," and with it the inventor claims thai; he can completely clarify and pufify common river water, so that it will be perfectly clear and healthy. A Star reporter saw one of the filters in operaf tion yesterday, when the'ysftow dirty water taken directly from one of the pipes of the city water worses was made to look as clear and taste as sweet as any pure well water. The process of purifying by the use of charcoal is old and well-known, and this principle has been utilized in the filter. with improvements by which the inven tor claims the contents of the filter mav -1 . I f be thoroughly cleansed as often as may be desirable, U this can he done the filter is invaiuable. It is hoped that those having the water works in charge here will make j a thorough test of its j :e ' - i powers, ana ii tnrougn its use, pure water can be i obtained it will be a great blessing to our people. Fender County Jurors. The Board of County Commissioners met at Burgaw -yesterday Present: Bia.nd and. is the lint J.'T. Fay. chairman; H: A- A. C. Moore. 1 The followln of Jurors drawn for the Superior Court: ,the March term of T. E. king, R. E. Garns, D. W. Mott, Frank Aiaipass, J. L. Atkins. H. T. Corbett. W. B. Player, .J. G. Mahn, Q..W. ThigpeU K. F. Ppwers, E. S. Boney. Q. W. Her: ring, A. E. Burton, G; W- Bonham, Hardy FenwcHj Daniel putpelL J. p: Davis, J. B. Scott, J. L. Atkinson, Wiley Moore, R. M. Cfoom, R. W. Rivenbark. Jesse Hanslev. IW. C. Croiom. Samuel T .L .,. .,,1 ' 1 I uuubc. nc jimprovea slowly Newton, li, J, McMillan, B, Johnson, from that time on, and soon regained Robt. NixonDaniel Murohv. G. W. I consciousness. reeoemtzlne friends who Murray, J. F. Lee, J. K. Sanders, A. j J Moore, W. J. Hynn, R. S. Moore, 5 1. T. Player. , . A An Onslew GtHinty Bailor Sost, The Newberh Journal publishes letter received by Judee A S. Seymour, Customs !at (through the Collector of New York,) from Port of Spain, Trini dad, as follows:; 'The German lark. 'Peulan" arrived hgrg from Wilmington. N, I C., and her captin reports fo the eonsinairtliat on the evening of the ?4th Of November last, while in latitude longitude 69.40, the articled seaman. Geonre Mor. ton, of Onslow county N. C. was found missing on board, ! 1 ne said seaman had been behaviner in a strange manner for some davs ore- Viops, making it appear as f f he was riot quite sound in his mind, and it is pre sumed that hp must hive fallen or jumped QverppsFd ifh8HMyfoly. nor Georce Mortbn havinc be en an Ameri can citizen, I now beg to forward to yOu his trunk and note its contents. There are no wages due him, as he drew an Ad vance when shipping atj Wilmington, The trunk is now, pcobabiy, with the yonectpr 01 Customs at New York. Sol. Haas, f j . " ' - 1 he salary oi Mr.' q1. Haas, of the rlichmond and Danyi;ie railroad system. is said, by the Buffalo Caurier to be $15,000 per; year. . And Ithe Charles ton News and Courier says he "stands at the head of ! his profession," and that Vthere is not a more accomplished arid brilliant railroad manager jn Jhe United States." Hip salary lacQnclusjye prciof that he i a I valuable man to his em ployers, Tho thermometer is awav qown Deiow the free?ing point when un cie bolomon gets left. The Postal Telegraph Co. j jnr. w. a. acattergood, of Birmiae- ham, Ala., arrived here yesterday to take charge as; manager of the office the Postal Telegraph Company, and of at once entered upon his duties. Mr Harris, who was temporarily in charee of the office, will return to Charleston, S. C, The other employes of the com pany here are Mr. R. j. Mcllhenriy, operaton Mr. T. M. Tiirrentine, book keeper, and Mr. B. W. White, clerk, j The Telegraph1 Line to SonthnnKt win ffot be Bold. !. ; :l j". v'"!