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J ft WILMINGTON, , N. . C .H;00 A'-YEAR. IN ADVANCE. IfflTftfttsssIlT? 3S3S3S33SSSSSSSSS ffS3T3333SS8S38s3 3233333323238883 maoW 1 m"w 1 S33333532333383r 1At 8 S33S33223333S83: 333333333SS383832 H . U 25 J S- S I . 3 w o- 10 t- o jo J g 9 g iEotere.l at the Him Ooe at Wilnugton, N. C, u Second Claaf Matter.l .1 11 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Weekly SUr b follows: , N i ik, Single Copy I year, postage paid ...,.. H .. 0 months " " " : S months " r NOT IN FAVOR OF IT. rlt is not to be expected that the bill now pending in the United States Senate to aid in the construction of the Nicaragua-Canal will -pass. Con gress without some opposition Tne opposition will come mainly from the Eastern and Middle States,1 which now have commercial supremacy and whicn will be prompted by selt in terest to oppose anything that might transfer that commercial suprema.y to another section. But this .propo sition will receive pretty strong sup port from the Sutti and the ;. West, -bo'h of which are directly interested in it. r . .Reduced to its merits the proposi- tion is simply a business one in whicn patriotism is the least factor, and a? such it should be viewed. While it may appeal in , some measure to -pride ol couutry, it does not appeal to love of country, which is a differ ent thing, and therefore ic should not oe considered either from a pa triotic or a partisan standpoint, but simply from the standpoint of busi ness. When the United States Gov eminent is asked to give its finan cial backing the question to de termine, after the question whether the Government has the constitu tional right to give such backing hav .roan 'Ic urhrhr it urili Wkyil UVWI ..... ... pay, and if it will pay whether the in ' vestment will be safe and properly secured. We are tree to confess that we have our djubts about the constitu tionaiity of such legislation as . propjscd in tnis case. The only de fehce of it is under the "general wcl fare clause," tne elasticity of whicii his been so often tested -and ha covered a multitude of schemes in volving the expenditure of million; of dollars, some of which- was well; expended and some not. Tne opponents of this scheme character. zs it as a "job." It ma oe, a ill uuuuiicss me uicu wuu wcic the? prime movers in it, wa organ; ized ihe comoa iy and Secured th right of ay and other necessary coces-.io is ffon) the Government ot Nicaragua and Costa ,K.ica, expec to profit by it, but still the question to be decided is whether the com . merce of this country is sufficiently interested in the construction of the canal and whether this Government is sufficiently interested in having a controlling voice in its management to iustiiy the investment of as much money is is asked for. 'These quts tions being' satisfactorily. determined then tt becomes simply a matter ol business whether the Government in behalf of itself and the commerce of the country should take a money in ; terest in it. The constitutional power that would justify the invest" ment of one dollar in it would justi fy the investment of one hundred ; When the Government was " asked to aid in the construction of the Pacific railways by the appropriation of lands and money the proposition was characterized by those wno questioned -the right of the Govern ment to do it as a "job." It was a job. The railroad syndicates made built the roads for them but it was a good investment in the long .run. for it opened up to civilization and r set , tlement all that vast domain between the Missouri river and; the Rocky Mountains which would be a wilder ness to-day if .those roads had not been built. The development of that country has paid back inestimably vmore than it cost to build thos roads, for the country is richer 1 y thousands of mi. lions of dollars as a . result. .f 'y-''C- One of the principal arguments "used in the plea for aid to those roadA, was that the building of them would so connect the two oceans as . to enable the Government , to' better v defend its territory on the Pacific in the event of war with other nations, which was true. The same argument is used as one of the reasons why this Government should interest It self in the construction of the Nica- ragua Canal, which is also true. It will enable the Government not only . to more easily and more cheaply pro- - tect its Pacific Coast in the - event qI war, by making a short route for its . war ships, but will put it in a better po itlon to command the respect of countries . on the " Pacific,' which can be reached so much more ' speedily. From a naval and a com. VOL. XXIV. mercial standpoint there is no doubt that the. enterprise has enough in -It to justify the interest that our peo ple take or are likely to take in it, but siill this Government cannot, be expected to lend its endorsement or Its co operation . in the enterprise unless it is amply assured a controll ing voice in the min4gement so as 1 to secure to itself- unquestronea priority in the" right of wy through it. and the fulled benefits in service and cheapness of tolls for American commerce, and at the ; same time ample security j against any sharp practice bv which it could be de frauded put "of the money it had in .Vested.. - . -" Ta-do this it might be necessary to have an understanding between This Government and the ..Govern pent of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, hy which they would- ratify - any -tgreement totered into between this Government and the Canal company tnd pledge' themselves to maintain it fir all time,- as far as they were coo cerned, in good faun. - It is possible that as the canal runs through territo- ry owned by two foreign countries, J here -might at sometime comptica tions arise between the United States and them which would