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THE PAH-AMERICAN CONGRESS.
There has not been rriuch said
lately about-the Pan-American Con
gress, possibly for the reason that it
hay not been doing muchj ind possi
bly for the reason, also, that itjseeiiris
to be under the influence of that
rclass of gentlemen who fori some
years have been running the Cop
gressioiial legislation of this! coun
try in their own particular interest.
Part of the professed purpose in trfe
desiring such a ! Congress jui this
country was that repfesenatiy e men
of the South American and Central
American countries might by obser
vation, contact and association get a
better conception of the greatness
of this country and more accurate
ideas of its vast ; natural and artifi
cial resources, and of its irnmense
productive capacity. .To accomplish
tills in the speediest and most ef
.1 . iL .:
iective way a grand tour qt the coun-
:y was resolved npon embracing the
ifferent sections, the New England,
Middle and the. Western States first,
in the order named, and later,
in
January sometime, the tour of
iuthern States was to m made.
the
According to the programme
khe
hole party, last October! before
the
' i ingress entered upon
with aimagi'iificent specia
its work,
tram
su-
. . . . . . .j
lerblv appointed with al the com
the
forts-conveniences and luxuries of
travel-a palace on wheels, started
finf- nn the crrani
id tour piloted by cer-
1: . :..,JL- :.J u.. eL-;
liliil geilUeiHCll ttNijlgllCU LV:i octic-
t!ary Blaine for that p.urpose.libey
wuug round the circle, Had a right
oval time, took in all the jTeaaing
ities and manufacturing centres
im the route, topic a giympse
.f Louisville, the only city
south of the Ohio which! they saw,
halted at Cincinnati long enough to
ake in the principal manufacturing
ptablishments and see how W Buck
eye election was conducted,' (it; be
ing election day when they were
f.here),; and theri sped on tcj Wash
ington, interviewing John Wana
inaker's , town and his big store on
I hd way. They had a big time anl
doubtless learned a great many
thmgs which they didn't know be
iore about thiS rapid country.' I .
JJut that southern tour by .means
)f which they were to learn, some
hing about this section of the. coun
ry never materialized, and Mr.
ilaine", nor any one else, " as far as
ve Have heard; has chirped about it
4tice. There don't seem to:! have
!rc-en anv burning aesire upon ma
hvart of those who engineered the
Congress and the . educational toturf
to have them learn something about
this section or to cultivate: j any ac
cjuaintace with its various enterpri
ses" on with- the men who run them
so that the delegates unless they
come of their own accord, will returh
to their homes; without hiving seen
whnt to them would bet. perhaps, the
most interesting section off the. coun
try, and a section with which they
might in the future btuld up no u.
considerable trade. If'
Part of the programme was, In
throwing the delegates into contact
with protectionists and keeping them
it a distance from people, whjo dorj't
sit up nights concocting schemes for
more protection, to keep J thet tariff
system in the ;baek ground while dis
cussing the methods pf eticoaragihg
'commercial intercourse betwuen this
country and those. . J j
It seems they have succeeded
m
doing this, for the Cdngn ss has
yet discovered that there is i
connection between! the tariff
riot
i
ny
sVs
tem and the tradeabetwe
n thiscoun-
try and the others represented.! The
ship subsidizers hava taken them : in
tow and persuaded them' that the way
to build up commerce is to subsidize
ships and the have Ihereforje passed
v resolution! for subsidies. Th
game in this is, of course, to influence
Congress to vote the subsidy . appro
priations and to furnish the subsidy
boomers with an argument in its be-
half,
Another thing they declare in
favor of as conducive to this end
this
is
the construction of a continental rail
way, but whether this; is also to be
subsidized is not tated. The railway
is all right, a -grand idea originating
twenty years ago wijth Hintpn Rowan
Helper, of this State, who has done
more for it, talked
more for it,
worked more for itl and.
thrownjmore
light upon it than any.
other hving
man. ... It is all right if parhed but as
. ..... -j -.,.
it should be by private enterprise,
but the subsidy business is not.f That
7
VOL. XXI.
is a traud into which the jJongress
was roped, in their (confiding simpli
city, by selfish and: designing subsi
dy .boomers, who have thejir eye on
the . Treasury and would like tb get
their arms into it. V -
MINOR MENTION.
t should not- be very 'difficult, if
th statement of y. S. Marshal Mi
zetl, of Florida, made - to Attorney
Gcneral Miller, im reference t
the
killing of Efeputy Marshal
Sau
iders,
be
correct, ; to ,
splve
the
the
m
stery
:r or
and to arrest
murden
mrderersJ i According to Ithe
itate-
raent he received on the yth 1;
ist. a
telegram from J Saunders, I thi
Pensacolaj stating that he Was
:n at
;oing
to! Quincey f or a prisoner in, Jail
there,
and to send him any help! he night
call-for. The Marshal with ;i spe
cial Deputy left" Jacksonvil e for
Quincey, where he met Saunders on
the 13th. In the morning Wm. H.
McFarlin, of "Quincey, called it the
hel to ! see Saunders, . (At iinner
time he j returned and invited, the
Marshal and Capt. Allison, wlio was
present, to dine with him, which thfey
did. Saunders j was also invii ed to
dine, but ' declined, having eaten his
dinner. Later J in the af ternc on he
invited the Marshal to go" out for
a ride, which I was declined j The
ir vitation ' was1 then exiend :d to
Saunders and acepted, but he was
warned against ; it by the Marshal,
Who suspected something wrong! He
l:ft town for a few hours anc while
he was gone, jSaunders disappeared
f ;om the hotel!, saying that he was
gbing to take ja ride in the country
jllu WUU1U lciuiu uy luui yj uuii&. iu
short while ja man narrted Mitchell
drove up to the hotel with the dead
bddy of Saunders m a buggy, shot
through the neck. Mitdhell refused
tb answer any questionsj simply say-
ihg he didn't know who shod
Saun-
qers. He was' permitted to go
When
oat of
last seen Saunders was riding
tbwn with Mcrarlin an
and
Mitchell.
