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jm . Saiec&Ig Shoe: i .:' PUBLISHED AT .WILMINGTON,! V C $1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. 88888888888888883 SSSgSS 8 S S 9 S S 88888888 888888888 ill f 888888! 1 r -J 9 88188888888888888" 8 18888 8888:3 888888 sijiuore g as o N s 8888888888888888 8S88S88SS8888883S 88888888838888888,. Entered at the Post Office at Wilminfcto . Second Class Matter. J. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the "Woekly Star is as follows : ' jingle Copy 1 year, postage paid. I " 6 months " ' " " 8 months 't " . ..i.....$l 00 .." 30 HAEEIS02TS FIEST YEAR. ! Tuesday Benjamin Harrison eri ered upon the second y;ar of Jhis tdministration. When he was nomi nated. for the Presidency his party supporters predicted tha:"with his flection there would dawr upon the ciouhtry a new era of prosperity ind that the American people would I be Messed from Cape Cod to the snow capped peaks of Alaska and that inder ; the beneficent influences of he protection policy, of which he toas he h distinguished ' representative. manufactories would boom and :he; Wage, earners' would have so much to ! o and get such good rages that iey could sit iifjder their roof trees,! mile and be happy,jwhile. he farmers . ould have such fine home markets i at' they would grow rich and dance JOY.- v ; .. . ; 'j. .-. ! . This is substantially what :he "rent oratorical lights' to! d the p eo le from the hustings and what the f;reat prophetic editors wrote and jvjblithed from .day to day in.' the col umns' of their great papers and wiat t ie , little proohets echoedlfrom w:ek ) week in the columns ofi their little turnaU. j "Mr. Harrison's administration wa hot only to be the grand ': ir.f ah era of universal i - - i ushering in and' unpre ' i ndented prosperity, but f ,y be an administration1 it. was also of reform principles ;nd a purifier on general the " political almospmere, wheri onestv, efficiency and integrity w ould be recognized and . placed at he front, and nine but thje best men! ho could best serve . the people! be vat in office, But, alas for the prophets, the feror ..hecies have panned outjnust in the Harrison had not been, elected thirty days be ore some of thei principal manufacf turers whose-cause he represented, and whose money secured his elec tion, began, to cut down the wages ' r .1 1 '1 1- - J t. J ;oi laeir worsraen who iiau uccn iuiu t't'fat their wages would be increased, i and strikes and o'ckouts became ire j'juent. In a short while failures of or- rool manufacturers became .the tier of the day until they were almost a matter of daily occurrence. Iron inakinsr establishments in 'the iron eeloris of the! North phut down or the reason, as they stated, that there was over-production, and i'.asV furnaces did the Same tlyng, tecause of the heavy filling off in the demand for iron. Business fail- vres by trie1 hundred including some 4f the largest that had been record- id came in t quick succession, the o'tal monthly aggregatdb exceeding. those in any year for several years previous, and farm propucts came. lown to such a low pride that there s general distress and general com hlaint amonirstl the farmers' ' of the Country', but especially In (the (ten tral and Western States, Ivhere thou- kands of the farmers peluded by i the cheerful promises vhich they ietened to. threw up their hats for Harrison and protect: on ! shouted fqr Harrison and protection. and vo- feed for Harrison and protection. In these same states now tnere are some farmers who have learned how they have been fooled, and ard or- ganizing against protection; andi any one wno advocates . ,i nis is not. all the result of Harrisoh's election, for" the' same might and "probably would have happened hid any other Republican been elected on a high protection platfofm. That era of purified politics which was promised nasn t come either, but oh the contra i we have one of the molt thorough ly partisan machine-run j administra lions that we have seen foj: years, when honesty, integrity anh fficiency land no more phance in a contest vith partisanship thanj a jclawless .cat would in a kennel ofi bull ' dogs. While orofess'infir. devotion, to the spirit of reform! and to th!Q qivil ser vice the decapitating axe; ;was put into operation and lopped 6ff more heads in the first year than his pre- 'iecessor did 'in three and lopping off process goles pptism, favoritism and partisanship ured in the. appointments made. .regardless pf merit, efficiency or, m niany'insta'nces, respectability : Mr. 'Harrison's second year may he better than bis first. It can't be worse, for that is regarded through out the country, even Jby many of those vho helped to make him' Bresi tlent, not only a signal but a disastrous lauure, a disappointment and a nu S' r 7 " ' r' - 888888888888 88888" ... - .. , , ; , H . .S - .",! " w . I ' . "niiation. r VOL. XXI. A EEPTTBIICAIT SIDE SHOtT. The National League whibh met in Nashville last Tuesday is a league composed of tle tariff league; of the country. I Nashville was selected as j the place of meeting for the double purpose of giving the thing a sort of a national cast by meeting in the South; arid, secondly, to play a sort; of a missionaryj role in stim llating the organization of. tariff leaj ;ues in the South. When Nashville Vas se lected as the: place of meeting part of the programme was to jorgj.nize a sort of a. high tariff circus: an I on a special train, equipped for t le pur-r pose, a hundred or more cf these high tariff beneficiaries, accompanied by free I and easy talkers, would swing round -the circle I anc make tariff talks at various points, organ izing as they went when ithey could find the material to work upot , tariff leagues. 