lead to misun derstandings, :.ahd possibly hostility, a which case they might feel dis' uosed to make American Ships gay eary tribute to - pass through the canal in sptte of the concessions nade to the Canal. Company.". - To uard against any contingencies of. his kind these Governments should e made a party by .their own con sent and positive approval of : any igreement between this Government nd the Canal Company to which they made the concessions. This would, in effect, make the line i( the canal practically American territory for the .purposes in view. fhe presumtion is that the Canal Company has the right to act in the emises, but in a matter of such nagnitude not only in the amount in volved but in results, nothing should e left -to presumption. The rights tnd powers, present or prospective, if each party interested should be so definitely stated tharkhere could be I no question as to whatHhey may be. HAS IT COZE TO STAT? In a recent interview on the politi cal situation, ex-senator Ingalls ex pressed the opinion that the'so call ed People s party- had "come to itay." The possibilities are that in K.insas -it . has come to stay lor a vhile, 'and possibly it may prolong ts exiscnce,for a few -years in some f the other Western States where it is securea outroi 01 - mc otaie Givernments, but as a Na lonal or a lizition it will never make an ither fight." " . :' '. , As a pirty it was corner stoned on he depresioi in the agricultural in i istry, which was attributed mainly f no. att ether to the deficiency in tne volume of moiey in circulatioii, tiid -the control of that volume by the m ney power of the country rlence the demand or the free coinj Usre of silver, fr an increase in the volume of currency to $5Q per capita. ind the establish nent. of sub treas unes as a . means oi getting mi: n ney quickly and easily among the people.-;''' ';.-:'::" . This was the cardinal idea that inderlay that movement, the others eihz attef-thouffhts to which but l ttle real Importance was attached. $ w if the depression of agriculture should be relieved,' and the farmers hftcome reasonablv Drosoerous what - - - . .. -. reason would remain for their con. tinued adherence to that pirty, when .he main object of its creation - and existence was accomplished' through other agencies and otner methods ? If they were opposing the old parties amply for the sake of opposing them this might be, but they are not." The najority of those who joined the People's party did so because they were made to believe that they, had nothing to expect from the old par ties both of which, . they were told, were controlled by the money power. This at least was the representa tion that built up the People's. party in the South and gave it he support of so many men who had for - years t filiated with the Democratic party. Confiding in their demagogic leaders, and hot knowing any better, they took it for granted, that all these leaders told them was true, and that r.he only, hope of relief from the bur dens that oppressed them was in the defeat ot the old parties, and in the triumph of the new party. The leaders then, in the South,' made their campaign on six cent cot ton.4 They couldn't dj it now on ten cent cotton. If the price of . cotton continues 1 . satisfactory, ; and the volume of money be so increased that the farmers Can borrow what they need at reasonable rates of interest Land on such security as they can of- lerMnere will oe no more piace ior a third pjy in the South than there would be tor a turpentine suit in Tartarus. : ' :- . The volume of money will be in creased even beyond the demands of the 1 financiers of the People's. party. by the repeal of the tax on the circus latioa of State , banks, the result of which will . be the establishment of ra Wl7 -i-jLiid banks in every State where there may be a greater demand for -money than can be met by the banks now in ex istence, and banks, , too, which will meet the requirements of the people much better than the National banks which took the place oL. the State banks when they were legislated out of existence. This Oil not only sup- J ply the people, witb the money. they need, but will eliminate the money question from national politics, and make the money borrowers indepen dent of .the money lenders at the money centres, who could then no longer control the volume of cur rency, nor the rates of interest, r This the next Congress will do and the m ney problem will be 4. left to the people to be solved by- them without .. further: national agitation which would array one section against the other over, disputed poli cies. - in other words,, the Govern ment will resume the functions as a mone? furnisher which it .exercised prior to. the war by coining the metals which are - used in general circulation, leaving to the people the means of supplying themselves with I the amount of money .they need to meet the demands of their - business. When this is done there will always be as much money in circulation and within the reach of - the people .as there is a demand for, and there will be no further Occasion to insist that the Government ; put its . printing presses 1 to- work at printing-stacks of paper " redeemable ' in nothing, which would decrease in value as they increase in number and finally be- come worthless. With the money, problem settled the main prop would be knocked from under- the People's party, and if it continued in existence it would be practically a party without a mission and. without a reasonable excuse for hexistence. Thedemagogues who have been deriving?rsonal benefit, from their connection-With It may try to pro long its existence and make the cred ulous believe that, as Mr. Ingalls says, it has "come to stay," but even their former dupes have begun to see through and understand these gentry, and are