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i - WILLIAM Hi'BBESAED, ' ' Xdltor and Proprietor. . v - . WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, February 3. 1892. vr In writing to change ddr tlvtftp fcrZur direction at well tuU particular! aw here you w lih your paper to be seat nereaner, do both changi Unleai yoa es can net be made. . .Li. fbuii. Tribute of Re- pelt, Reaolotioni of Thank, fv J'l-J ord ry advertuemeott, but only hal fratet P" taSrStly In advance. At th rateM """""f W for a almple announcement of Marriage or Deatn. - Br Remittance, mwtbe dj JEjd PoS Money Order or Registered Letter. Fostmaf ten will register letter! when deured. , OiUy rech nttn publisher. - . .), !' .-, OT Specimen copies forwarded when desired. IT Will BE DEMOCRATIC. We have heretofore expressed the opinion, and given the reasons for it, that the next Senate will be Demo' cratic. The election of a Democrat in NewYork, knother in Wisconsin, another in California, and another in Kansas, all to succeed Republicans, leaves no doubt of this. There are in the present Senate 39 Democrats, which, increased by the: four above, makes 43, one: less than a tie. On all questions . of importance, when nnrw lines have been' drawn. Senator i j -i , ... Dakota, has mvarta- the Democrats. .This . Kyle, of South bly voted with practically makes a tie, and gives Vice-President! Stevenson the casting vote when necessary. But this will " not be necesiary often when the lines are drawn (between the Demo cratic and Republican parties, for in that case the few Populist Senators will be found, as. a general thing, " votirjgrwith this Democrats, as Sena , tbr Kylejloes, lor the reason that the Populists have j nothing, to expect -"' from the Republicans, j But in the evf nt it should be necessarv it will be found that Vice-President Steven son will be on hand and ready for business. ."' But there are four more Senators to be electedfrom Nebraska, Wyom ing, Montana and NortuDakota, two at least of whom, and possibly all four will be Democrats, giving a chance for 46 or . perhaps 48 Dem ocratic Senators. The situation in all these States is similar to that in Kansas. The jDemocrats hold the balance of power and jthey and the Populists can elect the Senators. There is not the slightest probability of a Republican being elected from any of them, while the Democrats are reasonably certain of at least two. ; And thus the? Republican majority ' which has dominated the Senate for 32 years has gone glimmering, gone, ' gone forever.j j Thank ihe God that made the heavens and the earth for this great diliverance. It is as morally certain that the Republicans Will never again have . control of the Senate as" it, is that Kentucky anct Texas yrill continue to vote the Democratic ticket. They do both 1 It is a glorious victory , not onlv : because it enables the Democrats to carry through s such legislation as the country ; ue mands. but puts an' end for all time to the sectional, partisan, irritating-legislation, for which, the Re Dublican party has become noted. If we had gained no more "at the last elections than this it would have been sufficient cause for congratulation to the Democratic - party and to the country, as the dawning of a new era m the Senate when mere parusau- ship will yield to statesmanship, when country will loom above section, and when a broader and noDier patriot- ism will inspire deliberation and ac tion. :." ';. -:..r' .' . ''-'. ISLAUD GRABBING. Mr. Harrison seems to have been ambitious to establish a reputation as a champion of a vigorous, aggres sive American policy that not only asserted American supremacy abroad, but for extending the area of that supremacy. 5 In pursuance of this policy he laid claim to supremacy over Behring Sea, which led to the dispute with England, which is not yet settled, and is now conniving at the annexa l tton of "the Sandwich Islands. The dethroning of the Queen and the establishment of the provisional government were no surprise to any one who watched the"" current ; of events that led up to the overthrow of the monarchy, for the. men who dicf it had been planning and prepar ing to act when the opportune time came, and whea . they got ready for it they found an American cruiser with marines enough to "hold the fort" dropping anchor in the harbor of Honolulu,! just in. the nick of time. Little incidents like these do not hap pen by accident, and United States cruisers do not go around the seas at random! That vessel was sent there, and they who ordered her to go knew what they sent her for and the "revolutionists" who were waiting her coating,, jknew that she was coin ing. They were not disappointed in that.--'. ; ; i -'i The allegation that the revolution became necessary to protect the" for eigners' from proscription by the na tives, is the merest pretence, for the foreigners (Americans), who own nearly ill of the islands that are worth owning, havie been running the Gov ernment for, years. They supplied King Kalakua with the money to keep tip his orgies, and ran him -as well as the Government, and after his deathj which was the end of a life of debauch, they ran the Gov ernment under his sister, who suc ceeded, ."him. She had more sense than he,more individuality,more pride of spirit, and was prouder of her queenly prerogatives, and as she did n't play poker nor drink rum she didn't get jstrapped for cash as of ten as he, and she was.not, therefore, Uttered these declarations to feel and shape public sentiment in this coun try. If he did not know t&at he was expressing the sentiment of ",the ad--ministration which he represented he would never have uttered "them. .' ' Naturally enough this , man gave an ordet ; for the landing of the marines from the Boston to "protect American residents," and naturally enough the administration at Wash ington approved what its representa tives did ion that occasion. England, France, Spain and Ger many, it s true, have "been -picking up islands wherever-they could find them, anld ; if the Hawaiian Islands are to be picked up by any power this Government ought to make the first grab, but there were no indica tions thai ' any attempt at this was contemplated by any- European power, so there Was no occasion to precipitate matters, and - rush things as- Mr.' Harrison and his friends have done. Time would have -done quietly what it may now require a good deal of shrewd diplomacy to do without a tangle with other powers, which, if