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We sometimes read 'of the despo- tism o the majority but we seldom read of the despotism" of the minor ity, and yet, as a matter . of fact, nearly every despotism the world has ever seen was a despotism in which the majority yielded and permitted themselves to be trampled upon by the mi despot day is nority. Among the greatest sms of the civilized world to the government of Russia, and yet eight out of ten Russians would Lliank heaven if the Nihilists got aw ly with the Czar. The people ot that country, as of all monarchies, accustomed to, hereditary obedience and awe of the crown,' patiently sub rait and bear the burdens imposed upon t lem rather than resist and at tempt p throw them off. It is the patienc e and timidity of the multi tude which makes the despot bold and aggressive. J ' ! But ocead We need not eo across, the ror an illustration of minority desppt sm, for we can find ltm full vigor within the confines of Jhis great Republic, and in full operation noff. Despotism does not always does consist in chopoing off a man's head, ' sending him into exile or into prison. There 'may be the skilfully contrived despotism that robs a man of his earnings and reduces him to poverty underrthe operations 'of law, or robs him of his liberty in the name Ipf liberty, or deprives hSm of . his just representation in the national legis lation, all of which we have practi cally illustrated to-day, in the Mc Kinley tariff act, the Apportionment bill arid the Lodge -Force bill. ' There is no one who will dispute that the Republican! party of this country ; ts now in a minority of at least one million of: 'voters, which means fiye or six millions of people. . There is no candid man who will dispute that the policy which became the distinctive issue between this party and the -Democratic party was emphatically repudiated by a large majority of the people at the polls, the tribunal of the people, last No 'vember. " Such vprHir in Tnoinni ..wfc uugiau'i v-uaugc a. ministry; sucn a ver dict in France wouid revolutionize the administration; but what effect nas it here ? None. The same pol icy which was so overwhelmingly re pudiated is persisted in by men elect edto office for a brief period, who have the impudence to say in self defence that the people didn't know what they were doing when they pronounced against these men at the polls.! :- . 3 They defiantly announce that thej will take no back track in the reck less policy upon which they had en tered, but will persist in it and force the people to bear the heavy bur dens which that policy imposes. V The WOrlr t( nlnnlar firf,'. I . Dit. nf Vk K " r I r--- piuirai, i,iic uespoiism pi robbery prevails while the people condemn, and to-day the over-taxed People of this country are paying millions of tribute at the arbitrary behests of this despotic minority! wot content with j this, but to re- retain the power of which the peple declared at the last election they were not worthy," they are endeavor ing to fasten upon them an infamous force-bill, which will place the ballot boxes of the count virtnalW ln the,r Possession and enable them to count victory for' themselves1 re gardless of the popular will, and as a part of the machinery have con cocted an apportionment based Upon irauauient census, which ' will ake easier-the work of defeating the people and of retaining the Power which they have so flagrantly abused. These two latter diabolical themes thev No gang coconspirators ever as sembled in a legislative hall who showed a more thorough contempt 'OT DOnillar n!min fkon h iP'rators who are now endeavoring t enact these monstrosities into aw- It is the essence of an unmiti gated, grinding despotism, to which jonebut the most abandoned and aesperate men would resort, and to th'ch none but the most tolerant and Patient people would submit. Was Red Tomahawk who ex pedited the slug that put a quietus on th. Pli -..uK ruu. ; if the army sent out l? teethe Indians were sup P"ed with Rod Tm,i, t. :5j 0t riffM . n. T . 1J W W . Mri . h IvA : W- tTSvFv K I A D. s - Beaufort Mr 1 - ' ' v ' , . w - over wu weigmprvic I 1 ' ; " " ---.' .i. -c ) . tothe acre at a cot tohim VOL. XXII. ,: , WEMIN&TON;N P.' FPfnAV nm,m . ryi ...... a ; The ' State Farmers Alliande, of Kansas, has resolved to build eleva- tors, and to secure to farmers an ad- yanceof money on grain deliverecf to them. There is business in thi and it is pointin? the wav ';to m. thing better than than the sub-trea- suryplan.'- . The Alliannnf tf. 5fafo nt t.... v.,.," r::,: Wrtrc: -r.uai ui iuc mic auu storage ot cotton me Alliance painter could haul his cotton to these warehouses, where it was taken charge of by men appointed by the Alliance for that purpose and sold, ; just commission enough being charged to pay for the. expense of the transaction. If the planter was not satisfied with the ruling prices : and did not care to sell he couldstore his cotton, get a receipt, paying for the storage at the rate of about twenty-five cents a month per bale, 'and Tf he wanted money he could get an advance of about eighty per cent, of the value of the cotton, he paying a stipulated interest for the use of the money. When the cotton was sold the prin cipal loaned and the interest, with the small commission charged to cover the actual expense of sale and handling was deducted and the re mainder turnefl over to the plante . The men in charge of the ware houses were paid a reasonable salary for attending to the business, and to insure fair, square dealing were put under ample bonds. Some time ago it was announced that the Secretary of the State Alli ance of Alabama had effected ar rangements with an English syndi cate to borrow as much , money as they wanted on cotton as a collateral, so much on each bale, the