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A mistaken policy.
policy pursued by this Gov-
jitiii its dealings with the In-
Uias been, a mistaken one from
beginning. The longer if. is
fcd in the worse it becomes.
re the days of railroads and
id niovement of immigration
rd, there was plenty of room
;tr:tch of plain between the
ri river and the Rocky Moun-
r all the Indians that lived in
rritpr'y,- but the white man has
.1 or rather moved with the
ailrogJ, and as a consequence the
ff'riuiaii has been crowded Westward,
open to him becoming
more contracted every
. - ! :
deer, antelope and buffalo,
furnished him with meat to
v. a ip ootning to keep mm warm
n v. mter,4have been exterminated,.
,:vl tbjus 6ne great source of his sup-.
s Has been cut off.; When with'
e he could go out and supply
with most of the food he
k was comparatively an asy
to keep Kim reasonably con
foiwith the supplies he got
e Government! and the pro-
bf the buffalo ahd other hides
the fur companies which.
eir trading posts in the Indian;
;, jie got along pretty well
)u!d without much trouble
his-fehv wants, j When winter!
he wild i herds moved!
:o .seek pasturage tne;
was tree to ! follow, it he;
, but ..now he is j compelled to
iiainly for sustenance on
money ana rations wnicn tne
agrees 'to pay him.
thdse fall short either from his
v.v.i improvidence, tne tanure ot tne
ioveinnienjt to keep its contracts,
ner
tlii
eving rapaLity of . Indian
rings, he-must .suffer, as
ho are now on the war?
avi suffered, and then comes
' . . I ! ;
mistake the Government has
1 its dealings with the Indian
;en that jt has looked upon!
uply as a savage, incapable of!
anything else, and conse-
v it has never endeavored to
h m anything but. what
made him and what it found
It has, however, helped to
him worse ami teach him vices
he dud not know by throwing
contact with bad white ;men,
t least of whom were the In-
tgents sent amongst "them 'as
sntatiYes of - the Government,.
of whom became rich by the
er they got out' of these help-.
atf-ears Inqian Schools have
established, where young Irt
are educated and taught trades,
then (turned loose to go back
their, tribes and forget all
earned. .
p Indian problem will never; ,be
ettlekl unless by the exermtmation of
hdiarif, until the reservation sys-
ad; the tribal relation and govf
crnnnt! are broken-up, the lands di
vided out in severalty, the reserva;-
lend
andl adjacent territory, thrown
t6 ! settlers, and the Indians
pperi
jtaudht tijat they must turn over the
od, plant seed', and eet their livinsr
ut -A the ground, as white people
nd black people do. I ' .t V .
T ns may not be such an easy mat-
fer to accomplish, but it can: be done.
pndjt is jbetter and cheaper to un-
M be put. to the; necessity and
L'XP :nse of slaughtering them because
he go upon the war-path in prefer
ens ;to being starved! Killjng them
"'. which some people seem to think
will be tho t
m9; 1 effective way to settle the
Pro Jlem. will be a nrettv bisr inb as
thee
thmugh the far West and Other habi
tat;onsj and it would prpve a pretty
exFensive business tnn
hev hav lanH rirtnTVi ctill loft
lftiken charge of by the Govern-!
meitand properly disposed of, to
Pu them , all on farms and give
royney enough to equip them-
se
res and get in & fair way of be-i
coding cultivators of the soil The
le"lritorv tha c.;n : f-
I'-j v.vjr 31,111 VW11 13 klllt
laro- no xTit- -i--i:--.
Hes jthem pretty substantiallahdt
tdpropnetors. This land is in the
jPecfive reservations, which should
.bought from them, -the "lands di
"fed up, each Indian family given k
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VOL; XXII.
homestead, made citizens, and res
ponsible to the laws like other citi
zens, the reservations thrown open to
settlement, and then let, the Indian
scuffle along and take care of, him
self as other races do. When this is
donethc-e will be no more agency
stealing, no more wars growing out
of the violated faith of the white
man to bjring disgrace to the Govern
ment. . ' f- .1 ' i
Congressman Turner, of Kansas,
was so anious to be elected ' Senator,
that he wrote Mr. McGrath, President
of the Alliance,' saying that he had
no money to spend, but in the event
of his election he would "contribute"
5,000 to somebody- rj.e put the
wrong initials on the address, and
the letter fell into the hands of an
other man, and thus became public.
In galls can seej his $5,000 and go
him a few better. I
Why should people surfer jand
freeze to death in the North rand
West when we have more sun-shine
down this way than we know what
to do with?
STEAMER SYLVAN GROVE.
Burned to the "Water's Edge Iiast Wight.
The well-known excursion steamer
the Sylvan Grove belonging to the New
Hanover Transit Company, and plying
on the river between Wilmington and
Carolina Beach,; was destroyed by fire
last night about twelve o'clock. She had
been laid up for the winter on the' west
side of the river at a point about oppo
site Kidder's mill., and was beyond the
city limits; butas soon as the flames were
seen an alarm was sent in from box NoJ
53, at the foot of Dawson street, and the
Fire Department turned out. ! The
bright glare of the burning' boat illumi
nated the liver and was viewed by many
persons from the -wharves on the river
front of the city. . The cause of the fire
is not known, but it was probably of in
cendiary origin. ' The .Grove was a
great favorite with the excursion-going
people of Wilmington and many sum
mer visitors to the city, who will regret
to learri of her destruction. j
The tug Marie went out at about
half-past, one o'clock this morning and
got her engines at work throwing
streams on the burning boat, and it was
thought would save the hull, and per
haps preventing its sinking.