paying no more attention to their vaporing than to' ths whistling of the wind, nor half as much. asiiu& usifriosf. One of the results of the - new rail road law which has been adopted in South Carolina is the organization of the railroad employes and others who live directly or indirectly by the rail roads into a party to" oppose tne State administration, r As the admin istration has a majority in the Legis lature this opposition may amount to nothinar more than keeping up class prejudice and class agitation, and ar ravin?' the man who lives in th couhtry against the man who-livesin the town. Such a state of a,ff airs can. only result in injury to the Statefor it-breeds a fueling m which passion gets the ascendency and that, rather than! cool and wise judgment, .will control To the enactment of measures in which all the people are interested. We had an illustration of this when that delegation of railroad em- oloves called upon Gov: .Tillman to protest azainst the railroad commis sion bill, which had passed the Legis lature, when be, forgetting that he was the Governor of South Carolina, and not merely of the men who fol lowed one industry, excitedly blurted out that the protestor the -railroad J employes didn't "amount to a damn I rnmoared- with the Wishes of the - s people who demanded the enactment of that law. This .was the vulgar utterance of a man: who does not realize the dignity nor the responsi bility of the position which he occu- pies, and dwarfs' his high office into one merely representative of one in dustry among the many 10 the State. With such a feeling animating the Governor, and shared in by the peo' pie for whom he speaks, the result will be class legislation and class antagonisms 'which no; man who wishes the State well should wish to see. In coming to the conclusion to de mand a full investigation of the Panama Canal scandal the Frencn Government has done lust wnat it 1 . T S ... ' - " . . should have done in the beginning when the charges of ; wholesale bribery were first made. ?By the ap pearance of avoiding an tnvestiga tion it looked as if it was afraid of the result and encouraged the ene mies ot the Republic to plot and fos ter dissensions among the pebple, of which they seem to have fully availed themselves, especially . in the r ural districts where there is still a linger ing attachment to royalty. But there is one thing about the French peo pie: they admire dash and boldness. The more of this the present Gov IWhment shows ihe stronger it will 1 oe wim inen, a iaci woicu u uwu demonstrated by the reported change of sentiment among the masses in Paris since President Carnot has thrown off his reserve and boldly de clared . that he will face I the music without fear or favor. In doing that be talks; like, the president of. the Republic and the represeatati ve of the people. - - WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, Senator Perkins: of Kansas,, has introduced a bill In the Senate for the admission of "Oklahoma and "the Indian Territory to Statehood. Mr. Perkins does not expect that either of them will be "admitted: but he" is playing this as a little ruse to give rthe Republicans in Congress an ex- cuse for voting against the adrats sion 01 New Mexico -and -Arizona when the bills come, up for their ad- m.ission. Oklahoma r and " the . In dian Territory are both -Republican Territories, neither of them, has population enough to give it 'a -der cent jaaf to .be admitted, but'- as they are Republican and -would fur nish four Republican Senators to off set the tour Democratic senators who would com.from Arizona) and New Mexico this would be a suf ficient reason i from ;ar; Republican standpoint to admit them. The pro. grammeis doubtless o move for the admission of 'these ttwo Territories and insist 00' their being admitted as a condition of . Republican . sijport for thevadmission of "Arizona and New Mexico. Iris a nice little job as far as it goes. -The1 little town of Canton, in -Minnesota, has got -a somewhat miraculous " boom. ' Sometime ago there appeared oh one of the glass windows in the steeple of a Catholic church a picture of the Virgin Mary bearing the infant Jesus in her arms. Hundreds of people of all denomina tions said'they saw.it, and as the re port of the wonder spread . hundreds more flocked to the little town to see it. The window was removed and another put in its place, but still the picture was there. 'Again the ; win dow, was removed and another put in its. place. The picture no longer ap pears.' Bat the idea has gone abroad that there is some healing property about that spot, and' hundreds, of people with real 'and imaginary dis eases go - there to be cured. Not withstanding the fact ' that Bishop Ireland has ridiculed and denounced it as either a delusion or an imposi tion, be has been unable to stop the. rush and as a consequence the little. town Is- filled with people.;- Before the: "miraculous"' picture appeared there was one hotel and one store in the town, now there are three hotels. fifteen boarding houses and the little place is on a first-class boom, which beats boom -de ay all hollow. Transferred to Book oaaw .Shortly after the first of January next Wilmington will lose four of its citizens. telegraphers connected with the Atlantic Coast Lne. who will be transferred to R ictcy Mount, Xo take charge of the train dispatchers' office to be establish-, ed a that place. Mr, J C. Higijins, the clever ' chief train dispatcher, whose headquarters have been here for many years. oe removec! with the follow ing able assistants; R. ; D. Lewis, , B. J. Hughes. J. S. S vindell and Rob't W. Farmer. :Tnis change is made to have the dispatchers nearer -the "Snort Cut.' nvr which all through fast trains will be run shortly after January first- . The ytar wishes the gentlemen leav ing much success in tbeir field. ; ' Mr. E I ward R. . Wooten, the oldest dispatcher, wil be in charge of the dis patcher's offi-e in thi city, with Messrs. M. II L. Stover and John T. Sholar as as sis ants. ' ..