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A RUSE THAT DEDFT PAN. .
An instance becured when the Mc
Kinley tariff bill was under consider
ation in Congress which shows the
grab-ail character of the protective
tariff and also that it is, dictated by
local rather thjan national considera-r
tioivs. It is given on the authority
of Senator Plumb, who accuses Sen
ator Edmunds of- taking an unfair
advantage and' also ot a breach of
implied faith to secure certain peo
ple in his Sta te 1 the benefit of a
bounty which it was not the inten
tion ot the men who had charge of
the tariff bill to give them. Senator
Plumb says that . when sugar was
put on theree list and . in lieu ,of the
protective tarif,' a bounty for the su
gar" planters was j substituted, !
the maple sugar men demanded
that if the Southern sugar plat
ers got a j' bounty on j their
sugars a similar bounty should be
granted to them and- they naturally
expected their Senators to insist
upon the dem ind and do all they
could to secu -e the bounty. Mr.
Morrill's term expired-with the 51st
Congress and his frienids feared if the
sugar bounty was not secured for
Vermont 'it might jeopardize his
chances for jre-election so maple
sugar was included in the bounty
scheme and passed by the Senate,
with the tacit understanding that the
conference committee1 would strike it
outfand Mr. Morrill having secured
. his return, that would be the end of
it.i Mr. Plumb says that's the reason
why he voted for it. j
Jt was a trick to.be played on the
sap-gatherers of the Green Mountain
Sovereignty to help a! brother Sena
tor out of the woods. I It shows how
willing the Senatorial dignitaries are
to help each other by methods that
would be questionable even in ward
politicians, methods based on fraud
and a deliberate trifling with the
people. . ' j
But the ruse didn't pan out, for
when it was proposed to strike out
the maple sugar bounty in the con
ference committee Senator Edmunds
gave them to distinctly understand
that if it was not retained he would
pair against the bill, and as they
needed every vote they had it stuck,
arid the sap drainers; get their two
cents a pound. Plumb accuses Ed
munds of taking advantage of the
situation, in violation of the tacit
understanding, to secure a bounty
for his people, which if his course
had been anticipated could not have
been secured.
Mr. Edmunds course' shows the
grab all character of the protective
tariff, and that it is not .inspired by
the motive of protection at all, but
is simply a , grab in which every
one interested goes I for all he can
get. The plea for a sugar bounty
was to encourage a growing indus
try which was deprived of the pro
tection it; had- when the tariff on
sugar was. repealed. Whatever rea
son .the . Louisiana sugar -planter
might have for asking this the ma
ple sap boiler of Vermont had none.
He did nothing in the way of build
ing up an industry which required
labor and capital. He simply bored
a hole or cut a gash in a tree that
never cost him an hour's labor or a
dollar to plant or cultivate, caught
the flowing sap, boiled the water out of
it and saved the sugar. That's all there
1 was to that "infant industry" that
1 trniA,4 r 1 e : l . T T
"wnicu lor a lusLeruig uuuuiy. un
der the tariff it didn't have any pro
tection for it didn't need it. There
was no foreign maple sugar to com
Pete with; it, ! unless perhaps a few
dabs of it now and then might be
carted over from Canada, but when
the', patriotic Yermonters. saw i
chance to strike Uncle Sam's trea
sury for two cents a pound, with a
characteristic- thriftness and a cer
tainty that permitted no grass to
grow under their feet, they hustled
and went for; it. Unless nature goes
bck on them and cuts short the sap
SuPply, the probabilities are that the
maple sugar! crop will be , for some
years to come a pretty large one.
Senator Edmunds may or may not
nave violated the ; implied under-
standmg. . If he did he is doubly
culpable; first, in entering, into an
agreement which was understood to
oe a mere ruse to deceive his own
People, tnflujg with them; second, in
violating the understanding and tri
"ng with Jhis brother -Republican
Senators who were parties to it. It
VOL. XXII.
was double treachery. But ' suppose
he did; wasn't he using h,is ingenu
ity and taking advantage of the con
ditions presented to reach but and
grab a two-cent-a-pound bounty for
his people just as all the other high
tariff statesmen were reaching out
and grabbing everything within
reach that they could for the benefit
of their, constituents? Theyall do
it, and Edmunds thought he might
as well while he had a good chance,
and one that might never again pre
sent itself. And there is no reason
why thrifty Vermont should be sub
jected to harsh criticism for sousing
her hands into the grab-bag into
which so many of her good Republi
can sisters were diving and raking
but all they could. The whole thing
is a game of grab in which she sim
ply did some grabbing on her own
account. I- ' . ' . t
BEGIN .N IN 0 THE WRONG WAY.
; Senator-elect Peffer and Congressman-elect
Simpson, of Kansas, at
tended the meeting of the Maryland
Farmers' State Alliance a few days
ago, at which both made speeches in
which' they declared that the third
fjarty was virtually a fixed fact and
that it would have a Presidential
ticket in the . field at the next elec
tion. .
