North Carolina Newspapers

WILLIAM H. BE BIT ABD, Editor and Proprietor... . WILMINGTON, N. C'V"; Friday, . - - December 30, 1892. r9 la rriting to change yoor iuJdre aJtoayipw frmr direction as well full particular as where yon wUh voor paper to be eeot hereafter. Unto" yon do both cnanxe can net be Biade. ; - .. Ew Notices of Marriage or Death, Tribute of Re aped, Resolution, of Thanks, Ac, are charged for as eSrdiaar, advertisements, bat only "f ". for strictly in advance. At this rate BO cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Ueatn. , . Mr Remittances most be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ter! will register letters when desired. ray- Only soch remittances win be at the risk ot toe ibliaher. -, . " Specimen copies forwarded when desired. SHAW PATRIOTISM. , Never since the pension system by which the people of this country have been so outrageously plundered was inaugurated was it so freely and boldly discussed as now, but the ex tent to which it has been carried has made it necessary to discuss it freely and boldly ' Men in public life and ""the leading Democratic papers have touched it gingerly because they feared that by attacking it. they would antagonize the soldiers of the late war, who had been taught by the Republican politicians that the country was inestimably maeDtea to them for the service they had rendered in "saying the Union," and that they couldn't ask nor receive too much as a. recognition of that service. This was mere political trickery, for the men who professed so much love for the soldier, and to feel so grateful, didn't care a continental tor" the soldier unless the soldier voted the Republican ticket. . It Was the service he rendered to the Re publican party instead of the service he rendered during the war which inspired the love and the gratitude they felt. No one ever knew a Re publican administration to appoint Democratic soldiers to positions un der it, and no one ever knew a Re publican administration, National or State, to keep a Democratic soldier in position if it could get him out. The fact is that whatever the pen sion idea may have been in the State it soon degenerated into a shameless fraud which has been igrowing year by year until it has assumed propor tions that are simply appalling. The pension question did not di rectly figure as one of the issues in the past campaign, for the. Republi can party, the Democratic party, and Ithe People's party, all pledged them--lyes to "liberal pensions," but it did 'indirectly, for "Mr. Cleveland had made a record when he was Presi dent of drawing the line between Lonest and dishonest pensions,- and the Republicans made war on . him on this account in 1892 as they did in 1888. It was not as effective in '92 as in '88, because the rapidity .with which the fraud has grown, and the proportions it has assumed since 1888, have put people to thinking, and convinced thousands of voters who differed frpm Mr. Cleveland on , that question then, that he was right. , bven the self-respecting pensioners became ashamed of the frauds which were perpetrated in their name, and they, after investigation, applauded. the courage and devotion to the peo ple of -tHe man whp unhesitatingly ' put his foot 'upon the frauds which had been so long tolerated and en couraged, tolerate by the people and encouraged bytfce timidity that feared to confront them. The demand of the people, and the position of the Democratic party are not inspired by antagonism to pensions, but by antagonism to the frauds perpetrated under cover of love for the soldier and under the . mask of patriotism. . The Demo cratic party does not seek to abolish the pension system- but simply to . correct the abuses that have become a part, and the larger part, of the present sjjstem, to separate the sol- out the latter and give the former all the recognition to which he is entitled, and meet every' just claim he makes in a spirit as liberal as jus tice to the people will sanction. k Is there an honest ojdier, ". wheth- cr ne ue a pensioner or not, or is there an honest man, whatever his political affiliations may . be, who cad object to an investigation of the present pension system, and a scru tiny of the pension rolls to ascertain whether there be ground for the al-. leged abuses or not, or to see, how many are on the rolls which have no business there. .. : r It is broadly asserted that at least ,sixtyiercent of the names on the rolls have been put there by fraudu lent methods, and kept there with the full knowledge that they -are fraudulent through influence wielded yuaivu uuicau uy pension agents, by methods best known to themselves, but not entirely unknown to others who have been upon their track: It is said that there are in this country ten thousand men who derive a considerable part if not all of their incomes from the pension busi- j; ness, and to the . cupidity ;r and energy of these men - more than-to ' any other one cause is to be attrib uted the colossal proportions the pension rolls ! and pension expendi tures have attained within the past few years. Where there is molasses there will be flies:?' where there are millions within reach there will- be arms strecbed out to make a grab, . and.the most alert and accompliseed thief is apt , to get there first and make the biggest grab. " That's the way the pension busl - ness has panned out: The less' than 525,000,000 twenty years ago, which was denounced then . as alarmingly Stupendous and fraudulent by such candid and - - honest KepuDiican statesmen; as ; Gen. v Garfield, - has grown to $162,000,000, and yet the end has not been reached. Unless the knife be applied it will amount to $250,000,000 within a few years. , Isn't it time for the tax-paying peo ple of this country who, bear this burden to call afralt-and demand an investigation to - 'see to whom. this vast amount of money is going and for what ? The honest man, what ever his politics may be, or whatever his admiration for the soldiers wbo fought in the Union armies may be, will say yes. It is only the tricky politician, or the beneficiary of the fund, who will say no. - MEET II SQUARELY. : It is reported from Washington that the proposed suspension of im migration does not meet '.with much favor from Southern Congressmen, the reason given being that they want immigrants to come to the.; South, and the passage of such a bill would prevent this. ' ' Possibly some ot the Southern Congressmen may take this view of it, but it is not likely that a majority of them do, because the South has never received anything like a re spectable percentage of the "number of immigrants that . 