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THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
While it is true that there iir'e some
protectionists in the South tjhjcy are
few ami far between, and when they
are I'omid they are not of that grasp
nig. voracious kind that are: found
'-elsewhere. When the Ways and
Means Committee held its sessions
to hear the views of persons intcr
estcjd in the tariff, manufacturers
and
others, there were very tpw from
the
Our
ami
KouthTo plead for protection.
manufacturers are indifferent,
are not giving themselves much
erii on that subject, knowing
well that they can! hold their
whether there be a high protec
t a riff, a low protective tariff,
10 -protective tariff jat all) In
'full,
own
Vi vl
or '
Imil,
v. ill'
ling up their enterpriscs,iwhich
in the past ten 3-ears have at-
Umil marvelous proportions,' the
L-ctive tariff never entered j as an
nr...
.'k.
incut in their calculations anclto-
day
.la
if the protective tarjff were
ked out, trunk, root And' branch
oiijdn'.t give them a moment's
it w
thinight ,. 'the industries jyvhich have
multiplied so rapidly : and jarenrichi
- in i those interested in them and the
( Soutii'as well,, came into existence
without "the'-aid of the ( protective
tariff and can live and flourish with
out It-.' ' . :-h.-..".
.'-Whether the protective! policy be
t ui'-i cssity, as its advocates .say.it is,
i'.r not in any section of the country
it Is not in the South. It is, in our
(inVo.io'n, .not only not a necessity but
; :n .absolute injury and an obstacle
.-ik" the way of more rapid industrial
-.irt s;and development. ;.j
'A'ii.-ilior a protective tiiriff be nec
viry'tiii the prosperity of the nianu-.
ii luiini industries of the. North or
1 1 1 e ft,- is no doubt that they have
f-'lplM.I
great benefits from it and
th.it sonic of them have beeri ennch
r . ly it. : It is against j these that
. H i'iihi.-rn - manufacturing! industries
n.a e had and now have to contend,
jit was against' these tljiey had to
r"iitciiiryiien first established. If
jth.' pinttctive tariff be necessary to
jtliftir -iiiain-teiiance, as they. say it is,
Ithe- nrrjrne.il t the protective tariff
ceased tuLi: that moment the North
ern .protected industries would begin
to -top ill e and-fall to ruin. jWhat -would
r
oc, tire f
n'o? Why simply this, that
lnstries" which could not live
those in1
-jiii.tlic; North without! protection
;; would he transfered td the South
-.j where they could live and prosper
. without it, - ,.d the South would, be
iconic the great manufacturing , field
"f tlie continent. ' Deprived of the
-.henefitsiof the protective tariff which
cnnhleii them to hold the. field .as ri
vals despite the disadvantages against
which they have to contend they
would seek the location possessing
the greater advantages, and ! avail
themselves of the more genial clime,
the longer' seasons for work, the
jcheaper raw materials! and. greater
lahuiKlance of them, air of -which ad
vantages the Southern manufactur
;ers have, facts already recognized by
imany Northern manufacturers who
have moved extensive plants and lo
cated in 'the South. . !
Take from them the. tariff bonus
and compel them without such aijlto
."cope j with the Southern manufac
turers and within, the Eiext teni years
; there would be a general 'exodus
', southward,- and our water 'courses
j would be alive with the whir and
i the hum vof. wheels apd machinery
transferred from Northern to South-
' Prn citn,.
' .yi course we do" not expect this.
c do not expect the day ..will - ever
he when "the wheels of ' Northern
. manufacturing industries will stop
ff'i" want' . of . protective' tariff,
. such as they now have, although
its days arei numbered and it is
doomed to go. We do not believe it
ls Accessary to their majntenance.
,l ney 9an get -along without it and
I ca prosper without it. They can
; mH the goods which the people of
Lcir section need at such prices as
-11 Ry-aiem, and they will always
mak
p in a country where the popula
tiori
is increasi'nff as it is in this, and
Wllcr(;. thcre is. the genius for inyent-
5 S and constructing labor-saving
-Mnnery as there is this country,
iut the great field for manufactur
es Will PVIntli;it1l7 -,ry tl, O .L
ecause here the natural advantages
ri jT'nere the cheaper raw mate
bE a.iu m these, as has already
remonstrated in the Sou
- uci 01 success, t ,
VOL. XXI.
INTERESTING FIGTJBES.
The next thing in order in the
House of Representatives after the
conspirators have, fixed it . to their
liking, will be an election bill to hold
the Republican representatives" which
they now have in Ohio and Mary
land, which have been redistricted,
and to control, the elections in the
Southern States in those districts
where the negro vote is large enough
to give a hope of success. The first
they aim to accomplish by requiring
that the -elections for members of
Cdngress shali be held in the old
districts as constituted before the re
districting took place. This provis
ion of the ' . bill as offered
by Mr. McComas, and which
Will in all j probability form a
feature of the bill they decide upon,
is intended especially for Ohio where
under the infamous Republican ger
rymander it took 79,257 Democratic
voters to elect a Representative,
while it took only 20,003 Republican
voters to do it pne Republican vote
for that purpose being equivalent to
three Democratic votes. The fol
lowing figures-as shown by the vot
ing strength of the Democratic and
Republican parties, and the repre
sentation in the House of Represen
tatives show I how unscrupulously
some of the Northern States , have
been gerrymandered and how effect
ively the Democrats are robbed of
representation. In , Massachusetts
183,892 Republican voters elect ten
Congressmen, while , 104,385 Dem
ocratic voters elect only two. In
Kansas 181,904 Republican voters
elecWseven Representatives while
147,313 Democratic voters elect
none, in Maine, tne pauiwicK ot
Boss Reed, who is one of the
especial champions of an election
aw to secure fair representation,
"2,534 Republican voters elect
four Representatives and 54.51G
;ratic voters none. In Penn
sylvania 25.052 Republican votes
elect a Representative while it takes
03,805 Democratic votes to elect
one. About the same ratio would
run through all the Republican
States of the North, where it is
brought' about by the system of
gerrymandering, which has prevail
ed in all of them. That's what they
want to protect and reap the benefit
of in Ohio in the next Congressional
elections in! that State.
