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'. '.' : : : -V- , . , . ... ,-.:-,-.,:,.....". ' - - - . - .. - ' .-- '. . -.. ' . .... -, .. ..... . .. : ' - ' .- ..'-..;. -.,.;, " - - - V - ' ' , " . ' , - , -- ; ! m m . : ; ' 1 - -- 1 r- . . I QUmtzMvi Mho. WILLIAM H. BERN ABD, Editor and Proprietor. . WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, April 8, 1892. wif direction as weU as fuU particulars as where do both cnaiutes can not be made. Notices of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re spect, Resolutions of Thanks, &c, are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when pai for strictly in advance. At this rate 60 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriaee or Death. VW Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. (W- Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. ,j " gT Specimen copies forwarded when desired. "THOTT SHALT NOT STEAL." , Grover Cleveland seldom writes a paper or makes a speech that he does not originate some phrase "remarka ble at the same time for its terseness and comprehensiveness. There is no public man of this day who equals him in this respect, but in his hap piest inspiration he never embraced as much in so few words as he did in the following extract taken from his speech at Providence, Rhode Island last Saturday : ; " "Our opponents must in the coming national canvass settle accounts, with us o n the issue of tariff reform. It will not do for them to say to us that this is an old and foolish contention. The Ten Commandments are thousands of years old, but they and the doctrine of tariff reform will be taught and preached un til mankind and the Republican party shall heed the injunction, 'Thou shalt not steal.' " i "Thou shalt not steal." Here it is in a nutshell, the essence of the whole contention between the Democratic party and the Republican party em braced in these four monosyllables. If this injunction had been obeyed there would be.no Republican party : as we have it to-day, for the Repub lican party as it exists now and has . existed for years is a - party ot theft, which has lived and flourished by the plunder it has committed. - "Thou shalt not steal" means that you shalt not take that which does . ,not belong to you, even under forms law, and that you shall not make laws under cover of which to do thatsteal , ing. It means that you shall not steal anything, the property of another, or power which does not be long to you. The Republican party has done both, and by doing both has perpetuated its existence. Taxation of some for the benefit of others, and not for the legitimate purposes of government, has been : pronounced legalized robbery, none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of law, simply steal ing. The legislator who goes out side of the authority vested in him as a representative of the people to enact laws to take from one man his earnings and give them to another, Steal power which does not belong to him and practically steals the earn ings which he helps to legislate out of the hands of one persen into the hands of another, and when this is done for a partisan purpose, to secure a part of the plunder from the beneficiaries of the plunder to perpetuate the power of the party which enacts the legislation then there is a double crime, for there is bribery and steal ing too. ; Is there a man living with sense -' enough to name the days of the week who believes that if the protected manufacturers had not contributed as liberally as they have to keep the Republican party in power ,they would have secured all this so-called "protection" from Republican. Con gresses ? Is it hot a well known fact that these protected manufacturers have contributed vast sums of money in every Presidential or Congressional . campaign since the war to keep in power the men who have been legis ! lating in their special interest, and enabling them to extort money from v the unprotected? Every man has a right to his earn ings, and has the right to spend these earnings in the purchase of : the things which may be necessary to . his support or the support and com- fort of his family where he can spend them to the best advantage and get "; the most for them, and the law which practically compels him to buy from certain individuals, and prohibits him from buying from others, has no ,;- more foundation in morals than the revolver of the highwayman that is put at the head of the waylaid trav eller.- , i-There is authority for taxation, at times excessive, for necessary pur poses of government, but there is no authority for taking from the people money not necessary for legitimate purposes of government, without their consent. That is stealing. r,he Democratic party contends that there are limited powers, be yond which the representatives of the people have - no right to go, and that these representatives have no right to put a forced construction upon the language granting the powers to justify legislation that dis criminates . against one citizen, or one class of citizens, In tavor of ' others, or against one section of the country in favor of another; that they have no right to tax one industry to ; foster another, to take the sweat, the toil, the earnings of ont class of toilers to further enrich men who 1 have money invested and are greedy for large dividends from it. Reduced to its essence this is the contention-between the Demo ctatic party and the Republican party over the tariff. The Demo cratlc party says: "Thou shall not steal." The Republican party says by act if not by words: We have a right to rob." The course of the Republican party has been one o theft, theft of property and theft of power. It has stolen millions upon millions of acres of the public domain and given them to railroad corporations. It has stolen millions from the public in taxes collected which went into the pockets of office holders. It has stolen millions from the Treasury of the United States squandered in jobs to benefit favored individuals. It has by its monstrous tariff en actments' stolen hundreds of millions from thefpeople .to benefit the few who contributed liberally to Repub lican campaign funds. It stole the Presidency in 1876 by a packed commission, and before and I since has stolen it by