'arrive in this country annually, and there is little probability that the percentage will be materially increased for some time to come. , The eyes of the bulk of the immi grants who contemplate farming are turned to the West, where the friends and countrymen who preceded them 'are, where lands are cheap, -and where they can pursue pretty much the same system of farming that they did in their own country. They have learned something of the West through she letters of friends who had settled there, and from the pub lished information sent out by' the railroads which own large tracts of land, and steamship companies in terested in carrying them across the ocean. This system of advertising the West has been going on for years, and while persons contemplating emigrating know something about that country they know little or nothing about the South, and what they have'- heard is calculated to keep them out of it instead of bring ing them in. There never has been any syste matic effort made to secure immigra tion for the South, and under present or past conditions it would not have succeeded if it had been made. We believe immigrant agents nave been appointed by some of the Southern States to pick up immigrants at Castle Garden, New York, . and we think tney nave succeeded in turning a small number Southward, but the work they have done amounts to ittle, so little that its fruits are no where visible. ;': " The time may come When there will be a considerable immigration into the South, but it will not be un til we have lines of steamers Tanning directly between Southern and Eu ropean ports, and there is co-opera tion between these lines of steamers, the railroads and the people inter ested in having immigrants come. The South must be advertised in Eu rope, the stemships and railroads must carry emigrants at low rates, and lands in large bodies must be obtainable at a low price per acre. These people are. not going to scat ter around and live isolated amongst a mixed population of white and black. That has been tried and in every instance it has failed, whereas the colony system has been tried in Texas and in some other States and has succeeded. But, as we understand it, , there is something morg Important in 'the immigration question as presented now man wnetner tnis . section or that section i$ to get a large per centage or a small percentage of the volume of immigration, and it should be met in k broad, candid and busi ness-like way. No one now asserts that immigration should not be re stricted; the only question that pre sents itself is how far it should be restricted and whether in seeking to accomplish the objects for which re striction is conceded to be right and necessary it may not be temporarily suspended. . ;- 1 ne . discussion ot this ' question should.be conducted without preju dice or bias, and .with the sole view to do what is best under the circum stances for this country, which has the. first claim upon the men, who will be called upon to discuss and to take action upon it. . Last Summer cholera came to our doors, and it was only after the utmost exertion, the greatest , care and a rigid quarantine that it was prevented from getting a foothold in New York, whence it might have uccu spceauy carnea into many Mates. As it was we had dailv re ports of its appearance in at least a dozen cities, as ; far South as Galves ton ana as far West ai Denver. It was our good fortune to escape then. it is now predicted by eminent physicians in Europe that it will raze again in tne spring in those conn tries where it proved so fatal last Summer, and as an evidence that they are not predicting wildly, new cases have broken out in Hamburir and in Russia in the middle of Winter, in spite of the general impression that there is little danger of "this disease after cold weather sets in. - The result of these predictions and of this early reappearance of the scourge will be to swell the . volume of emigration next spring from the countries which suffered from it last Summer. , In that case, .unless We take action in time to prevent this influx the only thing' we can do is to receive it or establish a quarantine more rigid and more j general than that of last Summer, and take our chances of escaping it by fighting it off from our doors.- The question is whether it wouldn't be better for us and for the people who may content plate emigrating to take positive ac tion now and suspend; immigration rather than wait; until the danger confronts- us and then proclaim a quarantine which-will : amount to a practical suspension, sit will be one or the other and to ns the former seems the more effective and prefer able. I - MTJIOB MENTION. ' It is said that President Harrison contemplates extending the civil ser vice law, so as to cover thousands of place-holders whose places do not now come under the law.