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$1 i I) .-J i -PUBLISHED At WILMINGTON. N. C .00 A YEAR, IN ADVANG : - . . , j ; ' l E. 888SS8S88888S8888 8SSg888SgSgg 88888iiiiiii8888 ssssksissssSSisill t S3S3SS383S8888388 frjsgg,oazsgs 111!!!!!!!!!!!!!! puW I SSS83888S88SS8SS KlAV 8 o o tv- oo r co t ac 1 8,S3SS882S88S88888 8s33S33S83SSSSS8 w u A. an e t qd g o 2SS Entered at the Post OflTute at Wilmington, N, C, a i Second Ctftss Matter. J SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price f the Weekly Star is as follows: j I I Single Copy 1 year, postage paid EE .$t oo . 30 I " o montns , "i " " ' 8 months "1 ") THE GAG EULE. It is understood that the I'emo- drats ni Congress will bresent no lrili bill lor trirl reason that they know it would bq useless to! do so. If they were to preseht a bill which vas aiisolutely faultless in every particnlar, and wjhich met with the full approbation of the ipeople, the Republicans woald kill it as dead hey would not as Hector because let the Democra having framed s have the credit of acceptable! bill an 1 RatheF. thn do t us they would floun- tier along. With the .present' tariff or bass the McKirilev bill , even if it were fcnir times it is. I All1 the hs Objectionable as Democrats can do , i. . i - i i i i i - will be to enter their protests as the opportunity , presents a.crainst the - - , - i i . i more tobjecjionable of its features, for it will be .even useless" for ' them . to offtJi" amendments' for the amend- - . ' f 4 !. i ' .: i . mentsi however, meritorious i "they might voted be, rould be. as promptly down." as ii bill Would be, and i'(Ir' iht same reason.1 I I Jl'Iitire are some features of tjie bill, lii we ver, which Ihe Democrats jmight defeat by combliioh with some of the Republicans wo may pd opposed to lem.'such as the sugar bounty, the Increase i -' tarUi pn m tlift- tlnlt on wool, the tin plate,- and others, which : r nave riven rise to much adverse crit- t :ism j from . Repupli ican as well as iK-mo'cratic sources. i i But this is too , for the machine is so i ninnaged that the objecting Republi can I 'pngressnj en jwill be whipped in, hi .h (if them as have 'not been placa- iv concessiorts, and' the pill! will !!i:i ctujprolKibi 'whole.- -: ' ' run through as a leilj That th'e'bosses had mad p their minds not to accept many if any, amendments 'that tihey hav live minute limit: debate is reuucinir t s shown by the fact resolved to adopt the uie in discussion and to lave minutes- This ie discussion ' to a cut irirrn ru n b ivsiness. tor they we 11 know ihat-rhere is lot a map on that floor or, anyyhcre els whd can make an 'intelligent pi i resentatioti, pro or con, of such , a w'i .le-Jeachit g and por- tant subject as that iini fi've mlhutes. Five minutes! will Id be a lonq; time to a man who was cavorting around r !! i - ' II , i witiv a jump; rg tjoothache, but a pre- ,i CloUS S is slij er-ti. ort ti: me ;tor even a lightning discuss an -i important sub- j'fct-!l ike, this tar ff, in Which 05,000,- I 'tin people ate more or less directly or indirectly interested. uut the engin ers of this bill don't want to .' have it I 'discussed, they ilon't propose tcj give the Democrats an opportunity to show: up its ab- surdities, its inequal ities land. lts the offensive f ktures, and hence nve minute gag rule Which they pro- pose to adipt On the whole we don't know but it is well, in the long ! run,: that thipy adopt the gag rule, and run, the monstrosity; through iust as it is; fang we don't know but that in the! lqng run it would be K . better j if this bill were mean for Ithe' meaner t er than ie it is the quicker j people will The easier such things I ' r . . f get sick of i are to stand the longer people will be willing to stand them. The quick est and most effective Way to make tariff reformers is by, the pinching process, which brings the case home and compels the man who is pinched. to do some count. As thinking on i his own ac rure the average man don't get u arid dance a war dance when som body el: ;e s corns are tramped upjpri, but When it is his own peculiar -.ana particulaii.com which is squeezed fieii -the yell ;rends the welkin andl the prolonged; howl goes While t protec ted iron and .i woollen m mifacturers of New Eng- land, arjd the 'wool en manufacturers of Pennsylvania prDspered we heard nrrprotesti from them against the tariff on iron ore of on raw wool, but when their business began to I suffer from competition from unexpected 'juartefs, as with the iron manufac turers, or from the reduced demand f..- ... l i ,'. i u: .or goous rom trie peop.y w..p wc compelled to economize on account ipelled f hard tirrtes, ;caused in a great rheas- -tire b tire high protective j tariff policy! as with the woollen manu- faetu rers, "tben . they began , to squeal anil- demand free raw ma- i ferial j to keep afloat! 'The refusal tr grant them free raw material has : ttade'mprfe Democrats among ! those . people; th an all the" tariff reform lem ocratlc missionaries could have r VOL. XXI. made in a decade. The McKinlejr tariff bill is proving a capital pros- elytizer for the Democracy, and in view of this fact, we aire rather dis- posed to clap the - gentleman from Ohio on the back and, hail him as ja colaboreri though an unwilling one, in the cause of reforni -f- . THE ILEAL DANGER. Henry iWatterson, the brilliant ed itor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, delivered an r address before the Southern1 Press i Association at Charleston, last Wednesday, in which he discussed various Questions bear- ing upon the present or future wel He saw Bo fare of this country question; of a public would not in time be nature which I adjusted by the good sense and patriotism of the American people, as threatening and exciting questions m the past had been. The real danger, he declared, with which the country is threatened is the. relation