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PUBLISHED AT WILMINGTON. N. C., $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 8888888888S88S88S litpuoft gi 88838888888888888. moopi 9 88888888888888888 88S8S888888S8S888 ":SSS88S858SS8B8 81888888882888888 8888888888888888 Mini feckTHeoocao 88SSSSSS8SS8SS888 teo ia r- ao i ej n 888888888888888583 e a a ft ao o o ; U Is s m i eo io o fc oo h I Entered t the Pot Office at Wilmtgton, Ni C, Second Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Weekly Star is as follows: i Single Copy 1 year, postage paid Si 00 ft months " . " X months 80 THE FACT ON AL SQUABBLE. " It has-been frequently asserted and as frequently denied that ' there was bad blood between David B. Hill and Grover Cleveland. We have never seen any special Cause assigned for this bad blood, and pre sume that if it does exist it is the re sult of the jealousy that sometimes finds lodgment in the. breasts of rival leaders. They who believed there were no grounds for the assertion were confirmed in the belief when they read in Senator Hill's ' Albany speech .he splendid and generous tri urc wtiich , he paid to Grover Cleveland, as President of the Unit ed States, and contrasted hts clean, honest administration with that of Republican administrations before and ince. ' It was a noble, manly tribute of a leader am6ng men to a leader among men, as honorable to him who paid it as to him to whom it was paid. That didn't look as if it could spring from a head that har bored spite, or that was capable of pursuing for the purpose of destroy ing.. !'... On the other hand, Mr. Cleveland has stood upon the same platform with David 6. i Hill, has shaken his hand, with apparent cordiality in the presence of the multitude who admired both, and spoken in merited eulogistic terms of the distinguished ability, spotless integrity and marked devotion to the State which charac terized Gov. i Hill's two terms as Governor of the great State of New York. 1 And yet under all this there are outcroppings of a feeling which jus tify the belief that they are not friends. Quotations could be made from the sayings and speeches of each which Could have been inspired only by contentious rivalry which shaped itself into cutting phrases too keen-edged to admit of a doubt ful construction or a misdirected ap plication. Without alluding to names Sena tor Hill intimated in his Elmira speech that Mr. Cleveland had played the part of a blunderer in his tariff policy, w.'u'ch caused the "disaster of 1888," and Mr. Cleveland ' availed himself of the first opportunity to retort, as he .. did - in his Jacksonian bainquet speech, when in epigrammatic phrase he referred to Democrats who lacked the courage of their convictions and straddled questions of import instead of meet ing them with Jacksonian pluck and r.anrlor. Whtvpr the nnininna mav . i - . j have been as to the relations be tween these distinguished gentle men, there is little evidence in their recent speeches that either is .hank ering to boost the other into the ti..: a ' - y "- . x icsiucuiy. . The action of Senator Hill and his friends in deciding to call the State convention at the unprece dented early date of February 22d, has given renewed inter est . to this subject and made it the topic of conversation in politi cal circles. The opinion is pretty freely expressed by leading Demo crats in Washington and elsewhere that the object in calling the con vention, was not so much to' force Senator Hill to the front in the Dem- .ocratic convention at Chicago as to prevent the nomination of Mr. Cleve land. It is said by some of these that Senator Hill is too well posted and too shrewd a politician not .to know that such action would result in aprotest from the friends of Mr. Cleveland, in a second convention, and in two delegations from the State of New York to the National convention, and the result of this would be failure of New York to agree upon a New York man and the nomination of a candidate from some other State. .-. '''; v --r What motive Senator Hill can have in this, if the motive be rightly con strued, is not apparent, for if Cleve land were nominated, and elected by the vote of New York,' it would clear the way, and almostnake a certainty of Senator HiM's nomination four years hence.J If he were nominated and lost Nevir York, as he did in 1888, and thus lost the election as he did then, Mr. Hull's friends could say, as they doubtless would say,, if -he had been nominated he ' would have carried -New York and been elect ed. Taking his view, which seems to be the most reasonahle and logical view that can be taken of it, we don't see what Senator Hill has VOL. XXIII. to gain by the defeat of Cleveland unless he secures the nomination himself. The suspicion or assertion that Senator Hill is actuated by a desire to kill off Cleveland does no credit, if it does not do, injustice, to the sagacity and patriotism of ; Mr. Hill. But whatever, it any, foundar tion there may be for the various opinions expressed, the New York tangle is an ugly one, and the situa tion one that Republicans may en joy, but Democrats within or put side of New York, who think more of party success than of factional triumphs, cannot view with anything like complacency. AVOID THE BOCKS. If the Democratic party had com mitted itself to the free coinage of silver it would be neither manly nor honestin .it to dodge the issue for fear of losing votes by espousing it. A bold, brave man who fearlessly proclaims and defends his convic tions commands the respect even of those who differ most radically from him, and so does a party which con sistently and courageously stands by its principles and i s pledges, though it may encounter defeat in doing so. It was by doing this that the