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1 - PUBLISHED at- WILMINGTON, N $1.00 A YEAR, i If! ADVANCE C, smuow gt sh)uoj 9 uioow x w en 8S888SS88SSSSSSSS 88888S888S8S83888 888S8"88888g888888 SS,a3jl3:S9SSgSSg835 18888:8888.8 SSaS'8S8;5S SSS8SSS8SS 888888 888888 -i "tt rr !... t i r- i i . It" 'S ' ' r 1 1 1 J ' " 1 I "I if I S.WMBJE!t-j)a TAR. flTi TURPENTINE, VOL. XXI, WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1890. 88888358338888888 8S88S882S81 00 iO Qfil O - CO tf) cj 383388 :S8S888 83333888833 Entered at the Post Office fat Wilmington, N. C.ihs Second ClasSi Matter. L 1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. I "-, y Star as The subscription price of the Wed follows: - i I- Single Copy 1 year, postage ;id. 6 months " i " J ' 8 months ' " 3 ....$ioo .... 60 I ao r make for his arbitrary: rulings m House is that he belongs jtp MAJORITY EULE. l'he only defenci that the adher -v 1 .- rtT J . - A.A. 1 i ents ot speaker teea anempi 10 the he ma .! hi. t lis ' :1 jonty, that the majority snojiia rule, and that the minority jhas jib right: to obstruct business lily- Combining and - , - by dilatory motions jblock proceed ings and render thi; majority power less to "transact, business ot the p but the majority . cordiirue with law. If Mr. Reed's defence were a good one, that the majority has a right toi Lt i 1 l .A uuic UUISIUC Ol . IUC ldw, urai lie aim J is fellow Conspirators, who do not epresent 'the majority, to . be con sistent should step down and out and surrender to jthe minority in Congress which represents a larger number of voters. Theoretically Mr. Reed's majority role sounds' all right, but practically it don't pan 'out, but be-j ing a majority in law only it should be governed by law and not by the (arbitrary rulings or caprice of a parti-j san conspirator and lawless autocrat " ST. MARY'S' CATHOLIC CHURCH. ! A New Edifice to be Dedicated at Gold. ; boro Sunday, February ,16th. ' . The Catholics of! Goldsboro, after ten years j of patient, earnest effort, have erected one .of the handsomestj little churches in the State one of which they may justly feel proud an ornament to their body and the city of Goldsboro. The dedication next Sunday, they pro pose to celebrate with as much splendor MINOR MENTION as possible. . its entirety Right Rev. The Shipping and Industrial League, held a meeting in Washington Thuirs 'day to boost the ship subsidy scheme: Forming leagues is now getting to be the order of the day when the treas jury is to be raided. Speeches were made'at this league meeting favoring generous subsidies - arid resolutions passed also 1 favoring! a colossal 'Sys tem of coast defences and a navy on a grand ' scale, all of which in volves an expenditure of several huni- fchey L ;opie must say, "the Concede; - i rjule!-f at- When it under- talces -to rule outside of the law it usurps power and jecomes a despot ism or mob. . The Speaker is not an autocrat. He is :ut ; in the ch lir, presumably, to pn side over the de liberations of thj i Iou eu not as a mere partisan but as a f man supposed to have some s iperior ex ecutive ability, knawiedge of parlia raentafylaw, knowledge cf the Con stitution and fair Less enough to de cide questions cor ling within his ju risdiction! with honesty anc impartial ity. The presum ption is that when the Speaker is tjikeh off the floor and put into the jChair he ceases to and becomes- the hn'fi mere oarttsa - - .11 presiding officer prthe whole House, nnrl will jrive a willing, ear to every - o ,i : " itledj to I spealc .pn that r When elected to the Chair, he member enti floor is not placed abole the laW, but is as much subjisct to f as the most bn- pretending! member oh the floor !He has no more right to base his action on a "necessity" and determine when that necessity exists, nohr interpret the- nleaninar of a clause in the Con stitution to justify his action,, and goyern-the , Houy according to, his interpretation, thaSn he has to draft a complete -set of rules ahd say the governed by those be dred millions of dol small about that league. coast delegates figured conspicuously, a California man asserting that wit ars. Nothing The Pacific i The .Catholic ritual in all will be carried out. Le6 Haid will j' con duct j the dedication services, and preach the dedication sermon. A choir, under the direction of Capt. Matt.Mai ly, of New Berne, will render the mu sical portion of the services. Tanner's celebrated mass will be - sung. The composition of the choir is as follows: Miss Maria and 'Miss Sadie Manly, of New Berne; Capt. Matt. Manly, Mr. Clement Manly, s Mr. J. K. Willis and Mr! W. Willis, of New Berne, and Mr. -Richard Grant, of Wilmington, f Mrs. George Royal, of ;Goldsboro, will sing Mallard's "Ave Maria .and.i-Miss Minnie Royal will sing '"O Salu-" taris." The i iouna Catholic Friends' Society of this city will attend in a body and act as a guard of honor with out the building, whilst the walls of the church are being! blessed. Excursion trains ' will be run from New Berne and Wilmington.; The pne from Wilmington i auspices of the Young j WASH IN GTO N'S BIRTH DAY. Proposed Celebration by Payettevflle "and jwnnungton Military XJoinpanies. . . The FayetteVille Independent Com pany have their annual target shooting on the 22nd of February. Would it not be a good thing' for them to spend Wash ington's Birthday in our city, aud have a competitive shooting match here with the Wilmingto Light Infantry ? r I" It ft understood that the -Wilmington Infantry, will bring this matter up j-iin their business j meeting Monday night and it is to be hoped that immediate ac tion will be taken in regard to the matter-! There are some crack shots in both companies and it would be a live con test. The Fayetteville boys have al ways been great favorites with our com pany, and this no doubt, would be a most pleasant occasion, and a large crowd would jcome from Fayettevillle and the surrounding country. " WILMINGTON & WELDON RAILROAD. "WILMINGTON AND i WELDON ROAD. i RAIL- i I is under the