amount, being but little less than the actual market value of the cotton. Whether this has been carried out we do not know; for we have seen no mention made of it lately. But these plans are better than" the sub-treasury "plan or any other plan to get money out of the ttnited States Treasury and turn the gov ernment into a money loaning insti tution, something entirely foreign to the purposes for which the govern ment was established, and would never be thought of now were it not for the peculiar and erroneous Ideas begotten of and fostered by the so- called protective policy of the Re publican party, which has done so much to change the views of so many as to the duties and powers of the Government. The less the Government has to do with the affairs of the people the better for the Government and for the people, and the less the people are dependent upon the Government for assistance or favors in their bu siness affairs the better for the peo ple and the Government. The less money the Government has to handle and dispose of, over and. above what is necessary for le gitimate current expenses .of the Government, the better for the Gov ernment and the people, for a too full purse is not. only a breeder of extravagance but of corruption. How long would it be after this sub-treasury system was established before it would become the nest of favoritism and of corruption, and a mighty engine of political power ? When the national banking system, the abolitiion of which the Alliance now demands, . was established, the principal objection made to it by its opponents was that it would be made to exercise a dangerous power in our politics for the perpetuation of financial and other policies in the - . -- f . tnterest of the money kings as against the people. This objection was well founded for the national banks be came and for years continued to be the strongest allies of the. Republi can party, in maintaining the financial policy of that party. But the na tional banks in the days when they exercised their greatest influence in the political arena, wouldn't be a circumstance to the sub-treasuries, with the vast amount of money which they would have at their dis posal. They would be under the control of the party in power,, the men put in charge of them would be appointees of the party in ; power," and would work as zealously and as unscrupulously for the success of the narty to which they were indebted for their places, as the government appointees in the various depart ments of the -government now do, but mightier far than any of these, because of the positions they would hold and the reUtlons they would bear to the public. They' would be in a position either by denying or conferring favors to control thous ands of votes, enough , to - turn an election in any State where there was not a very decided majority for one or the other side. '! This is but one of the several ob jections to be urged against the sub treasury plan. When the Alliance of Kansas decided to build elevators as noted in the beginning of this ar ticle, they struck upon a better one. . Ex-Congressman Horr, of Michi gan, says T. B. Reed "weighs three hundred pounds, and is all back bone." What a nice lot of fertilizer he would make if ground up. I V WAaMTIOH. I The Messiah craze has spread be yond the Indians and struck the col- ored denizens of Kansas City, Mo. There are lo localities within the Prencts of that city, -one of whirh I ls known by the suggestive apDella- uon 01 "Well's Half Acrc'"the other I "Belleview Hollow." hnth of .h!.), someof ,.m I " "-" UF"" ayor , um permission to nave "ghost uauces. xt seems that a voudoo doctor came among them recently from Dakota, who . proclaimed that he. was the courier ot the coming black Messiah, and ordered them to begin dancing at once and prepare for the coming of the deliverer who was to swipe the white man from the fare of th earth and leave the black and the red man in possession of the land. The dispatch says' that the craze has struck them with full force and the dance is in full blast, the number of "converts" increasing daily. This is not surprising for many of the ne groes are very superstitious and. easily deluded. It will be' remem Dered that about a year ago a negro appeared in some of the counties in Georgia proclaiming himself the Messiah and went around preach ing from place to place getting the negroes wild and completely de moralizing them. He was arrested and finally sent to an asylum as in sane. A few weeks after he disap peared a negro woman appeared who proclaimed herself the Virgin Mary, and she set the negros wild too, hun dreds of them believing implicitly in her. So there is nothing incredi ble in the Messiah craze and ghost dances of the colored denizens of Kansas City. Of course it is con fined to the most ignorant of them for they are not all superstitious enough to be carried away by such nonsense as th t, The monotony of the Senate pro ceedings was varied Friday by a rat tling good speech against the Force bill by j Senator Stewart, Rep., of Nevada There was not much in the speech which had not been said by the Democratic Senators who had preceded him, but the speech had more force, and attracted more at tention as coming from a Republi can ot unquestionable loyalty to his party. ; He opposed the measure be cause it was unwise, and unnecessary, and as disastrous to the black man whom it wasintendedto protect. He clinched his argument against.it by the logical and unanswerable de claration that if the bill was a force bill it should not be passed, and it was not 'a force bill it was utterly use less, and there was no sense in pass ing it. j He crowded the whole ques tion into a nutshell in that declara tion. The probabilities are that he will be followed by Senators Teller, Paddock and other Western Sena