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rUBLISSSD AT - . - "-. ' WILMINGTON, N. C, $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88888888888888888 ' sssssssiiiiiiisss i 8888888888888l88 ! 88888888888888888 ! 88888888282888888 i 8883888828888888 : : ' 8588S882S888888S8 '"I" 6( "'""SSSSSSSSSSSSS ; 88888888888888888 w: Haat.S;.5;S8g8 a 1 S3 .-..:-"...! - . a w s o . 0- 5 '..!.... '-I ' i. ' " i J::::):::: !:.::: i er . . i I Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgttra, H. C, as Second Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. . The subscription price of the 'Weekly Star is as fallows : i . Single Copy 1 year, postage paid;.... 00 month. " " 60 6 months 3 months 80 IS MB. HILLS SULKING? Reports come from Washington to the effect that Mr. Mills is so cha grined at his defeat that he has be come soured and has intimatedjpret ty broadly that he will not accept the; chairmanship of the Committee on Ways and Means if it be Itendered to him, andi it is further said that Speaker Crisp being advised of this will not make the tender. We hope thereis no truth in either of these reports, for to show such a temper does no credit to Mr. Mills and it would be mjuch moe Creditable in Speaker Ciisp to make the offer than not to make, though he were sure' it would be declined. In the event of a refusal to accept after the offer was made, such a display of sullen ness would place Mr. Mills in very striking contrast to his more thought ful and clever competitor. " One account of the Speakership battle represented Mr. Mills as al most dazed when the result was an nounced, but this was only momen tary, for he shook it off and was among the first to seek his success ful competitor, warmly grasp his hand and heartily congratulate him upon his victory. That was like the gallant, manly man that every one supposed Mr. ' Mills to be. It did him as much honor, it it was W, as an election to the Speakership could have done him, for it proved him to be above harboring resent ments and that he could conduct himself nobly in defeat. But if these later reports be true it could nbt have been sjo, for in the interval that has elapsed the vanquished man who according to that report so cleverly and' gallantly accepted defeat could hardly have so degenerated in to the sullen, . irreconcilable, Mf. Mills' disappointment was per fectly natural. He felt pretty confi dent of election. He had set his heart upon the Speakership and both he and his friends who stood so -r steadfastly jby him believed he had claims that should have been recog . nized. Hejmade a hard -fight, and it is not strange that he should have felt crest-fallen when it terminated so differently from what he expected. To what extent his j indiscreet and over-zealous friends are responsible for his defeat, he may not know, but 1 there are those who believe that if they had shown better generalship and less impulsiveness in their eager ness to accomplish quickly what they had not thej sagacity nor the patience to wait for, IMr. Mills, and not Mr. Crisp, would have been the victor. Be this as it may, Mr. Mills was fairly, squafely and honestly beaten, in a fight in which he had an open field and mustered his full forces. . He took his chances and should re signedly if mot cheerfully abide the issue. He may feel disappointed - but he has ho right to be sullen, nor to sulk in his tent, any more than Mr. Springer, Mr. McMillin or Mr, ' Hatch has. Every Democrat in 1 congress had a right to aspire to the Speakership, but no Democrat in it had a rigjht to demand it as his .due, nor tp feel aggrieved if his . claims were not recognized by a ma ,-juruy oi nis colleagues, it is an office of distinguished honor and of '. high responsibility which it requires ' no small amount of ability to fill, in selecting the man to fill it the , question of fitness and ability 'should bej and nearly always are -'the test. I The members of Con gress who do the electing, who are responsible; to their constituents, to the party and to the country for their choice, are the men who are to judge ot the qualification's. With them it should be neither a matter : of personal nor sectional preference, as it was not in this case, -for the .. man elected exercises a mighty power in the body over which he presides, and to some extent holds the destiny of the party he repre sents in his hands. If be be wise , and prudent it is well for the party: if he be imprudent and blunder it is bad for thfe party. This being so no . Democrat j who takes a proper and a patriotic view of this question would thrust his personality into the contest and quarrel with his collea gues, who,: in their mature judgment and with their convictions of duty decided m favor of ; another, whom - ' A.1 . a. 1. . mey inougnt better qualified to safely and satisfactorily discharge me duties of such a resDonsible , j VOL. XXIII. That is why Mr, Crisp was elected and why Mr. Mills was not,- and if Mr. Mills is pouting and sulking as he is represented to be "it will, be proof conclusive that the gentlemen, who . voted f or V Crisp and ' against Mills were not wrong in their judgment,-and it will also sustain one of the most serious objections urged against the election 'of "Mr.: Mills, whichVas that he had an irascible.un governable temper that unfitted him for the discharge of the duties of that responsible position where a cool, clear head is always necessary. DOES FARMING PAY? - The question is very often asked Does farming pay?" and it is asked oftener now, in the South, at least, than ever. It is not asked quite so often in the West as it was before the big - crop of this year was har vested, . i.nd the short