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-r- .V - W . (i 'rue mwiuij wu O ... -'"' ,( ,';'.;..; rUBLISItaD AT WILMINGTON, N. C., I oo" A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88888888888888888 paoWn g3Bg8SSggggggggf 88888888888888888 8S8S88888S88S8888 sqwow g a s g s?s;sssssgaa8 88888388888888888 - 82888888282888883 qjaow i s3Sj;saaass!8S8a " 8883838823888883 83836832238888883, "" 88888888888888888 a, c ,.. ........ ... .... r .. . ... " 3 s s s s s ., s i . J s s O ... r I Entered at the Post Office at-WUmtgton, N. C, a 1 Second Clan Matter.! - SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. : The subscription price of the Weekly Star b u follows: 3. -.''.- ' Single Copy 1 year, postage paid.. ....... 00 " 8 months ": " 60 " 8 months " " ' 80 "IT IS REPORTED.". ;. When a newspaper wants to pub lish a slander for which it has not, the pluck to assume the responsibil ity, it finds the "It is "reported" method about the best way to do it. Aii honest newspaper, when publish-, ing a damaging report on a person who is within calling distance, should take the pains to ' satisfy itself that the "it is reported" matter it gives to the Dublic is not a fabrication, before itgiyfi5-atlo the public. If it fails to do this then when the report is con tradicted by the party' about whom it is made the paper . publishing it should make the amende honorable. It owes this not only to the party slan dered, but to us readers imposed upon, and to itself to protect its rep utation for veracity and show that It is not a coiner of lies which jt pub lishes under a false caption to shirk the responsibility of authorship.' . These remarks are suggested by the following which we clip from The Progressive Farmer of this week ; Raleigh, Oct. 15, 1892. ; Editor Progressive Farmer: My at--tention has been called to the following article in a recent issue of The Progres- sivt Farmer : .. y "I CAN COUNT." ' "Chairman Simmons, in a conversa tion with inends recently, is reported to have said: 'There are -three ways to carry North Carolina Democratic this year. One is to assesa the railroads and banks $100,000. Another is to put five hundred barrels of whiskey east of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. - Fail ing in this,--M I know how to count There is not the slightest 'sentence, line, word or syllable in this article which is true, or which has the slightest foun--"as-AJii of 4ipt to support it. It is an in vention pure and simple. Qf course, I presume it will give you pleasure to publish in the next issue of your paper. The Progressive Farmer', in which this article appeared, this state ment with reference to its absolute falsi ty; and, that you will, in your own de fence and vindication, promptly publish the names of the 'Friends" with . whom I am alleged to have held this conversa . tion. Failing in this, the inference will be irresistible that some person having access to the columns of 'The Progres' si'Je Farmer has invented this story, and, for political purposes, knowingly. puDlished a slanderous fabrication. Yours respectfully, """ - - -'."'' F. M. Simmons. The item quoted and denied by Mr Simmons was published two weeks ago. but late as his denial is we give it pub licity. Read it in connection with a private letter sent out by Mr. Simmons recently, which is published in this issue also. Ed " - This was a stupid fabrication to begin with, for no man with two grains of brains would ever . have suspected Chairman Simmons of in dulging in sach rattle-brain utter ances as those attributed to him id this idiotic screed, and no man with a thimbleful of sense would have given it publicity and thus his endorsement' jna town where Mr. Simmons is; so well known, where he was then and is now residing and when the. pub lisher might have felt sure that.; lie would have been called upon to make correction, just as editor Ram- sev was in this case. But instead of making the correc tion in a candid and a manly way he publishes the note of Mr, Simmons, which he couldn't help doing, vyith a half dozen lines of .comment," the burden of which is to leave the im pression that it may be true. If Mr. Ramsay had authority for the publi cation this was the time andtbe place to assert it, and stick to it, and if he hid not this was the ' , time .and place to acknowledge, that he - had done Mr. 'Simmons injustice and not slink out in this graceless and contemptible way. ' - MORE FALSE- PRETEUCE. ; The protective tariff as'it is un derstood and carried out under Re publican auspices is a system of fraudulent pretence and " compels those who advbeate and defend it to resor to fraud to do so."-' They all do it, from the highest to", the lowest, from the most distinguished juggler to the most obscure of his imitators. They perpetuate the fraud under the fraudulent pretence that they are following in the . footsteps of the . men who presided over the Republic Its early days, and "carrying out toe protective policy which was framed by 1 them, when there is no more resemblance between, the two than there is between chalk and char coal, j ' : - -: . The fathers favored encouraging and fostering the infant industries WItt a moderate protection ranging "ween id and 15 per- cent., but so evied as; to produce the greatest nount of revenue also, that being: tQe prime . object, protection sec TTAT. ' Wt-Tt' . -. - - : : ; . ; :. .. .. . - - -- - - - - " - - -' ' ' " on'dary. But these- Republican free booters believe in; giving "excessive and a periodically increasing protec tion to "infants" a hundred vears bld, from three to fite times as much as they got at' any" period prior ta 1861, when the Morrill 35 -per ! cent; tariff succeeded the Walker 10" erqent tariffs. - In his letter of acceptance which appeared a fewdays ago, ' Whitetaw Reid, Republican candidate for the "Vice Presidency, as was to haye been expected, had recourse to this fraud ulent pretence when he said iMbtz- V7e maintain that the tariff should cover- the; difference In the cost of the home and foreign product, caused by the difference v In ;theonj and foreign wages for the labor employed upon ic' Our opponents distinctly repudiated the proposition that. American wages should i oe considered mHhe matter, and de clared instead that a tariff levied ioraoy thing but revenue only was unconstitu tional.' We maintain that the present tariff has worked well; that it has devel oped American manufacturers, steadied and increased American wages and pro moted the general prosperity. " Our op ponents deny that there has been any increase ol prosperity under the present tariff. -declare that wages have been re duced and -denounced the. Republican poUcy," which, as they say', fosters no other industry so much as that of the 4 sheriff.?