Demo cratic party has lived to see the rise and fall of many parties, and al though frequently defeated, but never conquered, lives to-day more vigor? numerous and more power ful than it ever was. If it was ever distinguished for one thing more than another it' was for the signal candor with which it. avowed its principles, whether in the minority or in the majority, and the. bravery with which it maintained them un der all circumstances, as uncompro misingly in the face of defeat as in the day of triumph. During the days of the war be tween the States, the Democratic party in the Northern States, pre served its organization intact and fought as valiantly : and resolutely then to stay the progress of a military despotism as f he Democracy of the North and the South since has to stay the progress of the partisan despot ism -which the leaders of the Repub lican party endeavored to establish by sectional and arbitrary legisla tion. , For thirty years, since the Demo- ocratx party through unfortunate dissensions went out of power, it his been making this fight for principle and the people, and in all that time has never had but one President, and never control ' of both branches of Congress. Would a party that was not honest in its convictions and noj actuated by lofty motives, and not governed by principle, have kept up the fight for a generation in the face of so many defeats? If it were a spoils party it would have disbanded long ago. The Democratic party of to-day lives in its vigor and its glory, because the Democratic party of the days before was honest, brave, patri otic, and true to the people. -It will not be long before the two great parties that have faced each other for a generation will engage in a. desperate conflict for the posses sion of the Presidency, we say des perate because defeat to the- Re publican party means death, victory to the Democratic party means supremacy for a generation or longer. -:J While it will be a hard-fought bat tle the outlook for victory was never more promising to the Democratic party than it is now unless they who shape its course blunder and give ae advantage to the enemy on the eve of battle. Men who lead parties must keep their heads on and their eyes open. There must be no foolishness in them. The officer who when lead ing his men into a fight would forget what he was doing and run out into the fields to gather huckleberries wouldn't be any more unfit to com mand than the party Jeader who af ter the issue had been made by the enemy and accepted, and the lines were about drawn for the fight would lose his head and blindly walk into the trap that his enemy had set for him. That is precisely what the men in the, Democratic party who rould force the silver coinage ques tion upon' it as a party measure would do, although they . may honestly liink to the contiary. The situation is simply this: There are certain issues matters of pnn pie upon which the Democratic and Republican parties have been array ed against each other for years. The Democratic party has been on these issues growing stronger every year and is now in a fair .way of winning what it has been battling for so Ions. On these issues it is united. There are questions which have sprung up within the past few years which have become more' or less subjects of popular discussion, but to which the Democratic party as a party is in no way committed and on which there is conflict of 'sentiment . among the leaders and in the ranks of the party. The silver coinage question is the most conspicuous of these. Now the question is, wouldn't it be the sheerest folly to forget' the great issues on which we had been steadily gaining ground, to take up as an issue a question like this upon E which the enemy is united and in vite defeat, by so doing ? ' Owing to the electoral college system the two' great parties are so evenly balanced that the one which wins must carry certain States which are classed as doubtful and upon the vote of which the result will depend. Every one of these States has V. pronounced against the free coinage of silver as at present proposed and as advo cated by the spokesmen of the free and . unlimited j coinage ; of Silver. Saddled- with j that as an issue to offset tariff reform and the billion dollar extravagance, and the Force bill conspiracy of the 51st Congress, . the Democratic " party couldn't carry one of them. . , Are we fighting.' just for the sake of fighting, or fighting for victory on the pledges that we have made? If we are fighting for the sake of fight ing and for the excitement and fun there is in it, we might tack on to silver coinage, but if we are fighting for victory, which may be won by an honest, square fight, we will let the silver contention severely alone. MINOR MENTION. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, has sub jected himself to a good deal of se vere and deserved criticism by intro ducing a bill, which has passed the House, to prevent blackmailing in the District of Columbia. It de clares that "any person who within the District of Columbia - shall levy or attempt to levy blackmail on any other person by making, threatening or attempting to make any disclo sure injurious to the character of any person, for the I purpose of ob taining money or other benefit, or for the purpose of ridicule or revenge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the penalty of which? upon conviction, shall be a fine and imprisonment at hard labor." The ostensible object of this bill is to prevent or punish blackmail, but the phrase which we have put in ital cs gives the word blackmail such a wide con struction that any one who makes disclosures upon another which bring him into, ridicule can be punished as a blackmailer though he hadn't the