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pat WLtMn Jta.' PUBLISHED AT . WILMINGTON; N. C, 00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. $1 ; : '88888888888888888 i iHw & 83gg88gggggggggg : 88838888888888888 T8S83SS8S8S8li S iffl - " 8S338333888S838sl 88888888S8S88883S 888S&SS88S8S88883 ! 8S3888S288888883 slMAV 8 0,0"oe,S3SSS5SSSScSao? I 88888888888838883 ? : .3 - .a 3: : . . .. , s. p s . s J J s s s i !!!s:s to f. 'Tit the Post Office at.Wilmtgton, N. C, as Second Class. Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. ,e 4ubscription Drice of the Weekly Star is as t :opv I year, postage paid ................ $1 00 ' 0 months " " 3 months " " . 30 A NICE LEGACY. its pension legislation the 51st ress has left a legacy to the fin ton Ymehcan people by hich it will y,be remembered if .it'shotild orgotten for everything, else. sure be - Tree sely what the size of this leg- s is not now known and will acv not be known for some years to coma because , no one can tell what the ftll scope of the dependent pen- bill is, nor what the number of sion appl ;ants -maypje. Already ;. they e the number which the advo o( that measure calculated in urging its passage, while the doub 'cates upon nt of money called for for the amo Sarre it year is at least $50,000,000 more than tne mosi cxnavaauw tiraates of the most iberal of these samq advocates.. : . T Here is now no aouut uiai me pens on expenditures for the current will foot up $150,000,000, with yeat a vt ry ;;nat probability, if the pres- ent ate of expenditure be kept up, whiu re.u i is altogether likely, of its ling 315.000,000 by next year Ho groi mat much larger the total' -may cannot be told, nor even esti- J, for these s ne.iViorcxpendi- turefc seem to grow, and gather size ivi.thj time as a snowball does in roll- iur rn hill. There seems to be an expansive po&er in the pension bushess by which it continues to grow without any additional legisla tion O he of the reasons for this is, per- naps. , that the number of pensioners incr feases annually and the further we get..away from : war times the .:,r"e terthe number of the pensioners bee pmes. ine way co iimuui Lamy i to get upon the pension rolls, for on.de on that the pensioner never vllek at least there -is -no evidence hit any -of , them ever . do die. for thiv continue to draw their pensions riJht alo.-irr, ahtla dead person would iot be suspected of doing: that. here are ia round numbers about 000 pensioners now drawing pen sions regularly, with a very great l,0wrt,o00 before they quit taking in.; ,ihe claims ; of all of these ma; - not be aliclwed, but by far Ihe larger number will, for ffettin? claims' wed is the particular business of tne claim asrent. and the claim aarent lias influence iri the pension office andi peculiar methods to back that i'lflience-and keeD it in a healthv. vigors condition. I When we see wnat; little causes men sometimes eet pensions for we may form some ide ' sin pf the magic power of the pen- agent in the'pension office. With . the annual increase in the number of pensioners and the amount of allow fanceto each one may be, where is the prophet that can tell what the gra grand total per annum may be a few yea irs hence? e are so accustomed to reading of pensions by the million that we . do pot realize fully what it means, nor how much the American people Iiav nav ije been for years and now are ijing to the ex-soldiers, or their - j proxies. It is only when -we make w iparison with actual values' that we begin to have a fair conception what a hundred million dollars of mehns. At the present rate of ex- pe jiditure the people are paying a a million dollars a day for pen- sidns 'he St. Louis Republic has been ng inng on this and shows what it meins by comparing it . with the ass pssed values of farming lands in the the respective States, according to census of 1880, and presents the fol owing suggestive summing up: Fall the farms in Texas, including Ian- H1". lences ana DtlllrtinorQ woro crlrl at !heir census valuation tv cum time iQff, . would not Pav the pensions fox ?f ay so.uuu.UUW. The farms in '. Ne- ska would fall short by $70,000,000. Thie e same' storv is told of a dnzpn ntYiar wes, as lollows. Massachusetts would fal short by nearly 430.000.000: Conner.- tic Mt by 854.000.000: Gnro-ia hv lfiS nnn 000 ; Maine by $73,000,000: Mississippi ifv '"'"'"""i iNcw nampsnire oy KKv fiAn AA. V T tt 1 . 000,OOfl-M-fVr,'-.l'i L aAn nnn nnn If ' Louisiana by $116,000,000. The Je all the farms in Alabama and . Jm--. s' taken together, would hot suffice by ; $23,000,000, and Colorado, anl anH Flrti-Mo JWQ come short by $5,000,000. The ianis of RVi,-.,i,T,.i i i a u v.- , . ...ivu. isiauu wuuiu uavc uc SIX timeo A .U-- -( rWriQa nearW nin ima mia . if pension fund for a single year. is simply an illustration for u 'e year. If we add the $1,000,000, VOL. XXI. 000 which the American people have paid in pensions since 1861 and figure out the millions of acres which this would buy at assessed vatua tions we would have a still more striking illustration of the meaning of these pension tributes. It would buy about seven States the size of North Carolina, the lands of which were of similarly assessed valuation The old soldier has become a de cidedly costly reality, or reminis cence. j SUGGESTIVE FIGURES. The result of the last election pre sents some suggestive figures. The Democrats elected a majority of Representatives in 32 States of the the Union, embracing all the older States exceptPennsylvama,(in which, however, they elected the Governor) Maine and Vermont. , The popula tion of these States numbers 53,263,- 099. The .Republicans elected a majority of