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PLAYING WITH FIRE,
The men who are scheming to put
a third party in the field in the South
are playing with fire, a fire which
will destroy them as well as others
if they don't run away from it, after
it has got beyond their control. Ex
actly what they expect to do if they
succeed in giving the third party
body enough to make an appearance
in public we do not know. Perhaps
they do not know themselves, but
we know this, that they have no hope
of doing anything without entering
into an unholy alliance with the Re
publican leaders who will gladly
avail themselves of such an opportu
nity to eventually recover the power
they have lost. A formal agree
ment may not be necessary to
effect such an alliance. It may be
done without any of the traders
committing themselves in writing or
verbally. All this can be done by a
little pulse feeling and a tacit under
standing in which the principals play
mum and pull wires like the mischief.
Thai is the game that will in all
probability be played in this State
where the Itepublicah machine man
agers are watching the third party
manipulators with keen interest, be
cause they think they see in the
movement the way opened for their
recovery of power in the near future.
Hence some of the most influential of
these Republican politicians are not
in favor of nominating any State
ticket this year, leaving ' the
voters of that party free to
pool issues with the adherents of the
third party, to "pneck" the Demo
cratic party. These Republican
leaders know they do not stand a
ghost of a show of carrying North
Carolina while the Democratic party
is united and hence they are willing
to lend their aid and comfort to the
-third party boomers or the devil to
weake.n and divide the Democratic
party with the hope of ultimately
conquering it.
The third party boomers will have
not only such aid and comfort as
ttie Republican leaders in the South
can give them, but will have material
aid from the managers of the Na-
i i iwjuiuvau ft a. j nuv, vu vs.
hope to make some inroads into the
Democratic party and break up the
solid South. It has been more than
once asked, and asked with pertinence,
where the money came from to pay
the hire and the travelling expenses
of the orators wherhave been ramb
ling over this coun ry for two or
three years, denouncing the Demo
cratic party in the South, and both
parties in the North. We venture to
say that the National Republican
Committee would willingly under-
w fa "'en expenses, .wiui a uuerai
per diem thrown in and a pretty fair
sized organizing fund from this time
till the close ot the Presidential cam
paign, ind take the chances of its be
ing pretty well invested money. They
would much rather spend money this
way to divide the Democratic party
in the South than spend it in the ef
fort to overcome the Democratic
party with their own forces. -V
They have tried that ot ten enough
to know that it will not work and
have spent money enough in the
South to make lots of State and
local distributors of the boodle flush
for some time.
But whether these" third . party
boomers get material assistance from
the Republican party" managers to
carry on their work there is no doubt
whatever that they will have the aid
and comfort of the Republican man
agers in the South when they can
make a sufficient showUo entitle them
to any attention.-
There is not one of these third
party boomers who speak so cofi
dently of what they are go
insr to do in th-, Snntri who
expects to control a majority
of VOteS of men who havtt fim arr.
ing with the Democratic party,. but
are counting upon the votes, they
will get from the Republicans, with
... vyw.vvllU VWfc.0 fcMW
may get from deluded men who were
i once, like . themselves,' Democrats,
they hope to win. If their came
Succeeds and thev' win what than 9
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Do they suppose that the shrewd,
trl P V T7 P aiMiKliin vrt i it a re e
; have sat by, quietly looked on and
helped them play their game are
going to long permit them to enjoy
their stolen fruit ? If they do, they
are very much mistaken. The Re
publican managers are not that kind
V
VOL. XXIII.
of roosters, and they don't give
aid : and comfort to - the third
party that .the - third ; party
may stick but that it . may prize the
Democratic party out,; and open the
way for themselves to get in. .They
"will play rnum until they' think they;
have the Democratic party split and
then they- will play . the second
act in their piece, reach . out : aad
snatch the third party ; baldheaded
and go for the plunder. . And -then
the third party boomers who think
they have been playing it so nicely
and so well will discover that they
have been playing with fire, and got
pretty badly blistered by their fool
ishness.
JKDJ0& MENTION.
Last Thursday the Democrats of
South Carolina held at Columbia
what they called a Peace. and Unity
convention, in which every county in
the State but one was , represented.
The. Charleston News and Courier
says it was a distinctively represen
tative convention,' not a convention
of politicians nor of any class, but of
the people. " Of the 286 delegates
present 173 were farmers, 15 were
farmers and merchants, 22 were mer
chants, 31 were lawyers, 7 were edi
tors, the other 32 delegates repre-
enting various other pursuits. This
convention was called to take
formal - action- by the Democrats
of the State who are opposed to
the Tillman administration, which
they believe has been unwise
and destructive of the best in
terests of the State, and who are op
posed to Tillman's re election and a
continuance of. the policy which has
shaped his administration. The re
port of the committee setting forth
the reasons for the call of this con
vention and the motives which in
spired those who participated in it,
is a very calm and conciliatory docu
ment which appeals to the reason
and not to the passions of the peo?
pie of that State; and declares that
whatever contest there may be over
these State policies should and must
be fought in a friendly, patriotic way
within the Democratic party, upon
the preservation of which the peace
and prosperity of South Carolina de
pends. A committee on nominations
was appointed which presented the
following ticket, which was heartily
endorsed, for the consideration of the
Democratic State Convention which
meets in September. :
For Governor John C. Sheppard, of
Edgefield.
Lieutenant Governor James L. Orr,
of Greenville. ,
Secretary of State Lawrence You-
mans, of Barnwell.
