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WILLIAM H. BEBKABDJ
Editor and Proprietor,
WILMINGTON, Nj C.
. Friday,
!- April
1890.
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HON SAMUEL J. RANDALL
Not only the Democratic part
n but the country suffers a serious
' - - ' ' -J. H
loss in' the death I of Hon. Samuel
Jackson Randall of Pennsylvania
who had served continuously in Con
i gress since 1860, and was! electe
' Speaker of the last session of the
Forty-fourth and of the Forty-Fift
" and Fortv-Sixth Congresses. H
was born in Philadelphia October 10,
1828, and was when elected! to th
State Senate of 1858-59 engaged i
mercantile pursuits, having previous
ly served in the city council jfor; fou
years. During the years of the war
and the subsequent period of recon
; struction, although in a hopeless mi
nority. as; the leader of ihat 'mi
- nority he was always j the i' bol
defender of- the Constitution
the fearless antagonist of its assail
ants, and bv hifiron nerve, his stick
ing qualities, his cool head, pigbrai
nrtA nirliim Antonr drill tilrTtliA law.
less majority in check and defeated
much despotic legislation, jimongst
ft ine iorce duis, wnicn were intena
ed to turn the Southern States f ove
to the military and .deputy narshal
. for the purpose of controlling th
; elections and insuring the election 0
Republican candidates. Hfe made
gallant fight: then for which th
South has always felt grateful t
' him. Representing a manufacturin:
i district in a great manuiacturin
State, where protective idea
were predominant, - he 1 was
protectionist, although. not .of the ex
: treme type, ana was not on;ques
! tions of tariff reform always ;m ao
cord with the majority of his part
but on aii other issues he; was as tru
as steel, and though differing o
-'tariff issues he always commande
.the respect, admiration and f iilles
confidence of his Democratic! col
ijleagues, of the party of which he wa:
nsucn a tried and aDle defender, an
ijof his Republican colleagues as ! well
That he was incorruptibly honest i
attested by the fact that although h
was in Congress during all ihe jtim
of reckless extravagance, bribery an
shameless debauchery, when men like;
John Sherman' and Tames (J. Blaine
and oith'ers amassed immense for
tunes, and others, detected in bri
bery, were driven from public life m
; disgrace, no taint ever attached t6
his name and he passed from life a
poor man, leaving1 his wife
but little
property, her richest treasure the l
honest record he nude and
the hom-
ored name he bore.
A MISTAKEN IDEA
It is a mistaken idea, which i
., jthi
; great many people' now seem to en
tertain, that the Government of thfe
. United States was formed toj fook
after the interests of any on 6 man dr
l any class 01 men. I his is no part
its province, and was neyeii conte
piatea Dy tne men who founded it
dim uircuLcu us anairs in its younger
days. This is one of the idgas jsvhicSi
has.sprung from the systerrlof a pre -i
tective tariff, for protection's sake, as
understood and carried out now, and
fostered and encouraged by a gan
who advocate anything, however ab-
--v. HpMiuud Lni uaau UCUiaifUVUCN 1
surd, morally or economically wrong,
if it gives a prospect of winrung votes
and bringing party success ' jj
. The defenders of the protective
tariff system tell us that ifs original
intention was to protect those' great
industries which were of nalionariiii
portance and the development if
which would "promote the general
j welfare of the people. This was the
argument upon which the doctrine
was based, and the authority upon
which the system was established
But if that was the originll intent i
is not the purpose now, for'.there'is
not an industry; large or Small, pre
sent or prospective that does not
' claim the right to protection under
the India rubber elasticity of the
protective system as now understood.
The man who digs ironjjout of the
ground, smelts it and casts it into
bars, or converts it into steel to
make rails for railroads, Lr for any
other purpose, thinks he is entitl'ed
to protection, and so does the mai
who cuts up a bass wood tree and
converts it into toothnicks; ' Trnn
and steel-making is a great industrj,
and so is ; toothpick-making. ' We
uuu - winiK ootnpicKS are protected,
j. fcut if they are not it is because thie
- men wno make them didn't have
competition, were I not much
..malum loompicKs made by "for
; , eign pauper labor," andl concluded
; that they could get along without ii.
r If a man concludes to fake a few
' hundred or a few thousand dollars,
get a house, buy some flour, and
start a macaroni factoryj. and finds
that thjejirticle he puts pp does 'not
sell as readily as the article made by
the "pauper labor" of Italy, he asks
for protection from foreign j macaro
ni. Macaroni-makino- Is a
tT which fro the
o -j
"nun r up tara " a.1 j i I :
r f cscLiai mc meu-
teal portion of the public, xhosebu
siness it 1 is to heal" the,, ills of i the
American stomach. !
If a prospector lights upon some
grdund bearing tin'ore in the Black
Hills or somewhere else,! and some
speculator stakes out j claims
rrrro n I -7c a rrm mnv and triv
Sand
1
can
"see millions in tin mining" if they
can cut off competition from the
tin
ore mined by the "pauper, labor'
of
Wales they claim protection, not:
be-
cause theyj have; any tin how to pro
tect but because they may have if
the mines pan out all right.
If I some enterprising individual
concludes to go into the silk railing
industry and finds that his silk worms
can't J hold their own ( against the
"pauper" silk worms of France he
demands that the .government give
his worms a lift by taxing the work
of the foreign "pauper" worms.
If a hog-fat vender from Chicago
or some other Western bos' tkwn
discovers that the introduction 0
cotton seed oil into vthe culinary
economy of the American family
cuts down his sales and his profits,
he demands protection from the cot
ton see dgrease, by taxing itj al
though it involves a .new issue in
American-politics, viz: ;"The West
era hog versus the Southern negro."