But the blow is aimed mainly at
the South where they hope to cap
ture districts enough to offset the
districts which they may and expect
to lose in the North and West.
Their plea in justification of this
kind of legislation is the smallness of
the Republican vote as compared
with the voting population, of the
South, and the assumption that every
negro is a Republican and that when
there is not a full Republican vote
there is prima facie evidence of in
timidation or fraud. If the silent
voters, or the . voters who don't
vote, be evTOence of intimidation or
fraud, the North and tfle West suffer
more from intimidation and fraud
than the South does, for in propor:
tion to the votine population there
is a fuller vote cast in the South
than in either the North or the West.
There is a great army of silent
voters in every State in the Union,
and more of them in the Republican
than in the Democratic States, and
more in the' North than in the South.
, When the subject of Federal con
trol of the elections was proposed in
the Senate early in the session, Sen
ator Pasco, of Florida, in reply to the
allegation of intimidation and fraud
in the South, as based upon the dis-
proportion
voters and
between the number of
the votes cast furnished
some interesting figures, from which
it appears that in twenty Republi
can States there were l,b,5J4d "si
lent voters," and in eighteen Demo
cratic States l,484,80u, an excess in
the Republican States of 503,543
In the last Presidential election, ac
cording to figures compiled in alma
nacs published by northern newspa
pers, the excess of "silent voters in
the Republican States was 1,000,144.
In 1880 the average number of f'si
lent voters to each representative
in Congress in the New England
States was 14,549 ; in the extreme
Western States 31,219, and in the
Southern States, not including those
on the extreme border. 14,109. The
figures for the election last Novem
ber were as follows : New England
States, 10,557; Southern States, 15,
532. At the last Presidential elec
tion 384,472 voters remained away
from the polls in Pennsylvania and
222,371 in Georgia.
In North Carolina there are about
5jO,000, white men who do not cast
their ballots, eight out of ten of
whom if thev 'did would vote the
Democratic ticket.
How is this great army of silent
voters as an evidence, of intimida
tion and fraud arid as a justification
of the force bills to be run through
to control elections in the South ?
As an argument it proves nothing
and only shows that the silent voter
don't care enough for his ballot to
cast it. ; -
'A young man near Savaffnah, Ga,
contracted the currency last week by
swallowing a silver dollar.. Maybe
the voune man wants to convert
himself into a savings bank, "
JLHE
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MINOR MENTION. .
Since Crank Blair was laid out so
flat on his educational bore, he occa
sionally endeavors to get himself to
gether and showy the public! that he
still alive by a peculiar I dash of
graveyard humor or a little sarcasm,
the inspiration of a torpid liver act
ing on a diseased mind, He Couldn't
resist
the temptation to indulge in
of this Friday, when he inter
some
rupted Mr. Daniel, who was speak
ing o;n the silver bill, with' the in
quiry "whether he thorfght the finan
cial management of the Republi
can party by which the . rebellion
; i
e
had(j;een suppressed as anything else
thanja splendid achievement pf finan
cial engineering?" to which Mr. Daniel
replied with a keen lance thrust that
he "did not admire the losrid of gen
tlemen who -were so entirely dis-
connected -with modern times that
they .must! always, go bapk to " the
war to tret up an illustration,-' J We
have seen dogs which had been
kicked and cuffed around so much
that they snapped at everything that
came near them. That's the wa3T
it is with Blair. He has been sat
down upon so often that he has. be-
come soured, and vents his spleen
by mapping at everything around
him; The charitable impression is
that he is insane, and that hehasn't
got sense enough left to realize it.
N - -j !
The regular appropriations for the
nex fiscal year exceeds the. iappro
pnations for this year by $35,000,-
000, the total amount of the fourteen
bills reported being ' 300,000,000.
The increase of expenditures for
pensions amounts .to io,uou,out.,
which does not include any special
bills that have been or raav be
passed. The increase of 12,Q00,00T
in the appropriation for the:. Post-
office is noteworthy for this indicates
that it must have'been run onja very
scant allowance, heretofore 6r that
Mr. Wanamaker is runningj it on
a very expensive plan, unq tning
is certain; the increase in efficiency
of service is not "proportionate to
the increase of cost. As Secretary
Windom estimated the surplus next
year at $44,000,000, this would leave
a little margin of, 9,000,000 to meet
incidentals if there were no reduction
of revenue. But as Mr. McfKinley
estimates the reduction under bis tar-
iff.bill at about $40,000,000, there
would be according to Mr. Windom,
$4,000,000 surplus to meet an in
creased expenditure of $35,000,000.
From the present outlook it seems
that the Republican statesmen have
solved the surplus problem, which is
not likelv to crive much trouble to
the statesmen of .the future.
STATE TOPICS.