Attorney General W. Perry Murphy,
of Colleton
Treasurer-
-E. R. Mclver, of Darling-
ton.
Comptroller General J. B. Humbert,
of Laurens. , - .
Superintendent ot Education Rev.
D. VV. Hiott, of Anderson.
Adiutantand Inspector General W.
W. Dixon, of York.
Of this ticket two are lawyers, one
a lawyer and manufacturer, two are
farmers, one a minister of the gospel
and one a school teacher.
While there is no organization or
effort being made -to boom Cleve
land, the boom seems to be moving
right along of its own strength.
f here is no more doubt in the minds
of reading people, who keep up with
current political events, if the names
of the respective gentlemen which
have been mentioned as candidates
for the Presidential nomination were
submitted to a popular vote of the
Democracy of the country, that Mr.
Cleveland would have a large ma
jority, than there is that Democrats
want to win in the next election.
He is singularly strong before the
people, who regard him as the typi
cal representative of tariff reform,
and the most available man who can
be nominated. This feeling is not
peculiar to any section, but prevails
in all sections, North, South, East
and West. Several of the Western
States have expressed themselves.
very decidedly on this question. In
Minnesota recently, out of thirty-
seven county conventions held, thir-.
ty five pronounced in favor of Cleve
land. In Birmingham, Alabama, a
few nights ago, a Cleveland club was
organized, and -the hall, which seats
2,000 people, was so packed that there
was no room for more. This was but
a few days after Senator Hill's
visit. Rev. A. E. Dickinson editor
of the Religious Herald, of Rich
mond, Va.J who has beerr making a
tour of Florida, writes that while
Cleveland and Hill were topics of dis
cussion everywhere, and by all classes
of . people, Cleveland's name was
mentioned favorably a hundred times
to the one' time that Hill's was men
tioned, and this by people from
various sections and various States;
representing all shades of political
opinion. These are but a few in
stances of the many that might be
mentioned as showing the strong
hold that Cleveland has on the
masses of the Democracy of . the
country. .
Our impression is that Lord Salts
bury will modify -his - views on. the
Behring sea question rather than see
the arbitration, arrangements for
which have gone so far, fail when he
sees the determined attitude that this
Government has taken, and realizes
that arbitration may be rejected by
inrr tt
this Government unless lie complies
with the reasonable and business-like
demand made for a-; continuance of
tb agreement made last year.. It is
said that the position -which he has
taken does not : meet,.,' with; popular
indorsement in 'England; especially
since the thinking people over there
have begun to realize that It may in
volve England in a very serious and
costly entanglement with this coun
try by which she has. nothing to gam
but much to lose. The sudden
change of attitude of the London
Star, an influential paper, which bad
been a strong ." supporter : of Lord
Salisbury, is significant- and would
never have been made if it had not
felt the public pulse and found how
it beat on this question. : " ' ' :
Hon, Chauncey hit Depew admires
Bob Ingersoll, but disapproves of his
religious views. - Who ever suspected
Bob Ingersoll of having any religious
views ? 'iy - , -
A Wisconsin farmer named Zebu-
lea Watson has got mad with his
family and wants his name curtailed
from Watson to' Watts. " That's
Watts the matter with him.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
A Called Meeting to Conaid -v ' Bevsral
Important Subjaota Beaolanons Adopted
The Chamber of Commerce of Wil
mington met yesterday at 11 a. m. in
the office off Messrs las. H. Chad-
bourn & Co.; Col. F. W. Kercnner, the
Chairman, presided, with Col. John L.
Cantwell. Secretary. Col. Kerchner ex
plained the purpose of the meeting '
The first matter taken up was a bill
now before the Senate of the U. S.. in
relation to the marine inspection laws,
making them apply to sailing vessels as
well as steamboats.
On motion. Tubs. Evans, Esq was
appointed to; draft resolutions in oppo
sition to said bill, copies of which reso
lutions are to be sent to our Senator and
Representatives as follows:
Resotved. Ttvax. we record our con
demnation of Senate; bill 1735. relative
to marine inspections, for the following
reasons, viz : It taxes tbe producer
without any equivalent benefit and with
out his consent; it taxes the carrier.
who cannot receive any equivalent with
out increasing his rates ol freight on
products which now nave but slight
value i above cost of production and
freight expenses ; from frst to last every
feature ot this bill is highly objection
able, 'inasmuch that it robs the poor
without increasing the store of the rich.
We humbly pray our Representatives
and Senators in Congress to oppose its
passage. j. , : ' .
In' the matter of the. Fast Mail service
from New York to Jacksonville, the ac
tion of the Jacksonville Board ot- Trade
was ' endorsed, and our Senators and
Representatives in Congress were re
quested to aid in securing the continu
ance of the service. W
In the matter of buoys for our river
and harbor, resolutions offered by . Mr.
H. G. Smallbones, petitioning Congress
for an improvement in the same were
adopted. j
The silver question was discussed and
the Chamber protested against the pas
sage of tbe Bland bill by resolution as
follows : ! -
Resolved, That we are opposed to the
passage of the Free Coinage bill now
before Congress, and that we consider
the further agitation of tbe subject at
tnis time unwise and impolitic ; we are
conv need that the measure would bring
no relief to oiur farmers, nor to any class
of our citizens ; that it would unsettle
finances and idepreciate values, and that
it seems plausible only to those who
expect something for nothing, or who
have not realized that every honest dol
lar represents a" dollar's Worth of toil.