tors on the same line, whose senti ments he expressed in this speech. The Democratic Senators have been driving nails into the coffin of this monster, but Stewart drove a spike and clinched it. Experiments are now being made with Dr. Koch's lymph in several cities in this country, and the effect is being closely observed and noted by physicians. So far the reports are of a favorable character. " There are several patients under treatment in New Haven. Some of these are affected with cancerous trouble. The report in reference to one of these says: Already the cancerous growth shows signs of healing, and the flow of pus has lessened. One noteworthy fact which has demonstrated more than anything else the improvement of the patient is the discovery that the bacilli, which is found in all tubercular diseases, has grown less as the treatment progressed. This fact was brought out by Professor Chittenden's microscopic examinations. Ever since the experiments were begun the sputa in tha cases of Blake and Bradley, and the emissions from the cancerous growth in the Johnson case have been daily scrutinized, and the ani mal life is gradually disappearing under treatment. The injections are now given regularly and in considerably, larger doses. ! ' '' ; ' Mr. McKinley interviewed Senator Sherman Friday and got him to con sent to withdraw - the resolution in troduced by him in the Senate to so construe the tariff bill as not to' in terfere with the Hawaiian recipro city treaty. McKinley was afraid that if this resolution were passed it would open up the way for nu merous amendments, reopen the ariff discussion and result in getting the Republican statesmen into a tan gle, and the tariff bill into a worse jumble than it is now. They don't want to stir the carcass' for the more they stir it the more it. will scent the atmosphere. - ',... , A practical illustration of how the McKinley tariff law operates in some respects, was presented in the House of Representatives last Wed nesday by the . reading of a letter from Secretary Windom addressed to the Committee on Appropriations, asking for an appropriation of $25,- 000 to enable the Light House Board to pay the duty on articles used in the establishment of light houses. i . - LL.. I Most of the articles upon which these - d.uties are to be paid; are not made m thls C0Uflt"7 and this stupid bin does not empt from duty articles imPorted for the use of the : eovern- ment 88 former tariff bills did BIATE TOPICS. r -rt. - . "7" -: . i "lC n states .Wpnate least $25,000 to- provide for State exhibits at the World's Fair to held in Chicago, and it is said that Gov. Fowle will recommend to the Legislature when it meets that it appropriate this much for this State." With' an appropriation of $25,000 and the- efforts which may and should be made by individuals and corpora tions, this State could make a very creditable exhibit, and one that wouia attract much attention espe cjally. in..mineralstones,-a1dthfi-, bers in which capitalists are seeking investment. Of these we should have: a fine and an ample exhibit. No State in the country can make a better display of these than North Carolina can if she makes up her mind to do it. ! A BiR Blase But a Small IFire. Fire broke outlast nightman underta kers shop' in the center of a row of small wooden buildings belonging to t;he Bet tincourt estate, on Second street near Princess. The place had been closed for the night sometime before and the flames which burst from the rear gave the first notice of the fire "to per sons passing on the street. An alarm was sent in from box No. 15. Front and Mulberry streets, and the engines and hose reels of the Department were soon on the ground and in a remarkably short space of time had the fire under control and the flames extinguished withnnt giving them a chance to extend to the buildings adjoining. The damage to, the property will not exceed $150. and is probably covered by insurance. The owner of the undei taking shop. D. C. fc-vans, a colored man, bad no insurance on his stock; his loss win amount to about $250. Isham Sweat, colored, occupied the place adjoining .on the North as a barber shop, and sustained some damage by water- The relief valves i-nd shut-off nozzles used by the Department were again brought in play and were of valuable service in preventing damage by water to property of the shop-keepers through whose premises it was found necessasy to carry lines of hose to play on the fire in the rear of the build ing.' The paints, oils and varnishes and other material in Evans' shop made a big blaze which caused a great gathering of people in the neighborhood, the streets at the time being thronged with shoppers. But the crowd was in the main an orderly one. though the police were forced to arrest two or . three col ored persons who were disorderly and insolent. HYDE COUNTY LANDS. A Purchase of the Beal Estate Investment Cempany of Wilmington. The Real Investment Company of Wilmington has completed the purchase of 80,000 acres of land in Hyde county, belonging to the State Board of Educa tion. The price paid was forty-five cents per acre. Negotiations have been pending for the purchase of this land for some time, but the matter has been de layed until the company could have a full report" from its attorneys as to the title. The purchase was effected through Hon. Chas. M.Stedman. the president ok the Investment Company, who returned home last night from Raleigh. Grand Barbecue and Picnic. The Democrats of Brunswick county propose to celebrate their great victory at the last election by giving a grand barbecue at Lockwood's Folly bridge, Wednesday. January 7th, 1891. Promi nent speakers haye been invited and will be present on the occasion. The Cape Fear Silver Cornet Band, of Southport, will furnish the music. With good