A few days ajro we called atten
tion- to the growth of tobacco cul
ture in Wilson county. As an evi
dence of how the culture has
increased in Nash county, where the
culture was introduced in 1884 the
Argonaut says that one thousand
tobacco barns have already been
erected in that county, and that
many more will be erected before
the .crop matures!. .. Many of tthe
farmers; of this section have cleared
from $300 to $400 an- acre on
their tobacco, figures which are
rarely ever equalled anywhere.
The Republican ! party managers
in South Dakota are), in trouble; be
cause of the organization of the
farmers party in that State, which
Controls 30,000 votes which makes
it uphill work for them to hold their
own. j .
A SAD ACCIDENT. !
. i
Little Ed.
Harker Meets
His Death, by
Drowning.
Every Saturday afternoon the two
young sons of Mr. N. D. Harker, mate
of the steam-tug Marie, go down to see
their father, yesterday as usual they were
there, and about 4 o'clock, when the older
brother was ready to go home he looked
for Eddie and could not find him, but
saw his straw hat floating on the water,
Search was made, but Eddie could not
be found in the . neighborhood of the
Marie, at home, nor in his usual haunts,
It is surmised that his hat blew off
and that he fell overboard in trying to
get it, or that he fell over in climbing
from the tug Marie to the Champion
Compress wharf, where the Marie was
moored. ;
Mr. Harry Bowdoin and his divers
made diligent search for his body and
two or three hours after the disappear
ance of the boy found the body in the
dock. Goroner Jacobs was summoned
but after learning the' facts in the case
decided that it was unnecessary to hold
an inquest. The body was removed to
the undertaking establishment of Mr,
Woolvin and was thence taken to the
home of the parents, on Fifth -street
between Dawson and Wooster.
Eddie Harker was seven years old
and Capt. E. D. Williams, of the Marie,
says he was one of the brightest boys he
m- i . . l ; r i . r
ever Knew, mucn sympainy is ieii ior
the parents ot the untortunate boy in
thei r sad bereavement.
Mt. Olive-Academy.
Col. W. T. Strange last Friday night
delivered an address at Mount Olive
Academy; and the same evening Mr. C.
B. Aycock delivered an address before
the Henry E. Shepherd Literary Socie
ty of the Academy. - Both were much
complimented. Handsome -! bouquets
were presented, to Col. Strange bvjlittle
Miss Faison, daughter of Dr. Faison,
and to Mr. Aycock by Miss McGehee,
daughter of Mr. Thos. McGehee. r
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WILMINGTON, N. C,
DELEGATES APPOINTED
To Represent New Hanover County in
the Democratic State, Congressional
and Judicial Conventions. f
The following is the lists of delegates
appointed toy J. Y). Bellamy, Jr., Esq.,
chairman af the . late County Conven
tion, under a resolution empowering
hinv to select delegates to the State,
Judicial and Congressional Democratic
Conventions: " : I
STATE CONVENTION.
George Davis, '
B R Moore, .-
E D Hall,
A G Ricand.
J H Currie,
: R H McKoy,
t W Kerchner,.
M Bellamy,
Joshua T James,
DuBrutz Cutlar,
W P Oldham,
J C otevenson,
Fred W Ortmann,
CONGRESSSIONAL CONVENTION.
B.FHall.
J J Fowler,
B R Dunn,
A Montgomery,
L Boatwright,
J,T Kerr,
M Cronly,
saae Bates,
A J Marshall,
N Macomber,
G WGafford,
R E Heide,
J I Macks,
J F Woolvin,
Frank Meier
JF' Maunder.
A Adrian,
W L Parsley,
D M Williams,
A D Wessell,
John Sweeny,
W N Harriss,
A P Yopp,
W F Williams. '
A D Brown,
Jas Sprunt,
I H Uavisk
A I, Scott.
W H Bernard,
R (Ket.ly.
E G Parmicle,
J W Hcweu,
1 tl McKoy,
C H Robinson,
Jas F Post, Jr,
H bharp.
J B Huggins,
Martin Newman,
JUDICIAL CONVENTION
H McL Green, Wm Latimer,
J W Atkinson,
Gabriel Holmes,
A J Hill.
P Heinsberger,
Raymond Branch,
J H Boatwright
J B Hanks,
W R French,
P L Bridgers,
Walker Meares
Norwood Huske,
J H Durham,
W H Green,
WT Hewlett,
G W Linder.
R H Beery,
Nelson Jenkins,
M Cronly, Jr,
JG Wright.
W R Kenan,
Julius A Bohitz,
E W Manning,
F W Kerchner,
Iredell Mearcs,
A M Waddell,
E-S Martin,
G W Chesnutt,
W B McKoy.
G W Kidder,
H P West,
W II Strauss,
J W Bolles.
Norwood ones,
Wilkes Morris.
W E Worth.
J C Davis,
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS.
The Sixth Judicial and Third Congres
sional.
The Democratic Convention for the
Third Congressional District meets in
the town of Clinton; and the Conven
tion of the Sixth Judicial District has
been called to meet at Kinston on the
0th of July. The following lists of the
counties in each district and the number
ofdelegates each co jnty is entitled to
arc published for reference:
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL , DISTRICT.
Bladen J .,
..31
..52
..44
..29
...39
..24
.14
..47
.50
Cumberland I .... .
Duplin. .;(.....'.
Harnett.
Moore . .
Onslow.
Ponder... L... ..
Sampson J
Wayne. ....... .i. ...... .. ....
SIXTH JUDICAL DISTRICT.
Carteret. !. . .
Duplin; . , ,
, . . 20
..44
..14
.32
Jones. .... i ... ...'.