Saunders' pistol was found
in his
pocket, every chamber loaded. Here
is a very simple case, in which
two
men,! seemingly well known
figure
inves-
and it shouldn't require muc
igation to show who killed Saunders
and why he was killed
n .! v -
The Czar of Russia was very much
incensed lately because two!
officers
I one of
of his army fought a duel an:
them was killed. He
felt
as i
that he
had lost a
man who
soldier
blight be yaluable. -This Czar, who
spends hisj life cowering behind
bomb-proofs, does not seem ko be in
censed when his officers in Siberia
whip to death with the knout men
and women, and shoot dowli in cold
blood prisoners who protest against
the knout, j Last "November the Gov
ernor General of the province of
Amoor ordered a woman to be whip
ped ior some : minor violation of the
rules. They did itj so well that
the woman died under the infliction,
and succeeded in inspiring so much
terror that four more,
thought seven, female
atad- it is
prisoners
committed suicide
to escape such
barbarous torture. AJl of these
were young, educated and pell rear
ed ;women, sent there because of
supposed sympathyjwith the nihilists.
A revolt among the male prisoners
caused by these deaths was sup
pressed by shooting down about
forty of the men. The good and
gracious Czar, who reigni over the
presumably civilized empire of
Russia, does not seem to have been
incensed at this. And yet there are
people who wonder at the growth.
and determined spirit of nihilism in
that country-
- i
The cotton crop of the South has
nearly doubled since I860, notwith
standing the fonr years cjfj war, the
disorganization of the labor system
following emancipation a id the dis
turbed condition that prevailed
throughout the South during the pe
riod of so-called reconstruction. The
great increase has been. since then
and since the Democratic party, has
held the reins of government in these
States and intelligent honest white
men have made the laws. I The fact
that a very large proportion of this
increased crop has beeji j raised by
colored labor indicates that the mass
of colored laborers are. not sitting
up of nights bemoaning their
sad fate and praying for a "free bal
lot and a fair count," joyer which
black and white Republican politi
cians have been and are still doing
so much discordant howling.-- The
fact is, the colored laborers of the
South, especially on the farms, have
been and are doing very well, both
ering themselves but little about pol
itics, and would do still better if let
alone by designing, self-seeking po
litical bummers, who are endeavpr-
ing to use them. These politicians
are not interested in raising cotton
half as much as in raising a racket
with' the hope of making something
out of it. i
Joseph G. Biggar, member of Par
liament for the Western division of
Cavan,' Ireland, who died on the 19th
inst.: was the father of obstruction
in the British Parliament, which the
friends pf Home Rule turned to such
good aecount,
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INTEMPERANCE AND CRIME.
A Warning'lUiatlMay "Well be Heeded.'
Mayor Fowler, a few : days ago. in
speaking of he evils of intemperance,
said: "Aftes investigating ' over three
thousand cases of violations of the crimi
nal law, during the last Several years I
can assert without fear of successful con
tradiction, that four-fifths of said j cases
resulted directly or indirectly from the
use of iintoxicating drink. : j
"In Jmanyj instances intemperance is
accompaniecl with most painful and seri
ous conseauences. : This was forcibly
portrayed in a case recently Investigated
before my cQurt, and stands as a warning
that mav well be heeded bv all. , It was;
the case of a young man! of this city, un
til a late period of good character for so-
bnety.. He was honest, industrious and,
intelligent, j , His frank, open counte
nance, together with his polite and plea
sant address, woo for him many friends
and commanded the respect and confi
dence of all! who knew him. A bright
prosperous and honored career spread
out before himf but in one short mbnthi
character, jreputation jand respect jwer
all swept away. . He had taken that one
drinlj, only one yet the 'ow withdinf
which no man J becomes ! a drunkard.
Frohi that
drink! he became oblivious to
the vice and
without the
fortitude to
drunkenness
resist, intoxication and
ensued. iAfter a recent debauch, when
the last cent was expended, when! the
inordinate! and unyielding desire! for
more drink was'upofl
tlie private apartment!
him, he entered
of a friend, filch-
ed therefrom a pistol,- sold
the stolen
property and became
drunk from the
proceeds of the sale, j j . j j
"lie was arrested for larceny, trigd'and
convicted J and in one month from jthe
robbery he stood before; the worfd a
co nvjictedj felon. ,
"Crreat indeed
is the warning.
Let
the intemperate beware."
THE RAILROAD JUBILEE.
They are Coming, They are Coming, Full
;Five Hundred Strong. j j
Advices from points on the Cape Far
and Yadkin ! Valley Railway indicate
that! the business men are greatly inter-
ested in the new co
nnection with Wil-
mmttonj ana are
anxious to visit this
city and; become acquainted with
its
progressive merchants. It is hoped the
forthcoming celebration will be a .great
success, j The committees here are at
work, but their efforts should be
seconded by ! ready and substantial re-;
spohse to their appeals if it is desired
that the demonstration j shall be
worthy of the occasion and of the pe jpte
of Wilnington. It is known that a jt'ery
large proportion of the invitations tt be
sent out will be accepted, and it is safe
to say that more than half the number
of merchants and ; manufacturers j and
other leading business men on the line
of railroad will be here on the day ap
pointe4 for the jubilee; j Very many of
these gentlemen (will visit Wilmirtgton
for the first time, and it is all important
that their first impressions of the ("city
by. the sea" should be made as agreeable
as possible.
