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-r truisms at- WILMING TO N, N. C AT- $1 .00 A YEAR. IN A DVA NCE. 88888888888888838 83888888S8S88888 8S88888S8S8siiiii SSSSSS9$SSSSS2!38S8 nwK 0 888888888888S8888 828S883S2S28S88S3 88888SS3828888883- 82885882288888883 88888888888888883 AV I u s s s t e . io ao e e - o I. Entered at the Port Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, a I Second Claaa Matter .1 i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. . The subscription price of the Weekly Star is aa follows : ' . i Single Copy I year, postage paid........ $1 00 oionths " " 60 " 3 monthi " . " . 80 RT.TTWTniTI TWrf T.UATYPRS The last dumber of the National i " - r I -. Economist, the organ of the National Farmers' j Alliance and Industrial Union, published .in Washington, contains , the! valedictory of one of the editors from which we clip the following extract : ! "I say boldiv that the Farmers" Alli ance and Industrial Union, as an order, should never have been practically com mitted to the furtherance and support oi any political party j by its officers and organs. It was a violation of basic prin ciple, so gross, so utterly foreign to its innate unionism, so truckling to radical pressure, carefully worked up and specifi cally applied to individuals and their in terests (lor the very purpose it has mainly accomplished), that disintegration began where unanimous cohesive conviction ceased. As an unappreciable force, it was rapidly gaining the vantage ground, before which partisans cringed and would eventually' have capitulated. " As a moulder of public opinion, it was per meating the body politic and becoming in one form or another popular; but as a trophy of convention declaration, it has been rent with political dissensions, 'shorn of pristine promise and mocked by the very men to whom it gave what ever of prominence they possess.". The Economist is now the spokes man of that faction of the! Alliance which insists that the Alliance should not.be tiea to any political party, while the Watchman, also, published in Washington, is the mouthpiece of that faction which insists that it fol low up on pe lines laid down in the i i i j l ti l : t. last campaign, suuuiucr iuc r upuiiM party, and make politics ,- its special business. (How these factions are' divided and what the respective strength of each is we do not know, but the feeling between them is so bitter that it would be utterly im possible for them to stand together under the same roof. The; result is that the Alliance which was once United arid powerful, is now split in twain and! powerless. As an order it has dwindled in numbers and in fluence, has lost thousands of mem bers and among them some of the best men! in it, who refused to be led or driven and to be made the step ping stones for third rate political adventurers to climb to places of honor and emolument. If we concede honesty of purpose to these foolishly chosen or self constituted leaders, which we do not, this country never saw a set of more phenomenal blunderers. Their stu pidity (if they were) honest) was stu pendous .'and approached in magni tude only by the colossal brazenness of cheek with which they went before their duped followers, and advocated a course which meant only the disin tegration, and destruction of the order with whose leadership they had been entrusted or had assumed. -The result as described by the writer from whom we quote, is no surprise to us, for we. predicted it and warned Alliance men against letting political aspirants get control of the order when the initial steps were being taken in. that direction. If Alliance men had not been de ceived by false jhppes instilled into them, or blinded by prejudice, they would have cast these blatant, in triguing political aspirants to the rear, and the order would be to-day compact and harmonious, and a powerful factor in carrying out ' the measures in which- the farmers - i of the country as a class were inter ested. They had made progress on that line, were in a fair way of mak- ing more, and sacrificed all the van tage ground they had gained by re solving upon independent political action and arraying themselves in antagonism to the friends who had co-operated with them. They in sanely threw (down the gauntlet to two powerful political organiza tions, well disciplined, ; with astute and experienced leadership, neither of. which they were able to cope with much less destroy, and to be successful they had to defeat both. To show how hopeless from the beginning was the unequal contest they waged they didn't score success "in a single State save a few Western States, wherethe silver question pre dominated and where they effected a 1 fusion with the Democrats and got Democratic support.' If they call this victory there never was one more barren. ;. There. is work for" the Alliance to do if it can be resuscitated, . but it is not in the field of politics. Before it can do it it must .drive the political tricksters who have axes- to. grind and nests to feather out of the order, or reduce them to the ranks, padlock ' their mouths and give them work to do in building the order up Instead T VOL. XXIV. of pulling it down; make them its servants instead of making it their servant. ; -". i-V--: V 'Z;'v;) There should be organization I among the farmers, based upon busi ness principles, for mutual counsel and co-operation, for the advance ment of the great industry which they, -follow, which cannot be fol- lowed wisely nor ,well without organ ization and co-operation, j Farming is a business as much : so as making iron or weaving cloth, and there is no reason why the imen who cultivate the soil should not adopt the same methods to promote the interests of their calling that the iron-makers and cloth-weavers do to promote theirs This may be more difficult for farmers than for those of the other callings named : to do because there are more of them and it is more difficult to organize- many than a few, but that it can be done has been demonstrated , by the rapidity with which the Alliance grew and con tinued to grow until it was diverted from its original purpose by design ing and evil counsellors. It can be brought back by some big-brained man with clean hands and a clear re