' 'STEAMER SYLVAN GROVE.;
The Fire Accidental A Complete Loss
j Insured for $21,000. f
The steamer Sylvan Grcrve,-, burned
Friday night, as reported in thes Star.
was owned by the Southport Steamboat
Company. Capt. Jno. W. Harper presi
dent. She was valued av $23,000 and
insured lor $21,000. She was comlete
ly destroyed, and sunk at the piling where
she was moored on the west side of the
river. The Grove was built in New
York in 1858, and was about 210 tons
burthen. She was fitted up expressly
for the excursion business, and was
brought here to run on the Cape Fear
river during the summer season, three
years ago. j
The fire is supposed to have been an
accidental one. j The watchman on the
boat, a colored man named Daniel L.
Smith, says he was asleep in the lower
after cabin, which, was iust below the
ladies' saloon, and . the first intimation
he had ot the: disaster was when he
heard th;' hurricane deck falling in. He
sprang arid barely succeeded in reach
ing his skiff, which was tied up near the
cabin and abaft! the wheel. He thinks
that the boat must have caugh either
from a spark from a steamer passing
during the day or else from the stove
pipe leading up from the cabin where he
was asleep.
It is understood that the company
will at once take measures to procure a
steamec to taks the place of the Sylvan
Grove, in readiness for the coming sea
son, which will iopen about the middle
of April. j
Foreign Exports Yesterday
Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared
the German barque Vandenberqh, for
Salerno, Italy, with 1.497 bales cotton,
weighing 717,808 pounds, and valued at
$06,400. i
Messrs. Williams & Murchison clear
ed the German barque Bertha , for
Fleetwood. Enc, with 4,342 barrels
rosin, valued at $6,454.30.
Messrs. S. & W. H. Northrop cleared
the British brig Edith, for. Corn Island,
Nicaragua, with cargo of lumber, meas
uring 5-y4,784:
$4,044.83.
feet, and valued at
! . ANSON COUNTY,
LiLESYlLLE, N. C, Jan. 8th, 1891.
Editor Morning Star. Wilmington, N C.
Dear Sir I see in the Star ot the
7th inst. a communication headed
"Affairs in Anson," and signed "Barry.1
"Barry" says; that the farmers are in
no better condition than they were last
year. That liens and mortgages forced
the sale of cotton before the holidays,
and that there are two hundred and fifty
bales of cotton laying around j loose, &c.
exposed to the ravages 'f rogues. Every
one acquainted with the affairs of this
county ought ; to and cannot help see
ing and knowing tnat the tarmers am in
iar better condition than thejy were last
vear. - Amounts that were carried over
last season on account of hort crops
have been settled, together with the
expenses of 1890, and many are not
asking credit until February1, and some
that have been borrowing 'heretofore
will be able to avoid that necessity this
year. We have yet to hear ji the first.
hen and mortgage being forced in tins
community; and as for rogues, if I had
to nna a nrst-ciass tniei otfi of jau, i
would not know where to ldok lor one,
There is-cotton here, we will admit, but
the holders are sorry enoughs that they
did not sell before the holidays and re
alize better prices and save loss in
weieht. ; I ;
That we have good schools none will
doubt, and as for climate-t-the world
cannot beat it.
Wishing for you and the Star, con
tinued success,
I am yours &c. '
-.' v 1 . Reader.;
FATAL SHOOTING.
A Colored Bov AocidentallT Shot and
Killed by His Brother.
Josh Payne, a very black and dirty
ittle negro, apparently about twelve
years of Jage, but who said that he was
fifteen, accidentally shot and killed his
half-brother, Richard Merrick, aged six
teen, yesterday about noon, in the
woods hear the county poor house.
The weapon that fired the fa-'
tal shot was an old army mus
ket, and the entire charge lodged
in Merrick's head, killing him instantly.
The body of the dead boy was taken to
the home of his father Henry Payne,
:arpenter, living on Sixth and Nixon
streets, and Josh, the boy who did the
shooting, was marched off to the City
Hall, under the escort of Duncan Hall,
Henry Nichols and Willy Sanders, col
ored, and given into the custody of
Police Sergeant Skipper.
In the afternoon Mayor Fowler inves
tigated the case, at his, office in the City
Hall and ; in the presence of Coroner
Walton and others. There were several
witnesses. Henry Glavin, a white lad,
and Willie Sanders, colored, said they
were standing at a fire the boys had
made in the woods, Heard the gun go
off, and turning, saw Payne holding the
gun in his. hands, his mouth open with
astonishment, and gazing at Merrick
lying dead on the ground. Payne cried
out, "1 didn t go to do it, and threw
down the gun and started to un, but
was stopped by Sanders. They also
testified that a few minutes before the
fatal shooting, Glavin asked Payne to
et him shoot the gun. It was given to
Glavin, who tried to fire it, but it failed
to go off. Payne then took the gun and
examined it, and finding some of the
white fulminate from the cap in the
nipple, accused Glavin of putting flour
in it, and pointing the gun at him said,
I'll make , you rack for it." .Glavin
dodged out of the way, and the Payne
boy then turned his attention to pick
ing what he thougjit was flour out pt
the tube, and the gun exploded, killing
his brother, who was standing in about
six feet of him. I
There was plainly no ground upoi
which to hold Payne for the killing of
Merrick, but the testimony showing that
Payne had pointed the gun at Glavin
(although he did not attempt to fire)
the Mayor under the law which makes
it a criminal offence for one person to
point a gun or pistol at another, re
quired a bond of $50 for Pavne's appear-
nce at the Criminal Court, and the
bond not being forthcoming the prison
er was sent to jail.
TAKING THE CENSUS.
The Police Beturns Give the Population
aa 20,762.