It was ordered that a copy of the fore
going resolution be sent to . our Repre
sentatives in Congress.
The Booty Mount liand Sale.
The Star's correspondent writes :
The land purchase a day or two ago,
was by a syndicate of Western Pennsyl
vania millionaire manufacturers. They
have just completed a very heavy purr
chase of property in and adjoining
Rocky Mount, and propose developing
it at once, by surveying, grading and lay
ing off streets, &c The land lies be
tween the tobacco warehouses and ex
tends on both sides of the railroad to
the river, and contains about four hun
dred acres.
This deal will cause several new in
dustries to be developed, .amounting to
two hundred and fifty to three hundred
thousand dollars plug, smoking' and
wood. factories will be erected by the
next season.; This deal does not include
others yet td follow. .-y
Odd Fellow Orphan Home. ; -
. M r. Nathan iel Jacobi, one of the trustees
of the Odd Fellows' Orphan Home, re
ceived a communication yesterday from
the secretary of the building committee
asking that the number ot children and
names be ascertained wbo will be sent
from this city to Goldsboro to the
Home, which will be ready for occu
pancy by the middle of April.
A meeting will be held at the Yar
borough House, in Raleigh, on Friday,
the 11th off April, for the purpose of
electing a superintendent. Mr. Jacobi
now has several applications for this
position. .",-' -y.yy- X:
Atlantic National Bank.
Tbe Atlantic National Bank, - it is
learned from Mr. - Norwood, expects to
begin j business about the middle of
April. No selection has yet been made
for a place for tbe temporary location of
the bank, but several places have . been
offered froiri which a sefectiooN will be
made. Some of the larger stockholders
of the bank have reduced their sub
scriptions, so as to, enable others' to
come in who had applied since the sub
scription lists were closed, and since
aoDlication I bad been made to - the
Comptroller to authorize the establish
ment f of the bank on a capital of
$125,000. I . -
Work will be commenced on the
building for the bank at an early date.
Weekly
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WILMINGTON, N. 0.s
CRIMINAL COURT,; ;
The Caae of John O. Darle Bemored to
tbe Superior ConrU. ' -
; The case oT the State vs. John C
Davis was called in the Criminal Court
yesterday morning, but upon application
of defendant's counsel tt was transferred
to the Superior Court, which will con
vene in this city on the 18th of April
nexu- j ; .- - '
Mr. Davis was present with his coun
sel. Mr. John D. Bellamy, Jr., and C6L
Thomas W, Strange. I Col. B. R. Moore
and Hon; A. M. Waddell, for the prose
cution, were ready for the trial. :J' 1
Col. Strange rose, and addressing the
Court said; ' "If ' your Honor please, I
hold in my hand a telegram from tbe
Rev. Mr. Sawyer, who isf an all-important
witness for the defence, stating that
he is too ill to attend Court,' and while
the defence regrets it very much, we will
have to ask for a continuance unless the
State would agree to admit what we in
tend to prove by this witness." ;"
Solicitor B. R. Moore; resisted a con
tinuance, and said that! as the defence
was to be insanity there was a multitude
of other witnesses who knew .the de
fendant much better than did Mr.
Sawyer, and could testify as to whether
Mr. Davis was insane or not. He said
further, that the State would not admit
anything, and the ends of justice re
quired that the case should not be con
tinued. " - ' :: .-.
Mr. Bellamy said that! if be State did
not admit what they intended to prove
by Mr. Sawyer he would state the ground
and make affidavit for continuance.
Col. Waddell. for the; State, objected
to a statement being made in the hearing
of the j iry, 1
The Court asked the
counsel for the
defence to write the statement and he
would read it privately. ,
The statement was prepared and tbe
Court read it and said: "This is the
home of the defendant, and he has come
in contact with a large uumber of peo
ple, and has many friends, and a large
number of people could testify as to his
mental con 'ition." j
The Court ordered the clerk to make
an entry. "That the counsel for the de
fence bad suggested to j the Court that
the defendant was insane, and was in
capable to plead, whereupon the Court
ordered a jury to inquire into the sanity
of the defendant." If
Mr.. Bellamy Jthen, addressing the
Court, said that be wished to make a
motion for a continuance on the ground
that Mr. Murphy, of the Morganton In
sane Asylum, an expert who had been
summoned for the defence, was not
present. ,'t-l
The Court said that he had received
a letter irons Dr. Murphy, and asked
Col.' Waddell to read an affidavit of
Dr. Murphy's which stated that he had
about 500 insane . patients under his
charge, and one of his assistants was ill.
and it would be impossible for him to
leave his duty without jeopardizing
the welfare of many and probably the
life of some. -' - I
Mr. Davis rose from his seat against
the protest of his counsel and brother, j
and said -that Dr. Murphy would be
against him if he should come, as he
bad sown np a wound on his head once.
The Court said that this was the
second time the defence had failed to
get Dr. Murphy here, land he doubted
very much if they ever) would get him,
as they had no means of forcing him to
attend. That they had one expert who
was competent, and the case could not
be prejudiced on that account.
Mr. Strange said that he was aware
that they had Dr. Miller, of Goldsboro,
who was a competent expert ot twenty-
three years experience with the insane.
but the object was to throw all the light
on the matter possible, and that was the
reason he was so anxious to secure tbe
testimony of Dr. Murphy, and that no
one .knew what Dr. I Murphy would
swear to. j '
The Judge ordered them to proceed
with the case when Mr. Strange called
the witnesses for the defence. Mr.