1 " ... - : j '. ' But this part of the programme seems to have been given up for some reason, probably becai se the managers j- came to the - con :lusion from the lights before them that it wouldn't pay. We rather regret this, because in swinging aroi nd the circle in these States the gertle'men composing the party, bemg quick witted and observant, might have gathered much valuable infoi matiom . about the South,, her varied rej sources, and her progress, ind by the tiny!; they got througi they mightcome to the conclusic n that the Southern people are quit i com petent to U manage their own affairs in their own way without the care of the paternal. government, which these high tariff ites are So anxious to provide them with. Part of the "business was t o draft a platform, which it did by Starting out with congratulating the" country upon the success and marvelous pros perity which has attended the first year of the restoration of Republi can rule and congratulating Presi dent Harrison on his "eminently wise. loval and courageous administra tion," an old stereotyped re induc tion of stuff that has been gt tten off in every Republican contention which has assembled since Harri son s election, and w men is unerea on the presumption that the Ameri can people are an aggregation: of asses, with neither eyes to see, ears to hear,! nor brains to understand their actual condition. y . j While they j were assembled in Nashville passing this i resolution there were thousands ofi miners in the protected coal districts o : Penn sylvania tn the brink of starvation for want of the work which the pro tected coal lords could not or would not givej them, and thousands of farmers in the West were burning the corn for which there was no market, because it was che iper to burn it than to buy protectc d coal. While they were passing this and other resolutions demanding a con tinuance of the protective Ddlicy of the Republican party there Iwas as sembled in the city of Indianapolis a convention of citizens, who are not tariff beneficaries to demand of Con gress that it ; lessen the (burdens of the people by a just arid honest re vision of the tariff. v- ! ' It passed another resolution re cognizing the -'dignity jot laoor, which shouid be protected from com petition With that "pauper labor," and then .every mother son of them as soon as he got home would dus- haa in his i charge the last man he employ if he 'could get a man to fill the bill for ten cents a day. less, whether he came from the "pauper hovels of Europe or the swarming hives of China. There was one re solution: I which was introduced, which was not a part pi the cut and a lively dried business, which after talk was laid upon the tabli This resolution which was sprung without any warning demanded that presentatives in Congress redeem every pledge made to the people at Chicago in 1888, by repealing the internal revenue laws, by revising the tariff, by passing the Blair: Educa tional bill and completely restoring silver to the currency of the country and by j the liberal pensioning of every Federal soldier." ' Demanding of a Republican Con gress that they fulfil the pledges made by the party was going a little further than these ; Republican leaguers cared. to go, and asi for de manding a revision of the tariff that wasn't what they went there for, nor what they wanted. The idea of men who had just congratulated the r.ountrv i on its &reat success and prosperity under the tariff pdlicy and reiterated a demand for a Continu ance of that protection polidy asking for a revision of the tariff wis rather absurd.! ; It is not a revision of the tariff they want, it is the same old thine, but more of it. Revision un less they were assured that it meant addition and multiplication is just what they don't want.j The unso phisticated individual who offered that amendment might ! have meant well but he evidently got , into the wronsr stall. .These resolutions are now in shape to be sent to the Republican "states men" at Washington who will pro ceed to give some more protection HE and tax the people some more for the benefit of these hungry, hustling leaguers. ; STATE TOPICS. Phe Greensboro- Patriot of ! this week publishes a list of the new en terprises started, in that city within the past year, from which it appears that $3,000,000 were invested. This is a very good showing and has been done without much blus ter or -blow. One of the char acteristics of Greensboro's peo ple has always been to move cau tiously, and for that reason but few enterprises have been started that have not a good and solid founda tion; With the sure prospect of the Bessemer steel works, and the de mand for real estate," and the other enterprises that ar6 talked of Greens boro's future bids fair to meet the expectations of her people. Arrangments are being perfected for a, .grand musical festival to be held in Charlotte next June, in which the Salem Orchestra will par ticipate. There are some accom plished musicians in North Carolina, male and female, and thereare few or chestras anywhere in this country with the same number of pieces that the Salem orchestra would ask any odds of. Every man in it: is a thoroughly trained musician, and some of them are musical geniuses r. Thurston, President of the ' ! ' it Republican League,; said in his speech at Nashville, Tuesday, that f the Republican party dominated in the South it would give a great impetus to her industries; About the only industry it would give an impetus to would be. the steal indus try, which would bound to the front with giajnt strides and overshadow all .the others. We are not Thurston much down here for that sort of im petus, ! We are glad that the reason for the warm winter that we have had, which has been puzzling some people, has been, explained by an astronomer at ast; It is riot due to any meandoring antics of; the Gulf stream, nor to the temporary absence of John Sher man in Europe, but to the "decreased solar energy that has resulted , in a falling off in the equitorial regions of heated areas that would have at tracted polar currents." j We thought it was something of this kind." j Candy must be a nigh-priced lux ury in Kentucky when a court would send a thirteen year old boy to the penitentiary for a year for stealing a jar. .Perhaps the judge who sen tenced him didn't like candy, and that Governor Buckner who uncon- ditionallylpardoned the little fellow did. The equilibrium of justice might have been preserved if the judge could have been sent in to serve out the boy's term. NAVAL STORES. Crop Beceipta at "Wilmington Stocks at I the Leading Ports. Receipts of naval stores at this port for the crop year from April 1st to March 8tli-as compared -with receipts for the same time last year, are as "fol lows:' :: i j ."