According to the returns of the police
officers the total population' of the city
of Wilmington is 20,762 an increase of
674 over Commissioner Porter's census,-
which gave the population as 20,088 ,
Divided as to races, there are 8,731 white
and 12.031 colored. Mayor Fowler thinks
there is a considerable percentage yet that
the enumerators failed to get. from the
fact that tbev were police officers; people
seeming to tninK tnat tne enquiries
were for some other purpose than veri
fying the census, and in some instances
refusing to give information sought.
On one block bounded by Seventh
and Eighth and Walnut and Red Cross
streets, the enumerator found eighty-
four colored people living, and no
whites. There are seventeen smail
frame dwellings on the block.
, -j fr-- -
Improving Northeast Kiver.
The Fayetteviile Observer says: " Capt.
W. E. Humphrey, who under the super
vision of Chief Engineer Bixby has
been in charte of the Cape Fear River
improvements between Fayetteviile and
Wilmington for the past few years, made
a short visit to Favettevilie last week,
his former headquarters, and informed
us that with the beginning of the new
year, '91, ? corps of workmen under his
direction would begin the task of clean
ing out and improving the Northeast
River between Bannerman's Bridge in
Pender and Sareeta in Duplin counties.
This is one of the streams in Eastern
Carolina long neglected by the "powers
that be" at Washington, who, however,
have at last, through the influence of
Hon. C. W. McClammy, made an annual
appropriation of $5,000 for its improve
ment." :
Brunswick's Celebration.
Col. E. D. Hall returned yesterday
from his visit to. Brunswick county. The
Democratic gathering and barbecue
given at Lock-wood's Folly was a "big
time" or everybody. Some fifteen hun
dred persons were present, including
many ladies from the surrounding
country and from Southport. The Cor
net bahd from that place was also in at
tendance and furnished music for the
occasion.; An ox was roasted whole
and about 150 bushels of oysters, and
there was besides an abundance, of
other kinds of eatables. Addresses were
delivered by Dr. McNeill, Mr. Bennett,
Col. Hall and others, appropriate to the
occasion, and the utmost harmony and
good feeling prevailed. .
The Moon The Inconstant Moon. ' ,
The first new moon of the new year
will make its appearance on January 10,
and will become full on January 24
The first conjunction is with Mercury oh
the 10th; Jupiter receives the next visit
on the ilth: Mars comes next on the
14th, and on the 27th the last conjunc
tion of the month occurs with Saturn
During the year there will be two total
eclirjses of the moon one in May and
L
the other in November to be seen gen
erally in Europe, Asia and Africa, but
invisible to us.
"Severely Hurt.
Mrs. Gould, wife of the proprietor of:
the Rock Spring hotel, was severely
hurt last night bv falling down two;
flights of stairs at the hotel. A physi
cian was called to attend her, but the
extent of the injuries she sustained
could not be ascertained. .
W
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EEKJLY
WILMINGTON, N, C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16,
THE INDIANS.
Bed Cloud and Other Chiefs Coining In
The Beds on Fort Hall Reservation on.
the "War Path More Fighting and
Skirmishing-lit. Casey, of the Twenty-
. Second Infantry, Killed. I'
' Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' J -
Washington, January 8. 'General
Schofield this morning received! the fol
lowing telegram from Gen. Milesdated
January 8th:. "Seventy Indian came in
from the hostiles' camp to-day1, and the
reports from them are that Red Cloud,
Little Wound, Two Strike jand Big
Road and others will come ity to-mor-rbw."
I ;
Washington, January 8. Later,
Gen Schofield received another telegram
from Gen. Miles, detailing the circum
stances of the killing of Lieut Casey by
Indians, as follows: "Reports from
Gen. Brooke state that Lieut. E. W.
Casey, of the Twenty-Second Infantry,
was killed to-day. There j has been
fighting' and' skirmishing or that part
of the line lot several days. Leut. Casey
was out with his scouts watching the
hostile camp and with one Cheyenne
met two Indians an Ogallalla and a
Brule. The Ogallalla warded Lieut.
Casey that the Brules were bad and
would shoot. As Lieut. Casey turned to
go away, the Brule fired, striking him in
the back of the head and killing him
instantly. Lieut. Casey was one of the
most brilliant and beloved officers of the
service. j
"There is report of heavy firing in or
near the hostile camps, that may be be
tween the two elements of the Indian
camp." j
Lieut Casey was a brother of Gen.
Thomas L. Casey, Chief of Engineers of
the Army, and , was about forty years of
age.' He had(been in command of a
troop of Cheyenne scouts for about a
year, and was working earnestly in the
interest ol the Indians themselves,. He
had the reputation in the army of possess
ing an unusually accurate knowledge of
Indian character.
Salt Lake City, January 8. A
special dispatch received here this
morning from Pocatello, Idaho, says the
Indians are burning the town. Troops
have been asked for from Boise City.
Boise City, Idaho, Jan. 8 There is
no truth in the report of the burning of
Pocatello. There is considerable ex
citement there and. at Blackfoot over the
hostile attitude of the ,Bannocks on the
Fort Hall reservation. Gov. Willey has
received the following from Blackfoot :
"A meeting1 of citizens under a call of
the commander of the G. A. R. Post, re
solved to communicate with you
and request ' you to forward to us
immediately, fifty guns j with the
usual equipments and ammunition.
Danger is possible, and no arms are
available. Permanent military organi
zation is about to be perfected.'.
Gov. Willey accordingly has just ship
pe'd by express fifty guns and three
thousand rounds of ammunition."
Pine Ridge. S. D., Jan. 8. Last night
Gen. Brooke sent out a detachment,
under Lieut. Getty, to recover the re
mains of Lieut. Casey. The body was
found stripped, but not mutilated. It
was broi'uht to Oelrich's. whence it will
be sent to Fort Keogh, Montina.
Red Cloud came into the Agency this
morning, and Gen. Miles has appointed
an hour to hold a conference with him.