Representatives in 12 States, with a total population of 9,217,441. Of these States five are of the six made to order. Four of the others are extreme Western State's, the other! three being as stated, Maine, Vermont, and Penn sylvania." : The elections in Maine and Ver mont took place before the Mc Kiriley bill became a law and went into effect. The probabilities are if the elections had been held in these States later, at the same time it was in the others, they, -too, might be numbered with the thirty two. The election in Oregon was held last summer before the McKinley bill became a law and before the Reed gang had made its infamous record. ' ; h . ' '- , Pennsylvania is so gerrymandered that it takes three Democrats to one Republican to elect a 1 Congressman in that State, which will account for the Republicans still holding a ma jority of the delegation. In 1884 the Democratic party elected a President and a majority of the Congressmen, but the Senate re mained Republican, although the Republican party was in a minority. In 1888, although it was still in a minority of a hundred thousand in round numbers, and excluding the negro vote, in, a minority of nearly a million, it elected its President, se cure a majority in the House of Representatives, and still held the Senate, thus securing, though still in the minority, full control of the ex ecutive and legislative branches of the government. j At the last election,1 although the Demolcrats carried, thirty-two States with ja popular majority of over 600,000, the Republicans who , car ried ionly twelve States, four of which were made as a party neces sity, still have the Presidency a.nd a majority in the United States Sen ate, and we have thirteen j States in which the Democrats elect a ma jority of Representatives represented in the Senate by two Republican Senators each. Twelve States more potent in the Senate than'thirty-two States. Ot these twelve Pennsyl vania J is the only one that ranks among the first in point of popula tion, and she ;has more population than all the other eleven combined. California is the only one that reaches the dignity ot a third class State I in point of population, and she has more than half the popula tion of all the other ten combined. Here are States with much less than ten millions of people controlling a majority in the Senate, while States with more than 53,uuu,uuu are repre sented by the minority." This is one of the peculiar phases that repre sentative government sometimes as sumes! in this country, which shows that while theoretically so it is not always practically a representative government. When the Democratic House of Representatives of the 50th Con- gress,representing a majority of the people, revised the tariff and passed the Mills bill as a. reform measure, the Senate, the majority of whom belonged to the minority party as they do now, pigeon-holed it and passed a substitnte of their own, which instead of lowering the duties, actually made the average duties higher. I .'"..'. So when the House of Representa tives of the 52nd Congress come to revise! the McKinley monstrosity and to cut the tariff down into a shape that will be tolerable and just, the obstacle in the way will be the Re publican Senate, representing twelve States, five of them pocket-boroughs, and mere burlesques on States. The Republican majority can if it so elect, in defiance of the emphati cally expressed wish of ike people, prevent tariff reform and perpetuate for some time to come the McKinley iniquity; but possibly there may be enough of them who in the light ; of recent events may conclude that the people have some lights that Sena tors are bound to respect and may join ihe three Ps, Plumb, Paddock and tettigrew, in voting for fair play for the people, and may, therefore, co-operate with the Democrats of the 52d (Congress in the tariff reform measures which may be presented, They may have learned something in the past few weeks and perhaps, they E may admit that the people as well as the party have some claims upon a Senator, whether he be a real or a bogus Senator. '- ; WHAT IS NEEDED. - In the State of Georgia the issue in the election of U. S. Senator, to succeed Senator Brown, hinged, di rectly on the endorsement of the so called sub-treasury bill Dr. Ma- cune who publishes the National Economist, the Alliance organ at Washington, 'went down to Atlanta and camped for two or three weeks, and jointly with Col. Livingston, President the Georgia Alliance, undertook the management of the campaign against Gen. Gordon, who in his canvass of the State manfully and bravely declared against it. To beat Gordon they brought out Patrick Calhoun, a bright and able man, who found no difficulty in swal low'.ng the sub-treasury bill just as it was. Macune and Livingston cau cussed their forces, nominated Cal houn, and brought him out as the Alliance candidate. Although two thirds of the members of the Legis lature are Alliance men, when it came to the balloting the man who had the honesty and the bravery to declare himself opposed to the subr treasurybill got one hundred and seven votes, while the man who was brought out by the two big Alliance men tobeat him, and who endorsed the bill, got ninety-three votes. This shows one of two things, ei ther that the representative men of the Geor Ma Alliance do not bank as heavilyon the sub-treasurybill as the Alliance men in some of , the oth er States are represented to do, or that having a good, tried and honest Senator in Washington was re garded as a matter of more im portance than having an advocate of the sub-treasury bill, in which, as we view it, they showed capital good sense. If the farmers