trickery, bribery and corruption. v Let the .people thunder "Thou shalt not steal" and all there would be left of the Republican party would be an infamous memory. - " ? MINOR MENTION. ; : Russia; is classed as a civilized ...4a country, but it lacks a great deal of being civilized if it is to be judged by the treatment by the Government of the Jews who live in that coun try, lot two years or more tne merciless, barbaric persecution of these unfortunate people has been going on, and they have been con sidered legitimate subjects of prey by officers entrusted with the execu tion of the law and by the pillaging mob. Thousands upon thousands of them have been, onshort notice, driven from the country, many of whom have found refuge in this country.' jit is said that there are still remaining aooui 4uu,uuu wno are anx ious to leave, whom the government has determined to drive from the sec tions in which they live, but will not et them leave the country, compell ing themj to settle on a narrow strip on the frontier between Germany and Russia, the object being to make them a sort of breastwork against German incursions. If this be so it might give them a good opportunity to avenge themselves on tneir savage persecutors by co-operating with the Germans in the event of war, and be coming a torment instead of abreast- work to Russia. With tpe Republicans filibustering against tariff legislation and; the sil ver men preatening to filibuster on everything else, Speaker Crispjrvill be on the ragged edge, so to speak, and the prospect for quick dispatch of business and an early adjournment does not seem to be very encoui ag ing. It is quite natural that the Re publicans should filibuster, for it is politics with them to throw all the obstacles they can in the way of leg islation, while the Republican organs in the mean time fill their columns with scolding editorials on this "do- nothing" Congress. That's their game. They showed their hand in refusing to vote with the anti-silver Democrats against fixing a time for debate on the silver bill,, when by doing so they could have prevented that debate and saved the! time given to it, especially as it was a well-known fact that they, witn veryew exceptions, intended to vote against the bill when the de bate was concluded. But it is some what surprising to see some Dem ocratic Representatives playing into their hands by agreeing upon a policy of obstruction to force a measure, the winning of which would be a barren victory. There is neither politics npr sense in this. While it is reported from Washing . at ton that the silver Democrats in the House of Representatives have re solved upon a course of filibustering to force the Bland bill to the front again, they are most assuredly not doing this because their constituents are demanding the passage of the Bland billj or any other silver bill. While there doubtless is a majority of the Democrats in the South and West in favor of the free coinage of silver,,they do not attach that im portance to it that the coinage ad vocates in Congress do, and they are not disposed to make that paramount to all other issues. With the excep tion of the silver producing States there is no State in the West, save Ohio, where the Democracy has committed itself to free coinage, and if the Democrats of that State had the question submitted to them again, with the experience they have had, they would not commit them selves to it. THE CAMPAIGN. DemoraoUo Club lor Wilminffton Some Suggestions. A Democratic Campaign Club in Wilmington will be a necessity during the approaching canvass. We don't want a Cleveland club, or a Hill club, but a Democratic Club that will work for the nominees of the party, regardless of Personal or individual nreferenrM a club not organized to promote the in terests of every particular candidate for the Presidential nomination, but to aid in electing the candidate who may be nominated. ne state canvass tms year will re quire careful attention ; .and energetic work, and all Democrats must realize iht importance of the issues at stake. - Savannah has a Democratic club al ready with a membership of 1,025, and it is given out by the leaders that the membership will be increased to 2,000. Cannot Wilmington bring 800 to 1,000 into line? I With proper officers and committees and a thorough and syste matic canvass, this is not expecting too much. - , r -:- '. It may be rather early yet to organize the club, but it is not too early to think over the matter and formulate plans. - There is hard work, and plenty of it, ahead for the Democrats of North Caro lina. THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION Ladio' MMtlns at Tlx Orton in Benin of North Carolina's Interest in the -World's Fair An AtuallarT Assoola Uon Organised Its Onloers, Bto. The meeting of the ladies in the par lors of The Orjton esteday, in behalf ot - North : Carolina s interests in xne World's Fair, was opened by Mrs. Kid der, after introducing Mrs. Cotten.- Mrs. Kidder said that before the meet ing adjourned she felt sure that, all the ladies present would catch the spirit ot interest and enthusiasm in the subject which so thoroughly animated the Lady Managers themselves, and they would all combine together to make the work a grand success; tor themselves and the State, and that if all North Carolina women would combine together, they could give, the! State a place that she never before occupied In the pages 'of histery. Mrs. j Kidder further stated that it was the Erst time that an organ ized body of wom;n had been officially recognized by the National Government, and that the Board ot Lady Managers was created by an act of Congress, and she believed ' that in appointing this Board, it was' the aim and object of the powers which appointed it to use it as a means and instrument of reaching all women in the several States, and -these to have co-operation and cohesion in all State work. The object of this meeting was to call attention to the fact of the' importance of North Carolina having a State buildj ing at Chicago; during the exposition, as our legislature! had' failed to make an appropriation for that purpose, and the Board of Agriculture which had volun tarily undertaken the State exhibit could not also burden itself with the expense of the