- . It is some what remarkable that this idea never occurred to him until he was defeat ed. It is said that he has bad . it . in contemplation for some time, - which is a mere pretence. The only motive for it now, it it be done is to keep Re publican place-holders in who' would be removed under the next adminis tration. V It is simply j taking: snap judgment to hold on to the spoils, and keep Republican partisans in the places they now hold. It would be the proper fair and I honest thing for Mr. Harrison to -y let that law, alone, as he has adminis tered the Government under it. and let those who do pot come un der its provisions take! their chances of staying in, just as the Democrats who Were in took their chances when he became President. Stealing Sen ators and stealing these places, too, is going too far. They should be content with stealing the Senators. If, however, he plays this game, per haps a Democratic Congress will see a way to checkmate it by cutting down salaries,- and withholding ap propriations for the Civil . Service Commission, if it can't repeal the law and pass a new one that will be a civil service law in fact as well as in name, and come nearer meeting whatever popular demand there may be for a law of that kind. -. ... There will now be a hitch between the municipal authorities of Charles ton and the State authorities of South Carolina over the new prohibition law, which forbids the licensing of bar-rooms. -The city council has de cided to grant licenses for one year in spite of. Che State law. The proba bilities are that other cities will pur sue the same course, and thus bring on a contest ' between tie State1 and municipal authorities generally, and in the meantime the selling of liquor will go on as usual. No law can be enforced and' fully accomplish the purpose for which it is intended un less it is supported , by public senti ment. It is pretty evident from the ' discussions on this bill when it was pending and the of action of the that city council Charleston this law is not so supported. Such a law not enforced is worse than no law at all, for In stead of restricting the traffic, which mi ght be done under a high Iicens law, temptation Is offered to men to go into the business of ielfing liquor when it costs them nothing ..but the watchfulness to evade 'arrest where there is not much danger of arrest. It is unfortunate that in such legisla tion those . who profess to be the friends of temperance learn nothing from experience, but always go to extremes and attempt what the his tory of this' kind of legislation shows impossibilities. The liquor traffic may be regulated and controlled, but it cannot be suppressed, without stopping the manufacture of spirits, which cannot be done. This is the day of big schemes to cheapen and expedite transportation by water. The business men of Duluth ? are moving c with earnest ness for a ship canal between that city by way of the Lakes to the Hud- son : river, and now another - big scheme is proposed for a canal from Lake Erie to Montreal by way of the St. Lawrence river, and from Lake Erie to New York by way . of Lake Champlain and the Hudsoq civer. It is proposed to make it deep enough for the largest sea-going vessels. This seems to be a somewhat vision ary scheme, as it presents difficulties that make its success exceedingly doubtful, even u attempted. An other scheme talked about and one which seems more plausible and easy of accomplishment than either of the others is a canal from Chicago bv way of the Mississippi j river to New Orleans, something in which the grain growers and shippers of the West are interested J imore Hhan either of the others. The fact that public attention is so centering on schemes of this kind! shows tbat cheap ' transportation is one of ' the growing demands of the times, Some women go about things with a determined earnestness. "A case in point is that woman who talked her self to death scolding her husband while the brute slept as soundly as if he was rocked in the cradle of the dcep.;vgv:c-';-" j v Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease don't be lieve in shutting the gates altogether against immigration, but she. thinks the immigrant should be required to wan as long, petore ne oecomes a iuu neagea citizen, as the native American has to wait. ' There is one much disgusted citi zen ot Maryland who does not be lieve that Postmaster General Wana maker is running his department as economically as he should. This citizen ottered to carry tne -man from Boonsboro to Keedysville, daily except 'Sunday, - free of charge. and another man 1 put : In a bid for one cent and he got it. The dis appointed-man can't see any sense in that way of doing. ,". . -Two Wyoming officers . collected a reward of $300 for killing a noted desperaHo 1 named Bliss. It seems that everyone coacerned except Mr. Bliss was in blissful ignorance of the fact that it wasn't Mr. Bliss but an other fellow who was killed, until he turned up alive and in the flesh and performing as usual totally ignoring the fact that he had been officially done for and killed.! It is predicted that the country will be flooded with; counterfeit sou venir half-dollars. They can be made for about 40 cents, using metal as pure as that in the i genuine article, which will give a nice profit, not to speakof speculation! prices. Brayer Shepard should turn bis loose before the counterfeiter comes in competi tion, or , his speculation may leave him with a carpet-bag full of them On hand."':'' X--'- . j: X'.