Bellamy stated that j out of 39 wit
nesses , there - were -j 17 absent, of
whom several were very important.
The Court said that be thought they
had a sufficient number present to begin
with and tf the defence wished he would
order capiases issued and have these ab
sent witnesses who resided in the city
brought into Court and punished for
contempt.
Messrs. Bellamy and Strange then
asked permission . to retire for a con
sultation. Permission was granted, they
retired, returned and offered two affida
vits, one ot the defendant, and the other
of a Mr. Willis, his brother-in-law, stating
that the defendant was indebted to the
Judge in the sum of $100 for house
rent, and that on that ground be
verily v believed that he could not ob
tain justice in his Court.
. The Judge then made some remarks;
stating that he had always felt kindly
towards Mr. Davis and had actually
done him some favors, but that tbe case
would be removed for hearing to the
next term of the Superior Court.
. The following is from the record :
When the prisoner was brought into
court and required to plead to the in
dictment, his counsel stated that the de
fendant was unable to plead, because of
the defendant being insanefwhereupon
the Court ordered the issue as to
whether the .defendant is insane at this
time be submitted to the jury.
The defendant . then, . through his
counsel, moved to continue his case for
the absence of Dr. P. Murphy, an ex
pert, and for the absence ot Rev. J. R.
Sawyer, a witness for the defence. The
motion for continuance was denied by
the Court. - . ;
A motion is then made to remove the
case to the Superior Court, upon affida
vit of the defendant that hs, the defend
ant; could not obtain a fair trial before
His Honor, Judge Meares. The motion is
granted. The Court, upon the suggestion
of the Solicitor, directs that a record be
made of the fact ' that the defendant
makes affidavit for the removal of this
case to the Superior Court, which is read
by his counsel . for. that .purpose, not
withstanding the suggestion offered by
them that tbe defendant is now insane
at the time of making the affidavit.
FRIDAY,i APRIL H 1892.
"THE. SHORT CUT :
How the Trin will Bun-Only a
Xjooal
piXv; Schedule for the Freeent. . ' , : .
As already : announced in the Star.
the first regular schedule on (he railroad
from Fayetteville to Florence, known as
the bhert Cut, will go into effect next
Monday. This portion - of the Short
Cut extends from - Fkyetteyille to Pee
Dee, on the Wilmington, Columbia &
Augusta ' road, 'and as the News aad
Courier states,! runs through one of the
most fertile districts md prosperous
farming - sections in- the low-country.
Beginning at J Pee Dee the road runs
nearly due north to Fayetteville, passing
the following stations : Sellers, Latta,
Dillon,; Homer, Rowland EI rod, Pem
broke, Br ice's.j Bennet, Parkton, Hope
Mills, to Fayetteville. The route is
amply provided at these stations with
side-tracking, with a holding capacity of
three hundred ;and ninety-two cars. The
grades are exceptionally - light ' and the
curves are conveniently arranged. '.,
-The two freight trains which are to be
put onnext Monday will begin at once
carrying all freight shipped to or from
the section through - which the Wilson
Short Cut passes. The north-bound
train will leave Florence at 7.80 a.m., ar
riving at Fayetteville at 5.15 p. m.; south
bound trains will leave Fayetteville at
7.80 a. m. and arrive at Florence at 5
P- ' . - : I I"-'--- -"' '
For the present the traffic over the
Cut will only be a local one, and it is
impossible now to say when the through
schedule of passenger and freight trains
will go into effect. The officials of the
road,' however), will make most stren
uous efforts to set the Cut ready for
through traffic at the earliest date possi
ble, as it shortens the time fully three
hours between Charleston and New
York. This is a very important : item.
especially at this season of the year, when
the road is shipping great quantities of
pensnaoie ireight. 1 he Atlantic Coast
Despatch proposes to run the vegetable
schedules over the Short Cut at the first
practicable moment. The two trains re
ferred to are what are known as "local
freights." j
- FIFTH STREET CHURCH.
A Flan to Issue Bonds to Believe the
Church of 'its Flaandal Embarrass
ments. . " "
The Star feels interested in the pros
perity of all our churches, but it feels a
special interest! in Fifth Street ' Metho
dist Church in its financial embarrass-,
ment. It takes pleasure, therefore, in
printing the following paragraphs from
an article in tbe last issue of the Atlan
tic Methodist, in which Rev. Dr. Nash,
its editor, suggests a plan for the issu
ance of bonds to "help 'save Fifth Street
Church, as he strongly expresses it:
We have made several propositions to
theMethodist people, and the friends of
Methodism m; North Carolina, to get
them to help save Fifth Street Church.
As a last effort; we now propose to bond
the debt. We! will issue bonds ot the
denomination of $25, to mature in ten
yean, with coupons attached. The bonds
to bear 4 per cent, interest. It will take
$25,000 to cleaj- up our indebtedness, and
this will require the sale of 1.000 bonds
at $25 each, j Any one may take any
number of these bonds, and each cou
pon will be paid when due. There will
be ten of these! attached to every bond.
and they will be worth $1 on maturity of
one year's interest. At the end of ten
years the bonds will fall due.
We propose to provide a sinking fund
to meet the principal and interest by se
curing weekly payments from the mem
bership of the church, and from the
income from j The Atlantic Methodist.