of money to the moral nature of the people He spoke not ast' a' Kentucktan with peculiar bourbonic or ue grass ideas, nor as z. partisan, ready to predict disaster because an op posing party is! in power, nor as a socialist! carping at the (order j of things which , enabled one man j to ammrp so mnrh nvnre wea th than another but as a citizen of the Re- public observant enough to note the drift of events, to study the : habits of ths tirnes to notL their effect, and with discriminating sense enough to discover the shadows where the more i ... . i thoughtless and less penetrating ob server sees only the sunshine. He is riarht. The relation of mo ney to the morals pf the people. Us corrupting influence, is not only: the I danger which threatens in the fu ture, but is the bane against w this country has had to contend the past quarter of a century, and which has done more to jmdermine public virtue, to 1 destroy honesty, to imperil and curtai liberty, to crush the many and exalt the few, than all the 6th er causes combined. The blind, reckless, soulless, Godless pur- suit of fortune has been the beset ting national sin ajid national Calam ity. To-day the cpief object in life of legions of Americans is to make money, not the competence merely which every thrifty man should (seek, to live With comfort and enjoy life, put the fortune wnicn will bring power and distinction. A generation ago, even, it was not so. l he wealthy men ot that i time would rank among the wealthy men of this day comparatively as paupers. But they were! wiser in their way than their sons, and lived to better purpose, though but few of them could count their millions. Almost anv nf the larrr jities in the North to-day can show more millionaires than the whole country could in 1800. I " ; - I It was during the war, when the country was reeling under thejshock of contending armies, ana amia tne clang of Words and the blare of trumpets, the , old order of things gave place to the new, that the spec ulative spirit whiteh has since become so general, was developed andj grew with : such astonishing ; rapidity. While brave men fought, the grasp ing mercenaries sought Government contracts to supply the armies with food, clothing, ijarms, munitions of war, &c, and laid the foundations of colossal fortunes in a day, 1 so to speak, while : another class of mer . I ' cenaries taking advantage of the carelessness 1 and demoralization of the times, secured the passage of. acts by -Congress, 1 grant- them principalities of the pub lic domain on! various patriotic pre tences, and others secured favoring legislation which gave them control of the money otthe country, the con trol of cornjnerce on land and sea, etc.. and thus the foundations of other ; colossal-1 fortunes were laid. They I became the creditors, of the Government,- .lending it money to meet the emergencies of war, and took its bonds at a nominal valua tion, and thus laid the foundation of other colossal "fortunes. : They con trolled Congress, dictated the finan cial policies which they desired to prevail and thus laid the foundation Of other colossal fortunes. The moneymaking, speculative snirit crew atace. and when peace -X- ! O - ; 1 ' . . j came; it found the government prac tically in thejhands of the men who had enthroned Mammon, worship ped him as he bad never been Wor shipped before and made .him ; the ruler of the larid. They have been worshipping him ever since, and ever since he has been ruling. To-day he organizes' syndicates trusts, con trols conventions, elects Presidents, Congressmen. Senators and controls thm nnsses; tariff bills, and dictates --- r - rr the legislati(jH to be enacted r... . j,j mnw rwPn Ho- M. Ual S TT ing, that s wnat it is uoing, mai & the way it demoralizes and under mines public tirtue, honesty and pa- triotism, and that s the way it De- coraes the reai and ! mighty danger. The total number of private pen sion ! bills introduced in Congress tbic RMsion' dD to' the end of last week was 3,237, and still they, come. 1- STATE TOPICS. Th fnrirn E 7? stricter - llTtrpc thf I n 'i r t ri u i 1 1 1 n n l nil I'liiiiu u ft to establish a cotton factory! at Mon- roe. If the farmers of that county have any capital to invest this would be a very goo4 way to invest it, for then they wouldjget the full benefit of the cotton they raise and, the pro- fits which go to. others who handle the cotton as it Ipasses from the field to the purchaser of the manufactured goods. In Texas, we believe, the Alliance has established a number of factories. There is also a field open for the Alliance: now in the establish ment of fruit and vegetable can neries, which dd not require a good deal.oj capital and! when well manr ageu prove very proiuauie. Congressman Sweeney4 of . Iowa, wants to exclude from the mails all newspapers, . pamphlets, magazines, &c.j which are devoted principally to the publication Jof criminal news, po lice reports,: Recounts of criminal deeds, or pictures and . stories of im moral deeds, lust or, crime. If he had included lying he would have dealt a fatal blow at the Republi can press. I : Swearing isj a.j luxury, in Des Moines, Iowa, for which people who indulge in public are expected to pay the sum of SaO. 