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rVBUSKSD AT.: - WILMINGTON, N. C, $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 888SS8888888S8883 888S88888S88888S3 -sinaoft 9 88888888888888883 -cinaopt s 88888888888888888 82888888282888888 883888S882838888S 83888883388888888 ioataeTnea 88888888888888888 o 2 s s . !" v-i et o to 40 CO (.Entered at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, as Second Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the "Weekly Star is as follews: , Single Copy 1 year, postage paid. ........ .......SI 00 " " 6 mnnths " ,". .j, 60 " " i 8 months . " 80 SOUTHERN PROGRESS. Gen. E. P. Alexander,. President of the Central Railroad, -of Georgia, has a most interesting and suggestive pa per in The Forum for . this month, wtiicn snows not oniy wnai nas rjeen accomplished in the South in the way of industrial progress since the war, but ihe bright outlook for st 11 greater progress in the future?. The South, he says, possesses the two gfeat essentials to prosperity and to command success, without which she could not have made the marvel ous progress whica she has made within the past three decades that as, soil and climate, the twin trea sures, which no other section of this country can lay -equal claim to. In addition to this com bination of fertile soil and genial clime which have enabled the South tp recuperate from a con dition of exhaustion and nakedness, so to speak, following the war, and become strong and flourishing, there die ULiici dgcuuica wuiuu mil caciv mighty influence on the future of the ., South and make her not only agri culturally, but industrially and com mercially, in the near future, the most advanced section, of this country. Amongst these are the changed methods in agriculture, improved railroad systems and the shorter dis- fcahce from the West to Southern than to Northern ports, and in time-the tide of immigration which will seek the South. - The South will always hold the vantage ' ground in the produc tion of two great, world-used products, cotton and tobacco, while by the intensive system of farming her acres may be brought up to yield in cotton, cereals, etc., fourfold what they do (now, and the intensified system becomes the easier of adoption by the new phosphate discoveries in Florida cheapening these fertilizers so that they may be more freely and systematically used. He calls attention to the fact that it is only "within the past few years that the policy of consolidating rail roads in the South has been entered upon, welding, so to speak, short roads together and making put of them great and long continuous high ways, thus giving the public cheaper rates for travel aryi for freight, a , policy which many years ago was entered upon in the North and West, where it was recognized and acted upon as a necessity to make the mands of traffic, and at the same time enable, them to greatly reduce 'the cost of carrying people and freight. ' Until 1885 the uniform railroad gauge had not been adopted through out the South,! but when that was done the only impediment to free and uninterrupted traffic between any part of the South and any part of the North which can be reached by rail was removed, so that the car-load of fruit which leaves Jacksonville, Flor ida, may be delivered in Duluth, Minn , without change of car, or the car-load of flour from Duluth be lan ded in Jacksonville without change. This comes from the uniform gauge, making the railroad the highway which reaches all parts of the coun try without interruption, facilitating railroad combination, better and more economical management, speedier servir and Inwpr rats This means in time great railroad systems in the South as there are elsewhere, backed by large, capital to foster business and development of the resources of the territory they penetrate - and drain, and also to foster commercial enterprise at the ports at which they may have termi nal points. And this means eventu any a great snipping iraae ior our Southern ports, the- beginning of which in good style has already been made, as is shown by the growing business of Galveston, New Orleans, Newport News, Norfolk and. other . ports. ' '.- j ' - " J.'". ; ;I All points in the West, -west of a line drawn from Norfolk to Cincin nati, ' and thence to Chicago, are nearer to Southern ports than to Northern ports, which is equivalent to saying that in these days of traf fic rivalry and close competition, when the Southern systems of roads Connecting with the great West are perfected, and; the facilities of our Southern ports are adequate to the speedy handling of the 'Increased r VOL. XXIII. volume of trade. Southern ports will become the ports-pf export add of im port for millions of bushels of grain, barrels of flour, of pork, &e., which have in past years sought Northern ports for shipment to foreign coun tries; and with this the opening of the Nicaragua canal, which is only a question of a few years, will add im mensely to the Importance and busi ness of our Southern ports which will be so much nearer than Northern ports and on the great highway of commerce between North Amerrca, South and Central America, and me populous empires of the far East with their hundreds'of millions of people who will want to exchange their pro ducts for ours. The progress of the South, great as it has - been in the past three "decades, will be "nothing to compare with the grand possibili ties of the years to come. ; - - IS THIS A WABNING! , Within a couple, ot week's Senator Hill will be in the South at the in vitation of his Southern friends, who take this way of showing their ad miration for him, and at the same time promoting his candidacy for the Presidency. When he Comes we want to see him hospitably greeted and cordially treated, as any other distinguished citizen should . be, especially when he comes by invita tion, for he will be to a certain extent the guest of the Southern people