cord, whose ambition it will be to promote the industry of the farm and not himself. . But there must be no politics in it nor about it. MINOR MENTION. We ire among those who believe that if the silver coinage question in this country must depend for settle ment upon the agreement by the commercial nations upon a common standard of coin values it never will be settled, and hence we did not think and do not think now that anything satisfactory will ever come out of the international monetary Congress. . The European powers, which are purchasers of silver, will never consent while they are buyers and we are sellers, to invest that metal with the value and dignity as a com metal which the silver advo cates,ln this country demand. It is not reasonable to suppose that they will. In a recent speech of Chan cellor Capnvi, of Germany, he voiced the sentiment of the money powers of that empire when he said : "It was impossible that the Government should accept bi-metalism, because it was neither able to propound a scheme acceptable ,to- England nor to disregard T the Continental mar kets." And it will be impossible for any other Government to present a solution of this question for sub stantially the same reasons. The last advices from Hawaii rep resent the annexation sentiment as growing, and report the deposed queen as fully confident that her "envoys" to the United States would meet with a favorable reception. Lili knew what she was doing when after a little kicking she yielded to the persuasive eloquence of the "revolu tionists" and retired to her country residence. It was no doubt under stood that, she and her daughter would be amply provided for and re ceive a substantial quid pro quo. for a surrender of their claims present or prospective. The men who put up this job managed it a great deal bet ter for her than she could have done it for herself, for with $20,000 a year for life, in a country like Hawaii, she can live in royal style and escape the worriment of trying to live well and run a government never very flush of cash. If she had done the trading herself we think she would have con sidered herself lucky if she had got half the price she and her daugh ter will get, if the treaty be ratified. Governor Juan Manuel Flores, of the State of Durango, Mexico, is happy enough to dance a fandango because he has struck it rich. He says he has found the gold mountain of Aztec traditions, in which he says there is more gold in value than there is now silver on the face of the earth. Like a prudent fellow he re fuses to tell where it is. We don't blame him. That's what we'd do until we had staked off out claim, fenced it in, and got some bull dogs. The casualties so far reported from the Kansas war are a - "bloody nose." In this respect the Kansas fracas gets away with the Hawaiian "revolution," which was entirely bloodless. The largest diamond in the world is said to be an uncut one among the Crown jewels of Portugal, val ued at ' $28,000,000. If this was traded off the queen might not find it so hard to pay for her dresses and bonnets. " A flash of .Lightning. " 1 .The. Charlotte News can't bring about a collanse ofr-the hoooskirt by such special pleading as this : 7 "No woman ribbed around with steel would feel comfortable in an electric car. and the consequences of a car full ot crinoline and electricity might give the News a full page local. The anti-crino-Itne club owes the News a vote of thanks for this pointer, for, deprived of street car privileges, the women of Charlotte couldn't get along at all." . Electricity in a street car will possess no terrors for the wearers of crinoline, for the women all know, and Wade Harris knows, that every well regulated electric car is provided with a reliable conductor. ; . H WHAT YOUR PAY WILL BE, Federal Positions in North Carolina-A Nearly Complete List With the Salaries Attached. ;'h:lr- j. We print below a list of Federal posi tions in North Carolina, for which we are indebted to the Washington cor respondent of the Charlotte Obssryer. The list is not quite complete, Uj. S. District Attorneys and their assistants and U. S. Marshals and Deputies being -omitted, for example. A number of errors, chiefly in the salaries of Post masters, have been corrected by Itbe Star, and in its present shape the arti cle will be read with much interest by the numerous office-seekers to be found everywhere. Reminding the aspirants that a good many of these positions come under the Civil Service rules, we will Keep them no longer in suspense, so here's the list: : : -S'-lC - V The engrossing topic being the offices, I find no better use for this space than to give facts compiled from the blue books! which many "people in the two Carolinas would like to learn. To-gay I confine that survey to the "Old North State.'' Going into the interior, I find one assayer of the Charlotte mint $l.(ioo With incidentals; 1 assistant, $1,2503 8 assistants each $23 to $40 per month. Internal revenue, eastern district. 1 col lector; $4,500; 1 deputy, $1,800; 1 deputy, $1,700; 1 deputy $1,600; 1 deputy, $1,500; 1 deputy, $1,200; 13 deputies, each $. 000; 2 stamp deputies, each - $1,200; 1 clerk $1,600; 2 clerks each $1,100; 1 clerk, $900; 1 clerk, $720; 2 stenographs rs and gaugers, each $3 per day; 97 store keepers and gaugers, each $2 per day; 11 gaugers, each $3 per day. ' ! J Western distrrcrl collector, $4,500; 2 deputies, each $1,800; 1 deputy, $1,600; 1 deputv, $1,400; 2 deputies, each $1,200; 2 deputies, each $1,100; 10 deputies, each $1,000; 10 deputies, each $900; 1 deputy. $600; 1 deputy. $100; 1 deputy, $300; 1 clerk. $600; 1 messenger, $480; 2 distillery surveyors. $3.50 per day; 3 gaugers, lees; 25 gaugers, each per day $3; 1 storekeeper, $; 398 storekeepers, each $2; 6 storekeepers and gaugers. each $3. ! .: Custom House, Wilmington 1 col lector, $1,000, lees and commissions; j 1 deputy, $1,800; 1 deputy. $1,600; II deputy, $1,000; 6 employes. $420 to $900. Beaufort 1 collector, $1,000 and fees. Edenton 1 collector, $1,000 and fees; 1 deputy, $720. j f j . Newbern 1 collector, $1,000 and fees; 1 deputy, $900; 1 deputy. $600; 1 deputy, $600; 1 deputy, $1 per day; 1 messenger, $340. i ' I i Lighthouse 57 keepers, $320 to $1,000. Life-saving service Superintendent, $1,800; 23 keepers, each, $720; assistant iperintendent oi construction, aoutn- port, $125 per month. Marine Hospital Surgeon, Wilming ton, $1,800; Newbern, $369; Elizabeth City, $250; Steward, $480; 7 attendants, $15 to $25 per month. United States shipping commissioner! Wilmington, fees. j "" Postoffice clerks now being put in the civil service. i Asheville, 5, $400 to $700; Charlotte, 6, $400 to $700; Durham, 3. $400 to $700; Greensboro 4. $400 to $900; Raleigh. 