Lenoir. . ; '.
New Hanover. . : . . . . . . . . . . .
Onslow.
Pender.
Sampson -.
...38
I..24
J..14
...47
Judicial and Congressional Conventions,
The Convention of the Seventh Ju
dicial District will . meet . in Laurinburg
on the 10th of July, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for Judge and
Solicitof; and the Congressional Con
vention of the Sixth District will also be
held in Laurinburg on the 20th of July
The counties comprising these districts,
with the number of votes each is enti
tled to, are published herewith. Par
ties interested should preserve this f(5r
future reference.
! JUDICIAL
Anson,
Brunswick,
Bladen, . , . ...
Columbus,
Cumberland
Moore,
Richmond,
Robeson, .......
CONVENTION.
..45
..20
...31
. ,41
..52
...39
..34
. . .56
..318
Total, ........... .
CONGRESSIONAL
Anson, '.
Brunswick,
Cabarrus
Columbus,
Mecklenburg
New Hanover,
Richmond,
Robeson,
Stanly,
Union
CONVENTION.
..45
...20
..33
..41
..83
. .3g
..34
. .56
..20
..41
.411
Total,
NAVAL STORES.
Comparative Statement of Receipts for
the Crop Year.
Recipts of naval stores at Wilming
ton for the crop year from April 1st
to June 13th as compared with re
ceipts to same date last year, are as fol
lows: '
Spirits turpentine, 12,016 casks; last
year, 12,468.
Rosin, 60,867 barrels; last year, 40,
552. - -
Tar, 13,384 barrels; last year, 12,035.
Crude turpentine, 3,217 barrels; last
year 3,683.
Hoyal Arch Masons.
The Grand Chapter of North Caroli
na, in session at Asheville, selected
Morehead City as the next place of
meeting, on the second ; day of June,
1891. A banquet was given the Grand
Chapter by the Chapter of Masons and
Knights Templar of Asheville, at which
Hon. H. A. Gudger made the address of
welcome and Mr. E, S. Martin, of Wil
mington. replied. L
NAVAL; STORES.
The Stocks at the Forts at the Close of the
. ' "Week. .'
The following is a statement of the
stocks of naval stores at the ports
at the close of the week, viz:
Spirits turpentine Wilmington, 4,181
casks; New York, 461; Savannah, 11,018;
Charleston, 3,651. Total, 18,311 casks,
Rosin Wilmington, 20,547 barrels
New York, 8,640; Savannah, .50,522
Charleston, 14,362. Total, 94,071 bar
rels.
v Tar Wilmington, 8;081 barrels ; New
York, 2,237. Total, 10,318 barrels.
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1890.
OUR. PUBLIC BUILDING.
Seasons Advanced for an Increase in the
, ? . ' Appropriation. .
The Star's press dispatches yester
day stated that a favorable report had
been made in the House on Representa
tive Rowland's bill to; increase the appro
priation for the public building at Wil
mington, so as to fix the limit at $350,-
-000. ' - The Committee think that the in
creased appropriation is necessary for
the following reasons: ; j
The building is to be used for a post-
office, U. S. court room, and for offices
of, the clerk of the court, marshal, Uni
ted States commissioner, internal rev
enue offices, and forfhe signal ser
vice ; officials, for j the engineer of
the army in charge of the im
provements of the rivers and har
bors in North Carolina and adjoining
States, as weft as for, the safe-keeping of
tSe.valuable.maps, charts, surveys, &c.,
under his charge; and for offices for the
customs officials, jwhich alone requires
3JW0 square feet of space.
" The present building now nearly com
pleted contains about 11,000 square feet
and over 10,000 square feet is required
tor the postoffice.
The postoffice re
ceipts ior the year; ending June, 1889,
were $25,336.28. ,
The office is not
only self-sustaining
but yields a net revenue of 48 per cent.,
while for the same year the amount pf
customs business amounted to $50,026.
40 and was collected at an expense pf
only $11,525.52. The committee, there
fore recommended
bill.
the passage of the
TURPENTINE. '
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Lessened Prod action in Georgia Alleged
to be Duo to the Poor Condition of the
Trees.
The Savannah News of Wednesday
last says the receipts of spirits turpen
tine are steadily jailing 'off compared
with last season, and the falling off has
been going on for the last three weeks.
There have been complaints from some
sections of a scarcity of good hands to
work the farms, alth augh there are plenty
of common laborers. i
The real cause for the decrease, how
ever, is said toJjfc the poor condition tf
the trees, which are not healthy, arid
which have the appearance of being ex
hausted. This condition is attributed
to the open and dry winter and spring.
which have caused he sap to dry up.
The fall and winter! were warm and dry.
This condition of affairs aided the black-
headed bug in its wbrk of cutting and de
stroying the trees. There are numberless
traces of their work of destructiDn in the
forests, which might have been lessened
somewhat had therfe been frequent co
pious rains in the spring. As it was,
there was very little moisture, and the
trees are now dry and sapless. !
In the beginning of the season the
most conservative I estimate ot factors
and producers placed the increased yield
of naval stores at tuny 20 per cent, over
the product of last year, owing to the
increased number ot boxes cut, and their
condition at the beginning of the year
seemed to corroborate this estimate.
The pretiiction wf s further borne out by
Apiil and early part of May. Since
then the receipts i have decreased so
much that there is a very small differ
ence between this season and last, and
the estimates -of .the most enthusiastic;
operator have been reduced to about; 4
to 5 per cent, increase. It is now ge
erally believed that future receipts will
be proportionately less than they have
been and will not by any means increase
over those of last year.
