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It has become a settled conviction
with a considerable! number of the
people of this country, that Congress
should take some positive and ef
fective measures to restrict immigra
tion. Thoughtful people have for
years been viewing with appre
hension the increasing numbers
of the undesirable and danger
ous elements of European popula
ticns whiqh annually find (helc way
to our shores to become a burdenj 'a
menuce and a nuisance, as they were
in the countries they, left for the
co intry's jgood, and ; they recognize
the necessity of some action being
talen to restrict the landing
of them to the minimum if
if they cannot be excluded altp
gei her. The sentiment is growing
thi.t way and growing very rapidly.
It-is not the result, of prejudice
against the people of any nationali
ty,! tait is inspired by that same pru-
tdeat precaution which the captain pf
a vessel exercises wnen ne reiuses to
take off, any more passengers than
his; vessel can carry with safety or
comfort to those on board.
The; concurrences of the past few
days., the startling tragedy at New
Orleans, followed, by. the meetings of
Italians in some of our large cities,
the foolish, absurd talk and threats
of vengeance against the people
of New Orleans by 1 some of their
alleged representative men are'doing
much to intensify, strengthen and
hasten the growth of this sentiment.
They are foolishly making the cause
of a secret society of banded, oath--bound
assassins their own,' aud aire
practically identifying themselves
with them, unmindful of the fact
that the New Orleans "massacre," as
they call it, did not grow out of hos
tility to Italians as such, but out ot
astern resolve to extirpate a law-
defying band of assassins who with
in two years had murdered fifty-two
of' their own countrymen for which
!
not a man has paid the penalty, and
caDDed the cl-max ot their bloody
deeds by the cold-bfooded slaying i
of ah officer who was n their , track
"to, r I
and determined and brave enough
to defy them in tfhe discharge of hts
duty. When they killed him they
deliberately threw down the gauntl
et to the authorities of the city and
the StateT and the people of New
Orleans took it up, met them, vindi
cated justice and avenged the slain
by taking the lives of the slayers, j
There are in New Orleans and in
the (sugar growing parishes of
Louisiana about 60,000 Italians and
Sicilians, and not a hair of he heads
of any of these was injured or in
peril, who were not proven to be of
this Mafia zan? and implicated
in the assassination of the Chief
of Police, who had incurred
theij enmity. If these 60,000
show the same . indiscretion of
of speech, make the threats thai '
some of their hot:blooded country4.
men; are making in other sections of
the tountry, and shbuld be foolish
enough to follow them up by any
overt act, it would result in the ex
termination of some more of them
andjin a tragedy with which the re-
cents tragedy in which eleven lost
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son The possibility, though there
is little probability of this, however,
emphasizes the necessity of taking
steps to prevent the increase in our
couAtrv of such unconsreriial. discor-
dant and dangerous elements.
W(hile New Orleans has had to
cope with the Mafia, Chicago and
"ther of our Northern cities are con
ironied by the Anarchists and other
secret societies of foreign origin, cor
nerstoned on opposition to law and
order, aiming at the destruction of'
established society, and boldly flaunt
ing their red emblems of riot and
chais in the faces of the communities
iff Which thev have, found tnrlcrement
and toleration, and where they have
Dcen accoraea the most unrestricted
freedom of utterance until they have
crossea ine Doraers of incendiarism
andjOvert violence,; then the gibbet
and; penitentiary had to be invoked,
as in Chicatro. to teach them that
they were not the masters of the
fend whose gates stood open to the
home-seekers of the world. -
They have stood open too long
and .tod wide. : It is not demanded
that they be closed but that thev be
'n future sn truarrlpH that mm matr
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K0W who comes within them.
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VOL, XXn. : WILMINGTON, NO. 19
whether with good or evil intent, to
the end that this country, which of
fers a refuge to all deserving pebple;
may no longer be the damping
ground for the human garbage of the
earth, or the receptacle for the out
lawed incendiaries, chaos-breeders
and assassins of other lands.
OTO EXPOSED SBACOASTTOWHS.
It the late New Orleans lynching
had occurred when Congress was in
session what a boost it would have
given the advocates of big appro-;
prist ions fof a , navy, and ' for coast
fortifications. When the fiortifica
tion Scheme was under discussion in
the Senate) Senator Hawley and
others. who - favored it ! . exhausted
their vocabulary of hair-lifting lan
guage in depicting the utter help
lessness of this Great -.Republic and
the easy prey our coast, cities would
fall to , any maritime, power . with
which we might get into trouble if it
should declare war against us. They
told how England, in the event of
a clash over the seal f fisheries, could
tun. some or ner . Dig iron
clads within a few j miles of New
York or any other of- our" seacoast
cities, point their big guns at them,
and demolish them or exact any
tribute they saw fit as the price of
exemption from annihilation. On
an outsider reading all this the im
pression would be that some of the
United States Senators were very
much scared, and ,that bur' seacoast
towns were in a very bad way in
deed. . ! . .