a liberally subsidized rine California could knock the spots out of Great Brittain as a commercial power, while the Alaska man saijl that Alaska was a delightful ship building country and a daisy placp for mammoth ship-yards, if the Government will chip in freely enough. A California! skipper said, that in circumnavigating the globe he never saw the American flag o but one ship and that was his own This is a terrible commentary on Ithe ReDublican protection! policy which . - has driven the American flag the seas. j Chicago with a population of 705j merchant ma- Catholic Friends Society. from 000 has 24 railroads; with a pop ulation of Kansas City. 05,000, 13 rail- House-shall .rules. ' - This is precisely; what the dictator from Maine has Idpne, declared that there was necessity for his action, given his construction of the tntent oi the lramers of th Constitution and on that construction declares that he has the power to ,say; thatj a quorum is present when the roll-call, the only legal way of ascertaining the pres- pnrp nf a ntinruml fails tb show one. He "does this in Violatioi of all the! precedents, in violation of the estab lished usage which has obtained ever; since the organization of the Housei over which he presides and he takes) this arbitrary, despotic departure on the nlea that his1 dartv is in the ma4 f l : 1 iority and the "majority should rule. . Presumably this is a government in which the majority rules, but. in) fact it is not. If the majority ruled! Mr. Reed would hot be where he is to play his fantastic! tripks. He is there by virtue of the electoral syst tem, which enabt govern the majority,! which enables voters to elect a mai- jority of Congressmen, ahd enables 'a minority of voters to elect a ITesi- roads; St. Louis with a population f 450,000, 19 railroads; Cincinnati with a population of 255,000, 15 railroads; Indianapolis with a population; of 122,000, 14 railroads. There are men living in these cities how, and 'not old men, either, who can well remieih ber when all of these cities were comparatively little towns, and not a railroad running into any of them. Ii 1850 there was bui one railroad running westward from Cincinnati, but one, which ran eastward, from Chi cago, none running mto St. 'Louis, and but one west of the Mississippi, the road which was started about that time from St. Louis to Jefferson City, the capital of the State. These figures tell a marvelous story of the progress of the Great West. Forty vears hence hp-ures will tell even a more marvelous story gress of Great South. girls j are living who The rate is low only $1.50 for the round trip from Wilmington.! Perhaps a description of the church will not be uninteresting 'o our readers! Jt is in Romanesque arch iterture, according to plans furnished by the celebrated lirchitect, Geo. Palli ser, of New York, j It is 63 feet long, 35 broad, and has a tower reaching to a height of 65 feet, jt is of fine Richmond press brick, inlaid with black putty. The white marble sills of the wide windows forming a neat and pleasing contrast to the whole. The roof is self-supporting, slated on the oiitside, and on the inside pannelled into diagonal squares of na tive pine ceiling.1 The proportions of the interior are beautifully arranged. Messrs. Parker & Godwin, the same : gentlemen who are now working upon Fifth Street j Methodist Church in this citv. are the builders, and the work is a credit to them. WILMINGTON AND MOUNT AIRY. A Merchants' Excursion to Celebrate the Opening of -the Capo Fear & Yadkin Val ley Railroad. .- .j In response .o the published call, a meeting of business men was held, yes- of the pro- The boys and will see it. I terday at noon at the Produce Ex change. I' ; j ! .- On motionof Mr. J. H. Curne, Col. Roger Moore was called to the chair, and Maj. Tj D. Love was requested to act as secretary." j j . Col. Moore, on taking the chair, stated that the meeting was- called to see what arrangements could be made to celebrate the completion of the Cape Fear and Yadkin jValley Railroad . Mr. Currie addressed the meeting, speaking of the opportunities afforded by the . completion of the road, for citi zens of Wilmington to meet the people of the western part of the State in closer business and social relations than ever before. He wanted to see Wilmington give the merchants of that part of the The ITe-w President A Nice Introduction -- ) -to the People of Wilmington, v r Concerning jthe appointment of Mr. Warren G. Elliott to the Presidency of the Wilmington and !!Weldoi Railroad Company, mention of which tj was made in the STAfe of yesterday, the following extract from ja letter addressed by a member of the Norfolk Bar to a friend in this city will be read with interest: J You will see in "the colunins of the Press that ou- friend Warreri G. Elliott has been ' elected President of the Wil mington andjWeldon Railroad Com pany, and is to reside, with his charm ing family, in your adopted city. j It was a bnlliant conception on the part of the Managers of the Road. He is an exceptional man. Trained as a lawyer, notinj the details of transporta tion service; yet it would be difficult1 to jfind any one who has more completely mastered railway strategy and corpora tion law. H - 1 ' " ' He has a vigorous intellect, ready as the readiest, and never daunted by what seem to be big things to little' men. j j Withal, he is perfectly amiable, humor jous, social; arid even gregarious to an extent that makes him a formidable foe in hreoresentative and other assemblies where influence is exerted by sheer force of attraction and power. But you know this already. I j i Mrs. Elliott, the daughter; of Hon. George Blow, j for years our Circuit !judge, will b4 a bright star in the Wil mington constellation; delightful as a friend, companionable as anybody; and, musically regarded, the soprano of Vir ginia sopranos.; I I ; ; We shall miss them from jour circle more than I can tell you of, but hardly more than, from past experience, you al ready know, j ! I ' j The next question is whom