when he comes, whether they favor his candidacy or not. Aside from this as an honored citizen of a great State which for twenty-five years has been a friend to, the South and ithin that time has of all the Northern States stood sometimes alone in demaading justice for her; for eight years her chief executive, in which capacity he made a dis tinguished and honored record ; him self a friend to the South and an uncompromising defender of consti tutional government, he is entitled to a warm and generous recognition wherever he goes. But while this is so, Southern hos pitality must not be confounded with Southern obligation, and the political friends of Senator Hill who are anx ious to see him nominated for the Presidency must not assume to com mit to his cause the communities which pay him respect when he comes amongst them. It they do this they will assume too much, and may de ceive themselves and him too. ' The distinguished " Senator from New York, the honored ex-Governor of the Empi.e State, and now .Senator, is one man, and David B. Hill, the aspirant for Presidential honors, is another. The South may honor the one without committing herself to the other, and this the .particular friends and champions of the Presi dential aspirant must permit her to do. This would be prudent, to say the least of it, prudent for them and bet ter fop the South, which must be tied to no man, but must be left free to act act with cool discriminating judgment, with the best lights before her, when the time comes to act, and when her voice may be a potent fac tion in deciding the question of the next Presidency. The tying process is not good at any time, for it ob scures the. vision, clouds judgment and hampers discreet, intelligent ac tion, while premature tying does not only all this but may prove disastrous to the tied and the one tied to. The movements are verjr rapid sometimes on the political chess board, and the man who looms up conspicuouly in the front to-day may be jostled around by stern facts and events to-morrow, until he finds himself on a dead level with the undistinguished multitude of every day plodders, a leader no long er, but a follower of one brought to the front by the same combination of events which forced him to the rear. These reflections are true in general, and they are especially true at this particular time under the conditions by'. which the Democracy of this country is confronted. - It is conceded by all thinking Democrats that unless there should be some unexpected changes on the political chart between this time and next November, the electoral vote of the State of New York will be neces sary to elect a Democratic President and Vice-President. Inspired by the belief that it is necessary to "carry New York," the Demo- crats of the country have been looking for the man who i gave the most promise ot being able to carry it. By common consent it has been pretty generally conceded that a popular citizen of New York would be most likely to do this, and pub lic attention naturally turned,to her two most popular and distinguished Democrats, Grover Cleveland and David B, Hill. Each has his par ticular friends and champions who stoutly maintain that their candidate is the man to win, and without him in the lead it will be a hopeless bat tle from the beginning. Mr, Hill's friends have loudly proclaimed that his is the magic name to sweep New York and carry the party on to vic tory. So much for enthusiastic toi fowing. Now for facts, more em phatic and convincing than prophetic assertion, benator Hill's friends have control of the party machinery of the i it. n B' State. They have claimed that he is the most popular Democrat in the State, the mighty and always victori ous chieftain. Last Fall Roswell P. Flower was elected Governor by a plurality of 47,937, and the Demo crats carried . both branches . of the Legislature for the first time since the warv This looked as if the Dem ocratic party had a pretty tight grip on the State. Last ; Monday there were local elections in fifty-nine out of the sixty counties-hr the, State, and 'In all but a half-dozen the .Rer publicans showed decisive gains, in some ; reversing the majorities given for the Democratic ticket last Fall. In "Senator Hill's own home city, Elmira, the Republicans elected their candidate for Mayor and a ma jority of the city council, when, if the Democrats had been united and worked Jogether, they could have elected the mayor and a majority of the council. ' s It is asserted by friends of Senator Hill, to account for this, that the friends of Cleveland in some coun ties joined forces with the Republi cans, and hence the result. This may, or may not be, but that does , not make less pertinent the inquiry, was it a revolution of sentiment, a re buke, or a warning ? ; The friends of Cleveland say it was simply a rebuke to the men who precipitated and ma nipulated the convention of the 22d and the methods pursued. But how ever this may be, jt is not the less a warning to the Democracy of the country, that in certain contingen cies New York is a very ugcertain factor, and that to avoid these con tingencies the safe and prudent course to pursue will be to seek a candidate outside of j New York. If Cleveland's friends knifed Hill's friends, as asserted, in the local elec tions last Tuesday, Hill's friends may knife Cleveland, if he should be the Democratic nominee, next Novem ber. In the possibility of either event, the South, at least at this for mative stage, when events follow upon each other so rapidly, should not tie herself to either of these gen tlemen, but leave . herself free to judge and free to act with such lights before her as time may bring. She must not go into the National Convention with a tag on, with her tongue tied nor her head in a sack. Mr.JohnWanamaker.P.M. General, is a truly good man, who takes great interest in the rising generation, but he does not lack the hustling attrib