If
rock
that
the Maih man who quarries
and burns it to make lime finds
he has to compete with
the
pauper labor" of Canada w
hich
also q
uarries rock and makes lime,
he demands protection, and when the
Maine wood:chopper finds that the
Maine lirhe-burner goes across the line
into Canada - to, buy the wood yith
which to burn his lime he, too, de-.
mands protection from jthe "pau :er"
wood-choppers of Canada.
Thus it goes under the monst rous
and absurd system of protection as it
is now I understood, and every one
from th? poor wood-chopper of
Maine to the rich builder of Ameri
can war ships expects; the Govern-
" J I1 t ' '"I
ment to look after hisi interests! to
protect him that he may make a
pront ana mate somebody elsepay
the profit. Reduced to its essence
that's what protection j means. !
STATE TOPICS.
Considerable ! interest is being
awakened in Nash cpunty on j the
subject of gold-mining, stimulated
by some recent; discoveries near! the
Arrington minej which a correspon
dent of the Nashville Argonaut I de
, .11.- 1 -
;cnbes as very rich.. He reports the
discovery of half a dozen veins in
cutting a ditch,,' the ore from each of
which showed , free gold and gave
every indication of being very rich
If one half that he says be true there
is a;bonanza there. Although gold
mining has been carried on to some
extent Jn that county, land the mines
known to be rich, it has not attract
ed so much attention is the goldsec
tion jot the southwestern counties,
but it is in the gold;; belt and will
doubtless before long invite pros
pectors and the attention .of capital
istss I Every cay gives additional
evidence , of : the fact that North
Car-
olina is. a great mineral State.
TJ.
diana,
b. Ireasur&r Huston, of In
rr
, who went to Indianapolis at
the election'to whoop it up fothe
s-u.j., says anuiana is gone irom
thej Republicans and that it will jtake
gdme struggle to win her Back.
The! blocks-of-five game has jbeen
played with success there but jthey
will have to play some other game
next rub. The people there
caught on to that. j
have
Rhode Island Democratic.
Think
of it. She is little but she ts
oud,
and used to be as s'olidly Rep
ubli
canj as the most benighted ofl her
sister States. It wou Idn't surprise
us f Vermont and New Hamokhire
walked into the Democratic fimllv
: -r J
c,r?Ie aImost anv dayjand begged to
1
be jconsidered as two 'of the faniilv
I . . . .
detegation of Philadelphia car
pet makers visited Washington; 1 few
days ago to protest against a 1 in
crease of the tariff on carpet v ools,
and took the breath out of Mr. Mc
Kinley when they declared that -if
the J measure was carried thrjough
there would be only j oner party in
Philadelphia, the Democratic party
The Atlanta Journal advises the
Southern people'to boycott Western
hog-fat if the Conger compound lard
bill becomes a law. Hog fat jught
-"jwv. wyjfutLcu duy way, in tne in
boycotted anyway, in
terest 01 the bouthern stomach.
Southern s
whether the
orinot.
Conger j bill be passed
jine Archduke John, brotherof
tne emperor of Austria, has relin
quished his royal name and preroga
tives and is now plain democratic
John Orth, first mate of a Vessel
which he owns. He isn't afraid of
I 4 . i
anyDody but the captain blowing
mm up.
German and French merchants are
troubled
over the McKinley
tariff
bill.
When they were tabooing the
American hog over ( there it
was all
right, but when the American!
tariff
Hogs get in their work on th
em the
squeal is on the other side.
j Cincinnati is a great whiskey cen
tre and there are a great man whis
key: scenters in Cinciniiatl but
eoria, 111., takes the horns. She
ays $31,000,000 of revenue Uainat
ll,OOO,O0O for the "i whole State of
hio. " i . . "
It looks as if Mr. Harrison was
igoing to jump info the ring sure
ElioUPh in 18Q0 TJ'o It ii-
land mJZ&Z
. . .
election, f
RAILROAD CELEBRATION
COMMEMORATIVE OF THE OPENING
OF THE C. F. & Y. V. R. R. ;
Arrival of Hundreds of "Visitors from the
- TTp-Oountry-f A. Gala Occasion The
. City Decorated with Flairs
. . j . and Bunting. ' i ." i .
The enthusiasm with which the busi
ness men and people generally of our
city took hold of the idea of a grand ex
cursion jto our city of the merchants
along the line of the C, F. & Y. V. road
in commemoration of the completion of
this most important route, connect
the Piedmont sectio nof our State with
the principal seaport.presaged a complete
success for this scheme, j
This is truly a gala day for -our city.
It is the first time she has had an op
portunity to throw open her gates to the
people
jof that section of the State
through
which the C. F. & Y. V, . road
runs. - She has now thrown j wide her
doors arid extended toi them a cordial
invi$ylbn. The invitation has been ac
cepted in the same spirit in which it was
given, and we now have among us seve
Tal hundred of the leading business men
of the towns along the line of this road
who have come among us to enjoy our
hospitality and to investigate and find out
for thejnselves the advantages that
Wilmington oners to them as a whole'
sale market. . I ;: f ; I " J
This excursion will be of great benefit
to our city, j It will junitej in close
friendship the two sections of the State.
It will tend to obliterate that imaginary
line that divides our State, into the
"east" and the "west." j It will show to
the people of the Piedmont section that
Wilmington has advantages as a whole
sale market and supply depot for the in
terior that perhaps very; few of those on
this excursion were aware bf before
coming among us on this; occasion.
Such intercourse between the1 two sec
tions of the State should be of frequent
occurrence,' as conducive to the welfare
and business prosperity bf both sections,
THE DECORATIONS
Alanyioi our business men were busy
yesterday decorating their buildings and
by evening the city had ! put on quite: a
holiday appearance and. beautiful flas
and bunting were displaced to great ad
vantage on many of the principal streets.