will Wil 'rhington sencl j to Norfolk by way of atbnement, not compensation? I ! However that may be, this promotion of Warren Elliott means, in my judg ment, eventually, more than the PresU dency of a State Toad. Emerson has well said : "The finest thing in a man is what is unrevealed." j . ; And Tenntson is on the record; for 'this: . ; ; (.. - ' ' t " i K "Men are " but stepping-stones of their i dead selves! ; To rise to higherhingj." I I ; NAVAL- STORES Comparative Statement of Receipts Warren O. Slliott, TSbl the Wewly Elected ''.; President of the Company. ' i j - i '' Referring 'to the appointment of Mr. Warren G. Elliott, as President of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Com pany, the Norfolk Ldndmark says: j ; "There is but one regret connected with the universal gratification felt over the selection of our distinguished fellow citizen. Warren G. Elliot, Esq,, as Presi dent of the Wilmington and Weldon railroad, and that - comes from j the thought that he must change his place of residence from Norfolk to; Wilming ton, N. Cl A native of North Carolina, he has held almost equal allegiance to her and to Virginia, and his triumphs in life have come to him from his interest and pride in both. From the young and talented law student in the old office of Goode & Hinton of - this .city, I Mr. Elliott has steadily ascended the incline -of professional success as safe counsel and sensible man of business, j His prac tice fell in the line of railroad; orgahiza tion and conduct; he naturally became the adviser of great enterprises in this locality and with the expanding busi ness of his professional Me, 'came a; lar ger; acquaintance, and a fuller apprecia tion of the abilities which belong to him and which always command , attention where opportunity is offered, j' j" j :j :f There js nothing surprising: to us in Mr. Elliott's elevation. On the contrary, we regard his selection to the high and responsible office of President of the controlling branch of the great Atlantic Coast Line as another evidence of the clear-headed sagacity of thej. owners of that fine property. They . are men of great fortune, and wish to be relieved of the business of managisg the details of their line. Mr. Elliott has, in his; rela tion with these gentlemen as counsel for themselves and others, impressed them as a man of strong natural and profes sional ability, supplemented : by large experience in .railroad matters, i No corporation can pay Warren Elliott more than he is ; worth. We congratulate those who have tendered him this fine position,)! and we congratulate Mr. El liott upon the hgh compliment: paid him.. WASHINGTON NOTES. ; -. i". ..,'; -y. ;: . Confirmed Bond New uruce's i jNonunauon Offerings and Acceptances The - Code of House Bules. j Washington, FebJ 'ft The Senate to-day confirmed the nomination ) of Blanche K. Bruce, Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia. I Bond offerings to-day aggregated $200,400; all accepted ki 124 for fours and 104 for four and half s. All but 400 were surrendered by the National banks in liquidation of deposits. The total amount of bonds surrendered ; by National banks in liquidation of govern ment deoosits is ft8.148.500. I - The House Committee on Rules was again in session this morning ana amended the code to correspond to the action of the Republican caucus yester day afternoon. One of . these amend ments, which was overlooked in the ab stract sent out last night, is of impor tance, as it strikes out of the new code the authority cohferred upon committees reoortiner the eeneral appropriation bills; It is learned that this action was directed by the Republican caucus yesterday Only after a bitter fight, in which Representa tives cannon-and Mcrtiniey were nnauy overcome by the opposition under , the lead ol, Represensative Payson. j As amended the rule is in the exact shape' of the corresporrding. rule int the preced ing House, j -. ; I ' ENGLISH MINE EXPLOSION. THE ARIS SENSATION. DUKE QFi ORLEANS A COUP-D'-ETAT FAYETTEVILLE NOTES.: Paragraphical Pictures of the Old Town by al Star Beporter on the Spot. FAYEtTEViLLE, February: 6. People here are in good spirits. "Manufactories of different kinds are springing hp, and everything points to the. prosperity of Fayetteville. The town is growing steadily Stocks at this Port.! Receipts of and naval stores at this port for dent of the United States case when- Harrison, in with law, went irto the as was the accordance President's thousand and seventeen than Harrison received wenlt Reed's barty claims the chair, and Cleveland wijth ninetyj eiffht thousand and seventeen votes i -o . . more out. If Mr. right to rule as,j the. majority, it is so in accordance with thp law ohlv. which Reed iomores. and not il fact. The minor; liy, wiiiuii lie ciciiuia itnc itgui- --'S'ls, ' orA wriicrif he has Upf since he I en tered into the coiisDiracvf to steal k dozen or more seats held by Demo crats, so imperiously ignored, repre sents a majority! of the people, who are deprived of . representation by the hi p-h-handed outrages he has'pel- petratedjnd the autocratic rulings which he has made. . ; ! j Mr. Reed's party is not1 now and in the maionty in Its first President, It begins to look would- get the World's Fair. Boss Piatt, who for political reasons, (be cause New York is I a Democratic city), opposed the bill which was be- for the State Legislature appropn- ting $10,000,000 to it, succeeded in defeating it, but the! defeat raised such a howl in the State, that it was reconsidered and passed; This with the $10,000,000 subscribed, or said to be guaranteed in the city of New York, rather . gives New York the start of her most active competitor, when the matter of jocation comes before Coneress. Its location An New' York will require but a small appropriation by the Government, if any, whereas the Government will have to appropriate several millions if located at any other point. ! One . of Mr. Wanamaker's post- masters in -Kentucky naa a uttie transaction with, a ."green