State building, too. In this emer gency, as has bjeen the case from time immemorial, when there is a breach, the women have stepped in and filled it. The lady managers) have offered to try and raise at least a portion of the amount required lor this building, through the women throughout the State who were willing to assist and co-operate. If this work is accomplished, it will stand be fore the world as an evidence of what the hearts and hands of North Carolina women can do. Then Mrs. Cotten befcan her talk. by exolainins the obiect and aims of the National Board of Lady Managers; which i aim is to show! woman's attainments in all the industrial, intellectual and moral lines of human; endeavor, in all the coun tries and all the nations, especially in re forms and philanthropies; also to show woman's , share in making the history of the world. Then she proceeded to show how incomplete this work would be in our country, except through the thor ough organization and co-operation of the boards of the several States. The prominent position of North Car olina as the first colony as the birth place of the first white child, the origina tors of the first Declaration of Indepen dence, and many other points of "first ness" was emphasized, and the only thing lacking is to show her true greatness to the world. 1 Mrs. Cotten impressed the importance of improving the opportunity now offer ed by the World's Fair. The loss of the legislative appropriation for a North Carolina exhibit brought regret and disappointment, ' but if the women of the State will co-operate with the lady managers, and assist them in raising funds for a State building, the many opportunities for development offered be this exposition will still be within our grasp. The Board of Agri culture has patriotically come forward and undertaken an exhibit of the re sources of the State; but many things of value and prominence in our State can not be classified as exhibits, and must go into a State building, as explained by Mrs. Kidder in her second letter to the press. It is proposed, for a North Carolina building at Chicago to reproduce the old Tryon Palace, which stood in New Bern in colonial pays; the house of North Carolina governors until its destruction by fire in 1798. A picture of this old house was shown. Mrs. Cot ten deplored the association of the name Tryon with this noble edifice. It is associated in North Carolina history with so much personal egotism and. ostentation, and the memory of the man is so i execrated. The man we condemn t An executive committee was elected. whose business will be to co-operate with and assist the officers in the work of organization, and the collecting of the specified sums the amount to be de cided on at the business meeting on Saturday. The ladies elected to serve are as follows: Mrs. Gabriel Holmes, (chairman), Mrs. A. ' M. Waddell, Mrs. John T. Rankin, Mrs. Thomas Atkin son, Mrs. Tucker French, Mrs. Thomas Strange, Mrs. J. H. Barnard. Mrs. George Thomas, Mrs. William Calder, Mrs. Pembroke Jones, Mrs. W. G. Wright. ( But the house we wish to reproduce as a Colonial legacy, to emphasize the aavance in arcuitecture. ana as a lanu- .mark in the evolution of the colony in to a state. . -. Mrs. Cotten advanced the suggestion of placing in the Woman's building, a memorial of Virginia Dare, which shall enve prominence to a foreotten fact- that the first American white woman was a North Carolinian. The response from -the ladies of Wil mington was prompt and enthusiastic. They perfected the organization ot a Wilmington World's Fair Auxiliary, by electing the following officers : v - President Mrs. Gaston Meares. Vice President- 4Mrs. David Worth. Secretary Mrs. George Rountree. Treasurer Mrs. James Sprunt. At an early day these ladies will call others to their assistance, and proceed towards realizing Wilmington's contri bution for a Worth Carolina build ing at Chicago. Speed the work. ; COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES Net receipts at all United States ports 8,219 bales; stock 999,489.. Receipts of j cotton ' here yesterday 91 bales; same date last year 171. New York futures closed quiet and steady at an ; advance of - two to -three points on closing prices Tuesday. April opened at 6.48 and closed 6.47; May 6.57 and closed 5.55; June, 6.66 and closed 6.64; July, 6.7i and closed 6.73; August, 6.83 and closed 6.82. . - It the young men who call to see their gins tnese long winter evenings, do not wish to be met on the steos with the words: "Missi Laura is sick with a cold, and can't be seenf they had better keep them well supplied with Dr. Brill's Cough Syrup; It costs only 25 cents a UUIUC i ! . ' 1 GOV. MOLT IN WILMINGTON. 1 His-Arrival Testerdar with Other Dis- - tinsnished Visitors The W. X. and Seoond Begiment Sand XSseort the Party to the Orton To Visit Wrifhts- - ille To-day. His-- Excellency Governor "Thos. M. Holt, accompanied by the following named officers of the State Guard, ar rived here last evening on the 6 o'clock train: -Adjutant-General James G. Glenn; Col " E; G. Harrell, Quartermaster-General; - Surgeon-General Hubert Haywood; Col. J. T. Anthony, of the Fourth Regiment; Lieut. .CoL . I. F. Bruton, of the Second Regiment; Gen eral W..G. Lewis; T. P. Terman, Special Private Secretary to the Governor, and W. E. Shipp, Lieutenant, U. S. A." As was suggested by the Star yes terday, thjese distinguished visitors were received in a becoming manner, with all the cordiality that bur people have long been noted for. Besides a large crowd of citizens who gathered at the depot to welcome these visitors, there were also Col. J. L. Cantwell, Col.. Thos. W. Strange and Capt. F. L. Meares, of the Governor's staff; Col. W. C Jones and staff, Maj. Walker Taylor, Capt. H. H; rMcIlhenny and Dr. Carroichael. . The Wilmington Jigbt intantry was also present; headed by the Second Reg iment Band, and escorted these distin guished visitors to TheOrton.r Both the band and company were out with full ranks and did the honors in great style. The music was grand, and the marching and drilling of the company showed well that they were on their best behavior. 