We believe that alone will pay the debt,
if it continues to prosper as it has done
up to date. A coupon from one of these
bonds will be received as payment of
subscription to the paper for one year.
These bonds will be secured by mort
gage on the church property, and the
property may) be sold when the bonds
mature, unless they are paid. Each and
every bond will be a mortgage on the
property. i
It will take $1,000 a year to pay the '
interest, on this plan, and $2,500 a year
to create a sinking fund to pay the
principal. : j , j
Ot courae we are aware that capitalists
will not invest in these bonds simply for
the sake of making an investment, for
church property is not desirable securi
ty, as no one wishes to foreclose a mort
gage on a church; but we are proposing
to put this whole matter on a business
basis, and we guarantee that these bonds
will be as good as any other: 4 per cent.
securities. COL J. Wr Atkinson, Presi
dent of the Wilmington Savings and
Trust Company, has consented to act as
Trustee for. the bondholders free of
charge. j
Southern Baptist Conrention.
The Atlantic Coast Line will sell
round trip tickets for the Southern Bap
tist Convention' at Atlanta) Ga., May
6th to 13th, at rates as follows :. Wil
mington. $14.00; Wilson. $14.50; Golds
boro, $14 50; Wadesboro, $11.05; Wel
don, $15.00; Tarboro, $15.00; Greenville,
$15.50; Klnston, $15.50; Rocky Mount,
$15.00. . - ' ; . ,
! Tickets on sale May 3rd to 6th, in
clusive, with extreme limit to May 17th.
Iiand Sale at Bookr jMount.
A special dispatch to the Star from
Rocky Mount tellsibf a big land sale
that took place there yesterday, to a
syndicate from Pittsburg, Pa. Forty
thousand dollars was the amount paid,
for unimproved suburban property in
the northern! part of the town. This
deal will lead to the development of
several industries which will be devel
oped soon. The sale was a bona fide one
the deeds having been passed and the
cash paid. 1 ' --i - I1:'?-: -
Saunders and Waddell.
'r The paragraph below, from the Char
lotte Observer, is a "good enough Mor
gan" for a local item : ; 's'J! "
The Observer has notice from Presi
dent Winston that at the next com
mencement at the University, on alumni
day. Tuesday, May 81, Hon. Alfred M.
Waddell will j deliver ah oration before
the Alumni i Association on ''The Life
and Character of Col. Wm. L. Saunders."
Tbe information is accompanied by the
comment that "rarely have -speaker and
subject been so happily united." Rarely
indeed. The subject is worthy of tbe
exercise of Col. Waddell's best gifts and
bis best gifts are equal to the subject.
This is saying much, for in everything
that goes to make up true greatness col.
Saunders was one of the greatest men
our State has yet produced. No one
knew him better or estimated him more
accurately than Col. Waddell, and few
orations everdelivered in the State have
been better worth hearing -or reading
than will be this one of his on the 21st
of May.' '
Star. . .
V" ;V SUICIDE BY DROWNING. . ' v
Mrs. EUeu Greellsh's Body Pound fa
'::.. Walnut Street Book. ..
Mrs. Ellen Greelish, housekeeper for
Mr. Martin- O'Brien,' on North Front
street, near Mulbetry, committed saicide
yesterday morning by drowning herself
in the dock at the foot of Walnut Street.
She left Mr. O'Brien's house about half
past six o'clock in the morning, after
making preparations for cooking break?
fast, and was missed about seven o'clock,
and about the same hour her body was
found by some lightermen ' who were
unloading bi-ick at the dock." It was
lying face downwanf"in about four feet
of water. The ' coroner was notified,
and a permit was given for the removal
of the body which was taken to Mr.
O'Brien's home and yesterday afternoon
was buried in Oakdale cemetery, the
nneral taking place from St. Thomas'
Church.- - - . ' - i - -
There seems to be no doubt that Mrs.
Greelish took her life while temporarily
insane; her mind having been affected
by an attack of grip, which she had 'a
short time ago. She was; 65 years of
age and a native of Ireland, but had
lived in Wilmington many years. .; it
was stated by persons familiar with her
history that twenty-five years ago her
son, a youth of fourteen years, fell into
Walnut street dock: and was drowned at
almost the identical spot where . the
mother's - body was found yesterday
morning. ' I. . '
INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING CO
Doing a Bushlnoj Business The Patterson
i Ventilated Fruit Barrel.
The Industrial Manufacturing Com
pany is now doing a rushing business.
Orders are coming in daily and all the
hands are busily engaged making Patter
son's ventilated fruit barrels, berry
crates and baskets, batter dishes, etc.
A Star reporter was shown yesterday
by the manager. Mr. Jno. D. Bellamy,
Jr., 8rd, a photograph of one of Patter
son's patent ventilated fruit barrels,
which the factory is now turning out in
first-class style, and which was shipped
from Florida with fruir to Boston and
was in as perfect condition as when first
shipped. The fruit taken from this bar
rel was in good condition, showing that
these barrels are very substantial as well
as thoroughly ventilated. -
Mr. Bellamy also said that orders for
strawberry crates had begun to come in
and he expected to make a big run on
them this summer. The butter dishes
made by this Company, owing to their
extra good quality, are in demand the
whole year round. ,
The Atlantio National.
The Greenville.. S. ;C, News, of the
22nd,speaks very kindly of Mr. Norwood,
President of the new Wilmington bank.