-' The Board of Managers of the Pro duce Exchange, at their! meeting held yesterday, passed resolutions expressive of their gratification at assurances which had been received from the Signal Bu reau at Washington, that the Govern ment telegraph line between Wilmineton and Southport. will not be sold to private parties, as had been intimated that it yquld be some tiine ago. A TERRIBLE CALAMITY. SECRETARY TRACY'S HOME BURNED IN WASHINGTON. His Wife and Daughter and a Servant Burned to Death Three Others Bad- I -r i . . . -:'Aty Injured, 4 Including the Seoretary Heart-Bend-. ing Scenes. ;. .ii rt By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . . Washington February 3. A terri ble calamity visited the household of Secretary Tracy this morning, whereby three persons lost their lives, and three others were badly injured. It is. impossible at this writing to state the exact details, j The house, a three-story and basemeut brick, is situ ated on I street, between Connecticut Avenue and lTth street, and has recent ly uudergone jextensive improvements. Persons passing the house at 7 o'clock this morniiig saw smoke issuing from the front windows, and at once gave an alarm' of fire. ' The Fire and Police De partments responded promptly. The premises werej almost concealed by a dense smoke, which was thickened by a heavy fog which was just lifting. It was soon discovered that the house was all ablaze inside, and that the main stair way was burnt, thus cutting off commu nication with the sleeping apartments on the second and third floors. Several streams of water j were played On the flames and every effort was made to check the fire and to rescue the inmates. A scene bf the wildest confusion en sued, wheft it wo3 known that all of the members. 6( the ; family were in the house. The firemen behaved like heroes in the enrergeney, and went through fire and smoke in searching for them in the different apartments. Mrs. Wilmerding, the Secretary's daughter, and Miss Wil merding forced their way through, the blinding smoke and jumped from a second story window front. Ladders were raised for them, but in their excite ment they failed to see them. Mrs. Wil merding broke; her left wrist and was severely bruised. Her daughter was badly injured about the lower limbs, but broke no bones, i They both suffered severely from the shock. .They were taken at once to the residence of Dr. Baxter, near by, ! and restoratives ap plied, . ; While this sad scene was being enact ed in front of the house, firemen were engaged in the sad task of removing the other members j of the family from the rear. Chief engineer Parrish forced his way into Mrs.) Tracy's bedroom and found her lying on her bed overcome by suffocation. He carried her to the win dow, and with the' assistance of . others carried her almost lifeless body down the ladder and up an alley to the house of Mrs Rhem, on 18th street. She was then entirely unconscious, and although every effort known t6 medical science was used, it was impossible to save her life; she died within a few miuutes after her rescue. She was not burned, but died from suffocation. Her body was reraovea to tne residence ot Attorney General Miller.f Almost at the same time two.more bodies were taken from the burning building. One "was that of the Secretary's daughter, Miss Marie, and the other was one of the servants. Both bodies were, burned to a crisp, and were unrecognizable by their features. Miss Tracy's body was distin guished from the other only by the supe rior texture of what remained of her stockings. The charred remains were taken to an undertaker's establishment in the vicinity. ( - Secretary Tracy himself had a mcst miraculous escape and, is now lying n a SQmewhat precarious condi tion at the residence of Hon-. J. C. Ban croft Davis, on iH street near Eighteenth Street. Like all the others he was over come m his sleep by the smoke which filled the house and rendered him. com pletely h.e!plcgs. He was "discovered in this condition, and with considerable difficulty was removed to a place near one of the windows. Cries for a ladder was quickly answered, and many willing hands were raised, to assist him to the ground, He was at . once removed to a neighbors house and was soon surround. lyRhysjcian's, including Qrg. Wales Ruth. He-wag suffering from as- ana R.utn. ne- wag sunering i Phyxja. The doctors applied artificial means to induce respiration, and sur. ceeded after an houF'a work in restoring him to semi-consciousness. It was then thought safe to remove him to Judge called to inquire in regard to his condition. Among the first of these were the President and Vice