J There is nothing surprising ;in it1
that both of these gentlemen should
be strong advocates of a third party,
for it was by the third party move
ment in their State that they were
elected to the seats in the Senate
and House. It is natural under the
circumstances that they should de
sire the Alliance in politics to be
come a permanent thing and to
spread all over the country, for
unless it does spread all over
the country it will die out in Kansas,
and that would cut short the politi
cal career of Messrs. Peffer and
Simpson. There may be some self
ishness, and probably is, in their de
sire for a national third party, but
allowing that there is not, but that
they and those who are co-operating
with them are acting in good faith
and are really inspired by a desire
to promote the prosperity of the
farmers whose cause they advocate,
it might be asked whether they and
the men who are acting with them
display good judgment in the course
they are pursuing. ;
In politics, as in every thing else,
a man ought to look before he leaps
and those who aspire to lead, should
not only look but should study the
situation, not from a mere one-sided
and one-eyed standpoint, but from
a practical, sober, common sense,
broad view standpoint. They should
be governed neither by impulse nor
prejudice; but by . cool, passionless
reason, by the sagacity that is con
tent with making sldw progress and
. . . . t . . . i.
gaining a nuie ai a ume, ramer mau
by the impulsive.folly that stretches
out to grasp everything at once and
thereby runs the risk of losing all. '
There are now two parties in this
country contending' : for supremacy,
as they have been doing for thirty
years. One of these parties has had,
wholly or in part, control of the gov
ernment and. its administration for
all of that time. This is the Repub
lican party, which is directly respon
sble for nine-tenths of the ills aris
ing from legislation, of which
the class whom Messrs. Pef
fer and Simpson represent,
justly complain. It was in protest
against the party and the policy it
Advocates that the Alliance move
ment in politics took shape. This
was the party it fought at the polls
in Kansas .and in some other States,
and over which it triumphed with
the sympathy and friendly aid of the
Democrats. That party is avowedly
and uncompromisingly hostile to
the Alliance because there is an ir
reconcilable conflict between them
if the Republican party triumphs
and lives, the Alliance as a polit
ical power must go to the wall." The
only hope for the final success of
any of the public measures on which
it has set its heart is in the complete
overthrow of that party.
I With the Democratic party the Al
liance has or should have no war. It
is not responsible for one single
grievance of, which the farmers of
this country complain, but on the
contrary has battled for a generation
in defence of the people, to protect
them from oppression, while Messrs,
Peffer and Srmpson and thousands of
other men who are now with them
were voting to sustain the Repubh'
pan party and to put upon .them
selves the burdens which finally
crushed them and made them
wretched.
The Democratic party didn't build
op the great railroad monopolies, of
which they complain.
It didn't concoct and impose upon
the country, the iniquitous, plunder
Ing tariff system, of which they com
plain.
It didn't establish the national
bank system, of which they com
plain. - - ,
It didn't originate the policy ot
contracting the volume of currency.
of which they complain.
i It didn't bring the gold dollar' to
the front and send the silver dollar
t the rear, f which they cplalft
It didn't vote away a magnificent
empire of the public domain to rail
road corporations, of flhich they
complain.
It didn't adopt a system of legis
lation "which discriminated a'gainst
the poor in favor of the rich, of
which they complain. ,
It didn't turn the United - States
Senate into a congregation of money
bags and attorneys of rich corpora
tions, of which they complain. ;
It didn't do any of these
things and others, of which the far
mers of the country complain, but
battled consistently, persistently and
heroically against them, and to-day
it ts contending for principles which
if victorious will relieve the farmers
from many of the burdens that have
weighed them down.
Is it good judgment or good poli
tics in the Alliance leaders to refuse
to co-operate with a party like this,
as powerful as this, ; against a com
mon foe, and undertake by indepen
dent and separate action to over
come not only the avowed foe but
this party as well, which is honestly,
bravely , endeavoring to redress the
grievances of which the farmers and
other toilers of the land complain ?
The man who is in distress, who
seeks relief, and refuses the hand
which is extended to relieve him, and.
is strong enough to do so, but in-,
stead attacks the friend who comes
to his rescue who was his. friend and
stood by 'him when he didn't know
his danger or stand by himself, ought
to have a guardian appointed to take
care of him.
STATS TOPICS.
The Governor of Georgia has
called a convention to be held,' at
Atlanta, - we suppose, May 6th, to
arrange for Georgia's exhibit at the
World's Fair. This is a good idea and
should be acted on by the Governors
of .the other Southern States. North
Carolina has made an appropriation
for that purpose and there should be
some general understanding between
the people of the respective sections
of the State as to the most effective
way to spend that money -in con
junction with the counties, munici
palities, corporations and individuals
making exhibits, and who will each
contribute more or or less money
separate and apart from what the
State appropriates. By an inter
change of sentiment and concert of
action a much more attractive and
impressive exhibit may be arranged,
and costing less money, than would
result from individual and independ
ent action. Concert of action will
give greater variety, less duplicating,
and a more perfect and symmetrical
display than can be secured without
it.
Miss Josephine Medill, of Chicago,
the cable dispatches inform us, will
be the first daughter of America who
will have the honor of kissing Queen
Victoria's hand this year. Perhaps
we have no business to meddle with
the kissing business of Miss Medill,
but it seems ' to us she could put
them to better use, and where they
would be more relished by planting
them under the moustache of some
able-bodied, good-looking American
sovereign. Why a level-headed,
well constructed American girl from
the meat-ropolis of the Great West
should want to be trotting up and
kissing the hand of an old woman with
two or hree' generations of children,
a violent temper and a red nose, we
can't comprehend. -
Several cases of deaths from
trichinosis are reported in a Ger
man settlement in Iowa, from eat
ing pork which was probably not
thoroughly cooked. It isn't safe to
fool with a hog, even after it is dead.