!'. Spirits turpentine, 65,283 casks; last year, ui.tdo. Kosinij zo4,avo Darreis; last year, 253,622. Tar, 69,112 barrels; last year,! 56,313. Crude turpentine, 1D.144 barrels; last year!, 20,423. . Stocks of leading articles at the ports are as follows: ' ! i Spirits turpentine Wilmington, 2,759 casks; New York, 3,387; Charleston, 1,100; Savannah, 3,894. Total. 10,140 casks.' ' I" Rosin Wilmington, 17,793 barrels; New York, 24,662; Charleston, 28,200; Savannah 64,054. Total, 133,708 bar rels: .' !!'.- i i . :' - Tar Wilmington. 8,356 barrels; New York, 1,712, Total, 10,068 barrels. , Bulletin of the N. C. Board of Health. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health for February has been received. ; "La grippe" is reported from nearly every county in the State1. Dr. F. W. Potter, superintendent df health for New Hanover, reports: Catarrhal fever has prevailed m the city, j With tne ex ception of catarrhal fever 0a grippe)' the people of the county have not suf fered more than usual. It appears that marly horses in the city have suffered from bronchial and nasal (irritation. There were quite a iiumber of deaths from pneumonia among our colored cit izens consumption also takes off a good ,many. In my practice among the poor did not treat many cases ot "la grippe. Have asked for a furnace for the crema tion of garbage, and have stated to the authorities that there is much yet to be done betore the city will be in a nrst- rate sanitary condition. : Steamer Delaware. ; : : . The steamer Delaware, which put in at Southport on Friday last, with her steering gear out of order, remained at anchor yesterday, the weather being too stormy for her to venture out. She will probably sail for New York to-morrow, convoyed by the steamship Benefactor, of the same line. ..... The Delaware's pas sengers, some eight of ten in number, came up from Southport Friday night and took the train iot wew i oris. m s. Cotton Beceipta. - Receipts of cotton at this port for the week ended yesterday are 885 bales; same week last year, 957 bales. Receipts for the crop year, to March 7th, are 131,042 bales; receipts to same date last year, 146,488; decrease as com pared with last season, 15,446 bales: -' . EEKLiY WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1890. STATE SCHOOL LANDS. Large Sales of Properties in the Eastern Fart of the State. , - The Raleigh JVews and Observer of yesterday says: ' ' :. -'"'. -IN ' It was learned yesterday that a large sale of the eastern swamp' lands belong-: ing to the State school fund was effected through Mr. T. W. Pool, whose sudden death was announced yesterday. Mr. Pool has for several months been North negotiating with parties .in regard to the lands. At the meeting of the board the tale was effected. Mr. Pool himself was present at the meeting of the board,' about 11 o'clock, when the transaction was closed. He died in his room only two hours later. 1 r j ; Maj. ' Stedman appeared before the board and stated that prior to his option Mr. Pool had agreed to sell Simmon's Bay at 85c per acre. Mr. Pool . having relinquished his option on this body of and. arid the board having given Maj. Stedman an option, he offered the board 85c per acre, deducting the claims within the body -of this bay, validated by the Assembly, in Columbus county, in 1887 This offer was to be subject to the de duction of Mr. Pool's commission. The board accepted the offer and directed the deed to be made and delivered: on payment of the purchase money. . Mr. Pool was allowed a commission ot 10 per cent. i - : . Mr. K. W. Evans, of Philadelphia, Pa., offered 85c per acre for Durante Island. The board passed a resolution offering it to him at one dollar per acre. THE CLYDE LINE. A 2STew Steamer Building to Bun Between Now Tori and Wilmington.'' The Clyde Steamship Company of New York, of which Mr. H. G. Small bones is agent here, are building two new steamships, one of "which is intend ed for the Wilmington line, and will be. finished about the first of August next. The new steamer will jbe about the size of the Dslax&are, of the Clyde Line, and have a stowage capacity of some 4,000 bales of cotton. The vessels of this inc'areail named after Indian tribes, and the Messrs. OydeL in a letter to Mr. Stnallbones 'injregard to the new steamer, ask that suggestions as to an appro priate name be given by anv of the citi zens of Wilmington. I It is further announced as the inten ion of the company to put the steamer Yamassee on the line to Wilmington May 1st, and the Delaware on the first pf August. ' i Trying to Oust Sergeant-at-Arms Canady. A correspondent I of the Raleigh Chronicle says: 1 A caucus of Republican Senators will meet to-night, March 4tht to consider naming a successor to Col. W. P. Cana- dy, Se.rgeant-at-Arms of the Senate. The trouble arises ou of some personal spite Mahone has against Canady. I am told that Mahone actually had the audacity to try to incite some of the rabid Republican Senators against Col. Canady because of his Confederate re cord! This is a case pf the pot calling the kettle black; If this is all they can bring against Col. Canady he will remain where, he is. So far as my observation goes Col. Canady has1 made a most ef ficient officer, hie has always been courteous and obliging, especially to people from his own State. He has per formed his duties faithfully and he is pe culiarly qualified for the position. If any Republican is to have it, let it be