But this country isn't in such a
terrible predicament as they paint it,
by a good deal, even if it hasn't got
all the big war ships and the coast
fortifications on which they proposed
to spend a couple hundred millions
or more. V i
Now some of our esteemed contem-
pararies are pursuing the same line
of appeal, and are calling attention
to the helpless condition of our coast
towns in the event that Italy, in con
sequence of the New Orleans affair,
should conclude, to put on her' war
paint and send oyer some of her big
iron-clads to pay their respects to
them, without any formal announce
ment, some morning before the sur
prised inhabitants had eaten their
breakfasts. Well, that would make
matters somewhat unpleasant, for
Italy could do it. She has a pretty
snug navy, ranking as a naval power
the fourth in the world: And she has
aouic lannng gooa,; long ran.
iron-clads which could lay . out
four or five miles at sea
and knock down some of our church
spires, and break in j some roofs if
they concluded to try it. And so
could England, and so could France,
Germany and Spain, and even Japan
which has some first-class iron-clads.
But they could do the same thing if
we had a system . of coast fortifica-
"ons mat cosi a inousana muuon
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dollars, lor f ortihcations am t wortn
a continental against ships that don't
want to pass them but can lay out
on tne Dreast ot tne
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deep and do
their mischief.
While this may be so, we are not
in sucn pern auer an. inese Dig
ships would not have all the fun to
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themselves. Since armored ships
with powerful armament of long
range monster guns have become the
aim of naval architecture American
genius has been quietly but energeti
cally at work to devise more effective
method of meeting and coping with
them and protecting our coast towns
from assault. The result has been
the electric dynamite gun, j which
will throw, with accuracy a j bomb
containing three or four hundred
pounds of dynamite a distance of a
mile or more. One of ! these bombs
falling near one of the monster iron
clads would churn the sea, send the
water heavenward in geysers, and
send the iron-clad to the hot
torn before the commander ! could
guess what was the matter, j it is
true that we have no vessels
armed with these guns yet, but on
the first intimation of necessity it
wouldn't take long with American
genius, resource and energy to equip
them.' - .' . ! ' ':! :-
But we have a better security than
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ships or dynamite guns for immunity
from attack by either England or
Italy. Neither of these nations
would declare war against the United
States, for fun nor: for light cause.
Every shot by these big guns costs
about a thousand dollars so that that
kind of amusement is somewhat ex
pensive. But aside from this, such a
proceeding might cost the sub
jects ' of those : countries in this
many times more than either of these
Governments could - make out of it
under any circumstances. jcugusu
subjects have about $1,000,000,000
invested in enterprises and proper
ties in this country. The first hos
tile gun fired by England , would re-
Suit in the confiscation of every dol
lar of it. England, which has a
maternal regard for her subjects
who have money invested, would be
apt to think of and duly consider
this before she shot at any of our
towns, j " m'-V'I ,:(
There are about 1,000,000 Italians
in this country. Many of them have
accumulated more or less of proper--
ty. Some of these, in their foolish
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rage at the tilling of their country
men in New Orleans, want Italv In
tne event this Government fail to
make satisfactory reparations "to do
her duty.". Well, if Italy should de
cide to "do her duty" and send some
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of her iron-clads to avenge that New
Orleans business, how long would it
be before every Italian subject who
echoed the "do her duty" cry would
be snatched up. and their last dollar
confiscated? while the American peo
pie would make it hot for the Italian
1 "American citizens" who joined them
m the cry; Italy will think of this
and give it due consideration before
she sends a war ship to pay its re
spects to any of our seacoast burgs
In view of these facts there is no
probability of either of these coun
tries for some time to come spoiling
for a naval tilt with Uncle Sam,
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; The Hon. Jerry Simpson, of Kan
sas, ' Is, m Western parlance, no
chump. He comes as near getting
at the true inwardness of the so-
vancu proiective tantt as any one
we know off. Discussing this ques
tion in a recent speech oef ore the
Tanners' Convention at Annapolis,
Maryland, he said : "We got rid of
slavery to enslave the white race
North and South. The tariff laws
lare one of the- elements of slavery.
Protection gives no benefit. It is as
great a curse as African slavery was.
Great syndicates own the iron, steel
and lumber of the country and they
control the prices and the price of
labor to make themselves rich. When
x raise corn l want to exchange it
where I can get the most coats, over
coats, underclothes, dress goods and
socks. England is getting posses
sion of our countrv. and lands in
Maryland have decreased in value
because laws prevent you from buy
inff goods where they are cheapest."
This is not done up in very ornate
phrase, but there is marrow in it
and every line shows that Mr. Simp
son has been sitting up with the
tariff question and has got at the
true inwardness of it. There are
many thousands of people who a
few years ago were deluded with the .