1 ' Later in the evening Gen. Glenn and Col. Harrell favored the Star with a call and gave an elaborate and extremely interesting exposition of the object ot the Governor's visit to Wilmington, as well as giving their views in regard to the division of the encampment be tween . Wrightsville and Asheville. Gen. Glenn said that Wrightsville was his preference, and doubtless the preference of a majority, if not all of the State Guard: that he had favored the division of the encampment only be cause he believed the appropriation of $5,000 was not sufficient, and that Ashe ville had offered to contribute $1,000 if two of the regiments were sent to camp there. This morning at ten o'clock the party will go to Wrightsville on a special train to inspect the new encampment grounds with a view as to whether it will be suf ficiently commodious lory all the regi ments, at once, or whether it will be necessary to divide them into two en campments of two regiments each. - The party will be accompanied by Ma. Stanton, U. S. A., Lieut. Patrick, U. S. A., the officers of the Second Regi ment stationed here, and a number of representative citizens of the city who are invited to go and give their opinions and suggestions in regard to the en campment, This evening from 9 to 11 an informal reception will be held by the Governor at The Orton. PRAISEWORHTY ACTION By City Authorities and dtisens of Char lotte in the Case of the Murdered Po liceman Uoran. j The Board of Aldermen and the citi zens ot Charlotte toolc prompt and praiseworthy action in the matter of re lief for the family of police officer Moran of that city who was fatally wounded while in the discbarge of bis duty bv a negro thief, and has since died. At a meeting of the Board of Aldermen it was resolved unanimously that the city defray alt funeral expenses, and that the Board and police force attend the funeral in a body. The following resolution was also adopted unanimously : "Whereas, On the night of the 1st of April, 1892, lames Moran, one of the regular policemen of this city, while in the discharge of his duty as policeman, was shot and killed by a party resisting arrest, it is duly resolved by the Board of Alderman: j "That the treasurer be directed to pay all dues to the Mutual Building & Loan Association due from said James Moran, m payment' of his lot in the city, until the said mortgage shall have been fully satisfied, thus relieving the property from embarrasment, and securing a home to the family of a faithful police man. - ' ! A popular subscription to, raise a purse of $500 for the widow of officer Moran has been started by citizens of Charlotte, and the News says there will be no difficulty in raising it. The negro who shot policeman Moran was captured in Chester, S. C. He gives his name as Nelson Murdock, and is not more than sixteen years of age. He made a full confession when arrested. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Travel and Trnok The Freight Business . Better. Mr. J. R. Kenly, general manager of the Atlantic Coast Line, says the Charles ton News and Courier, has been in the city several days looking after the enor mous vegetable business which his road anticipates . handling, this season. Mr. Kenly said yesterday that all' the ar rangements had been completed, and that the road was already handling truck fairly. For some time past the Florida business and that of points farther South had been under full headway, and the next week or ten days would see Charles ton shipping in large quantities. dpeakingot the Northern passenger tramc this season, Mr. Kenly said that it bad been very large and would con tinue heavy tor the -next week or ten days, until after the closing of the big noteism riortaa. A Flagman Painfully Hurt. Charlotte News: Mr. W. R. Allen, a flagman On Capt. W. J. Hall's train, was painfully hurt Monday morning near Matthew's station. Mr. Allen was on top of the cars going towards the rear end of the train, when the car he was on be came detached from the front portion of the train. Allen, before he was aware of the cars being detached, fell between the cars And received several painful bruises and his ankle was badly sprained. ne was orougnt on to Charlotte and medical attention was at once secured. Mr. Allen is from Marlville, twenty-five miles this side of Wilmington. He was resting easy when last heard from. It Should Be la Every House. J.B. Wilson. 371 Clav St- Shams- burg, Pa., says he will not be without Dr. King s New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs and Colds, that it cured his wife wno was threatened with Pneumonia after an attack of "La Grippe," when various other remedies and several phy- . . j , . . sicians ana aone ner no good. ; KObert Barber; of Cooksport, Pa., claims Dr. King's New Discovery has done him more good than anything he ever used for Lung Trouble. Nothing like it. Try iL Free Trial Bottles at R. R. Bel lamy's Drug Store. Large bottles, 60c ana fi.w. t SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED. : The Fnglllatio Pnnoh Ratified, and Forty Thousand Dollars Will be Up on the ::Fight.K4i The New York Sun . announces that unless some unforeseen event occurs Tames J. Corbett of San Francisco, CaL, and John L. Sullivan of Boston, Mass., will meet on Wednesday evening, bept. 7, before the Olympic Club of New Or leans, to battle for the heavy-weight championship of America. On Saturday tbe revisea articles of agreement were signed by both j men, the authorities of the Olympic Club having arranged the articles more in accord with the ideas of the principals, who each desires to settle the question of superiority. Jimmy Wakely, in the absence of Charley John ston, affixed his name to the amended articles of agreement in Sullivan's behalf, and Corbett signed for himself, so that there is now slight possibility of either man flunking. ' Each side will post $2,500 forieit money, tnus guaranteeing tne appear ance of their principal in the ring when called by the club's officials. Corbett's money, it is said, will be lurnished by one of the Dwyer brothers . and a mem ber of the -New York Athletic Club, while Sullivan s old, tried, and true friends, Messrs.! Johnston and Wakely, will supply the big fellow "sinews of war."