Newspapers / The Weekly Star (Wilmington, … / Jan. 2, 1891, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
rrcrw . OTA Wxt tlDLLEERLlI SlELl rVBLMRSO AT I WILMINGTON. N. C., . AT ' 1 r I ' $1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. 8S8S8S8S883888S88 SSSS8882ggf 888S8888888888883 I888888888888888i8 ,uon r2SaSS89VSS2S8E$S8 138888888888888888 i 8SSS3S1I8S8S8888IS - iS88SS5-S8SSS88SS8 SS8S8SSS338S3S8S3 a id O 5; : : : j : s ! : i::s: fsiwrd t the Port Office at WUmtgton, N. C., as 1 Second Class Matter.l I J SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. T1, ittbiptioB pries of the Weekly 8 tar U u .$1 00 . , 60 . 80 ( months 8 menthi ; KLLLIITG TIME. Nearly one-third of the short set sion of Congress has passed, and al though Mr. Hoar with his Force bill has monopolized the. time of the Sen ate to the exclusion of other business he is no nearer the accomplishment of hishopes than he was the: first day he rang; up the 'curtain and began to perform in the roll of the great bal-. lot-box protector. ; There will beno thing done till after the holidays but mere routine business, for although Congress refused to take a recess the statesmen have been scattering for the; past few days, and there are not enough of them left to-make a quorumTand won't be until after the Christmas frolic. , i j ' .Thrice the statesman of codfish notoriety ha? requested j the gentle men on the Democratic j side of the rhamber to sat when they were will-' irg to bring to ' a close j the debate, Uhich untiLquite recently they had ;all to themselves, and thrice they have declined to say. Senator Gor man informefil him last week in re ply to this irquiry' that the Dem ocrats hadn't got a good start in the debate' yet, although it was a very one-sided affair, that there were a number of De mocratic Senators who desired to m;.ke a lew broken re marks, and i robably some gentle men on the other side of the cham ber might desire to orate some. The Democrats would not be so un generous as to deprive them of that anticipated enjoyment by b inging the thing1 to sudden stop. Sena tor Gorman seems to have been a pretty good surmiser for since then half a dozen Democratic Sen ators have mauled Hoar's protege outt)f all shape, and Senator Stew art, Republican, of Nevada, jumped on to it wit'rJ both feet and tramped it into cqmp st. , This was filling the cup of the Afassachusets statesman brim full of disappointment and vex ation, not so hiuch that the Demo crats persisted in talking, as because that stalwart Republican from the far West should have pooled issues with the Democrats, and was really unkind enough to say that the thing was a fraud, and a Dig elephant that they wouldn't know what to do with after they zot it. He also had the cruelty! to call old. Cod nsn to task tor his in consistency in standing sponsor to a measure, a less odious one than which he vehemently opposed six teen years ago vhen there was more excuse, if there ever was excuse, for narrow-minded sectionalism and par tisan short cuts, than there is now. With the experience of the first month before him the probabilities are that the lover of codfish balls on Sunday morrjing would hot have as- yireu io trie tame ot engineering such a job through the ' Senatfe-and going through the mental tribula tion whiph he has gone through, for it must be a severe strain on a man of his years. ' - He has only "one hope left and ttlat IS tO nasc thm nrt nrA rPCAlntinn after the ho idays and gag the Dem- ocratic ; Senators as Reed and his gang gagged the Democratic Repre sentatives in the other wing of the Capitol, And when he tries that some mischievous Senator on the other, side i will bp frniirsnm- en ough to quote this from an article wnnen by him on the United States lenator and published in the Youths' if anion last November in this acMmM.. . i. - i r!.:?re?-.. EverY measure can be dis- . -.hiui aucCUl IS H.USU1UIC1T :' Jully without restraint , and 'u Wlth0ut limlt- iThis isofim feS lmP0rtance, not only to the per- 'CCtlOn of letrislatinn: hnaltn tn' th P'gnitV of th sn,- s iftn wwl,iv aiiJf 111 HIT VUlll- S'i HX itself. , An attempt irl. f . ' Mr- (-'lay during the Fres- !aenCyof John Tvler to introdnrl n our tuIp .iT. .. . . . - ic oenate. The Democratic minor-' of m o ne . forcible, resistance. Some . m- Uav'a nni;;..i t-;-J d;ntari Tf . U 1.. mi be : entertaining to -witness W the VerierahU aM mnnnthanlr 4ere , A ji , . jenius in his State, and although he as never distinguished himself, in "ing of an inventive character uVC some talent in that "7- ' tu it -7:11 oz lnieresiing 10 ann r i. ; . . & . "'Ycnun come reason ior th met0 ' Sitting his ga rule - ii m i . T r in . i 6en''-5- Tha DomocraU :40tt.alilB;' to i iy upon KNUMt -- It t VOL. XXII. one else does, and as they successful ly established the reputation of be ing pretty long-winded time talkers, they will talk this cloture game to death, and then the aged Force bill boomer will be troubled in spirit in deed, so that even his, artistically compounded and constructed heb- domedal codfish balls will not solacte him nor make life more cheery. We sympathize with the old gentleman because he is aged and may be drift ing towards his dotage. We sympa thize with him so much that we would be willing to grant him leave of absence from the Senate for the remainder of his natural Iife There is nothing in the outlook nor inlook to comfort or cheer him, for it is said a poll of the Senators shows a ma jority against it, : and even if it did pass the Senate public sentimenthas so crystalized against it that the bill could not pass the House a second time. -.'."'