-'. Mr. Higgins will also have the position of assistant train master in connection with that of chief dispatcher. . Good for F,-euevill9. There . are hundreds of Wilming- tonians who are interested In Fayette ville and who will read with pleasure the following from the Gazette: A basket factory is the latest addition to the industries of Fayette ville,' all the stock for which has been subscribed by Fayetteville and 'Wilmington people. Operations will begin as soon as the plant can be .located and built. Score another victory for Fayetteville, v A bent wood f.ctory," saw and. planing mills. water works and a basket factory all new enterpriseswill do pretty well for one season, with the outlook promising for another sash tend blind factory ; in the near future. I Fayetteville enjovs transportation facilities superior to anv mteriortown in North Carolina, and must some day become a great manu facturing centre, j v; ;. .; ; . RIVR AND MARINE. ArriVBl of Behooner t Soathport In DiatreM. -..."--.:-;ls";l.; :;. The Weather Bureau " observer" at South port telegraphed to the Wilming ton station yesterday afternoon b fol lows. , .. . ;: ., SoUTHPORT, N. C, . Dec. 23. The ihrce-nnsied American schooner S. F,' Davidson Captain Silas A. Shaw, put in here in a leaking condition at noon to day She is bound for new York with a cargo of railroad ties from Satillo river, Georgia. v Tbe captain reports having encountered very heavy weather Sunday night "about 8 cTclock.? The. day had been calm, but about the time mentioned a furious gale from the south, south. "west struck the vessel with tremendous. force. Causing a, bad leak, which has kept the pumps going ever since. The owners of the vessel are Messrs.' Hamel & Co.. Philadelphia. Capt. Shaw Has wired them and is awaiting their in structions, i - i An Esoap- and Keoapiure. Iiaiah Simmons, colored, ot Onslow county, was arrested in this city yester day morning about 10 o'clock bv Deputy I Sheriff Jarman, of lacksonville, who came nere in searcn ot aimmons.wno is wanted in Jacksonville for an assault with a deadly weapon. - Mr. Jarman was on his. way to the county court house with his prisoner, when the latter broke away and rani: Officer White, standing on : the. corner of. Front' and Market streets, caught Simmons as he ran by. land the prisoner was : then taken to tbe county jail and. kept there until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, .when Mr. Jar man left with hlro for Jacksonville. BOARD OF MAGISTRATES. 8peeial Meeting to. Consider tbe JPublio Boada Question A BU to 8eenre the Employment of Coiitioc Ijebor to be . Presented to the General Assembly. A special . meeting of . the Board of Magistrates of New Hanovef .county was held yesterday forenoon. " Justice W. W. Harms, chairman of the -Board, called the meeting to order. - t The jus ices present wefe: R H Bant ing, J no. L. Cantwel, M. F. Costin, Jno. Cowan. R. B Clowe.'L- S. Belden. Jno. H. Daniel, Jno. - J. Fowler, Owen Fennell. E- D. Hall, W. W. Harris's. Walker Meares. Jas M.:McGowan. E. G, Parmele, J. C. Stevenson, W. M. Pois- son W Ulnch. Jr., Jas. Cowan, Jas.-T. Kerr. A J.- Johnson, C. H. Alexander. C. W. Manning, G. W. Westbrook, Gerritt Walker, Henry Taylor, - v""- A quorum being In attendance, the chairman declared the Board ready for the transaction of business and read the following communication, viz..: To the Chairman ef the Board of County Commissioners and Lhatrman of the noard of Justices of the Peace of JVew Hanover County: G-iTLEMEK Believing that tetter road'avs throughout the county would very materially improve the welfare and prosperity ol both the city and county, and that this is an appropriate time to call tbe matter to your attention in order that we may secure such legislation as you may aeem aavisaoie at toe approacn ing session of the Legislature, we would most respectfuly request that you bring this matter up fof consideration befo e your respective boards in order that we may act in concert with tbe county au thorities and with a view to the best , re sults. In this connection permit us to call your attention to the act passed at tbe session ot the Oeneral Assembly of 1835 for the county of Mecklenburg, which may, with such" amendments as you may suggest, answer for this county. ' Awaiting the result of your considera tion and the action of pour two boards. we remain, Very respectfully. , Geo L Morton". Giles W. Ws 1 brook, -- " Edjar G. Parmele. :- Mr. H. A. Bag, chairman of the Board of Commissioners, stated that be had a matter to bring before the Board. and would like to be heard before action was taken on the above communication He stated that the offices of Register of Deeds and Clerk of the Superior Court in the new building needed some fixtures. and that it would, in his opinion, be best for the safety of tbe records in case of are. etc., to provide said offices with steel shelving. A motion was - made, seconded .and adopted, authorizing the Board of Com missioners to espend a sum not exceed ing $4,500 for tbe purpose ol putting in lb" steel shelving. : Justice Fowler moved reconsideration of the action of the Board in the matter. and the question being put to a vote was carried.: -. ' . . . 