President and several members of the Chinet, The lull mmt ef terrible' affliction is withheld from him for the present. His first inquiry upon recovering conscious nesa was in egsrd to the safety of his family. He is gradually gaining in strength, and hi9 friends are very san guine of his (complete recovery. ' The house! was completely gutted by fire. The walls are standing, but the in terior presents a picture of ruin and gesoIStlQnr iTna' ri.aehce f Judge W; b. Qox, qf the District Supreme Court which adjoins it on the left, was badly damaged by! water. . Chinf Parrish, of the Fire Department told his story as follows: "I paid no at tention to the fire when I heard there were peoplejin the house, I felt my way through the smoke to the second floor, and found a man in bed in a room. I tried to pick him up, but. he was almost m hp3Yy: I ffl3BaSfl todrag him into tho back room, where there was more air, and then I broke the window out ana called j to Lowe, who was in the alley, to- run up the ladder; then they took the main out arid it proved to be the Secretary. I coud.n't move him any further. Iif J was exhausted and full up to the neck with smoke. Then I went back into the smoke and fire again and found aoung lady Mjss M,ary Tracy, they tell me fit a. and aa I caught hold of her wrists, to lift her .up the flesh came off heif burning hands. I got her out, but'she'wa deadt" Dr, HHH. ftt the uellcitatlon of friends, visited the lundertaker's establishment and identified MissTracy. He made a hurried examination and found she had died frorn. "suffocation, Mt Tfaey was found to tiaye ripd -fFQm the rupture of a blood ves-sej, 1 ' " ; A geutfeman who saw the Are said never in his Sife did I he see or hear -of such a sight, "It seemed," be sajd. "as though hell pad broken loose and sent its firey tonarue to the earth. The whole building seemed tp be one seething mass of flames bursting from every point. Scream followed scream, each one more horrible and blood-curdling than the other, from the interior of the building. Ooly a few people were pass ing at the time, and thev seemed lost and bewildered. The engines soon ar - rived; and you know the rest." - j R. C. Turner is a footman at the Tracy residence, He was an eye:wjt.qes,s of a. gait of the fire, He was "up and dressed efore 7 o'clock, and was prepared to go up stairs to clean the silver. He slept in the basement "Just as I was starting up stairs," said he, "a colored man rang the bell and told the butler, who an swered it, that the house was on fire. The butleY ran up-stairs and immediate ly rushed back, shouting, 'My Godf the house is on fire!' The entire first floor waa in flames? we ran out the front door; Mrs. Wilmerding and her daughter were at the front second story window, scream ing for help; both ladies jumped; neither fell on their feet, but! on their side." ? The house of E. S- Rheem, No. 821 17th street,; itself almost captured by the fire, was thrown open for the reception of -the dead) and dying. Mrs. Tracy, still alive, was brought in by a couple of firemen, and was placed pn a sofa in the dining room. Here she . lingered for about an hoar, fully conscious and ap parently suffering .but -little. It was a little after 8 o'clock when she spat up a little blood, hardly enough to be term ed hemorrhagic; she closed her eyes and without a moan ceased to breathe. i The cook, scorched and blackened I until she had an Ethiopian appearance, but not seriously injured,! was the next brought in. She was provided with an up-stairs room. 1 . I Secretary Tracy was the third sufferer to be sheltered under Mr. Rheem'sroof, He was placed on mattresses in the kitchen whether he was taken through' an alley,' for it was not deemed proper to. bring him through the room in which nis we lay dying. - liie President walk-, ed ovW from the White House as soon as he heard of . the tragedy. He was weeping as he came out of the house where the Secretary lay unconscious, and where Mrs. Tracy was dying. . : Washington, February Z. Later. Mrs. Tracy 'endeavored to escape by dropping herself from her bedroom win dow, and in her to effort to decrease the, distance to the ground, she grasped