they are obstinate and the Harrison1 idea! be adhered to, . may make Hawaii a very costly acquisi tion. A SODDEN DEATH WASHINGTON; NEWS. (HGRK: tWtD Known Ger- , failqra n Aithma unros MENTION. Hr. John CV(vntr, man Citlsta--Haajn Mr.;John C; Werner, the weU known barberi died suddenly yesterday after noon about half past two o'clock in his room at the ' Sutton House on Market street, from heart failure, , He had been sick for sevsral days and confined to his room with a severe attack of asthma, a disease which had long afflicted hinu Shortly after two o'clock yesterday afternoon one o ' Mr, ; Werner s em ployes1 called Jto see him and when he entered the room .found ; him uncon. sciousi He harried down to Mr. Sutton and told him that he feared Mr. Werner was dying and Mr. Sutton went to him immediately and Dr. Love, his physician. was summoned, but he breathed his last soon after Mr Sutton entered the room. Mr.! Werner was in the ?9th : year of his age,' and unmarried. He Was,. born in ' Marburg, Hesse-Cassell. . Ger., and came :to Wilmington some twenty .or more i years ago. He has no relatives here but Mr. F. W. Ortmann- who took charge of his effects, and telegraphed to Mr. Werner's sister, in New York. He was a member of Germania Lodge No. 4, Knights of Pythias, and will be inter red with the rules of that Order in the Kniohta' enclosure at Oakdale.' The funeral will take place this afternoon at 8 o'clock, from St. Paul's E. L. Church. r, pr. man knew what they were contending for when they were planning and work- in? to steal Senators! from the so-1 so dependent upon the Americans Mil "Hnnhtfnl" Western States to ( who bad been running her brother In the discussion in the House of Representatives ot the bill providing for the erection of a Congressional library, Tuesday, Mr. Enloe, of Ten nessee, offered an amendment to the effect that in taking bids for the marble to be used preference Should be giveft to American marble, if it was offered equal in price and in quality Italian marble.' The ob jector was promptly on foot to op pose the .-amendment on the ground that it savored of protection. That was what Mr. Bland, of Missouri, thought and what Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio, thought, and the reason why they thought so, probably, was De cause there are no marble quarries in Missouri or in Obio, and there are in Tennessee, the State from which Mr. Enloe, who offered the amendment, halls. There wasn't a shadow of "protection" in it, and if there were it was a kind .of protection that didn't cost the American: people a cent, while it would help to encour age the development of some of our marble properties. One of the ob- jections made to the policy pursuea by Republican .administrations in the of public buildings, f urnish- was that while: they pre to take great interest in American industries, in the purchase of certain material, such as marble, cement, glass, carpets, &c. they sent abroad for them and paid a higher price thin they could be bought for in this .country. There ' was good "ground for the fault found with this policy. . Mr. Enloe is right When American material can be supplied of asi good quality and at as low pnce as foreign preference should always be given to the American. erection1 ing &c, tended perpetuate their majority. They knew that the loss e-f the Senate meant the loss of power to do or to prevent the Democrats from doing, and virtually the destruction of the party itself. We say they can never recover control of the! Senate i again. They perpetuated their power in that body by making new ! States as cir stances required. Thus they got twelve of the Senators which they now have and held the Senate which without these they would have lost long ago. It looks like retributive justice that some of the States that : they made States to perpetuate their power have become instrumental in destroying it. Acting upon the Republican pre cedent, one of the first things the Democrats (who have learned some thing) will do after they have organ ized the next Congress, will be to ad mit Arizona!, New Mexico, and per haps Utah, which will seek admission as States. We don't think the House of theJ3enatewUl stand on much dil atory formality in receiving them, for in this, too, the Republicans set the exarneby ' dispensing with all for mality, save the idle mockery ot a vote. We do not believe, as a rule, in following pad examples, but in a case of this kind, we admit we ex perience a good deal of solid satis faction' at the opportunity of paying the conspirators against the people back in their own com and doing them up with their j own machinery. This will give, added to those we see, 43, 50 or 52 Democratic Senators, enough to make the Republicans in the Senate feel very lonesome. These new Senators will come for six years, as the other Senators who are to be elected by. present legislatures come. This will'l make the Senate Democratic even on the present show ing for six years. There are other Senators 'whose terms expire in 1895, whosesuccessors will be chosen a year hence, and several of the Republ- cans amongst these will be succeeded by "Democrats, making the , Senate more strongly , pemocratic . in the second than in the first half of Mr. Cleveland's administration. ' Electing a President was a glori ous thing j for the Democracy and there was,1 as well there might be, great rejoicing over , it from sea seal Holding j possession of the House of ' Representatives was also . a great thing and there was rejoicing over that; but neither was a victory , of so much importance as the cap ture of the Senate, which gives the : : Democrats command of the situation and makes the Republicans powerless and securing, in the mean time, con cessions that gave them almost abso lute control over the islands, j That was about the situation when Queen Lihoukalani got the notion into her head that the monarchy needed - a j new constitution, which would1" give her more power and the Americans, who had been managing affairs, less. This gave the excuse for the "revolution," which was "ac complished without the loss ot a singlej lifej" as we are told in the dis patches, which knocked the new con stitution into pi and sent Liliouka lam to rusticate at her country seat. She saw they had the drop on her, that there was no, use just then in kicking against the inevitable, and like a prudent woman , she didn't kick but had her trunk packed and went out into the country, it being doubtless! understood that the "pro visional government" will provide her with all the cash she needs to live and keep up style asl "the - first lady jof the land.'