6, $600 to $1,000; Wilmington, 7. $400 to $1,200; Winston, 3. $300 to $800. Letter carriers Asheville, 7,at $850; Charlotte. 6, -$600 to $850; Durham. 3, $600; Greensboro, 3, $600; Raleigh, 6, $850;; Wilmington. 8 at $850. j Postmasters Asheville, $2,600; Char-; lotte, $3,600; Durham, $3,300; Greens-i boro, ! $2,300;. Raleigh. $3,700; Wilming4 ton. $3,800; Winston. $3,500. -''. The postoffices at Concord. Fayette-i ville, Goldsboro, Newbern, Oxford and! Salisbury pay $1,500 to $2,000. i SENAT0E DAT USED HIS FIST On Mr. Jo.ephus Daniels in the 8enal Chamber Yesterday at Raleigh, Special Star Correspondence Raleigh. N. C, February 18. Then was an exciting scene in the Senati Chamber this morning just before that body, was called to order. ' The cause of the flurry was a personal altercation be tween Senator W. H. Day, of Halifax, and Mr. Josephus Daniels, editor of the North 'Carolinian. The facts appear to be that Mr. Day seeing Mr. Daniels in the aisle ef the Senate talking, called him up and told him that he had been misrepresenting him and his motives: He said that Daniels had been saying that he (Day) had fought him for public printer because he was the attorney of ' the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Mr. Day told Mr. Daniels that this was a lie -and that he would so denounce it on the .floor of the Senate. Mr. Daniels retorted that Mr. Day was representing the interests of the Wilmington and Weldon ' Rail road in the Senate, whereupon Mr. Day struck him a staggering blow with clenched fist squarely in the face. Mr. Daniels retreated backward and did not attempt to return the blow. Several by standers ran in and taking bold or Mr. Day bodily carried him off to, an other part of the chamber, be roundly denouncing Mr. Daniels all the while. The Senate chamber was already crowded, the hour of meeting being just about at band. A large number, of ladies were seated in the gallery and they gazed down upon the combat in the arena below with apparently as much awe as the packed amphitheatres have watched the gladatorial contests of pre ceding centuries. The excitement surged for a few moments during which some ot Mr. Daniels lnends seized the oppor tunity to run around among the Sena tors and propose upon the strength of the fight to hold a Democratic caucus and vote Mr. Daniels his old pay of fif teen per cent, again as Public Printer. This boom, however, did not meet with much enthusiasm among the cooler heads. The Senate was soon called to order and the excitement subsided. It is understood that Messrs. Day and Daniels met afterwards and adjusted the difference amicably. Dr. Hill 8eiioul7 Sick. The following from the Goldsboro Argus of yesterday will be read with painful interest in Wilmington, where Dr. Hill has many relatives and friends: The condition of our venerable and revered townsman Dr. Jno. H. Hill. Sr., whose illness we referred to several days ago, is not at all favorable, and fears are entertained that he is nearing the end. His friends and those of the family and they are many in this com munity, are deeply saddened at the go ing out of a life that has been so long and eventful, spanning 86 years, and associated and allied with North Caro lina's best progress and most distin guished men during all the entervening years. mmm''" " If a Southern man is appointed Attorney-General (and it looks like Culberson, of Texas), the Secretary of the Navy will come from the North. . Weekly WILMINGTON, N. C.r FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, RAILROAD QUESTION SETTLED The Morning Star " Grave the Cor- rect News Yesterday Terms .of the ' Compromise- The Settlement Ac ; ceptable to All Parties Concerned ; '"'.'. .Special Star Telegram. . ' . Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 18. The Leg islative Railroad Committee and officials of the Wilmington -& Weldon Railroad Company to-day arrived at a final set tlement of the surrender of exemption and back-tax question, and the last pro position made by the Committee to the Railroad Company has been agreed upon. The Committee modified the terms so as to make them acceptable to the : Kauroad Company, and they sig- I nified : their acceptance to-day. - Re presentative F;' S. Spruill, ; Chairman of the House branch of the Railroad Committee, authorizes the following statement of the settlement with the railroads: The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company is to pay to the State three years back taxes on branch lines, and a sum equal to three years taxes on the! main line and all other property the years designated being 1890, 1891 and 1892 and is to pay .to counties on branch-lines, three years back taxes, and to pay to counties and , cities along the main line two years back taxes for 1891 and 1892. All immunities are to be sur rendered, and all rate-fixing rights. The Railroad has accepted the propo sition and the matter has how only to be ratified by the General Assembly, which will undoubtedly be done. Maohme-Made Barrel for Spirit Turpen tine. The inspection committee of the Pro duce Exchange Messrs. H. C. Mc Queen. W. A. Martin and S. P. McNair have made the following report to the Exchange in regard to "machine-made barrels." Spirits turpentine in these barrels always sells at half a cent a gallon above quotations : The inspection committee having been requested to dehne a "machine barrel, -for spirits turpentine, have after inves tigation, come to the following conclu sion : A machine barrel is one whose staves, and heads have been - made, shaped, beveled and curved by machin ery, and in case of dispute should conform to following dimensions and proportions: Length of staves should be 31H to 32K inches from croze to croze; heads should be 19W to 20W inches diameter and per fectly round. Diameter at bung inside barrel 23 to 24 inches. Head hoops should be not less tnan 1 inch iron; bilge and quarter hoops not less than inch iron. A machine barrel that has been repaired by hand should not be considered a good delivery. Wilmington and douihport Mail. I . . - Postmaster French has been notified that the new contract for carrying the mail, by steamer, between Wilmington and Southport has been awarded to Henry O. Roop, of Carrollton, Georgia, at $1,827.00 per year. But the trouble 13 that Henry has no boat.