slightest idea of black mailing. Thus, for instance, it a Washington newspaper- caught a member of Congress indulging in any questionable, disreputable- or unlawful practices and made refer ence to it in print the -aggrieved M. i C. could have the editor arraigned and punished under this law as a olackmailer, and have him fined and sent to prison at hard labor. It was sup posed when the bill passed the House that it was a piece of; careless word ing and that Mr. Oates didn't intend to say all bis phraseology ineant, but he says he knew what he was doing when he wrote the bill and ex pects it to pass the Senate in the shape in which it passed the House, which it will not be very likely to ddf It is practically, whether so intended or not, a measure to throttle the press of 'the District of Columbia, and belongs to a species of legisla tion which was more' in vogue a a couple hundred years ago than now. . . . For several years Representative Henderson, from the Seventh district of this State, has been laboring faith fully to so amend the internal re venue laws as to remove the oppor tunities for oppression, persecution and fraud, and make them, thereby, less odious and more effective, and it begins to look as if he was in a fair way of succeeding, as a bill substan tially. the same as the one drafted by him has been favorably reported by the House Judiciary Committee. Un der the law as it now is, the procur ing of warrants is so easy and the temptation to officers, magistrates and informers to make money by ar rests and prosecutions so many, that it has resulted in much prosecution for frivolous causes, and to much persecution from malice by persons who took that way of avenging real or imaginary wrongs: These frivo lous prosecutions were carried to such an extent at; one time in this State, as they doubtless were and , perr haps still are i in others, : by malicious persons and by of ficers and others anxious - to make money by fees and rewards, that Judge Dick condemned it from the bench, and warned the magis trates 01 his district against issuing warrants except on good and suffi cient cause, and when there was reasonable ground for belief that justice demanded the issuing of a warrant, j This had the effect of re ducing the number of such prosecu tlons.thus saving considerable money to the Government. But under the law there is still opportunity: for much abuse, much persecution;much imposition and fraud upon the Gov ernment which Mr.- Henderson has- been endeavoring to eliminiate by his proposed amendments. SjE . Mr. David A. Wells, of Connecti cut, is one of, the best, authorities, perhaps the best, in this country on the tariff question, for , he has -given it deep, thorough - and systematic study for years, and is familiar with it in all its phages, not only with our Weekly WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, tariff history and its effect upon this country, but with its history in other countries; and its effect upon those countries. He is a tariff reformer, not from a political but from a busi ness standpoint, and never' takes a position which he does not support by the logic ot facts and figures in disputable. As a tariff reformer from a business standpoint Mr. Wells endorses the plan agreed upon by the House Ways and Means Committee of attacking the McKihley tariff in sec tions as the most effective under the circumstances and as the; most ad visable : under any circumstances. There iS no question that the solu tion ofi the tariff j roblem will be very much simplified by this method, for when those articles in which the great body of the people are inter ested are satisfactorily disposed of it will be a much easier matter to dispose! of the remainder in which only a icomparatively small number are interested, and thus a much bet ter tariff system can in the end be devised! by taking up the work in detail than by undertaking to" make a clean' sweep and accomplish the whole work at once. The first number of The Atlantic Methodist of this city; appeared last Wednesday. The initial number presents a good appearance, and gives evidence that it will be a paper of powerful influence. The main purpose ia establishing it, as an nounced, is to aid in paying the debt of Fitth Street Church, a cause to which Rev. L. L. Nash, D. D., editor, and his associates, Rev. C. P. Jerome! and Rev." H. B. Anderson, give their editorial services as a labor of ' love. The subscription price is! one dollar a year. - Mr. Blaine seems to have the bulge on Mr. Harrison among the coloredj voters of the North. It is said that a poll of the different col ored churches in the States of New York, jNew Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Massa chusetts shows that out of a total of 400,0001 who" expressed a choice 227, 000 are! for Blaine and 112,000 for Harrison. There were 23,736 for Cleveland, 33 for Hill, 500 for Fred Douglass, 16,261 for Alger, and 20,- 170 who were for the Republican nominee whoever he may be. There is probably about as much foundation for the Santiago dispatch to the London Times that Minister Egan's house is guarded to protect him from roughs, as there was in the numerous other sensational reports sent through the cables. - , Vialting Hailroad Officials. The visitini; railroad officials Messrs. O. J. Geer, R. M. Pdttison, C L. Bucke. H. W. Moore, J. Geer and G. F. Martin accompanied by Messrs. T. M. timer- son. Pefpbroke Jones and Capt. Jno. H. Daniel, of this city, went to Mr. Jones' residence, on Wrijghtsville Sound, where they partook of ' an oyster roast. On their reijurp to the city, and after hold- ing a consultation with A. C. L. officials, they left in their private car "Mascotte" for Southern points, much pie sed with their visit to Wilmington. They