-': , In 'all the steps that led up to the revolution the men; who planned and carried it out had the encouragement and to-operation of the representa tives! in Hawaii of this Government, and jof the administration at Wash ington, without which they would have been much slower to act, if they acted at all. The' American Minis ter at Honolulu, was a gentleman from Maine, a friend of the late Mr. Blame, and was sent there by him. He f knew what Mr. Blaine's views Were, and he knew also that Mr. Blaine's! views and Mr. Harrison's views on the annexation question substantially agreed. He is the owner and editor of the Kenebec, Maine, Journal. In a lead ing1 editorial in the issue of Novem ber 24 he advocated the annexation of the Sandwich Islands as ' a neces- The Anti-Ootion bill passed the Senate Tuesday by a vote of 40 to 29, a majority of 11. It was not discussed from a party standpoint, for it was supported and opposed by Republicans and Democrats al though party had, doubtless, a good deal to do with the vote upon it, the Republicans playing it I for pol- because thev thought it itics, would card in An anal-Republi- be , a winning the agricultural States. ysis of the vote shows 26 cans voting for it and 9 against it, Democrats for it and 20 against. The 5 votes to make the forty j cast for it were cast by Alliance and Populist Senators. The Democrats who op posed and voted against it did so on the ground that Congress had not the constitutional power to enact such laws, that such legislation was exclusively within the jurisdiction of the States if it was anywhere, and that even if it were constitutional such legislation would be a great blunder and ewould do more harm than good. For these two reasons eleven Senators from the cotton- growing States voted against it. It must now run the gauntlet in the HouseJ where it will have a more de termined opposition to encounter than id the Senate. . Bt, pr. Feaobaufa sew Charge. The Daily Press, of Greensburg, Pa., Tanuary 27th. says: - From a copy of the auditor's report of Zion Lutheran Church, of this place, we learnHhat they have closed the past year with a handsome balance in the treasury aftprinll exoenses had been paid. The total receipts for the year amounted to $5,000. The church is in a very pros perous condition, and their new pastor, RevJF-W. E. Peschau; D. D of Wil mington, N, C will take charge of this naotorate about March 1st. - Work has lust been begun in scaffold' inr the church to have it' re-frescoed. The church exterior was painted, which added much ' to its appearance from without. New heaters will also be placed in the church, and in all proba bility electric lights will take the place of gas. The council and congregation take pride in having their church as beautiful, cosy and comfortable as any. When all the repairs that are contem Dlatied shall have been made, much will be added to the attractiveness of this Church. ' ' '. ' The county in which Greensburg is located, thirty miles east of Pittsburg. Is a strong-hold of Lutheranism. The county has thirty-three Lutheran churches, thirty-seven congregations, the1 property is worth $173,775 and in the churches there are 5,028 Communi cants. : . NOTES FROM DAVIDSON COLLEGE. lr correspondent of the Star writes from Davidson January 28th : jThe student bod? of the college were highly entertained by an instructive and interesting lecture from Professor H. L. Smith, on Thursday evening. His sub ject was "The Ideai Student." I Ex-Governor T. M. Holt has accepted the invitation to deliver the Annual Ad dress before the Literary Societies of the college, at Commencement. r Rev. E. H. Barnett, U. U.. ot Atlanta,? will deliver the Annual bermon be- i the Y. M. C A at the same time.' HewBailwaT BooemM. Raleigh correspondent of the Nor Virginian says: - railway will probably be constructed from Smithfield to Sanford. It is the intention of the promoters of the scheme to connect the Atlantic arid North Car olina and the Cape Fear & Yadkin Val ley railways, as was suggested by some of the leading men of the State six years ago. There is in progsess' somewhat of a railway revival." The Atlantic: and Ohio road has made extensive pur chases of land at Southport. The Nor folk & Western and the Cape Fear & lYadkin Valley railways will co-operate Jin building np a coal trade at Southport. 'which is very favorably located, Per jsons from that place sav work on the iroad will soon begin. It is taken off the hands of a company which began it some months ago and then stopped very ; suddenly. THEAIIArUESTlON THE TOPIC . OF CHIEF INTERE8I : - . v X" A Clash to tie House on tha AntUOptiba mil wonr Terrltorlea to Be Aomiwea aa Btatee-The Oountlna of the mectorlal Vote-Debt 8Utement-The Sherman sil ver Act. .i.'r.-f.;... - -1 Bv Tetegraph to the HoralnE Star.: ;'; , WashFngton, Feb.l.-The Republic can Senatorial caucus this morning de cided to admit Arizona, together with the other three territories previously ae cided upon. r.-. - The Speaker appointed Messrs. wp- (Democrat, of Michigan;, ,- ana Lodge (Republican, of Massachusetts), as tellers on the part of the House dur ing the counting oi tne electoral vuic, h House then resumed the con sideration of the Sundry Civil bUL ? -The debt statement ior January a decrease in the cash in the Treasury during the montn oi aoouc o,uw.wv, making the net cash about $36,009,000, against $29,000,000 on the first day of Tanuary, 1893. This decrease is account- ed lor largely oy mc ioxa, hum was paid during tne moma on luvcicat account. , . Republican memoers ot tne senate nt,Ar direction of Mr. anerman nave just completed a poll of the "Senate on the proposed repeal of the Sherman sil ver act of 1890. The poll was made by Senators Chandler and Dixon, ana it is said that the result is noat all satisfac tory to those who have looked iorwar(a m the nossible repeal of the act. Ac cording to common report,' these ; Sena tors have discovered mat mere are omy about eight members oh the Democratic side who can be depended upon to vote for the repeal, and that tne result is even more discouraging on tne Kepuoiicau aide. There are some benators, ana in this class Mr. Piatt is placed, who are in favor of or who would vote for its repeal if the measure came to a vote, but who will not vote to bring