The authority that pronounced the
hog unfit food several thousand
years ago, knew the hog pretty well,
and it hasn't evoluted into anything
better since.
Kentucky is the only section of
this country where a man can be a
"life-long" Whig, afterwards a Re-
nublican and after that a Democrat,
as the late Col. Taylor, of Louis
ville, was, according to the dispatch
announcing his death.
Those Direct Taxes.
In response to the numerous iaquiries
addressed to the Governor in regard to
the distribution ot the money recently
appropriated by Congress to refund
"Direct Taxes," his Private Secretary
announces tnat he is now in correspond
ence with the Federal authorities on
this subject, and that as soon as he is in
possession of the facts he will furnisn
for oublication the mtormation neces-
sarv to enable interested parties to pre
pare their claim's. There are a good
manv People in this section of the State
who will come in for a share of the
"spoils," and an overhauling of the old
receipts is now strictly in order.
A Good Exhibit.
The annual statement of the Wilming
ton Savimrs and Trust Company "shows
that popular institution to be in a flour
ishing condition. The number of de
positors mentioned in the statement has
increased to 2,216, and the deposits now
amount to nearly $72,000. Its affairs are
carefully and prudently managed, and
besides Daying its stockholders a rea
sonable profit on. their investment, the
bank is of inestimable value to the peo
ple f Wilmington.
' si . m m u . mm . j mm a . - a i mrmr wm -mmm m - w k. - i T - - -
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1891.
' THE SEABOARD AIR LINE.
Bumon That It "Will be Absorbed by the
mohmond Terminal.
, An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch says:
Will the Richmond and West Point
Terminal system swallow the Seaboard
Air Line?. The indications are that; it
may.. Events seem to confirm a report
that negotiations are pending, by which
the Robinson system, including the
Seaboard Air Line and the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern railroad will
pass into the hands of its chief com
petitor, the Richmond and Danville.
Coming on the heels of the collapse of
the Macon Construction Company, and
the reported - withdrawal of Mr. Robin
son from the arrangement, by which he
was to gain the Georgia Southern
system in building a road from
Macon to Elberton to connect
the two systems the : report f of
negotiations between the Terminal
and Robinson does not seem unreason
able. President John H. Inman of the
Terminal system was asked for explicit
miormation concerning two points -namely:
First, whether the Terminal
system had secured control "of Robin
son s seaboard system, and second,
whether negotiations to that end were
pending. Mr. Inman's reply was in these
words: "No such trade has . been made."
The Robinson system is the strongest
competitor of the Richmond and Dan-,
ville, running in the same general direc
tion, and with r connections through
Georgia, Alabama and Florida over; the
Oeorgia Southern and the Macon and
Birmingham, it would be a powerful
rival. The report of the consolidation
lacks confirmation, but it has a color of
probability, and the developments jwill
oe watcnea witn great interest.
not soiiS out yet.
Wall Street Daily News, ijth.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the Richmond and West Point Termi
nal would be only top glad to secure
control of what is known as the Robin
son system, controlling a line from bal
timore by steamship to Norfolk, 'and
from there to Elberton, Ga., and capital
ized for considerably less than, its
real value. It may also be said that
there is no possibility of such a change
as long as John M. Robinson is alive.
He is the the active manager and the
property is very closely held. Herd is a
company which holds the controlling
interest in lour or five other lines making
up the Seaboard Air Line, which is
composed of six different railroads and
the Baltimore Steam Packet Company,
operated under one management, j and
yet it has a capital stock of only a little
more than a million and a quarter, and
the funded debt is not greater than that.
t urther, it has incurred no onerous ob
ligations on behalf of connecting lines.
it will readily be understood, there is no
reason why this dividend-paying prop
erty should be sold, or why it could be
purchased upon any terms that would
not be favorable to the Richmond Term
inal people. There is not in the coun
try any important and strong railroad
system which is held by the control of
so small an amount of stock.
The Seaboard and Boanoke H. H,
it will be remembered that it was
currently reported and fully believed
that Mr. Jno. M. Robinson, representing
the Seaboard Air Line, had negotiated
for the purchase of the Georgia, South
ern & Florida Railroad, a road extend
ing from Macon, Ga., to Palatka, Fla.
It seems, however, that the Robinson
party had adoption upon said line, and
Mr. Robinson and several ot his officers
made an inspection of the road and its
financial condition, with a view to pur
chase. It has transpired that" the earn
ings of the road did not come up to the
mark; hence, it was decided not to ex
ercise the option which was held.
An Owl's Wild Bash.
Engineer J. M. Williams, on the Wil
roington & Weldon railroad, reports a
strange occurrence that happened last
Wednesday night. As the train he was
driving was on its way to Wilmington
from Goldsboro a big owl flew through
the front window of the cab, smashing
the glass, and falling in Mr. Williams'
lap. The owl. was unhurt. Mr. Wil
liams captured it and brought it
to the city. Yesterday thie owl
was bought by a gentleman who has a
fondness or all things strange arid rare,
and who has named the bird "Diogenes"
and placed it in solitary confinement, as
a reward or punishment for its folly.
Improvement of Maokey's Creek, if. O. .