SEA SICKNESS.
A New Remedy that is Said to be Effective.
The last number j of the Mariiinie
Register publishes the following, which
may prove of value to the readers of the
isTAR contemplating a sea voyage or a
trip to the Blackfish grounds:"
Charles Vy. Hamilton, a naval sur
geon, publishes this plan for curing sea
sickness : "The successful treatment of
sea sickness, which 'surgeons afloat have
so much to do withj and which generally
they are unable effectively to alleviate,
must prove my excuse for bringing be
fore the profession! the curative effects
of kola (Stereutia acuminata). In the
few cases which I have lately had to
deal with I haye found the internal ad
ministration! of " the seed of the kola a
most successful" remedy. Half to one
drachm of the seed chewed slowly was
lollowed in about 40 minutes by complete
cessation of the various symptoms of
mat dc merj-t the depression, vomiting,
and giddiness disappeared; the heart's
action was regulated and strengthened,
and a confidence was felt Jn heavy
weather that my cases never before ex
perienced during the many years that
they served in the ioyal Navy, and had
tried the usual rerriedies prescribed bv
their advisers. At bresent no meansj of
preventing sea sickness in those suscep
tible of it is known; and 1 venture to be
lieve that in the kola, or its alkaloid, we
have one, and that a larger trial of this
drug will tend to- support my opinion
From its well-known sustaining and jin-
vigoratmg properties during fatigue, for
"which it is daily used ly the natives on
the west coast ot Africa and the t0u-
dan its action in seal sickness seems! to
be the giving tone to- the nervous sys
tem, pYoving a stimulant acting gener
ally and locally.
Carolina, Knoxville j& Western Railroad
A dispatch from Greenville, S. jjC.
says the Board of Trade of that place
has appointed a committee to solicit sub
scriptions for a construction company,
with $50,000 capital, to complete the
.Carolina, Knoxville & Western Railroad
The people along the proposed route are
thoroughly aroused to the importance of
completing this road, and nearly all of
the stock ! has been promised. Hand
some .subscriptions have been voted by
the various counties through which it is
to pass, and for the construction compa
ny that is to complete it there is a good
margin for profit.
This road will place
L Greenville nearly
200 miles nearer
Knoxville and the
West, and give! the
shortest possible route to the ports of
Wilmington. Charleston, Port Royal
and Savannah.'
Q. C. & IT. Bailroad. " . . j j
Work "on the G. C. & N. railroad
M
is progressing rapidly. The tracklayers
crossed the Tiger nver, twenty-five
miles west of Chester, on Monday 'of
last week: Track-laying is also progress
ing in the vicinity of Greenwood, S. C
It will not be long, from present indica
tions, until the road will be completed to
Atlanta. II
TAR
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Senate Finance Committee and the
Tariff Bill River and Harbor Bill Com
pletedAppropriation Bills Reported,
I Btf Telegraph to the' Morning Star.
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jWashingtonJ une 12. At this morn
ng's session of the Republican mem
bers of the Senate Finance Committee,
they finished their preliminary consid
eration of the ; provisions of the Tariff
bill. Now, as one of them remarked,
they will go back to the first of the bill
and begin to do hard work upon,
the disputed i points which have been
heretofore passed over without action.
It is possible : that this afternoon the
sugar schedule, which was passed over
without discussion, will be taken up. r
Washington, une 12. The benate
Committee oh Commerce has practical
ly completed the River and Harbor bill,
although it will not be reported until
next week, All the money appropriated
for the improvement of the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers respectively is to be
expended under direction; of and in
accordance with the plans adopted by
commissions in charge of the work on
the two steamers. As reported by the
committee the bill will carry a total of
about $3,000,000 in excess of the House
bill. i 1 : - .! -
The Legislative, Executive and Judi
cial Appropriation bill was reported to
the Senate to-day. The bill as it passed
the House carried a total of $29,842,447:
the Senate committee added $313,470,
making a total of $21,115,917.
. 1 he Senate committee struck from the
legislative feature of the bill the House
provision requiring that every applica
tion for civn service examination shall
be accompanied by a certificate of State
and county officers, stating that the ap
plicant is an actual and bona fide resident
of the State and county in which he
claims to live. J
rsius were opened at tne l reasury ue-
partment to-day for the construction of
a public building at Greenville, S. C,
j-uc luwcst ueuig mat 01 James Law
fence, of Wilmington, N. C, at $75,430.
Washington, June 13. The work
by the Republican members of the Sen
ate Finance Committee on the Tariff
jbill is drawing to a close. .The comple
ted schedules of the bill, except those of
tobacco and sugar, have been given to
the minority, and Senator Carlisle is
how engaged in preparing the report of
the minority, to accompany the presen
tation of the bill to the Senate. It is
said that the majority will make no re
port in the shape ot an argument in ia
vor of the measure, confining itself to
detailed y statement of h the reasons
for making I the changes reported
and a table showing the relative, specfic
duties in cases where ad valorem duties
are in accordance with the constitu
tion pussed by the Senate, j !
1 he House Committee on elections
has decided to call up in the House
next week the Missisippi contested elec
tion case of Chalmers vs. Morgan. This
will be followed during the ensuing
week by the Virginia case t of Langston
vs. v enable and the south Carolina
case of Miller vs. Elliott; The Com
mittee has allowed $2,000 each for ex
penses to the parties to the cases al
ready decided, except in the case of
Cate, of Arkansas, who was allowed
$1,089. : ' ,J . ; - - i
Washington, ' 2 13,-The House
Committee on RevR in Civil Service,
which during the wesent session of
Congress conductedan -;i investigation
into chdigi s preferred against the Civil
Service Commission, held a meeting to
day and finally agreed upon a report,
which will be presented to the House.