it under considera tion; also it is understood that there is a majority of seven or eight on. tne Re publican -side of the Chamber against bringing the measure to a vote. " - Washington, Feb. 1. Secretary of State John W. Foster held a conference this morning with Senator Morgan, the leading Democratic member of the Sen ate Committee on Foreign Relations, and with Mr. Blount, of Georgia, Chair man of the House Committee on For- The Secretary also had a SECOND SESSION. a. Fire In VayettevUle. Mr. Sim Schloss arrived in the city last light ' from Fayetteville. He brought report of a fire .there yesterday morning at 4 o'clock, which destroyed a two-story brick building on Hay street belonging to Mrs. Sol. C Weill, of Wil mington. It was insured for $2,000. The occupants of the building escaped, but saved j nothing of their ; effects. The cause of the fire is not known. Steamer Idabon. . i; ,--- ' The! steamer Lisbon which has been a moii. Milms frtr umrAl Asm sary step in the advancement Of Quf fof 1 came off the way8 yesterdav commerce on tne racmc ana ior tne l aftembon and ieft night for . mi m - protection ot our, interests . in those wafers. He ? thought it a matter of Ijso much.; importance that he insisted that this Government should noti stand upon ceremony, but pro ceed at! once to take Hawaii in, to grasp . the golden opportunity, and possess! ourselves of the "Key to the North ; Pacific." . "Sloth and cow ardice," he exclaimed, "never win anything worth having. , Time, waits neither for individuals nor nations. Success is for those who- dare." This , was substantially advocating the seizure of :the Islands, because this; was before the plans for the revolution were perfected, but not before1 the revolution was content Clear Run to resume her place on upper Black1 river. She will , run in connec tion With the Steamer Hurt, now run- nine between Wilmington ; and Clear Run.!-'"---.---""''Mn 'vlYy:;- j ' Gnarameed Care. : v " We authorize our advertised druggist tn sell Dr. Kind's New Discovery for Consumption; Coughs and Colds, upon this condition. If you ! are afflicted with a Cough, Cold or any Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this reme dy as directed, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit you may re turn the bottle ana nave your money refunded. We could not make this offer, did we not know that Dr. King's New! Discovery could be telied on. It never disappoints. Trial bottles tree at R. R.' Bellamy's . Drug Store. Large size 60c and $1.00. r,. r- The Beoent Cold Snap. , Mr. G. RegTster. writing the Star from Dawson's-Landing, on the Cape Fear river in Bladen county, says that : during the recent "freeze' himself and family visited Johnson's Lake, about two and a halt miles below Dawson's. ' The lake was frozen over, the ice being six inches in thickness and covered with snow. The Cape Fear river at Dawson's Landing was frozen over and men walked across on the ice. Business failure. The assignment of Mr. Jno. C Stout, builder and contractor, of all his real estate and plant and material pn North Tenth street, was filed yesterday in the office of the Register of Deeds. -The assignee is CoL Roger Moore. The pre ferred creditors are: Iredell Meares, attorney, $100; Jas. Wilson and Carolina Inter-State Building and Loan Associa tion, $1,100, less $500 paid on mortgage; W. E. Springer & Co., $470; Burr; & Bailey. $483; Wilmington Iron Works, $285; Chas. M. Whitlock, $200. Liabili ties are not stated, but will not, it is said, exceed $3,000. Ci ;. j EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. Special Star Report. -; 1 1 The Southern Division of the Eastern Baptist Association met -with the Jack sonville Church at Jacksonville, Onslow county, N. C. January : 27th. 1893. J. T. Bland was . Moderator, jand J. R. Mar shall, secretary pro tern, f j Churches represented: .were : Mason boro, by - Rey. S. D. Swain; Barlow's Chapel, A. W. King; Rose Hill, D. N. fage; lacksonviiie, i. . jar man, j. a. Foils, W. P. Kelley; Brooklyn Baptist. Reverend J; f orevil, even if they should again se-1 plated. As a Minister, representing cure a majority In the House of Rep resentatives, or elect a .President, or this Government, and familiar with the views of this administration, -he " "I have been using Salvation Oi a lame back, and think it is the remedy I have ever used. C E. llnfc IS Central ave Lynn, Mass." T. Jenkins; First Baptist church.i Misses Hettte Struthers. Celeste McEachern. Fannie White and Mr. J. R. Marshall; Burgaw, Professor . O. J. Peterson, J. T. Bland, Rev. R. E. Peel,.:.j:.-.;v.:;-vvv . Visiting brethren were invited to seats, and Rev. E. J. Edwards, - representing the Thomasville, Orphanage, and Rev, y. M. Swaim, representing the North Carolina Baptist, responded The introductory sermon was by Rev. J. T. Jenkins. Subject: -"Christian . Obedience." ' : - - The delegation and attendance was unusually small, owing to the bad con dition of the roads, but the meeting was exceedingly interesting and profitable as the preaching and addresses were un usually good.-- j- ', ': . The next' Union will meet with the Sunday School Association at Warsaw, N. C April 88th. 1893. The meeting will be continued during the weekTjy Revs. R. E. Peel and J.-T. Jenkins. 1 eign Affairs. talk on the Hawaiian situation with Re presentative Hitt, of Illinois. ex-Chair-man of the House Committee on For eign Affairs, and a leading Republican, member of that committee. , These gen tlemen came singly and gave their views with reference to this question. Mr. Foster is booked to sail from New York on the Teutonic Wednesday next, to at tend the Behring Sea conference. ; There are no indications ot any ma terial increase to be made in the number .of United , States . naval vessels in Hawaiian waters. No developments that will lead to bloodshed in Honolulu or elsewhere in the Island have come to light, and it is, the belief in naval circles that the force of marines and sailors on the Boston is sufficient to protect Ameri can interests and maintain order. One vessel may be sent to support the Bos ton, and . information obtained: at the Department leads to the belief that no others will follow, unless the situation becomes alarhiing, and . this does not. seem probable in view of the present state of affairs. The Government will not be caught napping, however,, and vessels will be prepared for sea and kept in readiness. - , I Washington. February 1. The prin cipal development