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"THE MISADVENTURE OF 1888."
- . Gov. Hill's speech at Albany at
the bat.quct. given on his retiring
from the Governorship, while in the
main good add sound; has invited
some criticism; from those who re
gard it as a substantially "do-,noth-
ing" speech on the tariff question.
When he advised the Democratic
party in the House of Representa
tives to s'lmply pass the necessary
appropriation J bills, repeal the Mc
Kiniey tariff and the Sherman silver
purchase bill, he practically ; ad
vised them to pass the necessary ap
propriation balls and go home.
That's what his advice amounted to,
for he Well knows . that neither the
repeal of the McKinley tariff nor of
the bnerman; Din couia pass tne
! Ss iUtC. ; "' ' V- V.
G ;v. Hill miy think this is good
.poi-lics, and it may be for thi State
of Near York,' but it is. - not for the
wh )'e country. There must be some
thing wore than politics in what this
-Congress does, if it will, meet public
expectation, lit)d iT it expects to
meet public approbation it must do
all that in it lijes'to give the people
relief from the most burdensome fea
tures of the .McK:nley tariff, and
contrive some!
wav. it DOssiDle. ot
giving financial
relief by providing
for -an increase in the vol 6 me of cur
rency, which caln be done by remov-;
Ing the restrictions which operate
against the establishment of State
bmks, and giving the National
banks, a. widerj scope.';.' '. ;
The East dots not feel the need
of this as mupt 'as the South and
West d for money is plentiful there
an J it can always be commanded at
a reasonable ..i. nJ sometimes at a
very low rate joi' interest.
.The tending politicians of the East
of !.'-..tn parties catch their ideas from
the section ni --which they live and
'Consequently
carviot feci
hot understand and
sympathy with thr
e-of other sections,
ik for them. Gov.
in
ana cannot spe
H;ll is not an' e
xception in this res-
pect. nor is Mr.
Cleveiand, for they
are both governed by the predomi
nant, id-ras in jtheir State oh finances
and 'upon other questions, --They
both stand subol atuiully together on
the inonet irViOt estion and they are
11 -both
in favotf of tariff reform, the
difference between them being simp-
lyas to the quantity ot reform, more
than the quality or the time in which
the reform is to come.
In his Albany speech Gov. Htll
advised the Democratic majority of
the House of Representatives to de
mand, the repeal of the McKinley
tariff and put the country back
where it was J betore the "misadven
ture of 18S8." j The misadventure
of 1888 was,; although Gov. Hill did
not say so. President Cleveland's
tariff message and the Mills bill
based upon it. If that was a misad
.venture it brought Mr. Cleveland
nearly 100;000 more votes than his
successful competitor got. By such
allusions as tihis Gov. Hill leaves him-
i . ... ...
self open tol.tfre suspicion that he is
not quite as much of a tariff re
former as Mr. Cieveland, for Cleve
land demanded a reform of the
tariff ot 1883, and Gov. Hill charac
terizes the demand for that reform
as "a misadventure." Cleveland
thought then, which a great many
other Democrats then thought and
still think, tihat the Democratic parfy
was pledged to reform and was!
bound to honestly try for it. They
were not satisfied with the tariff of
1883, to reform which the Demo
cratic party maJe a good and suc
cessful fight in 1884, and honestly
tried to.carj-y out with the Mills bill.
The Democratic party would not be
satisfied to go back to the tariff of
1883 and let the tariff reform ques
tion rest there, for by doing so the
party would stultify itself and sur
render all it- battled for in 1884 and
. .. .
in previous! campaigns.
Lroy. tn l may not have meant
this, but that, is" what his language
implies when he refers .to the "mis
calculation" or 1888," and that is the
construction that is put upon it by
some of the Western Democrats who
: believe, that tariff reform is, one of
the vital is$ues which now command
tha attention of the people. ' They
believe that the Democrats who were
elected to this Congress were elected
with this distinct understanding and
that it is their duty to fight on this
line and exert every effort to give
the pe5pleiall possible relief by at-
VOL. XXIII.
tacking the McKinley tariff m sec
tions, doing' what they canto remove
its most odious features, and that be
ing done, devise some plan to abol
ish what is left by substituting some
thing better for it. They don't ques
tion Gov. ' Hill's good intentions;
they only question his good politics
and judgment" In both ot which, in
this instance, they think he is in
error. .. . . - - - . --
THS DTTTY OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Last Friday evening, the anniver
sary of the: battle of New Orleans,
-the BusinessMen's Democratic As
sociation of New York gave a ban
quet, at which Mr. -Cleveland was
present, and responded to the toast to
Andrew Jackson. After paying ap-.
nropriate tribute to the name and-J
fame of that illustrious patriot and
Democrat, he pointed a moral and
insisted that the Democrats of to
day should not only honor the menv
dry of Jackson, but imitate the man
whose characteristic was unswerving
and uncompromising devotion to
principle and to duty," a devotion
which moved steadily along in the
path of duty regardless of obsticles
pr impediments and pursued it until
the end was reached and success
achieved. He illustrated this by
jrefererace to the military career of
the soldier, and by the stubborn and
grand fight, which, as President, he
made against the United State.;' Bank,
phich' he .believed to be an institution
datigerous to the liberties atd pros
perity of the people. -
Speaking as a Democrat to Demo
crats and tor Democrats, Mr. Cleve-
rand gave expression to some senti-
; ments in this speech well worthy of
the thoughtful consideration of all
Democrats, especially at a time when
there is a disoosition shown by some
to disregard the trust imposed in
them, and to play for the imaginary
vantage jground in politics. We here
quote a few of the most striking of
these passages!: '
The Democratic party has lately de
clared to the people that if it was trusted
power, their burdens
of taxation should be lightened, and
that a beuer and more iust distribution
of benefits should be assured to them
There is no doubt concerning our com
mission from the people to do this work,
and there is no doubt that we have re
ceived their trust and confidence on the
faith of our promises. In these circum
stances there is no sign ot Jacksoman
determination and persistency -in falter
ing or hesitating in the cause we have
undertaken. If we accepted the trust
and confidence of the people with any
other desi.i than to respond ' fullv to
them, wc have been d.shonored from
the beginning. If we accepted them in
tfood taith," disgrace and i humiliation
await us if we relax our efforts before
ihe promised end is reached.''