Conspic jous for this profuse and beau
tiful decoration were the hotels Orton
and Purcell, great taste having been dis
played in the! externelj decorations jof
these two buildings and within the office
and salcon of the latter. f
On Water street, near the
railroad depot, the ! buildings of
of the Cleaves Hardware Company and
Mr. R. W. Hicks were most artistically
decorated and in a manner to attract
the attention1 of the (excursionists j as
they passed out of the depot. ' I
Many ,other business houses were
beautifully decorated for the occasion.
Without discriminating we mention the
following as handsomely decorated:' G.
R. French & Son, L Shrierf Bank) of
New Hanover, First National Bank, !
Holmes:& Watters, A.j David,
Rhein
stein &
Co., S.
H. Fishblate,
Brown
& Roddick, Wilmington
Factoryj J. J. Hedrick.
Candy
Giles
& .Murchison, J. C. Stevenson
H. C. Prempert, Sol. Bear & Co., Brid
gers & iRankin, Alderman, Flanner &
Co., the Gem restaurant, John L. Boat
wright, Munson & Co., Chestnut & Bar
rentine, R, M. Mclntire, E. J. Powers
Huske & Draper, W. T. Daggett S. A
Schloss, Kirkham & Co., A. W. Watson;
Warren & Son, P. Heinsberger, S. W
sanaers & Co., Worth & Worth, I the
Wilmington Paper Co. L. T- Bowden
B. F. Keith, Alexander Sprunt & Son
J. Nauraberg. !. " j j
x-iic 3iak ouuaing .was made con
spicuous by appropriate decorations ofj
flags and colored bunting.
The piazza of the building -just above!
the bTAR building was prettily decorated
with festoons of handsome hand ker
chiefs,
Most
prominent among the decora-i
tions of
the city was the beautiful dis
play of
flags by the revenue (cutter Col-
ax, under command of Capt. Moorei
which had her rigging trimmed with
bright flags of various kinds,
i the ARRIVAL.
ay l o clock quite a large crowd of
citizens nad gathered at the C. F v
v. wnari to witness the arrival of the
excursionists, who reached the railroad
terminus in' a . train of two sections, ar
riving, jthe first , at 5.10 j and the other atf
6.30, and were brought over to the city
. I- : , " ' i
steamers tampion and Murchisonl
tne revenue cutter firing a salute of fif
teen guns as the steamers were crossing
tne river. . ; i
ootn steamers were crowded and
when they touched the wharf
barked; from them about . four .hundred
of the principal merchants and business
men of Mount Airy, Greensboro and
other towns along the; line of the rail
road. As each man stepped ashore he
was handed a handsome silk badge upon
mscnoea, "truest ; to the
V. Railroad
Celebration;
April 16th and 17th. 1890."
u .! ; -1
is expected
The train this morning, it
will bring to the city about two hundred
more excursionists who preferred to
postpone their , coming until to-day, in
order to avoid the crowded iirs of ves-
terday. - ! !
This is no excursion of "rollicking
frolicingjnen," solely. "on pleasure;" but
it is composed of the; substantial mer
chants and men of business and of caoi-
tal from the section of country that has
uccu put into ciose communication with
our city by the completion oi the Cape
Fear & Yadkin Valley road, and "it is
hoped their visit will cement those ties of
business and friendly intercourse which
should exist between 'all sections of our
State To each and every one of them
the Star extends a hearty welcome,
with the hope that their visit to our city
win De one ot unalloyed pleasure;
THE EXCURSIONISTS.
A Visit to Carolina Beacn that Was Very
Mjuch .Enjoyed Military Parade-Ei-oursions
Around ihe Harbor, Eto. I
Notwithstanding the rain of the nieit'
oeiore and the rather inclement weather
of yesterday, our friends from the up-
country seemed to j enjoy' the day very
much. The Vain had done much damage
to the decorations, still the appearance of
tne principal streets was auite trav. and
the slow drizzling rain that ushered in
the day did not seem to dampen the arr
dor of our euests in the- Ua I
At 10 o'clock the
steamer Passport
left her wharf with quite a large party of
the excursionists on board, - bound for
; Carolina Beach, about , two hundred of
, them having availed themselves f the
opportunity thus afforded to visit this
beautiful seaside resort, j To many of
the party this was their first sight of the
j ocean, and they, as well as all the others
on the excursion, enjoyed the trip to
the fullest extent. v j . j "
; .The committee in charge had pre
i pared everything needful! for the inner
man, and shortly .after the guests had
I arrived at the Beach a most acceptable
lunch of eatables was served. The trip
was greatly enjoyed by thfe party, which
returned to the city about 3 o'clock,
much pleased with this part of the pro
gramme mapped out for thjeir pleasure.
! The next interesting feature I of the
jday was the exhibition at ihe Champion
Compress wharf. This was a display by
one of captain Harry Bodowin's crew, of
his skill in removing logs from the bed
of the river. Clad in his diviner suit he
went down to the bottom bf the river at
the Compress docks, which has now a
jdepth of eighteen feet at low water, for
Ithe purpose of removing some logs that
jare sunk there. This was witnessed bv
(quite a large number of persons , who
greatly enjoyed the novel sight. j
! A little after C o'clock the Wilming
ton Light Infantry, thirtyj-eight strong,
lunderthe command of j Captain' W. R.
Kenan, turned out and gave an exhibi
tion of their proficiency in j company
jdnll. The company made a fine ap
pearance, as it always does, and reflected
great credit upon its officers, who have
taken such pains to bring
this company
iup to such a high state of perfection.
Quite a large party bf the j excur
sionists in the afternoon availed them
selves of an invitation frpm the owners
!of the steam tug Marie to take ! a trip
around the harbor on that fine little
steamer. This ,was .enjoyed very much
by those participating, and gave thena a
better view of our harbor and shipping
facilities than could be acquired in any
other wav. This was a i most enjoyable
feature of the excursion,' and the Messrs.
Sprunt are entitled to many thanks for
this addition to the programme of the
dav. : I I '11"'.;'":
GOOD ORDER IN THE CITY.