in connection, with the Hawaiian situation to-day is the announcement that Secretary of State Foster had given up his trip to Paris next week, whither' he was going as agent of the United States to attend the meeting of the Behring Sea arbitrators. In view of the necessities of the situation suddenly presenting itself, it has been deemed as expedient that he -should remain in the Department until the close of his term of ofhee. He will, however, meet the arbitrators at the date of their adjourned meeting which has been fixed tor March 23rd. The War Department at the request ot the State Department is having copies made of a number of blue prints show ing the topographical j situation of Honolulu and other points in tne sand wich Islands, which are now in the possession of the War Department. The copies and the rest of the original not duplicated, will be given to Secre tary J. W. Foster for reference in the conference he is to have Saturday with the annexation commissioners. It is also probable that duplicates of these maps will be furnished the Navy De partment for transmission to the naval force in Hawaiian waters. The first clash in the House over the amended Anti-Options bill will proba bly come to-morrow, when the oppo nents of the measure will endeavor to have a show of strength made, by mov ing its reference to the Ways and Means Committee. The bill as passed by the Senate with the request on . its part for a conference with the House on amend ments, made by the Senate, , was re ceived by the House this after noon. : Under the rules it will lay on the Speaker's table until to-morrow when in the absence of some special motion, it will be referred to the Com mittee on Agriculture in which it origi nated. It is in order, however, for any member to . make some motion that will leave it with the House to decide " whether or not pro forma reference to the i Agricultural Committee shall be made. Some mem ber of the opposition, as the first step. will move to send the bin to tne vom mittee on Ways and Means. ,on the ground that it is a revenue measure. It had not been determined at l'clock who would 'make the motion, but there was a concensus of opinion on the part of the opposition that it should come from some, member of the-Ways and Means Committee. - Messrs. Cock ran, McMillin and Springer have been suggested, as have also Messrs. Cum mings, Cobb, of Missouri, .and Kilgore. Whoever makes the motion is assured of considerable ., following. The - motion will of course be resisted by friends of the bill and the vote will afford a test of strength. If successful in getting the bill into the hands of the Ways and Means Committee, the opposition be leive it will receive "mature considera tion.'' " If unsuccessful, they will know on whom they can count and. will pro ceed to filibuster and gain all the time possible. . v.rr.:;.':v---SENATE. Q&'tS'; Washington; Jan, 80' The Senate ;met at 2 p. m. and the ordinary morning ' business was - pro ceeded wkhrvwx - Mr. Harris offered resolution which was greedto, calling for P0" f,rm Secretary of War as to the use of build ing material j imported from . foreign countries in the construction of the new literary building, and the reasons for such importation. -- Mr. Allison reported back the District of Columbia Appropriation billand gave notice that after the Anti-Option bill was disp-ed of he would ask tne senate to take up the appropriation billsForti fication, Army ana uistnct uma.; ... i Mr. Chandler offered the following resolution and asked immediate action .upon it tvrr- : '":?v-; Resolved, That the President be re quested to enter into negotiation with the present Provisional Government " ov the late Kingdom of Hawaii for the ad mission of the islands as territory into the United States, and to lay. any con vention which he may make bek re Con gress for ratification by legislatidn.'1- Mr. Whiter Let that resolution go over. " I object. " - !- - ' Undec objection the resolution went over till to-morrow. - " - -r '-',f-' A :-j The Anti-Opuon bill was then taken up and Mr. White made another argu ment against it and against the George substitute for it. In refuting the claim of the supporters of the bill that "fu ture" dealings cause fluctuation ana re cessions in prices, Mr. White gave figures to show how enormous sucn yiuture dealings , in I cotton were in September, October and November last, in the Cot ton Exchanges of New Yoric, New Or leans and Liverpool, while fluctuations were less, and while prices advanced from cents in September to 10 cents in November (on'the 25th.) - Mr. White spoke for nearly three hours, closing his speech with the' assertion that the pur pose of the bill was to separate the United States from the great commerce of the world, to strike down American instrumentalities of defence and to leave all the weapons of offence ready for ex tinction of American commence, y TbeSenate at 545 adjoerned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 2 o'clock to-day with' but small attendance of members. After some . unimportant - preliminary business, the House, in Committee of the Whole took up the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. The bill was con sidered until 5.80, when the committee rose.; : - V-; M- ';-" The Speaker announced the following committee to investiaate the Panama Canal scandal: Messrs. Fellows, Geary, Patterson. Powers &nd Storer.j.. The House then adjourned, j , ' ! Washington. January 31. ,(',:." . SENATE. . Mr. Mills' credentials for his second term were presented. Mr. Harris reoorted back from the Committee on, Epidemic Disease the House quarantine bill, with substitutes, being the bill passed by the Senate some weeks ago with the appropriation sec tion omitted. Mr. Harris explanation of its omission was that the House rules bill on amendment containing an appropriation would have to go to the committee and he wished to have that delay and obstruction avoided. He asked to have the substitute agreed to now and to have a confeeence ordered. At Mr. Hill's request the bill went over until to-morrow. " L The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Chandler requesting the President to enter into negotiations with repre sentatives of the Provisional Govern ment of Hawaii was laid before the Sen ate and Mr. Chandler explained his mo tives for offering it. He had not in tended, he said, that it should be acted on without consideration by the Com mittee ot Foreign