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'We vt-ho are proud to call osrselves
Jacksonian - Democrats, have boldly and
ir.;:istvcly-attacked a political heresy.
;p-.jsed to the bjst interests of thepeo-
ik and defended by an arrogant and un
scrupulous party. The fight is still on.
Who has tne hardihood to say that we
can lay claim to the least Jacksonian
spirit if in the struggle we turn our backs
to the enemy or lower in the least our
colors ?
"If we are to act upon our declared
belief 1 1 the power ot that Jacksonian
pint which was the inspiration ot our
party in the days of jour great leader, we
hall be steadfast to the issue we have
raised until it is settled and rightly set
tled. Tne steadfastness we need will not
permit a premature and distracting
search tor other and perplexing ques
tions, nor wili it allow us to. be tempted
or driven by the enemy into new and
tangled paths.
We have tuven pledges to the people
and they have trusted us. Unless we
have outgrown the Democratic spirit ot
Jackson's time, our duty is plain. ' Our
promise was not merely to labor in the
people's cause until we should tire of
the effort or should discover a way
which seemed to promise easier and
quicker party ascendancy. The service
we undertook was not to advise those
waiting (or better davs that their cause
was hope!ess, nor under) any pretext to
surest a cessation ot tnort. Our en
gagement was to labor incessantly,
bravely, and stubbornly, seeing nothing
and considering nothing but ultimate
success. These pledges and promises
should be faiUjIuliy and honestly kept
Party faithlessness is party dishonor.
. -
"I believe our countrymen are pre
pared to act on principle, and are in no
mood for political manoeuvring. - Thev
will not waste time in studying political
conundrums, guessing riddles, or trying
to interpret doubtful phrases. They de
mand a plain and simple statement ot
political purpose.
He -
''Above all things, political finesse
should riot lead us to forget hat at the
end of our plans we must meet face to
tace at the polls the voters of the land
with ballots in their hands, demanding
as a condition of their support of our
pnrty fidelity and undivided, devotion to
the cause in which we have ennsted
them. ' - " - ;
"If. inspired by the true Jacksonian
spirit, we hold to the doctrine that party
honesty is' party duty, and party cour
age is party expediency, we shall win a
sure and lasting success-through the de
served support of a discriminating, in
telhent and thoughtful people.
: These are the sentiments of a man
who believes that there is patriotism
in politics and that it is something
more than a - mere game to win
power and the spoils of office, and
there are thousands of Democrats in
this country who endorse them and
applaud their utterance.
There is such a thing as expedi
ency, but there is also such a thing
as duty. Expediency should always
be subordinate to duty, and. never
paramount. There may be times
when expediency and duty may go
together, and when expediency judi
ciously practiced facilitates - and
hastens the accomplishment of those
aims to which duty points. - The
competent leader recognizes this
fact, and shows his wisdom by know
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3
1 -
ing when, how .'and to what extent
expediency should" be recognized in
party management. The. expediency
which is the inspiration- of sagacity
and the expediency : which is the
offspring of trickery, ar.ej two entire-'
ly different things, the one being the
wisdom which triumphs, the : other
the mere cunning which overreaches
itself, forfeits popular respect : and
loses what it strives to win. v 1 :
If the Democraty party is any
thing it is a party of - principle, 'and
to this is due the fact that in spite
of combinations of money and mer
cenary interests the most powerful
that this world has ever seen it has
grown from an almost hopeless mi
nority a quarter of a century . ago'to
be the dominant -party among the
people, with a majority of nearly a
million
of the white voters , of the
country.
; At the close of the war it had a
majority in one State in the Nojfth,
to-day it controls two-thirds of the
States in the Union. Had it not
been a party of principle, a party
which adhered to the cause of the
people and in which the people had
confidence, it could never have risen
from its apparently hopeless condi
tion to wield the power and influ
ence it wields to-day, in spite of
power, patronage,' money and the
prejudice that- were . combined
against it.
It has been defeated but" never con
quered, outnumbered and outcount
ed but never cast down or despond
ent. With a confidence and a heroism
that commanded the respect and ad
miration of even its opponents, it
rallied after the battle formed its
ines, and with duty for its inspira
tion and patriotism as its animating
pirit, and principle for its slogan, it
'carried the war into Africa," and
triumphed at last by the very dint of
its perseverance and devotion. The
Democratic party had a mission then
to save the liberties of the people
from the encroachments ot central-
zed power and it did it. It has
mission now to save these same
people from the encroachments of
the money power and the favored
classes, which, under Republican rule,
have controlled the government and
shaped its policy and it most per
form that mission honestly, faithfully
and unswervingl)'. To waver is to
abandon the' fight arid prove false to
the people who trust in it.
MINOR aENTIOS.