Col. nady. 1 understand our Isenators will stand by him. i Dr. Pritohard at Savannah, Ga. Rev. T. H. Pritchard.'D. D., pastor of the First Baptist Church at Wilmington is assisting in a series of meetings at the Baptist Church in Savannah, Ga. The Wews of that city referring . to the matr ter, says: I Rev. Dr. Pritchard is one of the prom inent leaders of the Baptist church in this country, and his reputation as a fine pulpit orator is co-extensive with the South. When the war broke out he was pastor of a church iu Baltimore, and on account of his Southern proclivities was arrested and imprisoned by order of Gen. Schenck. He was eventually re leased and sent across the lines. Since the war he has filled prominent pastor ates in the South, among which were pastorates at Louisville, Ky., and Ral eigh, N. C. and, he is now pastor of the Baptist church at Wilmington, N. C. The Merchants' Excursion. .The Committee on Entertainment for trM Merchants' Excursion on the C. F; & Y. V. R. R, on the 24th and 27th insts., met yesterday afternoon at the Produce Exchange. J There was a free change of opinion in regard to the approaching celebration, and it wa6 agreed that part of the j entertainment would consist of an excursion down the river on the Sylvan Grove to Carolina Beach, with a banquet in the evening at The Orton, and an excursion on the fol lowing day'to the Hammocks and Ocean View. . ! i ' ' Business Enterprise. j It is stated that a quarry of building stone ot fine quality, jin Moore county, along the line of the Cape Fear & Yad kin Valley railroad, has been purchased and will be developed by Mr. W. H, Smith, contractor for the Government building in this city. It is further stated that $50,000 worth of machinery has been bought and will be placed to work the quarrv and that the out put will be shipped over the C. F. & Y, V. R. R. to Wilmington. The Sale of State Lands. Messrs, Frost & Robinson, of MichU gan, are the purchasers of swamp lands in the eastern part of the "State (men tioned in the" Star: yesterday.) The sale was made by the Board of Educa tion at Raleigh, to Maj. Chas". M. Sted man, attorney for Messrs. Frost Robinson, The lands are in Columbus 1 county, comprising about .10,000 acres, and ' the price paid was 85 cents per acre. The purchasers intend to erect mills to saw up the timber, which conT sists principally of cypress and juniper, and this work will giye employment to a large number of people in Columbus county. A Pender County Battler. A gentleman from Burgaw, in the city yesterday, tells of a big rattlesnake killed near that place a few days ago which measured five feet and six inches in length, 14 inches in circumference, and had -12 rattles and a button. A full grown rabbit was found in the . snake's stomach. . -' - f- .' WASHINGTON NEWS. THE SENATE SMELLING COMMITTEE. Postmastee Shafer's Nomination Confirm edMembers of the Senate Examined by Dolph's Investigating Committee The IXirect Tax Bill Seizure of Timber From Government Land in Alabama. j 1 By Telegraph to the Morning Star. j j Washington, March 7, The Senate has confirmed the nomination of A. W. Shafer, Raleigh, N. C.. as postmaster. j Senator Dolph called a meeting this afternoon of his special .committee di rected to discover, if possible, the leaks through which the public are informed of proceedings in the executive sessions of the Senate. Having failed to extort any information from t newspaper men who were called as witnesses, the com mittee this 'afternoon decided to take the other tack, and, beginning at the head of the list, summoned members of the Sen- ateto appear before it and put them through a course of questioning simi la to the one applied to newspaper men. Beiore other senators were summoned however, the several members of the committee; except Higgins, who did not gelt into the room for an hour or so, weresworn in turn, asseverating that thiey had never disclosed the proceed ings of executive sessions beyond limita tion of the rules. : Chairman Dolph him self 'escorted the first Senatorial witness AIdrich,to the room, while others went up alone, pursuant to summons by the messenger except Allen, who had Aid rich for a companion and guide. After Aldrich; came in turn Allison. Berry, Allen, Call and Ransom. At 5 o'clock the Senate went into ex ecutive session, and the committee ad journed until Mnday. ' j I i he senatorial witnesses, it is under- stjood, satisfied the committee that they had not transgressed the rules as they understood them, most of them explain ing that they construed the rules to per mit them to give out the lact jot con firmation or rejection of nominations. i lhe examination ot members of the Senate by the committee will require two or three days if all of them are sum moned, and until it is completed the matter will not, it is understood? be fur ther discussed by the Senate. i 1 he impression prevails that the reso lution to imprison the correspondents for contempt will fail, but there is a pro bability that some of them will be certi fied to the district attorney, of the Dis trict of Columbia for prosecution on the charge of sedition. Washington, March 7. lhe direct tax bill was to-day reported back to the House from the Judiciary Committee, accompanied by a majority report sub mitted dv Mr, aswen, oi Wisconsin, and a minority report by Mr. Oats, of Alabama. The majority report says that the views on the bill last year -met the approval of the majority and are adopted by them in reporting the bill back this year, lhe minority report says that the October message of ex- Fresident Cleveland is so accurate and lucid in statement, so cogent in reason ing and logical deduction, that the mi nority adopt it as expressing their views on the bill. " ; f Attorney General Miller has received reports dated at Brewerton, Ala., from Marshal Walker.and from United States Attorney Parsons, dated at Montgom ery, in regard to the recent extensive seizures of timber taken from the gov ernment lands in Southern