'It is hoped that from this source of revenue the town can become comfortable, and estab lish a pretty good! system j of inter nal improvements,! as the j. Republi cans have noti yet entirely recovered irom ine enecrs 01 xne last elections The EmperOr Of Germany com plains that the people ; stare at him so in church that it keeps him from saying his prayers, ine imperor should wear blinds so he couldn't see the" people sjtaring at him, and then he might proceed comfortably -with his devotions! When j our President makes up his mind to pray no amount of staring cary disturb him. John C. Cpmfort, who is a candi date for Congress in one of the Pennsylvania' districts, has the disr tinction of not only being the owner of thirty-five; hunting dogs, but of paying taxes on; them. If elected his constituents will have the com forting assurance that theyrfave a representative who knoWs at least something about dogs. "How to Raise the Devil" was the subject chosen for an address before the editors of Iowa, by one of them. at their recent meeting. Editors can generally do that j thing without much instruction, but a sure, way to do it is to get into the inner circle of the Republican party and then come out land tell what you learned. The New York Herald correspond ent says that when the news of the stay of execution reached Kemmler he threw his bible away and danced wildly around his cell and made the prison resound with "Where did you get that hat ?" He will give his soul a rest now until the Federal Court is heard from. i Some editors have "patent out sides" and some have "patent m-J sides." The fellows" with the pat ent insides; can stand the rough and tumble and boarding bouse hash better than he others. Charged with Larceny of a "Watch. Richard Jordan, a colored man, living about four miles from town, Was arrested yesterday on a telegram to Mayor Fow ler from the authorities of Goldsboro, who said that Jordan was wanted there for the larceny of a Watch stolen from the store broken open and robbed in Mt. Olive, Wayne , county. :i few days ago. Uae or the two Durgiars captured a day or two after the robbery was a son of Richard Jordan, and was found by the officers at J the: Iatter's house. Jordan deposited 200 with the sheriff of New Hanover a$ security for his appearance at the Mayor's Court Monday, and the Mayor of Goldsboro was notified by tel egraph that the arrest had been made. i Prospects of a Visitation from Eev. Sam Jones, j . ''! : Mr: J. M. Forshee says that he has re ceived sufficient assurances from citi zens of Wilmington that the finan cial aid required to make the necessary arrangements to secure a visit and a se ries of sermons from Rev. Sam Jones will be readily furnished, and an invita tion will be extended to Ithe Evangelist for a visitation at such time in the fall as may be determined upon at a meet ing to be held shortly of those interested. Stocks of Naval Stores at the Forts. Stocks i of naval stores at the ports May 3d are reported as follows: Spirits j turpentine New York, 599 casks; Wilmington, 1.523; Savannah. 5,- 607: Charleston, 1.088J -Total, 7.817 casks.- j ' Rosin New York; 10,981 barrels; Wilmington, 14,771; Savannah, 30,509; Charleston, 18J885. Total, 75,076 bar rels. : ! .' i - : i i ! Tar New York, 2, 1 673 barrels; Wil mington,1 6,987. Total, $,6601 barrels. The Light House Contract. The contract for supplying provisions for the Sixth light house! district for the next fiscal year has been awarded to John J. W. Luden, of .Charleston, at $79 per man for the vessels and $42.88 per man for the stations. WEEKLY WILMINGTON, N. C, J BAPTIST CONVENTION. I To Meet at Fort Worth, Texas, May Oth. will meet at Fort Worth. Texas, on the mQSt jmDOrtant meeting of the Baptist denomination! this year, and a large number of Baptists from North Carolina will attend it. Reduced rates have been made, and on! Tuesday, May 6th, at 9.50 p. m., the much talked of Baptist train will leave "Atlanta for Fort Worth. . It will be a solid train and will run all the way through :o its -destination as a spe cial. L.. .-:''. ': It is announced that tickets at one fare for the round trio, good for thirty days will be sold at the principal points to delegates and visitors Dv the Atlantic Coast Line. Richmond & Danville, ;Sea- board Air Line, and other roads. WEATHER PREDICTIONS. Iarecast tar May from the XX. S. Hydro- ' i graphic Office. Fair weather will prevail generally over the North Atlantic, with occasional northerly gales along the American coast, and j moderate northwesterly gales along the transatlantic steamship routeS, north of the 40th parallel. North ers in the Gijilf of Mexico will occur Jess frequently, and be, of less duration, but are liable to be ofgreat violence There will be a notable increase of fog off the Grand Banks, .due to the northward movement of the Gult. Stream and the southward extension of ice brought down bv the Labrador current.: Ice bergs may b!e encountered almost as far south as the 40th parallel, between the 4Gth and 52d meridians, and may be more numerous than usual! east of the 40th meridian. . NAVAL STORES. Comparative Statement of Keceipta and Stocks at this Port. I ! Receipts Jof naval stores at this port for the month of April as compared with receipts for the same month last year are as follows ; Spirits turpentine- -2.817 casks; last year 2,091. Rosin 24,297 barrels; last year; 20,492. Tar 8,185 barrels; last year 8.5S7. Crude tfurpentjne 745 barrels; last year, sou, The stocks at this port. May 1st, as compared wjth stocks at same date last year, are as follows : j j Spirits turpentine, 1,523 casks; last year, 817. Rosin, 14,771 barrels; last year. 55,044. Tar, G.987 barrels; last year, 6.048. Crude turpentine, l,28Gi barrels; last year, 217. Death of Dr. Thos. B. Carp. t Dr. Thomas B. Carr, of this city, died in Clintort, N. C last Friday night, oi dropsy of the heart; aged 61 years. ' His remains were brought here last night and were taken to the First Presbyte rian Church, where the funeral Will take place at half-past 9 o'clock this morning. Dr. Carr was a native of Canandai- gua, N. v.. ana came to w umington some thirty-five years ago. H married the eldest daughter of the late Isaac Northrop and practiced dentistry here for many years. Later, he engaged in real estate enterprises and built; a num ber of stores and dwellings. He had been in feeble health for several years pa&t, and a few months ago removed to Clinton with the hope of receiving ben efit irom the change. He was a mem ber of the Masonic