ot this coun try never get solidly upon their feet again until they are put there by legislation of thatkind the youngest of them will be venerable grand sires before the day of deliverance comes. Without fdiscussing the question of the constitutionality of measures of that character, and if it were conv ceded that Congress has the right t0 do every thing called for in that bitr1, with all due respect and deference to those who contend to the con trary, and place great - hopes in the redeeming power of that bill, it is j not JJ what the farmer of this country wants.P He 'wants more than that, but of a different kind, and he must have it before the class to which he belongs can' enter the highway of prosperity with any reasonablehope of remaining there. This scheme would never have been thought of by anybody of men " representing the farmers of this country, if they had aiot caught the idea from the higfi'Drotective tariff, and very naturally and reasonably argued'that if the Government can protect and favor oneclass of its citizens, incan with as much reason, justiceand propriety protect and fa vor another class. The farmer is as much entitled to . governmental fa vors as any7ptherclass, and if dis crimination could !be justly made, even more so. But the discriminating? favoritism which saddled monstrous burdens upon the many for the benefit of the", fewis thef very thing against which so many farmers have been protesting and the "very thing which brought so" many of them to the polls on the 4th inst. to register their emphatic verdict against it. In doing so they revolutionized the pol itics of the country, and administer ed such a rebuke to the dominant party as was never witnessed in the political history of this country be fore. It was this very discriminating policy, under the deceptive name of a protective tariff, ' against which they so justly complained, which brought the agricultural industry in to the deplorable condition m which it is, by imposing burdens upon it which it was unable to bear, and while imposing the burdens cutting it off in a measure from the markets of the world to which it had had unrestricted access. What the farmer now wants,to give him a fair showing and a chance to get upon his feet again, is not legis lation in his favor to discriminate against other classes of people, but the repeal or modification of the legislation which has discriminated against him and put him at the mercy of other favored classes. What he wants and what he should have, is just dealing, fair play and no gover- mental favors which will enable any narticular class to impose upon and live at the expense of another. Let the Government take its hands off and every class tote us own spinet . The wide oublicity given to the alleged discoveries of Professor Knrh will undoubtedly have the effect of raising hopes in the minds of thousands of people who fear that either they or some of their relatives have in them the seeds of consump tion. Careful physicians will be likely to adopt a cautious and con servative course with their patients. The value of the Koch experiments has yet to be authoritatively demon- strated. jfntl. Jwra, xsem. Wei WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, BANQUET AT FAYETTEVILLE. A Pleasant Social Affair -Complimentary to Capt. 13. J. Hale, Late TJt. S. Consul at Manchester, Eng. ' ' ri '' Special Star Correspondence. Fayetteville, Nov. . 22.-Last eve ning many of the friends of.' Hon. E. J. Hale, who, in common with the whole communitybl Fayetteville, greeted him with a most friendly welcomeon his visit to his old home, met with him around the mahogany of the Hotel La Fayette in a banquet to his honor, at which Dr. W. j C. McDuffie presided with his wonted readiness and versatil ity at all social entertainments. ' Covers were laid in the beautiful dining hall for thirty persons. Dr. Mc Duffie is wonderfully happy with his admirable tact j and exquisite taste, in presiding over such formal banquets as that to which we did such enjoyment witn hearty gusto last evening. Rev. Thomas Atkinson, rector of St John's Episcopal Church, "graced the meat" of that bountiful board.it which were seated the; following persons: Dr, W. C. McDuffie, presiding;: Hon. E. J, Hale, the honored guest of the evening; Hon. Jas. C. MacRae, Judge Superior Court; Rev. Thomas Atkinson, rector of bt. John's Church; Dr. T. D.Haigh, Mr. Chas. Overmanj of Salisbury; Col. John H. Anderson, of New York city; Col. C. W, Broadfoot, Col. John A. Pemberton, Dr. J. A. Hodges, Sheriff J. B. Smith, Mr. A. S. Huske, Mr. J. B. Starr, Jr., Mr. B. R. Huske. Mr. F. W. Thornton, Maj. J. N. Prior, - Mr. E. L. Pemberton, Mr: E. T. Lilly, Capt. A. B. Williams, Maj. W. F. Campbell, Hon. W.J. Green, Mr. Ed. Smith, Mr. W. F. Leak, Mr. G. A. Thomson, Mr. H. R. Home, Mr. 2. W. Whitehead, Mr. J. H. Myrover. Dr. McDuffie toasted the guest of the evening in a chaste, classical little ad dress, and Maj. Hale's response was just what would have been expected' of one who had- held so high a-position, and had filled it with such distinguished honor and dignity. The toast, "Tp the Fayetteville Obser ver," was responded to by Mr. J. H. My rover, ot the Observer. Calls were made successively (and re sponded to) for Hon. W. J. Green, Dr. ; . A. Hodges, Col. C. W. Broadfoot, Ion. J. C. MacRae, Mr. Overman, Col. ". H. Anderson, "Dr. T. D. Haigh, Maj. ; , N. Prior. Mr. IH. R. Hofne'Mr. G. A. Thomson and others. The evening was mostldelightful, and the supper, which carried out every single article of ithe menu, showed how completely the j Hotel LaFayette de serves its reputation as one of the best appointed hotels in the State. Tract