will re turn in about ten days, going north via the Atlantic Coast Line. Funeral iof Mis Elwell. . The luneral of Miss Flora Jane Elwell, who died on Friday last, took place yes terday from Grace M. E. Church, the services being conducted by Rev. Mr. The interment was at Oak- Norman dale Cemetery. Miss Elwell was a sister ofj Mr. Eli. El well, of this city, Mr. Charles Elwell, of Laurinburg, and Mr. Elwell, of Bladen county. She Wm. J.' was a consistent member of Grace M. E. Church and was greatly beloved by all who knew her, Decomposed Mullets. The jfollowmg from the Charlotte Chronicle indicates that Joe Caldwell, too, scents decomposed mullets when he points his nose towards Boyd, the so-called train wrecker: : A lull having come in the excitement about the proofs having' been secured against the train wrecker, the Chronicle embraces the opportunity to remark that there is something incongruous about a man who had $1,600 in money, besides watches and diamonds hid out, breaking into jail lor stealing a cow. But let that pass, COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES. N. Yi Bulletin: The demand has been fairly steady for moderate quanti ties of i popular makes and brands of staple and colored goods. .Tor the lat ter some manufacturers .report that they will soon be out of orders. . They have, however, sold larger quantities than in the same time in some years, yet are unreasonable enough to ; express the opinion that the demand is dull, al though: supplying purchasers to the full extent of their production. The market is full of buyers; and though many of them want other goods than domestics, there is a demand in sight for other fabrics "and styles indicates that the more staple gooas win pe in increased request, Columbus,. Ga.; Feb. 4. The Eagle and Phenix cotton factory stockholders to-day made sweeping reductions in the salaries of the officials of the company, amounting to $18,750. The salary of the president was reduced from.. $10,000 to $5,000, of secretary and treasurer from $5,000 to $2,500. and the salaries of other officials were reduced" in proportion The office of mechanical engineer, which paid $5,000. and the office of teller, pay ing $2,500, and of the warehouse, pay ing $1,000, were abolished. The action of the stockholders in the : matter of reducing" salaries was a surprise to many, but is generally approved. Thin Way, Dr. Murpliy. . An item is going tbe ronnds of the State press that Dr. P. L. Murphy. Superintendent of the' Western Hos pital. ' at Morganton. has a cow . that gives -ten gallons of milk " a day when' she's in ' a real : good - humor. Then, there is a little' "anecdote" . appended about a call that weighed 99 pounds at birth, and weighed 108 pounds the next day; The stock editor of the Star is prepared to swallow the 108 pounds of veal, but -is disposed to "gag" when the daily ten-gallon keg of milk is presented. Dr. .Murphy is a daily reader of the Star, and therefore a man of veracity, and he is requested to let his. numerous friends down this way know whether somebody has been getting off a cow joke on him, with the usual quantum of "cream," or he really has a cow from which he extracts ten gallons of the lacteal fluid per day.- ' ' , . CAPE FEAR RIVER. . SyibvOm of Range Lights to be Continued . - to Wilmington. -- .The Washington correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch telegraphs to that paper, February 4th : . "The Secretary of the Treasury sent to the House to-day a recommendation from the Lighthouse Board that an ap propriation of $3,105 be made for light ing th- new channel of the. Cape Fear river, N. C., above Reeves Point, so that the system of range lights adopted be low shall be continued up to Wilming ton, i The Secretary further says that this matter came up at the session ot the Light House Board, held November 10. 1891, upon papers submitted by the Wilmington Produce Exchange and by the other parties interested in the navi gation of Cape Fear river from its en trance to Wilmington. As vessels are now carried by ranges over half the dis tance and then left without guides to take them at night to the port of Wil mington, to complete the system and increase the usefulness of tbe lights in the lower part of the river, similar aids should be provided for the upper part so as to guide ' vessels to Wilmington, their port of destination." Babbit HuntinfC on Bis Island. "Big Island," about nine miles below Wilmington, is said to be a famous place for rabbits, and yesterday morn ing early a gay crowd of "sports" went down there, .expecting to bag at least fifty apiece. In the party were Capt. Miller of the, schooner Roger Moore, Capt. Johnson of the schooner Seth Todd, Capt. Clark of the schooner Wm. Green. Capt. Taylor of the schooner fames Ponder, Captains Edgar Parmele, and Edgar Wil liams, George Doyle, Dick Warren, W. N. Harris and Messrs. 'Peach ''and Honey.' Guns of all descriptions and ages were carried along.'' When the party reached Big Island they were not content to use only their guns on poor "Brer Rabbit." Oh, no ! They wanted to make it even warmer than that for him. So Big Island was set on fire and the rabDits were watched for while the fire blazed. None were seen, however, and the party returned yesterdBy after- without a hair to show as a sign of tbe hunt. The Cotton Outlook. Cotton dropped to 6J cents for mid dling in this market yesterday, and it will keep dropping if the outlook thirty days hence does not show a marked de crease in the acreage for tbe coming crop. If the planters lay their plans for third crop of 8 500,000 they may as well call on the sheriffs of their respec tive counties to come and take what is in sight. Then they will do well to in terview the superintendents of