. . MINOS MENTION. i i The Treasury Department has made a discovery. In order that no thing which was not distinctly put upon the free list should escape the McKinley drag-net there is a clause taxing "unenumerated unmanufac tured articlcslO per cent, ad valorem. Natural gas is brought from Canada to Buffalo, N. Y., by pipes, and the Treasury Department has come to the conclusion that it is subject to tariff duty under this clause. How the Treasury is going about .fixing the value oHt remains to bt seen, for in Canada, the place whence it comes, it has no market price, and has no price in the place where it is received until it has been used. Du ty is collected at the place of delive ry, before the; goods are delivered, and the goods are held liable to seiz ure unless the duties arejpaid.. They will have a good time seizing the gas and selling that for the duty, as they would goods imported, and they can't order it to be turned off for their power don't reach over into Canada, and they caiv't prevent the Buffalo consumer from using it for there is no law authorizing them to do that. By the way there are a good many windmills in use ; in the States bordering on Canada, and the Treasury Department may yet dis cover that under this clause when the wind comes from the . North it will be subject to a duty of 10 per cent, ad valorem as one of the "unenumerated unmanufactured ar ticles." If Canada gas which is used to furnish power to operate ma chinery is subject to tax there is. no good reason why Canada wind which does the same thing should not -be. ' ''-'" The call for a conference to meet in; Cincinnati ! February 23d, whirh was islued by Alliance : men when the convention was in session at Ocala, promises to create some trou ble in the order. The call was sign ed by Western men, but it has not the endorsement of the Alliance, nor of the Kansas State Alliance to Vhich Col: Rice and! several others of the leading advocates belong. Col. Rice says as the call was signed by members of the Alliance and in dustrial .bodies from different States, in their individual capacity, the Al liance had no authority to declare it off, that the conference will be held and if upon deliberation the time fixed be deemed too soon, it will be field not later than April or May. A call has aiso been issued Dy Col. Polk, President of the Alliance and Industrial Union, for a conference to be held at Washington, to be com posed of delegates- representing ijthirty-five States, some time in Feb ruary to take into consideration the propriety of j forming a third party. It is thought thaf some of . IngaJIs friends, parading in the disguise of Alliance men, are endeavoring to quash the Rice movement, as Rice has blood in his eye tor Inga lis and the machine managers generally. The Force bill advocates in Con gress were so anxious iu wuuuuc work on their pet measure that they declined to take the usual' holiday recess; but- they might have done it for the statesmen are mortal, Christ ma got into their bones, and for sev eral days they haven t been able to muster a corporal's guard, hardly enough to be prayed for, badly as thev need it,! When the benate meets Monday it pill tackle the force bill again, although some of the Repub licans are getting pretty sick of it The conspirators do not expect to be able to muster a fighting force be fore about January 6th, when one of them is quoted, as saying things will be lively. Probably he meant to in mate by this that about that-time the, cloture, or in English tire gag question, will come up, when the en tertainment will begins It they can t carry that they can't carry anything, and they are not at all sanguine of being able to carry ehat. The rush of consumptives has been iso crrat to Berlin that the authori r . .. . j. i i t it i ties nave issueu orucrs ioai a.u uci sons sunenng irom consumption , ur j contagious diseases must leave un- I r a.Z licensed sanitariums, hotels etc. with J in eight days or the places will be I .. 1 HE STATE TOPICS. The papers in., the Central and Western portion of the State record numerous seizures by revenue offi cers of moonshine whiskey distiller ies, and it sometimes happens 'that fights occur between officers and moonshiners in which men are badly used up and occasionally one killed. There must be a fascination about this business when men defiantly violate the Jaw and run the risk of going to the penitentiary- if caught. t cannot be for the profit there is n it, for the distilleries are generally mall 'concerns, whose output if kept running all the time would not be arge. Mr. Wanamaker is a civil service reformer from away back, but be dosen't allow any of his postmasters' bubble over with delight when a Democrat is elected to office.- One of 'em in his State uttered just one Utle feminine hurrah when Patter- was elected and when Wana maker heard of it he bounced her forthwith. Some Pittsburgers complain of oil in their drinking water. If there was drinking water in their oil- they would complain, too. Some people are very hard to please. Perhaps they think the city authorities ought to furnish them water with "spirits" and sugar and a dab of mint in it. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Re publican, wants the Senate to quit its Force bill nonsense and come down td business, and give some at tention to matters of "more impor tance." We are indebted to Senator Vance for a copy of his very able speejeh on the Force bill. It was one of the very best and cleanest cut speeches yet delivered on that mon strosity. ; The Government has recovered $5,000 by suit in Milwaukee, (Wis consin, paid out as back pay on a fraudulant claim to an ex-soldier. There is a big field opened here for the Government. Mrs. Jesse M. Smith, of Minnea polis, Minn., brought a waltz to a sudden close by dropping dead in the arms of her partner, who was about to escort her to a seat. - The Cincinnati Times-Star, Rep., wants. Senator Plumb to drop his mask and go over to the Democra cy, it should be generous ana al low him to take his mask along. A man at Santa Fe has died at the age of 115. When a man at the age of 115 dus he does not do anything remarkable, but if he kept on living he might attract some attention. Ben Butler announces his with drawal from public life. As Ben has for a good many years been one of the most picturesque figures in public life a great many people will regret this. A Western man 6 feet 7 inches tall has married a girl 3 feet 1 inch in height. It was not a stoop to conquer with her. ? While the duty on imported cham pagne has gone up. the unpleasant announcement is made that there is a scarcity of Jersey lightning. SOUTH PORT ; NOTES. Jail Breaking An Oyster ; Canning Factory. The Leader, mentioning the escape of a prisoner named Lee from the county jail at Southport, says the iron cells re cently put .in are found to be useless. From examinations and reports of prisoners the inmates have! had no trouble in leaving the cellswhenever thev wished. Desinnir to provide for the jrreater comfort of the prisoners a stove was placed up-statrs in the jail, in the passage-way. The man Lee, taking an iron bar from one of the cells, heated it red-hof in the stove, so conveniently near, and by burning a hole in the frame of an outside window easily removed a bar. let himself down to the ground and escaped. Failure to awaken i the other prisoners prevented a grand jail de livery. Messrs. . Conger & Jones are making preparations to engage in the business of cannmc ovsters and clams at South- oort. The Leader, says they have com menced the erection of suitable ware houses and other buildings for the bus iness, and will also build a dock. ' The piles for the dock have been ordered and most of them are on the ground. Some of the tools, yster tongs, etc., came down on the Passport. Work will be pushed rapidly, STaval Stores. Receipts of spirits turpentine at this oort for the crop year to December 36th, as compared with receipts to. the corre sponding date last year are: Spirits tur pentine, 57,639 casks; last year, 57,514. Rosin. 253,782 barrels; last year, 180,895. Tar, 40,425 barrels; last year; 46.809. Crude turpentine, 15,216 barrels; last year, 15,712. mmm s Cotton Reoeipta, eto. : ' ' Cotton receipts here the past week amount to 8,802 bales; the correspond ing week last year the receipts were" 4, 900 bales. " Receipts for the crop year, to Decem ber 26th, are 142,883 bales, to same date last year 118,585 bales. An increase of 29,298 bales. The stock at this port is 20,893 bale; last ymr at same data Wej WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, A ROBBER" FRUSTRAED. The SeaooMt Railroad Office Broken Open The Thief Caught.'' A negro known as .Tom .Mackenzie was arrested yesterday for breaking into and attempting to rob; the Princess street depot of the Seacoast Railroad. Thursday morning Mr. Phil Thomas. conductor on the road, went into the of fice to get his satchel. Not finding it in the place where he left it he looked, around and saw a negro under the desk with the satchel over his shoulder.- Mr. Thomas started towards the man when the fellow jumped out and ran; but in passing through the doorway the strap on the satchel caught on the door-knob and at the same time Mr. Thomas seized him. The negro jerked away, however, and made nis escape, leaving the satchel dangling on the knob: Upon further in vestigation it was found that the. rob ber . had left his hat and ov0 the . office, and that an attempt 1 had been made td break open the desk of Mr. J. K. Collier, the ticket aeent of the road. Shortly after these dis coveries were made the same negro re turned to the office and said that some one had stolen his hat and. overcoat. and he had heard that they had been left at the office. The man was after wards taken into custody at his house on Princess street not far from the rail road office. A letter was found in one of the pock ets of the overcoat, addressed to "A. Moore," in which the writer cautioned Moore to be careful as to. who did his writing, or he might get both into trouble: The letter was postmarked "Brooklyn Nov. 20th," and is supposed to be from Mackenzie's wife, who is living North. The prisoner was fully identified by. Conductor Thomas as the man he en countered in the office. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Frogreaa of the ShortCut Extension to Augusta, Qa. The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel says : "It is reasonably certain that the Atlantic Coast Line will be ex tended into the city of Augusta before the end of the new year. Everything is now in readiness for the commence ment of active operations. The necessary charters for the extension of the road from Florence through Sumter, Orange burg, Barnwell and Aiken into the city of Augusta, have been secured from the Legislatures of South Carolina and Georgia. The extension recommended by the officials of the road was formally endorsed at the last annual meeting by the stockholders. This is one of the most hopeful enterprises for the future of Augusta. It seems for us one of the strongest and most prosperous railroad systems in the South. The building of this road will make possible, future developments of great moment to the commercial interests of Augusta. SCHOONER A. P. NOWELL. Iiibelled for Services Bendered in Baring the Vessel From Fire. The schooner . P. Nauitll was libelled yesterday for services rendered by Cbas. W. Kunold. on! of the police officers of the city, in saving the vessel on the occasion of the fire on the river front at Messrs. Fowler & Morrison and Robinson & King's wharves, a short time ago. The vessel was lying at Fowler & L Morrison's wharf and