Farming that Pays. Fall and winter truck farming is im mensely profitable, if one may judge from reports received from the tide water section of - Virginia, where it has been industriously followed for years. The truck growers around Wilmington might well make a note of it. The Progress, of Suffolk, Va.. referring to the matter, says: "Mr. John L. Bab cock, one of our "Bay shore" truckers, shipped green peas to New York this week at $2.50 per basket bushel. His shipment was 75 baskets. He has a large quantity coming on to send yet. Last year he made his last shipment for the season on the 7th of December, for which he received 4 per basket bushel." The same paper says: "Nearly all of the truckers raise two crops on the same land a year, many of them three and some of them four. In the winter they raise kale, spinnach, celery, cabbage, &c, in the spring and summer various kinds of vegetables, and now in the fall they are raising green peas and other tender veg etables for shipment to the Northern markets." ' f Senator Vance. The County Democratic Executive Committee have! received a letter from Senator Vance, in which he states that the pressure of business upon him now is so great that he cannot possibly come to Wilmingion to deliver an address, as requested. He (congratulates the De mocracy of New Hanover upon their victory in the recent election. Atlantic Coast Line. The annual iheetingof stockholders of the Northeastern Railroad of South Carolina was held in Charleston yester day. Among those in attendance were President Warren G. Elliot, of the At lantic Coast line; President A. F. Ravenel, of the Southeastern Railroad; H. Walters, general manager; B. F. Newcomer, director; Mcjenkins.director; J. F. Divine, general superintendent; T. M. Emerson, general freight and passenger agent; W. A. Riach. general auditor, and H.' L. Borden, general manager's secretary; all of the Atlantic Coast Line. The State Guard. General orders from the Adjutant General's office announces that the bien nial election of field officers of the State Guard will be held the first Thursday in December. Each regiment will elect a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel and Major. The company officers of the First Regi ment meet at Rocky Mount, of the Sec ond at Wilmington, of the third at Greensboro, and of the Fourth at Char otte. ' Nickel in the Slot. Charleston has a Nickel Savings .Bank, which although in operation only about ten days is said to be an assured success. The bank has issued a Tittle book which gives iri detail the object and manner of operation of the new estab lishment. The-following extract will be read with interest. "One nickel i day saved makes $18 25 or tVi inH of a vear: two nickels a day $36 50; three nickels a day, $54 75; four nickels a day, $a; nve niciceis a uay, $91 25. This, with the interest accruing, will nmHnre nearlv $160 a vear. Inter est paid on deposits qaurterly at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, in January, April,. July and. uctoDer. The population of Wilmington is probably not yet large enough for such an institution, but our present excellent Savings Bank will no doubt reduce its minimum deposit after a time. Five cases of wine, a donation to the Confederate Soldiers' Home at Raleieh, N. C.j by a firm abroad, will be sold by auction on . the 25th inst., at Messrs. Cronly and Morris sales room. 3KLY HOW ONE CAN ; OUT OF MAKE A COMPASS A WATCH. A Wilmington Sportsman Who Got Lost . Yesterday, Makes . a Practical and ' Successful Test, s It is not always possible to have ac cess toa compass, and weather vanes and . watch-charm attachments maybe beyond reach. But lor all that the trav eller, tourist, hunter or excursionist need never be at loss ora sure and safe meth od to discover.the- North or South points, provided, her has in his posses sion a common watch. One of our Wil mington sportsmen made a practical test cf the method.yesterday, and found it very useful. His dogs were trailing a wild turkey in a dense swamp near the city, and in following them he lost his reckoning and mighthave wandered miles out of the wav but for . the . aid of his watch, which used as a compass, soon gave him his "proper bearings," It is a simple "trick" and easily learned. Take yoiirwatch, point the hour hand to the sun and the south is exactly half-way between the hour and the figure XII, on the watch. For ex ample, suppose that is 4 o'clock. Point the hand indicating 4 to the sun, and II. on the watch is exactly south. Suppose that it is 8 o'clock, point the handindi cating 8 to the sun, and the figure X. on the watch is due south. This a plain and trustworthy direction and should be known to all who are in the habit of camping out or pursuing their way in unfrequented places. The possession of such a simple bit of knowledge might under certain circumstances be the means ofsaving life, orat allj events preventing unnecessary suffering. To the shipwrecked mariner, suddenly forced to leap into the boats hanging from the davits, with no time or oppor tunity to secure charts, instruments and a compass, the simple device as above illustrated might enable the distressed ship's company to reach a point of safety. The subject might be stated in more scientific t6rms as follows: A close approximation te the direc tion 'of the true meridian lor hndmg one's way by the aidof,a"map is to hold a watch with its face level and with the hour hand directed towards the sun. Then an imaginary line drawn from the centre of the dial bisecting the lesser of the two spaces or angles between" the hour hand and the figure XII. will be the direction of the meridian, or south, in the northern