A Good Start.
Mr. W. B. Jordan, travelling jagent
and correspondent of the Star, ! spent
Friday in . Mount Airy, where he ob
tained seventeen new subscribers to the
Daily. Unfortunately, Mr Jordan .was
taken sick and had to return Saturday
morning. But he accomplished a good
day's! work. ! Specimen copies had been
previously sent to each of the business
men I who subscribed, and the result
shows not Only that they liked the Star,
but that they wish to become acquaint
ed with the inducements and advan
tages that will be offered t by ; the "Wil
mington merchants to secure their
trade. - ' .
A Schooner Wrecked At Ocracokc Inlet
The Signal Service observer at South-
port telegraphed yesterday evening as
follows: The i revenue cutter Colfax,
just in trom a cruise in the vicinity ot
Cape Hatteras, reports that pn Friday
morning a large three-masted schooner
was sighted, ashore a few miles to the
westward, of Ocracoke inlet. The cutter
steamed in, lowered a boat" and ascer
tained that the schooner was the Mary
L. Allen, from New York, bound to
Charleston. She had run ashore early
Thursday morning during the storm
The crew had all been landed in safety,
The vessel s deck is under water, and
she cannot be saved.! Wreckers from
Portsmouth are j engaged in stripping
her ij " I ; A ' vj
Quick Dispatch. ' j
The steamer Benefactor which was
cleared for New York yesterday , eve
nine bv Mr H. GJ Smallbones, the
jagent, with a large cargo of lumber, cot
ton, naval stores and other freight re
ported in detail elsewhere in the Star
arrived here ! during the forenoon of
Triday with a large freight of miscella
neous merchandise. The work or dis
charging and reloading ithe vessel was
accomplished in about thirty-six hours,
Accident to a Seaman
Aaron FullwOod, colored, master ot
the schooner J. . NeJT.ly'mg at Messrs
Robinson & King's wharf, was seriously
injured yesterday afternoon by a cask of
tar falling on the deck of his vessel and
striking him on the leg near the ankle.
The wound bled so j profusely that the
injured man was hurriedly removed to
the Marine Hospital before the extent
of his injury could be ascertained,
Knights of Pythias,
A lodge of this Order was instituted
last Friday at Gibson Station, with the
following officers: F. B. Gibson, P, C,
W. J. Adams, ' C. C,i Jno, W, Gibson
V. C; Rayford Gibson, P.; f . S. Pipkin,
K. of R.and S.; F. L Gibson, M. of A.
W. F. Gibson, M. of F.; Dr. N. M. Mo
Lean, M, of-EJ; T. M. Adams, I. G H
F. Gibson, O. G. The Lodge will be
known as Gibson No. 36.
The Wilmington Light Infantry
are ordered to appear at their armory to
morrow morning at 11 o'clock in full
uniform. i
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28;
ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE.
A Proposition' for the Establishment -pt a
Large Manufacturing Plant in Wilmm-
Mayor Fowler has received a letter
from a manufacturing firm in Philadel-;
phia, covering a proposition for the es;
tablishment in this city of a plant for!
the production of all classes of wood
work, which seems to be a liberal one.
The industry is well adapted to Wil
mington and would undoubtedly prove
profitable.. The following is a copy of
the letter, vizi; ' . . -
Philadelpia. Feb. 1 8th, 1890.
Jno. J. Fowler, Esq, Wilmington, N. C;
Dear Sir We are desirous of locat
ing a large manufacturing plant in one
desirapie city ot your state: lor the pro
duction of all classes of woodwork by
patented machinery; which is already
represented j by established factories in
London, Eng., Boston, Mass.; San" Fran
cisco, tal., jand : Tacoma. Wash.,; with
several others contracted for. i , ,
'We contribute lareelv to the indus
trial. importance of the place wherein we
locate, because our process, as a labor
saving proposition in getting out work
lorDunaings.sucn as iences,, piazza posts,
piazza . decprations, portico spindles, j
neweLnosts... balusters, pilasters, panels
arid wainscoting, together with furniture
work; table iegs, chair legs, lounge.and
sofa legs, piano and billiard table legs, and
all c5mposite outline work for bedsteads,
bureaus, washstandsi sideboards, etc.,
in anv form and shape round,! oval.
triangular, ! square, five, six, seven or
eight-sidedti concave, convex or straight
is absolutely without competition jin the
world. We can produce any shape Or
geometrical figure in Wood cutting , any
architect can design, , an accomplsh-
ment in mechanics hitherto impossible,
we can produce in marty-sided work dp-
signs m one minute j representing the
present mechanical labor of one day.
We are aware that many cities' desire
to improve the architectural ornamen
tation of their buildings, which adds hoth
beauty and value to the same. We also
know that at the present time, the rep
resentative! citizens want first-class in
dustrial works established, and will co
operate to secure the same. j
j We would be willing to locate perma
nently m your city, itj a sufficient num
ber of responsible citizens would assume
the direction and control of our plant,
contributing sufficient subscriptions only
to nanaiej the plant and operate the
same. We would accept stock in such
company in preference to any money con
sideration,) and will sufficiently prove all
statement made to the satisfaction of
those becoming interested in the same.
As the head ot the city government.
we feel you could direct us to the pro
per parties, as this industry is of great
municipal importance.
Yours very respectfully, A -The
National Lathe & Tool Co..
! C. II. FlTIyER,
Vice President.
SCHOONER DEMOZELLE.
The Vessel Reported in Distress Off Fry
ing-pan Shoals. !
The Signal "Service observer at South-
port telegraphed yesterday evening to
the observer here, tlS'at the British
schooner Demozelle reported yesterday
as in distress off Frying-pan shoals ar
rived at Southport quarantine at 6 p. m.