crops of -Europe made a good market abroad. It would be much easier to convince the Western . farmer now that farm ing pays than it would have been a year ago, and yet ; he has no more reason to believe that farming pays now than he had a year ago, for if it f ays this year it is not through any oresight or good management of the Western farmer, but through, for him, a fortunate failure in the European crops, which brought his unusually large surplus in demand and ensured, him paying prices, which he hadn't got for years before We have just read an article in a Southern contemporary giving an account ot the business methods pur sued on one of the great Dakota wheat farms, which is owned and operated by a company of capitalists, contrasting he system maintained on that farm with the lack of meth od on Southern farms. The mistake that our contemporary makes in this is in taking that big farm run by capitalists as a sample of Western farming, when it is the notable ex ception, for, as a matter of fact,there is quite as much lack of method on the average Western farm as there is 'on the average Southern farm, for there is nothing that might be called method on the average farm of eith er section. They are both run on the chance schedule, something on the lottery plan. Occasionally the farmer hits, holds a winning ticket, so to speak, but- much oftener he does not, just like the man who puts in his dollars and takes his chances on the revolving wheel. The farmer of the West sows wheat and oats, .and plants corn in the same old routine style that the Southern cotton planter plants cotton, entire ly ignoring the law of demand and supply, and when there, is no extra ordinary foreign demand for the pro ducts of his farm, as there is this year, he gluts the home market and persuades himself that farming does not pay, just as the Southern plan ter does who raises more cotton than the spinners and weavers can con sume and comes to the conclusion that growing cotton doesn't pay. Farming is like any other business. It must be conducted on business methods to pay at all, unless by ac cident, and even then it will not pay every one engaged in it nor pay all the tiine, for the farmer, however well he may manage, has contin gencies to encounter which he can not foresee nor guard against, and over which he lias no control, which the man of no other calling has. But with all this there are some far mers who so manage their . busin es that they prosper while others drag along barely able "to keep their chins above the water. But they don't farm as the others do. They have a way of their own. &ut it mignt be asuea what is meant by the question "Does farm ing pay? If it means does the farmer get well remunerated for the capital invested in his farm, stock, &c, and the time and labor he gives in raising his crops, then the correct answer would be "no," not only for the United States, but for the world over. Farming is not ' in the strict sense of the word a money making calling, nor should that be the chief aim 'of the farmer. His first aim should be to live independently and comfortably, not to wear himself out trying to dig a fortune out of his irresponsive acres, but to get enough out of them to meet his re quirements, to live comfortably, to see some pleasure in life and let his wife and children see some, and after that is done to earn as much money as he can without making a slave of Himself, wife and children, or going-into debt to become the slave of his creditor We have known farmers who farmed from that standpoint,, and they were generally among the best and the1! most prosperous farmers, They didn't have to ask the merchant to. "run them" till they made a crop, and they didn't have to sacrifice what they made to keep the sheriff from running them. . If they were asked I farmmgspaid their answer, would be "yes,", and if every other farmer farmed in the same way they would doubtless give the same answer. But if all farmers did that the question I Mr w j w fcw U0ikvuy & vsx II II II iV I .1. .1 r II Y - - VV i lr 1' A II T . s . JL JLJULLd - V V HIIWWII X )I. . - A )HV. - - i . ,. Whether it pays or not depends very much on what is considered pay. Pur sued from the right standpoint and with the right methods it will "pay"; pursued from the wrong standpoint and with wrong' methods-it will not. MUTOE MENTION. Parties sometimes lose as much by the timidity as they do by the rash ness of their leaders,- especially when the ; timidity " causes : a failure to perform or attempt : what t; they are solenmly pledged to do. Tariff reform is one of the cardinal princi pals the Democratic party. That has been the issue in several .cam-; paigns. The people look to the Democratic party for it, andj that's why there is a- Democratic majority in the House of Keoresentatives now The leaders of that ; Demo cratic majority must be prudent. evel-headed, wise, and cool, but prudence must not degenerate into cowardice, which would result into do-nothing-ness.' The people ex pect the Democratic majority in this Congress to do something, do some thing that means something, but they do not expect it to do nor to attempt impossibilities. They expect relief from excessive tariff taxation, and as much as they can get; and will not be satisfied with any little dickering or stde-playinfi:, with much cbm- music and little action. They do not expect to see the McKinley bill re pealed in toto, for they know that can't be done, but they do expect to see salt, coal, lumber, wool, iron ore, binding twine, cotton ties, &c, put upon the free list, and the tariff re duced on tin-plate, cutlery, glass ware, crockery ware, and on a num ber of other necessaries in