- Of course. Mr. O. Roop knows this as, well at the Star does, but he expects to be able to sub-let his .contract and make a hundred dollars "or such a matter" by the trade. But Harry will make a dead failure on that line and the contract will be made with the South port Steamboat Company. The system of letting mail contracts is wrong. No man should be given a con tract unless be can satisfy the Depart ment that he has the necessary facilities for complying with the terms of the con tract himself, "Straw-bidding" and sub letting should be abolished, and it is hoped that neither will be countenanced by the new administration. ' A Northern Bportaman. Mr. Fred A. Taft, brother of Capt. Walter Taft, of this city, and a thorough sportsman,' has been spending several weeks here very pleasantly. The Amer ican Field prints the following from Mr. Taft: i We have been having severe weather here for a month, with but little snow. There has been fine woodcock shooting, the springy, swampy and low, dry ridgy grounds making a fine Winter resort for these birds. Bags of from : fifteen to tnrentv-five hirda to a cmn are common. two guns getting forty-five in four hours. There are a great many ducks here, principally mallards, black ducks, butter- balls and teal. " jno canvas-oacK or reo heads. Coons, 'possums, deer and bears are found in plenty. This is a place little known or visited by Northern sportsmen. If I were a few years younger and had my former good legs, I could get my fill of sport here. I am down hereto get away from the cold weather in the North, but 1 am m no condition to enjoy the surroundines. RED A. 1 AFT, Wrecked Off WrighUTille. The little steam tender Oklahoma, em oloved in Government service on the Cape Fear river below Wilmington, left Southport a few ' days ago for Neuse river, in charge of Capt. B. M. Potter and Engineer Reynolds, and was wrecked off Wnghtsyille last Friday afternoon, while trying to enter the in let. : There was a heavy sea and strong wind lrom the southeast, and the waves swept over her, filling her with water and damaeincr her steerine-sear. The captain and crew got ashore in their small boat and came to Wilmington Fri day evening via the Seacoast railroad. Capt. Potter returned to the scene of the wreck yesterday morning to en deavor to save the machinery of the vessel. Sled from His Injuries. - 1 Mr, Wm. H. Swindell, a respectable citizen of Wilmington, died at his resi dence, corner ol Fourth and Church streets, at 10.15 a. m. yesterday, wis death resulted from injuries received during the cold spell in January, when he fell on the ice near his house on his way to Front street market. The funeral services will .be held at Fifth Street Methodist church at 3 o'clock this after noon. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION. SENATE. Washington. Feb. 18. The Senate resumed the consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, pending the question relating to the Philadelphia harbor improvement. - The amendment reducing the Phila delphia harbor item from hair a million toJLhree hundred thousand dollars, was defeated. . Amendment reducing in like proportion the . Hudson River, New York, item, was also rejected. . : r The Senate, incidental to. the Sundrv Civil bill, discussed in open session the Hawaiian treaty. ' ; : i - Mr. Vest vigorously attacked the pro posed annexation. He adopted without question an interpolated statement by Mr. Mills, or Texas, that the sugar bounty was included in the treaty, and continued his attack upon it on that ground. - , " - ' Discussion recurring to the Sundry Civil bill, the Committee amendment to reduce items . for -improving the Missis sippi liver from $758,000 to $658,000 (from the mouth of the Ohio to the mouth of the Missouri), and from $866,- 600 to $766,000 (from the mouth of the Missouri to Minneapolis), was reiected yeas, 21; nays, 24. The following amendments proposing reduction ot appropriations were dis agreed to without division: For Charles ton Harbor, b. C from $750,000 to $650 000; for Savannah, Ga... from $1,000 000 to $750,000; for Mobile, Ala., from $500,000 to $450,000; for the Mis sissippi, river, trom the head - of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio river. from $2 665.000 to $2,000,000; for the Missouri river, from $750,000 to $850,000. The amendment providing .that not more than three-tourths ot the appro priations for internal improvements shall be expended during the next fiscal year, except as to the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and Hay Take Channel, was agreed to, this being the last of the amendments in relation to those works. The next reserved amendment was one striking out of the provision that no money shall be used for warrants or ar rests,' or prosecutions, under internal revenue laws, the words, "or laws relating to election of members of Congress." This brought - on a political debate with John I. Davenport as the principal topic. Mr. Hiscock took up the cudgel tn Mr. Davenports defence from an at tack by Mr. Voorhees. Mr. Hill op posed the amendment, and replied to Mr. Hisconk s remarks. It was rather a late day. Mr, Hill said, to endeavor to whitewash Mr. Daven port, and it had proved to be 'a very difficult task on the partf his colleague. It was in the interest of the ' Democrats of New York city to have an honest election. In the election in 1876, which his colleague had shown to be a fair elec tion, the city of New York had given a maiority of 54,000 to Mr. Tilden. He stood to defend the people of his State against the charge ot his colleague He defended the authorities of the State and of the city c f New York, and wished to see to it that they were not obliged to submit year after year to the dictation