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THE CHAMP
Off LOOTERS
Congress eclipsed
won the horns as
The Fifty-first
the record and
the champion treasury looters. They
got away with the Fiftieth Congress
by a round $20oJoOO,000. it'is cus
tomary at the elbse of. Congress to
publish a statement of the amount of
appropriations land what j for, but
that was hot done at the close of the
Fifty-first, for the . reason; that the
Appropriation bills were rushed
through so rapidly as the session
drew to an enq that the statement
could not be
will, however,
- prepared. ' I
repared in time. It
be printed when it is
Mr. Dockerv. of Missouri, who
was a memberf of the House Com
mitteemen Appropriations has fur
nished the Washington correspondent
of the New; York Herald 'a compara
tive statement of the appropriations
by the FiftW-first and the Fiftieth
; Congress respectively as follows :
Fifty-first
Fiftieth
congress.
Congress.
$3,385,780
48,771,415
3,408,490
10,733,816
5,177,594
16,299.424
41,598,713
1,217,809
41,635,345
163.516,900
127,465,577
22,397,616
51.598,145
35.986,743
15.670,862
.'Agricultural
Army
Diplpm a t i
f cWConsuli
48.810,000
3.967,740
! District of C
lumbia.
11,372.66
8.007,738
23,389,016
43,084,278
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837,360
55,677,689
233,672.246
150,133,920
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25.136,295
67,247,645
76,617,448
27.737,905
2.236,000
.! Fortification's.
. Indian.....
Legislative.
Military A
'" demy..
Naval . . . .
Pensions.
Post Offia
: Kivers ai
; Harbors. . .
; Sundry Civil.
Deficiency. . .'
Miscellaneous
Indefinite Ap
propriate.
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; Total annual.
! Permaneht, ..
$782,155,210 $588,864,229
227,115,261 224,331,853
, Grand total. .$1,009,270,471 $813,196,082
Here is a $1,000,000,000 in round
figures roted, $500,000,000 a year, to
: run thi ; Republic of ours which con-
w.gratula, :es itself that it' is a govern
ment o '. the people and don't have
-; any ro al families to support. But
it has some right royal treasury
; looters . : L' ." ; ,:" ' . ! . : J ".
'- It. w 11 be noted in this statement
trie Iirfe'the Kepubl?can majoirity
seeming to act on the principle .that
as thiy were i going out and had
alreadlr been . condemned and repu
diatedjby the people they mightj as
A well make a finish job. of the tr$as
ury, kjiock the bottom! out of it lind
thus et even with the people for
giving; so many of them the gr'nd
bounce last fall.- ' j V .v
j As Jlarge as this sum is we may
thank, the Democratic RepreserJta
,'tives and Senators that it is iot
larger. Had they not! contended as
'stubbornly as they did and defeated
the ship subsidy bill, the fortification
j bill, tlje Force bill, the Nicaragua
; land bill, the Hawaii cable "subsidy
and other jobs many j millions mpre
would '.have been added to this, ust
I how many cannot be accurately jfta
" ted,; but all together they would
I not haveamounted - to much less
j than 35,000,000 a year. The Aip
subsidy bill would have cost during
; the period of its operation $2G0,qjQ0
j 000, and the Fortification bill called
I for about the same amount.
: In the appropriations the RepuJbli-'
can majority never stopped to Con
sider whether they were exceedine
the income of the Government! or
not, and they didn't ;care for - they
knew j very well that a deficit
Was 1USt as certain oc Urs-n
; thing ould be. They seemed deter
mined to go ior the last dollar m the
f treasury,1 vote away every dollar
1 they could, and leave it to their sue
j cessors to provide the ways and
j means to meet the shortage. .Mr.
r Dockery, who compiled the state
ment above given, estimates the de
ficit for the ensuing fiscal yearlat
over $68,000,000; some estimate it at
more . ; y ...
It the country was in a prosperous
condition and the people had plenty
of money this unbridled extrava
gance would be less shocking thn it
is, but w;th the great agricultural in
dustry throughout, the countrytde
pf essed, jwith millions of the pelple
protesting against the enormous bur
dens already imposed upon them,tp ith
the wages of workmen in numerous
industries being reduced, thousands
of workmen out of employment,
financial panics threatening and )n a
couple of instances averted only by
the faction of the Secretary of j the
Treasury, with some of the oldest
and,' most reputable business houses
of the country going by the board,
sucji total indifference to the condi
tion of the country was sinjtply
criminal. This money must be paid
and it must come out of the peqpte,
no tnatter how depressed "their Con
dition may be, or how pressed they
are to make ends meet. This $1,Q00,
00d,000 means $1,000,000,000 taxa
tion upon the people, from whicli no
man however poor . he may be! can
escape paying his part. With a no
torious discrimination in favor of the
rich in the scheme by which it is
raised the poor man pays more of it
in proportion than the rich man does,
because, the commoner grades of
..articles used by the masses are taxed
heavier than the higher" grades of
articles bought and used by the rich.