The Baltimore Manufacturers'
Record, of the 9th inst., in its re
view of the industrial progress of
the South for the first week of Janu
ary, says it shows 4-a healthy growth
with a decided tendency of capital
to seek investments in the South
more freely than for many months."
As evidence of this it notes "very
arge sales of Southern municipal
securities in the IVortn and west,
and the outlook is promising for in
creased confidence in Southern secu
rities of all kinds." '-Activs efforts
or the building up of Southern
ports continue; at Newport News
additional shipping facilities are to
be constructed,- at Norfolk addition
al piers, a round house and ma
chine shop are to be built to
meet the increasing business of the
Norfolk & Western Railroad, while
Northern capitalists have purchased
extensive wharf property at Charles
ton." Investments in the industrial
line have been active. Among the
new enterprises reported for the
week it notes the following : A
$250,000 coal mining company in Al
abama with the full capital sub
scribed; a $500,000 coal mining com
pany in West Virginia; a $150,000
car works in Florida; a $25,000 brick
company at Cedartown, Ga.; a $1,
500,000 phosphate company in Flor
ida; a $50,000 clothing company at
Atlanta, Ga.; a $200,000 land im
provement company at Fort Worthr
Texas; a $200,000 hotel company at
Dallas, Texas; a $1,000,000 loan and
immigration company in South Caro
lina; a $.w,0U0 kaolin company in
South Carolina; a $50,000 improve
ment company at Dallas, Texas;
three large - tobacco factories at
Louisville, Ky.; a $50,000 canal
building company at Dallas, Texas;
a $50,000 canal building company at
New Orleans, La.; a $100,000 distil
lery company at Dallas, lexas; a
$500,000 street Car motor building
company at Pensacola, Fla.; a $110,
000 phosphate company in Florida;
a $100,000 machine company at Bal
timore, Md. -.. '
'""Hi;-
President . mrrison talked very-
seriously and very virtuously on, the
subject of gerrymanding in his mes
sase to Congress, but it does not
seem that ; his remarks made much
impression on the Republicans of
Ohio, who how have one of the big
gest kind of gerrymanders on foot
one which lays all. their former ger
rymanders in that State in the shade.
Under the old gerrymander they had
fifteen out of the twenty -one mem
bers of Congress to which Ohio is
entitled. ; The last Democratic Leg
islature rearranged, the districts and
got fourteen put of the twenty-one.
They might have, performed some
leger-de-main to have . gotten
fourteen out-- of ' twenty-one
Weekly .. Sf&t: : ;
WILMINGTON, NC, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15,
but still it was a much fairer division
than the Republicans had made. - As
the Republicans (who do not believe
in Democratic gerrymandering;)' now
have a majority' in the- Legislature
they propose to undo that Demo-
cratic. gerrymander and have a little
gerrymander of their own. They
don't propose to be satisfied with
seven out of twenty-one either, but
have introduced a bill , for a redis
trlcting of the State which" will give
them - seventeen members and the
Democrats four. They doubtless
think that they have done a very
reasonable and a very generous
thing that they didn't ask for all.
One of the worst snubs that Fire-
Alarm Foraker ever got was when
the Republican caucus of the Ohio
Legislature cast 53 votes" for Sher
man for i U. S. Senator, and gave
him 38. We thought Sherman would
get there,, but Foraker didn't. He
thought the Ohio Republicans would
take him at his own estimate,: but
Ihey couldn't see it. Foraker is
pretty well played.
Death of Mr. T. E. Iawtner. . - --
Mr. T.i R. Lawther, a well-known
locomotive engineer, died yesterday
morning at 1 o'clock at the residence of
his son, Mr. Thos. A. Lawther, in this
city. The deceased was born in Man
chester, England, and had been a resi
dent of this city about fifteen years.
His age was 73 years. .
Mr. Lawther was one of the oldest en
gineers in the South; had been in the
employ ofjthe Petersburg & Weldon.the
Richmonq & Petersburg, the Wilming
ton, Columbia & Augusta, and the Wil
mington & Weldon roads, until. about
seven years ago, when he gave up the
service. 1 ' '- - '
His remains were sent to Petersburg,
Va., last night by train, and will be hur
ried there pv Munroe 0;der ot Odd Pel-
lows, of which he was a member.
Representatives of the Lodges of this
city, among whom were Mr. vvrn. M.
Hays and Nathaniel Jacobi, with several
relatives and friends of the tamily, ac
companied the remains to Petersburg.
Railroad officials speak in the highest
terms of Mr. Lawther and his skill and
general efficiency as an engineer.
The Representative from the Third Dis
trict.
The Washington correspondent of the
Richmond' Times writes of Hon. Mr.
Grady, Representative in Congress from
the Third I District ot North Carolina, as
follows :
Representative Grady, of North Car
olina, has ja bill which he will soon intro
duce. Itsj object is to prevent Federal
courts from taxing costs of suits against
parties who are acquitted. His idea, he
says, is to m-ikethe Federal law conform
to the North Carolina State law in this
respect." " -
Tor instance, he said, "a man is in
dicted and dragged one hundred piles'
or more, to naieiyn, say. ne is acquit
ted, but besides his personal expenses.
travelling;and others, he is axed to pay
his witness, lhat is not right, and 1
mean to Jiave it corrected if I can."
Mr. Grady also has ideas as to legisla
tion to conhne the Inter-State Com
merce Commission to its - legitimate
held ot operation. Me says the com
mission, (interpreting passenger traffic
to be commerce, has entered upon the
regulation of that traffic. That, he
maintains, is beyond the cons' itutional
jurisdiction of the commission, "and I
am tor the Constitution at all times and
under all circumstances," added the
North Cairoiina member of Congress.