The old man stepped out of the hostile
camp last night and with his Wife walked
sixteen miles to this place. jGen. Miles
is hopeful that his example Will be fol
lowed by others. j -
Col. Kent, ' Inspector General of the
Department of Dakota, Fifth Infantry,
and Col. Baldwin are ascertaining all
the facts relative to the fight at Wounded
Knee creek. This is not, asj he stated, a
court of inquiry. No charges have
been made against Col. Forsythe for his
conduct in that engagement, nor has he
been placed. under arrest.
Pine Ridge, S. D., Jan. 9. Yester
' day afternoon all commahds in the
field were ordered to march from three
to six miles nearer the hostiles. Late
last night the order was put linto effect.
It, of course, attracted the attention of
the Indians. I
At intervals of two or three days the
cordon will be drawn more tightly around
the hostiles until they agree either to
come in . peaceably or be. whipped into
submission. 1 he reluctance; they dis
play to acceptthe overtures of General
Miles is susceptible ot but one interpre
tation, and that ft that they propose to
surrender and retain their arms or-
die in their defence. This is
backed up oy the fact that a ijnajority of
those who have come in from the
hostiles are squaws and children, who it
it is desired to get out of the Way. Some
bucks come in occasionally, djoinesticate
with alleged fnendlies, and at the same
time retain the feeling of hostility.which
impelled them to flee the Agency. Ihe
coming inoi Keo uioua is variously in
terpreted. His good laith .is doubted
bv many, as it is well-known that he
could not have stolen away in the night
from the hostiles had the latter desired
to retain him in their midstJ
Portland, Oregon, Jan. 9. A dis
patch from Boise City, Idaho, saVs:
Governor Wiley held a conference last
evening with Mai. Noyes.i commander
,of the Boise City barracks, and as a con
sequence a cavalry company and an in
fantry company are ready to move at
short notice. The Goverror has sent
Adjutant General Curtis, of the Idaho
National Guards, to Pocatillo station
to confer with the citizens of Poca
tillo and the Union Pacific Railroad
officials. The Governor's aition will be
determined by Gen. Curtis' kreport.
ACQUITTED.
Trial of Policeman Hogueof -Raleigh, for
Killing a Megro Who Resisted Arrest.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
RALEiGHjan. 10. Policeman Hogue,
tried on the charge of murder for shoot
ing a negro named Julius Jones, who
resisted arrest, was to-day acquitted.
-LATE FOREIGN N
EWS.
Parnell to Make a Memorable. Address at
Limerick
Bv Cable to the Morning Star.
Dublin,; Jan. 10. Mr. Parnell, accom
panied by several of his trusted lieuten
ants, has arrived here onjhis way to
Limerick, where to-morrow he is ex-
oected to make one of the most mem
orable addresses in the history of Irish
politics. Over a dozen special trains are
conveying crowds of people to the meet
ing place at Limerick. Aj strong de
tachment of police are being sent there
in anticipation of the disturbance of the
peace. j
Roxbaro Courier: A. son of Mr.
W. J. Ladd, living near Cuningham's, ac
cidently shot himself on Monday, the
29th of December. : He was lout hunting
in the woods and accidently struck a
limb with his gun, which caused it to go
off, and the whole load tentered his
bodv. He lived about five i hours after
the accident. ,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Code of Honor A Hephew of Gov.
Tillman Challenges M". G. Gonzales, a
Newspaper Correspondent, to Fight a
Duel. . .
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Columbia, S. C.. Jan. 8. The code
of honor has been dead in South Caro-
ina for years but now it seems that an
attempt has been made to revive it, and
by a nephew of Gov. Ben Tillman and
son of Congressman Geo. D. Tillman.
On Tuesday evening it was learned that
George Legare, a personal friend
of Jas. H. Tillman; and until the advent
of the Tillman party to power a law
student at the University, had eone to
N. G: Gonzales, who until recently was
the representative of the Charleston
News and Courier i.n Columbia, and
asked him on behalf of James H. Till-
man n ne woum right a duel, stating as
his re;on that Tillman had heard
that GtWzales had said he was the
cause of his being black-balled in the
Club, Legare, after receiving the
answer ot Gonzales, . went away, and
early next morning James Tillmart and
his friends left the city. In the mean
time a nnmber of reports were circu
lated, but in Columbia few or nonev out
side of newspaper circles knew anything
of the matter. Tillman and his friends
made no statement here, and it was
thought the trouoie would blow over.
Gonzales informed Legare.that he would
not entertain a verbal challenge to fight
a duel, but that it must be in writing.
Up to this time no dehmte action has
been taken by either side. Tillman and
his friend Legare are both out of the
city. . :
This afternoon Gonzales published a
statement of the affair, in which he
handled Tillman very severely. Rumor
ays that the black-balling story is not
the real ; cause of the affair, but that
some severe remarks of Gonzales re
garding Governor Tillman and has
nephew in a report of a political meet
ing during the late campaign, is at the
bottom of the matter.
The reports sent out from Augusta
state that Tillman intends to forward a
written challenge, but as yet none has
reached Gonzales, and even if it does,
and is accepted, there can be no possibil-
tyot a hght, as the publicity given the
affair destroys all chances of a meeting.
FROM RALEIGH.
Senator
Vance The Legislature -Gov.
Fowle's Message.
Raleigh. N.'C, January 8. Senator
Vance arrived here to-day.
The Legislature met and Governor
rowle sent in his annual ; message, .
recommending increased appropriations
for public schools; a tonnage tax of 25
cents on fertilizers, stringent provisions
for the protection of oyster beds from
oyster pirates, and larger appropriations
lor the care ot the insane, lne mes
sage was confined exclusively to State
affairs.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Gen. Chas. W. Field, an Ex-Confederate
Officer, Appointed to the Place' Made
Vacant by the Death of Gen. C. M.