utes of a successful Republican poli- itician. Henry Villard, the railroad man, says Wanamaker offered him, in the last .Republican Presidential campaign, fell control of the General Land Office, in the event of Republi can success, if he would chip in $100- 0.00 to the Republican campaign fund, and Mr. Wanamaker has never got up to remark that Villard was afoul mouthed slanderer. Postmaster Field,- of Philadelphia has been telling the Dry Goods Econ omist "Why Merchants Fail." He gave a great many reasons, but he overlooked the boss reason of all. The merchants who fail are the mer chants who fail to catch on to level-; headed advertising. When they do that, they know no such word as fail, but go right on, and are kept so busy that the flies can't catch 'em still long enough to light on 'em. Mr. Cleveland declines to be in terviewed on the Presidential situa tion. Mr. Cleveland has never been suspected of being deficient . of a pretty good stock of every . day sagacity, which he usually carries' around with him. A MISLEADING STATEMENT ' Concerning the Fort of Wilmington Pub ' lished in the Manufacturer's Record. Mr. Thomas P. Grasty has a long ar ticle in the Manufacturer's Record, of Baltimore, March 5th, in regard to Port Royal, S. C and the advantages it is said to "possess as a harbor and as a prospective coaling station, etc He compares it with other porta on the South Atlantic seaboard, and in his men tion of Wilmington says the depth of water on the bar at the mouth of Cape Fear river, at low water is 5-10 feet.! If all (he statements io the article re ferred to, are as misleading as this, it is not worth the paper it is printed upon." The pilot's reports of the soundings on the bar at the mouth of the Cape Fear river give the mean low water as six teen feet. This, with the rise and fall of tide, (stated by Mr. Grasty as 4 5-10 feet) gives the mean depth of water on the bar, at high tide, as 20 5-10 feet. The reports of Capt. W. H. Bixby. UV Si. engineer in charge of river and harbor improvements here for years past fully verify these reports. The Leader, pub lished at Southport, at the mouth of the Cape Fear, speaking of ; the advantages of that place as a coaling station, says: i A perfectly land-locked harbor, five miles in length, three-quarters in width, with twenty-five to fifty feet of water; A sheltered bar, easy of access, recently crossed by a steamship drawing twenty one feet six inches, and capable of being deepened - to thirty feet at a compara tively small expense. It Charleston, Sa vannah or Brunswick could ever equal Southport in location and climate con ditions, bout h port woum sun nave tne advantage in its situation over the oth ers, in the time saved, for all sail vessels from ports south of this place must come north to a point off this coast be fore altering their courses for the south ward. Another advantage is boutn port's proximity to the ocean, practi cally on the ocean, thus making it pos sible for sail vessels to enter this port without the cost of towage. ; W iEKL Y WILMINGTON, N.-C, ANNUAL CONVENTION. The State Sunday School Assocla'ion to Meet la newborn this Month The Programme, Etc.- , : ; The Eleventh Annual- Convention of the North Carolina State Sunday School Association, is to be held in -Newbern March 29, 30 and 31 next, to be presided over by Hon. R. P. DickJudge of the Western District of North Carolina, who is Presidenf of the Association. We no tice that this Convention will be attend ed by Mr. Wm. Reynolds, jbf Peoria. Illi nois, who was President of the Firth In ternational Sunday . School' Convention, and who is now Superintendent of Or ganization for the International Sunday School Association. It ; will also be at tended by Prof. H. MHamill, Superin tendent of the' Normal Department of the Illinois Sunday School Association. Prof. Hamill will convert the Convention into a Sunday School Institute on Wed nesday and Thursday afternoons, and present the following Conference topics: "Sunday School Management." a". The Equipment: b. The; Programme. "bunday bchool bcholars. a. , Their Attendance b,, Their Home Study. - The following Training Lessons wiil be given. v - I "bunday School Teachers, a. Their Preparation, b. Their Duties, c. Their Mistakes. ' v "Normal Work." a. Its Aim. b. Its Methods, c. Its Needs. ! "Next Sunday's Lesson." (The' Con vention as the class) will be taught by Mr. M. tj. Broughton, of Haletgb. , . Elder Wm. P. Fife, the j well known evangelist, will attend and conduct the Bible readings at the opening of several of the sessions of the Convention. A large number of singer, a combina tion of all the choirs of Newbern, under the direction of Mr. Joe K. Willis, of Newbern, will contribute largely , to the music for the Convention. J - j Reduced rates of fare on jail the . rail roads of the State have bee? secured. Quantities of periodicals and lesson hetp3 from the various Sunday school publishing houses will be displayed for gratuitious distribution. : The above clearly indicates, that these Sunday school people are going to have a good Convention. A Married Man Buna Aw-ay With Another Man's Wife. Newbern Journal; The wife and child of a Mr. Bozman. proprietor of a small oyster cannery at Morehead, left last Thursday for Princess An ne.j Maryland, on a visit. Then Mr. Bozman sent his manager, Mr. Jake Perry, off to the vi cinity of Smyrna, after oysters. j The two families occupied the same house in Morehead, and after their de parture it remained closed until the neighbors becoming alarmed, it was broken, into by the authorities on Wed nesday, March 2d, and found to have no inmates, but there was ia letter left in it from Mrs. Perry to hei husband that told as much of the story as she wanted him to know. She called Mr. Bozman captain, and the -jnote read : "The captain and I have gone. We love each other and you will have to get you another gal. I have gone like the ship that sails away