Trouble with Stevedores.
The 'lohgshoremen trom Norfolk, Va.,
who came here a few days ago to work
at the Champion Compress, are quar
tered at the house of W. H. Howe, a
colored stevedore, near the old Union
depot. Last nighsome of them, while
they wer on the way to Howe's place,
were fired at by men armed with
pistols. Howe, returned the fire, and
the assailants left, but were followed by
police officers, who captured a colored
man named Davis, one of the gang, and
locked him up at the City Hall. A
pistol was found on Davis' person when
he was searched at police headquarters.
Killed on the Hail.
Last Wednesday night, between nine
and ten o'clock. Dr. Thos. Clark, of
Littleton, N. C, was killed at Weldop,
by a freight train running over him,
He attempted to jump on a flat car of a
passing train, and slipped and fell on the
rails, when the car following passed over
him, cutting his body in'twp and killing
him instantly. His remains were sent
to his relatives at Enfield, N. C, for in
terment.! .
Naval Stores Receipts. -
Receipts f naval stores at this port
for the crop year from April 1st to
January ,8th as compared with receipts
for the same time last year are as-fol-
lows :.
Spirits turpentine, 51,320 casks; last
year, 59,172. Rosin, 215,541 barrels; last
year, 266,486. Tar, 43,709 barrels; las't
year, 42,733. Crude turpentine, 13,015
barrels; last year, 15,823.
RIVER AND MARINE.
While the British steamer. Uplands
Turner, I from Wilmington, N. C, was
docking at Liverpool Wednesday last.
she parted a hawser and was slightly
damaged by fouling the British steamer
Autocrat. I he latter s bows were dam"
aged. The Uplands afterwards fouled
the schooner - Gleaner, damaging the
schooner's bows and stern. .
In Distress. '
The schooner Millie R. Bohattnan put
in at South port yesterday, having sprung
aleak off- Frying Pan Shoals. The
schooner is from Philadelphia bound to
Fernandina, Fla., with coal and railroad
iron. She came up tothe city yesterday
afternoon. . where she was surveyed by
the Port Wardens, who recommended
that the cargo be discharged so that re
pairs may be made to the vessel. The
Bohannan is a large schooner," register
ing 652 tons. Capt. Reville, her master,
is well krtQwn in this port. . .
CRIMINAL COURT.
Fifth Day's Proceedings A Pickpocket
Sentenced for Sevan Xoars-The Davit
- f
Case, &o. ; , ;
Tee-, business of the Criminal Court
was resumed yesterday morning at. iO
o'clock, Judge O. P. Meares presiding.
The pickpocket, W. E. Harris, who
was convicted Thursday, was brought'
into - Court ; and sentenced to seven
years in the State :- Penitentiary.
H. McQammy, Esq., of counsel for the
defence, made a motion for a new trial,
which was not granted, and defendant
appealed.
Yesterday morning being the time set
to argue the motion for a removal of the
Davis case, the acting Solicitor, A. I.
Marshall, Esq ..'with Col. A.M. Waddell
for the prosecution, announced their
readiness:
Mr. John C. Davis, with his attorneys
John Dv Bellamy, Jr.. and Col. Thos. W.
Strange, was present, and Col. Strange
stated that the - defence wished to sus
pend the motion for a removal for the
present. In older toxnake another mo
tion. He rieA an ffviavit of Martin T.
Davis. a brother "of the defendant, al
leging that John C. Davis was insane,
and that' his insanity was hereditary.
it having come downihtough many gen
erations of the family; that he had a sis-.
ter that became insane and destroyed
herself by jumping on a railroad track be
fore a coming engine only a short time
ago, and a grand mother, uncle and cou
sin; all of whom were afflicted with in
sanity before their death.
Col. Strange made a motion for con
tinuance and read a letter and telegram
from Dr. Murphy, of the (Western Insane
Asylum, at Morganton, N. C, as to ns
inability to be present at this Court; to
testify in the case as an expert on in
sanity. After argument on both sides, the
Court continued the case until the
March term, 1892. -
In the case of W. H. Grant, Walter
Galloway, Mike Dowling and M.' Ker-
man, indicted for an affray on Christ
mas eve niht. a nol pros was entered
as to Galloway and the others submit-
Itgd. Judgment was suspended on the
payment of costs.
John Hill, indicted for wantonly and
wilfully injuring the - personal property
of one Kim Hamilton, was found guilty
and required to pay Hamilton tor the
goods injured and the costs.
The following true bills were found
by the grand jury:
State vs. Chas. Burnett and Robert
Neal; affray.
State vs. Aaron Fillyaw, Jno. Spencer,
Monroe Toomer, v Alex. Home, John
Bryant, and Sjphie Young; assault and
battery. " "
State vs. Joseph W. Foy; larceny.
These will probably be the last cases,
and will wind up the docket to-day.
BURNED TO DEATH.
ornble Fate of a Little Six Tear Old
Girl.
The Charlotte Chronicle ot yesterday
says:, ' ... ,
Willie Love, a little 3ix "year old girl,
Irom Wilmington, an inmate of the
Thompson Orphanage, met a dreadful
death yesterday.
A Chronicle reporter vitited the Or
phanage yesterday afternoon to learn
the particulars of the sad affair.