Wilcox.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, January 9. The Secre
tary of War has appointed Gen. Chas.
vv. field to the place made vacant in
the War Records Office by the recent
death of Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox.
Gen. Fieid is a graduate of West Point,
and was a distinguished Major . General
under General Robert E. Lee in the
army ot iNorthern. Virginia throughout
the war. bince the war Gen. field has
been occupied in various employments.
tor a long while he was Democratic
doorkeeper of the House, and a very
popular one he made. During the re
cent Cleveland administration he was
Superintendent of Hot Springs Reser
vation, Arkansas.
KANSAS.
Love-Feast of the Alliance Members of
the Legislature and Their Leaders The
Resolutions Adopted.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Chicago, Tan. 10. A special from
Topeka, Kansas, says the Alliance mem
bers of the Legislature and the party
leaders had a love-feast last night in
their headquarters. The best of good
feeling seemed to prevail between the
factions which have been engaged in
bitter turmoil. McGrath made a state
ment regarding the letter denying that
he had ever had any connection with
Turner upon the subject of his candi
dacy for the United States Senate, but
the following resolntion was adopted by
a unanimous vote :
Whereas, a letter, dated December
81, 1890, signed E. O. Turner, has been
received by Frank McGrath, President
of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial
Union, containing infamous suggestions
and offers tor the betrayal ot the most
sacred trust and confidence; therefore,
Reeolvcd, That we regard the affair
solely as another characteristic attempt
on the part ot politicians in lo-
peka and Washington to prove
that moral .laws have no place
in politics, and a desire on their part to
thwart the will of the people by any
means, however base or corrupt; that
we regard it as only another reason for
standing firmly together in an earnest,
untiring and zealous devotion to our
cause; that we deprecate and condemn
all efforts or disposition to introduce or
foment personal antagonism or private
pique or jealousy in our party, holding
our common cause higher, dearer and
more sacred than individual interest.
CROP STATISTICS.
Department of Agriculture's Report
on
the Grain Crops of the Country.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 10. Esti
mates of products of corn, wheat and
pats of 1890. as completed by the statis
tician of the Department of Agriculture,
make the corn aggregate 1,489,970,000
bushels; wheat 399,262,000 bushels; oats
523,021,000. The area of corn, which
was slightly increased in planting, was
reduced by utter failure -; and aban
donment by more than six million
acres, the area harvested being 71,970,
763 acres. The average yield per acre
was 20.7 bushels and the supply for con
sumptiyn per head of population . is 23.
bushels or 11 bushels less than last
year.
LLECTRJC SPARKS.
A dispatch from Paris, France, ysaps
Amelie Rives, the American authoress,
is seriously ill in that city. She has not
left her room for six months.
Judge Pratt, of New York, yesterday
morning vacated the order appointing a
receiyer for the bugar 1 rust, and direct
ed that the Company be handed over
to the Reorganizing Committee.J
Star
1891.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
BOTH HOUSES SOLIDLY AT WORK.
A If umber of Important Measures Intro
duced in the Senate Committees Ap
pointedBills Before the House The Al
liance Platform Endorsed after Amend
ment. Special Star Report.
Raleigh, January 10.
SENATE Fourth Day.
The Senate was called to order by
Lieut. Gov, Holt and opened with
prayer by Rev. J. J. Hall, of the city.
Bills and resolutions were introduced
and referred to committees as follows :
Mr. Parker, bill to prevent the giving
or accepting free passes over railroads.
Mr. Gilman, bill to create the office of
timber inspector ior the counties of
Craven, Jones, Carteret and Onslow,
Mr. Butler, resolution of instruction
to our Senators and Representatives in
Congress.
Mr. Galloway, bill to amend acts 1887,
chap. 313.
Mr. McLarty, bill to amend the Con
stitution.
Mr. Aycock, bill to amend the charter
of the Henderson Water Works Com
pany. Mr. Bellamy, bill to amend chap. 301,
Laws 1889, changing the name of the
Granite Cotton Mills.
Mr. Bellamy, bill to enable the city of
Wilmington to purchase land for a pub
lic park outsidefof the corporate limits
of the city.
Mr. Green, ot Harnett, bill regarding
chattel mortgages.
Mr. Green, ot Harnett, bill to regulate
fees of sheriffs and constables in cases of
claim and delivery of personal property.
Bill to amend chapter 318, Laws 1889,
to compel butchers to keep a registra
tion. House resolution to provide for a geo
logical survey of the State, was taken up
and referred to the Committee on Fede
ral Relations.
COMMITTEES.
The committees were announced as
follows:
Committee on Judiciary Mr. Turner
chairman; Messrs. Gilman, Bellamy,
Morgan, Avery, Walser, Reynolds, Lucas,
Aycock, Butler, Parker, Bryan,- Paine,
Reid.
Committee on Finance Mr. Morgan
chairman; Messrs. Courts, Hobson, Mc
Larty, Paine, McLean, Mitchell, Speight,
Davis, of Haywood, Green, of Harnett,
Bull.Stanford. ' i
Committee on Education Mr. Afdrey
chairman; Messrs. Bellamy, Belli Wil
liams, Paine, Atwater, Freeman, Green,
of Wake, Walser, Sprinkle.
Committee on Agriculture, Mechan
ics and Mining Mr. Williams, chair
man; Messrs. Green, of Wake, Green, of
Harnett, Ardrey, Turner, Bell, Durham,
Bryan, Atwater, Gregsby, McLean,
Chesson, Bell, Sprinkle.