Nor have the people any hope of
seeing their burdens diminished un
til there is a radical change in the
governmental policy.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature which adjourned
yesterday, was an industrious, hard
working body, of correct deport
ment, but little dissipation being in
dulged inj, while in point of intelli
gence it would compare favorably
itli thej majority of Legislatures
that preceded it. There were some
extremists and some who probably
had Congressional aspirations,- but
this, is the case in all Legislatures,
but as a jbody it was conservative,
much more so than some apprehend
ed before it assembled. Whatever
of fault' may be found with it will be
rather for what it didn't do than for
whit did do. As a general thing
we. think the public will approve
what it did. Among the acts pass
ed in j which the public at
large have an interest is the rail
road commission bill, which is in
the nature of an experiment, for a
geological survey, appropriating
$25,000 for a State exhibit at the
World's Fair, re-districting the State,
protecting our Sound oyster beds,
providing for the election of solici
by the people of the State as the
judges are elected, prohibiting the
sale of cigarettes to minors under 17
years of age, providing for a training
school for: girls, and for an increase
of the ! school tax. Charters were
granted to about sixteen new banks,,
and about twenty charters to land
improvement companies, mining and
manufacturing companies. In addi
tion toi these these there was a great
deal of legislation of a local and
private character.
AN IMPORTANT ACT.
: Among the most important acts
passed by the last Legislature, one
from j which the State will "derive
great benefit if wisely executed, was
the bill providing for a geological
survey of the State. The amount
appropriated to it, $10,000 a year, is
very small, consequently it will have
to move slowly and economically,
and jmuch should not be expected
from; it right away. With good man
agement, however, and in the charge
of a good, competent, practical, in
dustrious geologist who understands
his business and takes pride in it,
much can and in due time, will be
accomplished, even with as small a
sum as that. .
When the survey is begun it will
oughly to leave no occasion for
doing it over again. That kind of
; work is not as easy in North Caro
lina as it is in some States, for here
we have plain, hill and mountain,
each practicaly a different formation
requiring particular study and pre
sentjing different degrees of difficulty
in making the desired explorations.
In one of the Western prairie States
making such a survey is compara
tiyej an easy matter because having
Deen suDjectea to no great natural
upheavals which fend the earth's
rocky ribs and pile them up in moun
tain chains, the formations are reeu
lar land well defined and a survey of
one section applies practically to all
The drill passes through at regular
intervals stratas ; of alluvium,
clay, sand, soft stone, (generally
lime-stone,) and so on' to an indefi
nite depth, and thit tells the story of
what is under the surface. The min
erals are rare, and those that are
found easily traced. In the coal re
gions of Illinois or Indiana the veins
spread out continuously so near the
surface, and with such a slight in
cline that there is no trouble in
reaching them and estimating their
proportions. So when the lead bear
ing fields of Illinois, Iowa and Wis
consin are explored' it is found
that the lead runs in well defined
crevices, which are easily recognized,;
easily followed, and outside of which
the miner never looks for lead.
But here it is not so. for nature
has so tossed the rocks and minerals
about in a considerable oortion of
the State as to get them- pretty well
mixea, making it no easy matter to
draw the line nicely between them
and tell the proportion that one bears
to the other. To do successful and
satisfactory work where these con
ditions exist .will require skill, pa
tience and perseverance
l In a general way w$ know that
North Carolina is in the cold belt
that extends from Maryland in a
southwesterly direction down into
ueorgia, and that some of the rich
est spots in that belt are in this
State, in Randolph. Montcomerv.
Stanly, Cabarrus, Union and Meck
lenburg counties, and in Nash m the
northeastern section of the belt in
this State. Copper runs in the same
belt, and very often the copper and
gold .are found in copartnership.
wortn of these but running in the
same lines, northeast and southwest,
jalong the foothills of the Blue Ridge
into the mountains in the western
portion of the State, the great iron
field extends, the full "extent of
which we have not the slightestxon-
ception, as some recent explorations
have demonstrated that there are in
some of the formations ten times
the amount of iron that any one had
any idea there was. It is said that
the largest veins in the iron! region
Of Alabama will not bear a compara-
son to the immense veins in the
Cranberry deposits in Mitchell
county, which grOw larger and larger
the deeper they are penetrated.
There is iron ore enough in sight
now to run a half dozen Birming
hams. V- , :-.
Now here is a fine field to occupy
an industrious corps of surveyors for
several years, and furnish them all
the exercise they can reasonably ask
for; but when they have gone over
itandiTzfeit thoroughly, it will be
found that North Carolina is a much
richer State than we have any idea
of at present,-
When they get tired of this and
want some recreation, they can
amuse themselves by tapping the
coal fields of the Dan and the Deep
Rivers, and following up some of
these veins that havebeen discover
ed in Durham, Granville and Bla
den counties, or in prospecting in the
marble fields of Stokes, Surryi Mc
Dowell and Cherokee counties.
There is work enough ahead ot the
geological survey to keep it busy for
twenty years, but it is work that will
pay, and pay well.
MINOR MENTION. .
The last speech that Senator
Evarts, of New York, made or ever
will make in the Senate, was the
shortest speech of his life, and con
sisted of a motion to concur in an
amendment by the House to the bill
providing for Circuit Courts of Ap
peal, correcting one of his own blun
ders, the effect of which would have
been, if it had not been detected in
the House,, to have swept from the
Supreme Court Calendar nearly all
the cases on it without transferring
them to any other jurisdiction. The
House corrected the blunder by
amendment to a Senate joint resolu
tion correcting another blunder and
sent it back to the Senate. Mr.
Evarts moved to concur, the Senate
concurred. Mr.' Evarts walked out
and was neither heard nor seen in
the Senate after that. The other
blunder was as to the time when the
new Circuit Court of Appeals should
meet, and singular to say, neither of
the blunders was discovered until
after the - bill . had passed both
House and been signed by the Presi
dent. The first was afterwards dis
covered in the Senate and corrected
by the passage of a joint resolution,
the other, as stated, in the House
and corrected by adding the amend
ment referred to to the joint resolu
tion. The Senate was too dignified
to have any fun over this, but the
gentlemen in the other wing of the
Capitol were highly amused at these
two glaring- blunders of ; the great
legal light ot New York.