goods" man in New York the other day, and when he discovered tjiat he had paid $750 for a lot of I sawdust instead of the $10,000 in counterfeit money he expected, he got so mad that he tried to shoot the swindler, and was ar rested for carrying concealed weap- With "green goods" specula defaulters ! and letter rifle'rs its if New York State a reception that would not soon be forgotten. I He moved the appointment of a committee of twenty-five to make arrangements" for the reception and.' en tertainment of the expected visitors. On his motion the following were ap pointed as : this committee: Messrs. D. G.i Worth, H.I C. McQueen, J. C. Stevenson, M. J. Corbett, A. D. Brown, R. M.! McIntire,Geo. R. French, F. Rheinstein, A. Adrian, F. W. Kerchner, W. H. Sprunt, J. W. Murchison, W. E. Springer, j Jos. H. Watters, F. H. Sted man, E. S. Latimer. J. A. Bonitz, Josh. T. James, O. A. j Wiggins, W. P. Old ham, C. H. Robinson, H.G. bmallbones, E. J. Pennypacker, Roger Moore, T. D. Love. I.! ; ! : ' . " ; On motion, Mr Currie was chairman of the above-named mittee.- :f; -j - ' After some discussion as to the I date of the! proposed merchants' excursion, on motion of Col. Kerchner the whole matter was left to the committee of twenty-five. j - Mr. Currie stated that probably 250 merchants along the line of the road between this city and Mount Airy would come on the excursion. j - , j ' The committee ; of arrangements will meet to-morrow at noon, in tfie rooms of the Produce Exchange. I made : com- the crop yeai--from April 1st to Feb ruary 7th as compared with receipts to same date the previous season, are as follows: Spirits turpentine, 62765 casks; last year 59,933, Rosin, 224,928 barrels; last year, 22o351. Tar, 57,S0 barrels; last year, 49,010. Crude turpentine,; 18. 371 barrels; last year, 19,860. j ! ! Stocks at this port at the close yester day, as compared with stocks at the same date last year, are: ' Spirits turpen-. tine, 3,668 casks; last year, 1,996.-Rpsin, 30,671 barrels; last year,89,705 Tar, 7568 barrels; last yfear, 6,122. Crude' turpen 1.871 barrels; last year, 382. j ! j : . The First Through Train. j One of the most important events that has evr occurred inj the com mercial history of Wilmington will take place MondaV, the 17th of! February, ahd yet no movement has been inaugu rated looking to its proper j celebration. On that day, as officially announced in the Star ofj yesterday, the first train will run through from Mount Airy to and the number of new houses which have been recently built and are being built is very large. It has now about 8,000 inhabitants and the popula tion is constantly increasing. While there is no "boom," everything is in a healthy condition and the prospects for Fayetteville's future are bright. ; j The Gas Company's plant has been doubled in capacity and coal from Egypt is now used instead ot rosin, m h ; The Fayetteville Cotton Mills have a double set of hands and are running day and night, i 1 . The Bueket Company is j largely in creasing its business and find it abso lutely necessary to . largely increase its plant. These works are also running day and night, and are unable i to fill or ders as last as given. : j i .. There; was. a Targe crowd of farmers in town yesterday; the occasion being an address to the Farmers' Alliance by Capt. W. A. Darden, a strong speaker and most eloquent in his cause, i - The Order of the Knights of Pythias is growing rapidly in this good old town, ahd has for its members many of the representative men here. : Tuesday night a number of new members was taken in and next Tuesday about fifteen more members will be initiated, j The last spike in the C. F. &Y. V. R. R. was driven to-day, (Thursday), and Mr. D. M. O'Hanlon, who laid the first rail on this road will drive it. The people Of Fayetteville are anxiously awaiting the completion of the G F. & Y. V. Rj R. to ? Wilmington, and it is thought that there will be a large excur sion to Wilmington on the 17th, at which time the first train will be run through from Mount Airy. The Work of Removing the Bodies of the Victims Affecting Scenes.; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. London, February 7. The work of removing the bodies of the miners: who lost their lives by the explosion in a col liery at Abersychon yesterday is bemg carried on as rapidly as possible. Al ready one hundred bodies have been taken from the pit, and it is believed that about thirty more yet remain there. The ventilation of the 'pit has been re stored,; and this greatly facilitated the efforts of the workmen. A very pathetic incident in the work of rescue was the finding of the bodies of a father and his five sons lying in a group. They had not been burned at all, and they appeared to be calmly sleeping. All of them; had died from suffocation Several of the men who had volunteed for the work of rescue were made sick by the handling of the burned bodies, and were obliged to come to the surface. " : i I LONDOjsr, February 7, 7 P. M. A dis patch just received in this city states? that one hundred, and fifty-five bodies have been taken . from the pit at Aber sychon. ; I Even rNG. The list of those who lost their lives by the expldsion in the col liery at Abeyschan is constantly increas ing. One hundred and seventy bodies have thus far been taken from the - pit,, and it is believed that the total number of persons killed will reach one hundred and ninety. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. BEVERLY ROSE. i 1 i- ons. tAfC VViO, J Wanamaker's assistants ai showing up beautifully. He fchould proceed at once to organize a among them. ' ' ; - Sunday J5chopl never has been this country. I Abraham Lincplri, . was President, and- every Ja. minority Republican President since him .has been elected by a minority vote except prant, and he had to count the negro votes of the I a The great and good Mr. Wana maker is a pious man and gives good, Christian cohns :1 to His Sunday School scholars, but his piety has not attained sufficient growth to pre vent him from slander ing the South. He told some one the other day that it would be all his life vould be worth to travel in the South If he believes this he must be an idiot, if not what monstrous slanderer. i North with the; votes of the newly en franchised Southern negroes to give him a majority, j The party has livejd and ruled, elected Presidents and controlled Congresses, no because:it is the party of j the people, but be cause of the electoral system whip makes it possible for the minority, under the law, to elect a President and a majority of Congressmeh. Theymle by virtue of the laws on which this system is based, and riot because of their numerica majority, American clams are along the I English being planted coast, j With American clams, American oysters, American beef and American oleo margarine there is nc good reason why England shouk not become eventually thoroughly Americanized. ! 'A Republican contemporary re marks that ! Mr. Reed has laid k solid foundation presiding" officer, what a fame. for his "fame as a Verily he has; but Fayetteville Mourns the Death of Her Old--j .j' lest 'Citizen. " . . j Mr. Beverly Rose, the oldest inhabi tant of Fayetteville, died yesterday at 3:30 p. m. " He was a native of Person county and was born ' in August, '1794, being in his 96th year at the time of his death. He came to Fayetteville in the year 1813, and was for many, years tel ler in the United States Bank, and af terwards engaged actively in mercantile life. For the last few years he had been liv ing with his !son,;Mr. F. R. Rose, who tenderly cared for him, and his last mo ments were peaceful and quiet. He was taken! with ihe "grippe" Sunday and failed rapidly. His mental facilities were unimpaired up to the time of his death and his vigor was . remarkable, it being his custom : to walk at . least five miles every day. He was a devout mem ber of the Methodist Church for nearly seventy years, and his tch0dlike j faith, Christian charity and gentle ways won the hearts of all. j The whole of Fayetteville sincerely mourns the Joss of its citizens. There are quite a number of northern tourists in the the city, and all with whom we have conversed speak in glowing terms of our delightful climate and the many delightful advantages Wilmington offers as a place of business or residence. I Wilmington over the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway. Is it possible that the business men of Wilmington will take no notice whatever of this yery important matter? Not a Good Harbor. There is yet talk of the. railroad to Southport, arid some have expressed the fear that if that project were parried out it would injure the commerce of this city; but don't you believe it. Southport is undoubtedly the best point for a coal ing station on the entire Atlantic coast, but it has none of the requisites for a good and sate harbor. e Aside from its advantages as a coaling station, it has many attractions for the pleasure and health-seeker which will give it more importance as the years roll on. Cotton Receipts, Etc. j Receipts of cotton at this port for "the week ended yesterday are 1,381 bales, against 1,819 for the corresponamg week last year. Receipts for the crop year from September 1st to February 7th are 126,514 bales, against 141,662 to same date last season showing a de crease of 15,148 bales. , The stock at this port is 12,177 bales; at same date last year, 5,351 bales. The Epidemic at Xa Orange. A correspondent of the St ar, writing in regard to the closing of Davis' milita ry schoool at La Grange, Lenoir county, onj account jof meningitis,' says that three deaths from the disease, have oc curred among the cadets one in Decem ber, one in January, and the third last Mrtnrlav Cadet Ward, a son of Dr. E. W. Ward, of Onslow county. The physicians of La Grange held a consultation, and their conclusion was that the disease is epidemic, but not con tagious.; mere was a case oi an oiaman in the village,! who died in three days after being taken. . All the cases when taken are of short duration from two to three days. THE ROAD COMPLETED. Through Trains From 'Wilmington to Mt . Airy on the 17th inst. j The following-circular from the offi cers of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R.I makes official announcement of the completion of the road to Fayetteville. ! C. F. ,j& Y. V. Railway Company. Freight & Passenger Department Fayetteville, N. C. Feb. 6th. It gives us pleasure to announce that the Wilmington extension of thisl road has been completed from Wilmington to Fayetteville, and will be open for business February 17th. Distance from Wilmington to fayetteville 83 ranes. oy the completion of this extension ag short line is opened to . Fayetteville, Greens boro, Winston, N. C, and Lynchburg, Va and all points west of Lynchburg. This line is prepared to give quick des patch to all business entrusted to its care, and a liberal patronage is respect fully solicited. .W. EJ . Ag't. Kyle. Gen'l Frt and Pass j j. W. Fry, Genl Sup't.j : Seven car loads ot rails were sent up the road yesterday, from Wilmington. The greater part of these will be used for "turnouts' etc., along the main line of the roa. " J j The Industrial Manufacturing Company. Thf wnrk of crettinff the boilers and engine of the Industrial Manufacturing Company into position was commenced vestprdav. under the direction of Mr. E. J J . ' . - ir i- 1 Ji. Titus, ot f etersDurg, v a., wuu iin been engaged to" erect the plant 6f the Company. 1 The wood-working machin ery will ; be shipped Saturday and will probably arrive by the time the engine and boilers are ready for use.. The Com- . J A pany expect to be ruiiy equippeu uiu ready tor worK Dy tne nrsi oi iwarvii. Iiige Mooro THE GALLOWS. V Murderers and Two Other . Mansea. - Raleigh, February 7. Lige Moore, the murderer of Laura HyattJ was hancrpd at Greensboro to.day. He died nmt(rfinor his innocence. - Two other murderers were hanged in this State to-day John Wilson, in? Yan- cey county and Manly fauicey, in mum. gomery county. AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA: . 