every day use," on which the duties were raised by the McKinley bill and where they are now unreasonably high. This is some of the practical tariff reform which the people expect to see. ,- ' - . Ex-President Hayes who is?one bf the trustees 6f the Peabodyfr visited the South a short whj ago and while on his tour talked some on the negro problem, ana talked very sensibly, too. Speaking of the negro as a political factor, he believes that if the negro was educated he would find it to his interest to act in politi cal harmony with his white fellow voters, rather than being' arrayed in solid political front against them. He remarks that if it is to the inter est of the Souta to be Democratic, then it is also the interest of the Southern black men as well the white man that she should be Democratic, but the reason why the negro pulls against the white man and is discon tented, is ' because he does not re cognize this fact. He further re marks that if it is to the interest of the South to be Republican, the only way to make her Republican is by educating the negro, and thus re moving the prejudice against him and enabling him to act intelligent ly. Mr. Hayes evidently don't be lieve in the efficiency of such meas ures as the force bill to settle this problem or to bring the South over to the Republican side. There is nothiug original in these views for they have been expressed time and again in other language by thought ful men, who had studied the race problem, but coming from a Repub lican ex-President they are worthy of note. - -' As an illustration of the material progress Of the aouth since the war the Augusta Chronicfe cites the facts that while there were invested in the various business interests of Georgia at the beginning' of the war $661, 000,000, at its close only $120,000,000 was left. Now the personality and realty in that State are valued at over $402,000,000, j an increase of over $280,000,000 j' in twenty-five years. Within this time there has been $25,000,000 invested in manu factories and railroads. While (jeor gia is one of the most favored of the Southern States materially, in point of resources, and geographically, from its central situation, it is not an exception,most of the other South era States keeping well up in the march of development and material progress. As great as the showing for the past - twenty-five years has been it will be nothing in compari son to the tale that will be told at the end of the next twenty-five, There is a great and a glorious fu ture for this favored section. " When, the hungry Europeans have been duly initiated into the myste ries of American corn bread, they will conclude that this is really a great country;. ' . - ' :: - The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette says -"it costs only $100 to hang man according to the Ohio plan of penitentiary executions." ; Well, that is so, why in thunder ain't there more Ohio men hanged ? ' ; The bank of England holds in its vaults $125,000,000, and the bank of Germany $200,000,000. If they wil enter into 'correspondence with-T, Reed, ex-zar of the 51st Congress, he can tell them how to expeditious WILMINGTON, N.,C., :FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25 MAILING CHRISTMAS-GOODS Instructions to Senders Circular frQm the Post Office People. " The postoffice employes are beginning to feel the j movement" of I the holiday business. It is a little early yet for the rush of gifts, but the mails for the last three weeks' have been 1 loaded with Christmas correspondence and orders. The postoffice- people and those who use the mails always have a good deal ot trouble during the : holiday season about letters and packages -reaching their, destination, and a good deal of this trouble is owing to a lack of proper directions and making up of the pack ages, es. -The postoffice v instructions, on 1 is line are very plain. . The Depart- this ment has sent out the following circular.;..'-' '--r' - "The season is approaching when the mails will be filled with holiday presents, and a great many are unnecessarily lost, of the indifferent manner in which they are prepared for mailing. Newspapers or other thin paper should never be used for wraoDimr. and packages as ordinarily wrapped where purchased are not sufficiently secure for forwarding in the mails. "Use strong papers, make a solid package that will not crush easily; tie well with good . twine ; address legibly and correctly with ink on the lower right hand corner.! and very few packages will fail to reach destination In good condi tion. j -: . i- "It is always advisable to place the name and address of the sender on the upper left hand corner of all packages, etc., sent in the mails, so they may be returned in case the addresses cannot be found. Postal statistics show that more delays result from incorrect addresses than from errors in distribution by pos tal employes . "In case of loss or delays report the same to you? postmaster with all the in formation that can be given." RICE jCROP ESTIMATES. From the Circular of San Talm&Re's Sons Prices Now About One Cent Below The Foreign Article. Dan Talmage's Sons, of New York, in a circular dated December iu, give a statement of the rice crop and requir- ments of the, United States, showing the annual consumption in barrels and bags to be 800,000, as follows: i : North Carolina.. J... 25.000 South Carolina 90.000 Georgia. . .. J ..... . ......... 40.000 Louisiana. ...850,000 505.000 ..295.000 Shortage. 