The orderly condition of the j city is
the subject of general remark, j Notwith
standing the fact that thre is such a
Uarge crowd of strangers present and that
the city generally is observing the occa
sion as a holiday, the good conduct and
quiet demeanor of. both
citizens and
guests is such as to cause
jmany compli
mentary remarks upon the subject
"Wilmington Presbytery. .1 ;
Wilmington Presbytery met in the
First .Presbyterian Church of this city
last evening at 8 o'clock. , The opening
sermon was preached by Rev. A. Mc-
Fadven, from Josh. 24: 15J The sermon
was in performance of a jduty enjoined
by the last Presbytery to breach on the
subject of Family Prayer.) j !
Nine ministers and fourteen ruling
elders .reported as : iri attendance.
Rev. Peter Mc In tyre was1 elected Mod
erator; Dr. L. W. Robinson and Mr.'B.
G. Worth temporary clerks, i . !
Presbytery then adjourned till 9
a. m. this morning. j
The public are invited to attend all
the meetings of the Presbytery. j ; j.
THE OfiTON.
This Popular Hotel Not to be Closed
During the Summer. J
The public generally will be glad to
learn that The Orton will1 not be closed
even during the Summer jmonths, as has
been reported. A Star reporter inter
viewed Col. K. M. Murchisonj the pro
prietor, yesterday, and he authorizes, the
Star to say that the hotel will be run
continuously. I j j j
Col. Murchison is a North Carolinian,
and has great love for his native State,
and the large amount of imoney he has
invested in Wilmington shows his inter
est in our city. He has given Wilming
ton a hotel which has no superior in the
South, and it has done far more towards
attracting favorable attention !to our city
than many of our people realize, and it
should receive most substantial encour
agement from our citizens, j
The hotel is thoroughly! equipped
with all the latest Conve niences, and it
is the determination of Col. Murchiscki
w Keep up tne excellent reputation it
i ... .. 1 r
has already, gained.
A Forgiving Husband. i
The Baltimore Sun publishes the fol
lowing: "About two weeks ago an en
gineer on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road from Hinton, W. Va., named Leon
Schowalter, arrived in Lynchburg, Va.,
in search of his wife, who had eloped
with another man, taking with' her more
than $2,800 of her husband's money, and
leaving three helpless children behind.
From Lynchburg the husband traced
the guilty party to Wilmington, N. C,
where he found his errinir wife alone And
weeping. It appears that the! day before
her betrayer had taken ! a large portion
of the money and left tot parts unknown.
The husband and wife a rrived at Lyrieh
burg and left Wednesday for their home
and children in Hinton. -
Major Winder Promoted! il
Major John C. Winder, one" of the
most capable and successful railroad
managers of the South, has been elected
general manager of the entire Seaboard
Air Line system, embracing the Sea
board & Roanoke. Roanoke & Tar
River, Raleigh .& Gaston, Louisbunr.
Raleigh 8c Augusta Air Line, Pittsboro.
Carthage, and Carolina Central rail
roads, and the Durham & Northern
and Georgia. Carolina A- Nnrth.m
railways. This promotion of Major
winner is a well deserved tribute to his
abilities as a manager,
better railroad men in
There .arc few
the South than
Major Winder,, and a
safer man could
not have been placed at the head of the
Seaboard Air .Line.
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WILMINGTON ALUMNI - j
Of the University of ITorth. Carolina An
, . . Enthusiastic Meeting.: j
An enthusiastic meeting of - the Wil
mington Alumni of the University of
North Carolina was held at the city court
room last ; night. Col. W. L. De Rosset
was called to the chair. ; ; j j
By request Dr. Geo. Gillett Thomas
stated the object of the meeting to
form a branch Alumni Association, as
set forth in a call issued by the Central
Association at its last meeting in Chapel
Hill. H'v"! J:
On motion, the chairman appointed
as a committee oii permanent organiza
tion, Capt. W. R.' Kenan, Dr. Thomas
and Capt. O. A. Wiggins. This com
mittee recommended the adoption Of
the constitution proposed by the Cen
tral Association, and for the permanent
officers they recommended, Mr. D. G.
Worth, President; Col. W. JL. De Rosset,
Vice ! President, and M. C. S. Noble,
Secretary and Treasurer. The report
was adopted. j " ; I.
It was decided to have the annual
meeting on the first Monday in May, at
which time there will be a reunion if
the alumni, followed by a dinner, sea
soned with reminiscences of college days,
A committee consisting of three gen
tiemen of experience was appointed to
take this matter in hand. All old stu
dents in neighboring counties where no
branch association has yet been formed
are invited to join this Association,
which they may do by communicating
with the secretary. I
This association will commend itself
to all of the old students of the Univer
sity of North Carolina. It will bring to
gether the older men and arouse again
the enthusiasm of their younger days,
and it will afford to theyoupgmen com
ing tO the active work of life an oppor-'
tunity to keep alive the memory of the
benefits which their alma mater has be
stowed upon them. Together, these ele
ments will be of signal benefit in foster
ing the interests of the University, n
promoting in a proper way a renewed
interest in its welfare, in watching the
progress and work of the institution, m
lending it all the aid in their power to
secure its steady advancement in the
good work now so well advanced under
the present administration., j
Bosin Burned. j - ' . j
Fire in Brunswick county last week
destroyed 2,000 barrels of rosin belong
ing to Mr. Valentine Smith, and valued
at S2,r30O, and 800 barrels belonging to
Messrs. Frink Bros., value not stated.
The kosin was lying at a landing on
Waccamaw .river,' awaiting shipment,
and it is thought was fired by an incen
diary The rosin belonging to Messrs.
Frink Bros, was insured, but there was
no insurance on that belonging to Mr.
Smith.
Stocks of Naval Stores.
stocks of naval stores at the ports
Aprilj 12th are reported as follows :
Spirits turpentine Wilmington, 934
casks; New York, 1.282; Savannah, 3,812;
Charleston, 422. Total, 6.450 casks.