fraternity, and Wil mington Lodge No. 319. to which he be longed, Will attend his funeral. The Savannah Eegatta. The pilot boat regatta at Savannah was won by Savannah boats; Brunswick getting ihe second. Seven boats start ed, the keca, Sprite, Odell and Wilder of Savannah, Gracie and Telegram of Brunswick, and Addie of Wilmington, N. C. The Neca got first money, Tele gram sebond, Sprite third. The course was from Tybee to War saw buoy and return, thirty miles. Just a fair South-southeast breeze was blow ing, and it neither lulled nor freshened during the race. The sea was smooth and everything favorable. The Neca got'off first, and kept ahead all the" way. The Sprite was second un til near! Warsaw buoy, when: the Tele gram and the Addie passed her. All the boats were! prettily handled. The Telegram proved: a very! fast sailer before the wind. Her corrected time was about two minutes longer than the Neca's and she beat the Sprite one min ute. The Addie finished fourth, Gracie fifth, Odell and Wilder in order named. First prize $200, second $125, third $75. In July there will be a regatta for- a thousand dollar prize, ! Cotton Receipts, Etc. ! Receipts of cotton at this port for the month pf April were 127 bales as against 2,09, the same month last year. Receipts for the crop year to May 1st are lo'J.oua Dales, against I5l,47y to same date last season; showing a falling off of 18,927 bales. ! The stock at this port is : 3,908 bales against l.GSS at same date last year. M. E. Church, South. j The General Conference of the M. E. Church South convenes on: Wednesday next, May 7th, in the city of St. ' Louis, Mo. The North Carolina delegation will be th(js largest in the body. The clerical members will be Rev. Messsrs. Brooks, Reid,; Sharpe, Cunninggim, Black, Hud son; Mann and bwindell. iay delegates Messrs. Bain, Dixon, Carr, Odell, Til- lett, Nicholson and Manney Foreign Exports. t : The Norwegian; barque RutJi, Gref- stadjcleared yesterday for Fleetwood, ntr wirh a. Hot-role f rrcin vainer! &.r at $5,900, . shipped by Messrs. Williams & Murchison. . ( The British bare ue Pons jEh'i cleared for Bnstol, Eng., with ! 3,000 barrels of rosin and 350 casks spirits turpentine, valued at $11,080, and shipped by Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. Miss Mary Murfree, "Charles Egbert Craddock has returned to len- nessee to reside with her parents at the old homestead. i ; l FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1890. CHIPS FROM SAM JONES. Picked Up by One Who Saw Him Hewing ; in the Charlotte Tabernacle. I ' Reported tar the Star. j If I had a daughter half idiot, I'd give her to a dancing, master to train her heels, because her head would not; take trainingj and dancing would make! get around lively and fool some I d her dude into marrying her. ,; Then I would settle them in. the country and say,,don't come to my house, I might have company that day. : ; ' --j. -. H A dude is a corn on the devil s ; big toe; a dudine a wart on the devil's; nose. Americans should say we, iare raising men and women. . ' " t i v When people send invitations to balls or offer drinks to professed Christians it is because they think they are) hypocrites, and if they accept they are. . 1 j .. tiave entertainments tor the young people but leave the whiskey off 4 The woman) who marrie a man with the the taint of whiskey on his breath is the Diggest tool in the world, and the next biggest Tool is the woman who stirs tod dies for tor her husband. God pity the woman who will be a party to the dam- nation 01 men: . i 1 Don't go living where you could, not afford to die. i : ; I The devil gets up all the church! ba zaars, festivals, oyster suppers, &c. The women who have to get up these; things because their husbands won't give them the money to give to the Church! are to be honored, but they have married hogs. Grab bags,' oyster suppers,j &c. are a disgrace. Society don't have them. You don't see a society woman racking around town getting up things for re freshments after the ball, j The idea of Bunyah's Pilgrim laying down his sword to go to an oyster supper; the devil would have got him sure. I f i Some people quit the Church because somebody does something! their donJt like. Thev are like Ctie farmer who buys goods !all the year on credit from one hrm, aad then says, "l m going to quit you and trade with somebody else." you promised you would serve uoa, and then sav you'll quit if others don't dp right. If you don't feel like a dog, yeu don t feel natural. f 1 catch infidels once in a ; while, but 1 never! string 'em, I throw them in the basket for bait, they are just the right size. ( Ingersoll s mhdeiity is worth auu a night to him. 1 pity the young man who pays a dollar a night to hear him, and then it is worth nothing to him The will power of man is his go-ahead power; his will, not power is his brakes. How many men naye turned tne last curve and not a brake on his conscience will work. Baptists talk about John j the Baptist. f go j farther back, and say Adam, the Methodist, for didn't he fall from grace? Preachers making people mad are.uke doctors with their patients! they never give bp hope as long as they respond to treatment. Ushers put in a dollar when you start to take up the collection; a hen lays bet ter When she has a nest egg. I I no. Robinson would get $4,500.00 out of this crowd; religion got about $100.00; seems like the circus is sorter cleaning us up. If 1 love could save, no man would ever va astrav. o- : . . . ! ... ., 1 wouldn t have an almanac wren tne doctrine of election in it. The best ex planation of that doctrine Wa& from an bid darkey who said, "no man is lected cepm he s a candidate, and thank uod, in the race for heaven everybody can run independent. Your (thance means heaven if you want it. . j ; The idea of husband and wife quar reling! How can one quarrel? It re minds me of the woman I saw on the cars playing cards by herself. I asked her wbO;was beating, and she said, "l m a little ahead." r I j : .Only a fool will drink and a scoundrel sea liquor; it you can give me any stronger terms than these without cuss- : i T'11 . 