the narrow window-sill and lowered herself as far as she was able. Those-vwho saw her in this perilous position shouted to her to hold on, but either she did not hear or her strength failed, for after thus hanging for a moment, between life and death, she fell forty feet into an area-way. She was immediately taken to the house oi a neighbor Dr. Khom and placed upon a lounge in the sitting-room. She was perfectly conscious and did not seem to suffer pain. .Occasionally she com plained of oppression in the neighbor hood of her heart, and found diffi culty X .in breathing. ' She conversed awhile, coughed slightly, and then became silent. The physicians looked at cue ii ouief signincantiy, Mrs. Tracy was dead. The immediate cause, of her death was snpposed to be from Injuries to her heart, sustaiued . in her fall from the window, which flooded her lungs with blood. j Her body was soon removed to the residence of Attorney General Miller on Massachusetts avenue. Almost at the same time two bodies were taken from the burning building one was the Sec retary's daughter, Miss Mary, a young lady, and the other was that of the French maid, Josephine.! That of the former was found byChief Parrish lying on the floor in the second floor hall at the hehd of the stairs. The body was not greatly disfigured, She had evi dently died 'i of suffocation. The Chief lifted the lifeless body in his arms, and although the stair case was ablaze, he Drought it safely out into the street. Of the French maid little is known, save that her dead body was found in her room, on the top floor of the house, burned beyond recognition. The bodies of Miss Tracy and her maid were taken to an undertaker's es tablishment in the vicinity. It is believed that the ;fire originated in the parlor, near the open fire-place. Whether it originated from a grate or heating pipes is not knOwn, as no one could be found who could tell whether there was fire in the grate last night or not. ! The j frame-work J adjoining the mantel was where the fire started, and it no doubt burned some time before it was discovered. The furnace is in the basement; directly beneath where the fire started,! and the hot air pipes leading to the upper stories pass in the rear of the wood-work. The firemen generally think the wood-work was ignited by the overheated air-pipes. ! SUPREME COURT, Polygamy Declared j a Crime and Not "Within the Constitutional Provision Guaranteeing Freedom of Beligion. j By Telegraph t tho Morning Star. Washington, February 3.-The Su- premeGourt of the United States to-day rendered an opinion affirming the consti tutionality of the Edmunds-Tucker Idaho test oath, intended to prevent Mormons from Voting. The case comes up upon application for a writ of habeas corpus, made! by Samuel.D. Davis, who is in jail in Idaho, having been sentenced for un lawfully taking the prescribed test oath when he was a member'of the Mormon Church. The Court denies the applica tion for a writ of h&heaa, corpus, holding at Pp'ygamy is a crirrie, and that the Constitutional: provision guaranteeing ireenom oi religion is not intended to prevent the punishment of any person who In the name of religion commits a crime in the eyes of the law. REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. A New Code of Bules for the House of Representatives Considered an$ Jgj. plained. ! Jiy iegrph to the Morning Star. - ; Washington, February 5. The pur pose.' of the Republican House -caucus this afternoon, was to consider the new Code! of Rules whicK was completed by the Committee on Rules this morning. The caucus was called together im mediately! after adjournment by Mr. Hendersq, qf Illinois, ita chairman. The reason for the call "was stated, and each member present was furnished, in confidence, a copy of the new code. Mr, McKinley then took the floor and proceeded to explain in detail the scope cuiu purpose 01 eacn 01 tne rules. The reading consumed a great deal of time, The i code was read m extenso, .and as each rule iwas read its provisions were explained by Messrs. I McKinley and Cannon, r j There were frequent inquiries by the members for more detailed information as tq the effect of changes