It says:
The directors of the Greenville Sav
ings bank held a meeting yesterday
afternoon and received and accepted the
resignation of J. W.j Norwood, Presi
dent. Mr. Norwood's resignation is to
take effect immediately, and he will
leave in a few days, for Wilmington to
take charge of the Atlantic National
bank, the newly organized bank of that
city. Mr. Norwood leaves Greenville to
go to a broader field. ! He organized the
Savings bank here beveral years ago,
and it is now one of the safest banking
institutions in the State, Although one
of the youngest bank presidents in the
State Mr. Norwood has long been recog
nized as a sound business man, standing
at the head of the banking business. He
has many friends who will regret to see
him leave Greenville. !
The Greenville Democrat says; "Mr.
Norwood is one of the safest financiers
in the South and his departure is a dis
tinct loss to the community and .will
cause regret to bis many friends here."
BS SSJ1 "
Wilson & Fayetteville Bailroad. ,
The Fayetteville Observer says: "Capt.
R. A. Southerland of the Atlantic Coast
Line has received official information
from Traffic Manager: Emerson that the
southern' extension of the Wilson & Fay
etteville Railroad between Fayetteville
and Florence, S. C, will be opened for
traffic, on the ,28th inst. next Monday.
In a majority of instances the new sta
tions ' between this city and Rowland
have undergone a change in name, and
ate put down officially as follows: Hope
Mills, Rennert, Parkton, Buie, Pem
broke and Elrod." - ,
Charlotte's Building Associations.
In no city in the South, says the News,
are the benefits of the Building and
Loan Association more thoroughly ap
preciated than in Charlotte. In - fact,
this' city owes several cotton factories
and blocks of residences o the Building
and Loan system. There are lour such
institutions in Charlotte, and all are in a
flourishing condition. The annual
meeting of one of these, the Mechanics'
Perpetual, was held last night and the
report Submitted by the secretary and
treasurer is interesting. This association
is now running its 18th series. Tbe
capital is composed of a total; of 5,459
shares, the value of which is $208,267.61.
The total assets are $208,742.23. -
The value of shares at the close of the
18th term is represented as follows : 7th
series $99.69; 8th series $89.78; 9th
series $80.15; 10th series $70.83; 11th
series $61.80; 12th series, $53.06; 18th
series $44.63; 14th series $36.31; 15th
series $28 68; 16th series $20.83; 17th
series $13.59; 18th series $6.80.
A Methodist Minister Seriously HI. V
A correspondent of the Star writing
from Elm City (formerly Toisnot) N. C,
March 25th, says: "Rev. E. C Glenn,
of the M. E, Church at this place,' was
taken night before last with a hemorr
hage, and came very near dying. He
was taken while on the street, and had
to be carried liome. He ; was danger
ously ill all night, but grew better next
dayL Although his condition is very
critical he is better this morning.'
Death of Mr. Jaa. A. Xjeak of Wadesboro.
A Press dispatch to the Star reports
the death at .Wadesboro, of Mr. Jas. A.
Leak, president of the branch bank of
New Hanover at that- place. He died
last Friday night in the 71st year of his
age. Mr. Leak was president of the old
bank of Wadesboro before the war. - He
was well known in Wilmington, where
he was a frequent visitor, and had been
a subscriber to the daily Star for twenty
years past.' "
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POLK'S THIRD PARTY PLANS.
A Probably Bspublioan Deal A Bill for
; 0 the Purchase of Temple JParm. '
- v;-: v y; Richmond Times C . '
Washington. D. C March 23. The
Democratic leaders of Virginia may find
it advisable to keep an eye upon the
Third partyites. Their policy is to make
combinations with the Republicans of
the South wherever they can; and there
is reason to believe that the Republican
bosses of Virginia will listen to any sug
gestion of a combine, r President Polk,
of the. National Alliance, has assured the
thirdl party leaders of Northern States
that he will divide and weaken the
Democracy of tbe South.' He has given
them i assurance that - the third party
movement shall not - be a one-sided
force.!sectionally. In other words that
the Republicans of the. North need not
fall away from the third party in the be
lief or for fear that 'the Democracy of
the South will remain solid while the Re
publicans of the North will be divided
by the losses of the third party. . Presi
dent Polk is warily working his scheme
in fee South, cleverly concealing his true
plans under the guise of smooth . words.
The same policy will undoubtedly be
tried in Virginia and the third party will
no doubt readily coalesce witb the Re
publicans. , : - 1 -
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
House Rule Belativa to the Silver Bill-
Call lor a national Convention of Bail
road Commissioners. .
, ', Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington. - March '26. Speaker
Crisp said this afternoon that he did not
think the rule relative to the Silver bill
could be brought into the House and
called up Monday, but that it would
probably come up Tuesday.
A call has been issued for a National
Convention of Railroad Commissioners,
to be held at the office of the Inter
State Commerce Commission, in this
city, on the 13th of April, 1892. The
Kauroad (commissioners of all the States
and State officers charged with any duty
in tne supervision ot railroads or rail
road interests, are respectfully requested
to attend. The Association of American
Railway Accounting Officers is also in
vited to meet with the Commissioners
or send delegates to the Convention, for
tbe discussion of such questions of spe
cial interest to their Association as may
arise at the meeting, it is suggested
that any topic involving questions of
state or . mter-btate ' commerce which
members of the Convention, desire to
bring up for discussion be notified to
Edward R. Mosely, Secretary, at Wash
ington, D. C, before the day of meeting.