hemisphere, within 15 degrees. It is not claimed that the watch is a perfect compass or that a true course could be steered or path pursued by the means described. But the method is sufficiently correct to be well worthy of jotting down in one's note-book. The Charleston, Sumter &INorthern R..B. The merchants of Charleston, S. C, are making energetic and determined efforts to secure tne business of that rich section of the Pee Dee which'has been and is now.Hargely tributary to the trade of Wilmington, and our business men will need to. make redoubled efforts to retain it. The Charleston, Sumter and Northern railroad, theAV7CJ and Courier says, "will not be completed soon :enoughto transport any of the cotton crop ofthe'present season, butit will carry the'planters of t the" Pee-Dee section their fertilizers next spring, and will be ready tobringall of the cotton raised in that section tojthis port next season. The value'of Marlboro county as a cotlon-producing'localityis known all over the South, and it will help the general business of Charleston greatly to get this line into quick operation." Improved Mail Service. Heretofore the mail for North Caro- linat from New York has left the post office there in a pouch marked North Carolina, so that when the postal clerks on the route between Washington, D. C and Richmond, Va., had not time to assort it, the entire .mail was carried via the Greensboro route; the mail for Wilmington being thus de layed twenty-four hours. Mr. G Z. French, our posmaster, being cognizant of this factj has after much trouble suc ceeded in getting the Wilmington mail from New York put into a separate pouch so that it now comes direct, and our merchants and others will no longer be subjected to the annoyance that has heretofore attended the delay in receiv ing letters,' etc. The Atlantic Coast Line. The Richmond Dispatch says the Atlantic Coast Line has, by purchase from the Richmond & Danville Com pany, acquired sole ownership of the Norfolk & Carolina Railroad, a line about one hundred miles in length, run ning from Norfolk, Va. to Tarboro, N. C. The road was built jointly by the Coast Line and Richmond & Danville Companies. ' ' i Delegates to the Immigration Convention. A communication from Mr. -F. B. Chilton, general manager of the South ern Inter-State Immigration Conven tion, announces'the appointment of Mr. Pembroke'Jones and Col.F. W, Kerch-! ner as delegates to represent this sec tion, with Mr. J. H. Sharp and Mr. Sol. C.Weill alternates.; The appointments are made by his Excellency, Gov. Fowle. rTMaj. T. D. Love has also been appoint- ed as one of the delegates to represent this Senatorial district. The Convention meets in Asbevijle on the 17th, 18th and 19th of December. The railroad companies of the Southern Passenger Association have announced that they will sell tickets to the public to and from Asheville on the occasion? of the Southern ! Inter-State ImmigrationConvention at half rates, from December 13th until last trains to arrive at ,'Asheyille before noon of De cember 17th, with returns limited to De cember 24th." The Register of Deeds reports five marriage licenses issued the past week; four to whites and one to a col ored couple. Star 1890. WASHINGTON NEWS. Appointment! Be wards Authorised by the Attorney General. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - Washington. D. C, Nov.- 22. The President : to-day; appointed Patrick Walsh, of Augusta, Ga., a member of the Warm Springs Indian Commission, vice- Wm. H. . Dill, of - Pennsylvania, xe signed. i' Attorney General Miller to-day . in structed the U S. Marshal at Jackson ville, fia.. to use all endeavors to cap ture R. E. Buford, charged with the murder of Deputy Marshal E. 'Strange. and has authorized all expenses that may be necessary to secure that end. The Attorney General has also author ized the U. S. Marshal of the Southern District of Georgia to issue a reward for tne arrest of Richard Lowrey, suspected of the murder pf Col. Forsyth, agent of the Dodge estate in Georgia. The latest information in regard td Lowrey is that he is making his way to North. Carolina witn tne view ot loining the Lowrey gang. . - : - - j , THe"d1anS. : Bather More Favorable: Hews Previous Reports Highly" Colored Biverythina: Depends on Sitting Bull. By Telegraph to the orning Star. Washington, November 22. Dis patches were received at the War De partment this morning from Gen. Miles, to the effect that the separation of the friendly and turbulent Indians is pro ceeding rapidly at Pine Ridge. Gen. Brooke, who is watching matters closely there, anticipates ho immediate trouble, and thinks this separation will make it an easier task to restrain the turbulent Indians from overt acts. Telegrams have also been received confirmatory of the reports that the Messiah craze was rapidly extending in the north and across the Canadian line, under the ope ration of Sitting Bull's emissaries. Chicago. Nov. 22. A special from Manden says that trusted agents were sent to the Sioux reservation three days ago, and that they have: returned with the following report, which may be re lied upon. There is no immediate dan ger ot an uprising, but if Sitting Bull contends that anything is to be gained by speedy action, trouble mav be looked for at once. Sitting Bull would be ar rested and put in irons, but the Govern ment agents are afraid to do this, lest it precipitate trouble. He has two hun dred bucks at Great River, forty miles from Fort Yates, dancing all the while. Agent McLaughlin, of Standing Rock,: has lost control of Sitting Bull, and his immediate followers dare not treat him harshly. All reports that come by wire from Standing Rock for Fort Yates are colored. There is only a military wire, and a censorship is exercised over every message. j - : i ' KANSAS HORSE THIEVES. A Battle with a Posse Two of the dang Killed. Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star. Wichita, Ks., November 22. Some days ago twelve horses j were stolen in Osborne county, and last evening the thieves were found in camp eighty miles west of here, near Cairo. A posse of thirty men was raised at Cairo and they went out to capture the gang. When within a short distance of the camp the posse was fired upon, and at that mo ment the gang mounted their horses and started up the creek, followed by the posse. After a running fire of two miles two of the thieves fell off their horses, and the horses of two of the other fell. The others1 escaped. The two men shot died within half an hour, and refused to give their names or any information. ! ; INDIANA. The Black Mine's Strike A Complete Shut Down Probable. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - Brazil, Ind., Nov. 23l The strike of the drivers and dray men, employed by the Black coal mines continues. The number of strikers increase daily, while the closing of the mines is practically complete. A general mass meeting will be held here to-day to act on the report of the committee appointed to confer with the operators. The latter refuse to make the advance demanded, and a complete shut down is feared. Over two thousand miners are idle. ' RUN CONTINUED. The Citizens Savings Bank of New York Still Besieged by Depositors $300,000 Paid Out. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, Nov. 22. The run on the Citizens' Savings Bank here was continued this morning with as much vigor as ever. This, the bank people say, is caused by the fact that they close at noon. Work was begun before 10 o'clock, but the long line of depositors seemed to increase all the while, instead of diminishing. The bank officials say the heart of the run will be broken to day. The payments already made figure up nearly $300,000. . BANK STATEMENT. Report of the Changes During .the Past Week. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, Nov. 22.- Weekly state ment of associated banks shows the fol lowing changes: Reserve increase, $922,050; loans decrease, $5,980,700, specie decrease. $804,200; legal ten ders increase, $503,800; deposits decrease $4,889,800; circulation increase $68,200. The banks now hold $87,750 less than the requirements of the 25 per cent. rule. LLECTRIC SPARKS. A dispatch from Asheville, N. C, de nies the report that ex-assistant Post master General Clarkson is seriously ill there. t. ; The Governor and Council of New Hampshire have voted to call a special session of the Legislature, Tuesday, De cember 2nd. The vote of the Council was four to one in favor. j A Newark, N. J dispatch says the run on the Howard Savings Bank was considerably abated yesterday morning, confidence being restored. Many de positors are returning their money. At Alton, 111., three flint glasjs fac tory buildings of the Illinois Glass Works were burned yesterday. " Loss $100,000. Five hundred hands are thrown out of employment as the result ot it. '' ''" A telegram received at Middlesboro, Ky., says that ex-Assistant Postmaster General, J. b. Clarkson, is very low with pneumonia at Asheville, in. c it is said that fears are apprehended of his recovery. ? i NO. 54 PERSONAL. . Professbr Holder of the Lick Observatory, it is reporter!, has discov ered in the moon what he takes to be parallel walls 200 feet thick on top and , about 1,200 feet apart. Joel T. Headley, the historian, still lives, hale and hearty, at the age of 77. In 1846 he was associate editor of the New York Tribune, and his first book, "Napoleon and His Marshals," was a phenomenal success. Mr. Headley resides at Wewburg, JN. Y. Wiiliam A. Slater, of Norwich, son of the great cotton manufacturer who gave $1,000,000 for educating the southern freedmen, has followed his father's example' and given $150,000 to endow a public hospital in his native city. He is worth $30,000,000. Thomas Moonlight, one of the Democrats elected to Congress from "Kansas, mortgaged his farm in 1861 for aooo, and raised the hrst Kansas battery, Case Broderick. who joined the battery as a private and served as a member of it through the war, was Moonlight s op ponent tor congress. , j . . i i The widow of Geri. Crook, the Indian fighter, was in Washington a tewdayago and selected a1 burial site iri Arlington, to -which she will soon bring from Oakland the remains of her husband. A monument is soon to be raised over Gen. Grook's'grave. The friends : of President Ar thur, whoraised a -monument over his grave at Albany, have a surplus fund of $25,000 which they intend to expend in the erection of a staute of the ex-President in New York city. Ephraim Keyser will be the sculptor. Mile. Bonheur'S love and loving study of animals have given her strange control over them. It is now several years she gave to the Jardin des,Plantes a beautiful lion and lioness, which to this day recognizes her if she approaches their cage, and thrust their heads against the bars for a touch of her sympathetic little nngers. Kate Ghasp. Snrao-ne .is still a fine looking woman. She looki ten years younger than she really is,h and she works as hard as any woman in Wash ington, she is writing a life of her father, and her wark will be full o( unwriten history. ' " Queen Marghenta, of Italy, has grown to be quite stout, and her hair is entirely gray. The Czarlhas recently suffered severely from the. gout, and his physi cians have vetoed his former indulgence n nign living. President Bliss, of ihe