1 From the "minute of the proceedings of the meeting kept by the Secretary of the Board, it does not appear that any further action was taken in the matter. - The communication of Messrs. Mor ton," Westbrook and Parmele was then brought up. and Justice .Manning read the draft of a bill prepared by Col. B. R, Moore. Solicitor of the Criminal Court, to be submitted to the Legislature, in regard to working convict labor on the public roads. The bin framed by Col. Moore pro vides that a part of the county home shall beset 'aside and fitted up for. the safe-keeping of prisoners from the Crim inal Court' and from the courts of jus tices 01 the peace of the County; that the superintendent of the home shall be warden of : said department and lia ble" to v the same penalties as the . sheriff .fori the S escape - ol any of the prisoners; that the judge of the Criminal Court be empowered . to sentence to said department all convicts in said court ' except such as shall; be convicted ot capital felonies; that the Board of Commissioners shall have su pervision of said department, and man agement and control of the same tinder such rules as tney may make; that the Commissioners, shall be " authorized to "employ' at - hard . labor all prisoners upon the public" roads. - in accord ance with the.; terms of sentence of the said persons; that the superintendent of the said county : home may employ one or more overseers, and all guards that may be necessary; that the Com missioners, by and ; with , the consent of the Board of Magistrates, may discon tinue the employment of convicts; that the Commissioners shall be authorized to levy a tax to provide means for carrying into effect the ' provisions of the bill; that in the event said convicts cannot be profitably employed at any time on the public roads, they may ' be employed at hard labor at any other service, to that they may be self-sustaining, After some discussion a committee of five members of the Board of Magistrates Justices Westbrook. Stevenson.Walker Me-ires. Jas. Cowan and J. T. Kerr was appointed to inquire into the matter and to prepare a bill for presentation Jo the General Assembly; the committee tore- port at a joint meeting of the Board of Commissioners and; Board of Magis trates, to be held shortly. On motion the meeting then ad journed. S"iftie h Atoniverssryv--:. ; Dr. E. A: Anderson and Mrs. Ander son, bis wife, yesterday ..celebrated the fiftieth -anniversary of their marriage, wbich took place in this city in 1842. A large number of friends called and ten dered ; their congratulations. . Dr. An derson is the oldest practising' physician 5n the city ."and has yet, we hope, many, ears of usefulness, before him. : His wife'is a daughter of Maj. Lillington, and grand-daughter of Gen. Lillington. who led - the American forces at the battle and victory of Moores Creek. N. C, at tbe : beginning of the: war of the devolution. Mr. ,W. "R.- Walker, of Currie, killed two hogs recently, one three years old weighing 420 pounds, the other two years old weighing 400 pounds net. This makes ustbink about tbe old-fashioned mnntrv sansaoft. .-. -b. . rr- 9 M 1892. ---r RAILROAD RACKET.- t lCxoltement ' Amooi tbe.. Railroad ' Em ployes in South Caroline They Are . Inaignsot it tbe Passage of ibe Wil son Co&flsoeUoa Uill. ;. -. ; The following , from the . Charleston News'nnd Courier will be read with much interest by ra'uroad employes ' every where: ' Columbia,' December 12. Special: Watch the prediction The railroad men ot the State, the mechanics and la borers are going to take an active part in the next campaign. - To-night the following circular letter was issued after the mass meeting at the court house. - - ,1 ; " - To all railroad employes of : the ' State of.Soutb Carolina: There will be a. mass meeting held at the courthouse, Colum bia, S. C. 011 Thursday, December .23. at 8 o'clock. AH employes -of railroads are urged to attend as their interest de mands a large 'attendance, t Yours for mutual interests. ' J. T. Rideout, chairman;" M. J. Baling, J L. A. Ford, C K. Robb. A. T. Vernon. There was a large attendance at the mass meeting, which was presided over by Capt. Smith of the Atlantic Coast Line. "Mr. J. T. Rideout, president of a Tillman Club, said "he thought the Wil son bill anected all railroad employes more than they had any idea, "and that they ought to take some speedy steps to block it off. :;-:; ...... . fit will do us more injury than any thing ever done in South. Carolina. K It has already prevented the railroad shops from coming into Abbeville," His idea was that they ought to call a convention of all the railroad employes in the State and enter an earnest protest against it. "We ought to do this and pass resolu tions denouncing such legislation l as ruinous to the laboring man. It is an outrage, and we, the workingmen, will have to pay for the maintenance of these commissioners, out (be idea is for us to let the people know we don't sanc tion any such legislation. We will nave to protect ourselves. I tell you it is our bread and meat, and we must look to it. He then moved that a committee, of five should be appointed to prepare a circular call to, be sent to all the railroad employes in tbe State for a convention to protest. Adopted. . -. Mr. W. Casson thought it would be well to send out these circulars, and at the same meeting to form a permanent organization of tbe railroad men of the State to protect themselves from . lust such efforts to crush out their existence as was now proposed." Adopted. - Mr. Koob said that be could name legislators who had told him that they voted for this bill simply because they were in lavor of some kind of a bill bit-. tinsr at tbe rai road coroorations. Mr A. T. Vernon, who was also an I ardentTillman man once.said he believed I that Governor Tillman if they presented their objection to him would retuse to Sign tbe bill. Mr. tasson: "Well, let us organize now. 1 nere s another election to take place. ' Mr. I. O. Hottman moved that a com mittee ol three, witn Mr. Kideout as chairman, be appointed and sent to wait on Governor Tillman to find out wheth er he approved the bill, and if he had not to ask aim to stop