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NATIONAL PROSPERITY.
The high tariff,Republicans jfell us
. that 4b is is the most prosperous coun
try in the world, anq that this pros
perity is to be attributed to the high
projective tariff. The - first of these
statements must be made with a
qualification, and the second is not
true.
It is true that the f national wealth"
has increased very much in the past
three decades, that our. industries
and enterprises for the development
of our resburces nave been multi
plied, our great cities have doubled
and trebled in population, and some
ot them in dimensions. Vast areas of
wild lands have been brought under
cultivation and made productive.
All thaiiwide donlain between the
Missouri River and, the Rocky Moun
tains, which thirty or forty years
ago was the haunt pf the Indian and
the fur-trader; and in which the near
est approach to a t wn was the In
dian village, the trading station, or
the camp of the gold-hunter, is now
within the domain of civilization,,
dotted with busy towns arid fine ci
ties, intersected with railroads and
covered with the cultivated fields of
the husbandman or the pastures
of
of
of
the stock raiser,
forty years ago is
the Republic.
The frontier
now the heart
But all this is not an evidence of
National prosperity, it is simply an
evidence of Na' ional expansion,
which may be quit e a different thing
" ; from prosperity i i its true sense.
; But if it be ah evic ence of prosperity
i ; the high tariff had no more to do
i with it than it had with regulating
the phases of the moon or influencing
the tides. Cheap lands, gold and
silver discoveries, migration and im
migration, and t- railroads tell that
story of development and would have
been just as operative and- perhaps
more so if a protective tariff had never
been heard of.
Add- all this vast
area with its increased valuation to
the National wealth of three decades
ago and
portion
we see
of the
where a pretty big
present National
: i wealth comes from.
But what is this wealth ? It is esti
mated that it will amdunt to $63,-
: 000,000,000. It is assessed at about
$47,000,000,000", a considerable mar
gin between the
rated . and' assessed
valuation. But
how does it get its
valuation? Partly from the tax books
and partly from the figures of specu
lators. -The whole theory is mislead
ing. The valuations frequently, and
it might be said generally, are not the
real values but the values on paper.
Property is worth only what it pro
duces will command if put upon
the market. If it be non-productive
and will not sell it is worthless for ail
practical purposes, and the man who
nas it, aitnougn ne may ngure as a
man of property, is really no better
off than if he didn't have it, and may
be really worse off because he has to
take from his productive property, if
r he has any, to pay taxes on the non
productive and unsaleable.
The land worth $10 an acre may
be given an estimated value of $25
an acre by the. construction of rail
roads, towns or manufactories near
it. and yet not be worth one cent
more to the owner, because, its pro
ductive capacity remains only the
same; but on the $25 basis it goes in
to add that! much to the national
wealth. -
And just so millions upon millions
of tannine lands are valued with a
speculative or fictitious value and
thousands of city lots, in cities great
and small, which wouldn't bring the
price they are taxed at if they could
be sold at all. -
iThe railroads of the country are
valued at $10,000,000,000, but it is
said they could be duplicated for one
half that amount, which is probably
true. Taking this View of it, which
we believe to; be correct, we conclude
that a great j deal of our national
wealth is wealth on paper, and, also,
consequently
a great deal of our
national prosperity.
But regardless of the amount of
national wealth the1 answer to the
question whether we as,a people are
prosperous or not depends upon
what" we understand' by prosperity.
If it means simply adding largely to
the aggregate wealth as represented
by property, then we are prosperous,
but it it means an addition to the ag
gregate wealth which makes the peo
ple as a whole better off than they
were before, then there is ground for
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VOL, XXIV.
very serious doubt If not for absolute
denial We hold that real prosperityex-,
ists only where enterprise is reasonably
rewarded, and where the toiler can
find employment ' at such '-wages as
will enable him to feed, clothe and
house himself and .family . well and
comfortably, 'and to have not only
the ordinary comforts, ; but some of
the luxuries of life, and, as the old
darkey -said,, make him 'feel glad
that' he ts alive." A small number
of very rich and a large nuoer t)f
-very, poor people do not mase a
prosperous country. : Real prosperity
is where the wealth is most ' distri
buted, vwbere it does "the greatest
good to the greatest number," where
there" is the smallest number of the
jrery rich and the smallest number, of
the very , poor, ". where few are rich
enough to be proud of their wealth
and few poor enough to be ashamed
of - their poverty.- This - makes - a
contented, . a happy .and a high
spirited ' people, content: with their
lot and proud of the country that
makes such a lot possible. It is the
ideal democracy where prosperity is
-; A COMING? TARIFF.
The selection of Mr. Carlisle for
Secretary of the Treasury is con
strued by many as indicating ! an
early calling together of Congress
with a view to entering at once upon
the work of tariff reform. It is con
strued as evidence of another thinr.
which is that while this tariff reform
will cut deep enough to satisfy all
thoughtful and conservative reform
ers, tbere will be no cutting or slash
ing to disturb business, or do injury
to any of our industries which have
the elements of . life in them and
make an honest effort to live with
out the Government nursing .bottle.
The tariff question presented ' no
embarrassing features to the Repub
lican protectionists, at least of the
McKinley stripe, for they viewed ! it
only from the protective standpoint,
and if it was acceptable to the man
ufacturers for whom it was made: it
suited those who made it and they
pronounced it good. "With them pro-?
tection was the -first theory consid
ered, revenue the nextf and they
were seldom or .'never considered in
connection. WiththeiOemocrata it
is different. Revenue is the prime
consideration, protection the' inci
dental, a tariff for revenue with
incidental protection, not a tariff for
protection with incidental revenue.