speaking, good music and plenty of good things to eat, a good time is promised to all. All Democrats, their families and their friends are cor dially invited to attend. Cotton Movement. Receipts of cotton at this port the past week are 4,956 bales; for the cor responding week last year. 6,469 bales. The stock at this port is 17,638 bales, against 15,543 at same date last year. Receipts lor the crop year, to Decem ber 19th, are 139,081 bales, against 108, 065 at same date last season, showing an increase of 81,016 bales. ROCKY MOUNT On the Broad to Improvement Additional . Warehouses to be Built. Star Correspondence. . Rocky Mount, N. C, Dec. 19. This town is on the broad road to im provement. The proprietors of each tobacco warehouse have purchased them, and having their families here are now prominent fixtures to the town. After Christmas Capt- A. J. Ellington of ReidsviL'e, will erect another large warehouse, as well as a plug and smok ing factory. Several prize houses are now building and will soon be com pleted, to meet the partial, wants of the buyers. Before next season there will be a half dozen more built. Mr. Wilson will soon have machinery here, which is on the way, and wants to have in operation by the middle of January next. Col. D. Worthington, of Williamston, has bought the handsome residence of Thos. H. Battle, Esq., and will move his family here as soon i as he can get pos session of the house. He will establish his law office in the heart of the busiest part of the town, i ; Many new buildings will soon spring into existence, among which will be a new Opera House.' After the Christ mas holidays the saw and hammer will be heard, and things "humming" on very sine. WASHINGTON. The Knkncial Bin m Agreed XTpon by - the Bepublioan Senatorial Caucus. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - - - Washington, December I8.i-Mr. Sherman- reported to the Senate' from the Finance Committee this morning ViA it: t . . " '7 fgfea opon by the Republican caucus last nurht. and it - n , - mw at nmeasurelast night is. thehrnita tion to banks havinga capital of not more than $50,000 of the operation of wic provision reoocing to $1,000 the compulsory requirement of je posits of bonds with the Treasury. ''. The measure contains a. remn'rmnf nXn the Secretary of the Treasurv treasury notes to the amount of $10,000, 000. based upon abraded and otherwise uncurrent subsidiary silver coin now in the Treasurv. 'Also u.tn. aii.v-' . . ' . A&AUVtl a proposition for an international arrange ment to secure uniformity in ratio in sil ver coinage with provision for the ap pointment -of three commissioners to representjthe United States and an ap propriation for- their salaries and ex- , It. is generally understood that the purpose of Senator Sherman, in having the bill committed to the Finance Com mittee was to retain control of the mea sure in that committee-jmd prevent the possibility of a motion being made pre maturely in the Senate to consider and then amend the vote. " The Financial Committee will meet to-morrow to consider the bill and go through the formaltles necessary to se cure consideration for it by the Senate. Washington. December 19. It is understood that after consultation be tween Senator Sherman and Represen tative McKinley on the subject, the former has determined to withdraw the resolution introduced by him, to so construe the tariff law as to maintain ine Hawaiian reciprocity treaty in operation. ".The probability of amend ments being offered, which might reopen the entire tariff question, is un derstood to have caused this decision. Washington. Dec 19. Senator Gray introduced in the Senate a number of amendments to the pending Election bill, the effect of which are in brief to strike out the provsions for a perma nent annual appropriation:lfor compen sation of supervisors, and ; to deprive those officers of power to interfere with returns, and to separate them entirely ii uiu iuc eienion macninery alter elec tion day. The.Financial Committee of the Sen ate has agreed to report the Financial bill introduced yesterday by Senator Sherman. The only amendments made by the committee are said to be in the phraseology. The chairman of , the Finance Committee, Senator Morrill, was opposed to some of the propositions contained in the bill, and with Senator Sherman reserved the right to vote for the two per cent, bond clause when the bill is considered in the Senate. As for tfte Democratic members of the committee, they reserve the right to op pose the whole bill, inasmuch as they had no proper opportunity to examine it, but consented to the report of the measure so that no yea and nay vote was uecessary. THE KOCH CURE. AMERICAN DOCTORS DISAPPOINTED. Failure to Procure a Supply of Lymph the Cause Effects of Treatment on Pa tients in Berlin Hospitals and Else where. Copyright 1890 br the N. Y. Associated Tret. Berlin, December- 20. The number of American doctors who have been waiting here, trying to get some of the Koch lymph, is fast being diminished. Several of them succeeded in procuring small supplies for use in their private practice Deiore froi. Kocn issued his phrobosite, limiting the supply of lymph to hospitals or medical colleges. The majority have returned without the lymph, but weighted with experience acquired in studying the case. During the present week Prof. Ger bardt closed his exhibition of cases to all foreign physicians excepting some Americans. Prof. Gerhardt has now treated seventy-nine patients, giving two milligrammes of lymph as the first dose and in some instances only one. Four of his patients who were suffering from advanced phthisis died; three left the hospital much improved. Twenty-four remain, and are progressing favorably. Prof. Gerhardt expresses his incresing satisfaction with the" results of ;the remedy, especially in tubuculosis of J the laryux, where the chances of recovery are better than in pulmonary phthisis. He confirms Koch's experience, that the remedy is most useful in the initial . stage of the disease. William Degan, the American who came to Berlin in charge of Dr. Wnii A. Taltavall. a New York physician, and whose case has acquired prominence from his being the first American to visit Berlin ior treatment, received the first injection on Monday last. He is under the treatment of Prof. Ewold. The first dose was only one half of a milligramme, Prof. Ewold fearing to use any more on account of the weak con dition of the patient. A slight reaction set in eight hours afterwards. The patient's temperature rose gradually until it reached 100 degrees. It then de clined "and within six hours became nor mal. Larger doses have been infected since. Degan's cough is easier, and dur ing the night he rests better. There are other symptoms of an amelioration of his condition. ' ' Prof. Ewald exhibited ' Degan to a large number of foreign physicians as a typical case of temporary improvement resulting from the treatment, though he expressed doubt as to his ultimate cure, considering his condition. : Dr." "Paul. Gatman, who is treating seventy-five consumptives, presented before Huf eland Gessellsehaft four cases that had been absolutely cured of pul monary pntnisis. l nese cases had been f V SK?C OIintf T86, J?JJ instances ted 1 'a. . 1 a . 1 raised to five centigrammes. Prof. Leyden reports that of one hun dred and twenty-seven patients suffer-, ing from diseases of the lungs treated at the Charity Hospital, the general re sults are promising. There has been no mishap in any instance. , In contrast to Prof. Levden's ex perience, the Cologne Gazette records the death of a patient who was confided to the care of Dr. Libbertz by Koch, and who received the 'first injections from Koch. The deatlror this patient, the Gazette says can be traced to the injec tions. ' ! Prof. Leyden. analyzing his own' and other physicians' experience, admonishes doctors to use the utmost caution in every case, be the patient strong or weak, r Injections . affect the heart strongly. All deaths following injec tions have been caused by the heart be ing affected V - Berlin doctors apart from those who practice in hospitals and those j belong ing to Koch's entourage, join. American physicians in their bitter complaint that tay cannot froeure lywpfc. . r - WASHINGTON I IMMIGRATION CoVlVENTlONf I The Inter-SUte Oafherins at AaheVille Testerdar'a ' : Frooeedings HesolaUona Adopted, Eto.' " j ' Ashevi llb? ,Dec 18. The Inter-State Immigration Convention met this morn ing.. President M. T. Bryant in the Chair. W H. Mahone; of Asheville : . . . .. . Asucviue offered ' the following : preamble ! and resolution : .jr j .: "Whereas, it is the sense of this ton t,.t,'.. .U. l . ""uu luu an scctiopai animosity oe-, tween the North and South: should cease; that agitation of sectional Ques tions tends to retard the general pros perity of the whole country; therefore, . a "Resolved, That we deprecate as! un wise aud impolitic the present agitation in Congress " of what is known as -TaT ' -- 1 . - . - " .' the nauonai Election iawv or force bill," and dp - hereby protest against enactment of this bill into a law". the - On motion of E. . Polk Johnson" ivy me resolution was laid- upon the laoie. lhe following resolutionJrom North Carolina was introduced: proposed legislation which retards i the prosperous, condition of' the' Southern Scates, and which - tends to hiader the flow of .capital into the Southern States." ' It was referred to the Com mittee on Resolutions. ! 1 . The following resolutions : were intww duced by R. B. Boone, of Durham, N. C, and referred to committee: ' "Resolved. That ' the war! between the sections is ended and all bitter remem brance thereof are forgotten; that on. the map of. the world and " in the South ern heart the United States : is one na tion, bound together , by every tie of commercial interests and of brotherly lave; that we. citizens of the " Southern part of . this, , the grandest nation the world ever saw, extend toour brothers in the North and West the right hand of fellowship and invite them to come and make their homes among us,and aid us in developing this, the richest country in natural resources and the most favored in climate and location of any section on the face of the earth ; that we here issue a Call for i 500,000 sturdy sons of toil and 500.000 manufacturers of the North and West to make their homes with us, and to join us in the develop-" ment of this land of ours ; that we re cognize no political East,' no political West, no political North, and no politi cal South ; that under a common banner and in a common country we pledge ourselves to every honest effort to the upbuilding of this nation, of which the South is the most favored by nature and by nature's God." The following Executive Committee was chosen: Alabama J. C. Keith, Anniston; Arkansas John J. Sumpter. Hot Springs; Florida Win. ; Davidson, Jacksonville; Georgia W. L. Glessner, Americus; Kentucky E. Pope Johnson, Franklin; Louisiana T. W: Poole, New Orleans: Mississippi Capt. Sam Brown; Maryiand Henirv E. Alvord. Maryland Agricultural Colleger North Carolina P. M. Wilson, ' Winston; South Caro lina w. K. , Duncan, Spartanburg; Texas S. J. T. Johnson, Corsicana; Tennessee Maj. H; M. Aiken, Knox yille; Virginia C. F. Moore, Hunters- Ville. ... . ... . ,j. . .