proceedings tilt they could submit a proper protest. The committee consisted of Messrs Rideout, Hoffman and Robb. Mr. W. B. Monckton, one of the old est railroad employes in the State, en tered his protest; He said: "This is something that attacks tbe meat and bread of every man here. To have our shops rempved from Columbia, an in evitable event of the future if this bill passes, means poverty to a great many ol us. The following were appointed on tbe committee to call a convention: J. T. Rideout, A. T. Vernon. C K. Robb, L E. Forde and M. (. Baling, After tbe meeting adjourned the com mittee waited upon the Governor at bis office and prelerred their request. - His excellency informed tbe commit tee that he had already signed the rail road bill; that be bad signed it at bis res idence at 8 o'clock in the afternoon. where it : bad been brought to him by Mr. Pope. Clerk of the Senate, and that it was now in the Secretary of State's omce and a law. He told them further that the oppo sition of eight or ten thousand railroad employes amounted to nothing com pared with tbe interest ot nfty or sixty thousand farmers.: which demanded the passage of tbe bill.: It is said that be used expressive language at the time. The committee stated that they did not represent officials, but came as em ployes whose bread depended upon their daily labor. Governor Tillman said: -"If I thought you came at tbe dictation of the railroad officials you would not have : been al lowed to enter the "door, but as citizens you have a right' to a hearing in this matter. Two years ago there was a bill before tbe .Legislature and tbey bam boozled that body and would l not allow it to pass. As I stated to some ot tbe railroad bmcials a few days ago, they bad already backed this water upon them selves. - Bunch McBee is said to have been in cidentally-mentioned. It is expected tnat tne mass meeting win oe a Dig anair. A Colored Fiend. 'Last Tuesday, at Mr. Gerrit Walker's farm, on Middle Sound, in this county, a colored boy, eight years old, in the ab sence of his mother, fired a sbot-gun at his sister, a child of three years, the load of shot in the gun tearing off nearly all the flesh ou one side of the child's face. Tbe young fiend then stripped tbe child naked and dragged her into the cellar. where she was found by members of tbe family when they-returned to the house. The child s injuries, it is thought,: will not result fatally. Death of Vre. Nolan. M rs. Nolan, wile of Capt. las. Nolan. superintendent at Carolina Beach, died yesterday at the residence of Mr. P. Donlan from the effects of injuries she received by burning three or four weeks ago. Capt. Nolan has the sympathies of many in this community in bis sad be reavement. :; The funeral of Mrs. Nolan will take ; place this morning at 9.80 o'clock from Mr.' P. Donlan's residence on North Front street. Bev. Mr. 8eU Married. - Rev. E. C Sell, pastor of the Market Street Methodist Mission, was united In marriage "last Wednesday, evening to Miss Annie R Allen, of Columbus coun ty, N. C at the bride's residence. ; He will leave Wilmington in a few days for Williamston and . Hamilton, to which places be was assigned by tbe odist Conference, -" . ateMeth- - . i . . - f- - NO. 6 WASHINGTON. NEVS.' . Blame's Condition : Better Holiday for tbe Dapsrunants The MoQIynn Case' President Harrison's -Trouble--One of fits Qrandobildren Stricken With Soarla- - tins Xjawleaaness . on tae Bia - Orsode Troatier Congress nd the Appropriation Bin. '.By Telegraph to the sforamg Star. Washington, D. C Dec 24. The improvement in Mr, Blaine's .condition continues. What was practically the 'death watch" established upon him ten days ago has been relaxed, and an air ot great cheerfulness pre vails, around the Blaine mansion. All Executive Departments are closed to-day at noon not to be opened for busi ness until luesdav. ' - - Arbiabop Corrigan this morning cave out the following written statement re specting Dr. McGlynn's case: "The Archbishop has learned with great plea sure tne good news published in this morning's papers of tbe return - of Dr." Mculvnn to the Communion of the Church. At the oroner time. I . will nnt aay when, I .will express to th$ most rev- erena aeiegate aposiouc, my tnangiui- ness tor the good offices his Excellency nas tenaerea in tne premises a re porter afterward had a personal inter view with the Archbishop and aaked htm if Dr. McGlynn would be assigned to bis old . parish of St. Stephens. : The Archbishop said: "I must decline to say anything turtber than is contained in the written statement , given to' the press." It Seems as though President Harri son's! troubles will never: end. Two months ago to-morrow be lost his wife. about a month later his father-in-law died, and yesterday ; his - grandchild. Martina Harrison,: was stricken - with scarlatina. - .The event has cast arraddi- tional gloom over" the heavily sorrow- stricken household. . Tbe White House is therefore closed to tbe - public to-day and tbe President excused himself to all callers except the1 Attorney-General. It will be a sad Christmas at tbe White House for the adult- with the loving laces absent from tbe family circle. The t resident bas abandoned his proposed ducking trip next week. - - : s j secretary, tlltms bad a conference with Gen. Sehofield atj.be War Depart ment to-aay witn regard to tne best method of effectually suppressing appa rently the increasing- lawlessness along tbe Rio Grande. Capt.