This makes the task of the Demo
crats in handling -the tariff and
establishing satisfactory reforms ; a
work that . requires thoughtfulness
and skill, for they will have to con
sider not only the people who are
burdened and the Government which
heeds i revenue, but also the indus
tries which are entitled to recogni
tion and to reasonable encourage
ment.' Here are three elements
which conflict more or less with each
other, which must be duly considered
and harmonized when the work of
revision or of rebuilding is entered
upon.1 '! ...,.
. There is no one whose voice will
be more potent in the construction
of the new tariff, (and it will be a
new one from the base up) than the
Secretary of the Treasury, for it is to
him that Congress will look for esti
mates as to the : sums necessary to
meet the 'expenses of the Govern
ment, the resources .of the (jovern-
ment for "revenue, and the recom
mendations as to the means of pro
ducing the necessary revenue. There
isn't one Congressman in twenty who
has the industry or the inclination to
investigate and study up these ques
tions for himself, for that involves a
good deal of labor, and research, and
figuring, for which the average Con
gressman, or the average man, .has
little fancy;- consequently the large
majority of Congressmen will' be
perfectly content to let some one in
whose experience, and ability they
have confidence suggest, the plans
which they do not care to labor on
themselves.
It may be taken for granted, then,
that Mr. Carlisle will have a con
siderable hand in the framing of the
tariff bill which will take the place of
"the McKinley . bill. Mr. Cleveland
will also have much to do in tormu
latlng it. It is not -improbable that
the work of preparing it will have
progressed so far by the time that
Congress is called to meet early in
the Fall that there will be little, left
for the Ways and Means Committee
to do but to consider the minor de
tails and put the bill in shape to re
port it to the House. -
When it is framed it will be such a
bill as will be generally acceptable
to the Democrats in Congress, and
to the Democrats of the country, and
will call for but little discussion,
save from the Republicans who ' still
cling to the high protection delusion,
and who will, of course, oppose- it
from force of habit or pure cussed
ness, if nothing else. Jiut it will go
through the House, go through the
Senate, be approved by the Presi
dent and 1893 will see the last Of the
McKinley bill, and of the monstrous
doctrine of a tariff for protection
only.-- ' -"'---r
It is pretty safe to say that it wil
provide for free wool, free iron ore,
free coal, free lumber, and for a gen
it.-'
1-
eral reduction of duties on - all arti
cles that enter into , daily consump
tion when the .necessity for revenue
will not permit their going upon the
free list. Cotton making machinery,
gins, strap iron, &c, will go upon the
free list and thus .help the" cotton
manufacturer and the cotton grower
of the South. -Free wool will stimuv
ate woollen manufactories, : woollen
goods will take the place of shoddy,
and the man of moderate means can
afford to buy a sufficiency of woollen
garments for himself ; and . family.
With ' the increased, manufacture of
woollen foods.' there will be an in
creased demand for wool, less der
mand for shoddy,' which is now ihsed
argely as a substitute for wool,' and
wool-growing will be stimulated and
more profitable to" the growers. ' " ; "
The new tariff wil V in short, be a
tariff . for the people, a poor man's
tariff, and not a-tariff f or the man'u-r
facturer and the. rich man. It will be
a tariff that will : be endorsed by . the
people as no tariff has been since the
Democratic tariff of 1846, ; -
' MINOR MENTION. " .
There is a great deal of morbid cu
riosity in this great American .Re
public,'' which shows itself most con
spicuously on occasions which do the
east credits to us as a- people. V We
nave nad numerous illustrations ot
this but a striking one during the
ast sickness and , at the death of
ames G. Blaine. For weeks the in
quiry has, been, "What is the matter
with r him ?" and the doctors who
were supposed to know, were impor
tuned to tell, which they declined to
do, we are told, unless the family
gave its consent. It was known by
the physicians and through them by
the public generally, that Mr. Blaine's
days were numbered and that the
end would soon come. This ough
to have been as - much as the public
cared to know, but it was not, for
with a persistent importunity.: it in
sisted on being told what was killing
him. It is natural that physicians
who had watched for a year or more
the passing away of this distinguished
man should desire to know, for as
physicians it was a matter of pro
fessional.' interest with . them, but
with the public the - inquiry
was simply the inspiration of a
disgusting ; morbid curiosity, which
regards no proprieties, has no
feeling, against which no threshold is
sacred, and which with brazen cheek
follows the famous from the chamber
of death even into the charnel house,
and would lift the cloths that shroud
the dead to see if it couldn't discover
something that was hidden.' When
the day comes that men of name
may die peacefully, without having
their ailments made subjects of news
paper barter and vulgar gossip, and
be buried without becoming a show
for the senseless, soulless mob, we
will have made a long stride in the
direction of a higher civilization.
:M- .' - V -
Mrs. L ase says the election of
Judge! Martin, Democrat, to the U.
S. JSenate by the Populists and Dem
ocrats of Kansas destroys the Popu
list party as a National organization.