Committee on Propositions and
Grievances Mr. Aycock, chairman;
Messrs. Durham, Gilman, TVitty, Hob-
son, Galloway, Parker, White, Chesson,
Allen of Bladen, Reynolds. i
Committee on Internal improvements
Mr. Butler, chairman; Messrs, King,
Lucas, Bell, Bowens, Culbreth, Davis of
Franklin, Wilcox, 6hankle, Russell,
Walser.
Committee on Salaries and Fees Mr.
Avery, chairman; Messrs. Allen of
Granville, McLarty, Davis of Haywood,
Atwater, Turner. Bellamy, McLean,
Walser, Skinner, Alston.'
Committee on Insurance Mr. Gil
man, chairman; Messrs. Aycock, Avery,
King, Ardrey, Freeman, Rose, Chesson,
Hobson.
Committee on Banks and Currency
Mr. Parkes, chairman; Messrs. Courts,
Russell, McLarty, Galloway, .Allen of
Granville, Green of Harnett.
Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions Mr. Reid, chairman; Messrs.
White,; Wilcox, Shankle, Bowens, Bell,
Skinner.
Committee on Claims Mr. Rose,
chairman; Messrs. Allen, of Bladen,
Avery, Davis, of Haywood, Bishop,
Speight, Skinner.
Committee on Corporations Mr. Bel
lamy, chairman; Messrs. Aycock, Tur
ner, Twittv, Bryan, Allen, of Bladen,
Ardrey. Courts, Chesson, Mitchell, Wil
cox. Committee .on Engraved Bills Mr.
Speight, chairman; Messrs.A very, White,
Wilcox, Culbreath, Russell, Walser.
Committee on Insane Asylums Mr.
King, chairman; Messrs. Grigsby, Avery,
Galloway, Freeman, Aycock, Green, of
Wake, Speight, Parker. Durham,. At
water, White, Butler.
Committee on Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Institutions Mr. Twitty, chairman;
Messrs. Culbreath, Davis, of Haywood,
Allen, of Greenville, Reid, Rose, Rus
sell, Williams, Stanford, Alston,
Committee on Penal Institutions
Mr. Bishop, chairman; Messrs. Bellamy,
Davis, of Franklin, Atwater, Gregory,
Mitchell, Reynolds.
Committee on Fish and Fisheries
Mr. Lucas, chairman; Messrs. Morgan,
Shunkle, Bowers, Bishop, Ball.
Committee on Military Affairs Mr.
Green, of Harnett, chairman; Messrs.
Ball. King, Bellamy, Ardrey, Speight.
Committee on Rules Mr. Turner,
chairman; Messrs. Lucas and Walser.
JOINT COMMITTEES SENATE BRANCH.
Library Mr, Bryan.chairman; Messrs,
Paine, Sprinkle.
Public Buildings and Grounds Mr,
Mitchell, chairman; Messrs. Twitty, Bel
lamy.
Justices of the Peace Mr. Lucas,
chairman; Messrs. Allen, of Bladen, Dur
ham. Federal Relations Mr. Ardrey, chair
man ; Messrs. Lucas, Paine, McLean,
Davis, of Franklin, Turner. Morgan.
Several bills were taken up for action,
but the disposition of Senators is not to
make any hasty legislation, and it was
insisted that all bills shall have a report
from some committee before action.
An invitation was read to the Senate
to attend a musical entertainment at
St. Mary's on Friday night next.
Adjourned till Monday at 11 o'clock
a. m.
HOTSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
"The House was called to order at 11
o'clock by Mr. Speaker Doughton, and
after prayer by Rev. Dr. J. H. Cordon
the Journal of yesterday was read.
Petitions were introduced by Mr. Wil
liams to incorporate a school house in
Iredell county.
The Committee on finances repotted
favorably the bill to allow Mecklenburg
county to refund its public debt.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
In relation to fees of sheriffs; in rela
tion to employers and employees; to
increase school revenue; for relief of the
sheriff of Jackson county; in regard to
the charter ot Burlington; in re
gard to the sale ot : -corn in
certain counties; in regard to dower;
Skinner, in regard to probate of deed;
Sutton, to prohibit agents from carry
ing off farm laborers from the Statej;
Sutton, to incorporate the Bank of
Cumberland; Holman, in regard to can:
vassers and judges of election; Henry,
to tax.; incomes; Hood, to suppress
gambling; Coffield, in relation to taxa
tion and for other purposes; Coffield,
NO. 9
to regulate the sale of spirituous liquor
in North Carolina; Biddex, to protect
mountain trout; W alker, to amend the
code in relation to divorce.
The Speaker then announced that the
morning hour had expired.
1 be speaker then announced the fol
lowing Committees and Chairmen: Ag
riculture. Phillips; Judiciary. Sutton;
Rules,' Peeples; Propositions and Griev
ance, Kay; Engrossed Bills. Gatljng.
A message was received from the
Governor calling attention to the neces
sity for immediate legislation in regard
to the oyster matter : that he had re- !
ceived a letter which in his judgment
necessitated some action as soon as
practicable. ;
The following bill was taken up and
passed, being favorably reported : Bill
to empower Mecklenburg county to re
fund its indebtedness. Passed second
and third reading and ordered engrossed
and sent to the Senate.
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
By consent, Mr. Holman's resolution
that our Senators and Representatives
be instructed to use all honorable means
to- secure the financial reforms as set
forth in the platform of the Ocala Con
vention of the Farmers' Alliance.
Mr. Peebles asked if any gentleman
had the platform and would read it for
the benefit and information of the Houe.
Mr, Holman said he did not have it,
but it bore on financial reform, to enable
the farmers to get more money; that the
national banks would not take real estate
as security for money.
Mc. Watson said he did not under
stand the platform of Ocala, and he
hoped that it would be referred to some
proper committee so that the matter
could be thoroughly understood and in
telligently passed on.