Pilots from her report that the greater
part of sails were blown away, a piece at
a time; in heavy gales, thus ' rendering
her unmanageable. She is riot damaged
otherwise, i They deny the report that
her crew refused to do duty; but state
that the men worked on condition that
the vessil put into' the ! first port
possible. 1 The captain's son has been ill
for some sixteen days; said to beof rheu
matism, caused by exposure.!
As stated yesterday, the Demozelle is
bound to New York, from .Macoris, W.
I., with a cargo of sugar.! She is a
schooner Of 163 tons burthen. Her
master; Captain Martin, has his -family
with him. i i ! 1
The tiig Alexander Jones towed the
schooner from her precarious situation
on the shoals into harbor at Southport.
The Law Against Sailing Adulterated Li
quor, i '
Section 983, chapter 25." volume 1st, of
the Laws of North Carolina, 1873-4, reads
as follows;! f !
"Any person who shall manufacture,
sell, Or in any way deal out spirituous
liquors, jot any name or kind, to be used
as a drin or beverage, and the same
shall be 'found to contain any .foreign
operties or ingredients poisonous to
the human system, shall be guilty of
high misdemeanor and imprisoued in
the penitentiary not less than five years,
and mav be fined in the discretion of
the court.! It shall be competent for any
citizens after making purchase of any
spirituous liquors, to cause the same to
be analyzed by some known competent
chemist, and if upon such analysis it
shall be found to contain any foreign
poisonous matter it shall be prima facie
evidence against the party nwqne such
a 'sale. I vS
Capt. E. H. Beery. . y
The first steamboat ever built on the
Wateree i river, south Carolina, was
launched on the 18th inst., not-far from
Columbia, S. C. j Capt.! R. H. Beery,
of Wilmington, is the, builder and Mr,
H. P. Clarke, of, Richland Co., S. C,
the owner of the boat, which is a side
wheeler, 81 feet long and 25 feet wide.
She is expected to make her first trip to
Charleston in thirty (days. A large
crowd was present to witness the launch
ing of the steamer.
)
Foreign Exports Yesterday
Messrs. S. & W. H. Northrop cleared
the schooner Orlando yesterday, for
Port-au-Prince, kayti, with 136,680 feet
of lumber, 15,000 shingles; 10 barrels tar,
2 casks spirits turpentine, and 10 barrels
pitch. Cargo valued at $2,pi9.33,
Messrs. Patejson, Dovfning & Co,
cleared the Swedish barque Carmelitq,
for Olasgow, - Scotland, with a cargo
consisting of 2,550 barrels rosin, and
1,500 barrels tarj valued at $6,085.
Cotton Beceipts,! Etc.
Receipts of cotton at this portfor the
week ended yesterday are 701 balee; the
corresponding week last year, 807, Re
ceipts for the crop yeai, up to yesterday,
128,474 bales; tb same date last season,
144,885. Difference in favor of last year.
16,411 bales. J
The stock at thia port is 10,938 bales;
at same date last year, !5,660.
A small party of colored exo
dusters about sixty altogether left
here yesterday for. Arkansas. Most of
them were from the country around
Wilmington.
.11 jY
CAPE FEAR A YADKIN VALLEY.
The People at the Other End of the tiine
Bejoioe with .Wilmington at the Com
pletion of the Boad to This Port."
The Sanford Express says:
Every rue f North Carolinian and
lover of progress feels a sense of glad
ness this week at the announcement that
the last spike has been' driven in the C-
& Y. V. Railroad from Mount Airy to
Wilmington, tlie greatest city in North
Carolina. This road reaches from the
mountains to North Carolina's seaport
and runs with the State's latitude, not'
its longitude, as nearly all the great roads
ot the State do. ; It means that North
Carolinians will, trade more with North
Carolinians and that the citizens of one
section will know- rnoreVabout the citi
zens of another- section of the State.
More of North Carolina cotton, to
bacco, etc., will be loaded for for
eign markets at its own harbor. The
completion of this road is a . great
event m the commercial policy ot this
State. It is certain to foster more State
pride and give the- State more charac
ters among its 4siSters. . North Carolina
has needed a great metropolis like
Charleston, Savannah, Norfolk, etc.
W itbr the completion of long railroads
traversing the State- to Wilmington, it
promises to become a great seaport city.
It is said to have an excellent harbor
and it has as sturdy a white population
as can be found in the world. It now
has the elements to make of it a great
city. As we write we feel nearer to
Wilmington than ever before, and we
rejoice at this state of our mind. The
business men of Wilmington will in the
near future give a banquet tQ the busi
ness men along the line of the C. F, &
Y. Y. road and we trust it will be a
profitable as welljas a pleasant occasion.
The Greensboro Workman says the
day "marks an epoch in the history pf
the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley road,
as trains begin td day to run regularly
into Wilmington: over this line. We are
glad to be thus closely connected with
the Metropolis Of North Carolina. j
"When we remember the annoyances
and inconveniences which necessarily at
tended a trip to Fayetteville or to Wil
mington by people of the generation that
has just passed away, we regret that
they could not live until the present, and
see the triumph jthat invention and en
terprise have gained over the troubles
that formerly beset the traveler to these
cities. P
VESSEL
IN DISTRESS.
British Schooner
Demozelle With Sails
Gone off Frying Pan Shoals.