800,000 that the The circular goes on to say history of the rice crop is nearly the same every year. It is an "old, old story, and those of the trade who have a good memory, large head and long purse, profit thereby. As receipts be come free and enlarge, stocks gradually accumulate and prices .steadily fall away. ' ' - - ;f it matters not whether the crop is abundant or scant, planters with matur ing liabilities must sell. Low values are thus brought about and prevail un til January, j The advance once begun rarely ceases; until the opening of the subsequent crop. December prices of this yearre to 1 cent below the for eign article. A "DANDY" SCHEDULE. i What the 8. A. L. Thinks of Doing for the Carolina Central, Wilmington and Charlotte "One of the Finest." Though not yet "passed both Houses" and "approved by the President,""it will interest the readers oi the star to Know iust what sort of a schedule is under ad visement for; the Carolina Central Rail road. , " If adopted, there is to be but one pas senger train between Wilmington and Charlotte, leaving here at 3.45 p. m., ar riving at Charlotte at 10.25 p. m.; leaving Charlotte at 5 a.m. and arriving here at 11.45 a. m. Under the: present schedule' business ' i men can reach Wilmington at 7.40 a. m., remain in the city all day and leave on the -return trip at 7.15 p. - m. Under the proposed schedule a fellow can come to Wilmington, take a couple of cocktails, eat his dinner, and then rush right back home to digest it. Or he can go to Charlotte, drink "Tom and Jerry" an hour or so, take a "cat nap,' get up before daybreak, and reach home in time for breakfast. These be trans portation "facilities the like ot which have not been known" since the locomo tive was invented. . Passengers leaving . bere for points west of Charlotte will be allowed to lie over in that j handsome city only about eighteen hours, which is painful to con template, as no ordinary man can "do up" the Q. C. in less than two days. It is given out that this new move-. ment has been inaugurated for the pur pose of reducing expenses; and, it is hinted by outsiders that steps will be taken immediately to prevent any in fringement of the rights of the inventors of the s. A. fcxonomizer. : 'The new schedule, if adopted, will be a "dandy," and "don't you forget it. National Bank Notes. i - - Mr. Alden, the examiner, will not complete his labors in the First National Bank until some time next week. A Receiver - has, no doubt, been ap pointed, and may be daily expedted. This is the construction the Star places upon the Associated Press tele gram printed yesterday : : The condition of the bank is such that the interests of creditors require that a Receiver take charge at the earliest possible moment. The STARjdoes not share in the opin ion now quite general, that creditors will suffer any material loss. In fact. from general information, it seems fair to conclude that, with prudent manage ment, they Cannot lose more than 25 per cent., and they have a lair chance oi re ceiving the full amount of their claims. Bisliop Watson Sick. . Rev. N. Collins Hughes. D. D., writes to a friend in Wilmington that Rev. Dr. Watson, Bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina, was quite sick at Cbockowini- ty. ' He caught a severe cold last week at Durham's Creek, and has had fever ever since. ! being confined to bis bed much of the time. Inconsequence he .has thought it best to cancel all of his appointments. - Mrs. Watson is with him.- and the Bishop, who is now some what better, hopes to. return to . Wil NOTICE. This is intended only for subscribers whose subscriptions have ex pired. It is not a dun, but a simple request that all who are. in ar rears for the STAB, will r w 3Y0r US With 2L prOUipt remittance. we are sending out bills now (a few each 0.11(1 if ! OH T6" . -- ' .-" s . - - Celve Olie pleaSO ff iVC It , Xr r-rfV o w v your attention. - IN NEED OF LABOR. Georgia Turpentine Men Beeklnar Low ; Bates for North. Carolina Help. The naval stores men of Georgia are m correspondence with the officials of the railroads leading into Savannah. says the News of that city, in the inter est of securing a special rate for turpen tine hands coming south from Decem ber to March. Owing to the enforce ment of the North Carolina law against soliciting lahor emigration the naval stores men will not be able to co to North Carolina to bring down their own labor after the holidays, as they have done heretofore. v As there will be no difficu ty about se curing laborers if the opportunity is of- terea the negroes to come, the naval stores men think that if the railroads will give them a verv low rate they can secure an the labor needed. lhere is no doubt the naval stores men will be in need of more labor than they will be able to secure if they can not manage to import labor from North Carolina. 1 he bouth Carolina Legisla ture is now considering the passage of a labor aw similar to that passed by the North Carolina Legislature with the same end in view, to prevent coming in to tne state ana carrying on the labor. The naval stores men may be comf- pelled to cut down their operations for next year. The Cat Out. The Charlotte Chronicle of yesterday has an article headed "Let There be a Strong Kick. Railroad Changes that Will Greatly Inconvenience oar People." It refers to a contemplated change of schedule on the Carolina Central Rail road. The Star knew all about it, but was requested to defer any comment, as the change might not be made after ma turer consideration. Our contemporary "at the other end of the avenue is as sured that if the proposed changes are made all the patent kickers down this way will join it in the fight, and if nec essary forty thousand Kentucky mules will be pressed into service for the war. It is hoped that old Aunt S. A. L. will put on her "thinking cap" again. The Orange Crop. The Savannah