Miss Mackay. the matron, said that
the child with one or two others, was in
the schofjl-room of the Nursery Depart
ment studying their lessons. Miss Kena
Mackay, who has charge of the nursery,
being in an adjoining room preparing to
leave on the .1.80 train for Florida, as
she has been, and is still quite ill. About
12 o clock she was startled by hearing
screams from the school room. Hasten
ing in there as fast as her feeble strength
would permit, she was horrified to see a
little female form enveloped in flames
and writhing in agony. She managed
to seize the child, throw her on the bed
and tear the burning clothes, off.' By
this time the inmates of the Orphanage
proper had be,n apprised oi the dread
tul occurrence, and ran to Miss Mackey's
assistance. They found her in almost a
iarnting condition, with her hands dread
fully burned, and the child writhing on
the oed. A physician was hastily sum
moned, and everything done for the un-
fortunate little, sufferer that could be,
Her face, head, ears and lips, and her
body down to her knees was horribly
burned. She was perfectly conscious
all evening. Her tongue was-not burned
and as she had not swallowed any of
the flame, the physician thought pos
sibly she might recover.' Her injuries
though were fatal, and at 7 o clock
death relieved her sufferings.
The child referred to above was a
ward of St. John's Church, of this city.
Her mother, an outcast, died at the City
Hospital last Spring. Mrs. Carmichael,
wife of the. rector of St. John's, took
charge of the little waif.
THE WEATHER BUREAU.
Important Changes in the Service That
Went into Effect January First. .
Raleigh. N. C. Jan. '6. 1892.
Will you kindly publish in your paper
notice of the following important change
adopted January, 1st., 1892, by the U.
b. Weather Bureau, viz:
In order to extend the usefulness of
the Weather Bureau m connection with
the preparation , and distribution" of the
official forecasts, on and after Jan. 1st.,
1892, the period of time covered by the
forecasts prepared upon the 8 a. m. obser
vation (which have heretofore been for 24
hour) sshall be for 36 hours ending on the
following day at? 8 p. m. At display sta
tions receiving the forecasts by telegraph
the flags will be hoisted in the afternoon
and will indicate the weather to be." ex
pected next day.
A large number ot places will now
be able to receive the forecasts the day
before by mail.
A. H. Battle, Duector."
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Death of Mr. James Grant.j
Mr. James Grant, of Middle Sound,
'who had been sick for some weeks with
grip, died yesterday morning at one
o'clock. He was 73 years of age and,for
many years previous to the war a resi
dent of this city, where he conducted
the grocery business at the southwest
corner of Market and Second; streets.
Mrs. Grant, his wife, who is about the
same age as her husband, and who has
also been very sick, was somewhat 'bet
ter yesterday. , ;
1892. -
U. S- CUTTER GALLATIN.
ijoss of the Steamer and Narrow Escape
-1 " of the Crew Two of the Officers Well
. Known in Wilmington. ' , :
"A telegram -yesterday to Mr. D. L.
Gore reported the loss of the United
States revenue steamer Gallatin, off
Manchester Mas.; at 11.15 a. m. Wed
nesday last, and the safety of Mr. Fred,
E. Owens, -Mr. Gore's son-inrlaw and
First Assistant Engineer of the vessel.
Capt. Gabrielson, formerly of the reve
nue cutter Colfax, was in command of
the Gallatin. Both are well known in
Wilmington . and . have many lriends
here. - - : .
. j Additional particulars of the accident
were received last night.: The Gallatin
was bound across thp bay to Province
town with two officers short. The
weather was thick with, snow. The
pilot mistook Great Egg Rock: tor Ket
tle Bottom Island. The vessel struck
on a sunken ledge. Thev engine, was
stopped and backed, but the ship was
fast. She began pounding heavily, and
the captain called the men to man the
boats. In the meantime the ship was
rolling heavily and filling rapidly, as a
heavy sea had carried away the sky
lights. Tfhe smokestack going by the
board to starboard struck and instantly:
killed J. Jacobsori, the carpenter, in the
bow of the cutter at the davits, and car
ried the body overboard. The vessel
was sinking fast, and all hands took
three boats and sighted land on the
port side. They pulled - in, and, after
attempting to land on the beach.
reached a rocky cove on Eagre Head.
The officers were taken to the Man
chester House and the crew sent to
Boston. i '' .
The vessel is a total loss. The offi
cers and crew lost everything, as it was
less than ten minutes from the time she
struck till she filled with water. The
fault seems to be with the pilot, who
lost his reckoning.) 1 !
f The vessel was 147 feet long, 23 feet
breadth of beam, 10 feet draught, 12 feet
hold. The officers were Captain Eric
Gabrielson, of Edgartown, Mass., Second
Lieutenant F. H. Demock, Third Lieu
tenant Alex. R. Hasson, Chief .Engineer
J. L. Churchill, First Assistant Engi
neer t : V. Owens, Second Assistant Ln-
gineer H. W. Sear, Pilot H. . E. Woor
ster, Boatswain Thomas Lasson, Car
penter J. Jdcobson, Master-at-Arms
Anthony Sears. There was a crew of
twenty-eight men. Capt. Gabrielson has
had command of the vessel for the past
fifteen months. The vessel was eighteen
years old. ; .
The Squirrellist.
i The squirrelist from Squirrellville
which means Pender county was in the
city yesterday He had only seventy
nine of the squirrential -rodents with
him, having, as he swore to a reporter,
given score or two to friends while
coming to the city.
i "How long did it take you to kill all
these?" queried the reporter, - i -
"Wa-al," replied the hunter slowly,
turning his quid around from the North-
West to the South-West side of his jaw.
'You see Fse got er blin fice as runs
er squirrel to er tree, an', bein blin', de
fice don' bark a bit, but jus stans an
wags his tail. Dis don't skeer de squr
ruls, yer see, -and I jus walks up an'
shoots 'did down." I' '
This is the way Jno. Bowman colored,?
says he fills his bag with squirrels.