poor- houses and make the best terms they can for board and fodging at the public expense. . If cotton should decline to 5 cents ithin tbe next two .weeks it would be a god-send to Southern planters, saving thousands of them from bankruptcy and ruin. - When a man insists on making any article in such quantities that it will not pay the cost of production he is a fit subject for a lunatic asylum. The Big Island Hunt ' When Capt. Edgar Williams was mak ing preparations for the Big Island rab bit hunt, he said he would carry a stick with, which he could kill all the rabbits he wanted. When the hunt was over, the conclusion was irresistible- that he didn't want any rabbits when he started. But I "what's the matter with" Big Island, where tbe rabbits used to be as thick as the hunters were Friday? A few years ago it was a common occurrence for two or three hunters t& go there, burn off the grass, and kill fifteen to twenty-five rabbits as they scampered" away from the flames. This last hunt has ruined the reputation of Big Island as a game preserve, and the matter should be investigated. Possibly '-Brer Fox" would a "tale untold " if he .were not afraid of criminating himself. Appreciated. About a week ago an original article headed "The Next Cotton Crop" ap peared in this department of the Star. It soon reappeared, as an original, in two North Carolina dailies, and yesterday it appeared in the Charlotte ' Chronicle, credited to the Rock Hill, S.C., Herald, with which latter paper it doubtless was original too. But all cash no credit is just what a newspaper should in sist on. - : 1. New Postoffice. The Southport Leader says: "There has been no postoffice at St. Phillip, Brunswick county, for several weeks, but it is expected that one will soon be re-established. The new office will be at Kendal in place of Orton and Mr, .Fred. Kidder will be postmaster. Steamer Maggie. . The steamboat Maggie, bought re cently at Sheriff's - sale by Messrs. Geo, Harrtss, Son & Co, for L. S. . Enrich, Georgetown, S. C. lelt yesterday for that place in charge of Capt. Morse, She will run on rivers in that section of South Carolina as a freight boat. Mr. H. B. Fuller, proprietor of the Merchant's Hotel, of Lumberton, was in the city yesterday, registered at the PurcelL 1892. THE ALLEGED WRECKER.' The Sheriff's Story of the Prisoner's Con- fession. - - -Charlotte Chronicle. Jim Boyd is the third noted negro cm ninal confined in Charlotte iail in less than a year Brabham and Dawnes being the other two. Boyd, as is known, accused of wrecking the train at Bos- tian's bridfife On the 27th nf last Aiimief- The incidents of his arrest were told in the Lhromcle yesterday morning. The reporter yesterday made a requisition on Sheriff Smith to know as to the correct ness of the published reports in regard his prisoner. 'It is trufi" said th aVionff Vio - - V - W. k . J U t. Boyd made a confession of wrecking the tram." 1 How do you know ?" asked the re porter. ' i. "1 heard him, : said the sheriff. - The sheriff then went on tn till h that was accomplished. Boyd, with the negro spy employed by the railroad, was allowed to on into the. small hallnrav h- tween the two iron doors that lead .into the jail. They were to wait there pre sumably, while friends came to furnish bond tor their release. During the hour sheriff allowed thpm tn rnain there, the confession was drawn from Boyd by the negro spy, and was over heared by the sheriff. Detective Hancv and a short-hand writer, all of whom were close by. . - i The confession was to be taken down short-hand, butther.anrile in the AarV lantern went out, and the listeners dared not move to secure another. The spy erave Bovd his confidence. tp.Hinor him nf several trains he had wrecked and how he managed it. Boyd then told of wreck ing the train at Bostian's bridge, saying the tools used were a crowbar, soike- Iifter and monkey wrench. He told where he hid the two former, which were found in the nlare designated. Th monkey-wrench he said he threw in the creek. The watches and money which he told the negro of stealing and hiding l-- - .l l. r a - - nave aiso oeen iouna, says tne snerin. 1 Jnrinor the rrnfiismn a sliarht- nniso from where the listeners were concealed startled Boyd, and he said to the spy, "some one is listening. l he latter as sured him that it was only rats, so he nroceeried tntallr. After snffinient evi dence had been gained by the detective, the sheriff turned the negroes back in jail, saying he could not wait any longer for their friend to come. ! Boyd has been identified, they said, by two of the parties in- the wreck at dif ferent times, and out of a crowd of seven other prisoners. Sheriff Smith had Mr. Van Ness to take a photograph of the prisoner Monday. He says the negro has learned nf the snaro he hoc hoon caught in, and is dreadfully frightened. The IiOulaiana Lottery. The following will be read with in-. terest (even though painful) bv many who have been "trying their luck" for long and weary years. But the "L. S. L." has two years more to run, and this will become consolation to its patrons: - New Orleans, February 2. --John A. : Morris, the principal owner and director of the Louisiana Lottery Com pany, will give notice in the newspapers to-morrow morning that he intends to withdraw his proposition for the re- charter of the company, and that the concern will wind up its affairs and re tire from the field when its charter ex pires in 1894. This action is the result of the decision of the United States Su preme Court, declaring the anti-lottery law. constitutional. This ends forever the great lottery war, which has been waging m this State tor some time past and which has brought about a rupture in the democratic party, and the nomi nation of two Democratic State