It is said that it has been Signed by all
the members of the committee except
Stone and Alderson, Chairman Sehl
back, of the : committee, W"l present it
in the House at the first opportunity.
Washington, June 14. John " J.
Davenport, United States Supervisor of
Elections, was with the House Caucus
Committee for some time to-day giving
them the benefits of his experience in
the execution of the election laws to aid!
in the formulation of a national election'
bill. The Committee has so tar proj
gressed that Messrs. Lodge and Roweli
were this1 afternoon arranging sections I
and adding the finishing touches to theJ
bill, which will be printed in season tor
the use of the caucus on Monday nightt
if it is regarded as necessary to submit
to that body the small details of the
measure which have already received its
approval in principle and Outline.
PROM PtTaCQU ITTAL.
The Alleged Lynchers of "Willie Leap
hart, in South Carolina, Set Free The
Verdict Generally Approved, j
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Columbia, June 14. At the Lexing
ton Court IT. C. Coughman and Pearce
T. Tavlor, indicted as the lynchers 6f
Willie Leaphart, were acquitted. The
defence put up no witnesses. The solici
tor pleaded thatlhis was intended o
force the jury to stultify themselves, and
that if thej prisoners were sworn they
would not Jdeny being implicated in the
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The verdict seems to be approved b
the people of Lexington. Many ladies
were present during the trial and con
gratulated Coughman on his release. I
Rose Cannon, the girl whom Willie
Leaphart was convicted of having as
saulted, was also m court. j
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
The Bill to be Heported to the Senate This
i I Week. ';' i I
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, June 14. It is said
the additions made ; to the River and
Harbor bill by the Senate Committee on
Commerce aggregate nearly four mil
lions of dollars. The Committee is con-.
sidering the expediency of including
within the provisions of the bill appro
priations for the improvement ot Oal
veston harbor and of Hay Lake channel
and St. Mary's canal and Pontage Lake
canal in Michigan lakes for which sep
arate bills have passed the Senate, j If
these are added to the bill it l will stil
further swell the total by about a mil
lion and a half dollars.
.The bill will be reported to the Senate
next week. I ;
FALL FROM A BALLOON.
Prof.
Hutchinson Fatally Injured;
at
, ':' Knoxville i !
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Knoxville, June 15. Professor Ed
Hutchinson, balloonist, j while making
an ascension in the outskirts of the city
to-day, fell from a height of about seventy-five
feet. When picked up blood
gushed from his mouth and eyes, nose
and ears. He was picked up I for
dead.ftwt later he ' showed signs of life,
It was found that his spinal t:olumn at
the base of the body was broken. He
talked freely at 6 p. m., and said he
would not die, but the doctors say "he
will scarcely Jive through the night. I He
is twentv-six years old and nans Irom
Chattanooga. This is his fourth ascen
sion.
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CENSUS TAKER'S TROUBLES.
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Complaints from the Supervisor at Ashe
ville, N". C Superintendent Porter's Ac
tion in the Matter . 1 V
j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. '
Washington, June 12 Some days
ago superintendent Porter I received
copies of a.printed circular, signed"Citi-
zen, wnicn has been distributed in
Asheville, N. C. calling upon people to
resist the intrusion upon their private
affairs contemplated by the census
schedules. The circular further says:
"That a stranger to your family, under
pay, and by order of impertinent and
insulting authorities at Washington, will
present himself at your house and ask
questions that would cause any modest
woman to blush with shame and indig
nation, and every man to feel that his
home and family had been put to un
called for insult and humiliation."; Peo
ple are further advised to refuse to an
swer census questions, i i
Mr. Porter paid no attention to the
anonymous circular, which he supposed
was merely the production of some
'crank." until a letter was received from
Supervisor Hardwick, dated June 9th,
ii which he states that his enumerators
ri Asheville are having some trouble by
people evading them. He states that
they often send a servant to the door,
saying: " 1 here is no one here who can
give in the census. l.he supervisor
asks for instructions.
j Superintendent Porter to-day wrote
letters to $ehator Vance and Represen
tative Ewairt, calling their attention to
the condition oi affairs in Asheville, as
reported by the supervisor. He stated
that he knows of no reason for the peos-
pie ot Asheville to adopt such a course
in relation to the census. As far as pos
sible competent men had been appoint
ed as supervisors and ; enumerators, and
in no case has the appointment of an
enumerator been refused because he
was a Democrat. He asks that they use
their;influence with the peopl? of Ashe
ville to induce them to take a different
view of this matter, i !
THE INDIANS.
The Bed Skins in Montana in an Excited
Frame of Mind Over the Shortage of Sub
sistence The Settlers Alarmed Outrages
by Cheyennes The Cowboys After Them.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .
Chicago, Ills., June 12. A dispatch
from St. Paul regarding the Jndian ex
citement in Montana, says: !