Mrs. Lease is somewhat excited and
disappointed because she didn't get
that "middle of the road" fellow she
was looking for, but the Populists
who cut the Gordian knot by nomi
nating Judge Martin had a good deal
more sense than Mrs. Lease.' It was
utterly impossible for them to elect a
Populist even if the constitutionality
of the organization of their Legisla
ture was conceded,-for they lacked
the votes to do it and must have
either ! Democratic or Republican
votes to elect anyone. As the vic
tory, which they won was the re
sult of a fusion with the Dem
ocrats they did the sensible and log
ical thing in nominating a Democrat
for the Senate, for by so doing they
not only secured a Senator who
would, be apt to support some, at
least, of the reforms in which they
n common with the masses of peo
ple in this country are interested but
have blocked any effort the Repubh
cans might make to secure Demo
cratic votes in the Legislature in the
event the courts should further com
plicate the situation "by pronouncing
in favor ot the Republicans. As far
as killing the Populist party goes
tney didn't do tnat, tor that, party
was pretty effectually laid out at the
last election, the only sign of life
in it being he blowing of some of its
leaders who tried to convince people
that the , corpse, was not really dead
i ! 11 eafc" i
A fashionable lady, in New. York
gave a nice little dog party a few days
ago on the occasion of .the birthday
of her poodle. I Twenty other nice
little dogs were invited to dine on
chicken, game pie, with ice-cream for
desert. Having demonstrated her
success as a dog entertainer she
should now try her 'hand on some
New York swells.
Mr. Egan the suspected dynamiter
who i was released from prison in
England a short while ago," was
locked up for nine years. English
papers say he was released because
there were doubts as to his guilt,
The English are particularly' slow in
arriving at conclusions, but it must
have been a pretty big doubt that it
took nine years to surmount, t
WW . m iMZ : HrPAlR
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A ! WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, .FEBRUARY; 3,
-The. struggle ;for .life r with; James
G. Blaine came- to an i-end yesterday
at 11 a, - m., when he passed from
time to eternity, and added another
to the -names -of the: distinguished
Americans which have been recently
entered jupon the deatlr roll, ;The
announcement was. not a surprise, as
his ; death has - been for weeks - con
sidered as only'": aL! question of little
tlrne - bisewhere--we ; publish a
graphic sketch of , his life, which will
ae reaa wun interest. ;-..;.. r - ?
In; the;-Agricultural : College -of
Alabama electricity is being success-
ully used TI or .running a motor for
operating .threshing ix machines - to
thresh f wheat, - rye, oats, . &c. : and
machinery J for cutting ensilage,
grinding' -corn, - t and ginning and
baling cotton. ' . '.
RAILROAD TAX QUESTION. ;
Argromenta Before the lieiclsls. tire Com-
mitte by Col.' Strange, Mayor Eicand
and : Hon. Geo. Davia and Col. W.'G.
XOliott.. :; : :-; --; ;; ; - ,
. ""! - . ' (.Special Star Tekgram. ; ' - : - 1
Raleigh, - N. C. Tanuarv 27. Col.
Tbos. W. Strange and . CpL IJnoi W.
Hinsdale, representing ahe city of Wil
mington and the county of New Han
dover, appeared before . the Legislative
Committee on Railroads and Railroad
Commission this afternoon, and argued
in favor of placing property of the Wil
mington, and . Weldon Railroad Com
pany upon the city and county tax lists.
Mr. Geo. Davis, of counseland Col. W.
G. Elliott, President of the W. & W. R.
R. Co., appeared' before the committee
in benalt. ot tne railroad. Alter the
arguments were concluded the com
mittee went into secret session, and will
probably not arrive at a decision tonight.
At the meeting on -Thursday Mr.
Warren G. Elfiott made a powerful
speech in behalf ot the railroad company.
Mayor Kicaud and Thos. W. btrange.
of Wilmington, and John W. Hinsdale,
of Raleigh, addressed the committee on
the! other side of the question. The
right of the State arose daring the dis
cussion, and Mr. Elliott's proposition to
the State to surrender exemption from
taxation on the main line upon condition
that for five years next succeeding such
wajvor ot exemption . the mam line
should be assessed at only $10,000 per
mile and branch lines at (4,000, and that
after that time assessments should be
made as upon all other roads, was dis
cussed. . ..
NAVAL STORES TRADE.
The
Present Situation and Prospects for
the Coming Season.
Advices from Georgia, where the pro
duction of spirits turpentine and rosin is
larger than in any other State, say that
the' stocks on hand rspw are larger than at
the, same time last year. Prices at pre
sent for turpentine and rosin are quoted
considerably higherthan for some time,
but! the demand is reported as very light
and. sales difficult to make.
The reduction of 50 per cent, in the
amount of virgin trees cut by operators
in Georgia and Alabama, does not by
any means mean that the yield will be
reduced by a like percentage. The oper
ators have on band a large number Of
trees with boxes one, two or three years
old. The extent to which they will util
ize the old boxes depends entirely upon
the prices offered after the stilling sea
son begins. v
If the prices offered are considered
remunerative, the old boxes will be
worked for all they are worth, and in
this way the coming crop may fall only
a1 very little short of last season's crop.
The decrease might be less than 10 per
cent. Under " opposite conditions the
decrease might be as much as 80 per
cent.
Receipts at Savannah are expected to
begin late this year, as the severe cold
weather ot the last lew weeks will have
a very material effect upon the flow of
sap in the trees. After a cold winter the
flow of sap always begins very slowly,
and it is late in the Spring before the
trees begin to yield their normal flow.
Last season tne winter was very warm.
and new spirits were received therein
considerable quantities in Ms-rch.
JL Bear Story. . -
A correspondent of the Star writing
from". Kerr's Station on the C F. & Y.
, railroad, in Sampson county, says: ,
On the 20th of this month a very large
bear made a visit in our neighborhood
and spent the night t with Louis New-
kirk. -The bear took up bis abode under
Mr. Newkirk's house, and had the place
all ; to himself ; - even the dogs took
fright and leffcrThe bear left nextmorn-
. - . i' j .. e 1 1
mg, going in -tacn direction oi ioiiy
Swamp. :-. ' ' - - ' ' i
Xxports Poreisn. -. 'f
The German barque Atlantic cleared
yesterday for Liverpool, -' Eng.; wim
1.559 barrels tar and 958 Jjanels rosit,
valued at $3,537. Vessel by.E. Peschau
& Co cargo by Alex. Sprunt & Son., j-
Danish barque Jorgensen cleared for
Stettin, Germany,' with 5,000 barrels
rosin valued 'at $6,921.84. Vessel by J.