Bids invited for $12,000 to $14,000
worth of work in improving Mackey's
Creek, N. C, were opened Wednesday at
the office ot Capt. W. H. Bixby; Corps
of Engineers, and were as follows :
." P. Sanford Ross, of Jersey City. N. J.,
offered to do the work for 49 Cents in
scow per cubic yard ; Alabama Dredging
Co., of Mobile, 26 cents in scow'; Ches
ter T. Calar, of Norfolk, Va.r29 cents in
scow and 3114. cents in situ, (34 v cents
in situ equalling 27.60 cents in scow), ac
cording to specifications.
Naval Stores for England. '
Norwegian barque Hans
Wtlsen
Hawe, cleared yesterday for Liverpool,
Eng., with 3,630 barrels rosin and 500
barrels tar, valued at $6,016. Also, the
Norwegian barque Mida, lot Fleet
wood, Eng., with 8,510 barrels rosin.
valued at $5,858. Both cargoes jby Pat
erson, Downing & Co., and vessels by
Heide & Co.
A dispatch from Beaufort, N. C,
says fourteerr hundred bales of cotton
have been landed from the j British
steamer CratRside, before reported
ashore at Ocracoke Inlet. Thie vessel
is leaking freely and a donkey engine is
employed eight or nine hours every day
to pump her out. Her stern post is
gone. It is thought that when some
more of her cargo is discharged the
steamer will float, probably this week if
the weather continues good. Her stern
is four points off the beach and she lies
head on. '
Beceipts of JSTaval Stores.
Receipts of naval stores at this port
for the crop year from April 1st to
March 13th, as compared with Ireceipts
for the same time last year, are as fol
lows : Spirits turpentine, 66,572 casks
last year, 65,772. Rosin, 848,349 bar
rris; last year, 270,264. Tar, 61,374 bar
rels; last year, 71,610. Crude turpentine,
17.52 Barrels ; last ytar. 1,173,
ENGLAND'S BLIZZARD.
Jfearful Effect . of the Becent Storm- ;
Many Wrecks and Great Loss of Life.
J : ,By Telegraph to the Morning Star. 11 j
London. March 18. A foreign steam-'
ship (name unknown) ; was wrecked ofi
Start Point, near Dartmouth, Eng., dur
ing tne recent Diizzara. Ail the crew
and passengers were drowned. j I
The British ship Dryade, Captain
Thomas, an iron vessel of 1,035 tons,
from Shields for Valparaiso, was also
wrecked off Start Point. The crew of
twentyfour men and officers were
drowned. ! ' I
Among the schooners lost, off Start
Point was the Lunesdale. Four of the
crew were drowned. Her caDtam was
saved. The schooner Lizzie Ellen was
also lost and two of her crew drowned.
It is already known that at least seven-;
ty lives have been lost off the coast dur
ing the blizzard and, ia addition at least
ten men perished from cold and expo
sure alter reaching the shore. It is fear
ed that the list of wrecks and record of
lives lost is far from being complete, as
several vessels are missing. . ? ; I
Many points inland, where the storm
was most severely felt, are still isolated
from the surrounding country, and days
must elapse before freight and passen
ger traffic are entirely restored on branch
lines of railroads. The loss to farm
stock is enormous. I
Cardiff, March 12. It is rumored
at Newport that the steamer Trinidad
has been lost and that all ot the crew
have been drowned.
I he water mains at Plymouth are
snowed-up to such an extent that a
force of 200 soldiers from the garrison
has been sent to assist the water work's
employes in clearing them. No water
has passed through the mains since
Monday last, and a water famine is now
added to other sufferings which the
people of Plymouth have to endure. ; -
FINANCIAL TROUBLES ABROAD.
Difficulties of a Banking; Institution in
Paris The London Stock Exoh&nge
Disturbed.
Bv Cable to the Morning Star.
Paris, March 12. The Societe des
Depots de Comptes Courants is in a
critical position. It endeavored to bor
row fifty million francs from the Bank
of France without success. The govern
ment called a meeting of the Finance
Committee to devise relief measures.
The London Stock Exchange is dis
turbed in consequence. The Comptes
Courants is still paying depositors
freely. ; I
The convention ot financiers called
together by Rourrei, Minister of Finance,
with a view of bringing about some ar
rangement which will enable the societe
des Depots de Comptes Courants
to tide over its difficulties, re
sulted in the Bank of France
agreeing to advance most oi ine
monev reauired. Shares ot the so
ciete have fallen to 370 francs, a decline
of 130 in two days. The following is
the basis of settlement decided upon:
The Bank of France advances sixty
million francs to the 5ociete, which sum
is guaranteed by bills of the Societe.
and the Societe calls for 375 francs per
share from its shareholders : and finan
cial houses jointly guarantee a sum of
hfteen million francs to the tsanK ot
France. The assets of the Societe I will
be assigned for the payment of the ad
vances. It is understood that the lia
bilities of the Societe are under sixty
million francs.
MISSISSIPPI FLOOD.S
Levees Broken at Several Points and a
Oreat Overflow Expected.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
VlCKSBURG, March 12 News , has
been received here to-day of a break
in the levee.near Sunflower landing, in
Colohoma county, 30 miles north of the
Bolivia county line. At 8 o'clock; this
morning the break was 150 feet wide.
Water from this break will go I into
Huspucknaand thence into Sunflower
river, it will overflow tne coiivia
County R R., and trains on that line
are expected to stop to-oay.
Memphis. March 12. The levee at
Conly's lake, thirty miles south of this
city, gave way late last night ano tne
water poured into the nttie village, com
pletely flooding everything. The tracks
of the Louisville, New urieans a lexas
Railroad are completely submerged, and
the wateit is reported to be rising.