1 . I Fears of a Lynehing High Price of Cotton, Augusta, Feb. 7, Fears are enter tained that the negro who entered the store of A. Rogers; at Camak, Ga, and killed the proprietor; will be lynched. Cotton has reached the highest price rf the. season 10' 9-18 cents lor ;ima- dling. The mills, expecting lower prices, have onlv a moderate supply on hand. ..:;ib,f;;'.'r I Washington Hall, in Paterson N. J En tirely Destroyed Narrow Escape of Ball Queets and Sleeping InmatesExplosion of Ten Thousand Ball Cartridges j Loss Over Half a Million. "i By Telegraph to the Morning Star. 1 . ; ( Paterson. N. J., Feb. 8. Washing ton Hall, which oceupied . a ,plot of groundT on Broadway, 400 by 600 feet nn size, was burned to the ground abdut 2 o'clock this morning. The loss will not fall much short of 500,000. A ball was in progress' when the fire was discovered bnt all theguestsgot out in safety, some, however, leaving their valuable wraps behind them. The fire originated in the basement of the building, and it was only when a dense smoke made its , way into the ball room that; the guests were . made aware of their great danger. ! The building was three stories high. The first floor was occupied as offices and stores and a number of familiewho lived therein. I The Hall building, the Board of Trades rooms with their valuable library were completely destroyed. In thej Ar mory were three hundred rifles and ac coutrements, all belonging to the State, and these together with a GatlingS gun were destroyed. I ; The only one injured so far as known, was jas. Lindsay, ot engine No. 6,1 who was thrown off the roof and severely in jured. The armory of the First Battal ion N. G. N.'J. and ball-room were; situ ated on the sec8nd floor, and rooijns of Ivanhoe Lodsre. F. & A. M., were On the top floor. In the upper part of the build ing were also sleeping apartments of the ianitor, Wm. Smith arid his wife, both of whom had narrow escapes from! suf focation, the latter being carried put in an unconscious state. ; The fire, it is now said, was caused by an explosion in the soda water manu factory of B. Swinley & Co., in tht rear end of the building. . j At about 2.40, when the fire wasat its height, a rapid discharge of musketry took place, frightening every one away frorh the building. This was caused by the ignition of ten thousand rounds of cartridges in the Armory. The fusilade was kept up for some: time, with bullets flying in all directions. No one was hurt, however. , j The flames spread to a large three story building adjoining, which was en tirely destroyed, entailing losses to the extent ot $su,uuu. - CALI FORnTaFLOODS. Great Damage Caused by . JUos Angeies Biver Changing Its Course. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ; Loss Angeles, Feb. 8. Great dam age has been done by the Los Angelos river. . It has changed its course at al most a right angle, just south of thk city limits, and after crossing the country for six wiles empties into the old Sai Ga briel river. The inundation covers a large area. A large number of orange, walnut, lemon and other orchards are almost ruined. ; urowmg crops m its course are completely destroyed. The total damage in this locality is estimated at $750,000. j , ! HUNTING FOR FANG "Who Claims to have been wmppea in Mississippi for Cutting Down an Effigy of Secretary Proctor. ; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chicago, Feb. 7. A special from Fort Wayne, Indiana, says Major Hanna, of the Government Secret Ser- vice, arrived nere eaiiy ui wcc., in structed to locate Henry Fang, I the Fort Wayne tinner, . who was whipped at Aberdeen, Miss., a few days after the Jeff Davis funeral, because he cut down the effigy of Secretary of Wa.r Proctor, Last night Hanna received word that Fang had been found at . Lexington, Temi., and he will gp 'to Washington from here. It is understood that the nenartment of Justice! wants his testi mony to complete a report;to be furnish ed the senate. Arrest of the Pretender and His Arraign ; ment Before the Military Authorities. ! Br Cable to the Morning Star. . Paris; February 7. By prompt action the goyerhmenj to-day , nipped in the bud what was apparently intended to be a royalist coup d' etat, modelled after Louis Napoleon's mad descent upon Boulogne, and Ithe only consequence is that the Duke of Orleans, eldest son of the Coijint of Paris, is to-night in custody. The Duke arrived in Paris to-day, bear ing a letter written and sighed by the Count De Paris, announcing to the faith fuj and to alj others the Count's abdica tion. He also had with him a manifesto addressed to the people of France. Nominally andi according to the theory of pretenders, thespretender is always King, ind therefore "the Count of Paris abdicates the i throne he never pos sessed ; He consequently abdicates his claims - as pretender, and , in virtue pf his abdication all : his claims, rights and titles descend to his eldest son, the young,- gentleman now in the hands jpf theauthoritles--Philtppe Louis RobertrPuke'd'Orleans. This gentle man is," theretore, npt -merely one or many vagrant princes, but an actual pretender to the throne in virtue of his claims as heir of Louis Philippe, and also as heir of the old Bourbon line. His coming into the country in viola tion of the law j banishing all the heads and direct heirs of reigning families, is a rash escapade, it it stands alone. The fict that he was equipped with an appeal to the nation shows his intention, and may make the escapade serious for him. j If it should be developed that this movement; is made in virtue of an understanding with partisans of the Monarchy in France, it may be more than a mere viplation of the law of ex pulsion. There ; is some reason to be lieve fthat the movement is made in Concert with more determined oppo nents of the Republic, as the Duke re paired immediately to the house of the Duke' deLernes, the present head of the family, that has always adhered with un compromising j heroism to the