- ;-, ;v;.,v;;;.; -r-.;;: There are no less than a half dozen mistatements directly or by implica tion, the intent ot -which . is .to : de ceive, in this extract. -" If the Republican tariff is simply "to cover the difference between the cost "of the home and the' foreign pro duct," which means the difference in the '-cost of labor, for the raw ma terials are as cheap in-this country as they are to countries which .compete with our manufactures, why is it that under Republican manipulation the tariff has been increased ; from an average ot 35 per cent, to an average of between CO and ; 70 per cent ? Have, wages in Europe so fallen within the : past three -decades that we have to keep increasing the tariff until it has been more than doubled to cover the difference ?" Mo.- On the contrary wages have increase4 on the other side of the AtlanticVand increased more in ; free trade Eng land, the country that competes most agarast us, than in any other, while the difference now in the wages of laborers there and here is so trifling as to really be little or no factor in the cost of production. ;; ;" :C ": Investigation has demonstrated the fact that with the superior intelli gence and skill of American work men, with the labor-saving ma chinery employed,' the output per man being so much , greater, Ameri can Jabor is really cheaper than labor in England. This is simply a fraud ulent pretence as faras asserted to be the position of the . Republicans, for they have never considered the labor cost side of the question -when building their tariff structures, and they didn't do it in the McKinley swindle, which is the culminating fraud of the century. ; ; V; i ;;v ; Mr. Reid knew when he "wrote those lines, that be was stealing the Democratic . idea "of protection; for Grover Cleveland, John G. Carlisle and other representative Democrats have repeatedly declared ."that cov ering the difference -in the cost of production gave all the protection the American . manufacturer needed, and all he should ask for. Cleveland said so in his celebrated tariff reform message, and -reiterated it in other language in his letter of acceptance. They contend that in laying tariff duties they should be sojevied as to bring in the greatest amount of rev enue to the Government and at;the same time give the most protection to American industries, just what the first , protectionists and - all pro tectionists up to 1861 contended for. If American man nfactories have lived and increased ajong from the days of Washington to : the . days of Buchanan with - protection . ranging from 10 to 20 per cent., do they re quire from 60 to 70 per cent, to keep them alive now? It must be remem bered, too. that inventive genius liad not done as much for the American manufacturer, then as it., is ; doing now, and that wages in Europe then were lower than they are now, so they really needed then a high tariff more than our manufacturers now do. But hundreds of manufacturers re pudiate this modem fraudulent pre tence by declaring that it is not pro tection against foreign competition they want by a high tariff, but free raw materials, which wili ' enable them to compete' successfully with those foreign rivals who get their raw materials free. This is true f many Industries but especially of the iron business and the woollen manu facturing business, both of which are seriously hampered and damaged by the tariff tax on the raw materials they use, much of which .they are compelled to import. If the tariff simply covered the cost of proauc tion it would cease to be a factor in American . politics and Whitelaw Reid knows it " In'his Philadelphia speech Senator Aldrich said i fI believe Mr. Clever land means to stand by the principles of his party. as set forth definitely and distinctly in the Chicago plat- iJU-f fit fnnra ? "will. ' ..That'S why he was nominated, s That s the kind of 'a' man-he is. There s no crawfish m Grover ivi IH0W J.T ISCRimirATES; greatispeeth i in Philadelphia a few weeks ago Cot McClure told how the fMcKinley ' bill was patched up, which will account for some of Us peculiarties,rand' for why it dis criminates so against the poor and in favour the'rich. ;" " . 75 ; --vWhen the; bill was under consider ation- before" the committee; of. which r.'McKinlejr was;;chairman&cbres of representatives of the protected industries ;rushed to Washington, each one ; demanding that ;more?prd tection be given to. his particular in dustry. McKinley didn't know any thing about the particular industries, but he did know that they subscribed pretty liberally -to Republican cam paigns, and would be expected to do so again," and -therefore" they got about aU the protection j they had any particular . use ; for or" the cheek to ask .: for' The .oeo- ple the consumers,-the tariff-tax pay ers bad no representatives there save the Democratic members of the com mittee who appeared as their, proxies and did. their best to have justice done, but they were in the minority and consequently ; were powerless to " prevent the people from being taxed without scruples or "conscience for the benefit of a .few! manufacturers who contributed to Republican cam paign funds. - - -:;-.' ; V'. : The protective tariff as imposed and . administered .for thirty years has always discriminated against and oppressed the poor, but the Mc Kinley tariff does this more than any mother