T. Riley & Co., cargo by Paterson,
Downing & Co. , j
Koonoe of Onslow. .... -j
A special dispatch to the Charlotte
Qbstrver from- Washington, D. C, says
that on Friday last Representative Grady
filed his answer to -Koonce's notice of
Contest. It denies : all of the latter s
Charges as to the five counties . of Cra
ven, Cumberland, ' Onslow, Jones and
Sampson,, and alleges intimidation by
the Gideonites in all the counties of the
district except Harnett.
I-
Stocks of Kaval Stores,
( Stocks of naval stores at the ports
at the close of the week are reported as
follows : v
I Spirits turpentine New York, 2,283
Casks; Charleston, 475; Savannah, 13,'
798; Wilmington," 2,186. Total, 18.692
casks.
Rosin New York,- 17,460 barrels
Charleston, 10.005; Savannah, 153,142;
Wilmington, 20,589. . Total, 201,196 bar
rels. - , ..-,'.--.,..'
Tar New York. 8.824 barrels; Wil
mington, 4,979. ' Total, 8,503 barrels
The Star's special from Ra
leigh, announces that the Senate yester
day confirmed the appointments made
by'Gov. Carr of the , present officers of
the Criminal Court, viz: Hon. O. P,
Meares, Judge; Col. B. R. Moore, Solid
tor, and Mr. w. K. r rencn, uictk,
;: .HOID THE TRAIN, - " ;
"Madam, we miss the train at B ., 5
''Bat can t you make it, sir?" she gas-
ped j."
"Impossible! it leaVes at three, "
And we are due a quarter past."
A'ls tbere no way? r Oh, tell me, then; ;
Are you a Christian? ' ; "I am not. ;
"And are there none among the men: '
who run the train? ' No I foreot
I think the fellow over here.' "
Oiling the engine, claims to be." ' . i
She threw upon the engineer
A fair lace, white with agony.
Are you a Christian?"- "Yes I am."; :
"Then. O sir. won't vou oravwith me.
ATI the long way that God will stay, ;
1 bat Crod will hold the train at B ?"
'Twill do no good: it's due at-three, ? ?
t Anq ".Yes, but God can hold the
. v train. -' . . . , . ; .
My dying child is calling me,. " ' ' ;
r Ana i must see ner lace again;- ' r r
Oh, won't yoa pray? '- "I will" a nod
h-mpnauc. as he takes his place, i
When. Christians grasp the arm of God,
They grasp a power that rules the
race." ; ,:'' .-;'; -
Out from th station-swept the train '
ub time swept on past wood and lea:
The engineer with cheeks aflame, i ; ' ?
Prayed. "O Lord hold the train at
,.. B-!" . , ;:. .
Then flung the. throttles wide, and - like
Some giant monster of the Dlain. c
With panting sides and mighty . strides.
Past hill and valley swept the tram. :
A half a minute two are gained.
Aioog tnose burnished lines ot steel
His glances leap, each nerve is strained.
And still he prays - with - fervent
. zeal. . '. . .
Heart, hand and brain, with one accord.
Work while . his prayer' ascends to
heaven. ' , . .
lust hold . the train eight minutes,
: Lord, . : ' .-. ." :
And I'll make up the other seven."
With. rush and roar through meadow
: lands, .
Past cottage home and green hillsides,
The panting thing obeys his hands, -
And speeds along with giant strides.
. ... .
They say an accident delayed
The train a little while: bat He
Who listened while His children prayed.
in answer, held the train at is . .
! , New Orleans Picayune.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
Nature is God at work. F.
W.
Robertson.
-Life, like the water of the sea,
freshens only when it ascends toward
heaven. Richter... ..
Trouble and perplexity drive us
to prayer, and prayer drives away per
plexity and trouble. MelanciAon. ,
There's lots of religion in a
beef steak, if you give it to the right
man at the right time. Jerry McAuley.
God mingles the bitter with the
sweet in this life, to set us seeking an
other life where there shall be sweet
alone. Augustine.
Of course there is a proper re
gard for our happiness, but if we only
keep- it, duty and delight inseparably
wedded. Rev. A. T. Pierson.
All the precepts of the divine
law are linked together. Negligence in
one single point may lead to . the des
truction of alL St. John Chrysostom.
I had rather never receive a
kindness than never bestow one; not to
return a benefit is tbe greater sin, but
not to confer it is the earlier. Seneca.' .
- It is hard to say whether God
discovers more love in preparing heaven
ly mansions for tbe soul than in prepar
ing - the soul for heavenly mansions.
Seeker.
-4- The lowly valleys ltrVhich we
meet our friends and business associates
ought to be just as verdant and well
watered as those Sabbath elevations on
which we "see no man but Jesus only."
Dr. I.jL. Luyler.
The man or woman who learns
to give in the right spirit forgets all
about tbe duty in the privilege, and the
absence of life's necessities would bring
no such distress as to be cut off from
this luxury. A. T. Pierson.
The tongue must be controlled
positively, as well as negatively. Not
only restrained from evil but trained to
willing service for good. 1 here must be
expression as well as repression. The
holy tongue is not only silent for - evil,
but a witness for good. - It is the instru
ment of testimony. While some tongues
need to be led until trained for holy ser
vice others need to be loosed that they
may speak for God. Rev. Enoch Stubbs.
THE CRIME OF MURD ER.-.