never to return." i Mr. Perry, the deserted husband, got back in the afternoon of the same day ; but he could throw no further light on the matter. It is not known how Mr. Bozman and Mrs. Perry left; much less where they are. They avoided the railroad and departed secretly. All the parties we are told came tcj Morehead trom ciizaoetti V 1 I Mail Serrioe Between Wilmington and Southport. j i Mails between Wilmingtonjand South- port are now carried overland on horse back instead of by steamer on the river. as heretofore, making the time between the two places ten hours instead of three. This is a bad state of affairs and gives just cause of complaint. However, peti tions are in circulation, and! have been numerously signed," asking our Sena tors and Representatives to use their best efforts to have the maijl service by river resumed. The Produce Exchange of this city has also taken tie same ac tion in the matter, as will j be seen by the account of the proceedings of the Board of Managers at their meeting held yesterday. Fayettenlle and Florence Railroad Fayetteville Observer: The first train to pass over the southern extension of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, from this city, pulled up at the depot on Tues day, the initial trip being honored by the following prominent officials: Cap tain John F. Divine, General Superin tendent; Mr. E. Borden, Superintendent Transportation; Mr. M. W. Divine, As sistant Engineer Roadway; Mr. Riddle, Roadmaster Richmond Division, Mr, S. M. Taylor, Roadmaster Southern Exten sion. The trip was one ot iiiquiry and inspection, with a view to arranging a schedule of regular trains, and j this schedule, we are authorized to state, will go into effect by the 1st of njext month. Mr. M- W. Divine reports the finishing work as progressing well and the road bed getting into first rate condition. More Vessels in Distress. A telegram to the Weather. Bureau here, from Mr. Dosher. the jobseryer at Southport.last night, says: "The schoon er fames Ponder, from 0eorge$own, S. C, bound to Philadelphia, loaded with lumber, passed up in tow for ;Wil mington, at 6.10, p. m., leaking and sails being torn., - : " "The schooner Charles . Williard, from Porto Rico, bound to New York, loaded with molfsses. put in to South port at 6 p. m., on account of one man on board having been injured by being struck i with the wheel. Baptist State Sunday School Convention. The 1 Seaboard Air Line will sell re duced ; rate tickets to the above Con vention at Winston-Salem. The follow ing rates will govern from . ju nction points: Forest City, $9.05; Henderson, $6.1Q; Maxton. $7.95; Raleigh, $3.40; Rutherfordton, $9.35; Shelby, $7.80; Weldori. 9.05: Wilmineton. . S9.20. -Tickets on sale April 13th to 15th, good to return till April 18th. j i Dr. D. A. Carmichael took his departure yesterday for his new field of labor at Port Townsend, Washington, leaving many warm friends here' who parted with him with regret and whose jjest wishes will follow him wherever he may go. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1892. PRODUCE EXCHANGE MEETING. Action of Board of Managers The Fast - Mail Matter Concerning Fatnres and " Options Cotton Classification. - . The Board of Managers of "the Wil mington Produce Exchange met in regu lar monthly session yesterday Mr. Wm: Calder; President, presiding, and Col. Jno. L. Cantwetl secretary. . Alter me transaction oireguiar rou tine business, resolutions adopted by the Mayor and Commissioners of South- port protesting against 'j the "proposed change in the time of delivery ofTJ. S hails were read, and on motion, resolu tions endorsingthe protest were adopted and ordered r to be forwarded to our Senators and Representatives n Con gress, and the secretary was requested to ask the daily newspapers of this city to publish this action of the Board. The memorial of v the Tampa, Fla., Board of Trade, to the Congress ot the United b;ates, asking the continuance of the Fast Mail service from New York to Tampa, was read and on motion unani mously endorsed- and official endorse ment ordered. -' : - ' . Preamble and resolutions of the Charleston, S. C Cotton Exchange, of date February 19th, 1892. requesting the New York Cotton Exchange to adopt the low middling clause as a basis for delivery of contract cotton was read and the secretary was instructed to post the same for the information and con sideration of members of this Exchange. The protests of the New Orleans and New York Cotton Exchanges against the passage of. bills now before the U. S. Congress defining options and futures, etc., were read, and it was ordered that this Exchange join the. Cotton Ex changes mentioned in protesting against the passage of said bills, and the secre tary was instructed to send copies ot this action to our Senators and Repre sentatives in Congress. Action of the Wilmington Medical Sooiety on the Removal of Dr. D.A. Carmichael, of the IT. 8. M. H. Sort ice. Wilmington. N. C. March 1: This Society recognizes ' with regret that under the orders of his superiors, our friend.Dr. D. A. CarmichaeJ.is about to sever the pleasant association that his stay here has made. His removal to another post will leave behind him in in this body a company of friends who have learned to esteem him for those qualities that make up the genuine phy sician manliness, gentleness and cour tesy ,a tender charity and abounding gen erosity. No appeal for help from his professional friends went unheeded; and his ready assistance , in emergencies made his presence and counsel a con tinual source of relief. To the laity who sought his service he was ever a willing and wise physician, and the help that he could afford them was always extended, the reraunerationfor such work often being 'only gratitude for, bis kindness. We cherish these traits in our friend with a becoming pride. Coming to our midst a stranger, bis suavity and upright character as well as his