News says the prospect: for cheap oranges is very good just now. The fruit dealers report the fruit selling very low, with a big crop to be disposed of. Oranges ", are now bringing from 81.25 to 12.00 a box at retail, which is unusually low. One of the reasons given for the low prices is that last year jNortnern ana Western buyers went heavily into the Florida market, buying the fruit iathe fields and running the prices up on each other. The consequence was that they lost thousands of dollars, and this year they have held off. A leading fruit dealer said yesterday that the orange growers would not realize an average of 75 cents a. box for their oranges this season. The First National Bank. There have been no recent develop ments as to the status of affairs at the First National- Bank of Wilmington, which since its susnension has been in the hands ot Mr, Alden, bank examiner. But last night an Associated Press dis patch was received from Washington, D. C, which says : "The Comptroller of the Currency to day received a telegram from the exam iner in. charge ot tne first national Bank of Wilmington, N. C. saying that the bank is practically insolvent, and suggesting the appointment of a receiver to wind up its affairs. - The Comptrol ler will appoint a receiver in a tew days -probably to-morrow. Narrow Escape. An accident that might have been at tended with very serious results hap pened .yesterday morning about nine o'clock, at the residence of Mr. A. F. Lucas, on Tenth and Market streets. Two children olthe family Chauncey, aged six, and Ida, aged two years were together in a 'room, standing near the fireplace, when the little girl's dress caught fire from the open grate and she was soon in a blaze. Both children screamed and , the mother and several other persons rushed into the room and tore, the burning clothing from the child. The only person reported as having' sustained any iniury was the little boy, whose right hand was slightly burned in trying to save his sister. Mr. William Moncure, Superin tendent of the Carolina Central, is here for a few days.. - . . Mr. C. J. Elwell, of Laurinburg, is in the citv visiting relatives anu friends. ' ' " Mr. Louis Marines, of Onslow county, was among the buyers who call ed on wholesale merchants yesterday. Mr. J. Q. Bell, of Rocky Point, an old subscriber to the Daily Star, is in .Wilmington visiting his numer ous friends and relatives. -' Mr. - J. H. Dosher, keeper of Baldhead lighthouse, was in the city yesterday. It is a little lonely down (or up) there, but Jim has the Daily Star 1891. CXJTTON FACTS AND FIGURES. i Augusta Chronicle : The fallacy of the one-crop idea has never before been so forcibly impressed upon, the farmers of the South as it has this year, -From all sections 'come;- reports of a prosper ous year,, abundant crops and no scar city of money. The South alone suffers lor want ot money. The enormous cot ton crops of the past years have ex ceeded the "demand, and the ..price has fallen disastrously low. In contrast to the low price oj this staple is the In crease in the cost of food products, and the Southern farmer is to-day paying more for his provisions than his cotton- is bringing him. Instead of . money coming into this section lor the pro ducts ot our tarms the people are pay ing out more than they make in order to live. This is the ; situation in the States that are richest , in natural re sources and agricultural lands. : The Liverpool Post, after referring to increased crop estimates, - says Nothing remains, .therefore, but;: to wait the . developments ot the crop movements. In the " meantime those ho are interested in a further decline talce good care that the market is well posted, not only in what is taking place, but in what is likely to take place, and they are not very scrupulous as to the; means adopted for giving influence and eurrenrv tn their arivir.es. . Aside, however, from -the speculative reports calculated by parties who have an axe to grind, the known facts' ot the situation are not of an exhilarating char acter, i The actual movements of the crop are shaking faith in all estimates under 8.000,000 bales, and (in the words of the oft-repeated formula) there will be no change of opinion on this point until the deliveries from the plantations begin to shrink. It is true that prices are very low", but low prices do not of themselves encourage buyers ; on the contrary, they are rather apt to encour age! sellers, and it may be taken for granted that, in accordance with all pre vious experience, buyers will not be come eager operators until they are strongly of the opinion that the article they want to purchase is about to ad vance in price." RAILROAD NOTES. The Corre de San Luis is responsi ble for the following: A young Ameri can lady.1, whose husband was killed in a railroad accident and who had been in demnified by the company in the sum of $10,000 for the loss, afterward learning that a passenger who had lost a leg in the same wreck was paid $20,- 000, went to the company to complain ot the injustice done her in the settle ment. "How is it, she ! asked, "that you pay $20,000 for the loss of a leg and have only given me $10,000 lor the loss of my husband?" "Madam." respond ed the polite official, "the reason is very simple; $20,000 would -not provide the poor fellow with a new leg, whereas with $10,000 you can obtain a new husband whenever so desiring, and he may be an improvement -on the one lost. The young woman blushed furiously and re tired, well pleased with ; the explana tion. Savannah News: One hundred em ployes of. the Central Railroad shops were discharged last night. The dis charges were made in accordance with instructions from the headquarters of the Richmond and Danville system, or dering a reduction of 25 per cent, in the shop employes of the entire system. Savannah mechanics are, therefore, not the only sufferers. 