tariff ever. did. It taxes" the articles purchased and used, by the rich lightly in comparison' to their value, and the articles purchased and used by the poor, heavily - in " com-: parison with , their- - value, ; taxing lightly the rich who, are best able to pay and heavily -the poor; who -are least able to pay.' This is one of the cruel and monstrous iniquities of that piece of "robbery ' under forms of law." . . r-yr'- In aJ speech recently delivered, Hon. ; A- R- Bushnell, member of Congress from Wisconsin, illustrated by the following citations how this is done under the McKinley bill - :' RICH MAN'S BARGAIN COUNTER. - Silk velvet, no advance in tariff. Silk linings.' no advance. Black silk, no advance. Seal skin sacques, reduced 33 per "cent. Broadcloth, advance 20 per cent. Silk laces, advance 20 per cent. Fine cassimere, advance 10 per cent. Diamonds, tariff -taxed 25 per cent. Fine blankets, tariff -taxed 66 per cent. Jewel3.tariff-taxed 25 per cent. . Attar of rose, free. : i Oil of lavender, free. Meerschaum, free. ". Ivory, free. . - Hot-house plants, free. The second exhibit is the . - - . POOR man's (no) , bargain counter. Cotton velvet, advanced 100 per cent. Cotton linings, advanced 585 per cent: Black alpaca, advanced 66 per cent. Imitation seal sacques "advanced 125 percent. -.' Woolens, advanced 4U per cent. . r Cotton laces, advanced' 60 per cent. . Cotton corduroy advanced 114 per cent. -v - - . . - "- ' ' - Window -glass, tariff-taxed 87 per cent. : r- - . ' Common blankets, tariff-taxed 166 per cent. Horseshoe nails, tariff-taxed 58 per cent. ' ' Linseed oil, tariff-taxed 63 per cent. Castor oil. tariff-taxed 125 per cent. -Chinaware. tariff-taxed 88 per cent. Starch, tariff-taxed 91 per cent. Rice, tariff-taxed 112 percent. Lead pencils, tariff-taxed 66 per cent. Salt, tariff-taxed 80 per cent. - When charged with discriminating against the poor by levying heavier tribute on the articles most used by them the McKinley tariff people try Ito crawfish out of it . by putting up the fraudulent pretence that the classes of goods which are taxed highly are of the kinds that are not made, or made to a 'very small ex tent," in this country, and therefore do-not come into competition - with the . goods "made. here. This is a fraud on the face of it, for the pro fessed purpose," and the alleged jus tification of the high tariff is to en courage the establishment of and to foster new industries in this country If they were honest and consistent in this they would put as heavy or heavier a tax on goods that are not made or made only to " a limited amount in this country, than on goods that are; largely, made, so as to encourage , the establishment of factories for the manufacture of the goods that, are not made here, and never will be made, according to the McKinley protective theory, while there is no protection given. - -The original idea in the protec tive tariff among the protectionists of preceding generations was to en courage the establishment of new in- dustriesand the fostering of the in fants" until they grew strong enough to take care of themselves, but the "McKinley tariff constructors -pursue a course the very reverse of this, and give excessive protection to those which are strong and little or no protection at all to help; the "in fants," or encourage the establish ment of new' ones. ; There never was in this or any other country -a tariff scheme devised which had in it as much unmitigated villainy oFarrant fraud to the square inch as this McKinley.tanff, which was conceived in iniquity and carried out in.knavery and oppression. 7 It is bad enough on general principles, but in the cold-blooded -deliberation with which it robs the : poor man WIIINGrTONN. 0, who earns his bread in the sweat, of -his face it cruelly and.ljarbarousiy atrocious. . : . ; THEY. HAVE REC0SJ13. ; The fiaenwho manipulated the Third party State" convention we -e singularly unfortunate in the mia: a-; up of their ticket; bpt it was a bent the best they could do, asihey had & very limited amount of material to select jtioiBZSftfti' j Th6w;bestrmen Major Guthrie, ' nominated for the vacant place ' on the Supreme Court benchV and May.-Malone,' nominated for Judge of the 12th- district,b6tn " declined,;and advised the men .who nominated them,-and the party they represented, to'q'uit their foolishness and support the Democratic tickets, 5tate;aniNati'pn5i-;t.?v". Obe of the candidates for: Presi-. dential elector at large, Harry Skin ner,;; treated -: thenomfriatloa : with silent contempt, and finally,-about a week ; ago, ;. notified -them that, he wasn't in it."v-;; A; r ; ; :-.r;r-t The balance of the' ticket, unfor tunately for them and for the "re form" party, have records, some of which are on file in the archives of the Courts:-;. ' -: "; """;. ; : Manon ; Butler, ' candidate "for Weaver elector at large, has a record in print, i in . his esteemed '.Caucasian newspaper, as an ardent .admirer of Grover ClevelandTthe man whom he is now going about the State making faces at, and as a red-hot champion of the Democratic party, which be now treacherously denounces. This record also shows that he helped to nominate . the Democratic State : ticket, cordially endorsed it after ft was nominated, advised all the read ers of his paper to rally to its sup port, then all at once turned a back summerset and lit flat-fooied right at the rear entrance to the Republican shop. '' - ' " W. P. Exum, candidate for Gover- nor,, has a record as a famous goat cultivator, and also in the mayor's court of his town, where shortly after his nomination he was arraigned and fined for indulging profusely in pro fane , language in -. the presence of ladies in a public, place j and also as having declared that be would prefer negro rule" to the rule we have had. Tom Long, candidate for Auditor, also has a record in ; two courts; in Chatham for goods bought when he was merchandising, In - which be pleaded the "infant" act to avoid payment; the other - in Alamance county, where a $5,000 judgment is pending against' him for