Bill to Define and Divide Into Two De-
icrees. ...
The following is the text of the House
bill to divide the crime of murder into
two degrees and to define the same, viz:
Section 1.' All murder which shall be
perpetrated by means of poison, lying
in wait, imprisonment, starving, torture,
or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate
and premeditated killing, or which shall
be committed in the perpetration or at
tempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, rob
bery, burglary, or other felony; shall - be
deemed to be murder in the first degree,
and shall be punished with death. : .
Sec. 2. All . other t kinds of murder
shall be deemed murder in the second
degree, and shall be punished with im
prisonment of not less than two, nor
more than thirty years in the peni
tentiary. t - zr.i'L
SjEC. a Nothing herein contained sban
be construed to require any alteration
or modification of the existing form of
indictment for murder; but the jury
before whom the offender is tried shall
determine in their verdict whether the
crime is murder in the first or second
decree: and if the accused confesses his
guilt the Judge presiding shall proceed
to ascertain tne, degree oi tne crime
upon examination of the testimony, and
render mdgment accordingly.
: Sec. 4. That the provisions of this act
shall not apply to any crime wmco snail
have been committed prior to the ratifi
cation of this act, and shall not effect
tbe existing distinctions between 'mur
der and manslaughter, nor the punish
ment for manslaughter as now provided
bv law.
. Sec. 5. This act shall be in force from
and after its ratification.
: RIVER AND MARINE.
The brig D. B. Hussey, from Bos
ton, , reports speaking .the . schooner
Nettie T.Morse, from Mobile, Ala., for
Providence. R.f.. last Thursday the
26th inst.. in latitude 32.35, longitude
76.15; All well.
, The schooner . Norman, .Capt
Travers, which arrived 1 at. Delaware
Breakwater a few days ago in distress.
has met with further misfortune; having
been crashed in the ice and sunk with
her cargo of logwood, r It : is" thought
that the vessel : will Drove a total loss,
The Norman is owned by The Skinner
Co. and others of this city and is unin
sured. "She cost her present owners
about six thousand dollars.
;t893.
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION.
Washington, January 27.. 1
V-T, T.- r d&NATE. ' - ;
Oh motion of Mr. Hoar, the President
requested to return to the Senate the
act- tot provide for the- ounishment ot
offences on the high seas. :; ; t
l be House concurrent resolution for
assembling the two Houses of Congress
in tne nail ot the House of Representa
tives, Wednesday.. February 8. 1893. at
one o'clock in the afternoon, pursuant
to the requirement of -the Constitution
and the law relating to the electioa.of
rresiaent and .Vice-President, was re
ported and concurred In. . 1
Among the bills introduced and' re-
erred was one giving a pension of 50 a
month to the widow of . Dr. Elisha Kent
Kane, the Arctic explorer. ' ' ' v
I Mr. Gorman "offered- a resnlntirtn for
the appointment of a committee of three
Senators to make necessary arrance-
ments for the inauguration of the Presi
dent-elect on the Fourth of March next.
Agreed ttfp-.v -"--.7-:--. ,f. . -t-. :-,-
Mr. faulkner crave notice that Satur
day, February 18, at 3 p. m- he would
present resolutions- in relation to the
death of his late colleague, Mr. Kenna.
j Credentials of Henry Cabot Lodge as
Senator, from the State of Massachu
setts, beginning March 4th next, were
presented and placed on file. - - -
The bill 'heretofore offered by. Mr.
Bate to repeal . all statutes relating to
supervisors of election and special depu
ties, was taken from tbe table and refer-'
red to the Judiciary Committee.- -
rMr. Chandler offered a resolution.
which was referred to the Finance Com
mittee, instructing that committee to
inquire into the existence and purposes
of the Whiskey Trust.
An hour was devoted to - disposing of
unimportant bills on the Calendar, and
then, at 2, p. m., the Anti-Option bill
came up. ' .
I here were not many benators in the
chamber during, tbe debate, but those
who were present witnessed the remark
able 'circumstance of States' Rights
Democrat ; Mills of Texas, having his
argument against the constitutionality
of the bill sustained by a Republican
statesmanr Mr. Mills declared his belief
that the sentiment in favor of local self-
government prevailed from New Eng
land to tbe Pacific ocean; and Mr. His
cock asserted that there had been rarely
presented to Congress a measure in
which less regard had been paid than
was paid in the pending measure either
toj the proprieties' of legislation or to
constitutional restrictions.
When Mr. Hiscock finished his speech
Mr. Blackburn, who had not been one
of 1 his listeners, came in to the chamber,
and ; noticing how few Senators were
present, called attention to the fact. "A
call of the Senate followed and as a
quorum did not respond the Senate at
4.45 adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Journal was read in abndced
form as usual, but Mr. Kilgore demanded
that it be read in full, and the Speaker
directed the Clerk to comply with the
demand. Mr. Kilgore was afraid the
Committee on Rules would report a spe
cial order tor the consideration of the
Bankruptcy-bill, but he evidently re
ceived private intelligence that this
would not be done, for in a few moments
he withdrew his demand, remarking that
he did not wish to interfere with the Ap
propriation bills if the House desired, to
consider them, as it did not seem to do
yesterday. -Vv-;.v' -...--
Mr. McMillm, from the Committee on
Rules, reported back the Dockery reso
lution for the appointment by the
Speaker of the Fifty-second Congress
of a commission of five Representatives
of the Fifty-third Congress to inquire
into the status ot the laws establishing
the Executive Departments and Bureaus
in Washington City. This was accom
panied by a resolution referring the
Dockery proposition to the Committee
on Appropriations, with authority to
that committee to incorporate it in one
of the appropriation bills. It has already
been incorporated in the Legislative
bill, with the modification making the
composition of the1 commission three
Senators and five Representatives, and
this action is taken to preclude it from
being struck out on a point of order.