1 tu Ak:.t.:AH 1 ml; 1 11 use mem. 1 11c wuisi uuici-iiuii I ve got to saloon keepers ; is they are like like make their ' living off of the heads of families. IH die by my principles. 1 d, rather be a man in my grave than a pusillanimous coward in the pulpit. Preachers, don t shoot at what you doh't see; turn your guns jori what you do see. . If I was pastor of some churches I'd skin the deacons and elders rabbit fash- ion cut a hole in their backs and pun - r em through. 1 understand some 01 you church members don't like the Way I talk. A mule always moves up or kicks when he is struck. L Keep good company. pome men when they are alone are w ith-the biggest rascals. I don t know wha to do with them. The average society girl is no more like God made her than if a Chinaman had made her of soft pine. I Some of you women "think Mr. Jones is i too vulgar; and youve got drunk en! husbands I'm trying tjo pull :out of thjp ditch, and you hollerj "don't get any mud on you. 1 When i started- to heaven on the prand trunk line I pot on! at Conviction. The next station was Repentance, then Conversion, then Brother Love, then Obedience. The next Was Generosity, and the train was going it fifty miles an hour, but when the brakeman called out the name of the station ithe passengers piled out of the windows; until only two were left, and I ain't never been crowded since. j Preachers are too dry &nd dull. I was that way once, and didn't get any better until 1 took 1 utt s puis. iMany a man takes a diseased liver fori a pure heart. ! It's no harm to kill a dude. Murder is the unlawful killing of a ihurnan being, I The greatest curiosity hi this world is an unburdened human heart, j I I d rather be a pauper and feel like a prince, than be a prince land feel like a pauper. j If I start to Liverpopl jit is not the every-day incidents of tfe yoyage which take me there, but the jgreat Propeller which throbs day and night. So it is not the things of this.life, but jthe Everlast ing Arms under me that, bear me to the nome rjevona. - 1 ' MURDERS IN BALTIMORE. ! j 1 An Aged Lady and Her Daughter Found i with their Skulls Crtaahed. 1 By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Baltimore, May 3 Mrs. Sarah Bla- nev. a widow, aged 77 years, ana ner daughter, Carolina, residing at 1,035 Green Monnt avenue, were found mur dered in their beds this njrning. Their skulls had been crushed! with a blunt in strument, . Wm. Blaneyl grandson of he d lady has been (arrested Rob- I . J - .r . f : 1 tive for the crime. Raleigh News 5H Observer: A, good deal of interest has been manifest ed in the explorations riqw going, on at; Bauldin's Mountain, in the edge of Per son county, a few miles West of the Dur- : ham & Northern Railroad, where some very tine soapstone has been found be-j sides immense quantities! of fine granite and indications of other minerals. It is contemplated to build ja fine hotel on this mountain which ovjerlooks a broad expanse of undulating country. nn a id EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. Admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court j- of the United States. ; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. J Washington, May 1. When the Su preme Court of the United States met at noon $o-day ex-President Cleveland was one of the lawyers within the space reserved for members of the bar.' He was accompanied by Mr. Garland, At torney General of "the last administra tion. Immediately after the opening of the ourt the Cruet Justice asked 11 there were any motions for admission to the bar. Mr. Garland arose and in the Usual formal! style said, "I move the admission of Mr.Grover Cleveland, who is! duly qualified under the rules." The Chief Justice! directed thatthe requisite I oath De aaminisierea, ana mis was penormea by Mrl McKenny, Clerk of the Court. Mr, Cleveland . then went over to the Clerk's office, where he f paid ms iee 01 iu, nad his name regis tered,! and received hi parchment. It was not generally known that he was not in town, and the news ot his admission to the" bar of the Supreme Court was a surprise. Mr. Cleveland is of counsel in what are known as the Drainage cases,! from New Orleans, and asked for admission in order that he might be qualified to appear rn these suits before the Cburt. It is quite improbable that the cases will be reached at this term of the Cpurt, and they will probably go over until next November. SAM JONES. His Talk to the Negroes An Immense Gathering. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star, Charlotte, May 1. Fully 8.000 negroes were crowded into the taber nacle here this afternoon to hear Sam Jones!.. In a town of twelve thousand 1. i .. population such a sight was never be fore witnessed. j Sam Jones talked to the negroes about stealing lying, whiskey drinking and immorality. As long, he said, J as the raee sells its virtue for' a spool of thread or a ribbon it can never amount to much. The most striking scene ever Witness ed wais at the close of the'sermon, when Jones! asked all those who were going to quit stealing, lying, whiskey drinking and immorality and hereatter lead an upright Christian life to stand up, and the entire throng rose in a solid mass. CONTRACT LABOR - Tim Lee Tells What he Has Learned of Violations of the Law at Norfolk and Other Points. WASHINGTON. Mav 1. A ioint meet ing of the House aid Senate Commit tees on Immigration1 and Naturalization was neld to-day to hear Timothy F. Lee, special agent of the Treasury De- partrmen, upon the subject of violations of the contract labcir law in the South. Lee said his territory extended from Norfolk, Va., tcf