moneys appropriated "to his own use f when acting as agent at Salisbury for .the N. C. railroad. ";-":; R. A. Cobb," candidate for Lieuten ant Governor, has a record in the Federal court where he was charged by Dr. Mott, then Collector," with crookedness in office. ;.. . ' Dr. L. N. Durham, candidate or Secretary ot State, has a record as trying to have his father, sent to the insane asylum, and with getting the county to appropriate money tor his support when he was amply able to support him himself. Prof. J. W. Woody, has a record as trying to . get the ; Prohibition nomination, and failing in -that - ac cepting the Third party nomination for Superintendent of PtiDlic Instruc tion. He seems to have been de termined to run for something. Cobb's record proved so musty that they tried 'to get some one to put up in his place, but failing in that let him stick. ; - ; Long's record proved too much for them and they forced . him to with draw and then put up one E. G. But ler,-of Vance county, in his place. But it seems that he, too, has a court record as will be seen; by reference to an article taken from the Raleigh News and Observer, which will be found in another column of the Star to-day.: They are heavy on records. Senator Aldrich spoke before the Tariff League in Philadelphia a few nights ago, ; but didn't ; accept Col. McClure's invitation to tell the peo ple of that town what he knew about the inside history , of the McKinley tariff," and of the bargains by virtue ot which contemplated industries got the protection they are now enjoying for the boodle they furnished to help elect Harrison. To refresh his mem ory the accommodating Colonel fur nished him with instances, tacts and figures, with the precision and durcet ness of a man who knew just what he was talking about. - , - . , " Our Country is the name of a Third party paper published at Morganton. It is a patent inside. ' . The . last issue the patent inside was filled, with the speech of John Sherman and other Republican . campaign literature That's about the size of it. ; The Third party organ is "on" the outside Third party, but when you get Jo the t'inards" it is Republican., . The Oaxnpaign, -- .. - ; Hon. C B. Aycock Spoke at Clinton yesterday in discussion of the political issues of ' the campaign with Marion JButler, the Third party leader. Report says Mr.' Aycock had greatly the advan tage in argument,' with good . effect upon the auditory. , Mr. Aycock spoke also at Warsaw last night to a large gathering ot Voters, , - - - FRIDAOOTOBER 28, ; THE RAILROAD COMM1SSION.-- Casoa JDuposed of by. ttWiStite fll "si 7;The;loiliowing is a list of cases dis posed of by the. State Railroad Qoai- missioners last Wednesday, viz:. ; - .. : : Suss vs. Atlantic and North Carolina Railway. Company;: claim; for damage occasioned ' by delay in delivery of ship ment of shoes; claim-paid; action 4iSr missed. :;i "'.- :n-.. --. : - .-.' .1.. .Totten & Pool vs. C: F. & Y. V; Rail way Company; overcharge on' hearse; continuedi':f i;:;;fe;;. "s- City of Gastonia vs. R. A D.' Railway Company; petition for freight and pas senger aepot: it appearing that relief asked for has been granted, action is dis missed. - ..:"--- - .-; . -. v -'r " Tyson vs. R& D. Railway Companv: overcharge on : ;. shipment ; of molasses Irora New Orleans: overcharge adjusted and paid; action Is dismissed. . Hale Bros., vs. N, & W. Railway Com pany; overcharge on shipments ol ' coal ana tooaccor overcbaree is . paid and ac tion dismissed.' - .. . ' - -.- . . Sunbury AUiance vs Suffolk aBd Car olina Rail way Gompany; overcharge on. freight shipments-, continued. ; buge vs. Atlantic .and North Carolina Railway Company; action to recover un used portion of excursion ticket; amount refunded; action dismissed. , ;-:j Gully vs. R.- & p." Railway Company; storage charges on baegage: continued. .; Goforth et al vs. C. C. & Cbicaeo Rail way Company; petitioafor depot agent; petition granted; action dismissed. - The following new- complaints i are filled before the commission:- - . Yopp vs. Western : Union Telegraph Company;---damages sustained by non delivery of message. " . Faulk vs. C. F. & Y. V. Railway Com pany; damages and overcharge.. ;' Dr. Pritcnard'a formal Xiettet of Aooapu The Charlotte" Observer publishes the following: .. -- . . - '; '; .' .-. . : Dr. Pntchard's formal letter ot accept tance of the pastorate of .Tryon Street Baptist Church was received yesterday by Mr. W. C. Dowd, one ot : the 'board of deacons of jtbe chtirch. Dr. Pritchard stipulates several conditions which will be readily agreed "to, no doubt, when the matter is laid before the church officials. -.. In regard to coming 16 Char lotte before Januarvhesays ? -"Your ap- peal to me to come in November is very urgent, ana teei its force, but I am not at liberty to do so. " When ' I accepted the care of the church here it is my re collection that I told .them I would give tnem tnree months notice, and I do not feel that I can, in good faith, leave before the first of January next." The church will employ a regular supply in the in terim. A 8weet-Seented Bal of Cotton. : . A defunct hen and about a hatfull of rotten eggs were discovered in a bale ot cotton at the Champion Compress yes terday. The find - was not indicated until the bale had undergone the com pressing process, when j such a mighty smell ot sulphuretted hydrogen filled the air that every ; person present Third party; men and all put fingers to the nose and absquatulated instanter. A committee of investigation was appoint ed and the highly odoriferous bale was opened, with the result as stated. . POLITICS IN "CRAVEN. r ; TUSCARORA. N. C, Oct. 20. . Editor Morning Star -.'-f-On a store at this pl ce Tuscarora is a Iarge.poster announcing that "Dr. Cyrus Thompson, People's party candidate for Senator in the. Eighth Senatorial District," will speak at various places in Craven coun ty, and it closes as. follows ; "Will divide time with any fair mind ed, respectable Democrat.' 