- , j ' - r. .; There is determined purpose manifest in every movement of the Convention to discard everything of a political na ture and devote the time of the Con vention to business matters exclusively. The committee appointed to make suggestions and correct grievances -met and. considered the railroad business, and made the following report: The committee begs leave to report unaui mously that it endorses the plan adopted by the railroads of selling "home-seekers" and land excursion tickets to pro mote and encourage immigration, and recommends that a committee of three be appointed by the Southern Inter State Immigration Convention to apply to the several passenger and traffic asso ciations for an extension of the sale of such tickets at as low a rate and fre quent dates as can be secured. It depre cates the scalping or ticket brokerage; recommends: that this : Convention memorial Congress to prohibit scalping or ticket brokerage by an amendment to the Inter-State Commerce Act. as recommended by the Inter-State Com merce Commission in its fourth annual report. That we further recommend that each State delegation to this Con vention bring the action of this Con- vention to the attention of the Con gressional representatives of their re spective States, and ask their co-operation in securing the proposed legisla tion. Also that the same State delega tions ask the Legislatures of their several States to instruct their representatives in Congress to enact legislation asked for by the Inter-State Commerce Com mission, j The report brought on discussion, par ticipated by representatives from nearly every State. Finally the resolution was adopted. F. B. Chilton, of Austin, Texas, gen eral manager of the Southern Inter State Commerce Convention, then made his annual . report. , After greeting the delegates warmly, he sjid it must rest with the future to reveal the thorough results brought about by the plans laid down in this convention, how wise and great is the South. He went on to say that the object of the Convention was to attract good men from all the States and capital from all nations. We welcome, he said, new settlers in the work of pla cing the Southern section of the Union in the position where it jnstly belongs. He spoke of the work accomplished by the Florida Bureau, which had sent one exhibit to Boston and two to be shown at fairs in the North, and that in conse quence about 500 letters of inquiry had been sent to Bureau headquarters. A good deal has been done in the ad vertising line, a contract having been made by which more than $200,000 worth of advertising was secured. Dur ing this year exhibits of Southern pro ducts had been displayed in New Jersey and New York, and at three points in Canada; also in Maine, Pennsylvania, In diana and Michigan. Exhibits by trains of cars he deemed impracticable, but as made at expositions was certainly ad vantageous. . Mr. C. continued: If the means will iustify, we propose to engage speakers who will addresV meetings theSt! North and West, and contend against the prejudice against the South. It is also proposed , to use the stereopticon, showing views of interest in tht South, and representatives will start out inside of ninety days, f ; If the Convention endorses the plan and scope of the work as mapped out in 1888. this Association will be the most powerful body of men ever banded to gether for the upbuilding of any. coun try, and the success that will come to the South 'will be the marvel of the world. ... - I ..' - ,(...-! i A vote of thanks was tendered Mr.Chil- ton for his able report, and he was re elected General Manager of the Bureau. Asheville, ; N. G, December 19, The last day of the Inter-State Immi gration Society Convention was a busy one, receiving reports from various com mittees, j , ..... ,; . Gen. R. B. Vance and W. C Wilson.. DOtn ot North Carolina, offered a reso lution declaring it to be th seise of the Qwvmviuii that a proper Observance of the Sabbath requires the closing 4f the Colombian World's Fair Exposition on the Sabbath. After a heated debate the resolution was referred to the Com mission of the Columbian Exnositmn - a resolution to recommend to th. .. . r " Ajovernors ot each btate toaoDoint ruunrnn -u c.-l ... committee of-five from their States to meet in connection with another com mittee, and to be known as the Promo tion v Committee of the. World's Fair, was adopted. . ' - lhe leport of the Committee on Le- - I gislation was as follows : I t we recoar- nize the necessity of unitv of action bv the Southern States here represented, and that it can best be accomplished by a concerted system 'of legislation; there fore, you are requested to provide1 - by law for the appointment and - mainte nance of a: Commissioner of Immtgra- 1 on, "whose duty it- shall be. to fojm a I board of Southern Immigration, to co- I -operate witn the southern Immigration tfureau, a promoting the great cause of of I Ssoutiiernjim migration arid the up-build- 1 ing -of ; oUr common . Southland : that : r ther Executive Committee 1 present to Legislatures suitablej bills to ana urge ine passage ot such measure; mw me general manager, aided by tht ijAtLuuvc vjmmuiee, oe requested to draft a constitution and by-laws for te permanent gpvernmentof this body, and report at the next Convention; that "the general manager and committee issue a periodical as the general official organ of the Bureau, to be under their control, but that the character and expediency of the same and frequency of publication be discretionary with said' manager and committee. The report was adopted. -iThe report of the Finance Committee was read and adopted. It recommends that the Executive Committee appoint a delegation to request the Governors of States to call on the Legislatures of the States for financial aid, and that an ap propriation of $25,000 from each State I -be askd for the purpose of making a j full exhibition at the: Columbian Expo- sition ; that Bureaus of Mining, Mann iaciunng, Agriculture and Immigration be asked to lend financial aid; that where there are no such bureaus the Executive Committee