Brunswick, GaL and his duties were to investigate and prevent violations of the contract labor; law. In that section of country, he said, several hundred , Canadians came and went every year, working while there loading cottqn on steamers They did not do any more work thar native laborers, nor am t:ney work lor less wages; ana it yi2& his belief employers were benefitted by their labor. They were more pliant, Mr, Lee thought, than native, laborers, and were lor that reason desired He had worked up a case against one Norfolk firm for the importation of thirtv-five of the- Canarlians.i and the case is now pending in the U. S. Court at Richmond. The Canadians them selves, fearing trouble, he said, had left West Point and returned home, The greater number 'of these Canadians worked at Norfolk, West Point and Savannah. j Mir. Lee told how the English cotton brokers buying for! English consumers had recently brought with them cheap samplers, who took the place'of Ameri can (experts who had received $5 to $10 a day for their work. There seemed to be no remedy lor this, however, as con' tracts made in foreign countries by citi zens thereof do not come within the purview of the law.1 Mr. Lee spoke Of the supplanting ot native colored labor by Italians in the phosphate beds of South Carolina. Ne groes formerly made as high as $2.50 a day, but padrones went down and drove them out with Italians who do not aver age! more tfoan sixty cents a day. There are about 2,000 of them in the phosphate beds", and they are kept at work by armed guards. The contract labor law. Mrj Lee says, 15 inoperative. In his opinion employer and employe should be punished; and instead ot a hne being imposed for violation the offender should be imprisoned OBITUARY. Death of Bishop Borgess, of the Catholic Diocese of Michigan Sketch of - his Life and his Labors. j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Kalamazoo. Mich., May 3. Bishop Cooper Borgess, who was stricken with paralysis at St. Augustine deanery re cently, died at 1.10 o'clock this morning; aged 62 years. He has been tailing each day, but remained conscious until near the end. Bishop Borgess was born in i Kappenberg, Germany, in 1828. but came to this country with his parents when a boy. He received his education. for the priesthood in Cincinnati, and lor many years .was pastor ot it. fhilo- menas Church in .that city, rle was chiosen to succeed Bishop Lefevre, who died in 1870. Bishop Borgess' official ' career in this diocese was a notable and eventful one.- He believed in vig orous work, and early took steps to strengthen the diocese both spiritually and financially. In 1875 he promulgated a series of orders, in which he required that Church or school property, then held or to be subsequently acquired, should be deeded to himself in fee sim ple, and not to his successor in office, arid that the final authority on the con tracting of Church debts and the exten- sipn of Church buildings, should be vested in him. j He used his authority greatly to the advantage of the Church. Uiunng nis aummisiraLioiii oisuop our- gess succeeded in establishing nine Churches in Detroit, and his work will b& known as memorable. Knowing that he was subject to heart disease Bishop Borgess sent in his resignation, which was in due time! acted upon, and Rev. Jphn Foley, of Baltimore, chosen to succeed him. -Henderson Gold iJeaf: Four of the escaped prisoners have been caught. They were founc on the Roanoke river, arid three of thefn had crossed the Vir ginia line before they were captured. i 1 he grand gury at uranvuie court last week found a true bill against Mr. J. M. Currin, agent for W. S. Kimball & Co., of Rochester, N. Y., for forming what is known as the "cutter trust" they having entered into a "conspiracy, it is alleged, to control the 'price of a cer tain grade ot tobacco. - - NO. 26 WASH NGTON NEWS. Public Debt Statement. ' By Telerraph to the Morning Star. Washington,. May lc-The debt statement issued to-day ; shows a de- 1 crease during April, of S7.63ft.901 72: decrease since i June 30th. $61,125,85117; total interest! bearing debt, $803:855.- 553 93; total debt of all kinds, $1,595,842,- 297 42; total debt,less available creditsj $1,015.520,77 28; cash in treasury, $632,- ao.Tau 42; legal tender notes outstand ing, sa.400.8in 16. certificates of deooslt outstanding, 88,700,000; gold certificates outstanding. $134,642,839; silver certifi-, cates outstanding, $292,923,348; fraction al currency Outstanding, $0,912,549 97 TIT . ; L- m a r. vvashinuxon, May a. Alter making a careful canvass of the House tor learn what measure ot support cjuld be counted upon for the movement, the managers of the River and Harbor bill have decided that they will attempt to pass tne Din in tne riouse ; Monday,' un der a suspension of the rules, (which will require a two-thirds' vote), if they can secure recognition. Washington, May 3. Senator Jas. B. Beck, of Kentucky, died in the Bal timore & Pc tomac Railroad station at 4.15 this afternoon. He had iust ar rived on a t ain and dropped as he was passing thrc ugh the main waiting-room. He was canned into the station master's office, and was dead when a physician reached his side a few minutes later. An examination by physicians de- monstratea that death was caused by paralysis of khe heart, and immediately followed the attack. The body of Sen- ator tseck was removed trom the sta tion to the! House of Representative Breckinridge, of Kentucky, and later in the evening was embalmed. No ar- rangementsjhave yet been made for the funeral. Mfijor and Mrs. Goodloe, the son-in-law ind daughter of Mr. Beck, have expressed willingness to leave all arrangements tor the funeral in the hands of the Kentucky delegation in Congress, and thev will hold a meeting tc-rmorrow for the purpose of making these arrangements. WhateAer arrange ments may be made as to the time of the