professional at tainments, made him such a place among us that he will always be remem bered as our friend, and we trust that the ties that bind him to us, tempered alike with hallowed grief as well as joy. may be as lasting as our recollections of his term of service, now drawing to a close, I Be it resolved, j therefore, that we ten der to Dr. Carmichael, along with our regret at his departure, our best wishes for his prosperity, assuring him of our certain hope of his increasing success; and that we will welcome the announce ment of his growing work, and cherish his friendship with continual recollec tion. Thomas F. Wood, M. D., President. R. D. Iewett. M. D., Sect'y. Democratic County Conventions. At the meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee in Raleigh last Wednesday, the following provision was recommended to the County Conven tions for their favorable action, not to be binding, however, On any Convention unless adopted by it: In all County Conventions in which delegates shall be selected to attend any State, Congressional, Judicial or othet Convention, a vote shall be taken in ac cordance with the plan of organizaticn as to the candidates whose names may be presented to such County Conven tion. The delegates shall be selected trom the friends and supporters of each candidate voted for in proportion to the number of votes be shall receive in such County Convention, and no other in structions shall be given. Provided, that when only one candidate is presented and voted for at such County Conven tion, it shall be lawful to instruct for such candidate. Mot a Word of Truth m It. A newspaper paragraph going the rounds ot the press says: "A clerk was caught in the act the other day, at Wilmington, N. C, who had achieved such expertness in distin guishing paper money by smell that, after his capture, he selected with uner ring accuracy seven letters containing bank notes out of four hundred placed before him, though blindfolded, in order to satisfy the curiosity of the inspectors. Not merely old bills can be thus smelted out, but new ones likewise. Simply a keen sense well trained is required." Postmaster French, who was shown the above, said: "There is not a word of truth in it, nor the least foundation for any such statement." . Republican District Convention. , The Republican Executive Commit tee of the Sixth Congressional District met yesterday in Lumberton and issued a call for the Republican Convention of the District to be held in Rockingham, Thursday,' April 7th, to nominate a can didate for Congress, a candidate for Pre sidental Elector and elect two delegates and two alternates to the National Re publican Convention. State Convention Prohibition Party. The Seaboard Air Line will sell re duced rate tickets to Greensboro on account of the above named convention. The following rates will govern from iunction noints T Forest- Citv. 48.05: Henderson, $5.00; Maxton, $6.30; Ral eigh, $5.30: Rutherfordton, $8.10; Shelby, $6.80; Weldon, $8.00. Tickets on sale March 22nd to 25th, good to return till March 27th. ' Schooner Lula Everett cleared yesterday for Cape Hayti with 181.283 feet lumber, valued at $3,515.54. Ship ped by Messrs. Jas. H. Chadbourn & Co. Star WASHINGTON NEWS. - The House Committee, on Pnblia BniM- Ibes Protest of the Lumber Men Pre . sented io the Ways and Means Commit tee Investigation of the Pension Bureau i Bearing Sea Fisheries Dispute. I ; ;i : . B Telegraph to the Moraing Star. . ! Washington, March 3 The House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to-day refused bv a vote of 8 1 to 4 to adopt Chairman Bankhead's re solution 'declaring that hi the judgment of the House, in view of the condition of the general Treasury, it would be un-j wise and inexpedient to enter unon le gislation looking to the - construction of new public buildings. ' The Ways and Means Committee to day heard the Committee of the Lum? bermen's Association in opposition to the bill introduced bv ReDresentative Bryan, of Nebraska. . placing lumber on the free list. .- The protest, as teleeraDh- ed last night, was laid before the com- ' mlttee, and two representatives ot the Association argued upon the lines of that protest, vs. the Bryan bill. i ne special House committee investi gating the Pension Bureau continues its daily session, inquiring into matters which have from time to time appeared in the public prints to the detriment of the office. In the matter of re-rating each other's pensions, carried on, by employes ot the Bureau m Washington, which created a marked - scandal at the time it i became public. Assistant Secretary Bussey testified that all of ' the men responsible for that practice had been removed. None of the money received illegally had been recovered. It was found that oension money could not be recouped, nor could a man's salary be attached; so all that has been done was the j recommendation to Congress to enact a law to cuver the case. To Mr. Enloe. S Mr. Bussev said the greatest abuse the Pension office bad to contend with was the practice of Con gressmen, in pushing pension claims. He aia not see now the practice could be ' stopped except by laws. It greatly in creased the work of Congressmen, and also ot the Pension office. I.: The joint English and United States Commission on the Behring Sea fished ries held a long session at the State De partment this afternoon, and practically concluded its deliberations.' -The mem bers are pledged to secrecy, and it is. therefore, impossible to obtain any offi cial information a to the result of their conference. There is good reason, how ever, for the prevalent belief that the Commissioners failed; entirely in their endeavors to reach a satisfactory agree ment as to the best method of conduct ing the Seal fishery industry with a view to the preservation of the species. ; Washington, D. C, March 4. The fact was developed to-day that the au thorities have received notice that Lord Salisbury was unwilling while arbitra tion proceedings in the Behring sea dispute are pending to renew the modus vivendi ot last year. He is said to be willing, however, to take the necessary steps tor putting a stop during the ap proaching season to miscellaneous deeo sea seal fishing within thirty miles of Pnbyloff island. It was impossible to learn at the State Department the pre cise nature ot the substitute proposed by iauu ocuisuury. 