Relations, and he bad intended yesterday to move its reference to that committee. It had occurred to him, however, that it woald be wise for Congress to initiate action on - the sub ject He thought it due to Commis sioners who were now on , their way to Washington that lull and complete statements should be made to them of the American policy and that Congress should be prepared to state fully and frankly the position of the United States with reference to Hawaii to such foreign Governments as might take an interest in the question. He moved reference of the resolution to Committee on Foreign Relations. U - Mr. Dolph gave it as his opinion that the time had arrived for a well-defined aggressive American policy, and he pro ceeded to read a long statement, of the population, trade and commerce of the Hawaiian islands. Before he bad con cluded,) the resolution was laid aside without action. The Anti-Option bill was taken up and theChours for taking the votes to day were prolonged on j the George substitute from 1 to 3 p. m., and on the bill itself, from 2 to 4 p. mi At 3.15 the discussion on the bill closed and voting began. The first vote was on the amendment offered by Mr. Vilas, to strike out of the George substitute the words, i "Options and futures as herein before defined, are hereby declared to be obstructions to and restraints upon commerce among the States and with fnreicrn countries, and to be illegal- and ' i vmttt ttraa- i- Friends of the River and Harbor" bill (which had been passed over yesterday) then asked consideration ot that meas ure, but the' committee decided ' against immediate consideration- of the River and Harbor items: i-';.-v"4; In opeaking to a formal amendment, Mr. Bland- gave notice that he would demand in the, House a yea'andjnay vote" on the amendment relative, to marble: for 'the Congressional Library. It was plain to him that a - uemocraiic House which was opposed to protection should not put ; itself up m- favor of Tennessee marble and in opposition JtO Italian marble. It was a protectionist proposition.-.;- ' ) - Mr. Enloe said that the gentleman from Missouri had misinterpreted, bis amendment. It did not ' contain any provision ' lor tne use ot lennessec marble, nor did it contain any principle of protection,--Its purpose was to 1 put American citizens on an equal footing with foreigners:. ' -Vi ' ' -.-f i: ; Mr. Outhwaite Does not the amend ment give the domestic marble the' ad vantage of 65 points that is suggested. . Mr.5 Reed Are you really a Democrats- i- : '' - '1' : v'-i-'.r-i ' 1 ' Mr. Enloe I do not wish my Demo cracy impugned by any ruler from Maine. Mr. De Armond . offered .-: an amendment-suspending for one year the Civil Service law so far as it applies to Gov ernment employes, provided for by this act, -This was ruled out noon a point of order, but upon a formal amendment, Mr. De Armond made a speech against the Civil Service law. which , provoked the friends ot that measure, and a fight was precipitated. .!-;: Mr; Holman tried to avert it by ask ing unanimous consent to limit debate, but the remarks of Mr. De Armond had stirred up the friends of the civil ser vice, Sand it was oniy alter some- mc that ai limitation of twenty minutes was placed on tne aeDate. jvir. ue Armpnu took up half of this time in a speech, asserting that the civil "service policy as pi act iced in this country was a fraud 'and sham. Civil service men in the House evidently did not think there was any occasion for : reply to Mr. De Armond, ai after Mr. Hoar, of Massa chusetts, had inquired it the amendment was merely pro forma, jone on, which to base a speeth, the reading of the jbill was proceeded with, Reading of I the bill having been completed to the por tion which had been passed over with out prejudice to or against the river and harbor paragraph, Mr. Butler. (Demo crat, of Iowa) raised the; point .of order that! the-appropriation if or this object did not rest within the jurisdiction of , the Committee - on ; Appropriations, but within that of ( the Commit tee on Rivers and Harbors. While Mr. Butler quoted rules and precedents in support of his point, bis reason ior. do ing so was more far-reaching than would appear on the ' surface. ) He waV not so strongly opposed to the appropriation as he was to what be believed was an usurpation of jurisdiction by the Opm mitteepn Appjrxfpnatipn ot the province of the River and 'Harbors Committee; and again, he was hot so much opposed to this usurpation as be was to what he considered a more important one. This has reference to the Pensions Appropri ation bill, wherein radical changes! are made in the Pension laws. - -1 -Mr. Butler is a member of the Invalid Pension Committee, which has pot been taken into consultation in regard tdj the changes proposed. . f Without disposing of the point the committee rose, and the House at5.15 adjourned. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. ; -Carthage .Blade: Mrs.: .Johr Black died at her home rear town on Saturday . morning last. Several-month: i. ago she was stricken down with ' paraly sis, and has been perfectly helpless ever Washington ; Progress: Miss Hattie A. Ellison, aeed 87. died Wednes day the 25th inst. ; She was perhaps the oldest citizen of our town and was a member of one of the oldest and most highly respected families oi this place. ; Asheville Citizen: Bernard Cleary died in this j city yesterday at 10.80 o'clock. . Mr. Cleary was-born in County Monaghan; Ireland, an 1828. He came to America 45 years ago, and was enga ged; in railroad contracting until his .health failed about ten years ago. t i-i Raleigh ivWJ and Observer Gov. Carr has offered $100 reward "for the 'incendiaries who on the night of Nov. 30 fired barns and other property of G. W. Oilson and F. P. Love in Tran sylvania county. Mr. " A.- M. Mc- Pheeters received a telegram from St. Lous, Missouri, yesterday morning an nouncing the death Sunday night of his oldest brother, Mr. James G. McPhee ters, in the eightieth year of his age. -1- Newbern "Journal: Messrs. Haywood and Helen Huff caught 660 rock and" 8,500 white' perch-Saturday night about 8 miles below New Berne. Both these varities ot fish are; now - commanding high prices North and the lucky brothers were of fered t800 here for .their eatch. They however declined it, preferring "tp-ship the ish themselves in the confidence that they would realize a still larger sum. J- i Durham on McMannen A million Friends. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and not less than one million people have found just such a friend in Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. If you have never used this 'Great Cough Medicine, one trial will conyince you that it has won derful curative powers in all diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs.' Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money will be refunded. Trial bot tles free at R. R. Bellemy's Drug store. Large bottles 50c. and $1.00 t : . i BncklM Arnica salve. - The best Salve in the world tor Cuts. Bruises, -Sores, Ulcers, - Salt Rheum Fever, Sores, Tetters, Chapped Hands Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles or no pay is satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Robert K. Bellamy, wnoiesaie ana Kcran urug- ftists. - - void.; j The vote was: Yeas, si; nays. 50. So the amendment was defeated. . The next vote was on the George sub stitute,! which proposed to declare the business of options and futures an ob stacle to and restraint upon commerce, and to be illegal and void. tIt was re jected yeas, 19; nays, 51. The question was then on the passage of the bill. Explanations of the reasons why they felt compelled to vote against the bill were given by Messrs. Harris?; Berry, ! Bate, Vance, Butler and Vest. Several other ; amendments were pre sented and all were rejected some with out division. The bill was then passed, yeas, 40; nays, 29. The following is the vote in detail: Yeas Messrs. Alli son, Blackburn, Call, Carey. Chandler; Cockrell, Cullom, Davis, Dubois, Faulk ner," I Felton, Frye, Gallinger, Gordon, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Higgins, JHuntofl, Irby, Kyle, McMillan, Mander son Mftchell, Morgan. Morrill, Peffer, Perkins. Pettigrew, Proctor, Sherman, Shoup, Squire; Stockbridge. Teller, Tur pie, Voorhees. Walthall, Washburn and Wilson 40. Nays Berry, Blodgett, Butler, Caff rey, Cameron, Coke, Daniel,' Dawes,- Dixon. Gibson,' Gorman, Gray, Harris. Hill, Hiscock. Hoar, Tones, (Ar kansas) McPherson, Mills, Palmer, Piatt. Pugh, Ransomr Sawyer, Stewart, Vest, Vilas, ' White and Walcott 29. Ad journed. ' . - J HOU SE OF REPRESENTATIVES On motion of Mr. Wilcox, from the Conrmittee on Census, a resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Interior for information as to whether manufacturers and refiners of sugar have refused to answer questions propounded to them by census officials, and . if so, what steps have been taken to compel them to answer. ' ; The House then resumed, in Commit tee of the Whole, consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropriation biH. 1 When the 'paragraph making an appropriation to continue the building of the Library of Congress was reached, Mr. Enloe moved an amendment providing .that the chief of engineers shall award all contracts for material to the lowest re sponsible bidders, and preference shall be givan to home over foreign products, when material of equally good quality of home production is offered at equal or lower prices." - - , Mr. Coggswell hoped that the amend ment would be adopted because it in volved such good Republican protective doctrine, ine amendment was adopted; SENATE. Washington. February The Vice-President announced the ap pointment of Messrs. Teller, Ransom and McPherson, as a committee to make the necessary arrangements for the in auguration of the Presidents-elect oi the fourth of March next. 5 ? I Mr. Washburn, moved that the Senate ' ' ' t Si - insist on its amendment to the Anti Option bill, and ask a conferencelwith the House. Trie motion was agredd to. and Messrs. Washburn, Mitchell, and George were appointed conferees on the part of the Senate. j The fortihcation oui was linen taken up. ' J .. Mr. Teller offered an . amendment appropriating $130,000 for testing the twelve-inch elevating gun car-, riage of N. H. Emery; agreed to No other amendment was successful. The hill was then passed and the Army Appropriation bill was taken up Mr. Proctor moved an amendment increas ing the monthly pay of first Sergeants to $30 and of Sergeants to $18 (an increase ot $8 and $1 respectively) and giving to both classes the increased pay for length of service. Agreed to. ' This was the only amendment adopted. The bill was then passed. Bills 6n the Calendar wqre then passed as follows ; House bills to authorize the construc tion of a bridge across the Mobile! river by the Chicago.; Mobile & Gulf 1 Ports Railway Co. extending for three! years time to complete i the construction of a bridge across Alabama river. To au thorize . the construction of a bridge across the Warrior river by' the Mont gdmery.Tuscaloosa & Memphis Railroad. Alter a short Executive session the Senate adjourned. - 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. In pursuance of the terms of the con current resolutions passed by the House and Senate making arrangement for the counting of the electoral votes the Speaker this morning appointed is tel lers on the part of the House, Messrs. Chipman and Lodge.' Both are j mem bers of the Committee on Election of President and Vice-President, j The House then went into Committee of the Whole for further consideration of .the Sundry Civil bill. The pending question was on the jurisdictional point, of order raised by Mr. Butler. (Dem.) of Iowa, against the river and harbor items of the bill. It was contended that the appropriation should have been reported by the Committee on Rivers and. Har bors, but although Mr. Holman was fore most of those who made this conten tion against the power of the committee of which he is chairman, that committee came out victorious and the item was decided to be a proper one, and further than thatthe item withstood a jjhisilade of objections and came out unscgatched. The aeeretate of the item is I sixteen millions. - i Without finally acting on the bill the House adjourned. ; LATE FOREIGN NEWS.' 1- - .. - J. Hsnoh ester Cotton Mnafootureri Kmbar- rased by the Strike The Beduodd Oat Turn Greatly Below Consompaoni " V 8 Telegraph to the Morning Manchester. Feby, 1. The Guard ian's commercial article sayi: " Little business is done and values are unchan ged. : ; Contracts in coursejpf , execution are much delayed by the ''growing scar city of yarns, which is greatly troub ling manufacturers who depend on bought yarns. Other manufacturers who spin and also weave are Jmore fa vorably placed The inquiry fs fair but sales are light. When the strike is over great leeway will be required in the making up of goods. If buyers await that time, there will be great 'difficulty fa supplying desirable goods. The re duced out-turn is greatly', below the consumption. Yarns are quiet but firm. JWhenBaby-w6Sn veeeAerCaatoria, ..... WheniawaC!hfld,he cried tor cWortt. .