1 send you this in . order that : your readers may know, who it is the Peo ple's party in Craven are opposing. -. - - li. b. ORADY. P. S. G. L. Hardison,! ot "; Thurman,- is the gentleman whose name is signed to this poster. . . i. Old Papers Unearthed.. Workmen engaged in demolishing the old State bank building, corner of Front and Princess streets, yesterday . dis-- covered a barrel containing a lot of an cient and musty letters and papers re lating to business of the bank many years ago. One of the letters was from the Newbern Branch of the State Bank, signed "John M. Roberts cashier," and addressed to ""John Cowan, Esq." It was dated March 7, 1825, endorsed on the back, "received 11th May," and read as follows : -"I enclose for my account Abraham Bradley's draft at sight on Christopher Dudley, Jr, P. Mw for $160." lighting the IStew Court House. . " The Southern Electric Co., of Balti more, Md., - which has the contract for furnishing the illuminating apparatus and fixtures" for the county's new court house, - have about completed theit job. There will be about two hundred ' and fifty incandescent lights in the building, starting with twenty-four in the tower six behind each clock-dial and others distributed . throughout the building. The fixtures will be of brass and of the combinatio'n'patern for gas and electric ity -and wQl be very; handsome. The work is "tinder the personal supervision of Mr. "A. C. Butler, an expert from Charlotte, assisted by Mr. J, S. Bixby of Charlotte, E. B. Burkheimer and R. W, White of Wilmington. Quarantine and 'Underwriters Liabilities, The London ShiSbinz News says: , A curious point of law has arisen in con nection with the quarantine. It appears that the removal of a vessel into quaran tine 'constitutes a deviation "from. the voyage, or, in other words, from the terms of the policy under which' her cargo is insured, and that, accordingly, the underwriter is ' not : liable tor . any damage or loss which may occur during such deviation. As it" Is clearly estab lished on good authority that this is English law, merchants and shippers are advised to cover this extra risk by add ing, say: "Whilst proceeding to, and (or) whilst proceeding irom, any port or ports for quarantine." ,- -- -- - Welcome Wee;- : -: - . It is suggested that the Knights of Pythias, .Red Men and . Odd Fellows have place in the grand parade to take place during Wilmington's Welcome Week. - These Orders In their handsome reealias would be quite a feature of the procession. - . ' ' mm 1892. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. CELEBRATION OF THEOOTH ANNI VERSARY OF AMERICA'S DISCOVFRV. Zxxatisnration pf the World's Columbian - ZhrpoatUon.; at Chioaaot-TJedioation of Buildlnaa A. Kaamifioen t Parade. fSiJSK:y . Tetoaapt to fbe Morning Stat. Tix(Cxt0v-ylfi ;theittenng sunshine atiq; bracing air to-day the peo ple; enjoyed the -magnificent., parade. Hundreds fiihousahds towh T;peplet3n;t astife? tayhough the, ;romingi)f cannon to iignal the start of the proces sion was not heard until .11 o'clock. Out from the crowded hotels aacj from board ing houses oi the outskirts people came even ' before th'e sunrise. They bright ened the streets with their movements, and with the color of their vivid badges. The police, as early as 7 o'clock closed all - the -bridges which: cross the . city. At 10. o'clock. the Jine of march was clear. It was several miles long. ; Vice President. Morton, under a' civic escort, took his position on the reviewing stand atfll o'clock. - Soon after 11. three guns spoke out the signal for the parade to move.- Then anoeared at the starting point the chiet officer ct the day, and the police led the way, ; various bodies fall ing in from streets opening on the route ot march, ' . : - s,.-''. : At the head of the parade, to hold in I cnecK the dense crowd which thronged the sidewalk and forced itself into the streets, came mounted police. Directly behind came Sausa's Marine Band, act ing as : escort of the Mexican National Band." Vistfors from bevond the Rio Grande weftg- given a" hearty welcome. As auickiv as the last ' strains from nno hand died away another took it up. and irom ine Beginning io tn enn ot tne march was continual martial music At the -: heels of the " Mexican - band - was - Major. General Miles; grand -marshal of the parade. Behind him clattered a swarm of aides. Chicago Huzzars. in black with white trimmings, was escort to the- Mayor of Chicago.- The citv council, in carriages, followed, and then came the Governors of. different; States, each v surrounded by a brilliant staff. The' second grand division was led by the Independent Order of Foresters, 1,200 strong, who made a fine appear ance. -1 he dars green oUtalVv flowed behind the crimsoc regalia oi 'Foresters, and numerous Julian . societies were Sheered to the ; echo as they went by. n their rear was a gigantic float repre senting "Columbus Discovering Ameri ca; ; Behind ; the ; float ; tramped : 800 Grecians, wearing decorations of their national flags blue and.white..i:y.;"'-'.-,i:'."'. bight thousand men ot the Patriotic Order of Sons of America were over an hour going past, their ranks being broken at frequent intervals by bands who worked industriously at America's na tional music. Then came the descend ants of the men who had won the Battle of the Boyne, their personsand banners bearing knots of their favorite orange ribbons. Three thousand Ave hundred of the . Chicago -Turner Society, headed by the national commission of their or der, looked exceedingly well. Each man bore upon his left breast a white and terra cotta Chicago "badge. Following came seven hundred men of the Bohe mian Turner Societies, and five-hundred German veterans, who marched proudly beneath the red."white and blue of their adoption, and the red, white and black, under which they had marched 4n less peaceful times. There was a strong re minder of the heather as twelve hundred bonnie Scotch hove in sight. Every man wore a tartan," and bagpipes shrieked shrilly. Two 'hundred -and fifty men of the Royal Scots regiment, clad in royal Stuart plaid, called for loud cheers of ap proval. The black and gold of the Sons of St. George followed the Highlanders. Then came Polish societies, about 2,- 000. strong; after them came ten times as many ranks, and with its proportion ate number of men, and every man a Swede. In four carriages were sixteen pretty girls, representing the various na- tiopal female costumes of Sweden and Norway. ; ' ' -'-' The next division was made up of 2,- 000 boys from ' the city grammar and hieh schools. Then tramoed eicht reD- resentatives of every Grand Army post in Chicago and Cook county, reinforced by numerous delegations from neighbor ing cities. The veterans were not above 800 strong, and in their .