old Monarchy. In that house the yOung gentleman was King of France in theo ry, as a descendant of Henry IV., and not , rnerely a i descendant of Louis Philippe. i r In the afternoon he was arraigned be fore the military authorities at the Cen tral Bureau. In response to inquiry as to the objects and purposes of his visit to France, he said that, having attained his majority, he had come to France to place jhimself at the disposal of the mili tary authorities, j This dash of audacity is regarded as a Very happy stroke, and is sure to make friends for him, for a gallant French boy who wants to take his chances for conscription is some thing unusual, and a captivating figure to appear in daily news. But this did not tpuch thej sensibilities of the hard hearted authorities, and M. Constans, Minister of the' Interior, ordered that the Duke be held in custody. Further disposition of the case will of course depend upon whether it is dis covered that there was any plot for a general Royalist movemenr behind this -Chatham -u Jtecprd: A. - mad dog fade its appearance on last Saturday, in ie neighborhood! of Greens mul. and befcgit. couldybc killed it had bit., severaTolliur j flogs and hogs. We learn from ai gentleman who was at Egypt on last) Saturday, that on that day the laborers who had been at work in thi rrtal min wprft nairl rfT anrl Hic 14 I charged. It is thought, however, that worK wm oe resumed in a - snort time and that the mine has beeru sold to the Greensboro Bessemer Company. From all that we can hear this is probably true. No wotk hasj yet been begun at ; Ore Hill, nar does any one seem to know when it will begin. - ' ! RaleighCfl.- Mr. Nat. A Grego ry, of Granville county, sent to the State Museum thismorning a moderately fair specimen ofasbestos, found near Kitt trells. Deputy! Sheriff W. R. Clark brought four! prisoners from Cumber land county po-day. There is a re- ATTEMPTS incident. AN OYSTER WAR. Ocracoke Islanders Petition Oov. Fowle for Protection Against Trespassers. J By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Raleigh, February 6. Gov. Fowle to-day received official notification from the sheriff of jHyde county of an oyster war at Ocracoke Island, and also a re quest) for his advice in settling the mat ter. People of that section became en raged at the depredations of oystermen who have been operating in the oyster grounds of Ocracoke Island, and have routed ; some jof therii with shot-guns. The sheriff was unable to cope with the situation, and appealed to the Governor. On the other hand, the people of Ocra coke Regard the oyster-beds as their own property, and to-day sent a petition to the Governor, requesting State protection against trespassers. The situation is ra ther perplexing, and the Governor and Council of State now have; the matter under consideration. : i . markable fallling off in the number of crop lien bonds inj this county. . Less of the lien orj crop and more lean on I the plow-handles Will secure greater profit in the crop. The premium offered by th State Agricultural Society for the best article descriptive of a coun ty in North Carolini has been awarded to James P. Cookj Esq., ' of Cabarrus . county, for the article published in the Standard of that county. - Raleigh NswA cV Observer: At the State muiseumcan be sfeen some fine specimens of; Chatham coat, taken from the Egypt shaft. The output is sorrie thing over tejn car loads a day, which is being shipped as rapidly as mined. Col. James Tj. Morehead, of Greensborof, who was counsel for1 Lije Moore on -hi , trial at Greensboro, came to Raleigh yes- j terday at the! request of a large number . of the most prominent people Of Greens-!-boro, to make another effort to induce Gov. Fowle to-commute the sentence of -i Moore. It fceems that there is strong grounds for i commutation. Moore was convicted on purely j circumstantial . evi dence, and we learn that it haS recently ' developed that some of this evidence was of a verjr' unreliable character. - Morganton Herald: Capt. Am brose KayW, one of Morganton 's prom inent builders, died very: suddenly in ' Ashevhle lajst Saturday morning at 4 o'clock. f- John Branch, who escaped - from Morganton. jail before: the . last term of the (Federal Court at Statesville, was recaptured by jailor Ward last Fri- day night. Capt. W. E. Walton and his -corps of engineers left Morgan ton, Tuesdav, for the Cold Spring on ; Jonas Ridge, frpm which point they will survey another railroad lire via Piedmont Springs to Morganton.- Immense quantities of lumber, shingles and brick are being shipped from Mor "ganton every week, j.- Most of this build-, ing material goes to Asheville, which city yearly consumes many thousands of dollars worth of Burke county building material. j 1 - . i ; ; Statesville Landmark: Work on a new passenger depot is to be com menced here in a very short time, Capt. V. E. McBee, superintendent of the Western North Carolina railroad, was here Tuesday, looking At locations. The building is to be 80x70, one story,- and the plans are said to represent quite a handsome structure. ; In Alexander Superior Court last week Marcus Lip pard was gjnanted an absolute divorce from his wife on the ground of infidelity. Marcus James was convicted of breaking into the jaili in 1886 and releasing Col- ' loway Marley, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Mrs. Nora . Hampton Preston, widow of the late John W. Preston, and daughter of A. A. Hampton, Iied suddenly at her home on Davie avenue at an early hour l uesaay morning, i ; ; . Monsoe Enquirer-Express: ' Mr. John Arantj, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Buford township, died with la grippe on last Saturday. A son of Mr, Hugh Deeds, of Long's Store neigh borhood, aged about fifteen years, met with a severe accideqt Tuesday. He .. was cutting down a vV.' v ..1U'pon At a river; way, burg, A MOUNTAIN OF SNOW ! Causes a Bailway Accident Several Cars Thrown Into! a Biver and Pour or Five ; Persons Injured. I By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Pittsburg;, Pa., Feb. 8.