-" l The stake will be $25,000 and. a side bet of $10,000 a side. $45,000 in all. the largest sum eve'r fought for. in the his tory of pugilism. On June 1, July, 11. and Aug. 25 the , remaining amounts of the forfeit money must be placed in the stakeholder s hands, and u eitner side shows the slightest inclination to quit it will mean virtual oblivion to him and his advisers. Corbett will begin his work of pre paration on Friday, June 10, at Asbury Park. N. J.. under the mentorship of Jim Daly, bis sparring partner, and Joe Delaney. Corbett places great reliance in surf bathing, and will make that quite a feature of his training work. John L. will: tram at one of the sea shore resorts on Long Island, Charley Johnston having settled that point on Saturday, when, at a late hour, he - re turned from his health recuperating trip to the Hot Sonnirs. lack Ashton will be John's mentor, with two other help ers. Muldoon won t be in it at all. "Sullivan is perfectly confident," said Johnston, "and, he will be in New York. about tne last; week in May, wnen ne closes his road season, and will go at once to the'quarters he will select. He is not drinking at all now, and weighs about 250 pounds, and will take off at least thirty or forty pounds by six weeks of hard works. I. I look for a short, sharp Bght. for I stilt believe John L. Sullivan to be the hardest puncher in the game. Corbett is young and ambitious, but it will take all of his vitality to with stand a few of the blows that I ant sure Sullivan will land, and yet 1 re gard Corbett as the best man of the lot, as Slavin would be an easier mark than the Californian, whose manly qualities I much admire., Charley Mitchell is the man John L. Wants to get at. but I never expect to see that paper fighter before John in the ring, but oh ! what a mark he d be tor John, and Johnston smiled softly as though he saw Mitchell knocked out. "He's too clever with his tongue to use bis fists at all, is Charles Mitchell," added Johnson. Meat Stealing. I Police officers Turlington and Wood unearthed a case of meat stealing yester day, in which the sufferers are residents of Pender county. March 16th last, the smokehouse of Mrs.j Keith, near Rocky Point, was plundered, and it was believed the proceeds of the robbery was brought to Wilmington.! Yesterday the officers found some of the stolen meat and arrested Daniel Hawkins and Walter Sidbury. colored. Hawkins proved that he was employed to haul the meat for Sidbury from the Iatter's home on Eighth street to Mr. Thomas store on'rourth and Campbell streets, where it was taken for sale. Sidbury was sent to Pender county from Justice Bunting's Court, where the case will be tried to-day. - The officers showed great shrewdness in working up tbe case and deserve credit for their efforts. This, it is said, is only one of a number of -similar cases in which people in Pender county were the sufferers. I - Beporta from Truckers. i Dr. E. Porter, of Rocky Point, and Mr. Jeff. Blackburn, of Armour, both engaged in trucking, were visitors at the Star office yesterday. Dr. Porter considers the prospects very lair. Strawberries, though late. have shown remarkable improvement during the past few days, and Irish po tatoes promise well. Mr. Blackburn has four acres in Irish potatoes which, he says, are in splendid condition. His five acres, of beans are safe so far, but he is a little afraid of the full moon to be here April 12th, which very ofter has Jack Frost for an escort. Strawberries, he reports, are coming out nicely; and he has radishes nearly an inch in diameter at the "big end." Mills and Cotton Gin Burned. A correspondent of the Star writing from Supply, Brunswick county, says the saw mill, grist mill and cotton gin belonging to Dr. D. B. McNeill, at that place, were burned Sunday morning last about 4 o'clock, with three bales of cot ton ; belonging to Benjamin Fulwood, colored. The total loss is about two thousand dollars. '. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. Mr. J. F. Post, Jr., yesterday received the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. Robert S. Moran, formerly of this city, and the devoted wife of Rev. Dr. R. S. Moran, now residing in New York, but who was pastor of Front Street M. E. Church which was burned down in the big fire. He was pastor in this city for five years, and his wile is said to have been a most estimable lady and was.loved by all the older Wilming ton citizens who knew her. . Fire Near Wilson. A gentleman who came from Wilson, N. C. yesterday,1 reports that Mr. Wiley IJYoung's tobacco; packing-house, about four miles lrom that place, was destroy ed by fire Friday night last. ' It is be lieved that the house was set on fire. The loss is esttimated at $6,200; no in suance. I : Harbor Iilfthts, Etc The Board of Managers of the Produce Exchange at their meeting held yester dayrjrnanimously adopted the following, viz: '' I v " To the Senate of the United Stater. The Produce Exchange of Wilming ton, si, u, realizing the necesity tor a better system of ; lights "upon the many exposed points in our harbor and coast, respectfully petition your .honorable body to consider the propriety of placing along the Cape Fear-river and the coast from Wilmington to Cape Canaveral being the Sixth j Lighthouse District gas-lighted buoys and beacons or other approved system of lights. NEW HANOVER COUNTY Board of Commissioners Meeting Tax Xiis- ters and Assessors Appointed." v The Board of Commissioners met yes terday in regular session. Commissioners H. A. Bagg (chairman.) B. G. Worth, E. L. Pearce, Roger Moore and Jas. A. Montgomery were present. - "Treasurer Hewlett submitted his monthly report showing a balance on hand amounting to $41,862.94, of which $12,921.91 belongs to the general fu nd, $24,164.07 educational, and $4,276.88 "special fund. ' 1 : : "Register ofDeeds, Jno. Haar, Jr., reported $19.95 .collected for - marriage licenses during the month. " " Tax-listers and assessors for the vari ous townships were appointed as follows: Wilmington Jas. G. Burr tax-lister; Martin Willard and t Thos. F. Bagley assessrs. --.. -. - r, Masonboro B. S. Mohtford, tax lister. . I7 Harnett Jas. N. Macoyraber, tax-lister. Cape Fear James Cowan, tax-lister. Federal Point J, H. Home, tax-lister."