Alabama. The Marshal says that a low estimate of the value of all the timber seized is about $300,000, and that there was also seized four saw mills located directly on lands, valued at about S40.000, and con taining a quantity of plank timber. . He says he has also i caused to discontinue work eight other mills by seizure; of their logs f and timber, proved to have been cut from government lands. In many cases, he says, mill owners lo cated near government lands for no Other purpose jthan to destroy gov ernment timber. Round logs seized were mostly tut for mills located down certain rivers in Florida, and the Marshal jjsays it was the em ployes of these mills that have given the United States Court so much cause for timber prosecutions in Alabama. He says: "Depredations that have gone on for the past fifteen years on public timber in Alabama cannot be comprehended, and while this particular kind ot seizure should have been made by the government years ago, even ithough now late, if properly pressed and carried onti by the Courts, it will hot; only save these lands from being istripped of their valuable timber but will save the government much money. (These timber speculators and mill men are now holding meetings to devise jmeans by which they can defeat the government in the seizure ot this tim ber, on w.hich they have made large advances. They are attempting to ap jpeal to public sentiment and the Court that issued this writ of injunction to stay the removal of this timber, by Claiming that I poor people are the greatest sufferers from the seizure and clamoring for an' immediate release to help their sufferings," etc. WASHINGTON. Mr. Taulbee Besting Much Easier Pro , ceedings of the Senate in Executive Ses f sion, j ' j ; Washington, March 6. The latest report from Mr. Taulbee is, that while .his condition is still very critical, he is resting much easier than he was last evening. i f Washington, March 6.- The Senate confirmed a few nominations after go ing into Executive: session to-day. De bate was then continued on Mr. Dolph's resolution looking jto the punishment of newspaper correspondents who have re fused to answer questions put to them by Mr, Dolph's special committee as to the sources of their information respect :ing Executive sessions. So far as can be learned the diseus- sion has been confined to the question of the power of the Senate under condi tions that exist to punish these witnesses for contempt Nearly every constitu tional lawyer in the Senate has spoken on the subject, and great diversity of opinion has been Expressed. The pro babihties are that! Mr. Dolph s resolu tion will be defeated by a small majori ty, and that Mr, Teller's substitute to consider the nominations in open ses sion will also be defeated, leaying mat ters just as they stand, It is said that since the discussion began Mr. Teller's; resolution has grown in favor, and that it is likely to win i its way to adoption before a great while, Charlotte Chronicle: The grand jury at Lexington failed to find any bills against the men' charged with the lynching of Robert Berrier. Rufus Harris, colored, of this pity, has been appointed to a government position at Washington, which avs a salary of $55 per. month. r-- The recent cod weather has damaged the fruit crop in this section- considerably. ; The warm weather of January and February brought out the blooms much earlier than usual. Btar r-'-K-:,.' ; v. :, ; M i '; . " : WORLD'S FAIR. A DELEGATION FROM CHICAGO 1 WASHINGTON. IN Conference with the ; Sub-Committee the House-7A Satisfactory State ment Made of the Ability of Chicago to Carry Out ' the" " j I3nterprise. By Telegraph to the, Morning Star. of Washington, March 6. A delega tion of representative; men from Chica go reached. Washington this afternoon, and immediately afterwards held a can ference with the sub-committee of the special World's Fair Committee of the House. ! Chairman Candler after the confer ence had adjourned, both in words and manner, expressed, himself as greatly pleased with what had transpired at the conference. ' ! ' "They have satisfied the sub-comrriit- tee, he said, "that they have a bona fide subscription, every dollar of which is as good as cash,, of $5,250,000 to begin with. They have also satisfied u$i of their ability to easily raise $10,000;000, guaranteed by Chicago. Altogether, we are very rnucn gratified at the showing made. The government was not asked for anythirig,-..and there was no sugges tion that it should do any more than give the name to the Fair, which! i should do, asiit is an international expo sition, and that it should provide a suit able governmental exhibit, though evjen this latter was left entirely with Con gress, the Ghicago representatives sta- mg that they had no more interestj in he government being worthily repre sented than had the rest of the eountry." The conference, which was of an in formal character, lasted about two hours and was held in one j of the parlors of the Riggs House. The time was ehiefly consumed in an explanation of the finan cial situation. Lyman J. Gage, Presi dent of the First National Bank of Chi cago explained, this to members of tftie sub-committee.; He.jsaid that Chicago had a subscription of : more than five million dollars, which was collected Under the laws of the State of Illinois, He read the list of subscribers and said that they were well ; known men of wealth and standing.; ' t. Senator Farwell was present, and Sin response to the interrogatories of Chair man Candler, vouched for the financial standing of various persons about whom the chairman asked. : I Mr. Gage then said that in about ten or twelve days the; fair organization would be incorporated, and would begin work. There was nb doubt that as soon as this was affected it could quickly se cure a subcription for a million or more of" dollars.'