idea that protection was a blessing
who have had the scales knocked
from their eyes and now see it as the
Hon. Jeremiah Simpson does.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
sentiment of the Republican jjartv
seems to be decidedly for Blaine as
the man for. the Presidential race,
reports come from Washington peri
odically and quite frequently, that
Blaine is not a candidate and will
not be, but on the contrary is for
Harrison's re-nomination and so
counsels his friends who persist in
keeping his name before the public
in that connection. A correspon
of the Louisville Courier-Journal
says the talk about Blaine is all rot,
that it is well known that he is not a
candidate, and that the move-
ment to bring him but is with
out his sanction: He quotes a close
friend of Mr. Blaine as saying that
the persistent mention of his name by
over-zealous friends will result be
fore long in causing him to publicly
declare his position to avoid embar
rassment that might affect his rela
tions with the President. One of the
best reasons given for Blaine's refusal
to enter the race, and about the only
good one, is that Blaine's experience
in that line is not encouraging, that
he has ho hope for the success of his
party in 1892, and is convinced in his
own mind that the next President of
the United States will be a Democrat
As one of the illustrations of the
way the pension racket is worked by
pension agents and others in collu
sion ; with agents and men desiring
pensions to which they are not justly
entitled, the New York Herald cites
the case of an Iowa man who in
1862 on his way to join his regiment
stepped off a log while crossing a
stream and caught cold. He never
saw the regiment and never did any
service. He got a pension of four
dollars a month, was re-rated and got
six, then eight, then twenty-four, and
finally fifty dollars. He managed
this thing entirely through his busi
ness partner who was an examina
tion surgeon. There are thousands
of cases, not parallel to this perhaps,
but just as bad, where men are draw
ing pensions and have drawn large
large sums in arrears Who if asked
what they drew their pensions on
would have to stop and think
whether it was a badcold or a swipe
from an empty whiskeyjbottle,
South Carolina is to have a Nor
mal" and Industrial College for Girls.
The Charleston News and Courier
says there is quite a spirited bidding
for the location of the College by a
number ot towns, and the commis
sion" will spend a portion of the sum
mer visiting the competing points to
study their . respective advantages,
&c. The next Legislature will be
iroverned by the report made, and it
is expected that - the College can be
constructed ; and : equipped so tnat
the doors may be opened for students
by October 1892.H The interest? that
the Southern States are beginning to
take in the ? industrial trainings of
girls is one of the hopeful signs of
times. " '
STATE TOPICS.
The Roanoke, Va., Herald quotes
a prominent stock-raiser of j Virginia
as saying that the ; raising . of fine
stock is rapidly beebmin? one? of
the leading industries of that State.
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Many of- the farmers who a few
years ago never thought of it but
depended eniirely ; upon their crops
are turning their attention to it 'and
find it the pleasantest and best
paying industry of the farm. The
advantage in fine-stock is that while
it may cost something more to start
it, once started it costs no more to
keep it up, no more to care for and
feed fine stock than it does: common
stock while the fine stock .wily
bring -: in when:: sold, -:- many
times as much money as the, com
mon stock. The fine stoclc industry
has also made gratifying progress in
this State, but not as much as it'
should have made. In addition to
fine stock there is no reason
farmers should ' not raise
why our
all the
work-horses and mules necessary to
supply the home demand. The
farmers of this State paid ut, this
year, thousands of dollars for -stock
brought from Tennessee and Ken
tucky, and will do the same next
year, when our ownJState is as well
adapted to the raising of this kind
of stock as either Tennessee or Ken
tucky.' i
A Newton, Ga., storekeeper who
was troubled by burglars, concluded
he would try the effect of a self act
ing battery of shotjguns, so jarranged
that tampering with the
windows
he went
pull the triggers. When
down to the store in the mbrning, he
was somewhat surprised to See a col
ored brother on his knees as if in
prayer in front of the half opened
window. But a big hole in the win
dow, a corresponding big hole in the
colored brother's abdomenj, a side
walk covered with blood, and a dead
negro, explained the incident and
attested how effectively the battery
worked.
Among the swindles perpetrated
by the last Congress was one voting
$3,000,000 to the Chocktaws and
Chickasaws for land in the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe reser vation on which
they did'n have a shadow bf claim.
The Secretary of the Interior pro-
MVU UV.V uw w- w . taV tJWIil
it went through. It would be inter
esting to know how much of the
$3,000,000 the Chocktaws and Chick
asaws .will get and how much the
claim agents and statesmen in col-
lesion with them will absorb.
In the Maine Legislature every
Democratic member voted for the
Australian ballot system, and every
Republican against it. They didn't
propose to take any chancesjon turn
ing the State over to the Democrats.
Rev. I. A. White, who is, however,
black, of Maryland, wan $50,000
damages for being expelled from his
conference. While debarred from
preaching he is helping to run the
Government by doing jobs In one of
the departments in Washington.
Rival partisan mobs mauling each
other with bludgeons, are not the
agencies to win home rule for Ire
land. I
A BIG BLUNDER.
The Legislature Taxes all: Incomes.
The Raleigh Chronicle pi Saturday
says: " i ne Kevenue act compels every
body to pay tax upon their incomes.
This il apply to the cook who gets $5
a month; to the farm laborer who gets
$10 a month: and to every person in re
ceipt of a salary or wages.
"Chapter 322, Laws of L891 (now in
rjresst is the Revenue Act. Section 5
of Schedule A reads:
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"On the incomes and profits derived
from any property not taxed during the
year preceding the first day of June in
eacn year tnere snan pe a uu ui one per
centum without exemption, un in
comes derived from salaries or tees du
ring the same time there shall be a tax
of one-half ot one per centum.
"That is the law as it stands to-day,
and as it will stand until another meet
ing of the General Assembly, The law, as
it has been heretofore, taxed ail incomes
except $1,000." s
Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION.