.
,A correspondent of the Baltimore
r..'.i"utJL "?I"i?r flhf silver
4UC3UUU wnttii in nis opinion win
reconcile all conflict, between gold
and silver and put them both on the
same plane. The idea is not alto
gether new as it was discussed in the
Congress of 1879. His plan suggests
an admixture of gold and silver, and
copper in such proportions that the
gold and silver would be of equa
value, the result of which would be
that if either gold or silver went up
or down the one would balance the
other. He holds, too, that such a
dollar would have merit that would
commend it, neither so small as the
gold dollar nor so large as the silver
dollar. It would be practically one
silver with a gold dollar melted into
it coined into two dollars, in addi
tion to which it would be . much
harder and more durable than either
of its component metals.
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1 he New York Sun has been in
vestigating the appropriations of the
aist Congress and finds that it has
spent three hundred millions dollars
more than the average of the eight
preceding Congresses, their average
being $709,113,469, as compared
with $1,006,270,471 by the 51st Con
gress. The increase in the pensions
would account for this in part, but
that would leave a margin of over
two hundred millions voted away in
extravagant appropriations, two
hundred millions more than the pre-
ceaing Congress spent. The fact is
they went it blind, and voted awav
the peoples' money as if there were
no bottom to the treasury.
The probabilities are that in con
sequence of the law oassed hv th
last Congress limiting the fees of
pension agents in certairi cases to
two dollars, the number of
will be considerably reduced. The
Pension Bureau estimates that the
number of claims that will be filed
under the last pension act at 850 -
000, which under the old law would
yield the pension agents $8,500,000.
wnien under the new law will be re.
duced to $1,700,000. Ther ar.
about 300,000 cases now pending to
wmcn me new law will arjnlv. re
ducing the fees from $1,500,000 to
$300,000. ' Thus the pensioners will
save aoout $8,000,000 which under
the old law would have rone ntn
the pockets of the pension sharks.
The 101 Democrats who stock tn
Gen. Palmer solid throueh 155 bal
lots threw up their hats yesterday
when two of the F. M. B. A. men,
who had been voting for Streeter,
voted for him and elected him. It
was a glorious ending to the irallant
and unprecedented fight they made
of which they may well be proud
and on which the Democracy of the
whole country heartily congratulates
mem.
STATE TOPICS.
For some time a company of the
the Salvation Army, under the com
mand of Capt.- Sawyer, has j been
holding the fort at Ahseville, calling
the wicked from their erring Ways.
They had the use of a pnblicj hall
which was longer denied them for
some reason when-they betook them
selves to the public square wherein
they tangled withtown ordinances
and the municipality- which
they set at defiance. , There
is a" town ordinance against
bolding gatherings to obstruct pub
lic thoroughfares, and this the Salva
tionists did by the large crowds
gathered. Notice was served j upon
them by the city authorities that
they were violating the law, and to
select some less frequented locality,
which they refused to do,! when they
were all arrested and brought before
the Mayor, As the case stands now
it is a question of supremacy be
tween the city authorities and the.
Salvation troop, with the odds in
favor of the authorities, who
the law to stand on. .
have
As Congress has adjourned and
there is no more war going on in
Washington, some wicked man j tries
to disturb the repose of the country
with a sensational story about an
impending war with England, for
which there is about as much likeli
hood as there is in the discovery of
that vein of subterranean cheese out
in Iowa. This is about the I last
country on the globe that Engiand
hankers for a scrimmage with, j
Some men are born with a con
science thaccan't be downed, others
are not. The Rochester, N.jif.,
physician who sent $500 in small
sums to citizens of his native town in
Dhio to pay for the water-mefonst
chickens, etc., which he purloined
in his youthful days, was one of
those who came into this vale of
trials, tribulations and some fun
with a conscience that froze to him.
An enthusiastic contemporary
which admires the ex-Czar ex
claims: "Thanks to such patriots as
Thomas Brackett Reed, the starry
banner stilj waves." Thomas kept
it waving by getting a bombrproof
position as paymaster in the navy at
a safe distance from violent assaults
by men of hostile proclivities. As a
"starry banner" saver Thomas was a
hustler. '
If Mr. Hoar was looking for an
endorsement by the Massachusetts
Legislature he didn't get it when the
Legislature a few days ago refused
to adopt resolutions in favor of the
Force bill by a vote of 95 to 68.! The
Force bill was already I dead but this
shows what the Legislature of Mr.
Hoar's State thinks of the corpse.
t - UUUUUU3 uion t propose
to have maple sugar ignored when
the sugar bounty was incorporated
as a feature of the McKinley bill,
and threatened to vote against the
bill if the bounty wasn't extended to
the sap gatherers of his State, and
that brought 'em to taw.
Among the few nominations by
the President which the Senate, re
fushd to confirm were the colored
postmaster, at Vicksburg and the
colored collector of customs at Wil
mington. The colored brother don't
seem to be in good odor in the Sen
ate.
Very frequently innocent bystand
ers are the ones most injured in
impromptu rackets. In that fracas
between two Solons in the Arkansas
House of Representatives last Tues
day, the spittoons and inkstands,
which had nothing to do with bring
ing it on, were the greatest suffereri
. . : .-.