and for the reasons therefor; so that the wOrfc of the caucus progressed sjp.wly Generally the report of the committee was adopted without material amendment, but there was at least one important addition, Mr, Atkinson,! of Pa., offered an amend ment placing pension legislation in the privileged class, and -making reports from the ! Committee on Invalid Pen sions in order at any time, There was lively opposition to. this amendment and sprftfc members of the Committeemen Rules sought to prevent its adoption; but the amendment was finally incorpo. rated by a vote' of 76 q 4, The fu'l CQde 8? It emerges' from the eaueus differs from the old rules in the following material points; Jn.de rnie is; a new clause in added ai follows; On demand of any number of mem bers present, but not voting on any call uv mac oucner, in yeas ana navs snail be noted by the ClerlCnnder supervision of the Speaker, and shall be recorded in the Journal, and Record immediately after the names of those voting in the affirmative and negative, under the head of "present and not voting," and shall be followed by the names of absent members, which shall be entered under the 'head of "absentees." (This is in line with Speaker Reed's ruling.) The caucus remained in session until 7 o'clock. Most inviolable s.egreey in r?r4 W thBFQceeding8 was preserved, and every effort was made to prevent the action of the caucus becoming pub lic, i While it was stated that on every, question; presented the .. caucus is har monious, the length of the session -and the known opposition of several promi nent Republicans to any radical change in the rules render the accuracy of this statement doubtful,' . Jri fact, it has been gathered that far from being harmoni ous, the ; caucus at times was strongly worked up by expressions Of totally! divergent opinions; and that this pro position; is the more probable one is evidenced by the great care which was taken to prevent the facts being known. f 5 Whte'er besides yon chance to want, f Ne'er fall short of SOZODONT, i But keep it ajflfayg in yqur right, , -I A source of bMuty and delight, -j To cleanse your teeth till with your smile ! The most fastidious yon beguile. : THE TRACY TRAGEDY. CAUSE OF THE FIRE MYSTERY. STILL A 1 Secretary Tracy Taken 1 to the white i House Arrangements for the Tune- ter Messages- of Condolence. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ; Washington February 4. Secretary Tracy continues to . improve slowly. Many prominent people called at the house during the morniner and were in formed that the Secretary was getting aloner nicelv. His son. Frank B. Tracv. is now with him, 'having arrived here aboi 1.80 o'clock ! this morning, on a f : . i - : " . - - special train. He is the first member of his family the Secretary has seen since the awful calamity of yesterday morn ing, and his presence was an unmistaka ble source of joy and hope to the bereaved parent. ; The President ffent over early in the I morning to inquire alter I the secretary, and .Private becre tary Halford called in person about JO o'clock to consult with him in regard to tne secretary s removal to the White House. :.; . f j'; : , . -J The physicians -attending Mrs. and Miss Wilderming said this morning that their patients passed quite a fair night and are better to-day, Mrs. Wilderming suffers a ereat deal from her bruises. and at times this morning was hysteri cal, as sne began to realize the extent of her terrible loss. At ten o'clock the doc tors succeeded in quieting her nerves, and she then fell into a quiet ' slum ber. She Is necessarily much "exhausted and suffers more from the nervous shock than from her arm, but the doctors say mat witn aosoiute repose she will soon Miss Wilderming is decidedly better. havirier passed a restful nielit. M 4 Frank B. Tracy called early this morrmg, Dut was advised by the physi- ciansinot to see his sister, for fear the meeting might excite her. No one, save the nurse and physicians, is allowed to enter tne sick room. IIT i . : . . n wA&HiniiiTON: reD. 4. funeral ser vices will be held ; over the remains7 of Mrs. and Miss Tracy, in the East Room i "F wane nouse to-morrow morn ing at 11 ;o