shall call a convention to organize a State Immi gration Bureau, and this bureau shall raise fuuds and make appropriations as they deem best; that the general manager of, the Association be made a paid official j by rail roads of the South, and that his salary as general manager of the Association shall be $5,000 a year; that the Bureau if it deems it best, shall publish the re sources of the States, with illustrations, with space for each, according to con tributions. THE INDIANS. . The News Bather More Interesting and Apparently More Eeliable. - By Telegraph to the Morning1 Star. :" Minneapolis, Dec: 20. The four nqr s. Rapid City, S. D special says : Gen. Miles has received advices from Gen. Brooke, that five hundred friendly Indians left Pine Ridge yesterday to at tempt to bring in the hostilesl . A dispatch from Lieutenant- Colonel Drum, at Foord Gates, announced that the-Indians there were quiet. Thirty more of Sitting Bull's Indians; who left the Agency Monday, have sent in word that they will return. j - Gen. Carr has thrown out a cavalry force to intercept the band now reported moving across the reservation to Bad Lands. If the force fail to j intercept them they will be pursued and! arrested. Gen. Miles says no advance will be made until the result of the Pine Ride embassy is known. Big Foot and Hump surrendered and returned to the Agency. No Indians except the band mentioned are now going to the hotiles, and the cordon is constantly tightening. Gen. Miles discredits the report of a large band of Indians ln the vicinity of Crook, pn Little Missouri river. No further engagement reported from lower ranches. The Government herd has been located at Alkali Creek, and a force of twenty men leave here to aay to round it up. Five companies of the 17th Infantry, from Fort Russell is expected here this afternoon and will alone follow the forty-five Cheyenne Scouts from Pine Ridge who started for Cheyenne this morning. j The available force along Cheyenne under General Carr is about one thou sand five hundred. " TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. Two Men Killed and One Fatally Wounded in a Bow on a River Steamboat. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Indianapolis, Dec. 20.-j-A special to the Sentinel from Evansville says : The steamer Big Sandy was the scene of a terrible tragedy this afternoon, imme diately after leavieg this port. The crew of the sunken steamer Ohio was on board tlje Sandy, being taken to Cin cinnati. It gave the officers of the boat a great deal" of trouble dur ing the up' trip. After the boat left, this port a general row took place in which knives, revolvers and clubs were used, being precipitated by a raid on the cook's quarters. One of "Ohio's" rousters drew a knife and attempted to use it on the cook, when the latter drew a revolver, and fired into the crowd, killing two and wounding one fatally. j DARING ATTEMPT To Bob a Pay Train on the Louisville, Hew Orleans & Texas Railroad. By! Telegraph to the Morning Star. Memphis, Dec. 20. A daring attempt was made this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock to rob the pay train on the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad, two miles south of Woodville, Miss., on the Bayou Sara branch. The train was re turning to Bayou Sara from Woodville. and as the engine was crossing the trestle the engineer saw a rail in front of him drawn away by aman whom he recog nized as Doc Bradford, j It was too late to stop the engine, which was derailed, while the tender and pay car were thrown down the steep embankment. Bradford, who was hiding, immediately came out and attempted to open the safe, which was locked. The train crew soon recovered from their surprise, and as their injuries were slight Bradford, seeing' he was about to be overhauled, fled into the woods, but was pursued and captured and lodged in jail at Wood villS. : j' , Paymaster L. C French, who was aboard, received slight ' injuries; road master.-' Bryan : ! was seriously injured. . israaiora naa drawn the ; spikes and tied the telegraph wire to the rail, with which he drew .it from its position and caused the wreck. He is a notorious criminal. Some time ago he shot and - killed a negro at Cen treville, Miss.,, but was acquitted on the ground oi insanity. - I A- private telegram from Woodville intimates that he will be lynched to- aigmt. .V.White- ered (8,- ep acrei.- t cotton nt thr housing Puna Ior producing- and . Durham Globe: A gentleman living at Flat River, in this county, bnngs. the news of great mortality among horses in his neighborhood, and on further inquiry we learn that a simi lar distemper has struck Durham, carry- ing off a number of fine animals belong ing to the citizens of this town. The malady is not yet understood, but is I... J . t - w ouuuuscu w oc causea nv eat nor mm, I fir iinonnnH fnrA K.i.v. t ... kets. ' 6 "re,gn mar -Morganton Herald: Capt. J. C. Mills and AU Cowan, who partici pated in the impromptu roadside duel described last week are both improving rapidly. . Joseph Patton and Ed Laugh ndge appeared before Judge J. G. By num in Morganton yesterday and gave bond to keep the peace, with Joseph Brown and D. A. Kanipe, of McDowell, as sureties. They were arrested on an affidavit charging them with a con spiracy to -mob Car. Mills.' : - Statesville Landmark: Mr. Wm. Turner, one of the oldest citizens of the county, and father of Mr. W. P and County Treasurer John C. Turner, died at his home ; in .Turnersburg township x.iuiiud "'gut, agea aoout wu years. Machinery for Messrs Stimpson & Steele's cotton factory at Turnersburg has beeh passing . through town for two weeks- past. The building is quite fin ished, and the machinery is being placed at received. All of this is .new, just from the factories, and is of the ; latest