-. ' "".'I : . : The application of Thos, J. GoreJor retail liquor license at Hewlett's place, Ocean View, was granted. Also, appli cation of J. B. Stokeley for retail liquor license. Eighth and Castle streets. Chairman Bagg stated that on the 18th of April, 1892, the corner-stone of the new Court House would be laid, by the iMasonic fraternity, and that it would be eminently proper for an appropriate ad dress to be delivered on the occasion. By unanimous vote of the Board it was decided that Chairman Bagg be request ed to ask Col. A. M. Waddell to deliver an address on the occasion. It was ordered by the Board that the State's Solicitor for the Criminal Court, Col. B. R. Moore, be requested to assist Solicitor O. H. Allen, of the Superior Court, in prosecuting the case of the State vs. J. C. Davis. j The Board then adjourned. COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. The Work of North Carolina Women for the World's fair How the Work is Divided. The Lady Managers for North Caroli na of the Columbian Exposition make the following announcement for the pur pose of expediting the patriotic work in which they are engaged The Lady Managers appointed to col lect specimens of the work ot the women of NDrth Carolina, for exhibition at the Columbian Exposition, j to be held in Chicago, desire to be placed in comma nication with experts in all lines of woman's work, both usual and unusual They invite correspondence and sugges tions on all subjects pertaining to the work they have in hand. For the bet ter prosecution of the details of this work, they have arranged it into the following divisions: The name and address of the Lady Manager in charge is given with each division, so correspondence on the various subjects can be addressed to the lady in charge of that division, and thus expedite work: Division A. Colonial display, curios, ancient and modern, Mrs. George W, Kidder, Wilmington. j , Division B. Drawing, painting, etch ing, crayon work, pottery and home de coration, wood carving, sculpture, etc., Mrs. Charles. Price, Salisbury, Division C Needle work, taxidermy, feather work, leather work, fish-scale work, etc., Miss Stella Divine, Wilming ton. :' Division D. Press work, literature, inventors and inventions, statistics, etc. Mrs. Robert R. Cotten. Falkland. The competition at Chicago will be both national and international, and the standard of excellence is necessarily very high, consequently tbe Lady Man agers urge upon the women of the State to endeavor on this occasion to excel any former efforts in their respective lines of work. The chairman of the committee, Mrs. Robt- R. Cotten, will take pleasure in replying to inquiries on any subject not mentioned in the aboye classifications which relate to the subject. Homicide. A fight took place last Sunday night between two men near the Carolina Cen tral railroad depot in this city, which re suited in the death of one of the com battants. " A negro named Rob Williams gave an account of the killing at the City Hall. He said that he and three other negroes were sleeping in the section hands' house at the Carolina Central depot.and that be and a negro named .Willis Bynum went to bed early Sunday night and about o'clock in the morning the other two negro men Tom McLeod and Jno. Kavenor-came in and started to cooking, Shortly afterward they got into a dispute about a box, when Tom McLeod picked up a shovel and struck Jno. Ravenor on the head. Williams heard the blow and got up and asked " John what was the matter. John told him that Tom had hit him. He left John lay ing there and went to his work. When he got off last night Mr. Joe Rod dick the night watchman at the Carolina Central depot, told him he was dead, and sent him to the City Hall to report it. He said Tom McLeod lived at Laurin burg and had only been here a week, and had left, walking up the Carolina Cen tral Railroad. . Col. Hall has tele- raphed to Laurinburg and Char lotte to arrest the negro if he visited either place. The federal Court. The Federal Court which meets in this city May 2nd next, is expected to be of unusual interest. There are a dozen or more criminal cases, in most ot which parties are charged with illicit distilling, and several cases on the civil docket that will attract attention. One of the cases is a restraining order issued by Judge Bond on the applica tion of Bank Receiver Robinson, against the City of Wilmington and city treas urer Willson to prevent the sale of real estate owned by the First National Bank ot this city for taxes.- It is understood the receiver offered to pay. the tax on the real estate, but the city treasurer re fused to receive it unless the tax on the bank's stock was Daid also. It has been said suit will be brought against County Treasurer Hewlett and Mr. Jas. H. Chadbourn, but the papers in tbe case have not yet been sent to the clerk of the court, Mr. Shaw. BncUen)i Arnica Salve. The best halve m the world tor Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever, Sores, Tetters, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles' or no pay is required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.. For sale bv Robert R. Bellamy, Wholesale and Retail Drug. gists. . I GOT HIS LICENSE. Tom Wilson Will Bell Liqnor in Char- lotte. Bat Has Been Turned Out of Chnroh. By Telegraph to ths Moraine Star. . - : Charlotte. N. C Aoril 5. Last January the. county commissioneVs re fused to grant licenses for the , sale of whiskey in Charlotte, and since then there has not been a legalized saloon in the cityr: though - "blind tigers" have abounded. 