-: When.ahe became Mlas, she clang to t3atorUw ; j When sue had 'OnHdren, the gave thea UMBoria. , -y r'--' : Z l ul' Sun; At his residence street, at 11 o clock last Saturday evening, Mr. F. J. Barley breathed his last. He was in the 58th year of his age.; Ephriam Capps, father of H."L. Capps, an old darkey about seventy years of age, is now minus .' one foot. He was - around the lower freight depot of the. D. & N., railroad. At the same time there was a freight train moving about, , It is said that the o.ld man was coming up town from -Hayti. and thinking he would meet one of bis sons on the other side of the track, took a short cut, and under the impres- -sion that they were freight cars usually.' standing along the track, crawled under one to cross over. ' The freight moved off before be Could get out and ran oyer his right leg below the knee. Amputa tion was .necessary. ! Durham Sun : John Hallibur ton who shot j Jerry Blacknall, has not yet been apprehended. Dr. John son yesterday afternoon took the ball a 82 irom Blacknall s back, on tne ,ngnt side of his backbone, down among the short ribs. There weie no signs that it had struck a bone. ItVwilltake several days yet to determine what will be the -result of ithe wound. Old Ant Jen nie Cameron, as she is known., lived .three miles west of Roxboio. She be longed to the Paul C. Cameron estate in . slavery times. She died on Wednesday and was buried yesterday at the Camer on quarters. Jennie Cameron ' was per haps the oldest person in Person county, . or this entire jlsection, for that matter. We are credibly told that she was 112 years of age at the time of her death. Parties selling tobacco on this market yesterday from Orange county, bring a very meagre report of a cutting- scrape that toSk ' place one day this week .in the Bethel neighborhood, about three miles frefn Chapel Hill, in that county. It is saidja negro named Auvater used a razor oi$; another negro named Neviil. The latter was cut severely about the back of ime head and on the thigh, and is thought to be in a critical condition. O'ur informant says that Atwater was arrested uid placed in the Hillsboro jail . f CblqttJjs News: The people' of Mount Hliy afe getting up stock for a cotton factory to be run by steam power. This will fee a hovelty on the banks of the mill-fpued Catawba. . The sum of $30,000 ito be put into the Mount ,' Holly facry. The money is to be raisedt be subscription and paid on the install ment planf; A good many shares have already, been taken. The biggest items in te freighting 'business ot the railroads t this State just c now, are mules andguano. There will evidently be a revivijf ot busfness in the latter stuff this year ad it may assume the propor tions of a J;w years ago. The State is being JiterSly flooded with mules. They have been passing through Charlotte by the car-loaf to jail the larger towns, for ten days pfet, and tne railroad men say a great mimy jnore are on the way. They comorincipall from Tennessee. On accounof (the fin Jacilities of the 9 railroads r handling them, ;the ani mals are.n 1 very good condition. Mr. m A. Squiere, of Columbia, S. C, pasld through the city to-day with the dd body of his brother, Mr. John C. Suire in charge. He was escorting ; tie body to Pineville, for in terment. IChe . dead man committed suicide by Shooting himself in the bead, at his honp in Gastonia, last Sunday morning, dliring the absence ol his wife at church. He was engaged inmer chandizing.t Gastonia, and last Satur day he weri about town -and settled up -, all of his business affairs. When his wife went church the following morn ing, he weo into the dining room .and shot out ha brains. He was suffering from kidnej troubles, and was losing bis eyesight, aril in his despondency made away with fgimself. Mr. Squiere was a deacon in the Baptist Church, and was held in higtf esteem. . si I . ..-,' Cbaiiptte Observer: Mrs. Isa bella McKeisie died at the residence of her grandson, I Mr. C C., Adams, on South Tryn street, yesterday morning at 5 o'clock! after several months' illness. Deceased was born in Perthshire. Scot land, in 18, and was therefore 78 years of age. A- Mr. Charles WilSon, one of the olde$ and best known citizens of Charlotte. &led last night at 9 o'clock, at the residence Of his son-in-law, Mr. R. F. Stokes.1 the age of 75 years. Mr. Wilso hadbeen in failing "health for a year or mkre- and during the past two v months warf confined to his bed entirely. The strange disappearance of Mr. John Adari, advance agent of the com pany of, Indians now in the city, has never beeic.; explained. When be was last seen, o4 his way to Huntersville, he had a gold fratch and $25 on his person. Mr. Wiig, Manager of the company yes terday received a letter from one V. Taylor, a ndpbew of Mr. Adams, stating that he badseen a notice of bis uncle's strange distppearance in tne uoserver, and that hid relatives about. Pilot Moun tain, where he wrote from,, were very much concerned about him. He also stated that negro man had several days since sold a! gold watch to a party in Pilot Mountain, and that it was now believed tof be Mr. Adams' watch. -' Ten miles: from Asheville , is a post office knotrn as Candler. Mr. f. S. Henry, of this city, sends a good many letters therd. and lately has been using the Columtfian. stamps. Yesterday be received a litter from his correspondent there saying that the postmaster at Candler had: made him pay regular let ter postage on every letter he (Mr. Henry) hid sent with , a Columbian stamp on it and compelleafiim to state who it was sending letters "with them pictures on them for stamps." so be could "havq the man ind.icted." In vain did Mr. Henry's correspondent explain and remonstrate; the letters with the Columbian stamp on' them were not forthcoming, until, as the postmaster said, "the postage was paid." It is because persons who' once try Dr. Bull's Cough syrup, always buy it again, that its sales have become so enormous. The success of this great remedy it cur ing cold, cough, croup and sore-tnroat is simply marvelous. t 1 - -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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