funeral the body will be removed to. I Lexington, Kv Mr. Beck s home, and I will be intejrred there, where his wife and one daughter lie buried. Actme becretarv Kamsev to-dav is sued Orders for the Squadron of Evo lution, last reported at Malta, to proceed to Brazil foi duty on the South Atlan- - tic stations, and for Rear Admiral Gillis, now in command at mar. station, to pro ceed home on the flagship Richmond. It is expected at the Navy Department that the squadron will sail for its new station in about two weeks. While no! explanation of the transfer is given, it s generally accepted to mean a desire on the part of the administra tion tq foster and cement friendly rela tions With the South American Repub lics. 1 e BUSINESS OUTLOOK. DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE FOR THE WEEK. The' Outlook for Industries and Legiti mate Trade Distinctly Favorable. I By T sletaph to the Moraine Suir. New York. May 2. The prospects of Silver legislation having become less distinct, sopie of the speculative markets have reacted from the recent advance. At the same time the outlook for indus tries and legitimate trade is distinctly favorable, owing to damage to wheat and I cotton and labor disturbances. Accounts of injury to winter wheat grow more definite and foreshadow a low er official riport than that of last month. The general average of prices is nearly one, per cent, lower than a;. week ago. Notwithstjinding the rise of 3Jc. in wheat, due! to reports of injury, sales here were 24.000,000 bushels, and exports both of corii and wheat and. flour, con tinue large. Keports from other cities are gen erally favorable as to the volume of busi ness, and bjank clearings show an increase over last year ot ten per cent. At Bos ton wool s stronger on some grades tnat are scarce, and a better ; demand is seen, salefe reaching 2.900,000 pounds, and yet no improvement whatever is de tected in the market for goods there or here. Difficulties in the clothing trade ,do not abate. An apprehension ofcmore fail ures causes an uneasiness 'in this and other cities. Chicago reports the usual increase in the movement of grain and meats, and increasing sales of dry goods, but a stagnant clothing trade. At Pitts burg, manufactured iron is "in the dumps." ( Money i has not been disturbed this week, holding steadily at four per cent. on call here, easier at Philadelphia, and in fair supply at other cities at rates as usual. I There is much less complaint of slow collections throughout the Northwest, but considerable in some lines at Phila delphia, Boston and New York. Good crops and large sales of farm products have made things comparatively easy, at the West; but the effects of two succes sive opeq winters are felt in the Eastern markets. The advance in Pennsylvania divi dend does much to encourage foreign buying, and the tone ot the stock mar ket is decidedly strong. But exports of all products from New York are 18 per cent, below last year s for April; while imports ,have shown an increase'of 18 per cent.; facts which indicate a heayy excess of imports over exports for that month, j Business failures throughout the country I during the week number, for the United States 185, Canada 26. To tal 211, against 218 last week. MYSTERIOUS "sHOOTING. 3. VT. Howard Fatally Shot by M. J. Groldmnn in an Atlanta Hotel Both Men ' Strangers. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Atlanta, May 3. At the European hotel tbtday, M.J. Goldman, of Mem phis, shot J. W. Howard, ! of St. Louis, and Howard will die. Both men are strangers here, and there is a mystery over the shooting which is as yet un solved. -Howard,, though conscious. would say nothing except that his real name is fcdwara skinner, and his broth er-in-law, namea s. c uoane, is in Shermap, Texas. The shooting was de liberately done. The men came here together, and were on apparently good terms, l hey went to uoldmau s room, and the door had been closed but a min ute when shots were heard. Goldman walked put into the hall, and in the con fusion rqade his escape. ! Goldman and HowardL as they were known here, had been in Atlanta at intervals since April 17th. They were believed to be show men, but nothing definite can be learned aBout either. ! Anna Dickinson, who' cleared $25,000 In one season and $160,000 in ten has a htlle or none of it left. ITS TURPENTINE. v Lurti am Ulobea: it is; learned ling regret that the health of Maneum. of the University, is ' fast failing. He is Unable to fill his chair as a proiessor,; arid is confined to his room., ., "'- -. r- Rutherford Banner: DXl,;W. Harris sowed some Luncerne or AlaUa crass in his lot in the rear nf his Hnia store about the middle of last Septem ber, and on the !21st of this month he cut a part of it j which was twenty-eight ! inches high. j . I - j ; Nashville Argonaut: !We great- H ly regret to have to record the death of , Mrs. uettie Davis Battle, wite ot 1. ti, - rsattie. Ksn.. ct Krvkrv mount, wn en , . occurred last Saturday nighti - On Monday, a man I who was drunk and , -noisv was out in- the town lock uo bv f . 1 Km . a . 1 ' . 1 , 1 , :: he set fire to a mattress and but for the timely discovery of the fire, Would have been burned up.' - Nero Ricks, col ored, was arrested! and lodged in jail oaiuraay nigntj ior mortgaging a norse . and road cart, to too many people. Raleigh Visitor: One of the most remarkable freaks of nature that A nas proDaoiy evei Dcen seen 111 tniscity, is now on exhibition- at the clothing store of Messrs. Whiting Bros., and, is attracting great attention. As near as we can designate the creature, it may be termed a twin-turtle. It came from Uranite fails, Caldwell county, and is 01 thf ninrl turtle n"ii Tt has ritt wrll ' developed legs, t;wo well formed headd and necks, two pair of good eyes, but only one tail. Itj can crawl pone way as well as another. 