-' J. G. Bourke. of the Third Cavalry, who. has been sum-. moned from Texas for consultation on this subject, will probably reach - here Monday nigbt. . No official reports in re gard to these troubles have been re ceived bere for tbe past two days, i Tbe present session of tbe Fifty-second Mngress is not quite up to the ante- holiday record' of the short session ot the Fifty-first Congress. " .The House has so tar passed the--Army bill and re ported tbe Fortifications bill. - When tbe holiday recess ot the Fifty-first Con gress was taken, the Army .: and Navy-- billshad been reported, and tne fortincanons and; fension bills Ft had ! been reported ' and passed, beside the small Deficiency bill carrying with it an appropriation of almost half a million dollars. " Immediately upon the assembling of the Senate after the recess tbe Army bill will be reported and called up-at an early- day. The House Appropriation Committee this year will probably revise tbeir usual or-: ders of bringing forward appropriation bills and get two of their heaviest annual bills, vizJ. the Sundry Civil and Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap propriation bills into tbe House early in the session, leaving the ' . Pension and Deficiency bills to bring up the rear. HON. A. E. STEVENSON. The Vioe-President-EHeot st Atlanta His Engagement . to Visit ITonh Carolinn Csnoelled. Atlanta. December 22. Vice-Presi dent-elect Stevenson has cancelled his engagement to go from here to . North Carolina. He will leave here for Bloom- ington. III. This morning Mr. Steven son and his party were guests of the Young Men s Democratic -League at breakfast at Hotel Araeon. 1 The affair was an elegant one. Speeches were made by all the prominent visitors. " At 3 o'clock tbey went to Capt. E. P. Howell's residence, where they took luncheon. Tbe ladies have been the guests of Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Hemphill, wife of Mayor nempnui, to-cay. iCHAS. RICHARDSON MILES, A Prominent South. Carolinian, Who Died Yesterday in "Charleston' - I Charleston , Dec. 23. Charles Rich ardson Miles died here this morning, He was born August 3d. 1829. was grad uated with first honors from Charleston College in 1840; was admitted to the bar in 1851. and in 1854 became a partner of Isaac W.' Hayne, of the distinguished South Carolina family of that name. In 1862 he became Attorney-General for the State, and afterwards acted as Dis trict . Attorney for . the T Confederate States. He took an active part in bring ing about tbe political . revolution ot 1870. and was a member of the conven tion which nominated Wade Hampton lor Governor., la -1883 be was elected Attorney-General of tbe State, and was re-elected in 1884.' A GOLD-HEAD CANE Awarded to Mr. Cleveland it s, Church .... - Festival in New Tbrk. - --': ' .: By Tele.raph to the Mdrding Star. New York, Dec 24. Rev. Father Kessal. of the Church of the Holy Re deemer, states .that Senator Geo. F, Roesch. and Henry W.; Wolf, waited upon the President-elect at his residence No. 12 West. Fifty-first; street, at 10 a. m. to-day. and without formality pre- sentedhim with a beautiful gold-head cane which bad been voted' to him as the most popular Presidential candidate at a fair held by Father Kessel s congre gation Some time, previous to tne elec tion, frestdent-elect Olevelaud respond ed gracefully, and after an exchange of "Merry Christmas," the President-elect entered his carriage and drove to his of fice in the Mills building, j , .- ..' ,A DOMES I IC TRAGEDY. A Mother Kills" Her Bsuahter and Ear- - self Beesnse of Detpondenoy. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star, t - Paterson, N. J December - 24. Mrs. Alice Faulkner, forty years - old. servant at Mrs. Drew's boarding house, No. 86 Ward street, and her daughter Florence, twelve, years old, were " found dead in bed this morning. The mother bad evidently choked tbe child to death and then smothered herself. Despon dency.. is supposed, to have been the cause. Mrs. taulkner bad recently been deserted by her busband, who. was a soldier in the British army, and whose release she purchased witn money saved from her scanty earnings in mills nere. SPIRITS TURPENTIJ iscwkuu twucrprisew AS a o-ftn. eral thing the farmers of Catawba coulty ' are in good shape to start in a new year. tney used less lertilizer than usual this -year and made -fewer storenills than ever before., --r We? hear bat one tot the ringleaders in preaching boycotting of merchants in the lower part of the county 13 now being fed on bis own medicine. - He "recently -put up a little -store, but his Alliance brethren continue ' to order tbeir goods by mail right under his nose. He is now bewailing the in gratitude in human nature. Raleigh" Chronicle x A call meet- meeting of tbe State Board of Education was held yesterday to ; take action in and matters. - There was due the hoard $36,900 on a former sale ot Hyde Park land to "tbe Real - Estate Investment Company of Wilmington. They pay now about 123.000. and asked to have further time, pending necessary legal in- -vestigatlon of the r Board s title to a small part of the land sold. This last payment completes $38,000 paid ,'the board in this sale and as there is some little doubt regarding the title to a' nan. only a small portion of the property in- 1 1 - .1 ,1 ' I;. f vuivcu, vne ooara reaauy granted. tne necessary time for the investigation. ' L 'Clihton;'j9s70ra:-'r.HarrvtMe-' Millan, a negro man who Is supposed to -hail from Robeson county, filled up with red-eye" last Saturday night and at- " tempted to possess himself of tbe entire corporation,of the village of Roseboro. Uemg remonstrated with by. police offi cer Britt. he drew his knue and attacked .him, inflicting several severe wounds. In self-defence Britt shot McMillan, who is ' in a critical state and will prpbably die. We chronicle with deep .sorrow tbe untimely death from pneumonia, ot Mrs. J. W. Gregory, which occurred on batur- day, the 18tb. James G. Herring, son of W. W. and M. At Herring, of; McDamels, departed this life on Wed- hesda v. the 14th. He was but an vpar ot age. in the prime of his manhood. -We are