-::- ":j)Xr:X Dr. J. W. Jester recently elected President'of the. Washington State Agricultural College thinks the boys don't like him because they inno cently amuse themselves throwing ancient eggs at him. Mr. ' Jester seems to (take these little jests in dead earnest. - j - It is said that Phil. Armour, the great meat king of Chicago, rises at 6.30 every morning,' and stays wide awake all the rest of i the day. ' It is hard to break early .habits, however. He got into this habit when he had as a farm boy to hustle around- and get up early to milk the cows. The Cincinnnti Enquirer tells a story about a whale captured in the Arctic waters with a harpoon im bedded in its side that belonged to a whaler which bad been out of ser vice over fifty years. - This is a fish story, but there is a point in it. . There are now 24,132 more office holders ib Washington than there ''j - a . w gt J t t . ' a were wnea sax. vieveiana retirea from office. In the early days of Spring, unless Mr.; Harrison plays his civil service extension trick. there will be 24.132 fewer of them. It is said there is a kind of cotton seed grown in East Africa from which sugar is produced which is fifteen times as sweet. as cane sugar. You can believe anything yon want to that comes from Africa. The total vote for President in last election was 12,028,008. Al though this is a pretty large - vote there are probably a million persons in this country entitled to vote who failed to cast their votes. Jerry Simpson is out in Kansas playing for the U. S. Senatorship. Jerry is playing the pj p. racket for alt it is worth. i - A Former Resident of this Cl-y Drowned. The following letter was received by Mayor Ricaud, of this city, from the coroner of Philadelphia: Philadelphia Dec 24, 1892. To the Mayor of Wilmington. N. C.: uear sir ua inursaay nignt at 11 o'clock a man was drowned in this city bv falling overboard from the schooner Florence Cradick. His name' is Said to have been Harry Gunderson, aged about years and single, with relatives and friends in your city. Late in October he shipped at New York on tbts schooner as an engineer. The engine is used on the schooner for hoistitu the sails, re ceiving and discharging cargo, and work ing tbe pumps. This man had spoken to tbe steward and other members of tbe crew as having relatives in your city. 1 bave directed tbe detention of bis body for several days pending advices from you. The schooner on which be was employed, Capt. Lank, master, was agent and part owner. The Captain re- luses to contribute anything toward bis burial. The man bad been paid off three days before his death, hence there were no moneys due to pay for his interment. win you kindly give this matter as much publicity as you tan in your pa pers, and have inquiry made, and advise me as to wnether or not he has relatives in your city. I . I am, very respectfully yours, - S H. ASHBRIDGE. VeUIn. . , - I .: - ' ' The roof of the Front street market house fell in yesterday about 10.80 o'clock, but as the cross beams just , be low, were made of large timbers none of tbe roof fell to the floor. One cross beam, sixteen feet long1 by four inches square, gave way and fell, and Mr. R, C Bowden, who had ran out of his 'stall. narrowly escaped being struck on the head by it. A meeting of the. Market Committee was, called yesterday afternoon and bids were received for repairing it. Mr. J. J Fowler, Chairman of the Market Com mittee, says the "work of repairing it will bein to-dav. Bnaineaa CbnM. Tbe business arrangement existing between - Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. and Col. Roger Moore will termi nate January 1st, 1893, at which time Col. Moore will engage in business on bis own account. The business of Paterson, Downing & Co. will be con tinued here, with Mr. Henrv K. Nash. Jr now with, the New York house, as manager. AMiffoxnent. It was learned yesterday at the office of the Register of Deeds that Mr. Jno. Taylor, of Taylor's Bazaar, has assigned, with the following preferred 'Creditors: Bank of New Hanover. Sl.500. and Wm Goodman, $425, first preferred creditors; a. lonen. of Mew xork. saon. and Tav- lor Bros., New York. $300. second pre ferred creditors. " No assets or liabilities stated. Mr. A Sorter is tbe assignee. Mr. M. London, the oldest law yer in wumingion. ccieoratea - the eightietb anniversary oi nis oirtn fjbrist mas day. With the exception of his erf signt, ne it w' u iwiy kwu nexiia. A WOMAN MURDERED. Her Isd Body found in Lot Between ; South Front and "Water Btreeia Coro nra Ioq.aat totM held To-4y. ' A telephone message was, received at the City Hall yesterday afternoon about four o'clock, that the dead borty of 9 colord woman bad been found back of Mr. J. Dul'.r grocery store on South Front street. Upon investigation it was found that the ghastly discovery was made by Messrs, Jno, GarrellGso. Til ley and Jno. Tolar, who were looking for material to construct a sleigh. - - ', The body of the unfortunate woman was found about mid way between Front and Water streets, near Docic, in rear of a" blacksmith ,8bop situated on Water street, and lying in a corner formed by a shed on the north and a board fence on the east side of the lot, in which a num ber : ot drays and carts were stored that made it rather a difficult matter fur one unaccustomed to the place to threac his way to the scene of the tragedy. A crowd of idle negroes soon sur rounded the spot and the police officers had difficulty in keeping , thenj back. No one in the crowd would admit tba he knew the woman; but later she was identified as a woman V that . frequent Water street, and who was known as Lizzie Brown, the wife of Thos. Brown, a colored man employed by the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. Co.. and daughter of a man named Henderson. ' Coroner Walton, who was called, had the body removed to an undertaker's shop near the City HaH,; preparatory tv an inquest, which will be held tbi morning at 10 o'clock. - - The undertaker found upon removing the body that the skull had been crush ed on the top of the head, and tnat there was a deep cut on the forehead. Thert were traces of blood also on the sno