Buffalo Bill's eloquence proved too
m-ich for the Interior Department,
and he has been granted permission
to engage a hundred Indians for his
Wild West Show, which was prohib
ited under a previous order issued by
the Department. r '
It is said that Senator Vance and
Mrs. Vance will take a trip to
Europe this spring.
Died in Hospital. -David
J. Garner, of Onslow countv
died at the City Hospital Sunday of
Dowel consumption, He, it will be re
membered, was tried . in the Criminal
Court last Summer for murder of the
Sea coast fireman, Ed. Hill, colored.
and was acquitted on the ground of in
sanity.. Since the trial he had been
confined in the county jail, but his
health failed rapidly rand about a month
ago his condition became so serious
that his counsel, A. J. Marshall, and
Allen Brown, Esqrs,, procured his re
moval to the hospital, where he died
Garner's nephew, who lives in South
Carolina, has been notified by telegraph
of the death of his uncle. .
Stocks of Naval Stores at the Porta.
Stocks of naval stores at the norts at
the close of last week are reported as fol
lows:
Spirits turpentine Wilmincton. 8..
805 casks; New York. 1,979: Charleston.
312; Savannah, 2,555. Total, 8,651 casks.
Rosin Wilmington, 27.667 barrels:
New York, 20,871; Charleston, 12,675;
Savannah, 63,951. Total, 125,164 barrels.
Tar Wilmington, 7,375 barrels : New
York, 1,258. Total. 8.633 barrels.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
When Baby vu sick, w gara her Castor!.
Whea aha was a CWM, the cried f or Castor!,
Vfhm aba became Hiss, she clung to Oattoria,
WhenalMbadCaiIldrn,alMgvetiem
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Union School House Burned Loss fisti.
; mated at $13,000 to $18,000 Inau.'
ranoe. $9,600. r,' :.'
.. The Union School House building,
on Ann street, between Fifth and Sixth
streets; was destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon. The fire was first discovered
by persons oh the street, near the chim
ney on the east wing of the building just
below the roof. An alarm was sent in
that brought the Fire Department speed
ily to the spot but in the meantime the
flames had made considerable headway
and dense volumes of smoke were pour
ing from under the roof on all sides of
the main building and even from the
.west wing. ".'
The firemen bad lines of hose stretch
ed in short order rfom fire-plugs in the
neigborbood, but the pressure in the
mains was not sufficient to force the
stream over, the tops of the windows of
the second floor. This caused another
delay until steam pressure could be got
ten up on the fire engines, and by the
time these got fairly -to work it was
too late the building was doomed.
Flames buret from under the roof all
over the building and the fire raged
with redoubled fury until the entire
structure was enveloped, and the fire
men could do little beyond saving adja
cent property from destruction.
Some of the houses in the neighbor
hood caught on fire from sparks and
cinders, but the fire was extinguished
without damage to the property. j
The fire is supposed, to have been caused
bya defective flue, and had probably
been burning several hours before it was
discovered. j
Many ot the pupils of the school were;
present'sooh after the fire broke out and
worked manfully to save the books and
furniture. A great deal was removed
from the building, but bv far the larger
part of .the furnfture was destroyed
Some of the boys ran close risks,
and one of them was on the upper floor
of the building when the roof fell in. but
escaped by leaping from a window, and
fortunately sustained no injury. Two
or three of the firemen Who had mount
ed to the roof of the building, also had
narrow escapes. j j
The building and furniture were val
ued at about $13,000, upon which
there was insurance, on the building for
$7,500, and on furniture for $2,100,
divided among the following companies
In the Liverpool, London & Globe,
$2,400, with Messrs. Smith & Boat
wright; $2,400 in the London & Lanca
shire, Messrs. Hodges & Taylor; $2,400
with Messrs. Atkinson & Manning;
$1,200 in the Northern, and $1,200 in
the Carolina, with Mr. M. S. Willard
The building was erected by the
Couaty Commissioners in 1886, Mr. Jas.
F. Post, contractor. It was constructed
of the best material well-seasoned pine
and in the most substantial manner,
with double floors, wide stair-ways and
abundant means of ventilation. The
main building was 80 by 50. feet and the
wings on the east and west sides 27 by
24 feet each, two stories in height, with
a pitch ot 16 and 13 feet.
Tk... A A A M- 11 J iJ-
iucic wcic tvv pupus CUIU1ICU, UIJUCI
the general supervision of Prof.i Noble,
and the corps of teachers was as follows:
Miss Nellie Cook, principal; Miss Mag
gie Jones, Miss E. Meares, Miss Bettie
Aiu)r.nil Moore, Miss Bes
sie Taylor, Miss Mollie Hawes, miss
A. Meares. Mrs. Carrie Moffitt, assist
ants. " ;.
The school committee, in conjunction
with the Board of Education, will 'at
once take steps to rebuild, and when it
is remembered that the school authori
ties in New Hanover county have the
interest of the children so much at
heart, the public may be assured that a
handsome new building will soon re
place the burned structure. In the
meantime, steps will be taken to resume
the duties of the school next Monday
morning, -ine puouc will be dulv ad
vised as f to where the sch xjI will be
opened.
DIRECT TAX LAW.
The Governor to Procure Certified Copies
of the Tax Ust and Notify Persona of
the Amount Sue Them.
i ne lonowing is a copy of the act
passed by the General Assembly in
relation to the Direct Tax Law:
The General Assembly of North Carolina
ao .nacl:
bee. 1. That the money paid into the
treasury oi the State bv the Governor
"under the terms of the Act of Congress
reiunaing the Uirect Tax, shall be held
in trust for the benefit ot those persons
or innauirants Irom whom the taxes
were collected, or their legal representa
tives, as provided in said Act of Con
gress. !