1 The; commissioners denied licenses on . the ground that applicants could not prove a good moral character. A dozen or more applicants were refused licenses. Last month Thomas J.Wilson made application for license. Wilson was a countryman, but was a member of tbe Methodist v church of Charlotte. There was an exciting bearing ot his case, and finally it wascontinued until to-day, .when it was called up. The re sult was that Wilson cot the license. In the meantime Wilson had been read out in church, and last night, as he still persisted in his application for license to sell whiskey, he was turned out of the church. He will open 'his saloon to morrow. : OFFICER MORA NTS MURDERER Says His Confession -was Wrung Oat of j Him by Torture. Br Telegraph to tbe Moraine Star. Charlotte, N. C, April 6. A negro boy, 16 years old, was arrested In Ches ter, S. Cm yesterday, and brought here last night, charged with being the mur derer of policeman Moran. The Ches ter officers said he confessed to the shooting, j At the preliminary trial here to-day he said the confession was wrung from him by torture, the officers string ing him up by the thumbs. He gave an account of his movements since the day before the tragedy and was remanded to jail to await investigation of his story, i ne vnesier omccrs aenv mat tnev tor tured or intimidated the boy in any way ano maintain that his confession was voluntary.! i i . ' RECAPTURED. Prisoners Who Eicajjed From Jail Are Housed Again Death? of Polioeman Mo ran. Charlotte, N. C, April 4. James Moran, the policeman; who was shot by a negro Saturday morning, died last night. There is no clew to his assassin. Of the six prisoners who escaped from the Charlotte jail Friday, all but one baye been recaptured Bob Pharr, who resist ed arrest at Spartanburg, was shot and kiled. The prisoner still missing is John Boyd, the negro charged with the train wrecking, i ' DIED IN DULUTH. B. O. Yocum, Onoe Treasurer of South j Carolina, Special Star Telegram i Duluth, Minn., April 4. B. G- Yo cum. once State Treasurer ol South Car olina, and holder of other offices, but lately prominently connected with the lake shipping interests, died here this morning of pulmonary troubles and par alysis, He was 60 years old and moder ately well off. - RHODE ISLAND. Yesterday's Election Democratic Gains ' A. Close Vote for Governor. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. Providence, R.. I.,' April 6 At Woonsocket, the Democratic Assembly ticket was elected by about thirty ma jority. Th Democrats lose one Assem blyman in J North Sraithfield. West Greenwich pes Democratic; the Repub licans lose j two Assemblymen.: The Democrats tgain two Assemblymen in Foster, a Republican stronghold. No election for Assemblyman in Exeter; it was a Republican last year. Gloucester elects two Democratic Assemblymen. The total Democratic Assembly gam thus far is five. Thirty-seven towns and districts, out of a total of eighty-seven, have given I Wardwell, Democrat, for Governor, 7.214; Brown. Republican. 7,817. j Fortv-fouii districts Brown, 9,892; Wardwell, 8,305. The Democrats lose three Assemblymen from Cumberland. The weather was ' fine. Both sides made every exertion to bring out full strength and the election was attended with considerable excitement. Indi vidual men, especially on the legislative ticket, were; scratched everywhere in the State and it must be a long task to count the vote, and it will be a late hour in the night before the result can be known with any degree of accuracy. Fifty towns and districts give Ward well 12,958; Brown, 12,918. Newport is probably Democratic, entire. MidnighL-j-The Democratic and Re publican vote, thus far, is as follows: For Governor Brown, Republican, 16. 250; Wardwell, Democrat, 16,048.. The Prohibition vote will be probably sufficient to defeat an election by the people. The Legislature is undoubtedly Republican. y 7 NiwportJ April 6. The State elec tion in this city has been a hot fight and indications point to the election of a full Democratic Legislative ticket. One ward is yet to be heard from, which probably will not change the result. The vote has been very large and the ward rooms have been centres of excite ment all day. Providence, April 6. Tbe city vote for Governor, with one district to hear from, is: Brown, Rep., 9,150; Burton, People's party, 93; Gilbert, Prohibition, 388; Wardwell, Dem., 10.058. This culminated in the filth ward, where the Republicans claim that the Democratic supervisor, who is also pres ident of the common council, violated the ballot law by giving unsolicited as sistance to voters. They collected evi dence and placed it in the hands of ex city solicitor Prekbone, who has prom ised to prosecute, 1 and a prominent Republican lawyer is of , the opinion that it is the Repub lican's propose to bring a criminal suit against the Presidentand Supervisor Boyle and perhaps the warden of the ward as well; and also, if necessary, ap peal to tbe Supreme Court and contest the seats of members of the Legislature eltcted herej There was a serious row over the elec tion in Jamestown, culminating in a per sonal assault; by Republican Represen tative J, B., Banders, upon. Dr. How land, Democrat, which necessitated the attendance of a physician and may result seriously. - .- ,- i . . At 12.40 this morning returns from all over the State were not all in, owing to the tedious counting necessary un der the Australian system. Returns at hand are amply- sufficient, how ever, to indicate that there is no election for State officers, with a proba bility of a Republican plurality. The State law requires a majority vote to elect.- There are a sufficient number of Republicans: returned up to this hour to insure the election of Senator Aldrich to the United I States 'Senate, and the choice of Republican candidates for State officers. ; Newport probably elects but one Rep resentative, and it will require another election to j determine the choice for the other four. It requires fifty-four members off the Legislature to elect on joint ballot, and the Republicans have at present fifty-one, with every probability of having elected the others. 1 A. M. Brown, 23,187; Burton, 176; Gilbert. 