where the body, was found, and a . largt stone lying by the woman's head wa spattered with blood. ; Brown, the woman's husband, says he left her at home Monday night at seven o'clock, and when be returned the ' next morning she was gone. He said she was addicted to drinking. Other persons sa tbat the woman was seen in the com pany of a disreputable "colored female named Lum Travis Monday afternoon in a colored eating bouse on Dock street. and that both women were drunk. Police officer Moore, who was on the beat nearest the scene of the murder Monday night, says that bis attention was attracted by the cry of some one in distress about 12 o'clock, and tbat be looked every wbere to discover the cause but could find nothing. A 8NOW STORM. Xia Like not Seen in Wilmington m Over i Twenty Tears. It is a rare thing to see snow in Wil mington, and not once in twenty-years perhaps, such a storm of it as came down upon the city yesterday and the day be-! tore. The storm began early in the af ternoon of Monday with a light fall of mingled rain and sleet which by even ing bad cnanged to "hominy snow dry as dust andof good staying quality. All night long the gentle pattering ol the pearly ice drops on window panes could be beard and when morning came isnow was still falling, while house-tops. pavements, streets and "all the face ol tbe land" were covered with a mantle of dazzling whiteness. It was a- strange visitation for Wilmignton and one for which many ' of its people were illy prepared; yet. neverthe less, they ' enjoyed tbe novelty of the sight, if nothing more. To the boys and the ieirls" too it pas an' occasion of endless enjoyment. They pelted each other with snow, rolled in it and revelled in it, and not a few of ihe youngsters, with improvised -sleds. enjoyed tbe novel sport to tbem ol ' coasting down hill." Sjme of the old folks, too, were in the vein for ' fun. rigged up nondescript sleighs. In, which they drove through the streets. (' . The sky remained overcast through out the day, yet little snow fell until last evening, when it again began to fali as if a repetition of Monday night's dose was to be given, but ceased again before midnight. , The storm was more severe at other places in the State. At Rocky : Mount the fall of snow was eight inches and at Fayettevtlle and Charlotte six inches of snow were reported. ine weatner Bureau reports that a fierce northeast gale, prevailed Monday along the Atlantic coast and the snow storm extended as far. South as the Gulf of Mexico. A cold wave, following tbe snow storm, sent the mercury down last night to 24 degrees by eight o clock. HELD FOR TRIAL. The Three White Bneak Thieves Arrested Saturday XiMt, The three white men Fred Duraa. Frank Durra and O. L. Dudley arrested last Saturday on the charge of larceny (as reported in the Star) were arraigned Monday before Justice R. H. Bunting. There were five cases against the prison-. ers for stealing surgical instruments and other articles from Dr. W. H. J. Bella my's office, a lady's leather reticule and a stethescope from Dr. Harby's office. and various articles from Mr. DuBrutz Cutlar and others. The Duraas confess ed everything and Dudley denied every thing but the evidence was pretty con clusive, that he was equally guilty. All three were committed to all in default Of six hundred dollars bail each. $200 in the first case and $100 in each of the other cases. They will be tried at the next term of tbe Criminal Court. A Street Oar Aooident. . - Mr. M. J. Heyer's little son Henry, eight-years old, was seriously hurt yes terday afternoon by a street car. He was playing in the street near his father's residence at the corner. of Second and Red Cross, and attempted to cross the street in front of the car. Tbe motor- man in charge of the car put on brakes and reduced the speed of the cat, but the boy was struck and dragged a short distance before the car stopped. Dr. Bellamy who was called to attend the boy, iouna tnat one oi nis legs was broken between the knee and the ankle, and be bad two scalp wounds that were not considered; serious. -Fire in Brunswiok. 1 . A dwelling owned, by Mr. J. B. Mer cer, but occupied by Mr. Henry Addix, at New Supply, Brunswick county, was destroyed by fire Christmas day. .The fire was accidental, and is suDDOsed tb have originated from sparks, as it start ed on the roof of the building. Most of .i j i i .t. . - iuc turauure wu wivcu.- a ne property was partially insures. ; ; - POSTOFFICE CLERK PENNY. Hia Arraignment Sdfore the TJ. 8. Oom- micsioaer'a Court Committed to Jail in Default of $1,000 Bail, i - . : J. H. Penny, Itte clerk in the Wil mington postuffice, who was arrested in Denver, Colorado, by U S postoffice inspector a few days ago. arrived in the city last Monday, and was arraigned be fore U S. Commissioner R H Buutine. on the charge of violating section - 8891 of the Revised Statutes of the U; S.. making it a penal offence, punishable by fane of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for-not more . than one year,' or both fine and imprisonment, for any person employed in the postal ser vice to unlawfully detain, delay or open any letter or package intended to. be conveyed by mail; or to secrete, embez zle or delay anyOch - package. 17. S. District Attorney W. .A. Cook appeared or the Government "and Mr. John D. Bellamy, Jr.. for the prisoner. Mr. G Z. French, postmaster at" Wilmington, testified that Penny had been registry clerk at the office here ' and had : charge of the stamps and Stamped envelopes: for the safe-keeping of these he (Penny) had a vault in his office, with combina tion lock, and to which safe no one but himself and witness had access. .Penny m application was granted leave of ab sence and left . Wilmington for New York on the lSihof June last. On the 21st of that month while in New York city, be notified Postmaster French that he ould not" return to Wilmington. ; On Penny s departure'.