Sec. 2. Thai the money received by
mc vjovernor as aioresaid shall be rein
vested by him in North Carolina 4 per
cent. Donos, ana an the expenses of car
rying into effect the provisions of the
act shall be defrayed out of the interest
accruing upon said.bonds.
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of
the Governor to procure frqm the prop-
w ui.jwiuicui u nuuingiun cer Lined
copies ot the tax lists and other evi-
dence of payment of the direct taxes to
the united btates by persons or inhabi
tants ot North Carolina, and to notify
such persons or inhabitants, or their
legal representatives, of the amount due
them under' this act. The Governor
shall, as far as practicable, provide for
me repayment oi tne direct taxes'to the
persons enntled thereto, and not to an
agent or attorney. All claims un
oer tne trust shall be filed with
the Governor, together with proper proof
pi me quaiincation or any executor or
administrator, wnere tne person from
whom the tax was collected is dead
upon proper proof the Governor shall
draw his warrant in favor of the oerson
entitled, and the same shall be paid bv
me x rcasurer oi cne plate
bee. 4. No agent or attornev shall
demand, collect, or receive more than
nve per centum commission unon the
amount collected, as compensation ! for
anysservice rendered to anv claimant for
any i;uiici;iiun unucr mis act; ana any
ii . : - , . ,
Liciaun violating mis section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
bee o. 1 bat all claims under the trust
created by the act of Congress above
mentioned shall be filed with the
Governor within six years next after the
approval of said act on March 2cL 1891:
and all claims not so filed shall be for
ever barred. And all moneys remain
fund, at the expiratiorv of the six years, J
ing in tae i reasury arising from said
sna pc coverea into tne I reasury as
ine property oi ine State.
Sec. 6. This act shall be in force from
and after its ratification.
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RAGING RIVERS.
A Phenomenal Rise at Nashville, Tenn.
Many People Driven from their Homes. :
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. -; '
Nash vi lle March The phenom
enal rise in the river continues and at 1
o'clock this morning the gauge reaa
46.8: feet - rise since Friday morning.
Much, damage has been done by reason
of the rapidity of the rise than would
otherwise have occurred,. . Probably be
tween 1,500 and 2,000 people have been
driven from their homes, and goods in
warehouses and cellars suffered much
damage.
As viewed from the bridge, the river
is a vast angry torrent, spreadme out
over the lowlands,. Nearly all of the
lumberyards are . now overflowed and
in some of them considerable loss will
result. The river has brought out a vast
amount of drift wood, and it is passing
the city in great quantities. During Sun
day the water was gaining slowly and
steadily, Merchants were busy all day
removing goods from cellars and ware
houses near the wharf to higher ground.
It is estimated that there are between
300 and 500 families in this city that
have been driven from their" homes by
the high waters. . " j
Reports from all points on the river
show that it is rising everywhere and the
fullness of the Ohio and Mississippi will
prevent the Cumberland from running
down as ; rapidly as it otherwise would.
; "Chattanooga, March 9. The Ten
nessee river at this point has reached,
the danger line and is risingthree inches
per hour. Experienced river men pre
dict that it will reach at least 45 .feet,
which will overflow much of the city in
low-lying .places, cut ,off several rail
roads and for a time suspend operations
of several manufactories.
The rainfall here for 36 hours is S)
inches, and extends up the river and in
East Tennessee generally. The sky is
overcast and the indications for more
showers are very promising.
bT. Louis, March 9. bevere storms
are reported from various points in
Texas. . 1
At San Antonio, at noon yesterday, a
heavy sleet storm from the northeast
lasted from twenty minutes to half an
hour, . doing considerable damage to
fruit trees.
After a heavy rain at Jefferson, Texas,
last evening, the weather turned very
cold, and it snowed for about an hour.
It is feared fruit trees Have been very
badly damaged.
A Texarkana (Ark.) special reports a
light snow the hrst this winter, lhe
first snow at Palestine, Texas, for three
years fell yesterday; very cold.
CUBA.
Spain Alarmed at a Proposed Scheme to
Annex the Island to the United States
Troops Dispatched to Cuba.
Madrid, Marcn . ine HeraiOo, m
an article protesting against the sup
posed scheme of the United States
government to annex the island of
Cuba, says Mr. Blaine ought to recol
lect that the Congress of American na
tions plainly proved that Spanish Amer
icans are not disposed to allow them
selves to be absorbed by the great
northern Republic. The people of
Cuba, it says, are strongly Spanish, and
are greatly opposed to becoming part of
the United StajLes. Probably, with the
exception of a few tradesmen, there is
no one in the island who is at all desir
ous of annexation.
The Heraldo continues, Spain would
shed her last drop of blood in resisting
any attempt to deprive her ot her colo
ny, fearing neither Cuban revolution
nor a war with the United States.
Paris, March 9. A .dispatch from
Madrid savs: The Soanish government
is about to dispatch 6,870 troops to Cuba
on account of the impending political
atritation on th Iclonrl Ii tko
becomes worse General Campebello will
De appointed viceroy.
I he Spanish press protests against
Americans encouraging Cuban sep
aratists in connection witn tne proposed
treaty o: commerce.
Madrid, March 9. The Official
uazette puDiishes a decree to the effect
that only goods bearing the Spanish
trade mane will be allowed to be im
ported as products of Spanish industry.