A writer in the Baltimore Manufac
turers' Record strongly urges the estab
lishment of a line of steamships between
Wilmington, N. Ci and Baltimore. Is
it any wonder, he says, we are gradually
losing our hold on the Southern trade,
or that Southern merchants pass our
city every day on their way to" New
York, where the fa llities for handling
business are so much superior to ours.
Take the port of Wilmington, j N. C, a
port not excelled by any other city
south of Cape Henry on the 'Atlantic
coast, witha depth of water on the bar
of twenty-one feet at neap tide. Steam
ers can enter her har.bor at all times,
while the river channel is unobstructed
from the bar to the city, affording much
better facilities than Charleston, or
Savannah, whose bay and riyer chan
nels can only be worked to! advant
age on high tides. The distance from
Baltimore to Savannah by sea is 64J0
iriTtes, to Charleston 555 miles; from.
Baltimore to Wdmington 453 miles; or
a difference tn favor of Wilmington of
100 miles over Charleston, making Wik
mington the nearest coastwise port
south of Cape Henty. This advantage
would give a line of steamers to Wil
mington a shorter run, less -consumption
of fuel, and, from! its geographical
position: and railroad connections, en
able such a line to carry business to all
points in North Carolina. South Caro
lina, Georgia, and even Alabama and
Florida. There would be no detention
on account of water on the bar or
river. Steamers could make ! the run
between Baltimore and Wummgton in
40 to 45 hours easily, and with its quick
rail conections could forward through
Shipments ahead of all other routes. As
to its railroad facilities no other city on
the Atlantic coast offers better induce
ments for .reaching the interior to all
points South and Southwest. It would
require 8375,000 to build and! equip a
first-class line of steamers. Such a line
would add greatly to the trade of Balti
more each year of new business that
how goes elsewhere. If such a line
merely paid its expenses, the results to
our business interests would be a hand
some dividend
Dry County,
Mr. Rollins, route agent on the C C.
Railroad, tells the Charlotte Chronicle
that the County Commissioners of Bla
den have 'refused "all applications for
license in the-county, and that not
drop of whiskey has been sold since
Monday. Bladcnborb. which- had
large "iug" trade, is now the driest
place in the countv. j j
BOTH COLORED.!
Jenks Macobson Shot by John Hambright
at Bhelby, N. C
Special Star. Telegram
Shelby, N. C. Jan. 7. Jenks Macob
son, porter on the three C's -passenger
tram, was shot and dangerously
Wounded by John Hambngbt, also col
bred. Macobson has been paying at
tention to Hambright's girl to j the lat-
ter's dislike. To-night about 9 o'clock
Macobson was. leaving the girl's house
and was shot at by some one whom he
slays was John Hambright. ; Macobson'i
right leg is full of slugs and is badly
mangled. Hambright escaped.-
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APPALLING DISASTER.
TWO HUNDRED !MEN KILLED
. FORTY FATALLY HURT.
AND
A Terrible Explosion in a Coal Mine in
' Indian Territory,
r By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
, Kansas City. Jan. 8. A special to
the Star from McAllister Indian Terri
tory, says: A most appalling calamity
occurred near here ''last night. There
was an explosion in the mine and as a
result over two hundred men he dead
and about forty fatally hurt and as many
more badly burned. At5.1Q p. m., mine
No. 11, owned by the Osage Coal and
Miming Co., at Krebs, four and a ha f
miles east of here, exploded. At the
time 850:men were in the shaft, most of
whom were waiting for the cage to take
them out, and the foot of the shaft is
one mass "of dead bodies. Eighty-five
men came out by the bid entry and forty-two
were saved by the shaft, most of
whom are more or less burned, and"
half ; will probably die. This leaves
about 233 men yet in the mine and in all
probability 200 are dead. ,
At 1.10 a. m. ten dead men were
brought out and only one' could
be recognized, the remains being so mu
tilated. One man escaped from a shaft
500 feet deep by-working from bracket
to bracket and was saved. Thousands
of anxious wives and mothers are eager-i
ly watching each cage as it comes to the
surface, hoping to see their loved ones,
only to turn away disappointed.
The explosion was caused by firing
the shot when gas was in the mine. At
this time it is impossible to . learn the
number of dead andwounded.
: Kansas City Mo.' Jan. 8. A special
from South McAllister, I. T., says:
Twenty-fohr hours have elapsed since
the terribly fatal explosion in the Osage
Mine at Krebs, but it is still impossible
to even estimate the number Of victims.
The number who came up a
live after the explosion is still
undetermined, and can be determined
only by a house to house canvass, which
is now being made as rapidly as possi
ble. From facts now at hand it is be
lieved that the killed will number fully
100, the injured 115 about one-half of
whom will probably die, from the effects
of other injuries. . -
THE CHILIAN OUTRAGE.
Investigation of" the Assault On the Crew
of the Baltimore by Judgo Advocate
General Semy.
By Telegraph tp the Morning Star.
Vallejo. Cal., Jan. .--Investigation
into the assault on the Baltimore s sailors
in Valparaiso began this morning at
Mare Island, in the presence Of Judge
Advocate General Remv. U. S. District
Attorney Gartirand UvS. Commissioner
Hanley. Judge Remy conducted the
investigation. -
John W. Talbot, apprentice on the
Baltimore, was the first witness. He
was one of the liberty party. On Sept.