1 he heads are kept al most Constantly out as if the creature is proud of them. 1 Favetteville Observer: The - Fayetteville Canning Factory will be in readiness in every, respect for its work at the maturity of the truck and fruit sea son, and will ene-ace more" lareelv than C o - ever in the canning of fruit, and vege tables. Mr. R. L. Bryan, of Bladen, has shown us specimens I of gypsum found on his place in White Oak town ship, in the vicityof Harrison's Landing. Some time agij) Dr. Dabney, State Chemist, made a careful examination of samples placed in his possession, with satisfactory results. It isl believed, from examination, that gypsum exists in this. bed in very considerable quantities, and that future developments will prove of great importance to Mr. Bryan. Raleigh Chronicle: .Yesterday Sheriff Chesson of Washington county. . brought four convicts to the penitentiary.. Two of them were colored boys aged 14 and 11 years and they were sentenced lor life. 1 heir crime was the killing of their four year old sister. Yestcr- day Charles D. Upchurch, Esq., Supe rior Court clerk of Wake'countv. turned over to the State Treasurer a check for $15,012 50, that being the full amount of taxes due the State from the Raleigh and uaston Kauroad Co. under the com promise" recently effected. A Condition ' ot the compromise was tnat tne railroad should bear all costs, attorneys ices, &c. The fees for the attorneys who aided in the compromise on the part of Pthe State were; $l,000s each. . Scotland !Neck Democrat: Mr. Marcellus Pope, a respected citizen of the community, died at his home a few miles from town on Sunday last. Mr. c. A. Camp told us this week that he will plant I twenty acres' in rice this year, against two acres last year. He is thoroughly convinced that the rice crop will pay, and puts his conviction! into practice by making it one of the diver sities of his i crop. : - A gentleman who had not seen Scotland Neck at this season in several years was heard re mark that Scotland Neck is the pret tiest little town he had seen. And truly it is now .quite beautiful. The streets are wide, well shaded, neatly kept, and Main street is said to be the prettiest drive in the btate. We learn that the two colored boys, Austin Hardy and Tom Jones, who were drowned in Roanoke river on the 10th, were found last Saturday about a mile from the place where ; they were lost. They were clasped in each others' arms.. and their bodies were not at all niuti- lated. They had been in the water just a week. I I ' Goldsboro Headlhht: Willis Jordan, colored, was brought to this city yesterday noon and lodged in the county lau. 1 He is another one of the burglars who broke into the stores of ex-postmaster Jas. K. Hatch, and w. u. Davis S Co., at Mt. Ulive Wednesday his hother near Wilmington, Monday, and carried to Mt. Olive where he had - a hearing before Justice Simmons, who committed him to iail to be tried with his confederate Schoneld Brown who was arrested here Saturday. As a clerk slept in Davis & Co's. store the crime is a capital one. The Goldsboro Rifles at their meeting Thursday night decided to attend the unveiling of the Lee Monument at,- Richmond, which takes place! May 29. Mr. Robert Combs, aged 79, and Mrs. Ava Elmore, aged 53, both of Stoney Creek town ship, were (happily united in wedlock Wednesday, lhe Lantern Carolina Insane Asylum, near this city, numbers 240 inmates at present. Although the building is Already crowded applications are still corning in. Lenoir Topic: Mrs.'Murk Gib: son died Monday morning, after a long and painful illness from paralysis aggra vated by grip. One of the, sights on the streets last week, was the training, driving &cf of Henkel s 24 fine Norman horses bought from St. Louis. : Dr. Carter and his son Warren, says a Blow ing Rock correspondent of the Watauga Democrat, have bought several acres of land from Mr. Ben Greene and will build a sanitarium upon it. The Board of Pensions was in session on Monday and sent up recommendations for 34 pensioners This does not include all in tne county as tnere aije neany ou pen sioners in j Caldwell county. . Last Saturday seven wagons loaded with 12,- 000 pounds of machinery for the Bee Mountain Mining company passed Hart land on the way to the mines. This ma chinery consists of the parts of rock crushers and other modern appliances for gold-mining and there were 24,000 pounds m6re of it at the Morganton de ton depot waiting to be hauled. The Bee Mountain Company is pushing things and spending lots of money around Hartland. Winston Leader : Mrs. Evan- der Morrison, living in one of the fac tory houses on Dalrymple street, was found dead in her bed on r riday morn ing. SheJ was apparently in her usual health when she retired the night; be fore. h Mr. T. W. Braswcll, our jew eller, informs us that he has a watch made in Dublin, Ireland, duringthe year 1107. - Mrs. Rebecca Hurley, an old ladv residing on West Main street. attempted to commit suicide last Satur day morning, by hanging. It seems that she had been in declining health for some time, and had become addicted to the use of ( laudanum to relieve her suf fering. On Saturday she, failed to ob-, tain any and determined upon self-destruction, j She procured a rope by some means, which was taken from her by a 12 year old granddaughter. Some time afterwards, her granddaughter having temporarily leit ine room, sne procqrea a sash, made it fast to the top of the door, placed the noose around her neck, stepped from a chair on which she had been standing and was found hanging when her little granddaughter returned a few minutes later. An alarm was given and she was cut down by a neigh bor.. before death ensued. We under stand that she threatens to throw her self into the well at the next opportunity unless she is furnished with laudanum whenever she wants it. She is being closely watched and cared for. with exceqp DfSA. WV