- from Wilming ton Postmaster French took the key of tbe vault and discharged the duties of the registry clerk; On tbe 24th pf June the envelope of a registered package was found in 'the' vault. The package bad oeen broken open and the money it con tained taken out. but the money was also found in I the vault.' concealed under some papers. Postmaster French recog nized the package as one turned over to Penny who had receipted for the .same' and which should have been sent ' to its destination on tbe 17th of June. - - Mr. A.G. Cowie, Postoffice inspector. testified that -he had found Penny and arrested him in Denver, Col., wbere Penny was living witn his 'wife and child Under the name of Jas. B. Dayton fie acknowledged that his identification oy the officer was correct. The Commissioner, after hearing tbe testimony and arguments of counsel. fixed the bond of Penny for bis appear- tnce at the next term of the U. S. Court it $1,000. and in default of security com mitted him to jail. - . . There are other cases against tbe de fendant, one of which is for embezzle- nent: but the amount of bis peculations. it is said, is not vet fully known; it may ie only a few hundreds of dollars; and nayreach thousands. DISASTROUS FIRES. Four Stores Burned in Iisunnbarg Three Beatdenoea Ddatrojred In, Winatoar- Fire at Laurinburg, N. C . Saturday night destroyed the stores of Murphy & McKionon, Z ichery & Cameron and I no. l. Mcvann. all dealers in groceries and general merchandise, and the office of Geo. D. Everington, druggist. The fire started in the basement of Murphy & McKinnon's store, and is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. The amount ot insurance and losses has not yet been ascertained. . At Winston M nday afternoon, three costly residences in the western part of the city, owned by W. J; Lippfert, S. ' S Gunn andJClement Manly, -were burned Eich was pirtially insured." The los is about $12,000. The fire Originated in the basement of Lippfert 's residence He and - his family were absent fro n home i visiting relatives at Clarksville. The cause of the fire Is unknown. THE MURDERED WOMAN. The Coroner's loaaeat No ImDartant Svldenea But ZiiBXle Brown Waa Mur dered No Clae to the Perpetrator. A very large number of people, : both white and black, called yesterday to view the remains of Lizzie Brown, the negro woman found dead back of Old ham's mill, as was reported in yester day's Star, which were placed in rear of D. C. Evans undertaker's shoo, on Second street. At 10 o'clock, tbe time appointed for the examination of the body, and the coroner's inquest,- the crowd was cleared out and Dr. Potter, the City Physician and Superintendent of Health, in the presence of the Coroner, J. W. Walton, who had empanelled the following fufy : A. ; H. Leslie, - J. D, Sellers. C D. Jacobs. H. H Cottell, Jno. Welsh and Harry Howard, ex amined the body and made a report as follows: - .C ''-..:.':- "I found an extensive fracture of the bone involving tbe right ear, (temporal bone), the fracture extending two inches above and one and a half or two inches to the back of tbe ear. .. Pieces of bone were taken from the fracture, being de tacbed. A wound was examined on tbe top of her head a little to the right of the middle line. 1 believe the iniury re ceived was sufficient to produce imme diate death, or nearly so. Blood seem ed to have oozed from her ears and nose. Part of ber brain was broken, or torn out. It appears tbat the wound must have been made by some heavy object. The jury then heard the evidence ol Lum Travis, Francis Rogers, Jno. Berry and Tom Brown, husband of the de ceased, (all colored), none of whom bad seen the woman later than seven o'elock Monday night. Their evidence was, therefore, of no importance. - After consultation theury rendered a verdict "That the woman Lizzie Brown, the de ceased, came to her death by violence at the hands of some person or persons un known to the Jury." Thus far there is no clue Jto the per- 'petrators of this mysterious murder; but the authorities are at work on the case, and it is hoped they may be able to find the guilty party. If this ; is ever done the Star believes it will be disco vet ed that there is another "woman in 7 the case." 't-:i ; -: X? X X- fi specimen rutaes. S. H. Cliflord, New Cassel. Wis'was troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma tism, bis stomach was disordered, bis Liver was affected to an alarming degree. appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. '.Three bottles of Electric bitters cured him. : Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, 111.; had a running sore on his leg of eight year's standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters ahd-sevetf boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and welL John Speaker, Catawba, O- had five large Fever sores on his leg, doctors said be was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him" entirely. ' Sold . bv R. R. Bxllamt's Drag Store. . t WASHINGTON NEWS. - oalet Fever at the Whi'e House very Tew. Viaitora BUtne'e Condition Still Imp OTinjc. '. ' - , - " Bv -Telegraph to th Moraiat Star. -. " .Washington, Dec. 27. Reports from Baine this morning are of the same en couraging nature as those of the past two days. The White House is still in a state of quarantine, and Dids fair to remain so lor at least three weeks to come. - Red cards saying ''scarlet fever within are conspicuous on the entrance to tbe pri vate part ol tbe mansion on the first and second flxjrs and outside doors bear small notices to the effect that the house is closed to tbe public. -The office part; however, is open as usual .for, business. and the President s private - secretary and his assistants will be found at their desks by any one whose business re quires their attention. It hardly necessary to say tbat there are very tew visitors at present. . ROUGH WEATHER AT SEA '-iiX'-Y" " ' jssssasasssssssv . .