Rosin Wilmington, 15,907 barrels;
New j: York, 22,747 Savannah. 40,449 ;
Charleston, 19,116. j Total, 98.219 bar
rels. !
Tar Wilmington, 3,315 barrels ; New
York 2,454. TotalTiM barrels. j
!Mr. D. T. Boney of Teachy, Dup
lin county, who has been a subscriber to
the Star for twenty-one years, was in
the city yesterday, and a welcome visi
tor at the Star office.
Borrowed garments seldom fit well,
nor do bogus remedies cure successfully,
the real cure for cOughs and colds! is
Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup. j
Why sit doubled up like an old man,
my boy ! t What's rheumatism ! Take
the good the gods provide thee, and send
twenty-five cents around the corner for
a bottle of Salvation Oil and you'll ride
juur Diuycie to-morrow.
HE CAN'T STAY HERE.
Why
the 'Conductor was. the
Maddest
j Man in Two Counties. !
When f a conductor on the Cass
avenue line collected fare last week,
says, the Detroit Free Press, he espied
a nondescript animal curled up on a
seat by a lady passenger.; "The dog
will have to go outside," he said, las
he took fare from the lady. She
siareu at him a moment, then
ire-
marked:
"He isn't in anybody's way.
can't he stay here?"
Why
"It s against the'eompany's rules,"
said the conductor. I
"Well,' take1 him out then," said
the lady, sitting back in her seat. I
The conductor; looked at the ani
mal, which kept its eyes fixed Ion
him: with a sort of let-me-alone snarl
"Why don't you take him . out?",
nfrictfi-l tlt inl,ntn i 1 '
j.-..v, cxiuiiidi unstress.
The conductoj: retreated to .he
platform, where I he rung up fares
ana; eyed the dogf through the door.
"What kind ?t a critter is he !"ihe
he
asked of a man' On the platform.
tne man took a long look
and
gave a low
whis
e.
luuii-uog; i
snake, j You'd I
outside' J
That: settled5
tf j ii
bites like a rattle-
oughtec fetch him
it. The conductor
went in and told the lady she must
fx h- a U, a ... 4-1 1 ir ... .
r i uerscii; ne didn't
care to die of hydrophobia ust yet.
.1 can take tuhi in my lap," she
saia witn a sweet smile, and she
picked up the laifge muff with a fox's
head on it, which had been masque
rading as a dog, and thrust her
hands into it. j j
The conductor was the maddest
man in 'two counties, and he started
to have it out with the man who said
it was a coon-dog. But the pas
senger had got dff a block past and
was out oi signtj.
Advice to mother.
1-or over Ufty yfears Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup has been used by
mothers for their Children' while teeth
ing. Are you disturbed at night and
broken of your refit by a sick child Suf
fering and crying jwith pain of Cutting
Teeth ? If so send at once and get a
bottle of "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for Children Teething. Its value
is incalculable. It will relieve thp
little sufferer immediately. Depend
upon it, motheri there is no mistake
about it. It cures Dvsenterv and Diar
rhoea, regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
moea, regulates tne Stomach and Bowels,
nr:.j ri:.
a.." iJIr.Tr.r "UM ,a' ICTJ
t4 1 ,,11 11 1 ji 11- .t(iirFnc rna ,
Xruu,,Q
threlphStnd
femaleWjcians and nuSesln: the
United States, and is for sale bv all rimer.
twt.fi j . w1.u' :
:r.r"?'L'S!M - r"fc"c . sure and
Syrup." . j"
Soothing
t
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The! Senate and House Committees Come,
to, an 'Agreement! on" the Silver Bill
Secretory Windozn's Bill Adopted He
Braska and Iowa Farmers Protest Against
Tariff Seductions, j ' ' ', ''. ; .
By Telegraph to &e Morning Star.
Washington," Apriri4v The mem-
bers of the House caucus of the Silver
. i . i -
Committee had a two hours' session this
mofning. There was a general disposi
tiori to reach some kind of agreement,
and: a spirit of concession characterized
the proceedings. As the result, when a
recess was taken the indications were
that the members had at last found
common ground, and that they will be
abl4 very shortly to agree upon a formal
proposition acceptable to themselves at
least, although further: modifications
may I have to j be made to meet
tnei Views
of
Republican Sena-
tors. : ine basis of agreement
willj be the Windonv bill, as it emerged
from the House Committee on Coinage,
with the addition of a few provisions in
tended, to meet the views of the silver
men. It will probably provide for un
limited purchases of bullion produced in
the United States, ata market price not
to exceed one dollar for S71 V oxain,
and when that price is reached there is
to be free coinage.! Treasury notes is
sued in payment for silver are to be re
deemable in bullion or coin. At present.
this1 proposition has not been formally
adopted, aud the Committee will have
another meeting this afternoon, when it
is expected, Secretary WindOm will be
again called upon to state his views.
A meeting of the Republican Senato
rial. Silver Committee was; held this
morning, and at noon a recess was taken
until 2 o'clock. The discussion at times
was quite animated, but a spirit of com
promise was snowrn. Members are
pledged to secrecy
thei meeting, but
as to the details of
the opinion is ex
pressed that a definite conclusion will be
reachecLthis afternoon. '
Washington, April 14, Evening.
It was intended that the House and
Si nate Committee should meet in joint
session to-night, but this has been found
to be impracticable, owing to" Senatorial
engagements, and the Republican House
caucus, which was; to be held to-night,
nas.Deen postponed indefinitely as a con
sequence, i '
Washington, April 14Petitions
and protests in respect to the tariff are
beginning to make their appearance in
the ; Senate. To-day Senator Manderson
presented protests from farmers of
Dodge and Pierce; counties, Neb., and
Carroll county, Iowa, against any mate
rial; reduction of the dutv on surar. and
then a petition jfor the encourage
ment and promotion of the beet
sugar industry. He also presented a
protest from the cigar-makers of Ports
mouth, Neb., against the adoption of the
tob&cco schedule; in the House bill.