The Signal Service observer at South-
port telegraphed to the station here yes
terday afternoon, that Capt. Dunbar
Davis, of the Cape Fear Life Saving sta
tion, came in with a boat's crew at 2.15
m. and reported that British schooner
Demoselle, of St. John's. New Bruns
wick, from Marcoris, W. I., to New
Ypf k. with cargo of sugar, was off Fry
ing Pan' Shoals with her sails gone, and
the crew refused to do duty. The tug
Alexander Jones left Southport, as soon
as the information was received, to go to
the assistance of the schooner,- but the
Jones returned to Southport at 8 o'clock
last evening; Capt. Harper reportingthat
the sea was so high that the tug couldj
not get tb the schooner. Capt. Harper;'
intended to. go. out to her early thisj
morning, ,
NAVAL STORES.
Increased '
Beccipts' as Compared with
Last Year.
Receipts of naval stores at this port
for the crop year to February 21st, as
compared with receipts to same date in
1889, are as follows: i '
Spirits turpentine, 63,947 casks; last
year, l 6U.M53. Kosin, 5Hi,t38 Darreis;
last year. 237,158. Tar, 62,08 barrels;
last year, 52,792. Crude turpentine,
18,736 barrels; last year, 20,195. . I
Stocks at this port rebruary 31st, as
compared with stocks at same date' last
year, are as loiiows
Spirits turpentine, 3,126 barrels; last
year, 1,313. Kosin, ai.Tio parrels; last
vear. 85,525. Tar. 3,616 barrels; last
year,; 5,319. Crude turpentine, 1,576
barrels; last year, 410.
River' Improvements,
, Tlie Star is indebted to Capt. W. H
Bixby, corps of engineers, U. S. Army,
for a copy of his report on the examina
tion and survey of Northeast river, ac
companied 1 with a map of the same
Alsot reports upon the survey and pre--
liminary examination of Shallotte river.
Capt. Bixby regards the Northeast river
as worthy of improvement, so far as to
clear out its natural obstructions from
Wilmington up to Kornegay's Bridge,
about 103 miles above its mouth, at an
estimated cost of $30,000. The total es
timated commerce is valued at $819,000.
The project for the improvement ! of
Shallotte river; in Brunswick county,
contemplates the straightening of the
channel and removal of oyster I rock
shoals, so as to. give a clear channel 60
feet wide and four feet deep at low
water, at ai total estimated cost of
$30,000.
TRAGEDY IN ROBESON.
ii'
A Jealous Woman Waylays and Shoots
'!'! . ' her Bival,
, News of I a' tragedy which occiirred
Wednesday last near Pate s, a station
on the Carolina Central Railroad in
- Kobeson cpunty, was brought to tn
city yesterday. Vicey Oxendine, a young
woman belonging to the community: of
Croatans liying in the Scuffletown sec
tion, was waylaid on the county road by
the wife of Rasberrv Oxehdinei who
fired at Vicey three times with a
gun and jinflicted wounds ; that!
shpt-
itj is
I thought will prove fatal. The woman
who did the shooting was arrested
Jealousy fs said to have been the
of the trouble.
cause
Freights on the Carolina Central.
! The Charlotte Chronicle says that the
freight traffic over the Carolina Central
railroad "has been so heavy lately as to
necessitate the running of extra trains.
Three, were three extras from Hamlet to
Charlotte on Monday and three! Wed
nesday, .Ah' extra was also run from
Charlotte to Rutherfordton, which is an
unusual occurrence, as the heavy freight
traffic on the road is east pf Charfotte
The people of Wilmington are
plucky; and they've got the sand to Start
a glass factory. lhey only need
leader.
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! WASHINGTON.
The Eight Sour Law Bill U. S. Deputy
Marshals in the South U. 1 S. Court
Judges. ..:..'. .
! i By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Feb. 2J). By a vote of
of ,7 to 3 the . House Committee on
Labor to-day authorized a favorable re
port on the bill providing for an adjust
ment of accounts of laborers, workmen
andT mechanics, under the eight hour
law. The bill provides that any laborer
workmah or mechanic, , who has
been employed by the. government
since June 25th. 1868, when' the eight-
hour law went into effect, shall be paid
for each eight hours he has been em
ployed the full price of a day's work.
AH claims tor labor performed in excess
of eight hours per day are j referred to
the Court of Claims for adjudication
upon that basis, the bill was reported
favorably during the last Congress, but
failed in the House. ' .
The House Judiciary Committee pro
pose to investigate the manner in which.
in certain parts ol the. south, u. b. depu
ty marshals make cases with the sole
object, as alleged, of securing fees from
the government. - t ,
1 he committee instructed chairman
Taylor to report a resolution providing
for an investigation by a committee of
charges alleged against Alabama court
officials. ; ' ,
Mr. "Henderson, of North Carolina,
was authorized to report favorably a bill
providing that u. b; Court Judges in
delivering charges to1 juries" in criminal
ojr civil actions sliall not express .any
opinion upon questions of fact.
Washington, Feb. 21. Representa-,
tive.Haugen, in his report, submitted by
unanimous instruction of the House
Committee on Elections,! recommend
ing that Clark, the Democratic member
in the contested case of Threet vs,
Clark, from the First Alabama district,
be allowed to retain his seat, says that
if the results at various polls were as al
leged by Threet, tainted with fraud and
corruption, he has failed to exercise
that diligence which the law asks of
every suitor before granting him relief,
arid has conducted his case in a very
leisurely manner. The contestant, the
report says, cannot excuse himself on
the ground that after the previous elec
tion great difficulty had been experi
enced in securing testimony, because ot
obstruction on the part of the other side.
it exonerates Clark trom putting obsta
cles in the way of his opponent taking
testimony, and says that the former can
hot be held responsible for what may
have been, done on former occasions.
Disregard and violation of election laws
appear to have taken ; place at various
ecincts in the district, put the record
fails, in the opinion of the committee, to
disclose that the number bf votes count
ed for the contestee illegally, or as a re
sult ot irauds, changed the result ot the
election. The face of the returns show
ed a plurality of 4,488 for Clarke.