Mr. rntchard said it seeemed to be a
shot-gun policy.! He sent to the Clerk's
desk and had the following provision
from the Ocala platform read:
We demand the abolishment ot na
tional banks. We demand that deposi
tories be had in the several States to
loan money on Crops," &c.
Mr. rritchard, continuing, said that
it was impractical and visionary; that if
a warehouse was established in this city
after hauling from some distant county
he could make nothing by it. He hoped
he would not be compelled to vote on it
in its present form; that which interests
the farmer most is a good home market
that is the interest of the farmer. A
part I agree to and a part I do not think
practicable. Senator Vance says he is
going to obey the instructions of his.
party but you must eliminate and des
ignate. How can he dbey the instruc
tions as they now stand?
lie spoke at length in regard to the
Alliance that he hoped it was non-political
but that he hoped if the Alliance
men were going to leave the Democrats
the would not try the Republican
policy, -
Mr. Peebles said that lhey had tried
the Republican policy for thirty years
and that we got poorer and poorer; that
if he would point out the way perhaps
they might be induced to go with him,
if he could improve on the matter.
Mr. fntchard said, yes; and we tried
your Wild Cat State Bank policy before
the war, and the State was almost bank
rupt. Mr. Skinner said he would agree with
the gentleman who wanted it referred
to some committee, as he expected to
address the House at length on the sub
ject; but though sick he would say some
words in reply to the member from
Madison. That it was the sharpest blade
that had ever entered the side of the
Republican party; that the resolu
tion did not bind Senator Vance
or other Congressmen to any
plan, but that they wanted relief and
that they should formulate some bill on
the lines of the St. Louis and OcaliCon-
vention. He could not be proud of any
legislation that pauperized his people ;
he could not favor any system that could
let Liverpool and New York dictate the
market price of our produce. Believ
ing that the financial policy of the Alli
ance would accomplish this end. he ac
cepted it as Democratic principle. He
spoke at length on the subject. He
stated that the real object was to give
the producer the power to name the
price ot his produce.
Mr. Henry said he did not know wnat
this would have to do with the election
of a Senator, as it seemed, to be inferred
by some in the body; that he came here
instructed for Senator Vance. Suppose,
said he, that we would instruct the
Senator on some measure that he could
not support, and be would resign. He
felt bound to support him any way. He
moved that the resolution j be submitted
to Senator Vance by a committee, and
see whether he would abide by it.
Mr.. Adams said that he had seen the
Senator, and that he said he had no ob
jection to it. j
Mr. Mann said he thought a man
criminally guilty if he voted for a meas
ure without knowing what lie was voting
on. That he could not vote intelligent
ly on the measure. H6 hoped the
measure would be laid over, so that ne
could vote intelligently.
Mr. Wood said the matter had been
thoroughly canvassed in the State, and
that the peopp were thoroughly con
versant with it. He hoped the matter
would be taken up and passed at once
That a resolution would be taken up in
Congress on this subject, he had been
informed, on the 12th inst., and that it
was necessary that our Congressmen
should be instructed as to the will of the
people of the State.
Mr. McGill said it was the right ot the
General Assembly as the represenatives
of the people to instruct their Senators
and Representatives; that it was no oppp.
sition to Senator Vance that caused the
introduction of the resolhtion.
Mr. Watson said he saw no real ne
cessity for all this discussion.
Mr. Peebles said that this was as good
a time as any he thought! for discussing
matters that must inevitably come up
before this body; that wel were all going
to the same goal and let all join m har
mony; that the gentleman said that the
banking bill would be called up on the
12th, but in his opinion! it would be
many a day before it passed, lhat in
fidelity of bank officers was a great cause
of the misery to widows and orphans.
Let us give encouragement to the banks
that we could establish a good bank
ing system in our State. He blamed the
Republican party for all the misery that
we now suffered from. Let us not ask
Senator Vance to do anything that an
honorable man could notjundertake. He
had ail confidence in SenatorVance;that
he would do everything for the relief of
his people.
Mr. Morton moved to make it a
special order for Tuesday next.
Mr. Sutton : said Senator Vance had
already acknowledged the right of the
General Assembly to instruct; that he
was ready to vote on the question. His
county was for Vance, land also the
platform of the Farmers' jAlliance, as set
forth by tne Ucala Convention.
After further debate the amended
resolution of instruction passed the
House, as follows : I
"Resolved, by the House of Represen
tatives, the Senate concurring, That the
Senators of the 51st and 52d Congresses
of the United Staes be jand are hereby
instructed, and our Representatives re
auested to vote lor and to use an non
oraWe means to secure; the objects of
financial reform as contemplated in the
platform adopted at the j Ocala meeting
of the National Farmers' Alliance, held
A copy was ordered to be sent to our'
Senators and Representatives in Con-
giess. . y
Bills passed the House exempting
Pitt, Greene" Lenoir and Tones' counties
from the operations of the law" regarding
the sale of loose cotton. Also, bill to
amend the charter of Trinity College.
There is no opposition to Senator
Vance.
The caucus is set for Monday night. '
SPIRTIS TUKPENTINE.
- Oxford Ledger : Twenty chil
dren are cared for at the colored orphan
asylum of Oxford, lhis institution is
now under the superintendency of R.
Shepard, and is well conducted and
appears to be reasonably well sus
tained. Charlotte Chronicle ; Rev. Mr.
Fincher, of Seversville, came veary near
being killed Wednesday evening. He
and another gentleman were in a buggy
coming to town, when they were run in
to by a man driving a herd of cattle.
The horse became frightened, and shied,
upsetting the buggy, and throwing Mr.
fincher into a ditch about four feet
deep. He fell on his head and shoulder,
dislocating the latter, and badly disfig
uring the former. His companion
escaped unhurt.
Lincolnton Press: The little
child of Sarah Mauney, colored, was
burned to death during Christmas week.