Friday' Proceedings at Durham Meeting.
Raleigh News and Observer.
There were the following exercises:
Testimony meeting byS. E. Gidney, of
Shelbv: reports ot associations: Dioie
reading: address byMr.H, P. Anderson
general secretary, Asheville; how to
stimulate Bioie study: address dtw.a.
Wynne, State Secretary of South Caro-
una, conversauonai, auciu wu uiwi
crent airencies: oromise meetine con-
ducted oy J. w, wuiara, or waice ror
est; what the association shonld not do,
L. C Shuev. New York; what can the
association do for mechanics and fac
tory operatives, S, H. Boyd, Reidsvule;
prayer seeyice lor state i wont, wm.
Black, Maxton; report of State commit
tee, Rev. Thomas Hume, D. D., chair
man; E." L. Harris, treasurer; i. a.
Coulter, State secretary; work of the
year, J. H. Southgate. Durham.
Cotton Beoelpts,;
Receipts of cotton at this port con
tinue to show an increase over tne re
ceipts of last season; the : figures being
179,535 bales received this season up to
March 20tW against receipts of 182,404
bales to. the corresponding date last
vear. showing the ' increase to be 47,404
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bales,
CONVENTION IN DURHAM
THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO-
" CIATION HOLD. THEIR AN-J
5 -: NUAL.MEETING. "
Two Hundred Male Voices faiwging aju
thema oT Praise The OrKtuuzattoa. and
introductory Exeroiaea-TAddreaBes of
Welcome and Response. I
u Staff Cor. State Chronicle '
Durham, N. C, Mareh T19. The fif
teenth annual convention of the Young
Men s Christian Associations of North
Carolina opened, its Session here to-day.
Despite the promise bf sullen weather
and. the general demoralization conse
quent thereto, the train from the , west
brought In one hundred and ' five idele-
gates who split the mud and rain rush
ing for the rooms of the Durham Asso
ciation..'- v ! : ' . - ' .. ; -
The combined force numbered near
two hundred1, and after scattering lover
the- city to- accept the hosDitalitv of
its people at the dining table, they reas
sembled at Trinity M. E. Church, when
the organization took place: :
Mr. Fitch Taylor, of Asheville. acted
as leader of the singing, and Miss Allie
Snow, ot Durham, presided at the or
gan. At 3.80 two hundred whole-souled
Christian ; young men united in the
Ed chorus: "All Hail the Power of
sN?me." Mr. Jas. R. Young, of
derson. in a few touchingwords, de
clared the Fifteenth Annual Convention
opened and ready for business. s j
Mr. W. b.. Kollins, of the University.
was appointed temporary secretary and
after the singing of "Marching to Zion,"
Rev. Dr. Thos. Hume, of the Univer
sity, moved that a committee on nomi
nations be aDDOinted to recommend offi
cers of the Convention. The committee
retired and reported the following:
President Jas. H. Southgate, Jr.. 'of
Durham. i I ; i
1st Vice President B. Brenizer. of
Charlotte. ; -
2d Vice President P. B. Manning, iof
Wilmington. ! j
M Vice President W. E. Rollins, of
State University. I'M
secretary J. C Diggs, ol Henderson.
Assistant Secretary I. L. Rich, of
Asheville. .1 i : i I
The names were voted ! on and the
above unanimously elected. .
President Southgate was conducted to
the chair which Mr. Young gracefully
yieiaed to his successor, j i
Before calling for a resumption of bus
iness tne new President spoke briefly.
declaring that Durham considered it
honor sufficient to entertain such a con
vention and was not expecting to share
in iurtber nonors. i
Mr. C. K. Ober. Secretary of the In
ternational Committee, New York, then
led a Bible reading which was interest
ing and profitable.
l be convention then adjourned.
ENCOURAGEMENTS TO THRIFT.
Savings Banks and Building and Loan
Associations.
The claim which savings banks have
upon the public consideration is not as
much regarded as it should be," says
th Vorlr Tnurtuil nf, Cnmmetrr-
assume, weay'cbfporatiOdsnaianageTa
in the interest ot stockholders, ana de
signed to profit their managers. They
are among the chief encouragements to
thrift, and their wholesome influence
can hardly be overestimated. Society
has a direct and positive ; interest in
their success. Every man who is stimu
lated to industry and self-denial for the
purpose of saving a little store against
the time of need is not only guarded by
the accumulation from becoming a pau
per dependent on public support, but
gives one ot tne very pest nosiages iof
HIS good ucuaviur ts law-auium .tu-
zen. Tne moment ine laoonng man
has besrun his deposits in the savings
bank he becomes weaned from socialism
and sees the greatest foe of society in
the anarchist that would make a spoil
of vested property. He has something
to be conserved py tne prevalence oi iaw
and order, and he no- longer favors a
revolution for any purpose. The gather
ing and caring for these savings from
the hand of labor, in its wide reaching
influence, J is the most beneficent woric
society has ever undertaken." ;
What is said about savings banks ap
plies with i equal 'force to building and
loan associations. j
Newborn and the "Wilmington & Onslow
BaHroad. , . ' j
The Newbern Journal, mentioning
the arrival in that city of Mr. C M.