Boston and Albany road, was recently offered an increase of salary from $12,000 to $20,000', but declined because be did not consider his services worth so 'much more. Miss MattieThomnson. rlaup-h- ter of ex-Congressman Phil Thompson, is accounted one of the exwntionallv pretty girls of the blue grass region. miss inompson was selected as the queen of beauty at the celebration of the Satellites of Mercury, held at Louisville, but chose rather to be one of the maids of honor, who are selected from among the prettiest eirls of the different towns throughout the State. Fraulein von Chauvin. the Ger man ladv scientist in nntni'al histnru- at tracted much flattering attention at, the recent congress at rieriin, where .she even had her place next to Virchow. Fraulein von Chauvin, haying been pre vented through ill-health from going through t'the regulular school routine, including: lanexiao-es. has ronrpntratH all her interest on the study and obser- I yation ot animal and vegetable life. Mrs. Emma E. Forsvthe is an American woman who goes by the name oune wnue queen, tier realm I is an island in the Southern Pacific called New Britain, whose chief industry is the sale of mother-of-pearl. Mrs. Forsythe was left a widow at the age of 18, and with very little money. She now owns 150,000 acres of fertile land, two steamers that ply between the islands and the port, and she is orenarino- to Hnsp tln contract for the building of four more vessels ior ine island trade. Dr. Tulia Brink, a medical writer of some note, is the first woman to be honored by receiving from the British Medical Association nf 1inflnn 20 to defray the expense of publishing a pnysioiogicai treatise on tne nutrition of the muscles. Ex-Alderman 'Conklincr has changed his mind in regard to the bring ing out of a second volume of the life and letters of his uncle. Rnsmp rank ling The publication has been indefi nitely postponed in accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Conklincr. The Hon. Samuel Chinman. who recently celebrated his centennial, has been a Mason' in cood stand in or for mo than three-quarters of a century. He was iaiscu io ine master s degree in. Virginia lodge, Halifax, two years before the bat tle of Warterloo, and is undoubtedly the oldest Mason. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. "Seek the iLord while he is near," while his knocking at your heart's door, and trust not your soul in the hands of the future. Why not speak to the . uncon verted about their salvation, when you meet them during the week, as well as to exhort them to repent when vou speak in your prayer meeting? Prejudice, whatever may be its source, gets nothing out of the Scrip tures. The Herods of to-day get no an swer from Christ. The influence of sketicism makes the Scriptures silent. Rev. Win. M. Taylor. j Thanks be to God there is some thing beyond the philosophy of the men who see no providence, know no Sa viour, and trust no God. Where philo sophy sits down Darned, laith gets up and goes to work; and when man is helpless, God is a present help in every time of need. Christian. Every time a man bethinks him self that he is walking in the light, that he has been forgetting himself and rnust repent, that he has been asleep and must awake, that he has been letting his gar ments trail and must gird up the loins every time that this takes place there is a resurrection in the world. A Sea board Parish. ? There is but one way to become a thorough, happy and effective Chris tian. Whether .you are a pastor, with large flock and salary, or small; whether you are a bunday school teacher or phi lanthropist pushing an up-hill reform, or a parent guarding and guiding the home flock, you will get no good and do no good unless you serve Christ, jr. Luyier. The very worst kind of slavery is that which one imposes upon himself when he becomes the servant of sin. He is then enslaved to his own evil passions, and this is rar more destructive of his happiness than any form of political bondage. To this slavery our Saviour alluded when he said, "Whosoever com mitteth sin is the servant of sin." (John vul, 94). N. Y. Independent. SPJRTfS TUKPENTINE. . Raleigh Visitor: A knitting fac tory is the latest talk,.with prospects oJ early consummation. Wilson Advance: We regret t( chronicle the fact that Mr. George f i Clark, who was stricken with paralyse on the 18th, died yesterday evening. Windsor Ledger-. We understand that some of the town commissioner objected some eighteen months asro t- the putting up of a grist mill within th corporate limits. LaGrange Spectator: Mr. John Phelps recently brought us some ver. large hen eggs containing, two yelks. They were laid by the common stock chickens and the remarkableness of th hen is that she only lays two eggs ;i week. - New Berne Journal: the gin house of Mr. Samuel W. I pock, six mile from New Berne, on Neuse road, to gether with twenty bales of cotton, about six bales of seed cotton, and a larsre quantity of cotton seed were destroyed bv fire vesterdav morninc. Raleigh Chronicle ; The North Carolina Wagon Factory is evermore whizzing. It has orders for a carload of wagons each day for several days to come, and the factory is going to put in a system of electric lights and work day and night to try to catch up. Charlotte Chronicle: Miss Jane McClure, aged years, died yesterday morning at Sugar Creek. The lumber men are among the busiest in town. The boom in building still con tinues, and it requires "hustling", for the lumber men to keep in sufficient lumber for the demand. . Scotland Neck Democrat: 'As. .many as a million of brick have been manufactured in bcotland Neck within the past two