'Wherever the Rich mond and . Danville has shops 25 per cent, of the working force was cut off last night. The discharges here were in the machine shop, blacksmith shop, car shop, paint shop and the other smaller shops oi the road. - 1 be list oi men who had to go by the board was made up yesterday, and Master Mechanic Antz had them .notified verbally in the afternoon. This morning the discharg ed employes will receive their checks. The cut affects mechanics earning from $3 per day down, and Mr. Antz said $2 would be a fair average to put down for the wages. This is a loss to Savannah's workmen of $200 a day $1,200 per week. "Is the cut necessitated by lack Of work?" Mr. Antz was asked. "No; it is for the purpose of cutting down ex penses. Still, at this season of the year we can manage to get along and do the work with 300 men, because all ' the stock is in fairly good condition. Of course, the same amount of work can not be done as with the full force, but I hope the cut is only temporary. We all feel sore over the Situation, from the general manager down, but of course we have to- obey orders. 1 he wholesale discharge of the mechanics is a hardship just at this time of the year, in the midst ot the holiday season, when tne men were least expecting it. The re duction is in the line of the retrench ment by the Richmond and Danville management. The Bog Market. V , , There is an evident weakness in the dog market. A colored citizen from the Black river section has been here two days trying to sell a canine of the femi nine gender. She Is a nice little com pound of terrier and hound. Of course; the owser came , to this office." No fel low ever has a sick dog or offers one for sale in Wilmington that, he 'is not sent post haste to the field .edi tor of the Star. It does not seem to be known that he buys only about four dogs every year; and, more remarkable still, these curious cultiva tors of canine cusses are utterly oblivi ous of the fact that our D. D.'s prescrip tions are warranted to kill without hav ing to use the second barrel. But. to ".return to our mutton," the brother in black from Black river, with the black-and-tan dog assured us she was 'bully On rabbits and mighty "peart on 'possums. He said Mr. Burruss, of the Wilmington v ox ciud, toid mm we wanted a deer dog, and while his dog was not " 'sperienced arter deers he knowed she would dearly love to run 'em if she had a fair show." Black River wanted to sell his dog for $5.00; but She best offer he could get from ouf field editor was fifty old newspapers ana the onginalcopy of a piece ot ."declined Spring poetry of the usual pattern. Afrr last accounts Black River - had dropped his price to $2.50, with no buyers in sight, i Dogs is dull ! Stocks of Naval Stores at the Forts. Stocks, of naval stores at the ports at the close of the week are reported as follows: . J'-f ' ' Spirits turpentine Wilmington, 3,196 casks; New York, 888; Savannah, 13,753; Charleston, 1,812. Rosin-r-Wilmingtoni 29,015 "barrels; New York, , 22,035; Savannah, 103,003; Charleston, 13,505. . - "V V : Tar Wilmington, 3,977 barrels; New - NO. 6 WASHINGTON NEWS. STEPHEN B. ELKINS NOMINATED FOR - SECRETARY OF WAR. Senator' Vance's Assignments . to Senate Committees Propositions to Contest the Seats of Senators Hill, Brioe and White. IBy Telegraph to thS Morning Star. -: Washington, Dec. 17. As Hill and Vance have not yet taken their seats on the Senate committees, the places in tended for them were temporarily as signed to other. Senators, with the un derstanding that they resign them in favor ot the absent Senators when they appear. . , . . Mr. Hill will serve on the following committees: Inter-State Commerce. Territories, Immigration, Relations with. Canada, and Expenditures in Public Departments. ; . , Mr. Vance will retain the committee places which he occupied in the' last Congress, as follows : -- Woman's Suf frage jfehfeirman). Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Finance, District of Co lumbia, and Privileges and Elections. -' 1 he published statements that Re publican Senators have virtually decided to contest the seats : of- Senators Hill. Brice and White attracted some atten tion among Senators to-day. .Careful inquiry fails to disclose anything like an organized movement in that direction and, in fact, it appears that Republican Senators have as yet given the subject little thought. So far as Senator Hill's seat is concerned, it is believed - that when he presents himself to take the oath of office, an objection may, be forthcoming from his colleague, Sena tor Hiscock, based on the. charge that Senator Hill has lost the title to his seat by abandonment. The ques tion so raised would be fairly legal and some of the Republican senators who would be required to pass upon it as members of the committee on privileges and elections, say it would be disposed of, if presented, without regard to politi cal consideration. Republican Senators to-day said the contention in regard to Hill's case will be substantially as follows: that his continuing to hold after the fourth of March, 1891, when he was entitled to be Senator, an office admittedly mcompatbile , with ' the senatorship, operated as renuncia tion of the latter; and that if it has not already done so an important question is presented as to how long a person thus situated could hold the Gov ernorship and keep the senator s posi tion vacant. The foundation for the story touching Mr. Bnce's seat seems (so far