Whitlock!, treasurer of the Onslow Lum
ber Co., says "Mr. Whitlock is also con
nected with the Onslow railroad, and be
assures us that the portion between
Jacksonville and Newbern will soon be
built, and that it is their intention to
touch atMaysville by whatever route
they come, and that farther than that is
not yeti decided. Mr. Whitlock also
says that as the cars are now running as
far as the road is constructed, which
will enable them to bring rails and other
material right where they are needed,; it
is probable that a good supply will be
got in readiness and this part of the
road will be built with rapidity."
North Carolina's Direct Taxes.
The Raleigh News and Observer says:
"In connection with Gov. Fowle's cor
respondence with the Federal authori
ties with regard to the restoration of
North Carolina's share of j the direct
taxes, Mr. F. H. Busbee, ' who is in
Washington looking after the interest of
the State in that matter, telegraphed
Gov. Fowle yesterday that North Caro
lina's application was the firsts of its
class which was made, and that the
Treasury Department;. will formulate
resolutions. The names of tax-payers
will be furnished. Mr. Busbee says no
action will be taken this week.!' : .
Eosin for England.
The Norwegian barque Vale cleared
yesterday for Goole, Eng., with I 3,867
barrels rosin, valued at $5,750. V essel
and carcro bv Messrs. Paterson, Down
ing & Co. i
Also, the German barque Lucie Rod-
mann, for London, Eng., with 3,769 bar
rels rosin, valued at $5,913.' Vessel by
E. Peschau & Westermann, cargo by
Paterson, Downing & Co.
The editor of a very prominent
religious paper of this State, in a letter
to the editor of the Star, says: j "The
Morning Star is my favorite secular
paper. I honor you for what you have
done for journalism in the South and
heartily wish you even greater success
in the great work."
CRIMINAL COURT.
The Business of the Term Concluded Tea-
r terdsy Sentences Pronounced, Etc.
- The motion made in arrest of judg
ment in the case of W. B. Coleburn and
Becky Evans, , convicted of unlawful
cohabitation, was denied, and the Court
sentenced Coleburn to sixteen months'
imprisonment, in the County House of
Correction; in the case of Becky Evans,
it was' adjudged that she pay one-half
we diu oi costs ana oe aiscnargea. The
money was- paid about forty dollars
and the woman left the Court room.
- Wm. Larkins, ) colored, '.convicted of
larceny robbing the tailor shop of
;F. H. Krahnke Tuesday night last was
sentenced to five years imprisonment in
;the Penitentiary.
i Jno. Puckett, indicted for assault and
battery with a deadly weapon, f ailed to
answer when called, and judgment nisi
was entered against him.
.: Maria Nixon, a jroung woman, who
had been in au for a month under com
mitment- by the colored magistrate.
Thomas, of Cape Fear township, for
assault and battery with a deadly weapon.
Was prdered to be discharged; Thomas
having disappeared and no complainant
appearing.
' E. Bached a white man, 1 charged with
having set fire to an unoccupied . hoase,
knd who had been la jail several weeks,
was on motion : of the Solicitor dis
charged, and the case nol pressed.
Monroe Turner, convicted of larceny
of eggs from Mr. B. F. Swann's store,
was sentenced to 12 months in the State
penitentiary.
Edward Weaver, white, convicted of
forging a check,' was arraigned for sen
tence. His counsel, M. Bellamy, Esq.,
prayed the clemency of the Court; the
prisoner, he said; had made no attempt
to pass the forged check, and he
was in an intoxicated state when the
crime was committed;
i The Court said it was a case of tech
nical guilt, and sentenced the prisoner
(Weaver) to four months in the House
of Correction, with the understanding
that if he pays the costs he will be dis
charged.
: Wm. Johnson, a young white man,
charged with forging an order for $20,
was tried, and the case given to the
jury about half-past four o'clock.
The grand jury having completed its
labors and there being no other jury
cases tor trial, the Court announced
that a recess would be taken until 10
o'clock Saturday morning. The Judge
directed the Clerk to receive the verdict
in the Johnson forgery case.
The jury last night returned a Verdict
oi "not guilty.
A PLEA FOR "BILLY."
Some Things That a Goat is Good For,
and What to Do With Him,
, "A Friend pf Goats" has been inves
tigating the characteristics Pf what he
In Switzerland and Greece a man's
F
fortune is measnred by the size of his
flock of goats. In Switzerland the kids
are killed as soon as they are born, and
skinned. After three or four days' life
the skins become almost worthless. The
skin of a new-born kid brings from 75
cents to $1, and is the most - valued ma
terial for kid gloves. The kid glove in
dustry is entirely dependent on the goat.
The supply of skins is mostly drawn
from mountainous countries, where no
other animal could make its living ex
cept a goat, j j
The finest cashmere shawls are the
product of the Angora goat, whose hair
sells readily at $1 a pound, and cash
mere shawls worth $1,000 are not un
common. ! ,
Swiss and Neufchatel cheese can only
be made from goat's milk. Many an
invalid in Europe has regained his
health after using whey from goat's
milk. V ! ;
Goat flesh is as good as mutton and
is preferred by many. Goats are more
heartv and more prolific than sheep.