General Ruger, Commander of the
Department of Dakota, has advices from
Tongue River, Caster and Keogh, that
the Indians are in an excited: frame of
mind over the shortage of subsistence,
and that alarm exists among tjhe settlers,
but he has no information ofl
an upns-
ing and does not believe in the number
of murders. There are nowj four com
panies ot cavalry at l ongue Kiver in
command of Major Carroll,! and three
companies of infantry from Fort Keogh
are on their way.to the same spot, due
to arrive Friday. There are nine
hnndred Cheyennces on the reservation
and about two hundred Crows on the
adjoining reservation, but thie latter are
peaceable. I he settlers have strongly
objected to the Cheyenne reservation,
and there are being . frequent taunts
made that the Indians. woid soon- be
cleared off. The resiilthas been to keep
the Indians and settlers it daggers'
points, and to foment any trivial diffi-
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A i dispatch from BiHiagv Montana
says: l he hrst man to be killed by tne
Cheyennes is ; the mayor at Tongue
Kiver agency. Ihe Indians are now
killing cattle by hundreds. I Yesterday
forty head were found killed on Pump
kin creek. Four companies i of infantry
and one troop ot cavalry have left rort
Keogh tor the scene, ot trouble. Men
lust.in from the Rosebud country re
port three ranch properties burned by
the Indians, and other houses shot into,
but no people killed
A posse of cowboys left Rosebud last
evening and said they would drive the
Indians back on their reservation with
out regard to troops. The Indians
camped only eight miles from the sta
tion on Rosebud river. The cowboys
engaged in rounding-: up are expected
down the river to-morrow, and the posse
which left Kosebud expect to be joined
by them near where the Indians are now
encamped.
A CLOUD-BURST.
Many Lives Lost A Fearful
Railroad
"Wreck. " . j
By Telegraph to the Morning Star,
Louisville, Ky June 13. A special
dispatch giving an account of a cloudr
burst says: Bull creek jumped over its
banks yesterday and swept away several
buildidgs and their occupants. A stone
culvert on the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
road over ' Upper Bull creek was washed
out into the river about 12' o'clock last
night, while the storm was its height,
and the west-bound freight train ran
into I the washout, causing a fearful
wreck, The engine and nine cars were
piled one upon top of another, and are
almost out ot sight in the creek bottom
Engineer C. Koodeaf, fireman M. Han
akerandbrakeman C. Gaston are buried
-beneath the wreck, and their bodies
have not yet been recovered. Conduc
tor W. R. Watts and brakeman W,
Love jumped from the hind carjand
escaped unhurti The train was. made
up pf thirty-two cars. I Nine carloads of
shoes and boots for Louisville went
down in the wreck. 1
; A fast wrecking train on the way to
the scene this morning ran over f rank
Scott, a colored employe, and killed
him. , . . . i
About a dozen persons living on the
batiks of Bull creek are reported drown
ed. Six bodies have been found,
TEN PERSONS HURT.
A Bad Accident on the B. & D. Bairoad
West of Asheville, N. C.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
AsHEViLLEjune 14. Thewest-boiind
mail train on the Richmond & Danville
Railroad, which left here at 4.25 this
afternoon, was derailed two miles west
of Marshall. Ten persons were hurt,
some very seriously. Information of the
disaster is meagre, owing to the reti
cence of ithe railroad authorities.
speeial tr-J conveying surgeons has
gone from tms place to the; scene of the
accident. 1 )
Warrenton Gazette: The wheat
has been harvested and the yield is a poor
one. - - Mr. John Askew; died at nis
home in Hawtree on l uesday last, aged
86 years. Mr. Henry . Williams, of
Sheco who keeps a daily record of the
condition of 'the crdps, weather, etc.,
says the crop prospecf is better now
than it has been since 1881.
. Lexington Dispatch. : we are
sorry to learn ; of the sudden . death of
Mr. Allen Chnsman, which occurred at
his home near this place last Wednes
day night. Mr. Chrisman. had retired
Wednesday night in lisual health, but
was found dead in bed the next morn
ing. Heart disease is thought to have
caused his death, He was about 58 years
old. i
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Mr. John
said that the
was better than
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Mitchell;
prospectk for i
it had i
RaleigTSvCAr?l:;!A eentle-
man who has justmaae a trip over the
Atlantic; & North Carolina railroad,
gives glowing accounts of the crops in
that section. Truckers have never been
so" successful, and along the; line of the
road hundreds of hands may be seen in
the many truck . farms gathering and
packing the crops for shipment. The
fields of potatoes, beans, asparagus, etc,,
are sights to behold. The growing crops
of cotton and corn present glorious pros-
Tarboro Southerner; They re
late quite a good joke on John W. Phil- :
lips whb for four j days took the census
till relieved by a negro in Battleboro "
township. Whenever hewould go on a
tarm where there were TBolored people
the negroes could be seen skurrying for
the woods. Mr. Phillips in a loud voice
would ask them to stop, stating that he
would not hurt them, but all to no pur
pose, and many he was actually unable
to get in the list. It is supposed that
they took him for Capt. G. J. Studdert.
of tax-collecting fame. .
Concord Times: The grape
crop will be good if nothing befalls it.
The first cutting of grass is fine
the hay is clean and nicely cured. r
We-are sorry to hear that peaches and
apples are falling off rapidly; the fruit
crop will not be large. r- An additional .
torce ot 15U convicts has been put on
the Yadkin Railroad in Stanley county.
- l he . Kerr bag machines will jbe
started as soon as cloth can be obtained
from the ;bleachery at I Cannonsville,
that machinery not being quite ready
tor -finishing the goods, lhese machines
make and brand nine bags per minutejor
540 and hour byactual count. .
Greensboro Patriot: While
opening up the shafts at Ore Hill Capt.
Newman, on Monday discovered a new
vein of the finest red ore ever seenjjn
this-section. AH the ore uncovered, is
of the very highest grade, unsurpassed
tor making Bessemer pig. ihe veins
range from ten to sixty feet in width
and the quantity ii practically unlimited.