They suggest ajduty of 50 cents a pound
on all tobacco imported, whether wrap
pers or fillers, and five dollars a thousand
on fcigars. They also protest against the
display of an import stamp on all igars
made in foreign countries and sold in
the; United StatesL
Wasaingtos, April 15. The Senate
and House Republican Committees on
Silver question were in joint session two
hours this morning.; Very radical diffe
rences in the views of Senators and Rep
resentatives were disclosed by the dis
cussion, but an i earnest purpose was
shown to harmonize the difference
if possible. One of the chief points
.upon which the two Committees
could not agree was the proposed
increase in the -National Bank cir
culation. Such a proposition, it was
said, could not secure a majority vote in
the House. Finally it was decided to
commit the subject to a sub-committee
of five Senators' and five "Representa
tives, who will continue the work of
hunting for a common ground upon
which they can stand.
It was understood yesterday that'the
tariff bill was to be reported to the
House at noon' to-day, but it appears
that some matters of importance remain
to be settled, and the report is thereby
delayed. The sugar men were here in
force this morning, and were heard by
the; Republican members in secret ses
sion. As a consequence the air is filled
with- rumors of changes in the sugar
schedule. One , of these stories is that
the; Republicans have at last decided to
place sugar on the free list, and provide
a bounty to sustain the industry in this
country. The subject of carpet wools is
also again open to further adjustment.
Nevertheless Chairman McKinley says
tht the bill wil be reported to-day.
WASHINGTON, April 15. A orotpsr
signed by sixteen Republican Represen
tatives, has been presented to members
of the majority of the Committee on
Wys and Means against the sugar and
wdol schedules bf the tariff bill, as pub
lished. These Representatives urge upon
the committee that in their opinion a re
duction of 25 per cent in duty on sugar,
and increase of j duty on low grades or
carpet wools, from 2 to 3 9-10 cents a
pound is as great a change as should be
made. Manufacturers of ingrain carpets
say that the change in duty ; proper and
inr the schedule as1 published
will increase I the price of their
product from 50 to 99 gents a
yard and practically wipe out their busi
ness, silencing 4,000 looms and enforcing
idleness Upon 30,000 workmen. Signers
of 'the protest, it is understood, are from
al sections of the country, and while
ncjthing of the kind is contained in the
ddcument, anj understanding exists
atnong them that in itsjpresent shape
they will not vote forthe bill in Com
mittee of the Whole.
Republican members of the Ways and
Means Committee were in session about
two hours in the afternoon, It is under
stood that they devoted the entire ses
sion to the consideration of the sugar
and wool schedules of the bill. The
bounty proposition as applied to sugar
was presented definitely by sugar manu
facturers. They will accept a bounty in
place of the present duty if they can be
assured that it will be continued for fif
teen years.- . I . ! .
)The prottest of sixteen Republican
members of the House against thi large
increase of duty on carpet wools s also
having some effect onhe fflZ
Another meeting will be held to-mor
row morning, and meanwhile it hasbeen
announced that reports are again with
held. I
I Washington, April 15. -The
lican members; of the Ways and Means
Committee have been in consultatiou
all the evening on the tariff bill, which
will be reported to-morrow. There will
be no change in carpet wools, but the
sugar schedule has, it is believed, been
revised. . -
Washington, April 15. The House
K-epuoncan tommittee on the Silver
question held a meeting this morning
and heard the report of the sub-committee
appointed to- confer with the sub
committee of the Senate Republican
Committee, with the view of coming to
some agreement as a basis for the pass
age of the Silver bill: The sub-commit
tee reported that it had been agreed that
the bill should provide for the purchase
cif four and a half million ounces of sil
ver every month, the certificates issued
in payment thereof to be redeemable in
lawful a 'Za'. :l :Z 7J
, aim ai. uiau it 13 sa.iu. rne
Pmoers ot the tull
, . . . . . . '
committee were in
clined to adopt this basis, and voted to
do so. AtterwardS, however, m discuss
ing the manner of redeeming the cer
tificates, the sentiment developed in favor
6f making them redeemable in bullion.
This proposition was advocated by! the"
majority of the Committee, and the sub
committee was instructed to again con
fer with the Senate sub-corn mirtA i
L
endeavor to induce them to agree to
provide for the redemption Of the certifi-
i
cates in accordance with the views' of
the House Committee. A meeting of
U a n..lsMmi'fAia milt Ka tVllS
afternoon for that purpose. , '
w--
A member of the Senate sub - commit
t aa er Ji4 trt n rnntrorcoriAn iinnn thp QiiH
jec,tlwhen the action of the House Com
X U1U AAA Ot VSU f AUtet VU 1 wksw
mittee was under consideration, that no
such agreement as that would be recom-'
mended by his vote. He said he did
not believe there Were five Senators who
favored the redemption of the certificates
in bullion. They should be redeemed,
as tras agreed yesterday, in lawful money.
That gave to the government the option
of determining with what form , of
lawful money it would take up
the certificates gold, silver, or legal
tender notes, bnt it must be, lawful
money. The Senator said it was ex
pected that at first the cost of silver
purchased would be less than four and
a half millions of dollars per month, but
that under the operations of the bill the
price would be enhanced, so that in a
short time ' the cost of silver ; would
reach and probably surpass that sum.
It is also expected, he said, that
for -a time at least other silver
than the product of mines of the United
States will be necessary to make up the
full amount of the monthly purchases.
LhJwfw
fbecoming manifest that
Anotner senator said it was rapidly
coming manifest that an agreement
must be reached by the Republicans,
else a1 proposition would be made for un
limited free coinage, and would pass
both Houses of Congress. ; L.
MR. RANDALL'S FUNERAL.