tickets. A DOUBLE STAR. Venus and Jupiter Are So Close Together I as to Appear as One. - j Richmond Ttmes, Feb. 4. Last evening as the orb of day veiled his face in the pink of his dying blushes, after filling a cloudless sky with an enti cing balm which drew forth the popula tion like the first impulses of verdant spring, three lesser planets assumed con trol of night's illumination planets of lesser brilliancy buttranscendently beau tiful and the cynosure of every eye the Moon, J upiter and , Venus, a constella tion rare in its combination, a celestial chandelier outshining all other heaven ly lights and. adding greatly to the beau ty of the evening sky. j ; Every one who has looked westward at nightfall for the week past must needs have seen the -juxtaposition of Jupi ter- and Venus, -as these two brilliant planets have drawn nearer and nearer night by night. . 1 H During the present week they will continue to approach, one another until on Saturday morning they will be so close that to the naked eye they will actually seem blended into bne. Unfor tunately the hemisphere I of the earth which we inhabit will be turned away from the place they occupy in the sky at that time, so that we shall be unable to witness this interesting conjunction. But bn Friday evening the two planets will already have drawn so near to gether that their aspect will be that of a most splendid double star. 1 Weather Prognostications. Lieut. Francis H. Sherman, U. S. N., in charge Of the Branch Hydrographic office in Savannah, Ga., furnishes the Star with advance sheets of the Pilot Chart for February. The weather fore casts for the month are as follows: Stormy weather is likely to prevail off the American coast and over the Atlan tic generally north ot the 35th parallel, where fresh to strong gales, principally from the westward, will be encountered about once a week. Northers will oc cur less frequently in the Gulf of Mexi co, but may still be of great violence. Icebergs and field-ice may be encoun tered off Newfoundland and over . the Grand Banks, although the ice-season thus far has been very backward. The regions ol frequent fog, as indicated on the chart, are over the Grand Banks and George Shoal. n . Cape Fear River Steamers, h . Both the steamers D. Murchsson and Cape Fear will continue to run on the line between Wilmington and Fayette- ville, for the present, at least. This was decided upon at a meeting of the Steam boat Company held in Fayetteville re cently since ' the announcement was made tqaX. the Murcxtson would be with drawn and is owing to the marked in crease in freight traffic and travel since the subsidence of the recent freshet. At the same meeting Mr. James Mad den was elected agent for the company at Wilmington, and will hereafter have sole control of the business at this end of the line. Mr. Madden has been in charge of the freight department of the line for years past, and is well-known and popular with all patrons of the boats, - Capt. T: M. Morse, of South- port, was in the city yesterday. NO. 13 PEOPLE'S PARTY. , A Circular Issued by the ITine Alliance Members of Congress Denying Pub lished Beports.- Bf Telegraph to the Morning Stan ; ' 'Washington, Feb. 4. The People's party of the House of "Representatives is intactjas a. political organization and united as to party measures, which it is to pressjupon the two houses of the 52d Congress. In the caucus 'which met before the organization of the House and nominated Representative Watson, ot ueorgia, as candidate of the feople s party 101 speaker 01 the House, the nine independent Representatives, then as sembled; decided to preserve their poli tical autonomy on all questions to the end of the session., -Within the past few days various reports of alleged dissen sion in the ranks of the nine ! People's Representatives, have been current, and the Third party men to-night complain that these rumors have been inspired by politicians ot other partieB, and tele graphed! to theprtisan press through out the- country purely for political effect.- To silence these insidious re marks in! their' inception, the nine regular representatives of the People's party to day issued the following -address to the country " - lo correct -an erroneous account which has appeared in public prints in reference to dissensions in the ranks of Alliance Congressmen, - we make the fellowirig statement: At no meeting of Alliance members of Congress was any motion or suggestion made that they should (join the Democratic; party or cast their lot with it. Disagreement occurred because certain of the Alliance Congressmen thought that the contest should be .made through the old parties. and others thought that independent political action was necessary. There has been no split between the People's party representatives, We are united now asj we were at the opening of Con gress. We each believe that indepen dent political action is necessary. We noia our conierences as we aid at tne opening of tbe session, and they are harmonious, ibe only dissension that has come among Alliance - membets came when we had conferences with Congressmen who adhere to old party lines." ? Signed: Thomas E. Watson. W. A. McKeighan, John' G. .Otis, K.. Halvor- sen, Uj M. Kenn, Jerry bimpson, John Davis,! William Baker, R. H. Clover. A CRAZY CASHIER. Acute Insanity, Developed After Discov ery tkftt He Had Embezzled $25,000. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. y " ' LouisviLLE, Ky., February 4. Judge John Ritter, cashier of the Deposit Bank of Glasgow, Ky., which failed a few days ago, is; a defaulter and insane. He was found! to be indebted to the bank for $25,000. judge Ritter. besides being one olt ' the - representative citizens of Barren county, is one of the most widely known men in that section of tbe State. When ithe failure of the Deposit Bank was announced as imminent, fudge Rit ter took measures to turn over to the bank all of his property, worth about $10,000. In rear of judge Ritter s house is a field, upon which several farm hands were working. At 10 o'clock their at tention was attracted toward the house by loujd cries for help, and they saw run ning across the field a man perfectly nude, gesticulating like a maniac. He was recognized as Judge Ritter, their employer, .and all started in pursuit. After ajong chase he was captured and overpowered and removed to the house. A physician pronounced the affliction a Case off acute insanity, brought on by great mental strain. Judge Ritter's nnanctai trouoie is assigned to injuai- cious speculation during the past three years, v Later. Reports from Glasgow to day say that Judge Ritter has recovered his mind, and that he can show that the money he obtained from the bank was in due form a loan, and not a misuse of the bank's imoney. Horrible . accident. Two Men Killed and, Six Badly-Injured. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 4. A horrible accident occurred at the Sloss furnace this afternoon, two men being killed butright and six badly injured. A hot blast furnace was being erected and the men were working on a scaffold in tne interior ot tne , wans, ;nity-eignt feet from the ground, buddenly the scaffolding gave way and the men "with all their implements and a large forge tell to Che ground in an indescribable, horrible mass. The men killed were John Stantbn . and Tohn Richie. The wounded were Will Harvey, IVJ. Tram- mell, Bob Wade, Josy Moore, Henry Cutts and Frank Wilcox. The three latter are colored. AH the men but Josy Moore are seriously hurt; some of them may die1. The excessive weight of the portable forge and three kegs of rivets caused he accident. A SWINDLER- Taking Orders for Drugs, Eto., from Country Merchants in the South. New! York, February 4. The post master kit New York has received com plaints that a person calling himself LUis, is! travelling in Virginia and else where in the South, representing him self as fan agent of ' Rosen field's Drug and Grocery Company, consolidated, of Mew York, taking orders tor arugs, etc. from country merchants and collecting bills iri advance, under promises of a gift of a gold watch. There is no such company in New York, and the person referred to, who is probably conducting his operations under other names, than as given above, is without doubt swindler. - :. " DEATH IN A BALL ROOM. Miss Kittie Shaw's Last Walts at Pitta- -. burg. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. : Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 6. Miss Kittie Shaw, (laughter of a prominent physi cian of : this city, dropped dead at 3.30 this morning, while dancing at a reception given by the r itts- burg Club in honor of the re-opening of their club house. Socially the Pitts burg Club is the foremost organization ot the! city, and last night's reception was the social event ot the season. Miss Shaw tad danced frequently during the nicht. and was takintr a final waltz, when she suddenly threw up her bands and fel. Ibe coroner s inquest has not yet been held, but it is the supposition that death resulted Irom neart disease, Chairman Atkinson, of the Georgia Democratic State -Executive Committee; has called the committee to meet March i 2nd. In an interview he points out the necessity for early . action, as the Jfeo- ple's party leaders are figuring on work ing with the Republicans, and there is work lor the Democrats to do it they wish success. - . - " SPIRITS TURPENINE. Charlotte News"' ' Mr. Thn'maa Rankin, the shoe drummer who is well Known tnrougnout a large territory of the South, arrived home last night in a badly broken ur condition. His shoulder was dislocated, the wrist broken, and one of his ribs was broken ' - He Sustained these ininrien in a T-nno way . accident at Gainsville, Ga., - last " Monday, i v - Norwood Vidette: The shock-'-news of the burning of the house of -Miles Tordan. and fh h ing Mr death of his wife, about 8 miles north of iroy, Montgomery county, last week. ' ' reached us. Mr. Tordan nnri wiu had retired, for the night, and by some unknown means the hous tonlr . - ' while its occupants , were asleep, and they did not discover -the fire until it aroused them from their slumbers. The house was so near burned down when ' discovered that Mrs. Jordan was unable ' v to escape, j while ' Mr. "Jordan, though painfully burned, managed to make his . way out. He is seriously burned, but it is hoped that he will recover. a . Weldon News : JV' p-entlpman from the Scotland Neck section, who is v himself a practical : and successful farmer, informed us a fonr Have arm hot- there would be considerably less cotton piantea mis year in mat locality. He savs the farmers are in earnest shnni it - . and that the merchants will co-onfirate , with them. Grain, meat, oeanuts and ; ' stock will receive more attention than ever before and cotton less. The ; two negro men. Dred Francis and Jack . v Jordan who committed rape upon a - white woman in Northampton countv the 23rd Of Tulv last, mere lnof itaoIt , tried at Jackson before Judge Winston and a iury and convicted. - Thev were sentenced, to be hanged on Saturday. MRth', . . f. Stkrtotte Chronicle-' The l.nro ' addition to the ftwnifctta; Mill i completed. t is 427 feet lon&AWr1 v; stories high, making the mill one of the., largest in this section. . The mining v industry, seems to be at a stand-still around Charlotte. From Mr. W. H. . : Clark, a mining expert of the city, the :porter learned yesterday that not a . . nele mine in Mecklenbnrc countv is being worked at present. For ev- eral