Washington, Feb. 2'i. Representa
tives of four cities aspiring to the honor
of the site for the World's Fair are busy
making final preparations for the con-
flict to begin in the House Monday. Not
content with floods of eloquence poured
out upon the floor of the House during
the past two days, they are . laboring
earnestly and privately with a few mem
bers who are still uneommitted, or who
are believed to be onen to change of
heart. I Nobody expects that the site
will be selected upon the first ballot, so
that opportunities to pledge members
to a second choice are unusually good.
Chauncey M. Uepew put in an appear
ance on the floor ot I the House this
morning to indulge in a little quiet mis
sionary work tor New York, It hap
pened that there were fewer members in
the hall than is usual even on a holi
day, so that there was not a large field
for his efforts; but he was introduced to
Morse, of Massachusetts, who maaejo
speech yesterday in opposition to 'the
rair in New York city, and proceeded
to show him the error of his ways.jand
to tell him many good reasons which in
his judgment indicated that New York
was the only place where the Fair could
be successfully held. ..Mr. :Depew ex
pects to remain here over Monday, and
will not relax his efforts in behalf of
New York, notwithstanding the fact
that he has received a card from Chica
go displaying ja coffin, skull and cross-
bones, a gory dagger, and other alarm
ing emblems ot an evil purpose, inviting
him to a meeting at precisely 9 o'clock
at night, at which he said he presumed
he was to furnish the subject for dis
cussion- i ,
Gov. Hill, William C Whitney, and
other prominent citizens of New York
are also in the city? and they expect to
be joined by 'a large delegation of their
fellow citizens to-night.
As a delegation of Chicagoans, even
larger in point of numbers is also ex-
pected here during the day, members of
the House are not likely to enjoy unin
terrupted rest during the next forty
eight hours.' 1
ROCKY
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MOUNT.
Threatening Letter From Negro
diaries Sent by Mail. .
Incen-
Raleigh, N. C, Feb, 19. A special to
the News-Observer from Rocky Mounl
to-night, regarding the negro trouble!
there, savs: Caotain Henrv Thome rel
ceived yesterday, through the postoffice!,
a note saying mai ii liic juigiiL xmaiiiry
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were under arms last night, every, single
member would be killed sooner or later:
if the negroes had to shoot them one by
one from ambush. j
Notice was received1 by tlie Farmers'
Alliance, which said the way and only
wav to stoo the 'fires was to send a
purse of three or four hundred dollars
to -hYotessor Martin, ot fetersburg.
Martin is a negro immigration agent,
who was advised to leave town last
week.
THE NAVASSA RIOTERS.
Three Sentenced to be Hanged, and Four
teen to Imprisonment in the Peniten
me jremwjn-
.-The ija
d this fore-
. tiary.
Baltimore, February 20
vassa rioters were' sentenced
noon. George S. Key, Henry Jones and
Edward Smith, convicted of murder,
were sentenced to be hanged March
28th. The fourteen men tried upon
charges of manslaughter and convicted
were sentenced to terms m Albany
(New York) penitentiary, ranging from
two to ten years, i .
ANOTHER CONVICTION.
O'Donnell. the Cronin Jury Briber, toj
Go
to the Penitentiary. .
'I . . By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chicago, Feb. 22 The jury in
the
Cronin jury bribery case, this morning
brpught in a verdict finding the only re
maining defendant on trial, Jererhiah
Q'Donnell, guilty of the offense charged,
and fixing his punishment at three
years in the penitentiary.
NO. 16
PRISON HORRORS
BRUTAL TREATMENT
OF POLITICAL
PRISONERS IN
RUSSIA.
Madame Sigida Flogged to Death and
Her Companions in' Exile Driven
to!Suicide.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
London, Feb! 22. Further details of
the outrage in the political prison at
Kara, reached the Russfan exiles in Lon
don to-day from friends who are lo
cated a short distance, from the scene of
the horrors- Thev are brief but conclu
sive, confirming! fully the report of the
affair received here .from an official in
StJ Petersburg, who is in sympathy with
the cause of the, people.
According to the details received to
day, it appears that the trouble at the
Kara prison originated in a "Hunger
Strike' In August, when the women
political prisoners tried to starve them
selves to death to escape brutalities of
theif jailors. All! the women imprisoned
there abstained from food for fourteen
davs. The iailors did not believe that
thfey would be able to keep up the strug
gle. . At the first they jeered at the
wpmen, then tempted them with food,
and then,' firidihg this of no ! avail.
threatened them? When several bf the'
women were at the point of death from
their voluntary abstinence from food, the
prison, officials 1 1 resorted to artificial
means to compel them to take nourish
ment. The methods adopted, however,
were violent and licentious, and the
wpmen were I compelled to abandon
their strike. Abominable outrages fol
lowed, and werfe of daily and hourly
occurrence. This state of affairs led
Madame Sigida, whose death by flog
ging has already been announced, to ask
for an interview with the director of the
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prisun, in ine; nope oi securing an
amelioration of the condition of prison
ers, lhis request was granted, but
when she was i taken before him she
found him abusive. It is said that in her
exasperation at his abuse she called
him a villain, and slapped his face.
It is not positively known, however, what
took place during the interview, Jjut
whatever did (happen Madame ! Sigeda
did not return! to her companions. She
Was taken from the -Director's office and
conveyed to a prison in which common
offenders are confined. Three of her
companions from among the political
prisoners were j permitted to join her.