. This woUld make from six to seven million dollars, and was all that was necessary at present. With this amount in cash there would be no diffi culty in raising by means of bogds or otherwise $10,000,000, j which v Chicago had guaranteed. j ;.. j As to the Government appropriation Chicago's representatives said they had nothing to say. Thev left that entirely with the committee and with Congress 1 hey, of course, desired that the Govern ment should have a fine exhibit, but j in that the country had as much Interest' as Chicago. I i . J ,' lhe question ot postponing the i"air until 1893 was mooted, and it was evi dent that there was a strong sentiment in favor of the proposition, though in this matter also the Chicago men placed themselves entirely in the hands of Con gress. While they were willing to defer to Congress as to the time for holding the Fair, they wanted ; it expressly Un derstood that Chicago did not ask any postponement. Ghicago, it is said, could finish her buildings and make the Fair a success if held in 1892. Chicago would be ready at whatever ' date the commit tee set for the opening of the Fair, j Mr. Gage, speaking tor Ghicago alter the meeting, explained- the situation. His city, he said, could provide :her buildings and do the necessary work; be fore the government : could erect; its buildings, aud before the States could take the necessary measures to be rep resented at the Fair. For this reason it Was left with Congress to say whether or not there should be some celebrajtion ceremonies in October, 1892, and j the Fair proper not opened until that month following. j Chairman Candler ?said this evening that the bill heretofore reported toi the House had been very carefully drawn by the committee, and that except with re gard to details, he was of the opinion that the new bill would make little or no change : from i the old . measure. VVith respect to the govefnment appro priationhe said that it had been under stood in the com mitee that $1,500,000 was the outside limit i which would be recommended for this purpose, and the amount which the j committee would name in the bill to be expended Jupon the government exhibit would not ex ceed this sum. : ! I I LUMBER MEN. Annual Meeting of the Southern Yellow Pine Association Prices Advanced. ; By Telegraph to the "Morning Star, ;! Montgomery, Av., Mareh 6.-i-iThe annual meeting of the Southern Yellow Pine Lumber Association was held here . i to-day. The price lists were revised, and advances on the old measurements were made as follows: On ceiling above one- half an inch thick, $1 per 1,000 feet; on heart faced rift-sawed flooring, $7: on firsts and seconds, $3; on all flooring above seven-eighths of an inch in thick ness, and on partition stuff, dressed on both sides, $2: on boards of exclusive and specified width, $2, ' The members report a constant in crease of trade. ' . J. J. White, as president, and Tyvings, as secretary and treasurer, were re-elected. EMBEZZLEMENT & LARCENY. Trial of City Officials of Memphis The Prisoners 'Acquitted. : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Memphis, Tenn.L March 8. rTesti- mony in the trial of, D. P. Haddejn and C, L, Patten, formei; President anjd Sec retary respectively , of the taxing dis trict of Memphis, for embez zlement and ' larceny of $10,000 of the city's funds, was j con cluded to-day. Before argjument began Judge Dubois said that rio case had been made out against Haddejn, and the Attorney General was of th0 same opinion as the Court. The attorneys for Hadden, however, preferred to have the jury pronounce him not guilty, and made no motion j to dismiss, j They made no argument in their client's be half, as the jury will be instructed! to ac quit the ex-president. ; The case jwillgo to the jury Monday. ; At; Danville, Va., yesterday, ground was formally broken tor the Danville & East Tennessee railroad, which is the western extension! of the Atlantic & Danville road. The road is now in operation between; Danville and Nor folk. . NO. 18 CINCINNATI IN MOURNING. Funeral Services Over the Semains of the late Hon. George H. Pendleton AH of the People Unite in 1 an Imposing De monstration, i ' 1 By Telegraph to the Morning Star. '. Cincinnati March 8. The city is in mourning to-day over the sad return of one of George her brightest citizens,- Hon. who five years H. Pendleton, afeo went away to represent the govern- rdent at Berliri. Atl that time hp- wn given a comolimentarv dinner, noted fr its good will and kindly compliment, the happy guests not dreaming that when next they looked upon his face it would be in death, s ! ( I The funeral j service this morning in Christ Church j was conducted by Rev. Dr. Gibson and the Rev. Dr. Forest, the latter rector of Calvary Church, where Mr. Pendleton worshipped. It was at tended by the family and friends only,. m the meantime one of the most mv pfsing corteges ever seen in Cincinnati idrmed to escort the remains to Music Hall. It was headed by a detachment of police, then the First Eegiment of the Ohio National Guard and Gov. Camp bfell and staff. The hearse was surround ed by pall-bearers, and they" were sur rounded in a hollow square by members of the old Woodward Club. After the hjearse were j the carriages contain ing the family and friends, and npxt following them came Mayor Mesbey. Governor Buckner. of Ken tucky, ex-President Hayes and ex-Gov. roraker, ex-Gov. E. D. Cox, ex-Gov. Neyes, ex-Gov. Bishop, ex-Minister Taft and ex-Lieutenant Gov. Lyon. Ater these were the carriages contain ing the municipal officers of Covington and Newport, nd Foreign Consuls, and then followed procession a long line ot civic associations with which the de ceased had some connection. In the pirocession were all the political clubs of both parties. The passage of the cor tege on the $treets was marked by the respectful and sorrowful interest of great numbers! of persons who knew' the deceased in life. On the arrival at Music Hall that magnificent building was found to be hlled except the space reserved for those in the procession. ' As the casket was borne down the middle aisle to: the catafalque in