pained to - announce' the death of Mr. Hanson Honeycutt, a most useful and estimable citizen. He died at his home-near Parkesburg, last Thurs day, from an attack of pneumonia. , , J Weldoa ""News'. ': Our Panacea - Springs correspondent savs the earth- - quake spoken of in. last week's issue of the News was nothing but a big meteor. ' ' A gentleman told me be saw it distinct- ' -si -ly. It had the appearance of a silver - cord , passing swiftly through the skv from northwest to southeast. Tbe ex plosion" was tremendous, followed by a- . heavy rumbling noise. ' About eighteen years ago a meteor exploded between bere. and : Kansom s Bridge, and pieces were seen to tall in several places. The late Oscar Harriss secured a piece about the size of a man's fist, which be de- Esited in' bis cabinet -of curiosities, oth explosions happened about eleven o'clock, in the day. . Mr. Tames Lee. brother of our townsman. Mr. J. B. Lee, died Tuesday-, at bis home near " Garysburg, Northampton county, of con sumption. , , Winston Sentinel: A farmer by f - the ' name of Mills from an adjoining ; - county, came to Winston one day last ' week in searcn of bis daughter who - -he learned was making her home in a house of Questionable character in this city. To bis inexpressible sorrow he found tbe report to be true. The keeper ' of the house locked the doors andflfor- bade the old - man to enter when be went to the seethe girl who had .-lef good homy and kind parents.; The . v- mer, ' unable : - to gain admittance, : returned . and -; secured ' an officer :.v who - assisted him in forcing and en- ;" trance.,The old man plead with the " girl, but she would not consent to return' bome with him. -4 She said after her past life she could never go home again, but - expected to leave the next pay for Green- -ville, S. C Tbe father was heart-broken. He told the officer he knew the man that bad blighted the life of his girl and that - be felt it a duty he owed to himself and :n f amily to kill that man whenever he lay : ' eyes upon .bun. He came to town a" second timeJast evening but he learned - that his daughter had left. - - Raleigh .i News and i Observer: - Adjutant General Glenn has made his " annual ' report to the Governor.:. 1 It ' shows the strength of the State Guard to be 2,025 considerable more than ever before. Tbe force is composed of ' one troop of cavalry, 43 nlen; a battalion of naval reserves consisting of five divi- sions total strength TOO men, the re mainder of tbe - force ''being infantry. General Glenn says all companies have ipcreased their strength, and that the in- fantry and cavalry- are - fairlv well equipped.:- The naval reserve is being -equipped ; and some additional naval - - howitzers are-being secured, together with ship's cutters, and the Secretary Secretary of the Navy- has prom ised a howitzer for training duty. - The 106th annual communication . - of the Grand Lodge ot Masons will be - - held in Raleigh. Tuesday evening, Jan uary 10th, 1893, commencing at 7.80 ' ' p. m. - The superintendents of the - city graded schools throughout 'North Carolina will hold their" annual meeting in tbe rooms of tbe Chamber of Com- merce, in Greensboro. December 27th. v - There are some eighteen or twenty in V the State. - Goldsboro Headlight : ' The death of Mr. S. P. Hood occurred at his home in Grantham's township, Wednes day morning ol pneumonia, after an ill ness of nearly four weeks, aged 50 years. -For obtaining $7.00 trom tbe China man bere, under the pretense of being a policeman, William Head, aged ' 18, son ot policeman Head, was bound over, to court Tuesday evening in the' sum of $200. His accomplice Isbam Barbaree, will likely share the same late. The' stand of Mr. G. Cohen, on East Walnut street, almost opposite police headquarters, was burglariously entered from tbe front door Monday night, and about $50.00 .worth of clothing, shoes and suspenders -were' taken therelrom. There is. no clue to tbe thief thus far. Several parties of this county, who about two years ago bought the right to a patent fence and gave their notes tor some large amounts, wbich. were traded off bere by two' swindlers calling them selves W; B. Pallett & Co., will Oe com pelled to pay the notes with interest, according to a recent decision made by tbe State Supreme Court in tbe case of Farthing vs. Dark, trom Chatham. - Carthage Elade:? x. Mr; . William Fields' barn, with all his forage, seventy- five bushels of rye, a threshing machine. a feed cutter, etc was bruned last Tues day night, "It is thought to have: been the work of an incendiary. -.One. night recently a man named Tally, living near the Moore county line in Mont gomery; was called to the door, and as -he walked out on bis. porch he. was as saulted by some one with an axe. His bead was spat open and almost severed from the body. The murderer then rob bed him of about $60. all the money be had on bis person. 5 Two : white boysj. neighbors, v we i hear; are 'suspected These. boys, it is said, knew . that Tally had $3,000 ; that; morning, - and they were evidently ' after " tbe ' money, A white man, giving bis name as Todd, stoppedwitb .a Mr. CopeUnd. of Bensalem township last Saturday night. On Sunday morning Todd got' up early and left before breakfast, : taking along with him Mr." Copeland's son's pocket-, book, which I contained $1.10. He ; was overtaken on the road arfd arrested, and had a bearing before a , magistrate,, wbo committed him to jail .without baiL Todd is a, fine specimen ol the genua tramp. He does not give a clear ac count of himself, and made several con tradictory statements. H says he has lived in Kansas, Indian Territory, and other parts of the country! i Hi is about 20 years old.' He wrote to a man named. White, at Windsor. Bertie county ask ing him to furnish bail. V V- . J