was in great danger, when officer Kunold, it is alleged, boarded her and aroused the crew and assisted in remov ing her tq a place of safety. His over coat and hat were burned while board ing the vessel, and the day following the fire Kunold made application to the master of the Newell to le reimbursed for the damage incurred; but this was refused. Proceedings were then in stituted before ' Judge Seymour of the U. S. District Court, and yester day, monition ; having been issued, attachment of the vessel was made by Deputy U. S. JUarshal Elder. The libellant through his counsel, Mr. Iredell Meares, asks for an award of salvage to be fixed by the court.' It is probable the vessel will give bond to answer the libel and proceed on her voyage. ' Meantime she remains in the hands of the Marshal. Fire in the Country. The dwelling of Mr. W. W. Dew, at El Paso, in Brunswick county, with the kitchen and smoke-house on the prem ises were burned to the ground on the 22d inst. The furniture and everything else in the building, was also destroyed The loss is about $1,000. There was no insurance. THE CLYDE STEAMERS. A Hew Schedule Tor the Hew York and .-" '. Wilmington Iiine. From and after January 3rd (next Saturday) a regular weekly steamer of the Clyde line, sailing from New York to this port, will go thrbugh to George town, S. C. There will be two steamers each week, but one only will make the run through to Georgetown. The day of sailing from New York for George town, calling , at Wilmington, will be Saturday, and for Wilmington alone Wednesday. : Returning from George town the steamer will leave that port on Thursday, calling at " Wilmington next day and the regular sailing days irom this port will be Monday ana r naay. Foreign Exports., The Norwegian barque Brodrene cleared yesterday "for Bristol, Eng., with cargo of 2,500 barrels; rosin and 02 casks spirits turpentine, valued ' at $19,701. and shipped by Messrs. Pater son. Downing & Co. Shooner Mavsrie Todd cleared for Arroyo. Porto Rico, with cargo shipped by Edward Kidder's Son, consisting of 124.853 feet lumber and oo.uuu smngies valued at 12,065.94. . -The Register, of Deeds made twelve couples happy this week with' marriage licenses iresn. irum mc miut. Seven were tor whites and five for col ored folks. mm: FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. ; SECOND SESSION. Speech in the Senate by Mr. Morgan Against the Suppression of Debate Mr. T MoPherson's Speeoh Against the Elec tion Bill Continued House Not in Sea-. ' aion. ' . . V -v SENATE. Washington, December 24. Mr. Morgan called up his resolution direct-: ing the- Committee on Privileges and Elections' to amend section 81 of the Election bill. : Mr. Sherman contended that it was not now in order to call up that resolu tion, except upon a formal motion. - ' Mr. Morgan said that during his ser-i yiee in the Senate, about fourteen years,! tjfce other practice had been in vogue. Set" likened the present condition of the jeVhate to the condition of sycophantic uamocies, with a single hair holding, a sword over the benate over the great States of Massachusetts, Ohio and New York. The State of Rhode Island had; informed the Senate' that at the will; and pleasure,; not of a proper com-i mittee, but ot a caucus committee,! free speech was to be prohioited. Bnt these threats were not addressed to sycophants and cowards, but to men who knew their rights, and knowing them dare maintain. Efforts to confine speech Came with especial ill-grace from. Senators who had sat in this chamber for almost twenty years. The Senate was having cloture in various forms and shapes. After twenty years' quiet agree ment in the other practice the Senator from Ohio suddenly had discovered cloture by implication. This was but a part oi the threat. Mr. bherman made the point ot order that Mr. Morgan was not entitled to the floor, but . the presiding officer ruled otherwise, and Mr. Morgan resumed his remarks. If, he said, the sword were hung over heads by sycophants and cowards, there might be something in it, but when it was suspended over the representatives of sovereign States of the Union, the action would be met in no other manner than by indignant protest against its injustice, its wrongfulness and its impropriety. The President thought that he was leading this move ment, which, would apply as well to financial measures as to the election bill. He was doing it just as a gnat was moving the buffalo, on whose born he rested. The movement was in the hands of Senators on this floor who were aspirants for the Presidency. fending further debate the hour ot 11 o'clock arrived, and Mr. McPherson continued his speech against the Elec tion bill. At 12.45, on motion of Mr. Hoar, the Senate adjourned till Saturday at noon. wuh the understanding that at that time the Vice President shall declare the Senate adjourned till Monday at noon, j Washington. Dec. 26. Senate not in session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. There were about fifteen members present when the House was called to order this morning. On motion of Mr. McKinley it was agreed when the House adjourned to day it be to meet on luesday next, and then an adjournment was taken. SENATE. Washington, Dec. 27. There were eighteen Senators present when the Senate met at noon. Prayer was said by the Chaplain, and then the Journal of Wednesday last having been read and approved the Senate, on motion of Mr. Hoar, adjourned till Monday noon. The programme previously arranged bad been carried out, and the -Senate, which had refused to take the usual holiday recess, adjourned without trans acting business. lhere was not a committee meeting on the benate side to-day, and as but one Republican mem ber of the Finance Committee (Mr. Hiscock) was at the