CALIFORNIA.
The
Legislature to Begin Balloting for
XT. S. Senator.
San Francisco. March 9. The Cal
ifornia Legislature will to-morrow com
mence Dauoting tor a U. b. senator to
complete the unexpired term of George
Hearst. The Republicans have ninety
votes out oi a total ot one hundred and
twenty in both houses. It would require
forty-six votes in the Republican caucus
to decide upon a candidate; but as no
caucus has been ordered balloting will
oegin witnout unanimous party action
ana eany oaiioting promises to show a
wide scattering of votes.
The candidates most prominently
mentioned are Morris M. liste, ex-Congressman
Charles 6, Fellon, M. H. D.
Young. Geo. H. Bonebrake, ex-Gov
ernor Geo. C. Perkins. Gen. N. P. Chip-
man ana ex-benator a. r. Williams.
The Democratic members'of the Le
gislature while having held no caucus as
yet, nave evinced a desire to cast a com
plimentary vote for some one of their
party, and among those mentioned are
Jas. V. Coleman, ex-Mayor . Pond. Con
gressman 1 homas J. Clurne and Wm. D.
(English. If balloting does not result in
an election within two or three days, it
is believed an effort will then be made
by the Republican members to secure a
party caucus.
AN INDIANA TRAGEDY.
Joan uxescner Slaughters Several Mem.
bers of his Family and Commits Suicide.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Indianapolis, March 9. A special
to the Sentinel from Balberter, Ind.t
says: Yesterday John Diescher, a well
known hotel keeper of this place, while
urutiK ana mad with jealousy, attacked
his wife with a revolver. He shot her
in the head, inflicting a serious wound.
Another hall struck her corset-stay iust
uva inc neari. LMescner tnen rlnrrt
the revolver at the back of his three
year old daughter Myrtle, and shot her
through the heart, and then sthof hia
cook, Man ones, hittine her mthe
back and inflicting a flesh wound. WhM
the crowd which had auicklv catherei
in ine panor was attending the wmmH.
ed, Diescher re-entered and fell dead on
ViA 4rr 1 l .. . ...
un-nuuLtioviiii; cut ms rnroat with a
case-Knne.
A NORTHWEST BLIZZARD.
Heaviest Storm of the Winti-Rnn.
Three to Five Feet Deep.
CHICAGO, March 9. Dispatches from
numerous points throughout Minnesota.
WisConsin and Eastern Nebraska report
wwa. ventrai Illinois, .snuthcm
mat tne severest snow storm of the
winter ragea Saturday night and all dav
wUUuay. xucic wae a regular Ditzzard
uiowing, ana tne snow was hadlw d-f
ed. I rains are running behind time
especially in Minnesota, with
l""J: iavci on wagon roads has been
.1... t- , ' a
wholly suspended, and in cities street
car iranic is more or less delayed. St.
Cloud. Minn., reports drifts from five
to twenty feet deep. Morehead reports
snow three to five feet r!wn
and in -many localities drifts ten feet
deep. In the vicinitv of Winterall la
!iwty.,inche8 of snow fell. Immense
drifts fill the roads, and travel is almost
impossible.
A WAR CLOUD.
THE
BEHRING SEA DISPUTE AND
, CANADA.
England Getting; Beady for an Emergen
cy" Lord Wolseley ispeoting the
Defences of British Columbia.
B v Telegraph to the Morning Star. ,
Chicago, March 10. A Montreal
special quotes an officer- of the British
navy as sayicg there is more significance
attached to the approaching visit of
Lord Wolseley than is generally believed.
Wolseley will at once proceed to the
Pacific coast with Gen. Herbert and in
spect the defences of British Columbia
and the naval yard at Equimalt. He
will remain at Victoria until the United
States has given an ultimatum witn re
gard to the hJehring bea question, x be
ofncerasaid, "you neea not ne surprised
to find Great Britain and the United
States at war before the year is out. The
British Government has been remaining
quiet in view- of the possibility of the
Liberal party in Canada getting, into
power, through whom' Lord Salisbury
believed more satisfactory settlement
of matters in dispute could have been
reached than through the administra
tion of Sir John MacDonald, whose pol
icy has been more in the direction of in
tensifying hostilities than effecting re
conciliation." In conclusion, he said
that the activity about the British dock
yards clearly showed - that England was
preparing to be ready for an emergency.
j WASHINGTON.
Appointment of Circuit Court J udges Not
to be Made for Several Months Yet.
Washington, March 9. It is stated
on the highest authority that the nine
Circuit Judges provided for at he re'
cent session of Congress will not be ap
pointed tor several months yet.the Presi
dent being of opinion that each of the
new courts can be organized at the time
fixed by the. act (the third Wednesday
in June.) by Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court, the regular Circuit
Judge and the District Judges in each
of the respective circuits, regardless of
the fact that the new Circuit Judges
may not tnen nave Deen appointed
The same authority said that this dis
posed of the report that there would be
an extra session of the Senate for con
sideration of these appointments.
AUGUSTA, GA.
A Great Portion of the City Under Water
Sad Drowning Accident.
Augusta, Marcn io. A great por
tion of the city between the canal and
the river is under water. All business
is suspended.
The city is in darkness to-night, high
water having interfered with the elec
tric light and gas companies. Traffic
will be resumed on all the roads to-morrow.