Its clothing caught hre and burned the
child so that it died soon after. Another
colored child, the daughter of Rich
mond Scott, had its clothes ' burned off
last Tuesday night and the child is in a
critical condition. We are sorry
to note the great loss by fire incurred by
Mr. R. A. Smith, of Machpeiah, this
county on last Monday, Jan. oth. He
had 20 bales of cotton stored away in
the warehouse formerly occupied by Mr.
J. W. Lane, and the whole was com
pletely destroyed.
Morganton Herald: lne car
penters say that there will be more
building this year than Morganton has
ever seen. A handsome memorial
'window will be placed in the Presbyte
rian Churcrwin Morganton by the con
gregation in memory of Dr. R. B. An-
church., There are already four hand
some memorial widows in the Morgan-
ton Presbyterian Church. One of
the best signs that Morgrnton is grow
ing steadily and 6ondly is the fact that
brickmasons, carpenters, tinners, paint
ers and day-laborers of all kinds have
more work than they can do trom Jan
uary until December.
iMizabetn city aroitman: lne
records show that the number of chattle
mortgages and deeds of trust have been
much less during the past year than for
several previous ones. The general con
dition of the people in this locality is
improving financially. interviews
with the farmers elicit the fact that they
are in better spirit feel encouraged and
hopeful. They are making thorough
preparation for this year's crops will
use less commercial and more home
made fertilizers, and propose greater di
versification. The oyster packers
of this section have formed an organiza
tion to be known as The North Carolina
Oyster Packers' Association. Officers,
consisting of a president, vice-president.
secretary and treasurer, nave been
elected. The object is to promote the
best interests of the industry.
Greensboro Workman: ihere
are some specimens of clay in the North
Carolina Real bstate omce from apout
Springs, N. C. which has been exam
ined and reported favorably on by' en
gineers, l here are vast quantities 01 it
in the bed which lies under ana along
the Cape Fear road. Should it be used
in that way it would make plates ior the
whole world to eat out of. - There
was a man in the depot last night from
Surry county who asked Ticket Agent
Coffin if a man had bought a ticket yes
terday for Nebraska. When Mr. Coffin
told him that there was a man who pur
chased one the night before and de
scribed the man to the mountaineer, the
mountaineer said, "That is the rascal; he
beat me out ot $275 and another man
$800." Then he explained how the fel
low had been trading in stock for tHem
and had' run away with the money.
Munroe Jtegtster : I he cotton
gin ot Messrs. j. m. Stewart ec Co.,
near Ames, was destroyed by fire on
Monday night of last week, together
with about six bales of cotton, a lot of
cotton seed, a cotton press, two buggies,
one wagon, a lot of forage etc. There
was no insurance. Hack Hartis, a'
son of Mr. William Hartis, of Sandy
Ridcre township, met wfth instant death
on last Thursday. He was working in
the Hemby Mine, when a rock fell a
distance of about forty feet, striking him
on the head crushing the skull and kill
ing him instantly, ne was about zi
years ot age. Ralph McLarty, col-'
ored, brought into our office the other
day an egg, on the end of which was the
letter K. x ne egg was laid on ennst-
mas morning, and Ralph thinks the
letter was intended to stand for Christ
mas, but the hen slipped up on spell-
Oxford Ledger: We are pleased
to learn that new life is being infused
into the mining interest of Raker City
in the northern part of the county. Im
mense quantities of copper and iron ore
have been discovered and a 40-ton water
jacket will be erected at once. Quite a
number ot fennsyivania capitalists are
interested in the mines, and the com
pany has been recently reorganized With
W. Raker as President. We learn
that Mr. James W. Thomason, who re
sides in Tally Ho township, has been
confined to' his bed for ten years. He
has been subject to epileptic fits ever
since he was ten years of age, and he is
now fifty. He has upon an average of
one hundred and forty fits during each
year. Mr. Thomason is unable to sit
up in bed or teed himself since his con
finement. One shoulder is out of place,
he has paralysis of lhe throat, is drawn
nearly double, cannot speak a word and
is a complete skeleton.
Ashevule Citizen: Several
months ago Lee Sorrells, a bar tender in
this city, attempted suicide, but the
action was discovered in time to save
the young man s me. soon alter recov
ering Sorrfclls left Ashevule for South
Carolina, where he remained until a
week or two ago when he came back to
Asheville. He has been under the in
fluence of liquor a great deal of the time
since coming back here, -"This morning,
about 11 o'clock, Sorrells was sitting in
Frank O'Donnell's bar, on North Main
street, with a friend. While the friend
was talking to some one else in the room
Sorrells walked to the bar and asked
Barney Mclntire, one of the bar tenders,
for a glass, as he wished to take
some meJicine. The glass with some
water was given him, and taking a bot
tle from his pocket Sorrells poured the
contents into the glass, and drank the
mixture, inen walking to tne neaa ot
the basement stairway he threw the bot
tle into the basement. The friend saw
him throw away the bottle and ran and
picked it up. It was labeled' laudanum"
and had Worthen & Co.'s name on it.
Sorrells had by this time walked to a
room in the rear of the saloon, and his
friend at once had Dr. J. A. Burroughs
called. When the physician arrived he
saw that nothing could be done to save
the life, of the young man. Within
twenty or thirty minutes after taking
the laudanum he he was dead. . Dr.
Karl von Ruck made applications of the
Koch lymph to four patients at the
Winyah sanitarium to-day. The pa
tients under treatment are doing well.
The Mission Hospital patient was inocu
lated agairf this morning, and shows
good progress under the treatment.
Mr. Israel Champion, a respected
citizen of Asheville, died at his home
on Chestnut street, ;yesterday of pneu
monia. He was about 70 years of age.
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