1,411; Wardwell, 22,072. Total vote, 46,846.! The largest vote ever cast in Rhode Island. SP1HITS TURPENTtNE.' v Salisbury Herald : Tfiere are now nineteen prisoners in jail. Wheat is looking exceptionally fine just now. Present indications point to a splendid yield this year. , , , ' Goldsboro Argus: We . regret to chronicle the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Elmore, wife of Mr. Jerre P. Elmore. Her peath occurred yesterday afternoon at the home of her husband in Saulston township in the 65th year of her age. Lumberton Robesonian: We re gret to learn that on last Sunday, the 3rd inst., at the residence of her son, Mr. N. J. Thompson, Mrs. Susan R. Thompson, widow of Joseph Thompson, deceased, died at the age of ninety-one. Raleigh Chronicle: Deputy Col lector Massey yesterday reported the seizure of an illicit distillery in John ston county. Mr. John J. Phoenix, of Greensboro, since the beginning of the year, has bought 220,000 dozen eggs. 400,000 rabbit skins, 16,000 muskrat skins, 3.060 mink skins; &c. Charlotte Navs Mr. A. Met ger, the German miner, has begun gold mining operations on the lands of Mr. ' Iohn P. Hunter, at Derita. ' He is get ting out some rich gold ore, so he says, and Mr. Metger knows good ore when he sees it. Durham Sun: So far two mem bers of the Durham County Democratic Executive Committee have resigned. Both were Alliancemen, and one openly proclaimed on Saturday last that he would no longer affiliate with a party that would not pass the free coinage sil ver bill. Tarboro Southerner: The Third party meeting at Lawrence Saturday was not such a howling success after all. The St. Louis platform was explained by Dr. W. T. Mayo, and a vive voce vote taken on its adoption, but this not being altogether satisfactory a standing vote was taken. There were no votes against it. 1 hose who disapproved of the plat form or of a Third party remained silent or left. Three negroes made speeches. Saml Foster was the only colored maji from No. 4 township to declare for the Third party. Concord Times: From people from all over the county we learn that the Third party sentiment in Cabarrus is not strong. The Alliance men are good Democrats, and we believe they are convinced that the Democratic party is the only hope for relief. Last Saturday was the day appointed by the St. Louis Conference for the Alliances to assemble and endorse the platform. The Rocky Ridge Alliance in this county followed the instructions. The. Presi dent of this Alliance is a life-long Re publican. Henderson Gold Leaf: The fruit crop is safe so far and the indica tions are that this will be an unusually good year in this respect. If so this will be a blessing to the people and will help them wonderfully in pulling through the hard times. - Quite an addition is to be made to the buildings of the colored college.. Besides two dormitories of 16 rooms, each, an addition to the main building 35x75 feet, 2 stories high, will be made. The Third party meeting of the Farmers' Alliance met in the Court House here Saturday and ratified the platform of the St. Louis Conven tion. A number ot speeches were made, both whites and blacks participating. Winston Sentinel : Rev. J. H. Clewell, principal of the Salem Aca demy, has rented the Kuri cottage at Carolina Beach, near Wilmington, for the use of the instructors who may de sire to spend their summer vacation at this well known resort. The entire fa culty, numbering about thirty, will go down in companies of four or five to spend a given time during the coming season. - Daniel Brown and Harvey Davis, colored members of the city "tooth-pick" or convict force, made their escape from the guard about noon today. They were at work in East Winston and 'dodged under a culvert where they managed to break their chains and "hit the grit." Both were fired at by the officer but he missed his mark. Asheville Citizen: Thomas John ston, white, was arrested in Marshall by Detective W. H. Deaver, and tried yes terday before Justice W. J. Gudger. It appeared that a couple of weks ago Thomas and "Boney" Johnston broke the seal on the door of a freight car on the Western North Carolina Railroad and crawled into the car, to beat tneir way to Marshall. When the train was near Marshall the boys rolled a barrel of whiskey to the door and dumped it out. When they reached their destination Ihe boys left the car and went back to find the whiskey. This they did, and invi ting a number of friends who lived in the neighborhood, had a high-rolling old time. The whiskey was consigned to a firm in Greenville, Tenn.' Johnston was sent to jail tojawait the next term of court. - ' , Charlotte Observer: Julius D: Miller, a brave revenue officer of Lenoir, was killed Sunday in Wilkes county, near the Caldwell and Wilkes line, by A young white man ' calling himself Mitchell and claiming to live in Wilkes county, who stole a horse from C. H. Baker, at Limestone Cove, Yancey county. Wednesday night. Baker fol lowed the trail through Mitchell, Mc Dowell, Burke and Caldwell counties and lost the track near Lenoir yesterday. Miller took the case in hand and found the trail, followed it down the Yakin river across to the ridge road and ran upon the thief at Little Rock Church to-day, where was a large crowd at preaching. They had an exciting duel and Miller was killed and the man aban doned the stolen horse and escaped in the woods. A posse of fifteen men left Lenoir to-night in pursuit of him. King's Mountain Newsj Sam ples of tin ore sent from this place re cently gave an analysis of 26 per cent, metallic tin. At the present price of pig tin this ore will yield $100 per ton. The ore can be worked for not exceed ing $4.00 per ton. This would show a profit of 2,400 per cent,, which is rather too good; but we think that a great abundance of ore c&n be found that will give 5 per cent., or one hundred pounds of tin to the ton, which will be a bonanza for the miners as well as for this section. We learn through Capt. Charles Foster that tbe Gaston Mineral Co. will open np the Ellison ore bank early in April. This company owns also the Costner and Yellow Ridge banks which, it is said, will be developed this year. Col. Talcott, ex-Vice-President R. D. R. R. is President of the Gaston Min eral Company. This is a hustling South ern syndicate that owns large tracts of valuable gold bearing and iron ore lands in this section andthey are showing their faith by their works. Their Long Creek gold mine is now well equipped and about ready to turn-out the precious metaL f " TWINKLINGS. Jess Did you know Harry's father was a Congressman? Bess No; he never mentioned it; but I surmised there-was a skeleton in the family closet.--AT. Y. Herald. Charlie It's - funny, isn't it.' We never hear of labor unions south of the equator. Johnnie Well, you know, you're not allowed to strike below the belt. Yak Record. ' . . . intelligent Foreigner (to parlor car acquaintance) I am indebted to you, sir, for a most enjoyable afternoon and much political information. You are in public life, I presume ? Distinguished Looking American No, sir. I am a Lieutenant Governor; Chicago Trtbune, 4' n. t V
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