clock. Rev. Dr. Douglass, Rector of St. Johns P. E. Church, will cjonduct the religious services; The bodies will be temporarily deposited in a receiving vault at Kock Creek Cemetery, uumyiiiii uisposiuon isaeiermmea upon The services will be private. becretary Tracy was this afternoon takenj to the White House, where he will remain for the present. He has re ceived a great many messages of condo lence! from individuals and organized wuh. Among tnese are messages irumueen v lctonatnrougft the fcJrit- isn Minister, and from the Lord Mayor of London, the Common Council of Brooklyn, officers of the "Alliance and "Petrel" at Norfolk; Mission Ridge Post G. A. R., of Chattanooga, and Rev. Ly manAbbot.of Plymouth Church. Brook- I - , A I The funeral of Josephine Morrel, the French maid who perished in the names at tne i racy mansion, took place from St. Matthew's Church this afternoon. The jirl had no friends or ; relatives in the city, and Mrs. Harrison took charge ui ""F uunai arrangements. -" Building Inspector Entwistle has made an investigation into the origin, of the fire. I He says the escape and explosion of gas seems the most probable cause, as immediately under the point where the fire started there was located in th base ment! a pump run bv a Bunzen oas burner, and-it is jpossible that this may have jbeen out of order, allowing gas to escape to the room above, behind a woocjen pannelling j which exten ied all around the rooms on this floor, aiid that it men took fire. ; There is no absolute evidence that determines the cause. WASHINGTON. Stormy Scene in the Colored Men's Conven tion. 1 By Telegraph to the Morning Stjir. Washington, ! Feb. 4. The Colored Meas Convention was in session -until an early hour this morning, and after a stonhy scene finally elected Bishop A. W. Wayman as j permanent President. Hisjmief competitor was ex-Senator P. H. B. Pinchback. i Wjhen the Colored Convention met this morning the vote by which Bishop Wayman was declared elected perma nent! chairman was challenged, and the claim was made that ex-Senator Pinch back had been the choice of the Con vention. L Pinchback called the meeting to order ana neommittee on permanent organ ization was appointed. The committee nvede a unanimous report, recommend ing Rev, T. C. Price, of North Carolina. as President; Wm. H. Dupree, of Massa chusetts. Vice President: R. A. Dawson of New Jersey, and W. Calvin Chase, of Washington, Secretaries; Wm. Lively ana miss Mat tie Jackson, ot Unio, As sistant Secretaries. The report of the committee was adopted Unanimously confirming these nominations, A list of honorary Vice Presidents, one from each btate, was also chosen. THE LAST OF EARTH. Funeral Ceremonies and Burial, of Mrs Coppmger, Secretary Blaine's Eldest Daughter, ''ill'1 1 I 1 ! Washington,! reD. 4. ine remains of Mrs. Alice Coppinger, wife oi .Col. J. I. Cbppinger, of the I8th United States Infantry, and eldest daughter of Secre tary Blaine, were, to-day laid to rest in consecrated ground in. Oak Hill Ceme tery! beside those of her brother Walker. A brief service was held, at 10 o'clock at the residence of her father in Madison Place, and the body was then taken to St. Matthew's Catholic Church, where tne solemn rites for the dead were per formed. Rev. Father Thomas Sherman: son jof Gen, Sherman, and nephew of a. 1 r . t a . t me oenator, ceieoratea requiem mass; vardnial Gibbons read, the burial ser vloej and blesfifcd the body. - - ; " At the conclusion of the ceremony of uicssiing uw uoay, tne iarainai an nounced that, agreeable to the expressed wishes of the family of the deceased, no remarks wouia pe made. The bearers thert took up, their burden, and followed by the stricken and weeping family pass ed from the church. ; The very fact that a number of Re publicans are timid about following ivv-tv., emus aireiigm to me sugges tion) that there ojight to. be indignation meetings held jn every Republican dis trict m North Carolina to protest against the Representatives supporting Reed. Such meetings would not be in.vain; for if they were notj successful in causing the members to change, they ; would be very wholesome in effecting a change of members. Charlotte