moruinrrs neonle livinir in thp . . treme eastern portion of the city have seen a big gray fox perambulating . around their back yards. The animal usually takes his departure about day- -light, and so successfully manages his manoeuverings that his daylight home . has not been discovered. Raleigh Visitor: It would seem that a reduction in the acreage of cot ton in this section is about to be an ac- complished fact. It is understood to be - the result of the conference hejd in this - , city last Tuesday afternoon that the re- - duction shall be, if possible, 20 per cent., - . and' it was agreed that the farmers of the county should press the matter, that the Alliance should use its influence to carry out the plan, and that the mer- : chants should, if necessary, refuse to . ' make advances ot supplies to those far - - mers who insist upon the old plan ot putting all their land in cotton. Pledges ' were given to carry oat the resolves -made, and if they are adhered to the de- ; sired end maybe accomplished. ' ' The negroes near Gastonia have" laid a plan to stop stealing, and have an asso- . v - ciation which whips all offenders. A . ; iew days ago they chased a thief, caught him with a suit of clothes he had stolen, : stripped and beat him. Rocky Mount Phcenix: Major Emry says he intends to reduce his cot- - t ton crop at least 50 per cent. Last year he planted 1,300 acres, this year he will only cultivate 600 or 700. This county pays twelve hundred dollars an- nually to the State pension fund, besides ' : having a pension list of its own. ' Mr. W. T. Sledge died at. the residence v- of his sister, Mrs. Mary Liles, at Little ton,- on Wednesday last, the 27th of ; - January, of grip, aged seventy years. Mr; Sledge was a native of this county and spent most of his life here. Mr. i Ed. Gorham, superintendent of Flag Marsh Farm, raised over 5,000 pounds of meat from two brood sows last yeari He raised the pigs, which were littered in February and August, on skim-milk from the dairy -and fat tened them on peanuts left in the ground, alter the crop had been gathered. . A young negro man named vv alter Wainwright, about 20 years old, was caught last night in Skinner's grocery , and bar. ; The window had been broken. -open. He said that two s others had 1 broken open the window and put him through it.', He was tried this morning ' and sent on to ail at "Nashville, lhere - were about 100 keys loan d on him. Charlotte Chronicle: The com- . pany has had .considerable trouble in completing the Georgia," Carolina and Northern Railroad, and getting its trains into the city of Atlanta. The trouble was in- 'getting right of way into the - city. 1 he company was sued by the Georgia Central Railroad Company for trespassing on its rights, and thus the . matter has lain in the courts lor a long time. It was finally settled Tuesday in an Atlanta court in favor ot the Georgia, - Carolina and Northern, and before many weeks trains will be running through from Monroe7 to the union passenger r , depot in Atlanta. The report of a horrible anair comes from Kuthertord county. A distillery is in operation a short distance from Ttutberfordtnn, and ' the rats became such a nuisance around , the place-that the storekeeper mixed. some eggs and rat poison in a tumbler and sat it aside for the pests to partake . of. While the storekeeper was busy at his Work the proprietor of the distillervr ' " entered the office, and thinking the turn- . bier contained eggnog put the glass to his mouth and swallowed the poison. In a few moments he was thrown into ' - violent convulsions. A physician ar- rived but was unable to do anything, and " the man soon died.. At a hearing be fore a magistrate Tuesday night in Ruth- . erfordton an attempt was made to lay the crime ion the physician, but it aid not succeed. - - Goldshoro v Headlight : - After three weeks illness with grip, Mr. John . r-w j . . . , t- 1 v. tapps aiea at nis noma in sroguen township Friday morning at 6 o'clock, r aged 79 years. After an illness of eleven days with pneumonia, Mr. Steph- . en noweu, a uiguiy icspcticu biiucii ui Stony Creek- township, passed peaceful ly away Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock, -aged 70 years. A ; series of pro tracted meetings are now being held at Nahunta Academy, Pikeville township, by 'Rev. David Sampson, of England which already have resulted in many . conversions to the Society of Friends. It seems to be a general determin ation among the farmers of this section . to restrict their cotton acreage this year to fifteen acres to the plow, This is about half the usual number of acres. The sad intelligence reached Rev. ' M. D Hit. nastrtr of St. lohn M. E. Church iiii this city, last week, that his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hixr departed this life in Randolph county Thursday evening at 0 o'clock, after a . two weeks : illness with pneumonia,' in the 70 year of her age. r While turning a piece of hard timber on a machine at the Wayne : Agricultural Works, Thursday, Mr. L. B. Stith Sustained a painful but luckily not fatal injuries " by the. timber being thrown from the machine while it was iu rapid motion, striking Mft Stith full . in the face, breaking his nose and knock- ', ing a portion of his teeth, out. It was a close call. A young colored bur- . glar named Peter Cobb; was brought to this city from Burgaw Thursday .charged with breaking into ; stores at several places along the W. & W. R. R. .In his possession were found a lot of jewelry , taken from the jewelry store of Mr. Geo. : L. Parker, in Rocky Mount, and a lot of , goods stolen from the store of Mr, ha. . Grady in Mount Olive.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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