11 is pruuaoic mat to. is information, received I from London. caused President Harrison to shorten his stay at Virginia Beach, and that he will return to Washington Saturday in stead of Monday, as he had contem plated. It is, therefore, likely that the treaty of arbitration will be submitted to the Senate early next week, possibly Monday. r - . The House of Representatives is rap idly getting the regular annual Appro priation Dills into shape with the view to an early adjournment of Congress as soon as this absolutely necessary work of providing for expenses of the Govern ment can be accomplished. The Appro priation bills are now in a satisfactory state of progress on the House side, and it is possible that by the end of this month, all of the regular Appropriation bills will have been sent to the senate. The House committees are actively working on bills before them, and to-day got several of the appropriation measures ready tp report to the House. The Pen sion Appropriation bill (which was re ported to the House), the Army bill and the Naval bill. The Urgency Deficiency bill was also reported. All of these bills exhibit evidences of the fact that it is the policy of the Democratic majority to keep the aggregate ot the appropriations down considerably below that of the last Congress. The. recapitulation of the con dition of the appropriation bills will show the forward condition in which they are in the House for this period of the long session. The Military Academy, Dis trict of Columbia, Census Deficiency, and Indian Appropriation bills have passed the House, but have not yet been acted upon in the Senate; the Army Pension. Urgent Deficiency and Naval Appropriation bills are practically ready fir action by the House; the Diplomatic and Consular, the Sundry Civil, and the River and Harbors bills are in commit tee, but so well advanced in proportion that they can be put on the calendar within ten days and by the time the House has acted on the measures now before it.- The Legislative, Fortifica tions. Deficiency, Postoffice and Agricul tural bills are iu committee, and it will probably be some time before they are ready to be reported to the House. i Washington, D. C. March 5. Com missioner Raum some days ago called to the attention of Secretary Noble that complaints were coming in of partiality in the examination and final disposition of pension claims, and stated that from December 7th, 1891. to the 25th inst.. inclusive, 70,181 calls had been made by members of Congress for the status of pension claims ; also, that these calls for the status of cases by Congressman were made without reference to the time of filing of claims, and so it constantly happens that claims recently filed are called up on Congressional slips taken from files and placed upon the examin er's desk . when they are found to be complete, and are immediately allowed, thus giving them precedence oyer claims filed . at an earlier date, which have not been allowed in their order. 1 The Secretary to-day, in a letter call ed the Commissioners attention to his order of September 26th, 1890, against any undue preference of any claim in time of either hearing or adjustment, and says the evil which you point oat does not arise from allowing examina tion of the. status of cases, but in per mitting the examiner to approve com pleted cases out of their order, when thus called up. You say action is taken to save a second handling of the papers. The reason given is utterly insufficient to justify the wrong done the claimant who is being relegated to the rear by this process, and 1 can but feel that the evil has been allowed without justifica tion. The President and party returned to Washington this afternoqn after a week's outing at Virginia Beach. . They made the trip in a special car ot the Atlantic Coast Line. The tram reached Wash ington at 4.80 o'clock this evening, near ly half an hour late, - The President is ' very much refreshed by his trip and NO. 16 distributed a number of canvas-back ducks to bis, friends as evidence of his success in ducking. - ' , At a late hour this eyening Secretary Blaine's condition was very much im proved. - :. i ; MURDERER HANGED. Execution or Van Thomas at Abbeville, - . .: ! s. c. , . . ; Charleston, S. C, March 4. To day, Van Thomas alias Van Thomason, colored, was hanged at Abbeville, S. C. for the murder of John Brackett, also colored. The trap was sprung at ten minutes to one o'clock, and in less than six minutes - physicians pronounced Thomason dead. : He met death with great composure. . Ifis neck was broken, and he died without a struggle. Thom ason left a written confession, in which he acknowledged has guilt.' and also acknowledged having killed a man named Abraham Caddis, in Chester, on the 22d day of December, 1889. IN A RECEIVER'S HANDS. The Central Bailroad and Banking Co , of , V Georgta. ' Savannah, Ga March 4. The Cen tral Railroad Banking-Co., of "Georgia, leased last June by the Georgia Pacific R. R., for the Richmond ' & Danville Railroad Co., is itv the hands of a re ceiver. Judge Speerilast night, on the application of R. MJfclarke, one of the minority stockholders, appointed Gen. E. S. Alexander temporary receiver. Argument for a permanent receiver will be held March 14th, at Macon. . WRECKED ON THE OCEAN. A Schooner in a Disabled Condition Tow " ed into a Florida Port. By Telegraph to the Morning Stat. ' Jacksonville, Fla., March 5. The tugboat Walrey, of -this port, while on her way here from Cuba a few days ago, fell in with the schooner B. J. Hazzard, Capt. Brewster, thirty-five days out, from Georgetown, S. C, for New York, with a cargo of rosin and; turpentine. The Hazzard had encountered heavy north erly gales, and split and lost her sails. She had been drifting southward fir many days and was short of provisions. For eight days the crew had nothiug to eat but rice, and there was only one quart left when picked up. She was east of the Bermudas when the Walrey took her in tow and brought her into Mayport last night, and Capt. Brewster is getting provisions, new sails, etc., in this city and the vessel will proceed -on her voyage to-day. ' While the vessel was drifting southward a sailor fell from the rigging and died; from the injuies. His body was sunk in the ocean. YACHT SIREN - Reported Lost in a Letter Found on the Beach at Kag's Head. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, D.'C, March 5. Su perintendent Kimball to-day received a teiegram from Keeper Etherridge, at Nag's Head life saving station, N. C, saying the following note in a bottle was picked up on the beach near the station last night : . - Sunday p. m. about .3 o'clock our yacht is sinking and we cannot possibly keep afloat- more than half an hour longer. Our boat is the Siren (name indistinct.) Signed G. W. Smith, Wm. Thompson and J. B. Clark, under which were the words "Good-bye." There are three yachts registered with the name of Siren ; one at New York city, one in Stonington, Conn., and one in Cold Spring, N. Y. . - RICHMOND TERMINAL. A Bad Break in the1 Fries of Securities Caused by Troubles' of the Georgia Central. - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, March 5. Jno. H. In man. one ot the directors of the Richmond Terminal Co., to-day received a tele gram trom President Alexander to the effect that the latter had been made temporary receiver of the Georgia Cen tral. The report caused Terminal securi ties to break badly 'upon 'Change just before the hour ofclosing. It is not known whether this will have any seri ous effect upon the proposed reorgani zation of the Richmond Terminal. Mr. Inman professed ignorance on that point. LATE FOREGN NEWS. The Grand Duke of Hesse Stricken with Paralysis Strike of London Shoemakers Burning of Large Cotton Warehouses; By Ttisgraph to the Morning Star. Berlin, March 5. The Grand Duke ot Hesse has had a stroke of paralysis that has affected the entire right side of his body. His condition is critical. London, March 5. The strike of shoemakers in Leicester, which was in augurated some time ago, is settled, and 3,000 men who went out of the factories now resume work. Liverpool. March 5. Fire broke out in a block of six-story cotton warehouses on Birchall street, in this city, adjoining the wharves, where the cotton brought to Liverpool from the United States is landed. Despite the efforts of the fire brigade the fire spread with great rapid ity, and it was impossible for the fire men to cope with it. The warehouses were completely gutted.. It is impossi ble as yet to state what the losses will amount to, but they will be very heavy. GARZAi I N CAM P. A Body of Armed Men, Supposed to Be t Garza's Adherents. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - Rio Grande City, March 5. In formation reached here yesterday that a party of well-armed and mounted Garza revolutionists are encamped thirty miles north of this city, in the cbapparal Capt. Bourke and a force of deputy mar shals and troops left here last evening for the camp ot the revolutionists. They are confident of capturing some of the men. Garza is said to be at the head of the party. A strong effort will be made to take him prisoner. BANK STATEMENT. Report of the Changes During the Fast -4 . "Week. . & By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' Npv York, March 5.-rWeekly state mer&of Associated Banks shows the fol lowing changes: Reserve decrease $56,77,. 475; loans increase, $7,735,300; specie decrease, 3,334.500; legal tenders de crease, $1,933,3,000; deposits increase, $1,639,900; circulation increase, $132,400. The banks now hold $21,292,225 in ex cess of the requirements of the 25 per cent. rule. ' A New York dispatch says; Timothy Hogan Hopkins, the adopted son of Mrs. Mark Hopkins bearles, has com promised his suit against Edward F Searles for three million dollars. - SPIRITS TURPENINE Shelby Review .- Last Saturday afternoon two little children of Mrs Hackett Wall, a widow living two miles from town, being left alone in the house, began playing in the fire, and one acci- -deTttally pushed the other into it. The child's clothes ignited and every stitch burned off, leaving it burned' to a crisp from its neck to. its heels, Fred Buchannon. the bar-keenmf r.hretor who killed a policeman" at that place some two years ago, is said to have been captured and jailed at Clarksburg. W. Va on Monday. The arrest was made through the instrumentality of a promi nent young business man of this place. The rumor that Buchannon had died in Brazil a year ago, was evidently circu lated to help him escape. j ' ' Concord ' standard: One night last week Mrs. W. A. Misenheimer, who had seen her husband measuring logs around and near the saw at his saw mill, had a dream that came only too true. She dreamed that her husband in stoop ing to measure a log near the saw, fell and was cut to pieces by the saw. She told her dream and begged Mr. Misen heimer ta cease going near the saw as ne was accustomed to do, but he, fear ing no danger, was amused at the -dream. But Mrs. Misenheimer's dreams were sadly realized. Mr. E. Pink Deal tells us of a similar, dream he had not more than a week ago. The first ac count of the sad death of Mr. Misen- -heimer was not literally true. His head " -was not entirely severed from the bodjr, but the tearing ot his body about the chest and shoulders was greater than first reported, ! , -r- Charlotte News-. The Elliott Furniture