Chronicle. " . , litke It. EVery day swells "the volume of proof that as a specific for all Blood diseases, nothing equals Dr. Pierce's Golden Me dical Discovery, Remember, this is an old testabhshed ; remedy with, a record I It has been weighed in the balance many yeats and found fulfilliqg every claim. It h&s been tested many years in thou sands qf cases with flattering success ! o, Throat and Lung troubles. Catarrh, Kidney disease. Liver Comnlaint. rwe. pepBia, Sick Headache, and all disorders arising from impoverished blood, there is nothing like I Dr, Pierce's Golden Me dical i Discovery world-renowned ' and ever growing in tavor. . SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Sanf ord ! Express: Mr. (J n Graves and Mr; W. M. Kivett, two "well known citizens of Carthage had an alter cation on the streets of that town Wed" nesday; Mr. Graven is reported to have been pretty badly hurt.. On Wed nesday the ; firm of McPherson & Weatherspoon,;' doing general merchan dise, made a deed of assignment of ajj their joint stock in trade, &c, to Mr Sidney Weatberspooft. The liabilities are estimated at $3,000, the assets it $6,000. j j . Charlotte Ghronicle: There will be a meeting qf bee-keepers in Charlotte on Thursday,) February 13th, for the purpose , of i organizing a bee-keepers' association in the interest of bee culture I A u i: j .. ... ."c j micresiea m ine honey JJS iiuim cuiu uuuiu vuoiuia, are invited io au.enu. . 1 ne meeting win De in the hall of the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Herndoip, the mother of E. A. Herndon, who has been connected with the Chronicle'i editorial department for over a year, diedon Saturday, at her home in Danville. Lumberton Robesonian : In Oc- tober last Turner Campbell, an industri ous colored man, yho farmed last year on the plantation of ,Capt. J. L. Inman came. to Lumberton with aload of cot' ton fori market. He left his wife and son, fa lad about 12 years of age (they constituted his family); at home picking cotton.? Her returned about night, and from that day to this he has not hPM 1 T-l . - .... able to find a trace of them; Campbell nas tramped in every direction pnrip t oring to find them, .and has spent vvha- he made during the year. Maxton! Union: This term of court is one of the larcest. criminpllv. speaking, that has been held in Robeson ior a number of years. i A colored boy on trial for stealing a coat from r Rotholzlast! Friday, stated he had taken aorinkortwa and it so affected him that he stole jthe coat under that in fluence. -r- Judce Bvnum adinm-nH court Saturday, and left for home the same night. I He continued ! two capital cases and a felony, till next term, nnrl it-. , the meantimei the criminals are held at expense of the county. All the civil cases were continued by common con sent.. . i I . '. ; Newtori Enterprise: We lonm 1 from good authority that the ' bio- nrrt ' bank, Lincoln county, has been sold ffor the sum of $18,000. The flies have not made much progress jn ! the wheat fields lately. The frosts, we presume, have exterminatedthem by this time. Mr. J, B. Little, Of- Glide's township, recently killed a Poland China hog that weighed 750 pounds.! It is too big for any scales in that part of the countrv. so it hail tv be cut up and; weighed in sections. An attorney tor the Northern iron com pany that has been leasine mines in this county, has been here this week making1 .....o an cAiciiaivc invesLifratvon in f ir- Register's office of the titles to the lands they haye leased in the country. i Goldsbpro Argus: The exodus agents are haying a hard time of it in New Berne, j It seems that they have been meddling with the laborers, caus ing them ini some instance's their situations and then failed to keep their promise with them. A number of citizens interviewed one of the atrentc Tuesday night and advised him to lea vp on the first train. He did so, but soon returned, and: this time was sent off in a hurry. The railroad company, in the Denmark case, in which' the plaintiff u-a awarded, $5,000 for the loss of a limb in 1875, yesterday moved for a new trial. The court overruled the motion, where upon an appeal has been taken to the bupreme Court. .