Some species vield a hair which will
bring more money than wool, the Cash
mere or Angora goat tor instance, i ne
goat, too, is the poor man's cow. A
good goat will reaaiiy yieia two quarts
of milk a day, which is equal in rich
ness to three quarts ot cow s nunc i ne
goat lives on very ' little and makes a
heartv meal on a few sheets of brown
paper. . - "
Will a boy who receives as a ennst-
... . . .
mas present his first goat and cart.
asks a "A Friend of Goats," "ever feel
as oroud in after life as he did then? I
say no. He may own last trotters ana a
stylish turnout, but it will never be with
the same joyous heart and feeling ex
perienced on receipt oi nis nrst goat-
sulkv. The goat has its proper place,
which is certainly not in . the streets of
a city nor in the orchard of a farmer,
andhe should be kept where he be
longs." '
The climbing and lumping of the goat
can be effectively stopped by boring a
gimlet hole in the tip of his hoofs and
inserting a small copper wire through
both holes and twisting it together until
it is tight.
If the hoof of a goat is examined it
will be found to have on the inside a
kind of saw edge, and by spreading the
claws of the hoot it can hold on and
climb almost anywhere and anything.
Compelling the hoots to be closed will
give the coat a few falls and he will
never attempt to cump again
QUICK WORK.
Trial, Conviction and Sentence of William
lArHns
William Larkins, the young colored
man " arrestea - weanesaay mgnt Dy
police officer. White,1 was arraigned be
fore Mayor Fowler' m the City Court
yesterday ! morning - about 10 o'clock,
charged with robbing Mr. Krahnke's
tailor : shop, on Princess street, last
Tuesday night. The evidence against
Larkins was conclusive, and he was at
once sent oeiore the criminal uoun,
and- before 12 o'clock noon had ; been
tried, convicted and" sentenced to. five
years in the State penitentiary.
Larkins has ' already, served two
terms in the penitentiary 'lor larceny,
All the j goods ". he took from Mr.
Krahnke's shop were recovered with the
exception of a coat sleev,
Mr. W. L. Smith, of the; New
Hanover Transit Company, will leave
for the North to-morrow night for the
purpose of selecting a boat to run on
the line to Carolina Beach, it goes
without I saving that she U . be a
"hummer."
TRYING TO MAKE TROUBLE
Italians and the NewIiOrleanS Iiynching-
Kass Meetings to be Held To-night in
Several Cities Secret Orders to Italian
War Vessels. ; .
New , York, March lV.L'eco '
Italia will publish the following- to?
morrow : "Italian brothers, the mass
meeting of,to-night must be marked as
a grand, dignified demonstration of civ
ilized people. The speakers in to-night's
mass meeting must listen to none other
than the voiceofreasonUntil request
ed and deserved reparation has come,
the bleeding heart of every Italian
should suffer silently. The Italian col
ony of New York is the most flourish-
mg anaiiargest oi ail or our colonies in
the United States. .."
'AlPour brothers in this broad land
of voluntary . exile anxiously await the
results of pending deliberations. 1
"Let us thenlbe calm; let bur example
k L- J - .1 TT tl,.
teacn moderation to otners. even mc
glorious Statue of Liberty, which stands
guard over this great i ReDublic. will be
dimmed: by the radiant splendor ot tne
tri-colored nag to-day.
. The Chrtstofero Colombo will say to
morrow: "ine part of the American
ThfACQ that tritkQ trh ly .tioIf.. U A XT
fc.AVHJ- j USUI )T LUC ' lCW
Orleans murders is wrong. Such
deeds are not to be excused.
iWe speak as American citizens who
care for the prestige of America. We
await calmly the result of to-night's
meeting. As American citizens we have
taith in the righteousness of the Ameri
can people and of American- law and
gbvernraent.5i.As sons of Italy we trust
that our country will do her;duty. As
men.Mn the midst ot humanity, we stig
matize crime wherever it is found.
Chicago, March 19. A private cable
gram from awell informed acting officer
ot the Italian navy received WL Italia
and dated at Spezzia, where the chief
navy yard oi Italy is located, says: "Cur
rent rumors are that secret! instructions
have been dispatched from Rome to the
yamirai commanding tne squadron in
vac mediterranean at tnis oort in view
of the recent turn of affairs, in America.
Another dispatch, lrom a private
source, irom Kome, lust received here.
says that a secret session was held be
tween the minister of marine and chief
of general staff of the Italian admiraltv.'
; Italian journalists of Chicago feel con-
naent tnat tne mends ot Crispi, premier,
who recently fell front power, will take
advantage of the apparent apathy of the
Marquis ue Kudini, the present Prime
NEW ORLEANS
Another Tragedy A Street Duel Between
Two Well Known Citizens One Killed
and the Other Severely Wounded.
jn ew urleans, March 19. -A street
-v : . .
duel last night between Capt. Arthur
Dunn and Frank Walters in which the
latter was killed and the former severely
wounded, was the general topic of con
versation to-day. People who were ac
quainted with both men have been ex
pecting trouble between them for some
time past. Both men I resided in Eighth
Ward, and were opponents! in all polit
ical struggles. Joseph Baker, wno was
friend of Dunn and when Baker was
shot and killed by Waters several years
ago, the enmity between Waters and
Dunn began. Dunn,- who was a police
captain, then resigned his place to ac
cept the vacancy caused by Baker's
death. He also succeeded Baker as
president of the Mother Club of the
ward. This act did not patch up the
difference between Dunn and Waters,
but on the contrary widened it.