16th, he states that C. W. Riggin,
boatswain's mate, one of the killed, was
with him during the afternoon. About 3
o'clock they went into a saloon called the
Shakespeare, in the Southern part of
the town." The proprietor ordered them
out, declaring that a mob of disbanded
sailors and soldiers were preparing to
attack the Baltimore's men, arid he
did not want-any trouble in his place,
Riggin and - Talbot laughed at the
warning, but left the Jplace and went to
-the "Trueblue" saloon. Talbot contin
ued: "About 4 o'clock, coming out, I
saw Kiggin being threatened by Chil
ian sailors in man-of-war uniforms,
I ran across and tried to separate them,
une of the Chilians spat in my face. 1
knocked him down. -Instanf.lv a crowd
OI qver a nilirafca-peopic pij&jL red
the street, and we started to run, but
soon jumped on a-passing car. The
mob fodowed and stoned the car, and
we were instantly surrounded by the
mob. I saw Riggin fall, and tried to
reach him, but was stabbed in the back
and ran. After going a lew blocks
I turned into a doorway and was again
stabbed in the back. 1 got in, however,
and got into a corner and detended my
self with .chairs. The mobjollowed me
and a Chilian sailor, in man-of-war uni
form, stabbed me again. The bar-tender
finally put them out arid barricaded
the door. The mob clamored outside
for admittance, arid after an hour a po
liceman arrested me and took me to jail,
disguising me by substituting a hat for
my sailor cap with the word "Baltimore
on it, so they would not notice that I
was an American sailor. The officer
turned me over to two other policemen
who struck me several times, although
I was making no resistance. I had
no arms ot any kind, and was
perfectly sober. After a short time
in jail. I was sent to the hospital with
Hamilton. Painter and Davidson, all
badly hurt. We were kept there four
days and were then sent to the ship,
where I was. in the hospital forty-five
days. None except American sailors
were attacked by the mo-.
.- This ended Talbot's examination and
the commission took a recess.
ALABAMA LYNCHERS.
Two Women and 'Three Men the Victims.
of Mob Law The Eeport Denied.
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 7. News came
late last night from Womack Hill, Ala.
the scene of the recent Sims outrages
and hanging, that Neal, a brother of
Bob, two other men, and Laura and
Beatrice Sims, two daughters' of Bob.
were on their way from Womack Hill
last night going in the direction of Lake,
Miss., the rendezvous ot the rest of the
gang. They were met by a posse search
mg for Neal Sims, who is wanted tor
murder. It is said that Neal resisted
arrest and was hanged and afterward
shot ; also, that the rest of the party at
tempted to interfere, in Neal s behalf
and were strung up to an oak tree along.
the road side, the women being among
the number lynched. Great excitement
is said to prevail.
Mobile, Jan! 7-The report of the
lynching of Neal Sims and two daugh
ters of Rob Sims, near Womack Hill
Tuesday night, is denied by the Sheriff
of, Wayne county at Waynesboro, Miss.,
the nearest telegraph station to Wo
mack Hill.
A BOLD THEFT.
$10,000 Stolen from Wells. Far go Express.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Houston, Tex., January 7. Late
Tuesday night the - branch office of
Wells Fargo Express, at the Grand Cen
tral depot, was robbed of four packages
of money amounting to $10,000 or more.
The' exact sum is unobtainable, on ac
count of the .reticence of the officials.
The night clerk had received the money
trom the messengrs who had come in
on the night tram, and placed it in the
safe without locking it. He stepped out
for a moment through one door, and
through one' on the opposite side of the
room a thief entered, getting the money
and making his escape before the clerk
returned. He was seen by one of the
drivers to cross-the street, with money
packages inUis arms, but he, thought it
was a baggage man with letters.! There
is no other clew;
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
- Lincoln. Courier: On last Mon
day death unexpectedly visited the home
ot Mr. Daniel Thorne, a few miles trom
town, and removed therefrom both Mr.
hThorne and his wife, Mr. Thorne took .
the la grippe Christmas day while in
Lincolnton and was taken home. On
the Monday following his wife was
seized with the same disease. The sick
ness of both patients went into pneu
monia, and on Monday bf this week.
about 1 o'clock. Mrs. Thorne died, and
about twenty minutes later she was fol
lowed in death by her husband.
Charlotte News: Mrs. Will
Robinson, of Poplar Tent, Cabarrus
county, died yesterday at the residence '"
or her father- in-law, Col. Thos. H. Rob
inson, after a few days sickness with -
pueumonia. , - A sight at once
interesting and strange, was witnessed
in Charlotte to-day. The skies were
clear and the sun was shming brightly,
but for five or ten minutes two very dis
tinct rainbows, one very decided in col
oring, were seen . in the western skies."
There was not even no sign of rain any-
where, but not a cloud was visible. Peo
ple stood about on the streets looking at
the strange sights.
Southport Leader: Miss- Maud
Galloway has been appointed postmis
tress of this city, in the place of her de
ceased father, the late Lewis A. Gallo
way. La Grippe is loosing its hold
on the people of Southport. . It is said
that there have been as many as 170
cases in this city at one time, but fortu
nately, all were of a mild type. No
deaths whatever have occurred " from
this disease in Southport. Johnny
t Newton, son of Mr. J. R. Newton, and
Arthur Uosher, son ot Mr. Julius Dash
er, had their faces quite badly burned on
Lnrrstmiav by the explosion ot about i
two pounds ot gunprwier . rf One of the
boys accidently dropped-a gtad fire
cracker into the package containing the .
powder.'. v '-..,.-.-.::...'.- '-. '- -. .