- So it seems the case is not vet sett'erf t Charlotte News: Mr. Ceat iin- mer, of Mount Hollv. was out hunt ino- cedar birds yesterday and brought down eighteen birds; at one shot. A minister saw' the slaughter and counted the birds, so there can be no mistake ahnnt if The birds were shot on the wine Pneumonia is followinsrthe CTlD ia nuitr a number of cases in Charlotte. . J. u. Irazier of Wilkes county, George Murray of Rutherford county, and Ber. Loughter, rjames Blackwell and Bert fUCkett Of Polk COuntV. who have been in Mecklenburg "jail undergoing impri sonment for (violation of the revenue laws, are to-idav trampinp- homeward. Thev appeared before well, U. S. Commissioner, and took the insolvent debtor's oath, as required bf law, and were! released. None of them had a cent of money, and thev struct out on foot for their respective home's. - Winston Daily: Messrs. M. I. & J. C. ' Stewart, of this city,, desire in formation of jthe whereabouts of one Abram Rencher, who was at one time a resident of this State. Maj. Ham Scales has received the sad intelligence, of the death of his brother, Dr. Rt H. Scales, who died at Paris. Texas, on the 24th, ult. i A gentleman from Wal nut Cove informs us that work has com menced upon a large suspension bridge at that point, to extend from near the Roanoke and Southern depot to a point near the Cove hotel, Dr. M. E. Teague yesterday filed the required $3,000 bond as acting sheriff of Forsyth county, to cover the emoluments of the office should the Supreme Court con firm the decision of the! court below. During the month of January the tobacco manufacturers of Winston ship ped one miJlaoiv three j hundred and thirtyseven thousand ' two hundred and twenty-six. (1,337,226) pounds of manufactured chewing tobacco. And on yesterday,; (Monday, February 3rd), there was shipped eight car loads. Raleigh Neivs and Obseri'cr: There were; twenty-seven deaths in the city during the month Of January, fif teen whites iand twelve jcoloted. There were forty-ejght marriagfeicenses issued for this county during theTmonth of January, j Twenty-five white, (and twenty-three jcolored. U Geo. Alston, colored, who was appointed by Post-' master Shaffer as ianitor when he took charge of the postofficej was removed yesterday and Stewart Ellison was ap pointed m his place. Is this a chon of the axe of Surveyor Harris? Yes terday morning between; one and two o ciock, the femple store and dwelling, located in the suburbs of ihe city on the Hillsboro road, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated-at $4,000; insur- . ance reported at $3,000. The Gov ernor yesterday refused to commute the death sentence of John Wilson, under death sentence for murder in Yancey county, to be hansred February 7th. - We are reliably informed that the Greensboro Bessemer Company will go. right ahead! with the work of inaugu rating the enterprise. Greensboro is on a boom correspondingly. ' - Charlotte News: A series of re- vival meetings' have been commenced at Philadelphia ; Church, in this county, by the pastor, Rev. Mr, Arrowood. Servi ces are held day and night and much in terest is oeing manifested. About four years ago P. B. Kev. Esq.. of States- ville, and the. late V. 6. lohnston. met m Florida, and while there were attracted by a piece of land which was regarded as a fine tract for trucking nurnoses. It was offered cheap and they bought it. Thi tract contain! 2,460 acres, and is lo cated in Citriis county, near Ocala. It - looks now like this purchase is to turn out a real bonanza: and as it is located in the very centre of the recently'discovcred phosphate-beds in Florida, about which there has been such a great excitement . " lately. Fabulous prices are being offered for thiS arid adioinino- Innrte Plant H. ; Johnson is now in FWMa Innlrinff after the interests of himself and Mr. Key. The ' excitement over the nhos- phate. discoveries there is said to be in tense, and the truck farm being in the centre of the; phosphate area, is inbig demand, and is expected to brine a big ger sum than, would be paid for a gold " i t: mine, i !
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