of that man, (Davenport) protected as he had been by the Federal daw. His colleague had spoken ot arrests of ille gal voters by Davenport in brothels of New York. He (Hill) did not know about that, as be had not investigated the brothels of the city of New York as much as his colleague had. Laughter. He referred to the testimony taken last summer showing that Davenport bad re ceived money for the purpose of aiding - , . i , . )u slice, ana saia mat ne wouia not offend his colleague by calling it bribery. He believed that that was sufficient cause tor Davenports removal, tlis colleague had asked why charges were not brought in the courts against Daven port. The reason was that when the country had a President who would do bis duty (as he knew Cleveland would do his), Davenport would be gotten rid of by wiping Out of .the staute book the infamous law under which those in famous proceedings had been committed. Mr. . Hill referred to a case where a judicial officer had been removed for taking money, as Davenport had done. ''and the man who removed him," said he, "was Grover Cleveland, President of the United States.".. This sentence was applauded by some Democratic Sena tors and by persons in the gallery, and the applause was reproved by the pre siding officer, Mr. Dolph.J Mr. Hiscock took up Mr. Hill s allu-v sion to the brothels of the City of New York, saying that he could not let that remark pass. The Senate of the United States was not the place for his col league or himself to indulge in charges against' each other, as to their personal habits, and personal observations of that, kind were entirelyout of place. So far as personal character was concerned, that question was to be tried in other tribunals. . . - Mr. Hill withdrew any personal appli cation of the remark, and disclaimed in tending anything offensive. No action was taken on the amend ment. Mr. Faulkner gave notice that in con- seauence of the very serious illness of one of the late Senator Kenna s chil dren, the memorial services over Mr. Kenna were postponed from Saturday till Monday, the 27th of February, at 3 p. m. The Senate then adiourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House resumed consideration of the Pension Appropriation bill, and the Speaker overruled points ot order made against the amendments proposed by the committee, except in the case ot the amendment relative to. the detail of medical examiners as examining sur geons. Appeals nave oeen taiten irom these decisions, r Decision of the chair was sustained 103 to 63. After desultory debate the amend ment for the transfer of the' pension bureau to the War Department was dis agreed to 53 to 95. Other amendments relative to requiring pensioners under the act of 1890 to show that they are disabled tor manual labor and have no annual income of $60, and providing that no widow shall be granted a pen sion if she was not married within five years after the close of the war in which her husband served, were also oeteated without division. - . Mr.Tarsney, Democrat of Missouri, in speaking to an amendment, referred to the speech made a few days ago by Mr. Morse, Republican of Massachusetts, in which that gentleman had stated that he (Tarsney) had referred to pensioners on the rolls as "ruffians, thieves and scoun drels." He had never used such . lan guage, nor would he ever do so. He was not in the habit of using harsh language towards any one; but it he were compelled to do so. it would not be against men who had fought for the Union, but aeainst men who occupied seats on this floor and wilfully and ma liciously falsified the words ot their col leagues. Applause. He stook here, and every where, ready to respond to any individual for his utterances; and therefore he would - not sneak into the House of Representatives and under the liberty granted by its rules throw Into official reports of the House words of villification, slander and " falsehood against his fellow members. Applause. Mn Morse replied that he had not at tar 1893. tributed to the gentleman any words that had not been uttered by him, as far as he (Morse) understood them, i 1 ' -The committee by this time was ex petting a sensation. The area in front ot the Speaker's desk was thronged by. members who were awaiting further de velopments. The situation, - however, took a new and more serious turn, j ' -rv Mr. Morse, having yielded to! Mr. Turpin, Democrat, to ask a question, the latter brought nbout a scene which has not been enacted on ; the floor of the House since Sparks, of Illinois,! and Weaver, of Iowa, took off their Coats and proceeded to settle their differences by fisticuffs. ' . . ! 1 f Mr, Turpin inquired of the gentleman from i Massachusetts whether he was aware of the fact that there stood to day upon the pension rolls the name oi an ex-soldier who was drawing a pen sion of $19 a month for total deafness, who was receiving a salary of $1,800 a year and who was employed in a tele phone office, f Laughter. If any gen tleman wanted to know the name of this gentleman, he wouldtell hira. "Name him ! Name him! came in a chorus. "Name him!" " -! - "I do not know whether the soldier is a Democrat or a Republican," said M Turpen, but in the " light of the present surroundings, 1 see that he is a Demo crat, because he comes from the doubt-, ful State of Indiana. " fH "I do not believe your statement un less you prove it," shouted Mr. Waugh (Republican ot Indiana), advancing into the area in front of the Speaker's desk. Then the interest became intense. "The gentleman's name is Wm. I E. Davis," said Mr. Turpin, leaving his po sition in the-main aisle, and advancing toward Mr. Waugh. !