Capitol, there was not even conversational reference amor-g Senators to the Financial bill, which was but a few days ago the all-absorbing topic of interest. It is an undeniable lact that the conservative element among the Republican Senators, those who believe that there should be no legislation : at all on finan cial matters, have gained some ground bv the intervention of the holiday sea son. They relied largely upon a heavy Christmas trade with correspondingly quickened circulation of money to allay the agitation among the business men ot the country, lbey also calculated the delay gained by the recess would in crease individual discontent wren tne Caucus Financial bill. And here again thev seem to have been successful, but the extent of the disaffection cannot yet be foretold, and if pending business in the Senate is disposed of within a reason ably short space of time, it is probable that the Financial bill will be brought up by votes of Senators who feel that while it is not acceptable to them in every par ticular, still it is the best compromise attainable, With the exception of a coterie of newspaper men chatting with Represen tative Crisp, ot Ireorgia, the hall or the House was well nigh deserted. Besides Mr. Crisp Messrs. Hayes and Wade were the only members present, aud they were engaged in their' correspondence. There was a dearth of gossip, and news gatherers found their search a bootless one. i A MURDERER "LYNCH ED. Kinch Freemen Hanged by Masked Men at Win ton, IT. C. Norfolk, Va., December 24. A special to the Landmark from Aulan der, N. C, brings intelligence of the lynching at Winton, ' in the same State, of the . notorious negro named Kinch Freeman, who, on October 4th, brutally murdered Ned Atkins and his aged mother, in Bertie county, by beating their brains out with a two-pound weight, and then setting fire to their residence. He was recognized at the time by the housekeeper, who by hid ine escaped his murderous blows. Free- oan was arrested in Norfolk and taken back to North Carolina for trial. Last night about one hundred and thirty masked men surrounded the jail at Winton, and three of them with a fourth man. tied as if a criminal, went to the jail and said they had a prisoner to lock up. The jailer opened the door and was at once overpowered, free man had schackles on his feet and bands, and as an additional precaution against escape was chained to the floor. The lynchers did not take time to loose him, and strung him up to the rafters of his cell, where he was found this morn ing when the sheriff went to the jail The jailer was bound and gagged, and could enve no alarm. Freeman was an old penitentiary bird1 and his crimes were many, though his last was a most atrocious one. The Western & Atlantic railroad was formally transferred vesterdav at At lanta. Ga.. to the Nashville. Chatta nooga & St. Louis Co. Star 1891. FIRE ANP ROBBERY, l Stores Burned at Toreat Citv Denot at Modresville Broken Open. TSpecial Star Telegram.! Shelby, N. C Dec. 24i J. B. Blan- ton & Staugh's store at Forest City, was totally destroyed by fire early this morn ing. Young's drugstore, adjoining, was also damaged. .The loss is about $3,000; insured, I The depot at Mooresboro was broken open last night, and nearly a hundred dollars worth of express freight stolen. ; WASHINGTON. President Harrison's Veto of the Public Building Bill for Bar Harbor, Me. " Washington, December; 24. The resident to-day returned to the Senate without his approval the bill for the erection of a public building at Bar Harbor, Maine. The President says: The statement of a few facts will show, I think, that the public ; needs do not justify the contemplated expenditure ot $75,000 for the erection of a public building at Bar Harbor. Only one public office the postofflcei is to be accommodated. It appears", from the report of the Postmaster General that the rent paid by the United States for a room containing 875 square teet ot Moor space, was in 1888 $300. and expendi tures for fuel and lights $60. One clerk was employed in the postofSce and no carrier. ; The. gross postal receipts for that year were $7,000. Bar Har bor is almost wholly a summer resort. The population of the town of Eden, of which Bar . Harbor forms a part, as taken by the census enume rators, was less than 2,000.! During one quarter of the year this population is argely increased by summer residents and visitors, but for the other three quarters is not much above the census enumeration. Postal receipts for 1890 by quarters show that for more than half of the year the gross receipts of the post otfice are about eight dollais per day. The salary of the janitor of the new building would be more than twice the present cost to. the Government for rent, fuel and lights. I cannot believe that upon reconsideration! Congress will approve the contemplated expenditure." Washington, Dec. 26. The holiday season has afflicted the Senate heavily in the matter of attendance, and but seven Senators put in an appearance at the north wing of the Capitol to-day. It was understood when the Senate ad journed Wednesday that its session to morrow will be purely formal, and, in fact, it was ordered only to escape the constitutional inhibition against an ad journment over three days. So nothing can be done until Monday, and then the Llection bill will be taken up again. There is to be no cloture, no finances, no anything for the whole week to cre ate a diversion from the J dreary debate on the Election bill. A Republican Senator, a strong champion of the bill, said: "We will go on talking about the bill next week, and many speeches will be delivered to vacant seats and emptv galleries. We can't help it. you see, for the proceedings the other night, when Mr. Hoar tried to drive the Democrats