The resolution was adopted. .
. The House then resumed, in Commit
tee of the Whole, the consideration of
tbe Sundry Civil Appropriation bill.
some tew obstructions were placed on
the tiack of the bill, but . none of them
proved disastrous and the bill made fair
progress. ; Tbe item of appropriation for
a survey of public lands was the chief
object of Mr. Holman, who kept bis
men in line, and amendments looking to
an increase of the appropriation for this
purpose from $100,000 to $200,000, and
$869,000 were cleared by the Appropria
tion Committee's cow-catcher.
Without disposing of the bill the
House adjourned.
I Washington, January 27.
-V - senate;
As soon as the readina of yesterday's
journal was ended, the announcement of
Mr. Blain s death was made by Mr. Hale,
who has been for many years one of the
closest personal and political friends of
the dead statesman; and who said that
the event would carry sadness and
mourning throughout all the United
States and would awaken interest: and
sorrow wherever civilized- man lived.
His remarks were followed by a motion
by Mr. Cockrell that the Senate adjourn
out ot respect to the memory ot tbe de
ceased, and that motion was declared
earned. .: " . .,.
The adjournment to-day makes the
sixth interruption of business in the
Senate caused bytleath within the. last
few weeks. Wednesday, the 11th of this
month, there ; was an adjournment on
announcement . of Senator Kenna s
death and next day on account of bis
funeral ceremonies. Wednesday, the
18th, the death, and Friday the 20th,
the funeral of ex-President Hayes caused
adjournment. - Tuesday of the present
week the senate adjourned out ot re
spect to the memory of Justice Lamar
Of the ' Supreme Court, and to-day theT
same ceremony was' observed in honor
of Mr. Blaine. " -.. ,;v.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
- Mr. Geisenhainer submitted from the
special investigatiug committee, a bill
to repeal laws relative to Federal super
h vision at elections. It was placed on
the Calendar. :.. . i . : . '
Mr. Mutchler, , from the Committee
on Appropriations, reported the Pension
Appropriation bill. ;: ' ',"1 "
Mr. Cbipman, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, reported the joint reso
lution to carry into ettect the Claims
convention between the United States
and Chili. - .prvt.t.
Then after brief and effective speeches
bv Mr. Milhken (who represents Mr,
Blaine's old district) and Mr. Holman
(who served - many years with' him in
the House and who has always been his
personal friend), the House, out. of
respect to the memory of the dead
Statesman, adjourned.
J Washington," Jan. 28,
SENATE.
Credentials ot Mr. Camden, elected to
fill tbe unexpired term of Mr. Kenna, ot
West Virginia, were presented and read,
and Mr. Camden took the oath of office,
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;no. 11
The credentials of Mr; Stockbridgej of
M ichtgan, z for his 1 second Senatorial
term, . beginning ..March 4th next, were
also presented and placed on file. " The
Army. Appropriation bill was reported
fromi the. Committee : on Appropria
tions ' and . , placed , on the Calendar.
This is the first general appropriation
bill reported to the Senate during
present session. On motion, it
the
ii
was
ordered that when the Senate adjourn
to-day it be to meet at 2 o'clock! on
Monday, so as to give Senators an op
portunity to attend the funeral of Mr.
Blaine. - I
At 12.40 the Senate went into execu
tive session and remained behind closed
noors until 4.30, when it adjourned.!
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. McMillin reported from the Com
mittee on Rules the following resoln-
tion: ' That the resolution of i Mr.' Bur
rows,; respecting the Whiskey Trust be
referred to the Committee on Judicfary,
and said committee, or any sub-com-
mittee thereof, is authorized to investi
gate the charges contained iri""the reso
lution and report -by bill : or. other
wise.! The "com mittee is also author
ized to investigate what, if any, other
"trusts or combinations in restraint of
trade exist within the United States or
haver been fostered by Concessional
legislation, and control markets or raise
prices; and what, if any, additional legis
lation is necessary to remedy the! evil.
The resolution, which was adopted frith
out debate, confers upon the comniittee
power to send for persons and papers.
in order to permit members oe tbe
House to attend the funeral of the late
ames G. Blame. it was ordered, on
motion of Mr. Holman, that wherj the
nouse adjourn to-day it be to meet at
2 o'clock Monday, J
The House then proceeded in Com
mittee of the Whole to further consid
eration of the Sundry Civil bill. I The
bill .made slow progress. "Its considera
tion gave rise to a good deal of debate.
mainly ot a humorous, though tocca-
sionally of a personal -character! No
material change was made in the meas
ure. - 1 I ;.
The committee rose and public! busi
ness being suspended the House paid
due tribute of respect to the late Mr.