- Greenville Reflector: On Mon
day night of last week two barn's on the
farm of Mr. G. F. Evans, lour miles
above town, were set on fire and burned
to the ground. The barns were filled -
with corn and provender, and all was
lost. Mr. Evans bev been living in
Greenville the last two months and was
surprised when information of the .
burning reached him, not knowing that
he had an enemy. The burning very i
much excited the community in which i
it occurred. Suspicion rested upon i-
some colored men living on the planta
tion, but no warrants were taken out for f
their arrest. Wednesday night another i
barn on the same farm, containing the
crop housed by a colored tenant, was
set, on fire and burned down.
- Charlotte News: The Old North
State Mining and Manufacturing Com
pany, which was recently incorporated
in this city, has just received a scien
tific geological report of their property
in Nash county, this State, and the re
port shows it to be the richest vein of
gold bearing quartz ever discovered in
North Carolina. Ihe quartz vein is
three feet thk k with two feet of slate on
either side, all carrying free gold, abso
lutely free from sulphurets. The vein
has a surface tracing of more than two
miles, and is a true fissure? There are
several other smaller veins On the prop
erty, all rich in free gold, besides the
pacer mining is said to be unusually
rich. Specimens of this ore have been
exhibited to some of our best mining
men, and all agree that it is the finest
quartz ever seen in this State.
Kinston Free Press: Cotton
goes still lower in price, Good cotton
sold here yesterday at 6 cents. Mr.
W. k. Orimsley will be tried for shoot
ing Rev. J. T. Abernethy at the next .
term of Greene court, which convenes i
Monday, January 18th. One of the
children of Mr.J. M. Wooten, of Coa
homa, tried to blow out an egg a few
days ago and could not do it. On break
ing the end of the shell another, and
much smaller, egg was found in it.
We are told that Mrs, Wm. Elmore on
January 1st, 1891, owned sixty half
grown fowls, and during the year sold
126 dozen eggs for $16.25, and fifty-four
chickens for $12.30 total $29.55. Be- j
sides what was used by the family she j
now has fifty fowls. The feeding during
the year cost $10.50. This is a very fa-
-roi abtc- ahowing. and . indicates, that
there is profit in raising poultry. ;
Charlotte News : Gov.J Holt
has offered a reward of $200 for the ap
prehension of John Lynch, of Polk
county, who stands charged with the
murder of Guy Petty. .Lynch has, tit is
thought, fled the State. Tuesday
the property of the Spouts Springs
Lumber Company, in Harnett county.
with 13,000 acres of pine timber lan-ls,
was sola to John Y . trossler, ot fhiia-
delphia, and R. W. Hicks, of Wilming
ton, who become the Consolidated
Lumber Company, with $40,000 capital.
Mr, J. L. laylor, a prominent mer
chant of Rutherfordton, has made an i
assignment for the benefit of his credit
ors. Mr. laylor s liabilities are $8,000,
assets about half, consisting of a $2,000
stock and small accounts. Aland
slide occurred yesterday morning at 5 :
o'clock, one hundred yards to the east
of the Swannanoa tunnel, at the sum
mit of the Blue Ridge, on the Western i
North Carolina railroad.
.Rockingham Rocket: An as-1
signment was made at Rowland, Robe- ,
son county, by Mr. Milton Lytch, last
week. The assignment was recorded in i
this county, and places the liabilities at
about $17,000. Mr. H. B. Hill, son
of Rev. Dr. H. G. Hill, of Maxton, diedp
at Poughkeepsie, New York, last week.!
The young man was taking a business
course in Eastman College. Some
days before the New Year a commission
merchant told the Rocket that he had
"sold up to that time over $65,000 worth
of meat in Kockingham tor luai.
There are 8,491 children in Rich-i
mond countv entitled to receive instruc-1
tion in the public schools. Of this num
ber 4,695 are colored children, 3,7i are
white, and 80 are Croatans. The
Rocket has interviewed a great many)
farmers from various partsof the county,!
of late, and every one interviewed said
his cotton, acreage lor 1892 would be
much less than 1891. ? Since ourj
last issue Mr. James P. McRae, who!
lives neaf John Station on the C. F. &J
Y. V. Railroad, ha been so unfortunate
as to lose his gin house, machinery, lour
bales of cotton and 400 bushels of seed,
by fire. No insurance. j
Fayetteville Observer: We heard
a conductor Ajn the Cape Fear & Yadkin)
Valley Railway say that, with a long and
varied experieno in transporting largq
bodies of -people, he had rarely or evert
"had to do with a more disorderly crowd
than he pulled out with from the depot i
on Christmas Eve. Bad whiskey made -bad
blood, and bad blood stirred up a
tragedy before the train reached Hop
Mills, one negro shooting another dowr
bounding from the car with the engine
at full speed, and" making his escape.
was thought that the wound received b
the man was fatal, but we have since
learned that . he will recover. 4
Miss Kate Matthews treated the pupil$ .
of her schools jto the delights of a1
Christmas tree on the evening of the
25th ult., and ; the ren joyable incidents!
surrounding it bid fair at one time to bej
overclouded by-jrtragic occurrehce. Mri
J. T, Winbuni, personating Santa Clausf ,
was fairly enveloped in flufiy cottoiji
stuff, which, as he approached too near
a pendent light, was suddenly ignited
and flared up into a fierce blaze. Act
ing with much presence of mind, Mr.
Winburn made for the piazza outside,
tearing off his trapping? he went; bu,
with all that, he received severe burn;s
on his hands and neck, his hair wa;s
badly singed, and had he not fortunately .
worn a dough face he wbuld doubtlesp
have been dangerously mjurea.
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