-' Incoming dteamera at 'New York 8now - - Evidence of Terrible Bxperienee. B Telegraph to the Monuag Star. - New York. Dec' 27 Of more than twenty steamships due or over due, only four have reached port up to one o'clock to-day and these bare striking evidence of the rough- weather and . intense cold ezperienced, with ventilators demolished or twisted out of shape, lite-boats smash ed and everything on deck in a demoral ized condition," It is gratifying to find tbat nothing serious baDDened tooassen. gers and crew of any . of tbe incom.n i steamers. Each steamer was completely coatea wttn ice. U N LUCKY SPECU LATION. A Prominent Cotton Merchant Connoted of Smb-salement. : - Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. New Orleans. Dec. 27. Frederich Friscn, who stood well in local cotton ci teles, was to-day convicted of embezzle ment. He was sent here in September, 181. as loc-il manager of tbe cotton firm ot Gassner & Co., of Liverpool, England. He was not a partner of tbe firm, and bv agreement was to get a salary of $12,000 per annum, and twenty per cent, of tbe proms ot tbe commission business be was to manage. He had speculated on both his own and firm's account, and had lost about $37,000 in all. Of this amount $16,000 bad been taken for bis own use 1 FIRE AT CAMDEN, S. C, Caused by a Lunp Explosion Isoea $80,- - GOO. . Bv Tele rsph to the Morning Star. Camden, Dec. 27. A fire which destroyed property to the value of $ 0 000. broke out in this town about 18.30 fast night. It is supposed to' bave ori ginated from the explosion of a lamp in the grocery store of H. C kiliott & Co. Five stores were destroyed. - and tife bank building was damaged. Losses ex ceed insurance, which was mainly carried by the -London and Glooe. A DYNAMITE EXPLOS ON Cauaeeoee of Life end Deetruotion to -Property. - Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. 1 Long Island City. N Dec. 28. About 8 o'clock this morning a box ol dynamite exploded in the shaft sunk for tbe new East river tunnel.- near tbe junction of Jackson and Vernon ave nues, this city. The explosion set fire to a four-story bnck building adjoining, and shattered every pane of glass in the buildings for many, blocks around Tor re bodies have already been taken from the shaft. A score- or more per sons were injured by the falling timbers. glass, etc. 1 be explosion was so terrific tbat nearly every building on Jackson avnue, , from Fifth street to Borden avenue, was either destroyed or dam aged. Fire immediately started in tbe debris, and is now burning fiercely; '- Tbe yards of tbe New York and Long Island Tunnel Company, of which Wil ham Sieenway is President, are bounded bv Jackson avenue and Vernon avenue. t enement houses of brick and Irame. and stores line both of these thorough fares. The explosion was directly in the rear. Tbe company is building a turn out between tbis city and tbe New kork Central depot in New York -City. A great deal of dynamite was used in blast ing. Last, night the dynamite froze. The men needed some this morning, and placed three barrels of cartridges just back ot tbe tenements to be thawed out Then they built a bonfire beside the cartridges. Tbe fire burned nearer to the dynamite; than was intended, and the result was a terrific and disastrous ei plosion. ' All of the killed received fractured skulls, and were horribly cut by glass. Tne injured were all badly cut by glass from tbe broken windows. Directly op postte the scene ot tne explosion was a row of tenements occupied by fifteen families. Every apartment was wrecked, and tbe debris caught fire- Irom over turned stoves. Tbe scene following the explosion was terrible. Men, women and children, only partially clad, rushed wildly, irom every possible exit, screaming loudly. The district where tbe explosion occur. red is tbe most thickly inhabited section of the city. - For halt a mile in Jackson avenue and Vernon avenue hardly an unbroken pane of glass can be found. Gray's refrigerator factory, on Fourth street, opposite tbe scene ot tbe explo sion, was almost wrecked. A number of people were at work in the building at tbe time, but bow many of them were' injured is not known. At noon the fire was still raging. The fire department seems totally inadequate to cope with the flames. ARCHBISHOP IRELAND. His Eduoational Ideas Beoive Unexpected v (Support in St. Louia. ... ''I : : By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ,j St. Louis. Dec. 28 The cause, of Archbishop Ireland and hi educational ideas received rather an unexpected pub lic support here yesterday in the form of a series of resolutions signed by forty -four priests of tbis city, which were sent to Mgr. Satolli. The precipitating- cause ot the prepartion of the resolutions was tbe constant assaulting of Monsignor Sa to! li's speech on tbe school auestion by a local Catholic paper. The resolu tions were intended originally to dis claim all responsibility of tbe priests of tbis ct y for the piper's, utterances, but in them the authors took occasion to practically declare their adherence to Ireland, Satolli and the Fairbault Plan. . A Muocie. Ind datpatcb says: At 2 o'clock yesterday morning fire broke out in the Delaware county s elegant new court house, and tbe building, valued at $300 000. was ruined. The fire origin ated in the court room. , - . Considers it "a household necejiy' Mr. A. J. Wbitting, Newtorj Kansas, accentuates his opinion thm: I.have used i Dr. Bull's Cough "'Syrup in my family for the last eight' ears, and con sider it