. No mail was delivered to-day and
business was practically suspended. No
serious damage to property has resulted,
and no further trouble is apprehended'
from high water. The river receded,
35 feet six inches and has been gradu
ally falling all day. .
This afternoon Henry C. Lamar and
Miss Louise King Connelly were drown
ed while rowing in the canal, two miles
above the city. The boat was caught
and capsized in the swift current at the
open flood-gates near Shamrock mills.
The bodies were recoverd and prepared
for burial. Both were popular and
highly connected young people. Mr.
Lamar was a graduate of Princeton Col
lege of the class of " '85;' a well known
athlete and a man of noble qualities.
Miss Connelly was a grand-daughter of
the late John P. King,' ex-United States
Senator from Georgia, and niece of the
Marchioness ot Anglesey.
MEMPHIS SHOOTING AFFAIR.
Surgical Operation Performed on Attor
ney David Poston Slight Chance for his
Becovery.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. '
Memphis, Tenn., March 11. The
condition of Attorney David Poston.
who was shot yesterday by Col; H. Clay
King, is unchanged. He may recover,
but the wound is a very bad one, and it
will be almost impossible to tell any
thing for twelve hours. The ball enter
ed on a line with and about four inches
to the right of the navel. - It came out
just behind the left hip bone. The ab
domen was opened by the doctors. It
was found that the small intestine was cut
in six places. In two of these it was
completely severed, and in the other
four nearly so.
In consequence of the severity of
tne intestinal wounds it was necessary
to excerpt tnat portion ot intestine in
volved, which necessitated the removal
of thirty-six inches of the small intes
tine. The two ends of the intestine wpr
joined by what is known as the anasto
motic operation. The abdomen was then
washed out and dried and drained
Failure of the severed intestine to unite
would certainly result fatally.
Later: David Poston, the lawyer
wiiu was snot yesteraay Dy ti
Clay King, died at 5:10 this evening
The only chance of savmcr his life was
taken at a late hour last night and fail-
ea.
tr: i;
-k. in ma ceii at tne lan. re
ceived the news of his victim's death in
the same cool manner that has charac
terized his bearing since the traedv nr.
I.UICU.
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
a. orassenger Train an the Siahmnmi Xr
Danville B. B. Wrecked-The Engineer
Killed.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Danville, Va., March 11. About
noon to-day, as a delayed south-boand
passenger train was leavmc this citv. it
iau uu tue tracs ana one engine and
several cars were badly smashed. The
tram was very heavy and was drawn by
two engines. The tender of the first
engine left the track, throwing off the
secona engine, wnicn was ditched and
wic-a.eu. ine oaggage ana man cars
were also badly smashed,' but the pas
senger cars was not muoh damareH
and the sleepers did not leave the track.
j. m. KODertson, nreman on the first
engine, was caught underneath th sw
ona engine ana instantiv ki11d cn
gineer l. Bryant ana hreman W. W.
Jackson, of the second engine, were
. w - we llt'
burned under the wreck
aoie to get out without assistance. The
- a w saw
men in tne baggage and exnresa ram
caped without injury and not a passen
ger was hurt.
THE DIRECT TAX.
waul Aiienn will JVnt ba lllnvl
Examine the Beoords of the 'Depart
ment.
Washington, March 10. Assistant
Secretary Nettleton notified claim
agents and others interested in claims
under the Direct Tax bill, that all pay
ments unaer tnat act w 11 be mad t
the ' States in trust for citizens- thereof
irum wuum tnev v rnlItod
mcir legai representatives, and claim
agents and others will not be allowed to
examine tne direct tax records of th
Department unless thv ar i
by the States to do so. ;
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SPIRITS, TURPENTINE.
' Winston Sentinel: Another srw
ing scrape occurred in Bahnson ToJ
lata QotiK-daw trninv U 1 . . uwO
.v.., uaiuin Martin
coldred, became angry with a coin, "j
woman named Annie Ferabee. 9n .c
result was that he brought out h; l .
gun and fired , at the woman, the W
taking effect iust below her knee i
flirting a painful wound. '
Charlotte News : It is lm.j
on authority which the News consider,
good, that the work of removing t2!
Richmond Danville RailmaH .u:"1
to Charlotte will begin this m "T
Those, however, who exoect tn
the immense shops here in a
months, or even in a year, will be disaiv
pointed. It will take fully three yea
to remoye the shops here. ,
Mew .Berne Journal; u ;
Denutv Marshal C. B. Hni , ' .
near Tuscarora yesterday, Alfred Pern
, lur emuez.
zhnga letter out of the postoffice at
that place. We have reliable info?
mation that boat-loads of oysters are be
ing taken from' North Carolina water?
and transferred through the canals out
of the State. Is the patrol force attend
ing to its duties, or are the sounds ton
large for one boat ? i
Goldsboro Argus: Fears are en
tertained of an overflow from the riveri
hereabouts. The water is very high and
is still rising. The truck farms
around Goldsboro present a luxuriant
appearance, and give promise of a most
fruittul yield, provided no adverse
weather visits them from this time to
maturity. -We are reliably informed
thatthere is a lady in this city 70 years
of age, who sometime ago had her teeth
pulled" out on account of neuralgia, and
is now cutting an entire new set.
' Asheville Citizen: J. B. B'ostic
sold to-day thirty acres of the W. E
Burnett land, on Woodfin mountain to
W. M. Cooper,, of Statesville, for $30,000
Mr. Cooper will very soon erect a fine
residence on the land and move to it
this summer. Captain Sawyer, of
the Salvation Army, has been notified
by the county authorities that the
army must vacate the hall now used
by them, over the court house. Com
plaint was made by some against the
late meetings and the character of the
congregation. The Captain tells the
Citizen that he Will hold the last meet
ing in the hall on to-morrow night. An
offer of a hall on North Main street has
been made, and he will probably begin
meetings there Monday night.