New Orleans, March 13. A special
from Natchez says: A steady ram has
fallen all dav. It will have a bad ettect
on the levees, as it will soiten tnem ana
stop work on the embankments.
THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
President Polk's Views en the Elootion
of Palmer as V. S, Senator I from
Illinois.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, March 12. President
Polk, of the National Alliance, declined
this morning to express his views on the
election j in Illinois of Gen. Palmer to
the Senate, and the position of the three
Alliance men in the recent contest in
Illinois, further than to say that it ap
peared to him to have been a fight be
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties rather than a contest between
those two parties and the Alliance
The Alliance, he thought, had fought
manfully for principles, and though
they had not been victorious in sending
a farmers Alliance man to tne senate,
he believed that Palmer's election would
generally be regarded with more favpr
tnan tnat oi any oi tne otner canaiuaics.
Mr. Polk said further that he knew ot
no promises being made by Palmer as
to his policy in the Senate on any ques
tion whatever. .
A PITTSBURG FIRE.
Loss About $800,000, Well Insured.
Pittsburg, March 12. The fire last
night on Great Wood street was not en
tirely subdued until 4 o'clock this morn
ing ; but the flames were kept within
the Weldin and Germany bank build
ings. Both these structures are com
pletely ruined. As near as can be esti
mated I to-day, the loss will be about
$300,000. on which there is an insurance
of $225,000. The heaviest losers are
T. R. Weldin & Co- the Germany bank
and Adam Reinman. The origin of the
fire is a mystery. There were two heavy
explosions ot natural gas, Dut tney oc
curred after the fire- had been discov
ered. No lives were lost, although there
were many narrow escapes from falling
walls. ; i - I -,
Manv of the negroes who emigrated
from Texas and Arkansas to Oklahoma
are returning to Texas in large num
bers. iThev are very indignant at the
manner in which they have been im-
pvsed upn. i ,
HENNESSEY AVENGED .
ELEVEN OF THE NEW ORLEANS DA
GOS KILLED.
Trial of the Prisoners. The Jury Fail to
Conviot. Mass Meeting at the Clay
Statue. The Jail Forced and the Alleged
Assassins Executed. j j
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. 1
New, Orleans, March 14 In the
Hennessy case yesterday; afternoon the
jury rendered the following verdict:
Mistrial as to Polizzo, Manastero, Scaf
fedi; not guilty as to Machecea, Marchesi,
Baquette, Marchesi, (the boy) Incardoni,
Matrianga.
As the the verdict was read there was
an audible expression of surprise and
aissatistaction. lhe jurymen were
hooted by the crowd in Lafayette
Square as the left the court room. It was
alleged that Chief Hennessy was , killed
lor his activity in unearthing crimes of
Italian and Sicilian oath-bound socie
ties. The trial began : February 16th,
The scenes at and about the Clay
statue this . morning, brought to mind
very forcibly and violently the peculiar
and ominous uprising of that Septem-
Der aay,:sjxteen-ye&rsa-,.vtVTx
Ten o'clock: had not vetlstratk -and a
vast multitude was alreadprSngregated
on Canal street, almost filling up the
large space from curb to curb on each
side of the Boulevard.! Just on the
stroke of 10 o'clock, a shout went up
from people stationed at St. Charles
street, and a number of gentlemen,
among whom were W. !S. Parkerson,
John C. Wickliffe and others, who sign
ed the call, came marching along and be
gan walking round and round the railing
of the Clay monument. "Fall in "Fall
in! was the cry, and the I crowd formed
a procession which went round the rail
ing several times.. "Hurrah for Parker-
son!" "Hurrah for Wickliffe!" "Get
inside the railing and give us a speech!"
These and other, cries made up a confu
sion of noises, among which an angry
tone was significantly predominent.
The space inside the railing was occu
pied by a dense crowd. uime down
from those steps," was the request, "and
let Parkerson and Wickliffe get there."
The crowd obeyed with alacrity, and
soon the speakers held these posi
tions of vantage.. A rush was
made for the narrow gate and
in a minute there stood a pack
ed mass of humanity around the
statue of the immortal Clay. The view
of the attitude was imposing; not a bad
word escaped the lips of the gentlemen
who had mounted the steps. They stood
motionless, surveying the surging mul
titude from whose ranks there gleamed
faces full of resolve and determination.
There were fully 3,000 people within ear
shot, and more could be seen struggling,
pushing and running here and there on
neutral ground. Street cars were una
ble to pass through, and. vehicles of all
descriptions were halted.
Parkerson spoke first; ; He said that
once before be had appeared before the
people in the grand mass meeting assem
bled to discuss matters of vital interest
to the community, and again he faced
the people of New Orleans to denounce
the infamous act which was consequent
upon the most revolting crtme in the
criminal annals of any community. That
act was the finding of the jury in the
murder trial yesterday, and that
crime was, as everybody knows, the foul
assassination of Chief Hennessy. "I de
sire neither fame, nor name, nor glory,"
said Parkerson. "I am a plain Ameri
can citizen, and as a goad citizen I am
here." . h
After the speeches an indignant crowd
of about 2,000 started for the Parish
prison, which they reached at 10.30
o'clock. After a slight resistance the
jail was surrendered and the citizens
rushed in and killed eleven ot the nine
teen men who had been indicted for the
assassination of Chief Hennessy, as fol
lows Manuel Polizzo, Pietro Monastero,
Antonio Sehaffedid, Jos. Macheca, An
tonio Marachesa, Antonio Baquetto,
Frank Romero. Tim Caruso. Rocco
Gerachi, Charles Trahine and Cometz.