( "I do not believe the statement is true, whether you have the gentleman's name or not," retorted Mr. Waugh. ' . "The gentleman can doubt the state ment, but he cannot say that I am false," and with these words Mr. Turpin came down the aisle and made a manifesta tion of attack upon Mr. Waugh, j who was prepared to receive him. The two men were not separated by a foot of space, and had it not been for the inter, vention of Mr., Hooper, ol Indiana; and other gentlemen, there would have been an actual pugilistic encounter in front of the Speaker's desk. j Speaker Crisp seized the gavel 'from the hand of Chairman Wilson as quickly as his predecessor (Mr. Ran dall) had taken it from the hand- of Mr. Springer during the Sparks-Weaver controversy. . j The touch of the authoritative hand, of the Speaker procured comparative order, but the excitement was intense. The Speaker appealed to the members tat put an end to this most unseemly scene and take their seats, but it was several minutes before his appeal proved oi any avail. When order wb& finally restored, the House, finding it was in no temper to proceed with consideration of the bill, at 5.05 adjourned. Washington, Feb. 17. ' SENATE. f The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill having been taken up at the close of the morning business, a vote, was taken on the amendment retaining the laws for the supervision of Federal elections. It was agreed to yeas 27, nays 24. The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Sherman, proceeded to executive business. t After twenty minutes of seclusion the doors were reopened, and consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was proceeded with. All the amend ments which bad been reported from the committee on Appropriations: hav ing been disposed of, -various other amendments, ot no public importance, were reported from the committee by Mr. Allison, its chairman, and were agreed to. The bill was then open to general amendment. Mr. Sherman offered bis three per cent, bond issue amendment. As soon as -it was ready the point ot order was made by Mr, Stewart against the amendment as "general legislation on an appropriation bill." After a brief discussion the Chair held the amendment to be in order. f Mr. Stewart appealed from the de cision and Mr. Hoar moved to ' lay the appeal on the table. That motion was agreed, to yeas 28. nays 18. i So the amendment was decided to be in Order, ; Mr. Mills moved to strike out of the amendment the words "five years' after their date, so as to leave the bonds re deemable at the pleasure ot the Gov ernment, and he argued in support of that motion. - - j j - Mr. Sherman said that if the proposi tion was not one to provide for an emer gency he should feel disposed to accept Mt. Mills' amendment; but he . thought that it would not be wise to venture On it v. now. He did not believe that any considerable amount of the three per cent, would ever be issued. At the same time the contingency should be; pro vided for. The power to issue bonds would, he thought, enable the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain the gold reserve without bis issuing them, j The merits of the amendment ; were discussed for the rest of the day, and ad lournment came before debate ceased. Mr. Allison tried to get an agreement as to the hour at which the vote should be taken to-morrow on Mr. Sherman's amendment, but objection was made, Hethen asked unanimous consent that the bill should be disposed of to-mor row, and that was also objected to, j He then gave notice that he would try to have night sessions next week. I The Senate then at 5.40 adjourned un til to-morrow at 11 a. m. : HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Car Coupler bill was postponed for further consideration until Tuesday next. I The House narrowly escaped another exciting scene. On this occasion there was nothing political or personal in volved. Mr. Johnson, of Indiana. Re publican, was calling the attention of the Speaker to what be thought was a mis apprehension of the Chair in one of bis statements. Mr. Johnson was aggressive in his manner and in his speech, but at the direction of the Speaker he, rather ungraciously, took his seat, and the House resumed consideration of the Pension Appropria-tion bill. - i Consideration of the bill having been completed, Mr. Grout (Republican, of Vermont), obtained a few moments on a verbal amendment. He merely wished to reply to remarks made yesterday by Mr. Turpin, of Alabama.- That gentle man had stated that there was a man employed in the Pension Bureau at a salary of $1,800 a year, who was drawing a pension of $19 a month for total neat ness, and who was stationed at the tele phone.. He (Mr. Grout) had receive certain information in regard to this case from the Pension Bureau. In the first place the man was a Democrat; in the second place there appeared among the names of the men who recommended him : the name of Judge Gresham. f Laughter.! The gentleman referred to was - an assistant adjudicating officer. He drew a pension for total deafness of the right ear. It was not his business to attend to the telephone, but as the tele phone was at the desk of another adju dicating officer, occasionally he did put bis left ear to the phone. Laughter. I The committee then rose and reported the bill to the tiouse. ,v . -: - The House then proceeded to con sideration of the Postoffice Appropria- Ssro. u i - ..- ' , .... ... i ... tlon; 'bill. Without disposing of the Postoffice bill the committee rose and the House at five o'clock? adjourned, having first vacated the order for the usual Friday evening session. Washington, Fe ruary 18. - :-.. : SENATE. I The Senate having taken! up the Sun- dry CivilApprobriation bill, it was ad dressed at length by Mr. Stewart in op position to the Sherman bond amend ment. At the. close of the discussion on the Sherman amendment. Mr. Mills' amendment to'it (to make the bonds re deemable at the pleasure oft the Govern ment) was rejected withoutdivision, and Mr. Stewart's amendment to it (that the bonds should not be used Is a basis for national bank circulation) was also re jected yeas 21. nays 82. I Mr. Pugh moved to amend the Sher man amendment by adding to it a pro viso that none of the bonds .should be issued and sold until the amount of the coin redemption fund should be reduced to twenty-five million dollars by actqal redemption of Treasury notes, and that no greater amount should be sold than could be necessary to keep the redemp tion tund equal to fifty million dollars in coin. He said that his amendment embodies the policy for which the late Senator Beck, of Kentucky, had always contended. Mr. Pugh's amendment was rejected yeas 21, nays 31 J - Mr. Vance moved to amend the Sher man amendment by adding to it the pro viso repealing the tax on State bank circulation, i i j. ' I Mr. Gorman