-IA special from Connellsville, Pa., says: The through mail j train from Baltimore on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ran into a mountain of snow three miles east of Ohio; Pvle at 7 o'clock this evening. The engine and combination postal and bag gage icar went over the bank into" the the smokiner car touoweo nan Engineer Henry Bush, of Pitts- was badly burned, but! not fatally injured; fireman Lewis Bureher sustained a terrible scalp wound, but will recover; baggage master Isaac Ingles, of Pitts burg, was burned by the car stove. The only passenger injured was John Lind say, of ; Glenwood, master carpenter bf the road. He fell heavily - over the seats; iniuring himself internally. He will not probably recover. A rejief train was Sent from Connellsvuie and tne wounded are being cared for. f FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT In "West Virginia-Engine and Tender Oo ' Inti a Biver, and Three Men Drowned. J By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Baltimore, Feb. 8. A railroad acci dent is reported . on the Chesapeake & Ohio i railroad, at Big Bend Tunnel, be tween! Hinton and Lowell, W. Va. A freight train, which was approaching the signal station, ran into a switch which had been left open, and ; before the en gineer could reverse his engine it had crashed into the. station and pushed it into" New River, andlthen plunged in after iti The tender followed the engine. In the station was the telegraph opera tor, and he, ithe engineer and fireman were tarried JntOthe river and drowned. his leer breaking his ankle. meeting of the stockholders of the Mon roe Iron Works, held February 4th, for the purpose, of ascertaining the stand ing of the company, j it was ascertained that the paid up stock amounted to $6, 700 and the total assets to $7,786, show ing a profit; of little over i5 .per cent, on the capital: invested. Mr. W. B. Hinson, of Goose Creek township, had . a dwelling, smokehouse - and barn, situated near Mrs. Sam Baucom's, on Richardson Creek, destroyed by ire one night last week. I The premises were unoccupied! and the ifire'is supposed to have been incendiary. . . Washington Gazette: Oysters from Pamlico sound transferred to the homes of tihe Lynnhaven Bays and Blue , Points, equal and 'even surpass those famous bivalves, j This has been proven by experiment, 4 f- On Saturday night of last week thei quiet of Latham's X Roads wasl disturbed by an unusual oc- -currence for that peaceable neighbor- ! hood. In the night time about 11 o'clock fifteen masked men are. said to have called MrJ William Holland from his house and :ook him 150 yards away, put a rope around his; neck and Over a limb of a tree, apparently with the design of lynching. In the melee hisl sister was badly hurt and his knottier considerably bruised. Mr. Holland says there was a man up the tree and that he recognized several of. the parties. The! firing of a pistol from the house frightened the would-be-lynchers away. ; The cause for the affair is a mattet of conjecture. He has issued a warrant against them. The freight cars were piled the track, up all over MASKED BURGLARS. An Aged Farmer Beaten Insensible and His "Wife Murdered. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . TnrSv. N. Y.: Feb. 8. The house oi Ransom FlQyd. a farmer 71 years of age, residing near. West Port. Essex county, was entered by masked burglars last evening. They demanded Floyd's money or hia file, and when Floyd, refused to give them his money he was: beaten in sensible, and his. wife was. pounded to deathJ Flovd had recently sold a piece 'of land for $6,000; and the money was ii tli a Virilism, hut the murderers failed to find it. The murderers, have OO been caught. Raleigh, News and Observer: Mr. B. H. Thompson, of Beaufort county, hekds the list with he biggest hog killed in North Carolina 'this sea- . son. He killed! a; hog weighing 853 pounds, i Lewis Hogan, he colored man who was run oyer by the train Sun day night) near the penitentiary, died from his injuries yesterday1! at Lenox Medical Hospital - The State Board of (Education was in session yes- f terday mprning, and considered Certain information from j the State land agent, Mr.T. W. Pool, of Williamston The rrfrjorts showed that a number of .pur chasing propositions had been made, and advantageous j sales- may- soon De . exoected.l In the case bf the Ral- eigh & .Gaston railroad against the Richmond & DanVille railroad for the . rie-ht of wav of a track at Henderson, which has been under contention, a de cision was yesterday rendered in favor 6f the Raleigh & Gaston railroad. The case was j argued betore Judge Boyicin, at Wilson. Some points of the case had been in tfhe Supreriie Court and were decided mere m lavor ot tne iiaieign Gaston also. I ; Eliziabeth City Economist: The fc. oyster pirates are j having a picnic on fingieton oyster tocks. incyare gM"t and coming all the time, some witn dredges and some ; with tongS. An oys terman from Stumpy Point told us that the rocks! are so depleted tnat wnereas he could load his boat .with'! one hand and himself formerly in a day, that car ried forty-five bushels, now he couidn t get morejthan five jbushels in the same time. The death of Richard Flora, Sr., of Chrrituek county, on Wednesday of last week, closesjthe life of one whose days wefe lengthened beyond a limit seldom reached by ijnan. He had reach ed tha age of 98 years, and was probably tne oldest man ini jine tuuuiy w um tuck. i-On Wednesday last George W. Cobb, ofj this- townj was appointed anu -confirmed by the Senate as Supervisor of the Census for the first census district f "NinrtH ClarnlinaJ I Mr. Cobb is an ac curate business, roari, and if not imposed upon inj his selection or enumerators will gives us a reliable census report of this district. We understand his terri tory embraces twenty counties. AWe en- . dorse the appoinuuciu. ' . V
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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