JACK, THE RIPPER.
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A Man in Prison in Australia Supposed
to be the White Chapel Murderer. .
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. -"
Melbourne, March 26 Considerable
excitement was caused here to-day by a
statement published bjr the Argus', which
declared that Demming, the murderer.
Lad made a confession. There has been
strong suspicion entertained here and in
England that Demming is none other
than the notorious "Jack, the Ripper,"
the slayer of White i Chapel, London,
outcasts, and this suspicion is borne out
in a measure, not onjji by Demming's
appearance, which cldsely tallies with
the description given - of the White
Chapel fiend, but by his alleged confes
sion. The Argus is a reliable newspaper,
and there is no reason to doubt the
truthfulness of the statement it makes
to-day. ... '
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROADS
To Fay Taxes Based on Old Assessments.
- By Telegraph to the Morning Star
Charleston, S. C, March 26. A
decree was filed in 'the U. S. Court to
day directing railroads in this State to
pay into Court the amount of taxes
based on old assessments, and directing
the Clerk of Court to. turn the money
over to tbe State. The suit grew out of
an attempt on the part of the State
authorities to raise railroad assessments,
which was resisted. The railroads made
tender of . taxes based on old assess
ments, but the State refused to receive
the money. Subsequently, the State
applied to the courts to be allowed to
receive it. '.. All of the roads have taken
out injunctions restraining the State
from levying on their property. The
matter will be heard in April. -
EXODUS FROM. MEMPHIS.
Negroes Emigrating to Oklahoma Effects
of the Beoent Lynching.
'By Telegraph to the Morning Star. '--
Memphis, March 26. Six hundred
and fifty negroes left Memphis this
morning for Oklahoma. They will make
the journey in wagons and on foot. It
"is expected that one thousand more will
leave tor tbe same place Monday. The
exodus is not directly due to the lynch
ing; the matter had been talked of be
fore, but the lynching and action of the
colored mass meeting, advising all who
could to leave, preeipitated and caused
many to make np their minds to go. -
BUSINESS FAILURE.'
The American Bobbing, Spool and Shut
tle Company Make an' Assignment.
. ..
By Telegraph to the Mommg Star.
WOONSOCKET, R. I.,fMarch 26. The
American Bobbin, 'Spool and Shuttle
Company, George M.I' Endicotf presi
dent, and Edwin A. Jones treasurer, a
syndicate which has lately secured conT
trol of nearly all the factories in its line
of business m the country, has assigned
for the benefit of its creditors, to Wm.
A." French and Levertt Saltonstalt Tuck
erman, both of Boston. isThe instrument;
of assignment was given for record in
this city early this morning.
BANK STATEMENT.
Beport of the Changes During the Past
VI :- ' Week."V'- ' - . "Vj
' V; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - ' ;j
New York, March 26. Weekly state
ment of Associated Banks shows the fol
lowing changes: Reserve increase $1,807,
725; loans increase, $4,224,400; specie in
crease, $1,14,500; legal tenders de
crease, $716,700; deposits dscrease, $4,
187.300; circulation increase, $35,000.
The banks now hold $18,007,400 in ex
cess of the. requirements of the 25 per
cent. rule.. - vr:;' r . "
The Norfolk, Wilmington & Charles
ton Railroad Co., incorporated under
the laws of South Carolina, organized at
Charleston yesterday by electing A. A,
Gaddis, President, H. E. Young, vice
President, and W. SrTupper, Secretary
ana l reasurer. une hundred thousand
dollars was subscribed j to the capital
stocic. - .
A Philadelphia dispatch . says Walt
whitman died last evening. ; n.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. :
Salisbury Truth: Mr.' J. 'Tj
Wright, died at his home in this place
Sunday morning, in his 75 year. He hadV
beeh confined to 'his , house for several '
months. - ; - i ---,.-.-
Oxford Ledger i v On Sunday
morning last Mrs. Adaline Carrington,
the beloved consort of our excellent
county man, Mr. A, S. Carrington, died -after
a lingering illness; of some two
months, agedoS years. -- i r. ;
Salem Presi : The Baptists of -Jerusalem.
Davie county, have purchased "
the Tatum brick store building at that "
place, and will remodel it and convert it
Juto a church, to take the place of the
one that was destroyed by fire last year.
" Salisbury Herald: . The man
Sam Lindsay, .colored, who was jailed
here last week for stealing a bridle be
longing to Col. John A. Holt., turns out
to be the leader in the horse stealing
which has been going on in the vicinity
the past few months. He has been iden
tified by a number of persons with whom
uou&u uuia, - ouciiu- iviuaroe says '
he has an eye on his partner and expects
to capture him in a few days. , ,
Rocky Mount Argonant: The
little two-year-old daughter of Mr.1 and
Mrs. Gibbons, who had been ill for some
time fell into the fire a few days ago -burning
her arm . and shoulder. She
did not recover from the shock but died
Sunday morning from heart failure.
We hear of a great many of our
farmers who are going into raising rice. '
There is jro reason why "rice - culture
should not be a very profitable industry "-
on our bottom lands. ; v
Asheville Gazette: - The gentle
men pf St. Lawrence's Catholic Church
held a meeting on Sunday for the pur
pose of forming a society for mutual im
provement.. About thirty members
gave in their names and formed "The
St. Lawrence Catholic Union. -The
local authorities have arrested for the
Newton officials a man supposed to be
George Wittenberry, who is wanted for
committing - rape. The man arrested
fives another name, but says he was at
lewton at the time charged. .