as the Senate is concerned) to be confined to a few remarks made by Senator Sherman when credentials were presented. . As to senator White, of Louisiana, it cannot be learned that there is any in tention on the part of the Republican leaders to make a contest based upon charges of illegal voting. . - Ihe newly appointed House commit tee on Rules has.not yet had a meeting. but expects to get together before the House reconvenes on Saturday to agree upon a resolution fixing the memberr ship of committees. There are several select committees, principally to conduct : investigations, which were appointed during the last Congress, that will be lopped off this year. It is said to be probable that the membership of a num ber of more important committees will be increased. ' Members of the Rules committee are in favor of making a uniform rule fixing fifteen as the num ber of members who shall constitute im portant committees. i he senate in executive session to day confirmed a large number of recess nominations but owing to the failure to adopt the usual notice of confirmations to be sent to the President the confir mations were not made public. The nomination of Mr. Elkins, to be Secre tary of War, was referred to the comr mittee on Military affairs. , Washington, Dec. td. Some of Mr. Mills' close friends assert positively that he has been tendered by the Speaker and has declined the second place on the Committee ' on Ways and Means, with the chairmanship of another im portant committees. The Speaker feel ing that the matter is not proper for discussion at this juncture, declines to say anything upon the subject and Mr. Mills is equally reticent at present, although it may be that the correspond ence will be ; made public hereafter. It is quite certain that, pressure is being brought to bear upon the Speaker by persons not heretofore iden tiffed with Mr. Mill's aspirations to cause his appointment to the chairman ship of the Ways and Means Commit tee. As far as can be learned the Speaker has not yet committed himself to the appointment of any member to this chairmanship and as Mr. Mill's reply to his tender is said to be couched in such terms as to warrant the assumption that he would not reject the place, the en tire matter appears to be still subject to harmonious arrangement. The Speaker to-day said that he expected to be able to announce the committee appoint ments when the House meets next Mon day. ' A BLOODY RIOT. On a Bailroad Train Near Birmingham, Ala. One Man Killed and Another Wounded. ,L , ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Birmingham, Ala., December 19. There were grand demonstrations and a torch-light procession given here last night in honor of Gov. Jones, who is candidate for re-election. Special trains brought in hundreds of miners from neighboring towns and settlements after midnight. While one ot the trains was returning to Blossburg a bloody riot occurred in one of Jthe cars. When the train was near Brookside, Clifford Price attempted to restore order among the drunken, passengers, when Bass wood, a farmer, opened fire at Price, killing W. R. Black, a miner, and , fatally wounding ' Tames Glover. Wood came near being lynched, but a posse of offi cers hurried him off to jail here. READING'S JAIL. Prisoners and Jail Officials Engage in " Shocking Orgies. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.' Reading, Dec. 19. Ex-hight watch man of the county prison, Rhoades, was on trial to-day charged with releasing irpm jau Beatrice coiuns, a iemaie coun terfeiter, and John Miller, burglar, when the case suddenly terminated by Rhodes pleading guilty to gross negligence, at ter which he made a statement describ ing the most shocking orgies and drunken carousals, in which female pris oners and : jail officials participated at night. The court immediately entered. a rule on the warden of the jail f,o show cause why he should not be removed and ordered a full, investigation for Monday. . - . ;,' Mr. Kelly Sessoms, of Stedmatv Oxford Davi CouhtiW y O WO V f fitting up the tabernacle.-etc.. the money raised for the Fife meeting reaches nearly $1,500. 1 ' Raleigh Visitor j Additions to the penitentiary are daily being made. Six convicts were added yesterday, three from Richmond and three from Duplin counties. The attendance at the Agricultural and Mechanical College is daily increasing. Ivwill soon be one of the most progressive and prosperous In stitutions in the South. Greensboro Workman: Col. Thos. B Keogh, oL this city, has been appointed Chief of the Forestry Divi sion of the World's Fair. This will place Col. Keogh in control of one of the most important divisions, and xme which the South and North Carolina in particular, will have great interest in. . Asheville Citizen-. The late T. P. Hamilton had insurance upon his life aggregating $40,000.