Charlotte Chronicle: Eddie Mul
len, a young son of Dr. Walter Mullen,
met with a painful accident a day or so
ago at school. He and another little
fellow were spinning , tops, and the lat
ter accidentally struck Eddie in the eye
with the plug of his top. - An old
colored man named Rivers arrived here
yesterday, having discovered, atter a
search of 33 years, that his wife was liv
ing here. Rivers and his wife were
slaves, and were sold shortly after they
were married, to different parties. They
never heard of each other until recently.
Rivers, after repeated advertising, found
that his wife was alive and in this city.
: Wm. Grant, a colored Baptist
preacher of this city, was run over bv
the south-bound vestibule train Satur
day night about 11.45, and killed in
stantly. Rutherford Banner: The con
tinued cold weather has kept the iruit
trees back so late that we predict a good
fruit crop. There wi!l be no early
blooming, and the late frosts will be
escaped. We don't think our fruit
raisers need enquire for a fruit market
outside of Rutherfordton, as we will
consume and can all the nice fruit
brought in. Jolly Atkins, of this
county, killed a man in Burke some two
or three months" since. It was generaWv
conceded that the killing was done in
self-defence, and therefore no special
effort was made to arrest him. Atkins
came to this place and consulted with
lawyers a few weeks since, and was ad
vised to surrender to the authorities of
Burke on Monday. This he agreed to
do, but we learn that he left for parts
unknown on Wednesday of last week.
Greensboro Kecord: Mr. Green
Duke Jordan, who for several years has
suffered with a cancer on his ear. died
peacefully at 2.30 a. m. yesterday at the
residence oi nis nephew, Uapt. M. M.
Jordan, on Gaston street. Mr. lordan
was in nis ootn year. 1 ne remains
of R. H. Vestal, of Burlington, passed
mrougn to-aay ior interment at his old
home. Mr. Vestal was killed at Chat
ham, Va., yesterday bv the train, and
terribly mangled, so much so that after
the body, was placed in the casket, a foot
ana part ot lower iomt of leg was found
aud put in a nail, keg and sent along
wim meDoay. inis looks like an m
i , . ..
uuman act, DUt tne express company
haying the remains in charge could do
no more than send on to destination as
received. Mr. Vestal was a man of dis
solute habits, and it is supposed was
stealing a ride but all this is conjee
iure, as nothing definite is known.
Charlotte Chronicle: Austin
Cooper, colored, ianitor at the Law
Building, dropped dead yesterday even-
'"s al o-'" uuutu, at nis nome in tne
rear of the building. Lawrence S.
Holt, a brother of W. E. Holt, of this
city, nas hunt an addition of 140 feet,
two stories, to his. cotton mill, the Au
rora, at Burlington, and it is being filled
with machinery. The mill, when lull,
will coptain 46,000 spindles and 230
looms. . , Out of the funeral pile of
the Charlotte Female Institute, in all
probability, will spring forth an institu
tion of art which although not embra
cing the general education that the col
lege did, will exercise no less a refining
influence and be no less a telliner attrac
tion, and honor to the city. The insti
tution will be a conservatory ot music.
As yet the affair is in its infancy but it
shows sufficient signs of fruition to con
sole Charlotte for the loss of the Insti
tute.
Raleigh News and Obserccri -
Gov. Fowle yesterday made the follow
ing appointments: T. L. McLean, of
Robeson, director ofthe Eastern Hospi
tal, vice Wilson G. Lambe, resigned, and
Dr. N. M. Culbroth. of O-ilnmhns vice
J. A. Bonitz, deceased; B. F. Aycock,
director of the school for white deaf and
dumb children, vice W. H.Lucas, re
signed; W. C. Stronach, F. H, Busbee,
A. D. McGillTW. E. Ardrev, trustees of
the Confederate Soldiers' HnmP- Prof.
J. A. Homes, State Geologist (under the
act to establish a oeolncnVal snrvev);
W. H. Lucas. Chief Commissioner of
the Board of Shell Fish Commissioners.
- Mr. Sylvester Smith, one of the
oldest citizens of RaleiVh is lvimr criti
cally ill, and is nbt expected to live:
- The construction;force again set to
work yesterday dismantling the electric
street car line here, what there is of it.
and the work will go on till it is all torn
down. The aooaratus will he shinned
to Atlanta.
High Point Enterprise: The
broom factory is getting down to work
now about rieht. Catacitv about 35
dozen per day. Mr. E. V. Swain
said last week that this was the only
February he ever saw that did not fur
nish one day for plowing. There was
no plowing done at all last month.
Mrs. Lee Church happened to a terrible
accident on February 26th near her home
in Jamestown township and to the sur
prise of the neichbors and nhvsicians
she is living and doing well. The par
ticularg are follows: Her husband was
up a tree after a sauirrel. Mrs. Church
climbed a small dogwood tree to hand
Mr. Church an axe. In dome so snc
lost her balance and fell and struck on
a sharp dogwood stick which was cut
off about two feet from the ground.
The stick entered the thigh and pene
trated fourteen inches inches into the .
abdoment. Her husband extracted tne
stick and sent for a nhvsician. Dr. Bur
ton has been attending her since and
thinks that she will recover,
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