Lexington Dispatch'. Some f nnr
years ago Mr. Dobbin Morris, a nephew
of our countryman, Mr. Shube Morris,
entered into business with Messrs. Rag
dale Bros., for the sale of lruit trees. He
sold about four hundred dollars worth.
but never made bis appearance again.
He had informed Ragdale that he had
the money and would remit. Four years
ago he was murdered by two men and
robbed of this monev. One of them was
struck by lightning two years ago and
Kinea, tne otner aiea aDout a weak or
ten davs aero, nnrl hefnip ft AA h
confessed to the murder ot Morris, as
sisted by the party above mentioned.
- Charlotte News: Mri : Ira
Alexander, an old citizen of Mecklen
burg, died at his home in Berryhill
township at 8 o'clock this morninc. of
Bright's disease. He was 74 years of
age. A negro man living in Wat
kin's row, in Ward 2, died last Monday
morning, and his body is still lying there
uncoffined. The county furnished a
coffin for the dead negro and a county
official paid to have it sent to the house,
but none of the negro's neighbors have
been interested in his interment. at all,
and the body has not yet bejen put in '
the coffin, to say nothing of any funeral
arrangements.
Sanf ord Exfivess: The tiokse of
Mr. W. E. Black, postmaster at
iiiaiet.a naa uioli uvcu tin JMLiiriiMV iiv
fire. Most of fhe furniture was saved. '
It is supposed the fire caught from
sparks from the chimney. Loss esti
mated at from $1,000 to $1,200; with
$800 insurance on the building, and $500
on furniture. On yesterday morn
ing Mrs. G. H. Makepeace' received the
sad tidings by wire that her brother, Mr.
J. E. Fisher, had died at Hot Springs,
Ark., the day before. He, had been in
bad health for some time and had gone
to the Springs about a month ago. He L
was to have started back to his home the
the day he died.
Concord Standard: 1 Several",
days since, the little three-year-old
daughter of Mr. Hugh Johnson, of
Cabarrus county, Harrisburg neighbor
hood, began suffering very much with a
pain in her nose, and cried incessantly
for a day or more. Her parents could -not
discover anything wrong with her
nose but as the pain seemed to increase,
they decided to take her over to Dr.
Geo. W. Graham. He made an exami
nation yesterday, and removed a large
grain of corn from her nose.' It is sup
posed the child had stuck it up her nose
and it got lodged there. The nose was
considerably inflamed and swollen. In
stant relief seemed to follow the removal
pt the grain.
Raleigh News and Observer :
It will be welcome news to the many
friends of Rev, Dr. C. T. Bailey, all
over the State, to hear that he has suf
ficiently recovered from his recent stroke
of paralysis to be able to come down
town to his office yesterday. Mr.
Simpson Copley was killed night before
last at East Durham by a freight on the
Oxford & Clarksville Railroad. He
seems to have been intoxicated and lay
down on the track and went to sleep.
Yesterday morning, about 4 o'clock,
the cotton gm of Mrs. Julia Fisher,
about two miles from the city, burned to
the ground. Mrs. Fisher's gin was
burned down last year by an incendiary,
and it is believed that the fire yesterday
morning was also the work of the same
or a similar fiend.' : :
Monroe Enquirer : We have
made extensive inquries in reference to -tbe
frnit crop, and have learned that it
has not been seriously damaged by the
cold. The peaches had begun to bloom
before the cold spell, but even those in
bloom do not appear to be seriously ;
damaged. Tom Hurt says some
one but poison in biscuit and scattered .
them about his house tor the purpose of
killing his dogs and stock. His cow .
was around the vard and is supposed to
have gotten one of the biscuits for she
began to have curious fits and died in a
few . minutes. Tom swore out a
warrant against the person suspected.
The most bloody cutting affair for
years at this place took place last Friday
night between two negroes named Steele
and Hood, both from Waxhaw. ' They
drank too much whiskey and their bone
of contention was a woman. Steele ac- "
cused Hood of taking a walk with his
(Steele's) wife and a row ensued which
resultsd in Hood receiving several se
vere gashes on the head, face and neck.
One gash extended from the top of the -forehead
down to the back of tbe left -ear;
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-T- Charlotte News: The Catholic
colony at Belmont, in Gaston county, is '
making rapid progress. The monastry,
a very large and imposing brick building,
is to be supplemented by a cathedral,
upon which work was commenced last
week. The main building will be 150x4 0
feet; there will be two towers, one will be
100 and the other 150 feet high. The
structure will be built of brick and-Gas-'
ton granite. A similar structure, built
in New York, would cost $60,000. It will
take nearly two years to complete the
building. - Sometime ago, tbe drill
used in boring the artesian well for the
ice factory in the first ward was broken
off down in the welt There were but
two things to do to get tbe drill out or
abandon the boring. The drill weighs
about 250 pounds, and it was stuck fast
in the hole several hundred feet below
the surface. Many expedients were tried,
but all were unsuccessful until Mr. Chas.
Havelock Taylor came upon the scene
with a contrivance of his own invention.
He lowered it into the well and brought
up the broken drill. Mr. Taylor's Inge
nious contrivance was thought to be a
fine thing, and he decided to have it
patented.