After the Italians had been put to
death, Parkerson addressed the crowd,
urging them to return ta their homes or
respective places of business without
further demonstration. '
Joe Macheca had a pistol and shot
Sergeant Herron in the neck, inflicting
a slight wound. Polizzo! i hanging to a
lamp-post at Tremain I and St. Ann
streets; Baquetto to a tree in front of
the prison. The others were shot inthe
cells. I
When the citizens' committee -had
completed its work at the parish prison
it disbanded for the day. A meeting
will be held to-night to ; consider what
further action, if any, shall be taken.
The committee is composed of the
better class of citizens business men,
who were -satisfied that the safety of the
community demanded vigorous action.
Antonio Baquette was banged on neu
tral ground; his body dangled in the air
for about an hour and a half. It was
taken down by the police and placed in
the Fourth precinct station. Coroner
Lemmoner found that death was caused
by strangulation. i
Mannei Poiittz was also strung up to
a lamp post. His body 'was also re
moved to the ponce station, rlis corpse
was riddled with bullets, i Death result
ed from gun shot wounds of head and
chest.. There were marks of strangula
tion around his neck.
New Orleans, March 14, Coroner
Lemmonier and his clerk, Henry La
Barre, reached . the ; Parish Prison at
about 12:30 o clock. The coroner view
ed first the bodies of those lying in the
yard. His iury was empannelled as fol
lows: W. B. Stanbury, W. J. Leffert,
John Hurter, W. J. Gohn, Will Potter,
The body of Rocco Gereci was viewed.
He had only one wound in the chest.
He died from hemorrage; Peter Maias
terio. gun shot and a bruise on neck;
Charles Terrolin, shot wounds in the
chest, anteriorly, one gun shot wound
on the left side of face, gun shot wound
at the back of left shoulder and in back;
Jim Caruso, numerous gun shot wounds
in the anterior portion of the body,
from head to knee, one wound in face.
one in neck, nine in chest, twelve in ab
domen, four in groin, five in right thigh,
four in. left thigh; Loretxo Comitez, gun
shot wound in chest; one gun-shot
wound on top of head, four in right side
of body, bruise by gun-shot wound on
left side of back. All these were buck
shot wounds. Frank Romero alias Nine
fingered Frank, gun-shot wound on
bead above the forehead, face powder
burnt, all shot lodged in the head, and
the skull inside is completely shattered,
This completed the inquest in the yard
The coroner, his iury, no members
of the press next went up stairs and in
the gallery of the condemned cells, an
inquest was held ot the bodies there ly
ing. Antonio sconedi had a gun snot
wound of the brain. Joseph P. Macheca
had not a single bullet wound. His face
was swollen and his flesh already as
sumed a bluish tint. The coroner ex
amined the body and stripped it ot every
stitch of clothing. - Although the dead
man's coat and vest and shirt showed
bullet holes, his undeishirt was not per
forated. - This was conclusive proof that
no bullets had entered his body.1 It was
evident that Macaee , was clubbed f
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death, with the butt ends of pistols and
rifles." However, the coroner postponed
examination of Macheca's body to a
later hour. He then turned to Marchesi,
who was found to be still alive. The
man's chin and muscles of the neck
moved sfowly with labored breathing.
He was just as good as dead, though,
as was evidenced by a hole as large as a
silver quarter in his bead. Marchesi
had several fingers shot off, also, from
his right hand. "He will die in a few
minutes, remarked the coroner.
Meanwhile, Dr. Lemmonier sent La
Barre for his box of surgical instruments,
so as to perform a' careful autopsy of
Macheca. The jury will not return its
verdict until the latter's autopsy is
made. r .
WASHINGTON N EWS?"
Washington., March 13, The first'
application for repayment of the Direct
Tax, under the act of the last Congress
was received at the Treasury Depart
ment to-day, It was from Gov. Hill, of
New York, and the amount of money
called for was about $2,225,000. The
application must be scrutinized by the
Fifth Auditor, the First Comptroller and
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
officer "who madethe original collection.
When the account is verified a draft
will be . sent o the Governor of New
York. The money is to be held in trust
for distributionto persons who paid the
tax or their heirs. .
The"amount"of "silver offered for sale
to the Treasury Department to-day was
670,000 ounces; the amount purchased
was 303,000 ounces, at $99.3099.,
Prof. Chas. W. Smiley, of this city.
special agent of the 11th census, in
charge ot the division of fish and
fisheries, has been temporarily relieved
from duty. The work of his division
stops, and agents under him are recalled
from the field, pending an investigation
into charges' which-have been preferred
against him affecting his official con
duct. The charges are mainly that
Prof. Smiley has used his official posi
tion and influence to discredit and em
barrass the U. S. Fish Commission, and
that in consequence of his having thus
occupied a large part of his time
and that of his special agents
the value of the werk of his
division has been seriously impaired.
These charges are now under investiga
tion by Census officials, who will soon
make report to Supt. Porter. Prof. Smi
ley who was at one time connected with
the U. S. Fish Commission, and is well
and favorably known here among scien
tists, makes . positive denials of these
charges and confidentially expects com
plete vindication.