Congressmen Desire the Ceremonies in the
Capatol, but Mrs. Kantian Prefers they
Shall Take Place in the Church.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star, j
WASHfNGtON, April 15. At the ur
gent request of a number of members of
tbe House of Representatives, Mr.
O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, this - morning
called at the residence of the deceased
Congressman, to ascertain Mrs. Ran
dall's wishes in regard to the funeral cer
emonies. There was an earnest desire
on the part of the members that the fu
neral should assume a national charac
ter, and. that the ceremonies should be
celebrated in the Chamber which has
been the scene of the dead statesman's
duties and labors. Mrs. Randall, while
appreciating to the full the friendship
and affection .which- instigated Mr.
O'Neill's action, and while being thank
ful to Mr. Randall's colleagues for their
desire to do him honor, decided that the
original programme should be carried
out, and that the ceremonies should
take place in the church. This is in ac
cordance with the wishes of the decease.
A TELLING .ILLUSTRATION.
A Pointed Argument Against the Subdi
vision of (Texas.
We had been talking for half an
hour or so on the subject'of dividing
Texas into four States, says, a writer
in the New York Sun. and the man
from Jersey City who had a front
seat in the stage, insisted that the.
matter ought to, come up for Con
gressional action. We finally drew
up at a way station to change horses,
and as we got down to stretch our
legs the one native Texan among
the eight passengers pulled out a
bowie-knife and confronted the Jer
seyman with : fc
"So you reckon there's enough of
Texas to make four States."
i "It's it's a very large State," re
plied the man, looking with anxiety
at the knife. !
"Exactly. You are also a very
large man." , "
"Y-e-s." I
"Do you think there's enough ot
you to make four men ?"
"Well, hardly.'f
"If I should even slice off
your
ears you'd lose suthin' of vour glory
wouldn't you ?" 1 "
Of course."
"And you wouldn't" feel that you
were much of a man with your head
gone, wouia you?
"No, indeed."
"I merely illustrate," said the
Texan, as he stroked the blade on
his bootleg. "If Texas can be di
vided up and stilfi "
"Oh! she carKt be!" interrupted
the Jerseyman,1 "Texas is none
too big for a single State, for the
Empire State of the West, and if I
were one of her; honored citizens I
should certainly oppose such a move
ment with'every energy. Gentlemen,
let-us drink to Texas as she is!'"
And we gurgled.
A QUEER FAMILY. I
The Customs of Their Fathers are Good
Knough for Them.
The Paris correspondent of the N.
Y. Herald has this to say about a
strange, family there. For . oyer a
century the Compoints have lived at
Saint-Ouen in ja style truly patri
archal, giving a rare example of in
dustry, economy and all the domes
tic virtues. When the revolution
broke out the heads of the Compoint
family held leases of lands at Saint
Ouen from certain noble families,
wno emigrated during the "Reign of
Terror," and have since never been
heard of. With scrupulous honesty
the Compoints have continued to set
aside the rents due to their landlords
until the expiration of their leases.
Then, as the rightful owners gave
no signs of life, from tenants the
Compoints became owners. This
fact has induced no change in their
masner of life. They continued to
work and economize, as m the past,'
and little by little added to the prop
erty, until now it embraces a consid
erable section of the Saint-Ouen
suburb. It is computed that at least
ten of the family, which consists of
about eighty members, are now
mil-
nonaires.
Of recent years the Compoints
have
built for themselves a number oi ele
gant villas, and purchased horse$ and
carriages in which they drive oat oft
Sundays and fete days, the men in
broadcloths and the ladies in (silks
and satins. At other times' however,
they rise at daybreak, don blouse and
sabots, and work in their fields or
take to the Halles the products of
their nursery gardens. The recep
tion rooms of their abodes are up
holstered in accordance with the dic
tates of modern fashion, but in the
apartments in which these eccentric
people dwell the furniture is of the
most primitive order. So with the
food. Their visitors are regaled with
the primeurs of the season, while the
Compoints themselves are contented
with the frugal fare which was 'good
enough in their day for their fathers,
and which is consequently -good
for them. Another peculiarity of
these latter-day patriarchs is that
tney intermarry. :
nncklen'a Anuca Saiw.
a ne best balve m the world for i Cuts,
uiuiacs aores,; Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
evr Sores. Tetters, Chapped Hands,
Uulblains,Corns, and all Skin Eruptions!",
and positively cures Piles or no oav is
required. It is guaranteed to eive) ner-
atisfaction, Or money refunded. " Price
85 eents per-box. For sale by Robert
R. Bellamy, Wholesale and Retail Drue
tfsts. , ? s
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
1 n It m r r
t iViton union: ihe first
axton Union: The first i
t to the Maxton Manufactur "
paid in Saturday, arid hcS
tients will ho ' H ' ,eatter
- "uiui. w ine jviaxton
I v-O. WHS
ttlA Ivurmanto V. i
-" '"una win uc maue on
"""aJ " wiu luunin. it has sfn j
off very well, and if our people win
it the encouragement it dese
rvesas itis
great blessing to Maxton. e a
. - P"rham Gl0 The des'truc
tion of the tobacco plants I is becom
serious. Some hink of seeding IS8
beds again. -Smoky! Hollow
been heard from again. One Saturrt
night a ' colored man
is
killed in
HnintrAn Hronrl na-vv C i
a white man is sand-bagged and bcitP
into insensibility, for the becrrarlv V
ol twenty-two dollars. ; ' su.m
Winston Daily: A convict 0n
the Mocksville branch road attemmPH
to make his escape a few days arr0
was shot by one of the guards. Hjs
juries are said to be serious. L'""
ters are being received daily fm
Northern capitalists seeking inform,
tion about Winston-Salem. A promi
nent gentleman informed us this mom
ing that one or two new enternris
would be established here by Northern
parties in the near future. ;
Asheville Journal: I)r. G s )
Allen died at Waynesville yesterH-'-afternoonat3
o'clock. He was one of
the oldest practicing physicians in Hav
wood county. The frightful mur
der of Harriet Williams, an "i,i J?ur
and well-to-do colored woman of thi,
city, on Saturday night, is one of the
most brutal tragedies that have taken
place in Asheville for a number of year
She was chopped to death with an axe'
A colored man named Peter Stro.i- lis,
been arrested and lodged iri jail forthi,
murder. j '
Charlotte News: Monroe John
ston, a colored convict, escaped ' from
the county chain gang on the Beanie'?