btacRhouse. of South Carolina. iEuIo-
gistic speeches were made. ; I -
The House then, as a mark of resoect
to the memory of the deceased, a 4.15
adjourned until 2 o'clock Mondayt
Mr. thatchings reported in lieu bf the
Fellows and Geary resolutions trie fol
lowing, which was adopted without de
bate That a special committee Of five
be apDointed to investieate and l-eoort
as to. what sums of money if any! were
expended by the Panama Canal po. or
its promoters directly or indirectly for
the purpose of . preventing opposition
in this country to the plans of saij com
pany, or securing acquiescence in Amer
ica, andwhat disposition was made of
such sums; and, generally, as to the sit
uation of affairs upon the Isthmus so far
as American commerce seeking transit
across the same may be concerned; and
also, as to contracts and relations be
tween ' the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company and the Southern Pacific
Kailroad U., the . Trans-Continental
Kaiiroao Association, ana otner ran
railroads; as to what contracts orf other
conclusive arrangements have
made by said companies, whereb
bv way. of the Isthmus of Pana
been suppressed or diminished,
to whether said steamship co
by virture of said contracts or otherwise,
have been practically absorbed! by or
subjected to control of j said Railroad
companies; and as to whether
the I business which it was the
design of this Government fo fos
ter ! by sums granted tcf said
steamship company's through miil con
tracts or otherwise has been thereby di
verted from the Panama Railroad Com
pany to such transcontinental Jcompa-
nies. and as to whether such acts are
detrimental to the interests of American
commerce and producers, manufacturers
and merchants of the united Stages; and
if such abuses arefound to exist, by
what means the same can or should be
suppressed; and as to whetherf further
grants of said sums to said steamship
company should be withdrawn Said
committee shall have power to lend for
persons and papers - and administer
oaths, and expenses incurred in laid in
vestigation shall be paid out of the con
tingent fund of the House, and said
committee shall have leave to si$ during
sessions ot the House, in Washington or
elsewhere. I
WASHINGTON
NEWS
Arrangements for Blaine's ' Funeral A
IBrldso Aeroaa St. Mary's -Eiver, Fla.
' , By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington. Jan. 28. Tile con
struction of a bridge across St. Mary's
river between the States of Florida and
Georgia, by the Florida Central and
Peninsular, is authorized by a bill intro
duced in the Senate to-day by Mr. Pasco.
Ail arrangements for a quiet funeral
are nearly completed. The pauJ-bearers
will be personal friends of the dead
statesman. . Admission to the Church of
the Covenant, where the services will be
held, will be by card,' and aftef allotted
seats have been assigned to the - family
and immediate personal friends, to the
President and Cabinet, and toi the di
plomatic corns, who will attend unoffi
cially, there will be very little room left.
Telegrams of condolence from every
part ot the United Mates, and irom
foreign countries, continue to 3 pour in.
U. S. BOOK COMPAf
The vice President Missing am
Alleged
' I to be a Defaulter for $250,
J By Telejraph to the Morning tar.
: New York. Jan. 28. Chas. W. Gould
was this morniner aonointed receiver of
the property in this htate of Xat u. a
Book Company, in an action brougnt to
reach such property .oy -lidwara v. c
Young, who has been appointed receiver
in'New Jersey. Among the affidavits
is the statement -that John W. Lavell,
former Vice-President of tbe U. S. Book
Company, has disappeared with some of
its assets consisting of proceeds of notes
which he had discounted.:! ii was. said
this afternoon that Lavell's defalcation
amounts to 4250,000. but noj one con
nected with tbe firm would vouch for the
report. Officers of i the Ui S. Book
f" nmnn.ti f-afnOAfl trlav tn ImalrA O MTF
statement relative to their financial con
dition or speak of the alleged defalca
tion. j. i . I j t
A HUNDRED MEN PARISH
la a Coal Mine. Disaster in; Hungary
Br Cable to the Morning Star.
. Bud A PESTHjanuary 28.--Fifty-seven
men caught in a coal mine at Tokand
Gran, yesterday, escaped by way of a
long unused shaft. There are seventy'
three men still in the mine They are
beyond all doubt dead, as the whole in
tenor of the mine is a roaring, furnace.
and it would have been impossible for
them to have found shelter; from the
flames. Two of the volunteer reserves
lost their lives, n Altogether about one
hundred men nave perished; in tne uis
i been
yf traffic
dtia has
and as
mpanies.
CDIUITimnPllTiMr
rRilVigbt VrTThetrusVM nf
the Agricultural arid Mechanical College
have agreed to ask for $10,000 a vear. It
is said that ihe -College needs nhnnt
$4,000 a yeafi for- equipments. The at
tendance of students is now 114.
Shelbyii4wra ' ', Tohriv "Rarhr -
an honest and unriclit ritiAn a'nri a
con fortwentT years in th tthihm
Baptist Church.1 died Thursday Mnmrnrr'
January 19tb,-at his home near Kine"s
Mounum.' e was 72 years old n -
had a stroke lffef . paralysis one year ago :
and has since ibeen an invalid. '
Chkrlotie Observer: John Suggs,
small boy of Berrvhili townshm. was -
bitten by a f og suoDosed ' to be mart.
Monday, anrfwas brouchf here
day for fhe apjblication of the mad stone.
The dog belonged to him, and it bit him
on the 1 land irhile he was playing with '
it. The dog lafterward showed Bymp- ""
toms of madness and was killed. . .
-t- AshevilSe CM?. Cinv AitvM
of the great jState of Illinois, the first
Democratic Executive that has-been
elected n thai State since J856, arrived'",
in Asheyille If his private car yesterday
afternoon. Accompanying the Governor
are State Treslurer'-Rufus N. Ramwv
of Illinois; I. H. Knebler, the Governor's
secretary, and Dr. Charles Pague, the
oovernor's physician. -- ; . . . . .