Advices received to-day state that these
Were Mary Kbaleskv, wife of Professor
Koalesky, ot Kieft, Madame bmimitsky,
and Maria Kojlujuny. The last two la
ches were from jUdessa. i
i wo months elapsed alter these events
before Adjutant Banenkoreff, the Gov
ernor General of the province of. Amour,
instructed the doctors of the prisons
tjhat the secifet- edict of March, 1888,
yehich ordered j: that political prisoners
should be treated by prison officials, in
precisely the same manner as criminals
Condemned for common law; offences
would be enforced, and ordered the di
rectors to notify the political j prisoners
bf both sexes that they would be
liable to corporeal punishment ,if
they violated! certain of the prison
Regulations. X he male prisoners fore
seeing the immediate damages, held
consultation land sent to the Director
pfthe prison a petition that! he would
telegraph to jthe Minister of the Interior
lat St. Petersburg requesting him to
jsuspend application of the edict. The
Director refused to pay any attention to
their netition. I and thereuoon the men
TWarned him! that the first flogging of
political prisoners would be the signal
for the others jtp commit suicide togeth
er, l hree days aiterwards Baron Kiert
sent a special . order that Madame
Sigida be punished according to the
regulations, arid the order was executed
to the fullest extent. Madame Sigida
was stripped and received one hundred
lashes, bhe was carried on bleeding,
and in an unconscious condition, and
her death ensued from rupture of the
heart. Her three companions committed
suicide within an hour of the time of
hearing of Madame Sigida's death. The
corpses of the! four women j were buried
at the same time in the court yard of
the common offenders prison
For weeks a cordon . of vigilance was
so closely maintained around the prison
that nothing! was known of what was
happening among the prisoners within.
bince the secret channel of information
has been reopened it has been learned
that the mn -carried out their threat of
suicide. They! met together and thirtyof
the men shared what poison they could
obtain and then went to their cells to
die." The quality of the poison which
had been smuggled into the prison was
not sufficient to kill quickly:-but in the
course of the evening two of those who
had sharedj it Bobookov and Kolujug
died. I heir convulsions and the dead
silence which reigned in the other cells
roused the attention of the guards, and
they immediately summoned physicians,
who administered emetics to the survi
vors and endeavored by every means to
counteract he effects ot the poison.
CdTTON SEED OIL TRUST.
A Temporary Injunction Obtained' by the
Minority Trustees. ' '
By Telegraph to the Morning Star,
New YORK, Feb. 21. The argument
on the injunction which was granted by
Judge Lacombe last week, restraining
the Cotton Seed Oil Trust froin dis
solving, reorganizing and turning . all
property, amounting to millions of dol
lars, over jto a corporation in New Jersey,
was heard! to-day by Judge Wallace in the
United States Circuit Court. A tempo
tary injunction was obtained by the mi
nority trustees, who argued that wnen
the preserit trust was organized it was
agreed that it would not be dissolved as
long as it was being conducted on
profitable basis, and that it had made
$4,000,000 profits in 1889, The majority
trustees argued that as the defendant
trustees were residents of five States no
case could be made against them, un
less they
Were proceeded against indi-
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vidually.
ine juuge uissuiveu cue in
and said that he would hear
junction.
argument.) ;in the case again when
bills of i complaint were filed against
some individual trustees, and in the
meantime! Reconsider the question of
jurisdiction! Two weeks were given to
hie an amended bill of complaint.
MONTANA.
Adjournment of the Legislature After
Dead-Lock of Ninety Days,
Helena; February 21, The Montana
Legislature adjourned last night, hav
ing been in session ninety days, and
failed to pass a single bill. .Addresses
to the people were issued by Republi
can Senators and Democratic Represen
tatives.) i It is understood Governor
Toole will call a special session to pass
appropriation bills about the first of
May. It !is said the: Governor will
recognize the iegality of the election of
the five Republican Representatives from
Silver )Bow county, if the United States
Senate seats Messrs. Saunders and
Power. : This done the dead-lock ends,
and the Legislature may proceed.
Messrs. Maginnis and Clark have practU
caljy given up the fight, and will return
to Helena in a tew days.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Raleigh Visitor; The Commis
sioner of Agriculture has decided to is-,
sue no fertilizer license applied for under' -protest.-
In this respect, he seems to
have the upper hand. Of course there
will be no sales without license. i
Raleigh Chronicle: ! The Trus- '
tees of Peace Institute have arranged
that the lease of Capt. Burwell should,
be cancelled and that Prof. James Din
widdie should lease the institution for
fifteen years. All arrangements were
made for Prof. Dinwiddie's takino-
"charge next autumn. , f
Mew Berne Journal: ;On Tues
day night when the east-bound mail
train passed through James City some'
imp threw a rock through j a Window of
the first-class passenger car. j The train '
was going at a pretty good speed, and it
is singular mat tne rocs struck the only
passenger, Dr. Gore., of Whiteville. N.
C, exactly in the forehead, inflicting a r
very painful wound. j ,
Raleigh Call : Advices were re-
ceived here this morning of the death .
bf'Mr. M, F; Scarboro, of jWake Forest;
brother of Hon. John !C. Scarboro.
"which occurred last night. Infor
mation has been received here of the
sad death of Mr. Albert M. Peacock, a
resident of Wake county. A telegraphic
account says : "Late one night Peacock,
a young man tramping and carrying a
small valise, , stopped atl Mr. CrisD's
home, near Glenburnie. in Caldwell co..
and asked to stay all night. Peacock
had no money, but the good Samaritan
took him. Next mornine , the vounw
man did not get up, and Mr. CrisD. on
going into his room, found Peacock dy1-
"B yiicuuiunia. ne lingered until
the next day, when he died.J!