moved to lav Mr. Vance's amendment on the table. I Agreed to 40 to 16. j 1 ; I Mr. Brice offered an amendment re quiring all issues ot Unheal States notes issued ana circulating as currency (to. ne maintained at parity and interchangeable at their nominal par). Mr. Sherman stated that not only had he no objection to the amendment, but he believed that that wis now (under the tact of 1890) commonly called the Sherman act the law of! the land. In the act was the declaration of the public policy that all forms ofr money in the country shall be maintained at a parity. tie believed that bis colieacue s amend ment was substantially tfjat declaration, and he would vote foif it. with great pleasure. Mr. Teller Do vbu include silver cer tificates? I j Mr. Sherman Silver Certificates, gold certificates, treasury notes and all paper money issued oy tne uovernmenu Mr. leiier l hen it la proposed now that, in addition to the! $346,000,000 of greenbacks that are payable in gold, and tn addition to the 8130,000,000 of Trea sury notes, $327,000,000 lof silver certifi cates are to be included! It seems to me that that legislation will eventuate in placing a very great burfien on the Trea sury 1 Department. Thejfee silver certifi cates are now circulating as money and are not redeemable (by j law or in prac tice) in gold and I do not see any neces- ity for redeeming them in gold. Mr. Vance said Mr. Brtces amend- ment could only, it seemed to him, be made in the interest the Treasury, becaase fof embarrassing i it were found dimcult to i maintain sufficient gold in the Treasury to redeem three hundred and forty-six million dollars of green backs, that difficulty w(uld be much in creased by requiring alsp the redemption ot lour or live hunoredmuiion dollars ot silver-certificates. Thef question became then one too appalling to contemplate, lbe debate was interrupted at 4.15 p. hi. by a short executive session, and when the doors were re-opened the de bate was resumed Mr. Brice's amendment was with drawn. The discussion finally closed, and the vote was taken on Mr. Sher man's amendment. If was agreed to yeas 30, nays 16. No further action was taken on the Sundry Gvil Appropriation bill, but Mr. Allison gave notice that he would ask the Senate to remain in session Monday -. i i 1 1 n .. until tne diu was passed. Tne Senate at 6 p. hi. adiourned, HOUSE; OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House resumed consideration of the PostorBce Annrortriatinn bill. un a point ot order, tne proviso malt ing it lawful for the Postmaster Genercl, after the 30th of September, 1894, to have the usual requests for the return of letters printed upon any envelope sold oy the I Postoffice I Department, was ruled out. I Mr. Kyle, Democrat, of Mississippi, raised the point oil order against the paragraph appropriating $197,000 for necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from Springfielq,Mass,via New York and Washington to Atlanta and New Orleans, : After a ljng discussion, the chair (Mr. Blanchard) overruled the point of order. i Mr. Kyle then moved to strike out the paragraph. He cbntended that there was no justification: for appropriating this large sum when it would do no good, but actually do harm to the public service. Without .'disposing of the motion the committee rose. Public business was then suspended and proper tribute was paid to the ' memory of theJ late John u. Warwick, ot Ohio. i i be House, as a marlc ot respect to the memory of the deceased, adjourned. THE BACK-TAX MATTER The Legislative Committee Modify Their Proposition to the jjNVilmington & Wel don Railroad Co. I (Special Star Tdegnun.l Raleigh. N. C Feb. 17. The Legis lative Railroad Committee held a meet ing this evening and decided to modify and alter the proposition made to the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Co. for settlement of taxes.! The railroad com pany has not indicated whether or not it will accept, but it is believed that a set tlement of the question is now near at hand. -! - f. ' l HANGING !r"sHELBY. John Hambriftht, Colored, Exeouted for the Murder of jenks Macobson, . (Special Star Telegram.! Shelby, N. C Feb. 17. John Ham- bright, colored, was hung to-day for the murder of Jenks Macobson, also colored. in January, 1892 stood for several Over 3,000 people hours in a drizzling rain to see the execution, while the Erisoner was on the scaffold, rain fell eavy. The drop) fell at 1230 o'clock, and in eleven minutes physicians pro ndVinced life extinct. Hambright con fessed the murder. but said he did not intend to kill Macobson.. ' FIRE IN .SAVANNAH. Ixtssea Over 880,000 Insurance ' About : $70,000. By Telegraph tJ the Morning Star. , I Savannah. February 18. Fire to night totally destroyed the double four story brick building at Broughton and Barnard streets, occupied by Lindsay & Morgan, furniture dealers. The loss on building is $18,000; on sock over $60,000. The Odd Fellows' Hall ; in the rear was damaged to the extent of about $5,000. The total insurance is about $70,000. ; SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Elizabeth City Carolinian There is complaint that many have lost their sweet potatoes from freezing dur ing tne late severe coia weather. Hillsboro Observer-. Died.' at' his home about ! seven miles west of town, on Wednesday, January 4th, 1893, . Mr; Wm. C Cheek, aged about 63 years. Raleigh Chronicle-, f Mr. Peyton A. Norris, a highly respected and ell-to-do citizen of the Holly Spring section, died at his home last night .at the ad vanced age of 60 years or more. c- Newbern Tournal: CaDt. Tas. WJ Ethridge, Superintendent of the Life Saving Station of this district, nierl at his home in Beaufort . Wednesdav night. His death resulted from a. cold contacted by being out in the January , Diizzara. . - - . . ' Yancey ville 'News: We were sorry to hear of the sudden, death of V Esquire W. H. Rice, which sad event occurred at home in Stoney Greek township," last Wednesday, from heart failure. He was leading a mule'on bis -farm at the time he dropped dead. Henderson Gold .Leaf: The people of Vance county and throughout the State wriere he was known, will learn with regret qf the death of Dr. P. r T, Henry at his home In Kittrell Mon day morning. .He had been in