im proved patterns. Cotton mill men say that . when the Turnersburg factory starts, up again it will be one of the best of its size anywhere in the country. Elizabeth City Economist: De parted this life, Sunday evening. Mrs. wancy Brothers, relict of the late Thos. Brothers, aged nearly 80 years. -There has been an ingress of population to this town to a very considerable ex tent for some time which has come from the adjacent section, both of towns and country, but the oyster business has Swelled the population and business re cently more than anything else. Dr. R. K. Speed, an old and distinguished citizen of Elizabeth City, and long con spicuous in the political councils of North Carolina, who has for some months been in feeble health and suf fered from partial aberration of mind, was taken on Friday to the Insane Asy lum at Raleigh, with the hope of im proving his mental and physical condi tion. Goldsboro Argus: A Russian tramp who came to town and dwelt in the guard house at night of his own ac cord, and lived on the hospitality of Messrs. Sam Cohen & Sons was before the Mayor yesterday, and when the" court, speaking through two inter preters, told him he must move. be?ted to stay through the day, as he had tele graphed his brother in Baltimore to send him $25 in care of the Mayor, and he was looking for the money. The Mayor agreed, and at 2 o'clock Crews received the money in the Mayor's care and the tramp left on the train for Bal timore. Some extensive work is being done in the way of building and improving in the city at this time we notice that two or three new dwellings are under construction in the northern part of the city, which, when completed, will be handsome structures. ' - Washington Gazette1. Perhaps mere never was a rime wnen less idl ness existed in our town and When more bread winners were daily engaged in pursuits of honest labor. It is interestirfg to see six or seven hundred men, women, and children hucking and packing oysters at the factories. ahd it is gratifying to know that Washington has such avenues of livelihood for peo ple of all ages. Mrs. M. V. Robef- son has presented us with three pleadid ripe pears on one twig. They, are of the second crop and luscious. She. In forms us that her tree produced quite a number of pears in this crop. At the home of Mr. Robert Hill, near Cocowinity, on the 30th of November, was held another of those family gath erings, which assemble there every year to celebrate the anniversary of Mr. Hill's berth. There were 53 children. grandchildren, great-grand-chiidren, and their families present. Sanfdrd Express: Ore Hill postoffice that was discontinued some months ago on account of a boycott by the citizens of the place, has been re-established. C. C, Randleman and the C. C. Randleman Manufacturing Co., of Randolph county, have both assigned. The Jackson-Brady gold mine case that occupied nearly two weeks of our August-Court and was appealed to the Supreme Court, has been reviewed, and that higher Court has found no error. iudge Graves sentenced the Bradies 1. B. and N. D to six months' time m the county jail for "salting" a gold mine and selling it to Mr. W. K. Jackson. The Supreme Court-decision means that the Bradies will bo . to fail.-There is also pending on the civil docket-, suit to recover damages which will like. ly come up at the next term ef Moore county Court. Mr. Jackson has drawn V blood and now he is after marrow. The Bradies will find it a bad case before they get through. Lenoir Topic: Mr. John Z Neal, who shot and killed Liville Eller in Ashe, is under arrest, and goes to and from his business in Jefferson with a guard, Eller was a "bad" man. Soon after his brother was killed and his -band qf robbers broken up he left the country for the West, but soon came backh and though he was outlawed and had a price put on his head, he went in aftd .out anfbng his neighborhood, about nine miles- from Jefferson, near the Thompson Springs, as if he were not afraid of, molestation. He had back ed down squads of three men at tempting to arrest him more than " once.' ' He registered and voted at the election, remaining around the polls allday. At the last tax-paying he paid his taxes and shook hands, with the sheriff, who had a warrant for his arrest in his pocket. Neal had been in his company for several hours previous to the killing but never could get the "drop" on him till they reached a country liquor shop. Neal drew his pistol on Eller in front of the grocery, when Eller dodged inside, Neal following. Gn going in Neal saw Eller leveling his pistol at him, but he " was too quick for the desperado and brought him down. 'Raleigh News and Observer: Mr. G. E. Miller, mayor of Kinston, died Monday morning at 1:30 o'clock, aged 40 years, after a long and lingering ill ness. The Supreme Court closes its present term with this week, the ar gument of cases from the 12th district having been completed. A few cases left over are yet to be disposed 6f and some opinions to be handed down. Late night before last Junius Johnston -was brought to this city and lodged in jail, having been arrested for shooting F. P. Emery in a bar-room fracas in New Light township, and sent to jail under a commitment by Justice ot the Peace W. H. Lassiter, of New Light. Revenue officers Massey, Grimsley and John R. Unchurch a day or two ago laid a trap for illicit distillers in Sampson county and nabbed them in the act. They knew . that moonshine operations were being carried on and went and con cealed themselves at the place. They had not long to wait when their men came along and started in for a day's work, whereupon they were taken in by the officers. The offenders were Cor nelius Hodges and Bradley Jernigan, and they were taken before Commis sioner E. W.Pou atSmithfield and gave bead. --(,... :"..