Goldsboro Dispatch: . Mr. Will
C. Phelps accidentally shot himself
through the upper part of the instep of
his left foot yesterday afternoon about 7
o'clock, at the residence of Mr. E. A.
vyrignt, on widows Hill, in this city.
speaking of accidents reminds us
that there is a man in this city who has
Deen staDDeo to the hollow, shot through
the leg, snake bitten, 4rowned, horse
bitten, thrown by a horse, hi& head
striking the. roots of airee cracking his
scull I bone, has had his right arm
broken, passed through j at least twenty
battles and skirmishes during the late
war, in one of Vhich was shot through
the leg as mentioned, and in another
had his sword belt fcut in twain by a
minnie ball, has been incarcerated in a.
lunatic asylum, and is not only alive,
hearty and well, but has sense enough
left to fill any position Requiring brain
worK. i i i
Winston Daily: Messrs! Clin-
ard & Brooks have struck one colored
brudder Who has a most excellent un
derstanding. He only ! wears a No. 15
shoe, and the Messrs. C & B. to accom
modate him, had to send to Bush Hill
and have a pair made: to order. The
shoes weigh four and a half pound's.
The municipal election yesterday
passed off very quietly, indeed. As was
expected, the Democratic candidates in
the ( First and Second wards were J,
elected without trouble. In i the
Third ward the Republican nomi
nees were elected, as was . also ex
pected. The following compose the
new board of Alderman: '. First ward :
S. D. Hodgin, P. N. Bailey. W. ,B. Car
ter. Second ward: IJ W. Alspaugh.; T:
L. Vanghn, A. J. Gales!. Third ward:; A.
F. Hughes, R. E. Clements, I. R. Gwvnn.
The three last are colored. A tele
gram received this morning from Presi
dent H. L,, irout, by 4. W. Huske.fc.Bq.,
states that only eleven votes were cast
against the $100,000 subscription- to the
Koanoke and Southern road by the city
of Roanoke, Va., yesterday. j
Charlotte Chronicle: R. W.
Sitman,of Mt Holly 'has made an j as
signment. Several .Charlotte firms are
interested, but not for large amounts.
Thomas W. Sparrow, died at Da
vidson College last Saturday, and was
buried Sunday. " He was 77 years ot age,
and was for a long time one of the most
prominent citizens of the county, -h -W.
C. Smith, the negro , who formerly
edited the Messenger in 1 this city, S has
pressed his application until he has se
cured a position in the government
printing office at Washington. He is at
work in the second division. There
is a movement on foot at Davidson Col
lege tcj establish a new cotton factory. A
WlIllIJlllCC IlclS uccu iippuiiiucu UJ WUIK.
up the matter, and see what amount can
be raised for the purpose. Davidson al
ready has one factory. r Mrs. Margra
Allen will arrive here to-day from Salis-r
bury. Mrs, Allen is an English woman'
who was bequeathed by her husband at
his death, $1,000,000 to be used in mis
sion work among the colored people.
Mrs. Allen hasjbeen in this country ayear
or more, devoting her time and fortune
to the work specified, and her visit here
is in the interest of the colored race.
Charlotte News : Bob Kerns,
the slayer of Sam Davidson, was yester
day afternoon sentenced to fourteen
years' imprisonment n the penitentiary,
by Judge Meares. - We learn that
twelve hundred jurors have been sum
moned to the next term of Davidson
superior court, This extraordinary ac
tion was, we presume, taken in conse
quence of the coming trials of the par
ties charged with lynching Berrier, who,
it is said, killed his mother-in-law. .
No flower garden never bloomed bright
er than did , Edison's offices this morn
ing. The graded school children sent
him four waiters of beautiful flowers.
The flowers were carried to his offices by
a committee of graded school children.
Richard Gray, Walter Bremv and
Hamilton Wilson composed the com
mittee that carried the flowers to Mr.
Edison. They were rewarded by a neat
little speech from the inventor.:
Archie Brinkley was a soldier in the
North Carolina State troops, in the late
war. He died recently in California,
leaving a small estate. Brinkley j has a
sister living somewhere in North Caro
lina, but unless she can be found his
estate will.escheat to the State of Cali-j
fornia, The News can give this sister
information which will enable her to get
her brother- s property, and we hope the;
State papers will help us to hnd her.
Raleigh News ' and Observer
The annual meeting of the ' Board of
Trustees of the North Carolina Univer-j
sity was held here yesterday morning.'
The following were elected members of
the executive committee for thensuing;
year: K. H. Battle, P. C Cameron, J. S,
Carr, Eugene Grissom, Thos. S. Kenan
A. M. Lewis, W. L. Saunders. The fee
tor instruction ot students in the nor-n
mal course during the latter part of . the
spring term was reduced to $2.50.
A sensation was created vesterdav bv!
the announcement that Postmaster ShaH
fer's nomination had been defeated by
the efforts of Messrs. I. C. L, Harris, C.
D. Upchurch and others, who went to
Washington on that business. Yesterday,
a telegram was received from Mr. Logan
Harris, now in Washington, as follows :
"Shaffer is downed; tell all the people."'
A Frenchman by the name of P. C
Hand arrived in this city yesterday
evening on the train from the east to
confer with Gov. Fowle and other State
authorities in regard to hardships which
he says he has suffered in Perquimans
county. He claims that he was arrested
by a man named Riddick as answering
to the description of a man named
Paton, who was wanted at Knoxville,
Tenn., for forgery, and for whom a re
ward of $750 was offered. He says he
was thrown into prison for a week, at
the end', of which time he ' was dis
charged, as it was learned that he was
not the man who was wanted. Hand is
a piano tuner, and had a full set of tools
with him. ; He says that while in prison
his tools were taken from him, and that
he -now has no means of livelihood. He
has come to Raleigh seeking redress for
his loss grid maltreatment. Gov, Fowle,
when informed of the matter yesterday,
advised him to confer with the Attorney
General,
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