a household necessity." f . An excellent remedy: "Two of my children have been much troubled with neuralgia all winter. They used Salva tion Od and a few applications produced a complete cure. I consider it an ex cellent remedy, fohn H. Jones, Deputy tf"?fctor' T?5,500 Warehouse, No4, Baltimore. Md." . . Tj"yf7 - ) ' - SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Morganton Heratdji '-There is a crying demand for houses to rent in Morganton. We bave known several instances lately . where parties have failed to secure houses who wanted to come to Morganton to live. - - - Mecklenburg Times'. A dog be- ' longing to , Mr. G. S. Hall, of bugar Creekvwent mad last' Friday' and bit a daughter of Mr. J. C Boyte; also a cow. The dog was killed. The child suffered . considerably from the wound., , - Lexington Dispatch : We saw a green goods letter tbe other day sent to a gentleman in Lexington, it was the usual letter of this kind containing the same promises of a fortune for nothing. Men are being caught: every day by these lively rascals.. t Roanoke Beacon'. Frank Cooper. the crazy man brought up from down the country last week and placed in jail, wa examined on monaay Dy ur. w. Smith and pronounced hopelessly in sane. An application was made for him at the Asylum at Goldsboro. which was accepted, and Addison Everett left with the man for that place on Tuesday even ing. ; Raleigh Chronicle: The Chat- bam Manufacturing Company, of Elkin, in win ouiid new woollen mills. W; P. Batchelor, the 'great horse man. has sold eight head of fine horses toJ. S. Carr. of Durham, the sale aggrega- ! ting $11,000. The animals were v ester- day taken to the Oconeechej slock farm of Mr. Carr, near Hillsboro, where it is . . i . . .... mu luscuutuisu Will lUVCal SOtl.UUU i . ..... J . in improvements. .. uurham Sun : W. H. Hicks. of Hickstown. was in town and started home about 1 o'clock, in a buccv. in company with Jno. Vtckers. When they got nearly opposite tbe residence of R. D. Blacknall. Mr. Vickers obs rwed Hicks fall forward, and would have fallen out of tbe buggy had he (Vicker) hot erabbed bim and held him in. Mr. Vickers then made the discovery that he was dead, i . Sanford Express'. An unusual amount of work is going on in and around Sanford and considerable im provements are being made. XPbt saw the hammer and the paint brush have been busy all tbe year. Many new houses have been built and several new manu- ' facturing industries bave sprung into life. The growth of Sanford is steady and sure- There are more bright spirits and fewer loafers here than we have ever seen before. Gastonla Gazette; Mr. John Wyatt, a teacher living in Dallas, bd Dr. Jenkins to extract a tooth a few days ago and has been in daager of bleeding to aeatn ever , since. . urs. lenicinsand Reed have had him in charge, but with all their , remedies it seemed difficult, almost impossible, to staunch the f i of blood. Dr. Hoffman, a dentist of this place, was called over on Tuesday after noon and returning yesterday morning reported the bleeding stopped and, tbe patient in a more favorable condition. Windsor Ledger : Welearnl that Capt. Jones, colored, of the steam barge Shoe, belonging-to M ssrs. Green leaf lobnson & Son, fell overboard last Wed nesday at Howard.1 and drowned.- His body was recovered the nvxt day. While Mr. I. M. Mizell, who runs a saw mill near Request, was setting up the guide with a wrench lat Fridaav, the wrench slipped from the bolt and his hand coming in contact with the rapidly revolving saw. nearlv cut in two the " thumb and index finger of jhe right band. - . Charlotte News: Horse thieves were at work all about last night. The chief of police to day received telegrams asking him to look out for horse thieves from, both Rock Hill and Matthews. Burett Andrews, the seven-year old son of Mr. Frank Andrews, was terribly injured yesterday by the explosion of a cannon cracker in his face. His face was badly powder burned, and the injury, to bis eyes cannot yet be conjectured, as they are swollen, shut and infUmed so tbat an examination cannot be made. Stanly News: There is much ex citement here over the report of Eoen Russell, who says a negro covered him with two pistols Monday, when he bad gone out of town a short distance to chop wood. Eoen had no money, and the negro got only the axe. All efforts to catch the party have thus lar proved lutile. Mr. Dave Doloy. while spending the night with Mr. George Tolbert. a few miles north of here, one nikdht last week, had bis purse and two cents stolen from him. It was then . I Kmba intA ill lltllCA and that Mr. T.oilert& son, Joe,, about 12 years of age, wbo was after a drink of water, had. been struck and painfully bruised on the forehead by the burglar's knuckles. The culprit was found later to be none other than Joe himself, and the bed p st with, which he came in con tact when fleeing from supposed detec tion, gave bim the knuckle prints. His lather gave the Tu1s" ot correction in a way to make him remember it, e learn. Shelby Review: A negro man by the name of. Mims. who is said to be wanted for tbe murder of his wife in Spartanburg county, S. C, is said to be in biding near Shelby. - e lack Sur ratt. a colored scoundrel who slandered a young white woman about two years' ago, but evaded arrest.was caught Sunday and lodged in iail. A countryman, banking too strong ly on the honesty of our colored popu lation and forgetting tbe nearness of tbe holidays, leit a wagon load of chickens standing in a back lot Tuesday night. By the next morning a coop containing 28 chickens had disappeared. . y-rr A little son of Columbus Kendrick, who lives n.aeih nnnr hnnc tvaa Kitl-n hv a rat one day last week. After biting the child, tbe cat bad a bt and. 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