Ford road this morning. The only ex
planation of his escape that ' could bp
given was that he "slipped hiSrrUard -
TfS wUd' bU li nP"TX).sc.
r- Mr. E. W. Kennerly, GO year old
citizen of Long Creek township is miss
ing, and searching parties are looking for
mm. jn luesaay oi last week Mr. Ken
nerly left his home to visit a neighbor
and since then nothing has been 'heard
from him. He was subject to fits ani
his relatives fear that he strayed off and
perished in some lonely spot.
- New Berne Journal: . Xews of
the drowning of Capt. John W. Hill, of
Washington, N. C, was received in the
city Sunday. The particulars of the
drowing, as we learned, are as . fo'i.nvs:
Capt. Hill was master of the schooner
P. Cora. On Thursday it was sailing in
Pamlico sound, off the coast rf Hyde
county; when a squall came up. About
sundown, when at Bluff shoals. Capt.
Hill attempted to make anchor. He
had no one on the vessel with him but
a. boy. He was lowering the anchor
himself, when his feet became entangled
in the "buoy" rope, which was attached
to the anchor chain, and being unable
to extricate himself, the anchor dragged
him overboard - and under the water,
and held him fast. There was no one
to help him, and even if there had been
men on the vessel it is very doubtful
whether they could have saved him. He'
never arose to the top of the water.
Burlington Neics: The fruit
crop will be small this year, the most of
it having been kilfed. Mr. Joe Mc-
Adams was here last week and told us
that he caught a catfish in a trap a few
days ago that has no eyes or any sign
of eyes. Burlington has eight prac
ticing physicians and another is'thinkifig
of coming here. They are all getting
more or less work to do and seem to be
making a living, yet Burlington is as
healthy as any town. One day laqt
J; week Dr. Freeman was called to hold ah
inquest over ine aeaa pouy oi yan
Overby. It seems that Dan and a
I man named Smith left Graham in
J the evening, and in passing Hair
river vveriay got in tne wagon with him.
both too drunk to know where they were
going. A short distance from Haw
river Overby walked out of the vaa;on
and the fall broke his neck. Smith was
lying in the wagon so drunk that he did
not know anything about it. There was
no foul play.
Raleigh Chronicle: The faculty
of Wake Forest College have discoyered
the existence of a Greek letter among
the students and have ordered that it be
dissolved at once. . The rules do not
permit such societies, and the penalty is
expulsion. The faculty decided not to
expel the students in the fraternity in
this case, the reason being that, although
the Catalogue prohibited such societies,
the prohibition had not been incorpo
rated into the regulations of the college. '
The State legislative committee on
railroads will meet in this city on next
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. This
meeting is to be held to consider the
matter of the exemption of certain rail
roads from taxation, which roads claim
exemption under the provisions of their
charters. The members of the commit
tee are State Senators Kerr, of Samp
son, and Aycock, of ayne, and Repre
sentatives Carter, of Buncombe, Hol
man, of Iredell, and Sutton, of Cumber
land. j
Washington Progress: Mr. Wm.
Shaw died on Sunday morning last, very
suddenly of heart failure, about 1 4
o'clock. He was about 64 years of age.
- Who would dare say that Wash
ington is-a dead town? -With a large
canning factory going up, two large saw
mills nearing completion, six large dry
kilns to be ready for use. in a few days,
a large brick store in the course ; of
erection, a railroad coming and many
other improvements. ! Some days
ago a constable was bringing a prisoner
to jail. The constable's hat blew off, he
got out of the buggy and went a few
steps for his hat, when the negro prison
er, one of whose hands was not tied, put
whip to the horse and left the officer,
who shot at him once.; He ran the
horse two miles or more and got out
and took the woods. The horse was
stopped and no damage to the horse or
buggy was done. The negro has not
been heard from since, j
Morganton Herald : The Bee
Mountain Mining Company are getting
in additional machinery for their mines
in Caldwell county. ; Mr. J. H. Pear
son showed us a few days ago some
beautiful specimens of , granite from a
quarry which he has just opened on
some of his property just outside of
town. Ex-Governor Russell Alger,
the wealthy Michigander, whose friends
and supporters in the last Republican
National Convention made such an up
roar in the Convention , Hall trying to
convince themselves that Alger-was "all
right," is negotiating for; the purchase
oflarge tracts of land in Western North
Carolina, His agents i have been in
specting some large tracts of timber
land in Burke and Mitchell counties.
Mayor Robertson has been ship
ping a great deal of lumber frorii Mor
ganton to New York for the last month.
Saw mill men here are not able to sup
ply the demand for . yellow pine and
poplar lumber. Unfortunately lic
prices they are now realizing are ridicu
lously low, but they have themselves to
blame for that. They could and should
?et better prices for their lumber. -
he revenue officers made a raid in the
South Mountains last week and cap
tured a blockade still eighteen miles be
low Morganton on the Lower South
Fork. They captured five men in the
still house, three of whom were asleep
One of them made his escape. Those
captured were Martin j Hoyle, J- C.
Gattis, Thomas Cook and Tohn Cook.
The prisoners had a hearing before
Commissioner McKesson. Hoylegave
bond for his appearance at the fall term
of Statesville Federal Court. The other
three failing to give bond, were com
mitted to jail for trial at the spring term
of the Federal Court. , j j