--Dunn Times? On . the nio-htf fif ,
the 19thJ of lafluary. 1893. Wiley - Pea-
cock, wiie anqiruant, his little brother
and his cousjaiall colored, were burned
to death in th house which they lived
in near Rome The said Wiley Peacock
was a tenant-M Jeremiah Lee. Owing -
to the extreme cold weather and deep
snow there w&4 not . much passing, and
it was not lousid out until the morning
of the22d. W - . :.
msoT$$Advafti : J. E,; Petti-
ford, cbtoredole $260 from his wife
last Friday niht and departed for climes
unknown. Pettiford has been engaged
in handling tobacco for a number of our
d ealers for theipast two years, but owing
to the prolonged bad spell of weather
has been out l employment and he nad
to resort to other means of filling his
parse. In casing round his eyes fell
upon one Came Cooper, who had been '
teaching school in and around Wilson
for some years and had laid by a nice -
little funfor a rainy day, the oppor
tunity was notjto be missed, so Carrie
trooper was made Mrs. J. E. Pettiford.
and after a te6 weeks she finds Jierself
minus a husbaid and also short pf her
fortunes 4 . : . - ,
--WindsoriZ-: We regret to -
record the death of our venerable friend
Mm Thomas J; Heckstall at bis resi- '
dence last Monday. -. He was seventy
seven years old.- We learn that Mr.
Dorsey Kice had the misfortune to lose
his dwelling and furniture, together with
some notes and money, on January ,11th.
- Monday night a week ago Mr.
William Todd, who lives about six miles '
from here, went home after filling up on
bad whisky in town. He had a quarrel .
with his wife, which his son, James O.
Todd, resented. The father turned on
the son and cut him dangerously on the
throat with a knife, nearly severing the
jugular-vein. The son caught up a stool
and struck his father on the head inflict
ing a bad wound. . . : -
4-: Raleigh Chronicle : The resig
nation of Gen. J. D. Glenn as Adjutant
General, has been accepted. The posi
tion has been tendered Col. F. H. Cam
eron, who is at present absent from the
city, but whose reply will be received as . ;
soon as he returns. In order however,
that no delay in the business of the office -
may occur. Gen. J no. W. Cotton has
been' ordered on special duty as acting
Adjutant General, and will for the pre
sent perform the duties of the office.--The
State Auditor has received a letter
from a gentleman in Person county re-
turning a pension warrant. The writer
of the letter was an ex-Confederate sol- .
dier, had applied for a pension and was
adjudged entitled to it; but upon his ex- -amination
of the law he - discovered that
persons owning $500 worth of property -are
not entitled to pensions, and he re
turned the warrant. .;,
-1- Shelby Review : A gentleman
just out of curiosity determined last week
to find out at ' just how many places in
Shelby he could get liquor, and found it
obtainable without dimculty at seven
teen different 'places. - The great
freeze has played havoc with, the part
ridge crop in this section, an immense
quantity of them having been frozen to
death, and many more starved.
A correspondent writes us from Cleve
land Mills of a narrow . escape made by
Rev. John Moton and of a new depar
ture In insurance. - For some time that
section has had a mad-dog scare, a num
ber of rabid animals having been killed.
Recently, Mr. Morton, while riding-on .
horse-back, was attacked by a mad-dog,
which sprang at his leg. He drew 1 up .
his leg and the dog bit the horse, tie
at once took his horse to the YeltOn
mad stone in Rutherford county. The
stone was applied and adhered for nine
hours. On the payment of a fee of $10,
the owner of the madstone insured the
horse against dying of hydrophobia.
i Burlington Herald: Oh.Tuesday
night last Allen Parrish, who glories in .
the reputation of a "tough," went home
in an inebriated condition and began to
beat his wife by way of recreation. - He
wound up by hitting her over the head -
with a gun, injuring her severely. The
wife escaped from the house :and ran to
a neighbor s with the blood streaming
from her head from the effects of tbe
blow. Parrish followed after her but
was met by J ohn Holt who remonstrated
with him for his brutal treatment of his
wife, and received m return a savage
kick in the stomach. Nothing daunted.
Holt grappled with the man- and gave
him a severe drubbing. ' Officer Suggs
attempted to" arrest Parrish but was .
badly hurt by being hit "over the head
several times. with a lantern.- Tbe arrest
was finally made and he was put in the
cooler to allow his angry passions to
subside, but hls refrigerating process
was too much for him, and he set fire to
his prison in the night, and would have
been consumed with the building had it .
not been that Officer A. A. Isely was yet -on
the street, and being attracted by the
fire, rescued him. He was transferred to -the
jail to await the action of the Supe
rior IsOUri. . .
i Charlotte News: Mr.: David
Vance, . eldest son of Senator Z. B.
Vance, bad a terrible experience in the '
recent freeze, near" Spartanburg, and is 1
now in' that place undergoing medical
treatment. He was frozen almost to
death, and his hands and feet are frost-
bitten. The Spartanburg Herald gives
a lengthy account of Mr. Vance's severe
experience. He was on . his way to
Asheville from New Orleans, but In the
change , of cars at Spartanburg, he got
on the wrong train, and was let off the
cars by conductor Marshal at a flag sta
tion sir miles -from 'Spartanburg; He
started to walk back to Spartanburg, but
lost his way, and .during the night drew
up at the house of a Mr. Fisher, who
took him and cared for him during the
night, conveying him- to Spartanburg,
where he is now being cared for. Mr.
Vance's hands and feet were frostbittsn
and he suffered otherwise severely from
the effects .of his.; experience, in the
severe cold. Parties from Spartanburg
to-day tell the Newt that Mr. Vance's
feet may . -be saved, but that;, am
putation of , his toes is necessary.
--Col; William, Augustus Williams
died this morning at bis home fbnl East
Trade street, which is also the home of
his niece. Miss Bloss Lucas.' His death
occurred at 9.80 o'clock.' He was just
fourteen days over 84 yeart of age. Col.
Williams came to Charlotte in' )850 He ,
was born in Fayetteville on January 12. ,
1808, and a portion of ' his life was pnC
in Raleigh and New Orleans,Ur M.v
JK. Wolfo fell on the ice this .aK
and was painfully hurt. ? Her fight leg
was broken just above the ankle, .
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