-. rear was a float representing the : famous old monitor as she appeared before fighting the Mer- rimac. .sons k ot - veterans. Modern Women of America and Uniformed Rank of- the ' Royal Arcanum. Knights of Pythias, 2,000 men in all, closed the division. Other divisions followed. . r ; The third grand division, under com mand ol Chief Marshal Capell, was led by . the chief marshal, surrounded by a large staff, in whose' wake came fifty mounted men members ot the Unr- formed ' Knights - of St. Patrick. The second ; sub-Si vision of this portion ot the parade was th: Uniformed Rank of the , CatholicOrder of Foresters 850 strong. The third sub-division, headed. by the Third Cavalry band, bad 4,440 jnen in line and showed the banners of Scrty-five courts arid ; contained - ten bands. . The fourth i sub-division , bad 8,550 men and. thirty-four "courts;" the fifth sub-division contained 2,644 men and thirty-one courts. Seven hundred men of the Hibernian Rifles came after the Foresters, and v behind "them were 2.000 men of the Ancient Order . of Hibernians, and then- 8,000 . more men ot the Catholic faith who belonged to ; the Arch-Diocese; Union, thirty- three societies being represented. - The Catholic Knights of America, 1,000 men; Catholic Benevolent union, with 800; the Polish Catholic Society, with 1,000 men were next ' in : line. ' Miscellaneous Catholic societies numbering 1,200 men in the aggregate closed the grand vision and parade. ' ; - In the rear of the 'Catholic Order ; of Foresters was a magnificent - float, "Columbus," drawn by- eight handsome daoDle-erav horses. The lower plat form was embellished with the coat of arms of the order and on the main plat form stood forty-four columns, each sur mounted by a gilt star, representing the. States of the Union, The centre was a huge globe above which rested a bust of Columbus. :' Three young ladies, repre senting "Friendship. Love -and Truth, were on the same platform. -; The official - grand .reviewing stand was built on a portion of the Federal building at the Adonis Street side, from which a magnificent view was obtained by the Vice-Presidential party and other notable visitors.- On the sides ot the building on . AdOnis, Dearborn and Clark streets-t-the stand stretched - from the walls to the sidewalk. Thenty-two boxes flanked in line the vice-Presiden tial position on either - side, and held comfortably nine persons each; These boxes were for various State Governors. Behind the Presidential box section was reserved for the diplomatic corps..- The. Press section was to the left and directly opposite the Presidential boxes. ' The rest, of the Adonis Street stand was filled to overflowing with invited guests and with municipal authorities. The5 entire sections., on Clark and Dearborn streets sides Wereoccupied by 8,400 school.'. children appropriately dressed in the .national ' colors. -There were 1,400 of these young Americans A H either side. , At intervals: narriWi- and. other soncs were aunt hvthum in Chorus.: : The Adams street section seat. abOUt' 2.500 TWnl. an1 Stnanthmr not less than 6.000 nnnle JSbole range of the stand.' The Govern- ment ouuding itself ..was elaborately decorated withJestoons of national and municipal governments! flacs. forming a gorgeous; background - to' the elorious picture presented - by . the -.. parade at the central point of interests, v'-y- On the streets to-dav the crowd ui something -fearfuL'ii Chicago ' has at diiterent times handled many throngs of visitors, but this one was away beyond unytumg sne ever aeait witn. it is esti mated; that at - least ; 1:200.660 rwnlo viewed the parade', and after jt was done the majority j down-town restaurants .were compeneatq close their doors un- tlt thev Could attebll . to thnsn mhn hait already gained admittance.- It was not a steady flow; it was the congestion that Created temporary difficulty in the mat ter of obtaininc- eatable.. Tn fhA main liowever, Chicago was equal to the oc- Naturatlv. there wr nrrid4nta falni-. Ing women, children trampled upon; and here and there a? man dropped from a roof, but these are the aftermath "of every gathering such as was seen on Chicago's streets to-day. ,; iv-.'-v; As the different Governors of "States passed, the reviewing stand, some "on horseback and others in carriages,-each was Greeted with a anruuinn nf - rhtmrm which kepi him bowing for many min- uiea. ine crowa was impartial m, poli tics and yelled as lustily for !; Flower, ot New York," as. it . did for . McKin ley, of ;; Ohio. : McKinley "s carriage was compelled " to " halt and a little I amin clinging to a lamp-post, shouted "starid vp there McKinley, so we can see you. T-A roar of laughter followed "the shrill-tongued- suggestor.' and a broad smile went over the Governor's coun tenance as he gracefully took - the hint M4 m. t- i - r . auu rose 10 ois icet 10 oow ois acKnow ledgment of the cheers arid applause of the crowd . : -;; " v-:;-? Indian scholars f mm - rant PV school at Carlisle, Pa., were as promi nent a feature of the parade as they were in New York last week, and vemorMt. ed with enthusiastic cheers as they came Dyr iney carried long yellow poles upon the end of wVl ir-b rr faar An.rl -mArfla of tools emblematic of different trades. PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. He porta Upon Varloua Branches of Cburbh Charlotte Observer, Oct. 21st. : - Statesville, Oct. 20. Rev.'Jno. M. Rose. Jr.. gave an account of his work as a "general evangelist emphasizing the great destitution in this State. His work has. been laborious, but encouraging, giving promise of greater results, "f Rev. Carr Miller, evangelist of Stokes .coun ty, told ol- his labors in that county for nve months- . . : : - . . : . Rev-E. W. Smith, the superintendent of home missions, gave an inspiring re sume - ot tne work, showing- that al though in- May '92. there was a debt of $3,000 hanging over the work, it is now out of debt, with available assets for next year s work amounting to about $9,000, and that the finger of God had been in this great work from the beginning. Af ter his address a collection Amounting to $51.20 lor the benefit of Mr. Pell s school work in the, mountains ' was taken up. .. ' -.' - --: - '-,-; Kev. A. bprunt resigned his position as a director of Union Theological Sem inary.