years. And they have nearly all been laid in Scotland Neck. A car load or two have been shipped away, and with this exception they have been used in Scotland Neck. Greensboro Record: The Greens boro Co-operative Cotton Mill is not vet under roof, yet there is scarcely a day that the secretary does not. receive or ders for sample lots of goods. This week he had letters from Spartanburg, s. i.. Baltimore, mo., ana xsew York. Ashville Citizen: Dr. S. Westray Battle left on the two o'clock train to day for New York, from which place he will sail Saturday for Berlin. He goes to the latter place under the auspices of the United States Navy Department to make an official investigation ot Prof. Koch's discovery for the cure consump tion. -Salisbury Truth : Mr. Abner Carter, of this county, 66 years of age, was summoned to attend court here this week as a witness in a trifling case, and it came out during the investigation that he had never been in any court, be fore whatever, and that he had never tasted a drop of any kind 'of spirtuous liquors. v - I Rocky Mount Argonaut: Mr Jno. Nettles, of Edgecombe, nets $1,000 from his crop ot seven acres, of tobacco. and Mr. Mack Killebrew gets $500 from his two acres. 1 he Kocky Mount cotton mills are now running nicht and day to keep up with their orders, and with their hundreds of electric lights, are a beautiful sight at night. Goldsboro Argus : - A vast horde of Italian laborers are still being hauled South daily over the Atlantic Coast Line. That renowned hun ter Mr. Jno. R. Overman, of this -county. whose "luck is phenomenal, reported to us yesterday that on Monday he shot into a drove ot black birds and killed 71, besides crippling at least 20 others. New Berne Tournal: We learn that there is an old colored man in Cy press Creek township. JoneS county.who. is residing in a large swamp, and who iias uiuveu iiiuu a large iiouow cypress tree with an opening on one side which he uses for a door and a fire-place. Mr. Abner Dawson says the old man is slay 1 , j : - . t i ii ing tne coons, and irom an appearances is enjoying himself finely. . Durham Globe: John Floyd, for merly of Durham, shot and killed his brother-in-law, at Darlington, S. C. yes terday, whose is W. C. Rhodes. Floyd was formerly a clerk in Levy's store in this city, and from there went to clerk for P. A. Asher. Then he left for Dar-" ington, and is now in jail. His brother. who is a salesman at Levy's received the news this morning of the shooting. Raleigh Visitor: From present indications there is a pressing necessity for an enlargement of the Insane Asy lums of the State, and the General As sembly will no doubt be asked to make liberal appropriations for the purpose. Walter, the la year old son ot Mr. W. S. Utley, who lives on Saunders street, while feeding the carding machine at the cotton factory yesterday morning, accidentally got his left hand caught under the roller and fearfully mashed, tearing the flesh from all four fingers and all the nails out by the roots. Raleigh " Chronicle: The Gov ernor's Guard is becoming infused with new life and energy. Last night fifteen new members were elected from the most.vigorous and wide awake young element in the city. The land busi ness is growing quite lively. Three companies are already on and another one is coming. The work of laying out and grading-streets and and staking off lots is under way. Nine convicts were received at the penitentiary two from Lenoir, one from Johnson, two from Iredell, three from 'Stokes and one from Polk county.-" Maxton Union : Mr. James Patterson died' at his home in this township yesterday at the advanced age of 81, He was a professional school teacher, and during his time he taught many a young boy and girl the rudi ments of English and Latin grammar. Senator Joseph Hawley was once a pupil of his, and it was only about five years ago that the Senator sent the last of his tuition to tne old gentleman, n e was the last of a family of fourteen. . 1 he- liquor venders are considerably stirred up over the fact that the Express Company refuse to bring any more whiskey to Maxton. Chatham Record: On last Fri day night the stockholders of the Pitts boro Knitting Mill Company held their first meeting and duly organized, ac cording to the terms of their charter. Un last 1 hursday night the cotton house of Mr. James B. Riggsbee, of Wil liams township, was burned, together with about $200 worth of seed cotton. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a match accidentally "dropped in the cotton. One night last week the store of Mr. B. O. Guthrie, of Hickory Mountain township, with all its contents, was burned. There was no insurance and the loss is very heavy on Mr. Guthrie, as he had just received a new stock of goods. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer: At a called meeting of the , Anson County Farmers' Alliance, held last Monday, the resignation of Mr. Ran dolph Redfearn, as Business Agent, was accepted, and Mr. Sam T. Flake elected in his stead. Some extensive ad ditions have recently been made to the plant of the Wadesboro Brown Stone Quarry. Two new gangs of saws and an immense 15-ton derrick have just been placed In position, and to the vis itor the quarry has the appearance of being the busiest place anywhere in the neighborhood of Wadesboro. The case of the town of Wadesboro ys. J. A. Atkinson has been decided by the Su preme Court in favor of the town. About $400 is involved, being the amount of taxes uncollected by Atkinson while marshal, which the town claimed he should have collected. . j
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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