front of the centre of the stage, the long line of pall bearers separated and faced in ward, while jthe audience remained standmg.while the great organ sounded a! funeral march- The hall . had been beautifully- draped with national em blems, and the space about the casket was decorated; with palms. , The casket itself was beautifully covered with calla lillies and withj palms bound with pur ple. Conspicuous among the flowers-was a wreath bearing the German colors, placed there by C. Pollier, German con sill at Cincinnati, in obedience to in structions from Count Arco Vally, Ger man Minister at Washington, as a token of the love of ! the German people for Mr. Pendleton. i After prayer? by Rev. Dr. Porest and an anthem by jthe chdlr, the oration was pronounced by Hon. Isaac M. Jordan. This was a carefully prepared eulogy of the deceased, and was full of eloquent praise of the many endearing qualities ais well as of the principles, and worth of the beloved dead. After these Services were ended the casket was placed in t.he hearse, and fol lowed by the: family and friends the remains were borne jto Spring Grove Cemetery, where the final interment was. Tide. .: !' ! Full six thousand persons were in Music Hall, and many were unable to find room within. I WASH NGTON NEWS. Sir. Taulbee's Condition Somewhat Tm. Montana ' Sen- proved The ! Contested atorship. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, March 8. An im provement has set in in Mr. 1 aulbee s dondition, and this morning, after a refreshing sleep, he is perfectly conscious. His brother, Dr. Taulbee, thinks that he would be able to make a statement of his case to the District Attorney, but as the excitement! attendant thereto might dperate as a Set-back it is not probable that such a statement will be asked for tjo-day, notwithstanding the improve ment. Mr. Taulbee's condition is still critical. . ,j j ' . f Washington, March 8. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, after a long session . to-day, considering the contested jMontana benatorship, by 4 party vote decided to recommend to the Senate that Mr. 'Power and Mr. Saunders, Republican Senators, be seat ed, i he ground upon which the ma ibnty of . the committee will take its Stand as a basis for its recommendation s that the , Republican House of Mon tana was the legal House, as its men bers held certificates of election, from the election officers, and was recognized as the legal House bv the state benate. j The report pf the committee will not be made for several days, as it will be a long document discussing both the law and the tacts in the case. Mr. Gray, it is expected, will prepare the report of the minority. . ( The presentation of the reports will be the signal for along debate, and it may be several; weeks betore the benate votes on the subject. SPOTTED FEVER. A Malignant Epidemic in Sumner County, j Tennessee. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nashville,;Tenn." March 8. There is great excitement in tne vicinity oi Fountain Head. Sumner county, this State, over the appearance of spotted fever, or malignant meningitis. There have been seven deaths, and there are several new cases. Those who take it ive only a short time, some dying in twenty-four hours. It j thought the worst is yet Jto come, as a great many attended the funeral of the first one that ii i . , L : i .i j . died, not Knawmg wuab-iiic uiscasc was. t may spread over a large scope ot country, bolne of the people are now iving out, while others seem deter mined to stay and make the best of it. A special from Sparta, Tenn., says The mail carrier between Smithville aud bparta reports that a barrel was found floating down: Caney Fork river, and caught at the' mouth of Indian creek containing a live baby about a week old It had floatecj abouseventy miles. 'MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. . : I i ' Highest Water Since 1882 at Helena, Ar- i J 'I Van saw. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Little Rock; Ark., March 8 The Mississippi at Helena and oeiow is Steadily rising, The water yesterday afternoon at I Arkansas City marked brtv-seven and a half feet on the gov ernment criiire beui!? the tucrhest water ! tinfv 1R82 The water there is within a few inches of the top of the levee, and in overflow seems inevitable. A SPIRITS TURPENTINE. V .... 1 i Goldsdoro Argus) A half De n cow belrfneincr to Mrs. J. G. Smith of Wiiscityhas been in constant milking' for five years, during which time thn aggregate amount of milk taken from her, as furnished by Mrs. Smith is 11.520 quarts. ' . '! i Goldsboro Dispatch: Two car loads of colored exodusters left this morning On the "Shoo Fly" on the Ar C. L. for the South, and there is a squad of ragged men and women, boys and girls in the city ready to go off this afternoon. ! i Clinton Caucasian: A two- story addition, 20x120 i feet, is being added to the Carolina Veneer Works. The up-stairs will be used for making berry-baskets, the floor will be a dry room. Work is progressing on the mammoth concern that will contain the planing machines and j dry : kilns of Messrs. Stewart, Hines & Beaman; When finished it will be one ol Clinton's big enterprises. It will give employ ment to probably seventy-five or a hun dred hands. "IT I Oxford Dax: At 9:,;) nYlrA- last night the cry of "fire" vvas heard from towards the Hotel Mussenburg. People rushed from their houses at once, and guided by the lurid light, hurried rapid i . - i . . i . y iu a scene aoout tne most distressing we ever witnessed, lhe entire stable -was ablaze on the inside anFthe forked flames were bursting through the roof in various places when the first comers reached there. -The kicking and snort ing of the fast suffocating and burning horses was heartrending. Statesville Landmark : The movement of Northern people toward the mountains of North Carolina is sur prisingly great. Conductor Frazier's train on the Western 'North Carolina Railroad going west Tuesdav nulled two sleeping cars, every seat of which was taken; there were in the two cars fifty two Northern passengers for Ashevilic and Hot. Springs. Conductor Muroh had hitched to his train going west yes terday two sleepers in which there were upwards of thirty passengers Asheville and Hot Springs are full of Visitors and the rush continues. . 