Co., of this city, saw the re quest of Miss Carrie A. Kirk, of Elk Point, S. D.. for native woods to go into a cabin, and with an eye to showing -the world the bgauty of North Carolina woods, they polished up a piece of curly poplar and a quarter sawed oak, and sent them to her. In acknowledging the receipt of the wood she says : "Thanks for the beautiful pieces of wood from you State. Really, they are too beautij ful to use in the cabin. I shall try and find some prominent place for themu' They are the first polished pieces I have received." Mr. Jacob Hager. who served through the war in Gen. Barrin ger's command, died in a house on the farm of Louis Hauser, colored, four miles from the city,' last night, from a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Hager was 70 years old. Charlotte Chronicfe: Mr. T. E. - Walker, of Berry Hill, was painfully hurt last Wednesday. His team be came frightened and " ran away. The mule which he was riding stumbled and feH on him, and before he could be ex tricated the mule recovered his. feet and ran, dragging Mr. Walker some distance. He will be laid up some tf me from the injuries sustained. Rev. James E. Morrison, a venerable minister of the Presbyterian church, died recently at his home atf Mineral Springs, near Mor- . vin, Anson county, at the advanced ace of 86 years. He was born in Rocky Kiver congregation, Cabarrus county. His first" charge was the Presbytery church in Concord, where he labored 24 years. From there he went to Wades boro, remaining three months, and from there went to Morven, where he spent the remainder of .his life. He was' prominent in ministerial and education al circles, and was greatlv beloved throughout Anson county. Goldsboro Headlight : A certain merchant, ot this city who knocked .a fellow down and out Saturday night be". cause the latter made very ungentleman ly remarks about the merchant's wife who happened to be in the rear of the store at the time, was brought before the Mayor Monday morning and fined $10 and cost. A Stoney Creek town ship farmer who came to this city Sat urday, became a little absent minded when he got ready to go home. He "11UI.U UI3 UU19C tu a UlCUU a new uuvvv and left his old one in its place and didn't discover his mistake until the real owner followed on and called his atten tion to it. While coming from Saul's X roads into this city yesterday morning Mr. T. C. Hill, who lives near Mount Olive, was thrown from his buggy by a runaway horse and painfully miured about the head, though not seriously. i he case ol Mr. li. T. Braswell. of Princeton, for obtaining money under false pretense, was satisfactorily setttled at 3mithfield Thursday before coming to trial and Braswell was promptly dis charged from custody. Fayetteville Observer: A tele gram received in this city Tuesday,' an nounced the sudden death at. Bennetts ville of Mrs. Jennings, mother of our townsman, Mr. E. H. Jennings. In. conversation with many X)f the leading tarmers ot this section,. we learn that not exceeding one-fourth the amount of commercial fertilizers has been sold in Cumberland this year compared with- last. " We hear it whispered around that not many moons will wane ere the Atlantic Coast Line will begin the erec tion of a handsome passenger depot in tnis city, ior the accommodation ot the increased travel and business over their - line. Dr. J. F. Highsmith received a telegram last Saturday morning announcing the death of his sister, Miss Mamie Highsmith, at her father's home in Sampson. At the time of her death the deceased was about 19 years old. We share in the feeling of deep sadness with which the whole community re ceives the death of Miss Mary Polk Un derwood, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Underwpod, whom God took unto himself on the morning of the 1st inst. Charlotte News : Mr.-Durant Mc Call, who lives near Oates cotton mills, through mistake or with suicidal intent (it is not known which), took an over dose of morphine last night, and before any one knew of the act he had passed beyond medical aid. Capt. S. W. Smith, one of the "most prominent men ot Mecklenburg County, died at his home in Pineville last night, after a long illness. He was stricken with paralysis some months ago, and had . never fully recovered. Capt. Smith was about 56 years old. About eleven years ago old George Dean shot a colored woman named Bettie Wade. He had loaded his gun witb slugs and scrap iron, and though the woman was terribly wounded, she eventually recovered. Re cently some of the old wounds have been troubling her, and to-day Dr. O'Donoghue cut into her flesh at a par ticularly sore spot and got out a piece ot an iron nut that weighs half an ounce. . The woman still- carries in her body a dozen or more' pieces of iron and lead. . " ' Franklin Press: We learn that one night last week in Nantahala Town ship, a committee of twelve waited on a man named Calloway and treated him to a right liberal application of hickory withes. The trouble seemed to arise from the, fact that Calloway had been abusing his wife while in bed sick, A peculiar accident happened on Cowee, south of Mica City, last Thursday morn ing. There was an old mica mine cut on the mountain side containing several thousand gallons of water, and in the bottom of it a large shaft sixty feet deep. Some men had run a tunnel from below to a point immediately under the bot tom of the shaft and while J. U. Shep herd, white, and Harry Mock, colored, were at work in the tunnel, the water broke through suddenly and shot the men out of the tunnel with almost light ning velocity. Shepherd had his - leg, collar-bone, shoulder-blade and six ribs broken, and, was badly bruised and skinned on different parts of the body. Mock was considerably -bruised ' and skinned, but no bones broken. Both fwlll recover. Several - other men who were at the mouth of the tunnel heara the rushing of the waters and ran, nar rowly escaping.