into a night session, was proof conclu sive that we could not muster in force during the holiday season. But I be lieve that about January 6th- we shall have a fighting quorum, and then you may look tor a diversion. The Senator was asked if a majority could be secured for the cloture resolu tion. He replied that Mr. Aid rich who h?d it in charge had been instructed to canvass the Republican side of the Sen ate before putting in the new rule, Mr. Aldrich was a cool-headed, shrewd man, and it was hardly to be presumed that be would enter into a great struggle, as this promises to be. without some sort of assurance of sufficient power behind him to win a victory. I The Sergeant could! barely secure enough members who were present in the House this morning to constitute a skirmishing squad ; and if he had suc ceeded it is doubtful whether his squad would have proven to be a very efficient one in either a military or political me lee. An air of lassitude bung over the chamber, and politics being tabooed for the nonce the time was employed in the interchange of holiday greetings, and in tender inquiries as to bow Christmas day had been spent by each individual member. Here and there, however, a few gentlemen would gather in a group and in a desultory manner talk of the business now pending in the two Houses. The consensus of opinion, especially on the Democratic side, was that the debate on the Shipping bill would be prolonged to a much greater extent than bad been expected, many representatives on both sides of the House having signified their desire to deliver speeches on that measure. Of course Representatives are in the dark as to the action of the Senate on Cloture, Financial Measure and Election bill. That the first will be adopted is considered doubtful. - As to the second, the feeling on the Republi can side is that no financial bill can pass the House that is not purely a Kepubli can measure one that is agreed upon in party caucus, and one that is not put through the Senate with the aid of Dem ocratic voters. ; That the prospect of the Election bill is rrbt very bright, unless the pending debate is brought to a speedy end, is admitted by all a prospect which is deplored by Republicans and openly re joiced in by the Democrats. HORRIBLE MURDER. At a Bohemian Village on Iong Island The Murderer in Custody. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. i Savvjlle. Long Island, Dec. 27. Bohemia is a village of1 fifty inhabitants. three miies north of here, occupied en tirely by Bohemians, most of whom are cigar makers and a quiet people. Here Frank Krutiz last night killed Winnie Croupa (a man notwithstanding the name), and mutilated his body in a fash ion somewhat like "'Jack the Ripper. Later in the night he walked into a sa loon in Bohemia and laid one of his victim's fingers on the counter, and said he had killed Croupa. Nobody be lieved him, and ne was ordered out of the saloon. He then went to the. house of a constable, laid the dead man's finger on .the dining j table, and an nounced his crime. The constable was nearly as hard to convince as the people in the saloon, but after listening to Krutiz's circumstantial description of. the murder, he concluded to investigate. and under Krutiz s guidance found the corpse. Krutiz had killed Croupa by cutting his throat and had disembowelled and otherwise mutilated him. One ear was found in Krutiz's pocket. When the Bohemians ' were satisfied that the murderer's story was true, the officers bad great difficult in preventing them from lynching Krutiz. Jealousy and revenge were the taouvw. NO. 7 ILLINOIS. The TJ. S. Senatorship Several Members Seats In the Legislature to be Con tested.' .-, Springfield, III., Dec. 24. Notice -was served last night that E. L. Merritt's seat in the Legislature would be con tested on the ground that he moved to Nebraska, and has not been a resident of Illinois for the five years required by law. : Mr.. Merritt is a Democrat, and the closeness of the Legislature in the coming election for U. S. Senator makes the contest important. Mr. Merritt ad mits having engaged experimentally for a time in business at Omaha, but says he did not remove his family, and consequently retained his residence here. A contest involving two Repub lican members is also pending. CHICAGO, Dec. 24. Chairman "Lone Jones, of the Republican State Central Committee, gave notice to-night that the right of five Democratic State Sena tors-elect to sit in the Legislature would De contested, this is the latest ma noeuvre in the fight for the U. S. Sena torship from Illinois. Notices were, withheld until the last moment' allowed by law, ' the motive for delay being, it isjunderstood, td avoid stirring up the Democrats to possible reprisals. The State Senators upon whom notice was served are Noonan, of the First district; Caldwell, of the Thirty-ninth; Arnold, of the Fifteenth; Dawkins, of tne Seventy-seventh, and. Copptnger,:of the Forty-first. General charges of bribery of voters with money, and promises ot office in the organiza tion of the General Assembly are the main grounds for contests, except as to Dawkins, who is alleged to be illegible because of his foreign birth. With the contest against Merritt, ot Springfield, there is now a controversy raised as to the eligibility of a dozen Democratic seats and a pair of Republi cans, the Legislature is almost evenly divided between the Democrats and Republicans on a joint ballot, with three Farmers' Alliance men apparently hold ing the balance of power. lhe avowed candidates, so far. are Gen. John M. Palmer, dem., and Charles a. Jrarwell, rep., who is the present in cumbent. The struggle promises to be fully as fierce and sensational as the memorable one in which the late Gen. John A. Logan defeated Wm. R. Morrir son, now member of the Inter-State Commerce Commission. MISSISSIPPI. Fatal Shooting Affray at Daviston Six Men Shot. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Orleans, Dec 27, The Times- Democrat's Lumberton, Miss., special says: Daviston, a small town a mile and a half below here, was the scene of a atal shooting affray this afternoon at 3 o'clock, in which six men were shot, one being instantly and two others fatally wounded. The trouble originated from a fight at a party on Christmas j evening near Ked lop, between tour men t. 1. Favre, one Parker, Neal Strahan and John Hickman when Favre fired on the crowd, killing Parkerand dangerous ly wounding the other two. Favre was arrested and placed in the Ellisville jail for safe-keeping by J. t". Cocke, Jus tice of the Peace of District No. 1. iustice of the Peace I. M. Smith, of listrict No. 2. dispatched deputy sheriff W. W. btockstill with' the necessary papers to ob'ain: Fayre's release on $800 bond. Sheriff Shrives, upon hear ing of his release, summoned his depu ties and came to Davistion on the local freight to rearrest Favre. Just as the train came to a 'halt the firing began. Favre was killed instantly, and sheriff J. M.- Shhves was shot through the left lung with a Winches ter rifle ball, and deputy sheriff T. B. White was shot in the left side with a pistol ball which passed through and came out on the right kide. Both the latter are announced to be mortally wounded. The two shelrifls were brought to this place,' where they are receiving the best attention. j BURNT AT SEA. A Steamer Destroyed by Fire in the China Sea Ovee Two IiOSt. Hundid Lives I jT aDie co me morning a tar. London, Dec 27. Further advices from China, as to the steamship Shanghai near Woo Hoo, in the province of Nghan ;Holi, about fifty miles from Nanking, show that the dis aster was much more jserious than at first imagined. The earliest advices re ceived state that the victims consisted of about sixtv natives1, several European officers, who are sup posed to have met death either in the names, or subsequently by drown ing, while attempting to escape from the burning vessel. It now seems that the number of lives lost will amount to over two hundred, and all lost their lives by drowning. A terrible panic ap pears to have occurred among the Chi nese passengers and crew as soon as the alarm of fire was heard, and the panic increased terribly when the flames spread beyond the control of the terror- stricken crew, l he European otneers on board the Shanghai seem to have done their best to maintain some kind ot or der among the Chinamen without result. A large majority of,1 those who lost their lives did so by jumping overboard in order to escape tne names. Uthers met death through the swamping of the clumsily lowered and overcrowded boats, ! FATAL SHOOTING. Another " Didn't Know it was Loaded Accident. ' By Telegraph to the j Morning Star. Staunton. Va.. Dec. -27. This even ing, at Prof.' Kable's inilitary academy. A. rw. tjatnawav, ageq to years, oi uen nison, Texas, was accidentally shot and instantly killed by tames Whitworth, aged 17, of Sulphur Springs, lexas. They were playing with an old pistol. 44 calibre, not knowing one barrel was loaded, when it exploded, the ball en tering under the boy's chiu and coming out at the too of his ihead. Both were students at the academy. - MARINE DISASTER. Two Barges Lost on the Jersey jCoast Daring the Recent Storm. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Delaware Breakwater, Dec. 27. The steamer Saturn, from Boston for Newport News, pnt jin here this morn ing. The captain reports that he lost the barges , Storm King and Antelope, which he was towing, at 6 o'clock yes terday morning, during the storm. At the time the bcrger broke loose the Saturn was about thirty-five miles north east cf Fire Island!. The Saturn pro caierf 3 bar voysf. , SPIRITS TURPENTINE - Stanley Observer : On Friday of last week. Turner Pickler, son of Mr. John Pickler, met with a painful acci dent. While out hunting he struck the lock of bis srun aeainst a loer: it dis charged and the contentsjpassed through the left hand of young Pickler, mutila ting u senousiy. Elk Park, was in Lenoir several" davs last week superintending the hauling" from Mulberry and the shipment on board the cars of three 10-foot cuts of a big walnut tree bought from the Misses ' Dickson. , l he tree was three feet through at the base and he gave $30 for it asMt stood. He paid $5 for grubbing it up and $40 to Mr. Newton ; Moore for hauling the three cuts to Lenoir, a dis tance nf eio-h mi1i W HiH nrt lrn ' the cost of cutting the tree up, but it could not have been under S10. Mr. Moore loaded the loss on heavy wagons to each of which were attached five -Raleigh Chronicle : President Charles E. Taylor, of Wake Forest Col lege, reports progress in his effort to raise an additional $50,000 for the col lege, which amount, if secured by March 1st, win te supplemented .with S25.000 by Mr. Bostwick, of New York. - Yesterday there was a man here with a load of apples of the Lumber Twjg va- - riety. That man hauled those apples all the way . from Wilkes eounty. He .had eighteen bushels, and he sold them out at good round priees. It is some thing like two hundred miles from here to Wilkes county. Perhaps he is a man that has a grudge against railroads, or perhaps he doesn't read a newspaper. - Elizabeth City Economist :' On Thursday night at a late hour in the night a negro named Robert Ballard, entered the house of Mr. Chas. Banks on Church street, alarmed his children". broke onen a drawer containing a box of jewelry and some change in money and being frightened by the screams of the children made his escape. He then attempted to enter the house of Mr. M. hs.'Cuipeper, on