Waters was under ! the influence of
liquor when the shooting occurred. If
he had been sober the unfortunate affair
would not in all probability have hap
pened. Early in the evening Waters
began imbibing, and at 6 o'clock he was
pretty well under the influence of drink.
About 11 o clock Waters was standing
near the corner of Canal and Bour
bon streets. He was very boister
ously denouncing the affair of
last Saturday. About this time Dunn
came along and started diagonally across
the street to take his car. j Waters upon
catching sight of Dunn began making
some very uncomplimentary remarks
about people in the uprising of Satur
day. Waters then called Dunn, who
was walking from ' him, and turn
ing, Dunn started . towara Waters.
As he advanced, Waters pulled his pis
tol and fired, but missed. Dunn then
drew his pistol and eleven or twelve
shots were exchanged in! rapid succes
sion : Dunn advancing and Waters back
ing toward Cluvenes drug store, and
staggering inside, fell dead.
frank waters was so years ot age ana
amative of this city. He was well known
anri fionirpd somewhat hrominentlv in
the politics of the Eighth ward, in which
he was born and raised.' Waters was
married two years ago to: Miss Douglass,
who survives him.
Arthur Dunn is 43 years of age. He
is married and has a family ot six chil
dren, five boys and one girl.
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Failure of a pftTitH"g Firm at Louisville
Liabilities Half a Million Dollars.
Louisville, March; 19. George
Schwartz & Co., private bankers, failed
to-day for half a million dollars. Their
assignment carries to the wall the Union
tobacco works. Schwartz, was resident
German Consul, and operated the Sav
ings Bank in connection with his other
banking business. '
Fred. Jamisen. a member Of the . firm,
has mysteriously disappeared. Fears are
entertained that he has committed sui
cide. No dishonesty is. however, tracea
ble to him. Just who is the largest cred-
ltor cannot be aeterminea at tnis time
It is understood that some other
Louisville . financial: institutions are
cancht nrettv heavilv. and that possibly
other ' failures may be precipitated.
However, from the nature ot business
done the losses here cannot be so heavy
as if the banking ! business was of . the
regular order, -and; some foreign corre
spondents may lose as mucn as iocai m
stitutions. i i
Although it has not been so stated, it
is generally supposed that the financial
crash is due to the: late financial strin
gencv. This is inferred from the re-
mark ot Mr. iocnran, oi me ixuisvme
Trust Company, assignee, to the effect
that the firm, as he understood, had
been hoping to pay out and tide-over
their affairs until yesterday or the day
before.
Republicans hope to divide and con-
auor. - "Cleveland ) and tiui, tney say,
"are ; irreconcilable, ana tneir irienas
will not come together." They may not
come together, but they are ail coming,
and the last mother's son of them will
get to the polls on election day and
vote the Democratic ticket. Democracy
is "like unto leaven which a woman
took and hid in three measures of meal,
till the whole was : leavened. JVew
Journal. '
- Salem Press : We learn that W.
G. Wood, of 'Thonfasville, who has
been blind for years, had an operation
t j . . , i i .
penunneu ana nas recoyerea nis sigm.
Raleigh News and Observer-.
It was learned yesterday that it had
been practically decided that Mr. Peter
M. Wilson, formerly State Commission
er of Immigration, will be appointed
Executive Commissioner by the World's '
Fair Commissioners of this State, to get
up, arrange and. have charge ot the
North Carolina display at Chicago. ;
r. Durham Globe : A very ugly -
and very dirty case happened yesterday.
It is said that Henry Bailey, colored,
who if the report is true, is a brute, took
all the clothes off of Martha Bumpass, a
colored girl six years bid, and attempt
ed to ravish her. He failed in his mis- '
erable scheme, but this kind of business
is entirely too frequent around here of
late. -' ;
Winston Sentinel: The tobacco
manufacturing establishments of Win
ston, aggregating the largest effort in
that line of industry congregated any
where in the world, are all arranging for
the resumption of operations for the
working year of 1891; Mrs. C.
Whittle, wife of Mr. Sherman Whittle. 5
died at her home, six miles below Salem,
at 1 o'clock this morning, aged 35 years.
-Charlotte -News-' The Bessemer
ore is to have a thorough test in this
State, a large tract of land near King's
, Mountain having been purchased by a
company, ot which Mr. Julian S. Carr is
a member. The company bought about .
2,000 acres, and the ground is said to be
full of the best kind of iron ores,
The new prohibition law is already be
ing felt in Gaston county. Three cases
of alleged violation of the law are in
court this week. Denta ls coming
out. A successful effort has been made
to raise funds for building a Methodist
church there, and sufficient has been
subscribed to guarantee a very hand
some building.
weldon JVcws : lwo magnifi
cent waterpowers- are being' developed
here by capitalists of unlimited means.