The President and party returned to
Washington at 3 oclock this afternoon.
The President enjoyed his visit and was
fairly successful with his gun.
The first application under the law
providing for payment of the French
spoliation claims, was filed in the Court
of Claims to-day by attorneys for Wm.
Gardner, administrator for Caleb Gard
ner. The award in this case is $41,578.
The Court is asked to certify that
claimants are entitled to award under
original judgments. '
lhe duty ot the Court of Claims in
the matter of these claims is now pure
ly of a clerical character, being certifica
tion of the French spoliations awards to
go to the first auditor of the treasury for
entry upon his books and then the award
goes to the warrant division of the trea
sury department, where a check is drawn
and forwarded to the authorized party
in interest.
EAST rTvER FOGS.
Collisions' and Accidents to Ferry Boats
at Hew York. '
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, March 13. A heavy fog
this morning caused some accidents on
East River, fortunately without serious
results. The-ferry boats of the Rose
velt street ferry and of the Tames slip
ferry collided while nearing the New
York side, The boats were crowded
with people and for a few moments it
looked as if a panic might en
sue. The damage to the boats
was -slight. The sound steamer
City of New London, on her down
trip this morning, crashed into the ferry
boat Republic, at Catharine ferry. The
ferry boat was considerably damaged.
Nobody was hurt in either collision.
The pilot boat, Hope Mot, ot New
York, went ashore on Sandy Hook
Point, about 1:30 a. m. to-day during
the dense fog and the heavy rain storm,
and remains aground. - At 8 o'clock she
was thumping heavily on the beach.
Her rudder and part ot her keel are
gone and her boat washed from her
desk and smashed. lhe lile-saving
patrol took off her crew and while do
ing so bad their life-boat stove in.
IRELAND'S TROUBLES.
Parnell and Mrs. O'Shea His'Friends Dis
satisfied "With. His Course.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
LoNDON.March 13. Parnell's absence
from the House of Commons Thursday,
during Balfour's graphic narration of the
distress in Ireland and the relief measures
adopted"by the Government, has caused
intense surprise in Ireland. Jfarneil
mysteriously vanished Wednesday. It
transpires that he travelled to Brighton
and stayed at " Wabington Terrace with
Mrs. O bhea. He remained secreted
until six o'clock to-night, when he ap
peared in the House of Commons, and
after remaining two hours he
returned td Brighton. A messen
ger boy has called at the House
of Commons daily for Parnell s letters,
In reply to othcial s inquiries, the boy
declared that Mis. U shea had sent him
Even friends of Parnell declare that his
continued neglect of Ireland for "Kitty,
will completely ruin his cause.
A FATAL SCUFFLE.;
William Wright Shot by Samuel Witt, at
Eloo, Illinois.
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Cairo, March 13. Samuel Witt, liv
ing at c,ico, a few mues west, oi tms city,
attempted to take his sixteen-year old
daughter from her lover and cousin
William Wright, who had abducted her.
During the scuffle which followed, Witt's
revolver exploded, fatally injuring
Wright and wounding the daughter.
who was assisting her lover. The father
says the pistol was discharged accident-
ly, but he was arrestea.
ARKANSAS.
An Additional Shortage Besorted in Ac
counts of Ex-Treasurer Woodruff.
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
St. Louis,March 13. A dispatch from
Little Rock, Ark., says that rumors oi
an additional shortage in the accounts
of ex-Treasurer Woodruff are again fly
ing fast and furious. - It is said that he
is short , more than $100,000 in scrip,
Members ot the joint committee inves
tigating the office, without exception
refuse to talk at all upon the subject,
and it is impossible to learn anything
authentic.
Roxbiaro Courier' Mr. John
Walker, who nved about two miles from
town, died quite . suddenly last Friday
evening. He was sitting before the fire
when his head dropped on ; his chest -and
he died immediately, '. .
Statesville Landmark: - We are
glad to learn that Mr. J. C, Frost, of
this place, has secured a patent on an
apparatus for casing tobacco which bids
fair to supersede .everything yet made
or invented for that purpose, as it does
all that any other caser does and much .
more ;, ; v.
.New Berne Journal: The U.
S. Marine Hospital, kept by Mr. E. F.
Rowe, was discovered to be on fire yes
terday afternoon. Its origin was from
fire left in the fire-place for a while with
no one in the room. It was extinguish- .
ed with but little' damage to' the build
ing, which belonged to Maj. A. R.
Denuison. The carpets and furniture,
were considerably damaged by water
and rough handling.
Hickory Press and Carolinian: .
A painful accident occurred to Mr. I. F. '
Bolick last Thursday afternoon at the
Phoenix Mills. Mr. Bolick was running .
a matching machine, and the saws
hurled apiece of splintered timber with ' r
terrific force and struck him in the left
eye. Several splinters stuck in -the eye,
the use of which Mr. Bolick fears has -been
destroyed. Mr. Bolick says he
has been running the machine for seven
years and never received any injury be- -fore.
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Charlotte Chronicle: Chas. Swar- I
ingen, who suddenly lost his sight it was I ;
supposed from the use of cigarettes and j
was sent to Charlotte several weeks ago '
for treatment by Dc Geo. Graham, is, so "
the Lancaster Ledger says, slowly recov
ering his sight. He can . now see sum- -
ciently to discern objects very near hi m,
and no longer needs the assistance of
some one to lead him around. : The oc
ulist thinks he - can restore his sight
fully, but it will require months to do it...