Chnnghaus street, but the windows were fastened and he could not effect an entrance. He then entered the house of a colored woman and she grabbed him and split hw coat. He then entered the house of John Bal-" lance, on Martin street, where he left the goods taken from the house of Mr. Banks. He was arrested on fnday morning, and alter examination and proof ot guilt, was sent to jail to await his trial at the Superior Court in March. Shelby Aurora: Alex. Turner, who was sentenced to the penitentiary for stealing Mr. Lee Kerr's overcoat one cold wintry night three years ago, has returned to his old home. He says that overcoat cost him two years on the railroad or about $200, and he thinks that he ought to have the overcoat now. Bill Ellis, colored, was con fined in jail last Friday in default of bail, for the larceny of a gun from . B. Wilkinson, of Cleveland Springs. The day previous Ellis was bound over to court for cutting - another negro in the back with a shoe knife. John Por ter, a voung white man, was arrested near Waco last Friday and lodged in jail on the charge of stealing a horse and $20 from Capt. P. P. Mull, of Ca tawba county. When captured Porter had disposed of the horse and spent or given away the money. He was carried to Morganton jail Tuesday. Wilson Advance: A car-load of- negroes passed through Wilson Fridayf on their way boutn. lhe negroes o" this section have fared well this year and it will be no easy matter to induce them to leave a certainty for the un known. We regret to hear that the body of Bob Lancaster, a young man who was reared and well known in Wil- i i - i t son, wasiounu unucr a. nuuse in urccn- wood, Miss., on the 13th inst. He had been missed about fifteen days before his decomposed body was discovered. A letter from his sister, Mrs. Mag Cul pepper, was found on his person, and she was telegraphed of the sad fate o her brother. - Wilson needs more dwell ing houses. There are none here to rent and people are enquiring every day for houses that they may move to our town. The prosperity that Wilson now enjoys is of a substantial character, The town is erowino- in nonulation. in D o c i business, and, better still, in public spirit. Charlotte Chronicle: Col. L. S. Williams, who is buying cotton at Sen eca City, yesterday, sent Sanders & Orr a sample of "Nankeen" cotton which was raised near Seneca. It is a very light coffee color, and has somewhat the texture of wool. The farmer who raised it has 125 pounds of it. and he wanted Charlotte quotations on it. Mr. San ders says if there was enough to make a bale it would bring 12 cents. It is mixed with wool in manufacturing. Although a curiosity in this part of the country now, about 25 or 30 years ago. a good deal of it was raised in this neighbor hood. The work at the aitesian well is in a hole, which still remains except that the depth has increased to forty feet. The work has been retarded by striking a crevice ' in the rock, in which instance the drill follows the cre vice and is led away from its straight downward course. The gentleman in charge of the boring says, to obviate this he tried drilling through a half dozen different woods to keep the drill irom following the crevice, but none of it was hard enough until he found a gum tree, and that did the work. Statesville Landmark: The roller flour mill is now as fully at work as if it had been here all the time, and is turning out beautiful flour. There is considerable fatality among the horses, as has already been noted in these columns. We hear of a number of deaths among them in this county and Rowan and read of a number in the central part of the State. Some call the disease the blind staggers, but a good many others are of opinion that it is an other and a new affection, and that it is due to the stock eating damaged corn, of which there appears to be a great deal this season. Jack Sprouse, of color, who lives on the western side of town, proceeded to kill bis hog a few days ago. In pursuance of the custom of the country, in such cases made and provided, he knocked it in the head with an axe and then stuck it, and turn ed around to make ready to . scald it. The hog in the meantime jumped up and ran off. It was chased beyond Kestler's mill, two miles south of town, but at this point the pursuers gave up the chase, and at last accounts the' hog. with its skull cracked, and its throat cut, was still at large. a. 1 Durham Sun: H. Wright, of the Consolidated Land Company, has receiyed a letter from Vermont making inquiries as to the different colored clay in this section. Joe Barbee, color ed, and bis wife live on Corporation street, near Rigsbee avenue. Saturday evening their son, Joe, aged six years died a very terrible death, the result of a fearful burning. Early Saturday morn ing his mother went to a neighbors house to grind some coffee, and bis father had built a big fire in the open fire place. During their absence their children got up, and it is supposed that while standing near the fire the child's clothing caught fire. He was burned very severely all over the body and suf fered great agony until Saturday even ing at 8 o'clock when he died. Ju nius Davis is the five-yearsld son of Constable J. W. Davis. Day before yes terday he was at the wood-pile chopping with an axe, His mother cautioned him about it, but- he persisted in trying to split a piece of plank.. In one of his strokes he missed the plank and divid ed his right big toe, making a painful wound. When his father went home he found the little fellow sitting in a chair, with bis foot bound up: and he greeted his father with the remark: "Well, old iaaa, I'm ia for tha wiater."
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 2, 1891, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75