5 Greensboro Patriot: The C. F. , & Y. V. R. R.'shops are now turning out 5 fiat and 8 to 10 box cars per week. Over 1,175,000 feet of lumber was sold in Greensboro during the month of v eoruary, py our lumber dealers. Over 3,000,000 feet, it is estimated, will be sold during the present . month. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad handled at this point, during the month of February, 2,270,000 feet of lumber. besides several million laths and shin gles. The engine for the Brick and 1 iling Co. arrived yesrerday. and rabout two weeks hence the company will be turning out 40,000 brick per day. Raleigh Chronicle : Dr, H. B. Battle, the State Chemist, says that the sample of ore sent to him by Mr. J. M. Kelly, of Jonesboro, a notice of which appeared in Thursday's paper, is not platinum, but a common kind of rock called grey serpentine. Dr. W. T. Hodge has appealed from the decision of Judge MacRae and thinks the Su preme Court will award him the $500.00 penalty from each of the forty railroads. A fertilizer license was issued yes terday by the State Treasurer for the sale of Reese's Soluble Pacific Guano in this-State. - Mr. Bilyeu, who is a professional fruitman, says thattthose fruit trees which were in bloom during the recent frost are all killed. Heavs it will be an advantage to thoseftrees which had not bloomed, as it would throw them back a little. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli gencer: Mr..l. rl. Horton s Jewelry and Kacket btore was burglarized last nicht and about twenty-two or three pistols, a lot of dry goods, shoes, jewelry, etc., stolen. Admittance was gained to the store by climbing upon the board awn ing in tront of the building and boring into a door in the second story that opened upon it, and from thence to the first floor by the stairway. There is no clue to the perpetrators of 'the bur glary. We learn, that some fiend' made an effort to wreck the Charlotte bound mail train near here last night, A cross tie was placed across the track about 50 or 75 yards below where the railroad crosses the Salisbury road and as the train came along the tie was caught by the cow catcher and . carried for some distance, when the train was stopped and the oDstruction muU..j ; without having done any damage; . Wilkesboro Chronicle: On Fri day the 14th, Meridith Greenwood, aged about 74 years, died at his home in Jsur- ry county. On the same day, about the same hour, Moses Gross, aged about 80 years died at his home in Yadkin coun ty. On lost Saturday, night about 4 10 o clock, near Dallaplane, Mrs: Barba ra Foster, the wife of Mr. Thomas Fos ter, passed away. She was a member of the Baptist church and held her mem bership at old, Briar Creek church. She was perhaps the oldest member of that church. She was a Fife before marriage, j and is the last member of that once quite noted family in Wilkes. Mr. Stepp. the Kentucky gentleman who is looking " at the timber lands in the county, and Mr. J. T. Ferguson travelled over parts of the county investigating the timbers. He was well pleased with the timbers he saw and says we have excellent timber lands. The only trouble, is it is unhandy to get at. He says that our timbers will circulate a lot of money in the county when utilized and put upon the market. Rafeigh Call: The Baptist Fe male , University Committee is pushing right ahead, and report that their plan is to select the site soon and begin the . erection of the building at once. Pre liminary work is being done every day. The committee will not permit grass to grow under their feet. They have the ! vim of the roaring western hustlers, and : will show : something soon. Tues day afternoon a little sensation was caused in the city by a report that Dr. Eugene Grissom had drawn and present ed a pistol at Mr. George Williams, a .clerk in the racket store. It appears that Dr. Grissom entered the store, and approaching Mr. Williams, pointed a pistol at him, saying that he (Dr. Gris som) had heard that Williamshad been circulating reports" about him; and if such were the case there must be an im mediate settlement of the matter. Wil liams promptly disclaimed any share whatever in the matter mentioned and Dr. Grissom retired. In the -evening, there was a hearing before Mayor Thompson, and he has so far reserved judgment. Raleigh News 6 Observer: It is rumored that Mr. Hal W. Ayer, city editor of the Call, of this city, will go to Winston to assume a similar position on a new daily there. Charles E, Houston, of the firm, of Houston & Meadows, Ore Hill, Chatham co., died yesterday of pneumonia. The deceased was one of the most prominent of Cha tham's rising men, a man of rare busi ness and social qualities. Mr.;T. W. Pool, of Williamston, Martin coun ty, died suddenly yesterday in his room at the Yarboro, about 1 o'clock, of heart failure. Mr.' Pool was in the City at tending a meeting of the State Board of Education yesterday. The Messrs. Duke,' of Durham, on going into the American Tobacco Company, as chron icled yesterday, put their establishment in for $5,000,000 of the preferred stock of $25,000,000 capital of the new con cern'. Gov. Fowle yesterday fixed the day of execution of. Jesse Brown, who was convicted of murder in Cra ven county in November last. The day fixed for the hanging is April 4th. W$ regret to announce that Messrs. Norris & Carter, the wdrthy and enter prising dry goods firm of our city, have been forced to make an assignment. The assets of the firm are estimated to . be about $35,000, and their liabilities 1 about $25,000, t ! J i.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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