declin ing health a long time and his death was r Monganton Herald: The iew- elry store of Mr. W. H. Boger was en tered By burglars last Monday night and aoout one nunarea dollars worth of watches and rings -was taken by the thieves. The articles stolen had not been placed in the safe, but were left in an open show case. An entrance was effected through the rear window of the store. U- Charlotte Observer: Mrs. Chas. Price, of Salisbury, whose unflagging in terest and zeal in working up the North Carolina exhibit for the World's Fair has been the admiration alike of those who do. and do not, feel the pride in their State they should, has. secured some fine specimens of china ware made in the btate, and has delegated the honor of painting them -for the World's Fair exhibit to Miss Cordie Phifer. of . this city. The designs of decoration are exceedingly pretty, and the execu tion of the same reflects credit on the artistic talent of the State. Charlotte Hews : News reached Charlotte last night of the killing of a " Kichmond X Danville flagman, a white man named William Patton. at Spartan burg yesterday morning, by a south bound freight. The man was walking along' the outer edge of the crossties. The engineer blew .his whistle! and when about ten feet away from the en gine the man deliberately walked to the , middle of the track. The engine hit him and knocked him ten feet in the air. A ghastly hole was knocked in his forehead and he was otherwise badly broken up. - I vjrecusooro jvecora: ,ivir. Jr. j . -Hartsell, an employe-of the Bain Build- ing Company, had the misfortune yes terday evening to lose his thumb and in dex finger of the left hand. He was run- ning a machine known as a shaver and in some unaccountable way his hand was caught. MfS. Stout was bitten 'on the middle ringer ot the left hand some time ago by a peVground squirrel. The wound at once became violently in flamed and poisonous, in which condi tion it has remained ever since, and it is now almost three weeks since she was bitten. ; I Windsor Ledger: . Mr. Henry Mizell, living at the Hoggard 'Mill, had his little three-year-old daughter Len nie narrowly escape death by burning last Friday.- Her : clothes caught fire but were extinguished by his eight-year- old daughter Lettie, who threw water on the flames and put out the fire. The child was not hurt but her dress and ' apron were badly . burned. Mr. Isaac Mizell, who was badly, cut on his : band some time ago at his mill near ' 1 Roquist, was caught in the band saw last week and cut about the head and body, but not seriously. ,1 Newton iLnterpnse: "A Newton man in the cabinet is what we fre quently hear on the street nowadays. He didn t live long in Newton, but Hoke Smith is a native Newtonian. Con tractor Dakin last Friday measured off 100 feet for the addition to the Newton Cotton Mills building. -The 1 building wilt be - erected and several thousand more spindles put to work before tall. - - Died in this place Friday, February 10th; Mrs. Bettie Arney, wife of Mrs. R. HI Arney. A few weeks ago she cut a cbrn from her little toe.- Gangrene set in and soon the whole leg was involved. Her suffering was very intense until re lieved by death. She was 71 years old. Wilkesboro Chronicle'. The cold spell seems ' to have played havoc with sweet potatoes. From all parts of the county come reports that Jthe pota toes are rotting, having been frozen. Mr. Luke Jennings, who was thrown from a horse week before last, died last Saturday at his home in Mulberry. ; He was an excellent old man of 80 years. Mr. James Parlier, of Moravian Falls, in cutting timber last week, found two rocks imbedded in a large oak tree which measured four feet in diametpr. It appeared that a cut had been made in the tree and the rocks placed there when It was young. About 105 years growth had been added to the tree since the cut was made. j Weldon News: The Roanoke river is doing itself proud this week. It began to rise Saturday evening and Sunday morning it was twenty-seven . feet above the low water wark. It con tinued to rise but more slowly until it -was not very perceptible on Tuesday. Tuesday night it tose more rapidly, and yesterday at the time of going to press it still had an upward tendency. It is out in the low grounds now. -During the late cold weather a pond in North ampton county .was frozen over to a considerable depth, and when the ice had melted it was found that very many if not all of the fish had been killed by the cold, and numbers of them could be -dipped up in nets while floating in they water dead. The water in the pond was atyut five feet deep. v ! " " Kinston Gazette: Maj. W. J.. Barrett and Mr. W, G. Taylor snd a few others in their neighborhood, in Neuse township, have lost a good many hogs recently from cholera. - The young hogs die worst. . On Saturday night, in the store of Geo. Curtis, coU in the Sugar Hill section of ... Kinston, Tom Miller, colored, while drunk, got to fool ing with Tilghman Mosely, colored Tilehman told Tom he didn't play with drunken boys, and took up a hatchet and said he was good mind to strike him. George Curtis told them not to fight in his store, and began pushing them out. Tom and : Tilehman fell out Ol tne aoor, wiin 1 om in irom, and m some way Tilghman received a gash on the forehead about . two' inches long. He bled very profusely and it was thought he was badly injured. Dr. J. A. Pollock dressed the wound which proved not to be a dangerous one. Mil ler was arrested Sunday, and his prelim inary trial was held beforelustice Moore Monday. Tilghman said he didn't know who cut him. but did not think it was Miller. Miller said he didn't do it. Geo. Curtis said he saw Miller strke Tilgh man with the hatchet. Miller was bound over to May court In a bond of $100, which he gave. ' .'V.sj 'vr-,, - J i A Pittsburgh dispatch says: Hugh O'Donnell was yesterday acquitted of the murder of J. J. O Connors, a nnic- rtnn detective, who lost his life in con rho nection with the Homestead riot of July 6th. tODonnell must vet answer to tne charge of murder, treason, riot and con spiracy. He was taken back to .fan. pending application for release on bail.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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