- : - .. 1 ; . " -:... : - The statistical committee made a par tial report, showing: the deaths during the past year of five ministers: Revs. B. r. Marable. U. v., tru. Halt. I. E. Mor rison, James McQueen, A. W. Miller, D. D. : , .... The report of the - committee on ad dress to the churches shows an encourag ing state of growth throughout the State. showing an improvement in seven differ ent points. . . .. -. "" '.1.; ;'-"';;." Rev. I. Rumple. D. D.. made a report on Union Theological Seminary, show- msrthis institution to be crrowinsr in use fulness, its finances in a sound condition; but that the Seminary has met with a great loss in the past year in the death of Kev. J. r. Latimer, L). U. . .- ... " .. It being the hour for hearing the re port of the home-mission committee, Dr. Hoge read the report which shows that there are now, besides the- superin tendent. Rev. E. W. Smith, one general evangelist and nve local evangelists. The report - of the committee recom mended the continuance of the bynod s synod icalhome mission plan, the locating as fast as possible ot evangelists in out lying fields, and establishing of Christian schools . in all these evangelistic fields. The report otthe committee, with all its recommendations. - was adopted. The Synod is deeply in earnest and the out look is full of promise for the home mis- Rev. A. T. Graham was elected agent of education; Rev. Carr Moore, agent of publication; Kev. w..a. J. horn, agent ot Sabbath Schools; Rev. J. A. Ramsey, stated clerk.. : - . . "' -----.-';.;- ..'. The report of Rev. E. P. Davis, agent of colored evangelization, showed that there are now five colored ministers in the Synod of North Carolina. ' When this number -; is fncreased sufficiently they will be constituted and separated independently. In connection with the report the recommendation ot the com mittee, stating that we would endeavor to raise $30,000 for foreign missions next year: also the 'recommendation that the Synod employ a synodical secretary of foreign missions, whose duty will be to inform the churches and stir them up to increased zeal and giving in this great cause, was adopted. : ; ; '- Dr. Morton made a- report . on the Or phan s Home, approving, and endorsing the action ot the agents. - -' At . nicht the sermon Dreoaratorv to the celebration of the Lord's Supper was preached by Kev. ur. Hoge. .ABSOLUTELY' UNTRUE. : The Statement that Xx-8eoretary Blaine Would, lake Part in the Campaign. 1 By Telegraph to the Morning Star, ' Nkw York, October 21. A story was published 'this afternoon stating that James G. Blaine had; formally' placed himself at the disposal of tie Republi can National Committee, and that he would make three speeches during this camoaien.. An Associated Press report er saw Mr. Blaine at 2 o'clock this after noon and called his attention ; to the foregoing statement.?. Mr." Blaine said it was absolutely untrue, and that he had not placed himseit at the disposal 01 the Republican National Committee. ,"1 am doing nothing further in politics, Mr. Blaine said. .. : : SHOT HIS WIFE, And. Then Committed Suioide. r ' -i. By teleiraph to theMoraiag Statr' ; PhiladeIpaia, .'Oct. V. 22 Frank Higel, aged 53 years, of Florida, shot his wife, who is visiting here, in the head -and neck this evening, and then sent -a bullet crashing through, his own brain, killing himseit.' The womans injuries are declared to be fatal.: Family trouble was the cause.; ' kX?--T;f on SPIRITStURPjENTINtl! .- Aucuuiaessenger-Jnuuigen- cer: Mr. Oi MrFotU chanred With nil." ing A. J. Rhyne, had a nrelimnarv ing before Esquire H.i A. : Crawford last Friday. Fort was bound over tn mart in the sum of $500u He gavevthe bond and is now at liberty. .- ;V- . , . . X. r ' Red Sorincs Comet: -, Mr: Aafnni .Revels, "a Croatan j-esidinir near IVm.. 'l : -T-:i broke, - this- county, claims to be the ' ' oldest man in the State, if not in'th " "world.; Accordinc' to his statement: hm'i-h is 111 years bid born in 1781.; Hehas V. , had his coffin made for 40 var -h,. has died, or rather gone off into at 2r ' trance, and been put into his coffin twice. -" ; About the time he was to be ennsicmorf - to the grave he would come to, and tell- many labulous tales revealed to him of r the happy hunting ground- Heiis like ly to make several more trips, i V -s s1-' Raleigh ;News -and Observer ? The injuries of Miss Alice Love, re- ceived during the fire-works display pa ' Wednesday night; are more serious than v at first thought. A sharp stick irom a rocitev descending with great r force, struck her in the eve. tearing onen hoth i the lower and upper lids and penetrating ; every coat of the ball, half-emptying the i contents. . The bones on the floor ot the orbit were also broken. Drs. Goodwin. Battle and . Lewis attended the yousg lady and performed an operation remov ing the injured member from its placet i -Kiaston FreeJ?ress: Last Satur-.; day night while on his way home from : Kinston Mr. John M. Noble, who lived 1 near Repose postoffice, met with a terri ble accident, which resulted in his death about 9 o'clock Sunday morning. The accident occurred about 7 o'clock in the evening near Woodington school house. : Mr Noble