We learn that the Knitting Mills
have orders for all the goods thev can
turn Out till September J 1st. We
learn that the Kepublipan postmaster
at Albemarle, in Stanley i bounty, had a
fight with a man from the country. The
postmaster attacked the man with brass
knucks. I ihe countryman drew his
knife and the postmaster drew off "and
stood not upon the order of his going."
Shelby Aurora: i Our citizens
here remember the one-arm painter Tal-4
bott apd his wife. Mrs. lalbott, who
preached in different rural communities.
in her enthusiastic and ignorant way. A
Congregational church, near Lowell at
Wilson s factory, has been erected and
dedicated last week by jMr. Montrose
and Mrs. TalbottJ
She was here a Bap
now she is the pastor
tist member, but
of the hew Congregational church at
Gaston, j i The wheat and oat crops
in Cleveland and IRutherford are a fail-
ure and jwui not in
amount to one-half of a
manv sections
harvest. Cot-!
ton has a gJBd stand, healthy growth,
with.favorable shbwers and promises to
do well for the farmers!,! The1" outlook
for cotton and corn is splendid and the
farmers are busy and happy.
Charlotte Chronicle: The Rich
mond & Danville Railroad Company
will remove the cotton compress at
West Point, belongingto the company,!
to Charlotte. It is to be removed im-.
mediately and will be erected at the Air
Line junction. 1 he compress is exactly
like the one now in usej here, and has
thesame capacity. It will probably be
leased to McFadden & Cb. of Philadel
phia. ' t f George-Linson, of Grab Or
chard township, was in (the city yester
day exhibiting a good sized gold nugget
found on his father s land, on MCAipms
Creelc, about nine mile from Charlotte.
He also had fine specimens of gold ore:
A number of years ago a ! nugget was
found On the same premises which sold
for $125, Small nuggets are freqently
picked Up after heavy rains. i '
Weldon News: I On Thursday
last a party of capitalists visited this
place to examine into the feasibility ot
building a second canal about three miles
above town on the Moore farm. They
rode out to the locality ; and were out
there several hours. The proposed ca
nal had already been surveyed and all
legal questions satisfactorily settled.
A correspondent ; from Areola
writes us that on Wednesday afternoon,
June 4th, Peter Shearin, son of W. G.
Sheariri, Esq., while working alf a saw -
mill near there, ownqd by ii. li. vvai
lette, in some way made an awkward .
step and fell near the! saw which result
ed in his losingj both hands. He was
immediately taken home where he had
to wait seven hours jfor . medical treat
ment. . ) ;
Greensboro Workman: We learn
from Secretary Benbbw that the force of
hands at-wprk in the! old "ninety foot
shaft at Ure Hill has touno tnat tne
vein of ore which had hitherto, been
supposed to be only sixteen feet wide is
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iony ieei wiae. ne says mat umer veins
have been found that were not known
of before. Mr. D. N. Bennett, who -
lives in; the lower part of the (county,
left some tobacco stalks standing in his
field from last I years' operations. ! By
reason of the mildness of j the past win
ter these stalks retained j their j vitality j
and this spring grew off luxuriantly,
putting out .a fine growth of .leaves.
lhese plants .were topped at twelve to
fourteen leaves, and, now they bid fair to
UU 3J W.U bUak XT11. .IWV.fcfc "J uM.v.v.
that had he not ploughed over the - field
and destroyed the most of the stalks he
would now have on hand, a big crop of
second growth tobacco. !
Asheville Democrat: The capi
tal of thp P. A. Demens woodworking
company has been increased from $60,
000 to $75,000. -.The colored Teach
ers' Institute is'in session this week at
the Court House. There are about forty
in attendance twenty-five from this
county, three, from (Salisbury, one from
Tennessee, two from Transylvania, sev
eral from Haywood and Hender
son counties. This is a neat looking body.
The cOiinty superintendent is! lecturer.
- Mf. Richmond Pearson says con
cerning his grand sale of property .which
closed last Thursday, that thelentire re
ceipts! from .the sale of the; land was-
$i47,eou, whicti is a net prontf oi $1U3,
000. This includes one private sale
amnnntinortn 440 000. Sixtv-seven thou
sand dollars of this is net profit on lots
held only sixty-two days. More than
that, he, has property left which is worth
more nOw than was the entire tract at
the start. "' j '-,! ' j
Monroe -Register: The case
against I J". F. Pierce, for . counterfeiting,
rome f,-r a hnartner hpfnrp Mr. W H-
Phifer, U. S. Commissioner, last Satur
day, but on account of the absence of
witnesses was continued until July 1st.
Our farmers are still in the very
best of spirits j ovr the crop outlook.
Cotton and corn never looked better at
this time, and this is not confined to
one section or- a small area, but is gen
eral, hj - Sam Allen, col., has been
farming on the Pistole place in Buford
township for six years. A few days ago
while Sam was engaged in throwing off
lumber! he was approached by some
officers from South Carolina, who or
dered him to hold out his hands, and as
he did so they ! snapped a pair of band-
cuffs on him, and hurried him off to.
the South Carolina penitentiary, from
which he was an escaped convict. We
learn that Sam had conducted himself
well since , locating in Buford, and was
well thought of by his neighbors. He
was sent to the penitentiary on a
charge Of larceny, and has three years
yet to serve. ,
Wine
iSor Ledger i
of the Count,
agoodcroa
ervjn tour years!