We hear that owning to the con
tinued rains the tobacco plant beds in
this section are very much injured. The
plants are very small and it is feared
that they will not grow large enough to
plant before the season is too far ad
vanced for them to mature. - - The
store of Wiley Baker, in Northampton
county, was destroyed by .fire on Sun
day night. The loss is about a thous
and dollars worth of goods and fifty
barrels of corn. The Scotland Neck
knitting factory now turns out two hun
dred and thirty dozen pairs a day, yet
the orders sent in cannot be supplied.
l he traveling agent bad to be recalled
until orders could be cought up with.
As a consequence of the demand for
these goods the stockholders at a re
cent meeting determined' to double the
capacity of the m511s, and this will be
done at once.
Washington Gazette: It is not
very far from cotton planting time for .
the next crop, and there is much of last
year's crop still in the county. The farm
ers are holding their cotton longer and
more ot it than we have known in any
previous year, but as long as the price
remains so low they cannot be blamed
for withholding it from market.
The case against Henry Tripp, charged
with making a criminal assault upon the
person ot a Miss Arnold, who was visi
ting his home last April, attracted con
siderable interest in the court room yes
terday. The young lady, who was only
about 15 years of age. was the only wit
ness placed upon the stand, though
there were many other witnesses, the
defense alone having more than a hun
dred. After the examination of the
young lady the Solicitor stated that the
State would rest the case there, and the
defense decided to risk their chances
upon her testimony. The jury returned
Kaleigh IVews and Observer :
Major S. M. Finger, Superintendent of
Instruction, announces this morning
that he will receive bids for the location
of the Industrial School for White
Girls. It will be so arranged in erecting
the buildings and preparing the accom
modations that all classes ot gins win
have the opportunity to attend whether
they wish to board in the institution or
in private lamues. Mr. in. J. neek
met with a.terrible death night before
last on the Raleigh & Gaston railroad
track, almost under the Hillsboro street
bridge. Mr. Cheek was last seen up
town about 11 o'clock night before last,
and started out Harget street. It is
supposed " that he was going to his
home, which is on the north nd of
Dawson street, and nothing further was
heard of him till yesterday Inorning,
when his remains were discovered about
half-past five o'clock on the track of the
t-. i ' i a . t i f .
iaieiga ol vjasion rauruau, a. icw icci .
north of the Hillsboro street bridge.
Durham Sun: Ella Thompson,
a colored girl of about 15 years old. was
arraigned before Squires McMannen
and Barbee, this morning on the charge
of giving Mr. Leon Kirkland s youngest
child concentrated lye in coffee, or
coffee in concentrated lye. She was
refused bail and confined in jail - until
next term of Court. The child is very
much injured and very sick.
Stravhorn's Spring was the scene of a
shooting affair yesterday afternoon, and
the participants were boys, lar in tneir
teens. Just how Irwin Day came to be
shot in the left side by Lony Clark, it is
hard to ascertain. Whether it was done
accidentally, or whether there was a
dimcuity, at tnis writings it cannot ne
determined. The result was that yes
terday afternoon, late in the day, Irwin .
Day came in irom tne spring mentpneq
with a pistol ball wound in his left side
to the extent of about two inches. He
had been shot as above stated. From
what we can learn it is a flesh wound.
Thoughnot considered dangerous, Irwin
is confined to his bed. . .
- Pavetteville Observer: We have
not informed ourselves particularly of
other sections of the State, but except
perhaps a few nipped here and there, we
believe that the fruit in this vicinity is
yet unhurt. (juite a large and
earnest meeting of the citizens of Fay-
ettevuie met in tne lown nan last r ri
day afternoon for the organization of
the Bank of Commerce, mention of
which was made in our last issue. The
charter, as ratified by the Legislature,
was adopted, and other necessary steps
were taken to secure the speedy con
summation of the protect. we
learn that last Saturday evening Robert
Burton, coiorea, wno uvea at tne ti
Store" on Haymount, while On his' way
to Mr. John Davis' store, about a quar-
ter ot a mue aistant, ieii on me
street under a stroke of paralysis,
and died shortly after being taken home.
Our reporter learns tnat on tne
13th two convicts, white, of the force at
work on the southern extension of the
Atlantic Coast Line, made a break to
escape'irom their guards, one being shot
three times and dangerously wounded,
while rh rtthr effected his freedom."
Fayetteville is by no means lacking in
the brains ana ingenuity oi tne - invent
ive genus;" and, following close upon
Mr. Underwood's great invention in the
shape of a cigarette machine, comes Mr,
Addison Worth with a car-coupler
something entirely new on this line.
Railroad men who have seen it pro
nounce the principle something entirely
out of the line of car-couplers hereto
fore invented. Sheppard Gibson,
colored, shot and killed another colored
man in Quewhiffle township last week.
We are informed that both were under
the influence of "john barleycorn," and
that the shooting is claimed to have
been without ."malice aforethought.
Gibson, however, the man who did the
Shooting, has fled and thus far escaped
the officers of the law. His victim was
shot in the forenoon, and lived several
hours before he expired-