was driving a verv wild horse atuched to a cart arid had his shafts tied " down with a rope. In ' going down the hill In; front of the school house, too rope came untied and the horse wa frightened by the road cart . running , against him, and when the horse jumped -away Mr. Noble, was thrown forward. and becoming entangled his . face was horribly crushed in by . the kicking of the vicious animal. : - - - s ' Weldon News: Mr. Enoch D. Dickens died at his home in Faucetta' township on Tuesday after a prolonged ' illness from a painful dieases. Tues-- day morning' a difficulty occurred be tween Aaron Christmas and Calvin Pon- ton which may result in the death of the-: latter. : it seems that there bad been tome : trouble; between Ponton and Christmas'' son, and on Tuesday morn- ing one occurred,- it is said, between Ponton and Christmas', wife. . She told Christmas that Ponton had struck her. Later the two men met and a auarrel ensued, when Christmas struck Ponton , on the head behind the ear, and laid him outior a while. There has been some . bleeding from the ear- and it - is not yet known whether Ponton's skull was frac tured. It will probably be several davs before it can be ascertained. If it is, he is m a very critical condition. Christmas was arrested and committed by Mayor : Gooch to jail without bail v to await the result of Ponton's injuries." " : Goldsboro Headlight'. The rice crop, which was very promising about a ; montn ago, now turns out to be very poor, caused by the " continued dry weather. . The death of Mr. I. B. Whitaker, one of our oldest and most respected citizens, occurred very sud denly yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, caused by heart failure, in the 70th yea: ot his age, The dwelling hdusean Kitcnen ot Mr. si, 1. Uliver were coi sumed by fire Saturday night, caused I a a elective nue. ixss ssoo; no insuran Owing to the - fine weather, mi than half of the cotton in this sect has been picked and sold, notwithsta mg the price - continues low. gin house of Mr. A. T. Uzzell, in Hope township, with all machiner contents of; about sixteen bales of ton, was destroyed by fire Wedn, morning. It is supposed that a in the seed cotton wnile going tne gin set tne lint on nre, ca loss of $1,800, with no insurance. Charlotte I News Thri gets it from a source altogether, that a day of reckoning is comln Otho Wilson, the Gideonite. and he eventually escapes the peniteri he may consider himself lucky. We are told that there Is evidence against him that will convict him of charges so grave as to land him in the penitentiary, and that at the proper time he will be ar raigned and tried:' ' That nd.cry of per secution may be raised, thee charges will not be pressed "until after the election. Miss Fannie Brown, a seamstress, wno resides in tne soutnern portion ot the city had a lively experience with a negro last night about 9 o clock. . Her house was suddenly invaded by a big negro man. the first intimation of his presence being when be stood. before her in her room. .; She picked up a pis tol, and at the sight of the weapon the negro turned on his heels and ran from the house. . As he reached the yard Miss Brown fired at him and he fell. He scrambled ' to his feet,', when she again shot at him, but he escaped." The J 4 f 3 . ponce investigated the matter, but could . find no trace of the negro. ; ' '- ' Maxton Union and Scottish Chief t JLvtryVaXtia is about in shape for the Fair next week, which will surpass any that has ever been held here. .. The dis-' play of exhibits will be unusually large " In all departments, and the attractions numerous and of the best order.-, . - At Rowland Tuesday evening, Murdock ' . Smith shot J. McCbrmac, the ball taking effect in the face just below the left eye. The wound is thought to be fatal. The parties are brothers-in-law. Mr. A. , McNair informs us of the burning of A. 1 M. Clark's stable1 at Southern Pines. Two horses were burned to death, besides . . considerable other property . destroyed. 1 ' Mr. John Carmichael, an old and . ' respected citizen of Richmond county, died at his home some four miles from ": '.. this'to wn, on the 8th inst., aged 72 yea rs. ' -r We are' informed that-some one made a dastardly attempt .on the life ot -Mr. G. A. Roper, of Laurinburg, on the ' night that Mr. - McKinnon's gin - was " burned. He was passing along the road -when some oae fired upon him from am-' - ' bush with a shot-gun. Some of the shot passed through his hat and clothing, but , , fortunately he escaped with a whole' : skin. There is '. no , clue to the murder- H ' Otis fiend. ! ' . mi " ' -" STATE POLITICS. ' ,! r .- Citizens of this county have -been heard to say that they could not vote for Cleveland, ; because they had sworn not to. If the' swearing of these , people was not the work of "Gideon's Band,', pray who Is responsible for it? Wadesboro Messenger-InitUigencer. :, . It is given out . atJ Democratu; Headquarters in Raleigh that news hat been received from the Eighth district which makes It certara that W. H. Bow- , er, Democratic nominee, will defeat Dr. Wilcox, Republican, by a handsome ma jonty. Third party people there have returned very rapidly to the Democratic -ranks. Charlotte News. . rfei- i: - C S'i i Mr. S. . A. , Edwards, ; County . - Lecturer lor the Alliance, is prostituting his Office to political purposes, if we are . correctly informed. He advertises his : appointments for "Alliance : lectures, , meets the brethren, holds an Alliance . -meeting, and then proceeds to deliver himself of fl Third party speech. ? He is taxing the farmers to pay his - expenses as a lecturer, while in truth he is work ing for the Third party. Maxton Union -and Scottish CAJek t "'r- . : ':Tht6tevC'Jcurge;r of Compagnie Generale Transatlique, sailed from New York yesterday for Havre ,the 1 -first trip made to or from Havre since September SrdTwhen the cholera -scare ' was at its height. ,-i ; - - , ; ::.- x V';' S-';'- 1 1 1
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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