- - i- A drove ot thirty-seven turkeys for the Christmas market was driven through the streets to-day and attracted much attention. The turkeys were raised on the farm of Mr. G. S. McCanless, who lives near Burnsville, in Yancey county. Mr. Mc Canless drove the turkeys from his farm to Asheville, forty miles, in a little over two days. v Raleigh Chronicle: Iri some way a rumor became current yesterday that Rev. J. T. Abernethy, who was shot at Snow Hill, had died. - Mr. W. G. Allen, superintendent of the work house, says there are now fifty-two county con victs. These are at work on the Tarboro road, and on Christmas Eve will finish ' the macadamization of that thorough fare. : A reporter walked over the road from St. Augustine's school to the town ship boundary and lound it to be in fine shape and a credit to the township. -Concord Standard .Mr. G. W.. Patterson has discovered on his Caddie creek place most excellent - iron ores. tie nas taken specimens to Charlotte to have them tested, , Mr. Patterson thinks the quantity is very large. J. C. Gibson has received from Commissioner Raum pension claim No. 1.059,032 in favor of David Jackson", of Flow's store. The question naturally arises, "are we going to pension the' United States?" It looks as if this pension business would bankrupt us. Greenville Reflector: Sunday afternoon while returning from Sunday school, two colored boys began throw ing brick-bats at another boy of the same persuasion. Une of the bricks took effect in the forehead of the boy who was being used as a target, and it is said his skull is slightly crushed in. We are -told that the body of an . Unknown colored man was found in the river near Penny Hall on Sunday. It was not known who he was or how long the body had been in the river. A bot tle of whiskey and a carpenter's rule were the only things found in the pockets of the dead man. The parties who found the body took it out and buried it. Charlotte Chronicle: Will Brown was caught in the saws of J. Watt Kirk patrfek's gin Wednesday and his arm and hand almost torn off. Green, - Columbus Morris died at his home four miles east of the city yesterday at 11 o'clock after -a week's illness with the grip. Deceased was 55 years of age and a prominent man in this section. Jfoliceman uudger, of Asheville, arrived here yesterday to take in custody Ed Moore who was arrested here Wednes day on the charge of obtaining money under false pretences in Asheville, He changed figures on checks and passed them off, in one instance changing the check from $2.50 to $45, which he passed off on Mr. Swatzburg, of Asheville. Salisbury Herald: In addition! to the report of the R. & S. election yesterday, Monroe voted a majority of 16 in favor 'of it. Mt. Pleasant cast a small majority for it. The chances now are that the road will be built on that line. A little four-vear old son ot Mr. J. Q. Foreman, while playing in a baby carriage yesterday morning, acci dentally fell from it and broke a bone in his nose. The little fellow is suffering. severely from his injury. The re cent attempts at burglary have 1 benefit ted the hardware dealers, who are sell-' ing numbers of pistols. Last night there was a rush ot people purchasing these weapons, and those; who already posses sed pistols were hauling them out of- the drawers, rubbing off the rust, getting the cylinders fn working order and load ing them ready for use. Raleigh News and Observer: The Governor yesterday granted a re spite to Alfred Dawns who was to be hanged December 18th till January 15th in Charlotte lor burglary. He was re prieved till January 15th at the earnest ir r . r . . solicitation oi a numoer oi tne citizens of Charlotte and elsewhere. Gov. Holt yesterday granted a reprieve to Caroline Shipp, who was under sentence to be hanged for murder December 18th in Gaston county, A respite was grant ed her to Friday, January 22nd, upon the (statement of the sheriff that the physical condition oi tne condemned is such as to fully warrant a respite. - Mr. Sam'l A. Henszey, President of the Egypt Coal Company, was in the City yesterday and informed . the News and Observer that the fire in the mine which was mentioned in our special dis patch yesterday marning was a very dis astrous one to the company, and the mine is now being allowed xo fill ' with water and will have to be kept in an in dated state for some time in order - that the fire maybe entirely extinguished, ' Charlotte News : It is said that Gen. A. M. Scales is scarcely eyer conscious now, and during, his lucid moments he suffers intensely. : The air has been full of rumors to-day con cerning the turning, down of Capt. J. Koessler s application tor liquor license and more especially in reference to the scale of prices which he presented to the board. ; Whether or not anything of a serious nature will come out of these rumors is difficult to determine, but from the present outlook if. the rumors are founded on the truth, Char lotte will have a big sensation. Incarcerated In one of the cells at- the guard house is a pitiful sight, a man crazed by drink and without the slight est hope for a brighter future. During -the night the police "run in" a young man named E. T. Moore, he was locked up, and this morning when the Officer went to carry Moore before Mayor Brevard he was to some extent startled to find that Moore during the night had made desperate attempts at suicide. He had torn the blanket to pieces so as to procure something that would act in the place of a hangman's rope, but shrouded in darkness and with no tools to accom plish his purpose he evidently gave it up as a bad job and has decided that life is preferable to hanging in a prison cell. ANOTHER REVOLUTION. Excitement In Guatemala Barillas? Ad ministration Nearing Its End, By Telegraph to the Morning Star, i City of Guatemala, December 19. Great excitement exists in this city. Don : Lorenzo Montufar, candidate for the presidency, has armed his followers and , is preparing to declare himself elected, Montufar is one of the most prominent men in ' Guatemala having been minister to the United States for some time and - has a large following. President Barillas is very much alarmed and is taking extra precautions for his personal safety. Troops have been sta tioned at the President's residence and the guard at the National Palace has been doubled. It is thought by many A that Barillas' administration is . neanng ly get rid of that surplus. mington in a few days. to keep him posted. . York, 630. ' was in the city yesterday. us end.