Asheyille Citizen: Wm. Town
send, white, was arrested this morning
by Deputy Sheriff J. M. Morgan on a
charge of the larceny of $6 and a knife
from the pocket of a" young man at the
Buncombe warehouse fast night. He was
searched and some money and the knife
was found on his person, which was
identified by the owner. Townsend bad ,
a hearing before Justice Israel this
morning,. and in default of bond in the
sum of $200 was committed to jail to
await the next term of the Criminal
Court.
Raleigh News and Observer :
In consequence of the change from a
privilege to a tonnage tax, and the late
legislature having to pass the law regu
lating the same, the analyses of fertili
zers are therefore somewhat delayed.
The force at the Experiment Station has
been doubled, and the work is progress
ing rapidly, and it will not be many days
before the analyses will be ready for the
public. The force of inspectors has also
been increased to four instead of one.
and all is being done that can be to hur
ry on the work. Mr Sylvester
Smith, of whose illness we made men
tion yesterday, died yesterday morning
at about 1 o'clock. . Mr. Smith was in
his 87th year. 'He was a native of Hyde
county," and removed to this city in 1836.
Charlotte Chronicle: Rev. Elam
Williams died yesterday morning at 6
o'clock at his home near Matthews. Mr.
Williams was a minister of the Baptist
Church. Tax Collector Torrence
yesterday had two men to pay their
taxes in coppers. One paid in 600 cop
pers and the other 100. Van Byers
alias Fuett (colored) went into H.
Baruch's store yesterday and stated r"
that he had come for a suit of clothes
for Walter Liddell. He did not get the
Suit, but went to Kaufman's and was.
accommodated. It was soon learned
that the goods were obtained under
false pretences, and search was made for
the negro and the suit. The latter was
found in the house, but the former is at
large.
-Raleigh Chronicle: There are
2,199 sub-Alliances and 96 county Alli
ances in Worth Carouna. The
Chronicle was informed yesterday that
the Baptist Female University would of
a surety open here about October next.
At a recent meeting of the board this
determination was reached, after they
had accepted the charter as gtanted by
the State, and prescribed by-laws for its
government. - Supt. Finger informs
us that the Board of Directors will soon :
hold a meeting to decide where'the new
ndustrial Training School will be lo
cated. Bids will be closed by the mid
dle of June. He desires us to make
known the fact that the General Assem
bly did not abolish the Boards of Edu
cation, but only limited their meetings.
Concord Times: Locust Level
is booming. Several building lots have
been sold, and the saw mills around the
place are kept busy filling orders for the
new houses that are to be built.
The people in the country have been
making a slaughter of the robbins, and
on last Saturday they took refuge in
town. Early in the morning nearly
every tree in town had its dozens of the
red breasts. Pink lownsend, of
Harrisburg, has a rabbit dog that has
never been known to find a rabbit that
he did not catch. Last Saturdav the doc
jumped seven ot the cotton tails and im
mediately run six of them into a hollow
log. He caught the seventh one. and
then' returned to the log and slaughter
ed the other six, one at a time. ;
Raleigh News and - Observer :
There is on exhibition in the office of
Commissioner of Agriculture, a fossil
tooth of an elephant, that in some re- -
mote period stalked over eastern worth
Carolina. The tooth was found in New
Hanover county. A sad accident
happened to a son of Mr. S. L. Duke,
who lives near Franklinton. The boy,
who is about thirteen years ot age, had
a breech-loading gun With him at the
stable and seeiug a rat run where he
thought he could get him out with the
breech of his gun, began to 10b him. But
by some accident the gun went off and
the load struck him in the left breast.
At last accounts his life was despaired
of. Three months ago as Col. An
drews was riding in his private car near
Burlington, a shot was hred by some
wretch at the car. the ball went whizzing
through the window iust above CoL-Andrews'
head. Very quietly a detective
was sent up in the neighborhood, and
on Tuesday afternoon a bench warrant
was issued for the arrest of a white man
known as Bud Nicholson. Nicholson
was arrested and we learn was brought ..
before Judge Brown at Graham yester
day and after a hearing was bound over.
Fayetteville Observer: Some
idea of the law-abiding nature of our
people may be derived from a knowledge
of the fsct that for the past ten days the
.doors of the county jail have been stand
ing wide open. - Manager Cobb, of the
Fayetteville Telephone Exchangers hav
ing the wiies put up preparatory to plac-
ing in position the phones, to. tne num
ber of 32, all of which have been sub
scribed for by our enterprising citizens.
Last week's Manufacturers' Record
of Baltimore, announces the organiza
tion Of the bcottish Brownstone Com
pany, at Sanford, with Mr. N. H. Smith,
of this place, Capt. J. W. Fry, of Greens
boro, and Maj. C. M. Stedman, of Wil
mington, as incorporators. ; At her
residence on Haymount, on Friday the
6th ins t., Mrs. Sarah Hale Haigh, only
daughter of the late Edward. J. Hale,
and wife of Mr. George H. Haigh, de
parted this life, aged 68 years.
Thos. J. Campbell died on Tuesday
morning, 10th inst., at his residence in
thfs '. city, aged 53 years. He was a
faithful Southern soldier, entering the
army m the 1st (Bethel) regiment, serv
ing on the Peninsula in Virginia in 1861,
and subsequently re-enlisting to remain
in the field until the close of the war.
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